The Life is More than Meat...the Wayfarer 11/29/15

The Life is More than Meat
 11/29/15

²² And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³ The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

(Luke 12:22 &23)

Life is indeed more than meat, food, clothing and the things that are constantly demanding the attention of the physical, carnal man, whose concern for himself and those he considers his own, all too often revolve.

Life also consists of the inner being, the soul of that man, and those he considers his own, and all others as well with whom he is in contact in the process of what is called living.

It is that very essence of life, that eternal soul that holds preeminence and prominence above all physical “needs”.

The necessity of a warm coat to stave off the chill of the winter’s cold is undeniably important, without it the physical body, first suffers discomfort, and if not warmed will eventually succumb to the temperatures that it is not able to overcome through the natural generation of body heat, and die.

The same applies to food. Without food, hunger pains eventually become numbness followed by starvation as the body burns its own fat, then muscle to sustain itself eventually dying because of a lack of sustenance.

Both of these things occur to the PHYSICAL body, but neither of these extinguishes the life that exists within that body that is called the soul, the essence of the being created by God in His image, intended for an eternal existence that is either life, or death, yet not in the temporary frame of time as seen through the physical eyes of that being called man, but in the eternal frame of an eternity; where time does not and cannot exist; seen only through the eyes of God Himself and, eventually, through the Spiritual eyes of His creation, the soul of the man who has for a short time inhabited that physical body.

The opening verses of this scripture could not be clearer in meaning to any who would prefer to concern themselves with the here and now, and defer concerns about that soul until forced to face the fact of its existence.

(Luke 12:1-5)

1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

³ Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

⁴ And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁵ But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Fear not them that can kill the body! That body, in and of itself is not life. This portion of the statement alone should give resolve and purpose to where attention and care should be placed by this vain and fragile creature that thinks itself to great and powerful, and is merely a speck of dust that has been granted an existence by an omnipotent and omniscient God.

That first portion of the statement that was given, was followed by the remainder of the warning, given by a Savior, my Savior, that there is something that needs to be feared, both for ourselves and our progeny, as well as all others of our paltry kind.

Fear should be placed on forgetting that the body is temporary, the soul eternal, and succumbing to the lies of the one who would most willingly have us cast into the hell to face eternal death instead of eternal life.

The passage continues with the reminder of the importance of each and every soul, not just a few well known and respected members of a society bent on making their own importance greater than that of other men, also created by that same creator, from the same dust, for the same purpose… in total equality without respect to fortune, fame or any other distraction that can be placed in the way of what is intended by that Creator, and assured us by His Son Christ Jesus!

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

(Luke 12:6-10)

Just as all physical needs are seen by both ourselves and God, so are the spiritual needs seen by God, and should also be recognized by us to be the greater of the two, the first requiring attention, not the last!

We are not to fear mankind!

We are not to fear physical death!

The concern and emphasis should and must be placed on the life, the soul which is the essence of that life within this puny vessel, not the vessel itself!

Jesus went on to say that those who confess him as WHO HE IS, THE LIVING SON OF GOD, will be known by the very angels of God.

Those who refuse to confess HIM as savior, as WHO HE IS, those who deny him and all that he taught us, will be denied, before those same angels!

The time has come when denial is rife, when mankind attempts constantly and futilely to deny the existence of God, His Son and the Holy Spirit, attempts to relegate them to the past and the need for them to the past as well.

The concentration is only on the relevancy of man and man’s laws, and man’s concerns.

Jesus told us to disregard those concerns, that end of things is covered already!

Too often the warning given here goes unheeded, the parable that follow are unheeded, the reminder of where concern belongs is unheeded.

The lies being told by the deceiver who wishes only death and destruction are taken as truths, and the truth is denied.

Those lies begin small, easily believed by those wanting desperately to believe them even though the truth is so readily apparent… just as it was to Eve in the Garden of Eden when the whispers began.

The heroin overdose that results in death most often does not begin with the intent of that overdose.

It most usually does not even begin with that first usage of that particular drug, but is in fact a culmination of the same lie that began as a whisper, got steadily louder then became the shout that initiated the fatal dose taken.

The whisper most usually begins with the promised euphoria and escape of a lesser drug, a weaker more readily acquired and more readily accepted thrill being sought in order to somehow escape the pain of reality and normality.

That pain is most often not real, either, but exists only in the reality of what is real, the evil that exists within this world, the concerns and cares that are to be avoided and replaced by the false reality experienced through the thrill of that euphoria.

The same applies to society, and each individual within that society.

The whispers begin small, questioning equality, effort required to be expended just to survive and have the physical needs satisfied, then rapidly expand to all the wants as well, to include the denial of the relevance of What and Who the creator is.

The lies grow steadily larger with each thing that was forbidden leading to another and another until nothing is forbidden to include the fact that they were ever forbidden to begin with.

Laws are changed, after all they are men’s laws, susceptible to change with the tides of 

group acclamation, majority rule, majority decision of what is acceptable and what is not.

Direction is given by men who have both the most to give, and the most to gain by the changes that they apply to the directions in which nations are led, populations are led, and individuals within that population is led.

That direction also begins with a whisper that grows ever closer to a shout that eventually requires truth to be ignored, and if not ignored to be quashed and silenced whenever possible as that truth would hinder the purpose of the lie… to steal souls.

After repetitive beating down that truth, the brainwashing of the masses accomplishes its deadly mission… eventually bringing death to both man and his societies.

This truth is proven constantly throughout the rise and fall of the “Great Civilizations” throughout the history of humanity, beginning with Adam and continuing through today.

Jesus concludes this particular scripture with the following:

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

The truth has been presented… by Jesus.

The way has been given…..through Jesus.

The life has been promised… by Jesus.

Choose the truth of Jesus and life, or choose the lies given by men and the end that it brings in its place.

Choose to promote the truth… or continue, through denial, to promote the lie.

Either way, come quickly Lord Jesus!

2 Timothy 1:12 King James Version (KJV)

¹² For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Amen and Amen

the Wayfarer