God’s guidance: the Bible

For greatest ease in understanding, i recommend that you read the Introduction before this Chapter and that you then read this Chapter in the order i recommend There.

God’s guidance: the Bible, selected, edited and with Commentary by Victor Luis Villalon-Suarez

most recently reviewed on 3/17/2022 at 14:50

improvements since the immediately preceding review: Substituted “God’s system” for “the system of God”.

All the quotes that follow are from the English Standard Version unless otherwise noted.

To “fall [up]on [one’s] face”, and “to bow [one’s face, or with one’s face] to the ground “—many places in the Tanakh and in the New Testament. It reminds me to be humble at all times. And even all the humility i am capable of may not suffice.

“[God] our [g]od, [God] is one. You shall love [God] your [god] with all your soul and with all your heart [and with all your mind] and with all your might.”—Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and with slight variations also at Matthew 22:37-40, at Mark 12:30-31, and at Luke 10:27.

“turned to [God] with all his heart, with all his soul and with all his might”—2 Kings 23:25. The way to do this is to stoke one’s desire to live in Heaven, and the way to do this is to ask oneself what one could do that would make one want to live forever. How would one’s present pleasures have to change for one to want to feel them forever? Does one have a favorite pleasure? What would grow boring, and how could it be made eternally exciting, thus desirable, thus with no boredom?

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in [Thy hearing], […] [God], my rock and my redeemer.”—Psalms 19:14.

“Come, [says God,] let us reason together […].”—Isaiah 1:18.

God speaks in a “low whisper” (ESV), in a “still small voice “ (KJV).—1 Kings 19:12. And sometimes in deafening thunder.

“…you shall not make me leader of the people.”—Isaiah 3:7. Unless God wants to make me leader, subordinate to God alone. And if God does, may it be good!

“If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.”—Isaiah 7:9.

“Put [M]e[God] in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case […].”—Isaiah 43:26.

“I will make you [Isaiah] as a light for the nations, that [M]y [(God’s)] salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”—Isaiah 49:6.

“The Holy One […] is your Redeemer, the God of the whole [E]arth he is called.”—Isaiah 54:5. God hopes to be Its own, Thus our, Redeemer. God may not be able to.

“I dwell…with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”—Isaiah 57:15.

“…this is the one to whom [God] will look: he [or she] who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at [God’s] word [due to what Evil shall do to him or to her if he or she does not heed God].”—Isaiah 66:2. God looks to all, but is better able to guide those who are humble.

“Call to [God] and [It] will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”—Jeremiah 33:3. When i call to God, it is God within me calling to Itself to dig out from within Itself what It Needs to become aware of, and then do.

“My soul magnifies [God], and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for [It] has looked on the humble estate of [Its] servant. […] for [It, Which] is mighty, has done great things for me, and holy is [Its] name.”—Luke 1:46-49.

“[…] [God] desire[s] steadfast love and not sacrifice , the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”—Hosea 6:6.

“[…] besides [God] there is no savior.”—Hosea 13:4.

“I called out to [God] out of my distress and [It] answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and [Thou] heard[est] my voice.”—Jonah 2:2.

“‘I am driven away from [Thy] sight; yet I shall look again upon [Thee].’ The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet [Thou] brought[est] up my life from the pit, […] God. When my life was fainting away, I remembered [God], and my [P]rayer came to [Thee][…].”—Jonah 2:4-7.

“Who shall separate us from the [Love] of [God]? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through [God, Which Loves] us.”—Romans 8:35, 37. And we conquer even if God dies, because God’s Love makes our lives the best they can be, so while we live, God makes it possible for us to conquer what worsens our lives.

“[…] walk humbly with […] God […].”—Micah 6:8.

“[…] I will look to [God]; I will wait for the [g]od of […] [S]alvation; […] God will hear me.”—Micah 7:7. And i will, this is, i want to, do so because God has always come through for me after i’ve waited, and this—but only this!—gives me ground to hope that God will again, this is: faith.

“[…] when I sit in darkness, [God] will [try to] be a light to me. […] [God] will [try to] bring me out to the light.”—Micah 7:8-9. God brings Itself out of the darkness of unconsciousness into the light of awareness in me first. For now.

“[God] will show them marvelous things.”—Micah 7:15.

“[God] delights in steadfast [L]ove.”—Micah 7:18.

“[Thou wilt] show faithfulness […] and steadfast [L]ove […].”—Micah 7:20.

“[God] is great in power […].”—Nahum 1:3. But maybe not great Enough, This is: enough to create Heaven!

“[God] is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; [It] knows those who take refuge in [It].”—Nahum 1:7.

“Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in […] loins; […] faces grow pale!”—Nahum 2:10.

“‘[…] [God is] doing a work in your days that you would not believe if [It] told […]!’”—Habakkuk 1:5.

“God […] is [the source of] my strength […].—Habakkuk 3:19.

“‘I am [in and all around] you [to the farthest reaches of space], declares [God].’”—Haggai 1:13, 2:4.

“‘[…] the eyes of [God] […] range through the whole [E]arth.’”—Zechariah 4:10. Only, i think, wherever there are beings with eyes, for i think God sees with the sum of all eyes.

“[God] stretched out the heavens and founded the [E]arth and formed the spirit of [people] within [us].”-Zechariah 12:1.

Matthew 4:10 (Jesus): You shall worship [God alone] and [It] only shall you serve. (quoting Deuteronomy 6:13)

Matthew 5:45 (Jesus): […] [God] makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and lsends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45 (Jesus): […] [God] sees in secret […].

Matthew 5:45 (Jesus): [….] when you pray, zgo into your room and shut the door and pray to [God Which] is in secret. aAnd [God Which] sees in secret will reward you.

Luke 5:16: “[…] he would withdraw to desolate places and npray”.

Luke 22:41: “[…] he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw[…] and prayed”.

Matthew 6:21 (Jesus): […] where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 7:6 (Jesus): “Do not give wdogs what is holy, and do not throw your xpearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” This is: address people in terms they understand, and only when they want to hear your message. Until you can compel them to do so because you think they Need to. And if enough people agree with you, then you’ll have the power to compel the rest. And the reason for this is so that you can learn what others who may differ with you for good reason think about what you think. And God Needs, i think, for this to happen.

Matthew 7:12 (Jesus): whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.

Matthew 12:34 (Jesus): out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 13:33 (Jesus): like leaven that a woman took and hid in cthree measures of flour, till it was dall leavened.

Matthew 13:32 (Jesus): I have compassion […].

Matthew 21:16 (Jesus): Out of the mouth[s] of ninfants and nursing babies [may come truth].

Matthew 25:9 (Jesus): “there will not be enough for us and for you […].”

Matthew 25:21 (Jesus): “‘Well done, good and xfaithful servant.5 yYou have been faithful over a little; zI will set you over much. Enter into athe joy of your master.’” The sole Master/Mistress is God. All masters and mistresses serve only God, and our authority, our being masters and mistresses, comes solely from God, and only to the extent that we obey God.

Matthew 26:11 (Jesus): “you always have the poor with you […].” We all are and have always been poor, because we are not and have never been in Heaven. But there are degrees of poverty.

Matthew 26:37 (Jesus): “My soul is very sorrowful […].”

Matthew 26:62-63: “the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”9 63 zBut Jesus remained silent […].”

Matthew 27:13-14: ”Pilate said to him, p’Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?’ 14 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.”

Matthew 27:18: “it was out sof envy that they had delivered him up.”

Mark 10:24 (Jesus): “how difficult it is2 to [reach Heaven]!”

Mark 14:33: “[i was] greatly distressed and troubled.”

Luke 8:5-8 and 8:11-15 (Jesus): “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, vit withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell among wthorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded xa hundredfold. […] The seed is dthe word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard [or read It]; then [Evil] takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not ebelieve and be [S]aved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it fwith joy. But these have no root; they gbelieve for a while, and in time of testing hfall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but ias they go on their way they are choked by the jcares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and kbear fruit lwith patience.”

Luke 9:18 (Jesus): “he was praying alone”

Luke 9:25 (Jesus): “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and [dies forever]?”

Luke 12:14 (Jesus): “who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” But if God makes me a judge, an arbitrator, over the World, then may it be good!

Luke 19:40 (Jesus): “if these were silent, qthe very stones would cry out.” God drives all of matter toward Heaven, even stones.

John 3:11 (Jesus): “we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen”.

John 3:32: “He bears witness to what he has seen and heard”.

John 6:15: “Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus awithdrew again to bthe mountain by himself.” It can be only when i’m ready, not against my will. Right now God and Evil are guiding the jet to the landing strip. It has not touched down yet. The landing would be the establishment of God's system, or God’s creating Heaven, whichever came first

John 6:26 (Jesus): “you are seeking me, not because you saw jsigns, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”

John 6:36 (Jesus): “you have seen me and yet do not believe.” Then, if you think they should believe, give them more evidence until they do, then, keep giving them evidence to reinforce this belief, if you think this belief is good, until you change your mind or lose consciousness, including if you die, or until God creates Heaven or God dies, whichever comes first!

John 7:7 (Jesus): “The world […] hates me because I testify about it that yits works are evil.” But since God, too, is at work in the World, not all the works of the World are evil, and since i say that some of them are good, precisely because God is at work in the World, by the rationale of this verse the World has no cause to hate me. But some or even many, though i doubt most, shall hate me out of resentment for my being God’s most favored in mind for the purpose of coordinating the activities of the people of the World, because hosts of others far outdo me in other skills. For more on this, see the Program.