Our paragraph topic is: (The rich young man speaks to Jesus) Part 9.
The rich young man is there before Christ as Christ tells him what he must do to enter into the kingdom. He is listening intently. He is taking in all that is being spoken. He is absorbing on a conscious and subconscious level all that which is being given him by Christ. For he has to make sense of it all. He has to understand it. He has to remember it and repeat it so that he can accepts it completely. And Christ has given these commandments to him in simple terms in order that he can accept them.
Just as he was speaking to the rich young man, he was also speaking to all that heard, to all that was in ear shot of his words, and all that would hear these words as they are passed on to others. For he has given to all the stepping stones, the building blocks, the foundation for salvation. These are the commandments that have the most meaning and these are the commandments that will open the doors to the kingdom. And Jesus said, "Honor thy father and mother."
Of all the things that we should not do: kill, steal, commit adultery, etc., this is the one thing that Christ tells us that we should do. We should give honor to those who gave us life. We should give honor to those who brought us into this world. We should pay homage to those who came before us. We should show respect and recognition to their contribution to our life.
Why was I born? Why am I here? These are two questions that each and every one of us has asked at some point in our lives. We want meaning. We want purpose. We want direction. We want understanding that we may know what is our purpose, our goal, our destination. And thus we turn back to those who gave to us the who that we are today. We turn to them for purpose, for direction, and for knowledge. Lacking that meaning, that purpose, that direction we must seek it from the world around us. And we must go in search of knowledge and wisdom that we may have purpose.
In search of that meaning and purpose we may, if we are fortunate, come full circle to those who gave us life. For the purpose is meaningless. The direction is full circle. And the question that we seek the answer to brings us back to our beginning. We have life. We have spirit. We have joy and peace and love and hope and faith and belief that our lives do have meaning and purpose. And that meaning comes from what has been give to us. That meaning comes from the life that we have. We are not talking about the physical but the spiritual life that is given to us.
For the spirit is eternal. The spirit is everlasting. The spirit is created from an image and a likeness that is eternal. And the spirit will be light or it will be dark. The spirit will know its meaning and purpose or the spirit will turn to the darkness that is within and be influenced by the evil that is in the world. We all have the choice. What do we choose? Do we know who we are or are we asleep in the world, following the norms that it gives us. The light of life is within all. This is the gift given us by Christ. For he came that we would have life again. He came that we would know. He came that we would believe in the one true God. But the choice is ours. We can believe or not believe. We can know or we can deny. We can see or we can be blind. That is our choice. But the knowledge or the ignorance that comes from the choice that we make can enlighten us to our destiny or blind us to darkness.
If we choose life then we can know the truth of who we are in Christ. We can see the light of life that is within us. We can know the love that our Father bears for us. And we can be with the spirit that will come to live with us. We give homage to those who participated in the creation. We honor those who came before us. We remember those who brought us into physical life that we would have choice. And we honor father and mother for the love and sacrifice that they made for us. For they gave what they had. They loved with what they could love. They gave direction with the direction that was given them. And they died with the spirit that will transform them to the true nature of their existence. May God be with them and may be with our Lord Christ Jesus forever.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
The rich young man is there before Christ as Christ tells him what he must do to enter into the kingdom. He is listening intently. He is taking in all that is being spoken. He is absorbing on a conscious and subconscious level all that which is being given him by Christ. For he has to make sense of it all. He has to understand it. He has to remember it and repeat it so that he can accepts it completely. And Christ has given these commandments to him in simple terms in order that he can accept them.
Just as he was speaking to the rich young man, he was also speaking to all that heard, to all that was in ear shot of his words, and all that would hear these words as they are passed on to others. For he has given to all the stepping stones, the building blocks, the foundation for salvation. These are the commandments that have the most meaning and these are the commandments that will open the doors to the kingdom. And Jesus said, "Honor thy father and mother."
Of all the things that we should not do: kill, steal, commit adultery, etc., this is the one thing that Christ tells us that we should do. We should give honor to those who gave us life. We should give honor to those who brought us into this world. We should pay homage to those who came before us. We should show respect and recognition to their contribution to our life.
Why was I born? Why am I here? These are two questions that each and every one of us has asked at some point in our lives. We want meaning. We want purpose. We want direction. We want understanding that we may know what is our purpose, our goal, our destination. And thus we turn back to those who gave to us the who that we are today. We turn to them for purpose, for direction, and for knowledge. Lacking that meaning, that purpose, that direction we must seek it from the world around us. And we must go in search of knowledge and wisdom that we may have purpose.
In search of that meaning and purpose we may, if we are fortunate, come full circle to those who gave us life. For the purpose is meaningless. The direction is full circle. And the question that we seek the answer to brings us back to our beginning. We have life. We have spirit. We have joy and peace and love and hope and faith and belief that our lives do have meaning and purpose. And that meaning comes from what has been give to us. That meaning comes from the life that we have. We are not talking about the physical but the spiritual life that is given to us.
For the spirit is eternal. The spirit is everlasting. The spirit is created from an image and a likeness that is eternal. And the spirit will be light or it will be dark. The spirit will know its meaning and purpose or the spirit will turn to the darkness that is within and be influenced by the evil that is in the world. We all have the choice. What do we choose? Do we know who we are or are we asleep in the world, following the norms that it gives us. The light of life is within all. This is the gift given us by Christ. For he came that we would have life again. He came that we would know. He came that we would believe in the one true God. But the choice is ours. We can believe or not believe. We can know or we can deny. We can see or we can be blind. That is our choice. But the knowledge or the ignorance that comes from the choice that we make can enlighten us to our destiny or blind us to darkness.
If we choose life then we can know the truth of who we are in Christ. We can see the light of life that is within us. We can know the love that our Father bears for us. And we can be with the spirit that will come to live with us. We give homage to those who participated in the creation. We honor those who came before us. We remember those who brought us into physical life that we would have choice. And we honor father and mother for the love and sacrifice that they made for us. For they gave what they had. They loved with what they could love. They gave direction with the direction that was given them. And they died with the spirit that will transform them to the true nature of their existence. May God be with them and may be with our Lord Christ Jesus forever.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
