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Balaam and the Angel or… The Danger of Compromise

27 Saturday Nov 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in compromise, Discerning the Spirits, disobedience, Entering His Rest, entering the Kingdom of God, evil spirits, Flesh, Following Jesus, God's Grace, God's guidance, God's Voice, God's wrath, My Spiritual Diary, Obedience, Resisting the Devil, rest, Satan, the devil, The Fear of God, The whole armor of God, visions, Walking in the Spirit

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Landscape with Balaam (Joseph Anton Koch 1832/36) – German National Museum, Nürnberg

With compromising here I meant the temptation to mix the spirits in order to please people or ourselves more than God. In other words, God has told us to do something, but we begin to wonder after some time whether He might have changed His mind regarding the commandment once given. If God has shown us a certain direction we should walk in, we can be sure that He had good reasons why He led us that way. Whether we understand His guidance or not, it is always also for our spiritual protection if He warns us and tells us not to move along a way we might have chosen on our own. We read in the Book of Numbers,

“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” (Num 23:19 ESV)

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Knowing God… and Being Known by Him

06 Wednesday Oct 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Christ in us, Church, Dying to Self, entering the Kingdom of God, Eternal Life, Faith, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, Friendship with God, God's Grace, God's Holiness, God's Love, Growing in Christ, Intimacy with God, Jesus Christ, Judgment, Knowing God, Overcoming, Spirit vs. Flesh, the body of Christ, The Bride of Christ, The Holy Spirit

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I chose the subtitle of my poetry blog that once sprang from 1 Corinthians, chapter 8, verse 3 also as the headline for this article because I believe that the most important thing for us Christians is to really get to know (read ‘love’) the Lord. If we have an intimate relationship with God Who is the Creator of everything, then there is no need for us to worry about anything anymore. Jesus Christ promised eternal life NOW to everyone who, by the grace of God, has been given an intimate knowledge of God in the Spirit. He said,

“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (Jn 17:3 ESV)

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On how to not “Walk by the Spirit”

23 Thursday Sep 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Led by the Spirit, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, Following Jesus, Friendship with God, God's Grace, grace, Knowing God, My Spiritual Diary, Sanctification, Spirit vs. Flesh, the heavenlies, Walking in the Spirit

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It was only yesterday in the evening as I was occupied with tidying up the living room when I asked myself this question, “When should I walk in the Spirit?” to which God’s immediate response was, “Now!” Honestly, that gave me a pause.  🙄 Although I recalled having prayed quick prayers when I was busy with similar mundane activities before, I rather thought about walking by the spirit whenever I was confronted with decisions of any kind as to what and how to do something. That means in particular, when I left the house I asked God about leading me. When I had to write emails or to do some phone calls, I asked Him to show me what to say and to give me His wisdom in all things. And I really thought that was enough. But no, it was not!

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Who are the 144,000?

29 Sunday Aug 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Cults, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, God our Father, God's Grace, God's Love, Intimacy with God, Jesus Christ, joy, Life in the Kingdom of God, Living in the Presence of God, Longing for God, Mount Zion, peace, rest, Resurrection Life, Spiritual Sight, the 144.000, the heavenlies, the mind of Christ, Walking in the Spirit

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Several Christians over the last centuries have had thoughts and ideas about who these particular people mentioned in the Book of Revelation might be. Even a cult (Jehovah’s Witnesses) claimed this whole group of believers for their own purposes. But can it be that easy?  🙄 Is there a single Christian denomination or a ‘Christian’ cult that would be able to comprise those 144,000 who seem to occupy a very special position, maybe, even the best position possible as to their closeness to God?  🙄

I saw in my last post where I mainly published longer excerpts from T. Austin Sparks that it does not make much sense to go on doing so. It seems I should offer some explanations combined with my own experiences or insights regarding all topics so that the whole article gets more vivid. Actually, I know myself how tedious the simple reading of facts without enlightening examples can be.  😉 So I decided to include only short excerpts by TAS where I thought it might be helpful and to also offer my own ideas as to the following Scriptures. As for these 144,000, the apostle John describes what he saw in the Book of Revelation.

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“Redeeming Love.” by Patrick Maina

20 Saturday Feb 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in adultery, Family and Friends, Following Jesus, Forgiveness, God's Grace, God's guidance, God's Love, good works, Reblog

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I really enjoyed reading Patrick Maina’s compassionate blog on how a friend of him became a tool to extend God’s love and grace to his wife. It is always encouraging for me to read about Christians who truly listen to Jesus’ voice!  🙂

Life beyond the walls

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Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. (John 15:13)

The moment I saw Josh walk through the gate, I knew there was something terribly wrong. It did not take him more than five steps before breaking down in tears , proving my suspicion right. I had to run to support him from his staggering walk. As awkward as it felt at first, I found myself providing a shoulder for him to cry on.

African men are not supposed to cry, but Josh was no typical man. He had his stack of stories for his atypical life. Even then, it was the first time to see him cry and I could only try and fill up for myself what could have happened – he just kept mumbling words in the line of, “ndugu yangu, kwa nini haya? (my brother, why these?)”

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Misconceptions of God

03 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Church, Cults, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, God's Grace, God's Love, God's Word, Holiness, Obedience, Prayer, Righteousness, Seeking God, Seeking the Truth, sin, The Bible, The Fear of God

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More than 20 years ago after having left the Christian cult we were in, I felt that God was not half as judgmental as it had been suggested there in that missionary congregation. My own experiences with God and Jesus made me think that HE was quite the opposite of what I had heard back then. It would seem to me that God’s grace revealed in Christ did not judge anyone at all. From hence, for quite some time I was convinced that God was love, and only love. However, what about all this evil in the world and what about evil people? No judgment? No condemnation? Only forgiveness for everyone without any consequences? So many questions which I, sooner or later, could not ignore any longer…

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Two Kinds of Rest

19 Saturday May 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Freedom, God's Grace, Growing in Christ, My Spiritual Diary, New Self, Old Self, Prayer, Relax and Chill Out, rest, Sitting at His Feet, Suffering and Joy, Waiting on God

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To be honest with you, sometimes I would rather write theoretically about any topic I have only heard of than always sharing what I have just experienced with God. If I could talk about another great revelation of sorts, okay, everybody would like to share or read such stories. But another lesson learned through worries, doubts, fears, stress and suffering? Therefore, what I ask myself often is this, ‘Who really wants to read my testimonies about the latter anyway?’… Only those who can relate, I guess.

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What Really Counts in Life

20 Tuesday Mar 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Christian Living, Death, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, God's Grace, God's guidance, God's Love, God's Voice, Obedience, Ordinary Life, Reading and Writing, rest, Seeking God, Seeking the Truth, Spirit vs. Flesh, The Holy Spirit, The Kingdom of God, The World, Vanity, Waiting on God, Wisdom

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If someone nurtures soaring hopes and plans, we might tell them to stay more grounded or earthed instead. But have you ever heard someone suggest to you to get more ‘heavened’? 🙄 If you, like me, often times wonder about the seeming hopelessness of our existence as we cannot sense the presence of God while (sometimes ridiculous) everyday troubles keep preying on our minds, you might have also observed non-Christians who can seemingly live their lives confronted with less problems and difficulties than we can. Yet, in the long run, that is not the truth. The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us some sobering facts.

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The Connection Between the Fear of God and Justification

13 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Dying to Self, Entering His Rest, Faith, Fear of Death, God's Grace, God's Holiness, God's Love, joy, Judgment, Justification, Living in the Presence of God, My Spiritual Diary, peace, Repentance, Righteousness, suffering, The Fear of God, The Fear of the Lord

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Garden in Weihenstephan (Upper Bavaria)

The following is an excerpt of a (not published) book I wrote about seven years ago. I just translated a text of my journal which should clarify that the experience of the fear of God and being justified by Him usually go hand in hand.

To separate awe from God from an everyday, natural fear is not easy. For it is real fear as other languages ​​also make clear:

Gottesfurcht (German)

crainte de Dieu (French)

timore di Dio (Italian)

temor de Dios (Spanish)

The fear of God is, above all, the fear of displeasing God by transgressing His commandments. I believe a further difference compared with other fears is that our natural anxieties cause narrowness inside our mind and make us think of running away from a frightening situation. “Cut and run!” the thief might think when suddenly confronted with the policeman. He, too, is, or at least should be frightened when he must face governmental authority. Nevertheless, it might happen that the thief, instead, goes over to attacking the authority figure when he realizes that his getaway route has been cut off.

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Enjoying Life by Obeying God or… The Choice of Life and Death

10 Sunday Jul 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Entering His Rest, Entering the Promised Land, Eternal Life, Exhortation, Family and Friends, God's Grace, Idolatry, Life and Death, My Spiritual Diary, New Self, Old Self, Other Gods, Suffering and Joy, Unbelief, Walking in the Spirit

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Some Wildflowers on the Balcony (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Some Wildflowers on the Balcony
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God spoke to me a few minutes ago through the following Scriptures. He made them alive particularly by emphasizing the word TODAY. You can read this word five times in these verses. As many might know, five is the number that stands for GRACE. Just to give you a few hints as for the context in which God spoke to me, I can tell you that I had a struggle regarding a decision on how to react (or not) to someone’s misbehavior that put them in more or less big trouble. If you love someone, you might know how difficult it is to not intervene when you see things go downhill. So, my heart was very troubled about this trial as God pointed out to me that NOW it was my choice to turn to Him and to obey Him instead of trying to ‘save’ someone I love. If I obeyed Him, all things would turn out well, He said. Below you can read the Bible verses that reached my heart and comforted me immediately.

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