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      "title": "Jesus & the new birth: One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. Matthew 19:13",
      "body": "The Gospel of Saint Matthew relates that Jesus left the region of Galilee and began his journey to the city of Jerusalem after the death of John the Baptist and his transfiguration in front of his disciples James, Peter, and John. His mission to announce the Kingdom of God to the children of Israel according to the flesh in Galilee had concluded, although the mystery of his person would not be revealed until his death on the cross and his mysterious resurrection.\nAnd it happened that on his final journey, some people introduced him to some children. And in this situation, Jesus again referred to the theme of the new spiritual childhood. And the Gospel of Matthew tells how this story of Jesus began: \"One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them\" Matthew 19:13. But the disciples didn't want the children bothering Jesus and rebuked them. To which Jesus replied: \"Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children\" Matthew 19:14.\nWith this spiritual teaching, Jesus emphasized the need for a new birth, not according to the flesh but according to the spirit, to enter the Kingdom of God, the empire or government of the divine perfections. Men must become like children again to attain heavenly citizenship, but this does not mean becoming naive; rather, they must acquire a new kind of consciousness. When Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is like those who are like children, what he meant was that men must become like children in the Spirit to receive the new spiritual life, the eternal life, or contemplative life.\nBut the disciples did not understand this spiritual truth of Jesus because he had not yet received the holy spirit. The Kingdom of God as a spiritual reality was elusive to the disciples. The disciples received the promise of becoming like children again during the last supper, when Jesus indicated that after his departure, they would receive help from a paraclete sent by the Father. And it was at the Christian Pentecost that this new childhood began for the disciples, a childhood that led them to preach the gospel to all corners of the known world.\n![Jesus & the new birth. One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. Matthew 19,13.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSVWEtAUMRpmr1wrsDes8BuX9r5F5kaFcMcwbi1mwLjVL/Jesus%20&%20the%20new%20birth.%20One%20day%20some%20parents%20brought%20their%20children%20to%20Jesus%20so%20he%20could%20lay%20his%20hands%20on%20them%20and%20pray%20for%20them.%20Matthew%2019,13.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual development: Always do the right thing, and you will live; keep on doing wrong, and you will die. Proverbs 11:19",
      "body": "Personal spiritual development does not consist in seeking self-help books or supposed mystical masters; to grow spiritually means to make wisdom the true companion in every act of life. Those who choose to ignore wisdom and its true power can only dedicate themselves to listening to pretty lies or to superficial answers that, like a spiritual analgesic, seek to cure a serious ailment of the human soul. And this has a reason for being so, wisdom is progressive, incremental, expansive, and benevolent, wisdom is also precision and accuracy in decision making. This is why the Bible states with knowledge: \"I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment\" Proverbs 8:12. In other words, this means that living with wisdom means living with the \"light\" of common sense, and who chooses wisdom as a spiritual companion can never be mistaken.\nAnd the sapiential books of the Bible, such as the Book of Proverbs, give readers of the holy scriptures valuable advice or maxims of action to emerge victorious from any spiritual war. Those who seek spiritual answers and inspiration from above in the sapiential literature are looking in the right place. Moreover, Jesus' teachings about the Kingdom of God are not a continuation of the law of Moses, but a continuation of the books of Proverbs, Wisdom, and Ben Sira.\nAnd the wisdom of the sapiential Books can be summarized in a few simple principles, such as explaining that human beings have to choose between loving life or loving death, and the Book of Proverbs teaches this truth with these words: \"Always do the right thing, and you will live; keep on doing wrong, and you will die\" Proverbs 11:19. An example of this principle is recounted in the Book of Genesis. Cain was shown the right path when God spoke to him, but Cain, driven by passion, especially envy, chose the wrong path, and for this reason, he was punished, forced to bear a mark and to live a wandering and vagabond life. Like Cain, all men must choose, and in this lies all human wisdom and freedom. Understanding this truth is the foundation of all personal development.\n![Spiritual development. Always do the right thing, and you will live; keep on doing wrong, and you will die. Proverbs 11,19.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTd7XPKs6RPnjuZ2xDoms6bdyBpCnJ846q49MpA8WyJyj/Spiritual%20development.%20Always%20do%20the%20right%20thing,%20and%20you%20will%20live;%20keep%20on%20doing%20wrong,%20and%20you%20will%20die.%20Proverbs%2011,19.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Wisdom and communion in Jesus: If we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other. 1 John 1:7.",
      "body": "The First Epistle of John is an epistle of the New Testament attributed to the apostle most beloved by Jesus. And there is something very mysterious about this apostle. Despite the importance of his writings, John is credited also with the authorship of the Book of Revelation; this apostle did not achieve the same prominence as Paul and Peter as leaders of the Church, according to the Book of Acts. John's life is shrouded in mystery, like all his thinking.\nIn his first letter addressed to the various churches of Asia Minor, where he was known, the apostle continued with some ideas from the Gospel of the same name. The letter affirms the concepts that God is light and love, and that in order to access that mystical knowledge of the truth that is Christ, each Christian, through the gift of faith, must live in these perfections of God.\nThese explanations of John have a very deep spiritual meaning within the Christian faith. Jesus himself said that no one can walk in darkness; men can only make their way in life when there is light. Put another way, the concept of light in the gospel of God is a metaphor for the science of God, because it is with this science, wisdom, that men can grow spiritually and through a new birth, not according to the flesh but according to the spirit, access to that true life which is the gift of eternal life, the contemplative life. Understanding this is to grasp the spiritual core of John's doctrine; this apostle always emphasized in his writings the need to be born again.\nAnd John was very clear about one thing: love of neighbor, wisdom, and communion are spiritual gifts that always go together. Or, to put it another way, according to John's thinking, those who live in the light of God love their neighbor and are in communion with one another. This is how, according to John, a true Christian is recognized, a true imitator and emulator of the Lord Jesus. Life in God's grace is therefore a great Christian requirement; that is why the apostle John, referring to this new life, wrote: \"If we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other\" 1 John 1:7. Seeking light, perfection, and knowledge is then the beginning of achieving that life in common with our brothers and the Lord.\n![Wisdom and communion in Jesus. If we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other. 1 John 1,7..jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbfWaLCjVDMnJYKoTxwEH455AgpCnpZNnaBWg8uxPkgZf/Wisdom%20and%20communion%20in%20Jesus.%20If%20we%20are%20living%20in%20the%20light,%20as%20God%20is%20in%20the%20light,%20then%20we%20have%20fellowship%20with%20each%20other.%201%20John%201,7..jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The first missionary journey: After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. Acts 13:4",
      "body": "The Book of Acts of the Apostles recounts how the evangelization of the pagan world began, an event that occurred after the founding of the Church of Antioch and the conversion of Saul to the Christian faith, events that prepared what would happen later by the will of the Holy Spirit. The Church of Antioch was, during the early days of the Church, one of the most important Christian communities, along with that of Jerusalem, and it was with this Church that the great transformation of the world began. It was in this city that the Lord's disciples received the name Christians, as the Book of Acts relates. \nThe Book of Acts recounts that Saul, who changed his name to Paul, lived for a long time in Antioch until he was called there for what would become his great mission: to spread the gospel to the Gentiles. A man who was a persecutor of Christians and who became a fervent believer in Jesus through the grace of God. The Book of Acts relates that the Church of Antioch was a vibrant community with doctors and prophets among whom were Barnabas, Simeon, and Saul. And according to the account in the Holy Scriptures, while the members of this community were worshipping and fasting, they were called by the Holy Spirit, who told them: \"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them\" Acts 13:2. After this, and after praying, the disciples laid their hands on Barnabas and Saul and sent them away to their mission. The Bible recounts what happens immediately after: \"After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus\" Acts 13:4.\nAlthough Paul's first missionary journey was relatively brief and short, as he visited Cyprus and some regions of Asia Minor such as Pamphylia and Lycaonia, now Turkey, the founding of new churches and the conversion of large numbers of pagans who did not accept circumcision forced the Church into a profound theological change, and to understand that the true recipients of the word of God were the pagans and not the children of Israel according to the flesh.\n![The first missionary journey. After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. Acts 13,4.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdsH938uHouQaXQqXzCZPGwEk4DGGNYCXMv8NPbhTY4kX/The%20first%20missionary%20journey.%20After%20Barnabas%20and%20Saul%20had%20been%20sent%20by%20the%20Holy%20Spirit,%20they%20went%20to%20Seleucia.%20Acts%2013,4.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spirituality of Paul: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14",
      "body": "The Book of Acts briefly recounts the third missionary journey, and it was during this journey that the apostle Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians. Therefore, to understand the nature of this letter, one can only refer to the information that the apostle Paul himself wrote in it.\nIn this letter, Paul openly expressed his intention to revisit this Christian community. Paul knew that after the founding of the Church of Corinth, many supposed Christian teachers had arrived who had discredited him, and this was because during the first century after Christ, there were no written gospels. The apostle Paul, with a conciliatory tone in his writing, did not accuse anyone in particular due to the problems that had arisen in the Church that he had founded and that he had made grow with the power of his preaching and the help of his assistants like Silas and Timothy, and he always emphasized the most important thing of Christian spirituality, the love of Christ for all believers.\nPaul was an enlightened, guided, and inspired person, and this is something that the apostle to the Gentiles expressed in one way or another in each of his letters. This is why Paul emphasized that his second epistle to the Corinthians contained no ambiguities and that his teachings were inspired by the Holy Spirit. And in this second letter, Paul taught very important things: the superiority of the new covenant sealed with Christ on the cross, the importance of preaching the gospel with its mysteries, and the importance of receiving God's grace.\nAnd after mentioning the importance of a collection for the Church of Jerusalem, and giving some advice of various kinds, the apostle took his leave affectionately, recalling the importance of God's gifts for living, and he did so with these words: \"May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all\" 2 Corinthians 13:14. With this, the apostle Paul took his leave, acknowledging the importance of the spiritual love, called Agape in Greek language, and how with this perfect love, together with communion, the life in common, every believer achieves that new life that Christ announced with wisdom in the gospels.\n![Spirituality of Paul. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13,14.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXk3txAHKexrYyGnzfWQnqH4FBsueit1iyiigENfVoNRM/Spirituality%20of%20Paul.%20May%20the%20grace%20of%20the%20Lord%20Jesus%20Christ,%20the%20love%20of%20God,%20and%20the%20fellowship%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20be%20with%20you%20all.%202%20Corinthians%2013,14.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Gospel of John is unique and distinct because it portrays Jesus as the personification of light, wisdom, joy, and goodness,  and these teachings give the Gospel of John a very defined spiritual logic. In John's Gospel, Jesus' miracles are not random; most are directly related to his \"I AM\" statements. For example, when Jesus performed the multiplication of the loaves (John 6:1-15), this miracle served to explain that the \"Son of Man\" is the \"bread of life\" (John 6:34).\nThe Gospel of John relates that Jesus was in Galilee and was invited by his family to spend the Feast of Tabernacles in Judea. Jesus, fearing for his life, decided to go secretly, but once he arrived in Jerusalem, he soon attracted attention. The gospel relates that Jesus, after saving an adulterous woman from being stoned, was in the temple of Jerusalem, and there he affirmed: \"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life\" John 8:12. When Jesus said these words, the Pharisees heard him and told him that his testimony was worthless, because he was only testifying about himself. Therefore, Jesus later healed a man born blind, so that the Father could bear witness to him with this incredible miracle.\nThe Gospel recounts that Jesus left the temple because his enemies wanted to stone him, and as he passed by, he saw a blind man; Jesus put mud on his eyes and told him to cleanse himself in the Pool of Siloam. And it was at that moment that Jesus repeated that he was the light of the world, and the blind man washed his eyes and thus was able to use his sight for the first time, because he was blind from birth. The man was then brought to the Pharisees who questioned him about Jesus, because they wanted to know if the man was a disciple of his. To which the man who had formerly been blind said about the miracle: \"We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind\" John 9:31-32. This miracle of Jesus was the confirmation of the Father's testimony about his divinity. Jesus is then metaphorically that light, that is, that wisdom that came to illuminate the minds and eyes of men, as happened to the blind man. All Christians, after baptism, need that light which is Jesus to bear witness to the faith, and thus build a better world.\n![Jesus healed a blind man. Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. John 9,32.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYbfmodfPo583nm9DDXtoJvwQ8GvDfWnCEVZBW2VgdN2Q/Jesus%20healed%20a%20blind%20man.%20Ever%20since%20the%20world%20began,%20no%20one%20has%20been%20able%20to%20open%20the%20eyes%20of%20someone%20born%20blind.%20John%209,32.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Rewards of wisdom: Then she returns to lead him along the straight path, bring him happiness, and reveal her secrets to him. Ben Sira 4:18",
      "body": "One of Ben Sira's purposes in his sapiential book was not only to show wisdom as something desirable, but to teach that wisdom is the ultimate mystery of the universe, and that to know her is to know the face of God. And to achieve this, Ben Sira left a series of very interesting spiritual teachings. The Book of Ben Sira teaches how wisdom acts in sensible men, because as all wise men have recognized, she, the most perfect science who accompanies God since the creation of the world, is not easily caught and tests those who wish to be worthy of her.\nBecause one thing is certain: according to the Christian faith, no one except Christ was born wise, and to receive the contemplative life, this spiritual gift requires a progressive, gradual effort from man towards that truth which is the divine. It can be said that if virtues, such as justice and prudence, are a step on a ladder, the last step is wisdom, which crowns any human virtue. Fighting for her is clearly the most beautiful and excellent thing, and whoever takes her as a life partner understands the meaning of life. And wisdom has something very special, a secret known to few, because wisdom as intelligence requires a second birth called Gnosis, a birth not according to the flesh but according to the spirit. The wise man, as such, is a man reborn from on high, as Solomon was reborn when, in a dream in the sacred place of Gibeon, he met God, and the creator of all things gave him the most excellent gifts to govern Israel (1 Kings 3:3-15).\nThe spiritual master Ben Sira then began by explaining in his sapiential book what the path to that wisdom as a perfect virtue or spiritual gift is like with these words: \"At first she will lead him along tortuous paths, putting him to the test, filling him with fear and dread and trying him with her discipline until he comes to fully trust her\" Ben Sira 4:17. To then explain what the rewards of wisdom consist of with this interesting expression: \"Then she returns to lead him along the straight path, bring him happiness, and reveal her secrets to him\" Ben Sira 4:18.\nBen Sira then showed wisdom as that treasure that must be found, because in its secrets lies the greatest good, a good greater than happiness itself.\n![Rewards of wisdom. Then she returns to lead him along the straight path, bring him happiness, and reveal her secrets to him. Ben Sira 4,18.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZmU8UrGGm7HLmqRdYLjHnQswaZQJCub7wCiQULuQJhtQ/Rewards%20of%20wisdom.%20Then%20she%20returns%20to%20lead%20him%20along%20the%20straight%20path,%20bring%20him%20happiness,%20and%20reveal%20her%20secrets%20to%20him.%20Ben%20Sira%204,18.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Prophecy of Hosea: I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. Hosea 2:19",
      "body": "The Old Testament relates that Hosea preached before the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel at the hands of the Assyrian Empire, and more precisely during the time of Jeroboam II, king of Israel. The Book of Hosea relates that God ordered the prophet to take as his wife a woman of dubious morals, so that he might experience the problem of infidelity, just as God endured the infidelity of Israel. The prophet obeyed and married a woman named Gomer, and so the prophet had a daughter and a son.\nThis is why the prophet Hosea begins his book in an allegorical way, relating how God felt rejected by his beloved, Israel, who, as a woman of dubious morals, went to other lovers, that is, she worshipped other gods, the Baals. This is why the prophet concluded his accusation by saying that God would hold Israel accountable for every act of idolatry with these words: \"I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked\" Hosea 2:17. For Hosea, the idolatry of Israel, in particular the golden calves at Dan and Bethel, was clearly a form of infidelity to the God of Moses and Abraham.\nBut then the Book shifts its focus and reveals a merciful God willing to reclaim his beloved Israel, and it is here that Hosea entered the realm of prophecy. The prophet spoke of a new covenant that would take on universal dimensions (Hosea 2:18). It may be that here the prophet was referring to the new covenant made with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, but this is one interpretation; Hosea's words are so general that they admit many interpretations. But one thing is certain: Hosea spoke of a time when men would live in God's love, and wisdom and men's inclination to error would have ceased, and he did so with these words: \"I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the LORD\" Hosea 2:19-20. Maybe, Hosea here was referring also to times that have not yet been fulfilled, but that must be fulfilled with the arrival of an apocalypse or a possible end of times.\nHosea's words have had a profound echo in the Christian faith, and his prophecies, more than two thousand years later, continue to amaze the readers of the Bible.\n![Prophecy of Hosea. I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. Hosea 2,19.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU1Dv26Dttj7jPoqQW5nTtDmQEQhPC6khFrQqcmvUR8gF/Prophecy%20of%20Hosea.%20I%20will%20make%20you%20my%20wife%20forever,%20showing%20you%20righteousness%20and%20justice,%20unfailing%20love%20and%20compassion.%20Hosea%202,19.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Understanding Psalm 37: The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair. Psalm 37:30",
      "body": "Psalm 37 is a hymn that belongs to the genre of the sapiential songs in the Bible. Psalm 37 is not a psalm of thanksgiving or a plea to God for help. Psalm 37 is an educational Psalm that seeks to explain that there are two paths and two rewards. This psalm or hymn is in essence a continuation of Psalm 1, the Psalm of the Two Ways.\nThis Psalm emphasizes, among other things, the importance of wisdom for living, and how this wisdom, lived righteously, blesses men. But also,  Psalm 37 addresses the ethical problem of the two paths in a very particular way. It could be said that this song is deeply connected to the story of Job in the Bible. Job in the Bible began to suffer a series of misfortunes, and he began to wonder why his enemies prospered while he was left with nothing. In this sense, this song raises the question of why the wicked and sinners can prosper, and this is something that can confuse many sensible men. The Psalm answers that the prosperity of the wicked is always ephemeral, while in the long run, sensible men, who may suffer adversity, always find it momentary and not lasting.\nThis is why the Psalm begins by teaching that the sensible men should put their trust in God: \"Trust the LORD, and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful. Be happy with the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart\" Psalm 37:3-4. Security or trust in God has a very deep spiritual meaning in the Bible, because security is not simply faith; security is related to the knowledge of the ethical laws of the universe, like the law of sowing and reaping.\nAnd Psalm 37, after discussing the fate of the wicked, expresses that wise men can walk securely and that their relationship with the divine sustains them, with these words: \"The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair. The teachings of his God are in his heart. His feet do not slip\" Psalm 37:30-31.\nUnderstanding Psalm 37 means understanding the importance of being edifying, progressive, and benevolent like God, and that this is in harmony with divine laws. This is where security in God lies, and although in certain situations, like Job, everything seems to go against the sensible men, in the long run, the wicked are punished and the wise are rewarded.\n![Understanding Psalm 37. The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair. Psalm 37,30.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRFW9ow4wnZVaw29iiAKRofhDzqjxVjhW5yB9kzV6YG4Q/Understanding%20Psalm%2037.%20The%20mouth%20of%20the%20righteous%20person%20reflects%20on%20wisdom.%20His%20tongue%20speaks%20what%20is%20fair.%20Psalm%2037,30.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Paul's spiritual teaching: God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery. Hebrews 13:4",
      "body": "The Letter to the Hebrews is essentially an ancient homily written down and placed among Paul's letters. It is not addressed to any particular church, nor is any specific recipient mentioned; however, its subject matter makes it an important text in the New Testament. The letter was written with certainty during the first century after Christ, and at a time when there were heresies that questioned the divinity of Christ; this text, which declares the supremacy of Christ as high priest of a new covenant with God, is of fundamental importance.\nAfter explaining what this new covenant with God consists of, and affirming that with this new covenant a new priesthood is also necessary, the apostle Paul left in writing a series of recommendations to keep in mind with one's neighbor. Paul wrote that these spiritual recommendations are summarized in that progressive, benevolent, and edifying love of Christ with these words: \"Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters\" Hebrews 13:1. And then Paul went on to explain that this love should serve to avoid the most serious sins, which are usually the most common, those that cause homicides and serious fights, and that is why Paul referred to the sin of lust and the sin of greed. And with the purpose of teaching about the capital sin of lust, the apostle with wisdom wrote: \"Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery\" Hebrews 13:4. Perhaps Paul wrote this as a reminder of the sin that King David committed when he fell in love with Bathsheba, a woman married to an officer in his army named Uriah the Hittite. A situation that persuaded David that it was convenient to bring Urias to his death. Ultimately, those who give in to these kinds of sins, in general, are not people guided by wisdom from above, but rather worldly people, and for this reason, they expose themselves to serious dangers and unforeseen destructive events. The apostle ultimately made it clear that it is not sensible to give in to these kinds of sins.\n![Paul's spiritual teaching. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery. Hebrews 13,4.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQdpsDqmSosr7NSQBC1SdQCEnxUNHe4sTAXELjDR6uSVt/Paul%27s%20spiritual%20teaching.%20God%20will%20surely%20judge%20people%20who%20are%20immoral%20and%20those%20who%20commit%20adultery.%20Hebrews%2013,4.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The faith of the apostles: We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. Acts 5:32",
      "body": "The Book of Acts relates that after the miracle of Pentecost, the persecution against the early Church began. The Kingdom of God announced by Jesus, just as it had friends, also had enemies, and in front of this situation, the disciples had to bear witness to their faith. The first persecution against the Church began with the arrest of Peter and John by the Sadducee faction because they did not tolerate the disciples speaking about the resurrection of the dead. But this was not enough to instill fear because the Book of Acts recounts that the disciples continued to perform miracles, and this increased conversions to the new faith, as the Book of Acts relates: \"The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people\" Acts 5:12.\nThe early church at that time was called the sect of the Nazarene, and the Book of Acts relates that the disciples gathered together under one spirit near Solomon's Portico. There came a point when the disciples' actions triggered the High Priest's aggression, who was filled with envy, and so the disciples were arrested and taken to a public prison. But this serious situation did not diminish the spiritual determination of the disciples of Jesus.\nThe Book of Acts relates that the disciples were freed from prison by an angel who, after helping them, instructed them to go to the Temple to preach about the new life. The next day, the chief guard, after seeing that the disciples were not in prison, found them in the temple and took them to the Sanhedrin, where the disciples testified their faith before the High Priest and his supporters. When questioned, the apostle Peter, as the leader of the Church, spoke up and told them about Jesus: \"God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins\" Acts 5:31. And then Peter concluded: \"We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him\" Acts 5:32.\nThe disciples were then released and felt blessed to have suffered for bearing witness to Jesus. The times of the early Church were not easy times, but through the determination and faith of the first believers, the seed planted by Jesus grew into the greatest religion in history.\n![The faith of the apostles. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. Acts 5,32.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmY979gnzggsG9ZZorti3EiBTQqvvgkE6hR6Vw5EwXpkEn/The%20faith%20of%20the%20apostles.%20We%20are%20witnesses%20of%20these%20things,%20and%20so%20is%20the%20Holy%20Spirit,%20whom%20God%20has%20given%20to%20those%20who%20obey%20him.%20Acts%205,32.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Psalm of David: I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. Psalm 89:1",
      "body": "Psalm 89 is a Psalm attributed to King David, in which the greatness of God and the covenant made between the great king and the Lord through the prophet Nathan are celebrated. The hymn has a third part that was probably added later, in which there is a lament for the King and a plea for the divine mercy. The hymn has a special spiritual value for all Christians because it recalls the promise made by God about the arrival of a savior, a promise that would be fulfilled, according to the Christian faith, with the birth of Jesus.\nThe song begins with an acknowledgment of God's perfect love for mankind, and Israel in particular, with these words: \"I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations\" Psalm 89:1.\nWith this spiritual expression, David acknowledged that God's love surpasses all human weaknesses and imperfections. God's love is the love perfected by the nature of the good, and therefore God's love is the love devoid of passions such as anger, revenge, envy, or guilt; God's love is essentially unconditional love. And that's why David emphasizes this spiritual truth so much, the great King was always a sensible and God-fearing man.\nAnd this love of God is not simply an ideal or aspirational love, but a love that bore fruit in the history of Israel. And Psalm 89, after praising the love of God, did not forget this fact. And so King David recalled in the hymn the blessing of God upon him and his family, a blessing that became a covenant between the creator of all things and the king of Israel, with these words: You said, \"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations'\" Psalm 89:3-4. It is important to note that all the prophecies about the arrival of Jesus made by the prophets begin with this covenant, such as the prophecy about Emmanuel in the Book of Isaiah. Psalm 89 is ultimately a reminder that the Lord is wise and perfect and that, for this reason, men who fear God, like David, are rewarded, a reward that, in David, was transformed by the divine providence into the promise of a savior for Israel and humanity.\n![Psalm of David. I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. Psalm 89,1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPTQCDUYkMzZt1tuEHqZg96LW9R6HZCnA5KNoj4npXMHN/Psalm%20of%20David.%20I%20will%20sing%20of%20the%20LORD%27s%20great%20love%20forever;%20with%20my%20mouth%20I%20will%20make%20your%20faithfulness%20known%20through%20all%20generations.%20Psalm%2089,1.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The Parable of the Pearl: When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Matthew 13:46",
      "body": "The Gospel of Matthew recounts that Jesus was preaching near the town of Capernaum and went to the Sea of ​​Galilee. There, he got into a boat while his followers were near the shore, and there he announced seven beautiful parables about the Kingdom of God, and among them the parable of the pearl of great price. With this, Jesus continued the teaching given in the Sermon on the Mount, but this time with creative stories to provoke thought in his listeners, who wondered what this mysterious Kingdom announced by this remarkable person consisted of.\nThe parable of the pearl of great price is one of the most famous parables announced by Jesus, and it is only in the Gospel of Saint Matthew. But understanding the meaning of this parable is not easy, because it must be understood in the context of the spiritual gifts and, in particular, with the gift of eternal life, the life that once obtained cannot be lost.\nAnd with these words, Jesus taught the parable: \"The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it\" Matthew 13:45-46.\nFor Jesus, the Kingdom of God is the realm or dominion of the divine perfections, and only those who live the spiritual gifts belong to this government. The purpose of the spiritual gifts is not happiness, but rather the likeness to God in essence—in other words, the fullness of spiritual blessings within men. In the parable, the pearl merchant is the man who lives the gifts and devoutly seeks the wisdom of God. And the pearl of great price is the spiritual gift of eternal life, the contemplative life, the life that is accessed after a second birth, the birth according to the spirit. This is why Jesus said: \"No one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again\" John 3:3.  To see, or perceive with the mind, the Kingdom of God, is in other words, to find this precious pearl. A pearl that is reached through a progressive, gradual, and incremental work of human intelligence, united with the grace of God, who is ultimately the one who grants the most wonderful gifts.\n![The Parable of the Pearl. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Matthew 13,46.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWeRTxThrQMXXXFALiosgimvDDuXWxn3KsoxhUsqfTZHe/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Pearl.%20When%20he%20found%20one%20of%20great%20value,%20he%20went%20away%20and%20sold%20everything%20he%20had%20and%20bought%20it.%20Matthew%2013,46.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Look for wisdom: Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than either, finding a treasure. Ben Sira 40:18",
      "body": "The Book of Wisdom of Ben Sira teaches what men should seek and what they should avoid if they wish to be blessed and happy. For although happiness appears as a good in the eyes of man, it is a deceptive good, and many who relentlessly pursue it never end up finding it. And to resolve this spiritual problem, wisdom is subtly presented to men. Many self-help authors present themselves as teaching that values ​​or virtues are the right path to well-being and happiness, but this reasoning is not entirely correct, because they forget that suffering is just around the corner. In a world where concealment strategies prevail, knowing how to make the right personal decisions becomes very difficult; the unpredictability of others comes into play, and that is where the problem of suffering arises.\nAnd all this leads man to ask himself what is the most valuable thing. And this is something that cannot depend on luck or social position, because when a man ascends rapidly in society, he will most likely fall just as he ascended; the most valuable thing for a man, then, must be something that is achieved through personal effort and that, once obtained, is never lost, and this is related to the spiritual goods that come from God. And the Book of Proverbs says something very interesting: \"Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure. If you do this, you will understand what it means to respect the Lord, and you will come to know God\" Proverbs 2:4-5.\nWhoever finds wisdom as a hidden treasure and applies it in daily life with constancy can then overcome the problem of suffering, because wisdom is associated with God's guidance and the minimization of error, and thus inevitably, in the long run, find true happiness. This is why the master of wisdom Ben Sira taught in his sapiential book: \"Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than either, finding a treasure\" Ben Sira 40:18.\nFinding money and riches is good, the wise man taught in his book, but there is nothing more valuable than finding that hidden treasure which is wisdom, a treasure that is within man's reach but must be sought with devotion and firmness.\n![Look for wisdom. Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than either, finding a treasure. Ben Sira 40,18.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU6qKwpRg4RPUek1rN7V6zs97dLjKKQpvhAMQW6i77e77/Look%20for%20wisdom.%20Wealth%20or%20wages%20can%20make%20life%20sweet,%20but%20better%20than%20either,%20finding%20a%20treasure.%20Ben%20Sira%2040,18.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus' final words: He rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. Mark 16:14",
      "body": "The Gospel of Mark recounts Jesus' final words and his farewell to the disciples before his ascension to heaven. Although Jesus had fulfilled his mission in the world through his death and crucifixion, the disciples remained astonished and unable to believe what had happened to their master. They were still confused and did not fully understand the mission the Holy Spirit had prepared for them. The disciples had not received the holy spirit, and the understanding of the truth that Jesus wanted to transmit to them slipped through their fingers like water, and this was logical because the disciples were still incomplete men, that is, prudent and rational men. The understanding of the truth, along with the gifts of wisdom and understanding, would only arrive at the celebration of Pentecost in tongues of fire.\nAnd so the Gospel of Mark recounts what happened before the ascension of Jesus: \"Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen\" Mark 16:14. With this rebuke, which was logical given the situation, Jesus wanted to confirm the disciples in their faith.\nAnd after this, Jesus informed the disciples of the great spiritual mission that lay ahead of them, the proclamation of the Kingdom of God, the dominion or government of the divine perfections to all pagans and non-believers. A new Israel, not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit, was to be born, in order to fulfill all the prophecies announced in the Old Testament about the arrival of a new time. And so the divine master spoke to them with determination: \"Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned\" Mark 16:15-16. After these words, the gospel concludes by saying that Jesus left the disciples and was taken to the right hand of the Father, and that finally, the time of the holy spirit with his spiritual gifts among believers began.\n![Jesus' final words. He rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. Mark 16,14.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQz4pdydtmZ8Lgs6hvJngkKFkL3dsjKa55Xr6apKoSVpZ/Jesus%27%20final%20words.%20He%20rebuked%20them%20for%20their%20lack%20of%20faith%20and%20their%20stubborn%20refusal%20to%20believe%20those%20who%20had%20seen%20him%20after%20he%20had%20risen.%20Mark%2016,14.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus is the Son of Man: But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. John 5:36",
      "body": "In the Gospel of John, Jesus presented himself as the Son of Man, a title that comes from the Old Testament. The Book of Ezekiel, for example, explains that this was the title God gave to the prophet so that he could fulfill his mission of prophesying. But in Jesus, for his mission in the world, this title takes on a different and special connotation.\nJesus had to present himself to his listeners and disciples in a way that wouldn't cause a major scandal and lead to accusations of being a false prophet; publicly claiming the title of Messiah could have condemned him to death. John the Baptist had suffered martyrdom for far less.\nThis is why Jesus subtly presented himself as the personification of God's perfections, that is, as God who becomes the Son of Man. This is why, after the multiplication of the loaves, he presented himself as the bread of life, that is, as the personification of wisdom, that wisdom that nourishes the souls of men, for example. Or like when Jesus healed a man born blind near the pool of Siloam and explained that he is the light of the world (John 9:5).\nAnd this affirmation of Jesus as the Son of Man makes his mission in the world superior to that of John the Baptist. This is why Jesus, when referring to himself in the Gospel of John, affirmed: \"But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me\" John 5:36.\nJohn the Baptist came into the world to announce the imminent arrival of the Kingdom of God and to baptize with water, that is, to give a baptism of repentance. But Jesus came into the world to baptize with salt and fire, that is, to announce to humankind the arrival of the spiritual gift of eternal life, the spiritual life that once obtained cannot be lost, with the power of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom. This was what made Jesus so special and what he had to fight for until his crucifixion: to announce a new promise from God to men through a new covenant, his sacrifice. And it is for all these reasons that Jesus was the one sent by the Father, as he himself explained after healing a sick man at the pool of Bethesda, according to the Gospel of John.\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The region of Galatia was, in the time of the Roman Empire, a province in what is now Turkey. Paul probably visited this region during his first and second missionary journeys, and he addressed an important letter to the churches of this famously warlike people.\nAnd in this Letter, the first words are aimed at explaining the main problem of the early Church during Paul's missionary work, the unity in the faith. But the problems in those times were multiple, not just one, hence the urgent need for the apostolic letters, including those of Paul. Although the disciples were inspired, enlightened, and guided by the Holy Spirit, the truth is that each teacher had his own little book, and that is why there were so many stories about Jesus. The confusion in the early Church was at the door. The Gospels as they are known today were written after the first century AD, while Paul's spiritual letters were written between 20 and 70 AD.\nIt is very likely, and this can be deduced from the expressions in most of his letters, that what most concerned Paul was the conflict with the Judaizing Christians who demanded that to enter the Church, every believer in Jesus had to first pass through the law of Moses; in other words, to enter the Church, circumcision was necessary. For the apostle Paul, this was a spiritual inconsistency with the very doctrine of the Kingdom of God, the promise of the gift of eternal life requires a change of life through the sacrament of baptism, not the fulfillment of prohibitions and commands.\nThis is why at the beginning of his Letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul wisely wrote these words to warn of the dangers of heresies to the believers of the churches of Galatia: \"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ\" Galatians 1:6-7.\nThe apostle Paul emphasized his authority in most of his epistles, such as the Letter to the Galatians, and this eventually bore fruit; so much so that Christianity as it is known today is the work of Paul.\n![The Christianity of Paul. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. Galatians 1,7.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfFFFuwc4Zs25V8BJw6URja5CRYAbGURqJD5XKKNa8cyv/The%20Christianity%20of%20Paul.%20Evidently%20some%20people%20are%20throwing%20you%20into%20confusion%20and%20are%20trying%20to%20pervert%20the%20gospel%20of%20Christ.%20Galatians%201,7.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus & the pagan woman: Even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. Mark 7:28",
      "body": "The Gospel of Mark recounts that Jesus, after the first multiplication of the loaves and the death of John the Baptist, went to foreign lands, more precisely the region of Tyre and Sidon in Phoenicia. With this, Jesus was anticipating a spiritual message; although the message of the Kingdom of God was primarily for the children of Israel according to the flesh, Jesus performed miracles with the pagans to demonstrate the universality of God's mercy.\nAnd so the gospel of Mark recounts a miracle that Jesus performed with the daughter of a pagan woman of Syrophoenician origin while near Tyre. And the gospel tells the beginning of the story: \"Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret\" Mark 7:24. The gospel tells that a pagan woman, upon hearing where Jesus was, went to find him and prostrated herself at his feet to ask him to free her daughter from an unclean spirit. And so began a brief dialogue between Jesus and the pagan woman: \"'First let the children eat all they want,' he told her, 'for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs.' 'Lord,' she replied, 'even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.'\" Mark 7:27-28. Jesus was amazed by the woman's answer and told her to go and get her daughter because she was healed.\nThis miracle of Jesus has a resemblance to the healing of the Roman centurion's servant, and also a resemblance to Jesus' dialogue with the Samaritan woman at the well of Sychar. And all these cases have in common that they show with whom the love of Jesus is manifested. Although these people were not Jewish, they knew the law of Moses and were also God-fearing people, and the fear of God is the good soil on which the seed of faith is planted. All those who benefited from the miracles of Jesus recognized him, moved by grace, and Jesus acted. In other words, they allowed themselves to be loved by God, and the Lord loved them. This shows the true nature of the Kingdom of God and of grace, the reciprocity of hearts between men and God.\n![Jesus & the pagan woman. Even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. Mark 7,28.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYGXuMVvPEu5Wut1zdfr61G596mS5M33W9RG6zRuzcS3i/Jesus%20&%20the%20pagan%20woman.%20Even%20the%20dogs%20under%20the%20table%20eat%20the%20children%27s%20crumbs.%20Mark%207,28.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Book of Job is a book of the Old Testament that tells of the events that happened to a God-fearing man in a land called Uz, probably located in the Middle East. The Book of Job is a book that seeks to make a profound spiritual critique of that wisdom that claims to explain everything, and in this sense, the Book of Job has a certain resemblance to some teachings of the apostle Paul in the New Testament, who criticized the pagan Greeks for subjecting everything to that purely human wisdom. For the ancient sages, ethical laws, such as the law of sowing and reaping, were intended to explain why there is happiness for some, the righteous men, and suffering for others, the foolish, but in Job, for some reason that he and his friends did not understand, this did not work.\nThe Book somehow attempts to explain in a very genuine way the problem of suffering in man, a problem that Thomas Aquinas also addressed in his work Summa Theologica. The spiritual themes dealt with in the Book of Job far outweigh the book, and that is why the Book of Job, with its character, gives rise to the themes of providence and faith.\nThe Book of Job begins by recounting that Job had seven sons and three daughters and a very large estate; Job prospered and was happy. But it happened that in God's court, the adversary appeared and questioned Job's integrity, and so God allowed the adversary to test him.\nThus, a series of misfortunes befell Job, which caused him great sadness, and four friends, aware of Job's troubles, approached him, and so began a series of cycles of discourses between Job and his friends Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, and Elihu. Faced with his misfortunes, Job questioned God's justice and wisdom in his speeches, and Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar attempted to answer and sought in God's wisdom the answers to Job's anguish.\nBut the speeches did not reach a response of Job's problem until Elihu intervened, and perhaps being the wisest of all, he responded to his friend Job: \"For you have added rebellion to your sin; you show no respect, and you speak many angry words against God\" Job 34:37. For Elihu, Job's attempt to judge God was a sin, and this friend of Job ended the speeches by teaching that God can teach men through suffering, and that if he allows evil, it is to extract from it a good. The Bible concludes by recounting that God delivered Job from his trial and that he was greatly blessed. Ultimately, the Book of Job is a reflection on what would later be known in Christianity as the poverty of spirit.\n![God and Job. For you have added rebellion to your sin; you show no respect, and you speak many angry words against God. Job 34,37.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRhpozby77ZiTXaSBJZF4V8UrVV55E4PwLKZDfV9vj3Tc/God%20and%20Job.%20For%20you%20have%20added%20rebellion%20to%20your%20sin;%20you%20show%20no%20respect,%20and%20you%20speak%20many%20angry%20words%20against%20God.%20Job%2034,37.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "True faith in Jesus: Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6",
      "body": "The apostle most beloved by Jesus not only wrote a gospel, but also three beautiful letters to prevent Christians living in Asia Minor during the first century AD from falling into heresy. In other words, the First Letter of John is written with the intention of teaching the meaning of the true faith in Jesus, and in particular, what life in God's grace consists of, and more precisely, how to love as Jesus loved. This is no small matter, since during the first century AD, differences among Christians about whether or not to practice the law of Moses almost led the early Church to a religious schism. Since there were no written gospels during the early church, confusion about the true teaching was frequent, and the epistles were the first known written texts of the New Testament.\nAnd the apostle John in his epistle emphasized the new commandment, the commandment of love. But it must be understood that in John's thought the commandment of love is not an imperative or an order, but an ideal to which every baptized person should aspire in imitation of Christ, and this is because the love of God is a grace, a gift from above. According to John, the example of Christ's life and how that example is put into practice is what determines whether a believer is a true Christian or not; that is why John wrote: \"Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did\" 1 John 2:6.\nAnd according to the teachings of John, this commandment of love is something very concrete, and so the apostle, with wisdom, explained: \"Those who love other believers live in the light. Nothing will destroy the faith of those who live in the light\" 1 John 2:10. Love as a gift from above is therefore an expansive, progressive, benevolent, and edifying love. The apostle John taught then that the practice of this spiritual love in daily life is the concrete expression of that faith which must bear fruits of life, because whoever makes error a habit or a custom does not belong to Christ. A love that should lead every Christian to the true promise, no longer of a land like Israel in the Old Testament, but to the promise of eternal life, the contemplative life.\n![True faith in Jesus. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 1 John 2,6.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXY5wqWC5ksUwSeCduZSAzVLQYwcdzcsqorT7tKXaMjxh/True%20faith%20in%20Jesus.%20Those%20who%20say%20they%20live%20in%20God%20should%20live%20their%20lives%20as%20Jesus%20did.%201%20John%202,6.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Wisdom and Humility: Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim. Ecclesiastes 8:17",
      "body": "The Book of Ecclesiastes begins by referring to its author as the son of David and King of Jerusalem; in other words, the book begins by attributing its authorship to King Solomon, famous for his wisdom. This sapiential book of the Bible is a collection of thoughts on human nature with its discernments, the brevity of life and its vanity, and a set of maxims on the importance of seeking wellness and happiness.\nThe book begins with a pessimistic tone about the significance of human life, and that, in the end, everyone, whether wise or foolish, ends their lives in the same way. And the pessimism is so profound that the author of the book questions himself about what meaning wisdom then has. And the question in front of this thought is, why is this book in the Bible? And the answer has a very deep spiritual meaning related to the story of the Bible.\nIn ancient times, wisdom was considered the answer to all spiritual mysteries and the supreme knowledge; so much so that kings, as happened when the pharaoh had a dream as recounted in the Book of Genesis, the first thing he did was to call the wise men for its interpretation. And the same thing happened when the great King Nebuchadnezzar, centuries later, also had a dream that greatly distressed him. The book, then, as happened with Job in his book, seeks to put wisdom in its proper place within biblical thought; everything is subject to divine providence, even supreme science, so whoever wants to be wise must practice humility and not be carried away by the pride of assuming that he is better than others. And this is the spiritual idea that underlies the entire Book of Ecclesiastes, written by King Solomon.\nAnd so, among his thoughts in his book, the wise man left a spiritual reflection: \"Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim\" Ecclesiastes 8:17. A thought implicit in all the sapiential books. And this spiritual thought opens the door to something more that will later become an answer in Christianity, the poverty of spirit. A spiritual poverty taught in the New Testament that leads to admitting with humility that man cannot answer everything by his own intelligence and wisdom, and that ultimately the final answer lies in faith and security in God.\n![Wisdom and Humility. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim. Ecclesiastes 8,17.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZUEjuWE6HxKpw18kYrwm68A3bLo55FT67hXPn3sWiC9L/Wisdom%20and%20Humility.%20Not%20even%20the%20wisest%20people%20discover%20everything,%20no%20matter%20what%20they%20claim.%20Ecclesiastes%208,17.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual truth: A person will be praised based on his insight, but whoever has a twisted mind will be despised. Proverbs 12:8",
      "body": "The sapiential books, such as the Book of Proverbs, Wisdom, and Ben Sira, are sacred texts deeply related to the science of ethics, that is, to the study of good and evil, wisdom and folly, sanity and madness. These books of the Bible not only offer profound spiritual teachings to reflect upon, but also practical advice for daily life.\nThe Bible reader who wishes to achieve happiness and well-being, ultimately the fullness of spiritual goods, should not overlook the profound thoughts that the wise men have left in their books for sensible men. He who seeks wisdom through its valuable advice for daily life seeks the most valuable thing that can exist.\nMany may claim that God does not exist, or ask who spoke with God, but if there is one spiritual truth that is absolutely certain, it is that wisdom exists among immaterial objects as explained by the science of metaphysics, and the power that comes from its knowledge cannot be denied, because with wisdom comes the gift of the sacred listening and the gift of contemplative life (eternal life).\nAnd the Book of Proverbs has a valuable quote of practical wisdom on this whole matter to reflect upon: \"A person will be praised based on his insight, but whoever has a twisted mind will be despised\" Proverbs 12:8.\nWith this phrase, the Book of Proverbs refers to the opposition between the wise who have insight and wisdom, and the fools who have twisted minds. King Solomon had understanding and wisdom in all his decisions and forged a powerful kingdom that had no equal while he lived, and the people of Israel recognized that he had divine guidance to act, and that is why Israel praised their king. But there were also kings in Judah and Israel who did not have the wisdom of Solomon, and they acted like complete fools, and so they suffered infamy, like King Jeroboam, who imposed idolatry in the Kingdom of Israel, with the construction of the two golden calves, one for Bethel and one for Dan. This abomination was one of the reasons why God allowed the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel at the hands of the Assyrian Empire centuries later.\nThe Book of Proverbs, then, with this phrase,\n teaches that with wisdom comes glory and common sense, but with foolishness comes only infamy and madness.\n![Spiritual truth. A person will be praised based on his insight, but whoever has a twisted mind will be despised. Proverbs 12,8.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma62a9XUfteWex7W2hGwCFZLQtpbs5tEKWemjJ53giPjn/Spiritual%20truth.%20A%20person%20will%20be%20praised%20based%20on%20his%20insight,%20but%20whoever%20has%20a%20twisted%20mind%20will%20be%20despised.%20Proverbs%2012,8.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The faith of Saint Peter: Everyone in Israel should then know for certain that God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ. Acts 2:36",
      "body": "The Book of Acts was initially written as a continuation of the Gospel of Luke, and begins with the promise of the Holy Spirit made by Jesus to his disciples, who appeared to them numerous times after his resurrection. But Jesus' words seemed confusing and obscure to the disciples, for they did not yet possess the knowledge from above.\nAnd when the day of the celebration of Pentecost arrived, the Book of Acts relates, the disciples were all gathered in Jerusalem and in the same place, and they received the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom, in tongues of fire. Through this, the disciples became guided, enlightened, and inspired people; that is, true spiritual men born from above in the likeness of God in essence, and so they became wise as God is wise. And it was in this way that they understood, with the gift of understanding, all the words of Jesus, which before the miracle seemed incomprehensible.\nAnd the arrival of the Holy Spirit attracted the attention of many people, especially pilgrims who came to Jerusalem for the celebration, who crowded in front of the house where the disciples were gathered, and so Saint Peter, moved by the gift of faith, gave his first speech to the multitude who were wondering what was happening.\nAnd so Peter gave a long speech about the fulfillment of the prophecies concerning Jesus. The Book of Acts recounts that the apostle Peter quoted an ancient prophecy from the prophet Joel and a text from the Book of Psalms, more specifically Psalm 16. And so in his testimony of faith, Peter explained that Jesus was the expected Messiah, and that with his death and resurrection, he was glorified by God. And finally, Peter concluded his speech with these words: \"Everyone in Israel should then know for certain that God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ, even though you put him to death on a cross\" Acts 2:36. According to the Book of Acts, Saint Peter's testimony moved many people, and the Book of Acts recounts that many were baptized into the new faith, and that there were about three thousand people.\n![The faith of Saint Peter. Everyone in Israel should then know for certain that God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ. Acts 2,36.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZ2V3ehFU9R3xNDJa5aumWE3xnsPra4NqKWnFqiU8uGM6/The%20faith%20of%20Saint%20Peter.%20Everyone%20in%20Israel%20should%20then%20know%20for%20certain%20that%20God%20has%20made%20Jesus%20both%20Lord%20and%20Christ.%20Acts%202,36.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The apostle Paul founded the Church of Corinth during his second missionary journey, where he preached for more than a year, and several years later, during his third missionary journey, probably while in Ephesus, he dedicated to the members of that Church a beautiful epistle that is known in the New Testament as the First Epistle to the Corinthians.\nOne of the main problems during the course of the first century after Christ was that there were no written gospels, and the transmission of the teachings of the faith was oral. So the difference between the teachings of the different masters of the new Christian faith could differ a lot, and Paul, in his First Epistle to the Corinthians, had to face that problem. And this problem reached such a point after Paul left the city of Corinth, that the apostle mentioned in his first letter to the Church of Corinth a certain Apollos with whom the apostle evidently had differences. The possibility of a schism within the Church could not be ignored, and this was due to the influence of pagan doctrines such as Gnosticism, which the apostle Paul, with his experience, knew perfectly well.\nBut Paul also knew the importance of the spiritual gifts given to believers, something he himself witnessed with the first conversions. Gifts such as charity, faith, and wisdom greatly enriched the new Christians who were converted by the power of his preaching. This is why, when referring to his rivalry with Apollos, the apostle acknowledged the supremacy of the Holy Spirit and his gifts to believers with these words: \"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow\" 1 Corinthians 3:6-7.\nAnd this teaching of Paul is reminiscent of the parables of Jesus, parables such as the parable of the sower, the parable of the yeast, and the parable of the mustard seed, which teach how the Kingdom of God, with its gifts, implies change, growth, and personal transformation in believers. Paul was ultimately the greatest theologian of spiritual gifts during the early church, and his teachings on faith, wisdom, and love continue to inspire Christians to this day.\n![Faith, wisdom & charity. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 1 Corinthians 3,7.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmefExib47m4GsfJBfoCexR5xF9ppoHECdFyxR2RtJLXRa/Faith,%20wisdom%20&%20charity.%20So%20neither%20the%20one%20who%20plants%20nor%20the%20one%20who%20waters%20is%20anything,%20but%20only%20God,%20who%20makes%20things%20grow.%201%20Corinthians%203,7.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus & the Samaritan woman: I know that the Messiah will come, and when he comes, he will tell us everything. John 4:25",
      "body": "The encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman in Sychar, near Jacob's well, is one of the most emotional moments recounted by the Gospel of John. After the Wedding at Cana, the expulsion of the merchants from the temple, and Jesus' encounter with the doctor of the law Nicodemus, Jesus' dialogue with the Samaritan woman is a key moment where Jesus taught numerous mysteries of the Kingdom of God, an empire or dominion that is revealed progressively, incrementally to the disciples and followers of the divine master.\nAnd Jesus, with the purpose to teach what this new spiritual government consists of, took up some concepts from the sapiential literature, such as when the Book of Proverbs identifies wisdom with that living water: \"The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream\" Proverbs 18:4.\nThe Gospel of John recounts that Jesus arrived thirsty at Jacob's well, and asked for a drink to a woman who had come there to draw water. And in response to Jesus' request, the woman replied: \"You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?\" John 4:9. Thus began a dialogue about the true water of life, not the water from the well, but the spiritual water that Jesus came to bring to humanity. That living water, which is the wisdom that Jesus came to deliver for the spiritual change of humanity, a humanity oppressed by deception, ignorance, and the desire for evil. \nAnd when the woman heard Jesus, she listened with skepticism, because the Samaritans were not truly Israelites but people whose ancestors had been brought by Sennacherib after the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel. The Samaritans knew the law and the promises of God, but they also had other customs due to their origins. And that is why, when Jesus spoke to her about the worship of the Father, a worship in spirit and truth, the woman answered him: \"I know that the Messiah will come, and when he comes, he will tell us everything\" John 4:25.\nDespite her doubts, the woman understood that Jesus came with special knowledge, for Jesus revealed to her secrets of the heart that only she knew, and amazed, the woman spread the news of Jesus. The Gospel of John ultimately shows the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman as a moment in which Jesus taught that his word, his wisdom, as a source of living water, is the way to that true knowledge of the Father, which is worship in spirit and truth.\n![Jesus & the Samaritan woman. I know that the Messiah will come, and when he comes, he will tell us everything. John 4,25.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeScm5RDYHrj9frFXVAbTCiR2J4K7V2THme8iEyxD38pw/Jesus%20&%20the%20Samaritan%20woman.%20I%20know%20that%20the%20Messiah%20will%20come,%20and%20when%20he%20comes,%20he%20will%20tell%20us%20everything.%20John%204,25.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The law & the fear of God: Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law. Psalm 119:70",
      "body": "Psalm 119 is a song dedicated to the praise of the law of Moses, and among other things, the hymn explains that God is the origin of good, or in other words, that ethics has its origin in God, and that the deep spiritual understanding of the law of Moses begins with the spiritual gift of fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion).\nThe fear of God in the Old Testament has a very profound spiritual meaning; this gift is the spiritual bond between God and humankind. Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, and Daniel bore witness to this gift with their lives. The gift of the fear of God is the tenderness of heart, the compassionate heart toward one's neighbor that God requires in all His precepts. It could be said that basically the first two commandments set forth by Moses are an expression of this gift.\nAnd the fear of God is not only the beginning of understanding the law of Moses, but it is also the beginning of wisdom. Having explained this, it becomes clear that the fear of God is something deeply related to common sense. \nAnd to better understand the fear of God, Psalm 119 also refers to the opposite, that is, it mentions the hardness of heart. This is why in one passage the Psalm refers to the opposition between the fear of God and the hardness of heart with these words: \"Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart. Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law\" Psalm 119:69-70.\nThe arrogant, who only practice the most furious selfishness, despise the law and its precepts, because they ask themselves what they gain by following them; on the other hand, the devout, guided by common sense, remain faithful to the prescriptions, explains the Psalm, and thus the opposition between sensible and foolish men arises as expressed in the passage of the song. In a world given over to sin and oppression, the hard-hearted lay traps for the upright man, the Psalm expresses, but wise men in the face of this situation can put their trust in the Lord and his salvation. Like David, who saw his life endangered numerous times and emerged triumphant.\n![The law & the fear of God. Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law. Psalm 119,70.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZW4zrUnnjkbgpau7XDCqFYMKNhrSWjii5Nm4BUUu2rT8/The%20law%20&%20the%20fear%20of%20God.%20Their%20hearts%20are%20callous%20and%20unfeeling,%20but%20I%20delight%20in%20your%20law.%20Psalm%20119,70.jpg)\n\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The sapiential books, and in particular the Book of Ben Sira, teach about the insecurity of riches. It is true that money is a shield and protection in many situations, but greed, which is the desire for riches, exposes men to countless dangers. Wealth, and money in particular, are not goals in themselves but a consequence of wisdom, this is the correct reasoning. \nWhoever builds on injustice and sin is, in reality, beyond any success, building on mud, because anyone can be sure of avoiding, beyond any calculation, an unforeseen destructive event. The Bible, for example, relates that Sennacherib, tyrant of the Assyrian empire and famous for his cruelty, after destroying the Kingdom of Israel and deporting all its inhabitants, failed in the siege of Jerusalem, and after arriving in the capital of his empire, his sons treacherously took his life.\nKing Solomon, on the other hand, who many years before the rise of the Assyrian empire, ruled the Middle East with great wisdom, which was given to him by God himself, built his kingdom on good foundations. His empire and its inhabitants enjoyed peace and prosperity for many years, and even today, two thousand years later, his example continues to inspire people. In the life of this famous king, a saying came true: \"The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it\" Proverbs 10:22.\nThis is why the Book of Ben Sira, in its countless reflections of wisdom, teaches a beautiful phrase for spiritual growth: \"The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a river, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a storm\" Ben Sira 40:13. Anyone with common sense can understand that no man, can put his life in the hands of his wealth, because wealth can leave just as easily as it comes. The statement of the master Ben Sira compares the problem of possessing wealth to meteorological phenomena, and this makes sense. In a world where everyone develops concealment strategies, and the behavior of others is unpredictable, you never know where the blow that changes the status quo might come from. Wisdom then reveals herself as the only science that can lead man to that well-earned wealth, and that teaches that wealth is a consequence, a reward, and not an end in itself.\n![Spiritual growth. The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a river, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a storm. Ben Sira 40,13.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdw8z7PzuAEeroXom6rZQF2pHkGAAHVaH2cK9NG4z12c5/Spiritual%20growth.%20The%20wealth%20of%20the%20unjust%20will%20dry%20up%20like%20a%20river,%20and%20crash%20like%20a%20loud%20clap%20of%20thunder%20in%20a%20storm.%20Ben%20Sira%2040,13.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Gospel of Luke relates that after his triumphant entry into the holy city of Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus was tested by his enemies several times, such as when spies were sent to trap Jesus by asking him if it was permitted to pay taxes to Caesar; but Jesus, through the spiritual gift of counsel, managed with intelligence to escape the trap.\nBut after this, the divine master was tested again, and the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection, posed a problem to him. And the Sadducees asked him what would happen if a woman married and was widowed successively by seven brothers, what would happen after the resurrection, and which man the woman would be the wife of.\nHaving posed this problem, Jesus gave an answer intimately related to the spiritual gift of eternal life. Jesus explained that the nature of spiritual life is different from the nature of earthly life. Understanding spiritual life in the presence of God is understanding the mystery of eternal life. The gift of eternal life in the gospels is essentially a spiritual blessing of the life in the presence of the creator of all things in the afterlife, which God gives in advance in this earthly life. Eternal life is fundamentally the contemplative life, the meditation focused in the divine attributes of God, along with some other associated blessings such as happiness of heart, the happiness as a state of mind.\nThis is why Jesus, faced with the Sadducees' question, responded with these words of wisdom: \"The people in this world get married. But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life\" Luke 20:34-36.\nEternal life, then, is that spiritual gift that makes the souls of men equal to those of angels. Jesus made it clear that those who are worthy of resurrection will have as their main activity the contemplation of God, and not activities related to material things. Eternal life is therefore one of the most important spiritual mysteries of the doctrine of the Kingdom of God.\n![Mysteries of Jesus. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life. Luke 20,36.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVEYVPbbMHvrh9aywpApJiiVsCsbYypKSXUbnvY1VieHX/Mysteries%20of%20Jesus.%20They%20will%20be%20like%20the%20angels%20and%20will%20be%20God%27s%20children,%20because%20they%20have%20been%20raised%20to%20life.%20Luke%2020,36.jpg)\n\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus & the spiritual man: I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. John 14:16",
      "body": "The Gospel of John recounts that Jesus, during the Last Supper, spoke to the disciples about the coming of the spirit of wisdom and the spiritual man. This was the great promise of Jesus, which was fulfilled after his ascension to heaven, at Pentecost. \nAnd this spiritual promise has a theological meaning because when Jesus taught about love, he spoke about the spiritual love called in Greek Agape, the love projected onto all of God's work, the progressive, incremental, gradual, and benevolent love. And this form of love is a grace that is attained through a second birth, the birth according to the spirit. The spiritual man united with the spiritual guidance and teaching of the Holy Spirit is the result of this new birth. And this is the great mystery of the Kingdom of God, discovering this hidden treasure, the spiritual love, that emerges in the soul of man as a grace from on high.\nBut the disciples could not fully understand this spiritual truth because they were immature and incomplete men, that is, they were prudent men. And Jesus knew this fact perfectly well. That is why Jesus had to carefully choose his words when speaking to his disciples at the last supper. The times of the Holy Spirit would begin with his departure, and a new spiritual reality, with the gifts received from above, would begin for his followers and disciples.\nThe spiritual man is ultimately the realization of the Kingdom of God on earth, the man free from concupiscence and all earthly temptation, because this man is united to the holy spirit through the spiritual gift of eternal life, the life that once obtained cannot be lost. This is why, at the Last Supper, Jesus promised his disciples that they would receive that spiritual helper who comes from the Father and who would join them permanently with the gifts of wisdom, understanding, and spiritual discernment, and he explained this spiritual truth with these wise words: \"I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. That helper is the Spirit of Truth\" John 14:16-17. This spirit of truth is ultimately the inner spiritual teacher of every Christian who is guided towards eternal life.\n![Jesus & the spiritual man. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. John 14,16.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXLu1UQJEUA9iQeRhorcFWgYibkBmNcH6pgExKpCvM8D6/Jesus%20&%20the%20spiritual%20man.%20I%20will%20ask%20the%20Father,%20and%20he%20will%20give%20you%20another%20helper%20who%20will%20be%20with%20you%20forever.%20John%2014,16.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Christian spiritual change: Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. Romans 6:12",
      "body": "At the end of his third missionary journey, Paul likely decided to undertake an even longer journey, traveling to Spain and Italy. This explains why he sent an important epistle to the believers in Rome. This letter differs from the others in that it doesn't mention anyone personally, nor is it focused on denouncing heresies. Instead, it centers on the formation of believers in Christian theology, making the doctrine of justification its central theme.\nThis is why Paul, in his epistle, presented Jesus as a new Adam, just as with Adam, the first man in the Bible, sin entered the world and with it death, through Christ came grace that gives men a new spiritual life, the spiritual gift of eternal life. The apostle Paul then explained that with Jesus came a fundamental spiritual change; through faith in Christ, men pass from death to life and from sin to righteous living. The sacrament of baptism is, therefore, for each Christian, a step, a Passover, like when the Hebrews crossed the Red Sea with the prophet Moses. And this was something that the apostle Paul witnessed with the first conversions of pagans to the Christian faith.\nThe old man bound to sin must give way to the new man, the spiritual man, renewed in Christ and called to live the gifts through the grace of the Holy Spirit, the apostle wrote. Faith in Christ implies, then, that error cannot be a habit or a custom but the exception, and when it occurs, there must be a purpose of amendment. A Christian, then, is a person who cannot say that he sinned because society demands it, or because one has to look good in front of others. In this sense, there are no gray areas, righteousness and sin are, ultimately, paths for man.\nThis is why Paul wrote with wisdom in his epistle: \"Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes\" Romans 6:12-13. Faith, then, in Paul's thought, is a new circumcision for man, no longer according to the flesh but according to the spirit, and in this consists the true Christian spiritual change.\n![Christian spiritual change. Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. Romans 6,12.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma5wvej4i4YBiKTxBzbtDiWah8hMhmr4Hm4X3WKgW6L3x/Christian%20spiritual%20change.%20Sin%20must%20no%20longer%20rule%20in%20your%20mortal%20bodies,%20so%20that%20you%20obey%20the%20desires%20of%20your%20natural%20self.%20Romans%206,12.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "True spiritual wealth: Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 1 Timothy 6:18",
      "body": "The Book of Acts relates how the apostle Paul met one of his most beloved disciples, Timothy, during his second missionary journey, having arrived in Lystra. The Book of Acts relates that Timothy enjoyed great fame in that city. It is from this encounter recounted in Acts 16:1-5 that Timothy becomes one of Paul's great collaborators. And it is very likely that Timothy, sometime after meeting Paul, was also bishop of Ephesus.\nAnd it is to this Timothy that Paul dedicated two beautiful epistles. And the First Epistle to Timothy, which was probably written by Paul while he was in the city of Rome, has some very interesting themes. The letter tells us that Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to prevent the teaching of strange doctrines, and it is very likely that Paul is referring to Gnosticism, which was very fashionable at that time. But then the apostle continued in his letter, and Paul exhorted Timothy to remain faithful to the doctrine he taught.\nAnd near the end of this epistle, the apostle discussed about the true spiritual wealth, because in the Christian communion, all the believers in Jesus are brothers and sisters, and there should be no favoritism based on personal wealth. In the spiritual communion, everyone must work and strive for the common good, and those who have more wealth must contribute more to that common good. This is essentially what life in God's grace consists of, or in other words, this is what the commandment of love, the commandment of excellence, really means.\nThis is why Paul, at the end of his epistle, wrote a warning to the rich within the Church, the love of money is a sin and humility a virtue, and with these words, the apostle Paul expressed himself: \"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share\" 1 Timothy 6:17-18. Because that is how, Paul concluded, that men attain that true treasure which is eternal life, the life which once obtained cannot be lost.\n![True spiritual wealth. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 1 Timothy 6,18.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdSr48nHYiXCUN6v7tbC4qmEQQbX5wJuVTneVhDmfoTHv/True%20spiritual%20wealth.%20Command%20them%20to%20do%20good,%20to%20be%20rich%20in%20good%20deeds,%20and%20to%20be%20generous%20and%20willing%20to%20share.%201%20Timothy%206,18.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Prophecy of Jesus: If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. Luke 19:42",
      "body": "The Gospel of Luke narrates some special events that happened in the life of Jesus during the time of his triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem, and among these are the prophecies that Jesus made to his followers and disciples.\nLike Isaiah in his Little Apocalypse, Jesus also prophesied about times that have not yet been fulfilled, but that will probably happen in the near future, times of persecution for Christians, rumors of widespread wars, and times when nation will be against nation, the nature of these prophecies is general and difficult to interpret.\nBut there is one very specific prophecy from Jesus, and that is the prophecy related to the destruction of Jerusalem. This fact occurred during the regency of Emperor Vespasian in Rome, in the year 70 AD, a prophecy that Jesus advanced at least twice while during his physical life on earth.\nIn Jesus' thinking, the destruction of Jerusalem was a consequence of his death on the cross; with his condemnation, the destruction of the city of Jerusalem was sealed, in other words, his condemnation was also the condemnation of the city. Although the destruction of Jerusalem was due to political and military issues, including the securing of its eastern border by the Roman Empire, this fact has a certain theological meaning because when Jesus encountered a fig tree that did not bear fruit, he condemned it and it withered away, as recounted in the Gospel of Saint Matthew.\nThe Gospel of Luke then describes how Jesus began his famous prophecy about the holy city: \"As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, 'If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side'\" Luke 19:41-43.\nAll prophecies in the Bible have a purpose, and those of Jesus even more so, because they reveal God's plan for a humanity given over to chaos, injustice, and sin. With this prophecy, Jesus warned his disciples and followers to avoid the city when the time of its siege by the Roman forces came to pass.\n![Prophecy of Jesus. If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. Luke 19,42.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmauz6Y6NsLy9QEeVQH5ogD7QNajLYA6Gy9qWJ7hFHjkUo/Prophecy%20of%20Jesus.%20If%20you,%20even%20you,%20had%20only%20known%20on%20this%20day%20what%20would%20bring%20you%20peace%E2%80%94but%20now%20it%20is%20hidden%20from%20your%20eyes.%20Luke%2019,42.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The family of Jesus: Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you. Matthew 12:47",
      "body": "The Gospel of Matthew recounts that during his preaching in Galilee, Jesus' family closely followed what the divine teacher was doing. It is no coincidence that the Gospel of Luke says that when Jesus was born, his mother Mary treasured in her heart the things that happened within the family. Joseph and Mary, the parents of Jesus, were essentially the first devotees of the Lord.\nBut even as a child, when his parents, returning from Passover, lost him for several days and found him teaching in the temple, they understood that Jesus had another family—a spiritual family, not a physical one. In fact, when his parents reproached him for his absence while he was in the temple, Jesus replied:  \"Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?\" Luke 2:49.\nAnd this logic was repeated once again, and this time, Jesus, now an adult, referred to his true family. The Gospel of Matthew recounts that while Jesus was preaching in Galilee, someone approached him and said to the divine master: \"Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you\" Matthew 12:47. And there Jesus taught about his true family, pointing with his hand to the people who surrounded him: \"Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother\" Matthew 12:49-50.\nWith this, Jesus did not despise his mother and brothers, but rather explained that he had a new family according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh, because his mission was to preach the Kingdom of God, the dominion or empire of the divine perfections, to the simple and humble people, to change a world dominated by ignorance and sin. And this teaching of Jesus has a special depth, because in this sense, Jesus explained, as the sapiential books do with their wisdom, that those who live according to God's law, the spiritual gift of righteousness (\"Do to others what you would have them do to you\" Matthew 7:12), are family, the family of the Creator of all things. And this is so because of a truth: like seeks like. A family that would later transform into something more concrete with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, the Church, which was born later with Pentecost.\n![The family of Jesus. Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you. Matthew 12,47.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVReno55yc6zRimo2TQZjEZSFAgJR6TRPyXM8avw7hzyN/The%20family%20of%20Jesus.%20Your%20mother%20and%20brothers%20are%20standing%20outside,%20wanting%20to%20speak%20to%20you.%20Matthew%2012,47.jpg)",
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      "title": "Spiritual growth: Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city. Proverbs 16:32",
      "body": "The Book of Proverbs is a sapiential book containing beautiful advice for living. King Solomon, who was likely the author of the book, condensed within it not only the wisdom of ancient Israel but also the wisdom that was common to all the peoples of the Middle East. This great sage, through his counsel, made it clear that the wisdom of the Most High is not something inaccessible to be awaited after death in the afterlife, but something profoundly practical, which can be put into practice in the small acts of daily life. This is because the dominion or reign of wisdom is a progressive, gradual, and benevolent empire that leads humankind to that truth which is associated with eternal life and immortality.\nAmong the beautiful pieces of advice left by King Solomon, one stands out as particularly interesting regarding spiritual growth, with these words: \"Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city\" Proverbs 16:32.\nConquering one's own mind is more important than conquering a country or a city, wrote the Sage, because the mind sometimes betrays a person, especially when it comes to passions like anger, guilt, envy, fury, and resentment. The passion for its level of destructiveness can ruin entire lives; reason and passion often respond to very different desires, and this is something that a sensible man does not forget. Achieving self-control is therefore fundamental for the mature person, that is, the person of integrity. And this is one of the great achievements of those who walk the path of the fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion) and righteousness, an achievement even more important than happiness itself, because happiness is sometimes fleeting, like a cloud carried by the wind, but self-control is not fleeting, because it is related to something more important: the gift of eternal life, the spiritual life that, once obtained, cannot be lost. Self-control, ultimately, is linked to the higher and more perfect spiritual gifts, and the best example in the Bible of what self-control means is the wise man.\n![Spiritual growth. Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city. Proverbs 16,32.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTnvUCznfaqomftHUZhVJ4zbMYJx7Hn6Z2DhXuKCWmBU2/Spiritual%20growth.%20Whoever%20controls%20his%20temper%20is%20better%20than%20a%20warrior,%20and%20anyone%20who%20has%20control%20of%20his%20spirit%20is%20better%20than%20someone%20who%20captures%20a%20city.%20Proverbs%2016,32.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual seeker: God's people avoid evil ways, and they protect themselves by watching where they go. Proverbs 16:17",
      "body": "The Book of Proverbs is a sapiential book dedicated to the education of those who are spiritual seekers and devotees of the highest. While virtue is important for achieving personal goals, wisdom, which is essentially science and the most perfect virtue, is the best and most advisable thing if one wishes to be blessed and happy.\nWisdom, by its very nature, is like a hidden treasure that must be discovered, and like a Russian matryoshka doll in which one doll is inside another; thus, wisdom is a treasure that hides other treasures within her, and this fact  must be recognized if a spiritual seeker with intelligence and understanding wants to find truth and spiritual power.\nAnd so the Book of Proverbs, written by King Solomon, among other advice, left this little pearl of wisdom for meditation and take into account: \"God's people avoid evil ways, and they protect themselves by watching where they go\" Proverbs 16:17.\nThis spiritual teaching is directly related to Psalm 1, the Psalm of the Two Paths, which teaches, among other things: \"The righteous are guided and protected by the LORD, but the evil are on the way to their doom\" Psalm 1:6. Psalm 1 explains that there are two paths for man, righteousness and sin, and in response to this, two retributions: blessing and curse. While the path can be freely chosen, the corresponding retribution cannot.\nThe people of God avoid evil, explains the proverb, and this is because the spiritual gift of fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion), which is the source of common sense, prevents these kinds of people from making error a habit or a custom. It could be said that common sense is the great guide of righteous men, of those who follow the path that pleases God. The path of evil is a dark, uncertain path, full of destructive surprises, and this is something that the man who fears God detests, because in the end, destructiveness, injustice, and chaos only leave emptiness and suffering.\nWith this, the Book of Proverbs leaves the idea that the best path for men is the path of wisdom, a progressive, edifying, and gradual path to that truth which is God.\n![Spiritual seeker. God's people avoid evil ways, and they protect themselves by watching where they go. Proverbs 16,17.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXiQwGeG8nvd3Tbmp93g8jrwgvM8zsubp5xzvwjYoeXeL/Spiritual%20seeker.%20God%27s%20people%20avoid%20evil%20ways,%20and%20they%20protect%20themselves%20by%20watching%20where%20they%20go.%20Proverbs%2016,17.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Wisdom & life in the gospel: I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. John 10:18",
      "body": "In the Gospel of John, some of Jesus' teachings about himself are directly related to the seven \"I am\" statements. Jesus presented himself in a few or many words in an elusive way throughout the Gospels, and understanding the body of his teachings is difficult to grasp spiritually.\nAnd one of the most interesting spiritual expressions in the Gospel of John, related to the \"I am\" statements, is the concept of life as taught by the divine teacher. When Jesus taught about life, he could be referring to either the spiritual life, which is the contemplative life, or the physical life; life as a concept does not have a single meaning in the doctrine of master Jesus, understanding life as a perfection or gift from the creator of all things.\nAnd while probably in the city of Jerusalem, after having healed a man born blind, Jesus presented himself as the good shepherd to his listeners, and then prophesied his death and resurrection in the cross, implying that he had to die for the sins of humanity, and he did so with these wise words: \"The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father\" John 10:17-18.\nBy explaining this, Jesus also foreshadowed the resurrection of his friend Lazarus, and a more fundamental statement: \"I am the resurrection and the life\" John 11:25. With this spiritual teaching, Jesus clarified that the power of life was in him, to fulfill a fundamental mission: to make a humanity given over to sin understand that he is God made \"son of man.\"\nIn this way, life then acquires a fundamental value in the Christian faith and the doctrine of the kingdom; God is a God of the living and not of the dead. Understanding this, one can then understand a concept: life is inextricably linked to wisdom, that is, to the word of God, and whoever seeks one thing also finds the other and vice versa. To love life then is also to love Jesus and God, a love that liberates men and makes them brothers of Jesus and children of God.\n![Wisdom & life in the gospel. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. John 10,18.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWecyeAEdCKuvJdCHLnvH7vRgggLtEoatt2urM1ktQMf5/Wisdom%20&%20life%20in%20the%20gospel.%20I%20have%20authority%20to%20lay%20it%20down%20and%20authority%20to%20take%20it%20up%20again.%20John%2010,18.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual life with Jesus: And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us. 1 John 3:24",
      "body": "The epistles of the apostle John are very similar in their writing style to the gospel of the same apostle, except that the epistles are not focused on describing the life and the actions of the divine master, but on teaching the spiritual content of the doctrine of the Kingdom of God, the dominion or government of the divine perfections.\nAnd the first epistle of the apostle John develops, as if it were a sermon or a homily, various themes such as the teaching that God is light, the fulfillment of the commandments, the detachment from worldly things, and a special exhortation to live according to the love of God, the spiritual love, known in greek language as Agape.\nAnd according to John's teachings, the subject of the spiritual Love is not a minor matter. John taught that the commandment of love is the supreme commandment because it neither forbids nor commands, but invites people to a new freedom; that is why this remarkable disciple of the Lord Jesus wrote with wisdom: \"And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us\" 1 John 3:23.\nThis commandment is therefore something special. Believing in the name of Jesus, John taught, has special significance because the apostle explained that Jesus is the personification of divine perfections with the seven \"I AM\" statements; and to project the perfection of love towards one's neighbor and the world, the disciple added. The entire mystery of the Gospels lies in the teaching of this spiritual truth, and this is how believers can recognize the spiritual life with Jesus in their hearts, accepting all this. And so the apostle continued in his thought on how to become aware of the mystery of Jesus: \"And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us\" 1 John 3:24.\nIn short, accepting the mystery of the spirit of wisdom, that progressive, expansive, benevolent spirit, is to accept Jesus himself and his divinity, and it is in this way that believers can receive the ultimate reward, the spiritual gift of eternal life and the spiritual salvation that comes with that true spiritual life, the life, once obtained, cannot be lost.\n![Spiritual life with Jesus. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us. 1 John 3,24.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfSfESJ7ScZfHeou9pfRtay2HvXjpu7qJ9vZugKrjvekB/Spiritual%20life%20with%20Jesus.%20And%20we%20know%20he%20lives%20in%20us%20because%20the%20Spirit%20he%20gave%20us%20lives%20in%20us.%201%20John%203,24.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Book of Ben Sira, due to its length and practical content, is perhaps the most important book of the sapiential literature of the Bible. The book begins with a dissertation praising wisdom as a gift from the Lord, and then continues with a series of practical wisdom sayings on various topics, ending with how wisdom was poured out on humanity.\nAnd so Ben Sira, at the end of his sapiential book, mentioned a group of notable people from biblical history, from the patriarch Enoch to the high priest Simon, who fought for the independence of his country during the Hellenistic period.\nAnd among these notable people, Ben Sira wrote about the patriarch Abraham, a very interesting text with these words: \"He observed the law of the Most High and entered into a covenant with him\" Ben Sira 44:20. This text is interesting, in a spiritual sense, because it refers to the law of the Most High at a time when the law of Moses had not yet been promulgated and the Israelites as a people did not exist. So, faced with this situation, a reader of the Bible might ask what the law of the Most High meant for the wise, and the answer has a profound spiritual meaning. \nGod did not choose Abraham because he was a rich or famous man, but for a very simple reason: the patriarch Abraham was a God-fearing man. The fear of God as a spiritual gift contains within itself the deepest meaning of the law of Moses, even Jesus, when teaching the parable of the sower, referred to this mysterious spiritual gift.\nThe sapiential literature explains that the loving bond between man and God begins with the fear of God. Through this gift, men are children of the Most High; moreover, the first and second commandments of the Law of Moses are summarized in the fear of God, or in other words, the first two commandments require that God must be feared and not men. To state, then, that Ben Sira referred to the spiritual gift of fear of God as the divine law is not in itself erroneous. It must be remembered that in the history of the people of Israel, when the descendants of Abraham hardened their hearts, that is, when they lost the fear of God, the entire law of Moses lost its true meaning, and its blessings were nullified. The life of Abraham is therefore the demonstration that any covenant with God, like the Abrahamic covenant or the Davidic covenant, has its foundation in the fear of God.\n![Abraham and the fear of God. He observed the law of the Most High and entered into a covenant with him. Ben Sira 44,20.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVyMuih58UyXuPLjMJWUQ5CXzVF2t3uq2KVFRxQKo13nf/Abraham%20and%20the%20fear%20of%20God.%20He%20observed%20the%20law%20of%20the%20Most%20High%20and%20entered%20into%20a%20covenant%20with%20him.%20Ben%20Sira%2044,20.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The prayer of Solomon: Then my works will be acceptable, and I shall judge your people justly. Wisdom 9:12",
      "body": "The Bible tradition attributes the authorship of the Book of Wisdom to King Solomon, and this is a sapiential book that reflects on the nature of wisdom, the destiny of man, and shows, among other things, how divine science manifested itself throughout ancient history from Adam and Noah to the arrival of the chosen people in Canaan. The Book of Wisdom is, if one can put it that way, the answer to an existential quest, a search for the ultimate answers, because, as the sapiential literature teaches, to speak of wisdom is to speak of the divine.\nAnd part of the Book of Wisdom consists of a long monologue, written in the first person, in which King Solomon reflected on his personal experiences, and in particular how wisdom was given to him by God.\nIt is in this way, then, that a prayer of Solomon for wisdom is presented within the Book. And this prayer begins with a very special request to the only true God: \"Give me the wisdom that sits by your throne, and do not reject me from among your servants\" Wisdom 9:4. With this, Solomon taught that we should constantly and without hesitation ask God for the necessary wisdom, something that the apostle James would later repeat in other words in his epistle in the New Testament. And that this wisdom, when bestowed by the creator of all things, makes men like God in essence and therefore part of his family, and especially citizens of the heavenly city.\nAnd Solomon, in this plea, asked God for wisdom because she is a guide and spiritual protection in all the enterprises that man undertakes, because she knows everything, even the things that are to happen. This is why Solomon's prayer repeats, but in other words, the request that the King made to God in the sacred place of Gibeon with these wise words: \"Then my works will be acceptable, and I shall judge your people justly, and shall be worthy of the throne of my father\" Wisdom 9:12.\nSolomon, with his prayer, acknowledged the sovereignty of wisdom over all creation, and that it is ultimately wisdom that determines not the small decisions of each individual, but the general course of history, because humanity has a destiny and God has a plan.\n![The prayer of Solomon. Then my works will be acceptable, and I shall judge your people justly. Wisdom 9,12.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNUzXUeQLX9BSbiFnDj33R5nnPPNJsgAc1yALAekcqhUV/The%20prayer%20of%20Solomon.%20Then%20my%20works%20will%20be%20acceptable,%20and%20I%20shall%20judge%20your%20people%20justly.%20Wisdom%209,12.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Hosea against idolatry: With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. Hosea 8:4",
      "body": "The prophet Hosea was probably a contemporary of the prophet Amos, and he prophesied in the Kingdom of Israel before its destruction, during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, and Uzziah and Ahaz, kings of Judah, as stated at the beginning of the book. Hosea's teachings, despite being considered a minor prophet, have had a profound influence on the Christian faith, particularly his concept of the covenant between Israel and God as a marital relationship based on love.\nAnd as a prophet, Hosea fought against the idolatry of Israel, and in particular the worship of the golden calves, introduced by King Jeroboam into the Kingdom of Israel after its separation from the Kingdom of Judah. Of the two kingdoms, the Kingdom of Israel was the one most affected by idolatry, a problem that intensified under a king of Israel before Hosea, King Ahab, who married a Phoenician princess, Jezebel, who introduced foreign cults to Israel. And this problem denounced by Hosea had one origin: the fear of God had been lost, and the covenant with God broken; that is why the prophet wrote: \"There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land\" Hosea 4:1.\nAnd in this context of decline in the kingdom of Israel, the Assyrian people began to emerge as a problem for neighboring nations in the Middle East. And the prophet Hosea knew what that meant because selfish ambitions only create destruction. This is why the prophet announced the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel before the Assyrian empire, and he did so with these words, recalling the sin of Jeroboam: \"With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them.\" Hosea 8:4-5.\nThe worship of the golden calves was a cult that lasted until the destruction of Israel, and it was an abomination to all the prophets, because ultimately, true security can only come from God, who gives his spiritual guidance to rulers. The prophet's words are a reminder that without wisdom from above, men's lives become uncertain and miserable.\n![Hosea against idolatry. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. Hosea 8,4.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUj1crTDeqsQG8yFrfYmounBczyEDD8KSxVKiiLYKCwv2/Hosea%20against%20idolatry.%20With%20their%20silver%20and%20gold%20they%20make%20idols%20for%20themselves%20to%20their%20own%20destruction.%20Hosea%208,4.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Hope in Isaiah: For they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. Isaiah 65:23",
      "body": "The literary work attributed to the prophet Isaiah is divided into three parts or books, and it is very possible that only the first book corresponds to the authorship of the prophet, while the other two books probably correspond to disciples of the prophet.\nWhile the first book consists of a description of the moral situation of the Kingdom of Judah before its destruction in front of the Babylonian empire, along with a small apocalyptic compendium, and the second book is a call to rebuild the promised land with the liberation made by Cyrus the Great, the last book seems to focus on the idea of ​​a new Jerusalem and the realization of eschatological hope, with a judgment on good and evil men.\nAt the end of his third book, Isaiah presents a new Jerusalem, freed from sin and error, a Jerusalem renewed by God's wisdom. It is very likely that this description Isaiah gives is the Jerusalem that will emerge from his brief apocalypse recounted in his first book. Like all the prophets, Isaiah did not prophesy about the end of the world, but about the end of times; the dominion of sin over humanity must give way to a wisdom renewed by God.\nAnd with these words, Isaiah describes the new times that must come after terrible trials: \"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind\" Isaiah 65:17. Isaiah can be said to have been the prophet of hope, a prophet who anticipated the arrival of Jesus, with his prophecies about Emmanuel, and who also warned about the resolution of the problem of evil in humanity. This is why the prophet Isaiah, like Lord Jesus, called upright men to the spiritual gifts of perseverance, constancy, and endurance; and he foretold a future of blessing for them, despite the present difficulties, with these words: \"For they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them\" Isaiah 65:23.\nThe end of the third book of Isaiah is a spiritual reflection on the future of humanity, a humanity that, after a great tribulation, must give way to a renewed man blessed by God in wisdom and understanding.\n![Hope in Isaiah. For they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. Isaiah 65,23.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUVbFoMF7eBkWt8DRJmMLXSTLFycXz5FXEe49nqm4GGYe/Hope%20in%20Isaiah.%20For%20they%20will%20be%20a%20people%20blessed%20by%20the%20LORD,%20they%20and%20their%20descendants%20with%20them.%20Isaiah%2065,23.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Words of the prophet Amos: There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. Amos 5:7",
      "body": "Amos was a prophet of the Kingdom of Israel, and he probably preached during the reigns of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Judah. ​​Amos was one of the first prophets to commit his oracles to writing, unlike earlier prophets such as Elijah or Elisha, of whom only the accounts in the Books of Kings remain.\nAs a prophet, Amos preached against injustice and impiety, and he reminded, without openly expressing it, of the existence of the two paths for man, righteousness and sin. And this is why many oracles of Amos are related to the sapiential literature. And so the prophet denounced the evil path that the Kingdom of Samaria was taking, with all its ruling class, who since the time of King Jeroboam, had accepted the two golden calves that the King ordered to be built, with these wise words: \"'My people have forgotten how to do right,' says the LORD. 'Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence'\" Amos 3:10.\nBlessedness and misfortune were before the eyes of those who held power in the Kingdom of Israel, and this fact, according to the sapiential literature, brings a problem, because men have the freedom to choose the path, but not its consequences. And so the prophet Amos prophesied the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel, and its capital Samaria, at a time when there was no significant threat to the Kingdom.\nTherefore, the prophet continued his teaching and clearly explained that there is no long-term security for those who practice the path of error, this is why the prophet pronounced a warning to Israel: \"There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground\" Amos 5:7. The words of warning of the prophet could not be taken in vain.\nBut the prophet then explained that destiny was not something fixed or predetermined, so he explained that the Kingdom of Israel still had time to choose blessedness and thus avoid the destruction that was approaching at the hands of the Assyrian empire. This is why the prophet called the Kingdom of Israel to repentance and conversion of heart with these wise words: \"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is\" Amos 5:14.\nWith these teachings, Amos explained that the future is not something predetermined, but rather something that is built with present decisions; but also the life of men with their freedom is within the divine plan, hence the weight of prophecies, and the retributions of the laws established by God. Men are responsible for their freedom, Amos summarized.\n![Words of the prophet Amos. There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. Amos 5,7.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbUJ6fTvbWTUtdqmTTs7A3fLLaEdjo9hYF2tJPtsuut1u/Words%20of%20the%20prophet%20Amos.%20There%20are%20those%20who%20turn%20justice%20into%20bitterness%20and%20cast%20righteousness%20to%20the%20ground.%20Amos%205,7.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Wisdom and law in Jesus: Talk and act as people who are going to be judged by laws that bring freedom. James 2:12",
      "body": "The author of the Epistle of James is probably the James mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew as the brother of Jesus, and the same one who imposed his opinion at the First Council of Jerusalem. The Epistle of James does not have a specific recipient, although it mentions the twelve tribes of the dispersion, and here it may refer to the Christians of Israelite origin scattered outside the Holy Land. The letter of James seems to have a certain resemblance to the literary style of John and the sapiential texts.\nThe New Testament teaches that all law and wisdom are summed up in the person of Jesus with the famous seven \"I am\". And this is a spiritual truth that the apostle James did not forget when writing his famous epistle. This is why the apostle, when referring to wisdom, that is, the science of God, synthesized or summarized her in the commandment of love: \"If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing right\" James 2:8. The apostle explained that the wisdom of the commandment of love surpasses any imperative of the law of Moses. With this, the apostle wanted to explain that no one can fulfill the law of Moses in its entirety, and thus, ultimately, all men become transgressors of the law and therefore condemnable. In contrast, the commandment of love is more flexible, because it does not condemn anyone, but rather instructs men on what constitutes the foundation of the best and most excellent decisions. The commandment of love is not an imperative or an order but an invitation to a new lifestyle, to live the gifts, that is, to live according to the spirit.\nJames then returned to a teaching of Jesus: with the wisdom and the spiritual love comes true freedom, the freedom of the children of God; that is why he explained: \"Talk and act as people who are going to be judged by laws that bring freedom\" James 2:12. The commandment of love, the love projected onto all of God's work, directs men to grace and the spiritual gift of eternal life, the life which, once obtained, cannot be lost. The commandment of love is ultimately that wisdom which surpasses the law, and which reminds the followers of the kingdom that the true goal of man is likeness to Christ.\n![Wisdom and law in Jesus. Talk and act as people who are going to be judged by laws that bring freedom. James 2,12.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXf5c96G1EkJqzuUmVnU4n2p83d1iPUbqG66fVS3nWPTh/Wisdom%20and%20law%20in%20Jesus.%20Talk%20and%20act%20as%20people%20who%20are%20going%20to%20be%20judged%20by%20laws%20that%20bring%20freedom.%20James%202,12.jpg)\n\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Christian humility: It seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place. 1 Corinthians 4:9",
      "body": "The apostle Paul founded the Church of Corinth on his second missionary journey, after having spent some time in Athens, where he expounded his theology in the Areopagus before the pagans. In the Church of Corinth, Paul achieved great success preaching the gospel for a year and a half, as recounted in the Book of Acts, after which he went to Ephesus to conclude his second missionary journey, arriving in the city of Antioch. \nIt is very likely that the apostle Paul wrote the first letter to the Corinthians while in Ephesus during his third missionary journey, a city in which he stayed for approximately three years. The apostle Paul wrote his spiritual letter with the intention of correcting numerous errors that were occurring in the community, the social divisions between rich and poor, and the arrival of alleged ministers of Christ who contradicted Paul, and all this was happening at a time when the teaching of the gospel was fundamentally oral, and there were no written texts.\nIn this epistle, Paul spoke of a purely human wisdom and a divine wisdom, and that this wisdom from above, which is inspired, should serve for the edification of the body, which is the Church. And then Paul wrote about the importance of leadership in the community, and especially that there should be no factions or ideological divisions because the Church is one body. In Paul's theological thought, ministers should be people clothed in Christian humility. And so the apostle wrote about how those who lead the community should be perceived, setting himself as an example: \"So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's mysteries\" 1 Corinthians 4:1. And then Paul went on to explain that leadership should be fundamentally about serving and helping others, because as Jesus taught, those who exalt themselves will be humbled. That is why Paul reflected on what it means to be in a position of service to others: \"It seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place\" 1 Corinthians 4:9. With this, Paul humbled himself to teach the Church of Corinth that he did not follow worldly desires but served only Christ. With this, Paul finally meditated on that wisdom of Christ that makes believers brothers and sisters to one another and children of the Most High.\n![Christian humility. It seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place. 1 Corinthians 4,9.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPAyXRDD3UzHjWZtxSSwYYr3PhWVA252pZynWAhAh7LEu/Christian%20humility.%20It%20seems%20to%20me%20that%20God%20has%20put%20us%20apostles%20in%20the%20worst%20possible%20place.%201%20Corinthians%204,9.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus vs lies and deceit: Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? But not one of you obeys the Law. John 7:19",
      "body": "The Kingdom of God announced by Jesus does not simply consist of the opposition between the spirit and the flesh, between the divine and the worldly, but in something more complex, which is the opposition of the divine wisdom of Jesus against deceit, lies, and oppression, and this spiritual conflict is what underlies in the story of the Gospel of John.\nThe Gospel of John relates that Jesus, after healing a sick man at the pool of Bethsaida and performing the first multiplication of the loaves near Tiberias, was called by his family and friends to participate in the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, and Jesus, knowing that his life was in danger, went but in secret. Jesus knew that the religious authorities wanted to end his life as had happened with John the Baptist, and he acted very carefully, trying not to cause scandals.\nBut the Gospel of John relates that Jesus, once he arrived in Jerusalem, did not go unnoticed because he began to teach with wisdom in the Temple, which caught the attention of many, especially his enemies, the religious authorities of that time. Among his spiritual teachings, Jesus warned of a problem that had already been pointed out by many prophets in the Bible: the hardness of hearts and the love of money, which reduced the law to a game of masks and appearances. This is why, while teaching in the temple of Jerusalem, the divine master warned with wisdom to his listeners: \"Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? But not one of you obeys the Law\" John 7:19.\nAnd then Jesus continued explaining that a person could not be condemned for healing on the Sabbath; an overly rigid interpretation of the law of Moses towards others was a way of altering and destroying its true spiritual meaning. Because, as a prophet mentioned by Jesus taught: \"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings\" Hosea 6:6. Like the prophets, Jesus warned that all the law should be subjected to that heart of flesh, that is, to the spiritual gift of fear of God. That is why Jesus explained again: \"Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly\" John 7:24. Jesus condemned appearances, lies, and oppression.\nFor Jesus, there was no other path than faith united with that revealed wisdom of the Kingdom, and so he finally corrected them and told them: \"I am the light of the world\" John 8:12.\n![Jesus vs lies and deceit. Moses gave you the Law, didn't he. But not one of you obeys the Law. John 7,19.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZayyuJ9nBHnd731Z55JwduKvmzzLwu2anSQUhTETEmt2/Jesus%20vs%20lies%20and%20deceit.%20Moses%20gave%20you%20the%20Law,%20didn%27t%20he.%20But%20not%20one%20of%20you%20obeys%20the%20Law.%20John%207,19.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "The pride of Zedekiah: He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah. 2 Chronicles 36:12",
      "body": "The Bible, through the history of its kings, from the first king of Israel, Saul, to the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, shows that there are two paths, righteousness and sin, and two retributions, blessing and misfortune, as Psalm 1, the Psalm of the Two Paths, also explains with wisdom, and this is an unquestionable spiritual truth for every reader of the Bible.\nThe Second Book of Chronicles begins with the recount of the historical events that took place during the reign of Solomon in the Kingdom of Israel, and then, with the division of the Kingdom of Israel into two after the assembly of Sechem, the Second Book of Chronicles fundamentally describes the history of the Kingdom of Judah until its destruction at the hands of the Babylonian empire. And it is in the context of the Davidic dynasty that Zedekiah emerged as king of Judah, who was placed as king by the tyrant Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, after deposing Jehoiachin.\nThe end of Zedekiah as King of Judah is proof that hardness of heart leads to nothing good, neither for the one who governs nor for the ones who are governed. King Zedekiah was a man who let himself be carried away by arrogance and pride and who acted against all common sense. Like a true fool, Zedekiah abandoned the fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion) and the wisdom that accompanied his ancestors, David, Solomon, and Josiah, and he paid the consequences; ruin and death accompanied him to his end.\nRegarding Zedekiah, the Second Book of Chronicles leaves a brief reminder as a warning about what should not be done: \"He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the LORD. He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God's name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the LORD, the God of Israel\" 2 Chronicles 36:12-13.\nWith the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah, the words of Jeremiah were fulfilled, which had not been well received by the leadership of Judah, something that the Second Book of Chronicles did not forget to mention. These events lead to the spiritual reflection that God does not tempt or force men to choose a path, but leaves them to their free will, and therefore, men are responsible for their actions, as happened with Zedekiah.\n![The pride of Zedekiah. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah. 2 Chronicles 36,12.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNpdgvdSd3EEEp8QKBgSxK4LXpebxddBfMkwaS6FYX3Lm/The%20pride%20of%20Zedekiah.%20He%20did%20evil%20in%20the%20eyes%20of%20the%20LORD%20his%20God%20and%20did%20not%20humble%20himself%20before%20Jeremiah.%202%20Chronicles%2036,12.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual education: The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. Proverbs 19:8",
      "body": "The sapiential teaching, along with the teaching of the prophets, and the teaching of the law of Moses constitute the entire spiritual body of the Sacred Scriptures, and each of these parts seeks to convey something different.\nLike all the sapiential books, the Book of Proverbs teaches what spiritual education consists of. And this is not something easy or self-evident, because people who seek happiness at all costs are people who lack spiritual education, and they constantly fall into deceit and error, that is, they travel along difficult and dangerous paths. Spiritual education reduced to self-help books, to personal development books, leads people to accept beautiful lies that, in the long run, lead to nothing beneficial. The Bible, with its divine science and the teachings of the wise, in their famous books, like Solomon and Ben Sira, invites Bible readers to avoid the teaching of the error.\nIt is in the instruction of wisdom that the readers of the Bible find the necessary spiritual education, because it must be explained that wisdom is not related to happiness but to the preservation of life; those who practice error or sin are worshipping death and all that it brings. This is why the Book of Proverbs delivers this spiritual truth: \"The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper\" Proverbs 19:8.\nThis teaching from the Bible is fundamental because life and death are psychological drives that exist in the mind, beyond well-being or happiness. Those who love life and those who love death follow different paths. Hatred, envy, fury, and resentment are passions that respond to death, while faith, hope, and love of neighbor respond to life. Seeking wisdom is seeking life, because whoever lives with wisdom lives in harmony with the ethical laws of the universe. And this brings something more, and as wisdom orders everything, the good of peace arrives, and with it prosperity and abundance; wisdom blesses man in every way. Those who live in conflict with their neighbors sooner or later see their plans destroyed by unforeseen destructive events; spiritual blindness is an evil that destroys many lives, and wisdom, on the contrary, calls men to live in harmony with God.\n![Spiritual education. The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. Proverbs 19,8.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUTvWaZSa5rNjFcrCdNuNmDYJHCzEjG6psp6v8kcBpb7G/Spiritual%20education.%20The%20one%20who%20gets%20wisdom%20loves%20life;%20the%20one%20who%20cherishes%20understanding%20will%20soon%20prosper.%20Proverbs%2019,8.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Law & fidelity in the Bible: I have many enemies and oppressors, but I do not fail to obey your laws. Psalm 119:157",
      "body": "Throughout its long history, the nation of Israel has faced numerous instances of oppression, destruction, and injustice. The land of Canaan, and later Israel, has always been a geographical enclave between Asia and Africa, and all the great empires, such as the Persian, Babylonian, and Assyrian, fought fiercely for its control. And this is one of the geopolitical reasons why the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were militarily destroyed in ancient times.\nIt is logical that, given this situation, one of the most important Psalms in the Bible, Psalm 119, makes mention of this problem. And Psalm 119 reminds bible readers that in the land of Israel, oppression was always the result of the disobedience to the law of Moses; oppression is one of the curses mentioned in the Book of Deuteronomy. This is why the author of Psalm 119 expressed the need to live in peace and happiness, reminding Bible readers that the source of these spiritual blessings is obedience to the law, and that oppression vanishes when the faithful are protected by the Lord, with these words: \"I have many enemies and oppressors, but I do not fail to obey your laws\" Psalm 119:157.\nThis expression from the Book of Psalms reminds the believers of the need for the fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion), because the fulfillment of the first and second commandments depends on this important spiritual gift. In other words, the validity of the entire Law of Moses, along with its blessings, crumbled when the Israelites abandoned a heart of flesh to give in to the hardness of the heart and the love of money. And this is a spiritual truth that was warned about from the institution of the judges created by Moses to the last prophets. This is why Psalm 119 continues and wisely affirms: \"Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble\" Psalm 119:165.\nThe Psalm 119 in the Bible ultimately praises, either directly or as a suggestion, the fidelity to the law and the trust in the Lord, because common sense and the fullness of spiritual goods in the Old Testament depend on this. The validity of the teachings of Psalm 119 transcends time and is a constant inspiration for those who want to enter into true spirituality.\n![Law & fidelity in the Bible. I have many enemies and oppressors, but I do not fail to obey your laws. Psalm 119,157.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcyXqtQ32ZCeT1Qo748ALarJ1466jTTPuESyeYVmoELHA/Law%20&%20fidelity%20in%20the%20Bible.%20I%20have%20many%20enemies%20and%20oppressors,%20but%20I%20do%20not%20fail%20to%20obey%20your%20laws.%20Psalm%20119,157.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "In the sapiential literature of the Bible, wisdom and folly are constantly in opposition and contrast, and this is because there are two paths, righteousness and sin, and two retributions, blessedness and misfortune. Someone might wonder why this is so, or why God allows evil and foolishness, but the truth is that there is freedom of choice, and just as one can choose in an edifying way, one can also choose in a destructive way. Man's freedom cannot be overridden by the wisdom of God, and so the sapiential literature teaches Bible readers: \"God in the beginning created human beings and made them subject to their own free choice\" Ben Sira 15:14.\nMan's freedom then brings with it something more: the need for instruction and education, because the truth is that ignorance increases evil and destructiveness in decision-making. And this is true because when many people commit evil deeds, they ask themselves what they gain by being good, and this reasoning is flawed because it is very superficial. Ethics doesn't only study the opposition between good and evil, but also addresses how to minimize error, and this is the real problem, because, according to the law of sowing and reaping, errors are progressive and their long-term consequences are impossible to predict. Truly intelligent people at some point don't question whether to be good or bad, but rather how to avoid mistakes that destroy their own goals, and in this truth, there is great wisdom, because you can't be good to everyone. Wisdom, understood as the education of people, then becomes necessary for both sensible and foolish people.\nAnd the sapiential literature teaches that wisdom has a great advantage in itself, because it provides people with clear goals and ideas for action. On the other hand, those who choose the opposite, that is, a life full of sins, live following whatever luck brings, that is, they live following the winds of fortune, and that is what the Bible teaches: \"The hope of the godless is like chaff carried on the wind, and like sea spray swept before a storm\" Wisdom 5:14.\nThe Bible, with its science, invites readers of the sacred scriptures to constantly meditate on this opposition between wisdom and foolishness, to have a long-term life plan, and to achieve happiness and well-being, through the minimization of error.\n![Wisdom vs foolishness. The hope of the godless is like chaff carried on the wind, and like sea spray swept before a storm. Wisdom 5,14.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVhYzeCqnVSVTBYa8jpKwfJPrJthn4GhXFRZUxg3MEGrq/Wisdom%20vs%20foolishness.%20The%20hope%20of%20the%20godless%20is%20like%20chaff%20carried%20on%20the%20wind,%20and%20like%20sea%20spray%20swept%20before%20a%20storm.%20Wisdom%205,14.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "Psalm 4 is a plea to God and also a psalm of thanksgiving of a devotee to God for the blessings received. This is why the Psalm begins with these words: \"Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer\" Psalm 4:1. With this expression, the Psalm teaches that God is perfect, and that it is through his spiritual gifts, such as righteousness, wisdom, and mercy (compassion, gentleness, kindness), that he blesses and protects men.\nAnd then the Psalm continues, and expresses that happiness and prosperity, which are spiritual goods very necessary for the life of man, as blessings can only arise when God shows his face to men; this is why the Psalm goes on and affirms: \"Many, LORD, are asking, 'Who will bring us prosperity?' Let the light of your face shine on us\" Psalm 4:6.\nTo understand the spiritual meaning of this request, one must know that the face of God in the sapiential literature, like the Book of Psalms, has a very particular and different concept from that shown in the Book of the Pentateuch. Seeing the face of the Lord in the sapiential literature means perceiving the perfection of wisdom with the gifts and intelligence that the creator bestows, and this is because God is the wisdom itself. \nSeeing the face of God is, if it can be said so, the greatest blessing from God in the Old Testament. And the Bible offers numerous examples of people who lived and proved the truthfulness of this teaching. Like when Solomon saw the face of God in the holy place of Gibeon, and the Lord in that encounter transmitted to the young king the gifts of wisdom, understanding, and spiritual discernment to govern the Kingdom of Israel with great intelligence. Thanks to these gifts bestowed by God, Solomon led his kingdom to its greatest era of glory, happiness, and prosperity, like never before in its history.\nAsking that the face of God shine upon men means the same spiritual communion with the creator, because like seeks like. The Bible, with its wisdom, teaches men to ask God for the best and most excellent things.\n![Bible wisdom. Many, LORD, are asking, 'Who will bring us prosperity' Let the light of your face shine on us. Psalm 4,6.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeUucFhrJucKEqG2CxwGuaMQbKt4uEfiXg4HSjyCpayTk/Bible%20wisdom.%20Many,%20LORD,%20are%20asking,%20%27Who%20will%20bring%20us%20prosperity%27%20Let%20the%20light%20of%20your%20face%20shine%20on%20us.%20Psalm%204,6.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The prophet Isaiah is decidedly the most mentioned prophet in the Gospel of Matthew. It can be said, then, that the words of the prophet Isaiah profoundly influenced the spiritual thinking of Jesus, and the doctrine of the Kingdom of God, the dominion or government of the divine perfections. And this is because in the books of Isaiah, there are many prophecies of Jesus, Isaiah was a major prophet in the Old Testament.\nAnd there are some prophecies made by Isaiah that very accurately described the actions and personality of Jesus as the Son of Man, and so Isaiah wrote a very famous Messianic prophecy: \"I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out\" Isaiah 42:1-3. This prophecy is known as the  Prophecy of the Servant of the Lord in the Gospel of Matthew and is mentioned before Jesus taught his famous parables, during his preaching in Galilee.\nWith this prophecy, Isaiah is not describing a military leader, but a spiritual leader, more like Solomon, who was a wise writer of numerous books, than David, who was a famous warrior. Isaiah was clear on this point, foretelling that Jesus would come with the power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill a mission of cosmic or divine order. Furthermore, Jesus would not come to cause scandals or political unrest, but to bring about change through his gentleness and his teaching ability. With Jesus, the wisdom of God would take new directions, convincing many but provoking the envy of others.\nIsaiah, as a prophet of the kingdom of Judah, lived in difficult, uncertain, and violent times; many prophets before him suffered persecution, imprisonment, and execution. Nevertheless, Isaiah was the prophet of eschatological hope. Isaiah was faithful to the end to the dynasty founded by David, and he foretold that a descendant of this great king would change the world in a definitive way. Isaiah's prophecies about Jesus cannot be taken lightly, but must be understood as part of God's plan for a humanity that must be redeemed from sin.\n![Messianic prophecy. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. Isaiah 42,2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQj2X5JpKFb5Kcgs3gAdXyBnwNzZnM8i15SA8NjVZ2FX7/Messianic%20prophecy.%20He%20will%20not%20shout%20or%20cry%20out,%20or%20raise%20his%20voice%20in%20the%20streets.%20Isaiah%2042,2.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Gospel of John presents a very extensive and interesting testimony from John the Baptist about Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels present John the Baptist as the last prophet before the arrival of the Son of Man, but in the Gospel of John, John the Baptist appears as a privileged witness to the Word of God and the light personified or made flesh. And this is so true that the Gospel of John begins with these words: \"There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe\" John 1:6-7.\nThe Gospel of John relates that John the Baptist, after affirming this when questioned by priests and Levites sent from Jerusalem, gave another testimony about the divine master when his disciples told him what Jesus was doing.\nAnd so John the Baptist said something more about Jesus: \"Anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment\" John 3:36. John the Baptist knew he was not the Messiah and made this clear in his testimony about Jesus, but he also said that Jesus came from the Most High and was above all others. When John the Baptist affirmed that those who believed in Jesus would receive eternal life, he was referring to the fact that Jesus came into the world with the power of the Holy Spirit so that all who loved and followed him would receive the true spiritual life, the contemplative life, through the grace of God.\nIt must be understood in this context that the doctrine taught by Jesus is also a doctrine of spiritual mysteries, and John the Baptist expressed with eternal life that Jesus came to reveal important knowledge destined to change humanity and save it from the oppression of ignorance. Eternal life is one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith, and, taking words from the Old Testament, this gift consists of perceiving the face of God. John, when speaking about Jesus in his testimony, made it clear that the Lord came to show a new face of God to mankind, a loving face, willing to forgive humanity for its sins through the sacrifice of Jesus. John the Baptist can be said to have been, after Mary, the mother of Jesus, the first believer to understand the messianic nature of the Lord.\n![John the Baptist and Jesus. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment. John 3,36.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVL1B4uMvNyCQ9VCqwsXxGFGawGipajkjGm54n8Lt8CY4/John%20the%20Baptist%20and%20Jesus.%20Anyone%20who%20doesn%27t%20obey%20the%20Son%20will%20never%20experience%20eternal%20life%20but%20remains%20under%20God%27s%20angry%20judgment.%20John%203,36.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The sapiential books in the Bible, such as the Book of Ben Sira, Proverbs, Wisdom, and Ecclesiastes, have something particular that differentiates them from the books of the Pentateuch, and this is the teaching of the ethical laws that govern the universe. And the existence of these ethical laws brings with them things that must be taken into account in the spiritual realm. Men, no matter how powerful they are, are not exempt from the effects of these spiritual laws, and whoever ignores them is destined to fail due to the stumbling stones. This is why instruction and spiritual education are so necessary, and heresies (the teaching of the error) must be avoided.\nThis is the explanation of why Master Ben Sira, in his wisdom, wrote an expression of the law of sowing and reaping, a cosmic law of balance, learning, and retribution, with these words: \"Whoever does good has a reward; each receives according to their deeds\" Ben Sira 16:14. There are other expressions of this famous law in the Bible: \"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind\" Hosea 8:7, \"Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken\" Proverbs 22:8. These cosmic and eternal laws are warnings that cannot be ignored.\nAnd this is where wisdom and the fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion) come into play, when it is understood that these laws have progressive effects, and that in the long run these effects escape any rational calculation. Wisdom is the science that teaches men to live in harmony with the laws of the universe, and with the very origin of everything, God's plan for all creation. Ultimately, wisdom teaches men to efficiently manage the positive and negative effects produced by these laws, because there is a reality: men naturally desire to be happy and blessed, and for this, science is necessary for living.\nThis teaching of the master Ben Sira is a reminder of the need to do good while avoiding evil, and regardless of a judgment or divine punishment in the afterlife, men receive in this life the result of their successes and failures.\n![Bible spiritual law. Whoever does good has a reward; each receives according to their deeds. Ben Sira 16,14.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUAVG6NuAoALvXWSisRYTA7NT3RstAbpC1CWGfM8wFUZK/Bible%20spiritual%20law.%20Whoever%20does%20good%20has%20a%20reward;%20each%20receives%20according%20to%20their%20deeds.%20Ben%20Sira%2016,14.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The miracle of Paul's conversion, which occurred after the martyrdom of Stephen, is one of the most important signs that happened for the early Church during the first century after Christ. And the question that many Christians may ask is how a man who was an enemy of Jesus could make such a great spiritual change, from persecutor to becoming one of the greatest propagators of the faith in the divine master, and the answer lies in the grace of the Lord, and in particular the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which God in his providence grants as he decides.\nThe disciples of Jesus had received a great spiritual transformation at the celebration of Pentecost, where they received the spiritual gifts of wisdom and spiritual love, the love projected towards all the work of God, with the spiritual mission to preach the Kingdom of God to the Gentiles and God-fearing Jews, and the same happened with Saul who changed his name to Paul probably after his baptism. Understanding this fact leads to understanding faith in its true sense, because just as the sun transmits its rays indifferently upon good and bad men, God, in his perfect and eternal love, transmits his spiritual gifts to men. Paul and the disciples of Jesus are the practical demonstration that entering the Kingdom of God means living the gifts of the Holy Spirit and making them fruitful.\nThe Book of Acts recounts that after his vision of Christ, Saul was led blind to the city of Damascus, and upon arriving there, Ananias, a servant of Jesus, received a message from the Lord: \"Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel\" Acts 9:15.\nThe Book of Acts relates that Ananias found him where the vision indicated Saul was, and there he baptized him, and Saul was filled with the holy spirit, so that he could fulfill the mission that providence had assigned him. After his baptism, many doubted Paul's conversion, but time proved that God decides the destiny of men, and that through Paul's preaching the gifts of the Holy Spirit profoundly transformed the early Church.\n![The Holy Spirit and Paul. This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. Acts 9,15.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRfTk2fXBAJ7Ed7tZbu72bZ3HeGWnYaeeBxupch12RZhH/The%20Holy%20Spirit%20and%20Paul.%20This%20man%20is%20my%20chosen%20instrument%20to%20proclaim%20my%20name%20to%20the%20Gentiles%20and%20their%20kings%20and%20to%20the%20people%20of%20Israel.%20Acts%209,15.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Gospel of John is perhaps of all the gospels the one that most makes use of the figure of Jesus as a personification of the perfections of God. Jesus in the Christian revelation is \"God\" who becomes the \"Son of Man.\" And this makes sense, Jesus in the gospels is a figure who is progressively revealed as the expected messiah, the son of the Father, until culminating as the new Adam with his death and resurrection.\nThe Gospel of John recounts that Jesus made a messianic entry into Jerusalem, acclaimed by a multitude, and it was then that, before the last supper, he gave an important speech that impressed many, Jesus presented himself as the personification of light.\nThe gospels are to some extent a continuation of the spiritual concepts of the sapiential literature; the light, according to these books of the Bible, is identified with the same wisdom of God. Just as light gives clarity to the eyes and allows one to perceive obstacles in the path, wisdom gives clarity to the mind in decision-making, and allows one to perceive the proximity of problems that are not evident; this is why wisdom is associated with the spiritual concept of light for the mind. And Jesus made profound use, according to the Gospel of John, of this concept so as not to provoke his enemies, the Pharisees and Sadducees, who wanted to accuse him of being a heretic and a false prophet.\nAnd so in this speech, which was probably the last he gave in public and in the temple of Jerusalem, he said these mysterious words to his followers: \"You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light\" John 12:35-36.\nWith this discourse, Jesus presented himself as a personified wisdom, and that only through the faith in this true wisdom can men attain truth and the gift of eternal life, and thus become children of light, that is, of God. Jesus ultimately presented himself to humanity as the path that opposes the darkness of oppression and ignorance.\n![Jesus is the true God. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light. John 12,36.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNXMuuDmtcSJiHzZibDGhP5po5gj6kF6qoMUb2kEdTXan/Jesus%20is%20the%20true%20God.%20Believe%20in%20the%20light%20while%20you%20have%20the%20light,%20so%20that%20you%20may%20become%20children%20of%20light.%20John%2012,36.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Faith against paganism: Is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him. Ephesians 4:20-21",
      "body": "The Book of Acts recounts that the apostle Paul founded the Church of Ephesus at the beginning of his third missionary journey and preached there for three months about the Kingdom of God; it is very likely that the letter, rather than being addressed to this important Christian community, is a letter addressed to several churches in the region. And the apostle Paul, among other things, in his epistle to the Ephesians, wrote about the importance of the new life in Christ, a life that began with the grace of baptism in the name of Jesus.\nAnd for the Apostle Paul, this new life could only be based on the grace of love, the love projected onto all of God's work, the spiritual love also called in greek language Agape, and he expressed this spiritual truth with these wise words in his epistle: \"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love\" Ephesians 4:2.\nAnd following Paul's theological thought, this life has a very clear meaning, because Christian spirituality is not related to the search for happiness, which is a misleading and selfish desire, but to something more transcendent, the likeness and the conformity with Jesus Christ. This is why Paul continued in his spiritual thinking and also expressed these words in his epistle: \"Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ\" Ephesians 4:13.\nPaganism, with its heresies, was a constant threat to the first Christians and the early Church, because according to the faith only Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Paul was clear in his spiritual message, the wisdom of the world is insufficient to lead Christians to salvation and eternal life. That is why Paul warned that the pagans, with their love of worldly things, were not an example to follow with these words: \"However, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus\" Ephesians 4:20-21.\nThe apostle Paul concluded his spiritual exhortation to the Christians of Ephesus by advising them to put on the armor of God to overcome the temptations of the world and the lifestyle of those who reject Jesus and live according to the dictates of the flesh.\n![Christian spirituality. Is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him. Ephesians 4,20.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNuYKUGgbUrygcRE81T4rPvDeXT9i4W5NojNoq5a8ZwcT/Christian%20spirituality.%20Is%20not%20the%20way%20of%20life%20you%20learned%20when%20you%20heard%20about%20Christ%20and%20were%20taught%20in%20him.%20Ephesians%204,20.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The Book of Acts recounts how the holy spirit, after the ascension of Jesus, manifested itself with gifts and power to strengthen the first Christians in the faith.\nWhen Jesus was in the world and spoke to the disciples about the arrival of the Paraclete, the disciples did not understand the words of the divine teacher because they were incomplete people, but after Pentecost, when they were filled with the Holy Spirit who descended upon them in tongues, from that moment on, the disciples were able to understand the truth, and thus preach the Kingdom of God to the pagans and unbelievers.\nBut not all were moments of joy, grace, and happiness, because persecution, a product of religious oppression, soon made itself felt. The disciples had to endure times where perseverance was essential. And the Book of Acts recounts an important moment in the times of the early Church, the baptism of the first pagans, with the conversion of the centurion Cornelius and his entire family.\nWhile in Joppa, the apostle Peter received a vision from God that puzzled him until he encountered some people sent by the centurion Cornelius, who asked him to go to Caesarea. There he met the Roman official and understood the meaning of the vision, the apostle was not to consider any man impure, but to judge people by their fear of God.\nAnd so the apostle Peter began to preach about Jesus and his spiritual Kingdom to Cornelius, his family, and others present at the meeting. And the Book of Acts recounts what happened: \"While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles\" Acts 10:44-45.\nAs a result of this, the Book of Acts recounts what Peter did next: \"So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ\" Acts 10:48. This fact shows that during the existence of the early Church, baptism in the name of Jesus was related to the knowledge of the Holy Spirit and His mysterious gifts, and not to a simple baptism of conversion or repentance. A faith strengthened by the spiritual knowledge propelled the sect of the Nazarene to become the largest world religion in history.\n![Faith in the early church. So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 10,48.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmakZ3MLLS1DsLF957cU8kzBngajQdzFvLJwMPpsAcqWEc/Faith%20in%20the%20early%20church.%20So%20he%20ordered%20that%20they%20be%20baptized%20in%20the%20name%20of%20Jesus%20Christ.%20Acts%2010,48.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Paul against heresies: You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Titus 2:1",
      "body": "The apostle Paul was one of the great defenders of the Christian faith during the first century BC. The Book of Acts relates that with his baptism, the apostle Paul received the holy spirit and his gifts to carry out the mission that Christ had assigned him, to preach the Kingdom of God to the Gentiles. And it was after his arrival in Corinth and Athens during his second missionary journey that the apostle felt the need to write his famous epistles to combat the heresies that were beginning to show themselves as a serious problem. And the Epistle addressed to his disciple Titus is a clear example of how the faith was being besieged by the teaching of error.\nThe apostle Paul probably visited the island of Crete during his journey to Rome to be tried by the emperor, and in the letter to Titus, it is described how the apostle left his beloved disciple with the task of organizing and leading the apostolic church on the island.\nIn this letter, the apostle addressed Titus with harsh words about the danger of heresies, the problem was not minor, and the risk was a schism within the Christian community itself. That is why the apostle described in his epistle the main task of the presbyters of the community: \"He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it\" Titus 1:9.\nThen Paul continued his teaching and explained how the flesh and the spirit are opposed to each other, just as there are devout men who follow the dictates of the spirit, there are also rebellious ones who only follow their passions and fleeting desires. In Paul's thinking, Titus, as a presbyter and bishop, had to keep this problem in mind and choose leaders for their integrity. This is why the apostle Paul insisted on the subject of formation in the true faith, to correct those who by ignorance took the wrong path, sinning excessively, and so Paul wrote to Titus: \"You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine\" Titus 2:1. With this, Paul made it clear in his Epistle to Titus that faithfulness to Christ was ultimately faithfulness to faith and truth, avoiding the teaching of error.\n![Paul against heresies. You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Titus 2,1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmazksVUDThAYu36qV5gLiU9w16pefAVJ1Ho76szQXJPdm/Paul%20against%20heresies.%20You,%20however,%20must%20teach%20what%20is%20appropriate%20to%20sound%20doctrine.%20Titus%202,1.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Jesus and the path of Cain: Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 1 John 3:12",
      "body": "The First Epistle of John is clearly a thematic continuation on the subject of spiritual love and the gift of eternal life, written by the apostle most loved by Jesus, and addressed to several Churches in Asia Minor. The epistle, intended to counteract many heresies that prevailed in the first century after Christ, such as Gnosticism, teaches what true faith consists of and what it means to be children of God through the spiritual communion with the divine master.\nAccording to John's thinking, conversion requires the fulfilling of the commandment of the spiritual love: \"We should love one another\" 1 John 3:11. A love that must be realized in a righteous life; in this sense, according to John's theology, being Christian means always acting according to ethical principles, that is, the Golden Rule: \"Do to others what you would have them do to you\" Matthew 7:12. Only those who act in this way can be fully blessed.\nBecause the opposite of this is to lead a life full of sins, and those who follow this path cannot inherit eternal life, but instead encounter misfortune and dangerous stumbling rocks, that is, destructive unforeseen events. This is why John included the example of Cain and Abel in his epistle, to remind the recipients of the letter that men have the freedom to choose between two paths, and following Jesus is rejecting the path of Cain. And so the apostle referred to these brothers, children of Adam and Eve: \"Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous\" 1 John 3:12.\nThe apostle most beloved by the Lord then went on to explain that the sacrament of baptism is the passage from death to life, because the true spiritual life of man is to love his neighbor and to fulfill the Lord's beatitudes. The Kingdom of God, the government or dominion of the divine perfections, announced by Jesus, is thus presented as a challenge, because there is no middle ground, it's impossible to serve God and money at the same time; Christians are either friends or enemies of God, and those who love the things of the world cannot love God, because worldly love comes from concupiscence. To follow the path of love of Jesus and reject that of Cain, this is the invitation that John made to the first Christians, to bear witness to the faith.\n![Jesus and the path of Cain. Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 1 John 3,12.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZ5WiQeRunaFeFXmp8YaGeE1USdrXDactw2YX5jZbwezN/Jesus%20and%20the%20path%20of%20Cain.%20Because%20his%20own%20actions%20were%20evil%20and%20his%20brother%27s%20were%20righteous.%201%20John%203,12.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Spiritual truth: The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray. Proverbs 12:26",
      "body": "The Bible teaches who we should turn to for advice, and who we should not. And this is of great importance because when making decisions, having another perspective on things is a great help. Often, problems appear simple to deal with, but they may conceal unnoticed issues that could make the measures taken counterproductive. This is why the Book of Proverbs teaches a maxim about the importance of listening to advice: \"For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers\" Proverbs 11:14.\nAnd regarding advice, the sapiential literature adds something: you should always find out what the person giving the advice needs, because it may be that they are giving their advice based on what they need, explains Ben Sira in his book. But something else must also be added, just as the wise advise their wisdom, the fools advise their foolishness. And there is a very clear example of this when Rehoboam was supposed to assume the throne of all Israel as successor to his father Solomon. He did not follow the wise counsel of the elders but the foolish counsel of his friends from his youth. Rehoboam followed the wrong advice, and this led to the division of Israel in two kingdoms, Judah and Israel.\nThis is why the sapiential literature concludes that the only people whose advice can be trusted are those who fear God. And this is so because the fear of God is the spiritual bond between men and God; the fear of God is constancy, firmness, devotion. And it is from the fear of God that common sense is born. This is why the Book of Proverbs explains this spiritual truth: \"The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray\" Proverbs 12:26.\nKnowing who to turn to and who not to turn to when advice is needed is fundamental, especially when power and authority are greater, because mistakes, however small, do not forgive anyone in the long run. And this is why wisdom becomes so valuable and necessary, and sometimes even more so than all the gold in the world. Because ultimately, the purpose of good advice is not to obtain a small or large gain, but to preserve the very life of the one who receives the advice.\n![Spiritual truth. The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray. Proverbs 12,26.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaHdiG4Y6jBRYyZd1CQkZn7LkGqfny4HRFuzL8gkKq2nG/Spiritual%20truth.%20The%20godly%20give%20good%20advice%20to%20their%20friends;%20the%20wicked%20lead%20them%20astray.%20Proverbs%2012,26.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "body": "The doctrine of the Kingdom of God, the empire or government of the divine perfections, taught by Lord Jesus, is not based on rational knowledge, that is why many of Jesus' parables seem difficult or impossible to interpret. In other words, this means that concepts such as moral virtues, for example, justice or prudence, cannot be used to understand the processes that occur at a spiritual level. Entering the Kingdom of God means living according to the Spirit, and in practical terms, this means living the spiritual gifts. It is important to remember in this context that the goal of spirituality is not happiness but to achieve likeness to God in essence: \"Be holy, because I am holy\" 1 Peter 1:16.\nAnd the divine master wanted to explain this spiritual truth by teaching the Parable of the Growing Seed in the Gospel of Mark. Basically, this parable is a variant of the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20), and a variant of the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30). This story aims to teach the spiritual concept of progressiveness; the Kingdom of God implies growth, development, and the transformation of man towards his nature, and, in a similar way, this is what happens to the seed when the sower throws it into the field. \nBasically, the explanation of the Parable, is that God is the sower, and men are the seeds that are sown in the field. Just as a seed transforms into a plant that bears fruit, so men must develop until they bear the fruits of life, living the spiritual gifts. Because the Lord, who is the sower, when the time has come, will ask for his harvest. Men cannot know when the harvest time is because that is decided by the Lord, but they must live prepared like that seed which, transformed into a plant, can be harvested. This can be better understood if we recall the Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21), who was thinking only of his wealth when God was going to ask for his life the next day. In the context of the parable, it can be said that the rich fool is like that seed that, thrown into the field, for some reason could not develop and bear the expected fruit. And so Jesus ended his parable with these beautiful words, remembering how God decides the last day of men's lives: \"As soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come\" Mark 4:29.\n![Words of master Jesus. As soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come. Mark 4,29.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNWKWUKD9jf5VCvsbycTYho1DMtQdj1vuxEUFFT7H8ueM/Words%20of%20master%20Jesus.%20As%20soon%20as%20the%20grain%20is%20ready,%20the%20farmer%20comes%20and%20harvests%20it%20with%20a%20sickle,%20for%20the%20harvest%20time%20has%20come.%20Mark%204,29.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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      "title": "Wisdom and love in the Bible: I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. Song of Songs 7:10",
      "body": "The Song of Songs is a unique book in the Bible, and its authorship is attributed to Solomon. The Book is a text that celebrates in a poetic way the love of two lovers who long to be together and who, after several comings and goings, manage to achieve that union. The Book does not clearly specify who the lovers are, except that King Solomon is mentioned a few times in the song; nor does it specify the social status of the characters or the historical context. The Book is essentially a song dedicated to the purity of love, that is, love for love's sake.\nThis means that the book cannot be included in any category of the Bible; it is not a sapiential book, nor is it a book about the law or the prophets. Despite this, the Book has a meaning within the structure that is the Bible.\nThe Book of Proverbs, written by Solomon, before teaching its famous maxims, has a prologue, where a wisdom personified expresses itself in the first person, and with these words the Book of Proverbs teaches how this wisdom personified unites with the sensible men: \"I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me\" Proverbs 8:17.\nIn this context, the Song of Songs can be understood as an idyllic love between Solomon and the science of God, and this is because the love of God, love understood as a gift, is the love projected onto all of God's work, the progressive, expansive, and edifying love. In other words, the Song of Songs can be understood as an expression of the love of a wise man, in this case Solomon, for wisdom, and how wisdom desires to unite with her devotee.\nFor example, there is a declaration of love in the Song of Songs about this possible idyllic relationship: \"I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me\" Song of Songs 7:10. The Book, then, has among other purposes to show what love free from selfishness is like, and how this love can be related to the purest thing, in this case wisdom.\nThe Song of Songs can be thought of as a book complementary to the sapiential literature, such as the Book of Job or the Book of Ruth. And it seeks to creatively show the relationship between the purest and most perfect things, such as love, mercy, and wisdom.\n![Wisdom and love in the Bible. I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. Song of Songs 7,10.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXsSr6ASwsKhGUFh8UH2drHFqaEM4zm7GHFNgJxQY3pXQ/Wisdom%20and%20love%20in%20the%20Bible.%20I%20belong%20to%20my%20beloved,%20and%20his%20desire%20is%20for%20me.%20Song%20of%20Songs%207,10.jpg)\nFor more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.",
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