+
"The will, the desire of the Lover
is simply the beloved herself in her freedom :
God just wants US.
And the calling of the Lover is simply to love :
the glory and the misery of the love affair
is the master image for the understanding of our vocation.
We are bidden not to some fairy-tale marriage
in which all is settled
but to a seeking and not finding,
to the burning sense of loss in possession
which only lovers know.
"Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
where thou feedest .....
why should I be as one that turneth aside the flocks of thy companions?
..... Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples :
for I am sick with love."
The will of God is not a list of stops for us to make to pick up
mouthwash, razor blades, and a pound of chopped chuck on the way home.
It is his longing that we will take the risk
of being nothing but ourselves,
desperately in love.
It is not a neatly arranged series of appointments
in a tidy office - but a life of bad dreams,
minor triumphs, and major disasters -
of things that we did not have in mind at all,
and the pre-occupations that miss each other in the dark.
"By night on my bed I sought him who my soul loveth :
I sought him but found him not.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets,
in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth :
I sought him but found him not."
Might it not be, then, that it is by bearing for love
the uncertainty of what we are to do,
that we come closest to his deepest will for us?
In our fuss to succeed, to get a good grade on a series of tests
we think he has proposed,
we miss the main point of the affair:
that we already ARE the beloved.
We, long ago, wound God's clock for good!
"Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse;
thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes,
with one chain of thy neck .....
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,
comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners."
It is our thirst for success
and our fear of the freedom that he wills for us
that keep us the poor lovers we are.
If the cross teaches us anything,
it should be that the cup doesn't pass from us,
and that agony, bloody sweat, and the pain of being forsaken
on a dark afternoon are the true marks of having said,
Thy Will Be Done.
He is no less lost in this affair than we are.
What really matters for us both, though,
is not the lostness, not the doubt, not the fragile,
mortgaged substance of our house -
only
the love as strong as death
that has set us as a seal
upon each other's hearts."
+
Excerpt from "The Romance of the Word" by Robert Capon
+
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Mystery of the Kingdom (101) ...
+
The word mystery is mentioned 20 times
in the KJV New Testament.
Also once in 2Thess2 as the mystery of iniquity
and once in a Rev as mystery Babylon.
+
Ha ! The key to a study on mystery
is not to lose a great sense of wonder !
+
Unto you it is given
to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables: (MK4)
+
you shouldn't be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (R11)
+
Now to him that is of power to stablish
you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery,
which was kept secret since the world began, (R16)
+
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (1C2)
+
Behold, I shew you a mystery;
We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed, (1C15)
+
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure
which he hath purposed in himself: (E1)
[to gather ALL things together in Christ]
+
How that by revelation
he made known unto me the mystery;
[the dispensation of the Grace of God]
which when you read this revelation
you may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ. (E3)
+
And to make all men see
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world
has been hid in God,
who created all things by Jesus Christ: (E3)
+
This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (E5)
[the relationship of Jesus to His church]
+
that I may open my mouth boldly,
to make known the mystery of the gospel, (E6)
[there is good news and mystery in that good news]
+
Even the mystery which hath been hid
from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory
of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you, ***
the hope of glory: (Co1)
+
hearts comforted,
being knit together in love,
and unto all riches
of the full assurance of understanding,
to the acknowledgement ***
of the mystery of God,
and of the Father,
and of Christ;
In whom are hid
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Co2)
+
Withal praying also for us,
that God would open unto us a door of utterance,
to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in bonds: (Co4)
+
Holding the mystery of the faith
in a pure conscience. (1Ti3)
+
great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world,
received up into glory. (1Ti3)
+
The mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest in my right hand,
and the seven golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches:
and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the seven churches. (Re1)
+
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God should be finished,
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Re10)
+
And the angel said unto me,
Wherefore didst thou marvel?
I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Re17)
+
to be continued .....
+
The word mystery is mentioned 20 times
in the KJV New Testament.
Also once in 2Thess2 as the mystery of iniquity
and once in a Rev as mystery Babylon.
+
Ha ! The key to a study on mystery
is not to lose a great sense of wonder !
+
Unto you it is given
to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables: (MK4)
+
you shouldn't be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (R11)
+
Now to him that is of power to stablish
you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery,
which was kept secret since the world began, (R16)
+
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (1C2)
+
Behold, I shew you a mystery;
We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed, (1C15)
+
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure
which he hath purposed in himself: (E1)
[to gather ALL things together in Christ]
+
How that by revelation
he made known unto me the mystery;
[the dispensation of the Grace of God]
which when you read this revelation
you may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ. (E3)
+
And to make all men see
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world
has been hid in God,
who created all things by Jesus Christ: (E3)
+
This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (E5)
[the relationship of Jesus to His church]
+
that I may open my mouth boldly,
to make known the mystery of the gospel, (E6)
[there is good news and mystery in that good news]
+
Even the mystery which hath been hid
from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory
of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you, ***
the hope of glory: (Co1)
+
hearts comforted,
being knit together in love,
and unto all riches
of the full assurance of understanding,
to the acknowledgement ***
of the mystery of God,
and of the Father,
and of Christ;
In whom are hid
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Co2)
+
Withal praying also for us,
that God would open unto us a door of utterance,
to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in bonds: (Co4)
+
Holding the mystery of the faith
in a pure conscience. (1Ti3)
+
great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world,
received up into glory. (1Ti3)
+
The mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest in my right hand,
and the seven golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches:
and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the seven churches. (Re1)
+
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God should be finished,
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Re10)
+
And the angel said unto me,
Wherefore didst thou marvel?
I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Re17)
+
to be continued .....
+
I am addicted to his grace; popular religious opinion will not influence me to compromise my message ..... Paul ..... (G1) .....Thoughts + quotes (Sept) ....
+
Tender, accepting, compassionate people
eager to bear with one another
in an environment where love rules ..... (E4)
[da bomb type o fellowship!]
+
Sin is a platform the devil operates upon .. And he hates you !
+
No more cheap talk,
your mouth is now a fountain of Grace,
giving encouragement and inspiration to everyone ...... (E4)
+
..... I am addicted to his grace;
popular religious opinion will not influence me
to compromise my message .....
Paul ..... (G1)
+
His Way is to let you know that there is no place left to go;
you are already Home free and you are the best thing He has seen.
All that is left for us , is to explore the crazy Mystery of our acceptance ! .....
R.Capon
+
His grace alone qualifies me to declare this unexplored treasure of Christ ..... (E3)
+
Religion is a transactional slop
one has to wade through
in order to lay hold on
The Mystery
yourself !
(~ R.Capon)
+
Religion = twisting words into exclusivity for one's gain
which were to be for inclusivity for everyone's gain.
+
Grace communicates a wisdom and discernment
of everyones worth
that completely surpasses any definition ! .....
(E1)
+
My messiah is complete in his humanness -
we crucified him because he claimed to be God;
but He failed the standards of our Superman christology !
+
Put away childish rock throwing about theology.
(eg the gender of God -
it's a mysterious gender that is more than,
but includes all gender !)
+
Left to one's intellect, one becomes reductionist in thinking :
its all about a few things in one's life, one's job, one's religion;
**** OPEN up to the LOVELY EXPANSE of His MYSTERY ! ****
+
Replace twisted passion
with the joy of His unchanging intense love for us -
He is so much more glorious than sin or working to rule sin out.
+
"The Word always creates.
And words always create.
The idiot ..
is simply a person who has talked himself
into a world of his own".
- R.Capon
+
His Grace-plan IS to be CELEBRATED 🎉🎈🎤🎸🎨🎆☀🏄🌻🌹🙏👏👌👍💗💙💚❤😍😄😊😃😉😌😘
+
The Mystery of God's relationship to the world ;
the Mystery by which God turns the world into the City of God,
the New Jerusalem .....
+
Circumcision is before the Mosaic law;
it is NOT part of the gospel of grace
and neither is tithing !
Love Offerings for specific costs
and "charities",
of course, is necessary.
+
Righteousness [thru His Grace]
is a spirit-dimension reality
only grasped by faith.
It is what God believes [about us]
and it is His exclusive reference.
(G)
+
But the mother from above,
the true mother,
the mother of mankind is Grace,
the free Jerusalem,
she is the mother of the Promise.
(G4:26)
+
5 covenants,
5 dispensations,
symbolized by 5 men:
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, *Jesus*
each with :
God's Desire,
God's Promise,
God's Signs;
All emerging from The Mystery of Christ.
+
Hahe..
da fantasy that some prior period of time
was when da world was right;
gets trotted out by controlling sentimentalists,
and politicians,
so often !
+
If you want to be zealous
for the best possible cause;
be zealous for Grace !
(G4)
+
It doesn't matter in what disguise legalism,
...or superstitious religious sentiment, comes,
it is the same bondage.
(G4)
+
da image that we are babes
in da Love O da Father
and it's a love for a being not yet complete;
falsely suggests that
DOING WHAT U R TOLD
is da basis o Love ..
+
.. Only a con artist will try to be
a law-man and a grace-man
at the same time !!
(G2)
+
Christ believes in my innocence through Him .....
and that is all that matters .....
(G2)
+
..... it is easy for love to believe .....
..... Love sets faith in motion .....
(G5)
+
... your freedom finds its most complete expression
in a love that values and serves another .....
+
..... so 1 wants a rule ;
here is 1 :
1 always has peace in His mercy .....
(G6)
..... good rule that 1 !!!
+
2 define WILL as
"rational appetite whose object is da good"
is 2 make His ideas
in2 a Heavenly feast o Divine Bon Appetit.
This is rich thinking.
+
God is an uncaused first cause;
an uncaused first cause exists;
therefore God exists.
(St Thomas and philosophical proof)
+
Da universe really IS;
and da way 1 thinks about da universe,
will never be da same as it actually IS ....
This nicely parallels 1's thoughts on Jesus...
+
Following Ethical strictures
can't make 1 wise and glad .....
The Word made flesh DOES;
He loves us and joins us in our passion
with His exquisitely gud taste.
(~R.Capon)
+
Paul gives much more credence
to the Holy Spirit's revelation
than he does to those
that "knew" Jesus
when He was flesh.
-so relevant 4 us !
+
from conditional faith in the law................
to unconditional Faith in the Gospel of Grace .....
- - [ faith to Faith ]
+
from the veiled glory of the law,
to the supreme Glory of grace
- [ glory to Glory ] -
+
We were born anew
when Jesus was raised from the dead ..
(1P1)
.. ( thoughtful 1 for those
with performance indicators
about being born again ! )
+
Grace identifies me in His family. (G1)
[ekklesia means to surname me with His Name]
+
Freedom of choice;
freedom to pursue happiness;
freedom to personally discover
that the Spirit of Grace is true freedom.
+
cyclical ..
.. too busy to think ..
.. think too much to hear Jesus ..
---- break into joyful worship and the cycle is broken ! yay ! -----
+
me being drawn into Elohim
is a huge romance,
He loves me as me!
i want every1 to recognize their own Romance,
but a 3rd party can't control it !
+
The glory (doxa=good thought and intent)
of God
is the image and likeness
of our Maker
redeemed in human form.
This is what the gospel of Christ is all about !
(2C4)
+
Suneido(grk) = joint seeing (conscience) ...
.. it is the opposite of hades = not to see ..
+
Truth finds its most authentic
and articulate expression in human life.
This beats any doctrinal debate !
(2C4)
+
we possibly could,1day,
produce something that can
DO everything a human DOES ..
but not what a human being can BE .....
+
have ANY nations (as governments)
really been discipled in2 the Gospel o Grace?
Govs worship might and Machiavellianism..
.. more insight required?
+
When God said "light be",
it was and IS,
no add ons required!
When Jesus said "holy be ",
we ARE! (past, present, future)
it isn't a labor left for us to achieve - - -
+
Tender, accepting, compassionate people
eager to bear with one another
in an environment where love rules ..... (E4)
[da bomb type o fellowship!]
+
Sin is a platform the devil operates upon .. And he hates you !
+
No more cheap talk,
your mouth is now a fountain of Grace,
giving encouragement and inspiration to everyone ...... (E4)
+
..... I am addicted to his grace;
popular religious opinion will not influence me
to compromise my message .....
Paul ..... (G1)
+
His Way is to let you know that there is no place left to go;
you are already Home free and you are the best thing He has seen.
All that is left for us , is to explore the crazy Mystery of our acceptance ! .....
R.Capon
+
His grace alone qualifies me to declare this unexplored treasure of Christ ..... (E3)
+
Religion is a transactional slop
one has to wade through
in order to lay hold on
The Mystery
yourself !
(~ R.Capon)
+
Religion = twisting words into exclusivity for one's gain
which were to be for inclusivity for everyone's gain.
+
Grace communicates a wisdom and discernment
of everyones worth
that completely surpasses any definition ! .....
(E1)
+
My messiah is complete in his humanness -
we crucified him because he claimed to be God;
but He failed the standards of our Superman christology !
+
Put away childish rock throwing about theology.
(eg the gender of God -
it's a mysterious gender that is more than,
but includes all gender !)
+
Left to one's intellect, one becomes reductionist in thinking :
its all about a few things in one's life, one's job, one's religion;
**** OPEN up to the LOVELY EXPANSE of His MYSTERY ! ****
+
Replace twisted passion
with the joy of His unchanging intense love for us -
He is so much more glorious than sin or working to rule sin out.
+
"The Word always creates.
And words always create.
The idiot ..
is simply a person who has talked himself
into a world of his own".
- R.Capon
+
His Grace-plan IS to be CELEBRATED 🎉🎈🎤🎸🎨🎆☀🏄🌻🌹🙏👏👌👍💗💙💚❤😍😄😊😃😉😌😘
+
The Mystery of God's relationship to the world ;
the Mystery by which God turns the world into the City of God,
the New Jerusalem .....
+
Circumcision is before the Mosaic law;
it is NOT part of the gospel of grace
and neither is tithing !
Love Offerings for specific costs
and "charities",
of course, is necessary.
+
Righteousness [thru His Grace]
is a spirit-dimension reality
only grasped by faith.
It is what God believes [about us]
and it is His exclusive reference.
(G)
+
But the mother from above,
the true mother,
the mother of mankind is Grace,
the free Jerusalem,
she is the mother of the Promise.
(G4:26)
+
5 covenants,
5 dispensations,
symbolized by 5 men:
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, *Jesus*
each with :
God's Desire,
God's Promise,
God's Signs;
All emerging from The Mystery of Christ.
+
Hahe..
da fantasy that some prior period of time
was when da world was right;
gets trotted out by controlling sentimentalists,
and politicians,
so often !
+
If you want to be zealous
for the best possible cause;
be zealous for Grace !
(G4)
+
It doesn't matter in what disguise legalism,
...or superstitious religious sentiment, comes,
it is the same bondage.
(G4)
+
da image that we are babes
in da Love O da Father
and it's a love for a being not yet complete;
falsely suggests that
DOING WHAT U R TOLD
is da basis o Love ..
+
.. Only a con artist will try to be
a law-man and a grace-man
at the same time !!
(G2)
+
Christ believes in my innocence through Him .....
and that is all that matters .....
(G2)
+
..... it is easy for love to believe .....
..... Love sets faith in motion .....
(G5)
+
... your freedom finds its most complete expression
in a love that values and serves another .....
+
..... so 1 wants a rule ;
here is 1 :
1 always has peace in His mercy .....
(G6)
..... good rule that 1 !!!
+
2 define WILL as
"rational appetite whose object is da good"
is 2 make His ideas
in2 a Heavenly feast o Divine Bon Appetit.
This is rich thinking.
+
God is an uncaused first cause;
an uncaused first cause exists;
therefore God exists.
(St Thomas and philosophical proof)
+
Da universe really IS;
and da way 1 thinks about da universe,
will never be da same as it actually IS ....
This nicely parallels 1's thoughts on Jesus...
+
Following Ethical strictures
can't make 1 wise and glad .....
The Word made flesh DOES;
He loves us and joins us in our passion
with His exquisitely gud taste.
(~R.Capon)
+
Paul gives much more credence
to the Holy Spirit's revelation
than he does to those
that "knew" Jesus
when He was flesh.
-so relevant 4 us !
+
from conditional faith in the law................
to unconditional Faith in the Gospel of Grace .....
- - [ faith to Faith ]
+
from the veiled glory of the law,
to the supreme Glory of grace
- [ glory to Glory ] -
+
We were born anew
when Jesus was raised from the dead ..
(1P1)
.. ( thoughtful 1 for those
with performance indicators
about being born again ! )
+
Grace identifies me in His family. (G1)
[ekklesia means to surname me with His Name]
+
Freedom of choice;
freedom to pursue happiness;
freedom to personally discover
that the Spirit of Grace is true freedom.
+
cyclical ..
.. too busy to think ..
.. think too much to hear Jesus ..
---- break into joyful worship and the cycle is broken ! yay ! -----
+
me being drawn into Elohim
is a huge romance,
He loves me as me!
i want every1 to recognize their own Romance,
but a 3rd party can't control it !
+
The glory (doxa=good thought and intent)
of God
is the image and likeness
of our Maker
redeemed in human form.
This is what the gospel of Christ is all about !
(2C4)
+
Suneido(grk) = joint seeing (conscience) ...
.. it is the opposite of hades = not to see ..
+
Truth finds its most authentic
and articulate expression in human life.
This beats any doctrinal debate !
(2C4)
+
we possibly could,1day,
produce something that can
DO everything a human DOES ..
but not what a human being can BE .....
+
have ANY nations (as governments)
really been discipled in2 the Gospel o Grace?
Govs worship might and Machiavellianism..
.. more insight required?
+
When God said "light be",
it was and IS,
no add ons required!
When Jesus said "holy be ",
we ARE! (past, present, future)
it isn't a labor left for us to achieve - - -
+
To be drilled ....
+
To be drilled that a suggestion from a superior
should be considered an order,
and one should reduce one's self to a machine,
to be in perfect will;
is poor thinking.
To think "will of God" means
a coercive, pattern imposer,
my way or the highway,
you vill enjoy it or else!
+++
Following ethical strictures
can't make one wise and glad .....
(R.F.Capon)
[ ... luv that word strictures ... ]
+++
To be drilled that a suggestion from a superior
should be considered an order,
and one should reduce one's self to a machine,
to be in perfect will;
is poor thinking.
To think "will of God" means
a coercive, pattern imposer,
my way or the highway,
you vill enjoy it or else!
is even poorer thinking ..
+
(para : RF Capon)
+++
Following ethical strictures
can't make one wise and glad .....
(R.F.Capon)
[ ... luv that word strictures ... ]
+++
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