Sharon,
That is some mighty fine preaching there and it felt good to read what you
said. I can tell you know Him through the structures of your words alone.
Phil.
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From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: Who is God
>I am learning that God is a real person, not a philosophy that we do
>rituals in church about and sing for. If it weren't for Him, you and I
>could not reach out and physically touch. The Lord put Moses into a cleft
>of a rock and showed him his backside since no one can see His face and
>live because Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Then, between The Holy Spirit
>and Mary, He took on physical flesh and was given the name Jesus. There
>was a real town called Bethlehem in Israel, just like there is Denver
>Colorado in the USA. There was a real stable with it's animals, hay and
>manure, and real baby that, if I had been there, I could have held in my
>arms, just like I've held some of my nieces and nephews soon after they
>came home from the hospital where they had come out of the mother's womb.
>I'm curious as to what His voice sounded like when He was a grown man, the
>feel of his hands as He ministered to the people. And when He died on a
>man-made cross, He shed real, physical blood. So when I proclaim that His
>blood covers me, that's not a philosophy either.
>
> Since we had been made in God's image, He does have emotions, just as I
> do. I can read about His Compassion, patience and Anger in the old
> Testament, and the same compassion, joy and sorrow Jesus felt during his
> ministry, and the agony as He approached the day when He would be
> sacrificed through brutal torture and Crucifixion.
>
> Now we wait for a physical risen Lord to come and the creation of a real,
> new Earth. That helps me to more readily accept why I should go to
> church, read the Bible and pray. It is also helping me to come out of my
> morbid feelings that I had associated with God.
>
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