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"He who seeks to transform humanity must himself understand humanity. Only through sympathy, faith, and love can men be reached and uplifted. Here Christ stands revealed as the master teacher; of all that ever dwelt on the earth, He alone has perfect understanding of the human soul."
Education, page 78
Two worlds that cannot peacefully abide. One past. One future.
One present to change it all.
Old man, in my ear. Whisper your lies again to me.
Deceive me when I want to be.
I hear the reality that you try to present, but I should not,
Can not, will not believe you anymore.
Kill the old man, the lust of the world. Make him pay the price
He wanted to charge.
But the truth is, we are human. We love temptation. We linger,
Lulling ourselves to a pseudo-sleep.
Wake up! Be roused! Know you not of the war? Ready your weapons!
On to the fray!
No time for espionage--that is no longer an excuse. Choose
Your side and fight to the death.
You've sat in the lap of luxury too long. You forgot the demons
that lurk outside your home--
Waiting for an entry, waiting for a weak point. And you?
You've left your keys in the door--
Your Bible's on the table. Door wide open now. Your knees still
Don't bend to the floor.
Access granted. Possession gained. And don't think that just because
You're not foaming at the mouth--
It's not true. It is. Waste away your moments. Waste away your life.
Death is still the final price.
It's war, child! It's WAR! Are you still sleeping in bed?
Awake now, swear your allegiance and fight!
The old man is still lurking in the shadows of your mind.
Find him.
Kill him.
Die, old man, die!
This was just passing through my mind, and I wanted to offer it as encouragement to all who will read it:
2 Peter 1:2-4
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue, through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Here's my paltry attempt at even beginning to understand what that really means:
1. We receive grace and peace on the principle of multiplication through a growing knowledge of God and Jesus.
2. This is the result of His power gives us everything that has anything to do with life and godliness (once again through our knowledge of Him--which give me the idea we really need to get to know Him better).
3. He has set us apart to exemplify glory and virtue.
4. Through Him, who set us apart, we receive EXCEEDING (I love that word) great and precious promises.
5. By these promises, we may receive the Divine nature (HAVE MERCY!).
6. By these promises, we may escape from this world, its corruption (which is ever-increasing through unsanctified desires), and the end result of it (death).
Praise God for the promises of The One who loved us to death, that we may escape death and receive again the sinless nature we lost in Eden!