You Miss Out.

Some people assume that if you aspire to spiritual values you will miss out on any worldly rewards.

But this is not necessarily the case.

Because God is with the poor and the humble does not mean that He is not with others.

God helps everyone.

And God helps those who help themselves as well.

So do not assume that spiritual development results in poverty and need.

God allows us to support ourselves.

But we must also support the poor and the needy.


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God Will Not Judge You.

God will not judge you.

Gay or straight.

God judges no one.

And those who say that He does.

Do not know God.


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Flow.

What is needed in our world is a flow of goodwill and action to areas of need.

"and it was distributed to each as any had need,"  Acts 4:35 (NRSV)

This applies to money, resources, personal presence, and support.

What is stopping us from doing this?

The answer is: we have closed our hearts to people in need.

Fear causes us to harden our hearts.

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear,"  1 John 4:18 (NRSV)

Were we able to overcome our fears and open our hearts the world would be a different place.

As water flows around obstacles and barriers so our love must flow to all those in need.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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The Will?

We now know what we need to do to address the problems of poverty and starvation in our world.

We now have the means to do it.

But do we have the will?


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Redemption.

You may say that we should not identify Satanists in rock music and popular culture.

But we must have a commitment to the truth.

And I am not advocating destroying anyone.

God's aim is not to destroy Satanists but to redeem them.

Satanism is based on false premises.

It will not stand close scrutiny.

There is no devil in reality.

And no hell.

The Night also is God's.

God is merciful, forgiving, and benevolent.

So Satanists should wake up and return to the Love of God with Joy.


(Statue - Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)

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Working Backwards.

What Satanists in rock music and entertainment do is work backwards from the answer.

Because worldly values are seen as the enemy of spiritual values they assume that backwards spiritual practices will bring worldly success.

But this is not necessarily the case.

The spiritual realm is not dualistic.

God is the only spiritual power.

He is holistic, panentheistic, and immanent.

That is to say God is everything and more and God is in everything and everything is in God.

God is transcendent - beyond evil and sin.

Our human ideas of dualism do not apply.

So do not listen to the antiquated ideas of Satanism.

There is no devil and no hell.

God is One.


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Lies.

Rock musicians delight in telling people how it all is.

They inform and advise.

They also work through the collective unconscious.

But their words are lies.

Rock music is secretly Satanic.

They would be the last people on earth who would know how it all is.

If they tell you to lie the chances are they were lying to you in the first place.

And how can something stand that is based on lies?

The truth is powerful.

It strikes a chord with the unconscious.

And it banishes lies.

Forever.


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