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Therefore sacrifice in that regard is just an illusion. Do not fear any threat
or false aspersions for fear has to do with punishment. Jesus accepted the
full weight of suffering, so that we would not be required to experience
suffering of that magnitude. Fear is an illusion, a threat, and when accepted
it has a negative effect on the psyche [the mind]. To that extent what you
perceive you cause [allow] to exist. Satan cannot punish unless you accept
the prompting. So remember, if you accept fear, fear will activate your mind
accordingly. Fear prompts one to reject the truth, by a deceptive
motivation, because fear has to do with punishment. There is no fear in
love; perfect love drives out fear.
Many unknowingly accept or follow a lie, for it is all too convenient and
easy. Why? Well, use the analogy of a spiritual community that proclaims
itself a church. What is your first reaction and how are you likely to
respond? Would you ever want to consider that community/church as a
solution, especially if you think it is a cult? I think not, but why? Why does
the lie counterfeit the truth? In order to keep people in the lie, so they will
refuse the truth.
You will find that the word cult is not a bad word, but it is most times used
in the wrong context, as if “occult,” which is evil. These words are clearly
different by spiritual nature and understanding that is just absurd to the eyes
of wisdom.
So, discernment is essential in order for the truth to be exacted. Jesus
started a cult, and His essence was Divine. What has happened once again
in the world today? The world or mankind has been overwhelmed; the
structural church is divided into many parts; deception has penetrated into
the very heart of the church. Each part makes claims that it has the whole
truth, and its belief is solid. Some even state they have the whole truth.
Throughout scriptural history, deception found its place, and with the best
of intentions humanity has fallen prey.
Here is one example of how error can go forward, and how assumptions
are drawn to distort the truth. The example is the
St ar o f Dav i d ,
which
was intended to represent the line of David. The evolution of the six-
pointed Jewish star the Magen David, literally the
"Sh i e l d o f Dav i d
, ”
the
hexagram, or more rarely, Solomon's seal, is long and complex. Although it
is now the most common and universally recognized sign of Judaism both
within and outside of the Jewish community, it has only achieved this status
in the last two hundred years. Before that it was chiefly associated with