The Devotional

Papa “J” says

Oh my soul, ever found yourself saying something like that? Of course you have! Thus, this is the simple proof that you have One. Want to see it filled with joy. Read Psalm 119:129-136.

The steady rhythm sound of snapping and popping as the submarine submerges to depths deeper than the average person has ever been is comforting. Did he say comforting? Yes, I did! Comforting in the sense that the mechanical vessel you are in is doing exactly as it is designed and capable of doing. The experienced automobile driver would have the same comfortable feeling as he or she drove their car. The familiar sounds; the engine, the transmission, the tires and other device noises saying to the driver – all is normal. There is comfort in knowing that it is okay to keep moving forward, or downward. The snapping and popping on a descending sub has a distinct rhythm, if it becomes disturbed in some way, all ears of those awake will come to attention. Sort of like hitting a pot hole and waiting for the tire to go flat. So, life no matter where you are on this planet is like listening to a system of normality. Greater than knowing that things are normal is knowing Jesus. This is how Jesus describes a supernatural and normal relationship with Him. Matthew 11:25-30 The sound of resting in Him is joy to the living soul and the soul never dies.

The Gospel of John

John 1:14 Some of our doctrines and theologies have drifted away from the Living Word of God. Thus it is strange to hear the literal and the allegorical mix that works it's way into Christendom today. The truth is, when it comes to literal and allegorical interpretations I really know very little about these human wisdoms that back the support of these systems. Thus what I have to say does not support or deny either one. I am simply in support of the Living Word of God.

For me this is very scary. I would rather be on a submarine that was making strange noises and take my chances of surviving mechanical malfunctions, then to stand between heaven and hell in the battle of theological differences when both of these system have problems of Spiritual balance. The strange thing is that both will admit to error and both call it “normal”! For me that means someone must stand in the gap and sound the collision alarm. One cannot “reform” something that was FORMED in the Beginning.

The Spirit of God clearly states that the Word of God became flesh, that this flesh was seen by those who were alive when the Word of God walked about in human flesh. This is the only time in the history of Mankind that God spoke in the fulness of Grace and Truth and He did this through Jesus Christ, His Son. Read His Story and listen to His Witnesses. Romans 14:11-13 and Philippians 2:5-11 This is not literal or allegorical, it is just – Basic Jesus 101.