March 24, 2014
Paid in Full
For safety reasons Sam, a missionary to the
Muslims, was incognito. “I’ve been deported three times; kicked out of the
country two times.” He laughed, “There is something to be said about not
getting beat up.” It was interesting to hear that Muslims believe man was
created the best of the best of the best and they do not accept the idea of
being a sinner. If I understood Sam correctly, Muslims consider themselves sinless,
yet understand there is a price to pay for sins committed that they don’t know about. According to Sam you can actually see the
countenance for the wages of sin in the Muslin faith. Up to the age of 17-18
all children are happy, but after this age of maturity they start paying for
sins. Between the ages 25-45 a Muslim become sad and downcast, wondering “did I pay
for that sin.” Then between the ages of 45-55 their shoulders drop and they
give up realizing they cannot possibly pay for their sins. “The next
day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes
away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NIV)
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Gail;
-----I like to say, “Truth has awareness.” What I basically mean is that a certainly true concept will certainly correlate with any and all other true concepts such that if you know a concept to be certainly true, then concepts you can imagine correlating with it are likely possibilities to find more truth, while imaginings not correlating with it are definitely false (given that you are discerning correlations correctly.)
-----Nobody lives more than a few minutes before he discovers himself producing another failure. It need not be very significant to be a failure. And many insignificant failures have produced catastrophic results. A little haste in the North Sea sank the Titanic. Launching in a couple extra degrees of chill turned a space shuttle into a bottle rocket. Considering the Super Bowl to be just another game produced five Bronco embarrassments. We’re very blessed, is all, that we are not quickly ended by our many little failures. Maybe that is how the Muslim proceeds to conclude his own perfection in the face of his clearly discernable errors.
-----But the awareness of truth constantly beckons participation in its sister concepts. Trying to maintain the fallacy of perfect nature in the shadows of personal bumbling necessarily degrades one’s estimation of his own intellectual prowess, for observation itself unavoidably shows true what the mind defiantly rejects. Moreover, every failure to humble one’s self to the call of truth’s awareness strikes another chip out of one’s perception of his own rationality. And as one fails to reason well, his countenance looses touch with what’s real. Many fake smiles cover actual frowns.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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