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NASB | Genesis 28:14 "Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 28:14 "Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants. [Gen 12:2, 3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; Acts 3:25, 26; Gal 3:8, 16] |
Subject: Jacob blessed after deception ??? |
Bible Note: Chochma While I can't speak for your particular situation I will say Gnosis is steeped in self deception. Jesus clearly stated He was the only way to the Father(God) you either have to accept this or declare Jesus Himself was deceived. Experience while very real and very meaningful, yet can be very damaging when blended into our belief. Look at a child's perspective of the honey bee. Once they are stung they view the bee as a worthless creature with no other use than hurting them. However we know from study the very important part a honey bee plays in nature. If we based our knowledge of the honey bee on our experience we would never realize the full benefit of the bee. In this case experience deceived us into thinking the bee only meant harm when in fact it was very good. You seem to pride yourself on open mindedness, and that in itself can be good but it can also be very dangerous. Jesus said wide is the road to destruction, narrow is the path to righteousness. There is a way that seems right to man but it’s end leads to death. Omnipresent God must fit within the boundaries of the Bible since it was God Himself that established those boundaries. Although they may not be the only boundaries that exist only those that God has chosen to reveal they still define the truth by which this world exists. Truth is not a tangible substance, truth is the definition of God, Love is not a tangible substance, love is the definition of God. Everything we are everything we hold true or false is nothing more than what God has defined it to be by His divine personage. When we attempt to apply man’s understanding or man’s definitions to God is when we come into problems. God is creator therefore God is also the definer. When ever we allow an experience and not God define our belief we then open ourselves to deception. EdB |