tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post5715123241451037715..comments2023-10-31T09:33:01.781-04:00Comments on McilWeb: Devil in DisguiseKeith H. McIlwainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-40474194739225161402011-06-16T00:42:15.447-04:002011-06-16T00:42:15.447-04:00i believe that the devil is simply divine illness...i believe that the devil is simply divine illness. de v il, so i guess even the devil is in need of healing and deliverance, like the gadarene, So he can be in his Right mind. Here we are running around naked (spiritually speaking) throwing ourselves in one fire after another, walking among the "tombstones" (others like us that are carnally minded, to be carnally minded is death), hiding in caves of fear and darkness, separated (only in our minds) from God. Be ye not as the Gentiles, separated in your minds.Ephesians 4:17-18 So where is God? I say He is where ever we are. King David had the revelation that "if I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell,You are there." So who was Jesus actually faceing? Was He not faceing the lower nature on the planet, the first man, the one out from the earth (earthly minded). 1 Cor. 15:47 the same one we face,(however there is another Man) but the second Man (is) the Lord out of Heaven.AMP So where is God again? He's in us as a Revelation, a Truth ,Way And Life,(as a virgin Truth) a Love waiting to be reborn revealed resurrected renewed redeemed restored replenished returned re-membered. Re is an awesome little prefix huh? Thats cause its already been pre-fixed before the foundations of the world. He placed Himself in us before we came here in order to heal Himself and impart divine knowledge to others about Himself as He is awakened and begins to grow, so that we would all come to the full knowledge or stature in Christ Jesus. Isaiah 53:11 David saw the revelation.... Jesus became the Revelation and is waiting again to be greeted with a sacred Kiss(Word of God, Truth,and Grace and Light) so that He may Come Again in Us as Us to set creation free.He is the Son of David, the Son of Man and the Son of God. He is born out of all three in Order to LIVE. He says,"I am the Truth Way and the Life", a child is born, but a Son is Given to redeem that which is lost and to re-member man back to His former estate (of Mind) in Heaven and do the works of His/Our Father on earth as it is in Heaven. All creation groans for the manifestation of the Sons of God. John 1:1 "In the beginning...." Let this mind be in you.Please, its your inheritance. So we may be the devil in a temporal sense, but He that is Within me is greater than he that is in the world. And where is the Kingdom of Heaven?..... And by Resurrection of His Spirit and the renewing of our minds, we are One in Him in the end (of us, our understanding is the obstacle).John21:21-24 Cause thats who we were when He knew us before the foundations of the world, we came from God right? We are the Body of Christ Right? And He is our home. Why do they say that when we die that we go home, how can it be home if we have never been there before.Yes we must die in a sense, but it is only a death to and of death itself(carnal mindedness, vanity, ego). When death is dead then there is only Life and Life more abundantly!Sin is separation ,Righteousness is Restoration. The carnally minded killed Jesus then, but He just keeps getting back up, again and again in a remnant.Please selah.....I will tell you this, He Will Show you the Truth.... So we no longer know Jesus by the flesh, but as Spirit and Life and these are His Words and I will worship Him in Spirit and Truth,by telling the Truth) Be a berean, work (study it out).Remember, He doesn't come to condemn us, but to save us from death hell and the grave.( He opens our graves or minds) So the devil may be in disguise,but he is destined to die only to be born again. And Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords (us), we just don't know it yet, or do we? He, Who is, Who was and Who is to come. The First and the Last.Wisdom is ancient and she has always been. We are not pre-destined to go to hell but to come out of hell on the wings(thoughts and revelations) of God!It is Gods will that none perish.His Will, will super-seed and a harvest Will be taken from the earth!Salvation is of the Lord! Not of mans mind.Be Blessed.Paige Bullocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-27083198726537441062011-03-13T20:34:53.153-04:002011-03-13T20:34:53.153-04:00the camouflage of the mundane, great point! remind...the camouflage of the mundane, great point! reminds me of the closing line from the movie 'The Usual Suspects'..."The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."<br /><br />thanks for sharing!Matt Lipanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528815536523518798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-26891819246889962392011-03-13T07:43:57.051-04:002011-03-13T07:43:57.051-04:00Yeah, I get that a lot.Yeah, I get that a lot.Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-59496556348195090002011-03-09T22:54:53.133-05:002011-03-09T22:54:53.133-05:00well written Keith, I actually read this before an...well written Keith, I actually read this before and didn't realize you wrote it. Now that I know you're the devil, I'm disappointed. I always thought you'd be scarier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-91481809245890436392011-03-09T22:49:58.274-05:002011-03-09T22:49:58.274-05:00Thank you for setting the tone so well. "... ...Thank you for setting the tone so well. "... to reflect on ... the daily habits which prevent us from moving forward in holiness and in faithfulness to our crucified and risen Lord." Amen!David Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463853662757797641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-48894869796749765562011-03-09T17:52:39.420-05:002011-03-09T17:52:39.420-05:00"the banality of evil" as Arendt quipped..."the banality of evil" as Arendt quipped is frightening and deadly. Thank you for starting our Lenten journey!Katie Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-77527162676657994262011-03-09T14:18:19.100-05:002011-03-09T14:18:19.100-05:00I am struck with the thought that the devil in the...I am struck with the thought that the devil in the story is us. How often do we put ourselves into the story in that role--Throwing scripture at God, commanding him to act in a certain way? <br /><br />Thanks, Keith! My facebook fast has been confirmed as something I need to do during Lent because it is one of those small distractions that sucks up my time that I could be using for being in God's Presence and studying.Becky Lowerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-39335009890063676772011-03-09T11:08:01.915-05:002011-03-09T11:08:01.915-05:00An excellent observation! We're seldom called ...An excellent observation! We're seldom called upon to do epic deeds of goodness and our temptations are usually not earth-shattering either. The place we are most often asked to be faithful is in the mundane, prosaic affairs of life.JACarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861629720648635272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-42643140795742329492011-03-09T09:48:09.899-05:002011-03-09T09:48:09.899-05:00Keith,
I think those mundane temptations are reall...Keith,<br />I think those mundane temptations are really deadly. The core of temptations -big or small- is diminishing God in our lives. That eats us up. We really do need some serious prayer and self-reflection! I join you in your prayer, too! Thanks for such a thought-provoking post. Abundant blessings!Mari-Anna Frangén Stålnackehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986988630184932857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-54020295079636094382011-03-09T07:50:55.779-05:002011-03-09T07:50:55.779-05:00Well said, and very appropriate. I join you in yo...Well said, and very appropriate. I join you in your prayer.Brett Proberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331393889747469100noreply@blogger.com