Our Miracle
The Planet Earth on which yiou live is 3.5 million times larger than you!
The Sun in the sky, which enables you to exist and thrive on Earth is 176 quintillion times larger than you!
Over 1 million Earths can fit inside the space occupied by the Sun.
The Milky Way Galaxy has over 200 million stars, many of them INSANELY LARGER than our Sun!
The Engine at the Center of our Milky Way Galaxy is a SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE with the mass of 3 million Suns.
Mass measures the amount of matter in an object.
Weight measures the amount of gravity (bent space) generated by an object.
Our Black hole is spinning at half the speed of light...about 335,308,315 miles per hour.
How many galaxies exist? Let me put it this way...
...there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on the entire Planet Earth...
...and most of the Universe is not even visible to us because the Universe itself is expanding at nearly the speed of light...
...which is why the sky is dark at night.
Creation
All of these things were created by A Being Who brought them into reality by SPEAKING WORDS...
...and He sustains their existence by thinking about them CONTINUALLY.
The Size of GOD
Moreover, everything that exists and has a name exists INSIDE OF GOD!
“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.” - Jeremiah 23:24 KJV
“But who is able to build Him an house, seeing the heaven and Heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before Him?” - 2 Chronicles 2:6 KJV
Asleep...or Dead?
You and I wake up (physically) every single day to these WONDROUS MIRACLES without giving them--or their Creator--a second thought.
It's not our fault, really...the truth is that THERE IS NOTHING IN EXISTENCE THAT IS MORE REAL TO US THAN OURSELVES.
Science calls this overwhelming all-consuming self-obsession NARCISSISM; the Bible calls it SPIRITUAL DEATH.
A WORLD WITHOUT GOD IS NOT REAL BUT FICTITIOUS.
IN THE REAL WORLD GOD FILLS AND CONTROLS EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
Which world are you living in???
GOD's Overwhelming Presence
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His Train filled the Temple. Above It stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, 'Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His Glory.' And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the House was filled with smoke. Then said I, 'Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.'” - Isaiah 6:1-5 KJV
To those who are spiritually alive the Presence of GOD is UNAVOIDABLE and DOMINATING. Equally dominant is the realization that GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN me.
MORE IMPORTANT THAN water...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN food...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN clothing...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN shelter...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN land...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN money...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN wealth...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN family...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN power...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN fame...
MORE IMPORTANT THAN life itself.
The Solution
The Solution to Spiritual Death is that we must be RESURRECTED to spiritual life.
And the ONLY WAY to be resurrected is for us to EAT GOD!!!
“And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said unto Him, 'Rabbi, when camest Thou hither?' "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. "'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.' "Then said they unto Him, 'What shall we do, that we might work the Works of God?' "Jesus answered and said unto them, 'This is the Work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.' "They said therefore unto Him, 'What sign shewest Thou then, that we may see, and believe Thee? what dost Thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, `He gave them bread from heaven to eat.`' "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. For the Bread of God is He which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life unto the world.' "Then said they unto Him, 'Lord, evermore give us this Bread.' "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. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen Me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine Own Will, but the Will of Him that sent Me. 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. 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.' "The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, 'I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.' And they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that He saith, `I came down from Heaven`' "Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, 'Murmur not among yourselves. 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. 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. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He which is of God, He hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath Everlasting Life. I am That Bread of Life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat Thereof, and not die. 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.' "The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, 'How can this Man give us His Flesh to eat?' "Then Jesus said unto them, 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the f\Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, hath Eternal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day. For My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the Living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. 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.' "These things said He in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of His disciples, when they had heard this, said, 'This is an hard saying; who can hear it?'” - John 6:25-60 KJV
Faith: Mind & Heart
For the world faith is ALWAYS a matter of intellect because the only true faith the sinner is capable of is faith in themselves or someone they can SEE.
For those who are religious (having an intellectual grasp of the Spiritual yet not having experienced Christ in their inmost being/spirit) faith is defined by intellect or intellect and EMOTION.
For those who are BEING SAVED, Saving Faith is a GIFT OF GOD that allows them to exist in the Presence of GOD as a fish in a VAST Ocean without a surface!!! They are in The Ocean and The Ocean of GOD is IN THEM!
Thank GOD for The Bible!
You can’t miss something you’ve never experienced; and you can't experience something you've never known about or been informed of.
Many American evangelicals have never experienced the Love of Christ (The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Acts 2:1-4) because they have never conducted a serious study of those Scriptures that declare the Love of Christ to be THEIR RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE.
“Then Peter said unto them, 'Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the Promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.'” - Acts 2:38-39 KJV
The Promise of the Holy Spirit's FULNESS is no different than the Promises of Forgiveness, Justification, Sanctification or Glorification; all are received and experienced BY FAITH when we receive the Son of GOD into our hearts as Lord, King and Savior.
“For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved.” - Romans 10:13 KJV
I make it a daily practice to deny my Self the attention it demands to focus on Jesus...accepting the joyous truth that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, His Loving Focus is ALWAYS upon me…
…and upon you!
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