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|    Timothy Sutter to All    |
|    Re: behind the veil...    |
|    03 Mar 18 05:56:24    |
      XPost: alt.bible, alt.messianic, alt.christnet.christianlife       From: a202010@lycos.com               > so, the incorruptible God, alone,        > can compare 'you' against God's own        > exacting nature so as to assess        > your emulation.       ...        > which is to suggest that God implants        > and verifies an emulation of God's own        > knowledgeable presence in to your        > unique circumstance.              while yet alive,       you admit to your death       and petition God for relief.              God will breathe life into your presence.              God will begin to lead you in to your own life.              you comprehend God walking in your life and       then you emulate God's presence in your life.              as you favorably respond to God's overshadowing       of your conscious understanding, you manufacture       behavior in accordance with this template.              as God leads you into this life of yours,       God will verify good and acceptable branching       and clip and prune away any fruitless offshoots.              you see the growth,       you eat the growth,       you become the growth.              ideally, some point should arise when       your comprehension of good and acceptable       growth is such that you can encourage its       multiplication and carefully trim away       any factors which may impede flourishing.              and then you will be emulating God's       knowledgeable presence in your life.              you will be verifying your own purposeful actions       against your own good experience of having walked       in accordance with God's own overshadowing presence.              now, you have a beginning in which you can firmly stand.              that which appeared as an end in itself is now       become your staging platform upon which you may       construct a superstructure that will resist the tides.              thank you, Jesus.              [lest i forget]              [not that i ever could        forget]                            in likeness as a for instance;              how could you emulate something that       resides within unapproachable light?              Jesus, that Glorified Image of God, stands       between you and the unapproachable light       and gives you something to comprehend.              veil upon veil              and so, you 'see' a shadow       of Christ in your life.              and coming up behind you,       God is torching a presence       that casts a shadow of you       against the shadow of Christ.              veil upon veil              and now you can reasonably comprehend       how far you are away, and to what heights       you may aspire, all without overwhelming       you in a sea of unspeakable majesties.              veil upon veil                     filters patters comprehension                     just remember...                            your reality is filtered              you live in a world of comparisons              the filters to God would       remain impenetrable if God       did not make a way to peer through,              and Jesus is -our- 'peer'              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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