Perhaps it is because He reveals Himself to those who seek Him...and once have been the recipient of this divine revelation, it is counted as pure joy to share.
Something bigger than anything we can understand, with the tools we possess exists. Something far far beyond all the intellectual/scientific psychobabble non adherents like to throw at us. Some want to explore that mystery - some don't. Those who do like to explore it also like to congregate in discussion forums to discuss their findings/views. Who do you think God is?
He created the universe and people for his pleasure. He wants us to choose Him. If everyone automatically chose Him like little robots, where would the fun be?
Perfection does not logically preclude a demand for respect or being angry when people disobey.
Concentrate on the New Testament more than the Old Testament.
Great question. I suspect our understanding of 'worship' is a bit dull. I struggled with this also. Our understanding is corrupted and incomplete. It is more than we know, and perhaps the time to truly understand it is not yet. That's the best I can do, although I am confident it does not embody vain repetitions or many of the current forms of worship. I'm not so confident it is well taught in mainstream Christianity. I suppose, on this matter, I feel a bit like the child who constantly says "are we there yet". I have no idea on the length of the journey, nor the twists in the road. I have faith aplenty that this is the road I should be on, because a time or two, I took my feet off the path and spiritual darkness hounded me.
I suspect He loves us and seeks our love in return. Desiring our love is not a flaw. It is an intrinsic part of our nature, and we are created in His image.
Perfect doesn't have to mean without need. He has a continual unchanging expectation for us to know Him. After all if you were perfect, wouldn't you kind of just expect people to acknowledge it and praise you for what you've given to them? What he asks for isn't for HIM. it's for US. To save OUR souls because He loves us despite all our flaws.
Jesus got angry. God can be upset. Why does anger imply a lack of perfection? We have free will to disobey a perfect creator. When we sinned agaisnt God in Eden, God has already known what was going to happen, but is still allowed to show anger. His gift to us was the choice to deny him if we so wish. We still have plenty of plausible deniability to do so. In exchange when people choose to follow God, it can mean that much more to him.
What I do know is what my own experience is. Some people would call it God. I do not. Some things, in their grandness, should not be named at all.
Naming it, is assigning frequency to it. And frequency creates reality, which frequency is always lower through the naming, as you cannot frequent on a higher level than you are now. (the use of are is intentional, as it is not a place)
So, when it comes to experience, I'd rather have the experience than talk about it. And use that experience to grow.
When it comes to logical deduction on matters, we would do well to understand that our language does not deal with fact and truth, but with fiction. Our language is a description of experience, not the experience itself. A bit akin to the platonic cave and the shadows on the wall.
This is the thrust in our society at large, as we are presented with one solution after another, that drags us deeper into artificiality.
e.g. You are watching a movie. The covid vaccine is the gateway vaccine to be part of the Internet of Bodies (IoB) in addition to the internet of Things, which actually encompasses bodies.
What St. Paul, in my view at least, describes when he describes his ascension to the 7th heaven, and when he writes that we do not walk through seeing, but through faith, or through spirit is exactly the issue. It is his experience, that drives his manifestation. Compare the writings of other Apostles and you will see a glaring difference: the need for validation.
When I comb through the New Testament, I find many good things in there, that pertain to spirituality, albeit within a context of a lot of noise.
e.g.: When Paul writes about the fruit of the spirit, he mixes the soul state with behavior: Love, peace and joy are the soul state. The other things mentioned as kindness, long suffering, patience, etc are behaviors.
He inserts things pertaining to manifestation, thereby garbling the actual message, setting a bar, instead of focusing on the soul state and allowing each one to come to their own (re)cognition of how to manifest it.
It would have been a divine miracle had he written after the first three, a question to ponder.
Perhaps it is because He reveals Himself to those who seek Him...and once have been the recipient of this divine revelation, it is counted as pure joy to share.
Something bigger than anything we can understand, with the tools we possess exists. Something far far beyond all the intellectual/scientific psychobabble non adherents like to throw at us. Some want to explore that mystery - some don't. Those who do like to explore it also like to congregate in discussion forums to discuss their findings/views. Who do you think God is?
Yes.
He created the universe and people for his pleasure. He wants us to choose Him. If everyone automatically chose Him like little robots, where would the fun be?
Perfection does not logically preclude a demand for respect or being angry when people disobey.
Concentrate on the New Testament more than the Old Testament.
Great question. I suspect our understanding of 'worship' is a bit dull. I struggled with this also. Our understanding is corrupted and incomplete. It is more than we know, and perhaps the time to truly understand it is not yet. That's the best I can do, although I am confident it does not embody vain repetitions or many of the current forms of worship. I'm not so confident it is well taught in mainstream Christianity. I suppose, on this matter, I feel a bit like the child who constantly says "are we there yet". I have no idea on the length of the journey, nor the twists in the road. I have faith aplenty that this is the road I should be on, because a time or two, I took my feet off the path and spiritual darkness hounded me.
I suspect He loves us and seeks our love in return. Desiring our love is not a flaw. It is an intrinsic part of our nature, and we are created in His image.
Perfect doesn't have to mean without need. He has a continual unchanging expectation for us to know Him. After all if you were perfect, wouldn't you kind of just expect people to acknowledge it and praise you for what you've given to them? What he asks for isn't for HIM. it's for US. To save OUR souls because He loves us despite all our flaws. Jesus got angry. God can be upset. Why does anger imply a lack of perfection? We have free will to disobey a perfect creator. When we sinned agaisnt God in Eden, God has already known what was going to happen, but is still allowed to show anger. His gift to us was the choice to deny him if we so wish. We still have plenty of plausible deniability to do so. In exchange when people choose to follow God, it can mean that much more to him.
Yes times 3.
I do not pretend to know or even know.
What I do know is what my own experience is. Some people would call it God. I do not. Some things, in their grandness, should not be named at all.
Naming it, is assigning frequency to it. And frequency creates reality, which frequency is always lower through the naming, as you cannot frequent on a higher level than you are now. (the use of are is intentional, as it is not a place)
So, when it comes to experience, I'd rather have the experience than talk about it. And use that experience to grow.
When it comes to logical deduction on matters, we would do well to understand that our language does not deal with fact and truth, but with fiction. Our language is a description of experience, not the experience itself. A bit akin to the platonic cave and the shadows on the wall.
This is the thrust in our society at large, as we are presented with one solution after another, that drags us deeper into artificiality.
e.g. You are watching a movie. The covid vaccine is the gateway vaccine to be part of the Internet of Bodies (IoB) in addition to the internet of Things, which actually encompasses bodies.
What St. Paul, in my view at least, describes when he describes his ascension to the 7th heaven, and when he writes that we do not walk through seeing, but through faith, or through spirit is exactly the issue. It is his experience, that drives his manifestation. Compare the writings of other Apostles and you will see a glaring difference: the need for validation.
When I comb through the New Testament, I find many good things in there, that pertain to spirituality, albeit within a context of a lot of noise.
e.g.: When Paul writes about the fruit of the spirit, he mixes the soul state with behavior: Love, peace and joy are the soul state. The other things mentioned as kindness, long suffering, patience, etc are behaviors.
He inserts things pertaining to manifestation, thereby garbling the actual message, setting a bar, instead of focusing on the soul state and allowing each one to come to their own (re)cognition of how to manifest it.
It would have been a divine miracle had he written after the first three, a question to ponder.