Posted by Lou Pilder on January 29, 2008, at 20:33:06
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Dena-mndovgd » Lou Pilder, posted by Dena on January 29, 2008, at 19:50:24
> The first works...?
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> What comes to mind for me is:
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> - Love God with all of me (heart, soul, strength, mind)
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> - Love others as myself...
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> I was reading in a book this morning, about how when Jesus said He was going to prepare a house for me, that it meant a "house" within the heart of God... that I live in the heart of God, and if I choose His gift, He lives in me as well...
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> And so HE is my first love, and He is my peace, and He is my trust.
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> Shalom, DenaDena,
You wrote,[...first works?...love God..and others...prepare a house...abide in...]
I can asuradly understand what you wrote. For Solomon's Temple was where God abided. When the Temple was destroyed, we could become the Temples of God for Him to reside in Spiritually. Our bodies then can become the Temples of God's Spirit. I can relate to that. Then if there is an idol of the heart, is there not then that the idol is in the temple?
What was brought to me in reading that verse in Revelation was that in falling I think that our {minds} are changed when we fall, and need to be renewed or exchanged to a new mind. This could then create a new heart and a new spirit and a new person. Old things could pass away and all things could become new.
Lou
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