Delightful Light

Are we children of God or children of nothing? If Adam was the son of God, Luke 3:38, and if Adam was created in the image of God, Genesis 1:26, then McGrath was not far from correct when he wrote this:   "In one of his dialogues, the classical Greek philosopher Plato developed the idea that the world was made out of preexistent matter, which was fashioned into the present form of the world. As well as being taken up by most Gnostic writers, this idea was adopted by early Christian theologians heavily influenced by Platonism, such as Justin Martyr. They professed a belief in preexistent matter, which was shaped into the world in the act of creation." How about that! Romans 1:20 was fulfilled in Plato. The prominent secular philosopher is recorded in history as admitting that all things came from God, Romans 11:36, not ex nihilo which means "out of nothing." Granted, Plato's understanding about God was not perfect, but whose is? The point is that Plato shared som...

Before I jump into explaining how it is written that Jesus demonstrated the first of the seven spirits of God (i.e. the names of the seven keys of the secrets of heaven) the Spirit of Unity, please allow me to offer this word of very strong warning. The seven spirits of God are very zealous for God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. It is not wise to approach the use of these seven keys to the secrets of the kingdom of heaven without humility. Wielding such power can destroy you in much the same way as this guy: God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing t...