Integrity - The Path

How well do you know your “self”? . . . . . . .

1Co 4:4-5

For I am not conscious of any matter against myself, yet I am not declared right by this, but He who judges me is יהוה.

So do not judge any at all before the time, until the Master comes, who shall bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the thoughts of the hearts. And then each one’s praise shall come from Elohim.

Let’s take a walk . . . . . . .

Isaiah 40:13-14.

“Who has meted out the Spirit of יהוה, or as His counsellor taught Him?

“With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right-ruling? Who taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding?”

(The Scriptures (ISR) translation with footnotes.)

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You’re on a path . . . . . . .Describe the path.

Is it easy to walk or is it difficult? Why?

What makes it that way?

What do you see?

Are there sounds?

Is there a smell?

What are you feeling?

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Describe the house.

What is the condition of the house?

Go into the house and describe what you see.

If you choose to, enter the rooms one-by-one.

What catches your attention?

How do you feel?

There’s a house . . . . . . .

Return to the path and look back at the house.

Has the house changed? If so, in what way?

Has the path changed?

What are you feeling?

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There’s a cup . . . . . . .There’s something in the cup.

What are you doing with the contents?

What are you doing with the cup?

Continue . . .

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There’s a boulder . . . . . . .

Describe the boulder.

What are you doing?

What are you feeling?

Continue . . .

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There’s a bear . . . . . . .Describe the bear.

How big is the bear?

What is the bear doing?

What are you doing?

What are you feeling?

The bear is gone.

Continue . . .

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You come to a body of water . . . . . . .

Describe that body of water.

What is the condition of the water?

What catches your attention?

What are you feeling?

Continue . . .

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There’s a wall . . . . . . .Describe the wall.

How high is the wall?

Can you see over it?

What do you see?

Do you want to go over the wall?

The choice is yours.

Continue . . .

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There’s a path . . . . . . .Describe the path.

Is it different than the first?

What do you see?

Are there sounds?

Is there a smell?

What are you feeling?

Continue . . .

If you chose to go over the wall . . .

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Describe this house.

What is the condition of this house?

Go into this house and describe what you see.

If you choose to, enter the rooms one-by-one.

What catches your attention?

How do you feel?

There’s a house . . . . . . .

Do you want to stay in this house?

Now the reality . . . . . . .

We all have our path in life.

Some paths are easy to walk, some are difficult . . . . . . .

Isa 64:8 And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand.

From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary : Domicile

DOMICIL, n. [L., a mansion.] An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or family; a residence, animo manendi.

We all have an earthen

home in which we

“reside” . . . . . . .

From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Residence - RES'IDENCE, n. 

1. The act of abiding or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. 

2. The place of abode; a dwelling; a habitation. 

3. That which falls to the bottom of liquors. Obs. 

4. In the canon and common law, the abode of a person or incumbent on his benefice; opposed to non-residence. 

Resident - RES'IDENT, a. [L. residens.] 

Dwelling or having an abode in a place for a continuance of time, but not definite; as a minister resident at the court of St. James. A B is now resident in . . . America. 

RES'IDENT, n.  

1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time. A B is now a resident in London. 

2. A public minister who resides at a foreign court. It is usually applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of embassadors.

Our earthen “residence” is our “freehold”;

Our legal and lawful “real estate”

until we return to our “domicile”.

From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

FreeholdFREE'HOLD, a. That land or tenement which is held in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for term of life. It is of two kinds; in deed, and in law. The first is the real possession of such land or tenement; the last is the right a man has to such land or tenement, before his entry or seizure. Freehold is also extended to such offices as a man holds in fee or for life. It is also taken in opposition to villenage. 

In the United States, a freehold is an estate which a man holds in his own right, subject to no superior nor to conditions.

Freeholder

FREE'HOLDER, n. One who owns an estate in fee-simple, fee-tail or for life; the possessor of a freehold. Every juryman must be a freeholder.

Inside our house (our earthen vessel; our “real estate”) we have marketable resources

.From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary :

Corporeal - CORPOREAL, CORPOREOUS, a. Having a body; consisting of a material body; material; opposed to spiritual or immaterial; as our corporeal frame; corporeal substance.

Incorporeal - INCORPO'REAL, a. [L. incorporalis, incorporeus.]Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; immaterial. Spirits are deemed incorporeal substances.

(Corporealist - CORPOREALIST, n. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances.)

In, and along, our path are many interesting things. What do you do with what you find? . . . What did you do with the cup?

Genesis 40:11,13,21; 44:2,12,16,17; 2 Samuel 12:3; 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5;

Psalms 11:6; 16:5; 23:5; 73:10; 75:8; 116:13;Proverbs 23:31; Isaiah 51:17,22;

Jeremiah 16:7; 25:15,17,28; 49:12; 51:7;Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 23:31,32,33; Habakkuk 2:16; Zechariah 12:2;

Matthew 10:42; 20:22,23; 23:25,26; 26:27,39; Mark 9:41; 10:38,39; 14:23,36; Luke 11:39; 22:17,20,42; John 18:11;

1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:25,26,27,28; Revelation 14:10; 16:19; 17:4; 18:6.

Sometimes there are obstacles in, and along, our path. What do you do when you encounter an obstacle? . . . How were you affected by the boulder along this path? Isa 40:4

“Let every valley be raised, and every mountain and hill made low. And the steep ground shall become level, and the rough places smooth.”

When you encountered the bear; what did you do? . . . Was it typical of your past responsesto problems you’ve

encounter? . . . .

Psa 23:1-6

.is my shepherd; I do not lack יהוה

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters.

He turns back1 my being; He leads me in paths of righteousness For His Name’s sake. Footnote: 1Or He converts.

When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil. For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You spread before me a table in the face of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup runs over.

Only goodness and kindness follow me All the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the House of יהוה, To the length of days!

What was the condition of the water you saw? . . . Whether contaminated, or clean, you can (if you choose) follow its flow to its pristine, life giving source. . . .

Isa 40:12 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with a span, and contained the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?”

Life goes on. Did you go over the wall; into its next phase?

What will life be like for you if you return to where you were? . . . . . .

Psa 27:11-13

Teach me Your way, O And lead me in a ,יהוהsmooth path, because of my enemies.

Do not give me over To the desire of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out cruelty to me.

What if I had not believed To see the goodness of !In the land of the living יהוה

Choice . . . . . . .

Upon our return to our legal domicile we will be called on to give an account of what we did in our freehold. . . . . . . . Rev 11:18

“And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets and to the set-apart ones, and to those who fear Your Name, small and great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

How will you be judged? . . . . . . .

The choice is yours . . . . . . .