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Spiritual Education

Written by Etman Heart. Posted in Wakeup Call

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"You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry,

written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,

not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."

(2 Corinthians 3:3)

 

PREFACE:

Before Jesus Christ, there was an ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who greatly valued education in the spiritual way and said this quote:

  • “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” (Aristotle)

In line with the following biblical verses:

  • “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 4:7-8)
  • "And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." (Romans 5:5)

During Jesus time, God did miracles, wonders, and signs through him:

  • Acts 2:22, "“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know."

And this modern age, God used nature making miracles, wonders, and signs, the 21st Century Divine Revelation, a series of over fifty miraculous incidents to serve as spiritual awakening to the spiritually malnourished humanity. The first incident was the miraculous appearance of human heart:

2004.07.02; Human Heart Shape Incident (God is Love; 1 John 4:7-8)

 

Things happened before in the beginning as expressed in the following biblical verses:

  • Hebrews 1:1-2, "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe."
  • John 1:1-3, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

 

JESUS CHRIST

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
  • Hebrews 8:13, “By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.”

The time has come:

  • John 4:23-24, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

And the truth was the reason Jesus was born for, not Christmas:

  • John 18:37, "“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

Some objectives of Jesus' coming:

  • Luke 4:43, "But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
  • Mark 2:17, "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Luke 19:10, " For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Three things that testify for Jesus:

  • 1 John 5:6-8, "This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement."

2012.03.22 - Squirting Water Incident (The Living Water, John 4:14, 1 John 5:6)

 

KINGDOM OF GOD

  • Matthew 6:33, "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
  • Matthew 5:3, "“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
  • Luke 6:20, "Looking at his disciples, he said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."
  • Matthew 18:4-5, "Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."
  • Mark 10:13-14, "People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
  • Luke 17:20-21, "Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst."

 

SALVATION / ETERNAL LIFE

  • Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37
  • Beggar Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31)
  • The Rich and the Kingdom of God (Matthew 19:16-24)
  • Judgment Day: Be a “Sheep Not Goat” (Matthew 25:31-46)

2009.01.13; One-Horn Eggplant Incident (The Judgment Day; Matthew 25:31-46)

 

JESUS PRAYED FOR COMPLETE UNITY OF HUMANITY (Before persecution)

  • John 17:20-23, "“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."

Reason for Sacrifice on the Cross, not Lent Season and Easter

  • 1 John 3:16-18, “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

 

APOSTOLIC LEADERSHIP

TWELVE APOSTLES

  • Acts 9:1-2, “When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.”
  • Luke 9:1-3, "When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt."
  • Acts 4:32-34, "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them."
  • Acts 5:1-5, “Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.”
  • Acts 10:25-26, "As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
  • Mark 16:18, "they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
  • John 14:14, "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
  • Luke 14:26-27, "“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple."
  • Luke 14:33, "In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."
  • Luke 9:23, "Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."

PAUL, the Thirteenth Apostle

  • Acts 9:3-6, " As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 9:14, "But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel."
  • 1 Corinthians 1:17, "For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."
  • Acts 19:11-12, "God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them."
  • Acts 20:35, "In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
  • Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24)

 

RELIGION

  • James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
  • 1 John 2:15-16, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”
  • Galatians 5:13, “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
  • Acts 5:19-20, “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-4, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.”

 

CHURCH / TETMPLE

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.”
  • Acts 7:48-49, “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?”
  • Acts 17:24-25, "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else."
  • John 21:15-17 Jesus told Peter if he loves him, he must care and feed the lambs and the sheep, the flock. (1 Peter 5:2-4)
  • Acts 20:28, "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood."

 

WORKS OF SERVICE, NOT CHURCH SERVICE

  • Ephesians 4:11-12, "So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."
  • 1 John 5:3, “In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome.”
  • 1 John 3:23, “And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.”
  • 1 John 3:24, “The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”
  • Mark 12:33, "To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

 

OUR CALLING: TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE AS AFFIRMED BY THE 21st Century Divine Revelation

LOVE

  • Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)
  • Jesus sacrifice on the cross for us to know what love is. (1 John 3:16-18)
  • Communion with God is for us to love one another; live in love. (1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:16)
  • Love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:10)
  • Love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:7-8)

2004.07.02; Human Heart Shape Incident (God is Love; 1 John 4:7-8)

 

FAITH

  • James 2:14-17, “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
  • James 5:16, “The prayer of the righteous person is effective and powerful.”
  • James 2:24, “You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.”
  • James 5:16, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
  • 1 Corinthians 13:2, “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2)

2005.01.07; Action Moth Incident (Faith without works is dead; James 2;17)

 

SPIRITUAL TREASURE (Matthew 6:19-21)

  • Do not store up treasures here on earth but the heart. (Matthew 6:19-21)
  • Godliness is not a means to financial gain. Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. (1 Timothy 6:5-7)

2004.12.03; Bread Moth Incident (Jesus is the Bread of Life; John 6:35)

 

HUMANITY IS ONE BODY (1 Corinthians 12:12-27)

  • 1 Corinthians 12:26-27, "If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."
  • Romans 12:4-5, "For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."
  • Galatians 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

2008.02.17; Heart-Shape Coral Incident (Humanity is just One Body, 1 Cor. 12:12-31)

 

LITTLE CHILDREN

  • If you welcome a little child, you welcome Jesus and the one who sent him. (Luke 9:48)
  • Do not cause a little child to stumble. (Matthew 18:6)
  • Do not rebuke the little children. (Mark 10:13-14)

2010.09.21; Divine Child Incident (Welcome Little Children; Luke 9:48)

 

WARNINGS

  • Ephesians 4:14-15 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever, they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
  • Colossians 2:8, “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”
  • 2 Timothy 4:3-4, “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”
  • 2 Timothy 4:2, “Be ready to spread the word whether or not the time is right. Point out errors, warn people, and encourage them. Be very patient when you teach.”
  • Ephesians 5:11,  “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”

 

 

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