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Reminders Definitions - X-ray

            OK, so I admit that the word X-ray isn’t found in the Bible, but what it symbolizes, and its function, is. In layman’s terms, an X-ray is an electromagnetic pulse sent from a wave source (an X-ray machine) through an object (such as your body) and is received by a wave receptor (photographic film) that records the results. It works because these waves pass through soft tissue (your flesh) much faster than through dense tissue (such as bone or a tumor.) The dense tissue leaves a white ‘shadow’ of itself on the film, as opposed to a darker, soft tissue shadow. X-rays are exceptionally useful in diagnosing hidden illnesses inside the body like tumors, and broken bones. If something is amiss inside you, an X-ray can help identify the problem without invasive surgery. In the spiritual realm, Jesus is like an X-ray machine as He examines what is taking place inside your heart, soul, and spirit. The Holy Spirit is like the film that records and brings to light what has been revealed, and the Father is like the doctor who has the desire, ability, and resources to heal the infirmity. Let’s examine this analogy further.

            Jeremiah reminds us, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart.” Jeremiah 17:9-10 Hebrews 4:12 further pinpoints which member of the Godhead is doing this work, “For the Word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” This is none other than the Word of God made flesh, Jesus. John 1:14 He sees all things visible and invisible, for “all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” Hebrews 4:13 Next, these things are revealed “unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, [yes, even] the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10 Like the film of an X-ray, the Holy Spirit shows us what the Word has detected, and we receive this information from Him as Biblical instruction and conviction of sin. John 14:26; 16:8 Lastly, God the Father, as the ‘doctor,’ heals us of these infirmities and sins because we are in Christ as one of His own. Scripture tells us, “Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loves he chastens,” Hebrews 12:5-6; Proverbs 3:11-12 and “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:2-3

            Final Thoughts: David submitted himself to God’s deep examination praying, “Search me O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24 He realized that God knew him far better than he knew himself and that God would be merciful to guide him to the place of healing and forgiveness. The “way everlasting” for us today is the cross. Like David, we should begin our days asking God to search our hearts and reveal to us those things that need correction and healing. Listen for Him and don’t ignore the things He exposes. Instead, agree with Him and by faith receive His mercy, grace, and forgiveness. 1 John 1:9    ph

 

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5 minutes ago, PATrobas said:

Reminders Definitions - X-ray

            OK, so I admit that the word X-ray isn’t found in the Bible, but what it symbolizes, and its function, is. In layman’s terms, an X-ray is an electromagnetic pulse sent from a wave source (an X-ray machine) through an object (such as your body) and is received by a wave receptor (photographic film) that records the results. It works because these waves pass through soft tissue (your flesh) much faster than through dense tissue (such as bone or a tumor.) The dense tissue leaves a white ‘shadow’ of itself on the film, as opposed to a darker, soft tissue shadow. X-rays are exceptionally useful in diagnosing hidden illnesses inside the body like tumors, and broken bones. If something is amiss inside you, an X-ray can help identify the problem without invasive surgery. In the spiritual realm, Jesus is like an X-ray machine as He examines what is taking place inside your heart, soul, and spirit. The Holy Spirit is like the film that records and brings to light what has been revealed, and the Father is like the doctor who has the desire, ability, and resources to heal the infirmity. Let’s examine this analogy further.

            Jeremiah reminds us, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart.” Jeremiah 17:9-10 Hebrews 4:12 further pinpoints which member of the Godhead is doing this work, “For the Word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” This is none other than the Word of God made flesh, Jesus. John 1:14 He sees all things visible and invisible, for “all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” Hebrews 4:13 Next, these things are revealed “unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, [yes, even] the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10 Like the film of an X-ray, the Holy Spirit shows us what the Word has detected, and we receive this information from Him as Biblical instruction and conviction of sin. John 14:26; 16:8 Lastly, God the Father, as the ‘doctor,’ heals us of these infirmities and sins because we are in Christ as one of His own. Scripture tells us, “Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loves he chastens,” Hebrews 12:5-6; Proverbs 3:11-12 and “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:2-3

 

            Final Thoughts: David submitted himself to God’s deep examination praying, “Search me O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24 He realized that God knew him far better than he knew himself and that God would be merciful to guide him to the place of healing and forgiveness. The “way everlasting” for us today is the cross. Like David, we should begin our days asking God to search our hearts and reveal to us those things that need correction and healing. Listen for Him and don’t ignore the things He exposes. Instead, agree with Him and by faith receive His mercy, grace, and forgiveness. 1 John 1:9    ph

 

 

 

 

An excellent analogy.

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I get the analogy, although it took me a couple read-throughs as your definition of an x-ray is more in the common usage of a medical diagnostic tool. My first take was an x-ray is a photon with wavelength of a particular range in the electromagnetic spectrum. Carry on... 

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