Our Holy Hands
Written by: Delbert Magusara Haim
Published: June 17, 2013
Here I would like to clear some doubts in handling "own interpretation".
I'm very thankful that I had made a conversation yesterday with my brother and together with him also my mother, sister, and wife inside our house. It started when he talked about treasure hunting; supposing if his expedition team will succeed in their trip someday, he could give even millions of pesos cash to our mother for the sake of love..... So, I quoted few passages to show him of what the Bible say about giving of gifts as this;
In that passage of Corinthians, Paul boasting the churches in Macedonia to the church in Corinth that despite of their great poverty they are willing to help the saints in Jerusalem by giving more gifts. And by this willingness also Paul has challenge the church in Corinth to the intent that they may prove the sincerity of their love.
Paul said that they should give this way so that there must be an equality of wants in every season and that by this their love will abound to each other.
The point here is, in giving gifts it is not limited to the richness and emptiness we have but to the willingness of the heart, because it is not mean for you to be burdened upon giving gifts while the recipient is comforted. It should be that both parties will experience the power of love being generated through charity.
At this point my brother agreed and accepted that he should not wait the millions to come but in anytime he can share, help, and give gifts to our widow mother according to what he has and not according to what is to come. But when we discuss the other topic concerning Christ' law of adultery it seems we have disagreement in this matter which says;
Firstly, we have agreed that by just looking in the eyes man can commit adultery base from this new law of Christ. But when Christ said; "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee", my brother initially says; that eye was exactly a physical eye which people should pluck if it can sin. So I disagree and says if that is a literal eye then Christians must all become physically blind from the moment Jesus has spoken because flesh will always have sin;
So I quoted another verse to interpret the meaning of what would be the type of eye must be taken off, to enlighten the mind of my brother. And they read this;
From here I explain to him that the type of eye that must be removed from man is the LUST of the eyes. It is not intends literally to cut off the eye neither kill ourselves if we have lust. But it is the lust that should be cut off from our mind as we tried to compare it in 1 John 2:6 verse basing from the guidance given by Paul as written;;
But then suddenly my brother changing his course and says; but the "lust of the eyes" in 1 John 2:16 that you compared in the "eye" of Matt 5:29 is not spiritual. He meant to say that because the lust is evil, therefore its not spiritual things and cannot be used to compare to any passages. This time I have doubts in his thoughts of how he arrive those understanding about "spiritual things". I think he misunderstood of what the spiritual things are. And it might be that for him the spiritual things are only those good terms, because he added to say that by next time we should only discuss things which are spiritual. Thus talking about Christ's law which concerns of sin, lust, death, and condemnation are not spiritual things to him.
Since we have only limited time of sharing through internet, I decided to write it down in my website to clearly deliver the words and to enlighten everyone's mind including the listener which were with him at that time. So now I'm going to tell him and to all who read this article that all written words in the Bible are spiritual because they are God's breath purified seven times. Though it contains natural things, they are parts of God's revelation to man to manifest the light from darkness or to reveal the truth from lie. And all of them are heavenly writings.
When Paul said; "comparing spiritual things with spiritual", it pertains to the comparing of God's words with its words alone in order to get a better understanding of terms which came from the holy Ghost and not from men. But if we interpret terms directly into our own understanding without any scriptural proof use to defines its meaning, it means it is your wisdom alone who compares spiritual things. For example; when Jesus said; cut off your hand if it can do sin, now if we directly interpret it into our own literal imagination surely it is our fleshly hand that should be plucked out from the body. And this is how a man interprets by his own understanding of terms. Whereas by the use of scripture in defining its spiritual meaning, we can say that the "hand" here is not a fleshly hand but the evil hand. It is because we have both good and evil hand beside the flesh, and the good one is called "the holy hand" as this verse says;
Paul said also in that passage that when we pray we will lift up our holy hands to God. Again, it's not a natural hands but a holy hands which is the hands of your spirit. Because all flesh including our natural hands are corruptible and subject to death whereas our spiritual body is life and holy.
In truth, the Bible has two sets of truth and it's either naturally delivered or prophetically. Like the rock in the wilderness that flows with water, naturally it was a visible and earthly rock in front of Moses but spiritually or prophetically it was also Christ.
The same concept if we compare this to the term "hands". When Christ said; cut off your hand, and when saint Paul also said; lift up your holy hands, it's not about the biological hands but it's about the evil desire of flesh and the good desire of the spirit. Actually, when we discuss something biblical it means we are already talking spiritual things. But if we discuss something outside from the scriptures like movies, world history, news update, showbiz, and etc that deal with worldly wisdom, and that's therefore not spiritual.
I hope you understand of what a spiritual thing is.
In addition, when you define a prophetic terms literally or figuratively without any biblical proof or verse, and that's exactly a private interpretation and it will lead you to foolishness.
Published: June 17, 2013
Here I would like to clear some doubts in handling "own interpretation".
I'm very thankful that I had made a conversation yesterday with my brother and together with him also my mother, sister, and wife inside our house. It started when he talked about treasure hunting; supposing if his expedition team will succeed in their trip someday, he could give even millions of pesos cash to our mother for the sake of love..... So, I quoted few passages to show him of what the Bible say about giving of gifts as this;
- 2Co 8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
In that passage of Corinthians, Paul boasting the churches in Macedonia to the church in Corinth that despite of their great poverty they are willing to help the saints in Jerusalem by giving more gifts. And by this willingness also Paul has challenge the church in Corinth to the intent that they may prove the sincerity of their love.
- 2Co 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Paul said that they should give this way so that there must be an equality of wants in every season and that by this their love will abound to each other.
- 2Co 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
The point here is, in giving gifts it is not limited to the richness and emptiness we have but to the willingness of the heart, because it is not mean for you to be burdened upon giving gifts while the recipient is comforted. It should be that both parties will experience the power of love being generated through charity.
At this point my brother agreed and accepted that he should not wait the millions to come but in anytime he can share, help, and give gifts to our widow mother according to what he has and not according to what is to come. But when we discuss the other topic concerning Christ' law of adultery it seems we have disagreement in this matter which says;
- Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Firstly, we have agreed that by just looking in the eyes man can commit adultery base from this new law of Christ. But when Christ said; "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee", my brother initially says; that eye was exactly a physical eye which people should pluck if it can sin. So I disagree and says if that is a literal eye then Christians must all become physically blind from the moment Jesus has spoken because flesh will always have sin;
- 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
So I quoted another verse to interpret the meaning of what would be the type of eye must be taken off, to enlighten the mind of my brother. And they read this;
- 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
From here I explain to him that the type of eye that must be removed from man is the LUST of the eyes. It is not intends literally to cut off the eye neither kill ourselves if we have lust. But it is the lust that should be cut off from our mind as we tried to compare it in 1 John 2:6 verse basing from the guidance given by Paul as written;;
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But then suddenly my brother changing his course and says; but the "lust of the eyes" in 1 John 2:16 that you compared in the "eye" of Matt 5:29 is not spiritual. He meant to say that because the lust is evil, therefore its not spiritual things and cannot be used to compare to any passages. This time I have doubts in his thoughts of how he arrive those understanding about "spiritual things". I think he misunderstood of what the spiritual things are. And it might be that for him the spiritual things are only those good terms, because he added to say that by next time we should only discuss things which are spiritual. Thus talking about Christ's law which concerns of sin, lust, death, and condemnation are not spiritual things to him.
Since we have only limited time of sharing through internet, I decided to write it down in my website to clearly deliver the words and to enlighten everyone's mind including the listener which were with him at that time. So now I'm going to tell him and to all who read this article that all written words in the Bible are spiritual because they are God's breath purified seven times. Though it contains natural things, they are parts of God's revelation to man to manifest the light from darkness or to reveal the truth from lie. And all of them are heavenly writings.
- Psalms 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
When Paul said; "comparing spiritual things with spiritual", it pertains to the comparing of God's words with its words alone in order to get a better understanding of terms which came from the holy Ghost and not from men. But if we interpret terms directly into our own understanding without any scriptural proof use to defines its meaning, it means it is your wisdom alone who compares spiritual things. For example; when Jesus said; cut off your hand if it can do sin, now if we directly interpret it into our own literal imagination surely it is our fleshly hand that should be plucked out from the body. And this is how a man interprets by his own understanding of terms. Whereas by the use of scripture in defining its spiritual meaning, we can say that the "hand" here is not a fleshly hand but the evil hand. It is because we have both good and evil hand beside the flesh, and the good one is called "the holy hand" as this verse says;
- 1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Paul said also in that passage that when we pray we will lift up our holy hands to God. Again, it's not a natural hands but a holy hands which is the hands of your spirit. Because all flesh including our natural hands are corruptible and subject to death whereas our spiritual body is life and holy.
- Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
In truth, the Bible has two sets of truth and it's either naturally delivered or prophetically. Like the rock in the wilderness that flows with water, naturally it was a visible and earthly rock in front of Moses but spiritually or prophetically it was also Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
The same concept if we compare this to the term "hands". When Christ said; cut off your hand, and when saint Paul also said; lift up your holy hands, it's not about the biological hands but it's about the evil desire of flesh and the good desire of the spirit. Actually, when we discuss something biblical it means we are already talking spiritual things. But if we discuss something outside from the scriptures like movies, world history, news update, showbiz, and etc that deal with worldly wisdom, and that's therefore not spiritual.
I hope you understand of what a spiritual thing is.
In addition, when you define a prophetic terms literally or figuratively without any biblical proof or verse, and that's exactly a private interpretation and it will lead you to foolishness.
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