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GREETING. Psalm 119:18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. With another year having come and gone; I look forward to the new things God shall reveal to me from his Holy words. Having beheld such wondrous things out of His Law the Bible. 1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. God has prepared our hearts by the things we must suffer, to began hear His voice. I we must suffered to the death of the old carnal man and have to ceasde from sin, or my old way of seeing the Bible: this is not physical suffering! 1 Peter 4:1 For as much then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin. We must cease from our former old ways: the thinking of our own thought concerning His word; that we might obtain the mind of Christ. To arms! There were giants in the land, lurking between every verse, every word: my thoughts seeking to tower over God’s words like giants. God revealed word is the promised land, but my former thoughts wanted to take possession and make it a desolate wilderness. But, He heard our cry. Psalm 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. My persecutors: those giant thoughts that were stronger than me; whom I had once trusted: would now seek my life. Numbers 10:9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. What are the spiritual trumpets in the above verse? His words. Hebrews 12:19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. The ancient people in the above verse intreated God not to speak unto them; they only wanted to hear the wisdom of man and so do we. When you are comparing scriptures together with the same words in them; you are warring against the carnal mind. Trumpets were often use by men, to gather them for war in the physical; here it’s a war for the correct meaning of the Spiritual words of God. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. You cannot interpret the Bible by comparing it to the: New York Times. When you compare God’s words to the wisdom of men; spiritually you will not hear anything but your own wisdom. 1 Corinthians 14:8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? God’s voice or trumpet brings judgment to the carnal mind; it is warring against it and men would rather toot their own horn. Hebrews 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. The Ancient children of Israel in the above verse asked: Moses, to tell God to shut up talking to them. Exodus 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. When the carnal mind of man hears God’s voice for the first time; the mind will tremble in fear and wonder; when you realized our own thoughts are contrary to Gods. Exodus 19:19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. At this point the carnal mind has had enough. Exodus 20 :19And they said unto Moses, speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. lest we die? To hear and understand God’s word: we must all Spiritually die to what we once believe about God’s character. Man does not want to do that! We can all think we are pretty good people; so, we do not need God or anybody else to tell us different. People can physically murder, steal, lie and somebody will say ''they were still a good person''. What does it take be a bad person these days? Correction spiritual nights. Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him,why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Recently a woman called me a good person, I corrected her and told her God was good and I was just decent. At this point she pleaded with me to say: I was a good person, I refused. What she really wanted was to tempt me to say that I thought she was a good person, I perceived her thoughts. Jememiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his words, and hath it? We all want to secretly tempt God to think we are good by some physical things we perform. Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and say, why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
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YOU AIN’T SEEM NUTHIN YET
Psalm 69:23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Greetings. Unless a person can see spiritually they are the one that being judged by God with they read the Bible and they are going into battle against their own carnal thinking: we will miss the whole point. John 9:39And Jesus said,for judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. Unless a person can confess they cannot Spiritually understand the Bible; they will remain Spiritually blind. We are all born Spiritually blind, no exceptions. Now, if I suppose you told a person who was born blind at birth he’s blind. They might agree with you, but they would have no concept of what blindness is. God’s Spirit will open our Spiritual blind eye if we ask him in, faith. Mark 10:51And Jesus answered and said unto him, what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. When I first started trying to share something Spiritual to a someone; I marveled that they had no idea what I was talking about. It reminded me years ago when my math teacher asked me to give: the mathematical formulas of the: Pythagorean Theorem. I had no idea what he was talking about. But that math teacher in his mercy let me pass his class. Mark 10: 52 And Jesus said unto him, go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. Note, the blind man no longer wanted to go his way, but followed Jesus in the way. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him,I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Spiritually when you receive your sight, you are going the right way and you begin receiving some of God’s truths about his Holy word: you are entering a new day. Isaiah 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. We must all wait for that day, because we are all walking in spiritual blindness. Isaiah 59:9Therefore, is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. Now judgment day is when you allow God to judge your thoughts; this is done while we are physically yet alive. If you physically die without God’s Spirit, you merely return to the dust. God isn’t going to judge dust, you’re finished, there is nothing to judge. Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.Ecclesiates 12: 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. But our thoughts, our own truths try to make God’s word a lie and you have not seemed the father. Our dust or wisdom loves to exalt itself even as Prince Jehu and there is a lot of Jehu in all of us. We all refuse God’s judgment for our own and exalt our own dust. 1 King 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust.... John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Shall we go deeper? John 9:2And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?Jesus answered,neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. We as the blind man in the above verse are born Spiritually blind. But that the works of God should be made manifest in him. Deep verse, so what are the works of God? His will, and His works or will is His word. It is the Spiritual meat that comes down from heaven. John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. God’s words are his works! If we are not working for the Spiritual meat of God’s word, we will die in our sins. 1 Timothy 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. Speaking things which they ought not such as: I’m baptized and full the Holy Ghost, just because you made baby talk. I went through the same carnal- minded foolishness too; I met people who spoke in tongue that were strung out on Crack Cocaine; we both attended the same full gospel Church. They never spoke in God's tongue or simply put how He speak His word or thoughts. Jesus was the thoughts of God in physical human form manifested.
Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses [ witnesses the same thing God say about his word or the Spirit interpretation] of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. When we obey our own spirit or witnesses against his word: it a spirit of err. People wander from Church to Church, thought to thought and never receive any Spiritual meat. These are busybodies or wandering after the thoughts of men and never find God's word. These busybodies are absent from the Lord because they are a part of the body of sin and this is not physical. 2 Corinthians 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. Cain was a wander and a vagabond, his curse was never to find God's word. Genesis 4:12 ... and I [CAIN] be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth. I put the part of the verse that was reveal to me, I will have labor for the rest. But, we refuse to labor for the bread from heaven, even worse we they don’t even know; there is more to the scriptures than meets the carnal eye. We are greedy to consume every verse, thinking we know the spiritual meaning of them, just because we can quote them. Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his quarter. Spiritually when we all look to our own way, we are made Spiritually blind.John 9:39 And Jesus said, for judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. Every scripture in the Bible is a parable! Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! Spiritually a spiritual blind man will think he’s increasing by how many scriptures he can quote. Once God opens his eyes, he will Spiritually see; he never had anything of God. How would you feel if you labored hard, all week and you find out that you have nothing coming? But, not is not all lost because: you have a pocket full of silver dollars. Or do you? Unknown to you at the time, there is a hole in your pocket. Haggai 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. At this point, you’re so mad having labored for your own will about the Bible. You cannot spiritually eat from this Bible, if you’re not willing to suffer to your own will. 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. The carnal mind of men can only see the physical when they read the Bible. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. When the carnal mind is quiet, it’s no longer doing the interpretation; then the Holy Ghost can work. God wants to manifest His works in us: the blind man, that we might Spiritually see. John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.Jesus has the same witness or thoughts about the words of God: sealed in heaven. John 5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Our false witness against God is a witness against ourselves, a lie and no truth abide in us. Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death.As a kid, a nickel could buy me a sling-shot. Before I could afford a sling-shot, I was pretty good with a stone; a fact that my foes soon found out. Now, spiritually would men take up stones against Jesus. Yes, on any given Sunday; a heap of stones in the Bibles sometime represents a Spiritual witness. Genesis 31:52This heap [stones]be witness, and this pillar be witness. The prophet: Job, companions heaped up many false witness or thoughts against him. Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. Did not men shake their head against Jesus, while he was on the cross? John 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.Now I can heap or pile-up thoughts or counsel against God’s word, but I’m headed for a fall. Psalm 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.Men fall by their own counsel or thoughts. Jesus gospel is Spiritually hiding from the thoughts of the carnal-minded men. Man cannot see Spiritually! A writer by the name of Clara H. Scott had move spiritual wisdom than any of the non-called Preacher of today, in 1895 she wrote the following:
Open my eyes, that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free.
⦁ Refrain 1:
Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready my God, thy will to see,
Open my eyes, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
1. Open my ears, that I may hear
Voices of truth Thou sendest clear;
And while the wave notes fall on my ear,
Everything false will disappear.
⦁ Refrain 2:
Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready my God, thy will to see,
Open my ears, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
2. Open my mind, that I may read
More of Thy love in word and deed;
What shall I fear while yet Thou dost lead?
Only for light from Thee I plead.
⦁ Refrain 3:
Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready my God, thy will to see,
Open my mind, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
3. Open my mouth, and let me bear,
Gladly the warm truth everywhere;
Open my heart and let me prepare
Love with Thy children thus to share.
⦁ Refrain 4:
Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready my God, thy will to see,
Open my heart, illumine me,
Spirit divine! Copyright status: public domain
It would appear the writer knew they she was born spiritually blind. This woman saw Spiritually what millions of today’s Pastors never saw. But are they are not spent Pastors of God if they cannot hear or see Spiritually? No they should find another line of work. Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?15and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things! The only tiding today’s greedy dogs bring: is how to obtain the physical or meat that perishes. We should all pray: God open our Spiritual eyes. 2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. Jesus was in the very midst of the stone carrying false witnesses; but they could not find him. John 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. The Apostle Paul, was born Spiritually blind and persecuted the early physical Church. Acts 22:4And I [ Paul] persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. The old man will persecute: the way of life or this way unto death; binding God’s words and making them prisoners to our own thoughts about them. Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison. Let’s examine the Apostle, Paul, when he was known to men as Saul: the persecutor of the early physical Church. Acts 9:3 And as he[Paul]journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:4and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Does my hard heart persecute: Jesus? Do we kick at his commandment or lift up the heel? Psalm 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Prick: an act of piercing something with a fine sharp point. The familiar friend in the above Bible verse represents our own thoughts when we read the Bible or attempt to eat spiritual bread. The carnal minded person lifts a heel against God’s word. John 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. We trust the familiar: Saint Paul[Saul] trusted he was doing the right thing, as he Spiritual kicked against the sharp pricks. Acts 26:11
And I [Saul] punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. What does man mean by persecution? Persecution: hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or religious beliefs or thoughts. Acts 22:4
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. I[Saul]persecuted this way! We persecute Jesus when we go our own way about the Bible. God help us to stop our evil ways! Psalm 35:3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Persecution to God is your way or thoughts about the Bible. Your own carnal thoughts spiritually blind you; they will blind your path as you try to inhabitant the promise of God’s truth. Numbers 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes.John 14:6Jesus saith unto him,I am the way. There’s a lot of talk these days in the news; about powerful men in high positions, taking advantages of women. Would men try to take spiritual advantages over the virgin words of God: a bride undefiled by the flesh, or men thoughts? Yes, on any given Sunday. Saint Paul was forgiven, he was ignorant that he was persecuting the Physical Church. 1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. We’ll Spiritually fast on the word: blasphemer, for now as we will wait on the Lord. When we do not believe that God has a greater Spiritual word, then our eyes of flesh cannot see: we are all in unbelief. Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? God words must be revealed to us or we remain blind and die in our sins. Now men can preach men’s wisdom about the Bible: for years and be financially successful. There was a man who stood in the office of a Prophet and even he had to have God’s word revealed to him. Ever heard of the guy? He only wrote two books of the Bible: 1st and 2nd Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. Or perhaps men think there are wiser than Samuel and all the other Prophets? Then again men will make themselves princes over God’s word, nope that’s not enough how about a God over God's word? Ezekiel 28:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas;
yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 3behold, thou art wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4with thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches,and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures. This Prince of Tyrus represent us, who wants to be spiritually rich and refuse to humble themselves to Spiritually hear and see what’s hidden. 1 Samuel 3:21
And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. Thank you: for your patience
Michael Rudolph Hodges2/12/2018/ amended 1/4/2021 /amended 5/19/2021 / amended 8/10/2022
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