When division is multiplication. but first, a warm up with some other examples of God's math. And a corny joke tucked in the middle.

Greetings, everyone!
Arn'tcha glad our God is unfathomable? (Deut. 29:29) Having limitless attributes yet no “parts”, He’s a “math problem” for academics & quack-a-demics alike who try to explain Him.... He’s 3 Persons w/7 spirits, (whatever that means!.....Rev. 3:1), yet 1 GOD!!!.....Deut. 6:4 says "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One". I'm told that Hebrew word for One (Echad) implies unity while the cardinal word for 1 is Yechid.

At the end of the livelong day, all God analogies fail. But even ur's truly, the eternal skeptic of the ecclesiastical industry complex, sees great illustrations of Glory in cathedrals....intentional or not. Like the Trinity & Divine attributes, every stone internally reinforces the whole….but who comes from afar to mathematically analyze stones? A few, but YOU'D go to gawk & feel puny under their integrated beauty.....& hopefully contemplate God. Likewise, the Trinity isn't a math problem to be solved but a God to be worshiped. 

Check this out! Go to about the 6 min. mark to see the illustration. 

  

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John Chrysostom's quote, "Let mysteries be mysteries" has become a source of deep comfort. My own voracious drive to "understand" God via technique, secondary issues & even established doctrine is receding as my momentum is now toward wonder. (YES, of course!....Doctrine's important, but won't lead to intimacy w/God.) Through our worship, He’ll impart intimacy via our spirits. (1 Corinthians 2:13-14)  We experienced that intimacy upon hearing R's Jesus dream, albeit "recycled" & having come to us 2d hand. (Refer to the 7/4/24 post.) Knowing little "doctrine", he experienced what none of us ever have! That’s why folks like him are poised to soon lead the Western Church out of its apostasy.......Apostate, because we run more on analysis than mystery.....Sorta naive & stale, we ignore the whole counsel of God. (Acts 20:27) When God is reduced to just another someTHING…a subject to be conquered by human wisdumb....wonder is ruined.  But WE are HIS subjects! And praise God, we'll never be anything more!..... 

Over time, sectarian ANALYSIS births hobby horses which birth yet wilder hobby horses. Example: The logical ends of both Calvinism & Arminianism.....& the capacities they have to destroy people's faith when each is taken to their extremes is a good example. (Acts 20:29-31)…..Heresies emerging from these two historic views galloped outa the darned-est places & are both actually pretty harmless most of the time as long as they're kept tame. Furthermore, because money & careers are dependent upon their respective brands, many try to protect these brands at all costs. Remember the Branch Davidians? They came out of the Davidians who came out of 7th Day Adventism. Sounds cruel, but hobby horses like this should be branded immediately when identified before they trample over people. 

Ok......here's the joke & an example of how a leader got WAYYY off base....but probably had a mentor who was merely "off base". There’s an oddball sect/cult called "The Gospel Assembly Church" which believes that the Father & the Son are Divine, but not the Holy Spirit. Since they dont believe in the Trinity, I thought I'd give their doctrine a new name.….The doctrine of the TWINITY!!!!....NYUK NYUK NYUK!!!! OF COURSE!!!!....But the GAC is an example of what happens WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO FIGURE GOD OUT!......

So, uh....where's this going????.....To be blunt, impacting our world requires less, not more. John 17:23 is often quoted in pleas for unity. But Jesus ALSO came to DIVIDE! (Luke 12:51-53) It's key to remember that biblical axioms are often verses held in tension & balance. God's math also REDUCED Gideon's army to a victorious 300...... (Judges 6-8).....And cautious growth is also our model........

.....Leading us to turn down 1/3+ of those wanting to work w/us, one of whom is the leader of an org. who asked if I'd facilitate his expansion into refugee work. Had he asked, I would've joined them as an unpaid staffer....until he admitted their association w/gay affirming churches. I said, "No dice......How would you, the Church & Jesus be perceived if a gay couple were to show up at a refugee's home???? They're VERY trad. people.....Moreover, know that, unless you repent, I'll sound the alarm if I ever hear of you starting to interact w/any refugee community." He's apparently still unrepentant 2 yrs on after conceding that I was probably right.....YES. I get into other people's bizniz! Someone is going to set the tone. Might as well be for holiness......& a modicum of holiness is imperative for the Spirit to move. I speak because few establishment types are speaking up. YES, I pray for him…….And YES. Because God seems to be rewarding our tenacity w/kingdom results which outpace our efforts & size, we intend to influence & leverege wherever possible. 

Been reading the Book of Amos. I relate to Amos because he was theologically untrained & blue-collar like ur's truly. He spoke to pagan nations as well as Israel & Judah. However, As we’re in a diff dispensation of Grace than him, I deal w/unbelievers differently than those in the Church. (1 Cor. 5:9-13) If an unbeliever breaks a law they've created for themselves, per Romans 2:14-16, I point out the hypocrisy. Next time you see a BLM sign, ask the owner what they are doing for the African American community. Usually, you'll just get "solidarity" talk or a deer in the headlights.
 
Revisiting the topic of horses, I'll finish w/an amazing vid about Belgian Draught Horses…..Check out the compelling divine math which the Lord imbedded in creation! 

For horses (except for hobby), enjoying Him w/childlike wonder, unsolvable math problems and the nations......

......Just another witness to His Glory!