What we see.
And what we don’t see.

 

CAN WE SEE
THE HEART/SPIRIT ?

 

This section is based on:
            o    All of Jesus’ preaching & teaching. 
            o    All of Jesus’ interactions with people.

 

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As I explained on the previous webpage, How Judgment works,  
            we cannot see,
            even God cannot see,
            individual bad brain cells.

            This is because
            many brain cells that do bad
            at other times do good,
            and vice versa.

 

However, God can see,
and even we can see,
the behaviour that the brain produces.
See third & fourth cells
of earlier section: HEART/SPIRIT & SOUL.,,,,,

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            A person’s behaviour
            is a mixture of good and bad,
            all of which is produced by the soul.

            So, when you’re seeing someone’s behaviour,
            you are, in effect, seeing their soul.

 

 

 

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But, can we also see people’s hearts/spirits?

            In the webpage before last
,,        ,,        (Jesus’ use of the words ‘heart’ ’righteous’ and ‘wicked’)

            I wrote that God can see people’s hearts/spirits.

 

 

 

            But it’s obvious that very few of us
            can see people’s hearts/spirits.

                       A person’s behaviour might be the heart/spirit,
                       expressing itself, through the soul.

                       But it might equally be the soul, on its own,
                       expressing itself.

            We’ve no way of telling which.

            Hence most of us see only the soul.

 

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            The soul, in effect, hides the heart/spirit.
            Hence we see everyone only as various shades of grey. 

 

 

 

            A person’s culture (or cultures) is
            the outer layer of the soul.

            Some people’s layer of culture(s) is so thick
            that it hides even the rest of the soul
            never mind the heart/spirit.

,         ,         Perhaps see earlier section: ABOUT CULTURES.,,,,,

 

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Actually, I think a few people can see hearts/spirits.
But very few.
And they’re not sure what they’re seeing,
not sure what they’re looking at.

            Seeing someone’s heart/spirit
            is seeing whether they’re inside out or not.
            Something you either see straight away or not at all.

 

If you think you can see people’s hearts/spirits,
then you must see later section:
FOUR REASONS WHY WE SHOULDN’T TRY
TO JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE’S HEARTS/SPIRITS, , , , .

 

If you cannot see people’s hearts/spirits,
but need to, for say safety reasons,
then simply ask God to tell you. 

            Like Ananias did regarding Saul.
            Acts c9 v10-22: 
            Ananias asked God
            to tell him whether Saul would be
            a danger to him or not.   my abbreviation

 

The parable, commonly called The prodigal son,
(last two thirds of Luke c15)
is about three characters: a father and his two sons.

The father represents God.
The two sons represent us.

            The three characters each reveal their hearts/spirits
            as the story progresses.

            And their hearts/spirits are different from
            what you’d expect them to be.
            Indeed, the opposite of
            what you’d expect them to be.

 

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FOR A WHILE
THE SOUL MAY BE THE OPPOSITE
OF THE HEART/SPIRIT

 

Currently:
            the soul may be different to, even opposite to, the heart/spirit.

But, eventually:
            the heart/spirit makes the soul to be just like itself.

 

Hence Moses, David, Paul, & Peter, all star in the Bible,
even wrote much of the Bible.

Yet:
 
      o    Moses had murdered,   Exo c2 v11-12,,,,,
,                  That’s why he fled to the land of Midian, to hide,    Exo c2 v13-15,,,,,
,                  where God later spoke to him through a burning bush:    Exo c2 v16 – c4 v20,,,,,


      o    David had murdered,,,,,
            and committed adultery,  2 Sam c11 v1 – c12 v25,,,,,

      o    Paul had murdered, 
            Acts c6 v1 – c9 v2    Acts c22 v4    Acts c22 v19-20 
            1 Cor c15 v9    1 Tim c1 v15,,,

      o    Peter, though standing next to Jesus
            and having heard all of Jesus’ preaching
            on loving your enemies,
            tried to cut someone’s head off.
                 Though Peter was a fisherman, he had a sword,
                 and cut off the ear of one of those sent to arrest Jesus.
                 He was probably aiming for the head or neck
                 since it’s hard to cut off an ear.
                 And the sword was sharp
                 so Jesus’ command to stop was timely.
                  John c18 v10-11  and:  Luke c22 v35-38  &  v47-51  combined.

 

To conclude:

Currently:
            the soul may be different to, even opposite to, the heart/spirit.

But, eventually:
            the heart/spirit makes the soul to be just like itself.

 

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DO YOU KNOW GOD YET?

 

If you find it hard to accept:
            that Moses, David, Paul, & Peter,
            did such wrongs as adultery, murder, & attempted murder,
then you might only know about God,
might not yet know God.

 

To help you know God:

            Notice that Moses, David, Paul & Peter,
            did not remain in error.

            They repented, gladly served God,
            and Moses, Paul, & Peter, for sure
            consequently did great things for God.
 
            God is:
                       eager to redeem us,
                       eager to Forgive us & give us purpose.

 

            For God looks at the heart/spirit
            not the soul.

            God is not like the world.

 

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