religion has various disguises ..

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Philosopher, Pascal Bruckner :

"I do not attack ecology per se,
I attack that degraded religion
which emerges from it
and turns in to a culture of fear,
hatred of progress and well being."

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Meat is the grace stuff .....

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Milk isn't the easy early stuff in your walk;
and meat the stuff you really got to do later to keep sanctified ! 
milk (law) brought you to Meat (grace)

trippin' oneself (and others) up on the milk (law) 
to obtain self-righteousness is dull minded and immature.. 
(H5) (teaching types o "righteousness")

...establishing oneself in the strong meat (grace), 
of His ETERNAL gift of righteousness to us, 
is fully mature and Spirit discerned .....

Being Pneuma-minded is so, so, so much more full of joy 

than being psyche-minded .....

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"For everyone that uses milk is unskilled
in the teachings of righteousness." H5

There is only one teaching of righteousness,
it is not one's righteousness about feeling good about one's self,
because of one's good works;
that is milky stuff that is fed to babies who know no better !

The one type of righteousness is 
His eternal gift of righteousness.
It is His imputed righteousness.

It is not the righteousness imposed 
by the schoolmaster, the law enforcer, the worried pastor,
getting the kids into shape !
It is the only righteousness Jesus qualified us for.
It is risking that anxiety free revelation that
righteousness is trusting His Good works already IN us.

It is the opposite of what has been taught 
by the schoolmasters, the law enforcer, the worried pastor,
e.g.
"that greasy grace stuff is just the milk 
for you inexperienced ones,
now you know better 
hers are my meaty teachings on true sanctification."

[hahahe]

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... sin that easily besets us ....

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... throw off the burdens of unbelievers that skilfully surround us ...
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the persecuted are :

1.  the cloud of witnesses believing in the coming Christ

2.  the Son of Man

3. the "made righteous" in Jesus.

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We are dead to sin,
so it is not a struggle against sin or sinners

...consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself...
 H12:3

...contradiction means gainsayer (opposer)...
Mary Magdeline was a sinner but not an opposer of grace ...
Jesus came to justify sinners.

... so sinners, here, means the self-righteous
who oppose the gift of righteousness.

... in vs4
.. you have not yet resisted unto blood ...

the focus is on gainsayer not "moral sin",
only opposers make you bleed !!

... it is the unbelieving in grace,
the self-righteous,
the legalists,
who will persecute you.

It is their "sin that doth easily besets, the sanctified".

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..... funday .....

‎.... i complimented the barista on her tattoos,
a robin on the underside of each wrist :

"nice to see 2 bluebirds of happiness on a dank day."

"o yeh, i put them there to remind me, when i need
to be at peace;
u kno, how Jesus says the birds of the field don't worry it."

"wow ... that's good."

then i spoke to a farmer weighed down
by the religious spirit .....

tuesday was a funday !

..... in the Spirit means one is walking .....

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..... in the Spirit covenant o Grace .....
..... so so not condemned .....
..... so so so included .....



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‎..... In the Spirit means one is walking
in this NEW grace covenant .....

It is nothin to do with how "spiritual"
one is assessing oneself to be !

It is because o Jesus faithfulness
one is permanently included .....

It is now impossible for one
to seesaw between Adam and Christ !

Which covenant are you walking in ?


the law one, or,


the Spirit one .....


Hey yeH ❤


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.. the politics of fear and loathing ..
what a waste of life on Earth ..


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.. hearts separated by fear ..

even though, relentlessly,

the Spirit of grace and peace is here .....


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Clearly ...
"have WE not DONE .. "
isn't in our love conversation
with the Lover of our souls .....
(M7)


‎.. proffering one's performance, 
won't cut it, 
in this Love exchange .....


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..... I am accepted in the Beloved .....

..... yes totally


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.. gee whiz ..
i wanna be liked
cos Jesus likes me,
not cos u like me
cos i like
the rhetoric u like !!

hey yeh !


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world wisdom .....

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The wisdom in this world is foolishness in God's sight. 
What is the wisdom of this world?
1. Work hard to earn your place
2. Punish wrongdoers
3. Lord it over people
4. Hate your enemies

What is God's wisdom?
1. Rest because you have been given a place
2. Forgive wrongdoers
3. Serve other people
4. Love everyone, including those who don't love you

It's easy to see why the gospel of grace is so difficult to embrace. 
God just doesn't do things the way we are accustomed to.

~ Annette Hunsberger Presley