Religion https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com The Magazine For Self Growth And Wellness Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:31:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Letter-S-icon_34798-100x100.png Religion https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com 32 32 And God Said: “No Man To Rule Over Any Other Man.” https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/and-god-said-no-man-to-rule-over-any-other-man/ https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/and-god-said-no-man-to-rule-over-any-other-man/#respond Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:31:13 +0000 https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/?p=1502 In one of the most significant developments in the history of mankind, we learn that
Jesus Christ is not merely the prophet, teacher and messiah of scripture.
In a bold move to unite the entire human race under one banner, the Spirit of the Universe, the real God,
sent down instructions directly to humankind through Isaiah, the prophet of Israel.
These instructions were designed to unite the whole of humanity under one authority.

Principles of human unity

They called for the following principles:

Of man and wife

– Every man to have authority over his own woman
– No man to rule over any other man
– No woman to rule over any other woman
– Every man to be lovingly attentive to his wife
– Every woman to be obedient to her husband
– No man to mistreat his woman
– No woman to mistreat any man

Of parents and children

– No father to treat his daughter unjustly
– No daughter to mistreat her mother
– No mother to mistreat her daughter
– No daughter to marry without permission of her mother
– Every son to be faithful to his father
– Every daughter to be faithful to her mother
– No son or daughter to be immoral or perverse
– No son or daughter to commit adultery
– No man to murder his own father or mother
– No man to commit adultery or fornication

love your neighbor

Of man in general

– Every man to fulfill his law
– Every woman to fulfill her law
– No man to mistreat his brother or sister
– No man to mistreat any animal
– No man to eat or drink or be drunk
– No man to be cruel to his brother
– No man to boast without reason

Of brothers and sisters

– Every brother to love his sister
– Every sister to love her brother
– Every son to obey his father
– Every daughter to obey her mother
– No son or daughter to defy their parents
– No son or daughter to disobey their parents
– Every child to fear his father and mother
– Every child to fear their father and mother
– Every child to love his father and mother.

Unconditional love

Jesus called for a unity which would be based on love. But what love is described as is
the complete submission of a person to another person. God is unconditional in His love and
each person is given an opportunity to freely give of themselves to God.
But the ultimate love for God is to love their neighbor as themselves.

JESUS EXPOSES THE CORRUPT SYSTEMS

Jesus did not just say that we are to love our neighbor, He showed us how to love.
He tells us that we are the light of the world. He then tells us to give away what we have so that
they can also have love. He also tells us to give to others that which they cannot give.

The problem is that there are many who are living by the love of money.
They have many possessions. Many spend their lives looking for opportunities to acquire more things.
Others do the same. But they have not given their time and their money to give to others so that they can also have love.

What is lacking in this world is LOVE, but when it comes to giving love is non-existent.
And when it comes to giving love, there is not a lot of give and no receive.
Many are content to see others fall back on themselves rather than grow and develop with whom they are connecting.
But where love is there is opportunity for growth.
Many are content to see others grow and develop with whom they are connecting. They are afraid of losing what they have.

BUT IS LIGHT THE ONLY PATHWAY TO WALK IN LOVE?

No, God is not saying that we must only rely on God’s love. God is saying that we are the light of the world.
We are the most important being on this earth, and we are called to be the light of this world.
But the question is, “Do we want to be the light of the world or do we want to rely on our own talents, gifts, and resources?”

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The Reality Of God In The Hearts Of Men https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/the-reality-of-god-in-the-hearts-of-men/ https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/the-reality-of-god-in-the-hearts-of-men/#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2021 18:09:23 +0000 https://www.selfrenewalmagazine.com/?p=799 The problem with the whole concept of Christian Education is not the quality of teaching
but the manner in which the teaching is presented.
To call it “Christian Education” is to imply that the message presented was inspired by God,
or else was part of God’s plan and inspiration for the world.

This concept is a double standard.
On the one hand we have the Christian Faith, which was inspired by God
and for which centuries of suffering and hardship were endured by sincere disciples of Christ.
On the other hand we have the teaching method that claims inspiration by human reason and experience.

God and man

It is known that the teachings of the Divine Christian Truth have been in existence for many centuries;
are being taught to children today in schools of education;
and will be taught in the future if mankind continues to advance, not in the realms of intellectual achievement,
but in the realm of spiritual fulfillment and perfection.
This does not mean that faith does not exist in its object; rather, it means that faith has matured
and is now in the stage of presenting the object of faith as an absolute necessity.

The teaching of the Divine Christian Truth is a form of propaganda
that is more about inspiration than it is about teaching. It is about an emotional experience,
not about learning. Like poetry, it is about an emotion, not about intellect.
It is not learned, but experienced; it is not memorized, but practiced.

When reading the Bible we encounter the Biblical story of the righteous man sent into outer darkness,
but redeemed by the words of Christ, and we are confronted with a story, not with a fact.
We are confronted with the experience of eye-witness testimony; we are not confronted with a fact.
When we look at the scriptures in the original languages,
we can hear the original story, not a factual account of events.
No fact checkers will allow us to know that Jesus was sent into outer darkness.
No fact checkers will allow us to know that Christ redeemed the righteous man.
We cannot know these things based on reason, but only by the Holy Spirit.
It is only the power of the Holy Spirit that brought us
into the Garden of Eden, and brought us out of the Garden of Eden.
The power of Christ lives in the hearts of men. In the words of Paul we see the embodiment of this power,

Man praying

“Who hath removed in any of you the righteousness of God from our midst?
Bless therefore: for ye are not cursed, but blessed.” (2 Cor. 9:6)

No fact checkers will allow us to know that God removed righteousness from the midst of Israel.
These are facts we can know only from revelation and faith.

If all men knew the truth about God, they would serve Him with humility, love and humility would become the norm.
We would learn to fear God and love Him with all our heart and soul.

But, as it is, there are many who know the truth about God,
but choose to serve Him with indifference, hatred and contempt.

And, as it is, many do serve Him with love,
but some do serve Him with “hate, and jealousy, and wrath.” (1 John 4:8)

These are facts we can know only from experience.
That is, we can know them from witnessing the reality of God in their own lives.
We cannot know them from reason or science, but only by faith.

The reality of God in our lives is a manifestation of His power in us,
and that power is a manifestation of His majesty in us.
He is both who we are and what we are.
And, because we are what we are, we are able to do what we do.
The reality of God in our lives is our means to accomplish His will.
If we know this fact, then we can confidently speak and write what is in our hearts to communicate it to others.

Man kneeling to pray

“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful” is the maxim
we can rely on to let us speak our minds without fear of persecution.

And, if we are faithful in expressing this maxim, then we can speak our minds
without fear of persecution by God because His grace ensures that
the revelation of His reality in our lives does not conflict with His revelation in us.

The purpose of man’s existence on earth is to glorify God,
the purpose of our every thought and hope is to glorify God.
His grace has given us knowledge and grace,
and the revelation of His reality in our lives does not conflict with His grace.
This is why we are told to speak our minds and write our words, because the revelation of God
in our hearts does not conflict with the revelation of His reality in us.

We can confidently say, however, that if we are faithful in expressing this maxim,
then we can speak our minds without fear of persecution by God because
the revelation of God in our hearts does not conflict with His grace.

“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful” is
a maxim we can use to help us live peacefully with our neighbor.
There is nothing wrong with us expressing a belief that all things are lawful for us,
and it is our privilege to live peacefully with our neighbor by living in accordance with that maxim.

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