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The Face of God's Authority
The Father
and The Son and The
Holy Spirit are ONE!
They are
in
One, Mentally. They
are as
One, Physically. They
are
One, Spiritually. Amen! There are two Greek
words, fhiloς,
eroς,
and
one Turkish word, agape,
written with Greek
letters.
(Why did Jesus use the Turkish
word for Lord?). Notice: aga (a-ga) n. Also a-gha.
A high official of the Ottoman Empire. [Turkish aga,
"lord." {"root word"} Jt.] The
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 1969 pg. 23. Love is Love
(Eros).
The
other two words (Philoshere.
Filoς {Mental}
The Father gave Permission, Jesus spoke the
Word and the Holy Spirit produced all Creation. They
made us. We were created for Their pleasure. They are our
"Father", and are concerned about our well being. We
sinned. They
still Love us as Philoς
(Unconditional Love).They provided a Plan of Salvation that
made Jesus the Product of Love, Eros. From its source as Our
Authority, Please accept Jesus, not Satan,
as a choice.
Forgiving
us Agape (Positioned as a Father, King or Lord) God accepts our
abeyance. When you had done what God has asked, your Position is
Conditioned. From
"Unconditioned Love" to Unlimited Conditioned Love you
made a Positive Chouse and you will be better off for All
Eternity. Amen!
Eroς {Physical}
Just like human beings, Jesus
was born. The Son of God allowed The
Holy Spirit to fashion the Love relationship with a virgin and He
was born of natural process to enter this world. He
lived and died and was sealed a second time in the earth (first time
in Mary) to be "born again" from whence He
walked in "Newness of Life". He
has offered it to us in Love, Agape.
From its source, God Loves us to decide which way we want to go. You
can accept His
Authority or let you die in your sins. The choice is yours.
Agaph {Spiritual}
The Father's compassion shown to us from the "foundation of the
world" can be given only if we obey, only if we choose Him to be our
Authority, only if we let His preference be first. All that Jesus has done is
of no effect if we do not surrender all. He died to make Salvation possible, There is nothing He can do until,
and unless we accept Him. This Love is so conditional that it is totally ineffective
unless we totally let The
Holy Spirit (The Comforter)
have His way with us. From His source, He has given man the conditions of accepting His (man)
Salvation for Sin. If you want His Authority, ask Him.
Mercy
1.
Exercising this Love (Philos) makes us perfect.
2.
This Love (Philos) cannot be shown to God (Obedience
is given to Him).
3.
Compassion and mercy can be shown to your fellowman.
4.
Liberty is the same as tolerance.
5.
Compassion and mercy can be given only by an
authority.
6. Compassion and mercy can be shown for the enemy.
7.
This love is non-intoxicating.
8.
This relationship is given strictly as a matter of
choice.
9.
You, who have mercy, have to be sober to exercise it
properly.
Trust
1.
Trust has no super-sensual involvement. It's Trust (Philos) is a
primary factor from it's Authority.
2.
This Trust (euphoric or/and intoxicant feeling) is related to
eros,
3. The euphoric
(good feeling) comes because you have obeyed.
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These relationships are about Man
as
a "source" of Love
(including Jesus
as a man, not God).
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filoς Philos [Mental]
1. This
love, from its source, is unconditional. The relationship is a
"one way street, going down".
2. This love is to
be given toward the inanimate: like “I like stamps”, or “I
like my country”, or “I love people”, etc…
3. It has no other absolute authority than its "given"
source. It is selfishly satisfied, and has no
"preferences" involved.
4. It is affection for the created. (God can have for
man, not man toward God.)
5. This love is not given to enemies, but to friends ONLY.
6.
This affection is comparable to passion: Greeks were good
statesmen, sportsmen, etc.
7.
It is referred to a general love.
8.
There is no intoxication without giving "my
permission".
9.
Trust is not primarily necessary, and it is dependent on its
source’s decision.
Eroς Eros [Physical]
1. This
relationship, from its source, is "a conditioning" or
"equalizing" love.
2.
Absolute authority is compromised (eye for eye).
3.
Satisfaction is mutual (you please me, I will please
you--maybe!)
4.
With this love, my preference is as good as yours.
5.
The only way one can have this love for your enemy is through
mistrust (tooth for tooth).
6.
It is referred to a passion and can be spiritualized to a
euphoric experience, an intoxication.
7. Trust for you is
only as far as it can be seen.
8.
With this love, mutual decisions become passionate passion (a
good relationship, not love).
9.
The Greeks played all over Mount Olympus with their gods!
Agape agaph
[Spiritual] (See
Resource)
1. Totally different from
the other relationships. This love, from its source, is very , very
conditional.
2.
To use this love, one has to relate to a chosen authority first.
3.
It is the recognition of total authority vested to one by a
census of two more persons (Him, you, and me). My relationship
toward Him is "one way going up".
4.
This love involves a total giving of "all"
obedience with the mental, physical, and spiritual powers in order
to receive "all" compassion from your chosen authority. (1
Cor. 13:1-13).
5. There is no compromising in this love.
6. Since my
authority's preference is first, I will present my preference and
according to his will, he will make my preference his preference
first and answer me.
7.
Obedience is compared to "members of one body "as
"hand to head, feet to head, etc.
8. The stress is on
(a) compassion given for (b) obedience.
9.
Because of my love for my
authority, I will depend
on him for all
decisions.
NOTICE!
It is when we give "all" to receive "all" as
a baby that The Plan of Salvation with Love is accomplished.
This is the Love that
is to be taught in our homes (Heaven and Earth), schools (in Eden
and in Church Schools), and in our Churches (Who is The Bride)! It is
different from the world (eros and philos where each person is
seeking his own selfish satisfactions).
May God, Our God, grant us Mercy, and may we accept His Grace as one
of His children (babies) of the King. AMEN!
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SEE:
G. KITTEL, THEOL. DICT. NT. V.1 P. 35-37 & V. 9 P.
119-123.
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Please
notice another Greek word for Love: stabetar
(now four Greek words). We are suggesting
that this word is a part of Eros.
It is the "maintaining relationship toward taking care
of the baby", or a positive relationship for a person in
the family. Until the "baby" is grown, the physical
eros, without making
children, is a part of the process of the family
(man, woman, and Jesus). The relationship of eros is still in vogue. It would be nice to continue with the
Three Greek Words as the Bible says: philos,
eros, and agape.
Using
the same idea of the four English words
as mental, physical, spiritual, and social
relationships, we notice that it would be hard to use the
word, "social", with out using the mental, physical,
spiritual powers of these relationships separately.
Jt.
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The
Special Effect of Eros
There is nothing very educational in saying that everyone has a
desire to be mentally content, physically relaxed and spiritually
satisfied. We are born with it. As we grow, we learn to elicit from
others the responses that make and keep us pleased. At times, the
desire and its satisfaction leaves us intoxicated. Kittel says that
this is what the Greek sought through eros. Normally we have
associated the erotic with sex, but although the complete sex cycle
of mating is included, the subliminal implications of this word's
power is seldom discussed. "It is a god, and he is powerful
even above the gods... All the forces of heaven and earth are forces
of second rank compared with the one and only supreme power of eros.
No choice is left...to the man who is seized by its tyrannical
omnipotence, and he finds supreme bliss in being mastered by it....
Creative eros stands at the heart of the fertility rites and
prostitution flourishes in the temples of the great goddesses...Eros
is an ecstasy which transports man beyond rationality...Eros is the
love that brings forth, creates, and gives life. It is the love that
appeals to mental, physical
and spiritual
comfort. When this god takes
full possession of either one or all three faculties, it becomes an
enemy to agape. (Eros is Greek. The same word is Sex in Latin.)
The esoteric reason for sex worship violated the second and third
Commandments of the Ten Commandments. Some of the signs, symbols and
repetitious rhythms of the temple goddesses can still be heard in
many places. Suggestive dances of the gods in the act of creation
along with the music and ceremonial union of the sexes are not
restricted to the dance hall. That which we call Spirit moving us,
just may be the urging of spiritualized eros impelling us toward the
super sensual. The work of the Holy Spirit is to guide us into all
truth, but not to lead us into intoxication. It is not the work of
the Holy Spirit to "put an end to all reflection" and set
"all the senses in a frenzy in order to lift man above
himself". It is the intoxication of eros. Many times we do
things because we are caught up by the emotional impact. Everything
we do under an emotional influence is not bad, but care should be
taken in doing good things. For instance, we feel good when we give
our heart to God under an emotional influence. We feel that we have
pleased God by making Him feel happy. And this is true. All heaven
rejoices over one sinner that repents. However, many times, it is
the intoxication of the moment that has impelled us toward a
"happiness high", because we feel good too. Consequently
because it was not the Spirit of God's sober urging, all too often,
after the "high" is over, we fall back into the sin. When
you have made a commitment to God through the Holy Spirit, a sober
minded, rational choice of making His preference first, He will help
you resist the intoxication of eros and lift you by the power of
agape, above that influence that seeks self-satisfaction through
another power.
These
relationships are about Man toward God.
God
Loves Us All Nine Ways!
In the Salvation of Man, all three forms of love were, are, and will be used. In the first place, God
loves us after the manner of philos. He loves the saint and the
sinner alike because He made us. We are the product of His creation,
we are His people. There are no conditions or recognitions of
authority involved. It is this love that caused the Heavenly Council
to convene before the foundation of the world. It was here that the
ideas of Love from Philos (The Eden) through Eros (The Cross), and ending with Agape
(Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!).
God
loved us after the manner of
Eros,
for although many things have been said about Eros, its original purpose does not stand condemned. It was to
bring the partnership of creation to Adam and Eve. Its rhythms and
cycles were ordained of God for creation and recreation. This love
was employed to introduce God's Son into the world. He allowed The
Comforter to fashion and move Him into a place of conception with a
virgin. He went through the natural processes of human birth as
fulfillment of the Divine Plan that would bring fallen man back to
Him. Man was first created in God's image. To save him, God was
created in man's image carrying His Divinity with Him.
In the
New Earth, there will be little or no need for
philo, for God has loved us,
both saint and sinner alike and has, because of it, made salvation
possible. Since in the New Earth there will be no sinners, there
will be little need for eros, for Jesus has been
born and the offer of Salvation has been completed. There only
remains AGAPH (agape). We will
forever remain obedient to Him and He will forever have compassion
on us. Once again, are you a member of the Household of Faith? Have you
surrendered all? Are you ready for
Jesus to come? Are you willing for
His preference to be first in
your life? Until you let Him have His way, there is no way His
compassion can save you from hell, and His death, for you, will have
been in vain.
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G. KITTEL, THEOL. DICT. NT. V.1 P. 35-37 & V. 9 P.
119-123. K. S. Wuest, Wuest's Word Studies Wm. B. Eerdmans
Publishing Com Grand Rapids, Michigan Volume Three
GOLDEN NUGGETS. pg. 50-53 p.22.
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The Plan of Salvation
Sorrow filled heaven as it was realized that man was lost and
that the world which God had created was to be filled with
mortals doomed to misery, sickness, and death, and that there
was no way of escape for the offender. The whole family of
Adam must die. I then saw the lovely Jesus and beheld an
expression of sympathy and sorrow upon His countenance. Soon I
saw Him approach the exceeding bright light which enshrouded
the Father. Said my accompanying angel, "He is in close
converse with His Father." The
anxiety of the angels seemed to be intense while Jesus was
communing with His Father. Three times He was shut in by the
glorious light about the Father, and the third time He came
from the Father we could see His person. His
countenance was calm, free from all perplexity and trouble,
and shone with a loveliness which words cannot describe. He
then made known to the angelic choir that a way of escape had
been made for lost man; that He
had been pleading with His Father, and had obtained
permission to give His own life as a ransom for the race,
to bear their sins, and take the sentence of death upon
Himself, thus opening a way whereby they might,
through the merits of His blood, find
pardon for past transgressions, and by obedience be brought back to
the garden from which they were driven. Then they could again
have access to the glorious, immortal fruit of the tree of
life to which they had now forfeited all right.
Ellen G. White Early
Writings. Ch.2, pg.126 also (Review and Herald Publishing
Association. 1963). Ch. 2. pg. 149.
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Jesus
as a Man!
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Mentally
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Physically
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Spiritually
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Phil-oς
@Greek
mental
Love without Eroς
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He still
gives
Unconditional
Love. Going
down to man.
Man has no
Authority over
Jesus.
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For the
inanimate,
like money,
stamps,
Brothers,
Jesus gives to man
Position (My
Brother).
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Give to Him
Respect.
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Eroς
@Greek
(Sex@Latin)
Physical
Pure Love!
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He
still looks
for you (man)
as His
Child
with His
Loving
thoughts for
your Love.
Jesus'
Authority
is no more
questioned.
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He
wants to
give love
to you.
When you
give to Jesus,
He
will give
to you all,
and then
more.
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Give to
Jesus His
Preference
(mentally),
His
Presence,
(physically),
and His
Perfection
(spiritually).
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A-ga-pe
@Turkey
(Kuroς@Greek)
Spiritual
Obedient Love toward your Lord.
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Very, very
Authoritative
Love; very, very
Conditional. He
wants you to
think on His
things.
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Choices are
His.
No
compromising.
Your blood was
given for your
sins.
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Because of
Jesus' Blood, I
surrender all of
my
mentally,
physically and
spiritually
powers! .Amen!
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HAVE
YOU ACCEPTED JESUS?
The Family Relationship for "The Son of
God" towards "God the Father" is the same Love
Relationship and Respect that we should have for
each other, man to man. This is the same relationship that we
should have towards Jesus as a man, a man like us, not for
God, but for man towards man. The relationship would be the
same as Mother towards Father.
This Love is not for babies or children, but for adults, only.
"Grown-upers". Children are to be taught how to
respect Jesus and His Father. If not, we show
that we have not accepted Jesus.
Father, Mother and Jesus are as One, One Family, Mentally,
Physically, and Spiritually.
When Jesus lived on earth, men did not accept Him as God. Now
that He has been Resurrected and has come back into the
"God towards God Relationship" in heaven, man calls
Jesus "God and Man". Jesus now has
both, but we still do not accept Jesus as man,
as "man towards man'. Have you, man, accepted Jesus as
man, not God? The Jews, then, didn't accept him either; as
neither God or man. If you really want to go to heaven (even
now), You would be equal to Jesus as he was on earth. If you
plan to accept Him in Heaven, you will need to know His
conception of Love here on earth: man to man. Amen!
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Married? Do you pray to him as a King or as you are
One of the Trinity? Your Prayer begins here. You
are One out of Three. Mr. Man,
Mrs. Lady,
and Jesus:
the real Trinity on Earth. Your Prayer is to each
other. First! Each Word is a Prayer to
Each
Other
(including a Prayer to Jesus). "Can I do that?" Try it. It is the
beginning of Perfection! Amen! Can your children see
Jesus in You? Your Thoughts are important.
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(A prart of
a TAPE TRANSCRIPT-8-13-88)
Now,
what I'm getting ready to say now, I don't want you to get all up in the
air about it. All I want you to do is to try to do all that is necessary.
Don't worry about G.C., because Sis. White has given me one
"out" . Sis. White says that if something does not prick your
conscience, you can continue to do so, and that is wearing the wedding
band. If it is made of gold, it represents the worship of the creative
power of the sun by the union of the sexes. It is the graven image
against which the Ten Commandments were written! The wedding
band. Somebody is not hearing me. The engagement ring is a prayer to
the moon god that the fruit of her womb would be blessed. The ring that
you put on your finger, made of silver represents the prayer to the moon
goddess, that the fruit of her womb would be happy, bringing forth a
child. Folk, you understand where it came from. You understand what I'm
saying? You see, this, the golden sun represents the generative power of
the sun, and your Bible says, "don't make any thing that's in the
heaven above" that was made specifically for worship. Made
specifically for worship. Don't put it on, don't serve it, don't bow down,
don't have anything-- because look at it: if you were married to somebody,
they wouldn't want you to put on somebody else's wedding band. The Lord
said if you want to worship "Me" for "My"
Creativeness, keep the Sabbath. Don't wear the ring, because the ring
represents the creative power of another god, and if you wear the creative
power of another god, I am going to be jealous.
How many of you understand what I'm
saying? Many of you have never heard it like that before! Never heard it!
And I'm usually saying, I join my young people. If you can't tell me a
good reason why I can't do "something", you may as well not tell
me "anything". How many of you understand here, what I'm saying?
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So now, is it a sin to
look sexually attractive, feel sexually attractive? You have to ask
the question, "to Whom?" You are first at
God's Church, God's Bride; and that's the One to "Whom"
you are to look sexually attractive to; because you are to bring
forth His children. This is the reason He can refer to His Church as
His Bride and to each individual as His child. How many of you
understand what I'm saying? And if as His child, are going to put on
another god?! I've presented this at other places and people have
taken off their rings right there. Now I'm not asking you to do that
right here, now, but I'm asking you to know where it came from. You
quit keeping Sunday, why not take off the ring and worship
God!
Our God!
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