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To the Household of God, Israel, and all those who go with... may you all have peace!

So, the "lesson" continues! I will now share with you what our dear Lord shared with me early this morning on this matter, truth, versus love, being the pure language. I was pondering over the teaching/thought by some that love is the pure language and I asked him why truth and NOT love was that language, in light of what Paul wrote about love. What he shared with me is sublime:

Paul wrote that love "never fails." And this is true: TRUE love... NEVER fails. However, there are many forms of love - eros (romantic love), philea (brotherly love), agape (general love). There is "love" that is really just infatuation... and even "puppy" love, which IS a form of love. There is "love" that is self-serving (narcissism, conceit). There is "love" that originates from fear (say, of a person), versus knowledge of that person (which is often the case as to JAH Himself). In addition, although true love does not fail, it CAN manifest in degrees: more love today, less tomorrow. Just never failing. Love, then, can turn on, then off, then right back on (think, JAH's love for Israel, which THEY rejected, in essence, stepping OUTSIDE of His love). It can wax and wane... depending on circumstances... although never going out completely. And... one can love a spouse today... and hate them tomorrow. Or love a child GREATLY today, but not so much tomorrow. And so on.

Truth, however, is ALWAYS truth. It NEVER changes. And truth... is ALWAYS evident; man, however, does not always have the MEANS to discern that evidence. Our dear Lord gave me the example of the Adversary. HE (our Lord) said that the WHOLE world is lying in the power of the wicked one. If we LOOK, we can discern this truth... based on the EVIDENCE: the condition of the world (i.e., hunger, poverty, sickness, war, death, etc.). Some would say, however, that that does not PROVE the existence of the Adversary... because we cannot SEE the Adversary. Which is true! We CAN, however, see the EVIDENCE of his influence!

Just like we cannot see an atom (with the naked eye)... nor COULD see one before the means (tools) to do so were invented... they have always been there. We could see EVIDENCE of them, though, before we could see them. And so, the TRUTH is that atoms always existed. What CHANGED, once the means to see them came into existence, is our PERCEPTION.

Truth cannot change, though. CANNOT. Again, the example of the earth, which I've often used: it was ALWAYS round, even when it was BELIEVED... based on the limited information at the time... to be flat. Pluto was ALWAYS there, even if we could not see it. I could share many more example, but I am sure you get the point. So, the only thing that can... and very often DOES... change is our PERCEPTION of truth, of what IS true, based on our [limited] knowledge and/or understanding at a given time.

Unlike love... which comes in many forms... and CAN change, depending on that form... AND depending on the PERSON... truth... does not... cannot change. It IS... regardless of whether we BELIEVE it... or PERCEIVE it.

And that is why IT is "pure." It does not deviate, alter, change. Something is either true... or it is not. Regardless of what we BELIEVE/PERCEIVE.

I hope this helps and, again, peace to you ALL!

Servant to the Household of God, Israel, and all those who go with, and a slave of Christ, the HOLY One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah)... who is the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH... of Armies,

Shellamar

Now, you see... tears to my eyes. Sublime is exactly right.

Thank you for sharing, and thank Jah and his Son for giving this to you, TO share. Praise be to them.



Amen!


What beautiful truths you are learning and sharing, from the Spirit. I am filled with joy and love and the spirit within me moves in joy and love at what you are receiving and sharing.


Peace and love to you my sister,

Your sister, servant, and fellow joyful slave of Christ,

tammy

Yes, thank you for sharing this.

Makes perfect sense. Love can change, can demonstrate different forms and degrees with individuals but... Truth cannot change.

Another reason the WTBS can not understand the "real truth". Every time they come up with "newlight", their truth changes.

Love and Peace to you as well,

Your sister and fellowservant of Christ, Justmom

Yes, dear tec (peace to you, luv!)! And although I have had other periods of... mmmmmmm... great "activity", from a spiritual standpoint, somehow this is different. The discussions are not just not about elementary things, but more than even I imagined is being shown/taught. I must admit: I am wondering if there is a reason that we are receiving what we are... NOW... given the recent developments occurring with the whole Iran/Israel "thing"... and the prophecy as to the unleashing of the "four winds." Curious, that.

Regardless, I DO know that one reason I AM receiving what I am... and being directed to share it with YOU dear ones... is because we are being told to wake up. I had thought that perhaps the time of "sleep" had not yet arrived for the ten virgins... but what if it has? What if... we've BEEN asleep... and NOW is the time for us to wake up and ready ourselves for the Bridegroom's arrival?

Of course, I'm not saying that that is the case - I truly do not know. And I don't want to say that we are the only (generation) that received what is being shared with us... OR thought that perhaps that time was near. BUT... again, it just "feels" different. Deeper, if that makes any sense... and closer (to Christ)... if THAT makes sense.

While I would NOT presume to tell ANYONE that "the time is at hand"... I WOULD share with all what our dear Lord has shared with ME... and that is that this is NOT a time to fall asleep AGAIN... but a time to WAKE UP/STAY AWAKE. So... it is up to each one to decide, for himself/herself whether it would be prudent to pay a little more than the usual attention, if not full attention, to what is being given us. I don't say given ME... because I am YOUR servant; a willing instrument... a good for NOTHING servant... and nothing more. That our dear Lord "uses" me doesn't make me special or better; I am a sinner, even a foremost one... and so I offered myself. That he chooses to take advantage of that... is nothing more than his prerogative. I am merely grateful... for his love... AND his mercy.

So, yes: wonderful things, yes. YES!! I am constantly amazed at these things, just as (some of) you dear ones may be. Because I don't know them any more than you do; indeed, I sometimes are not even aware of them... until I am directed to SHARE them... you you dear ones. They are NOT mine - I do NOT know these things, in and of myself. I PROMISE you - I really am NOT that "smart," not at ALL.

But I AM grateful. I know what I DESERVE (and I don't say that to say ALL deserve what I do!)... and so this UNdeserved kindness... how could I EVER repay it? I could not. So, sharing with YOU dear ones... WHAT I am given... WHEN I am directed to do so... is the best I can do. To SHOW my love. I would, as our dear Lord AND our dear God and Father would... EVERYONE go to him, Christ... so as to hear and receive things things... so as to share with others. And I REJOICE... when others DO share! Because I am just ONE... VERY little "rock"... and very insignificant, indeed good for NOTHING... servant.

I am excited about what we have received thus far. Not just recently, but all along. Who wouldn't be? I just hope that I am able, always, to share with you dear ones all that I am given... "just so." That I DON'T deviate, leave something out, add something to, etc., so that what YOU receive... should it be through the unworthy and insignificant instrument that I am... is always true, accurate... and perhaps enough to compel you to go to the One from Whom I receive such... wonderful... WONDERFUL... truths... your dear selves. All of you. ALL of his Body. ALL... of Israel. Whether they be here... or elsewhere.

May the undeserved kindness and mercy of MY God and Father, the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH of Armies... and the love and peace of MY Lord and King... and YOURS... the HOLY One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah), who is His SON... be upon you, my dear, dear sister... and upon your entire household... as well as upon ALL those who call upon His name... and that name of His Son... out of a PURE heart... to time indefinite... should you and/or they so wish it!

PEACE... in the way our dear Lord gives it... to you!

YOUR servant, sister, and FELLOW slave of Christ,

Shellamar, who hopes that any who ARE listening can allow themselves to look PAST certain vernacular that APPEARS to have originated with others (i.e., things like "pay more than the usual attention", which is a WTBTS-ism... or so it seemed)... and push through to the TRUTH of the message - please, don't let WTBTS "baggage" stand in the way! It was just a statement, phraseology, but more accurately set forth the THOUGHT/POINT...

Make sense... "language" is something spoken, whether verbally, in written form, or via gestures (sign language). Love is something that comes from the heart, and something that can only be show by our actions. We are told to "speak truth with one another" (Eph 4:25), not "speak love with one another".

I have been thinking about the same things, with the same caution in regard to anything that comes after being told to wake up.

Because I already WAS asleep for most of my life. I don't want to go back to sleep. Though even now I can get going in a routine... and sort of be 'driving on automatic'... then hear or read something that sort of 'slaps me awake'.



In a physical sense, I think about how I wake my kids in the morning (one being a teenager) for school. I start out nudging, gentle, giving them a bit of time to wake up gradually... but it almost always comes down to that moment ' Wake UP! You have five minutes, you're gonna be LATE! Get up RIGHT NOW!"

(not yelling in the caps... just emphasizing, lol)

(though it is funny how my little one will wake up early on the weekends just fine on his own so he can play his games, lol; the oldest is a teenager and growing so the sleep is great weekday or weekend...)


Peace,
tammy

I don't know about anyone else, dear tec (mornin' and peace to you, luv!), but I would MUCH prefer a gentle way of being woken... perhaps just a whisper (LOL!)... than being slapped (or say, having water dashed in my face) - LOLOL! Those might actually make ME "wake up mad" - LOLOLOL! But I am a VERY light sleeper, though, so it doesn't necessarily even take someone "touching" me, let alone shaking/slapping me. I am often woken just by (feeling) the presence of another (person) near me/in the room/vicinity. Sometimes, someone just "looking" at me!

I like being a light sleeper, though, for the most part (I'm actually VERY grateful for it, at least for when our dear Lord comes... or when "something" occurs... outside, with my kids/husband/pups, etc., that shouldn't)... but it does leave me exhausted sometimes (like when I'm sick/recovering from surgery, etc., and NEED to sleep!). I have found that the ONLY thing that KEEPS me asleep... is anesthesia. NOT good.

Peace!

YSSFS of Christ,

Shellamar

I keep losing my post here...

I spoke to my Lord about this last night:



And I heard that the important issue is our FAITH.




We must strengthen our faith...2 Tim 4:7

That has to be our priority. I understand that faith is like a muscle that needs exercise. We must use it to strengthen it.



Loz x

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"This is my son. LISTEN to Him!"

Thank you Loz!


Peace and love to you, and may we then build ourselves and one another up in our faith, from and with the help of our Lord, the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, Jaheshua!

Y'all are so full of the spirit and truth, that the spirit in me cannot help but to respond.

Like the spirit 'catching fire'.

Your sister and servant, and fellow slave of Christ,
tammy

Hello Dear Loz and everyone this evening,

Faith IS very important for us to work on and hold on to as we are reminded that " Faith is not the possession of all people." 2 Thessalonians 3:2

Faith is also that " assured expectation of the thing hoped for"... Hebrews 11:1

Faith is also a fruitage of the spirit. Galatians 5:22

And the fruitage of this faith is what these virgins have enough to be awakened to hear our Lords voice when he returns for them. They have been asleep in death hoping and awaiting ( assured expectation) for the time of his return to gather them.

But my understanding as to the importance of this message for us NOW as to our either staying awake or if we have fallen asleep either spiritually or physically is to keep our vessel or receptacle and lamps full of oil which is Holy Spirit, that " life within ourselves " enough life so as not just to " hear our Lords voice " which does take faith, but enough life in us ( Holy Spirit ) to be able to go out and meet him as our bridegroom for the marriage.

It is oil that was used to annoint. It is represented by Holy Spirit. On Pentecost they were " filled with Holy Spirit".

It is extremely important that we keep our vessels filled with this same spirit as well so that our lamps will burn bright, so bright there is enough oil that when our lord arrives we won't need to go off and try to find it/ buy it elsewhere and lose out.

And all we have to do is go to and ask the one who dispenses it for FREE!
CHRIST says to " Come to Him." Revelation 22:17

May all glory and praise go to the one that gives us these truths to share,
You sister and servant as well,
Love to you ALL Justmom

Greeting, my brothers and sisters in Christ:

Loz, I couldn’t agree with you more that faith is “one of the important issues” and “has to be our priority.” But, in truth, I think it is more accurate to state that it is ONE of our priorities. It is essential to have faith—no doubt about it. And as you state, we must continually strengthen that faith and to continue to ask for more whenever it is we perceive a lack of it in ourselves. If we remember Peter, we can remind ourselves that faith does wax and wane—even in ourselves.

We must, however, remember what Our Lord stated about our lamps:

“The lamp of the body is the eye."—Matthew 6:22.

and

"I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and that the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see."—Revelation 3:18.

As for the ten virgins with their lamps of oil (eyes with holy spirit so as to see), we know that the oil is holy spirit, so we must make sure that we (unlike the five foolish virgins) have enough of it (oil = holy spirit) for ourselves. Our Lord even admonished us to keeping asking for it, thus, making it another one of our “priorities”:

"Further, he said to them: “Who of YOU will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, loan me three loaves, 6 because a friend of mine has just come to me on a journey and I have nothing to set before him’? 7 And that one from inside says in reply, ‘Quit making me trouble. The door is already locked, and my young children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell YOU, Although he will not rise up and give him anything because of being his friend, certainly because of his bold persistence he will get up and give him what things he needs. 9 Accordingly I say to YOU, Keep on asking [For what?], and it will be given YOU; keep on seeking [For what?], and YOU will find; keep on knocking [For what?], and it will be opened to YOU. 10 For everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking it will be opened. 11 Indeed, which father is there among YOU who, if his son asks for a fish, will perhaps hand him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he also asks for an egg, will hand him a scorpion? 13 Therefore, if YOU, although being wicked, know how to give good gifts to YOUR children, how much more so will the Father in heaven [b]give holy spirit to those asking him[/b]!”—Luke 11:5-13.

The bottom line was/is our asking for holy spirit—yet another “priority” for us. There is not just one priority for Christians—there are several. We have to have enough “oil” (holy spirit) in our “lamps” (eyes) in order to “see” our Bridegroom when he returns. If we don’t have enough, and we know it now, we better, like the “visitor” in Christ’s parable, do some ‘bold persistent knocking’ in order to get it now and have it now so that when the Bridegroom does arrive we aren’t shut out like the five foolish virgins.

--Armand

Thank you ALL because I did not fully understand the message of what we are being told to do now.


I have been misunderstanding. I have had a hard time understanding and hearing my Lord on his words about the virgins and the lamps. So that I did not understand that NOW we are being asked to FILL our lamps with oil (holy spirit) so that our lamps are FULL, so that when He comes we WILL see Him and WILL be able to go out and meet Him. And of course we fill our lamps by going to the one who gives holy spirit for FREE... to anyone who asks Him.

Of course faith in our Lord is how we know to do as He asks, to hear what he tells us, and to ask Him for oil (holy spirit) so as to be able to see Him when He arrives. But as long as we have faith and exercise our faith in Him, then we must DO as he tells us.

He is telling us to fill up with holy spirit and He also tells us how. He is the one who knows. And as long as we are awake (as we are being told TO wake up), we CAN ask Him for holy spirit.


Peace to you all,
tammy

The above understanding then led me to ask... does this mean that we are still going to fall asleep?

My Lord reminded me about all those who have belonged to Him who did fall asleep (in death).

But then I wondered... aren't some going to be alive when he returns also?

He also reminded me about about his apostles, who fell asleep at the time that He was praying (the night of his betrayal, when he was handed over to be judged and crucified) As He prayed, they fell asleep. He asked Peter, "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?" He left to pray, the fell asleep again (3 times this happened) Until Christ returned the third time, and said:

"Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up and let us go; behold the one who betrayed me is at hand."


So whether we are still going to fall asleep or not (in death or as the disciples did above... complacency, being lulled to sleep)... I have not yet heard... but I do understand that as long as we are awake, we are able to ask him for holy spirit, to fill UP so that we have enough in our lamps to go out and meet Him when He returns. Of course, that HE asks us to do something is enough reason TO do it!


Peace to you,

tammy

Thank you JM and Armand for expanding the understanding as to our need to keep on asking for holy spirit. That's an excellent reminder for us all.

As Tammy also pointed out though, without the faith that we can ask and will receive it, we won't do the asking. This was what I understood from our Lord, that it is this faith of ours that we must continually strengthen, that we don't weaken, or grow tired.

Loz x

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"This is my son. LISTEN to Him!"

Exercising our faith in Him... is what I should have said. I am not suggesting anyone misunderstood that. But just in case, I hope that is more clear, because these two things are not necessarily the same.


Peace to you!
tammy