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What's Higher Than These? Nothing Is.

Posted on 05/22/2021 1:01:56 PM PDT by JAG 5000

What's Higher Than These? Nothing Is.

By JAG

May 22, 2021 Saturday

There's nothing towering above these truths so I'mon live and die on the highest pinnacles in the upper atmosphere where the "Well Done's" grow while ever aspiring to soar with the Eagles till it's time to cross the Jordan.

Start here: Love {and honor} the Three Persons of the Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit with all your heart ~ ~ love Them deeply because They are always absolutely loveable. And love other people more than you love yourself because that's what Jesus did. Do all this and you will be happy and you'll fly where the eagles fly.

Now kneel at The Cross. Nothing rises above The Cross and Jesus' victory on it defeating Sin and Death. The Cross is THE central event in all of human' history ~ ~ our sins have now been forgiven, so we go and sin no more thereby demonstrating our gratitude to Jesus for going straight into the pain for us on The Cross to save us from the soul-destroying ravages of Sin.

Now comes the Resurrection and Jesus' victory over Death and The Graveyard. The power of that Empty Tomb has defeated Death. The Grim Reaper, once a Ferocious Untamed Murderous Monstrosity, is now feeble and frail, a pathetic weak sickly shadow of its former strength. Whimper and whine, Death. You've been conquered because the one who believes in Jesus will live even if they die, and the one who lives by believing in the Lord Jesus will never die. Eternal Life is in Jesus ~ it's the ultimate victory. Thank You, Lord Jesus.

Now comes Jesus' Ascension. The power of "I go to My Father", followed by His Exaltation. The power of being seated at the right hand of the Father ~ the place and position of absolute power ~ where He now reigns as King and will continue to reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. What's more powerful than that? Nothing. What's higher than all these things? Nothing is. We're now up there high above the mountains, hoping in the Lord, renewing our strength, and soaring "on wings like Eagles." Isaiah 40:28-31

Next comes Jesus' victory over all secularized politics {secularized Conservatism. and secularized Liberalism) and secularized ideologies (eg. Libertarianism). Brace yourself. Here it comes: A secularized political Conservatism is powerless to permanently solve a single human problem. All human problems are, at root, spiritual problems and there are no political solutions to spiritual problems. Politics can temporarily "fix it" in one spot, but the same root problem will then merely go underground and later resurface in a different form with a different name. Politics can temporarily "fix" the symptoms, but cannot fix the disease. So the symptoms always resurface, reappearing in new forms with new names.

Secularized Conservatism wants to do right for the wrong reason. Doing right apart from the Lord Jesus is the definition of a false religion no mater what name it goes under. The Lord Jesus says, "Apart from Me you can do nothing." So? So if you desire lasting solutions to any and all human problems you will always go, first and foremost, with this:

(1) John 3:3 ~ First you must be born again (regenerated), This step is crucial and cannot be skipped over on the way to solving human problems. "You must be born again" is not one of the planks in secularized political Conservatism.

(2) John 3:16 ~ You must believe in the Lord Jesus as your Savior. "You must believe in Jesus" is not one of the planks in secularized political Conservatism.

(3) Galatians 5:22-23 ~ You must allow the Holy Spirit to produce the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life ~ love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. None of this is a plank in the political platform of secularized Conservatism.

1,2,and 3 up there is what lastingly fixes the world. Anything not 1, 2, and 3 will always fail to permanently solve any human problem. And remember this: The Medical Community cannot give you Eternal Life. They're into temporary solutions only. After they have done all they can do, to help you, in the end you still die. So? So we all need John 3:16's guarantee of Eternal Life.

Thank You Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit for these the highest truths and especially for John 3:16's truth: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life.

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: faith; victory

1 posted on 05/22/2021 1:01:56 PM PDT by JAG 5000
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To: JAG 5000

Where, in your article, is it inferred,
“Love your country”?
As I read your composition, nowhere do I find, “Love your country”.

I find many inferences including the empty word ‘secular’, but nowhere do I find any mention ‘of the religious’ talking of their country.

If all that you wrote, is for the folks to consider once they die, and to not engage in ‘secular politics, then they should drop all they, all they do, all they believe in and join the Amish! Then, they won’t be pursuing a career, getting into politics, and not have anything electronic.


2 posted on 05/22/2021 3:27:10 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith

Do you even believe in God. Your negatibe naybob routine gets old, fast, smith.


3 posted on 05/22/2021 3:33:15 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: JAG 5000

Good post!


4 posted on 05/22/2021 4:36:19 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: MHGinTN

I repeat: there was NO mention, that my myopic eyes saw, of “ love of country”.

If you wish to deny that, show me where it is in the artincle.

If i torque your jaw by asking questions, i’m not the one with the problem.


5 posted on 05/22/2021 6:16:24 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith

You are not a problem you are an ass who is every time you post to a thread trying to get an argument. Go find a tiddliwink to play with, you asshat. The top three were great, somewhere after that is love of country, but the way the essay read you didn’t get what you wanted in the top three so you try to be your usual asshat self.


6 posted on 05/22/2021 6:20:56 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: JAG 5000

bkmk


7 posted on 05/23/2021 4:39:38 AM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: MHGinTN

My goodness!

Have you entertained, that the great unwashed, smelly, and myopic me, just might take your kind invitation to not ever take the well-posited opinion of christianity, seriously?

Thank you for showing me the door.


8 posted on 05/23/2021 7:35:51 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith
Showing what you are, eh? There is only One door, and He is the ONLY door to The Father's Throne Room. How very arrogant of you to ridicule and mock.

You and I were born with a spirit holding deadness, spiritually. We have no righteousness of our own so we must obtain righteousness from the One who is Righteousness.

To obtain His righteousness we must fulfill what God has elucidated regarding Jesus; we must believe God sent Him for our deliverance from the penalty of sin, to be born again BY GOD. Abraham obtained righteousness by believing God's Promises.

Then we can grow in grace and knowledge as members of His family with His spirit seed in our cum alive spirit; that is sanctification, overcoming the power of sin, the habit of sin.

Someday soon there is to be a snatching away from this spacetime into a greater spacetime thus saved from the presence of sin, the man of sin. Please get you some of that salvation. Don't mock and ridicule, just in the privacy of your alone time, address The Creator Who has more love for you than you can even imagine.

God loves you so much that he emptied Himself of the greater power and majesty and took flesh to dwell among us and give His human life for us.

9 posted on 05/23/2021 9:20:36 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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