The higher, supernatural life, springs out of; emerges from,
life lived in accordance to the commandments and teaching
of Jesus Christ, which must necessarily take place in our life
lived in our bodies, in our minds, in our psychology, our
emotions.
The supernatural life is not found in a different, separate,
other sphere than the one we already find ourselves in.
We can not find God by looking into the sky.
"They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly
two men dressed in white stood beside them. Men of Galilee," they said,
"why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has
been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you
have seen Him go into heaven"
Acts 1:10- 11
So when people say that they are pagans and live according to nature;
the science of nature; the science of the body, and they think that this
is somehow in contradiction to faith in God, they are mistaken,
because this is the very material; the tools we have, to work with and
put the religion into practise.
It is illogical to believe that, because God Himself came down to earth
and became one of us; a human being, with all the aspects of human nature,
apart from sin.
He was fully human, and fully God.
The supernatural is not in conflict with the natural, it superimposes it.
Those who seek God with all their heart and all their strength, will find Him.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door
will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7, NIV
"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking,
and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you."
Matthew 7:7, NLT
Actively personal seeking is a requisite, you will rarely stumble upon God
by accident. But that does happen now and again though, when God might
reveal Himself to people that are even strongly opposed to Him, like what
happened to Saul on the road to Damascus.
"Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the
Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues
of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or
women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone
around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice
saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard
for you to kick against the goads.”
So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to
do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be
told what you must do.”
And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice
but seeing no one. Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes
were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought
him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither
ate nor drank."
Acts 9, 1-9
To find God we need to go into the wilderness; the wilderness of our
existential loneliness.
We are in the world, but we are not of the world, and our destination is
in the next world. In this world we are only passing through.
We need to disengage from the world, to pull back from it, in order to
be able to look at what is in our minds and hearts.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of
your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what
is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans 12:2
The "world" is channeled mainly through mass media, it "informs" us what
is true, what is going on, what is good and normal, and what is bad, and so
on.
Studies shows, which corresponds with my own impression, that appr.
70 - 80 % of people live in consensus with the world. They believe in
the government, the media, the popular opinions on any given subject,
all this is their external guide that they adhere to.
Even when when there is cognitive dissonance, when it goes against
their own values and common sense, for example that
marriage between two people of the same sex is marriage,
that killing your unborn living baby, up to 9 months of gestation
is totally acceptable and even healthcare, or
the massive pressure and threats they used to force the population
to take an experimental injection, a vaccine, against a virus that posed
no threat to them, as the experts all explained openly it was an influenza
that was not dangerous for healthy people,
the sexualizing of young children carried out in the school system,
the normalisation of transgenderism,
the encouragement of small children to "question" their sexuality, and
if they "think" that they are not the gender that they are born with, they
are encouraged and referred to clinics to get surgery done.
These are things that are actually taking place, and has been happening for
a long time already; this is what people are being brainwashed into accepting
as normal, this madness comes from the government, the same government
that people trust and believe in. And vote for.
But
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of
the evil one."
1John 5:19
This state of affairs could never have come about if there was enough people
who sought God.
Enough people willing to disengage from their cultural conditioning, to look
inside themselves, change, convert.
This can only happen inside the person, driven by their own will and desire.
It can not be imposed.
Neither is it the easy option, because it is the opposite to the ways of the world.
"You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The
highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose
that way."
Matthew 7:13 NLT
But it is worth it, because when you find God, you also find your real self.
You are completely unique, there is only ONE of you.
"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well."
Psalm 139:13-14
"Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this
world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over
to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
John 18:36
After Jesus had healed the man (Matthew 8,3) of leprosy, He commanded
the man to not tell anybody, but to only show himself to the priest.
"Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show
yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony
to them.” (Matthew 8,4)
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