Recap –
Coach Lombardi – [^] Coach Belichick

Prodigal Son verbal summary

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So as far as we have gone in this parable you now have a good background
as to the plan English and the isagogics. Let’s look at the spiritual meaning
of this part of the Prodigal son.

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Luke 15:11 ¶ And He [Jesus] said, "A certain man [God the Father] had
two sons [both believers];

I want to skip some detailed background as to the circumstances of where
and why Jesus told this parable. My goal is to keep this relatively simple
for now (even if it is not short). Just know there is allot of background as
to why Jesus told this parable. But for now, it is not important.

What I do want to mention, something that many in ‘Christianity’ do not
understand and what I want to make clear is that we are all undeserving of
receiving anything from God.
You are a well taught congregation, but it is worth repeating.

God can’t have anything to do with sin or sinner
(you know this as what the bible calls unrighteousness).
Therefore God can’t have a relationship with sinful mankind.
But He wants to (ponder than – He wants to …)
and so His Love Motivated Him to find a solution (Think and
Act) and that solution was Salvation followed by the sp life – the CWLiving.

We are learning God’s solutions that enable us to live in this world
and have a relationship with God,
and in using His solutions and following His instructions,
we can navigate this corrupt world we live in
and first demonstrate to ourselves how we can be happy, content and
relaxed (by using God’s solutions)
and then by living the CWLiving we show others (a witness).

God found a way to provide for us and all we have to do is
Learn, Think, Motive and Act – or in short obey,
but obey because we want to, not because we have to (that is part of motivation).

Along with being unworthy, because we are sinners and will sin in the
future, this means our human nature is evil.

We are not basically good; we are evil and strive to be good.
That is hard to swallow and most human thinking says we are basically good but do bad things. No. God says we do not have a righteousness equal to His and therefore are unrighteous.
Again this is a hard to accept since we are brought up to think of ourselves as basically good (Satan’s lie).
But the fact is when we compare ourselves to God, we are totally unrighteous and evil.

Now be careful, do not take this to the extreme. God created us and we are
valuable to Him,
we just have a nature that is unrighteous compared to His.
And as I said He cannot have anything to do with unrighteousness or sin. So He had to do something about it. And did.

There are many people who have good traits and follow morale principles
(which are given by God for all people - DE) but the bible is clear we are
basically bad people and we have to strive to be good.
Which is just the opposite of what humanity (i.e. Satan) says and peddles, which is false and anti-God.
If God says we are naturally evil and humanists say we are basically good,
then they are saying God is wrong, God is a lair and are against God.
Therefore they are on the wrong side and they are siding with Satan.
That might be rough to hear but it is factual and God says this directly.

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Psalm 14:1 (For the choir director. A Psalm of David.)
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
Psalm 14:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of
men,
To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
Psalm 14:3 They have all turned aside; together they have become
[morally] corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

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Rom 3:10 As it is written [in Ecclesiastes 7:20], "There is none righteous,
not even one;
Rom 3:11 There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for
God; [God sought us]
Rom 3:12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good, There is not even one."

So where am I going with this? Simply, we are all unworthy, and so for the
prodigal son to say he is unworthy to be a son, he is wrong on two counts.
First, he was always unworthy, not just this one little time when he
demanded from his father the inheritance and then sold it and left for a
distant country.
He was always from his birth unworthy.
Second, he says he was unworthy to be his son, again once a son always a son. So he was wrong with his logic twice. Thus he still has allot to learn and growing up to do.

God’s salvation gift is provided to all, there are not levels of deserving
individuals or levels of undeserving individuals.
As human beings we all sin, some more, some less but there are not degrees of sin making one better than another.
(There are different ramifications for sins – e.g. murder vs speeding ticket).
What the bible makes clear is that we all, everyone, is undeserving.

So know the bible is absolutely clear that we all are undeserving,
yet God Loves us and gives us grace (un-merited blessing). John 3:16.

This parable portrays the attitude of God the Father toward the lost.
Seeking the lost to come to Him in contrast to an excluding attitude.
Since we are all undeserving and lost (without God),
God takes the initiative and seeks you.
He does this consistent with His Righteousness and Justice, motivated by His Love.

I want to read another quote from Col Thieme - .
The unfailing love of God for His own, that is believers, is the security that He provides for those who are His [believers], no matter where we are, no
matter which direction we go, no matter how far we stray, no matter how
lost we are. He never gives up, never. He is going to pursue you and try to
persuade you to have a relationship with Him, a most beneficial
relationship that has benefits in time, this life, and for all eternity.

That’s our God.

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Luke 15:11 And He [Jesus] said, A certain man [God the Father] had two
sons [both believers];
Luke 15:12 and the younger of them said to his father,' Father, [CMD]
give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' And he divided his
wealth between them.

The dividing of the estate represents God providing everything you need
in life to Learn, Think, Motive and Act with emphasis of what is called
logical grace (food, shelter clothing, etc to live life in earth). Once you are
a believer, God is obligated and has provided everything you need to live
in this world. Both physical and spiritual.

So your obligation is to grow up spiritually, to live the CWLiving. 2 Peter
3:18 says “Grow in the grace and knowledge of God”. To do that you must
Learn, Think, Motive, Act. God provides both the materially and the
spiritual information you need to do that.

The younger brother represents most believers that receive the blessings
of God the Father while turning our back on God.

Also notice the Father made no attempt to stop him. God is a perfect
gentleman and He does not violate your free will nor does He force you to
remain in fellowship with Him. We are not robots, automatons, we are
thinking, breathing, beings who God gave free will to follow God or not.
So it is our decision.

At this point when you look at this, it is a picture of the Plan of God and us
using our freewill. God has a plan for every one of us,
and we have free will, a choice to Learn, Think, Motive, Act about God’s Plan or to reject or be ignorant of God’s plan (apathy).
The believer must accept the Plan of God which includes living the spiritual life [CWLiving].
The only alternative is for the believer to go his own way, to stay outside the Plan of God, to reject the Plan of God. To live our lives and its consequences without God. The My Way HighWay

Just think about this for a second. Go back to the driving in weather
example. Do you want to drive in bad weather on your own or do you want
the protection and help of God? A God that is all powerful (Omnipotent)!
Seems like an easy decision, huh!

So if you want to get back into the protection and help of God ...
there is always a way of recovery. To return or start living in the Plan of God.

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How? Rebound when necessary and then diligently using the Faith Rest
procedure.
For unbelievers, Faith Alone in Christ Alone – Salvation,

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Then start with my first lesson and Learn Rebound and the Faith Rest
procedure;
Think about when you need to Rebound and then call upon the
promises of God so that you can be relaxed;
next be Motivated to make good decisions based upon what you know from God via His word, the bible;
and Act, have the courage to make those good decisions,
including calling upon God via the Faith Rest Procedure to help you out in your times of need.

And as you practice these ‘skills’, learn about this God (Divine Essence) and then more about what the bible says, you are growing spiritually, you are executing the CWLiving and you are in the Plan of God for your life.
But first it starts with Rebound when necessary, Diligently use the F/R Drill.

The believer always has the ability to Learn, Think, Motive, Act in
accordance with God and His plan. And that is another point that will be
clearly made in this parable.

That’s the desire of God the Father, a recovery of right thinking and right
living for all of His children (sons and daughters).
He wants us to be in His Plan (PoG),
sometimes we decide we are not going to be in His Plan.
But it is our choice. And God lets us do that
and then we suffer the consequences of our Thinking & Actions.

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Luke 15:13 "And not many days later, the younger son gathered
everything together and went on a journey into a distant country
[outside God’s Plan], and there he squandered his estate with loose
living.

Two things to notice here:

First, the younger son just left God the Father’s protection

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… the younger son just left God the Father’s protection and
did not call upon God for anything that he was planning to do.
He did not ask for guidance,
did not ask for help when things started to go bad,
he just did his own thing.
And that unfortunately is what we all do (some more, some less).
We forget about God or we don’t even have a relationship with God
to know we can rely upon Him for help and advice.
We just go on our merry way without a care with respect to God,
and then panic when we get into trouble.

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Second: I mentioned this earlier, “loose living” – Notice God covers your
sin(s) and therefore does not tell us what this loose living is. He respects
what the younger son did and does not tell us what it was. That is part of
God’s graciousness. What the young son did is not the issue, the issue is
being outside of God and His plan. The only thing that matters is to return.
Period. That is how God thinks.

The bible says sin is sin, there are not degrees of sin (though there might
be degrees of consequences). The sin is not important; it is that we are
outside the thinking of God, outside the Plan of God, and a lifestyle of
living without God.
Also God does not keep track of our sins, that is only something we as human beings do, which is antithetical to how God thinks and wants us to think.
When we commit sin were are to Rebound, name and cite that sin to God and move on – 1 John 1:9.

A corollary to this is, we are to keep our noses out of other people’s business and if by chance we know of someone’s sins, we are to never mention them and even forget them if we can, but never mention them or think about them.
We follow God’s example on this.

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Luke 15:14 "Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred
in that country, and he began to be in need.

First, God loves you so much, He does all he can to wake you up to the fact
that you are outside His plan for an extended time, this is part of what is
called Divine Discipline. You are living outside the protection and
provisions of God, so God provides disciple to wake you up to the fact that
you need to recover and be restored to fellowship [via Rebound].

So what does God do in this case? He allows a severe famine to occur so
that this young man would begin to be in need. This is the Sovereignty of
God, the Omniscience of God or maybe the Omnipotence of God acting.
God either knew that a severe famine would happen and he allowed this
young man to go into that country. Or God made the severe famine occur
via His Omnipotence. We are not told, but we can clearly see and use the
Divine Essence of God and apply it here to understand God’s ‘hand’ in this
situation.
Again, so important from time to time to relate what is going on, or not,
to God’s Divine Essence. It helps us understand God and
appreciate His power and wisdom. Because His Divine Essence is in action
for your benefit.

Principle: again without going into detail at this time, we are ‘whole in our
life’ [relaxed, happy, content, having purpose or ‘filled up’ as it were] when
we Learn, Think, Motive, Act using what God has provided and learn God’s
thinking. When we think like God thinks. There is a famine in every
person that rejects the nourishment God provides by Learn, Think, Motive
and Act using the word of God.

Notice he began to be in need. He could not find a job. He never knew
what hunger was all about because He was always provided for by living
(fellowship) with his Father. And now he is outside the protection and
help of His Father. Just like we are when we are out of fellowship and need
to Rebound and even if we are in fellowship but do not use the Faith Rest
procedure when needed (and it is always needed).

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Luke 15:15 "And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of
that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

There is allot to this sentence that we will learn in the future. Since we are
talking about the spiritual interpretation here and its application, just
know that ‘attaching himself’ means that this young man has rejected God
the Father’s thinking and way for his life and has adopted a different way
of thinking and a different life. And as a result, he is now the feeder of the
disgusting, muddy, stinky swine. See here God is a gentleman, you reject
God, His plan and His instruction and procedures and you then reap what
you sow. You make bad decisions and you reap the consequences of those
bad decisions. (as you know all not lost, you can still recover, it is only a hard road because you think it is a hard road, but don’t forget: God will help you, he is rooting for you and He will do all in His power to help you. And you know what? You will be better for going through the process! Guaranteed.)

Something also to bring out wrt going our on way. Where did we get this idea of going our own way, it is not just volition, we learned it. We adopt some other philosophy than Gods.
... where did humanity or the ‘world’ get its philosophy? In short
it gets it by not following God’s thinking and making up its own
‘rules’ of life.
This congregations knows where ‘world’ gets its thinking apart from
God’s thinking? It got it from God’s adversary, Satan.
We know it as cosmic thinking.
It is derived from the Greek word used in the New Testament for ‘world’, ‘cosmos’ - where we get the word cosmic
and the bible says that Satan is the ruler of the cosmos – the ruler of the world.
Of course this is a reference to the Angelic Conflict.

So not thinking the way God wants us to think then is ‘cosmic’ thinking or
cosmic system thinking. Because Satan has developed
a whole ‘system’ to trap people into not thinking the way God thinks.

So let me contrast God’s thinking with the thinking that is in
Satan’s cosmic system. By use of an illustration from today…

Communism and its little brother Socialism are anti-God
and are the way that humanists think.
The precepts of these human ideologies sound good but are built
on faulty premises and are anti-God.
God is for freedom, these groups are for right thinking and if you do not think right you are condemned (‘cancelled’) or worse (you are imprisoned or killed);
God is for marriage, one man and one woman; these groups are for anything goes – same sex marriage, polygamy.
God is for family, what we have called in the past a nuclear family, a mother and a father raising children, these groups are for ‘It takes a Village to raise a Child”, completely opposed to God’s way of thinking.
God is for nationalism, they are for internationalism.

Everywhere ‘their way’ has been tried, you have the rich politicians and
peasants who are struggling to survive. Look at Venezuela today and the
French Revolution or the Bolshevik Revolution (Russia) or Communist
China started under Mao.

Socialism, the progressive movement, BLM, ANTIFA, Communism are all
anti-God and part of Satan’s cosmic system. And those people who think
like that and those who sympathize with them are part of the cosmic
system.

<< time check – skip>>

You can spot these groups and what they stand for by their use of the word
‘change’. ‘Change’ in the name of some vague improvement, for the
common good. The collective good vs individual rights. ‘Change’ glorifies
man, look what man can do. Versus looking to God and His system as
outlined in the bible. God provides a system for all mankind to function,
which is called Divine Establishment – 4 Divine Institutions I just mentioned

The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments to the US
Constitution) embodies God’s Divine Establishment. In the USA it is what
defines how citizens can live together in peace and harmony.

Let me challenge you – Do you know what is in the Us Constitution as basic rights?
I am sure you know free speech. What are the 4 things mentioned in The 1st Amendment of the US constitution? Besides free speech?
- First Amendment (5 things)
Congress shall make no law [1] respecting an establishment of religion, or [2] prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of [3] the press, or [5] the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and [5] to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Second Amendment
… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury

For believers and unbelievers alike, God’s Divine Establishment is made
up of Freedom, Marriage, Family and Nationalism plus the Rule of Law
(embodied in the US Constitution). And in God’s system is how mankind
can live and prosper. It is also what glorifies God. Why? How? Again,
the ‘recipe’ is the same, using God’s solutions vs man’s made-up solutions
or ‘change’. God honors His solutions and He eventually punishes man’s
solutions (as being anti-God and therefore anti-freedom). Mankind is the
most prosperous under freedom vs tyranny. Tyranny is anytime you
remove free choice - Freedom.

What happens to these people who are anti-God and anti-USA and want
to bring this country down and remake into a Socialist Communist
country? These people who mock God and His system will suffer Divine
Judgment. Psalm 33:10.

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Psalm 33:10 [Promise] The Lord nullifies [note ] the counsel [thwarts the plans] of the nations [globalism, anti-Nationalism, UN];
He frustrates [to bring to nothing ] the plans [intensions] of the peoples. [who are attacking the client nation & DE people] [note ]

It might happen with the next election, it might
happen years down the road, it might happen after our deaths, but God
will judge these people for the evil that they Think, their Motives and Acts.
God will not be mocked Galatians 6:7 -

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Galatians 6:7 [CMD] Do not be deceived [Stop doing what you are
doing], God cannot be mocked; for whatever a man is sowing, this he
will also reap.

This simply says that if you mock God, if you follow a course of anti-God,
your actions have consequences and those consequences will be you
reaping what you sow.
If you sow God’s thinking, then you reap the benefit of God’s thinking.
If you reject God and go down your own path or
someone else’s ideals that are anti-God then you will reap the
consequences of anti-God thinking and be outside of Gods protection.

So cosmic system thinking is anti-God and therefore evil.
Those who think this way, those who act this way, those who are sympathetic to these groups and this thinking are anti-God, which is evil.
So we need to Think God’s way and not think or be anti-God.
And again how? Become a believer in Jesus Christ

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then use Rebound when necessary and diligently use the Faith Rest Procedure,
and Learn about God, how he thinks and adopt His thinking and His ways vs Satan’s comic thinking.

I can go on but I will stop here.

<< continue if skipped >>

Those who reject God and pursue humanism, socialism will be judged harshly by God – remember – Don’t mess with God and don’t mess with God’s people, whether it be the Jews at the Red Sea or God’s RF, His Church Age bels & Client Nations or His principles of DE.

God wins
Satan and His cosmic system and peoples loses
We win because we are Gods.

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Luke 15:15 "And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of
that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

So ‘attaching himself’ means that the young man is part of Satan’s cosmic
system and not in God’s plan for his life [CWLiving]. Not thinking with
God’s thinking. He rejected God the Father’s thinking and lifestyle. Not
‘attaching himself” to God’s plan.

The second thing is this ‘citizen of that country’ sent him out to the fields
to feed swine. He is now effectively a slave to this ‘citizen’. What friend or
associate would send someone out to this work? This is an analogy to the
cosmic system making slaves out of people who follow its tenants.
Following the ‘rules’ of the cosmic system will only lead to heartache and
disappointment because only God’s ways are the way to peace [RMA],
comfort and genuine happiness in life. How could it not if God is the one
protecting and providing for you?

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Luke 15:16 And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods that the
swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.

God provides for believers, he provides for your daily needs,
logistical grace. So the food you eat, the clothes you wear, your transportation, everything you need to sustain yourself God provides.
When you are in the cosmic system, you are rejecting God’s plan and provisions for you.
You are now relying upon Satan and his cosmic system for your needs.
I know this is a hard concept to understand because what you see around
you does not conform to this view. But it is nevertheless true.

In short, the world or cosmic view is you work hard, then you can provide
for yourself and your family.
There is nothing wrong with working hard.
But it is a matter of your focus.
Are you working hard to get ahead, to make money?
Or, are you working hard leading a balanced life, knowing God provides what you need (called logistical grace) and knowing that everything you have is from God and not from your own labors.
I know this is subtle, but working hard and gaining ‘stuff’ vs being diligent in
spiritual life (CWLiving) is a big difference.
I changed the word ‘hard’ to ‘diligently’. A subtle but important change, in your thinking. You choose to live under God’s thinking and work diligently at your jobs (notice plural) and let God be the one who provides for you.

Jobs: You have time for God, you have time for family & your spouse, you have time for work, you have time for friends and hobbies,
you have time to enjoy the fruits of knowing God and in your work (Sabbath Rest).
One works for money and status in life and the other a balanced life that is relaxed and comforted in the knowledge of God and how God thinks and how God provides for you.

The subtly here is work hard for stuff and all the anxieties that come along
with that.
Or your focus is on God, learning and applying what He says,
diligently living the CWLiving and part of that is doing your job at your
work, then reaping the benefit of God’s provisions for you.
A balanced life or a hectic life. Your choice. Satan’s cosmic system way or God’s way. Subtle but important.

So attaching yourself is important [and has ramification for your entire
lifetime]. This young man was attaching himself to the cosmic system
rather than God.

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Luke 15:17 "But when he came to his senses [notice thinking before
changing your mind], he thought to himself, 'How many of my
father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here
with hunger!

He never was hungry before this, he never did not have the right clothes, he never did not have a soft bed to sleep in, they were all provided for by his father.
God the Father provides for everything in a believer’s life. Some may have
more, some may have less but always what you need.
So the analogy here is ‘why would you leave the protection and provision of your Father’? And we know the answer, we are arrogant and we want to do things our way.
When our way conflicts with God’s way then the inevitable results occur.
Likewise when we trust God, learn His thinking and His ways, use His
solutions (procedures and techniques then we are living under the full protection and care (Love) of God.
Which of the two ways is best? (rhetorical question)

The point is rational thinking is what is needed to evaluation your
circumstances. In this young man’s case, he said to himself: “why did I
leave?” He knows why but now with his ‘experiences’ he sees the error of
his ways.

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Luke 15:18 'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father,
I have sinned against heaven [rebound], and in your sight;

So what is the spiritual solution when you are outside of Gods plan?
Rebound. Name or cite your sins to God the Father and be restored to
fellowship.
This young man Thought, and was Motivated to change his Thinking and decided to Act.
[note – I am using this Learn, Think, Motive, Act process allot because it is important that we all understand how we come to make a decision.
It is not emotional. It is rationale. It’s a process.
This process is important and it is found throughout the bible.
It needs to be the model for your process to come to a decision]

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Luke 15:19 [he should have stopped but continued on emotionally] I am
no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired
men. "'

Again worthy. None of us are worthy for God to take interest in us. We
have nothing commendable to God. What we are is His creation and
because we are His creation He takes an interest in us and wants us to
succeed. He Loves us with His perfect Divine Essence of Love. But as we
have covered before, He can’t Love us and provide all that He wants for us
unless His perfect Divine Righteousness (+R) and Justice are satisfied.

Again how are they satisfied? By using His solutions and procedures.
In these lessons it is Rebound when necessary and learn the promises of God and diligently using the Faith Rest Procedure.

As we are seen via this parable, it is God’s way or it is Satan’s
cosmic system way. Those are our only two choices in life.

Again we need to note God’s procedure. Name or cite our sins to God the
Father in prayer. We are not to feel sorry for them. God does not ask that
of us. Just name or cite them to Him and only Him. God does not ask us
to plead with him, to tell Him (what He already knows) that we are
unworthy.
But since we believed in Faith Alone in Christ Alone we became part of God’s family, so worthy or unworthy is not an issue. We are His.
We were born unworthy but God, at our Salvation,
made us part of His family and now therefore worthiness is not an issue.
It is not part of the equation. Worthiness does not matter to God
and should not matter to us. (adopt God’s thinking)
We are sons and daughters and nothing is going to change that after salvation.
We are not worthy to be His family, yet He made us sons and daughters nonetheless.
God’s Sovereignty made us sons and daughters because His Love wanted to and when we believed in Christ with Faith Alone in Christ Alone then God’s Justice was satisfied and His Righteousness told His Omnipotence to
make us sons and daughters.
Again everything God does is related back to His Divine Essence.
Study God’s Divine Essence, it is important.

So after we Rebound, there is nothing left to do. No feeling sorry, No
nothing, just go forward (make better decisions). So this young man
should stop in his thinking after ‘rebound’. He does not have to grovel or
insult his father by saying treat me, your son, like a servant. Just Rebound.
Father I have sinned against you.

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Luke 15:20 "And he got up and came to his father.
Again, Thinking about his situation led him to be Motivated to change his
situation (Action).

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Luke 15:20 "And he got up and came to his father. But while he was still
a long way off, his father [did 5 things] [1] saw him,

His father every day was looking for his son to return. The same with God
the Father. Every day He is waiting for you to return to His plan using His
solutions and procedures. He waits patiently.

There is a verse in the bible that describes this:

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Revelation 3:20 Behold [Take Notice! - believers], I [God] stand at the
door [of your soul] and keep on knocking; if you hear My voice [how?
By Learning or recalling what the bible says] and opens the door [you
walk away from the cosmic system and Rebound, restart the
CWLiving], I will come in to him, and will dine [fellowship] with him,
and he with Me.

God takes the initiate and is always waiting for a believer to be Motivated
to Act based upon recalling or Learning what the bible says (Bible
Doctrine) and when you use God’s solution (Rebound) then you are back
into fellowship with Him restarting the CWLiving.
God is waiting... and therefore looking for His sons and daughters to return. That is how God thinks. Period. Just return via Rebound and move forward in the CWLiving (in your case diligently using the F/R procedure).

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Luke 15:20 ... But while he was still a long way off, his father [did 5
things] [1] saw him, and [2] felt compassion for him, and [3] ran and
[4] embraced him, and [5] kissed him.

This is God’s attitude for every believer who returns to the CWLiving.
We have a Loving, compassionate, forgiving and wonderful God.
Our job is to Learn, Think, Motive and Act using
God’s provisions, procedures and what He tells us in the bible (Bible Doctrine) to live our lives under His protection.

I think it is important to notice that God did 5 things.
He could have just done one,
but His heartbeat is to have a relationship with you,
an individual relationship, so God is ‘excited’ and overjoyed at seeing a
believer who is returning to Him.
God is always [1] looking for a believer to return, [2] He is compassionate and knows that the believer had a rough time and wants to do everything to ease their pain; He [3] runs toward you when you have a change of thinking and [4] embraces you and hugs you and [5] gives you maximum comfort. This is the God of the universe, this is the God who Loves us
and waits patiently to do all that He can for you.

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Luke 15:21 "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against
heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your
son.'
Luke 15:22 "But the Father [cut him off]

As we have seen, Rebound is all that we have to do. And as we see here,
the father cuts him off. He has Rebounded, so that is all that is required
to be done. You changed your mind to God’s thinking – repentance.
A word that has been badly re-defined from what its original meaning.
We change our minds about using Satan’s comic system thinking for God’s thinking (Bible Doctrine) and we start using God’s provisions and do what the bible says.

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Luke 15:22 "But the father [cut him off] said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring
out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand
[signature ring] and sandals on his feet;
Luke 15:23 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and be merry
[celebrate]; [^]
Luke 15:24 for this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again [he
simply returned home]; he was lost, and has been found.' And they
began to be merry [celebrate].

You can see and feel the excitement that God has when just one son or
daughter returns to God and His ways. This is who and what this God of
ours is. He is overjoyed at someone’s return. This is the Love and
excitement and care that God has for us.
And ‘what is it that we have to do’?

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Rebound when necessary. Learn God’s Promises and diligently use the Faith Rest Procedure.
Learn about God and His character (Divine Essence),
‘see’ (experience) how God thinks and
use or adopt His thinking as our own.
When we fail Rebound. And keep moving forward

I am choosing to not cover the rest of the parable which involves the older brother.

I wanted to hammer home God’s love and How He feels and thinks about you.
What he has provided for you.
And what our obligation is to God.

<> extemporaneous – Heb 10:25 and why COVID….

To close out this parable I want to mention one thing.

What the Father wants here is the prodigal’s restoration to the father in his house (fellowship with God and fellowship within the RF – Heb 10:25)
What is exemplified here is the necessary attitude of love by believers for one another. This is a part of restoration, and this is a part of your attitude in grace orientation.
It should be either personal love or impersonal love as the situation dictates.

You have to be very careful that your strong sense of justice doesn’t become self-righteousness.

We do note hate the rioters, we despise the riots. Now the Rule of Law must be enforced – yet we despise the riots.
We do not hate the Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Transvestite, Bi-sexual, binary or undecideds – we despise their actions.
We do not despise the socialist, Marxist politicians who want to destroy our country and who spew anti-God rhetoric – we despise, reject and stand against what they say.
We reject their actions but not the person.

We want the Rule of Law enforced but we do not support or participate in vigilante justice.
As Col Thieme stated … [^]

Nothing wrong with a sense of justice, temper justice with grace orientation.

Grace was given to you, me and those who are anti-God because we are all unworthy.
As we know there is no other way you can receive salvation by other than grace.
There is no other way that God can give you everything you need, to fulfill His plan other than grace.
There is no other way that you can live in heaven for eternity without the grace of God.

We don’t deserve any of it, which one of us does? the prodigal? No.
But he has it just like us.

Grace is always demonstrated to the unworthy, that’s what God’s grace is, and what it does.

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So this concludes what I wanted to cover for the CWLiving.

I do want to cover the passage in 2 Peter 1. I have memorized v1-11
Because it is the CWLiving in miniature
So I want to read this because this congregation has the back ground to understand it and it might give you something to think about as you execute your spiritual life.

2 Peter 1 covers 7 qualities or attributes of the CWLiving. I do not have time to define each one but, again, this congregation has enough background to understand them.

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours [bel in JC], by the integrity [+R + J] of our God [deity] and Savior [humanity], Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1:2 Grace and [mental] prosperity [RMA] be multiplied to you by means of the [epignosis] knowledge of God[/F] and of Jesus our Lord;
2 Peter 1:3 [how? ->] seeing that His divine power [omnipotence] has graciously been given to us everything pertaining to this [natural] life [logistical grace support] and spiritual life [CWLiving], through the epignosis knowledge [metabolized BD applied experientially] of Him [JC] who called [common grace] us by His own glory and virtue.
2 Peter 1:4 For by these [doctrines] God/F has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them [metabolized and applied BD] you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust [OSN lifestyle].
2 Peter 1:5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence [mental and physical strength], in your faith [by means of doctrine] apply] [1] virtue, and to your virtue, apply [2] [gnosis] knowledge,
2 Peter 1:6 and in your knowledge, apply [3] self-control [control your OSN & your decisions]; and in your self-control, apply [4] perseverance [patience with circumstances], and in your perseverance, [5] live the spiritual life [CWLiving];
2 Peter 1:7 and in living the spiritual life, [6] apply love to members of the RFG, and in your love for members of the RFG, [7] apply virtue love [to all mankind].
2 Peter 1:8 For if these seven qualities are yours [i.e. keep on being present] and keep on increasing [we never arrive], they render you neither useless nor unfruitful [no hopeless situations] in the epignosis knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9 For the Believer who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted [occupied with the cosmic system], having forgotten his purification from his former sins [salvation by grace through faith].
2 Peter 1:10 [CMD] Therefore, members of RFG, be all the more motivated [make every effort] to make certain [a spiritual reality] about His calling [common grace] and electing [Doc of Election] you; for as long as you practice these things [the virtues of living the spiritual life], you will no not never stumble [in the spiritual life];
2 Peter 1:11 for in this way [making your calling and election sure, practicing the CWL] the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you [conveyance of Escrow blessings].

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Fit in

Matthew 8:26, Luke 8:24, Mark 4:39
And He said to them, "Why are you timid [cowardly], you men of little faith[s] [note1]?" Then He arose, and rebuked [issues a command to] the winds and to the surging waves and the said to the sea "Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.

This is the way to alleviate fear and anxiety every time. F/R.

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Note1 - little faith[s] (ol-ee'-gos – pistis)
oligópistos (from 3641 /olígos, "little in number, low in quantity" and 4102 /pístis, "faith") – properly, few occurrences (applications) of faith.
3640 (oligópistos) occurs five times in the NT, each time with Jesus rebuking the problem of failing to hear His voice (cf. Jn 10:3,4,27).

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F/R….
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What’s God’s will?

[^] 1 Tim 2:4 who [JC] desires [wills] [1] all men to be saved [unbeliever] and
[2] to come to the [epignosis] knowledge [through metabolized BD] of the truth [believer].

[^] God’s will = 1) salvation; 2) 2 Peter 3:18 IOWs

How to grow in the grace and knowledge of TLJC – Master the CWLiving fundamentals

● Rebound when necessary
● Learning God’s promises
● Diligently using the F/R procedure
● Understanding God’s character (JR SOOO LIVE) especially God’s
Love and His Righteousness and Justice.
○ And how God’s Love is His motivation to do things for you and
to help you and
○ how His Righteousness has to be satisfied so His
Justice can execute what His Love wants to do.
● Understanding How God thinks

Recall
Gods Love wants to bless you, encourage you, and prosper (RMA) you.
That is His loves motivation.
And when His Righteousness is satisfied, His Justice executes what His Love wants to do for you – aka blessing

When you do these things then
God’s +R accepts this and His Justice blesses you.

When you don’t or are apathetic or disobedient – then the +R of God rejects your behaviour and condemns you – disciplines you (including reaping what you sow).

Trusting God [in God we Trust]

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Proverbs 3:5 [1] [CMD] Trust in the Lord with all your heart [rt lobe – where you think. PSD #3 F/R Drill],
And [2] [CMD] do not lean on your own [HVP] understanding [man’s opinion vs God’s].
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways [3] [CMD] acknowledge Him,
[Promise] And He will make your paths straight. [1, 2, 3 - easy]

Straight forward.

Trust is a process.
IF you use it, the more you use it, the more and more God comes through for you – guiding your life via open and closed doors and protecting you (recall Mother bird protecting her chicks)

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Confused which way to go?
After using the F/R Drill…
Then make the best decision you can
and if God does not want you to go in that direction,
he will close the door.
If you are receptive to closed doors,
then you see that for what it is and you go in another direction.

In all cases you make the decisions in life as to what you think is best.
Remember, you will not be in fear or worry because you are using
the F/R procedure and
as long as you do and are remaining calm about it
then any decision will either be guided by God and an open door or
the result of the decision will be a closed door.
Then you know to go in a different direction.

The key is [pause]: are you diligent in using the F/R procedure
and are you trusting God such that you are relaxed? If so,
then your trust in God is not in vain and
He will come through for you (but also remember it will be in His timing).

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Learn – God’s Divine Essence (JR SOOO LIVE)
- God’s Promises
Think – How God thinks … L => R & J
Motive - Do follow God’s CMDs
Act - to use Rebound … & Diligently use F/R Drill

Learn – Think – Motive – Act (PMA of BD, Op Z)