Faith, reason, madness. what is what?
Introduction
This shall be one of the most offensive topics in which I will deliberate upon in this blog. It is only offensive in the context of a culture which has placed the self as God, and self-love as the ultimate virtue upon which life should be centered around, thus creating brashness, and the disdain for others, as well as validating Paul's perfect description of modern sociology in 2 Timothy 3:1-9. It is also, going to be the biggest grief the individual Christian in American society must go through, as those whom fight collective norms, and the collective unconscious (which is the subconscious mental renderings of all that which is all around you on a daily basis, hopefully filtered out by responsible and value oriented boundaries, which allow one to perceive the Kingdom on earth and are imputed by Jesus Himself, and His Spirit. This essay will treat the issue of needing to "die to oneself," as Christ has commanded us all to do, in faith in Him, who was and is to come. Thus, a short, non-self-centered polemic shall ascribe these notions, to present the truth of that which needs to come of the individual, in that, they must first destroy the self, or at least let God destroy it (much more wiser to let Him do it, as human destruction is almost never Holy and usually arises from fear, jealousy, or a combination of the two - paranoia), whereas God will do it out of love, which will help consummate the individual to Himself in Christ, and lead one into citizenship, and active work in the Kingdom of God. What is the Self? The natural, post-Adam self-justifying self, is more than the collective renderings of the subconscious phenomena, and the active integration and synthesis of personal thoughts opinion, beliefs, and cognitive activity of the individual, as a concrete process and synthesis, as well as the parasympathetic and sympathetics synthetic balancing (hopefully), and the integration of the individual human bodies "form," being internalized by the eyes into the Occipital Lobe of the brain. This creates the "self," however this self, in itself, has no transcendent capabilities, whatsoever by itself. Thus, the need for a new self, becomes apparent, as not even Kant could come up with a polemic which allowed a "new self," to be formed, let alone, transcend the immediate bounds of the cosmos, itself. This self, if is what the ego is bound to, and serves alone, makes a mind of extreme sterility, and usually has a low capacity to internalize information from the outside world. The Dead Self, God’s House When the old self, as described in the last paragraph, is per sey, dead, as opposed to simply forgotten, repressed, or ego-defense mechanized, and it was God who killed it, as a paradoxical act of faith (another one of those weird Christian paradoxes, where do they keep cropping up from – maybe divine revelation, where Godly Knowledge kisses pure knowledge at the human level, and a divine knowledge set is made known, and integrated into ones tacit knowledge base) in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, as opposed to any false Christ out there (and there are plenty), then one is able to cease to be a demon tomb, or the religious equivalent, a Pharisee, who does not die to themselves on the manner prescribed here, but rather projects an outward appearance of false kindness, pulled together into a mask of deceit, and false Machiavellianism, which is able to be discerned with ease by the trained spiritual discerner, who can confound even the most wise of the worldly wise, by the simple act of spiritual discernment, and one is able to become a house for the being of Christ, so that they are able to be of Christ, and thus put on the new “Godly Self,” and truly be sicit deus, which is to say, like God. When the old self is dead, one is then officially “dead to themselves, as was a command of Christ to do so, for us Christians, then the nervous system does not integrate from a self-contained, and infinitely disorganizing set of phenomena, constrained to the being in question alone, but rather stops integrating, from within, and starts to integrate, from without, and from especially the Holy Spirit, and the Word of the Lord. This causes a massive short of all false cognitions, false affect, ungodliness, and allows for the being, to be a staunch and wondrous “being in Christ.” It allows for God’s being, as revealed in Christ, to be integrated from without, giving us His feeling, His love, His affect, His mind, and His Spirit. The parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, get an existential upgrade, into the Kingdom, and the autonomic system becomes fulfilled, when it is usually always grasping for more empirical things to process, but instead,, now feels almost satisfied, even with a morsel of food, and one may now receive their daily bread, as a heavenly food, which is intuitively eaten, and sense by the spirit and affect which one has now ascertained by faith in Christ, and now has no old self, to feel confused about the phenomena. It, therefore, feels natural and concrete, and divine revelation at this point, feels natural sane, and almost like reading an internal-external daily newspaper, in which the Holy Spirit gives ne to read, and constantly updates throughout the day, like a good Facebook poster, whom never gets old to read. The fear of God, is that boundary, which keeps this new self-internalized, so that one does not feel tempted to go back to one’s old ways, by apostacying, which is an everyday battle of responsibilities for the Christina, at the normative, and highly spiritual levels alike. It is a lot to manage, and brings about severe grief, if one sins, and one feels loathsome towards such things, which is in of itself, almost an excellent defense mechanism God has ordained for such things, to be heftily managed properly and responsibly. IT may seem weird, or even insincere that God has commanded us through Christ, to die to ourselves in this manner, which is why I am constructing the next paragraph, as to delineate why exactly, the is an act of the utmost love. Is This Love? God Don’t Hurt Me, Don’t Make Me Die It is a painful process, to put on the new self, and requires an extreme level obedience to the Word of the Lord, however, one at this point, of such obedience and faith in Jesus, has realized, that “being in Adam,” means death and hell. Plus one has probably realized, that if they base their entire center of reality, off themselves alone, they infinitely deteriorate, and become a nuisance to the community, which brings about infinite guilt, shame, and low levels of organization, and increasingly poor object relations, and poor community values. The existentialists, and humanists, find their way around these, but find themselves at ends trying to battle depression, anxiety, dehumanization, and burnouts, God knows that, without Him as one’s life support, there is no way and no life, and especially without Christ, we are all doomed, hence dying to oneself, that secret and ultimate paradoxical formula for eternal life, in the Lamb who was slain. This is the secret of God’s love, revealed to those whom are faithful to Him, and thus made elect through divine ordination, by His Grace, on those whom are faithful to Him, and Jesus. Once one has gone through the channel of self-death, and absolute sanctification to God’s Word, and His Righteousness, then one realizes, how much of mercy that this whole business of being able to die to oneself truly is, and how much self-sacrifice it creates for the community, in order that it may be organized in God’s favor, and thus made Holy and pure, and extremely sufficient, fruitful, secure, and concrete in God’s Word alone. There are many benefits of the new self, which we shall explore in the next paragraph, but before I go there, I will say this one last thing on God killing our old self…. It prevents our souls from eternal damnation, and infinite self-starvation, and prevents satan from getting any real hold on us, and concreting us to the opposite of what a saint should be , which is, a man of death, a man which seeks to destroy all others for personal gain, an absolute rejection of the Cross, of life, and of all reality. The New Self, More Joyous Than An Elf The new self, is sleeker than any gadget you have ever received in your Christmas stocking, and more powerful than any car engine you will ever find in the cosmos, or even of heaven, if there were cars. It gets work done, at an extremely responsible and a fortiori rate, moving from strength to strength, from a lower means of His Righteousness, to a higher means of His Righteousness. It infinitely organizes itself, in itself, for it is God’s Self, and has all the infinite transcendental qualities, which God does, but at the human level, going from Kingdom a priori, to a posteriori, to a fortiori, to transcendent finite a posteriori, to transcendent infinite a fortiori. It experiences a joy, not fund in any other religious practice, or any other sociological sect of humanitarianism, philosophy, and even existentialism, and produces an unconditional being, which has no limits, in its purpose, and no escape from reality, and yet, consumes all reality, without damaging anything, but rather, re-creating it, in a Holy, truthful, finite, concrete, transcendent, and Kingdom manner. There is no shame felt in such a self, for there is no shame for those whom are in Christ, and no damnation whatsoever, but life, bliss, and eternal abode in the Kingdom of God. Comments are closed.
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