{"id":5595,"date":"2021-02-26T00:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2021-01-29T04:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T04:06:18","slug":"another-coffee-break-supernatural-mathematics-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-supernatural-mathematics-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATHEMATICS Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=Section1>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;\r\ntext-indent:.25in;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#747474'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;\r\ntext-indent:.25in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#984806'>SUPERNATURAL MATHEMATICS<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;\r\ntext-indent:.25in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#984806'>Part 3<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;\r\ntext-indent:.25in;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>February 26, 2021<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>It may appear that I\r\ngo overboard with this but I can't help it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>I get started with this stuff and can't stop.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I love the parallels in Scripture.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Math and mathematical principles abound in\r\nthe Word of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>God is very precise in\r\neverything that He does, and we govern our lives according to that precision.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Math\r\nwas always one of my favorite subjects in school.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>From the time I was in grade school, junior\r\nhigh, high school\/college (you remember that I never attended a regular high\r\nschool \u2013 I went straight from 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade into classes with the\r\nUniversity of Nebraska), math was one of my easiest and most fun subjects.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It just came easy.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Guess it's one of those gifts the Lord gave\r\nme from my youth up.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Remembering\r\nmathematical formulas was always a piece of cake.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Just kind of goes along with engineering,\r\ntoo, if you know what I mean \u2013 hence my near-lifelong involvement in\r\nbroadcasting engineering and electronics.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Anyway,\r\none of the things they teach you in math is that the laws of physics dictate\r\nreciprocals.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A reciprocal is always the\r\nexact, polar opposite of whatever number or numerical equation.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Kind of goes like this: the reciprocal of 2\/3\r\nis 3\/2.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The reciprocal of 27\/32 is\r\n32\/27.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The reciprocal of \u00bd is 2\/1 \u2013 and\r\nso forth.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>An\r\nexample of a reciprocal formula goes like this:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--&#091;if gte vml 1&#093;><v:shapetype id=\"_x0000_t75\"\r\n coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\" o:preferrelative=\"t\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\"\r\n filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\">\r\n <v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"\/>\r\n <v:formulas>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>\r\n  <v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"\/>\r\n <\/v:formulas>\r\n <v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"\/>\r\n <o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"\/>\r\n<\/v:shapetype><v:shape id=\"Picture_x0020_1\" o:spid=\"_x0000_s1025\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\"\r\n alt=\"T050563A\" style='width:103.5pt;height:30.75pt;visibility:visible;\r\n mso-wrap-style:square'>\r\n <v:imagedata src=\"Supernatural%20Mathematics%20-%20Part%20310_files\/image001.png\"\r\n  o:title=\"T050563A\"\/>\r\n<\/v:shape><!&#091;endif&#093;--><!&#091;if !vml&#093;><img border=0 width=138 height=41\r\nsrc=\"Supernatural%20Mathematics%20-%20Part%20310_files\/image002.jpg\"\r\nalt=T050563A v:shapes=\"Picture_x0020_1\"><!&#091;endif&#093;><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\r\nreciprocal of north is south.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The\r\nreciprocal of east is west \u2013 and vice-versa.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>If you have a positive or a plus, the reciprocal is a negative, or a\r\nminus.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s a bit over-generalizing,\r\nbut you get the idea.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Reciprocals,\r\nhowever, are not just laws of mathematics.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>They are not simply laws of physics.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Reciprocals\r\nare laws of nature.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Reciprocals\r\nare also laws of the spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Let me\r\nillustrate.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\r\nhis epistle to the Ekklesias in Rome, Paul writes, <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201c<span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>There is<\/span> therefore now no\r\ncondemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,\r\nbut after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath\r\nmade me free from the law of sin and death.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>(Romans 8:1-2)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>See\r\nthe reciprocal?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The positive is <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cthe\r\nlaw of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\r\nnegative, or reciprocal, is <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\nNewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cthe law of sin and death.\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We can come back to this in a minute, but\r\nlet\u2019s look at some others.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\r\nJohn\u2019s first general epistle to the body of Christ (I John 4:18), he writes,<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\r\n\u201cThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath\r\ntorment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.\u201d<\/span><b\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There\u2019s\r\na perfect example of spiritual reciprocals: love and fear.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We usually think of love and hate as being\r\nreciprocals, or opposites, but the truth is that hate comes out of fear.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Hatred is a byproduct of fear.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The true reciprocal to love is actually fear.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There\u2019s\r\nanother aspect to this picture of love and fear also.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\r\napostle Paul amplifies this while talking about another spiritual reciprocal:\r\ncircumcision and uncircumcision.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In\r\nGalatians 5:6 we read, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cFor in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availethany thing, nor\r\nuncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\r\nhave frequently referred to faith and fear as working in the same realm \u2013 as\r\nbeing opposites of the same thing; and here\u2019s where it comes from.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith and love are inseparable.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They work together.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith works by love; and love works by and\r\nthrough faith.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Think about it for a second.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Take\r\naway love and faith is non-existent.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>Without love, there is no motivator, no force and means by which faith\r\ncan function.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is our love of the Lord\r\nby which faith functions.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Applying\r\nthat rule to the faith\/fear picture, we look once again at what John wrote, and\r\nthis time, let me give you my translation from the Greek: <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cThere\r\nis no fear or terror in love, but perfected, completed and mature love casts\r\nout fear or terror; because fear with alarm and terror inflicts punishment and\r\ntorment.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He who is tormented and\r\nafflicted with fright and alarm cannot be made whole and complete in love.\u201d<\/span><b\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now,\r\nlet\u2019s go back to the two primary laws of the Spirit.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The first law, as we\u2019ve already said, is <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201c<span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>There is<\/span> therefore now no\r\ncondemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,\r\nbut after the Spirit. <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Simply\r\nstated, that law is described as the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u>Law\r\nof the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus<\/u><\/b>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>It is absolute, and it is unequivocal.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>One cannot enjoy a condemnation-free life unless they walk after the\r\nSpirit.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\r\nreciprocal and polar opposite law is described by the apostle Paul as the <b\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u>Law of Sin and Death<\/u><\/b>.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This law was implemented when Adam and Eve\r\nate of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Law of Sin and Death was the natural\r\nconsequence.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Because\r\nthis law is final in its effects and consequences, and the human race as a\r\nwhole has been infected by the knowledge virus which brings sin and death,\r\nthere is no deliverance in the natural realm from the consequences of this\r\nlaw.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The tragedy is that this law need\r\nnot ever have been put into force.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Had\r\nAdam and Eve never eaten of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, their\r\nseed would never have inherited the sinful arrogance and pride that comes from\r\neating of the knowledge of good; and their children would never have known the\r\ncontrast of evil with good, they would never have been infected by the Fear of\r\nEvil, and there would never have been a reciprocal in operation for the Law of\r\nthe Spirit of Life.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\r\nparallel to the Law of the Spirit of Life is the Law of Love.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus made the following command to\r\nbelievers, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cThis is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have\r\nloved you.\u201d <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\u2019ll\r\ncome back to this law momentarily.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Based\r\non this commandment, the apostle Paul expands on the differences between the\r\nLaw of the Spirit of Life, and the Law of Sin and Death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>First\r\nof all, he says (Galatians 5:17), <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cFor the flesh lusteth\r\nagainst the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary\r\nthe one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not\r\nunder the law.\u201d<\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\r\nso saying, he makes clear the fact that one cannot serve the desires of the\r\nflesh, walk after the Law of Sin and Death, and still walk after the Law of the\r\nSpirit of Life in Christ Jesus.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\r\ncontinues, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cNow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are <span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>these<\/span>; Adultery, fornication,\r\nuncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,\r\nemulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness,\r\nrevellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told <span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>you<\/span> in time past, that they which do\r\nsuch things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Then\r\nhe illustrates the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus by saying, <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cBut\r\nthe fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,\r\ngoodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they\r\nthat are Christ\u2019s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we\r\nlive in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.\u201d<\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nnormal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Notice\r\nthat the very first item that comes from walking after the Law of the Spirit of\r\nLife is <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>love<\/b>.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Once again, it is clear that the parallel to\r\nthis primary law is love.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\r\nwon\u2019t take the time today to rehearse the 13<sup>th<\/sup> chapter of I\r\nCorinthians (known as the \u201clove chapter\u201d) but the evidence of the Law of Love\r\nworking in you <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>IS<\/b> the fruit of the\r\nSpirit, among which also we find faith. If the first evidence of our walk after\r\nthe Spirit of Life is love, it follows that faith must also be\r\noperational.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This brings us back to one\r\nof our first pictures of a spiritual reciprocal: faith and fear.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Faith\r\nand fear are polar opposites.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>One cannot\r\nhave faith and be afraid of anything.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It\r\nis simply incompatible.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith comes by\r\nhearing the Word of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Once you\u2019ve\r\nheard that Word and it is lodged in your mind, your heart and your spirit, it\r\nbecomes evidentiary.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Once you have\r\nfaith, you begin to talk faith.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It comes\r\nout of our mouth as a creative force.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>You expect God\u2019s Word to be fulfilled.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>After all, He has NEVER said anything He didn\u2019t fulfill or\r\naccomplish.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And you act on that Word\r\nwith that expectation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Fear\r\nis faith in reverse.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>With fear, you\r\nbelieve that something evil is going to happen.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>Once you believe it, you speak it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>Once you speak it, you begin to take action to prevent or deal with the\r\nexpected impending evil, despite the fact that fear is only imaginary\r\nevil.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>What\u2019s worse, the voice of fear in\r\nyour spirit is lying to you and speaking something that is directly contradictory\r\nto the Word of God.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let\r\nme illustrate.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:\r\nnone'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\r\nPsalm 91, David wrote, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; <span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>nor<\/span> for the arrow <span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>that<\/span>flieth by day; nor for the\r\npestilence <span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>that<\/span> walketh in\r\ndarkness; <span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>nor<\/span> for the\r\ndestruction <span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>that<\/span>wasteth at\r\nnoonday.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A thousand shall fall at thy\r\nside, and ten thousand at thy right hand; <span style='mso-bidi-font-style:\r\nitalic'>but<\/span> it shall not come nigh thee.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the\r\nwicked.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Because thou hast made the LORD,\r\n<span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>which is<\/span> my refuge, <span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>even<\/span> the most High, thy habitation;\r\nThere shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy\r\ndwelling.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>For he shall give his angels\r\ncharge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>How\r\nmuch clearer do you want things<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='color:green'>? <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'><span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThere shall NO evil befall thee, neither\r\nshall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.\u201d<\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nnormal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\r\nis unequivocal and uncompromising.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There\r\nare no \u201cifs,\u201d \u201cbuts\u201d or \u201cmaybes.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>David\r\ndescribes the condition under which this Truth is operational when he says, <\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cHe\r\nthat dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow\r\nof the Almighty.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Then\r\nhe writes, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cBecause thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the\r\nmost High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee\u2026..\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Finally,\r\nhe says, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cBecause he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver\r\nhim.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Here\u2019s\r\nthe best one of all: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cWith long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>So\r\nmuch for insurance policies!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Insurance\r\npolicies are all taken out in fear of what might happen.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If we live our lives on the basis of what the\r\nLord says will happen, there can be no \u201cwhat if,\u201d or \u201csuppose.\u201d<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Word of God is clear, unambiguous and\r\nunequivocal.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Faith\r\nsays that God never lies.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith says\r\nthat God\u2019s Word is Truth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith says,\r\n\u201cIf God says it, I believe it; and that settles it!\u201d<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Faith takes positive action and steps to\r\nfollow after the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Fear,\r\non the other hand, says, \u201cHath God said?\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>Fear takes portions of Scripture out of context and twists them so as to\r\ncause doubt and unbelief.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Suppose Jesus\r\nhad listened to Satan quoting the 91<sup>st<\/sup> Psalm when he tempted Jesus\r\nto jump off the pinnacle of the Temple because <\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cHe shall give his\r\nangels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest\r\nat any time thou dash thy foot against a stone\u201d?<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>It would have been to dare God\u2019s Word.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>It would have amounted to nothing less than an expression of doubt and\r\nunbelief that God\u2019s Word was true.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\r\ndon\u2019t want to go there today because it\u2019s another long discussion, but one of\r\nmy pet gripes against some would-be Christians is the great lengths to which\r\nthey go to prepare for the \u201cGreat Tribulation.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\r\n<\/span>I refer to them as \u201cwould-be\u201d because they live their lives in fear of\r\ndoom and gloom instead of living their lives in absolute faith and trust in the\r\nWord of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They live their lives\r\nlooking for the end rather than a continuing life enveloped in Christ Jesus.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\r\ndon't want to beat people up who've been stuck with a \"Tribulation\"\r\nmentality.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They just haven't received\r\nthe revelation that Heaven is NOT our objective.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Heaven isn't even our final dwelling\r\nplace.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Heaven is only a stopover for\r\nEternity.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>JESUS is our objective!<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He MUST be our only objective!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>As\r\nJohn closes out the book of Revelation, he says, <\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cBut the fearful, and\r\nunbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and\r\nsorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake\r\nwhich burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.\u201d<\/span><b\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:green'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\r\nso saying, he places the fearful and unbelieving in the same category as\r\nmurderers and whoremongers (the sexually promiscuous).<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>John makes it clear that those who live their\r\nlives in fear cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Faith\r\nand Fear.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Love and Fear.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Believing and Unbelieving.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Circumcision and Uncircumcision.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(That\u2019s a metaphoric way of describing those\r\nwho either live by the Law [of Moses], or those who live by the Law of Faith in\r\nChrist Jesus.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Law of the Spirit of\r\nLife in Christ Jesus vs. the Law of Sin and Death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>These\r\nare spiritual laws.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They are spiritual\r\nreciprocals.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>What are you choosing?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I've quoted him before and I'll quote him again --\r\nmy lifetime friend and brother in the Lord, Dwain McKenzie, \"Things are\r\nnot what they seem to be, they\u2019re what God says they are!\"<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\r\n22.5pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;mso-pagination:\r\nnone'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#002060'>In case you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment\r\nof Ekklesia, ourSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013\r\nusually at about 10:30AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\r\nconference number is <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:\r\n115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\r\n13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\r\navailable on video usingZOOM.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish\r\nto participate by video on ZOOM, our login ID is 835-926-513.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice-onlycall, you can\r\ndial <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\ncolor:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in later.<span\r\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not recorded \u2013\r\nnot yet, anyway.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal'><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>B<b>lessings on you!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#0070C0'>Regner<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:36.0pt;\r\nfont-family:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:\r\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Regner A. 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