God would have us know
We need not be afraid
He said so many times while on earth
He brought us good news, not bad

For God did not enter into the world
To condemn man
But to condemn the ways of death
Nor to punish man for his works
But to offer man life more abundant

God did not enter into the flesh
In order to save the flesh
Though many were healed of theirs
But came in order to save our spirit
For we had all been deceived of ourselves

The flesh passes, as does all physical
The spirit lives and is our life
But we had grown to believe
That we are our flesh and body
That we are our brains and thoughts

Even now many suffer in flesh
Damning God for not saving the flesh
Even though He said we would have troubles
As the answer is not of the flesh
But rather of the spirit is reality found

For man in all his wisdom
Is only as much as a brain can be
And that brain will pass in time
Never to be again alive
While who we are, lives on

Our flesh, is alike to all other animals
It needs and wants for itself
As it must to survive the world
To protect its short life
Men will commit atrocities to do so
For they believe it is what they are

But God, our Father is a spirit
And the breath of His spirit
Is who we are
Just as a seed becomes a man
God’s life becomes His children
That life is in an animal – our body

And it is not by empowering the body
That we overcome our darkness
But only by empowering the spirit
Are we found to overcome the flesh
For spirit is life, and it is Holy.

A man can be in prison, yet be free
Another can be a king, and be shackled
This is because of the condition
Of their spirit

We chase the outside world
Hoping comfort and riches bring joy
We build and do and construct
Hoping to heal our fear and wounds
All because of the lie we are but bones

Whereas a simple man can be free
Living in peace and joy and serenity
Even though he is poor and hated
Even though he has nothing
If he has empowered his spirit

For God did not come to man
That we should be ashamed
But that we should rejoice
He came to offer the way to joy
The very path to life and truth
Not through worldly means
But by means of the truth of us

The lake of fire
Is a concept reserved
For they who had deceived man
Who had falsely accused man
Who had wounded and harmed
God’s children

It is not our Father, nor our King
Who punishes and wounds flesh
It is our enemy who does so
It is not God who frustrates
It is not God who banishes hope
It is not God who destroys faith
It is not God who lies and deceived
It is not God who causes suffering
It is our enemy who does so

God came to relieve suffering
To banish lies and deceptions
To offer hope and peace and faith
To bring power and blessings
To restore His original idea for us
That another had failed to do

And not one of us must qualify
For this offering of life
We only need accept it – daily
As God himself qualified for us
As we in our ignorant deception
Could not

And not one of us has power
To live a godly life
As that power is given to our spirit
Upon acceptance of that spirit
Which we must ask for daily
For the flesh exerts itself strongly

When we do so
The drunkard no longer drinks
The liar no longer lies
The thief no longer steals
The fearful become courageous
The resentful become forgiving
The lost begin to see a path
The blind in spirit now see
The angry become peaceful
The lame in character now walk upright

This is the way of the path of life
That we must have our actual life
Empowered
But we have the choice of life
Or of death
For as a child of God we must have choice

To live in spirit is life and peace
And to live in flesh is all manner of ill
Sorrow, vanity, fear, control, regret
Poor behaviour, anger, selfishness
All of which in the end, still dies
All of which we ourselves lament

But we are not to be afraid
For when we ask God to direct our day
And offer ourselves to His care
To enter into us and guide us
To awaken us from our “selves”
Do we then see with new spiritual eyes
And all things are composed different

We no longer think of only self
But of how we can love our fellows
We no longer seek only our needs
But how we may provide others needs
We no longer suffer our minds
As we hear a new song in our spirit
We no longer judge our fellow man
For we see that we have all been deceived

Do I curse a man who has cancer?
Do I beat a man who is sickly?
All who live in flesh – all of us
Are sick with a cancer of deception
Allowing the pride of our flesh
To rule over us, both inner and outer

Therefore who do I hold accountable
But the deceiver?
Therefore who do I forgive
But all men?
Has this not been told to us?

Let us be clear
For the liar is afraid
The thief is afraid
The manipulator is afraid
The controller is afraid
The wicked are afraid
The self righteous are afraid
The proud are afraid
The self seekers are afraid
The vengeful are afraid
The rulers are afraid
Even the law of man is of fear
For all things of death come from fear

Be not afraid

For living in spirit do we also find
A great reward on earth
That now – Can we enjoy the flesh
Just as we enjoy a good drive in a car
Or taste of a wonderful meal
Or embrace our loved ones
That we see now the beauty of the temple
That we dwell within – our bodies
Though they are fearful
Are they also beautiful and ours
A possession – not US

Be not afraid
For God overcame death
Overcame the world of flesh beliefs
And overcame the lord of the earth
For us He did so – as we are deceived

Be not afraid
For God came not to judge us
But to judge they who harmed us
He came to save us – with peace
He came to free us – with understanding
He came to awaken us – with truth
He came to save us – with Spirit

These things are offered to all
No matter how far down
In darkness and death we have gone
For His worth is as our Creator
And His love is for His creation
We need only honestly desire it

Be not afraid to open to God
To reveal your struggles to Him
For when our spirit is empowered
The answers come to us
And the life of love and service
To all our fellows
Becomes our way as it was also His

Ryan o0o