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“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. [*2 Corinthians 6: 16-18 (KJV)]”
“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. [*Romans 4: 13-15 (KJV)]"
“And he (*the Older Prodigal Son) was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. [*Luke 15: 28-30 (KJV]”
There are days when I think that we won’t be “happy” until we have murdered, and completely wiped one another off the face of the earth; just to insure that we can continue perpetually being as lonely, miserable, depressed and self-worshiping as we have been, right up unto this very moment. The proof that we know God… the proof that we love God… the proof that we are experiencing fellowship with God, and walking with God (*even more importantly, that our Father Himself is walking in us!), can readily be seen, or not, in the genuine love that we have for… and toward… one another. Our theology is absolute shit, unless there is a manifestation of this very love of God in our hearts; both for, and toward one another, as brethren. The preaching of the dead letter of scripture triggers narcissism, unrighteousness or self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is self-worship, self-absorption; and this is why we remain unwilling to love one another: because we can’t love one another, while we remain inordinately in love with ourselves! There can be no true, meaningful and lasting relationships, much less fellowship, under the law of the dead letter. The law of the dead letter works wrath in people; makes them extremely intolerant and angry, enraged by the outward behavior of others...
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