Spirituality: Response To Power Plays

"A friend of God seeks to hear God's truth for the purpose that as soon as he or she knows that it is God's truth, the person realizes that God is speaking directly to him/her and abandons everything and everyone else to follow with God." Reference John 4:23-25, John 15:14-16

The Truth Seekers' Motive







When you do what Christ wants, the persons who need His help will tell others, but it is not your own effort that "tells others" or draws others to yourself."





With this understanding, I will today remove all items from this Spirituality Blog that I have reason to believe fall into the category of self-promotion.

The Power of Self-Promotion In Society

Self-promotion has become acceptable in the world and in the church, but not in Christ. Self-promotion is the spirit of the world and of the anti-Christ.


It is difficult to notice that we are participating in self-promotion because it is the normal way of everyday life in our generation. When what is not right becomes commonly performed as right, only God's intervention can save us from that deception.

My goal in today's labors upon the Spirituality Blog will be to allow the simple Words of God to stand on their own power and merit. Persons coming to this web page will come only because the spirit of God is alerting them to come. No more will there be person's coming because they were notified through internet efforts to promote the site -- such as backward linking, social networking, etc..

Such marketing efforts are fine for man's business world, but the Father's business is holy, noble, sacred, lofty. It must not descend into being treated as the common things of this world are treated. Starting today, you will be presented with a lean version of this page focusing upon content only. The "draw" to the page will also be "content only".

There will always be some of satan's people coming whenever the spirit of God is working, so I ignore them. For those whom God draws, may you continue to grow ever closer in friendship with Christ Jesus, your only legal entry into the spirit world.

I close with these verses from Scripture which will bring all of us back to the simple worship of Jesus Christ -- He is the Truth and the only standard of spirituality:

Proverbs 27:2

"Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."

Taken from www.blueletterbible.org



The following scriptures taken from www.Biblegateway.com

Philippians 2:5-14

5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

13. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings:



John 6:14-16

14. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

15. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,


In this last verse, observe that Jesus kept his focus on why the Father sent him. He was not here to use his spiritual power and knowledge to promote himself into presidential leadership or other political positions. He withdrew from public appearance and departed to privately continue the Father's business. His business and his path remained sure -- teaching His disciples how to live a holy life in the reverential fear of God and exert spiritual power against the evil in this world. Amen.


More of on self-promotion to come ...