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Escape Mud

element432

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Some nights ago, I was reading the Bible and needed some clarity, so I looked at another Bible translation. Unfortunately, the two verses didn't match up and I felt one was leading me astray. Then a thought came to mind, "Ask and you shall receive". So I prayed; Most High God, Father of the Son Jesus Christ, which Bible translation should I consider The Lords Truth. Then I finished my prayers and went to sleep. Later that night while dreaming the word "muddied" came to me. So half awake, I wrote it on paper and went back to sleep.

The next morning I saw "muddied" written on the paper. Directly underneath were the words, "Source is light", but I only faintly remember hearing that. The word "muddied" perfectly described the feeling of last night, so I prayed and gave thanks to the Father.

Later, searching the Bible for the word "muddied" gave no results. Trying "muddy" or "mud", still had no results. I then switched from The King James translation to the New International version and searching "muddied" again, there were 3 results. The word "muddy" had 2 results, and the word "mud" had 20 results. You can search and confirm these results for yourself, but here are just some of the verses.

Isaiah 57:20, (NIV), But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

Proverbs 25:26, (NIV), Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

Ezekiel 32:2, (NIV), “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.

Zechariah 10:5, (NIV), Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

John 9:15, (NIV), Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

Doing this search on other Bible translations produced many different results, however, they all seemed to echo a similar theme. I also keep being reminded of the Churches in the Book of Revelation.

Later, an internet search on "Source is light" showed mainly electrical products, however, nestled in the results was: GOD: Source of Light - Grace to You. Clicking on the link a paragraph shouted out:

"And this is the message we have heard from Him and announced to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all."

As I was leaving I noticed: If you removed the ads from the search results then that page would be listed at number 7.

Not long after, I started comparing the different translated verses in chapter context.

Ezekiel 32:13

[KJV] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

[NIV] I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hooves of cattle.

Soon after, I was recalling "ask and you will receive", and it came to me to compare the translations of James 1:5 At first the comparisons of these verses seemed similar until I got to James 1:6

[KJV] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

[NIV] But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

One verse clearly describes a path to God through Faith, while the other removes faith altogether. I can't help but get the feeling I'm being asked to tell a story.

I returned to the Source is Light page and listened to the sermon. Not long after, I heard some words that catapulted me back some 26 years ago. At that time, I was asking God for answers and I could picture the exact place I was. I knew that this was The Lords way of telling me it was Him listening all those years ago. I also listened to another sermon by the same Pastor, and I could hear that his path was difficult, but the Lord said there is a message here. I hope he finds.

The next week was spent experiencing a flood of new information about life and the ways of God. I have spent most of my life searching for God, but I had only really "known him" in the last 7 months. The only way I really found The Father was by following the path of Jesus The Christ. And I am ever so glad I did.

Trying to write this story was difficult, so I asked for guidance. The next day, "Get out of your way" was written on the paper. I came to understand that if I started to get in my own way, I could ask, "Father, Son and Holy Spirit, please help me to get out of my way so I can follow your way".

Not long after, the words "Escape Mud" came and it felt like the name and direction

The next day, I also received a vision;

I was standing in front of a bathroom looking in. It was pure white, sparkling clean and glistening. I walked in the doorway, closed the door and locked it behind me. Soon after I could see the door knob rattling. I could see someone was trying to get in, but the door was locked, because I had locked it. I then felt this overwhelming deep sadness come over me, couple with the fact, I had spent most of my life, being the one, trying to open that door.

Days passed and I was still struggling to get out of my way, so I prayed and asked The Lord for help. The next day I was listening to someone in the Holy Spirit and he had a message for me. The message was: "Let me hold the pen now, let me do in you and through you what you have been trying to do for me".

So I started again from scratch and I think it's done now.
 
Some nights ago, I was reading the Bible and needed some clarity, so I looked at another Bible translation. Unfortunately, the two verses didn't match up and I felt one was leading me astray. Then a thought came to mind, "Ask and you shall receive". So I prayed; Most High God, Father of the Son Jesus Christ, which Bible translation should I consider The Lords Truth. Then I finished my prayers and went to sleep. Later that night while dreaming the word "muddied" came to me. So half awake, I wrote it on paper and went back to sleep.

The next morning I saw "muddied" written on the paper. Directly underneath were the words, "Source is light", but I only faintly remember hearing that. The word "muddied" perfectly described the feeling of last night, so I prayed and gave thanks to the Father.

Later, searching the Bible for the word "muddied" gave no results. Trying "muddy" or "mud", still had no results. I then switched from The King James translation to the New International version and searching "muddied" again, there were 3 results. The word "muddy" had 2 results, and the word "mud" had 20 results. You can search and confirm these results for yourself, but here are just some of the verses.

Isaiah 57:20, (NIV), But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

Proverbs 25:26, (NIV), Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

Ezekiel 32:2, (NIV), “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.

Zechariah 10:5, (NIV), Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

John 9:15, (NIV), Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

Doing this search on other Bible translations produced many different results, however, they all seemed to echo a similar theme. I also keep being reminded of the Churches in the Book of Revelation.

Later, an internet search on "Source is light" showed mainly electrical products, however, nestled in the results was: GOD: Source of Light - Grace to You. Clicking on the link a paragraph shouted out:

"And this is the message we have heard from Him and announced to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all."

As I was leaving I noticed: If you removed the ads from the search results then that page would be listed at number 7.

Not long after, I started comparing the different translated verses in chapter context.

Ezekiel 32:13

[KJV] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

[NIV] I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hooves of cattle.

Soon after, I was recalling "ask and you will receive", and it came to me to compare the translations of James 1:5 At first the comparisons of these verses seemed similar until I got to James 1:6

[KJV] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

[NIV] But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

One verse clearly describes a path to God through Faith, while the other removes faith altogether. I can't help but get the feeling I'm being asked to tell a story.

I returned to the Source is Light page and listened to the sermon. Not long after, I heard some words that catapulted me back some 26 years ago. At that time, I was asking God for answers and I could picture the exact place I was. I knew that this was The Lords way of telling me it was Him listening all those years ago. I also listened to another sermon by the same Pastor, and I could hear that his path was difficult, but the Lord said there is a message here. I hope he finds.

The next week was spent experiencing a flood of new information about life and the ways of God. I have spent most of my life searching for God, but I had only really "known him" in the last 7 months. The only way I really found The Father was by following the path of Jesus The Christ. And I am ever so glad I did.

Trying to write this story was difficult, so I asked for guidance. The next day, "Get out of your way" was written on the paper. I came to understand that if I started to get in my own way, I could ask, "Father, Son and Holy Spirit, please help me to get out of my way so I can follow your way".

Not long after, the words "Escape Mud" came and it felt like the name and direction

The next day, I also received a vision;

I was standing in front of a bathroom looking in. It was pure white, sparkling clean and glistening. I walked in the doorway, closed the door and locked it behind me. Soon after I could see the door knob rattling. I could see someone was trying to get in, but the door was locked, because I had locked it. I then felt this overwhelming deep sadness come over me, couple with the fact, I had spent most of my life, being the one, trying to open that door.

Days passed and I was still struggling to get out of my way, so I prayed and asked The Lord for help. The next day I was listening to someone in the Holy Spirit and he had a message for me. The message was: "Let me hold the pen now, let me do in you and through you what you have been trying to do for me".

So I started again from scratch and I think it's done now.
Well done, as you grow, your discernment will grow too. Carry them both with you and add a third "NASV" Note: believe and Faith can mean the same. And they both will mean "TRUST". Trust in what? "The WORD of GOD" and If You Do ......It Will Become "LIVING":cool: as the days go on.

You have made a good beginning, And the Battle will begin and oh what a Precious Battle it will be. And your Weapon will be The "WORD of GOD" and YOU must become a "SKILLED WARRIOR" so let it Dwell Rich in YOU. There will not be one dull day!

(Ephesians 6)BSB
The Armor of God
…"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ..Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground , and having done everything, to stand. ..Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,…
and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace....In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.…"

And once you put your Hand to This Plow, you must not turn around! This way is not leading to an "Emily Post Party". For it is getting late in the Day, and The Devil is getting more "Ferocious" and he is not talking prisoners, Because he knows, his time is shorter than it was before.

The Cost of Discipleship (Luke 9)NKJV
Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

So let one count up The Cost, if he wants to Follow Jesus. 991/2 will not do. If you are not going to burn the Mid=Night OIL in "The BOOK" you stay on The Poach. IT is enough "JACK LEGS" out here. Fakes and they are not willing to Run this Race,,,,,, Lawfully!

Welcome Aboard.:pensive: It is not what you think, But the rewards and your inheritance will last throughout Eternity and you will become "THE MANIFESTATION of The GLORY OF THE LIVING GOD" Throughout ALL ETERNITY growing Brighter and Brighter as the moment goes on, BRIGHTER Than The SUN in Its FULL STRENGTH Brighter than The STARS FOREVER. and EVER< A SHARED INHERITANCE WITH :THE SON OF GOD.:pensive: YOU MUST READ, The whole BOOK as A whole, And let this BOOK dwell in You Richly and let no one get you off this path, NO ONE! STAY of The PATH, For your enemies will be many, many, but just stay on The PATH.:pensive: Read The WHOLE BOOK over and over from Front to BACK! Until it becomes a part of you, in your sleep, dreams, when wake up in The mornings and when lay to sleep. And all the time pray to GOD to keep You in HIS WORD! You do not want houses or lands, cars or any material things, Pray for Him to draw you nearer and nearer to HIM. He will supply what you need and that is a promise, and remember HE is Not your "GENIE" you are HIS Slave, and He is Your "MASTER", LORD.:pensive: He bought you, you were a slave in the Bondage of Sin, Now you belongs to HIM, Now you are a "BOND SLAVE" who have been Purchase by HIS BLOOD. You are a slave to Christ until your "Coronation Day" in HEAVEN and Then You will Receive "Your Full INHERITANCE , Full SONSHIP.
 
@element432

Greetings,

thank you for sharing what you have.
The Lord is faithful and it is His faithfulness that we can rely upon. When ever push comes to shove, it is His faithfulness that we need to reply upon, not our own. Let the Lord, in His faithfulness, be the judge of your faith and let Him decide and do what is good in His sight regarding His judgement.... in other words, as you wrote, you get out of the way of His judgement of you and instead, walk in His way, which is ever faithful!

ח
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him.

ט
The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lamentations 3:22-26



Bless you ....><>

something that you might find very helpful is to obtain an audio of the Bible and to listen to the Scriptures being read. Faith comes by hearing.



 
[KJV] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
[NIV] But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Personally I would not use the NIV with its so-called dynamic translation.
The literal (word for word) translations are better - KJV - RV - RSV - ESV - for example
The best version for the truth of the original NT Greek manuscripts would be Ivan Panin's 1914 Numeric English New Testament (NENT)
James 1:6
(NENT) But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for who doubteth is like a sea wave, driven by wind and tossed.
(ESV) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
(Weymouth) But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
(YLT) and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
 
Well done, as you grow, your discernment will grow too. Carry them both with you and add a third "NASV" Note: believe and Faith can mean the same. And they both will mean "TRUST". Trust in what? "The WORD of GOD" and If You Do ......It Will Become "LIVING":cool: as the days go on.

You have made a good beginning, And the Battle will begin and oh what a Precious Battle it will be. And your Weapon will be The "WORD of GOD" and YOU must become a "SKILLED WARRIOR" so let it Dwell Rich in YOU. There will not be one dull day!

(Ephesians 6)BSB
The Armor of God
…"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ..Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground , and having done everything, to stand. ..Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,…
and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace....In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.…"

And once you put your Hand to This Plow, you must not turn around! This way is not leading to an "Emily Post Party". For it is getting late in the Day, and The Devil is getting more "Ferocious" and he is not talking prisoners, Because he knows, his time is shorter than it was before.

The Cost of Discipleship (Luke 9)NKJV
Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

So let one count up The Cost, if he wants to Follow Jesus. 991/2 will not do. If you are not going to burn the Mid=Night OIL in "The BOOK" you stay on The Poach. IT is enough "JACK LEGS" out here. Fakes and they are not willing to Run this Race,,,,,, Lawfully!

Welcome Aboard.:pensive: It is not what you think, But the rewards and your inheritance will last throughout Eternity and you will become "THE MANIFESTATION of The GLORY OF THE LIVING GOD" Throughout ALL ETERNITY growing Brighter and Brighter as the moment goes on, BRIGHTER Than The SUN in Its FULL STRENGTH Brighter than The STARS FOREVER. and EVER< A SHARED INHERITANCE WITH :THE SON OF GOD.:pensive: YOU MUST READ, The whole BOOK as A whole, And let this BOOK dwell in You Richly and let no one get you off this path, NO ONE! STAY of The PATH, For your enemies will be many, many, but just stay on The PATH.:pensive: Read The WHOLE BOOK over and over from Front to BACK! Until it becomes a part of you, in your sleep, dreams, when wake up in The mornings and when lay to sleep. And all the time pray to GOD to keep You in HIS WORD! You do not want houses or lands, cars or any material things, Pray for Him to draw you nearer and nearer to HIM. He will supply what you need and that is a promise, and remember HE is Not your "GENIE" you are HIS Slave, and He is Your "MASTER", LORD.:pensive: He bought you, you were a slave in the Bondage of Sin, Now you belongs to HIM, Now you are a "BOND SLAVE" who have been Purchase by HIS BLOOD. You are a slave to Christ until your "Coronation Day" in HEAVEN and Then You will Receive "Your Full INHERITANCE , Full SONSHIP.
Bother, Thank you, I love where this message comes from ;)
 
@element432
The Lord is faithful and it is His faithfulness that we can rely upon. When ever push comes to shove, it is His faithfulness that we need to reply upon, not our own. Let the Lord, in His faithfulness, be the judge of your faith and let Him decide and do what is good in His sight regarding His judgement.... in other words, as you wrote, you get out of the way of His judgement of you and instead, walk in His way, which is ever faithful!
Thank you Br Bear. Recently The Holy Spirit has also shown me and helped me understand that: "The more of the self we give up the more space the Holy Spirit has to move within us, the more we feel the Holy Spirit move within us, the less we feel alone."

@element432
The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lamentations 3:22-26
This is beautiful, but I cant help but wish I didn't have to wait this long to know the Holy Spirit.


something that you might find very helpful is to obtain an audio of the Bible and to listen to the Scriptures being read. Faith comes by hearing.
Thank you, I am enjoying listening.

Regards
 
Personally I would not use the NIV with its so-called dynamic translation.
The literal (word for word) translations are better - KJV - RV - RSV - ESV - for example
The best version for the truth of the original NT Greek manuscripts would be Ivan Panin's 1914 Numeric English New Testament (NENT)
James 1:6
(NENT) But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for who doubteth is like a sea wave, driven by wind and tossed.
(ESV) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
(Weymouth) But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
(YLT) and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
Thank you Waggles that was extremely useful to find out about the NENT.
Regards
 
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