Obviously “christianity” is not reading this. But if any…only man. Man (inclusive of woman), and either “a” man or “a” woman and always individually. In other words you, whoever you may be, with an identity. I can never speak or write farther than a you as a “me”, even if, at best, I am persuaded such speaking is before God. Yes, I am persuaded I am speaking to a someone, but very much persuaded this takes place in the presence of another someone.
Yet to even speak to you as though that someone needs a referencing to is at best seemingly awkward, as though making Him a third party to our conversation (for you are having thoughts in response), when it is alone He Himself that is originator of all and any conversation…both present to all, and even before the present is present to us, knowing all from the beginning. And no less, already knowing all of thoughts. Yes, He already knew/knows I would write, yes, He already knew/knows (if you do) read. Therefore He is above in presence to us both whether we (or any) are aware or not. Yes, this is my persuasion, that God is here.
He is not for summoning nor conjuring, nor to any making of Him of more here, for He is the fullness all is in to His upholding. Even if we lie, there is a truth to be found, for then we are clearly liars before Him. So an apostle would write “for we can do nothing against the truth, but for it”. And true liar or one who truly lies we have every confidence of exposure. For Jesus the Christ has already assigned him his identity as a, or even the “liar from the beginning”. And it is both too late (in that sense) for him to be anything other than that according to his assigning, and also, only God knows if our assigning is to the truth, in truth. Yes, we may make many claims for ourselves before one another as those who “only want the truth”, but God knows.
Is that enough? For if it is not enough that “God knows”, to whom or what would one make further appeal for establishment? Me? That is as laughable to me as you saying it is to you establishment is owned, and owed. Yes, if we do not, or are not yet able to see what a funny boat we are in (with joy) together, we might at least concede…it is peculiar. There is a place no lie can stand without identity of it being lie, and that is in God’s presence.
The only question for us might then be…is it as inescapable as we (or even one) might claim? Where can we (or one) go from His presence? Do you (or I) merely repeat or recite that it is inescapable because we saw it in a book…or do we know? For it is only through His affirming to us that the scripture is true, that we may begin to see that the scripture does indeed affirm He is true. And God’s reasoning is always circular and perfect in its referencing being closed ended, and not trailing off to a linear reasoning we are so used to…as though starting on a road following until we hit an end to a road where we must then supply more of our own reasoning to continue and build for further advancement. No, He is God…because…He is God.
He does not even so much as fill that position…as He is that position. God overall…even if we may say what is over all…is God. One is who He is, another merely our defining. And we are being delivered from all of our own…defining(s). For you will see all definition comes, must come, can only come as at from a remove, using a this (as understood) to describe a that as perceived; with ourselves being neither fully a this or a that…but as things handled by us. No, we are not at all used to truth as being so familiar to us (even though we may think so) for in the earth we have never met before One who can say His word is actually fully of He, and of Himself inseparable. And be true.
And what is no less inescapable for us in that truth, even the truth that is God, is that no one (ourselves included) is ever better than their word. They may be shown worse, but each is only as good as his word. And now if we would like to add all our own up, yes, even in this presence of God, it is easily seen that “our” good is purely relative and by such relativity manifestly corrupt as to be absolutely useless in any application to ourselves…except as a manifestation of the utmost of vanity. We might like to think we can “distance ourselves” from our lies through clever and lawyerly application, but we are in the presence of the One without need of, nor distancing of Himself from anything He says.
No, unless He supply mercy (has He?) we are all condemned with no place to stand. We may, at best (and even sometimes worst) want to be shown or even deeply desire to be shown as “good as our word“…till we meet Him. And there we may discover after all, yes, it is far better I not be shown at all. But…who then “to show”?
One cannot help but show…something. And yes, even the mercy that is at first ministered that we might even know some taste of it is all the more craved for its working that one escape the showing of themselves (that can only bring judgment)…but plea that another, not merely, not theoretically, not in vain hope…take one’s place. To even give another (place or placement)…where one can stand in the presence of God. And “be” for another. Is this not true?
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
Has someone done that? Made provision to give…if faithfully handling what belongs to another? Who is the righteous One?
Can His righteousness be handled faithfully by another? God knows.
Yes, God knows who has sanctified the Lord in their heart to no confusion, knowing that all righteousness is in Him, alone.
Can it be held…faithfully? This that is another man’s?
Ahhh, but it gets so intensely, so perfectly, so exquisitely, so painfully, even so unbearably personal now, doesn’t it? For who alone stands before God as a man without excuse, without resort to clever manipulations, there to appear for you, that you may appear here…for Him? And escape all judgment for only representing one’s own self?
Where is your identity? Has it been entrusted to another for keeping, and safe keeping at that?
Have you given it over to a thing by some clever ruse? Do you stand for a thing? Even a thing that is not nor can be self defining for it has no standing before Him with whom we have to do. A thing whose words are all of this way and that way, and yet another way, speaking in all inconsistency to every hearer; even to and of those who even claim to be “in it” or of it, as well and no less as to those who make no such claim? christianity, such as it is, always and at best (which is to quite the worst) will and can only seek to represent itself. And strive it always does to.
The man Jesus the Christ alone has standing before God, even being the very Word that Is His very word inseparable from Himself, and even quite over all who may yet argue who or what what is a “real” christian, or true christianity, or even God forbid descending into such a foolishness and foolish matter as seeking to be, or describe what is a “good” christian.
If seeking to find some line, some outline, some limning whereby a matter is made separate for the beholding and the describing or defining as “this is this, but here ‘this ends’ and here a that begins” as with the Father and the Son is not merely fruitless and vain, for there the imagination inserts a space…even if it be so miniscule as to be called either negligible or irrelevant…for…there is none. None. But such is only, and manifestly only the undertaking from a looking “at” very much from an outside perspective.
God’s perfect and circular reasoning in all yet stands in perfect frustration to all not yet delivered from their own self exalting logic of linear exacting. God is in Christ, no less than Christ is in God. And where are you being hidden so that here, He may be seen?
And one is either in, or out.
What are you in? Of whom and what…are you a part?
Even member?
And I can only write, even speak to you as one most in need of mercy for always and ever having been to himself…only a show off. The very vainest of the vain.
Is there mercy?
What other plea might we have and hold?
And to whom?
Is not He here? Even to hear?
In, or out.
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