Superconductor

Jesus was a perfect power conductor. But He was immersed in the water of sin – the likeness of sinful flesh. Because He maintained a solid connection to the source of unlimited power and at the same time allowed Himself to be connected to ground through the guilt of sin, He became a dead short. Satan believed this would eliminate Him from the circuit because he thought being burned in a dead short always produces annihilation. But Jesus was discovered to be composed of a new material unknown on earth. While this material suffered the full intensity of the pain resulting from the voltage and was permanently charred into a fixed earth-body, He was also transformed at the same time into a super-conductor with the capacity to transmit unrestricted amounts of grace and life to not only the whole human race but the the entire universe.

Likewise, any human who chooses to accept this adapted connector to God and plug in to Christ, that person will sooner or later feel the shock of sin and guilt being burned out of his soul as he too is transformed into a conductor of grace.

Jesus became a power adapter so that anyone, no matter how weak or delicate or damaged their wiring may be, can safely have a connection to the life of God and begin to heal and grow. Jesus will buffer the full voltage to whatever level is usable by any soul and provide a source of energy and life to that one. As they stay connected to the adapter, He will work in them to repair and add to their systems so they will be able to enjoy greater power and joy – from glory to glory.

Interfering with God

If you love son or daughter, mother or father more than Me, says Jesus, you cannot be my disciple. When you find yourself observing God's hand heavy on your dear one and they are suffering in their friction against Him, you will be tempted to sympathize with them and commiserate with them. But this is loving them more than Jesus. You are actually taking sides with them in sympathizing with their resistance against God and thereby yourself helping them resist God's work in their lives – not a very good position to be found in. You have made yourself unworthy to be called His disciple, for a disciple is one who is submitting to discipline and growing in sympathy and understanding of his Teacher and Lord.

What Happens to Heaven?

Why does God bring the New Jerusalem down to earth and move here instead of just moving us to heaven for eternity? Is it because He is so selfless that He wants us to be able to live where we are most comfortable in the universe with the familiar stars and solar system?

One reason that God may have for setting up His headquarters ultimately here on earth is to dispossess the seat of the kingdom of Satan.

What will happen to the place where heaven is now? Will everything be emptied out or will it become a vacation spot for the universe?

Mental Filters

Our limited capacity to learn necessitates having a filter to reduce the amount of information to a level we can absorb and make sense out of. Our filters are biased and molded and tightened by culture and bigotry. The new birth brings a new filter. We will always have a filter because of our limited ability. We always believe our filter is correct no matter how irrational. A mew filter must come supernaturally but it also must be chosen and accepted. A filter strengthens and grows by feeding on information that favors its bias.

There are two basic kinds/types of filters – those based on FEAR and those rooted in LOVE.

A fear filter narrows and restricts over time until it chokes out all counter information. A love filter zeros in on life-giving information and faces, and over time is able to expand one's capacity to think more broadly, more complex and with peace. An indicator of what kind of filter we are using is how we define the word “truth”. If truth means primarily information collected to buttress our bias, then likely you will find that fear is the adhesive used to hold it all together. If truth is a balanced discovery of life-giving relationships and information that contributes to explaining and enhancing those relationships, then you will likely begin to notice that compassion and love is the substance of choice to bind together the various materials and people that bring joy.

As a person moves from the 4+ level lower and lower in the brain he loses relational capacity, synchronization etc. Ironically sometimes he believes while he is moving deeper into isolation that in fact he is ascending into higher and higher truth. He becomes more intense in self-justification and becomes frenzied in assembling information and facts in his own defense. He believes himself to be approaching the very center of truth while in fact he is losing touch with reality because of his isolation of spirit. He insulates himself with facts so that he cuts off more and more channels of communication from outside his mind. Intensification of false reality leads to a self-justifying spirit which by extension is also an other-blaming, other-condemning spirit.

Growing awareness of true reality leads to more spontaneous compassion. To realize how and why someone is self-deceived can nurture pity, caring, concern and a warming that I too often suffer from self-deception and need latitude from others and protection from God while I grow.