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 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. – Psalm 107:20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm107:20&version=KJV

Luke 9:23

Then he said to them all: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

Luke 9:23¹

And he told it before everyone*, Whoever desires to follow me, should curse his own self and take up his cross every day and follow me.

Gal. 1:8

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Excerpt from Lean the Bible² site:

The person that was hung on the tree was accursed so that the land would not be defiled. What does this mean? It means that the children of Israel were to put this man out of the congregation (death in the Old Testament) so as to not defile the land for those who were innocent. This applies very well in context with what Paul is saying in Galatians. If you have someone in the church that is preaching a false gospel, then it is very likely that there will be some young believers who will be led astray. So what were they to do? They were to “let him be accursed” or remove him from the congregation so that the rest were not defiled by his false teaching. In the New Testament we are not to kill those who do not preach sound doctrine, but we are to remove them from our church before they corrupt others.

So, I think in order to “curse our own self” at salvation is being crucified with Christ. In the Learn the Bible excerpt, a “separating” is being described. Perhaps this could also be the old man being separation from the Congregation or His Church as well.

Paul said in Romans 7:24, “Who shall separate me from the body of this death?”

To me, taking up our cross is Romans 12:1-3, a living sacrifice by His revelation and grace. It is our cross, sacrifice and will with His will by His power. It is Christ the inner Man in us.

It could also be a shadow of Colossians 2:14. Paul said the Father would reveal His Son in him, Gal. 1:16. He also said to partake in His death, Phil. 3:10. A dead man is no longer under the power of the law which (law) the enemy used against us. Colossians says it was “even contrary to us”.

So, we take up our (cross) revelation of Christ in us (individually & personally) and grow out from under the power of the law by revelation, experience and grace.

Brief vision. I see a body pushing out of the grave coming back to life.

Joel 2:28
John 5:28-29

I was thinking yesterday. Hypothetically, put a child into a family that pays little attention to him. Inadvertently make him a parental caregiver to his parents. Do not allow his parents to console him on real issues. Create dramatic situations constantly in the family. Create an atmosphere of uncertainty and instability. Kill one the parent he is closest to. Keep the one that he can continue console who did not console him.

Ostracize him from the family after the death of that parent.

Now, as a man, he is fearful of what? The unknown. Why? He was never given an opportunity to know what it was like to be in a similitude of a relatively functional family and to know what it was like. Therefore, he knew the unknown. In order to relate to the unknown he had to survive, adapt, cope, fix, control and fight without peace.

When he encounters situations he cannot control the unknown is triggered within that child. The child is reminded and relives it again. The man wants to control. He suppresses anger because if he does not the anger will control him. It is a tormenting, violent cycle.

He looks to Him, to Christ and opens his arms, falls on his face in prayer. He gives over his control to God. One emotion and thought at a time. He encounters and witnesses the horizon of serenity. At times, it is alien to him. No wonder, but no longer has to be, but can and will be his home.

Dude, I wonder. I see the Church at large in the west and other places, but I will focus on the west. So, let’s say I don’t know Christ. The peculiar people of God are the ones on TV, the ones with the haircut, shirt, etc. There is an contemporary church look.

My thought is the IS the distinction the world sees. This is very much my opinion.

Holiness is the distinction, but it isn’t. Why? We don’t know what that is fully. We conjure our own version then say, “Hey, be like me!” Uh no thank you. Man, some Christians I see are so weird! It seems when they fall away they normalize. Yes, I said it. Its true! They are falling from law and are so exhausted. I know from my own personal experience.

The caveat it no law and no holiness. No identity in Him. What’s the answer?

Five-fold ministry. Specifically, the apostle and prophet. Where are you? Not easy shoes to fill without revelation and grace.

Talbot continues, “Bohm, believes that our almost universal tendency to fragment the world and ignore the dynamic interconnectedness of all things is responsible for many of our problems…we believe we can extract the valuable parts of the earth without affecting the whole…treat parts of our body and not be concerned with the whole…deal with…crime, poverty, and drug addiction without addressing… society as a whole.”

https://www.starstuffs.com/physcon/science.html

It seems we base our level of morals as humans on a the repository of knowledge that is co-observed with our conscience. Hence, self-righteousness is manifested & condemnation. I see so-in-so and think why are they doing that? I judge them. Or vice versa. This is the Church today. I am sick of it too.

So, what fills this repository of knowledge? What is the basis of reckoning?

It is the awareness and expectation of something else.

If I am aware of something then knowledge is created. If I am unaware of something then what can be deposited into the repository of our being?

Inherently, the conscience is aware, but of what? What is it a chief witness of? What does is possess co-knowledge of?

If the law is removed then their is knowledge of it being removed. There is knowledge of how it was removed. Revelation. Now, Romans 8:1-3, the knowledge has been redeemed, renovated and renewed to the original pattern before all of creation in Him. In Him there was No Sin. He knew No Sin. Paul said, “To reveal His Son in me..”

I do not see this in the Church. I do not hear this in the Church. Where is it? Why?

The renewed¹ knowledge is the knowledge by grace, faith and revelation that He removed it and Is Righteousness in the believer perpetually. And it is MORE. The renewal process of knowledge is that of a quality. Quality is very small human English word to render the quickened word from the throne of grace, but the very nature of being, thoughts and actions is renewed to a literal new creation. One begotten again from above; its true origin.

If that is the case then would we not be blameless? Even irreprehensible² or incapable of blame?

Scripture References:

• Rom. 3:20; 1 Cor. 15:34; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 1:16; Col. 3:10

Web Reference:

• Anakainoo – https://preceptaustin.org/colossians_310.htm
• Irreprehensible – https://nu-wine.org/?p=1512

Great article from Marriage Today.

One of the most challenging verses in the Bible is Ephesians 5:25, which says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” God’s standard for men is that you give your life for her.

You love your wife more than you love yourself. You sacrifice for her. You strive to meet her needs. What are those needs?

#1 A woman’s greatest need is security.

She needs to know she is safe and provided for, and instinctively knows this occurs through a sacrificial husband.

She needs to know that you will sacrifice your interest, a hobby, a friend, an event, an opportunity, a promotion if necessary to make sure her needs are met. Nothing is more important than her.

A wife who has to resort to nagging or begging has a husband who is not sensitive to her needs. A wife who lacks romance in her marriage has a husband who is not sensitive to her needs. She shouldn’t have to ask.

#2 A woman’s number-two need is soft, non-sexual affection.

Guys, she wants to be held without being pinched, tickled, or groped. Why? Because it communicates to her that she’s more to you than a sex object, and that you are connected on a higher level than just sex.

I grew up with two older brothers and pretty much lived in a war zone. I didn’t know how to be affectionate. Early in our marriage, when I hugged Karen, it probably looked and felt more like a headlock.

We struggled until the day I became aware how I was failing in this area. Deliberately, I tried to be gentle. I held her hand without pinching. I put my arm around her without letting it…wander. She said, “I like that.”

That’s when everything began to improve. Men, if you are not affectionate toward your wife, saying “that’s just the way I am” is no excuse. You need to change.

#3 A woman’s third need is open and honest communication.

When your wife asks “How was your day?” she wants more than grunts and groans. She wants to connect with you. She wants access to your heart.

A healthy marriage requires both the husband and wife to talk to each other—to really talk, even if that feels awkward to you. Men, she doesn’t just need you to share your feelings, she deserves that from you. I often say that, in a good marriage, a wife must be more sexual than she feels and a husband must be more conversational than he feels.

#4 The final need of a woman is leadership.

Women don’t want to be dominated—they deserve to be treated as an equal partner—but they do want their husband to be the loving initiator of the home in terms of the children, romance, finances, and spiritual matters.

That doesn’t mean the husband makes decisions without her, but it does mean that he initiates the process. Women don’t respond to passive husbands.

Security. Affection. Communication. Leadership. When a husband sacrifices for his wife and meets these needs, he goes a long way toward loving her like Jesus loved the Church. In the process, he’ll do his part to build an amazing marriage.

Prov. 15:13
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. (KJV)

Out of the heart are the issues of life.

A crack in the pipes can disrupt that flow of life to a trickle.

The conscience, chief witness, testifies to the judgment of one’s own law and expectations within there heart.

In Hebrew, the word heart literally means authority within.

Greek definition of fornication

That authority, judgment and loyalty is squandered, depleted and misused in a torrent of dissipation when one commits the act of fornication. Namely, the believer.

This sin is the sin against the temple of God where He dwells. Ephesians declares He abides in our hearts by faith.

Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.