I saw this a few minutes ago which I had posted here a bit over a month ago, but apparently not many read it. Can any one else see what I was seeing?
There is as I believe it the Right hand as well as the Left hand of God. Jesus related this to sheep and goats here:
"And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:" Matt 25:33-35
"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:"
Matt 25:41-42
You can go I guess as deep as you want to go with it. You can go farther as I have done in the past saying there is no separate entity called the devil or named satan. Among most believers it will bring a lot of arguments, if that is what you want. The real question for myself and for @Helen who has already expressed her opinion here is does it edify anyone in the needful things in our walk with God?
How does arguing about the devil in me versus the devil outside me edify? What we need is to move in closer to God, whatever that takes. Surrender to the Holy Spirit in us as we partake of the flesh and blood of Jesus hopefully more often than we partaking of our natural food and drink. But when I get into the details of my belief on that it also draws in some who want to rebuke and to argue as if by some how winning an argument with someone that would edify. Then I must return to these words from Apostle Paul:
"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." I Cor 3:6-7
But not surprisingly not many pay close attention to the "God gave the increase". They often presume that if they can just convince you that you are wrong and they are right the "increase" will be given. It is really an unusual thing here to see a person openly admit that he has been in error and that someone with whom he has been discussing/arguing an issue was right all of the time. Would God that it would happen often. But as Solomon put it:
"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." Prov 21:2
The first phrase up to the colon [blue] still applies to every one of us. If every one of us was right because he was always following the lead of the Holy Spirit, it would be wonderful thing, but that is not what we see happening either, is it? But the second phrase after the colon [red] also applies. This is what God is looking at in us rather than our perfectly argued and logically determined beliefs and doctrines. But how many here and in the churches all around us see or understand it that way?
There is as I believe it the Right hand as well as the Left hand of God. Jesus related this to sheep and goats here:
"And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:" Matt 25:33-35
"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:"
Matt 25:41-42
You can go I guess as deep as you want to go with it. You can go farther as I have done in the past saying there is no separate entity called the devil or named satan. Among most believers it will bring a lot of arguments, if that is what you want. The real question for myself and for @Helen who has already expressed her opinion here is does it edify anyone in the needful things in our walk with God?
How does arguing about the devil in me versus the devil outside me edify? What we need is to move in closer to God, whatever that takes. Surrender to the Holy Spirit in us as we partake of the flesh and blood of Jesus hopefully more often than we partaking of our natural food and drink. But when I get into the details of my belief on that it also draws in some who want to rebuke and to argue as if by some how winning an argument with someone that would edify. Then I must return to these words from Apostle Paul:
"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." I Cor 3:6-7
But not surprisingly not many pay close attention to the "God gave the increase". They often presume that if they can just convince you that you are wrong and they are right the "increase" will be given. It is really an unusual thing here to see a person openly admit that he has been in error and that someone with whom he has been discussing/arguing an issue was right all of the time. Would God that it would happen often. But as Solomon put it:
"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." Prov 21:2
The first phrase up to the colon [blue] still applies to every one of us. If every one of us was right because he was always following the lead of the Holy Spirit, it would be wonderful thing, but that is not what we see happening either, is it? But the second phrase after the colon [red] also applies. This is what God is looking at in us rather than our perfectly argued and logically determined beliefs and doctrines. But how many here and in the churches all around us see or understand it that way?
