Dear Apple & everyone else who chooses to read this!!
Love & Greetings to you all brothers & sisters who have the Spirit of Christ WITHIN
[ whether youre in the friends, meetings/2x2s or not]
I agree wholeheartedly with you Apple!
Absolutely!! ''Know the Truth & the Truth Will set You FREE'' !!
The key word there I feel is KNOW The TRUTH!!
KNOW it & Feel it in Our heart, body,mind & spirit - not a head belief or what someone else tells us , or manipulates us with.What someone else tells us is a belief, a head thing. Faith & Truth are in the Heart - WITHIN!
When we KNOW & Feel something Within to be TRUTH,
its like a guiding light cos we KNOW what we KNOW is Right!!
Thats the
''THE TRUTH'' & the TRUTH that sets us free!
That doesnt necessarily mean meetings, 2x2 worker missions etc etc tho.
If the rules & regulations, fear & control , hell fire & damnation preaching were removed & people were lead, guided & directed by Christs Spirit, thats exactly how we would feel - FREE!!!
Not living in bondage & fear of what the workers think or might do if we started to question ''their authority''!!! [zzzzzzz]
There would be no need for lectures on dress,hair, radio/tv, parties, weddings etc would there??!!
Afterall, ''the Lord [ THE I AM] seeth not as man seeth; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord[ I AM] looks on the heart''. 1st Samuel, ch 16, vs7.
So God / Christ the I AM looks on the heart, not the outward appearance!!
Makes you wonder just what bible some of these people are reading, eh! Or Not reading!!
It makes me wonder, do these people overlook the above words others like - Where the Spirit is , there is liberty.
The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
Or maybe thats their intention - to kill the workings of the Spirit with the ''letter'' of their law so they can exercise fear & control over the friends ?? Good question??!
Heres one for you -
what meetings, workers, bible studies etc did the following have access to -
Noah, Enoch, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph[ esp when he was in Eygpt], Moses[ esp when he was in the wilderness], David etc etc & John in the isle of Patmus ??
What about the words in the hymn -
'' Spirit of God my teacher be,
Showing the things of CHRIST to me''
Simple!!! Who else do we need?? Good question eh??!!
Maybe thats a control thing, if you dont attend meetings
[ the ''neglect the coming of yourselves together '' thing??] you'll die spiritually, or get excommunicated or go to hel for disobeying what they sayl!!
Yeah , yeah, Rah , Rah , Yawn , YAWN!!
Or I wonder if thats just a fear & control thing!!
I love the words in the Psalm 46, vs10-
'' Be Still, & KNOW that ''I AM'' God''.
Thats when the Spirit comes to talk to us - in the Stillness! theres another name for it nowadays - its Meditation!!
Question? How often have you heard of workers telling people about meditation or showing people/ helping people access the Stillness within?? Absolute shame they dont. Maybe a lot of them havent found out how to access the Stillness themselves?? What you reckon eh?!! If they Do know how to access it , why not tell the people?
!!!!
Couple of other things -
Jesus, the Christ said the following[by the way, Jesus did NOT mean that he, Jesus , was the way, truth, life etc. Thats what the Jews interpreted & the religions for the last 2000yrs plus a lot of the 2x2s&friends take from those words. He did NOT mean Jesus].
He meant that CHRIST, the I AM - is The Way ,The Truth etc etc -
He said - I AM the way , The Truth, the Life, the Door, Good Shepherd, Bread of Life, Alpha & Omega.
So As you read His words, put a comma or a '' - ''
or the word ''is'' - between the AM & the Way'' & see/feel how that reads to you!
Its a very different meaning!
eg . I AM - the way. I AM, The Truth.
I AM [ is ] the Way ,I AM [is] The Truth, I AM [is] The Life, The Door etc.
We believe that that the Bible was translated by male monks
[ male, thats an interesting one too, wonder if they were female, would the translation have been different eh!!
]
& it would be very easy to leave out a comma, - or the word ''is'' - maybe they meant to!!! If they had translated it properly, there would have been No religion called Christianity tho would there!! Hmm, no Vatican ,no Catholics, No Protestants, no Church of England etc. Maybe even no wars about religion down through the centuries eg crusades etc!! & all the millions that have been killed in the name of Christianity. Unbelieveable eh!!
Consider this also.
When Moses was asked to go to the children of Israel to help commence their exodus, it was the same name - Exodus ch3 vs13,14
he asked, ''What is his name?what shall I say unto them?
God replied '' I AM THAT I AM ... I AM hath sent me unto you''. Exactly the same name, the ''I AM'' name that Christ was talking about!!
The same that the Psalmist in Psalm 46, vs10 was talking about - ''Be Still, & KNOW that ''I AM'' God''
The
I AM
WITHIN
IS
THE
TRUTH!!!!
thats THE TRUTH that will set you Free!!
Not in our heads, but WITHIN , in our hearts & spirits.
Whether youre in the meetings, or not!!
I feel that many people are in the meetings are just about surviving [ or not , more like starving]on what they hear [ or dont hear!] at Sunday meeting etc hanging on to the tradition of the church in the home, the 2x2 ministry, baptism by emersion
[what is that called again? O yes, fundamentals!!!]
& are very unaware of THE Truth Within & being Daily fed,lead,guided by the Spirit.
Refer also to what Jesus said in John14,vs17 ref the Comforter, the Spirit of TRUTH - ye know him; for he dwelleth with you & shall be IN you. Also, ch 16 vs 13, when the Spirit of TRUTH is come, he will guide you into all TRUTH.
I feel that Many of the workers & friends may as well be fundamentalist Christians, Jews,Muslims or any other religion where ''the letter killeth''.
Thats whats happening.
The sad thing is that many of the workers & ''friends'' are in fear of the respective country overseers [ eg Fuher Gamble & his cronies in Ireland] to do what Jesus did - stand up for THE TRUTH & tell the Pharisees & Sadducees Exactly what He felt ie
stand up & tell THE TRUTH!!
Those who did stand up were & are being excommunicated!
Tho Maybe the best thing ever happened so they could then fully experience THE TRUTH Within. No point in banging ones head against a brick wall of '' if the light that be in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness''.
Aslo ref the TRUTH Within
Jesus said very similar words to the woman at the well -
the water that I shall give him , shall be IN him a well of water springing up into everlasting life....the hour is coming & now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father IN spirit & IN TRUTH!!''
The Truth WITHIN!!
If its in our head & not in Our spirits & hearts,
its a religion , controlled by fear , rules & regulations, do's & donts!
Oh yes, one more thing.
Didnt Christ say that the following -
''Love the Lord thy God with All thy heart, mind , soul & strength. And your neighbour as YOURSELF''.
Thats the I AM Within Yourself he was talkng about, your Inner Higher self, your TRUTH Within.
Question - Have You EVER heard a worker speaking about ''loving your neighbour as YOURSELF???
In over 40years,Ive never heard one speak about that.
Crazy eh!!
Didnt Christ say that on these 2 commandments '' hang ALL the law & the prophets. And that there are no 2 greater commandments than these!!''
Anyway, work it out for yourself. Or if you feel you would like to comment , feel FREE!!! [ FREE !! OFCOURSE!!]
: )
May We & You ALL FEEL the Freedom of THE TRUTH WITHIN!!
In TRUTH & the Love of Christ,
Love to All
SamuelTruthWithin