It Seems Truth Tends To Tally Best Its Claims In The Arena Of Paradox

It seems truth tends to tally best its claims in the arena of paradox (James 1:25). Is it that such a statement is aloof? Or is it merely that such a proclamation regards the infinite claim of the finite and likewise the finite of the infinite. Truth is as love. Love is love. Whereas, unconditional love is merely a condition of love and thereby not love at all. Love is boundless yet equally definitive.

Moreover, to suggest that my truth is not your truth is to not know truth whatsoever but instead an attempt to render it false for the grave mistake of accepting it as the more menial perception by which you attempt to become your very own god.

Now, while truth is intolerant, it is not such that there is intolerant truth nor may there be peace without righteousness, since peace is indeed righteousness and righteousness truth. And the lot is likewise love. Therefore, if any seeks to issue an olive branch and neither truth nor righteousness exist, then likewise love does not exist, and such a quest remains forever false, bound in angst and laden in the grave danger by which is borne a servant to the serpent.

For this, wars thought to be won merely go unfinished by way of such false claims, only to be fought again at even greater cost to generations that assuredly follow. No such jovial life do you render them in such a lackadaisical premise of lies.

There are not wars but only one war. Therefore, fear not this war when it is the very war that wages on continuum from the fall unto the return. It is already won. Rest assured such battles before you are not in vain. Purpose is instilled in you but must nevertheless be claimed and proclaimed continually for there are those who fail not to hear and others who ought shutter before the adversary bound in truth that shall assuredly smite them.

They layer themselves in their very own law shall thereby die of suffocation. You submit to the very law by which is given life.

Driving Division Through The Generations That Have Fashioned You

We have much to escape, much to shed, much to loose, much to famine from and much to walk without. Moreover, there is far more that we ought receive. It is made perfect in the Lord. And it is the Lord whose perfection is gifted freely unto those who so submit that they receive it.

There is but one way to sever the chains of bondage from that which you come from. You were born to an environment where no father nor mother may have existed. Perhaps it was an environment by which chaos devoured you lean and mean into futile rebellion even unto that which is good. For what is good?

Is it your friend beside you? Your wife? Your brother? Your neighbor? Be it your dog that returns even after you have wrongly kicked him in your deeply embedded rage of anger? Was it Mao Tse Tung or perhaps Benito Mussolini or even Adolf Hitler? Who is good?

Ought it be defined and declared that all men should agree? Ought your good be greater than mine? Perhaps your good just as good as mine? Yet when my good just isn’t good enough should I fashion is definition accordingly? And to you the same? Should in debate the definition be altered by mere perspective? Ought we pervert our utterances evermore that we tailor it to our quests for inequity? Are you willing to accept that there remain truth everlasting? What is good?

WHAT IS GOOD

• Matthew 19:17 – And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
• Mark 10:18 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
• Luke 18:19 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

Now let it be known what is good. Therefore there be no mistake nor nothing but a definitive proclamation of good. The definition of good is thereby defined and everlasting on its own accord. It is neither me nor you. It is Almighty God as Jesus so proclaimed.

Finally, from where have you arisen? Great disdain do I have for much of what I had to endure during my earliest years of childhood and youth. It was not great and certainly not the worse. But have I been shown any other way that I might know how to be a “good” man to raise a family of two boys or moreover be a deserving husband of such a great wife who takes great care of myself and our boys?

This woman, my wife, stands at my greatest honor and thanks to have gifted me such earnest prayer and persistence in the Lord. I cleave unto her my wife who stands to build me to my finest hour in the Lord. She stands resilient in her directives to deliver us from generations’ fate. Tired in her plight she drives on that our two boys may be delivered from our own woeful pasts. She builds me up even when undeserving of such gifts of grace. She is magnificent in her manners and sharp with her retort against wrong. Correction is fierce but even still loving and pure.

I am inspired and go nowhere without. We are one in the same. She prays fervently on my behalf and behalf of our family. At my greatest hour she awakens me to rise. She is a valiant warrior herself, faithful and steadfast for the Lord. Even before her I stand, yet she stands before me such a gift that by whom there is much gain.

Likewise at such low she raises me accordingly by way of earnest servitude to the Lord everlasting, fashioning herself tireless in righteousness for the sake of our family even at great measures.

I have learned many of the wrong ways by the manner at which I have arrived. As a man, as a husband and as a father I am merely lost upon my own accord. My practices are vaguely practical and even less loving than I might be of myself if I even knew love beyond which she has led me. I was left to my own right, left to my own way, left to my own flawed vision of what family ought to be. My wife has been the greatest of contenders on my behalf. Her pursuits were greater than my reliance upon self. She ushered me unto my redemption. She in her own graciously loving way was delivered me that I might be saved from my own peril and likewise the generations hereafter.

Now what damage has been done? The path from which we might flee might lead full circle in our haste and angst against our those who’ve delivered us unto this moment. Now what damage has been done?

The damage from mere words can draw down nations. Words ruin marriage and raise up armies against a people. How is it that the generations from which you come and which follow shall not equally be affected by the sins therein of the forefathers? Even you at work whose anger is awoken take it with you and lay it upon the threshold of your home. Ought not the same remain for generations of perpetual misery that is made feast on our families?

• Exodus 34:7 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation .
• Joel 2-3 – 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

I urge you to release it.

As a man and warrior, the enemy is real and wears a face and yet likewise goes silent among you, unnoticed. He wears the face that our soldiers face in Afghanistan. He is shewn down by bullet or by hand. He wears a face in more common places and yet goes unnoticed and lives freely among you to toil in your way. Target acquisition. Engage. Eliminate.

Sever ties from the way of generations who have jettisoned you unto this moment and make new for you, your family and even still such a great country among us.

And take upon you “the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,” that you may drive the sword straight through that which you were and lead those generations who follow unto greatness greater than you yourself, as it is purposed deep within you, where reside the voice hereafter referenced. Heed.

• Ephesians 6:10-20 – 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places .13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Southside Estates Elementary: Precepts Bound In Principle and Honor-Bound In Service to the Same Shall Overcome Your Ignorance

AN EMAIL RESPONSE SENT

It was good to hear about Southside Estates Elementary School on the Rush Limbaugh, a show I rarely listen to. I marveled with angst at how openly indoctrinating the referenced staff member that he would suggest that a 10-year-old boy articulately explaining the premise for his conservative views not be allowed discussion in the boy’s own home. It is this very reason, that while you fervently indoctrinate the children without retort, rather than training them in logic, reason and weighing such skills against virtuously academic knowledge, that my wife and I quest to home school my children.

Not only do I train them in Truth, logic and reason, ardently exercising them in the ways of weighing such virtuous attributes against classic academic knowledge borne of such subjects as history, literature, mathematics, science, art, but I also train them in such Biblical principles as the art of war, for they will war against the resulting spoil the comes from your wayward and utterly inept teachings, for they are made from the aforementioned precepts bound in principle and honor-bound in service to the same. The mindless doctrine the automatons among you shew to your ready-made subjects shall be no mach for the fruits of our family’s labor.

The Very Core Of Who I Am

While I have managed and even developed a array of websites throughout my media career, this is indeed the first dedicated to the very core of who I am. Its objective is to delve much deeper, far beyond who I am professionally and what I might do as a means of recreation. It is me.

Surely, I could have well purchased a domain, loaded some software files and connected the script to a MySQL database, which may inevitably be the case sometime well into the future, but as for now, I’d prefer to make it as simple as possible, and there is no better platform to do just that than upon WordPress.com, and I say this with a formidable amount of professional experience.

To begin, I am first a follower of Christ, commonly referred to as a Christian, and thereby beholden to the living God for my sustenance as well as my guidance. And bound within that body of my existence, the very core, the first and foremost of who I am, resides my wife, whom I am called to cleave unto, purposed to serve and share my mortal life with, and from that glorious blessing, therefore, resides our two beloved boys, who make up a remarkable miracle that is our family

Now, somewhat overlapped amid the sphere of self, which, as aforementioned, is relinquished to the Lord, resides the American, a title to which I was not only purposely born but moreover an honor-bound commitment to the greatest virtue of liberty a collective body of man has ever amassed, and it is of no coincidence that the law by which this body was formed, the United States Constitution, was inspired by a law that the document itself acknowledges it is subject to, God’s Law.

And it is in that very relationship, amid two entities, the Creator and His Law, and the created and its constitutional republic, which is defined by a Creator-inspired law, that you may find the very core of who I am, for God and country.

Welcome to my blog. I am Fidel Gonzales.

Public Schools Amid An Oligarchy

There is an inherent problem when public schools become the standard mechanism for education & an oligarchy resides at its helm. ORIGINALLY POSTED UPON TWITTER

VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU: To Submit, Surrender And Sacrifice Is Not The Code Of A Coward But The Virtue Of An Honor Bound Warrior Whose Nation Lives And Whose Sould Is Eternal

It is wise that if Jesus speaks, one ought listen with the greatest intent and consideration. Even more so to that point when Jesus delivers the word verily, meaning assuredly, twice in succession, for the Lord is about to deliver an extraordinarily important truth by which one should heed with the greatest vigor.

And as with any word that comes direct from the tongue of Christ, it is not merely enough to marvel at such a magnificent revelation you are about to behold, but we are indeed called to make it the utmost quest to “observe all things whatsoever (he) have commanded you,” and in this sense, the word observe is by no means defined as an onlooker but indeed a command to obey. Of course here, we are referring to none other than The Great Commission, which is here referenced.

THE GREAT COMMISSION – Matthew 28:16-20

• ¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
• ¹⁷And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
• ¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

So, as I scanned through the Bible as a boy and later a teenager, in an environment that was most certainly astray from Biblical principles, marveling but not yet grasping and even defying the concept of Christ’s church and even the great calling to observe, meaning to obey, I nevertheless realized what the great love and fulfillment the Lord was about to deliver a lonely warrior, as He segued into the words, “verily, verily.”

The following study arrives my way through the youth Bible studies I am engaged in through StudentLife.com. The key passage of scripture spans John 12:23-33, as seen below.

John 12:23-33 – http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 12:23-33;&version=9;

• ²³And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
• ²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
• ²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• ²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
• ²⁸Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
• ²⁹The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
• ³⁰Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
• ³¹Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
• ³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
• ³³This he said, signifying what death he should die.

As you can well see, there is an enormous amount to consider here within the abundance of truth bound within these verses. The focus of my study pays particular attention to verses 24 and 25. I urge you to spend at least 15 minutes considering these two verses in great depth, for there is extraordinary glory held within its message, and with great consideration, you and yours may be exceedingly blessed with its extraordinary wisdom.

While it is evident by examining these verses that we are called to surrender in our sacrificial service to the Lord, this by no means subjects us to a life of passivism unto the world. Such teaching is completely false and predominant among us. Yet, to suggest so is completely foolish.

Furthermore, such a concept of Christ as a passivist is simply foolish and an utter assault on truth. Commonly, it is used against self-proclaimed followers of Christ who have not a rock solid foundation in study, consideration and obedience to His Word, for Christ was assuredly the ultimate warrior, the ultimate revolutionary, the ultimate tactician and the ultimate strategist. His word testifies to this truth and is denied by fools.

I despise such a concept Christ. And as a man, I despise such a defiling description of man.

No, we are indeed called to be warriors of great honor and courage. Surrendering to that which is greater in our sacrificial service to the Lord. And should you consider such an oath of sacrifice to be the endeavor of a passivist, look no further than one of the most readily sacrificial oaths one can take in the service of his or her country, the oath of enlistment to the United States Military.

Surely, such an oath for such an occupation, whereby you surrender your rights and comforts as a citizen, is by no means the actions of a passivist, as one might suggest submission to Christ The Lord be. It is not the act of a passivist. Yet it is indeed submission.

First, let us reflect back upon verses 24 and 25.

• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
• ²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Now, be not mistaken, The Word Of God is eternally applicable to our lives in either the micro or the macro, where it be in a place of worship or upon the battlefield. Truth holds no bounds, just as the light overcomes dark but yet dark does not overcome light. So, since we have made reference to warriors and more specifically the military, let’s take a look at the macro.

Great wars are won by the principles bound in the Bible. What use would an army be if it were fashioned from selfish men who thought only of their own well being, their own survival? Such an army of cowardly individuals would only be of use to its enemy, for the extent of each individual’s fight would never go beyond his own safety, security or even his meager comfort. And despite this cowardly quest for self preservation, the result would be a battlefield flowing with the blood of selfish cowards. Inevitably, the homeland from which those selfish cowards had come and attempted to frantically flee to would gush with the blood of its women and children.

This is the lesson of hesitation and inaction. This is the lesson of the coward. This is ultimately the lesson of disobedience. Consider.

Matthew 3:13-17 – http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 3:13-17;&version=9;

• ¹³Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
• ¹⁴But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
• ¹⁵And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
• ¹⁶And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
• ¹⁷And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Understand, Jesus arrived before the waters of the Jordan that he be baptized by John. But John forbad him. Indeed in the instant of this act John was not obedient to the Lord. He focused not upon the Lord but instead upon his own inadequacies. Through the Lord all things great cometh. John focused not upon the Lord but upon his own idea of what was to transpire. He focused upon his own his own anticipation and not the Lord before him who spoke. He slipped ever so slightly in his focus and fell to disobedience by mere hesitation and submission to his own understanding and not first to the Lord. This is the lesson of obedience.

Costly wars are diverted from ever taking place by the principles bound in the Bible. When a warrior, through his wisdom, is called to act, he acts without hesitation and without regard to self. Only through such valiant and unwavering dedication can his comrades or even his nation be saved. Only through such dedication can he himself be saved. And so it goes for his soul before the Lord.

Now, consider the great paradox of God’s word, particularly by comparing the parallels bound in the virtues of surrender, submission, sacrifice and service to that which is right in the Lord. And dutifully study this last statement, which is mine, but not because it is mine, but because it is a warning of the utmost.

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UNITED STATES ARMY HISTORY – http://www.history.army.mil/faq/oaths.htm

OATH OF ENLISTMENT

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

OATH FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

“I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.” (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)

Anyhow, this evening as I was reading, cross referencing verses against keywords and concepts, analyzing and contemplating, I finally extended my studies beyond the confines of my King James Study Bible and BibleGateway.com and into the World Wide Web, here are some of the links and reference material I happened upon.

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THE 25 VERILY, VERILIES OF CHRIST FROM THE BOOK OF JOHN – http://www.geocities.com/landmarkbiblebaptist/Doctrine/25Verilies.html

I. The verily, verilies of the Trinity:

1. John 3:11:

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.”

2. John 5:19:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Fatherdo: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

II. The verily, veriliesof the Deity of Christ:

3. John 8:58:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

4. John 1:51:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

III. The verily, verilies of the Holy Spirit and those He empowers:

5. John 13:16:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him

6. John 13:20:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

7. John 14:12:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

IV. The verily, verily of wrong motives:

8. John 6:26:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.” (Christ’s miracles spoke of His Deity, but many people think only of their stomachs)

V. The verily, verilies of the new birth:

9. John 3:3:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

10. John 3:5:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

VI. The verily, verilies of salvation:

11. John 8:34 (Sin Is The Problem):

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”

12. John 5:25 (Repentance And Faith Are The Solution):

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”

13. John 12:24 (Repentance And Faith Are The Solution):

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”

14. John 10:1 (Christ Is The Only Way):

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.”

15. John 10:7 (Christ Is The Only Way):

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.”

16. John 6:32 (Receive Christ):

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.”

17. John 6:53 (Receive Christ):

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.”

VII. The verily, verilies of everlasting life (security of the believer):

18. John 5:24:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

19. John 6:47:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

20. John 8:51:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”

VIII. The verily, verily of Christian failure:

21. John 13:38:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.”

IX. The verily, verilies of the Christian’s troubles in this world:

22. John 16:20:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”

23. John 21:18:

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.”

X. The verily, verily of Christian prayer:

24. John 16:23:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”

XI. The verily, verily of fake Christians:

25. John 13:21:

“…Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”

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VERILY VERILY – http://verilyverily.org/
BIBLE DOCTRINE – http://doctrine.landmarkbiblebaptist.net/
LANDMARK BIBLE BAPTIST - http://www.geocities.com/landmarkbiblebaptist/Doctrine/25Verilies.html