Most of you who know me, know I am an obsessive texualist; I love the written Scriptural text of both the New Testament and the Tanakh. In their original languages (Hebrew AND Greek).
However, I have also noticed a disturbing reality.
What do I mean by that?
Well, it’s a trend toward incompleteness.
For example…
“The Bible is the Word of G-d.“
“One interpretation…many applications…“
“G-d will not violate His Word.“
“To equip the saints for the work of ministry….”…silence on what happens after that…
“A team of scholars worked on this translation” …silence on identifying the names of the people who constitute this team…
“G-d is moving up here…”…people fall out, BUT there is little change in their lives weeks later to indicate G-d was moving.
“So-and-so is ready to return to ministry….”…same minister also didn’t reconcile with the first wife or husband he or she cheated on to begin with…
And so forth…
Oh yeah, and the only two political parties in America that merit prophetic words are red and blue…
It remains problematic when we refuse to dig into the nuance of a statement and do not ask what is and what is not being implied in that statement…
It is asinine when we are either ignored when we question the statements being made…
called religious or critical when we look for clarification…
or gaslit when we refuse to accept what is said without question…
It is one of the main threads of my calling to not settle for halfway or partial answers when they are given.
Carlene Prince once told me that I have to look for what is missing…she noted that that is something I do.
And she is right. I hate half-assed investigations.
And I know I sound rude when I question what is stated…
But I cannot accept partial answers or perceived partial answers when they are given.
Especially when some of my friends have been seriously damaged by partial answers.
And my second wife is dead because of partial answers.
These partial answers are the Reasons when you say, “obey my covering”, that I respond with a glorious middle finger.
Gang, one of those statements that is maddeningly incomplete is “the Spirit of G-d will not violate the Word of G-d.”
And we are left with Zero discussion about which “Word of G-d” we mean.
And Zero curiosity about the inverted statement.
And Zero desire to ask if there are any other immutable items which the Spirit of G-d will not violate.
So, here has always been my thought to add to the statement “the Spirit of -G-d will not violate the Word of G-d.”
“Neither will the Word of G-d, both living and written (two forms of λόγος), violate the Spirit of G-d.”
And equally important and immutable as testimony to the Word of G-D’s veracity, and equally admissible as testifying of the Word Himself, are His Works.
…that is, what He does (John 5:36) is as important as the words about him.
And Yeshua BEING THE WORD OF G-D, is blasphemously ignored in this statement in Josh’s gospel. (Hebrews 4:11-16).
We refuse to investigate it because we are told to investigate it is heresy.
Gang, it’s not enough, especially given the regularity with which we ignore the Spirit of G-d, for us to merely assert thus-and-so about the words He speaks WITHOUT ALSO AFFIRMING His WORDS that His works are admissible as much as His tesitmony. It’s ironic that He would speak words about the veracity of his works and we would ignore those words about His works.
Tree carcasses and e-carcasses, if not attended to in reading by the Spirit, who alone gives understanding, will not bring life.
Rather, they will kill.
And that suddenly.
For those who have been so traumatized by the Scriptural text, as one who walks in the authority of a scribe, I would implore you to get out into nature and allow the King to meet you there where He is also. Or whereever you find him.
His Words and His Works…
What is missing from your regular routine that is life-giving and points you back home to Dad?
Go and do that.
And know you are so loved, gang.
And, as someone who reads the text and enjoys it, I would encourage you to do things that are life-giving to your relationship with the King without feeling guilty.
Be blessed as you recover your own walk with Him, gang.