#2 Cor 13:8

[adedokunr]

Unveiling the Truth: A Blueprint for Success

Simplicity is synonymous with originality. Anything you can’t grasp in simple terms becomes a challenge in logical terms. Here lies the secret: if you’re not first, you are last. Unfortunately, life doesn’t provide for average living; it’s a binary reality where you’re either at the top or at the bottom. In the school of success, failure is acknowledged, but there is no room for being average.…

[only0kcal]

50 dicas básicas da Ana e Mia. JAMAIS ESQUEÇER.

1. Coma sempre o pequeno-almoço! Isto mantém o teu metabolismo trabalhando.

2. Coma o mais devagar que puder. O organismo leva cerca de 30 minutos a perceber que está cheio. Mastigue até sentir a comida completamente desfeita na boca.

3. Coma em frente ao espelho.

4. Quando tiveres ânsias (compulsão) por comida conta até 100. Geralmente só o fato de te concentrar, faz-te perder a fome.

5. Pouse o grafo entre cada garfada.

6. Nunca comer a partir das 19h/20h (o metabolismo fica mais lento).

7. Disfarça a descoloração da pele debaixo das unhas por falta de nutrientes com verniz de cor.

8. Tome comprimidos para a azia se tiveres com muita fome. Neutraliza o ácido do estômago que te faz sentir fome.

9. Mantenha um caixote perto de onde come. Se sentires que vais comer demais, jogue o resto fora.

10. Beba refrigerantes light. Enche e têm apenas 1 caloria. (mas é preferível beber água)

11. Limpe alguma coisa nojenta, certeza que vais perder o apetite.

12. Escove os dentes. O sabor da pasta é horrível se comer em seguida.

13. Todas as calorias são importantes. Quando sentado(a) mexe a perna, contrai os abdominais, nunca pare de se exercitar.

14. Beba um copo de água por hora, não só vai fazer com o estômago se sinta cheio, mas também te vai dar uma pele hidratada. Água fria queima mais calorias, água quente enche mais.

15. Jogue fora a comida que achar que pode comer compulsivamente.

16. Quando sair, leve só o dinheiro que precisar, nada extra. Assim, não terá a tentação de gastar em comida.

17. Senta-te com a coluna direita, ter uma boa postura queima mais 10 calorias do que curvado(a).

18. Bebe um gole de água entre cada garfada. Isso vai te dar uma sensação de satisfação mais rápido.

19. Não fique muito agasalhada. O organismo gasta mais energia a manter o corpo quente.

20. Se tiver um ataque de comer compulsivo, mastiga a comida e cospe a seguir.

21. Coma as refeições em pratos pequenos.

22. Ande sempre com as nádegas contraídas, gasta imensas calorias e o resultado é bom.

23. Tente ficar confortável na cama, uma posição a qual terá certeza que não vai levantar-te para ir comer a noite.

24. Use a imaginação. Imagine como será a comida no estômago e como a gordura será formada (eca).

25. Estrague a tua comida. Coloque demasiado sal, por exemplo, resulta muito bem e você não irá comer. 26. Vai a lojas e experimenta roupas que gostaria que te servissem.

27. Olha para a gordura que tens no corpo e imagina que se comer, não vai fazer mais nada senão adicionar mais gordura ainda.

28. Coma quando estiver rodeada de pessoas. Com a conversa elas irão esquecer de te vigiar.

29. Obesidade é horrível e gordos são inúteis lembre-se disso.

30. Veja sempre foto daquele thinspiration linda.

31. Pesa-te sempre.As balanças não enganam.

32. Coloque na cabeça que se o teu amigo(a) magérrimo(a) come 3000 calorias e não engorda, não quer dizer que possa fazer o mesmo.

33. Aprende a gostar da sensação de vazio no estômago. Confia em mim, vai sentir-te enjoado quando comeres exageradamente mais uma vez.

34. Observa as outras pessoas, especialmente gordos (as), quando estiverem a comer, e sinta-se superior por não estar comendo nada e ter seu corpo limpo.

35. Come pastilhas elásticas (sem açúcar), mantém a boca distraída e não pensas em comer (só no último caso.).

36. Se comer, tenta comer sempre no mesmo lugar, mas sozinho(a), sem ver Tv ou no PC. Comer em frente a Tv distrai dos sinais de estômago cheio, e provavelmente não vai reparar na quantidade que comer.

37. Se estiveres com muita fome sai de casa , visita amigos onde não pode comer a vontade.

38. Quando sentires dores de estômago da fome, curve-se e encolha a barriga. Pelo menos para mim funciona.

39. Tente comer algo calórico, mas saudável, (ex.: uma banana) logo de manhã. O resto do dia sempre que te sentir tentado(a) a comer pense nas calorias que já comeu e que mais comida não será necessário.

40. Lembre-se sempre de uma coisa, perder peso não é só um objetivo, mas também uma disciplina.

41. Como uma data de evento (casamento, formatura) na vida é preciso esforço e força de vontade. É necessário planear e organizar a dieta, e não desistir nunca.

42. Um dia desleixado na dieta não é desculpa para parar e engordar horrores. Desistência é desculpa de pessoas fracas. E você não é fraca, não é mesmo?

43. Durante os dias de NF ou de LF muito baixo, pingue entre 3 à 10 gostas de limão (com uma gota de zero cal, a gosto) em 500ml de água gelada. Vai te refrescar além de te fazer sentir melhor e queimar calorias! (agua gelada acelera metabolismo)

44. Se bater uma vontade de compulsão troque refeiçoes para não entrar em desespero! Por exemplo, ao invés de almoçar algo que você não está com vontade, chupe uma bala ou coma azeitonas por exemplo. Aprenda a balancear.

45. Evite passar perto da cozinha principalmente nos horários de comer em que seus parentes estarão lá.

46. Cuide-se. Faça uma escova no cabelo ou mude o corte por exemplo. Tudo isso te fará se empenhar no emagrecimento.

47. Estaveleça punições. Eu sempre ando com um elástico azul no braço daqueles de colocar dinheiro. Deu vontade de comer ou abandonar a anna? Aperte bem forte no braço, fique na posição fetal e puxe! Você vai se sentir melhor,acredite.

48. Arranje um namorado ou alguém especial. Uma pessoa que é importante na nossa vida, sem ser da família obvio, nos faz esquecer de tudo fútil, por exemplo, comida.

49. Ouça músicas que te encorajam a ser bonita!

50. Uma ótima forma de se inspirar é vendo fotos de quem realmente tem o corpo dos seus sonhos!

51. Escreva textos sobre como você gostaria de ser, e o que você faria se fosse assim! Te dará ânimo para emagrecer!

52.Compre aquela roupa perfeita a qual você se comprometeu a usar. Eu sei como é difícil domar a anna as vezes até porque eu sou uma! Mas entenda que não adianta você ler mil dicas e não fazer nada. Não só pense, aja! Não sonhe, seja! Ana, make me beautiful.

Creditos: pro-annnamia-blogspot.com

[astronom27]

Success Stories

1 - passa nas provas de 2 cursos que eu queria muito, um de programação e outro de inglês

2 - passa na prova da obmep 2 vezes com a maior nota da sala sem saber de nada, (não fiz a segunda prova porque eu não quis)

3 - Glow up e mudança de algumas características do meu rosto como lábios, nariz, mandíbula, cor e formatos de olho, mudança de cor de pele.

4 - conseguir fazer minha mãe para de vomitar instantaneamente, pamigo ter alta do hospital em menos de um dia (ele tava internado)

5 - cura qualquer ferida/queimaduras em mim instantaneamente

6 - corpo dos sonhos

7 - mudança de voz grossa e depois para fina (nunca me senti satisfeita com minha voz)

8 - revisão de momentos constrangedores, acidentes e corte de cabelo

9 - mensagens de pessoas específicas sem contato a muito tempo

10 - meu namorado do 0, ex Sp, ex crush

11 - mudanças de clima

12 - comidas específicas de graça

13 - um celular novo em menos de 10 horas

14 - Cura meu pai do alcoólismo

15 - 2 ex grupos de amigos específicos

Ainda tem mais, só que tenho a memória ruim então ser eu lembrar faço outra lista.

[kingdomreigns]

A believer's identity “in Christ” means we are:

1. Saved

Rescued from sin’s penalty (Eph 2:8-9)

2. Sealed

Marked by the Spirit (Eph 1:13-14)

3. Secure

Eternally safe in God (Rom 8:38-39)

4. Sanctified

Set apart for God (1 Cor 6:11)

5. Sent

Christ’s ambassadors (2 Cor 5:20)

—Dustin Benge

[promiscua-se]

36 Perguntas (naquele modelo que a gente gosta):

1- qual parte do corpo você gosta que massagiem?

2- o que faz você sentir tesão por uma pessoa?

3- Você se lembra como foi seu primeiro beijo?

4- Qual foi o lugar mais inusitado que você transou?

5- Qual sua posição favorita no sexo?

6- você já ficou com alguém escondido por ser proibido?

7- o que você mais gosta no seu corpo?

8- Você dorme com roupa ou sem roupa?

9- Qual sua atriz pornô favorita?

10- um ano sem cigarro ou um ano sem sexo?

11- Qual foi a coisa mais louca que você fez no motel?

12- o que é mais importante para você as preliminares ou a foda?

13- você gosta de bdsm?

14- Sexo violento ou romântico?

15- Você já foi em um sex-shop?

16- de 1 a 10 o quanto vc curte anal?

17- já teve um sonho erótico ao ponto de acordar toda molhada?

18- Posição favorita?

19- Existe alguma coisa que você jamais faria durante o sexo?

20- você já foi paga por sexo?

21- Já nadou sem roupa?

22- Você acha que pode rolar de tudo em um primeiro encontro?

23- Qual a sua opinião sobre relacionamentos abertos?

24- Você já usou comida durante o sexo?

25- já fez uma orgia?

26- Já fez sexo por telefone?

27- Quais são suas medidas (perto, cintura, Quadri)?

28- Qual a cor da calcinha/cueca que está usando agora?

29- Preferiria ser dominador (a) ou submisso (a)?

30- Você já fez striptease para alguém?

31- já fez Gang Bang?

32- já fez ménage com duas mulheres?

33- já transou em público?

34- você já gozou até esguichar?

35- Qual o maior tempo que você ficou transando sem parar?

36- BÔNUS: Mande sua própria pergunta, caso seja interessante, eu respondo!

[walkswithmyfather]

WHO YOU SAY I AM!

I am chosen - 1 Thess 1:4

I am called of God - 2 Tim 1:9

I am being changed into His image - 2 Cor 3:18

I am a new creation - 2 Cor 5:17

I am the temple of the Holy Spirit - 1 Cor 6:19

I am forgiven of all my sins - Eph 1:7

I am redeemed from the curse of the law - Gal 3:14

I am blessed - Gal 3:9

I am the head and not the tail - Deut 28:13

I am above and not beneath - Deut 28:13

I am victorious - Rev 12:11

I am set free - John 8:32

I am strong in the Lord - Eph 6:10

I am healed by His wounds - 1 Peter 2:24

I am free from condemnation - Rom 8:1

I am reconciled to God - 2 Cor 5:18

I am joint heirs with Christ - Rom 8:17

I am more than a conqueror - Rom 8:37

I am accepted in Him - Eph 1:6

I am complete in Him - Col 2:10

Friend, this is who God says you are. This is who you are in Christ. Amen! 🙌

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A Believer's Identity “in Christ” Means We Are:

Saved Rescued from sin’s penalty (Eph 2:8-9)

Sealed Marked by the Spirit (Eph 1:13-14)

Secure Eternally safe in God (Rom 8:38-39)

Sanctified Set apart for God (1 Cor 6:11)

Sent Christ’s ambassadors (2 Cor 5:20)

Dustin Benge

[ladykailitha]

All My Roads Lead Back to You Part 17

Welp. We are in the home stretch. I’m almost done writing the last chapter and then there will be a small epilogue. Thank you so much for sharing this ride with me on this one.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16

*

Edie isn’t exactly sure when it started happening, but she began to notice little changes in her dad’s eating habits. Some times he would go for seconds if he liked it or he would keep some kind of fruit on hand to snack on.

But knowing her dad’s past also helped her notice when he would get that thousand yard stare or when he would jump at certain sounds. Knowing that he had walked through hell, not just once, but multiple times was like slotting in a piece of the puzzle you didn’t know was missing. And just watching all the other pieces that didn’t make sense before form a complete picture.

She knew that they had told her was only scratching the surface. Things they weren’t directly involved in but didn’t want to know. After she was told about their past Mr Munson gave her permission to dig into the incident surrounding the actual fucking lynch mob that was led by a psychotic basketball star.

What made her the angriest was that the asshole died in the earthquake and never had to deal with the consequences of his actions. That the town took that as liberty to just sweep it under the rug. The police chief quietly resigned two years later. No one that was involved in the witch hunt was actually punished for what they did to Mr Munson.

So she decided she was going to make a long distance phone call. A very long distance phone call.

“Miss Thing!” Lily Byers greeted cheerfully. “To what do I owe this totally awesome pleasure?”

“Cousin Itt!” Edie greeted back. “How’s it rocking, girlie?”

“You know,” Lily said, “as much as I love traveling the world, I got soo super jelly of your prom pictures. I’m trying to convince Mom to let spend the last year of high school with you.”

“Just say the word, Cousin Itt,” Edie said seriously, “I will deploy the puppy dog eyes.”

Lily laughed. “I’m not quite that desperate. Yet.”

“Duly noted,” Edie said. “Hey, I need a favor. But first how much do you know about your parents’ high school days?”

“You talking normal angst filled love triangles?” Lily ask slowly. “Or are we talking about nightmare fuel?”

“Nightmare fuel.”

Lily let out a slow breath. “I got ‘read in’ last year.” Edie could feel the air quotes from here. “I’m guessing you’re new to the ‘my parents are fucked up’ club?”

“About a month I guess,” Edie said with a sigh. “Me and Harri Munson. They tell you about what happened to his dad? Eddie Munson? Not the monster shit, but the normies fucking shit up stuff?”

Lily let out another long sigh. “Yeah. The witch hunt of the century.”

“Can you please explain why your mother and father didn’t expose the fucking town the way they did the Lab?” Edie asked pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration.

“That is a really good question, Miss Thing,” Lily said. “And I think you just gave me new leverage against my parents over the whole high school senior year dealio. I’ll get back to you.”

“Love you lots!” Edie said.

“Love you more!” Lily replied and then hung up.

“You know,” a voice said from behind her, “that’s a pretty low blow, weaponizing your cousin that way.”

Edie whirled around to see her dad leaning against the doorframe of her bedroom. His arms were crossed over his chest, but he had an easy smile on his face.

“Don’t you know it’s rude to eavesdrop,” she said glaring at him.

“I just came to ask if you wanted pizza or kebabs tonight,” he said, his smile turning into a grin. “I did knock. A couple times in fact. But you were the one plotting world takeover with your bedroom door open.”

Edie flopped on her bed. “Is that one of the reasons we rarely get together, because we’d take over the world?”

Steve laughed. “One of many. One of many.”

Edie grinned. “I’m just correcting a miscarriage of justice is all.”

“Oh, is that all?” he asked grinning back at her. “Knowing Lily Byers like I do, I fully expect an expose by the end of the week and formal apology from the city of Hawkins and the state of Indiana to Eddie by the end of the month.”

Edie pretended to toss non-existent long hair over her shoulder. “Good.”

Steve pulled her in for a hug. “I think the reason she didn’t is because of me.”

Edie pulled away slightly. “What do you mean?”

“I think she didn’t want to stir up feelings for Eddie after he left.”

“But he left three months after,” Edie insisted. “Why didn’t she say something then?”

“Our town was nearly destroyed,” Steve reminded her. “And the government had found a scapegoat in Henry Creel, got Eddie off and all this while Eddie was still in a coma from being nearly ripped to bits. She had a lot on her mind those first three months. We all did. And then he got a record deal, he was going to be famous. She probably didn’t want to make waves for him and ruin his chances.”

“Damn it,” she sighed. “Those are all really good reason not blow up the biggest scandal since the ‘gas leak’.”

“So maybe tell Lily to ease up a bit on her mom?” Steve asked.

“Not a snowball’s chance in hell, Dad.”

Steve sighed. He figured that was the answer, but felt he had to try. At least a little.

*

School was ending and Edie and Harri both had summer school. Mandy and Kenny were free, but then they were good in school and mostly liked by the teachers.

Their rich school was a bit backwards. Probably because it had only been built in the last decade, but Mr Pearson wasn’t the only teacher that turned their noses up at old money students like Edie. She had the misfortune to be old money, too. Her family’s wealth went back as far a century at least.

She wasn’t third or even fourth generation wealthy. Her great-great grandparents were stinking rich. They were among the few families to come out of the stock market crash and Great Depression relatively unscathed. It’s why Dad’s trust fund was so sought after.

A trust fund that only grew because he may not have had a head for numbers, he had a head for business. He knew when to pull out if something was failing and when to pour more money in if they looked on the verge of discovery.

But it meant that all the teachers thought that her dad didn’t earn having his daughter at their school. So they always went a lot harder on Edie then they did her friends. All three of which had parents that came from nothing or very little to make their wealth. Mandy and Harri were both children of rock stars. Kenny’s mom invented some kitchen gadget that had taken the world by storm and now was in nearly every house in the country.

Harri was only joining her in summer school hell because two of the credits he needed to graduation next year didn’t transfer over and he had zero desire to sit with sophomores and juniors his last year of school.

“They should standardize the curriculum across the country,” Harri grumbled, kicking at a rock on their way into school.

Edie sighed. She agreed with him, but if they had she wouldn’t have a summer school buddy to be miserable with.

“I hear that,” was what she said instead. “And you should be allowed to skip a class if you don’t want to take it. As long as you get two years of math, who cares if it’s just basic math. It’s like judging a fish by its ability to climb or however that quote goes.”

“Right?” Harri agreed. “Like if what you want to go into takes heavy math that sure, you do the advanced math, but if you’re going into art and the only math you’re going to need is fractions they shouldn’t have to force you into bullshit like that.”

They both had to take a math class and a science class, so they took the same ones so that they could at least have a study buddy.

“I hate that I have to do this,” Edie groused as she flopped down in a desk somewhere near the back of the class. “It means I can’t go to the gala this year.”

“Gala?” Harri asked, sliding into the desk next to hers. “What gala?”

“The biggest event my dad does all year,” she explained, resting her head on her hands and staring off into the distance dreamily. “He’s involved in a shit ton of charities, but this is his biggest. It’s like the it party of the year and everyone foams at the mouth for an invite.”

“So why can’t you go?” Harri asked.

“Because for everyone else it’s a one night event,” Edie said, “but for my dad it’s a week long thing just prepping for it. And because I have summer school, I can’t help him. His rule has always been that I’ve been too young and that was supposed to change this year. I was going to help out and get to go. But because I have this stupid shit, I have to spend the week at Mandy’s.”

“You’re nearly eighteen,” Harri protested. “Can’t you be left home alone?”

Edie sighed. “If it was about Dad being gone all the time, sure. But it’s not. It’s held at the house. Or rather the backyard. There are people coming and going all hours of the day and night. Setting up lights, preparing food, setting up tables. It’s a whole thing. And if I want to actually pass these classes...”

Harri winced. “You can’t be around all that shit...Point well and truly taken. So what are you going to do instead?”

Edie shrugged. “Normally Mr Lawrence lets Mandy have a party that night and we stay up late watching movies, but I think the Lawrences are going this year, so I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Harri opened his mouth to ask another question, but the teacher chose that moment to walk in and they were forced to pay attention to the class.

***

Part 18 Epilogue

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[anastpaul]

One Minute Reflection – 30 September – “The Month of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Holy Cross” – St Jerome (347-419) Confessor, Father and Doctor – 2 Timothy 4:1-8, Matthew 5:13-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “I am not come to destroy but to fulfil.” – Matthew 5:17 REFLECTION – “Grace which was formerly veiled, so to speak, in the Old Testament, has been fully revealed in the Gospel of Christ by a harmonious disposition of the times, just as God usually disposes of everything with harmony … But within this wonderful harmony, we notice a great difference between the two ages. On Sinai, the people did not dare draw near the place where the Lord was giving His Law; in the Upper Room, the Holy Ghost comes down on all those assembled there, while waiting for the fulfilment of the promise (Ex 19:23; Acts 2:1). In the first instance, the Finger of God inscribed the laws on tablets of stone but now, it is in human hearts where He writes it (Ex 31:18; 2 Cor 3:3). Formerly the Law was written without and brought fear to sinners but now, it has been given to them within, to make them righteous …

(via One Minute Reflection – 30 September – “I am not come to destroy but to fulfil.” – Matthew 5:17 – AnaStpaul)

[gravedangerahead]

Torneio Sexyman Brasil

These are my cats when they were babies, my former pinned post so I can find it again

Aqui está o post original com a lista dos competidores, tinha algumas descrições engraçadas.

Fase de grupos do Sexyman Brasil:

O vencedor do grupo 1, personagens brasileiros de obras gringas (07/02), foi NICO, O CANÁRIO DE RIO.

O vencedor do grupo 2, pessoas de verdade que eu achei graça (08/02), foi o PRESIDENTE LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA:

O vencedor do grupo 3, Turma da Mônica Jovem (09/10), foi o DO CONTRA

O vencedor do grupo 4, Rinha de Rodrigos Santoros (10/02), foi o AFRÂNIO DE VELHO CHICO

O vencedor do grupo 5, Crushs da Infância, (11/02) VISCONDE DE SABUGOSA

O vencedor do grupo 6, (Wagner) Moural Kombat (12/02), foi o LOBO DO GATO DE BOTAS

O vencedor do grupo 7, Selton (Mello) Showdown (13/02), foi o CHICÓ DE O AUTO DA COMPADECIDA

O vencedor do grupo oito, Programas de Comédia (14/02), foi AGOSTINHO CARRARA DE A GRANDE FAMÍLIA

Grupo 9 Novela das 7, 8, 9 e Record (15/02) Vencedor: ??????? Segundo turno (17/02, 18:00), vencedor foi FELIX DE AMOR À VIDA

O vencedor do grupo 10 Novela das 6 (16/02), é o PETRUCHIO, DE O CRAVO E A ROSA

O vencedor do grupo 11, Folclore (17/02), foi o BOTO COR-DE-ROSA

O vencedor do grupo 12, Livros e séries (18/02), foi o ESCOBAR DE DOM CASMURRO

O vencedor do grupo 13, Ícones (19/02), foi o NOSSO QUERIDO ZÉ GOTINHA

G14 O vencedor do grupo 14, Lutinha de Lázaro Ramos (20/02) foi ZÉ MARIA DE LADO A LADO

O vencedor do grupo 15 UFCristo (Blasfêmia) (20/02, 12h) foi JESUS DE O AUTO DA COMPADECIDA

G16 O vencedor do grupo 16, Repescagem (21/02), foi OLAVO DE AMOR À VIDA

Fase mano a mano:

22/02, quarta-feira - As 4 Primeiras Enquetes das Oitavas de Final

1. Boto Cor-de-rosa X Visconde de Sabugosa

2. Jesus de O Auto da Compadecida X Escobar de Dom Carmurro

3. Zé Gotinha X Zé Maria de Lado a Lado

4. Presidente Lula X Petruchio de O Cravo e Rosa

23/02, quinta-feira - As 4 Últimas Enquetes das Oitavas de Final

5. Agostinho de A Grande Família X Afrânio de Velho Chico

6. Chicó de O Auto da Compadecida X Felix de Amor à Vida

7. Lobo de O Gato de Botas X Nico, o Canário de Rio

8. Do Contra Jovem X Olavo (Wagner Moura) de Paraíso Tropical

24/02, sexta-feira - As 4 Enquetes das Quartas de Final

1. Boto Cor-de-rosa X Do Contra Jovem Adulto

2. Jesus de O Auto da Compadecida X Lobo Gringo

3. Zé Gotinha X Chicó de O Auto da Compadecida

4. Presidente Lula X Agostinho Carrara de A Grande Família

25/02, sábado - As Duas Enquetes das Semifinais

1. Boto Cor-de-rosa X Presidente Lula

2. Jesus de O Auto da Compadecida X Zé Gotinha

26/02, domingo- GRANDE FINAL por uma semana

Terceiro Lugar

Dicas culturais Sexyman Brasil

Encerramento

TORNEIO BRASILEIRÍSSIMA

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Doesn't 1 John 1:8-9 contradict with OSAS/perseverance of the saints since it says that if we say not to have sinned when we did sin we make God a liar and the truth is not in us, and IF we confess it He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness? Where it would logically follow if we hide our sin he will NOT cleanse us, so it seems from this passage that salvation CAN be lost in that case. I discussed this with an OSAS believer named Ryan Rufus (he's on YT, but no need to watch his sermons, they are very weird, too much eisegesis and too little scripture, reminds me of Benny Hinn if you ask me) and he said that 1 John 1:9 was written to gnostics, not Christians. Your reponse?

Confessing that you are a sinner and need Jesus to save you is essential to saving faith. You cannot be forgiven and made righteous if you do not agree with God that you need saving and ask Him to save you.

Ask any person that God has genuinely saved, "Are you a sinner?" and you will always get an affirmative answer. Before God saves us, our predisposition is self-righteousness, to proclaim our own goodness or to redefine what good is (Prov 20:6; Isa 5:20). After God saves us, He opens our eyes, convicting us of sin, righteousness, and judgment, so that we know who we really are and start thinking His way instead of our own way (Isa 55:7).

Can Christians still sin even after God has opened their eyes? Yes. We are all commanded to continually put off what we used to be and put on what we are (Col 3:8-10). Can Christians fall into a pattern of sin and try to cover it up? Yes. Look at the lengths David went to so he could cover up his sin with Bathsheba. But God's grace always arrests the genuine believer, intervening to bring that conviction back and produce repentance.

Can a Christian love sin and call it good or claim he is going to heaven because of his own righteousness? No. If someone claims to be a Christian but does not believe or obey God's Word then he is showing his faith is worthless (Jas 2:14). He was never changed by God to begin with because God always makes a new creation when He unites them to Christ (2 Cor 5:17).

Salvation from beginning to end is a work of God's grace. God decided in eternity past that He was going to save sinners, and He doesn't save anyone part way. Those He predestined, He justified, and those He justified, He glorified, and nothing in all creation can separate us from His love (Rom 8:29, 39).

God didn't make us righteous and then tell us, "You have to be righteous from now on or you're out." 1. We can't do that, we can never be perfectly righteous this side of heaven (1 John 1:8). 2. That would make salvation dependent upon us and give us reason to boast. The only reason the saints persevere in the faith is because God is working in them to will and to work (Phil 2:13). If for one second He stopped working in us, we would fail, but God will never abandon those He purchased through His Son.

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~ Rozemyne Playlist || The commoner daughter of a soldier, turned goddess

A little playlist I made from the start of the series; to the very end

(This was a fun project I’ve been making since halfway through Part 5. I’m so excited to finally see it finished. This was a wild, long ride, and I can’t express how much fun I had. This series has made me go through such an emotional roller coaster, so I decided to share this playlist. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed making it.

I’m thinking about making a separate post explaining the background of my selection. Why i chose what songs, why in that order, and how I separated the parts. But given the size of the playlist, it may take a while. That said, if you’re interested and wanna know about anything, feel free to ask! I will answer with delight).

PART 1 - Daughter of a Soldier

1.- Naughty - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

2.- Ponyo on the cliff by the sea - Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas (From Ponyo)

3.- Flowers in my hair - Wes Reeves

4.-My Love is Mine, All Mine - Mitski

5.- When I Grow Up - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

PART 2 - Apprentice of a Shrine Maiden

6.- Quiet - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

7.- Unsweetened Lemonade - Amélie Farren

8.- Once Upon a December - Christy Altomare ( From Anastasia Musical)

9.- Only Love Can Save Us Now - Ke$ha

10.- Go Tonight - Krystina Alabado, Emma Hunton (From Mad Ones Musical)

11.- Two Orugitas - Sebastian Yatra (From Encanto)

PART 3 - Adopted Daughter of the Archduke

12.- Chiquitita - ABBA

13.- Class of 2013 - Mitski

14.- The Milk Carton - Madilyn Mei

15.- Family Jewels - MARINA

16.- Seventeen - MARINA

17.- We Both Reached For The Gun - Chicago Cast (From Chicago Musical)

18.- Found - Sarah Stiles & Zach Callison (From Steven Universe The Movie)

19.- She Used to Be Mine - Jessie Mueller (From Waitress Musical)

PART 4 - Founder of the So-Called Library Comittee

20.- Ancient Dreams in a Modern Life - MARINA

21.- Belle - Beauty and the Beast Cast (From Beauty and Beast Movie)

22.- Non-Stop - Hamilton Cast (From Hamilton Musical)

23.- Put You in Your Place - Percy Jackson Cast (From Lighting Thief Musical)

24.- Little Wolf - EPIC Cast (From EPIC Musical)

25.- Téir Abhaile Riu - Celtic Women

26.- Fine on the Outside - Priscilla Ahn (From When Marnie was Here)

27.- The Prophecy - Taylor Swift

28.- Francis Forever - Mitski

PART 5 - The Avatar of a goddess

29.- Warrior of the Mind - EPIC Cast (From Epic Musical)

30.- Idol - YOASOBI

31.- Venus Fly Trap - MARINA

32.- Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Lorde (From the Hunger Games Movies)

33.- LABOUR (Cacophony) - Paris Paloma

34.- Don’t Make me - MALINDA

35.- Breakfast - Dove Cameron

36.- Hit me with your Best Shot - ADONA

37.- Nothing You Can Take From Me - Rachel Zegler (From Ballad from Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)

38.- Breathe - Leslie Grace (From In The Heights Movie)

39.- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Taylor Swift

40.- Fine Line - Ke$ha

41.- Product of My Own Design - Artio

42.- Queen of Kings - Alessandra

43.- No Good Deed - Wicked Cast (From Wicked Musical)

44.- Safe and Sound - Taylor Swift (From the Hunger Games Movies)

45.- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? - Taylor Swift

46.- Ruthlessness - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

47.- They’re Only Human - Annapantsu & Caleb Hyles (Death Note Musical Cover)

48.- Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter

49.- Respectless - Hazbin Hotel Cast (From Hazbin Hotel)

50.- The Greatest Show - Panic at the Disco! (From Greatest Showman)

51.- Different Beast - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

52.- Done For - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

53.- I am not a woman, I’m a god - Halsey

54.- Inkpot Gods - The Amazing Devil

55.- Sea of Love - Cat Power

56.- Once Upon a Dream - Lana del Rey (From Maleficent)

57.- Paciencia Y Fe - Olga Merediz

58.- To Build A Home - Patrick Watson

59.- Lover - Taylor Swift

60.- When You’re Home - Leslie Grace & Corey Hawkins (From In The Heights)

61.- Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine

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we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”— (6:1b–2) 2Corinthians

2 Corinthians 6

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The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6.

we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”— (6:1b–2)

Paul’s use of the verb parakaloumen (urge; “plead”; “beg”) in the present tense reflects his constant, passionate concern for the Corinthians (cf. 2:8; 10:1; 1 Cor. 16:15–16). God’s ambassadors are privileged pleaders, begging their hearers to respond to the truth.

Specifically, Paul was urging the Corinthians not to receive the grace of God in vain; not to turn away from the gracious opportunity to hear the gospel of forgiveness he had so faithfully preached to them. He had poured his life into the Corinthians during his long stay in their city (Acts 18:11), pleading with them for the gospel and teaching the new converts how to grow in grace. But events in Corinth caused the apostle to fear that his intense labor had been for nothing. The church was riddled with sin, as Paul’s first inspired epistle to them reveals. False teachers, those wolves in sheep’s clothing both Jesus (Matt. 7:15) and Paul warned of (Acts 20:29), were luring many in the assembly away from the truth. This passionate concern for the Corinthians was behind what he wrote later:

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. (2 Cor. 11:3–4)

Paul could not stand idly by and allow his diligent efforts to be undone. He could not permit his spiritual children (1 Cor. 4:15) to be deceived by a false gospel or led astray from the true path of sanctification. His duty before God, like that of all faithful ministers, was to exhort people not to receive the grace of God in vain. The apostle had given them the grace of God, as embodied in the truth of the gospel of grace, for their eternal benefit.

Paul was concerned first that the Corinthians not receive God’s grace in regard to salvation in vain. As in any church, not everyone in the Corinthian assembly was redeemed. Some had intellectual knowledge of the gospel but did not have saving faith. That is why Paul challenged them, “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test?” (2 Cor. 13:5). Those in the congregation who were not regenerate were in grave danger of being deceived by the false teachers. To follow those preaching another Jesus, another Spirit, and another gospel would lead to a waste of their privilege and to spiritual ruin. Paul was similarly concerned about the Galatians.

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! (Gal. 1:6–9)

The Corinthians were also in danger of receiving God’s grace in vain with regard to sanctification. The legalists sought to turn them away from living in the power of the Spirit to living in the strength of the flesh. Paul chided the Galatians, also under assault by legalism, “Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Gal. 3:3). Sanctification, like justification, is a work of God. It does not come from legalistically conforming to an external set of rules but from a Spirit-generated, heartfelt love for and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Some of the unsaved Corinthians were being led astray by a false gospel of salvation by works. Others were saved, but legalistic false teaching was stunting their spiritual growth. In either case, the grace of God to them that sent Paul with the gospel was in danger of being nullified.

The corrupting influence of the false teachers hindered evangelism. That made the Corinthians’ defection all the more galling to Paul, for it was (and still is) the time for the ministry of reconciliation. To stress the urgency of this time, Paul quoted from Isaiah 49:8, where God declared, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.”

There is a time in God’s grace when He may be sought by sinners. The Lord warned the pre-Flood world, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years” (Gen. 6:3). Isaiah 55:6 commands, “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.” Hosea warned that apostate Israel “will go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them” (Hos. 5:6).

Repeating behold and now to emphasize his point, Paul declared that now is “the acceptable time,” “the day of salvation”   when God will listen to repentant sinners. Now, when the fields are ripe for the harvest (John 4:35), is not the time to waste gospel opportunity, or to be feeble, vacillating, or deceived by false teachers. It is the time to hold fast to the truth and faithfully proclaim it. “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day,” Jesus admonished. “Night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4).

Knowing the urgency of the times Paul, true to the urgency of his calling, passionately pleaded with the Corinthians not to let God’s grace in their lives be in vain.

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Tuesday, October 10 Venus is busy today! The bright planet passes 2° south of Regulus at 1 A.M. EDT, a few hours before the Moon passes 6° north of Venus at 6 A.M. EDT. Let’s pick up the scene in the morning sky an hour before sunrise, when the trio is some 30° high in the east. Venus is magnitude –4.6, impossible to miss. To its upper left (north) is Regulus, the 1st-magnitude star marking the heart of Leo the Lion. Sometimes called Cor Leonis, what appears to the eye as a single star is actually a quadruple star system — quite fitting, perhaps, given the four chambers that make up the heart. With a telescope, you can split two of Regulus’ components, which are separated by about 175″. The brighter star is Regulus A, while the fainter one is designated Regulus B. This secondary is itself a close double that cannot be split, while an unseen fourth star also orbits Regulus A. Through that same telescope, take a peek at Venus. The planet appears some 43 percent lit and is now 28″ across. Rounding out the scene, the waning crescent Moon lies to the upper left (north and slightly east) of Regulus. Note how and where our satellite is lit — as if from an unseen light source below the horizon. This is because the Sun lies farther east along the ecliptic, rising after the Moon and appearing to light it from below. The tiny, distant dwarf planet Pluto is stationary against the stars of Sagittarius at 8 P.M. EDT. Sunrise: 7:05 A.M. Sunset: 6:28 P.M. Moonrise: 2:56 A.M. Moonset: 5:02 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (15%) Lion of the Sun 'Regulus, the Heart of Leo' Talon Abraxas

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U2 y la Biblia.

La música es un lenguaje universal y tiene el poder de trasladarte en segundos a lugares remotos, por ejemplo si ponemos la marcha nupcial estamos en una boda, si ponemos las mañanitas con el Rey David incluido estaremos a punto de sumirle la cara en el pastel al festejado (nunca he entendido ese ritual), y si ponemos el tema de tiburón lo último que se te antoja es que los Pastores te bauticen ¿correcto?

El año pasado, luego de la pandemia y todo esto me encontré con la versión bíblica de The Message que me ha sido de mucha ayuda en mi trabajo. Colaboro en un CallCenter donde contratamos a gran número de expatriados, extraditados que por razones de documentos se ven en la necesidad de dejarlo todo y venir a Monterrey, ahí es donde los recibo y los transformó en agentes de seguros. Lo hermoso es que esto implica Cultura, Bienestar, Salud, Alojamiento, Alimentación, Mucho Trabajo y Muchísima obra por medio del Espíritu Santo. Alguna vez el Pastor Luis en alguna de las reuniones Indomables le bautizó como el ministerio de la intercesión y me encantó.

Esta nueva versión de MSG me ha permitido transmitirles mensajes en un lenguaje más contemporáneo. La versión es producto de la pluma de Eugene H Peterson quien antes de ser llamado ante la presencia del Señor recibió en su casa a Bono el vocalista y líder de U2 para platicar acerca de su influencia de la Biblia y los Salmos en sus líricas y me dejó sorprendido.

De manera que presenté este tema en la compañía para ayudar a mis estudiantes a tener un contacto más cercano con las Escrituras a través de las canciones de U2.

¿Me acompañan?

Como un entrenamiento es mucho más largo que una intervención en el escenario voy a seleccionar las 10 mejores historias y una más para el gran final. Pero el estudio incluye otras 20 canciones que le puedo también compartir con mucho gusto.

Acerca de las versiones, encontré que la mayoría de las letras de U2 se acoplan a versiones clásicas como la de King James KJV y la New International Version NIV y las traducciones estarán en NTV.

I Will Follow

Es la 1er canción de U2, Bono la escribe luego del fallecimiento de su madre por un derrame cerebral. Es un himno para muchos fans de la banda. Destaca el corito "If you walk away walk away I will follow" que lo encuentras en (Rt 1:16): "But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God." → “Pero Rut respondió: -No me pidas que te deje y regrese a mi pueblo. A dónde tú vayas iré; dondequiera que tú vivas, yo viviré. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios será mi Dios” NTV.

With or Without You

La clásica frase "See the thorn twist in your side" la encontramos en (2 Cor12:7): "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me."        → “aún cuando he recibido de Dios revelaciones tan maravillosas. Así que para impedir que me volviera orgulloso, se me dió una espina en mi carne, un mensajero de Satanás para atormentarme e impedir que me volviera orgulloso” NTV

October

Aquí Edge nos deleita con un delicioso piano para luego escuchar "And kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall" la cual se basa del (Sal 46:6): "Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts." → “¡Las naciones se encuentran en un caos, y sus reinos se desmoronan (v-6) ¡La voz de Dios truena, y la tierra se derrite!” NTV.

“I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For”

En "He'll be your shelter from the storm" Proviene del (Sal 55:8) "I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." → “Que rápido me escaparía, lejos de esta furiosa tormenta de odio” NTV

Y en "I have spoken with the tongue of angels" de (1 Cor 13:1) "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." →”Si pudiera hablar todos los idiomas del mundo y de los angeles pero no amara a los demás…” NTV.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

tiene mucho que revizar, "Trenches dug within our hearts, And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart" lo encuentras en (Mt10:35): "For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."; (En palabras de Jesús) “He venido a poner a un hombre contra su padre, a una hija contra su madre y a una nuera contra su suegra”.  NTV

Luego la línea "Wipe the tears from your eyes" es de Apocalipsis(21:4): "He will wipe every tear from their eyes..." → “Él les secará toda lágrima de los ojos, y no habrá más muerte ni tristeza ni llanto ni dolor”.

La frase "We eat and drink while tomorrow they die" viene de (I Cor 15:32) "If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." → “Y si no hay resurrección, ¡comámos y bebamos, que mañana moriremos” NTV

El "how long" es muy recurrente en las Escrituras por ejemplo en (Sal 6:3): "My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?" → “Mi corazón está angustiado; ¿cuánto falta, oh Señor, para que me restaures” y en el (Sal94:3) "How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant?" →”Hasta cuando, SEÑOR?  ¡Hasta cuándo los perversos tendrán permiso para regodearse? o bien es muy buen ejemplo el de (Ha 1:2): "How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?" → “Hasta cuándo debo pedir ayuda, oh SEÑOR? ¡Pero tú no escuchas!

When the Streets Have No Name

Aquí también hay bastante, "We're beaten and blown by the wind" es de (Sn 1:6: "But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind." El siguiente ejemplo nos muestra el profundo conocimiento que Bono tiene de las Escrituras pues compara el término de calles con la gran avenida que te lleva al Reino de Dios (Apo 22:1) "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city." Y en el 22:21 "The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass."

I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For

Este himno no podía quedarse fuera : "I have spoken with the tongue of angels" de (1Cor13:1): "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." En la versión del Rattle and Hum encuentras la línea: "He'll be your shelter from the storm" del (Sal55:8): "I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."

Pride

Ya casi para finalizar tenemos todo un himno el “In the name of Love. La famosa línea "One man betrayed with a kiss" es en la que Jesus le comenta a Judas, si vas a traicionar al Hijo del Hombre con un beso ¡Obviamente! Está en (Lc 22:48).

El "One man washed on an empty beach" me parece que pudiera tratarse del momento en que Jonas sea escupido por el gran pez (Jon2:10): "Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach, and it did." → “Entonces el SEÑOR ordenó al pez escupir a Jonás sobre la playa” NTV. Y por último pero no menos importante la de "One man come he to justify" es claramente de (Is 53:11) "my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities." → “mi siervo justo hará posible que muchos seamos contados entre los justos, porqué el cargará con todos los pecados de ellos” NTV. Que luego se remata con el "Justify" is a key que es la base de la Gracia de nuestro Señor.

Please

Aquí Bono canta “Your sermón on the mount” no se requiere mayor explicación (Lc 6:20-26).

Beatiful Day

Creo que desde ahora esta canción me gusta más. En "The heart is a bloom/shoots up through the stony ground" la ubicas en (Is 53:2): "He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground." → “Mi siervo creció en la presencia del SEÑOR como un tierno brote verde, como raíz en tierra seca” NTV.

Ahora la "See the bird with the leaf in her mouth" es de (Gen8:10-11):  [Noe] waited seven days more and again sent the dove out from the ark. In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had lessened on the earth." → “Después de esperar otros siete días, Noé volvió a soltar la paloma; esta vez la paloma regresó a él por la tarde con una hoja de olivo fresca en su pico. Entonces Noé supo que las aguas del diluvio se habían retirado casi por completo” NTV.

The Wanderer

Personalmente tengo todo un tema con el tema de la resurrección, pues mi esperanza está muy bien puesta en la resurrección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo como mi destino. Es un gran tema como para compartir con alguien que acaba de despedir a un ser querido. Fue interpretada en el homenaje a Johnny Cash. Comenzamos con la línea que dice "Through streets paved with gold" -- Revelation 21:21: "The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass." → “Las doce puertas estaban hechas de perlas, ¡cada puerta hecha de una sola perla! Y la calle principal era de oro puro y tan cristalino como el vidrio” NTV.

Luego en "Who would sit at his Father's right hand" está en (Mt 26:64): "'Yes, it is as you say,' Jesus replied. 'But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

→  “-Tú lo has dicho; y en el futuro verán al Hijo del Hombre sentado en el lugar de poder, a la derecha de Dios y viniendo en las nubes del cielo” NTV.

Si bien el tema se titula The Wanderer, llamá mi atención que bien pudo llamarse The Preacher que pudiera tener una fuerte influencia del libro Eclesiastés que en algunas versiones se titula así The Preacher. Por ejemplo

Ecclesiastes 11:9: "Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; yet understand as regards all this God will bring you to judgment." (Ecl 11:9) → “Gente joven: ¡la juventud es hermosa! Disfruten cada momento de ella. Hagan todo lo que quieran hacer, ¡No se pierdan nada! Pero recuerden que tendrán que rendirle cuentas a Dios de cada cosa que hagan” NTV.

Es muy probable que después de esta platica tu concepto sobre U2 sea diferente. A mí me está sucediendo y tengo que compartirte que he visto la banda 4 veces. Aunque el propósito no es el de promover la banda sino La Palabra, resaltando la forma tan genial en que sin duda alguna el Espíritu Santo ha guiado a Bono a lo largo de estos 43 años. Me voy a despedir con una canción que es muy hermosa. Sus frases no encajan con algún versículo, pero contienen todo el mensaje del Evangelio, les daré tres ejemplos:

Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus?

Acompáñame a cantarla juntos desde la perspectiva de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

One

¿Está mejorando? Is it getting better? ¿O sientes lo mismo? Or do you feel the same? ¿Te lo hará más fácil ahora? Will it make it easier on you now? tienes a alguien a quien culpar You got someone to blame

Dices, un amor, una vida You say, one love, one life Cuando es una necesidad en la noche When it's one need in the night Un amor, podemos compartirlo One love, we get to share it Te deja bebé si no te importa Leaves you baby if you don't care for it

¿Te decepcioné? Did I disappoint you? ¿O dejar un mal sabor de boca? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? Actúas como si nunca hubieras tenido amor You act like you never had love Y quieres que me vaya sin And you want me to go without

Bueno, es demasiado tarde esta noche Well it's too late tonight Para arrastrar el pasado a la luz To drag the past out into the light Somos uno pero no somos lo mismo We're one but we're not the same Llegamos a llevarnos unos a otros, llevarnos unos a otros We get to carry each other, carry each other ¡Uno! One!

¿Has venido aquí por el perdón? Have you come here for forgiveness? ¿Has venido a resucitar a los muertos? Have you come to raise the dead? ¿Has venido aquí a jugar a Jesús? Have you come here to play Jesus? A los leprosos en tu cabeza To the lepers in your head

¿Pedí demasiado? Did I ask too much? Más que mucho More than a lot No me diste nada ahora es todo lo que tengo You gave me nothin' now it's all I got Somos uno pero no somos lo mismo We're one but we're not the same Bueno, nos lastimamos y luego lo hacemos de nuevo. Well we hurt each other then we do it again

Dices que el amor es un templo, el amor una ley superior You say love is a temple, love a higher law El amor es un templo, ama la ley superior Love is a temple, love the higher law Me pides que entre pero luego me haces gatear You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl Y no puedo estar aguantando lo que tienes And I can't be holdin' on to what you got Cuando todo lo que tienes está herido When all you got is hurt

Un amor, una sangre One love, one blood Una vida, tienes que hacer lo que debes One life, you got to do what you should Una vida, el uno con el otro One life, with each other hermanas, hermanos Sisters, brothers

Una vida pero no somos iguales One life but we're not the same Llegamos a llevarnos unos a otros, llevarnos unos a otros We get to carry each other, carry each other Uno One

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It’s worth reminding ourselves just how often and insistently the New Testament hammers home its anti-wealth message.

Notoriously, the sayings of Jesus himself include some of the strongest language. He urges unstinting giving to anyone who asks (Matt. 5:42), forbids storing up wealth (6:19), discourages caring for the next day’s food and clothing (6:31), and warns that to serve both God and money is impossible (6:24). He pronounces blessings on the poor and woes on the wealthy (Luke 6:20–26). His counsel to the rich young ruler to “sell all” is thus of a piece with a broader agenda, which draws on the Hebrew prophets. Although it’s often noted that in this particular case Jesus’ call to total renunciation applies to just one individual, in Luke’s Gospel he addresses almost identical words to all his disciples (he uses second-person-plural verb forms): “Sell your possessions, and give alms … and you shall have treasure in heaven” (Luke 12:33–34). Two chapters later, he doubles down with an even more categorical statement: “None of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions” (Luke 14:33).

How were his followers to put such teachings into practice? Luke suggests the answer in the sequel to his Gospel, the Book of Acts, when he describes the founding of the first church in Jerusalem after Pentecost. Here, at the very moment of the Christian movement’s birth, common ownership of wealth figures as an original mark of the church:

All who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need. (Acts 2:44–45)

Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. … There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need. (Acts 4:32–35)

As the theologian David Bentley Hart sums up: “Simply said, the earliest Christians were communists … not as an accident of history but as an imperative of the faith.” This was a communism arising voluntarily from mutual love, not from state-enforced conformity. Even for believers, it’s presented as an exemplary model, not a legalistic rule. All the same, this “communism” is hardly just a spiritualized ideal, but rather a practical economic reality. The apostle Paul strikes similar notes in his repeated exhortations to the Gentile churches to practice koinonia – the generous sharing, including economic sharing, that for Paul is central to the Christian way (2 Cor. 8:13–15).

This anti-wealth message didn’t disappear from Christianity after the faith was legalized by Constantine. On the contrary, as Charles Avila shows in his 1983 study Ownership: Early Christian Teaching, bishops of the fourth and fifth centuries – notably Clement of Alexandria, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom, Basil of Caesarea, and Augustine of Hippo – preached fiercely and often on these very scriptural passages. The church fathers went on to root the New Testament’s teachings in nature itself. As Ambrose put it:

Nature has brought forth all things for all in common. Thus God has created everything in such a way that all things be possessed in common. Nature therefore is the mother of common right, usurpation of private right.

The Milanese bishop seems to have anticipated by fifteen hundred years Proudhon’s maxim, “Private property is theft.”

All this helps explain why in Pinianus and Melania’s day, there had been no “Constantinian shift” on wealth, no abrupt relaxation of primitive rigor. (By contrast, in those same years the church jettisoned another of its once-widely-held convictions – that Christians may not kill – rather more rapidly and thoroughly.) Long after Christianity had become a majority faith, as McCarraher observes, “a barely repressed desire for communism … lurked as the political unconscious of medieval Christendom.”