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| | == Living Life to the Fullest == |
| The Bible Is the Accurate and Authoritative Description of Both the Physical and Spiritual Aspects of Life }}
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| We all want to live life to the fullest. What does that mean? Learning the value and preciousness of life means not only gaining eternal life, but building a close and loving relationship with our Creator, learning to love and care for man kind, and to work for the Kingdom of Heaven. The best way to do these things is to understand the Eternal's word to man kind in Scripture because there we find the answers to what helps life, what harms life, and what builds close relationship. Living life to the fullest takes diligence because we already live in a post-truth world (that is quickly running towards becoming a virtual world) whose philosophies are very destructive. | | We all want to live life to the fullest ... but what does that look like? The fallen world we live in will suggest many answers, including: wealth, power, fame, honor, extended life by medicine or possibly robotics, and all the physical comforts and pleasures you can list. Yet striving for these things has repeatedly shown they bring pride, selfishness and competition, as well as much pain in the world. |
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| | Scripture paints a very different picture of how living Life to the fullest appears. Within it, are concepts describing what helps life and what harms life. Which things belong to the Kingdom of Light and which things belong to the Kingdom of Darkness. When we apply this wisdom to living Life to the fullest, we find three major categories to consider: |
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| ==Risk of Destruction==
| | '''Eternal Life''' You cannot have life to the full without eternal life ... and you cannot have eternal life without humbling yourself, admitting your sin, and asking the Savior to take your place in punishment for the wicked things you have done. This requires an understanding of the beauty of truth, righteousness, innocence, and purity - that starts small and grows over time. It is not something you can earn, but something that is offered and given by our wonderful Creator. |
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| | '''Peace for Yourself and Love for Others''' Life will become fuller when you have peace and love. Peace and contentment are internal things you can have no matter your external circumstances. It includes both the physical care of the body, the spiritual care of the soul, as well as a depth of knowing that death need only be a temporary setback. Love, compassion, and caring for others is how we should relate to one another. We, ourselves, have benefited from the Eternal's mercy and forgiveness ... we should grant these same things to others around us. |
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| | '''A Close Personal Relationship with the Eternal''' Life will become fullest when a close personal relationship with the Eternal is developed. Growing relationships require spending time together, and it is no different with the Almighty. Do we share our life with Him? Do we spend time in His word? Not surprisingly, such a relationship will, over time, motivate a person to work for the Kingdom of Heaven in some way ... often helping others to have eternal life, grow in peace and love, or building their own close relationship ... causing others to have a full, fuller, and fullest life as well. |
| *[[Search for Meaning to Life Summary]]
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| *[[Gambling with Eternity Summary]]
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| ==Reaching for Higher Ground==
| | This website is the sharing of what the pursuit of living life to the fullest has looked like in my life. The first twenty-five years being more in search of worldly things with an emphasis on knowledge. The second twenty-five years a slow learning of what the Eternal has told us through His word ... with a personal emphasis on understanding creation and the preciousness of life. And, as I have entered the third twenty-five years of my life, hoping to share what is truly important in a heavenly view rather than what is presented as urgent in a worldly view. |
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| A few basic truths will answer a thousand other questions regarding life, morality, forgiveness, eternity, and honor while falsehood will produce a set of philosophies, beliefs, and worldviews on a physical base lacking any depth. Truth is a pre-requisite for purity and righteousness while falsehood wastes our resources, relationships, and respect. The truth of the Kingdom of Heaven will bring salvation, wisdom, hope, blessing, and miracles while lies will destroy our faith, promote foolishness, and move us in the wrong direction. Truth will reveal how corrupt, sinful, wicked, and post-truth the world really is and expose what we genuinely treasure for this life and the next as well as what we are willing to work for. There are many battlefields, but sharing how to discern truth and falsehood will shield believers from harm and restore justice to their lives.
| | == Navigating This Website == |
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| *[[Kingdom of Heaven Summary]]
| | ''' Searchbox ''' If you have a specific topic of interest, use the search box at the top of the page to determine if it has been added yet. |
| *[[Two Trees Summary]]
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| ==Role of Defending Life==
| | ''' [[Encouraging Life Seminar Summary]] ''' This is a combination of the "Encouraging Life Seminar" and the "Path of the Righteous Warriors" training series. Together, there are links to all the major sections of the website. |
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| When life is attacked either physically or spiritually, it must be defended from the enemy that would destroy, corrupt, or enslave. Within the war, facts and evidence will reveal the truth and the resulting benefits to life while the enemy will hide how falsehood harms life through deception, conspiracy, consensus, suppression of truth, and other dishonorable tactics and weapons that appeal to pride and the lusts of the flesh. The training is not merely learning how to recognize and fight the endless individual enemies and problems; it is becoming part of the long-term resistance to false mainstream ideas and concepts that are a core part of the enemies tactics. Wearing the armor of light is not just an academic exercise, but instead requires a high standard of living out what each piece of armor represents, knowing that your example will be hated by those who love, favor, and enjoy falsehood.
| | ''' [[Learning to Follow the Good Shepherd]] ''' For those interested in reading my personal testimony, this page has links to lots of background and event articles. |
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| *[[Understanding The War Summary]]
| | ''' [[What If ... Questions and Answers]] ''' A short series of tough questions regarding life and death, truth and falsehood, and especially sin and salvation. |
| *[[Knight Academy Summary]]
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| *[[Path of the Righteous Warrior Summary]]
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| ==Relationship With the King==
| | ''' [[Base Camp of Original Creation Summary|Creation Science]] ''' One of my favorite topics is discovering the amazing beauty and variety that our Creator has made. |
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| We must humble ourselves and submit to Elohim's authority. The Bible, as the word of Elohim, is the accurate and authoritative description of both the physical and spiritual aspects of life and we must greatly know and understand it so we can act rightly and not be deceived by the enemy through inaccurate doctrine, twisting of Scripture, or false prophets. There is nothing more powerful than an active relationship with the Eternal for it is He who is Creator, Lawgiver, and Redeemer and it is He who is worthy of our worship while the enemy is a pride driven fraud who promotes idolatry and fear to steal and take what does not belong to him. Perhaps the most important and foundational truth is that of salvation; the availability of forgiveness of sin and the opportunity to be a child of Elohim in the Kingdom of Heaven throughout eternity which can motivate us to withstand anything the enemy can throw at us from this world.
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| *[[Helmet of Salvation Summary]]
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| *[[Scripture Strategy Summary]]
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| *[[Honoring the Eternal Summary]]
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| ==Reality of the Kingdom of Heaven==
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| We learn from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that what is true brings goodness, benefit, love, and closeness to Elohim while false brings separation, cursing, darkness, and destruction. The opening concepts of Genesis are foundational to the relationship of the physical to the spiritual and gives meaning to both life and death - so it is little wonder that the enemy would attack this topic with great deceptions and unfair tactics in both theology and science. Our physical health depends heavily on our environment, food, and activity which were designed for our benefit; therefore, it should not surprise us that artificially made environments, food, and laziness will lead to an unhealthy life. It should not surprise us that greed and the desire for power will be careless about destroying the natural and created order of things. Understanding how the spiritual impacts the physical is one of the most profound and far reaching concepts within the Kingdom of Heaven allowing for genuine blessing and cursing as well as miracles; therefore, false concepts of spirituality and the absolute denial of it's existence are major battle tactics of the enemy. While truth does not give you eternal life, it will lead you to the Savior by exposing sin and righteousness or discerning good and evil while falsehood will lead you away from His protection towards death, disease, sin, misery, and fear.
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| *[[Belt of Truth Summary]]
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| *[[Base Camp of Original Creation Summary]]
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| *[[Daily Duties in the Physical Summary]]
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| ==Responsibility In the Covenant==
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| When man kind was created, he started in purity and was told there is a path to life and a path to death; once transgressed, he lost that purity and getting back to life would be impossible on his own. Man kind had it perfect until the fall; after that, he knew that no matter what was true, honorable, and righteous he could choose to do something different and go the way of pride, selfishness, and evil. The Eternal has offered a series of covenants to restore relationship with man kind and offer new life, but the person must choose to leave the false, sinful, and abominable ways of the secular world and move towards obedience in His kingdom of truth, mercy, and forgiveness. Both during this life and after, we will be given judgement including blessing and cursing now and eternal life or death; therefore, discerning and deciding on truth and righteousness is in our own best interest rather than acting blind, using fuzzy vision, or guessing at these realities. Our trust in His kingdom, commandments, and effects of the spiritual will not only protect us with peace, hope, joy and love but will shield us from the negative effects and influences from a world full of ulterior motives, slavery, greed, and the lusts of the flesh.
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| *[[Shield of Faith Summary]]
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| *[[Man Kind's Marching Orders Summary]]
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| *[[Overcoming Defeat at Judgment Summary]]
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| ==Righteousness in the Savior==
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| If you ignore the spiritual aspects of life and the fallen nature of man kind, then you will not see the need for a Savior and all the work, effort, and struggles of your life will be wasted and come to nothing. Ultimately, the only way to defeat death and return to purity and eternal life is through humbling oneself, admitting one's sin, and accepting the substitutionary sacrifice and atonement offered through the Messiah. From the beginning, the accounts of Scripture picture and foreshadow the eventual return of man kind unto a close and loving relationship with the Eternal as it was meant to be and free from the evil of this current age. The logic and philosophies of this world, and any sense of morality or right and wrong they can produce, are far inferior and inadequate in their abilities to protect life compared to the righteousness, justice, and mercy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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| *[[Breastplate of Righteousness Summary]]
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| *[[Messiah the Ultimate Righteous Warrior Summary]]
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| *[[Top Secret Prophecy Summary]]
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| ==Resisting Evil in the World==
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| Discerning truth from fiction and right from wrong are necessary tools when the enemy will mask and misrepresent things to lead one astray, bring hate, destruction, death, and cause any abomination possible. The Deceiver is more than our enemy, he is the leader of the demonic rebellion and his schemes to desensitize us to evil and the value of life work through darkness, mysticism, and falsehood. Man Made religious traditions, that often masquerade as commandments, place a person under the authority and the potential cult-like leadership of the one's making the traditions and essentially state that the Eternal's ways are not accurate or good enough with the end result of people being led astray and often a water-downed, weak, or insufficient version of the Messiah as Savior. Truth, humility, and understanding one's genuine place in life are the ways to resist the temptations, weaknesses, and fantasies caused by the flesh and pride and offered by the secular world. The words and wisdom of the Kingdom of Heaven bring peace to the soul while the world seeks the pleasures and happiness of the body even to their own harm.
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| *[[Sword of the Spirit Summary]]
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| *[[Adversary and Accuser Summary]]
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| *[[Occult Realm Summary]]
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| *[[Religious Traditions Summary]]
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| *[[Personal Battlegrounds Summary]]
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| ==Remembering My Testimony==
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| After being suicidal from growing up in a secular and fiction loving society giving little or no meaning to life, I began seeking meaning to life which has led me to explore reality, understand truth, and ultimately find the Kingdom of Heaven. Logic, and all of the philosophical ideas about life, pleasure, morality, and beauty, is based on incomplete / physical concepts and can only produce a lifestyle whereas faith builds upon a more complete / spiritual understanding and brings true life. Sharing the proper answers to the great questions of life, including the concepts of righteousness, truth, and purity, can help people understand the value of life, have peace, and grow in His kingdom as well as fight the wickedness found in a post-truth world.
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| *[[Shoes of Peace Summary]]
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| *[[Logic and Faith Summary]]
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| *[[Desire for Truth Summary]]
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| *[[Ancestry and Family Tree Summary]]
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| *[[Friends and Coworkers Summary]]
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| ==Ready for Action==
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| Watching the effects of personal choices makes it obvious that one of the most important battles in life is to make a conscious effort to fight for and to defend righteousness, truth, and purity while living in a world full of sin, falsehood, and evil which is defended by enemies and pseudo-enemies. It is not until one pursues purity that one recognizes the amount of corruption in the world and how much the world, and even believers, do not want to hear or are scared of truth but would prefer a fictional world. When we oppose evil by standing for truth, honesty, and correction, persecution can follow in many possible forms including the loss of friends, slander, restrictions, oppression, and, at the extreme, death. It can be a test of courage and endurance, but to surrender and even ignore falsehood and evil is not an option, because accepting a lie will bring the consequences of a lie just as fighting for truth will bring the consequences of truth.
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| *[[Mantle of Zeal Summary]]
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| *[[Training Summary]]
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| ==Reviving the Soul==
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| As we repent of past sinful ways and grow in sanctification, we should become shining examples of truth and honesty in a world filled with deception. As created beings, making the choice for truth is a choice for something better and it is powerful because it effects every decision a person makes and can improve life by showing the way of eternal life, peace, and a relationship with the Eternal. We should make Scripture our friend for it is beautiful, has hope, can bring honor, answer the great questions of life, and lead us to the Savior while fiction is shallow, causes problems, and indulges in both pride and the lusts of the flesh.
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| *[[Natanael Summary]]
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| *[[Repent for the Kingdom Is Here Summary]]
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| *[[Restoration of Innocence Summary]]
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| ==Reward of Life==
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| *[[Created Beings Summary]]
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| *[[Life is Precious Summary]]
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Living Life to the Fullest
We all want to live life to the fullest ... but what does that look like? The fallen world we live in will suggest many answers, including: wealth, power, fame, honor, extended life by medicine or possibly robotics, and all the physical comforts and pleasures you can list. Yet striving for these things has repeatedly shown they bring pride, selfishness and competition, as well as much pain in the world.
Scripture paints a very different picture of how living Life to the fullest appears. Within it, are concepts describing what helps life and what harms life. Which things belong to the Kingdom of Light and which things belong to the Kingdom of Darkness. When we apply this wisdom to living Life to the fullest, we find three major categories to consider:
Eternal Life You cannot have life to the full without eternal life ... and you cannot have eternal life without humbling yourself, admitting your sin, and asking the Savior to take your place in punishment for the wicked things you have done. This requires an understanding of the beauty of truth, righteousness, innocence, and purity - that starts small and grows over time. It is not something you can earn, but something that is offered and given by our wonderful Creator.
Peace for Yourself and Love for Others Life will become fuller when you have peace and love. Peace and contentment are internal things you can have no matter your external circumstances. It includes both the physical care of the body, the spiritual care of the soul, as well as a depth of knowing that death need only be a temporary setback. Love, compassion, and caring for others is how we should relate to one another. We, ourselves, have benefited from the Eternal's mercy and forgiveness ... we should grant these same things to others around us.
A Close Personal Relationship with the Eternal Life will become fullest when a close personal relationship with the Eternal is developed. Growing relationships require spending time together, and it is no different with the Almighty. Do we share our life with Him? Do we spend time in His word? Not surprisingly, such a relationship will, over time, motivate a person to work for the Kingdom of Heaven in some way ... often helping others to have eternal life, grow in peace and love, or building their own close relationship ... causing others to have a full, fuller, and fullest life as well.
This website is the sharing of what the pursuit of living life to the fullest has looked like in my life. The first twenty-five years being more in search of worldly things with an emphasis on knowledge. The second twenty-five years a slow learning of what the Eternal has told us through His word ... with a personal emphasis on understanding creation and the preciousness of life. And, as I have entered the third twenty-five years of my life, hoping to share what is truly important in a heavenly view rather than what is presented as urgent in a worldly view.
Navigating This Website
Searchbox If you have a specific topic of interest, use the search box at the top of the page to determine if it has been added yet.
Encouraging Life Seminar Summary This is a combination of the "Encouraging Life Seminar" and the "Path of the Righteous Warriors" training series. Together, there are links to all the major sections of the website.
Learning to Follow the Good Shepherd For those interested in reading my personal testimony, this page has links to lots of background and event articles.
What If ... Questions and Answers A short series of tough questions regarding life and death, truth and falsehood, and especially sin and salvation.
Creation Science One of my favorite topics is discovering the amazing beauty and variety that our Creator has made.
Navigation Boxes and Categories These are found at the bottom of most pages and will direct you to similarly themed articles.
