Onlline Sermons

We have posted a lot of sermons from our Universal Life Church ministers. Some are Christian and some are not. You are welcome to use them or just enjoy them as you like.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Universal Life Church


Universal Life Church - Rev. Jesse L. Hoog bio:
When I was a little boy I always said I wanted to be a minister. It was always my dream, it seemed to nag at my inner soul and would never completely leave. On Aug. 23, 2007 it hit me that this was my calling and possibly my life's destiny, after all I was 21, no school, or any job I ever had seemed right, so I contacted Amy at the Universal Life Church Seminary and God and I made it happen! My family has a very long line of Ministers and all are/was God fearing people on both side's and all of a very diverse background and a variety of religions. 
Starting on my dad's side, his father Amos Hoog was a ordained Church of God Holiness Minister, I never had the pleasure in hearing him preach or his views, for I was barely 2 when he died, but I do know, he did many good things, the way God would have wanted it. His wife (my grandma) Alice Ledbetter Hoog was an ordained and active Four Square Minister, she even founded the first Four Square Church in the Joplin, Missouri area near Stapleton Village. In her life she had attended L.I.F.E Bible College in Los Angeles, Ca. and Oral Roberts In Tulsa, Ok. 
She never lost her faith in God and she even smiled while dying of cancer and said that God had his reasons for everything, she never blamed God or lost faith! Also on my dad's side of the family, his mom's (Alice) father George W. Ledbetter was an ordained and active Southern Baptist and a police Chaplain for the Wichita, Ks. Police Dept. My dad himself, Robert D. Hoog Sr. is an ordained Non-Denominational, he does not practice as a minister but he has always ministered to people through music for the Lord gave him a powerful voice that even helped him to overcome a speech impairment and to graduate high school. Alot of people have even said that I was gave his musical talents. Let's switch sides now to my mom's family. Her father Jack L. Vinyard was an ordained Non-Denominational Minister, he never lead a congregation of his own, but his love for God was none the less! 
He maintained his faith through the Korean War and even had his shoulder shot off and re-attached and never blamed God!  Instead he told all back home how he and his platoon had saw Jesus save them! He taught all of his grandkids that no matter the sins of your past, that he and God shared the same belief; forgiveness and that he and God loves all his children. When time came for him to live in eternity with his son he missed so badly and God he never shed one tear of pain and talked about the man who was coming to see him in his room. 
The night he left we all saw from across the street a man in his room, we believe that man was Jesus or his son Jackie. Now that's about all the ministers in my family but to be very honest, all my family has a strong devotion for God. My mom is a Pentecostal from the P to the L so to speak and her mom was just a down right bred in the blood Christian. My brother is a Universal Life Church Minister the same as I, he is even the one who made me aware of the church's existence.

I guess to break down what actually I am, is a Pentecostal, Four Square and Nazarene Jesus freak! As of now I am just starting out, so my studies come first, for it says; "Study to show yourself approved unto God." 2 Timothy 2:15. So I haven't really performed any services as of now. When I was younger though before the ministry, my grandma Jennie S. Vinyard had a heart attack on her farm south of Joplin, Mo, she went for some time with no oxygen, while my dad gave her mouth to mouth to keep her alive. When she arrived at the hospital they told us she had brain damage and would probably never wake up, so with my family's urging and my grandma's believing in my power of prayer, I took her hand in the hospital and told her, "Grandma it's Jesse I'm going to pray with you now and when I'm done you wake up, OK?" So all in the room bowed their heads and I prayed to God with all my heart and when I was done I said, "Grandma wake up now, I did my part." Sure enough there was her eyes wide open and that day even the doctor cried. Though she was a bit incoherent we all enjoyed four more wonderful years with her. So I suppose that's my only performance as of now. 
I truly believe that becoming a part of the Universal Life Church has strengthened me and my faith in God. It has also made me better at forgiving and walking away from a conflict rather than using anger! Just as soon as my classes are through the seminary are finished, I plan to become a full time minister, as well as be a police chaplain. Well I guess to close up this page in my life in this book of fine minister's, I will tell you all a story that happened when I was homeless. I was around twelve and homeless in my hometown of Joplin, Missouri. We were hungry and broke so we went to the local Salvation Army when we had no money for food. Outside the building on a super hot July or August day a homeless man had no shirt or shoes on his skinny body, had went there for some help. 

Rather than helping him with clothes as he obviously needed they wouldn't let him in there for food or clothes but they took him a plate and made him stay in the hot alley. The plate of food looked like they was feeding a dog and it really upset me. My family and I was eating in the car. He went to go in the place to ask for more and they pushed him back out and told him NO! I got so upset at them I could of bit a bullet in two for there was only about five others there for supper and they were about to close so quantity shouldn't have been an issue. I said to the man, "Wait a minute" and I ran in there and asked them for food to take home to my brother. They gave me three buckets of food and I went outside. I gave that guy seconds on food and took off my shirt I was wearing and gave it to him. I told him, "God Loves You!" 
And before leaving he asked my mom for a cigarette and my Mom gave him one and he lit it but he never took one drag of it not once! He rode off and we pulled off to ask him if he needed a ride cause after all he was on a bike and it was very hot. When we turned the corner he wasn't there, he wasn't even a half block away when we took off. He was just totally gone when we got up there where he had turned just seconds before. I think it was a test of God that he was an Angel!  Thank you all for reading my page. I pray it has been pleasing to you all and some how inspired you!

Thanks and God Bless you,
Rev. Jesse L. Hoog


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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. 

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Online Ordination

Two Universal Life Church ministers walked into a bar....

Many of my Bunny with a Toolbelt fans know that I'm also an ordained minister who has helped eight of my closest friends legally tie the knot over the past decade and a half. I met local minister Steve Sharp when he and his wife bought one of my pieces at Crafty Wonderland. He has performed ceremonies for many couples in the Portland area for the past few years, and I thought he'd be an excellent subject for an interview......or if you've simply are curious about what Reverends talk about when they're off duty:

BWAT: Hey Steve--thanks for agreeing to do an interview on my blog. My first question for you is: "What led you to become a wedding officiant?"

SS:I've always liked the idea of being part of such a positive celebration, and so I became ordained through the Universal Life Church in 1996. I started to put the word out that I was able to legally marry people, and I got the chance to perform my first ceremony when my daughter recommended me to her best friend. We held the ceremony in a park on the banks of the Columbia River on a beautiful June day, and I found the experience to be immensely rewarding. I was hooked!

My next ceremony was the backyard wedding of one of my wife's co-workers. They initially viewed marriage as "just a piece of paper" that they needed to "make it legal". After the ceremony, however, the groom made a tearful speech describing how his eyes had been opened to the spiritual bond he now felt between him and his wife. Reverend Steve was on his way!

BWAT: Tell me about the Universal Life Church and what you like about
their philosophy.


SS: Although I am a very spiritual person, I do not feel a particularly deep connection with any single organized religion. Rather, there are elements of many different religions which resonate with me. This is what I like about the Universal Life Church philosophy. They want you to pursue your spiritual beliefs - whatever they may be - without interference from any outside agency, including government or church authority. Their mantra (if you will) is "Do only that which is right", and they believe that every person has the natural right - and the responsibility - to peacefully determine what is right.


BWAT: What's your process for working on a ceremony with a couple?

SS: After the initial contact through my website - aBeautifulCeremonyNW.com - or WeddingWire.com, I schedule a time and place for our first meeting. I also email the couple a questionnaire so that I'll have all the basic details (venue, date and time of the wedding, etc.) in front of me. At our meeting, I will go over the details with the couple to make sure we're on the same page and then we'll talk about what kind of ceremony they have in mind. We talk about the tone of the ceremony (religious, spiritual, secular,) and what kind of "inner ceremonies" (roses, sand, candles, etc.) they may desire as well as elements such as parental honoring that they might want me to include.

I then compose a first draft of the ceremony based on our conversation and email that to them for approval. If they have any changes, additions or deletions, I will rewrite the ceremony and submit the revised version to them. This usually becomes the final version of the ceremony.


BWAT: What's the most unusual wedding ceremony you ever officiated?

SS: There have been some strange requests over the years, but I think the most unusual setting would have to be the wedding I performed aboard a moving steam train in the winter of 2009. It was about 14 degrees that day, but the bride still bravely wore a low cut wedding dress. The passenger car we were in lurched from side to side as we made our way down the track, but everybody took it in stride and the ceremony was one of the most upbeat and happy ones I've experienced.


BWAT: How do you choose what to wear when you're "at work?"

SS: I always ask the couple what they prefer, and they almost always opt for a dark suit.


BWAT: My biggest occupational hazard is being sentimental. Do you get
wrapped up in the magnitude of what you're doing and choke up while
officiating?


I've been known to get a little misty, but I never allow myself to really get choked up. After all, I am there to perform the ceremony on their special day and I would never forgive myself if I let my emotions diminish their experience in any way!

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Thanks Steve for letting me into your world! You can find more about Steve's techniques in the FAQ section of his website A Beautiful Ceremony NW.



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Friday, July 23, 2010

Online Sermons

By Rev. Jimmy Warren
Gathering the Harvest

Beloved, I come to you again to have you know with certainly that God
loves you more than you will ever know. God and his son Jesus loved you so
much that they where willing to split their family to give each and everyone
of us the chance to become an heir to God's Kingdom and to share eternal
life with them. (John 3:16 )

We all need to be on our knees everyday praying for the harvest because
our Lord Jesus is on his way back to save all those who love Him and his
Father and to do away with those who will not obey. See our article, "You Only
Live Twice" on this site.

What is the harvest you say? Well its you and me folks. Have you ever
asked yourself, "Why are there so many churches?" Well, there are so many of
us and our personalities are so vast that each of us need a different kind
of person to reach us and teach our minds. This is why there are so many churches.

We need to pray for the harvest of people but we also need to pray for
laborers to help bring in the harvest. If you feel that you have been
called to share in the gospel, or feel called to the ministry,then become
ordained through the Universal Life Church and serve God in your own way.

I would ask that those interested read the book "40 Days of Purpose" by
Pastor Rick Warren. This book will help all of you to understand what
you, as a fellow human, need to be doing to help bringing the harvest. Read
Matthew 9:36-38

Pray for God to move on others, to teach and preach about the
forthcoming Kingdom of God; it is your duty. Don't just rely on your pastor or
church; get out yourself, have bible studies in your home,and talk to your
neighbors and friends. Read Heb.3:13-15 and Heb. 4:1

Take time to help strangers, go with your feelings when moved by the
Holy Spirit; you don't know who you might be helping. The time of the end is
near and we need to reach all kinds of people. We have to be like others to
reach them, especially young people who are turned off by religion. When we
read in Luke 7:35-38, we see how to behave toward our enemies. Then how should we treat those we know?

I run into young people all the time who say that religion is a
conspiracy brought on by our governments and the churches of the world. I counter
this idea by asking how a grand conspiracy on a scale never heard of before
could last two thousand years? We can't even keep a small thing covered up
for very long without someone spilling the beans.

We read in Matthew 10:13-16 that we must all come before Christ as
little children. This means we need to trust and come with open arms to God. A
lot of churches have missed the point of our dear Lord and Savior's message
of forgiveness. They have gone way over board in preaching about doom and
gloom. Read our article, "Why do you go to church"

All Jesus ever preached was forgiveness; He even said, "I come not to
judge,but to forgive." Read Mark 10:24-31. Beloved, we must be ready to give up everything to be in the kingdom and to help others make it. We must be willing to give up our lives to help our fellow brothers and sisters make it. What do I mean when I say, "We must be willing to give our lives." Our life is our time, and we need to be spending more of it in helping others reach the Lord. Amen

Let God tell you what to say to others, or wait till God opens your
mouth; don't be afraid to speak the word of God.Mark 10:20 says, "He that wins souls must be wise."

Jesus loves you so much that he laid down his life and died a miserable
death so YOU could be with him and The Father in The Kingdom of God
forever. Isn't this worth sharing with those around us, our lives and time?
Think on this and ask yourself, "What am I doing to help those around me?"

Beloved, we are told that there is no greater commandment than to love
one another. "As I have loved you," is what Jesus himself said, so how can
we be expected to do any less? We must take the message of Jesus to the
world, the whole world.

It is time for us all to read the bible for what it really says,and not
what a bunch of preachers say it says. Read it for yourself; you will be
amazed at how simple the word of God is. We are to follow the example of Jesus
and be forgiving to all who treat us wrong. We must repent and change our
ways to be good stewards of our creator.

Beloved, I reiterate. We are running out of time, the end is very near.Don't you want all those you love to be in the kingdom of God? All people are our brothers and sisters and we are commanded to love our brothers as ourselves. The time is now. Where are you right now? Are you doing your part, or are you like the rest of the world, just looking out for yourself?

All of us will be face to face with God The Father soon, and will have to give an account for our lives. Have you thought about this? Again the time is NOW!

Don't sit down and give up. Stand up for the Lord and be ready to be received in the kingdom of our God and our Savior Jesus Christ. Your eternal life is counting on it, be ready.

Amen and all praise be to God.
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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more.

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.


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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Online Sermon

By Bruce Wallace
What I Wnat for Christmas

What do you want for Christmas this year? I think each year our list just gets longer and longer. The truth being known, I think most of us want too much way to much, mostly of the wrong things and not enough of the right things. I think we spend way to much on ourselves and not enough on others. Christmas is the time of the year to spread good cheer, make friends with that person you have been not talking with. Give a little time to someone who has less then you. Not worrying about just what to put under the tree.

We fill up under the tree with toys, and many gifts most of us will never use anyway.

Stop and think what do you think I might want for Christmas this year?

have you ever opened up all the present and feel there is still something missing?

Well I have prolong this long enough all I want for Christmas this year is that people know that a child was born. A son was given. He was given the name the everlasting father the Prince of Peace. Not all the toys not all the fancy gifts. We are forgetting that we are all Gods children, and yes my friends God is alive. The everlasting father the Prince of Peace.

Amen


Bruce Richard Wallace


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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more.

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.


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Ordained Minister

ULC Nigerian Minister: Danjummai
 
My real name is Ahmad. My father’s name is Umar. My grandfather’s name is Abdullahi. I was born Friday, 16Th, 1965 at Unguwar Shanu a Northern Kaduna suburb in the country Nigeria . I am a Muslim. My father died when I was young. Corporal Umaru Madagali died while receiving medical attention at the 44-Army Reference Hospital Kaduna after the Nigeria ’s Civil War which is known to be the war of the Unity of Nigeria. My mother’s name is Aisha. She hails fro Gora, Kano State . She raised me up, jointly with our guardian, Late Hajiya Ladin Basharu Argungu who was the financier of my early education.
There is nothing special about me. May be that I have a good memory of things spanning from when I was supposed to be a kid – things from when I was three years of age. When my father died late 1972, my family, customary of our tradition, tried to hide the news to me. When I asked why people were crying through out the day and that my mum said nothing about visiting my father at the hospital, my mother said “We’ll go to the hospital together next day.” I knew she was lying. I also knew that my father was no more. The period of the death of my father sharpened my curiosity on the matter of Afterlife. I remember when within that period we were taught letter writing in school and it occurred to me to write my father a letter where he was in what I later understood to be the limbo. Of course I had my frustration with the mailing address I was to use. I also understood how impossible it was to physically communicate with the dead. But I still went ahead to write and post my letter. I remember how silly I felt when I went to post the unaddressed letter which I knew would get stuck at the post office. I remember the body of my letter which reads: “Dear Father, how are you?  I hope you are fine.  I write to ask how you are doing.” That was my first shot on the controversial question of Afterlife, and interestingly, I dreamed of my father the night I posted my letter that he visited and took me out to a nice place and back.
There is nothing much in my adult life either.  I grew knowing that I did all sorts of low-level youthful experimentation. That was during and after my secondary education in 1983. The only credit that could probably be given to my minor-life could be the awareness of the implications of my actions. What I had was a very probing mind and perhaps the reason why I keep craving for new acquaintances or experiences, and probably why I find it easy to adapt to new or challenging situations. I used to be fond of drinking and all sorts of smoking. I remember the New Year eve of 1985. I was in a bar drinking to the approaching year with a close-friend when it occurred to me to stop drinking and engaging in things that hamper spiritual growth. We prayed to God in our drunken state and luckily my prayer was answered and I became straightened. This quite unusual touch of God on sinners made me increased my curiosity about God. I was brought up to think of sinners as the enemies of God who do not deserve His mercy. But as I later became conversant with the Qur'an I came to know that "the mercy of God encompasses all."
 
By the year 1988, I was a complete devotee with great sympathy to the cause of the late Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, plunging myself into the arena of religious or world politics, and was soon to realize afterward, after the demise of the Imam that “God is more than the Heavens and Earth can contain.” I therefore set my search beam inwards again. I devoted time searching God in the Spirit. Islam is a spiritual religion but erroneous interpretations, like in the rest of the Paths, had turned it otherwise. A Muslim must believe in God, All Revealed Books, Prophets, Angels, Jinns (Spirits), Destiny and Afterlife. I had a great fancy for stories about the spirits. Interactions between Spirits and Mankind had begun from time immemorial. A whole Chapter dealing with the idiosyncrasies of the Spirits is featured in the Holy Qur’an. Sufi or Spiritual Scholars had also rendered works on this subject. Such works became my daily companions and before time my eyes began opening to the unusual occurrence around me. I used to come back home from work and find burning incense in my room or the odor of pleasant perfumes. There was a night I came back and felt the presence of a female entity in the room. There was a time I traveled out and when back late at night realized I had forgotten my keys where I visited. I was about breaking the door but something in my mind forbade me and made me stroll outside for a little while. When back I found the keys put at the step of my door. I gradually became used to my hidden friends and worked earnestly towards formalizing our relationship. The harder I worked the faster my eyes and dream sensors were opened, and when I was able to clearly see I was fully enrolled in the Batini (Hidden) School where I did my Masters and PhD - believe it or not.

 I do remember the early days of my studies when I wanted to see the spirits with my physical eyes. I did my supplication and went to sleep. I was awoken by a tap on my shoulder and when I opened my eyes it was unbelievable. I found myself lying in a crowded beach. I sat up and watched the amazing scenario for minutes before going back to sleep. I also remember when I was eager to memorize all the faces I saw and voices I heard and my dream aid told me to just "pay attention". That was how I was taught healing and matters of the Kingdom. If I have work to do I just pop into the small world and come back with solutions – simple.
 
I began my healing career late 2001. Healing is cool, if not for the lonely times. When you are gifted (or ESP) you find you are lonely in the midst of a crowd. I find the Internet accommodating when I am resting. This, interestingly, was how I found online forums such as the University Of Metaphysical Sciences of which I am member and subsequently the Universal Life Church Forums which are invaluable fountains of enlightenment, where we of like minds meet to rub minds.

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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. 

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 
The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Online Sermon

Rev. Janetta Cravens Boyd
“Welcome Back”
Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, rise!" The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen among us!" and "God has looked favorably on his people!" This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.

In the gospel of Luke, one of the writer’s favorite metaphors for Jesus is a healer. It is reported that Luke was a physician, and as a healer himself, most admired the healing part of Jesus’ ministry. Spiritual health and physical health are linked, there is a connection between our worries and our fears and what stresses us, and our faith, what we believe, and understand. Though in Jesus’ day, and in Luke’s writing, they may have made connections between spiritual health and physical health that we would not make today because we have improved our understanding of diseases, for example, mental health we know is not caused by demons, though it was reported as such frequently in the bible. We understand diseases better and know better how to treat them -- and care for people who live with them. However, despite the conclusions that may have been drawn at the time of writing the scripture, the link between our spiritual health and physical health are remarkable. Tom McCormick probably would have a lot to say about that link, but any of us who have ever worried over a child who has come home too late, or stressed over finances, or felt responsible for the well-being of their entire family knows the physical toll that can take place. Even if we know logically, that if our child is harmed at this point there is nothing we can do about it, or that we are not truly, really, responsible for our entire family, it doesn’t fix our deep desire to fix it. Yet, in some ways, these are surface level concerns, deeper down, there is an even harder to explain relationship between spiritual health and physical health. A mystery that unfolds as we learn to place our lives and trust in God’s care and come to understand that we do not carry ourselves by ourselves. In some ways the things that bother us physically are analogous to the problems we carry spiritually. Faith has a role in our health, in our well being as people and as communities, and it was this concern that grabbed the attention of our gospel writer. He believed that trusting in God and following Jesus could make you well, free you from what kept you bounded, spiritually, emotionally, blocked, hemmoraging, tied down, dead.

The scripture we will read today is the second story in a series of stories that Luke tells about healing. In Luke’s gospel, Jesus has just preached his longest sermon, in some gospels, we call this the sermon on the mount because it happened on a mountain, but in Luke’s gospel, he brings this sermon down to the ground, where the people. “On a level place,” he says, and so, here in Luke’s gospel, it happens on the plain. But he pours out his systematic theology to the people, Blessed are the poor for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Some people have called the Beatitudes, Jesus’ 12 Step Program for faith, and that’s not entirely wrong. The first of the beatitudes begins with acknowledging our poverty, how we are poor, that there is poverty, and God works in that situation to bring the kingdom of God. But the sermon goes on after running down a list of blessings --- and Jesus says important things like, “Do not judge, and you will not be judged,” and “Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own?”
Jesus’ first act after finishing his sermon is to start healing people, and Luke gives us 2 stories. The first is a story about a Centurian, a Roman, who comes to Jesus to heal a slave in his house. He isn’t even Jewish, and the power of the story is that he trusts Jesus completely and understands that in order to be healed, he will have to be under his command. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to be under the authority of someone who is different from us, which is, I believe, a dynamic being played out at our national level? The Senator from South Carolina who called our President a Raghead, a racial slur for Muslims, couldn’t even get the slur right. Our President isn’t Muslim, and muslims don’t wear “rags” on their heads, turbins are worn by Seiks. And neither of these are black, which our President is. The disease of racism makes white men (and women) have a hard time being under the authority of a black man.

The slave was restored to health, the faith working its mystery in the bones of those who believe, to liberate it beyond the disease that confines it. And here, then, is our second story, immediately, Jesus finishes healing the Centurian’s slave, travels a small distance to another town, Nain, and a second healing happens -- only this one was not just making someone feel better, ridding them of disease, and restoring them to health; it was in fact, freeing them from the bounds of death, bringing them back to life. Only, unlike in the first story, we don’t know the character’s country of origin, don’t know if they were Jewish or Roman, or what else, and don’t really know, why Jesus decided to bring this man back to life. Unlike the first story, no one asks him, no one comes to him, he didn’t come to this town to make this happen, he’s just come to town where he’s greeted by a funeral procession, and he takes action.
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I find several things interesting in this scripture, and I wonder what it must have been like to be any number of people in this story. What it would have been like to be a person in the crowd, observing and watching this incredible scene unfold. What it might have been like to be the mother, throat still raw from crying, and get her son back, right in the middle of a sob. What it might have been like to be a casket bearer, and have this man you do not know, with a funny accent, who “wasn’t from around here” tell you to stop what you are doing and put his hands on the casket -- bizarre behavior even by today’s standards -- and speak to it as though he truly expected something to happen. 

There are some lessons in this story, beyond the fact that Jesus heals and dead are given new life under his authority. Sometimes we are the mother, and great grief is upon us, and things look dead, really dead. They are dead. And sometimes, we know, things really do die. Death really is real. We really do, loose people we love for reasons sometimes that we do not understand, and the pain of that loss is real.

Jesus didn’t resurrect everyone who died in his ministry. But he did make a point with the people he did bring back from death’s icy grasp. Under the hand of Jesus, dead is not dead, things may turn out really differently than expected. Just because WE pronounce them dead, believe this to be it, may not mean that that’s the way Jesus sees the situation. Jesus can speak powerfully into our situation and turn it around, give it new life, and make us live again.

Another lesson here -- Some of us are casket bearers -- we are carrying death with us, around with us, we have death in our hands. We are walking into board rooms where we somberly pronounce the death to budgets, and future, and even our own story. We are bearing the caskets for people, and places that we love, and shaking our heads that this situation is hopeless. We deliver the news of death like pallbearers for our own story: “I know, we used to be alive, but now this church is just dead, it’s not like it used to be.” Talk about being a kill-joy. But under the hand of Jesus what we thought to be a delivery of bad news, turns out to be a platform of promise. What we thought was a death bed turns out to be a box to step out of. We should be very careful when we are in the presence of Jesus of pronouncing too loudly what is, or is not going on, or possible. A little later on in the story, Jesus is talking to his disciples and they are trying to figure out who he is and what he is -- again, they’re trying to have a definition for what is happening. We want to “define our terms” -- are you John the Baptist, or the Messiah?” And Jesus doesn’t respond to them with an answer, he simply tells them to go and see. Don’t worry about the terms, and get hung up on understanding, just tell people what is happening. Blind are getting sign, lame are walking, the dead are raised. Whatever you want to call it, call it. It’s not the definition that is important, but the reality that is becoming because of Jesus.
Another lesson for us here, is that we should listen to the voices of strangers in our midst. Sometimes, we’re so busy fussing over what we know to be going on, that we don’t recognize the voice of Jesus coming to us because it’s speaking with an accent that isn’t familiar to our ears. Sometimes the people who don’t speak our native language of faith have some of the most relevant things to say to us and we miss it because they do not sound like us. We should listen to the new member and what they say to us, or to our children and grandchildren who may not come to church at all. Jesus because they are new around here, or unfamiliar to our community, does not mean that they cannot be powerful witnesses to the presence of a living God. Listen to the stranger and to the voice of the one who is new.

What I’d like for you to do is to think about how God is speaking to us through this scripture. How is the Spirit speaking through the words of this text into our situation and our life? It may be speaking on several levels, personally something that you are wrestling with, or collectively, something that we are going through together as a community.
What are you learning about God from this scripture?
What is God inviting us to do or become?
How is God speaking through this text?

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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By Rev. David J. Gripka, DD, ULC
Memorial Message

Felix W. Memorial Message from one of his Covenant Hospice Volunteers.


God gave Felix W. the grace and talents to make the world a better place from May 21, 1911 to June 21, 2005. Felix encountered many significant events in his life time. On June 21, 2005, the most significant event of his life occurred when he departed from our loving care to be with his beautiful wife, son, and other family members who have been helping Jesus prepare his room in their mansion in heaven. As Jesus said in John 14:2-3 (KJV)2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. As Felix shared with me, Jesus kept His Word to him.

Felix leaves behind three families to enjoy memories of him and to celebrate his life. His main concern about going on his journey home to heaven was that these three families would mourn his passing rather than celebrate his victory in Jesus. His first family during the last few weeks has been his siblings, children, grandchildren and their spouses and families. His second family was the wonderful staff at Sterling House, many of whom would come in hug him, kiss the top of his head and say 'I love you, Felix'. That meant more to Felix than the outstanding care they gave him, assisting him with more and more of his Activities of Daily Living as he grew weaker physically, but stronger spiritually. One of the staff, read the following prayer to him. It's title is 'Memorare'



Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, and sought Thy intercession was left unaided, Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, My Mother, to Thee I come; before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but, in Thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen



With tears in his eyes, Felix asked Diane to sign the card and he put it in his shirt pocket



Felix's third family was the Covenant Hospice Interdisciplinary Team from Milton, Florida who cared for him, made sure he had everything he needed or wanted, and most of all, loved him and prayed for him. Felix and I agreed about many things, one of which that the Covenant Hospice nurses and aides are the best of the best and are angels in human form.



On June 15, Felix asked me to get his mail and read it to him. One of the items was a thank you card that Felix allowed me to share with you. It reads:



June 8, 2005 postmarked NYC

Dear Grandpa,

Thank you so much for sponsoring me and Bike & Build. I also wanted to thank you for supporting my interest in art. I am proud to be carrying on the artistic tradition of the Winkowski's and your kind words and advice have been an inspiration to me. Without your generosity, none of this would be possible.

Love, Erik



While I was privileged to visit Felix, he encouraged me to read some of his books while he slept, books written by his son Frederic, and dedicated to him. On the dust cover of Fred's book. 'A Quiet Walk In Central Park' there was a statement that one of Frederic's earliest memories was spending time with his father in the darkroom developing black & white photographs.



I believe that God was very much with Felix and with his three families, especially over the last few weeks. In 1966, Felix painted a picture of the Fifth Station of the Cross, where Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry His cross. That picture was over the head of Felix's bed, and from a certain angle, when Felix was sleeping with that peaceful little smile on his face, it looked like Jesus was smiling down on Felix from the picture. God also let Felix have some glimpses of where he was heading. At first, Felix thought he was having hallucinations as he described some of his new furniture and some of the buildings. And Jesus standing up ahead with his arms wide open and a big smile on His face. I told Felix that when he got there, Jesus would probably shake his hand and say 'Well done, good and faithful servant' and take him in to see his wife. I was wrong. When Felix got there, Jesus wrapped his arms around Felix in the longest Sterling House hug I ever saw, kissed him on the top of his head and sad, 'I love you, Felix' as He led Felix in to reunite with his loved ones.

Amen.


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Monday, July 19, 2010

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By Rev. J. Stanley

THE GODHEAD!!!!!

ROMANS 1:19-21

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

COLOSSIANS 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

ACTS 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:GENESIS 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

GENESIS 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

JOB 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life

NOTE: WE FIND THAT THE SPIRIT,GOD IS THE FEMALE ,JUST LIKE EVE WAS TAKEN OUT OF ADAM, THE SPIRIT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BEING THAT BECAME JESUS. HIS NAME AT THE TIME WAS YEHOVIH. AND HER NAME WAS YEHOVAH. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SAID LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE.

Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. SOLOMON, IN THE BOOK OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON,SAYS THAT HE WILL TELL US WHO WISDOM IS:CHAPTER 6:12 Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her,and is found by those who seek her.

13 She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her.14 One who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty,for she will be found sitting at the gate.15 To fix one's thought on her is perfect understanding, and one who is vigilant on her account will soon be free from care, 16 because she goes about seeking those worthy of her,and she graciously appears to them in their paths,

and meets them in every thought. 17 The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction, and concern for instruction is love of her,18 and love of her is the keeping of her laws, and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,19 and immortality brings one near to God;

20 so the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom. 22 I will tell you what wisdom is and how she came to be, and I will hide no secrets from you,but I will trace her course from the beginning of creation,

and make knowledge of her clear,and I will not pass by the truth;23 nor will I travel in the company of sickly envy,for envy does not associate with wisdom.24 The multitude of the wise is the salvation of the world, and a sensible king is the stability of any people

CHAPTER 7:7 Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called on God, and the spirit , wisdom came to me.8 I preferred her to scepters and thrones,and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.9 Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her.10 I loved her more than health and beauty,

and I chose to have her rather than light,because her radiance never ceases. 11 All good things came to me along with her,and in her hands uncounted wealth.

12 I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom leads them;but I did not know that she was their mother.

13 I learned without guile and I impart without grudging;I do not hide her wealth,

14 for it is an unfailing treasure for mortals;those who get it obtain friendship with God,

commended for the gifts that come from instruction. 15 May God grant me to speak with judgment, and to have thoughts worthy of what I have received; for he is the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise.16 For both we and our words are in his hand,as are all understanding and skill in crafts.17 For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements; 18 the beginning and end and middle of times, the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,19 the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,20 the natures of animals and the tempers of wild animals, the powers of spirits and the thoughts of human beings,the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots; 21 I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,22 for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted,distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, 23 beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety,all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent, pure, and altogether subtle.24 For wisdom is more mobile than any motion;because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.25 For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.26 For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.27 Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;28 for God loves nothing so much as the person who lives with wisdom.29 She is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior,30 for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail. CHAPTER 8:1 She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other,and she orders all things well. 2 I loved her and sought her from my youth; I desired to take her for my bride,and became enamored of her beauty. 3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God,and the Lord of all loves her.4 For she is an initiate in the knowledge of God,and an associate in his works.5 If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things? 6 And if understanding is effective, who more than she is fashioner of what exists? 7 And if anyone loves righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teaches self-control and prudence, justice and courage;nothing in life is more profitable for mortals than these. 8 And if anyone longs for wide experience,she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come;she understands turns of speech and the solutions of riddles;she has foreknowledge of signs and wondersand of the outcome of seasons and times. IN CHAPTER 10:15- 20 HE TELLS US ,WISDOM IS THE CLOUD BY DAY AND THE FIRE BY NIGHT..SOLOMON SAYS THAT WISDOM DID EVERYTHING THAT THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYS THAT JEHOVAH DOES .THAT TELLS ME THAT JEHOVAH AND WISDOM IS ONE AND THE SAME PERSON,OR DEITY.

NUMBER 1 THE FATHER: JOHN17:24 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.

NUMBER 2 THE MOTHER: JOHN 14: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; NOTE: THE COMFORTER IS YOUR SPIRITUAL MOTHER. 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:

but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. THIS SHOULD READ THE SPIRIT , ALETHEIA:WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT SEES HER NOT, NEITHER KNOWS HER: BUT YOU KNOW HER: FOR SHE DWELLS WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU. 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. NOTE : THAT IS HOW THAT JESUS AND THE FATHER CAN BE IN HEAVEN AND BE IN YOU AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS THEIR MATES THAT ARE DOWN HERE TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN.THEIR MATES WERE BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF THEM , THE SAME AS EVE WAS BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF ADAM.

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, She shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.JOHN 15: 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit,ALETHEIA , which proceedeth from the Father, She shall testify of me:

JOHN 16: 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send hER unto you. NOTE: IT IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE FATHER DID NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME IS THE REASON SHE COULD NOT COME.

IN JOHN 16: 13 HE TELLS YOU WHY YOU DO NOT KNOW ALETHEIA, 13 Howbeit when She, the Spirit, ALETHEIA, is come, She will guide you into all truth: for She shall not speak of hERself; but whatsoever She shall hear, that shall She speak: and She will shew you things to come.

Note: JESUS SAID THAT HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES WHAT THE FATHER’S NAME WAS.

YOU FIND WHEN JESUS TAUGHT THE DISCIPLES HOW TO PRAY HE TOLD THEM WHO TO PRAY TO: OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN, HAGIAZO IS YOUR NAME.

HAGIAZO MEANS HALLOWED OR TO MAKE HOLY WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS THE FATHER WHO MAKES US HOLY. IN THE LORD’S PRAYER IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE BIBLE THAT THE FATHER’S NAME IS IN THE BIBLE.IN OTHER PLACES YOU WILL SEE HIM CALLED ABBA FATHER WHICH MEANS FATHER OF ALL FATHERS. IN MATTHEW WE ARE TOLD: MATTHEW 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.



ROMANS 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

GENESIS 1: 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

GENESIS 2: 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:[ and they shall be one flesh.] 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Note: how did adam know about a father or mother unless he had one

To leave. So adam left his father and mother for eve.

the new STRONG’S DICTIONARY

OLD TEST.IN HEB. NEW TEST. IN GREEK

help meet 5828.HâµÖ¶¶è Óe^zer, ay’-zer; from 5826; aid:— help

bone of my bones 6106.Hâ¶æ¶� Óetsem, eh’tsem; from 6105; a bone (as strong); by extens. the body; fig. the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame:— body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.

flesh of my flesh 1320.HѼ¸é¸è ba^sa^r, baw-sawr’; from 1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extens. body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man:— body, [fat, lean] flesh [-ed], kin, [man-] kind, + nakedness, self, skin

Gen. 5:2 In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.



GODHEAD

FAMILY OF GOD

Acts 17:29 greek 2304 STRONGS

29 For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

Rom. 1:20 " 2305 "

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Col. 2:9 " 2320 "

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Bodily: 4985.G sɵat¹ºÉ^ so¯matiko¯s, so-mat-ee-koce´; adv. from 4984; corporeally or physically:— bodily.

Godhead: 2304.G ¸e  theios, thi´-os; from 2316; godlike (neut. as noun, divinity):— divine, godhead.2305.G¸e´t·Â theiote¯s, thi-ot´-ace; from 2304; divinity (abstr.):— godhead.2316.G¸e´Â theos, theh´-os; of uncert. aff.; a deity, espec. (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; fig. a magistrate; by Heb. very:— × exceeding, God, god [-ly, -ward].2320.G¸e´t·Â theote¯s, theh-ot´-ace; from 2316; divinity (abstr.):— godhead.3588.G ho, ho; incl. the fem. [FEMININE GENDER]

· he¯, hay; and the neut.

t´ to, to; in all their inflections; the def. art.; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):— the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

NOTE: ENGLISH PUT HE, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHE,

[ WHEN REFERING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, OR GHOST ]

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

OUR SPIRITAUL MOTHER

588.G ho, ho; incl. the fem. [FEMININE GENDER]

· he¯, hay; and the neut.

t´ to, to; in all their inflections; the def. art.; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):— the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

NOTE: ENGLISH PUT HE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHE,

WHEN REFERING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,OR GHOST.

JOHN 15: 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, she shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

proceedeth 1607Geºp¿�eÅ´¿µa¹ ekporeuomai, ek-por-yoo´-om-ahee; from 1537 and 4198; to depart, be discharged, proceed, project:— come (forth, out of), depart, go (forth, out), issue, proceed (out of).

TRUTH 225 G a»·´¸e¹a ale¯theia, [ al-ay´-thi-a]; from 227; truth:— true, × truly, truth, verity. NOTE: MAKING ALETHEIA THE FATHER’S WIFE

THUS MAKING HER OUR MOTHER.

GOD THE FATHER

OUR SPIRITAUL FATHER

MAT.6; 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,

Luke 11:2

Hallowed be thy name:

Hallowed: 37.Ga³¹a´¶É hagiazo¯,[Hag-ee-ad´-zo ] ; from 40;

to make holy, i.e. (cer.)

purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate:—

hallow, be holy, sanctify.

NOTE; HAGIAZO IS OUR FATHER’S NAME.

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.41 I receive not honour from men.42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

John 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.48 I am that bread of life.49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

John 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Note: the word, given ,should not be in the word because it destorys

The meaning to the scripture. The scripture says : the holy ghost was not yet.

Which means she did not exist , she had not been brought forth from the father. Jesus had to receive the power from the father before he could bring aletheia Into existence. Man has destroyed god’s idenity by putting the definition of god’s name in the bible instead of his and her name. Jesus has a mate and so does the father . Man calls them : the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of truth But should read the spirit , sophia and the spirit,aletheia. that was the reason christ could not marry when he was here, because he already had a mate. She was known as jehovah in the old testament. And his name was jehovih in the old testament. He was also known as melchisedec.

1 peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

Here we see the spirit of christ which is sophia was in the prophets of the old the testament and that the holy ghost, which was aletheia ,was in them which preached the gospel in the new testament.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Note: this verse should read like this,

You shall know aletheia, and aletheia shall make you free. 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.43 Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Note: the word beginning means from his very first existence , proves that he could not be lucifer, because lucifer was rightous in his being. This means that god had to have created the devil as the devil, just like christ told his disciples that one of them was a devil.

48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Note: christ is talking about the second death, because we know that all die and then comes the judgement. Most people are not close enough to god to understand the things that christ says.

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Note: The ,i am, in exodus moses said , the angel , jehovih was the I am. Exodus 3: 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Note: the angel of the lord , was the angel, jehovih. The words ,of the, were not in the hebrew text, they were added by the people that translated the bible. In the book of hebrews it says : hebrews 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Note: the words thy fellows means all the other angels. Also in the old testament, when it says, I kings 14: 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

The word lord is jehovah and the word god is jehovih, which means that it is the feminine jehovah speaking for the male jehovih. Because this is a title for the female and male gods, meaning the eternal beings.and again in hebrews it tells us these were angels, hebrews 2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; NOTE: SO WE SEE THE ANGELS JEHOVAH AND JEHOVIH BECAME THE SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. ROMANS 1:4 declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: ROMANS 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead,

and calleth those things which be not as though they were. GOD CALLED THEM HIS SON AND DAUGHTER EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE.the same as he does for us in the book of 1 john 3: 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Genesis 2:7 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 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Note: we see that the lord god in genesis and the spirit of god in job do the construction of the person which is the feminine god and the male god breathed the breath of life into the person ,so it was a joint effect. Jehovih and jehovah were the elohiym of the old testament. They were the father and mother of adam and eve. TWO OTHER NAME THAT THEY WENT BY 113 IN THE STRONG’S CONCORDANCE AND 136.

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THIS IS THE MASCULINE. JEHOVIH.

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THESE ARE, JESUS CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.


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