Don't give up

Of faith. That is how a true Christion moves forward. We are in Christ; pushed back, beaten down, tricked, manipulated, decieved, abused, persecuted, isolated, doubted, judged, rediculed, hated, ignored, and even caused to stumble. Anyone who denies the world and denies the flesh, is denied by the world and remains tempted in the flesh. But without faith it is impossible to please God.

Of love. The authority of love is it's truth. In eternal form that is the now living Word of God, the new creation, our Christ. In spirit, that truth is available to us here in this time and place. It is unseen, but we recognize it by the fruit is supplies. And we know by testing the fundemental basis of the fruit, and if it is founded on love, it is truth. Because no one can approach the Father except through His truth. And God is Love.

Of truth. The knowledge of good and evil supplied the Hebrews with understanding and a path to righteousness found in the Father. None were righteous, but there was perfect knowledge of good and evil by which some among them prospered. The knowledge of good and evil is derived from meaning gleaned from this perishing state of being. Death is the ultimate form of wisdom derived from our knowledge of good and evil. Truth is not attached to this. Truth  is founded in faith. And instead of meaning found in death, it supplies purpose in life.

To deny yourself is to deny meaning which fades when you do. No bloodline or worldly legacy can honor the dust. So instead, the truth is found in denying one's desire. Acting instead on what is placed in front of oneself. Allowing purpose to be found by having faith act on what love requires. And what love requires in every moment, going forward; is to treat others, as you would have yourself be treated. 

Running in opposition; is to having eternal truth acting through a perishing form. That is unnatural, because our senses react to what is placed in front of us, not on the unseen qualities of God. The wickedness in heavenly realms leads the flesh from birth to death with allowing it choice based on it's knowledge of good and evil. But this is the vine that renders no holy fruits. To render holy fruit as a unholy form, we must run in opposition to what is natural for us. And the only way to do that, is to deny ourselves, so that the eternal authority can instead act through us. The Spirit of Truth does so, this is considered the kingdom of heaven being upon us.

You are polarized from the workings of this world, for putting yourself aside for loving service of others. You will be hated, as Christ Jesus was hated.

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Gospel of Thomas, saying 32
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Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden."

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Don't give up.

Be forgiving of those who make it difficult, they themselves are asleep, blind, and are reacting to what they seek hnderstanding of but will never be a par of without faith.

Seek forgiveness from the Father. You will faulter, this is not like the knowledge of good and evil, where you will propser in worldly ways because of your understanding. You will instead be like this:

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Gospel of Thomas, saying 21
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What are your disciples like?
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Jesus said, "They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. 3
When the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Give us back our field.'
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They take off their clothes in front of them; in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them.
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For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives, and will not let the thief break into their house (their domain) and steal their possessions."
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"As for you, then, be on guard against the world.
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Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come.
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Let there be among you a person who understands.
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When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it.
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Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!"

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