Heart of the Wise

  Sometimes what seems to be a weakness to the undiscerning eye is simply an inverted strength. Hidden within certain adjudged imperfections are powerful underlying riches. A shortcoming may actually turn out to even be a saving grace or serving girdle.  As the adage goes: “Every disappointment is a blessing in disguise.” A similar saying captures it in more spiritually profound terms: “Man’s disappointments are God’s appointments.” These are potentially far-reaching blessings and benefits, or areas of strength, locked up in seeming vulnerabilities.  I will outline three below. 1 - Overcoming Offenses : The laidback, mellow and tolerant nature of not fighting back when triggered. The refusal to, or restraint from, reacting aggressively to acute hostility or deliberate provocation.  Unethical opportunists and criminal minds may take advantage of this trait in others to defraud them, thinking they can get away with it.  They don't know what they are doing to ...

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues, the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself ...

  I'm grateful to God for Satan, and for false religion, false friends and true enemies.  He used them remarkably to bring great help and honor on my life in a very unique and profound way.  If only they knew how their wickedness would greatly profit me, they would not have done it to me, but they don't know "Anything": for what can blind eyes really see? (Let the one who reads this understand).  I'm tempted to thank them and give them roses, but it wasn't their intention to edify or glorify me as their works indeed did. "They meant it for evil but God..." How shall these blind see The Way? (Let the one who reads this understand).  Many human beings have killed fellow human beings without conspicuous or visible weapons such as guns, knives, poisons, fights or direct altercations.  They steal, kill and destroy with stealth and sleight of hand by sabotaging, supplanting, stopping or sitting on, underating or undermining the provisions and opportunit...

  I am not better than anyone.  You are not better than anyone.  Everyone goes through external challenges and internal struggles. The fundamental difference in people is not in what they go through, where they come from or in their height, size, complexion, status, location or those external factors but in internal factors which define the texture of their true being, nature and personality: their hearts and minds , that is who they really are in essence and how they think .   The key difference in people is in each person’s  perspective , attitude and thinking pattern or thought process  (how as individuals people think about whatever happens, whatever is happening or whatever has happened).  "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." People are different because of how they think,  perceive, see or view things. In other words, their worldview (their inner sight, inside-out view or deep-seated perception of themselves, people, life, majo...

  "For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who pleases God. This too is vanity and chasing after the wind." (Ecclesiastes 2:26) Some practitioners of false Christianity twist and corrupt the Scriptural text cited above (as they do with many other texts in The Scripture) to actually commit the crime of subtle theft or undercover fraud against people. They may target unbelievers or certain believers who they erroneously and spitefully consider to be unbelievers. They either do this through commercialized religion or purely commercial enterprise (business and investment ventures).  They craftily execute this underhandedness with the warped mindset and darkened understanding of the mammon-inspired corruption of the concept of "wealth transfer". They may operate as individuals, including compromised contacts and aggrieved associates or former associa...

  Testing boundaries is inevitable. It will happen. It happens at different times and seasons. It happens with different motives and reasons. Sometimes they come as offenses or temptations to sin against God and man. One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!" (Luke 17:1 NLT) Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!" (Luke 17:1 NKJV) Sometimes they come as persecution and trials. Testing the genuineness of our faith through trials is for our ultimate good and to the glory of God. It purifies us, like gold is tested and purified by fire. "Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace].  And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your fait...

You cannot lose your salvation, e xcept you are not truly saved. If you're not truly saved, then you can fall away afte r tasting ( not truly eating and ingesting) the living seed of God's Word which produces genuine faith that endures to the end. In other words, n ot living (that is, being made alive) by God's Word, not having God’s life, n ot born of The Word and The Spirit, n ot made spiritually alive.  Simply put, such a one is not saved. "Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (member of the Sanhedrin) among the Jews,  who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), we know [without any doubt] that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs [these wonders, these attesting miracles] that You do unless God is with him.”  Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot...

  A short prose.  Sent from day one to destroy the ménage.  Incensed with deep and demonic hatred Envy, spite, despising and resentment. Close enough in proximity to access privacy  And be privy to personal information. Distant enough in heart to disclose privates  To others with whom their actual loyalty is. Yet masking meticulously as caring friend  Then flipped as dearest brother. Problem is not only that you hate  But that you keep lying that you love:  Just to gain trust and destroy. O, trickster of a high order!   Double-talking double agent of sorts. Tampering, tweaking and tossing out. Charming and charming. Sold, selling and for sale. Cracking for highest bidder.  Following the money. Inciting contention.  Supplanting the enmity.  Eyeing another’s assets. Devious, dubious, debasing.  Engaging in immoralities. Committing yet condemning. Hypocrite of hypocrites! Angered by truth and honesty. Thriving on lies and dec...

“He must not be a new convert, so that he will not [behave stupidly and] become conceited [by appointment to this high office] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil [for his arrogance and pride].  "And he must have a good reputation and be well thought of by those outside the church, so that he will not be discredited and fall into the devil’s trap.” (1Timothy 3:6-7 AMP) When Satan wants to destroy or derail a person who is spiritually ignorant, immature or infantile, he makes him a "pastor" meaning, an elder, bishop or overseer in the church who has spiritual oversight over other believers.  This is a satanic spiritual setup to cause people to fall into the same judgment and condemnation incurred by the devil (for his arrogance, pride and presumption).  Let the young Christian, the growing and gifted believer especially the new convert, no matter his socioeconomic status and influence or spiritual gifts and abilities, in all sense of humility and r...

"And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers]. "And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings." (Luke 16:8-9 AMP) The wicked manipulator plays games with people's hearts, minds and lives like he is “playing chess”. He is intentional, strategic and smart but he is callous and corrupt. He is debasing and unethical.  He is also audacious in his rough and boldfaced attempt at intimidation and suppression.  He even looks for some twisted "biblical basis" (to accompany his conc...