Not of the World...the Wayfarer 10/21/17

Not of the World
10/21/17

John 17:16-26 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁷ Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

¹⁸ As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

¹⁹ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

²⁰ Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

²¹ That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

²² And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

²³ I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

²⁴ Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

²⁵ O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

²⁶ And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Are you an alien, or are you of this world alone?

"What kind of crazy question is that to ask, preacher?"

In a world that readily accepts the probability of alien life, readily accepts the concept of a "Zombie apocalypse, readily embraces the concepts promoted by "science fiction" readily accepts the superiority of man and man's abilities to grow beyond the confines of his present to become an ever greater, more powerful creature than his forebears, it is difficult to comprehend why truth is so much harder to accept than the original lie that leads to the continual extension of that lie ever deeper, ever larger than the proven falsehood of that lie given Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 3:1-5 King James Version (KJV)

3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

² And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

⁴ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

That lie, and the false promise given within it grows each day as mankind "unlocks" the secrets of his universe, seeking ever more power, ever more wealth, ever more ability to proclaim himself as the equal of his Creator.

God Himself has become an "alien concept" to the large majority of people unable to conceive the reality of that TRUTH  that is proven for each as death does indeed ensue for the progeny of Eve, despite the unwillingness to allow for its existence, or to allow for the existence of the reality of eternal life that has been given through the sacrifice made for them by that very Creator through HIS only begotten Son so that they might actually perceive good and evil, choosing between TRUTH and the lie they so desperately desire to continue.

The reality of the inability to achieve that equality, sought by the originator of that lie, remains unaccepted by that originator, and all that are so willingly convinced of that lie while seeking that equality and superiority for themselves, WHILE THE ORIGINAL WARNING IS IGNORED generation after generation.

With the "unlocking of secrets" that PROMISE of DEATH  is compounded as both the originator and propagator of that continuing lie hurtle headlong toward the requirement to face that TRUTH that was and is the Creator and what lies in store for those remaining alienated from that TRUTH.

Denying the existence of death, and the consequence that comes with that denial does not refute death, nor does it overcome it.

Denial of evil does not refute evil, nor does denial of good refute the TRUTH of that good.

Each remains what it is, good and evil... Life and Death, choices to be made by each of the children spawned by Eve, who must then accept the consequence of those choices.

Guidelines given throughout the ages remain unchanged, unchanging, and unchangeable despite the lie that remains in place that somehow men can change the original intent of God to the intent of those seeking that change that cannot be made by him.

TRUTH came through Christ Jesus, not to change the will of GOD, but to change the very heart of men so that DEATH could be exchanged for LIFE.

Men sought to kill the TRUTH by killing the messenger delivering that TRUTH, only to find that that TRUTH overcame death itself, and cannot BE killed.

Killing the messenger did not and could not kill the message delivered, the love extended, the life offered to any and all willing to accept the simplicity of that TRUTH.

Men still try to murder the TRUTH, and proliferate the lie they would far rather accept.

Fiction is accepted as reality, while the Reality of the Ages is denigrated and bemoaned as mere fiction to be ignored in pursuit of the lie.

Those who find the TRUTH are alienated by the world that finds that TRUTH alien to their purpose, alien to the perception of reality created by that original lie.

TRUTH proves itself daily, in every aspect of every life in existence whether that life accepts or denies the purpose of that TRUTH, while the lie continues to be shown for that which it is, each second of each day as death comes to call on the children of  Eve.

John 3:16-17

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Salvation is an alien concept to those who seek salvation through the auspices of the lie, and a condemnation to those who continue to reject the means of salvation provided by the TRUTH.

TRUTH remains available to all willing to accept that TRUTH.

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

None is alien to GOD who does not alienate himself through the refusal to accept the TRUTH.

I restate the original question posed in the opening, with a twist, are you an alien to GOD?

Is God an alien to YOU?

 Is the TRUTH an alien concept ?

TRUTH must and shall be revealed.

Romans 14:11 King James Version (KJV)¹¹ For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

TRUTH or lie, LIFE or DEATH, REALITY or the fiction of that lie, choice is made by each and consequence of choice WILL be faced by each.

The messenger of that TRUTH lives, that TRUTH itself lives. The hope provided by that TRUTH lives, bringing with it LIFE.

The lie can exist only until the TRUTH is met and the consequence of the lie is met as well.

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