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And it shouldn’t take a brain-surgeon to figure out the motivation – this stupid little kid was getting his inheritance! Ishmael’s taunts would have been designed to undermine Isaac’s sense of identity, which is the same questioning of your own identity as a rightful heir of God through Christ…. But if you hear the simple lesson of Sarah and Abraham you will find that you have a reason to rejoice when you can’t see any fruit …

Shovel Writings: Christ & Him Crucified:“He then went on to throw their screwed up experiences in their faces, NOT TO SHAME THEM, but to drive home the reality of what the wisdom of the world had convinced them of and brought them to…. Compare me with yourself or with your group or with your standards and you have evaluated yourself by how well you rate in comparison to me or with those standards! Rate me by how many doctrines I agree with you on and you have automatically rated yourself as the standard by which I am to be judged in the matter.

Shovel Writings: The grace of an ’A’:

“In rebuilding a system of performance relationships are severed. For we not only find ourselves at odds with one another but also with our own selves – and we also insist that GOD relates to us on the same basis. But the grace of Christ is measureless. His riches cannot be determined by any standard of the man. And it has no lines by which to attach a score.
So, how are we to live in a world that is built upon such a system of measure? Simple. Live as one who has been made alive. Don’t you know that the measuring system of the world is NOT your measuring system? Don’t you know that you ALREADY have within you the life that the world only PRETENDS to achieve? If we are going to operate within the world we will often be forced to take its tests, but the world’s evaluation of you is irrelevant for your worth is in Christ. Don’t spiritualize the world’s system, instead, see it for what it is. The difference between grace and law will become increasingly obvious!!”

This is a good article on how even grace can be measured. However, we are still operating under the world’s system, which we are not to do. The laws of the land are God’s administration so the world does not destroy itself.

Shovel Writings: The Word made Flesh:

“ I thank the Lord when the angels said peace on earth toward men because of Jesus Christ. This year my eyes have been open to the true peace which is resting in the work of God threw Jesus Christ. Knowing He lives in me and made me one with Himself. I am so thankful that He has given me a new life to identify with and that we have peace with God threw Jesus Christ.I thank the Lord for opening peoples eyes to this truth Love

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Shovel Writings The SHOVELETTER : Random Letters 2001
Re: The Word made Flesh

Posted: Sep-06-03 by the shovel 
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Dan, I am thrilled that you are seeing your reality in Christ – for this is true freedom!!!”

This is an excellent article stating there needs to be Peace of earth because of Jesus rising on the cross. It is what the angels proclaimed after His birth. This is our reality in Christ which is true freedom. When we let Jesus walk through us as He really is, this is our Freedom to be truly alive.