The Greatest Gift Part 1 | The Authentic Christian Podcast S5E25

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Something very important to stop and give much serious consideration to, our precious soul well-being. Appreciate the discussion of warning with encouragement through the scripture (GOD'S TRUTH).

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I've found it helpful to view the "soul" as the unification of the body and the spirit. Paul speaks of this duality as the "inner" and "outer man" (2 Cor. 4:16). It might be useful to reflect on Adam's creation: 1. “The LORD God formed man of dust from the ground,” - God created a perfect, inanimate, physical human body from the dust of the ground. 2. “[And] breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" - After God created the body, He breathed into the man’s nostrils "the breath of the spirit of life" [cf. Gen. 7:22], 3. “[And] man became a living being [soul]” (Gen. 2:7) - finally stating that the man _became_ a living soul (body + spirit = being/soul). It also appears noteworthy that, on the Cross, "[Jesus cried out] with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my _spirit!'"_ (Lk. 23:46, cf. Matt. 27:50, Mk. 15:37, Jn. 19:30). Similarly, as Stephen was being stoned, he too cried out: "Lord Jesus, receive my _spirit!”_ (Acts 7:59). While the words "soul" and "spirit" seem to be used interchangeably on occasion, God is primarily concerned with our spirit being saved, not our physical body, which, without a spirit is dead (Jas. 2:26), and is destined for the dust of the ground. From James' quote, it seems reasonably clear that the body without the spirit is also a body without a soul and vice versa.

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VISION OF JESUS ON A JUDGEMENT SEAT The night of this vision I was in closet trying to sleep due to all the noise. That's vague, but I was in a set of circumstances where there was alot of noise that made it very difficult to get rest. The noise was so much that I had to go to the closet and sleep in there. While I was laying down soon to go to sleep I was praying, and I had this vision of The Lord Jesus Christ. This was the first vision I ever had of Jesus. In the vision, I saw The Lord Jesus Christ sitting on a seat that was upon pavement. The seat and the pavement were both made of what appeared to be some sort of stone, and they were an off white color. Jesus was wearing a one-piece garment that was woven from top to bottom and was brown. There was also a thickness to the garment The Lord Jesus Christ wore in this vision. It appeared to be a garment of clothing from a long time ago in regards to both it's style and quality. The view I had of Jesus was on His left hand side and I was being looked at directly in the eyes with anger. The vision also came in with a notable impact because of it's seriousness. The seat Jesus sat on and the pavement the seat was upon is the same judgement seat and pavement that Pontius Pilate sat upon to unjustly judge Jesus. What Jesus is conveying is that though He was once unjustly judged before a sinner on a judgement seat, in the end Jesus The Righteous Judge will be The One on the judgement seat judging righteously and rendering unto sinners their due. John 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 2 Corinthians 5:9-11 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. The fact that in the vision Jesus was looking directly in my eyes with anger and my view was of me being on Jesus' left hand side is what the wicked, the NOT redeemed by the blood of Jesus, the "goats", spiritually speaking and in regards to their standing with Jesus The Good Shepherd, will experience when Jesus judges them. And those will be condemned eternally. Matthew 25:33,41 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: As for the one-piece garment that was woven from top to bottom that Jesus wore in the vision and that was brown with a style and quality from long ago, this was the same garment Jesus wore when He was arrested. John 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. Another reason I would like to present to substantiate that this was the actual garment Jesus wore when He was arrested in the Garden Of Gethsemane is the fact that there was a thickness to it. This would have been necessary for Jesus to stay warm, because Jesus had the last supper (at night), went to the Garden Of Gethsemane where He was at (well into the night), and then got arrested and tried in the morning. It's cooler in the night making it necessary to bring warm clothing. there is more though, because Jesus was crucified on about April 3rd (a month when there is already cool weather). The combination of the fact that it was well into the night and the fact that it was about April 3rd when the outside temperature would be typically rather chilly makes it very understandable why Jesus would bring a warm and therefore thick (as shown in the vision) garment and all the more as He knew He was going to be arrested. I've been arrested many times, but for what's wrong in my case, and I know what it's like to be cold in a jail bookin and want anything that can comfort in the situation of being arrested. Jesus situation was certainly much different, but I believe He made sure to bring something warm, in part, to be able to have some comfort for what He knew He was going to face. I've had the police outside of a door to arrest me and have intentionally put on a thick hoodie knowing I was going to be cold and wanted some comfort in the midst of my misery. I know Jesus would have brought a warm garment anyway due to the cooler and sometimes chilly time of the year and the time of night, but I personally think one of the other reasons He brought a warm garment was because He knew He would be cold and didn't want to be arrested and cold. Another thing I want to mention is that the way Jesus revealed Himself to me was the same way He revealed Himself to Colton Burpo and Akiane kramarik. Colton Burpo is the main person in "Heaven Is For Real" who saw Jesus in heaven. Akiane kramarik, from a vision given to her by God, painted how "Prince Of Peace" which was how Jesus showed Himself to her. So Colton Burpo, Akiane Kramarik, and I all saw Jesus the same way. None of us knew each other and were in different places when Jesus revealed Himself to us in the same way. In a court of law this is ideal for a winning case that 3 witnesses would all have the same testimony and yet didn't know each other. Deuteronomy 19:15 “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. This is from the Old Testament concerning witnesses, and, of course, it applies to things good or bad that need to be thoroughly substantiated Case closed in favor of The Lord Jesus Christ.

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Brother I did listen to y topic today ,I want to say I am not in agreement with u buying a tree for y kids ,u will be traing y child the wrong way. God wants us to obey him completely.