Re: [TruthTalk] The Tree of Delusion FYI

[Judy Taylor]

Who is OC and what does he have to do with the price of fish?     On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:59:32 -0400 "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > He is quite wonderful (OC) is he not? Belief and life are > inextricably bound > together. Articulation and belief are not necessarily bound > together.     > From: "Judy Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Tree of Delusion > > The Tree of knowledge is the Tree of presumption, a realm of > delusion > > masquerading as wisdom. > > A system of knowing without the humble sweat of hearing. > > Human ideas that stand on proud logic, strutting as divine, but > unlived, > > unpracticed. And. . . untrue. > > Delusion is the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. And knowledge is > true > > ignorance. > > Knowledge is an illusion of truth, a deception of the impractical > that > > flatters > > blindess with the bloat of arrogance. Knowlege puffeth up I Cor. > 8:1KJ > > The Tree of death is saving, sparing, serving. . . Self. > > And unreality is a desirable foil to trick yourself into believing > that > > your evil is not just right but noble. > > The tree of Death is a dark place to hide your motive - from you. > > Under the ready shade of the Liar, delusion is the fruit that > fools only > > you. > > Straining at Gnats of the Inconsequential > > The Tree of Death is the False Law of making-up-your-own-law: > > Satan, out to usurp God's holy criterion, building his own > religion. > > A formula of the mind and not of the heart. > > Religion is rigid idealism, ever holding to the fantasy of "what > should > > be," rejecting "what is." > > The Pharisees objected to the failure to wash hands, to Jesus > healing on > > the sabbath. > > Picking at and daring to judge the works of God! Unimportant > things, > > proven so by Jesus' cavalier indifference. > > Their independent judging and picking struck them blind to the > presence > > of the God in whose very name they judged; > > believing as they did, that God agreed with them! > > Phil. 3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware > of the > > false circumcision. > > The Real Fruit is Real Death > > Reality or unreality. Life and death. These are the result of > desire, not > > the mistake of ignorance. > > There is no stumbling into your Tree. Not the oops of a "didn't > mean to." > > It is a choice. > > The end result is spiritual death that issues in literal death. > But > > tragically, the eater of that Tree inflicts death on others, > > infects the world with death and is the very agent of Death, God's > enemy. > > The Fruit of an Unsweet Sleep > > We know, we always know. . .the heart's real motive. In the > beginning we > > know but if we want to forget, > > there is a narcotic fruit that puts the memory of what we are into > the > > sleep of a fool. > > Sweet blindness and ignorant rest with no need for heart > examination. > > To seek knowledge is to "know" all yet lose sight of your own > self. The > > fruit of Knowledge is not illumination, it is forgetfulness. > Forgetting > > the right things and remembering what never was. > > The tree of Life is a glare of reality, God giving the true state > of > > things by their naked names. > > He is a Light that finds and sears. Kills and purifies. O > wonderful > > Light, agent of freedom! > > Taking God's place > > "They will be as gods" is the satanic delusion of knowledge.  The > Tree of > > Death does not cause us to become gods > > but deceives us into the insanity of thinking we are.The human > propensity > > is absurd lust for intellectual dominance over God to prove His > > irrelevance. . . and His inferiority. "I will set myself above the > Most > > High God." > > And life is the unending shock of pink slips that say: "You are > fired as > > God. You failed at being Him and at conquering Him." > > The problem is, we forget the message of the pink slip and ever go > back > > to "know" what the Real God never said. And to spout it as His > didactic > > word! Cor. 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but > of > > power. > > When there is moral wrong in a man who is susceptibly religious, > he will > > get more and more religious. The more moral rottenness, the more > exciting > > is the appeal. (to be religious) - Oswald Chambers > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that > you may > > know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) > > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email > to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you > have a > > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you > may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you > have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > >