I think that someone is trying to kill me Infecting my blood and destroying my mind No man of the flesh could ever stop me The fight for this fish is a fight to the death
White whale Holy grail White whale Holy grail
What remorseless emperor commands me? I no longer govern my soul I am completely immersed in darkness As I turn my body away from the sun
White whale Holy grail White whale Holy grail
Split your lungs with blood and thunder When you see the white whale Break your backs and crack your oars, men If you wish to prevail This ivory leg is what propels me Harpoons thrust in the sky Aim directly for his crooked brow And look him straight in the eye
White whale Holy grail White whale Holy grail
–Mastodon, “Blood and Thunder”–
FROM HELL’S HEART I STAB AT THEE! FOR HATE’S SAKE, I SPIT MY LAST BREATH AT THEE! –Captain Ahab–
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13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. –2 Corinthians 5:13-15 (NIV)–
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. –Hebrews 1:9 (KJV)–
Peter Paul Rubens, St. George Fighting the Dragon (1607).
Leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, LET US GO ON TO PERFECTION, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God. –Hebrews 6:1 (NKJV)–
12 NOT THAT I HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED, OR AM ALREADY PERFECTED; BUT I PRESS ON, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and REACHING FORWARD to those things which are ahead, 14 I PRESS TOWARD THE GOAL FOR THE PRIZE of the upward CALL OF GOD in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 3:12-14 (NKJV)–
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Smith Wigglesworth, Ever Increasing Faith (Gospel Publishing House, 2012).
Dawna de Silva, Sozo: Saved, Healed, Delivered (Destiny Image, 2016). I don’t know much about this Dawna lady. If she is who I think, she might possibly be a very mean person represented but left unnamed in American Gospel: Spirit and Fire. It might be better to go with the old Wigglesworth view of healing.
Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. –1 Samuel 17:49 (NIV)–
Hope deferred makes the heart sick. –Proverbs 13:12 (NIV)–
Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her. –Genesis 29:20 (NIV)–
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. –1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)–
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH.” 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. –Ephesians 5:21-33 (NIV)–
19 MY HUSBAND IS NOT AT HOME; HE HAS GONE ON A LONG JOURNEY. 20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.” 21 With persuasive words she led him astray; SHE SEDUCED HIM WITH HER SMOOTH TALK. –Proverbs 7:19-21 (NIV)–
1 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have SEXUAL RELATIONS with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 3 The husband should fulfill his MARITAL DUTY to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own BODY but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own BODY but yields it to his wife. 5 DO NOT DEPRIVE EACH OTHER except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then COME TOGETHER again so that SATAN will not TEMPT YOU because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN WITH PASSION. 10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A WIFE MUST NOT SEPARATE FROM HER HUSBAND. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But IF THE UNBELIEVER LEAVES, LET IT BE SO. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to LIVE IN PEACE. 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? –1 Corinthians 7:1-16 (NIV)–
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Dr. John R. Rice, Home: Courtship, Marriage, and Children (Sword of the Lord, 1987).
William Gouge, Building a Godly Home. 3 vols (Reformation Heritage Books, 2014).
Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. –1 John 4:1 (ESV)–
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. –2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV)–
At that time I could not find a single Christian leader who shared a similar interest in finding out if there were truths hidden in the New Age. Now we are beginning to hear more and more REVELATION THAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT NEW AGERS HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG and we are hearing more and more teaching about CHRISTIANS “TAKING BACK TRUTHS” FROM THE NEW AGE that really belong to citizens of the Kingdom of God…It wasn’t that I wanted to become a New Ager, I just wanted to find out if maybe they had uncovered some truths the church hadn’t. –Ellyn Davis, The Physics of Heaven—
Beni Johnson soaking up the “anointing” from the grave of C. S. Lewis–a Christian universalist writer–and hugging the grave of Charles Finney to get his “anointing” too. The last one didn’t work though, because Bethel Church hates hellfire and repentance sermons.
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