Finding Ourselves
Through Our Faith
I have come to
understand what FAITH and Sin is by reading
the Bible myself. Oh I have studied other belief structures and systems as well
and I also studied how they all came to be in our society and what their
personal doctrines and dogmas are. When I read the story about moving mountains
and how the tiniest of seeds become the biggest trees, I read those stories
many times before I understood just what it all means and then compared those
with what Jesus was talking about. What this tells me is that FAITH is not
of any religion or belief systems. It has nothing to do with what religion
(church) tells you that it is.
Jesus taught
Mathew 8:25-27
and his disciples having come to him, awoke
him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.' And he saith to them, `Why are
ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and
the sea, and there was a great calm; and the men wondered, saying, `What kind
-- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
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And also Mark 4: 39-41
And having waked up,
he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did
lull, and there was a great calm: and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful?
how have ye not faith?' and they feared a
great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind
and the sea do obey him?'
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Mathew 9: 22
22And Jesus having turned about, and having seen
her, said, `Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the
woman was saved from that hour.
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Mathew 17: 19-21
19Then the disciples having come to Jesus by
himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?' And Jesus said to
them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have
faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder
place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you, and this
kind doth not go forth except in prayer and fasting.'
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Luke 17: 17-21
17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten
cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give
glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way:
thy faith hath made thee whole. And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there!
for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
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Nowhere does Jesus say that all the Faith is
in God. He says the it is WITHIN you. We are expected to do things and to have
Faith in Ourselves.
Jesus states that We
are Gods, because we are again expected to have Faith as we go about in this
world. He also says that it is the same as above and the same as below. There
is no difference there. We create, or destroy, our reality or
circumstances with the Faith WITHIN ourselves. It is expected of each and
everyone of us. Sin is the absence of Faith. When we have the correct Self-Esteem then we can do great and powerful things and create
whatever it is that we put our minds too.
The Straight and
Narrow Path
Everything in Moderation. The Eye of the
Needle and the narrow path is the path to ourselves and it is never an easy
one. We need help from others and that is where we learn how great or little
the things that we can accomplish. So we come together in groups and assemblies
to gather us in and spread the good works of others and to lift them up. If we
sin, we don't go to hell, we experience fear and some even promote it to bring
a false sense of self-esteem and it turns into arrogance. This is what too much
Faith does and that is a sin too.
Go help someone with
Low Self Esteem. Give them High Hopes.
Jesus did this many times by just saying simply go and sin no more. It was his
way of forgiving us and we are to do the same. This is how we learn to have
compassion towards one another and to Love One Another. We are expected to lift
our neighbors up, not put them down. This is where the lyrics to the song come
in. Just what makes that ant think that he can move that rubber tree plant (lyrics below). We give him a bit of
self esteeem and a push to give him FAITH in himself. Just the way that Jesus
told the disciples that they could move that mountain. If you believe then
you can do wonderous things. If you don't believe you will do nothing and
you will be in a hell within yourself.
Peace Be Within You
Just What Makes You
Think
Next time you're found with your chin on the
ground
There's a lot to be learned so look around
Just what makes that
little ol' ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant
But he's got high hopes... he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie in the sky hopes
So any time you're getting low
'Stead of letting go,
Just remember that ant.
Oops there goes another rubber tree
Oops there goes another rubber tree
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant.
When troubles call and your back's to the wall
There's a lot to be learned, that wall could
fall.
Once there was a silly ol' ram,
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam;
No one could make that ram, scram,
He kept buttin' that dam
But he's got high hopes... he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie in the sky hopes
So any time you're feeling bad
'Stead of feeling sad
Just remember that ram.
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam!
Next time you're found with your chin on the
ground
There's a lot to be learned so look around
Just what makes that little ol' ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant
So keep your high hopes, keep your high hopes.
Keep your high apple pie in the sky hopes.
A problem's just a toy balloon
They'll be bursting soon
They're just bound to go POP!
Oops there goes another problem ker...
Oops there goes another problem ker...
Oops there goes another problem kerplop.
Kerplop!
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