Dwelling on God's Law

[Manonfire63]

I wrote some heavy things in "The End of the World." Someone understanding that could have a lot of heavy things on him suddenly. This is lighter.

What does it mean to Dwell on God's Law? I have found that sometimes, Christians talk about these things, abstractly. Dwelling on God's Law is a good thing, and you SHOULD do it. They don't do this themselves. They may not understand. You should do these things? What does it mean to Dwell on God's Law in a realistic, and reasonable way, that could change someone's life today?

Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away. (Psalms 1:1-4)

What is spirit is someone of? Spirits effect motivations. Someone who was of the Spirit of God, they may think about God a lot, and be prone to God centric activities. When I write "Someone who is of The Spirit," I was a life long Christian. I grew up in a Non-Denominational Church. I thought I was a saved man. I received a calling one day. I found that God controls his Holy Spirit like the dial on a car radio. Given someone was of the world, and was in sin, he may have turned it down. He may be really hard to hear. Given a man was seeking God, and his heart was in the right place, and he found God, God may turn his Holy Spirit up. A man who had the Holy Spirit turned up, like God turning up the music, he may have thought about God a lot, and be prone to God centric activities.


God is reason. God works in reasonable ways. There is reason behind everything that God does. One of my first steps down this road of understanding was listening to the song "When the Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash. I had heard the song before, and liked it as a Christian. One day, about 11-12 years ago, I thought to myself "I don't understand what the lyrics mean." I did a bible study. I broke down the song, and would internet search the scriptures referenced in the song looking for understanding. It was just me and God, sitting at my computer with my Bible. What do the lyrics mean? I did this Bible Study and came away with greater understanding.

The "When The Man Comes Around" Bible Study, it changed how I was thinking. I started to pick up lyrics in secular songs and music. I started picking up certain rhythms. I started having Eyes to See and Ears to Hear. (Ezekiel 12:2)(Matthew 13:15-17) That may be a way a man starts dwelling on The Law of The Lord.

 

[Manonfire63]

Question: Given someone is thinking about God day and night, does that mean he doesn't sleep?

I was shepherded into some things. I am also an Army Veteran. From the US Army, I learned that a man only needs four hours of sleep a night, and they don't have to be consecutive.

Sometimes I don't sleep in a supernatural way.

 

[Manonfire63]

I grew up in the 1990's. I used to drive to Church with my dad, listening to classic rock music. I liked it. I liked the sound of it. As a young man, I didn't really understand all the lyrics. Later in life, around the age of 30, God gave me ears to hear and eyes to see. (Ezekiel 12:2)(Proverbs 20:12)(Matthew 13:15-17)

Church attendance in 1960 was at 63%. Church attendance in 2024 has been at 35%. A lot of education was centered on the Bible. In the 1970's, a lot of Education started to become a "Form of Secular Paganism" and many people become Blind and Deaf. They were hear no evil, see no evil. A lot of people with a lot of Bible knowledge may have used that knowledge for evil in a rejection of righteousness and a rejection of God.

In 1960, a lot of people may have been aware "Bad Company Corrupts Good Character." (1 Corinthians 15:33) It was a proverb. People may have been wary of strangers. In the 1970's, there was a band Bad Company singing the song "Bad Company." Did that change people's perceptions? Were you aware that "Bad Company Corrupt Good Character" or were you more aware of the song "Bad Company" and possibly its cover by younger bands? This would be an example of Spiritual Warfare. Part of Spiritual Warfare has been a war of words, a war of thoughts. (2 Corinthians 10:5) How does a man perceive himself? How does a man perceive God? Given there was a change in perceptions....a change towards what? God's Goal is the Kingdom of God. We should all be of "One Mind." (Philippians 2;2)

The focus of a lot of "Conservatives" has been to "Get Along" and Keep the Peace. Get along with what exactly? Heresy? Apostasy? Lets rock the boat. We don't have to get along. God has been drawing a line. What side of the line would you like to be on? The side that locks you up during Covid, allows criminals to run free on the streets, and appeases bad behavior at Universities, or the side of God and righteousness?

 

[Manonfire63]

Question: Can someone be dwelling on God's Law without being this combative?

No.

In the Body of Christ, we all have a function. Some are the feet, some the hands, some the eyes, some the mouth. (Ephesians 4:11) Maybe a woman's function is to be a good wife and mother, a helper, supporting her family. That is ok.

Christianity is a Go or a No Go. It is pass or fail. Someone is in the Dark or in the Light of the Lord.

Holy - To be made separate.

The wages of sin are death. A lot of people have been like the living dead. Zombies, they work to bite others, and drag them down with them. An 18 year old girl, at college, given she was lead into sexual sins......she may try to lead all her friends down with her, so they can be equally miserable taking a that walk of shame together?

A man's friend stole something. "Don't be a narc dude." He says. He may try to involve you in his crime, so you are equally guilty together, and to ensure you will not talk.

Holy - To be made separate.

Are you in darkness or The Light of The Lord? (Ephesians 5:8)

 

[Manonfire63]

Holiness -

The Spiritual is layered. It is layered like layers in the Atmosphere, or layers in a Divine Comedy. Sometimes the Comedy is really Black humor.
There are different ways someone can be in the presence of God. Isaac, for example, the name means "Laughter." God promised Abraham sons like the stars in the sky. God did not say when. When Abraham and Sarah finally had a healthy baby boy, they may have laughed. They were experiencing God and seeing prophecy fulfilled.

Given a man ventured into God's Presence, like in God's Courtroom, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and he had sin and "stuff" on his soul, or in his heart, he may die, or be thrown to the ground and in a lot of pain, suffering God's Anger.

The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

Standing in the presence of God, this implies "No Sin."

Someone should work to be "One With God." To be perfect.