II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
September 3rd
"...and a highway shall be there, and A Way that shall be called `The Way of Holiness'; THE UNCLEAN SHALL NOT PASS OVER IT!" Isaiah 35:8
This Scripture bespoke the future Kingdom conditions for God's people. Our Lord specified the highlights which defile; to those we are justified to add a great many – even unto "daydreaming": which effectively bars one from the "Kingdom of God" WITHIN. Even on the lowest level of God's 3-fold Kingdom you see that UNcleanness is a disbarring factor!
Surely, we cannot conceive of evil thoughts occupying the mind of God! Can we conceive of evil conditions rampant in God's Kingdom? Or of sickness, sorrow or unhappiness? Or, where is the record of the Son of man ever doing anything aside from healing the sick, opening blinded eyes and stopped ears, casting out demons, cleansing lepers, feeding the multitudes, stilling a dangerous tempest at sea, raising the dead, preaching righteousness, and rebuking the evil at heart?
Wherefore, whatsoever the thought may be, the bold fact remains that according to the words of the Lord, except for that which is of God, IT IS OF THE DEVIL,shutting you out from the Kingdom of God.
Chat 9/1990 (continued tomorrow...)