Earl.Lavender.Christian.Spiritual.Formation

This is Earl Lavender's Paper
This my review by posting PROPOSITIONAL HOLY SCRIPTURE which Refutes.

Dr. David Lavender, Ms. Rhonda Lowry and Dr. Jackie Halstead are diligently working for the University to introduce what they call "spiritual formation" into the life of the church. What better way to implement their desired changes than by involving church leaders in practices borrowed from paganism, medieval Catholicism and New Age practitioners. Teaching them the joys of contemplative prayer, to use breath prayers, to light candles for ritual prayers, to walk in labyrinths, to take pilgrimages and to seek their spiritual center is supposed to make them more spiritual as leaders of the Lord's church. Their Retreat to the Catholicism's Mercy Convent to draw near to God is especially impressive. There are spiritual seminars by men like Rev. Glandion Carney of St. Peter's Anglican Church and Dr. Gary Moon of the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation.
The coordinators of this program must be wiser than the Holy Spirit, for He failed to include such a regimen in the Bible he inspired. Quote Unknown

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Rhonda.Lowry.Gary.Holloway.John.Mark.Hicks.Lectio.Divina.html

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Paul warned about the small band of females LURKING. In 1 Corinthians 14 they "thought that truth began with them." In 1 Timothy 2 women and men reputiated Jesus as the ONLY Teacher.

1Tim. 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority;
        that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life [Same Silence word for males]
        in all godliness and honesty.
1Tim. 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, [kept safe]
        and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. [The Word, Logos outlaws Rhetoric, Music or Scenic displays]

Acts.17.To.Apollyon.The.Unknown.God.html
Acts.17.25.God.Not.Worshipped.Mens.Hands.html
However, the BEAST FROM THE SEA AND EARTH ARE SO WORSHIPPED.

1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD,    [Theology department DENIES.]
        and one mediator between God and men, [Feminists DENIES.]
        the MAN Christ Jesus; [Theology department DENIES.]
1Tim. 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be TESTIFIED in due time.
1Tim. 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,
        (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;)
        a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity

AN APOSTLE OR PREACHER ARE EYE WITNESSES ELSE THEY MUST READ AND DISCUSS JESUS' LAST WILL.

praedĭcātor , ōris, m. 1. praedico.
I. In gen., one who makes a thing publicly known, a proclaimer, publisher, crier (postclass.), App. M. 6, p. 176, 4.—

II. In partic.

A. One who publicly commends a thing, a praiser, eulogist (class.): “beneficii,” Cic. Balb. 2, 4: “te ipso praedicatore ac teste,” id. Fam. 1, 9, 6; Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 2.—
B. In eccl. Lat., a preacher, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28 med.: “gentium (cf. Paul),” Sulp. Sev. Ep. 1, 6; Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 7.

testis , is, comm. (I.neutr. form: “caelum [observe signs] teste vocat,” Alcim. 6, 576), one who attests any thing (orally or in writing), a witness (cf. superstes): “testes vinctos attines,” Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 63: “ II. Transf., an eye-witness, spectator
ŏcŭlātus , an eye-witness,
vŏco announce vos (deos) in verba,” as witnesses,
6. In eccl. Lat., to call to a knowledge of the gospel, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 2; id. Gal. 1, 6; id. 1 Thess. 2, 12.—

PAUL WARNED THAT FEMALES WHO TAUGHT IN PAGAN TEMPLES ALSO TAUGHT IN A SEXUAL OR AUTHENTIA WAY.

Pla^n-aō , fut. -ēsō LXX 4 Ki.4.28,

2Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
2Kings 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

3.lead astray, mislead, deceive, ē gnōmē plana; S.OC316, cf. Pl.Prt.356d, Lg.655c,
2. wander in speaking, “p. en tō logō” Hdt.2.115; digress, “p. apo tou logou” Pl.Plt.263a.
6. in forensic Rhet., khrōmata peplanēmena, metathesis pep., of alternative pleas,
b. c.acc.loci, planētheis tēnde barbaron khthona having wandered over it, E.Hel.598 ; “pasan gēn” Plu.Luc.34:
c.acc. cogn., pollous heligmous planōmenoi wandering about as in a labyrinth, X.Cyr.1.3.4.
7.to be misled, “hupo phōnēs koinotētos” Phld.Sign.7; tais homōnumiais ib.36. to be unsettled.

phōnēs 4. of sounds made by inanimate objects, mostly Poet., “kerkidos ph.” S.Fr.595; “suriggōn” E.Tr.127 (lyr.); “aulōn” Mnesim.4.56 (anap.); rare in early Prose, “organōn phōnai” Pl.R.397a; freq. in LXX, “hē ph. tēs salpiggos” LXX Ex.20.18; ph

helig-mos , Ep. heil- , ho,
A.winding, convolution, of the Labyrinth, Hdt.2.148; “pollous he. anō kai katō planasthai” X.Cyr.1.3.4; of the gut, “he. ekhei” Arist.HA532b7; of the Fallopian tubes, ib.510b19; of the brain, Erasistr. ap. Gal.5.603; of a snake, Sch.Nic.Th.159; of dancers' feet, Orph.H.38.12: generally, rotatory motion, Plu.2.404f; ophthalmōn heligmoi rolling of eyes, Procop.Gaz.p.151 B.; “he. kai anastrophai organōn” Max.Tyr.19.4: pl., the plies of a knot, Plu.Alex. 18; “rheumatōn heligmoi” Id.Caes.19; “orōn” Lib.Or.61.8.

ana-strophē , A.turning upside down, upsetting, overthrow, disorder, confusion b. inversion of the natural order,

ekhi^s [Nic. Th.223, -i_s metri gr. IG2.1660], eōs, ho （hē Opp.C.3.439), gen. pl.
A.“ekheōn” Pl.Euthd.290a: gen. sg. “ekhios” Nic.Th.130: pl., dat. ekhiessi ib.826; gen. ekhiōn ib.653; acc. ekhias ib.9, but “ekheis” Thphr. Char.1.7:—viper, Pl.Smp.217e, Arist.HA511a16, etc.: metaph., “sukophantēs kai e. tēn phusin” D.25.96; hōsper e. ē skorpios ērkōs to kentron ib.52; cf. ekhidna.

II. = ekhion 11, Nic.Th.541, 636, Plin. HN22.50.

Rev 9:1 AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall [or had fallen] from heaven unto the earth:
        and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Rev. 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
        as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev. 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth:
        and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Rev. 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
        neither any green thing, neither any tree;
        but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Rev. 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them,
        but that they should be tormented five months:
        and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion,
        when he striketh a man.

HOW WILL THE LOST BE TORMENTED

basan-isteos , a, on,
A. to be proved or tested under suffering, Ar.Lys. 478, Pl.R.540a.

II. basanisteon one must put to the test, prove, tina ib.503d, one must put to the torture, D.29.35.

basa^n-istērios , on,
A. of or for torture, “organa” J.BJ2.8.10.

Organon
A. instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing,
; “polemika hopla te kai organa” Pl.R.374d, cf. Lg. 956a

Polemikos warlike exercises 2. to -kon signal for battle (paiōn p. in Pl.Ep.348b), epeidan ho salpiktēs sēmēnēto p.” X.An.4.3.29, cf. Aen. Tact.4.3; anekrage polemikon gave a war-shout, X.An.7.3.33; also of an air on the flute, Tryphoap.Ath.14.618c.
3. musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; ho men di' organōn ekēlei anthrōpous, of Marsyas, Pl.Smp.215c ; aneu organōn psilois logois ibid., cf. Plt.268b ; “o. polukhorda” Id.R.399c, al.; “met' ōdēs kai tinōn organōn” Phld.Mus.p.98K.; of the pipe, Melanipp.2, Telest.1.2.

Greek Torture basan-ismos , A. torture: ho gar Korinthios (sc. oinos）“ b. esti” Alex.290, cf. Apoc.9.5.
Korinthios , a, on, Corinthian, Hdt., etc.; K. korē A. courtesan, Pl.R. 404d; hetairai K. Ar.Pl.149; oinos K. Alex.290; K. “kadoi” Diph.61.3. Adv. -iōs in Corinthian fashion, oikos K. “estegasmenos” J.AJ8.5.2:— fem. Korinthias , ados, h(, St.Byz.:—also Korinthiakos , ē, on, X.HG6.2.9; K. “gluphai” Ph.1.666: Korinthikos , AP6.40 (Maced.).

Plat. Rep. 404d [404d] he said, “in that they know it and do abstain.” “Then, my friend, if you think this is the right way, you apparently do not approve of a Syracusan table¹ and Sicilian variety of made dishes.” “I think not.” “You would frown, then, on a little Corinthian maid as the chère amie of men who were to keep themselves fit?” “Most certainly.” “And also on the seeming delights of Attic pastry?” “Inevitably.” “In general, I take it, if we likened that kind of food and regimen to music and song expressed in the pan-harmonic mode and

1 Proverbial, like the “Corinthian maid” and the “Attic pastry.” Cf. Otto, Sprichw. d. Rom. p. 321, Newman, Introduction to Aristotle's Politics, p. 302. Cf. also Phaedrus 240 B.

Paio 2. c. acc. instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, naus en nēi stolon epaise struck its beak against
II. intr., strike, dash against or upon 4. of sexual intercourse, Id.Pax874

paizō. play on a musical instrument, h.Ap.206: c. acc., “Pan ho kalamophthogga paizōn” Ar.Ra.230; dance and sing, Pi. O.1.16.
5. play amorously, “pros allēlous” X.Smp.9.2; “meta tinos” LXX Ge.26.8; of mares, Arist.HA572a30.

> Chapter XVII. Tertullian The Spectacle

Are we not, in like manner, enjoined to put away from us all immodesty?

On this ground, again, we are excluded from the theatre, which is immodesty's own peculiar abode, where nothing is in repute but what elsewhere is disreputable.

So the best path to the highest favour of its god is the vileness which the Atellan[The ludi Atellani were so called from Atella, in Campania, where a vast amphitheatre delighted the inhabitants. Juvenal, Sat. vi. 71.

The like disgrace our times.] gesticulates, which the buffoon in woman's clothes exhibits, destroying all natural modesty,

so that they blush more readily at home than at the play, which finally is done from his childhood on the person of the pantomime, that he may become an actor.

Paig-ma , atos, to/, A. play, sport, lōtos hotan . . paigmata bremē whene'er the pipe sounds its sportive strains, E.Ba.161(lyr.); “Ludia p. luras”

Xen. Cyrop. 1.3.4 No, grandfather,” Cyrus replied to this; “but the road to satiety is much more simple and direct in our country than with you; for bread and meat take us there; but you, though you make for the same goal as we, go wandering through many a maze, up and down, and only arrive at last at the point that we long since have reached.”

We are afflicted wanting to say that perhaps ALL who have WAGED wanting to ENHANCE God's Effort, but Jesus in the START of Holy Spirit says that they are LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE. That's fine, Jesus was sent to seek and rescue a small band of lost spirits who are NOT of this World. Those whom you see and hear and feel and smell are, according to Jude, FOREORDAINED to this JUDGMENT.

Matt. 13:38 The field is the world;
        the good SEED are the children of the KINGDOM;
        but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matt. 13:39 The enemy that sowed [dna] them is the DEVIL;
        the harvest is the end of the world; [Aion messianic Age]
        and the REAPERS are the ANGELS
Matt. 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Taking the advice of Alexander Campbell speaking of the Disciples-Christian churches to COME OUT OF BABYLON. You will notice that these angels of light allow for up to half of the owners being driven out of their own "synagogue."

God sends forth MUSICIANS meaning to make the lambs dumb before the slaughter.
aggelos Arabios a., of a loquacious person, 2. generally, one that announces or tells, e.g. of birds of augury, Il.24.292,296; Mousōn aggelos,a. kai arkhaggeloi

Mousōn   Dios aigiokhoio thugateres” Daughters whatever the sex led by Apollyon.
“kanakhan . .gnashing of teeth, clanging brass, k. aulōn sound of flutes, of the lyre
HH 3 185 To Pythian Apollo, Apollyon: Leto's all-glorious son goes to rocky Pytho, playing upon his hollow lyre, clad in divine, perfumed garments;
        and his lyre, [185] at the TOUCH of the golden key, sings sweet.
Thence, swift as thought, he speeds from earth to Olympus, to the house of Zeus,
        to join the gathering of the other gods:
then straightway the undying gods think only of the lyre and song, and all the Muses together,
        voice sweetly answering voice, [190] hymn the unending gifts the
        all that they endure at the hands of the deathless gods,
        and how they live witless and helpless
                and cannot find healing for death or defence against old age.
Meanwhile the rich-tressed GRACES and cheerful Seasons dance with [195] Harmonia and Hebe and Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, holding each other by the wrist.
    And among them SINGS ONE, not mean nor puny, but tall to look upon and enviable in mien, Artemis who delights in arrows, sister of APOLLYON. [200] Among them sport Ares and the keen-eyed Slayer of Argus, while APOLLON plays his lyre stepping high and featly and a radiance shines around him, the gleaming of his feet and close-woven vest.

ka^na^kh-eō k. melos to let a song ring loud, A.R.4.907. There is no musical melos or melody in Scripture.
Od.6.82; odontōn men k. pele GNASHING OF TEETH, k. aulōn sound of flutes, Pi.P.10.39 (pl.), B.2.12, cf. S.Tr.642 (lyr.); ofthelyre, h.Ap.185.

New 8.4.2020 SKIP TO:
The LABYRINTH at Lipscomb is a SPIRAL, HELIX, Serpents Path

SPIRITUAL FORMERS WALKING THE SERPENT IDOL PERFORM THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST

THIS MARKS AN ANTICHRIST

1 Timothy 2 There is ONE God and ONE mediator, the MAN Christ Jesus. ANTICHRIST stand in their holy places and claim to be God.
SPEAKING or READING the TEXT to One Another excludes Theologians or Workers of Magic replacing God

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
IF ye continue in MY WORD THEN are ye my disciples indeed;

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Paul silenced WOMEN (or men) because they THOUGHT that Truth Began with them.. 1 Cor. 14
Paul sillenced WOMEN claiming Self-Authoring power because

1Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved,
        and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. [THE only pattern]
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD
        and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men,
        the MAN Christ Jesus;

The Glorified Christ Jesus is still HEAD (only teacher) of HIS church is His STATE of HOLY SPIRIT,.
The Prophets and Apostles are the only SPIRITUAL BUILDERS of the Church

1Tim. 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all,
        to be TESTIFIED in due time. [The Last Will and Testament is FINAL]
1Tim. 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,
         (I SPEAK the TRUTH in Christ, and LIE NOT
          a TEACHER of the Gentiles in faith and VERITY.

Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to WORSHIP him. And he said unto me,
        See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant,
        and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY of Jesus:
        WORSHIP God:
        for the TESTIMONY of Jesus is the SPIRIT of prophecy.
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
                         [g2227 vitalize — make alive, give life, quicken.]
        the FLESH profiteth nothing:
                        [Women forcing you to walk in Serpent Circles]
        the WORDS that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life

1. Jesus submitted to God the Father.
2. The Apostles submitted to the authority of Jesus Christ.
3. Male vocational elders submitted and "Taught only that which HAS been taught."
4. The assembly as School of Christ permits READ or SPEAK only.
5. A FEW DARING FEMALES STAND IN THEIR HOLY PLACES CLAIMING TO BE GOD.

Walter.Brueggeman.Rejects.Scripture.Lipscomb.University.html

Theologians or Spiritual Directors are self-authoring (Authentia) because Strong Delusions are

Walter Brueggeman Well, to make a long story short,
        the authors of the Bible had their own particular godly MOTIVES
        for bringing these texts before us; and
        the MORAL lessons aren't always written in front of us.

Repudiates Holy Scripture:

1Pet. 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets
        have enquired and searched diligently,
        who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1Pet. 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time
        the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify,
        when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
        and the glory that should follow.
1Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves,
        but unto us they did minister the things,
        which are now reported unto you by them
                [SPIRIT means God put His WORD into the MOUTH of Prophets]
        that have PREACHED the gospel unto you
        with the Holy SPIRIT sent down from heaven;
        which things the angels desire to look into.

Brueggemann says “those of us who think critically
        do not believe that the Old Testament was talking about Jesus,
        and yet we make the linkages.
Texts traditionally understood as prophetic and messianic
        he generally interprets as "Christian imagination" or "REreadings":
        for example, the "great light" promised in 9:2
        is simply "relief from oppression" not predictive.

Scholars GENERALLY do not interpret:

Is. 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light:
        they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

JESUS WHO NEVER TOOK MONEY SAID:

Matt. 4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison,
        he departed into Galilee;
Matt. 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum,
        which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Matt. 4:14 That it might be fulfilled
        which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Matt. 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
Matt. 4:16 The people which sat in Darkness saw great LIGHT;
        and to them which sat in the region
        and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matt. 4:17 From that time Jesus BEGAN to preach,
        and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matt. 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee,
        TEACHING in their synagogues,
        and preaching the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
        and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Is. 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,
         and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Is. 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused NOISE
         and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

tŭmultus   “tumultu armorum et cantuum

cantus , ūs, m. id., I.the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music
qui enim cantus moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod carmen artificiosā
2. With instruments, a playing, music: “in nervorum vocumque cantibus,”
citharae,” Hor. C. 3, 1, 20: “horribili stridebat tibia cantu,” Cat. 64, 264: “querulae tibiae,” Hor. C. 3, 7, 30: “dulcis tibia cantu,” Tib. 1, 7, 47: “bucinarum,” Cic. Mur. 9, 22: “simul ac tubarum est auditus cantus,” Liv. 25, 24, 5: “lyrae,” Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72: “tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio cantus

Is. 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a SON is given:
        and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

and his NAME shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

fīlĭus ,The SON bears the NAME of the FATHER CONTRARY TO:

A. In gen.: Marci filius, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 306 Vahl.); id. Rep. 2, 19; id. Lael. 1, 3: “Venus et remisso filius arcu, i. e. Cupido,” Hor. C. 3, 27, 68 et saep. —
Vĕnus , ĕris (I.gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. v. veneror, the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, 1. Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.): “sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,” Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6: “Venus trivio Vĕnĕrĕus or Vĕnĕrĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus: “sacerdos,” of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal,

BURDEN

ŏnus   3. The excrements: Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: “epici carminis onera lyrā sustinere,” Quint. 10, 1, 62.C (Eccl. Lat.) The burden of a prophecy, the woes predicted against any one: “Babylonis,” Vulg. Isa. 13, 1: “Tyri,” id. ib. 23, 1.—With subj.gen.: “Domini,” Vulg. Jer. 23, 33: “verbi Domini,” id. Zach. 12, 1.

Quint. Inst. 10 1.62 The greatness of the genius of Stesichorus¹ is shown by his choice of subject: for he sings of the greatest wars and the most glorious of chieftains, and the music of his lyre [epici carminis onera lyra sustinentem] is equal to the weighty themes of epic poetry. For both in speech and action he invests his characters with the dignity which is their due, and if he had only been capable of exercising a little more restraint, he might, perhaps, have proved a serious rival to Homer. But he is redundant and diffuse, a fault which, while deserving of censure, is nevertheless a defect springing from the very fullness of his genius.
What is clear in Brueggemann’s text
        is that he does not accept that the prophets spoke
        because they were revealing the very person and work of God.
He does not believe that the authors were recording God’s actual dealings with humans, past or future; rather,
        he says that they “wrought,” i.e., made up, acts of God from their imaginations.
Brueggemann is indelibly clear that he sees the prophetic books
        to be fanciful (he uses the word “imaginative”)
        creations of groups of men, rather than the revealed words and prophesies of God.
It would be one thing if Brueggemann were just one professor saying such atrocities.
        But he is one of the most widely respected and read professors in the liberal community.

Lipscomb University Preaching 2008 From Denominational Imagination!

"This conference proposes that WE allow the worlds imagined
in the essential biblical narratives
to dramatically shape our preaching and lives.
We believe that preaching REconstitutes biblical paradigms
when it engages Scripture’s vision

by REpresenting what is absent
and making present what is inaccessible
to the end that followers of God will live into a God-shaped reality.

THIS MARKS AN ANTICHRIST

Luke 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him,
        Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
        which was a PROPHET mighty in deed and word
        before God and all the people:

Luke 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written
        must yet be accomplished in me,
        And he was reckoned among the transgressors:
        for the things concerning me have an end.

Luke 24:44 And he said unto them,
        These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
        that all things must be fulfilled,
        which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
              concerning me.
Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding,
        that they might understand the SCRIPTURES,
Luke 24:46 And said unto them,
        Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer,
        and to rise from the dead the third day:

John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not left me alone;
for I DO always those things that PLEASE him.

CHRISTIANS DO: poios What manner of speech hast thou spoken! simply, what, which? esp. of place or
time,   NEVE used in any musical sense. Jesus SPOKE what God put into His MOUTH. This is THE meaning of SPIRIT without measure, METRON or musical meter..

Acts 23.34 When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,
Acts 4.7 When they had stood them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?

Is. 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord;
        My SPIRIT that is upon thee,
        and my WORDS which I have put in thy MOUTH,
        shall not depart out of thy MOUTH,
        nor out of the MOUTH of thy seed,
        nor out of the MOUTH of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord,
        from henceforth and for ever.

JESUS WAS SENT FOR A SMALL BAND OF LOST SPIRITS: SONS FROM GOD. Jesus didn't pray for the World, Ecumenical, the kingdom of the devil making war against the kingdom or church of Christ. Those of the DUST are ABORIGINES. Jesus said that God HIDES from the Wise or SOPHISTS which are speakers, singers, instrument players all of whom the Civil Greeks and Paul's corrupting the WORD called PROSTITUTES.

John 8:30 As he SPAKE these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:38 I SPEAK [logou hudōr graphō] that which I have SEEN with my Father:
and ye DO that which ye have seen with your father.

Those who DO include any religious performer of audible-visible acts. The civilized Greeks called them PARASITES (Miriam) and John calls them SORCERERS who are MARKED to be CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

Devil Do: poiētai 4. after Hom., of Poets, compose, write, p. dithurambon, epea, Hdt.1.23, 4.14; “p. theogoniēn

Epos joined with muthos, 1. song or lay accompanied by music, 8.91,17.519. 2. fiction (o logos, OPPOSITE historic truth), THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE

Devil Do: Commercium sermonis,” 7 In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession: 8. In relig. lang., like the Gr. rhezein, to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice:

2Th. 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
        whom the Lord shall consume with the SPIRIT of his MOUTH,
        and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Rev. 16:13 And I saw three unclean SPIRITS like frogs   [Quack Doctors]
        come out of the MOUTH of the dragon,
        and out of the MOUTH of the beast,
        and out of the MOUTH of the false prophet.

Speaking of the Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted idolatry at Mount Sinai, Jude says of those who reject the ONCE DELIVERED WORD and turn to music (the Beast) are FOREORDAINED.

Rev. 13:5 And there was GIVEN unto him [BEAST] a MOUTH
    SPEAKING great things and blasphemies; [calling Jesus God]
    and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

THOSE WHO QUESTION GOD'S WORD ARE SENT STRONG DELUSIONS SO THAT THEY BELIEVE THEIR OWN LIES. A LYING WONDER IS ANY RELIGIOUS OPERATION OR OBSERVATION USING HUMAN ARTS CLAIMING THAT THEIR OBSCENE ACTS ARE "BRINGING GOD INTO THEIR PRESENCE.""

SPIRITUAL FORMERS WALKING THE SERPENT IDOL PERFORM THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST

Stoma . to Dion the mouth of Zeus, A.Pr.1032; to Phoibou Apollon theion apseudes s. Id.Fr.350.5, cf. S.OC603; “tou stomatos to stroggulon” Ar.Fr.471; Moisan kapuron s. their mouthpiece, organ, Theoc.7.37, cf. Mosch.3.72; Pieridōn to sophon

Phoibos (“-os, -ou, -ō, -on, -e”)
1.bright one epith. of Apollon. “Phoibou gar auton pha gegakein patros” O. 6.49 “argureō toxō polemizōn Phoibos” O. 9.33 “Lukie kai Daloi anassōn Phoibe” P. 1.39 “akersekoma — Phoibō
Bright or Pure, an old epith. of Apollo, “Ph. Apollōn” Il.1.43, al.; rarely inverted, “Apollōn phoibos”

HIS SPEAKING IS OPPOSITE THAT OF JESUS WHERE SPEAK OR LOGOS OUTLAWS ANY HUMAN PERFORMANCE BEYOND READING.

la^l-eō II. [chatter, OPPOSITE. articulate speech, as of LOCUSTS, chirp, Theoc.5.34; mesēmbrias lalein tettix (sc. eimi), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, Aristopho 10.6; “anthrōpinōs l.” Strato Com.1.46.
III.of musical sounds, “aulō laleō” Theoc.20.29; of trees, v.supr.1.2; “di'aulou ē salpiggos l.” Arist. Aud.801a29; of Echo, D.C.74.14: also c.acc. cogn., magadin lalein sound the magadis, Anaxandr.35

OH! THEY ALL SPEAK LOUDLY AND IN CONSPIRACY OF ONCE-CHRISTIANS.

Mega^s epith. of gods, “ho m. Zeus” A. Supp.1052 (lyr.), etc.; megala thea, of Demeter and Persephone, S. OC683 (lyr.); theoi megaloi, of the Cabiri, IG12(8).71 (Imbros), etc.; Mētēr m., of Cybele, SIG1014.83 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), 1138.3 (Delos, ii B. C.); “Mētēr theōn m.” OGI540.6 (Pessinus), etc.; “Isidos m. mētros theōn” PStrassb.81.14 (ii B.C.); “m. hē Artemis Ephesiōn” Act.Ap.19.28; tis theos m. hōs ho theos hēmōn; LXX Ps.76(77).13; “ho m. theos” Ep.Tit.2.13; o
3. of sounds, great, loud, alalētos, ito speak big, and so PROVOKE DIVINE WRATH
sound loudly, “psalmos d' alalazei” A.Fr.57; “kumbalon alalazon” 1 Ep.Cor.13.1.— TIMOTHY 2 WHEN WOMEN ESTABLISH MOTHER GODDESS WORSHIP

Ala^l-azō war-cry, battle-shout, Hes. Th.686,
In orgiastic rites, A.Fr.57; of Bacchus and Bacchae, E.Ba.593 (in Med.), 1133, etc.; “ōloluxan hai gunaikes, ēlalaxan de hoi andres”

ōloluxan of WOMEN crying aloud to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, “hōs eipous' ololuxe: thea de hoi ekluen arēs” also of the cries of goddesses, h.Ap.119 ; so later, mostly of women crying to the gods, “ololuxate nun epi molpais” “molpa klagga” [CLANGING BRASS]
         hissing of serpents
        baying of dogs
        of musical instruments,
        of song, S.Tr.208
ou m. suriggos [TRUMPET] ekhōn the note,

surigx 2. cat-call, whistle, hiss, as in theatres, Id.Lg.700c;
“surizō” 11.2, surigmos:—the last part of the nomos Puthikos was called surigges, prob. because it imitated the dying hisses of the serpent Pytho, Str.9.3.10.

Rev. 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
        to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle,
        and them that dwell in heaven.
Rev. 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,
        and to overcome them:
        and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Rev. 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall WORSHIP him,
        whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Blasphēm-ia , 2. defamation, slander, Democr.177, D.10.36, 18.95; “b. poieisthai eis tina” Aeschin. 1.167, cf. Ep.Eph.4.31; holas hamaxas blasphēmiōn whole cart-loads of abuse, Luc.Eun.2.

3. irreverent speech against God, blasphemy, “hē eis to theion b.” Men.715: in pl., LXX Ez.35.12, al.; “tou Pneumatos” against . . , Ev.Matt.12.31; “pros ton theon” Apoc.13.6.

John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Proskun-eō LXX Ge.24.26, al., Ev.Matt.2.2, 11, Ev.Jo.4.23, D.C.67.13; “tō theō” J.AJ9.13.2.

WORSHIP of Disciples or STUDENTS of Christ is to bow to the earth or FALL ON YOUR FACE in Reference and Godly FEAR.

Ex. 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
        And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they FELL on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, Genesis 17:3

Abram FELL on his face, and God talked with him, saying, Leviticus 9:24

Then fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and FELL on their faces. Numbers 24:4

The oracle of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, FALLING down, yet having his eyes uncovered, 1 Samuel 5:3

When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again. 1 Kings 18:39

When all the people saw it, they FELL on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.” Nehemiah 8:6

John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST

Proskun-eō obeisance to the gods or their images, fall down and worship, c. acc., Hdt.2.121
2. esp. of the Oriental fashion of prostrating oneself before kings and superiors,
abs., Hdt.1.119, 8.118: c Plat. Rep. 398a
IRONICALLY, proskunoimen an auton hōs hieron kai thaumaston kai hēdun, Pl.R.398a:

Plato. Republic [398a] who was capable by his cunning
        of assuming every kind of shape
        and imitating all things should arrive in our city,
        bringing with himself the poems which he wished to exhibit,
        we should fall down and worship him as a holy and wondrous and delightful creature,
but should say to him that there is no man of that kind among us in our city,
        nor is it lawful for such a man to arise among us,
        and we should send him away to another city,
        after pouring myrrh down over his head
        and crowning him with fillets of wool,
but we ourselves, for our souls' good, should continue to employ 398B
        the more austere and less delightful poet and tale-teller,
        who would imitate the diction of the good man and would tell his tale
        in the patterns which we prescribed in the beginning, when
        we set out to educate our soldiers.

Proskun-eō o
Plat. Rep. 451a I believe that involuntary homicide is a lesser fault than to mislead opinion about the honorable, the good, and the just. This is a risk that it is better to run with enemies
Adrasteian sophoi Trying to escape the predestinated.

GOD HIDES FROM THE WISE OR SOPHISTS: SPEAKERS, SINGERS, INSTRUMENT PLAYERS.

Sophoi Skill at “mantis” Id.Th.382; mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9, P.1.42, 3.113; en kithara s. E.IT1238 shrewd, worldly-wise, your clever notion, etc.; also en oiōnois, kithara
“gēn te p. hama kai ton theōn Olumpon” S.OC 1654, cf. A.Pers.499, Ar.Eq.156: prov., hoi -kunountes tēn Adrasteian sophoi, of deprecating the wrath of Nemesis, A.Pr.936, cf. Pl.R.451a; “ton phthonon de proskuson” S.Ph.776; steikhe proskusas khthona, to avert divine wrath, ib.1408 (troch.); of sacred places, do reverence to, “pat rōa hedē theōn” Id.El.1374; “tas thēkas” Pl.R.469b; “tēn tholon” D.19.314: abs., Ar.Eq.640.

later sophōtatos as a title, esp. of lawyers or professors,

Rev. 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
        and causeth the earth and
         them which dwell therein to WORSHIP the first beast,
         whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev. 13:13 And he doeth great wonders,
        so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
        on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev. 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
        by the means of those miracles which he had power to do
        in the sight of the beast;
        saying to them that dwell on the earth,
        that they should make an image to the beast,
        which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

eikōn IMAGE in the MIND, “eikous patros” E.Tr.1178; “doxōn kai logōn” Pl.Phlb. 39c,

doxoō , only Pass., doxoomai ,
A.have the character or credit of being, “edoxōthē einai sophōtatos” Hdt.8.124; “dedoxōsthe einai agathoi” Id.7.135, cf. 9.48.

Plat. Phileb. 39c
Socrates
When a man receives from sight or some other sense the opinions and utterances of the moment and afterwards beholds in his own mind the images of those opinions and utterances
Socrates
And the images of the true opinions are true, and those of the false are false?

Protarchus
Assuredly.

pa^tēr II. esp. as epith. of Zeus, patēr Zeus, p. Kronidēs, p. andrōn te theōn te, Il.4.235, 21.508, 1.544, al. ; Zeus p. A.Th. 512, etc. ; “Zeu pater kai theoi” Ar.Ach.225 ; p. Ouranidan Z. Pi.P.4.194 ; “ho tōn hapantōn Zeus p. olumpios” S.Tr.275, etc.
IV. metaph., father, author, “aoidan p . . . euainētos orpheus” Pi.P.4.176 ; Khronos ho pantōn p. Id.O.2.17, cf. Pl.Ti.41a ; tou logou p. Id.Smp. 177d, cf. Phdr.257b, etc. ; ho p. tōn phōtōn, i.e. God, the father of the stars, Ep.Jac.1.17 ; hoi p. tōn atomōn the authors of the atomic theory, Gal.1.246 ; of capital, “tou patros ekgonous tokous” Pl.R.555e.

logos The Word, Logos, Regulative Principle OPPOSITE of opinions, experiences, rhetoric, singing, playing instruments, acting and PAY TO PLAY.

IMAGE OF THE LOGOS, “di' eikonos legesthai”

LEGO2 opp. ouden legei has no meaning, no authority, “ouden l. to sōphronōs traphēnai” Ar.Eq.334, cf. V.75; ouden legeis nonsense! Id.Th.625; but ouden legein, also, say what is not, lie, Id.Av.66, Pl.
13. recite what is written, “labe to biblion kai lege” Pl.Tht.143c; and freq. in Oratt., as “lege ton nomon” D.21.8 and 10, etc.; of lectures, “akousate mou skholia legontos”
14. say or send word by another, X.An.1.9.25, 7.4.5.

WORSHIP OF THE BEAST IN LATIN

ăd-ōro With acc.: “Auctoremque viae Phoebum taciturnus adorat,” Ov. M. 3, 18: “Janus adorandus,” id. F. 3, 881: “in delubra non nisi adoraturus intras,” Plin. Pan. 52: “large deos adorare,” Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62: “nil praeter nubes et caeli numen adorat,” Juv. 14, 97: “adorare crocodilon,” id. 15, 2

WHY AUTHENTIA AUTHORITY IS SELF-AUTHORING. WOMEN WHO LUST TO STAND UP AND SPEAK UP HAVE NO TRAINING NOR OCCUPATION DEMANDING THAT THEY SPEAK THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING.

auctor (incorrectly written autor or author )

Phoebus , i, m., = Phoibos (the radiant), I.a poetical appellation of Apollo as the god of light: “quae mihi Phoebus Apollo
, Val. Fl. 1, 228:    35.—
B. Phoe-bēus , a, u m, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean: “carmina,” Lucr. 2, 504: “lampas,” the sun,
        Verg. A. 4, 6: “virgo,” Daphne, dea, the VIRGIN GODDESS, EVE, goddess, i. e. Diana, Ov. M. 12, 28; Mart. 10, 92, 8. Of a Vestal: “qui esset decimus annus post Virginum absolutionem,”

Cic. Catil. 3.4.9 Lucius Cassius, to send cavalry into Italy as early as possible; that infantry should not be wanting; and that Lentulus had assured him, from the Sibylline oracles and the answers of soothsayers
Sĭbylla    I.a female soothsayer [MIRIAM], a prophetess, Sibyl, errae vis Pythiam Delphis incitaba The most celebrated is the Sibyl at Cumae, in the service of Apollon

Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of DIVINATION met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

PYTHO another form for Pythius, Pythian: “Apollo,” Liv. 5, 21: “oraculum,” id. 5, 15: “sortes,” id. 5, 23: “divinatio,” Val. Max. 1, 8, 10: “agon,”
Pythian, Delphic, Apollonian: Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo, Naev
B. 1. Pȳthĭa , ae, f., = hē Puthia, the priestess who uttered the responses of the Delphic Apollo, the Pythoness, Pythia, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38; Nep. Milt. 1, 3.
Ov. M. 1, 447: “qui Pythia cantat Tibicen,” Hor. A. P. 414: — “Thessalicae veniunt ad Pythia laurus,” Luc. 6, 409; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58.

Acts 16:18 And this did she many days.
        But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit,
        I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
        And he came out the same hour.
Acts 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Verg. A. 6.10
The templed hill where lofty Phoebus reigns,
And that far-off, inviolable shrine
Of dread Sibylla, in stupendous cave,
O'er whose deep soul the god of Delos breathes
Prophetic gifts, unfolding things to come.
Here are pale Trivia's golden house and grove.

Ov. P. 2, 2, 82: “laurus,” id. Tr. 4, 2, 51: “Rhodos,” where the worship of Apollo prevailed, id. M. 7, 365: “lyra,” id. H. 16, 180: “sortes,” oracle, id. M. 3, 130: “tripodes,” id. A. A. 3, 789: “Phoebeā morbos pellere arte,” id. F. 3, 827.—

C. Phoebas , ădis, f., a priestess of Apollo; hence the inspired one, the prophetess, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 12; id. Tr. 2, 400; Luc. 5, 128; 165.

Revelation 13 12 kai tēn exousian tou prōtou thēriou pasan poiei enōpion autou. kai poiei tēn gēn kai tous en autē katoikountas hina proskunēsousin to thērion to prōton, hou etherapeuthē hē plēgē tou thanatou autou.

thera^p-euō
II. do service to the gods, athanatous, theous th., Hes.Op.135, Hdt.2.37, X.Mem.1.4.13, etc.; “daimona” Pi.P.3.109; Dionuson, Mousas, E.Ba.82 (lyr.), IT1105(lyr.); th. Phoibou naous serve them, Id.Ion111 (anap.): abs., worship, Lys.6.51; do service or honour to one's parents, E.Ion183 (lyr.), Pl.R.467a, Men.91a; serve, wait upon a master, Id.Euthphr.13d, cf. Ar.Eq.59, 1261, etc.; th. tas thēkas reverence men's graves, Pl.R.469a.

At.the.Blue.Hole.Elegy.for.a.Church.of.Christ.on.the.Edge.html

Earl Lavender: My Story, Our Story, God's Story: the Function of a Livable Narrative in Spiritual Formation Earl Lavender

The meditations of Ignatius (the Pope's chief executioner) end with "Holy Mary the Mother of God."
Spiritual Formation is a serpentine attack or a me-too movement to join the latest fad. Suddenly and quite violently the historic Church of Christ has been under tribulation. This rejects the Word, Logos or Regulativ Principle. It substitutes feminine and effeminate worship performing roles. This is a nation or world-wide cosmic shift. This sudden rejection of Holy Scripture is promised in Jude where the Word-Rejecting. Mount Sinai Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted "play" is carried out by those FOREORDAINED.

Jeremiah.15.The.Mark.of.The.Beast.html

The BEAST is Theiron meaning A New Style of Music and Satyric (perverse) Drama.
The MARK is following with Apollyon's LOCUSTS or adulterous Musicians called SORCERERS to be CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE BEAST
-Besta 2.As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast a. A shameless, vile person, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33
2. As the regular designation of the hangers-on or parasites of an eminent or rich Roman; a follower, dog, creature:

Pl. Bac. 1.1 Note: Your Bacchanalian den: "Bacchanal" was properly the place where the Bacchanalia, or orgies, were celebrated. He styles them "Bacchantes," and their house a "Bacchanal," in allusion both to their names and their habits

-Pl. Poen. 5.5
7 Mischievous serpent: "Mala tu's bestia." Literally, "you are an evil beast;" which sounds harsh to an English ear, even when applied to such an animal as Bacchis.

Baccha Mainas or Thuias,
I. a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Mūsa , ae, f., = Mousa, II. mousa, as Appellat., music, song, “m. stugera” A.Eu.308

13 A soft cloak: It was the custom at entertainments for the revellers to exchange their ordinary clothes for fine vestments, elaborately embroidered.

5 A womanish race: "Muliersous" generally means "fond of women." It clearly however, in this passage means "womanish," or "womanlike."
Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced;
I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

9 Use a drum: The priests of Cybele, who were either eunuchs, or persons of effeminate and worthless character, walked in their processions beating a "tympanum." a "drum" or "tambourine." The Captain, by his question, contemptuously implies that Agorastocles is such a character. See the Truer lentus, l. 608, and the Note

The original Babylon-Sumerian account in The Book of Enoch is quoted by Jude.

Jude.There.Should.Be.Mockers.in.the.Last.Time.html

This Apostasy began with John.T.Willis.and.Jo.Bass.The.Holy.Spirit.html

The LABYRINTH at Lipscomb if a SPIRAL, HELIX

F. Earle Fox: But no one escapes the cosmic labyrinth. The ultimate labyrinth is the cosmos itself, the closed system, no appeal beyond its borders -- nothing, nothing at all beyond the limits of its walls. And deadly enemies lurk within from which there is no escape -- Uroboros, the Minotaur, etc., aka Satan. Everyone dies.

In modern usage, walking the labyrinth is an attempt on the part of those who live trapped in that cosmos to come to terms with that which will one day devour them. It is the perennial task of labyrinthine inhabitants to learn to flow with the cosmic forces. That is the universal task of pagan religion because that is the best way of surviving -- at least for a while. But in the end, it almost always comes to the same thing. A shadowy life in the underworld -- hades, sheol, hell.

Rubel.Shelly.Ecumenical.The.Kingdom.of.Satan.html

multĭ-plex , ĭcis, adj. multus-* plica (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16), I.that has many folds (class.).

I. Lit.: “alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,” Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.—

II. Transf. A. That has many windings or concealed places: “vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,” Cic. Sen. 15, 52: “domus,” the LABYRINTH, Ov. M. 8, 158.—B. In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more: “id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,” Liv. 7, 8, 1: “multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,” i. e. far greater than I state it, id. 22, 7, 3: “praeda,” id. 2, 64, 4.—

la^burinth-os [u^, ho,
A. LABYRINTH or MAZE, a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages: in Egypt, Hdt.2.148, cf. Str.17.1.37; in Crete, Call.Del.311, D.S.1.61: pl., “spēlaia kai en autois oikodomētoi laburinthoi” Str.8.6.2; name of a building at Rome, IG14.1093; also at Miletus, Milet.7.56, Supp.Epigr.4.446 (iii/ii B. C., pl.).

2. prov. of tortuous questions or arguments, “hōsper eis l. empesontes, oiomenoi ēdē epi telei einai perikampsantes palin hōsper en arkhē . . anephanēmen ontes” Pl.Euthd.291b; “laburinthōn skoliōtera” D.H.Th.40; “logoi laburinthois homoioi” Luc.Bis Acc.21; “logōn laburinthoi” Id.Icar.29; of ant-hills, Gal.UP1.3; of the rete mirabile Galeni, Id.5.608; of Lycophron's poem. AP9.191; as name of a philosopher, Luc.Symp.6.

II. any wreathed or coiled up body, einalios l. the twisted sea-snail, AP6.224 (Theodorid.); ek skhoinōn l. bow-net of rushes, Theoc.21.11

nōn not by any means: Dissumulation, secret, synonyms: pretense, dissembling, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, lying, guile, verba conclusa: adservari

nōn not by any means multĭ-plex A. That has many windings or concealed places: “vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,” Cic. Sen. 15, 52: “domus,” the LABYRINTH, Ov. M. 8, 158.— I.full of turns or windings, tortuous, “potestates verborum, [craftiness, powers]

[4] Tŭba , at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit, Opposite a SINGLE blow.
b. Sonorous, Tibicines epic poetry, Mart. 8.3, 22; 8, 56, 4; Mart. 10.64 c. A lofty style of speaking,

II. Trop.: “tuba belli civilis,” i. e. exciter, author, instigator of Civil War, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3: “rixae,” [strife, contention] Juv. 15, 52.

pla^n-aō ,

2. lead from the subject, in talking, D.19.335.

3. lead astray, mislead, deceive, ē gnōmē plana; S.OC316, cf. Pl.Prt.356d, Lg.655c, Theognet. 2.2, Men.Pk.79 ; “ton okhlon” Ev.Jo.7.12; “to aoriston plana” Arist.Rh. 1415a14; “ta mē planōnta” Id.Mete.347b35 ; planōn tēn exodon, of the Labyrinth, Apollod.3.1.4.

II. Pass., wander, stray, “
b. c.acc.loci, planētheis tēnde barbaron khthona having wandered over it, E.Hel.598 ; “pasan gēn” Plu.Luc.34: c.acc. cogn., pollous heligmous planōmenoi wandering about as in a LABYRINTH, X.Cyr.1.3.4.

Sun Goddesses were frequently psychopompes, and the LABYRINTH was itself connected to the Sun. It's entrance was carefully faced East to catch the first sunlight of the day. Patricia Monaghan's research has also shown that the LABYRINTH accurately charts the Sun's path in the sky in the far North. Travelling the LABYRINTH made rebirth possible, whether if be by the Goddess leading the dead from its centre beneath the ground, or the priestess Ariadne guiding initiates through it for a spiritual rebirth.

Winding up the thread originally recreated the globe of the Sun, rebirthing the Sun Goddess herself. The ubiquitous pools near LABYRINTH or Cretan Goddess temples were probably meant to act as mirrors. The Sun's reflection was used for divination, rather than the endless circling of the fish.

A Spiral is NOT a Labyrinth: A Spiral is a coil, wind, twirl, swirl, twist, wreathe, snake, gyrate

helix “hai kinēseis kai helikes tou ouranou” Arist.Metaph.998a5;
4. coil of a serpent, E.HF399(lyr.)

when you trill the lyre
Elelizô --2. Med. and Pass., move in coils or spires, of a SERPENT, “tēn d' elelixamenos pterugos laben” Il.2.316; ep' autou (sc. telamōnos）“ elelikto drakōn” 11.39, cf. A.R.4.143; “speiras opheōn elelizomenē” Ar.Fr. 500. Rev 13

1) Christian Mysticism
Contemplative spirituality has taken the church by storm. This issue is no
longer relegated to the fringe elements of Christianity. No denomination
is immune to its effects, despite the fact that it is the legacy of Roman
Catholic monks who merged Eastern spirituality with Christianity. We will
consider several of the most prominent practices of this “Christian”
mysticism, such as contemplative prayer, the prayer labyrinth, yoga, lectio

THE ORIGINAL BABYLONIAN MOTHER OF HARLOTS

The pattern of women deceiving the Patriarchial god and stole his magical powers. This is the rarely understood story of Eve.

http://www.pineycom.com/BabEaGifts.html

"In the name of my power! In the name of my holy shrine!

To my daughter Inanna I shall give

..........The high priesthood! Godship!

..........The noble, enduring crown! The throne of kingship!"

Inanna replied:
"I take them!"

Enki raised his cup and toasted Inanna a second time:

"In the name of my power! In the name of my holy shrine!

To my daughter Inanna I shall give Truth!

..........Descent into the underworld!

..........Ascent from the underworld!

..........The art of lovemaking!

..........The art of kissing the phallus!"

He gave me the holy shrine.

He gave me the holy priestess of heaven.

He gave me the resounding musical instrument.

He gave me the art of song.

He gave me the art of the elder.

http://www.pineycom.com/MuTammuz.html

This defines the women at the first Sunrise Service in Jerusalem and the danger of a few evil women in the Jewish synagogue.

The women denying their husbands the power to stop them from worshiping the Queen of Heaven.

--rēgīna , of Cleopatra
Sarcastically: regina Bithynica, of Cæsar, as paramour of King Nicomedes,
“also in apposition: regina sacerdos (of Rhea, Eve, Silvia),
D. In gen., she that is first, a leader, directress, mistress (mostly poet.): “silvestris regina chori,” i. e. the leader, Stat. Th. 4, 379:

săcerdos “Veneris “ille popularis, i. e. Clodius (on account of his smuggling himself in among the priestesses of the Bona Dea),” Cic. Sest. 30, 66; “of the same: stuprorum sacerdos,”

chŏrus , i, m., = khoros [cf. Lidd. and Scott under khoros]. I. A dance in a ring, a choral dance, a dance, = chorea: “chorus et cantus,” Tib. 1, 7, 44; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 6, 70. “Nympharum leves chori,”

căno , cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient I.imp. cante = canite

I. Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.
A. Of men: “si absurde canat “harundine,” Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32: “cithara,

Ăpollo , ĭnis (earlier Ăpello ,
Apollōn, Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona, twinbrother of Diana, and god of the sun. On account of his omniscience, god of divination; on account of his lightnings (belē), god of archery (hence represented with quiver and dart), and of the pestilence caused by heat; but, since his priests were the first physicians, also god of the healing art; and since he communicated oracles in verse, god of poetry and music, presiding over the Muses, etc.; cf. Hor. C. S. 61 sq. In more ancient times, represented as a protecting deity, by a conical pillar in the streets and highways (Apollo Agyieus, v. Agyieus and Müll. Denkm. 2). In the class. period of the arts, represented with weapons, the cithara, a crown of laurel, etc., with hair commonly flowing down upon his neck, but sometimes collected together and fastened up (akersekomēs), as a blooming youth (meirakion);

THE FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY:

http://www.pineycom.com/VineyardIntimacy.html

Carol Wimber: Physical and emotional expression in worship can result in dance and body movement.

This is an appropriate response to God if the church is on that crest.
It is inappropriate if it is whipped up or if the focal point is on the dance rather than on true jubilation in the Lord.

Expression then moves to a zenith, a climatic point, not unlike physical lovemaking (doesn't Solomon use the same analogy in the Song of Songs?). We have expressed what is in our hearts and minds and bodies,

and now it is time to wait for God to respond. Stop talking and wait for him to speak, to move. I call this, the fourth phase, visitation: The almighty God visits his people.

Jeanene.Reese.LGBT.MUST.be.Included.html

JEANENE P. REESE This new paradigm, however, has not always been realized. From mainline Protestant churches to obscure fundamentalist groups, from Roman Catholics to Pentecostals, Christians for the past two thousand years have dealt with men and women of all ages, classes, and ethnicity who struggle with issues of the NEW ORDER

http://www.pineycom.com/Rhonda.Lowry.Gary.Holloway.John.Mark.Hicks.Lectio.Divina.html

Sara.Barton.The.Song.of.Solomon.html

Sacred prostitution was common in the Ancient Near East^[1] as a form of "Sacred Marriage" or hieros gamos between the king of a Sumerian city-state and the High Priestess of Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and warfare. Along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers there were many shrines and temples dedicated to Inanna. The temple of Eanna, meaning "house of heaven"^[2] in Uruk^[3] was the greatest of these. The temple housed Nadītu, priestesses of the goddess. The high priestess would choose for her bed a young man who represented the shepherd Dumuzid, consort of Inanna, in a hieros gamos celebrated during the annual Duku ceremony, just before Invisible Moon, with the autumn Equinox^[4] (Autumnal Zag-mu Festival).

The Song of Solomon is the Pattern of the Courtship of Inanna and Demuzi.

The hieros gamos as a royal ritual is the creation of early city-states built on the wealth provided by agriculture [tithes]. Far from putting an end to the “primitive” village cults, they expanded and stylized them with forms that were derived from, and were variations of, earlier symbolism. One of these is the sexual union of the king and a priestess as an episode in the lengthy Babylonian Akitu (New Year) festival. The model for this rite is already given in Sumerian myths and temple customs...An early prototype of the ritual is the Sumerian story of the goddess Inanna and her relation to Dumuzi, the shepherd boy with whom the supreme, all – powerful goddess fell in love

Laura.Buffington.Sex.Salvation.Hieros.Gamos.html

Mike.Cope.2017.PBL.Hieros.Gamos.html

http://pineycom.com/Jeff.Walling.Dares.to.Dance.With.God.html

http://www.pineycom.com/Rubel.Shelly-John.York.Narrative.Theology.html

Rubel Shelly and John York: Rubel: Let me give you an example to work with in relation to the question you've raised: homosexuality and the ordination of practicing homosexuals to ministry.

Why don't we at least entertain the possibility that the Bible simply reflects an ANCIENT TABOO or homophobic prejudice in a few people like Paul -- a taboo and prejudice we need to outgrow?

Ecclesia ekklêsia, an assembly of the (Greek) people. CHURCH

JESUS SAID THAT EARL LAVENDER IS NOT A CHRISTIAN!

John 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you:
        but he that sent me is true;
        and I SPEAK to the world those things
        which I have HEARD of him.
John 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them,
        When ye have lifted up the Son of man,
        then shall ye know that I am he,
        and that I do nothing of myself;
                but as my Father hath taught me,
                I speak these things.
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me:
        the Father hath not left me alone;
         for I DO always those things that PLEASE him.
John 8:30 As he spake these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
        IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN are ye my disciples indeed;

NARRATIVE THEOLOGY OR ANY THING BECOME READING OR SPEAKING THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING REPUDIATES CHRIST.

Lipscomb Narrative Theology causes them to reject clear Bible Authority and to betray and confiscate other people's property.

Devil Do: poiētai 4. after Hom., of Poets, compose, write, p. dithurambon, epea, Hdt.1.23, 4.14; “p. theogoniēn

Epos joined with muthos, 1. song or lay accompanied by music, 8.91,17.519.
2. fiction (opp. logos, historic truth), THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE

Hdt. 1.23 Periander, who disclosed the oracle's answer to Thrasybulus, was the son of Cypselus, and sovereign of Corinth.
        The Corinthians say (and the Lesbians agree) that the most marvellous thing [Lying Wonders]
        that happened to him in his life was the landing on Taenarus of Arion of Methymna, brought there by a dolphin.
This Arion was a lyre-player second to none in that age; he was the first man whom we know to compose and name the dithyramb¹
         which he afterwards taught at Corinth.

1 The dithyramb was a kind of dance-music particularly associated with the cult of Dionysus.

Devil Do: LATIN: făcĭo , to make in all senses, to do, perform, accomplish, prepare, produce, bring to pass, cause, effect, create, commit, perpetrate, form, fashion, operor Lying Wonder, “poëma,” to compose, id. Pis. 29, 70: “carmina,” Juv. 7, 28: “versus,” id. 7, 38: “sermonem,” Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf. “litteram,” id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: ludos, to celebrate, exhibit, admirationem alicujus rei alicui,” to excite [the Laded Burden],

Devil Do: carmen
I.a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto). note, sound, both vocal and instrumental “also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),” Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.: “carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,” Ov. M. 11, 317; cf. “vocum,” id. ib. 12, 157: “per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis

“barbaricum,” id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara: The Mother o Harlots in John 17 “Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,

Devil Do: Commercium sermonis,” 7 In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession: 8. In relig. lang., like the Gr. rhezein, to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice:

Devil Do: Mousa II. mousa, as Appellat., music, song, “m. stugera” A.Eu.308 (anap.); “euphamos” Id.Supp.695
“Kanakhan .Clanging Brass
Theias as many as made them hope by divinations, Madness caused by Ritual
worship as divine, “Puthagoran [Of the Cosmos, the Ecumenical, Kingdom of the Devil."
Antiluron mousas” S.Tr.643 (lyr.); PLAYING THE LYRE
“Aiakō moisan pherein”I. bear or carry a load, A Laded Burden

Narrative Theology: Antonio Gramsci, Machiavelli and Hitler taught Emotional Manipulation of Human Material (sheep) but training of the intellectual, dominant few with just one Head Shepherd.

"Liberal literary criticism allows each community the right to re-write Scripture. The canon (not necessarily of biblical texts, but at least in the meanings of those texts) is not closed.

"It is difficult to know whether Fish intended this as a by-product, but the idea of authority resting in the interpretive community gave rise to narrative theology-- a theology which simply affirms a given community's right to come up with its own interpretation, or to "write" its own new biblical text. Narrative theology gave rise to various narrative communities-- hence, the arrival of liberation and feminist theologies.

"Narrative theology does not recognize any absolute truth or meaning in a text. Because Buber is the founder, most narrative theology, especially in Jewish circles, is related to Auschwitz."

"And, what is the purpose of reading texts, for narrative theologians? Why, of course, to affirm the self. Hazards in the Mainline.

LIPSCOMB LET THE WOMEN LEAD THEM INTO A "LABYRINTH." UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY FORCED WAS A SPIRAL OR SERPENT. WHEN YOU GET TO THE 'CENTER' THE SERPENT--NOT THE BULL--HAS YOU TRAPPED.

REJECTS LIFE BECAUSE GOD GAVE ONLY JESUS THE RIGHT TO GIVE LIFE "BECAUSE HE WAS A SON OF MAN."

Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things
were written aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Rom. 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you
to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Rom. 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom. 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Gal. 4:19 ¶ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
2Tim. 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Eph. 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Col. 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

But Jesus, aware of their reasonings (dialogismos), answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning (dialogizomai = verb form) in your hearts? (Luke 5:22) (Comment: In the majority of occurrences of the verb dialogizomai is used for the deliberations of Jesus’ opponents, Mk 2:6, 8, or the interpersonal deliberations of the disciples, Mk 8:16ff)

But He (Jesus) knew what they (his opponents) were thinking (dialogismos), and He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward!" And he rose and came forward. (Luke 6:8)

And an argument (dialogismos) arose among them (the disciples) as to which of them might be the greatest. But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking (dialogismos) in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side (Luke 9:46-47)

And He said to them, "Why are you (disciples at His post-resurrection appearance) troubled, and why do doubts (dialogismos) arise in your hearts? (Luke 24:38) (Here dialogismos denotes unspoken thoughts concerning the truth of what they see, hence ‘questionings’, ‘doubts’)

God GOTTCHA!
1. God never ordained a Day of WORSHIP (falling on our face)
2. God ordained a day of REST or PAUO in Greek (stop travel, seeking your own pleasure, speaking your own words, singing, playing or anything beyond
3. Holy Convocation was held on the FIRST and EIGHTH days of any called Assembly
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Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their RULERS,
        because they knew him not,
        nor yet the voices of the prophets
        which are read every sabbath day,
        they have fulfilled them in condemning him

Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

Lipscomb.Preaching.2008.html Defined by Revelation 17-18

Lipscomb University Preaching 2008 From Denominational Imagination!
"This conference proposes that WE allow the worlds imagined
in the essential biblical narratives
to dramatically shape our preaching and lives.
We believe that preaching REconstitutes biblical paradigms when it engages Scripture’s vision

by REpresenting what is absent
and making present what is inaccessible
to the end that followers of God will live into a God-shaped reality.

ONLY THEOLOGIANS (STUDY OF APOLLYON) RULE THE COMMUNE.

Rubel Shelly and John York: Prior to the invention of the printing press, access to the content of Scripture was oral.

For thousands of years it could only be heard and interpreted in the context of community.

Yes, INDIVIDUALS could comment on Scripture, but those comments were always for the LARGER hearing of the community. Only after there was INDIVIDUAL access did there become an opportunity for an individual, isolated reading and interpretation that had no need or use for community.

Just as identity in Christ is always COMMUNITY identity, our reading of Scripture becomes a COMMUNITY READING as well.

While we still have access to reading as individuals,
we stop asking, "What does this mean to me?"--as though there is such an isolated meaning. Instead we have a GROUP MENTALITY that asks, "What does this mean to US? More importantly, we lay aside INDIVIDUAL interpretations precisely because they are inevitably argumentative and divisive.

We GIVE UP the right of individual interpretation and take on the accountability of SHARED READING.

This is not a pooling of collective ignorance. The Bible is full of stories from ancient and often quite alien cultural settings and belief systems, and we cannot ignore those differences.

So we listen to the voices of scholarship just as we listen to the child who intuitively hears what God is saying in a particular story.

Adolph Hitler wrote:

And he obtains an impression of this body for the first time in the mass demonstration. When from his little workshop or big factory, in which he feels very small,

he steps for the first time into a mass meeting and has thousands and thousands of people of the same opinions around him, when, as a seeker, (Als Suchender.' A Wagnerian phrase, which Hitler was apparently determined to use at all costs) he is swept away by three or four thousand others into the mighty effect of suggestive intoxication and enthusiasm,

when the visible success and agreement of thousands confirm to him the rightness of the new doctrine and for the first time arouse doubt in the truth of his previous conviction -

then he himself has succumbed to the magic influence of what we designate as 'mass suggestion.' The will, the longing, and also the power of thousands are accumulated in every individual. The man who enters such a meeting doubting and wavering leaves it inwardly reinforced: he has become a link in the community.

The National Socialist movement must never forget this and in particular

it must never let itself be influenced by those bourgeois simpletons who know everything better,
but who nevertheless have gambled away a great state including their own existence and the rule of their class.

PARASITE is a Greek word defining anyone who will do anything to keep from working. They are PARASITES because they eat up the Widow's liviing in exchange for making long prayers. Hymns are defined as prayers by the Greek

STRABO'S GEOGRAPHY. Book One

(61) Aristobulus says, that he saw at Taxila two SOPhists (wise men), both Brachmanes, the elder had his head shaved, but the younger wore his hair; both were attended by disciples.

When not otherwise engaged, they spent their time in the market-place. They are honoured as public counsellors,

and have the liberty of taking away, without payment, whatever article they like which is exposed for sale; when any one accosts them, he pours over them oil of jessamine, in such profusion that it runs down from their eyes. Of honey and sesamum, which is exposed for sale in large quantity, they take enough to make cakes, and are fed without expense

Rubel Shelly and John York: [p. 114] Our proposal to focus on Jesus means that Scripture is NO LONGER a set of proof-texts or a collection of facts or God's rulebook for human behavior. Scripture is the unfolding story of God acting both to create and to re-create. It is not an easy book to understand.

It was NEVER intended as a document to [p. 115] be INDIVIDUALLY read and interpreted--a sort~of correspondence course in salvation.

Carrol D. Osburn ACU: Note how Bro. O. views Scripture:"The Bible is not so much a 'heaven-sent answer book' as a

        historical book produced within and for a historical community--
        yet it serves as Scripture today because people find themselves accountable to it.
         That is what make its Scripture" (p. 46).

THE MARK: GOD SENDS STRONG DELUSIONS TO ANYONE WHO TEACHES OR PERFORMS RELIGIOUS OPERATIONS WHICH PAUL CALLED LYING WONDERS.

Rubel Shelly and John York:

Rubel Shelly and John York: Rubel: Let me give you an example to work with in relation to the question you've raised: homosexuality and the ordination of practicing homosexuals to ministry.

Why don't we at least entertain the possibility that the Bible simply reflects an ANCIENT TABOO or homophobic prejudice in a few people like Paul -- a taboo and prejudice we need to outgrow?

John: Remember, our fundamental conviction is that the Bible is the story of God,

a dramatic NARRATIVE that announces and reveals and invites us
into participation and relationship with God and one another.

Every scene in that story has been set in some historical human context.

Those cultural settings always have been CHANGING and changeable.

John: In the first century, the COMMUNITY of faith -- the body of Christ -- was, to use Paul's phrase to the Philippians,
"working out their salvation" as God himself was working
and willing his good pleasure through them (Phil. 2:12-13).

http://www.pineycom.com/Shelly-York-Narrative.html

Rubel Shelly: They had to strain the story of Jesus through philosophical sieves. They had to create and clarify special terms. They made entrance into their circles a matter of "enlightenment" as reflected in peculiar vocabulary and interpretations.

In the meanwhile, the core gospel has survived two millennia now in its narrative form of telling the big story through collections of little ones about Jesus.

Notice that:

The little stories were strained through the Shelly Sifter of philosophy and the Bible writer's personal agenda: these are not TRUTH as the Gospel is TRUTH.

The Big Story or the CORE GOSPEL has survived through these little stories.

Our conclusion: The CORE is no more reliable than the sum of its parts: why should we trust Rubel Shelly's CORE GOSPEL as the TRUTH?

Dr. Shelly defines the narrative form as writers taking the literature and constructing a narrative for their own time, place, theological agenda and by sifting in Greek philosophy.

Rubel Shelly and John York:

John: In the first century, the community of faith -- the body of Christ -- was, to use Paul's phrase to the Philippians, "working out their salvation" as God himself was working and willing his good pleasure through them (Phil. 2:12-13).

Phil. 2:13 For it is GOD which worketh in you
        both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure
        NOT OURS: not received in self-will
Phil. 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Phil. 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless,
        the sons of God, without rebuke,
        in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
        among whom ye shine as lights IN THE WORLD

Isa. 8:19 And when they shall say unto you,
        Seek unto them that have familiar spirits,
        and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter:
        should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

[19] et cum dixerint ad vos quaerite a pythonibus et a divinis qui stridunt in incantationibus suis numquid non populus a Deo suo requirit pro vivis a mortuis

in-canto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. * I. To sing in, with dat.: “passer incantans saepiculae (i. e. in saepicula),”

A. To say over, mutter, or chant a magic formula against some one: QVI MALVM CARMEN INCANTASSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17.—

goēs , ētos, o(,
A. sorcerer, wizard, Phoronis 2, Hdt.2.33,4.105, Pl.R. 380d, Phld.Ir.p.29 W.; “g. epōdos Ludias apo khthonos” E.Ba.234, cf. Hipp.1038; prob. f.l. for boēsi Hdt.7.191. 2. Pass., sung to music, “phōnai” Plu.2.622d ; fit for singing, “poiētikēn e. parekhein” S.E.M.6.16.

To the law and to the testimony:
        if they speak not according to this word,
        it is because there is no light in them. Isa 8:2

GOD'S WILL IS THE WORD, LOGOS, REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE

Phil. 2:16 Holding forth the WORD of life;
that I may rejoice in the day of CHRIST,
that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

con-tĭnĕo to hold or keep together. all the gates were kept shut
Opposite partĭo “ divided, distributed: meaning out of context

Rubel Shelly the Word, Logos, Regulative which OUTLAWS rhetoric, listening, singing, playing, acting or PAY FOR PLAY: you have to ROB Widows if you are a CULT meaning anything beyond the clearly defined SCHOOL OF THE WORD.

God is WORD in relationship to BREATHING SPIRIT or "Putting His WORD into the MOUTH of Jesus for the last time.

The conclusion which you DEPRIVED YOUR BUDGET to receive directly from humans helping divinity to reveal:

Therefore, because the WORD was based on the Culture.
Cultures are still changing.
You must allow US to help God define the NEW TRUTH. That is confessed by the words postmodern or narrative theology.

Doesn't that give meaning to the fact that rhetoricians, sOPHISts, singers and musicians were SORCERERS of the SECT of the Hypocrites and therefore PARASITES?

The conclusion which you DEPRIVED YOUR BUDGET to receive directly from humans helping divinity to reveal:

Therefore, because the WORD was based on the Culture.
Cultures are still changing.
You must allow US to help God define the NEW TRUTH. That is confessed by the words postmodern or narrative theology.

Doesn't that give meaning to the fact that rhetoricians, sOPHISts, singers and musicians were SORCERERS of the SECT of the Hypocrites and therefore PARASITES?

Story or narrative is currently a much-discussed topic in the field of biblical interpretation.

Because little of the biblical text is apodictic,
it is not given to a rule-oriented reading or hermeneutic.

Apodictic law encompasses absolute general command

Casuistic law (or case law) is based on precedents and is usually in the form of “if/then” conditional statements.

Mal. 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Matt. 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you,
        Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Matt. 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
        and shall shew great signs and wonders;
        insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Matt. 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
Matt. 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
        Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
        behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

The Bible is an extended narrative, a compelling and surprisingly cohesive one,
from creation to new creation. It begins in a perfect garden and ends with the new heaven and new earth.

The Bible is 66 separate documents:

After the Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted worship of the golden calf, God conditionally sentenced the Hebrew to Worship the Starry host. Lucifer was the singing and harp-playing harlot in the garden of Eden.

It ends with the Babylon mother of harlost (Rev 17). Her priesthood are "lusted after fruits" (Same as in Amos 8)

The Kings and Chronicles by SCRIBES recording the King's Rule which God had not commanded.
Jesus defines Holy Scripture as "The Prophets and other prophecies CONCERNING ME.

T.Campbell and Scripture:
Church is A School of Christ
Worship is READING and MUSING the Word of God.

Eph. 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
        but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; [Excludes clergy outside of the family]
Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [Edification in the Ekklesia]
        the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
        Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone

There is also a counter-narrativeo:an extended history of human failures and a central hero who rescues the narrative.

That central figure, Jesus Christ,
then sends out his followers to free the WORLD from its exile

But they say H no I won't go.

from God's presence through his work of redemption.
As readers contemplate the immensity of this incredible narrative,
they are surprised to find themselves a PART OF THIS STORY

The letter and Christian System is a message FROM GOD to USE. Jesus is the only true Teacher and we are STUDENTS. We do not CO-inspire with God.

It calls the reader to radical change, to repentance, to embrace a new and unexpected trajectory for one's life. Consider Christopher Wright's summary of this epic drama:

Here is The Story, the grand universal narrative that stretches from creation to new creation, and accounts for everything in between. This is The Story that tells us where we have come from, how we got to be here, who we are, why the WORLD is in the mess it is, how it can be (and has been) changed, and where we are ultimately going.1

Wright goes on to say that the story is God's and no one else's:a desperately needed corrective to the narcissistic individualism of Western culture. God's narrative removes us as individuals from of the center of all things and correctly repositions us as a small part of his purposes.

This may sound like a life of diminished value. Not at all! God's story is the true history of the WORLD. It tells us why God created us, why we are living in this moment in history, and what we should be pursuing as we journey into the future. Jesus said,
'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it,
but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

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What good is it for you to gain the whole WORLD, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul?î (Mark 8.24ñ27).

This is the greatest question an individual can address: To what will she or he give for one's life? Every person is exchanging or giving one's life for the accumulation or pursuit of something.

All WORLD religions attempt to serve as an answer to this question. As one approaches this question of meaning, he or she brings one's unique personal narrative to the table. One cannot live in that individual story aloneóone must find a larger context of meaning. Life requires investment in a framing story or grand narrative.

I recently had a student insist that, as an atheist, he had no narrative to defend nor was he searching for one. I attempted to convince him that, ironically, atheism itself is a faith system: a functioning metanarrative. It actually requires more faith than I haveófor it advances the idea of a WORLD empty of significance, meaning, or purpose. I recently tweeted,

I do not have enough faith to not believe in a loving creator of the universe. I am a grandfather ñ 'nuff said.î While not stated in classic style, the thought expressed is profoundÖat least in

1. Christopher Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2006), 533.
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my view. There is too much beauty, too much meaning, too much mystery, and even too much evil than can be explained by non-directed evolutionary theory. Indeed, the atheist has a burden of proof, as does the agnostic or any other person who follows a particular view of existence. Does their grand narrative make any sense? Does it warrant belief?

My personal experiences have affirmed this universal longing for meaning. I have taught university courses on apologetics at Lipscomb University for over ten years. Before I began teaching at Lipscomb, I taught several courses at Saint Louis University, including introduction to religious experience and comparative WORLD religions. As a former missionary and presently as director of missional studies at Lipscomb, I have worked with peoples from all six inhabited continents. It has been a wonderful journey of observing, listening, researching, reading, considering, and learning.

The one question on the mind of every individual with whom I have spoken worldwide is 'What is the meaning and purpose of my life?î As stated above, all have answered this question, whether they realize it or not. The life circumstances of many greatly limit their choices; nonetheless, something gives them a reason to live. John Stackhouse suggests this is how we discover our true, functioning faith or religion: it is what gets us out of bed in the morning.2

It is interesting to note how many, especially in the West, call themselves Christians yet, when asked what gets them out of bed in the morning, answer, 'I have to get up and go to work so that I can pay my bills and feed and clothe my family.î It is interesting to note that Jesus called that particular view of life (narrative) 'paganî:

Do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom and these things will be given as well. (Luke 12.29ñ31)

At the heart of God's story is his promise to provide all his faithful children's needs if they will live in full pursuit of his kingdom. As he feeds the birds and clothes the grass, he will provide for his children. Pagans pursue such things as food and clothing as the purpose of their lives because they are not aware of a loving God who will provide if they will be faithful to his calling.

That which we value most identifies our true religion or faith. That which we pursue effectively serves as our 'god.î One of the devastating consequences of idolatry is that we become that which we pursue. To pursue, as ultimate value, anything or anyone other than God diminishes the value of our lives. This is true for all people. Only in Jesus can we find the way to our Father and the true purpose of our lives ('the way, the truth, and the lifeîóJohn 14.6).

Competing Stories

I begin most of my graduate and undergraduate courses with this statement: '
'We live in a world of competing stories, each is out to convert you to its value system.'

How do we know which story is true?
One of the great adventures of life
Is the continual exploration of the answer to that question.

We should constantly put to the test value-providing narratives to see if they warrant our belief. In Christian environments, we call this 'growing to maturity.î In other surroundings,
it is simply looking for the best explanation of things.

The driving force of our present world economy is keeping the question of life open to constant discovery and new direction. If one were content with what she or he has, why would one purchase more? We are inundated with propaganda to buy 'the next best thingî that provides, in a compelling way, the life we all seekÖor so they say!

The challenge for Christians in today's environment
is to stay true to God's story
and not allow the world's stories to convert or influence us.

This is not a new problem. Paul confronts it in his letter to the Colossians. The main heresy he confronts in that letter is syncretism, the choosing of bits and pieces of competing stories to form one's belief system.

Paul's answer to this dilemma is unambiguous. There is only one storyo: and it is that of Jesus Christ (Col 1.15ñ22). He warns, 'See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christî (Col

2. John Stackhouse, Humble Apologetics (Oxford, 2002), 100.

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COL 2.8). Paul continues his challenge by reminding the believers that in baptism (2.9-15) they had claimed the story of Jesus as their one and only purpose for living.

Col. 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Col. 2:7 Rooted and built up in him,
        and stablished in THE FAITH
        as ye HAVE BEEN TAUGHT
        abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Col. 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
        after the tradition of men,
        after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

g5386. philosophos, fil-os´-of-os; from 5384 and 4680; fond of wise things, i.e. a “philosopher”: — philosopher.
g4680. sophos, sof-os´; akin to saphes (clear); wise (in

Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

4680. sophos, sof-os´; akin to σαφής saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application): — wise. Compare 5429.

Col. 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

EARL LAVENDER AND ALL THEOLOGIANS THINKS THAT GOD HAS THREE HEADS,.

THE GREEK GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9

plēr-ōma that which fills, complement, fullness, full and perfect nature, duties of an office

-theotēs , ētos, hē, A divinity, divine nature, Ep.Col.2.9, Plu.2.359d, Luc. Icar.9, etc.; dia theotēta for religious reasons
theiotēs , ētos, hē, A. divine nature, divinity, Ep.Rom.1.20 , 2. f.l.for hosiotēs, Isoc.11.26, Plu.2.857a, and so prob. in Id.Sull.6. II. as title of Roman Emperors,

OR: hosi-otēs , ētos, hē, A. disposition to observe divine law, piety, Pl.Prt.329c, Euthphr.14d sq., X.Cyr.6.1.47, pros theōn ho. piety towards them, Plu.Alc.34 ; “pros tous theous ”like Lat. pietas, “hē pros goneis ho.” D.S.7.4 ; “pros tēn tekousan” Id.31.27.

Heb. 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

g5219. hupakouo,from 5259 and 191; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority:

Luc. Icar.9 As to Gods, I need hardly deal with that question. For some of them God is a number; some swear by dogs and geese and plane-trees 2. Some again banish all other Gods, and attribute the control of the universe to a single one; I got rather depressed on learning how small the supply of divinity was. But I was comforted by the lavish souls who not only make many, but classify; there was a First God, and second and third classes of divinity. Yet again, some regard the divine nature as unsubstantial and without form, while others conceive it as a substance. Then they were not all disposed to recognize a Providence; some relieve the Gods of all care,

-splendor , lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence,
I. sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor. God is LIGHT with the same meaning as WORD but neither are another god

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
        he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?
        If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

THE LATIN GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9

Latin Divine: dīvus a god, deity, divine being

A Church of Christ of which Jesus is the Head is commanded to "teach that which has been taught." It has no other function.

Latin Godhead or Divine is: dīvīnĭtas Divine quality, divine nature, excellence; of the orator
Dīvīnus I. of or belonging to a deity, divine “divina studia colere divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc Divine ORIGIN.
2. The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.— 3. That which is under the sanction of a god; a. By divine inspiration, prophetically: “plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri
    Divine stŭdĭum , I. a busying one's self about or application to a thing; assiduity, zeal, eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire, exertion, endeavor, study: (b). A place for study, a study, school (late Lat.): “philosophum (se egit) in omnibus studiis, templis, locis,”

Col. 2:10 And ye are COMPLETE in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Col. 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
        in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh
        by the circumcision of Christ:
Col. 2:12 Buried with him in baptism,
        wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God,
        who hath raised him from the dead.

Their lives were now to be hidden in Christ (3.3).

A DIRECT COMMAND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED

Col. 3:1 IF ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

DIRECT COMMAND WHICH REPUDIATES SPIRITUAL FORMATION OR SORCERY

Col. 3:2 SET your affection on things above, NOT on things on the earth.
Col. 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

THEN
Col. 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory

The Colossians had embraced Jesus Christ as their savior, but they accepted the world stories around them to be their 'lord.î A little Christianity, with a pinch of Judaism, a touch of astrology perhaps, a large dose of pagan emperor worshipÖmix it together and you had the religion of the Colossian Christians.

Paul was very clear: it is either all of Jesus Christ or none. There is no middle ground. While the 'ingredients for beliefî available in our culture have changed, the challenge of syncretism remains. A little nationalism, a pinch of Christianity, a cup of materialism, a large helping of narcissismÖmix it together and you have the worldview of many Western Christians. Jesus serves as a wonderful savioróbut not as lord.

How could I suggest such a thing?
        Our behaviors manifest our true beliefs.
        The stories that shape us determine our values.
        What do we want most?
        What do we spend our time pursuing?
        Where do our minds go for pleasure?

John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you:
        for the prince of this world cometh,
        and hath nothing in me.
John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father;
        and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the SON OF MAN
        ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
        They are SPIRIT, and they are life.
John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not.
        For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not,
        and who should betray him.
John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you,
        that no man can come unto me,
        except it were given unto him of my Father.

The WORLD, Kosmos, Ecumenical or Kingdom of the Devil cannot give you enough IMAGINATION to come to God. Jesus was sent for a tiny WAY (hodos, pattern_

John 6:45 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.
John 14:26 But the Comforter [Parakletos], which is the Holy Ghost,
        whom the Father will send IN MY NAME he shall teach you all things,
        and bring all things to your remembrance, WHATSOEVER I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT STILL ONLY TEACHER OF HIS TINY FLOCK NOT VISIBLE OR AUDIBLE?

1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate [Parakletos] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins:
        and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

IF/THEN

1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, IF we keep his commandments.

IF/THEN

1John 2:4 He that saith, I know him,
        and keepeth not his commandments,
        is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

IF/THEN

1John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his WORD,
        in him verily is the love of God perfected:
        hereby know we that we are in him.

1John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Spiritual formation from Fuller and the Vineyard movement CANNOT connect you to LIFE.

John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away:
        and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John 15:3 Now ye are CLEAN through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you.
        As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
        except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Rev. 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev. 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Rev. 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Rev. 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

If Jesus is not the answer to these questions,
he is not the lord of our lives.
If we want the pursuit of him to be the story of our lives,

Jesus Christ is the RULER OF OUR LIVES: He speaks and we obey.

we must have the appropriate PRACTICES in place that allow us to dwell there.

Heb. 11:4 By faith Abel OFFERED unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
        by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
        God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
        because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
        for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
        and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

We cannot SHAPE OUR minds by the pursuit of Jesus
if we dedicate so little of our time and effort to this pursuit.

No church can provide enough food in an hour or two a week
        to keep us 'seeking first the kingdom of God.i
We, as individuals and the church,
        desperately need the disciplines in place
        to keep us connected to the vine (John 15) on a constant basis.

Disciplines: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.

THE JESUS DISCIPLINES

Matt. 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

g3100. matheteuo, math-ayt-yoo´-o; from 3101; intransitively, to become a pupil; transitively, to disciple, i.e. enrol as scholar: — be disciple, instruct, teach.
g3101. mathetes, math-ay-tes´; from 3129; a learner, i.e. pupil: — disciple.

There is no command for God's STUDENTS to go to a WORSHIP SERVICE and there is no DAY of worship and there are no PREACHERS dismissing the APT elders. Music is the WEAPON or INSTRUMENT of Sorcery and means "to make the lambs dumb before the slaughter."

THE ABSOLUTE LAW OF CHRIST.

Matt. 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world [Messianic age]. Amen.

THE ABSOLUTE LAW OF END-TIME, PROPHESIED THEOLOGIANS..

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The form of teaching that Loyola claimed
        was revealed to him was the "Spiritual Exercises."
These were intended to bring one to spiritual perfection -
        by means of systematic meditation, prayer, contemplation, visualization and illumination,
Loyola would go into a trance and ecstasy. He was even seen to levitate off the floor, as have many Jesuits under satanic power. This was to build his elite Jesuit Order that was to follow him in blind obedience. Layola built his concepts from Ancient Greece, the occult and sciences. He wanted his priests to become the intelligentsia of the Roman Catholic religious orders.

The basic teaching and initiation for a man who wished to join the Jesuits was that of Layola's
        "Spiritual Exercises." It comprised a body of rules for teaching men
        how to conduct the work of their "conversion."
It consisted of four grand meditations and the penitent, retiring into solitude, was to occupy absorbingly his mind on each in succession… It could be fitly styled a journey from the gates of destruction to the gates of Paradise, mapped out in stages so that it might be completed in a short period of four weeks… Layola, like the magician of old who strove to rival Moses, wrought with his enhancements to produce the same miracle of spiritual enlightenment that was brought about by the Holy Spirit after rebirth in Christ.
A "director" guided the candidate who went through the "Exercises." All the senses were employed in these meditations, until finally the mind of the candidate was broken like that of a horse to obey his master in all things.

God's Story: A Theology of Creation

John 15 presents a compelling and fundamental truth of life. That which provides ultimate nourishment for us will determine what fruit our lives produce. A robust, healthy theology of creation reminds us God created all things for his glory and purposes.

John 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

The creation story is a marvelous telling of a TRIUNE God,
existing outside of the material universe,
calling it into existence by the power of his logos ('word/wisdomî).

God created every atom and molecule to glorify him. Everything has its purpose, designed to form and fill God's creation. God created humankind, male and female, as the crowning work of his creation. God intended for this fundamental partnership (male/female) of collaborative and sacrificial love to be a unique manifestation of his essence.
As God rested from creation on the seventh day,
he handed to humanity the continuing responsibility of his creative work: forming and filling the earth.

This is theological foundation for John 15. Jesus is the vine; God is the owner of the vineyard.

Is. 5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved
        touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Is. 5:2 And he fenced it,
        and gathered out the stones thereof,
        and planted it with the choicest vine,
        and built a tower in the midst of it,
        and also made a winepress therein:
and he looked that it should bring forth grapes,
        and it brought forth wild grapes.

891. ʾushiym, be-oo-sheem´; plural of 889; poison-berries:—wild grapes.
890 boʾshah, bosh-aw´; feminine of 889; stink-weed or any other noxious or useless plant:—cockle.

Is. 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Is. 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard,
         that I have not done in it?
        wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Is. 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard:
        I will take away the hedge thereof,
        and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof,
         and it shall be trodden down:
Is. 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged;
        but there shall come up briers and thorns:
        I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Is. 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts
        is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
        and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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The sole purpose of the vineyard is to bear fruit, and intimate connection to the vine is the only way to bear fruit. Jesus has clearly stated that he can do and say only those things that proceed from the Father (John 5.29, 30; 8.28).

He can do nothing apart from the Father.
        It is essential that we acknowledge Jesus is not making an ontological statement.
        It is not that he has no choice, that the Father forces him to do his will.
His obedience is not an unchallengeable fact of his life.
        Jesus has made the choice to do
        only what the Father would have him do and
        only say what the Father would say.

This is the 'livable narrativeî Jesus chooses to live into. In John 15, Jesus invites us to embody that same narrative. Without being intimately connected to the vine, if we attempt to live apart from him, 'we can do nothingî (15.5).

The metaphor of the vine is significant. It calls for bearing fruitÖmuch fruit, healthy fruit. The vine produces good fruit only when it is healthy, connected to the life-giving source. This is where my storyóour storyóconnects to God's story. I can only produce that for which God created me if I am living connected fully and completely to Jesus. The word to describe this relationship in John 15 is abide or remain. The Greek word, meno, is more intense than both English translations. Meno describes a relationship that is intentional, that demands every aspect of our lifeówe are loyal to it until death. It does not permit other stories to invade our loyalties. Where one's mind abides identifies her or his true story of life.

The Missing Livable Narrative

It is essential that we not separate Jesus' invitation to abide in him from his role as our savior. Earlier Jesus explained the love of God in the best known verse of John's gospel: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal lifeî (3.16). Note that

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in John's language, eternal life is not life after death,
but life in God 's end-time messianic kingdom.

Jesus did not come just to save us for the afterlife; he came to save our perishing lives now:
giving us a life (livable narrative) that will never end.

That is why Jesus is called eternal life itself (1 John 1.1-4).

John 5:26 For as the FATHER hath life in him;
so hath he GIVEN to the Son to HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF
John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
BECAUSE he is the Son of man.

1John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
        which we have seen with our eyes,
        which we have looked upon,
        and our hands have handled,
        of the WORD OF LIFE
1John 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,
         and SHEW unto you that ETERNAL LIFE,
        which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

Col. 1:15 Who is the IMAGE of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

WHICH IS:
1John 1:3 That which we have seen and HEARD declare we unto you,
        that ye also may have fellowship with us:
        and truly our fellowship is with the Father,
        AND with his Son Jesus Christ.
1John 1:4 And THESE THINGS WE WRITE unto you,
        THAT your joy may be full.

WORD is in the same class as LIGHT: neither are gods.

1John 1:5 This then is the MESSAGE which we have HEARD of him,
        and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

IF/THEN

1John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him,
         and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1John 1:7 But if we walk in the LIGHT,
        as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another

Rev. 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
        and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
        for the witness of Jesus,
        and for the WORD of God,
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

PEOPLE WHO CANNOT READ BLACK TEXT ON BROWN PAPER HAVE BEEN SENT STRONG DELUSIONS THAT THEY BELIEVE THEIR OWN LIES. THEY CANNOT "TEACH THAT WHICH HAS BEEN TAUGHT. THE WORD, LOGOS IS GOD'S REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE

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Logos computation, reckoning 2. statement of a theory, argument, ouk emeu alla tou l. akousantas prob. in Heraclit.50; logon ēde noēma amphis alētheiēs discourse and reflection on reality,
IV. inward debate of the soul, reflection, deliberation
Regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,

Anathema is: to epithumia
A. desire, yearning, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, Theaomai :--gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, 3. view as spectators
Anathema is: Pathos A. that which happens to a person or thing, incident, accident, Moralizing Rhetoric
Anathema is: Poiein to excite passion, Arist.Rh.1418a12; V. Rhet., emotional style or treatment,
Opposite Enthousi-astikos , ē, on, A. inspired, “phusis” Pl.Ti.71e; esp. by music,
Prose, Anathema is: -poiêsis, Id.R.390a;
Anathema is: -poiêtikê, D.H.Comp.6; OPPOSITE poiêmata, onomatopoeic word
Anathema is: emmetra Modus   2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode: Mūsĭcus a, um, adj., = mousikos.
X. the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government,

Theologians are doomed to call God a liar or INCOMPETENT. If God had wanted any kind of music in the tuneful sense He was INTELLIGIBLE But denied by C. Leonard Allen.

mousikos kai melōn poētēs” 2. generally, votary of the Muses, The Muses were the LOCUSTS unleashed with Apollon their "musical worship leaders." The Greek and Latin literature identifies them as dirty adulteresses

http://www.pineycom.com/DocHesTheog.html
[25] the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: “Shepherds of the wilderness,
        wretched things of shame, mere bellies,
        we know how to speak many false things as though they were true;
        but we know, when we will, to utter true things.”
        ...and they bade me sing of the race of the blessed gods that are eternally,
                but ever to sing of themselves both first and last.
pharma^kon 3. enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell, Od.4.220 sq., Ar.Pl.302, [Circe, Church, Corinth mother of harlots] Theoc.2.15

The singers [Muses], instrument players and craftsmen as sorcerers in Revelation 18.

The purpose of our redemption is to bear the fruit for which God created us (Eph 2.10). This is the missing 'livable narrative.î The disciplines involved in the process of spiritual formation are not for self-healing or self-realization. If WE use prayer and meditation to 'find ourselvesî rather than discovering how to 'hide our lives in Christî (Col 3.3), our life narrative remains focused on us IS misdirected and ultimately destructive.

N.T. Wright's thoughts are very helpful concerning this. He speaks of the world living in an exile of its own making. As faithful children of God, we are called to bear witness of a new reality of living in Christ Jesus:

The key is that humans are made in the image of God. That is the equivalent, on the wider canvas, of Israel's unique position and vocation. And bearing God's image in not just a fact, it is a vocation. It means being called to reflect into the world the creative and redemptive love of God. It means being made for relationship, for stewardship, for WORSHIP

shachah- to prostate in homage (reverence to God or devout affection). This term is commonly used to describe bowing in worship or respect to the Almighty God.
Ex. 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Ex. 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
7812. shachah, shaw-khaw´; a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):—bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. Matthew 26:39

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and PRAYED, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” Luke 5:12

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they FELL on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, Genesis 17:3

Abram FELL on his face, and God talked with him, saying, Leviticus 9:24

Then fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and FELL on their faces. Numbers 24:4

The oracle of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, FALLING down, yet having his eyes uncovered, 1 Samuel 5:3

When all the people saw it, they FELL on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.” Nehemiah 8:6

If we are to reflect to the world the creative and redemptive love of God, or to bear the fruit for which God created us, we need disciplines or practices to keep us focused on God's story. The purpose of spiritual formation through the disciplines of study, prayer, mediation, fasting, and other practices is to live into God's missional purposes for our lives. That, without exception, is a better story than the world could ever give us.

Conclusion

In today's culture, it is very easy to slip into a comprised story of faith. It is seldom intentional but, just the same, it is deadly. If our story remains 'our story,î the spiritual disciplines serve to reinforce our self-centered view of lifeóturning God simply into the granter of our desires, even when counterproductive to the kingdom. The same danger applies to the church. If our story remains 'our story,î the purpose of the church is reduced to meeting our needs, rather than freeing us from the false stories of the world.

Surrendering our story to God's is not easy. In some ways, it is terrifying. What does it mean to release control of our lives to God? It is easy to acknowledge Jesus as Lord and Savior as long as we continue to write our own scripts of life. What does it look like to hand the pen over to God and allow the Holy Spirit to direct our lives? This is the authentic purpose of the spiritual disciplines. When used appropriately, they lead us to release our lives to him for whom they were created. We are shaped into the 'image of Godî by making ourselves available to participate in his redemptive story.

THIS SPIRIT OF MUSIC IS THAT OF APOLLO OR APOLLYON. GOD IS NOT AN IDIOT AS CLAIMED. NO ONE LED BY JESUS CHRIST IN THE STATE OF HOLY SPIRIT WOULD LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL THE CONGREGATIONS OF WIDOWS AND HONEST WORKERS.

What does this look like? To state it simply, it looks like Jesus. While we will never fully realize this goal, it should be that which drives the activities and words of every moment of our lives. If this is not true, it is only because we lack the discipline to live in that pursuit. Read the challenge of Paul in Philippians 3; hear him call each of us to this pursuit. While we will never get there, it will make life full and meaningful until we take our last breath. Then we will finally be like the One we have so passionately pursued. That is the real story of life. There is no other.

http://pineycom.com/John.Mark.Hicks.Mark.10.They.Shall.Mock.Him.With.Music.html

Woodmont Hills Family of God the SEED planted by John Mark Hicks bears FRUITS.
The Seed also planted by Rubel Shelly

Psalm 41 prophesied that Judas would not triumph over Jesus. He did but not for very long. To triumph over or alarm--outlawed for the Church in the wilderness--is "vocal or instrumental rejoicing." That was a RESERVED word to cause the DISCIPLES to flee.

DSS: "The priests shall blow the trumpets of MASSACRE,
        and the Levites and all the blowers of the ram's horn
        shall sound a battle alarm,
        and the foot soldiers shall stretch out their hands against the host...
        and at the sound of the alarm they shall begin to bring down the slain.
        All the people shall cease their clamor,
        but the priests shall continue to blow the trumpets of massacre." -

War Scroll DSS: But Thou, O God, dost despise all Satan's designs;
        it is Thy purpose that they shall be done
        and the design of Thy heart that shall be established for ever.
        As for them, they dissemble,
        they plan devilish schemes.
        They seek Thee with a double heart
        and are not confirmed in Thy truth.

DSS: They come to inquire of Thee
        from the mouth of lying prophets deceived by error (Eze 13)
        Who speak with strange lips to Thy people,
        and an alien tongue,

        That they may CUNNINGLY turn all their work to folly.

DSS: For Thou, O God, hast sheltered me from the children of men
        And hast hidden Thy Law within me
        against the time when Thou shoudst
        reveal Thy salvation to me. (Isaiah 11:1-3)

DSS: All who have eaten my bread
        have lifted their heel against me (cf John 13:18)
        And all those joined to my Council
        have mocked me with wicked lips. (Children piping and chiding.)

DSS: Thy members of my Covenant
        have rebelled and have murmured round about me;
        They have gone as talebearers
        before the children of mischief
        concerning the mystery which Thou hast hidden in me..

DSS: They have overtaken me in a narrow pass (gap) without escape
        And there is no rest for me in my trial.
        They sound my censure upon a harp
        and their murmuring and storming upon a zither." Ps.41:1 9

DSS: My strength has gone from my body
        and my heart runs out like water;
        my flesh is dissolved (melted) like wax
        and the strength of my loins is turned to fear.

DSS: My arm is torn from its socket
        and I can lift my hand no more;
        My foot is held by fetters
        and my knees slide like water;
        I can no longer walk

DSS: I cannot step forward lightly,
        For my legs and arms are bound by shackl
        which cause me to stumble.
        The tongue is gone back which Thou didst
        make marvelously mighty within my mouth;
        it can no longer give voice.
        I have no word for my disciples
        to revive the spirit of those who stumble
        and to speak words of support to the weary.
        My circumcised lips are dumb.

DSS: And at the beginning of their weeks for the season of JUBILEE. All my life the engraved Precept
shall be on MY tongue as the fruit of praise
and the portion of MY lips.

I will sing with knowledge and all my music shall be for the glory of God. (MY) lyre (and) my harp shall sound for His holy order and I will tune the pipe of MY lips to His right measure.

Heb 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lip giving thanks to his name.

XV. A Psalm. Of Solomon. With a Song.

1 When I was in distress I called upon the name of the Lord,
I hoped for the help of the God of Jacob and was saved;
2 For the hope and refuge of the poor art Thou, O God.
3 For who, O God, is strong except to give thanks unto
Thee in truth?
4 And wherein is a man powerful except in giving thanks to Thy name?
5 A new psalm with song in gladness of heart,
The fruit of the lips with the
well-tuned instrument of the tongue,
The firstfruits of the lips from a pious and righteous heart

EARL LAVENDER IS THE DIRECTOR OF MISSIONAL STUDIES AND TEACHES AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY. THIS YEAR HE WILL BE INVOLVED IN MISSIONAL CHURCH SEMINARS AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN THE U.S., DUNDEE (SCOTLAND), ITALY (WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED, AND RETURNED AS A MISSIONARY), AS WELL AS AUSTRALIA. EARL AND HIS WIFE, REBECCA, WILL ALSO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIFTH GRANDCHILD THIS YEAR. ONE OF HIS SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES IS TO NEVER SPEND TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN WITHOUT TELLING THEM OF JESUS IN AN AGE- APPROPRIATE WAY (EARL.LAVENDER @LIPSCOMB.EDU).

3. Wright, N.T., The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is (IVP, 1999), 183. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/leaven/vol22/iss1/4 4

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Earl Lavender Christian Spiritual Formation