DEALING WITH THE PAST

UNDERSTANDING THE NORM (part twelve)

Dear Ones of the Lord Jesus, knowledge of the norm can allow us to be helpful, to ourselves and others, and function more appropriately, on many levels, to avoid being destructive or taking advantage of another persons weaknesses. Yet, despite this helpfulness, it is not the final answer for the saints, and does not deserve a place in the church; but it serves a purpose in understanding its limits, uses, applications, and recognizing when we are dealing with it. Yet, beloveds of our Lord Jesus, it would be a mistake to totally dismiss the natural, as some attempt to do, because there is a natural body that must be dealt with, and yet, not be allowed to interfere with the spiritual.

**Some Christians, but not all , who counsel, attempt to make a synthesis, blend, or amalgam of this information with the Holy Bible, knowingly or unknowingly that this extra-biblical information contains fatal flaws and one in particular, that is most damaging to the saints seeking help within this kind of counseling. This particular kind of blended or synthesized counseling focuses mostly on the natural and natural man, and mainly minimizes, or ignores the spiritual. More on this later.

We have but touched upon some of the mental processes in the natural that pertain to function in the natural each day, such as the will; self restraint; ability to perceive and operate within the bounds of reality; and to employ logic in decision making. Precious people of our Lord Jesus, we will also touch upon the emotions, their function or uses and how we can employ them as what they are- only messengers of the heart and mental processes, not masters of it.

The study will be continued, and I hope to see you next time, dear children of the Lord.

love

serola

DEALING WITH THE PAST

UNDERSTANDING THE NORM (part eleven)

Again, dear children of the Lord, the norm is present on many levels in the natural. Let us look at another example in the natural, for instance when a person falls ill, and goes to see a physician, that doctor’s goal will be to restore the ill person to the fullest extent that he or she can to the norm of what a healthy person should be, if possible, in that persons particular developmental range.

The health or medical field is but one example of where the norm is used in helpful ways. Now, I am not painting with a broad brush here, dear saints, but some who try to spiritualize the natural body, will refuse to get a broken leg treated, but just use prayer. Of course men should pray always, but a broken leg has to be set to heal properly. Some children have died, of commonly treatable conditions, because the parents refused treatment. Some preach against taking any form of medications, yet secretly will pop an aspirin if they have an headache, wear arch supports for bad feet, etc.

The plain truth is that no Christian need fear the natural, although some do, but of course NEVER ALL. For there are multitudes of the saints that understand that although we have a natural body, there is no amalgam, blend or mixture of the spiritual and the natural, it never will be, nor can be, for it is entirely impossible. The study will be continued and I hope to see you next time, dear children of the day.

Love

serola

One final word regarding free will, dear children of the Lord, it is constrained within the basic inherent nature of the person. In other words the person can only act out of his or her basic nature, what ever that nature is. This is also a warning to those who endeavor to spiritualize the natural man.

DEALING WITH THE PAST

UNDERSTANDING THE NORM (part ten)

 Dear saints, it is safe to say that the choices we make are confined within boundaries of the norm. Those who fail, or refuse to recognize this are very likely to experience difficulties on many levels.

 Further restraints on our ability to make wise decisions and choices are also impacted upon by our level of knowledge or learning, and skill to understand that we can explore reasonable options to sort out and choose among, in order to obtain a good and acceptable outcome. Yet, we cannot and must not spiritualize this information. Brothers and sisters, I hope it can be seen that we are still speaking but naturally.

 Thus, what is presented here is but a very basic typology of the natural man. Although some do not like the idea of a norm in the natural, it is never the less present on many levels. One instance of the norm is its  use in determining the state of physical health or lack of it. For one example, body temperature is thought to be healthful in the range of 98.6, but substantial deviation from this can indicate serious problems in a person’s state of health.

The study will be continued, and I hope to see you next time, dear children of the Lord.

Love, serola

DEALING WITH THE PAST

UNDERSTANDING THE NORM ( part nine)

Beloveds of the Lord, so yes, speaking naturally , we all have free will, but not absolutely. Yet there are those deviants who do desire absolute free will, and to get it they must use deception, manipulation, and often use force to change the norm, to make the unacceptable acceptable.

 Through out the history of mankind many such persons have arisen, who reject the norm,  and who  will continue to do so, on national, international, as well as individual interpersonal levels to attempt to dominate, control and have the power over others to ensure their desire for absolute free will.

Nevertheless, for the most of us, even free will and our choices have constraints within the norm. We are expected of ourselves and others to restrain our own wills. If you or I went out today, most likely we had clothing on. Why? Who told us that we would be naked without them? You and I learned at an early age that appearing naked in public is unacceptable- not the norm, therefore even if it was your will to go out without clothing, you would restrain yourself from doing so.. People who arrive at adulthood without the ability or impaired ability of self restraint are said to be lacking impulse control, or to be immature, to say the least. The study will be continued. The Lord Jesus, who has washed and redeemed us by His own blood, continually keep your hearts and minds stayed on Him. Until next time, as God permits.

love serola

DEALING WITH THE PAST

UNDERSTANDING THE NORM (part eight)

Well, Beloveds of the Lord, one might feel that they do not recall learning or being taught much in the past, and feel they learned most things on their own. They would be mistaken, much of this learning takes place non- verbally, below conscious awareness, over a long period of time, and is internalized by or before the on-set of adulthood. That is-we accept much of this learning as how life ought to be without question.

Well one might say I have free will, I make my own choices, I am independent of the norm.

This would only be partially true. Lets say you have the choice to wear any type of clothing that you want. However, if you showed up at your job wearing a neon green blazer, and bright red and white polka dot pants, unless you are part of some circus, most likely your employer would request that you go back home and return dressed according to his or her office’s norm. Most of us notice when others do not seem to know the norm, and such statements of “ he or she does not get it, or does not seem to have a clue or be clueless” comments may be made about them. Some may note that such persons seem “gullible”. Do not seek to spiritualize this information, it cannot, and must not be done. The reason for this will be presented later, and I assure you, my beloveds of the Lord, that those reasons will be made very clear. Not everything can or should be spiritualized.

I am not painting with a broad brush here, dear saints, for there are multitudes of saints who rightly divide the word of truth, and know the difference between the spiritual and the natural. But I once knew a lady who said she was a Christian, and who spiritualized everything, particularly her car. She made a good income yet, she often praised God, because she was able to drive her car long distances on an empty tank! She mostly went to work without lunch, for she said that God would provide and she would be fed. She loved shopping and had a lot of fabulous and expensive clothing. She did not pay rent, because she said here too the Lord would provide. Beloveds, you know the results of this story: the engine of her car was damaged beyond repair; her co-workers branded her a moocher and withdrew from her; finally her landlord evicted her. She attributed this turn of events to satanic persecution, rather than her misapplying the word of God, quit her job and left town! Next we will look further at free will, and I look forward to seeing you children of light then.

Love

serola

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