Tweets - September 27th - Romans 13

I find it doubtful that Paul wrote Romans 13, but I wonder who exactly was the author's audience. He sounds like someone fully aware that they're on their own, abandoned by God, deathly afraid of the world, and views authority the only acceptable and appropriate way of dealing with an uncertain world. I live in Maryland, and if people continued to "do" Romans 13 rather than rebel against Romans 13 long ago, I'd be working in a white man's tobacco field.

I suppose the author forgot about Jesus himself. I'm certain the author considered Jesus "good", but that didn't stop him from having nails driven through his wrists. So whether you do good or evil, the outcome may be one and the same. The ONLY ones who truly benefit from a book like Romans 13 are governing authorities. For the rest of us, it would have been better for it to have been ripped out and tossed in the trash, along with Romans chapter 1, 2 Timothy, Hebrews, and Jude (the bad FAR outweighs any good, and the damage done to the human race has been immense).

But what can we say? The church became the graceless church the very moment she trusted nothing and feared everything. Seeing that nothing remotely like "salvation" comes by grace, she clung to laws and commandments (which can only be enforced with weapons and subjugation) - no matter how offensive or brutal - and this pleases the governments of the world (from the Roman Empire till today). It even pleased and inspired every hate-spewing and war-mongering prophet ever since. Good job!

Tweets - September 21st - Understanding

The liberty of God leads to understanding. What are these old joyful feelings? I haven't felt them in years, some I don't recall since childhood. My body has been made like the opening of God's song, and God will SING.

The spacecraft that flew and shined brightly tonight in response to my discussion warrants a bit of thought.

It hasn't been often that I've asked God for anything - I simply haven't needed to. God setup my path so that I wouldn't need to ask God for much of anything. This wasn't a path I've chosen, but God chose it for me. ("I" and "me" is everyone who is permitted to walk with God.)

When I ask for what I think is needed, God's response brings about understanding.

I understand God through God's deeds alone (just like everyone else who walks with God, above and on the Earth). There are no words more fluent than God's deeds (even if it takes me a few years to understand them - I am given the loving-mercy and patience to do so).

I have, therefore, also been given what I've needed (according to God's will) even though I didn't immediately realize it was exactly what I needed. This is the part of the discussion where the spacecraft became luminous, grew brighter and brighter, shining brightly in response.

Tweets - September 18th - Faith and Salvation

Faith isn't just knowing that we are receiving what we ask for, it is also trusting God's process; trusting the method in which God is handling it.

How amazing. Salvation is not dependent on faith, but on the mercy of God. Salvation is perpetual and ongoing; it is not dependent on some measure of faith, but rather on the will and purpose of God. Though God requires faith, faith is not transactional.

Faith, trusting faith, is the water that sustains the Garden of God. Salvation is life, beauty and honesty in all of its measure.

Tweets - September 6th - Loving Neighbors

Can't really love your neighbors as you love yourself if you insist on creating a world where you must compete with them. Competition requires losers. Competition destroys the purpose and meaning of community. And if it's between you or your neighbor, who do you choose to lose? Capitalism is godlessness.

If we understand "love" as an action word, think of all the work involved in loving yourself. All the effort you put into yourself, your needs, your comfort, your future, your joys, your pleasures. In what way do you "love" your neighbor? Do you really "love" your enemies? There are liars all around, liars in pulpits and liars in mirrors.

Flipping nickels to beggars isn't love - it isn't the love you show yourself or your children. Abolishing the systems that turn neighbors into beggars is real love, the type of love you'd show your neighbors and your enemies if you truly loved your neighbors as yourself. I say these things as if I were someone without God's help, which is the only language you understand.

The church is like a small flame that has long been extinguished, and all that's left is smoke that's fading away.

"These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the House of God.

Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this House with glory. The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine. The latter glory of this House will be greater than the former, and in this place I will give peace.

I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.

On that day, I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant, and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you."

The understanding of Haggai, chapters 1 and 2

So many, so many people begging for mercy and human decency. But I'm telling you, there will be quietness. This world will be quiet.

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Though the truth of what I said rings clear, I could've said much of it less scoldingly and allowed myself to cool down a bit from all the hypocrisy so I could think more clearly.

Tweets - September 4th - Patterns and Harsh Things

Several spacecraft flew tonight, some glided, and other flew dimly but quickly brightened and quickly went dim. None of the ones that glided were well-lit, some were brighter and some were dimmer. I'm looking for patterns, because I won't speculate.

My faith... I sometimes have these feelings that God won't see through what God began. I noticed that I sometimes tell myself that God will see these things through - because I know it is certain, but I still have these feelings. So tonight I said to God that I would like to have the faith of Christ. I want my faith to be God's glory and God's effort and not my own. I may have asked for a harsh thing.