This Wednesday, we will reflect on the conflict between the Spirit and the letter of the word, some substitute for spiritual revelation. The Spirit is the hidden inner voice of truth that shows its disclosures in the apparent honesty of its teaching. When the Spirit reveals the truth, you know it. It is obvious. It is a fact. The letter of the word, be it the law or sacred texts or the spoken opinion of a professional, often conflicts with the Spirit due to the Spirit being honest, and lawgivers, authors, even professionals can be wrong, lie, or misinterpret God's will.
Lawgivers make the rules for the governed. Sometimes these rules have loopholes for those in the know. Sometimes these loopholes only help those who can afford a lawyer who knows the legal code. Money can buy you a get out of the jail-free card in those legal codes. Is it just that those who can afford a lawyer get no time in jail but those who cannot serve the letter of the law prison term?
The authors of sacred texts at times interpret revealed texts to write opinions and other companion works that can be held sacred by the followers and eventually become a part of holy texts' body of works. Interpretations of the legal code of scripture or prophetic writings as an example. These commentaries may even become collected into volumes held sacred. Like the Kaballah is to the Hebrews or The Writing of the Church Fathers is to Christians. These works are based upon revealed texts but may fall short of the mark of truth in their contents in that they minister death to some for harmless acts; any just judge would have no problem mere chastising the offender and setting it free. God in the Bible warned his readers he will lay stumbling blocks and snares! Beware, unwary interpreters...
Any professional is only as good as their education. Even the doctors of the university have only mastered the lessons taught. These lessons have on occasions been shown to be folly like the sun and stars revolve around the Earth. Even government forms are treated as foolish, like absolute monarchy. Education was revealed only as good as it is up to date when the religious-based University system of Europe nearly consented to Gallileo becoming a victim of burning at the stake for teaching against geocentrism, with Papal approval!
The Spirit makes its lesson plain and simple, easy to understand! Its knowledge is as evident as 1+1=2 and other mathematical symbolism presented facts. Words are symbols when used right, that mean things that exist like a cup or a vase or a chair, easy to see in one's mind's eye and understand. You can check and see if you are told the truth about what you are hearing in one's mind's eye. Words are foundational only in stories! In any fact, words stand for things you can reference and check the validity of what you are being presented... A good dictionary of words for real things should be translatable to a Pictionary catalog of all the words represented. A good lesson is not a mirage made of words. A good lesson is a blueprint of something that exists being shared with the student body.
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