"that kingdom cannot stand" - Be Poor so that Your Prayer will be Heard by the God

 

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Be Poor so that Your Prayer will be Heard by the God

The most important question for a man in his life is whether his soul can continue to live after his death in this life.  And, if his soul can, can it enter into Heaven, which must be more important than the first question is.  No man likes to go to the hells after his death in this life.  And, the answer by Christ Jesus is that only the poor can, which is clearly stated in the Bible and is the key to His teaching.  But, everybody wants to get money as much as possible in his life in this world.  That is why none can enjoy blessing by the God.

  

However, some psychics told that they saw rich men in Heaven when they were allowed to see the spirt world.  Yet, Christ Jesus clearly stated that a rich man cannot be accepted in Heaven.  

(Matthew 19)
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Christ Jesus is the best psychic.  We had better trust in Christ Jesus more than any other psychics.

If a man cannot be accepted in Heave, it is no use for his soul to continue to live after his physical death in this world.  But why cannot a rich man be accepted in Heaven?  This is the main theme of the Gospels.  Being rich in this world has more significant meanings that we think it is.  For us to understand what poverty means is to understand what Christ Jesus said. 

Indeed, the more you come to know this world, the more you understand how evil a man would be as he tries to earn more money.  Everyone wants to be happy, and to be happy in this material world, you need money.  Therefore, everyone tries to earn money as much as possible or by whatever means.  And everyone will neglect or sacrifice others or poor neighbors for himself to be rich.  Then, with full of these people, this world will be a hell.  So, it can be understood why Christ Jesus said that a rich man could not be accepted in Heaven.

The desire to earn money as much as possible leads to denial of neighbors' well beings and the poor.  But, materially being rich and happy in this world leads to the hells.  Poor men 2,000 years ago must be glad to hear this teaching of Christ Jesus.  Their being poor promises them to be accepted in Heaven.  Therefore, the core of the teachings of Christ Jesus is encouragement of becoming poor rather than rich.  

If you are kind to others or love the poor, you cannot be richer than others or the poor.  So, as a result, you will inevitably be poor as much as your neighbors or the poor are.  Then you will not sell your soul to Satan, while ordinary people would even sell their souls to Satan in order to become rich.  They would do any evil things to earn money, so that they would obey Satan.  The more they earn money, the more they would do evil things and sell their souls to Satan.

That is why this world with full of people who want to be rich cannot be blessed by the God, since such people would go the hells after death in this world.

Put simply, the core of the teachings of Christ Jesus is: Be poor in this world so as to be accepted in Heaven after death in this world.  Therefore, to show your faith in the God and Christ Jesus, you have to be poor enough to be accepted in Heaven.  Then, your prayers will be surely heard by the God and Christ Jesus. 

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Mark 3, King James Version
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

"the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove" - What is the God? Will He Here our Prayers?

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What is the God? Will He Here our Prayers?

In 1856 Alan Kardec (1804-1869) or the French educator, translator, and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail communicated with spiritual entities and wrote what they answered to his questions.  The answer to his question about what the God is is as follows:

"The God is the supreme wisdom and the source of everything."

His book "Spirits' Book" had been printed in 4 million copies, and there are more than 20 million followers of his doctrines in Brazil.   Since 1848, psychic research has been promoted especially in Europe, Americas, etc.  In the French-speaking world, Alan Kardec is a notable man in this field.  It is said that Kardec communicated with the spirits of St. John, St. Paul, Swedenborg, etc. working in the spirit world. 

Other important answers from the spiritual entities are:

"Men cannot understand the essence of the God."

"The basic is that the God exists."

"The God was not caused by anything, but everything was caused by the God."  

So, every elemental particle, atom, molecule, and other material element were created by the God.  This whole material universe, including our bodies and various material energies, were made by the God.

However, what concerns to us is whether the God hears our prayers and changes our fates as well as situations and conditions surrounding us.   In this respect, if we believe in Christ Jesus, we can be sure that the God can.  Indeed, Christ Jesus said: "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. (Luke 17)." 

So, we have to believe in Christ Jesus if we want the God to hear us and allow what we wish to come true.  In other words, we have to have faith which should be pure enough to the eyes of the God even if it is as small as a mustered seed. 

The God is almighty, so that everything that exists and can exist owes its existence to the God.  In other words, anything that exists can exist as the God exists.  And, not only material entities but also our fates and their transit depend on the God.  The God can change any material entities and also our fates.

And, as the God created this material world or the universe through spiritual energy in the spirit world, we can connect to the God through our prayers that can connect to the spiritual energy.  And, our faith in the God should be a form of our prayers without verbal expressions at every moment of our daily life.  Therefore, establishing and having pure faith in the God can be a way to connect our wishes to the God.  Then, the God may work a miracle. 

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Luke 3, King James Version
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

"Added yet this above all" - The Sycamine and a Grain of Mustard Seed

 

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The Sycamine and a Grain of Mustard Seed

Christ Jesus said that those with enough faith could bring about a miracle:

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. (Luke 17)

If you believe in the God and Christ Jesus, you have to believe this His word: A miracle can be achieved by a man with enough faith.  But, what miracles does a man with enough faith want?  At least, it is thought that if a man with little or no faith in the God wants any miracles, he cannot achieve any miracles.

In addition, there are some people who have super-natural power with which they can achieve miracles to our eyes.  Do they all have enough faith?  Further, are there any conditions or restrictions on a miracle we want to achieve with our faith, if we should wish to cause any miracle?  

Can we bring peace to Ukraine, stop the coronavirus pandemic, or make the poor rich with our faith?  Or what faith is needed for us to bring peace to Ukraine, stop the coronavirus pandemic, or make the poor rich?  It is thought that we have to have faith big enough or pure enough to cause these miracles.  At least, it is thought naturally that we have to wish peace, well-beings and health of people, and happiness of the poor above anything we are enjoying in our daily lives.  In other words, beyond any our own material interests, profits, and  happiness we must wish peace, well-beings and health of people, and happiness of the poor.  If we love any our own material interests, profits, and  happiness more than peace, well-beings and health of people, and happiness of the poor, our faith should not be enough to cause such miracles.

And, a man with faith beyond any his own material interests, profits, and  happiness should not want a tree to be plucked by the root and planted in the sea without any reasons or for a reason to show his own power so as to be respected by others.  In other words, as long as we get material profits or happiness from the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, or existence of the poor, no matter if we happen to wish occasionally peace in Ukraine, end of the coronavirus pandemic, or salvation of the poor, no miracles should happen.     

But, if we have faith in the God based on which we wish salvation of people who are now suffering in the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, and poverty, miracles should be caused.  But in most of cases, we neglect those now suffering in the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, and poverty so as to keep our own peace, well-beings, and wealth.  We may have general compassion to them, but we will reject any sacrifice of our own to save them.

In the case of the sycamine, if we want to make a profit by selling the tree but we find somebody drowning in the sea and we want to save the man, wishing the tree to move into the sea so that the drowning man can hold the tree to be saved, a miracle should occur with the sycamine moving into the sea.        

Yet, Satan will tell us that they, who are now suffering in the war, pandemic, or poverty, have nothing to do with our material happiness, so that it is better for us to just forget about them and pursue our daily material happiness. 

Indeed, to have faith enough to be regarded as a grain of mustard seed to the eyes of the God is so difficult, since even if we think that our faith is as large as the Himalayas, our faith can be smaller than a grain of mustard seed to the eyes of the God.  

We are still like a rich young man who was disappointed and left Christ Jesus when he was told by Him to sell all he had, give money obtained by selling his assets, etc. to the poor, and follow Christ Jesus.  But, if we pray for peace, well-beings and health of others, and salvation of the poor everyday, the effect of the prayer might become as larger as a grain of mustered seed to the eyes of the Holy Mother, Christ Jesus, or the God.  

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Luke 3, King James Version

18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.