God is All of it (part two)
The character of science is seen in the redundancy of testing. If there is a hypothesis, it is tested. If the test confirms the hypothesis, the test is repeated. In other words, the test is tested. These tests and confirmations will be repeated under a number of controlled conditions, all in an attempt to place the truth beyond doubt or reproach. If an agreement has been tested and confirmed true, then peers jump in and repeat the testing in order to either confirm or refute the original testers. The redundancy moves forward with the end result being this: successive agreements mirror and confirm the original agreement. 1 John 5:8 “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”
In a world of multiplicity, anyone may claim to possess 'the truth.' Religions lay claim to the truth. Non-religions lay claim to the truth. Nations and political parties lay claim to the truth. Everyone's truth is opposed to the truths of everyone else, and those truths are defended with ferocity. The reason is that such truths set their supporters apart from others, and paint an image of distinct character and distinct identity. It is easy to see that such truths are applications of separation rather than oneness. The truths of the Jews, Islam, and Christianity fall flat on their faces and make them no better than any other separatist.
In a sense, the faithful and the Atheists are the same; they practice separation rather than oneness. It must be understood that oneness is not found in the practices that set one group apart from the others; oneness is found in character. The inner nature is the test. The Son of God is one with the Father. The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost are one. Does your inner nature mirror the inner nature of the Son? If so, the test confirms the hypothesis. Can it be repeated in your brothers and sisters? If so, then you and your brothers and sisters possess the truth of oneness with God. 1 Corinthians 8:6 “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”
If the all is the Father, and if the all is applied and managed by the Son, then there are only two possible responses. The first response is to realize that oneness has already happened; all of us are already one. It, therefore, follows the realization that our faith in the spirit will mirror, in us, the same agreement that the Holy Spirit brings about between the Father and his Son, the Word. John 10:30 “I and my father are one.”
A court case is intended to establish one truth; everything other than that one truth is the lie of multiplicity. The truth of oneness with God is established against the facts of separation. The second response, then, is rejection of the truth of oneness. In that rejection, a choice is made in favor of individuality among the multiplicity. Separatism is embraced and practiced, and every subsequent practice of individualism only serves to strengthen separatism at the cost of one's true inner reality. The separatists will go their way and know their end. Those of us who choose the inner reality of oneness with God, strengthen the inner nature of the Son of God. Between ourselves and our like-minded brothers and sisters, that inner nature is the Word. Between the Oneness above and the agreement in the Oneness here below, our tether and lifeline is the Nature of Jesus.
Here, on Earth, men have the Spirit of God; that is our starting point. From there we must rise up into the nature of the Son. We do so through baptism. The physical act aside, baptism is a realignment of our thinking. It is the divine spark within us rising to answer the call; standing on our spiritual feet and reaching with our spiritual hands to receive the gift of the inner reality that was always there, always the truth of us. That inner truth is that in order to be one with God, we must be the Son. The blood of Christ that we accept is the blood that God accepts as proof of Oneness. 1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
What is mediation? One: it is intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration. Two: it is intervention in a process or relationship; intercession. Three facts come immediately to our attention. Between men and God, there has always been, first, a dispute, second, a process, and third, a relationship. The man/God issue has never been about one or the other; there have always been two parties involved. From the definitions above, we also understand that a dispute calls for a resolution; a consensus, an agreement must be reached. Also, in a process, in a relationship, there must be guidance, there must be the framework of rules. Without such, there is division, separation, and multiplicity. Therefore, we are made to see the issues at play.
There are two parties involved. The Spirit of one is the spirit in all. There is a dispute; some have pulled away and rejected the inner truth of their oneness. Finally, there is a need for arbitration; a mediator is called into action. If it had only been God being himself, there would be no division, no need for a mediator. If it had only ever been mankind going his separate way, there would have been no oneness to stray from, again, no need for a mediator. Galatians 3:20 “Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” Judging by the historical issues deemed important enough for men to discuss, record, and even argue about, we see there have always been the two sides of man and God, between them, the matter of Oneness versus independence. We can look anywhere and see the nature of the adherents as opposed to the nature of those who reject and dismiss.
The mediator came from the Oneness, seeking the separated. The technique of mediation was not simple argumentation; more than words needed to be applied, the Word needed to be applied. As the mediator was one with both parties, he applied himself as the mediation. Christ never doubted that he would sacrifice himself to resolve the rift between the parties. Christ's obedience unto death was the nature of his Oneness with the Father. He was willing to give his all for unity. Resolution calls for the spirit of willingness to sacrifice; it is part and parcel with the nature of the Son, and it was that to which Jesus referred when he said “take up your cross.”
We see that spirit of selflessness in the many willing martyrs of Christ. It differs extremely from those who call themselves martyrs, but in reality, are only acting out a separatist's agenda. The martyrs of Christ do not have a blood-lust, but they have rightfully claimed the blood. They do not seek the death and destruction of 'infidels.' Rather, at all costs to their own persons, they extend the call to whosoever will be a true Son of God.
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