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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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Good works pleasing to God

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Church, conscience, Discerning the Spirits, enlightened, Faith, Following Jesus, good works, grace, joy, sin

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Today I want to offer you an excerpt from a long treatise on REALLY good works by Martin Luther (not King). Sometimes we might have preconceptions and wrong ideas about how BIG good works must be or rather ‘look like’. However, our good works can be pretty small. They might even take place without anyone noticing them… but God. Now here is the part I chose of Martin Luther’s treatise (emphasis in bold letters has been added by me). If you want to read more, follow the link beneath the excerpt.

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… but you are dead

12 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian movements, Christianity, Church, Cults, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Happiness, False Spirits, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, Life and Death, Ministry, My Spiritual Diary, My Testimony, Revival, Satan, Sects, Seeking the Truth, The World

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Just lately I have been preoccupied with a specific religious orientation of Christianity. Not that I had chosen to focus once again on what I had known myself a quarter of a century ago. However, a few people I have known for years were more and more drawn into this kind of charismatic church. It is a modern branch of Christendom that more often than not appeals to younger people who do not like to sit in a pew without moving their body for a long time. If you enter such a church, you will surely meet a group of kind people who extend a warm welcome to you (the welcome team). There is also a variety of modern music presented by what is called the worship team. The bigger the church, the more qualified musicians you will find there. They and the majority of the church members who serve in any kind of ministry don’t work for money, no. Whether it is the welcome team, the kitchen team, the worship team, the child care team, whatever. All these people work for charity’s sake. But this does not apply to the pastor and the whole leadership; they usually live from what the congregation offers up. You know, from tithes and donations…

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Under A Foreign Yoke

14 Friday Sep 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, False Spirits, God's Provision, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, Obedience, Prayer, Resisting the Devil, silence, sin, Spirit vs. Flesh, Submission to God, Waiting on God

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Have you ever felt an increasing uneasiness as you pondered on the possibility to cave in to somebody’s pleading because you knew in your heart it would be the wrong thing to do? I do not know whether this is only a people pleaser problem, but I assume I am not the only one who is struggling with these thoughts and temptations.

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The importance of Oneness with Christ for fellowshipping with one another

28 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Agape, blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Church, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God's Love, Mind of Christ, My Spiritual Diary, Oneness, Satan, Submission to God

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My favorite public pool currently (Bibert Bad, Zirndorf)
– Picture taken from http://www.romantisches-franken.de

Strange… during the last two or three weeks I thought about writing another blog, but I was either too busy with visiting our family members who live scattered in Bavaria or I felt no inclination to start writing on the computer because of summer time. Many plants (about 130) on our two balconies and inside our flat need to be cared for, too. Honestly, I like gardening more than being on the internet and swimming in the outdoor public pool (s. picture above) was more attractive to me as well. It is only in water when several body pains disappear and therefore I swam more than I walked lately. 😉 In Germany we experienced a first heat wave in April, which was VERY unusual, and it seemed hot summer did not want to take a break in May, either. Eventually, today it began to rain a bit which has been much needed by nature and so I sat down in front of the computer, wondering what I was doing here. 🙄 Again, no inclination to write. As I checked the latest file on my thumb drive which is called “New Post”, I saw that I had written this very thing beneath on May 25th already. Forgetful Susanne! 😊 So, now here you are… the rest of it at least… which means I deleted some details that did not speak to me today any more.

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Spirit-led vs. spirit-driven

04 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Church, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's guidance, God's Voice, Life in the Kingdom of God, Mind of Christ, Prophecy, Reading and Writing, Spiritual Guidance, Spiritual Sight, Submission to God

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Although I have been posting articles about discerning the spirits for almost 27 months now, I have come to realize that it is often times not possible to explain the difference between these emotions that move our soul habitually and, by contrast, those tender ‘nudges’ or even stronger impressions of restraint in our hearts by which God leads our spirits. Actually, we can only recognize what we have come to know ourselves, right? So, I simply want to tell you today what God’s leading is NOT about.

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“I see!” – Receiving Supernatural Spiritual Sight

11 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Discerning the Spirits, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, illumination, Light and Darkness, Mind of Christ, New Self, Old Self, Resisting the Devil, Spirit vs. Flesh, Spiritual Sight, the god of this age

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If we long to have (more) spiritual sight and insights, we must be prepared that God will take us through many, many severe sufferings. Who wants this? Surely, our old nature hates suffering. And this is why God takes us through these things. He knows that our new spiritual nature that is opposed to the flesh will finally come out victoriously. Below I offer you an excerpt from T. Austin Sparks’ writings that deals with the topic I have just touched on. Sparks described here the cause of spiritual blindness that both springs from our old nature and Satan’s work in our soul.

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The Spirit of This Age

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, Following Jesus, God's guidance, Growing in Christ, Rebellion, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1 Pt 2:11-12 KJV)
Photo by Susanne Schuberth

During the last few months I got more and more aware that this whole world is in enmity with God. Just yesterday I watched a female teacher walking in the street with about 20 boys and girls who were heading toward school again. Having taught children myself, I know how difficult it is today to make yourself heard (not only by kids). It seems that the (fallen) human mind is so busy with thinking about itself and how they can get their way with others that they hardly perceive the needs of other people, even of those close to them. It seems to me that most people do not know that our mind and heart naturally live in rebellion with God, with laws of any kind, and with authorities like parents, grandparents, teachers, and official institutions. Even if our old nature submits to authorities, do we always obey out of love for God and others or, rather, isn’t it the fear of punishment that makes us often do what was demanded?

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Beware of Job’s false friends

07 Friday Apr 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in antichrist, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Circumcision, compassion, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, Fellowship, Friendship, My Spiritual Diary, Prayer, Satan, Seeking the Truth, Submission to God, The Bride of Christ

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“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:8-12 KJV) – Photo by Susanne Schuberth

I have often pondered the thought to close the comments section completely and to remove the LIKE buttons, too. The reason why I have not done it until now was that I appreciate feedback on what I write and that I have learned a lot from commenters as well. However, it has become clear to me that this continued struggle to moderate or to not moderate responses, or to eventually delete replies I had moderated before as another hidden evil spirit finally manifested in a longer comment thread, this struggle is quite exhausting for me and it is very distracting at that. I sooo love and long to hear God’s voice through commenters and, dear reader, sometimes it really happens! There is a handful of faithful commenters who only weigh in when they have something encouraging to contribute. They act cautiously and lovingly, pondering on what God might have to say. As for these, I paste a quote I found today on my daily Catholic kitchen calendar. It reads,

“A friend is someone who takes your hand and touches your heart.” (Author unknown)

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Being Perfectly Balanced

08 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God's guidance, Holy Spirit

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“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.” (Mt 7:19-20 ESV)
Photo by Susanne Schuberth

As I lately took the picture I posted above, I was sure I would use it for a blog article. Nonetheless, I had no clue about what to write as yet. A few days later I added Scripture and, still, I had no idea and no desire to write at all. Just today as I was meditating on this Scripture from Matthew chapter seven again, I wondered what this ‘good fruit’ Jesus spoke of might be and how we could recognize it immediately. It seems to me that all things God is allowed (!) to work in us and through us automatically produce good fruit. Good works, however, we do apart from being led by Him have not sprung from this tree which is rooted in Christ and, therefore, they are not really good in God’s sight. They are even bad! That reminds of the following Scripture where Jesus told us,

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