Pockets of power

John 3:31

King James Version

31 He that cometh from above is above all: 

he that is of the earth is earthly, 

and speaketh of the earth: 

he that cometh from heaven 

is above all.

It is pathetic.

Thinking anyone has real power in this world.

When the ONLY real power is GOD.

We have a whole blog dedicated to the LORD.

Not counting 112 other blogs devoted to the TRIUNE GOD.

One of the earliest things I learned that totally changed my way of thinking, was this.

Something John the Baptist called upon himself:

John 3:30

King James Version

30 He must increase, 

but I must decrease.

So, when I see sports fans adulating their heroes, or music afficionados idolizing their singers, or business buffs worshiping business whiz, I cringe.

They have no idea how GOD hates idolatry.

And how JESUS told us this:

Matthew 22:35-38

King James Version

35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, 

asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36 Master, which is 

the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first 

and great commandment.

EVERYTHING is of GOD, by GOD, for GOD, from GOD.

What part of that don't we understand?

Of course, if you have a different religion, you'd have your own "god".

And how the Christian Bible will correct you so!

How Satan has deluded man's mind to believe in lies.

How CHRIST's enemy keeps us asleep at the wheel.

No wonder many of us crash.

But our souls are in jeopardy.

Unless, and until we have the SPIRIT of GOD in us.

Who will correct all false notions.

He will interpret the Bible for us -- correctly, and precisely.

That's the only way I was able to understand the once-scary (coz it was a humongous book) Bible I used to see at bookstores.

Sure, there was the tiny New Testament given at grade school.

But at bookstores, they've got the whole Bible, Old and New Testament.

And that can get you a bit confused, or intimidated.

Unless, and until, you have the SPIRIT of GOD teaching you.

Only then do things become awesomely clear.

As it did for this nearly-seven-years born again watchman.

When you are taught by GOD's OWN SPIRIT, boy, you marvel at the precision of answers.

Which SPIRIT leads me to in Scripture.

That's how I could create/write the blogs we did.

Without which, I'd still be figuring things out on my own.

But no longer.

I've got SPIRIT in my heart, mind, body, and spirit.

The world may boast of geniuses.

But I only look to JESUS for His genius.

The world may boast of wealth.

But I only look to JESUS choosing GOD over mammon.

The world may boast of beauty.

But I only look to JESUS for the beauty of His teachings.

The world may boast of fame.

But I only look to JESUS Who cared for none.

The world may boast of power.

But I only look to JESUS Who was given ALL power.

How, then, can the world satisfy me?

I've already got JESUS.

John 3:35

King James Version

35 The Father loveth the Son, 

and hath given all things 

into his hand.

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BREATH from GOD

 

1 John 4:4

King James Version

4 Ye are of God, little children, 

and have overcome them: 

because greater is he that is in you, 

than he that is in the world.

WELCOME to this first article in the "BREATH of GOD" series!

We shall know the power of GOD's breath and SPIRIT.

Much as man wants to deny there is a GOD, well, the LORD exists.

Many have no idea His might, power, and majesty.

But we do, thus, all the blogs on the LORD.

Our very breath belongs to Him.

It came from Him.

And will go back to Him.

And if you don't believe this born again workman, well, SPIRIT and Scripture give profound proof:

Genesis 2:7

King James Version

7 And the Lord God formed man 

of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 

and man became a living soul.

Job 33:4

King James Version

4 The spirit of God hath made me, 

and the breath of the Almighty 

hath given me life.

Job 37:10

King James Version

10 By the breath of God frost is given: 

and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Psalm 104:29

King James Version

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: 

thou takest away their breath, they die, 

and return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: 

and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Isaiah 42:5

King James Version

5 Thus saith God the Lord, 

he that created the heavens, 

and stretched them out; 

he that spread forth the earth, 

and that which cometh out of it; 

he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, 

and spirit to them that walk therein:

Ezekiel 37:3-6

King James Version

3 And he said unto me, 

Son of man, can these bones live? 

And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, 

Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them,

O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; 

Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, 

and ye shall live:

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, 

and will bring up flesh upon you, 

and cover you with skin, 

and put breath in you, 

and ye shall live; 

and ye shall know 

that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:7-10

King James Version

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: 

and as I prophesied, there was a noise, 

and behold a shaking, 

and the bones came together, 

bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheld, 

lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, 

and the skin covered them above: 

but there was no breath in them.

9 Then said he unto me, 

Prophesy unto the wind, 

prophesy, son of man, 

and say to the wind, 

Thus saith the Lord God; 

Come from the four winds, O breath, 

and breathe upon these slain, 

that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, 

and the breath came into them, 

and they lived, 

and stood up upon their feet, 

an exceeding great army.

John 20:21-23

King James Version

21 Then said Jesus to them again, 

Peace be unto you: 

as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22 And when he had said this, 

he breathed on them, and saith unto them, 

Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, 

they are remitted unto them; 

and whose soever sins ye retain, 

they are retained.

Acts 17:24-27

King James Version

24 God that made the world and all things therein, 

seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, 

dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, 

as though he needed any thing, 

seeing he giveth to all life, 

and breath, and all things;

26 And hath made of one blood 

all nations of men for to dwell 

on all the face of the earth, 

and hath determined 

the times before appointed, 

and the bounds of their habitation;

27 That they should seek the Lord, 

if haply they might feel after him, 

and find him, 

though he be not far 

from every one of us:

That being in place now, let's turn to the second part in this series.

A "word study" on the Bible having the "breath" of GOD.

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Who OWNS our CELLS?

 

1 Corinthians 2:10

King James Version

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, 

yea, the deep things of God.

GOD knows I rest, by watching movies.

And even then, the LORD speaks through the movies He chooses for me to watch.

Today, He showed me a movie which made me question man's ways.

GOD made me watch "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks".

I was intrigued by the word they used -- "immortal".

For there's no mortal that's immortal.

As with every compelling movie, I do some research after I watch it.

And I learned that Henrietta Lacks contracted cancer of the cervix in 1951.

Now, they say it's actually adenocarcinoma.

What really bothered me was when they took samples of her cells without her knowledge.

"During her treatments, two samples were taken from Lacks's cervix without her permission or knowledge; one sample was of healthy tissue and the other was cancerous."

-- Wikipedia

They called her cells "HeLa".

It seems her cells were "durable" and "prolific".

So much so, these were used for extensive scientific study.

"Previously, cells cultured from other human cells would survive for only a few days, but cells from Lacks's tumor behaved differently."

"It was observed that the cells grew robustly, doubling every 20–24 hours, unlike previous specimens, which died out."

-- Wikipedia

It bothers me that the Lacks family was not informed of the doctor's, and hospital's intentions.

Apparently, in those early years, the tissues, or anything taken from a body, during surgery, belonged to the hospital.

I don't know about that, but when my brother's appendix was taken out at an early age, he got to keep it in a bottle.

Which fascinated me, of course -- seeing an appendix for the first time.

Another thing that bothered me was how Henrietta's second child, Elsie, was treated for her epilepsy and and cerebral palsy.

She was institutionalized and received the following treatment:

"Historian Paul Lurz says that it is possible that Elsie was subjected to the pneumoencephalography procedure, where a hole was drilled into a patient's head to drain fluid from the brain, which was then replaced with oxygen or helium to make it easier to see the patient's brain in X-rays."

-- Wikipedia

All these things crush my soul.

These grieve my heart.

Oh, to have saved this mother, and child, from such!

So I turn to the LORD for clarity, and comfort.

I did mention, in another article, that only JESUS can cure us.

Our worldly institutions can't, for they are founded on many gods.

You only need to look at the "Hippocratic Oath", if you don't believe me.

As born again, I look at things Scripturally.

What does the Bible say?

Who really owns the cells of our body?

Who owns our bodies?

SPIRIT led me to these powerful verses:

Genesis 2:7

King James Version

7 And the Lord God formed man 

of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 

and man became a living soul.

Job 12:9-10

King James Version

9 Who knoweth not in all these 

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 

and the breath of all mankind.

Job 41:11

King James Version

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? 

whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Psalm 24:1

King James Version

24 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 

the world, and they that dwell therein.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: 

and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

1 Corinthians 3:16

King James Version

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, 

and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?

People can debate all they want, but our bodies belong to the LORD.

As such, here are Scripture's commands, and warnings:

Romans 12:1

King James Version

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, 

by the mercies of God, 

that ye present your bodies 

a living sacrifice, 

holy, 

acceptable unto God, 

which is your reasonable service.

1 Corinthians 3:17

King James Version

17 If any man defile the temple of God, 

him shall God destroy; 

for the temple of God is holy, 

which temple ye are.

1 Corinthians 6:20

King James Version

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, 

which are God's.

I dedicate this post to Henrietta Lacks, the Lacks family, especially to Elise, who suffered greatly.

May the GOOD LORD guide us all, in the proper love, care, and treatment of each other.

Whatever profession, or industry, we may be in.

We are all children of the LIVING GOD.

John 1:12-13

King James Version

12 But as many as received him, 

to them gave he power to become the sons of God, 

even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, 

not of blood, 

nor of the will of the flesh, 

nor of the will of man, 

but of God.

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Henrietta Lacks

HeLa

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DOCTRINE of ELECTION

 

Abraham and GOD:

Genesis 15:6-8

King James Version

6 And he believed in the Lord; 

and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, 

I am the Lord that brought thee 

out of Ur of the Chaldees, 

to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he said, 

Lord God, whereby shall I know 

that I shall inherit it?

EVERYTHING belongs to GOD.

Believers belong to GOD.

Chosen for His purpose.

Chosen for salvation.

Chosen for Himself.

That we may worship Him.

That we may serve Him, and others.

Apostle Paul addresses "the saints which are at Ephesus".

And "to the faithful in Christ Jesus":

Ephesians 1:3-4

King James Version

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings 

in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him 

before the foundation of the world, 

that we should be holy 

and without blame before him in love:

Ephesians 1:5-6

King James Version

5 Having predestinated us 

unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, 

according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, 

wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 1:7

King James Version

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 1:8-9

King James Version

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us 

in all wisdom and prudence;

9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, 

according to his good pleasure 

which he hath purposed in himself:

Ephesians 1:10

King James Version

10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times 

he might gather together in one all things in Christ, 

both which are in heaven, 

and which are on earth; 

even in him:

Ephesians 1:11-12

King James Version

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 

being predestinated according to the purpose of him 

who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, 

who first trusted in Christ.

Ephesians 1:13-14

King James Version

13 In whom ye also trusted, 

after that ye heard the word of truth, 

the gospel of your salvation: 

in whom also after that ye believed, 

ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance 

until the redemption of the purchased possession, 

unto the praise of his glory.

The question remains:

Are you one of the faithful, in CHRIST?

Have you heard His call?

How have you responded to the LORD's invitation?

Do you know the importance of such?

Do you know the power CHRIST wields?

Ephesians 1:18-23

King James Version

18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; 

that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, 

and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance 

in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 

to us-ward who believe, 

according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 

when he raised him from the dead, 

and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, 

and power, and might, and dominion, 

and every name that is named, 

not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, 

and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, 

the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

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The SILVER cord

 

Ecclesiastes 12:6

King James Version

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 

or the golden bowl be broken, 

or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 

or the wheel broken at the cistern.

There seems to be truth to the saying, "hanging by a thread".

Over four decades ago, I woke up, and saw a long string, gently swaying, and glistening, in the air.

Actually, I seemed to be half-asleep, half-awake, as I witnessed that strange thing.

It connected my body on the bed, to my body up on the ceiling.

Researchers say it's an out-of-the-body experience, or OOBE.

Many "sensitives" say they see their body on the bed.

Well, the reverse was true for me.

I saw my body up in the air.

If not for the ceiling, I'd have gone off.

I knew that if that "string" snapped, or was cut, I'd be gone.

I also saw a rotating, large white circle (or disc) against the wall, with many things going on in it.

I don't know if that was to be my life.

Or it was the world's.

But the images seemed chaotic.

Apparently, it wasn't time to go yet.

Only GOD had control over my life.

Psalm 31:15

King James Version

15 My times are in thy hand: 

deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, 

and from them that persecute me.

The top psychic researcher in my country was astounded that I saw the "silver cord".

That was a silver cord?

I had no idea.

No one could really explain that silver cord.

But I did see it.

Since I've been born again over three years ago, I dropped all new age explanation, and focused on GOD's WORD instead.

And now, I discover King Solomon's verse above, without really looking for it.

I very nearly forgot the dream, until the verse showed up today.

Surely, SPIRIT feels it's time for me to know what that decades-old experience was all about.

As if confirming my initial thoughts.

So, I checked other Bible versions, to tell me more about the "silver cord":

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible

6 Earnestly remember your Creator before the silver cord [of life] is broken, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher at the fountain is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

6 [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Easy-to-Read Version

Death

6 Remember your Creator while you are young,

    before the silver rope snaps and the golden bowl is crushed

like a jar broken at the well,

    like a stone cover on a well that breaks and falls in.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Expanded Bible

6 Soon ·your life will snap like a silver chain [L the silver thread will be snapped]

    ·or break like a golden bowl [L and the golden bowl will be crushed].

·You will be like a broken pitcher at a spring [L The jar will be broken by the well],

    ·or a broken wheel at a well [L and the wheel crushed by the cistern; C metaphors of death].

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Good News Translation

6 The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

International Standard Version

6 When the silver cord is severed,

    the golden vessel is broken,

the pitcher is shattered at the fountain,

    and the wheel is broken at the cistern,

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Living Bible

6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young—before the silver cord of life snaps and the gold bowl is broken; before the pitcher is broken at the fountain and the wheel is broken at the cistern;

Ecclesiastes 12:6

New Life Version

6 Remember Him before the silver rope of life is broken and the gold dish is crushed. Remember Him before the pot by the well is broken and the wheel by the water-hole is crushed.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Wycliffe Bible

6 Have thou mind on thy Creator, before that a silveren rope be broken, and a golden lace run against, and a water pot be all-broken on the well, and a wheel be broken (al)together on the cistern; (Think thou upon thy Creator, before that the silver rope is broken, and the golden bowl is broken, and the water pot at the well is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken, yea, before that all is ended;)

In SUMMARY, "silver cord" means:

silver cord [of life]

silver rope

silver chain [L the silver thread

silver chain

silver cord

silver cord of life

silver rope of life

silveren rope

Even not being born again then, I knew my life was literally hanging on "by a thread", from that glistening string swaying gently in the air, as if someone was going to play jump rope.

It looked so fragile, swaying like that in the wind.

GOD gave me the opportunity to see life, and potential death, in that one instant.

And then again, death of our physical bodies on earth means life with JESUS.

Something born agains look forward to.

2 Corinthians 5:8

King James Version

8 We are confident, I say, 

and willing rather to be absent from the body, 

and to be present with the Lord.

King Solomon confirms what is to happen when that cord snaps:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:

 and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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