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GENESIS 6:5 and GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of thoughts of his heart was only evil continually 

JEREMIAH 13:10 this evil people which refuse to hear my words which walk in the imagination of their heart and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing 

PSALM 10:2 the wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined 

JEREMIAH 18:12 and they said there is no hope but we will walk after our own devices and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart 

PSALM 59:12 for the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride and for cursing and lying which they speak 

PROVERBS 12:20 deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil but to the counsellors of peace is joy 

JEREMIAH 15:16 THY WORDS WERE FOUND AND I DID EAT THEM THY WORD WAS UNTO ME THE JOY AND REJOICING OF MINE HEART FOR I AM CALLED BY THY NAME O LORD GOD OF HOSTS

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COLOSSIANS 1:21 and you that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works yet now hath HE reconciled --1:22 in the body of HIS flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in HIS sight --1:23 --- IF YOU CONTINUE IN THE FAITH --- grounded and settled and be not moved away from the gospel which you have heard and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven whereof I paul am made a minister 

PHILIPPIANS 1:27 only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of CHRIST that whether I come and see you or else be absent I may hear of your affairs that you stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving together for the ---FAITH OF THE GOSPEL---

HEBREWS 4:2 for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them but the word preached did not profit them --- not being mixed with faith in them that heard it ---

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1 JOHN 2:18 LITTLE CHILDREN IT IS THE LAST TIME AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD THAT ---ANTICHRIST--- SHALL COME EVEN NOW ARE THERE MANY ANTICHRISTS WHEREBY WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE LAST TIME 

PHILIPPIANS 2:21 FOR ALL SEEK THEIR OWN NOT THE THINGS WHICH ARE JESUS CHRISTS 

LUKE 6:46 AND WHY CALL YOU ME LORD LORD AND DO NOT THE THINGS WHICH I SAY 

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Proverbs 3; 5-6

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and
lean not
on your own understanding;
 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Proverbs 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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imagination is not a bad thing its a good thing and essential to life, by it a child plays, by it an artist paints, by it one writes good stories, by it a surgeon comes up with new ways to save lives and by it God created the world.  sure we can imagine evil and many do but we can also use it for good and how to help others.  i think u are taking whats in the bible completely out of context.

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 by it a child plays,
 
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
 
by it an artist paints,
 
Ezekiel 33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
 
by it one writes good stories,
 
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.
 
John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
 
by it a surgeon comes up with new ways to save lives
 
2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
 
1 Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord savethnot with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
 
Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
 
and by it God created the world
 
Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
 
 
sure we can imagine evil and many do but we can also use it for good and how to help others.
 
Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
 
Ezekiel 8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
 
 
 
In scripture, imagination, is what man does when he wishes to invent some evil, it is not a good idea BECAUSE, this is predicted for men on earth at this ending of the world:
 
 
Zechariah 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
 
Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
 
Romans 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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---thank you adam for the follow up in truth---

JEREMIAH 16:12 AND YOU HAVE DONE WORSE THAN YOUR FATHERS FOR BEHOLD YOU WALK EVERYONE AFTER THE IMAGINATION OF HIS EVIL HEART ---THAT THEY MAY NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME 

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ACTS 3:18 but those things which GOD before had showed by the mouth of all HIS prophets that CHRIST should suffer HE hath so fulfilled 

PSALM 22:16 for dogs have compassed ME the assembly of the wicked have enclosed ME they pierced MY hands and MY feet 

LUKE 17:25 but first must HE suffer many things and be rejected of this generation 

MARK 9:31 for HE taught HIS disciples and said unto them THE SON OF MAN is delivered into the hands of men and they shall kill HIM and after HE is killed HE shall rise the third day 

JOHN 16:30 now we are sure that thou knowest all things and needest not that any man should ask thee by this we believe that thou camest from GOD 

LUKE 22:42 saying FATHER if thou be willing remove this cup from ME nevertheless not MY will but thine be done --12:43 and there appeared an angel unto HIM from heaven strengthening HIM --22:44 and being in agony HE prayed more earnestly and HIS sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground 

JOHN 19:28 after this JESUS knowing that all things were now accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled 

JOHN 19:30 when JESUS therefore had received the vinegar HE said it is finished and bowed HIS head and gave up the spirit 

*******HEBREWS 9:15 AND FOR THIS CAUSE HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT BY MEANS OF DEATH FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT THEY WHICH ARE CALLED MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE 

---9:16--- FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS THERE MUST ALSO OF NECESSITY BE ---THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR---9:17--- FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH*******

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JEREMIAH 23:32 BEHOLD I AM AGAINST THEM THAT PROPHESY FALSE DREAMS SAITH THE LORD AND DO TELL AND CAUSE MY PEOPLE TO ERR BY THEIR LIES AND BY THEIR LIGHTNESS ---YET I SENT THEM NOT---NOR COMMANDED THEM --- THEREFORE THEY SHALL NOT PROFIT THIS PEOPLE AT ALL SAITH THE LORD 

PROVERBS 19:5 A FALSE WITNESS SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED AND HE THAT SPEAKETH LIES SHALL NOT ESCAPE 

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The Gift of Imagination

by The Upper Room on January 15, 2017

Today’s Reflection

WE NEED THE GIFT of imagination if we are to see and hear God in the world about us. Poetry, art, and music can take us to places that literal and scientific truth cannot. This is not to deny the importance of research and scholarship, but it invites us to reclaim the wisdom of our own creativity. I do not literally believe that God is “up there,” racing across the sky in a convertible. But when I gaze reverently at the changes in the clouds moved by wind, I do lift my soul to the Creator. And sometimes, like Charlie Brown, I see some fantastical creatures in the clouds, and I giggle with delight because it seems that God has fun with creation. Why else would we see long-necked giraffes, elephants using their long noses to suck up water, camels with lumps on their backs, and so many other curious creatures? …O LORD, how manifold are your works!

In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
–Psalm 104:24

A sense of wonder is God’s gift to us. Do we pause long enough to grasp the awesomeness of creation?   

 

1. Everyone has an imagination.

The imagination is not simply the province of artists and children, sci-fi buffs and gamers. It is simply the ability of the mind to think in pictures. We use our imaginations all the time, whether we are daydreaming, planning, remembering, or meditating.

2. Imagination is an important power of the human mind.

Imagination is a facet of the mind along with reason, emotions, and the will. Memory employs the imagination so that we can recall events of the past. Imagination also allows us to contemplate our lives in the present. It also empowers us to visualize the future, which is necessary for planning and decision-making.

The creative imagination—the ability to conceive of something that does not already exist—is the source of art and invention. Imagination makes reading possible, as what the author imagines, whether a story or an argument, is replayed in the reader’s mind.

3. Imagination is a facet of the image of God.

The human imagination is not only a great gift of God; it is also an aspect of the image of God. His creative imagination is such that he created the universe from nothing. His mind perceives the past, the present, and the future. And his Word—in its concreteness, in its figurative and descriptive language, and in the way it addresses the reader’s imagination—shows that God himself imagines.  The human imagination is not only a great gift of God; it is also an aspect of the image of God.

4. Imagination is important in living morally.

Imagination makes possible empathy, the ability to assume the perspective of someone else. This allows us to “rejoice with those who rejoice,” and to “weep with those who weep” (Romans 12: 15). Jesus is also calling for an imaginative act when he tells us “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39).

5. Our imaginations are fallen.

Like the other faculties of our minds—reason, emotions, the will—the human imagination is fallen. Before the flood, God saw of man that “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5 KJV).

6. We sin with our imaginations.

Since the Fall, our inner sinfulness is expressed in our imaginations. Sexual fantasies, for example, constitute adultery in the heart (Matthew 5:28). We also sin with our fantasies of violence, revenge, and other illicit temptations. The sinful imagination thus constitutes a major spiritual problem today.

7. Imagination is the source of idolatry.

One of the creations of the fallen imagination is new “gods” through whom human beings shield themselves from the true God (Acts 27:9). These range from the “graven images” of overt paganism to the abstract falsehoods of humanly-devised religions.

8. Our imaginations can be redeemed.

Our imaginations need to be cultivated and disciplined. But ultimately, they need to be redeemed. Christ’s death and resurrection gives us forgiveness and the power to die to the old and live to the new. Immersion in God’s Word, which directly addresses our imaginations, can be an occasion for the Holy Spirit to bring this redemption.

 
9. The imagination is important for apologetics.

It isn’t just that many people today do not believe in God, as if the problem were merely with their reason. They also cannot imagine God. Nor can they imagine such vital spiritual realities as righteousness, holiness, judgment, or eternal life.

Worldviews, whether false or true, are also products of the imagination, which synthesizes and applies beliefs and assumptions. The materialist worldview, for example, has little room for mystery, wonder, or meaning. An apologetic which addresses the imagination, as well as reason, can open the minds of unbelievers to truths far beyond their limited conceptions.

10. The Christian church has a rich imaginative legacy.

Though the imagination seems neglected in contemporary Christianity, theologians of the past—such as Augustine, Aquinas, and the Reformers—had much to say on the subject. Meditation on the Bible, as practiced by the Puritans among others, included vividly imagining what the Scripture passage was describing.

In addition, Christian artists, writers, and preachers have given the church—as well as civilization as a whole—a rich legacy of imaginative works that convey the Christian worldview in a compelling way. Christians today would do well to draw on those imaginative resources, as part of discipling their own imaginations and to equip themselves to add to that heritage. Both the church and the world would benefit greatly!


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Imagination. Biblical or evil?

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 to see and hear God in the world about us.

 

 

1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS WORLD? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HATH BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVE NOT, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

1 Timothy 6:17 CHARGE THEM THAT ARE RICH IN THIS WORLD

James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, HATH NOT GOD CHOSEN THE POOR OF THIS WORLD rich in faith

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, even our faith.

John 18:36 Jesus answered, MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU from the foundation of the world:

John 7:7 THE WORLD cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I TESTIFY OF IT, THAT THE WORKS THEREOF ARE EVIL.

John 17:15 I pray NOT that thou shouldest TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, but that thou SHOULDEST KEEP THEM FROM THE EVIL.

Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might DELIVER US FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the will of God and our Father:

1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 16:14 For they are the SPIRITS OF DEVILS, working miracles, WHICH GO FORTH UNTO the kings of THE EARTH AND OF THE WHOLE WORLD, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Luke 21:33 HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY: BUT MY WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY.
34 And TAKE HEED UNTO YOURSELVES, lest at any time your hearts be OVERCHARGED WITH SURFEITING, and drunkenness, AND CARES OF THIS LIFE, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 FOR AS A SNARE SHALL IT COME ON ALL THAT THAT DWELL ON THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH.


2 Peter 3:11 SEEING THEN THAT ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE DISSOLVED, what manner of persons ought ye to be IN ALL HOLY CONVERSATION AND GODLINESS,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, BE DILLIGENT that ye MAY BE FOUND OF HIM IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT, AND BLAMELESS.

Psalm 37:8 CEASE FROM ANGER, and forsake wrath: FRET NOT THYSELF IN ANY WISE TO DO EVIL.
9 FOR EVIL DOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 BUT THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH( INHERIT THE KINGDOM...NOT OF THIS WORLD) ; and SHALL DELIGHT THEMSELVES IN THE ABUNDANCE OF PEACE ( THEY WHERE DILLIGENT TO BE FOUND OF HIM IN PEACE).

 

 Poetry, art, and music can take us to places that literal and scientific truth


Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Acts 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. WHOM THEREFORE YE IGNORANTLY WORSHIP, HIM DECLARE I UNTO YOU.
24 GOD THAT MADE THE WORLD and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS;
25 NEITHER IS WORSHIPPED WITH MEN'S HANDS, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but NOW COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERY WHERE TO REPENT:
31 BECAUSE he hath appointed a day, in the which HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

1 John 1:5 THIS THEN IS THE MESSAGE WHICH WE HAVE HEARD OF HIM, AND DECLARE UNTO YOU, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

 

 

 

 

 it seems that God has fun with creation. Why else would we see long-necked giraffes, elephants using their long noses to suck up water, camels with lumps on their backs, and so many other curious creatures? …O LORD, how manifold are your works!

 

 

Job 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly WINGS UNTO THE PEACOCKS? or WINGS AND FEATHERS UNTO THE OSTRICH?
14 WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 AND FORGETTETH THAT THE FOOT MAY CRUSH THEM, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 SHE IS HARDENED against her young ones, as though they were not her's: HER LABOUR IS IN VAIN WITHOUT FEAR;
17 BECAUSE GOD HATH DEPRIVED OF HER WISDOM, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Matthew 15:9 BUT IN VAIN THEY DO WORSHIP ME TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.

Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, AND THEIR FEAR TOWARD ME IS TAUGHT BY THE PRECEPT OF MEN:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for THE WISDOM OF THEIR WISE MEN SHALL PERISH, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Jeremiah 8:7 YEA, THE STORK IN HE HEAVEN KNOWETH HER APPOINTED TIMES; and THE TURTLE AND THE CRANE AND THE SWALLOW OBSERVE THE TIME OF THEIR COMING; but MY PEOPLE KNOW NOT THE JUDGEMENT OF THE LORD.

Job 41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 UPON EARTH THERE IS NOT HIS LIKE, WHO IS MADE WITHOUT FEAR.
34 He beholdeth all high things: HE IS KING OVER ALL THE CHILDREN OF PRIDE.

 

racing across the sky in a convertible. But when I gaze reverently at the changes in the clouds moved by wind

 

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, FEEDING THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR: clouds they are without water, CARRIED ABOUT OF WINDS; trees whose fruit withereth, WITHOUT FRUIT, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

 

 

 

Imagination is a facet of the mind along with reason, emotions, and the will. Memory employs the imagination so that we can recall events of the past. Imagination also allows us to contemplate our lives in the present. It also empowers us to visualize the future, which is necessary for planning and decision-making.

 

 

Our own mind heart and eyes..

 

Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

 

but we have the mind of Christ.

 

1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

 

Emotions and the memory of us:

 

Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.


The past:

 

Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Phillipians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

The future:

 

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

James 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

 

The present:

 

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Past future and present with God..

Ecclesiastes 3:1 TO EVERY THING every thing THERE IS a season, and a time to EVERY PURPOSE under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: AND GOD DOETH IT THAT MEN SHOULD FEAR BEFORE HIM.
15 THAT WHICH HATH BEEN IS NOW; and THAT WHICH IS TO BE HATH ALREADY BEEN; and God requireth that which is past.

Ephesians 1:4 ACCORDING AS HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE:

Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, WHICH AFTER GOD IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.

Luke 1:75 IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE HIM, ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.

 

 

Imagination makes possible empathy, the ability to assume the perspective of someone else

 

 

Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

 

 

 

Jesus is also calling for an imaginative act when he tells us “you shall love your neighbor as yourself”

 

 

A demonstrated act to believe in and to follow..

 

2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?


Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

 

 

 

Our imaginations need to be cultivated and disciplined. But ultimately, they need to be redeemed. Christ’s death and resurrection gives us forgiveness and the power to die to the old and live to the new. Immersion in God’s Word, which directly addresses our imaginations

 

 

Redeemed by the answer of a good conscience, exercising all the thoughts to obedience of Christ so they do not be evil as the entire scriptures witness for mans imagination when uncontrolled..

 

1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.

2 Corinthians 10:5 CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

 

 

 

Meditation on the Bible, as practiced by the Puritans among others, included vividly imagining what the Scripture passage was describing.

 

 

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

 

Genesis 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

 

 

 

 

Christian artists, writers, and preachers have given the church—as well as civilization as a whole—a rich legacy of imaginative works that convey the Christian worldview in a compelling way

 

 

2 Peter 2:2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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MATTHEW 4:14 THE SOWER SOWETH THE WORD 

ISAIAH 55:10 for as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower ---and bread to the eater---

---55:11--- so shall my word be that goeth out forth out of MY mouth it shall not return unto ME void but it shall accomplish that --- WHICH I PLEASE --- and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it 

JAMES 3:14 but if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts ---GLORY NOT--- and lie not against the truth --3:15--this wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly sensual devilish --3:16--for where envying and strife is there is confusion and every evil work 

*****3:17 but the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and easy to be entreated full of mercy and --- GOOD FRUITS --- without partiality ---AND WITHOUT HYPOCRISY*****

--- 3:18 --- and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace 

JOHN 6:48 I AM THAT BREAD OF LIFE 

JOHN 6:50 THIS IS THE BREAD WHICH COMETH DOWN FROM HEAVEN THAT A MAN MAY EAT THEREOF AND NOT DIE 

JEREMIAH 15:16 thy words were found and I did eat them and thy word was unto me --- THE JOY AND REJOICING OF MINE HEART --- for I am called by thy name O LORD GOD OF HOSTS 

GALATIANS 6:7 BE NOT DECEIVED GOD IS NOT MOCKED FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP ---6:8--- FOR HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH --- SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION --- BUT HE THAT SOWETH TO THE SPIRIT SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING 

JOHN 6:63 IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH THE FLESH PROFITETH NOTHING THE WORDS THAT --I SPEAK-- THEY ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE 

JOHN 6:68 THEN SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM LORD TO WHOM SHALL WE GO THOU HAST THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE 

PROVERBS 12:17 HE THAT SPEAKETH TRUTH SHOWETH FORTH RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT A FALSE WITNESS DECEIT 

COLOSSIANS 2:8 BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT AFTER THE TRADITION OF MEN AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD AND NOT AFTER CHRIST 

                                                                           LOVING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 

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