THE ILLUSION
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| Look closely. The hag is looking at you. |
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We see deposits
of ocean spray glisten on the rocks, and think we know the sea…leaves teased in
the wind, and think we know the forest…birth and death and think we know life. We think we know sustainable governance in
our nation, because we have only seen the rise and fall of other nations. Seeing the visible image, we think we know the
invisible Truth. We may even have God’s
light to see the invisible Truth, but pride in what we think we know, casts a
shadow over the reality of invisible Truth, and instead we see the visible illusion.
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John 14:6a, New
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Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.”
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.”
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2 Corinthians 4:6, New International Version
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, New
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The coming of the lawless one will be
in accordance with how Satan works. He
will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders (decrees and legislation)
that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are
perishing. They perish because they
refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful
delusion so that they will believe the lie and so
that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted
in wickedness.
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Half-Truth
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The very existence of today’s politicians depends in part on half-truths. The poet W. H. Auden, speaking a generation ago of the Devil, unknowingly described the craft of the self-interested politicians of our generation.
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"As such, he does not tell lies,
But half-truths we can synthesis
So, hidden in his hocus pocus,
There lies the gift of double focus."
. Tempted by the half-truth, the public must at least believe they are possibly truth. However, the poet exposes the folly of such misplaced trust.
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"The truth is one and incapable of self-contradiction;
All knowledge that conflicts with itself is Poetic Fiction."
. John 3:21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
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James 1:16 + 17 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
John. As I see this Google + is going away, I was trying to figure out if I needed anything as I really didn't use it much. Then I stumbled onto this image. I know you are using it to present deep spiritual truth, but I used it since 1973 to teach radiology. Again demonstrating what we don't see. I found the image while cleaning out a closet at Tuckston United Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia. Sorry to digress from your deeper issues, but I just had to share it. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI found your comment today.
DeleteI lost access to my blog about a year ago.
The image is a good reminder that perception is seldom if ever an accurate picture of reality, and that a change of perspective can alter our convictions in the blink of an eye.
BTW, I deeply appreciate the perspective changing influences you have always had in my life.