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JESUS CHRIST AS .MR. SANDMAN. |
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"Send me a Dream!" |
Matt. 7:7-11  HAS ITS LIMITATIONS EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE DOESN'T "TELL ME SO!" |
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WELL, I DISCOVERED AS I GREW OLDER THAT IN A WAY JESUS DID AND DOES LOVE ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ----
AND I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT IN A WAY JESUS DID AND DOES LOVE ALL THESE CHILDREN IN SPITE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR AND RELIGIOUS UP-BRINGING -
AND AS I GREW UP I DISCOVERED THAT WHAT I AND MY SISTERS PATTY, AND WILMA, AND LEONA, AND JOYCE - AND MY BROTHER LEON, AND MYSELF WERE TAUGHT BY OUR SCHOOL-TEACHER AND MINISTER FATHER, AND OUR SCHOOL TEACHER HARD-WORKING MOTHER ON THAT FARM IN UTAH WAS IN A WAY CORRECT AND A REAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD WE WERE BORN INTO! The "Holt Children" to which this page refers, --on a Utah farm
BUT, IN OTHER REAL WAYS, AND INDEED MANY WAYS, WHAT MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER AND THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST RELIGION I WAS SPOON-FED WITH MY PABLUM AND VEGGIE DIET TAUGHT ME AS A CHILD WAS SADLY LACKING IN MANY WAYS, --
AND EVEN LACKING IN TEACHING ME ATTITUDES TOWARD LIFE AND TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE THAT I AND MY BROTHER AND SISTERS MUST LEARN TO BECOME A USEFUL PART OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE THAT FARM IN UTAH, AND OUTSIDE OUR FAMILY RELIGION!
JESUS CHRIST, MY BUDDY AND MY TEACHER, THE UNSEEN HAND THAT ROCKED MY CRADLE, PRECARIOUSLY SWINGING IN A TREE-TOP -- "ROCK-A-BYE BABY, IN THE TREE TOP! WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK! WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, THE CRADLE WILL FALL, AND DOWN WILL COME BABY, CRADLE AND ALL!" IS OFFERING THE WHOLE WORLD A DREAM,
HIS DREAM FOR THIS WORLD, A DREAM AT LEAST PARTLY STATED IN MATTHEW 7:7-11 AND IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT -- A DREAM THAT CAN BE DREAMED EVEN BY CHILDREN -- INDEED, PERHAPS IS BETTER DREAMED AND UNDERSTOOD BY CHILDREN THAN THE ADULTS THEY'LL BECOME! |
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Matthew 7:7 "ASK, and it shall be given you; SEEK, and ye shall FIND; ..KNOCK and it shall be opened unto you: 8 "For everyone who asketh RECEIVETH; and he that seeketh FINDETH; and to him that knocketh it shall be OPENED." 9 " Or what man is there of you, whom if HIS SON ask bread, will he give him a stone?" 10 "Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?" 11 "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them who ask him?" AS A CHILD I BELIEVED THIS PROMISE -- AS A CHILD I DREAMED THIS DREAM -- I BELIEVED IT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE BIBLE -- AND BECAUSE JESUS SAID IT, AND BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT THAT JESUS IS NOT A LIAR, AND KEEPS HIS PROMISES!
NOT EVERY CHILD IN THIS WORLD IS AS LUCKY AS I WAS -- NOT EVERY CHILD IN THIS WORLD WAS BROUGHT UP
BY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS -- THAT I SHOULD STRIVE TO DO RIGHT, KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NOT EAT PORK, AND GET MY DUCKS IN ORDER, BECAUSE MY BUDDY JESUS WAS INDEED COMING BACK ANY DAY SOON TO CHECK ON ME, SEE IF I WAS LIVING ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE, AND REWARD ME IF I WAS, AND PUNISH ME PAINFULLY IF I WASN'T. YOU MIGHT SAY JESUS IS MY GOD-FATHER! I'VE LIVED AND AM LIVING THIS DREAM-LIFE BECAUSE JESUS GAVE IT TO ME, AND FOR NO OTHER REASON!
THERE'S THAT ALTERNATIVE, OF COURSE, THAT KEEPS SOME PEOPLE LIVING BETTER THAN THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE BE LIVING, BUT AS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST I WAS NEVER TAUGHT TO BELIEVE IN, OR FEAR, AN EVER-BURNING HELL.
CAN I NOW, AT 80 YEARS OLD ASSURE ALL THE CHILDREN NOW ABLE TO READ THIS WEB PAGE ALL OVER THE WORLD (RED AND YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE, ALL ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT) THAT IN EVERY CASE AND AT ALL TIMES, THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE (AS JESUS SAID TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM)-
Matthew 7:7 "ASK, and it shall be given you; SEEK, and ye shall FIND; ..KNOCK and it shall be opened unto you: 8 "For everyone who asketh RECEIVETH; and he that seeketh FINDETH; and to him that knocketh it shall be OPENED." 9 " Or what man is there of you, whom if HIS SON ask bread, will he give him a stone?" 10 "Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?" 11 "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them who ask him?" NO, I CANNOT HONESTLY SAY THAT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE IN YOUR CASE, BUT I WILL SAY FOR SURE --
IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU'LL GENERALLY NOT RECEIVE! IF YOU DON'T SEEK, YOU'LL GENERALLY NOT FIND! IF YOU DON'T KNOCK, FEW DOORS WILL BE OPENED UNTO YOU! JESUS IS BEING A TAD OPTIMISTIC WHEN HE SAYS -- Verse 8 "For everyone who asketh RECEIVETH; and he that seeketh FINDETH; and to him that knocketh it shall be OPENED." But then, JESUS was an OPTIMISTIC FELLAH when he was speaking directly to his FOLLOWERS, which was TRUE in this case, and whether you fit into this category now, or will EVER fit into this category - OPTIMISM (THE GLASS IS HALF-FULL) WILL GENERALLY (BUT NOT ALWAYS) GET YOU FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO THAN PESSIMISM (THE GLASS IS HALF-EMPTY)
I'm promoting here Jesus the Jewish Rabbi and world-class Psychologist and Teacher NOT "Jesus as God", which was a DELUSION foisted on a gullible and willing superstitious world by the Roman Emperor Constantine and some Christian Bishops tired of constant persecution and trouble from a generally Pagan Roman Empire! NEXT PAGE: Matthew 7:7-11 has its limitations--" or RETURN to |
