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Timothy Sutter

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Mar 29, 2010, 6:03:47 PM3/29/10
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common knowledge

not simply that any particular grouping
of people have what may be considered
common knowledge inasmuch as they may
draw the same conclusions on
a day to day basis,

but that, to have a common knowledge
is that thing which will designate
one as in league with God.

you may find yourself saying that given
the nature of God, that God is beyond the
grasp of human understanding, and at first
glance, you may think that you have
a valid opinion.

so, who can call to order that
which seems like a formless unknown?

or, more importantly, how will anyone
be able to afford themselves with the
common knowledge that so aligns them
with God that they may actually suggest
that they are in communion with God and
have some semblance of understanding
of things as God considers them?


when God peers into your mind,
does God find anything there
that God can relate to?


what is necessary is the simple impression
of God's own nature which comes from God
and provides a template which guides the
reorganization of your conscious personality
into that image of God, which is
your intended purpose.

as such an effort nears a more complete state
you will not be needing to evaluate your stance
each time a complicated set of circumstances
arises whereby you would need to consider how
God would approach such a thing, or what actions
God expects of you.

you would simply act in the appropriate manner
because you are in possession of that clear
understanding of that perfect will of God as
if that were your first nature.


so, it would not be enough for God to
approach you in your mind and rearrange
things so that God can have a better
idea of where everything is
in your conscious being,

like God walks up to you and starts
alphabetizing soup recipes in your mind
so that God now knows where you are,
and now, to God, you are more well known,

but, that God has to implant some
common knowledge in you that God
can then recognize as an attribute
of significance to God.


it would be only then, that you could
begin to participate in your own
reclamation into the station of God.


before that, you may have some idea
that such a thing as "God" exists and
work at developing some sort of portrait,
of your own device, that you think may
represent what "God" is and is like
based on your own careful assessment
of your environs,

and still fall short of a True
understanding or even a somewhat
sensible picture of the very
nature of God.

a God which you realize may stand
aloof to the material reality
which is your own.


after that God has implanted
a bit of God's own personal
understanding within your
concious being, you may begin
organizing your own personal
conscious stimula around the
seed crystal of God's own Spirit.

in this way, we can say that your
unique identity is maintained but
your conscious superstructure is
simply reorganized so as to allow
you and God to recognize each other
as friendly acquaintances.


particulars not being
particularly important
at this time.


that is, at this time, you don't need
a detailed listing from me which would
delineate the thoughts and attitudes
which are not recognized by God as
fruitful in your progression towards
that perfected image corresponding
to the love which is God.


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which brings
up a bit about the law;

sort of like God saying to Moses,

"here, these are some of the things
which you humans are having problems with,
as such, these are things which you are
fighting about and hurting each other over
which God cannot look upon as they are not
God's immediate concern but they are most
definitely problems of yours because news
keeps getting back to me how these things
are showing forth as troublesome in your
interpersonal relationships."

and God tells you that some of the
deprivation you are experiencing is
God's own work because it represents
that righteous recompense for portions
of your own attitudes and behaviors.

and so you suggest that God 'knows' evil,
when in reality, God is only Good but the
interference patterns you are experiencing
are bringing you discomfort which you
have classified as 'bad'.


and so, you may see God as sending
you back messages that God sees of
you in your interpersonal relationships
which you are able to understand but,
to which God may still maintain
a complete aloofness.

that is, some of these are not meant for
God but are meant solely for human beings
who are interacting poorly with each other.

and are a sort of first order attempt at
communicating the objections God has with
what God is grasping about your personalities.

personalities which manifest source code
outside of that perfect will of God.

that perfect will of God which
is the only perpetual Life.

so, it's all just common knowledge

big deal.

but common for whom?

etc.

========================

> you may find yourself saying that given
> the nature of God, that God is beyond the
> grasp of human understanding, and at first
> glance, you may think that you have
> a valid opinion.

> so, who can call to order that
> which seems like a formless unknown?

anyway, so, you'll tell me
that the bible is incomprehensible
inasmuch as the bible is transmitted
to human beings from God and God
is incomprehensible. or, so you may say.

all we'd be saying is that the bible
is unlocked to human understanding

by Jesus, the opener of the seals.

Jesus, that mediator between human beings and God.

that Jesus who is in possession of the
Divine Nature and most assuredly tasted
human nature, and presents you with
a focused avenue of approach.

that Jesus who knew a Glory with
God and as God, before the beginning
of all things,

and that Jesus who came among us
and tasted the flesh with its life
and its death and that Jesus who
returned to that original Glory
with God and as God.

that Jesus who breathed insights to mankind.

a very simple, and quite valid, necessity.

"Daniel, close this book up
until the end of the age"

and Daniel didn't even
understand what he was
transcribing.

same can be said for much of
the work before Jesus appears.

faint glimpse, as it would be easy
to comprehend when God says
something like this;

"my ways are higher than your ways"

so, God tells you that God is beyond
your immediate grasp, and -that-
you can understand.

so, God says;

"ok, little man, let's reason together,
God means to declare you righteous before God"

thereby telling you that God must come
to you and that God will come to you.

there is no other way.

for certainly God could forever
stand aloof to you and remain
forever out of focus and
incomprehensible to you.

but God did not create mankind
to dash his head upon the
craggy outcroppings.

making vain attempts at rising
to some unattainable pinnacle and
crashing in his hopes long before
he reaches the phantoms of his own device.

you can't walk around this
stumbling stone so as to find
your own way into the
eternal majesty.

it follows you wherever you
go and flaming and revolving.

as if, God may not only remain aloof,
but also, harden God's face against
your ever finding out.

but that's not what we're here for.

we're here to point you at Jesus
and exclaim the all sufficient atonement.

that Jesus who did you a service so as
to make God comprehensible to you and
then would not turn around and shut
you out from God's own presence.

more...

=================================

> we're here to point you at Jesus
> and exclaim the all sufficient atonement.

> that Jesus who did you a service so as
> to make God comprehensible to you and
> then would not turn around and shut
> you out from God's own presence.

> more...

and then there's the currency of God.

God's currency doesn't have
an emperor's nor a president's
face etched upon it.

God's currency can't be stolen

nor earned by deceit nor trickery.

its rewards are eternal,

everlasting and can never be broken.

you become the wealth of God.

the routine begins;

the routine begins in your realization
that your life is not your own.

what you realize is that your life
is a gift, and one that will be
given you in measure.

you give the life, you find
in your possession, to God,

and God begins to reward you
with the profound understanding
of God's Own Presence.

as you accept that profound understanding
and make good faith effort to show yourself
as approved, God continues to shower you with
praises in the form of an ever clearer and
deepening realization of God's Own Presence.

aside from this realization,
you are dust destined for dust.

with this realization, entrance
in to the Rest is where the treasures
of the eternal existance are held safe,
and no robbery can remove from this haven.

this is the Mercy of God.

God gives you the entry

an entry you could never earn

you contribute to the elaboration
of God's fineries, these are
treasures you will never lose.

more will be in the details.

the fine lines and intricate crafting
may show themselves to you as of a
more profound beauty than that
exquisite image of the crucified Savior,

but none will be possible to see
aside from that Providence,

as therein is expressed the
initiation of God's Good Will.


anyway, for that abreviated version

the 'common knowledge' that we find important
is that knowledge between God and man.

God knows God and only God is able
to make God known to people,

and Jesus Christ is the common focal point.

God and man come to terms in Christ.


in this respect, it's not of primary importance
that you were ever a backstabber or a murderer
or a thief or held any number of the more
harmful attributes.

you may have been a guy who walked little
old ladies across the street from early childhood
and have always been a civic minded person
who stays out of 'trouble' and -still- you need
Jesus Christ to get a revelation from God.

this has absolutely nothing to do
with how good you feel you are,

but with how God has chosen to focus
and bestow the greater understanding
of God upon mankind.


but it is never a matter of man being owed
something by God and so such a person may
tap his feet on the ground and stand
impatiently before God and demand that
God bring him to completion.

"well God, i'm waiting, finish me"

no, before God,
that person who has the perfectly
manicured finger nails and sits at the
very best table in the very finest restaurants
may have the greater difficulty realizing that
he is naked and bereft and in complete
and utter want,

but, his want before God is no less
than that lowly street urchin.

if you don't see God's flaming chariots
circling your horizons, you won't know this.

we would that everyone could see.


and as such,
if we, or the Angels of God,
were to hate such as these,
we would be wrong,

but when we can pity you,
we see the truth,

because such can be naked
and bereft and not know it.

certainly, we come to God
because we know we need God,

God has allowed us to comprehend this.

and in our gratitude to God, we would see
that all be clothed in fine linens, such that
can never tatter nor decompose.


it's this obstacle course that we have
meandered about in for some time,

because in stark reality
Jesus -is- that magnificence
of awe inspiring enormity
and -not- a leper.

but it is we who need that
clarity of vision to comprehend
that the man with the perfectly
manicured finger nails is no
better as a human being
than a leper.


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http://timothysutter.usafreespace.com/

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