Our Lighted Path

  How much do we keep in heart about living with Jesus? These are only a few thoughts about keeping faith in the only "son of man" who was perfectly one with the God of Heaven. {Note: My personal Bible-study notes are here (in parentheses), and interpretations of some words translated in the Bible are here [in brackets].}   Q : Why does He call Himself "son of man," and "Son of God"? A : Jesus was the only person born in flesh (born of a woman, and of the heritage of King David, a man) who, while being that person of flesh, was also twain with Heaven, or absolutely tied to Heaven through the Holy Spirit. From an early age, he declared to his earthly parents, that he was doing his heavenly "Father's business." So his every step was with the Holy Spirit. Whereas, the prophets before Jesus were men of earth only: men who did hear from Heaven many times in life, but who were not born of Heaven. They were imperfect men, and they were earthy men. I

  There is a battle for souls right now.   In some ways, the battle is blatant, in other ways hidden and subtle. But there is a battle on for souls. And, in this battle, hell itself is jockeying for position, and for control of all things. Hell even wants control of God's Bible word. One tiny Bible example hell uses to accuse and persecute believers, is in Pah-ulh's message to the church at Philippi. In his message to the Philippians, Paul is mostly concerned with how deacons and other overseerers are treating the church congregation. So, Paul tells them not to consider themselves better than other members of the congregation, but to consider themselves servants along with the congregation ; and that's how churches survive every attack of the enemy. Churches survive embattled times through being what Paul defined as "slaves of Christ," following Jesus's example and not this world's way of subjecting believers to all manner of hell. Why does Paul tell the