Forgiven? The Lord's Prayer Is Leavened

God is One Slice: One of Twain
(One Slice Toaster Sermon)

Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

The average household toaster has provision for two slices, twain, which is the average amount consumed by the average person. A restaurant also serves two slices, as being the status quo. At the same time most household toasters have provision for one slice only, whenever such is enough (grace is "sufficient"), and have specific instruction engraved on top, usually the words: One Slice and an arrow to indicate where to put such a one only, so it comes out just right.

Aside from reasons of electrical wiring and such, the reason one slice should go into that slot is also a basic fundamental biblical principle. The first of many and twain commandments unto all (emphasis on all) is: Hear O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord. In toaster sermon fashion we could say God is one slice, not twain, and the word of truth, "rightly divided", makes one slice come out just right: the God of all grace, the living God, of the living.

The Bible begins with two slices: God divided, as if to look at both sides of a thing, the making of man, one only: either in our image or after our likeness, before or after, this or that, for comparison. JC also firstly brought division rather than peace, and so before the cross could be compared with after, as if war (division) to peace. And he did so because many Pharisee folk were mixing twain things which ought not to be mixed, as grace and law are contrary things, as contrary as life and death, and contrary things mixed make an oxymoron.

Scriptures (plural), are as twain scripts which say different things, like the Messiah will be this and the Messiah will be that, but only one is right, God's right that is. Hence when facing the push thing on a toaster, the arrow indicates one slice goes to your left, which is God's right when face to face. And of two things compared the most, law(before) and grace(after), what's right and with God is grace, whereas law left and against God, who is one of, with & for, "us" from the beginning: "Let us make man". Hence an ever increasing cry for just us; for there is just us when God is one slice. On the other hand, the left, it's Moses' law worketh wrath for compare-i-son to His grace, lie vs truth, law vs grace (Jn 1:17; 5:45; etc).
 
So most household toasters have provision for two slices, but when it comes to one slice, it's to go where the arrow points. Such is on top, as if wisdom from above, rather than hidden in some manual, so people don't ruin one slice. And one slice is indicative of making a decision, such as Shakespeare noted: to be or not to be, that is the quest-i-on; which is also as to say make up your damn mind woman (church), grace or law, not both, for both is not only an oxymoron, but the perverted mixture of  grace + law is as life + death, a dead end.

The grace(only) of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

What many deceived by many (Mt 24: 4,5; Mk 13: 5,6; Lk 21:8; 1Jn 4:1) seem not to be aware of, is there's a little leaven (a little leaven leavens the whole lump: 1Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9) in what's commonly called (by many) The Lord's Prayer (Mt 6: 5-13). Forgive us ... "as we forgive" is actually a catch all "snare", which JC clarifies in the PS following the "Amen" to such (Mt 6: 14,15). Such makes forgiveness not only conditional (by law), but actually makes it impossible for anyone to achieve forgiveness unless the law is abolished (see articles on Forgiveness and Unpardonable Sin for detailed explanation). For via such a snaring by law, if any ever fail to forgive all men all trespasses, then all are accursed (unforgiven) thereby ... unless the law abolished. For as Jesus, Paul, & James clarify, if any law breached, it's as if guilty of breaching it all, the sting thereof a dead end. Thank God "Christ: the end of the law" abolished the law of commandments, delivering us from the curse (snare) of the law (devil).

What many seem to fail to understand is the content & context of what's also written (Lk 11) about such (for more clarity than others had written: see Lk 1:1-4), or JC's response: after "this" manner pray "ye", to "them", to a disciple's request: Lord, teach us to pray "as John also taught his disciples". John (the Baptist) obviously taught his disciples wrong, and for doing such he, a prophet of the law who accused & condemned a king, was beheaded; which allegorically denotes law being abolished, dethroned as a no name king was in Jonah's Great Fish Story" when the people believed God", and where Jonah's (grace + law) prophecies failed (as Paul The Apostle notes such pluralistic Prophecies Shall Fail in 1Cor 13:8).

As such, let's thank God such a (vain repetition) prayer is no longer recited in many homes, schools, & churches. Such was as "asking amiss" (Jam 4), so thank God for not getting what was prayed for: conditional/unattainable forgiveness of the law. Such "righteousness of the law" was unattainable by all who tried & failed to attain it (Rom 9:31; Heb 11:13,29; Jude 5), and because law's not right nor with us, but left & against us, when comparing right & left things with & against God. For as JC said God said: "He that is not with me is against me". Any person, house, kingdom "divided against itself shall fall, to ruin". And if the "ruin" thereof the "ceasing" (dead end) sort of deceased, we ought rather to Pray "without ceasing" instead; which is obviously an allegory since nobody is expected to pray 24/7.

Jonah's Great Fish Story

Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

There are several themes in a minor prophet book many sundayschoolers know of as Jonah & the Whale, one such being the general ignorance of many deceived by many. It doesn't say how many people in total there were in "that great city" (a term only used in Jonah & Revelation), but it does say more than 120,000 couldn't discern between their right hand & their left hand, allegorically indicating many are ignorant of the difference between grace & law, dblemindead(Jam 1), twofold(Matt 23). My favorite theme exemplified in the book of Jonah is "whether prophecies, they shall fail" (1Cor 13:8), Jonah's story being an example of prophecies(plural) failing. Such (grace + law) prophecies failed "when the people believed God", and that's when the no name king disrobed, stepped down, sat in the ashes; which is allegorical for law being uncovered for what it was, and such reign of terror ceasing  when people become aware of and from such turn away, believing grace is sufficient.

And my favorite quote from the book of Jonah is what he says in the belly of the great fish:


which to me is as saying they who add law to grace forsake their own grace thereby. In other words, the words of a modern song: nobody hurts me like I do. For adding law to grace is sufficient makes grace no longer grace, and adds sacrifice to mercy, fear to love, curse to blessing, dis to ease, and worst of all death to life.

The prophet Jonah knew that God is merciful , tried to go elsewhere, but at the time the law of sin and death was reigning and it apprehended him, gave him a terrifying ride in the belly of a great fish to the shore closest to Nineveh after being tossed overboard at his own request. What a sight he must have been trodding through Nineveh after three days & nights in a fish. But hey, it's notably "allegory", and a "mystery" to solve; so not literal nor historical, but simply allegoric mystery with a moral: Grace is sufficient (no law required).

Jonah's prophecy was actually prophecies(plural), a mixture of grace + law: "yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown". The people of Nineveh knew about the flood, and that forty days was the time limit for repentance in the fall festivals, followed by the day of atonement. They also knew they were guilty as hell of perverting His grace, so they cried out to God for mercy since law has none, except that of grace in such grace + law. Once the no name king heard the people believed God, he disrobed, stepped down, and sat in the ashes, a fitting place for such a phantom menace as law. As always, whenever there's a shewdown between law and grace, grace is winner take all. Only problem is many are still ignorant of it.

The grace(only) of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Search the scriptures:
for in them ye think ye have eternal life

Perhaps Not

"in them" (in them is law: sin & death)
see Gen 5:2 to see "them" are Adam-ic of twain Adams,
And "as is in Adam (as in male and female them) all die"; 1Thess 5:3 & 5:9 to see what's appointed unto them & us
[If I were one of "them",  I'd be converting to "us" asap]

In John 5 we have the following scenario: there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem ... and at the five porches of what's called Bethesda in the Hebrew tongue, a man who had an infirmity for 38 yrs was told seven grace words: "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk". Immediately he was made whole. But it was the sabbath, so the Jews said it wasn't lawful for the man to carry his bed ... obviously a black sabbath if they were more concerned about a man carrying his bed than being healed. And when the man told the Jews it was Jesus who'd made him whole, they sought to persecute and slay him for doing such a (grace) work on their (law) sabbath, breaching their sabbath law, a law which JC neither obeyed nor disobeyed.

But with respect to the Sabbath, he told them: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work"... indicating both God & Son are working toward a Sabbath, a grace-us one quite different than a law-them sabbath. And they sought even the more to kill him ... indicating law and grace contrary things, and that God is l-o-n-g-suffering to "us-ward" (2Pet 3), or the opposite of them-ward, for as <-- BC and AD --> are accounted opposite directions, two ways also lead to two opposite ends: extinction by law or life by grace. A point being made thoughout the Bible is grace and law don't mix except to make life + death, a dead end.

The Sabbath, seventh day, allegorically the day(light) of God, rest(peace) thereof, seems to be an all us and no them at all (for even God knows you can't get true rest with in-laws around). So after six days in Gen1: two heavens, one earth, and the host of "them", were "finished"; And notably after the sixth day and prior to the seventh day in Gen2, which is no place, or the place of the unreal which has no being, similar to the no place JC gave great tribulation (law) in Matthew 24:21b (was not, no, nor ever shall be) and in John 10:10 (the thief "cometh not"), and by Paul in 1Cor 13 (it shall vanish) and in 2Cor 3 (law fadeth to nothing by comparison) and in Hebrews 8 (it's ready to vanish) and in Hebrews 10 (it's not the very things to come) and in Hebrews 12 ("not come") and in the end written Rev 22:21 (no mention of law at all)..

So, in content and context with  the previously mentioned scenario in John 5, Jesus also says in John 5:39: "Search the Scriptures" (plural) ... or pretty much the same thing as Paul said to Timothy in 2Tim 2:15: "Study" (for all he had to "study" at the time were "the Scriptures"). And let us remember the Scriptures (plural) were written aforetime "for our learning" (Rom 15:4), and it does not say all Scriptures (plural) given by inspiration of God in 2Tim 3:16; but rather does say "all scripture (singular: the script-u-are) is given by inspiration of God".

With such in mind, let us consider the Scriptures written as scripture -vs- scripture, or as a them -vs- us scenario, as comparing two contrary things, this and that, as if a before and after scenario in which one of twain is better of good and better. And in the conclusion of Heb 11 it says God hath provided some "better" thing for "us"; and such is as saying what was good for "them" was good + evil, witch ends badly. Us have a better end than evil, or some better thing when comparing two options for "let us make man": (i) in our image <-- "them" (ii) after our likeness --> "us", as a before and after shew, to know which is witch, which is better, of twain things. So the man, Jesus Christ, is said to be "made" perfect (Heb 5), or the "express image" (our likeness), and also "after" the order of Melchisedec. Thereby he's the author of "eternal salvation" (as opposed to temporal salvation of saved + destroyed in Jude 5); which is also "eternal life" (as opposed to life + death, witch was temporal life and ended bad).

So, having said all such to say: "in them ye think ye have eternal life" ... Perhaps Not! kinda allegorically says, "them" are the opposite of "us" in Genesis 1. The man of "let us make man", is to be "made" (not created) by "us" (not them). For "in them" (male + female "Adam": Gen 5), "in them" is also allegorically referred to as "in Adam", and in such grace + law (life + death) whereby all die, there is no eternal life, nor any perfection (Heb 10:1), rather life + death, a dead end. But in a "better testament", having a "better hope" of all living, in Christ, the end of the law, the better one of twain ends, there is eternal life, and such eternal salvation (none perish) is an "us-ward" thing (2Pet 3:9).

Bad things happen to "them" (Eg: 1Thes 5:3), but such "law worketh wrath" is not appointed to "us" (Eg: 1Thes 5:9). Why? Because we are of the day(light), not of the night(darkness).

So, "ye" (plural, dblemindead unstable folk who mix grace + law, contrary things which combine to make an oxymoron) ... "ye think ye have eternal life in them". Obviously not. For JC also said "Ye" do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God (Mt 22:29), and such err is "alway" (Heb 3:10). Ye folk err, don't seem to know the scriptures (plural), nor the power (gospel of Christ) of God... (in Rom 1:16 the gospel of Christ is the power of God). And the gospel of Christ, the end of the law, is summed up as: "my grace is sufficient for thee", which speaks of no law requ'd when grace is "sufficient" is believed.

What JC is saying, allegorically, in saying: "ye think ye have eternal life in them", is eternal life is an "us" thing (not a "them" thing), and such is "us-ward" (not them-ward), to some "better" thing than their life + death (dead end) of their grace + law.  And "us-ward" seems to be related to the "day of God" in 2Pet 3, which compares two seventh days, or two sabbaths, as two ends, and only one of which is what we all ought to be looking for and hastening unto. For it seems the other wise seems to be a devilish haste makes waste thing.

A third day (on the third day he will raise us up) and a seventh day, which are the same thing in John 1 & 2 if counting, both speak of cleansing in the Scriptures, or of sanctifying, which God does on the seventh day in Gen 2, and prior to God rested. And God seems to be one, of us, in "let us make man", which clarifies one man (not children) is to be made (not created) by us (not them), and also as the "after" part of a before and after scenario having two parts: (i) in our image <-- them, (ii) after our likeness --> us.

Obviously, when compared, "us" is the better of twain, for God hath not given "us" the sprit of fear, and God hath not appointed "us" to wrath. And of two parts, one imperfect, one perfect, it says in 1Cor 13 when that which is perfect is come, the counter part shall be done away.

That Jesus Christ is come. He's also made perfect (Heb 5), as Christ: the end of the law; thereby the author of eternal life. So why aren't we doing away with the imperfect part? Why are we still trying to establish grace without doing away with law if such are contrary things which don't mix, except as life + death, and only combine to make an oxymoron, which the perfect man, Christ: the end of the law, is not. He taketh away the first (law) that he may establish the second (grace): Heb 10. Perhaps we're all still lying, crying and dying because we haven't followed his lead. See also Just Us (below).

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

An Ever Increasing Cry for Just Us

You don't have to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to find faulty justice. In fact you don't have to go beyond your own state (pun intended) to find false accusation, abuse of power, partiality, people jailed for crimes they never committed, unjust judges, crooked politicians, sicko priests, abusive parents, and ruined lives due to gossip, media carnage, or just having been a suspect in a crime investigation.

My former lawyer, also a personal friend, once told me he had many a client who had to leave job, home, city, or province, start all over elsewhere simply because of being wrongfully suspect in a crime investigation, not even accused nor charged. Paper is too scarce to write the horror stories of those blackballed and shunned for telling the truth about unjust laws and abuses in their homes, schools, churches, and jobs. Disclosure, another word for revelation, has revealed appalling abuses in places we've presumed safe, and many by churchy adults.

Friends, relatives, neighbors, and associates will often unexpectedly turn on you like wolves when law, officials thereof, simply start asking them questions; suggest you may be criminal and they may also be investigated beyond comfort for knowing you. In many cases, it's their own secret sins they fear being found out, such as the school teacher who secretly smokes marijuana with close friends; so they join the pig pile to smokescreen themsleves. You're considered a necessary sacrifice to the law, witch often becomes a beast who turns on and devours those who fed it such offerings and sacrifices afterward.

Such is not new, for all those saved out of Egypt were destroyed afterward by law (Jude 5), Numbers reveals the accounting: all died short of entering, including their great leader Moses, himself a great terrorist (Dt 34:12); And all Melchisedec type priests died in Heb 7:23; And all who tried to attain righteousness of the law failed to attain such in Rom 9:31; And all listed in Heb 11's hall of fame died and 1stly rec'd not the promises, 2ndly rec'd not the promise.

It's evident from the biblical evidence their grace + law was life + death, and not only a dead end for some, but for them all. When they say Peace & Safety (Grace & Law), the order they get is the order of Melchisedec, who much like a troll demanding a toll for safe passage, turns out to be a schoolmaster who fails every student. For when they say Peace & Safety, sudden destruction cometh upon "them". What sort? No escape! The Bible reveals it's the snare of devilish law worketh wrath. In comparison & contrast, our high priest, order thereof, is "after" the order of Melchesedic. He became "us". He is our peace.

The ever increasing cry for justice is actually a cry for Just Us if the truth be known. For a brief review of them and us in the Bible reveals bad things happen to them, not us; God being one of us, for us, with us, from the get go; the Lord being l-o-n-g-suffering to "us"-ward, miss charity also suffering l-o-n-g, forbearing them till there's just us. For example: God hath not given "us" the spirit of fear, but love, power, and a sound mind. God hath not appointed "us" unto (law worketh) wrath. God hath given "us" the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The converse, although not written, suggests them don't have a hope in hell, especially if God hath concluded "them" all in unbelief. Perhaps the second part in such an allegorical shew, have mercy upon all, an us-ward thing (2Pet 3:9).

Them-ward and us-ward are as contrary as backward <-- BC and AD --> forward, and lead to two opposite ends like the contrary ways of Mt 7; which flat out negates the concept all paths lead to God. God said what he meant, meant what he said in Gen 1:  Let "us" make man. And Hosea 6 says on the third day he will raise "us" up. And in Jn 1 & 2 the third day is the seventh day when counting. After the sixth day, and prior to the seventh day having no mention of evening and morning in Gen 2, we find the host of "them" = "finished"... utterly dissolved without a trace. Poof! Poof goes the dragon, a flame out, when them stop imputing sin for the hell of it.

That kinda leaves just us, and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: the end of the law, does have mercy on all. The conclusion of Hebrews 11 tells the story: God, having provided some better thing for "us", that they without "us" should not be made perfect. The point, previously made in Hebrews 7 - 10 is the law made nothing perfect, can never make comers thereunto perfect, was faulty, is old and ready to vanish (Heb 8:13), and shall vanish (1Cor 13:8). For when the perfect part (His grace) of the shew is come (that Jesus Christ is come, and is made perfect, is author of eternal salvation), the counter part (law) is to be done away. The unreal has no being, and the real always exists, knows the difference between "I am" and "am I".

I often use my senses to discern both good + evil ends badly: if it looks fishy, sounds like Horeb-bull, smells Pewy, tastes bitter-sweet, and feels like hell when swallowed, then it's probably unjust and hypocritical grace + law. I also use my remote to help all "them" who desire to vanish (rapture), to vanish: Click!  But one who's been stating  he wants to vanish, and on national tv for fifty years, keeps popping up again like a Jack in the box, perhaps because silly women keep sending this Impe, who says what JC said deceivers would say in Lk 21:8, and who obviously belongs in a "wax" museum (Heb 8), another $acrifice.

The grace(only) of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.