Levels - 3
Blue Non Classified v10 Ch 27 Deuv27 Obey the LORD our God and follow His commands...
~Once you say it you can never take it back.
But you can apologize for it...
All For Love
and share something good once in the appropriate level.
Sinner Level : Anger- sins & keeps on sinning, it creates the
need to be exposed by the light.
Salvation Level : Be angry & sin not, if to sin take responsibility
for sin by confessing/repenting/making
restitution.
Sanctification Level : Becoming more & more skilled at flowing
in the Fruit of the Spirit and Love of God,
allowing our reactions to not be based
from the actions of another but rather
submitting to the calm quiet spirit of Christ
that lives inside our heart. 1 Pet 3:4
Grandma did get to apologize to my dad, and also told me that she had felt so bad for doing that... she didn't know any better because "that's how my mother talked to me." It is so good that Christ gives us something different, working through all this word paraphernalia, trying to get us healed through the sinners prayer, healing us not only by His Blood that washes away our sin but then using His Watering Words to introduce us into the Mind of Christ to let us grow into that Love that is giving us a different way to think and perceive so that we may give away love to each other.
For The Lord is Good
Remember me telling you how my grandma had a sign posted on her front door that said 'don't even think of smoking in this house.' Well, in the day of the church era that grandma was being brought up in, the church taught things like smoking & drinking were sins so to grandma this was what righteousness looked like and if you were doing these things then you were a sinner and so at the time my dad was practicing these things to the point not of self-control but to the point of self-destruction, grandma separated from him under the belief that this is what Christians do and this is how you show you love God and this is how you show the sinner what you stand for so that they know what to do, problem is that this is immaturity and it doesn't change the human heart because sinners don't really understand the love of God or have the relationship to reaffirm to them how much Jesus loves them so why would they want our Jesus when we are showing them He doesn't want them by the way we separate from them? For even if you thought Chuck was the sinner, the bible instructs not to separate from the one who needs Jesus' help. Sinner is the level that opposes the way of God and makes us an enemy, yet Jesus still loves His enemies. So even if a person in the church is doing this that you believe is sin, and so is looking like an enemy, yet still we are back to square one to love our enemy, so it's not like we get to separate on the outside. Where the separation is supposed to be is in our hearts, where we separate from the way of sin so that we may now use our skills to bring the influence of Christ while avoid being sucked into whatever darkness we perceive the sinner is carrying so that it doesn't get back into our hearts. As having been practicing sinners, we had to have a place to go to get fixed because our hearts have been broken by sin and we need some love to help get us through our mistakes and show us the way of God. This is in the church and anywhere people are because love can be given away anywhere.
What is beautiful about this picture is how its on its way into a very deep family healing. My dad had suffered from a stroke, having already quit the smoking & drinking addictions. When grandma called me to tell what had happened, we flew from Midwest to San Luis Obispo Airport to drive her to him. From California to Washington State. This was new for me, for not only would grandma be back in his life, but he would be back in my life. This was also a double portion blessing for him, to see how loved he was by having his mother who had seperated from him for the last 10 or so years show up with me whom he hadn't seen in over longer than that. It sent a deep message of love because i had no ties to him yet had spent my money to buy airplane tickets, to rent this mini-van to drive his mother to see him. There were no strings attached, it was just love for another human being, who rather he deserves goodness, kindness, or not, will get to see what love looks like when Father God lives inside of people. And you know what, God had already gotten a hold of him and it was so beautiful to have us 3 together... this is the only picture i have of my dad and my grandma with me in a picture together. The Lord is so Good and what else can we do except Praise His Name.
All Praises to my King
When we got there we all went out for coffee and just shared. Grandma got to tell him that she loved him very much and she apologized but explained that those things aren't any good for you (understand she is choleric personality and injustice is something she will fight for so when she sees something destroy someone's life, she's not going to apologize for fighting for you to try to get you away from that stuff, if her delivery is horrible then the Holy Spirit will convict her as He did here to say sorry for the way she went about it, meaning, the motive was good but the delivery needed improvement). Grandma went from the Salvation level, by taking responsibility for the part she didn't do well in representing the love of Christ, my dad went from the sinner level because he accepted Jesus into his life, and the story was sanctified by the love we were now finally giving away to one another. Spending money, spending Love, receiving love, without making you feel like you owe me for it.
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