{"id":23639,"date":"2016-06-11T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T20:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?p=23639"},"modified":"2017-02-25T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T18:34:13","slug":"page-465-given-over-by-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?p=23639","title":{"rendered":"Page 465 … given over by God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe phrase \u2018God gave them over\u2019 means that when we insist on shaking our fists at God, He finally lets us have the perversion we demand.\u00a0\u00a0 And that is a judgment in itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You know Lucy, to a degree, I agree with this sentiment \u2013 just like when we shake our fists in selfish arrogance<\/strong>, and thereby receive the perversion of the inability to enter Jesus\u2019 Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 18:3-4) \u2026 or when we shake our fists in religious<\/strong> piousness<\/strong>, and thereby receive the perversion of being damned by our own callousness (Matthew 7:1-5) \u2026 or when we shake our fists in immoral hypocrisy<\/strong>, and thereby receive the perversion of the \u201cwrath\u201d of Christ (Matthew 23:25-26) \u2026 or when we shake our fists in intolerant bigotry<\/strong>, and thereby receive the perversion of not knowing the perfect Mercy of the Father (Matthew 5:40-48) \u2026<\/p>\n

Any of that ring any bells? \u2026<\/p>\n

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And yet there is an alternative, my dear Lucy \u2026 There is an alternative to hate \u2013 and to fear \u2013 and to ignorance \u2013 and to intolerance.\u00a0 And that alternative is The Way of Christ<\/strong> \u2026 That alternative is active, humble, unconditional<\/em> LOVE<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor I have set you an example; that you should do as I have done<\/em><\/strong> for you \u2026 Very truly, if you understand these things, you are blessed while you do them<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 \u2026 The Kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed;\u00a0<\/sup>nor will they say, \u2018Look, here it is!\u2019 or \u2018Look, there it is!\u2019\u00a0 For, in fact, the Kingdom of God is already within you<\/em><\/strong> \u2026 Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. \u00a0<\/sup>Indeed, whoever becomes humble<\/em><\/strong> like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom \u2026 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/sup>They who have my commandments and keep them<\/em><\/strong> are those who Love me; and those who Love me will be Loved by my Father \u2026 Those who Love me will keep my word, and my Father will Love them, and we will come to them and make our home within them<\/em><\/strong> \u2026 And this is my Commandment: that you Love one another<\/em><\/strong> just as I have Loved you.\u201d ~ Jesus<\/strong> Christ\u00a0 (John 13:15-17 + Luke 17:20-21 + Matthew 18:3-4 + John 14:20-23 + John 15:12)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe phrase \u2018God gave them over\u2019 means that when we insist on shaking our fists at God, He finally lets us have the perversion we demand.\u00a0\u00a0 And that is a judgment in itself.\u201d   You know Lucy, to a degree, I agree with this sentiment \u2013 just like when we shake our fists in selfish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4632],"tags":[15,3321,478,656,188,4639,358,3811,1590,4476,4638,4633,860,359,112,457,714,2247,928,754,1095,212,3320,4217,158,41,111,2593,1824,4323,2069,2265,85,4642,1641,65,1094,4634,2101,789,72,93,35,704,108,952,1164,210,4635,107,22,4268,1829,150,28,255,2093,4646,4004,2098,4637,1819,2044,1733,1731,2031,4649,4647,1647,4636,37,4643,124,1549,2045,3150,580,194,4648,1125,612,129,1681,4641,4640,4644,283,4250,206,672,45,191,4645],"class_list":["post-23639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burnishing-bigotry","tag-acceptance","tag-adonai","tag-agape","tag-angels","tag-arrogance","tag-atlanta","tag-bible","tag-bigot","tag-bigotry","tag-bisexual","tag-bishop-allen","tag-burnishing","tag-christ","tag-christianity","tag-compassion","tag-condemnation","tag-conservative","tag-corinthians","tag-damnation","tag-darkness","tag-demons","tag-dogma","tag-elohim","tag-evangelical","tag-evil","tag-faith","tag-forgiveness","tag-fundamentalism","tag-gay","tag-gay-marriage","tag-gay-rights","tag-gehenna","tag-god","tag-gomorrah","tag-good","tag-heaven","tag-hell","tag-homo","tag-homosexual","tag-homosexuality","tag-hope","tag-humility","tag-hypocrisy","tag-ignorance","tag-injustice","tag-intercourse","tag-intolerance","tag-jesus","tag-jude","tag-justice","tag-kindness","tag-lesbian","tag-leviticus","tag-light","tag-love","tag-lust","tag-marriage","tag-marriage-equality","tag-mitzvot","tag-old-testament","tag-oliver-clyde-allen","tag-parable","tag-pastor","tag-paul","tag-preacher","tag-prejudice","tag-prodigal","tag-progressive","tag-redemption","tag-reformation","tag-religion","tag-repent","tag-repentance","tag-revelation","tag-reverend","tag-romans","tag-saint","tag-salvation","tag-samaritan","tag-satan","tag-sex","tag-sin","tag-sinner","tag-sodom","tag-sodomy","tag-straight","tag-tolerance","tag-transgender","tag-truth","tag-unconditional","tag-vision","tag-wisdom","tag-yhwh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25932,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639\/revisions\/25932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}