DivineBase Dictionary

The Spiritual Dictionary
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By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze


Babylon
         Babylon worshipped idol, instead of worshipping the Living God. It compelled people to engage in idolatry. Being the greatest and first empire to practise idolatry, she became a standard of paganism.
  • A prostitute, who misleads people into idolatry.
  • An imposter, who claims what he is not.
  • A hypocrite, who teaches what he does not know.
  • A false teacher, who teaches man-made doctrines in place of God’s commandments.


    • Conscioussness
             Also, the spirit becomes whatever it wants simply by intention and attention. Whatever the spirit persistently focuses its attention on, that it becomes. That is why the evil man looks evil to the sight, and the saint can by easily identified, even when he is not wearing a robe.

    Divine Love
             God is Love, Loving and Beloved. He loves so much, even with His Very Self. God is full of loving kindness, mercy and generousity. As generous as God. God so much loves His people that:
    1. He is always with all living things as a friend and companion. "I am with the first; also, I am with the last."
    2. He is Love, Loving and Beloved.
    3. He created His people in His own image and likeness.
    4. He tells the truth.
    5. He forgives and forgets.
    6. He is full of loving kindness, mercy and generousity.
    7. He died for his people.
    8. He makes the end known, from the beginning.
    9. He wants His people to abide and abode with Him forever.
    10. He has prepared abundant treasures for His people.
    Eternity
             And behold! - There is no death. What we call death is not the end of life, and what we call birth is not the beginning of life.
             Eternity is not a future reality. It is both here and now. We live in the Eternal Now. We are already in the life everlasting. All that will take place is a transformation (transfiguration which people call rapture.) That is why Jesus said, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John11:25, 26
             In a vision, I saw a person driving a truck. Then, a man came from behind (from past eternity) to the driver and gave him money. Next, the man went ahead of the motor to future eternity. And from the future eternity, he came back to the driver, and collected his change. All these happened in a moment.

    Faith
             Faith is knowledge of the truth and abiding by the truth. Anything contrary is ignorance, blind faith or assumption.

    Fear
             Very often, people are advised to fear God. Fear is an evil, and it is man made. You do not need to fear God, because fear can only produce fears, worries, uncertainties, helplessness and hopelessness.

    In the presence of God,
    There is no fear,
    There is no doubt, and
    There is no shame.

             Such teachings that say that God is a terrible God, or God of wrath are false. The use of fear in teaching people about God started because adults and authorities thought that with fear it is easier to control people. God has no need of your fear.
             Jesus used fear only on one ground: that people should fear God who can cast a soul into the hell fire. But neither fear nor evil is a characteristic of God.
             The Book of Revelation states that fear will be the last (enemy) to be destroyed. This is true because by the time people enter Heaven, and experience it in its entirety, they will know that there is no need for fear. Indeed, fear is a result of sin and the fear of consequences of sin. Fear is an illusion, all because people fear the unknown. It is man-made.

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

             Anyway, to fear God means to do His will. Thereby, you avoid eternal death.

    Glory Of God
             Sometimes, ministers of God say, ‘the glory of God’ came down. What you call ‘the glory of God’ is God Himself. Learn to say ‘God came down.” He is the Everlasting Glory, the Glory of the Universe, The Invincible Glory, the Infinite Glory, the Surpassing Glory, The Glorious and Harmless One.

    Grace
             Grace is an unmerited favour; something done out of love and mercy, especially when the beneficiary is not worthy to receive the act of kindness. Grace includes Holiness
             Holiness means and includes: separation, purification, sanctification, anointing, enablement … (reverence) and protection (maintenance). Hypocrite
             A hypocrite is any person or being who is not trust worthy. Such a person does not practise what he says: he says one thing and does a different thing. A hypocrite pretends to be a friend; yet, he is the worst enemy. He pretends to be saying and doing the right thing, but he is always busy doing the wrong thing. He sounds like speaking the Truth, but is busy fabricating lies in place of eternal Truth. Hypocrites do not, and cannot, enter into the kingdom of heaven. Among them are the following:
    1. Blind religious leaders (spiritually ignorant and misleading clergy).
    2. False prophets.
    3. Fallen Angels.
    4. Evil spirits.
    5. Demons.
    6. Ghosts.
    7. Impostors.
    8. Most of the churches that claim to be the best are indeed among the worst.
    Ignorance
             Ignorance means lack of knowledge, information and learning. A person is considered ignorant if:          Indeed, peoples are ignorant of many things they suppose to know about God and life. Worse still, they are not even making efforts to know. Many are complacent, and therefore, have become spiritually indolent (lazy).

    Ignorant Teachers (Blind Leaders)
             The ignorant teachers are the following.
    1. Those teachers who do not know.
    2. Those teachers who are shallow in their knowledge.
    3. Those teachers who do not know that they do not know.
    4. Those who do not know and still do not want anybody to teach them.
    5. Those who do not read wide.
    Inspiration
             Inspiration is the light of knowledge from God, which comes with enlightenment, conviction, empowerment and encouragement. Also, it embodies and imparts understanding, foresight, insight, counsel, contentment, joyfulness and gladness, skill, strength and power.
             Inspiration is any of the following:
    1. The light of knowledge, which radiates from the heart of God to the hearts of mankind, even so to the hearts of Angels. The same is true of all created things which have souls.
    2. A spiritual light, which embody meaning, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
    3. The receipt of the Holy Spirit for a task or purpose.
    4. A prompting to do something, especially when the thing done is extraordinary.
    5. A strong urge to do or say something.
    6. An idea, which leads to new development, improvement, solution or creation. Therefore, it is a realization of a possibility.
    7. A useful, meaningful and convincing information which necessitates appropriate action.
    8. A feeling which translates into truth or action.
    9. A divine text message, which comes into the mind as a mobile message (spiritual message).
    10. The bedrock of prophecy (the spirit of prophecy), for none can accurately prophesy without the Holy Spirit.
    Law
             Anything made compulsory for the good of humanity.

    Love
             Mankind has defined Love in many terms and contexts, and none has defined it right! Love is the knowledge and realization of the other person as yourself. Love is universal delight and happiness. Love your neighbours as yourself is not a proverb. It is a statement of truth.
             There was a girl whose name is N... On several occasions, when I saw her, what I saw in her was not herself, but myself. The myself I saw in her was a bright and glorious spirit.
             One day, a church leader asked his Council of Ministers, “What is love?” I was the first to answer.
             “Love,” I said, “is being able to see yourself in the others (realizing and knowing others as you).”
             “Yes!” replied the church leader, and he asked the audience to give a round of applause.

    Mind’s Eye
             There is nothing like “Mind’s eye”
    What people call Mind’s eye is simply the spiritual eye, the third eye, which indeed is your spirit, your spirit self.

    Righteousness
             Righteousness consists in doing the perfect will of God; and greatness, in service to others. In this way, nobody is cheated and nothing is neglected.

    Satan
             Satan is like a surge of flood of darkness, bent on devastating; but then, his effiorts are fruitless.

    Truth
             Whoever tells a lie has so many lies to tell. All because he tells more lies to keep the first lie a secret. Therefore, he is not free because he is slave to falsehood. But whoever says the truth is free because he has nothing to hide.

    Unnecessary Pieties
             Unnecessary pieties are those religious beliefs and practices which we value on earth, but which things are irrelevant in the spiritual realm (heavens). They include the following:
    1. Long hours of praying beads.
    2. Praying to pictures and statues.
    3. Venerating the idols.
    4. Excessive fasting
    5. Excessive penance. Jesus asked people to seek and know the truth.
    Winners
             Those who win the battle in life are not those who fight the Devil. Such people do not get to the end of the race. I saw them cast off the Devil, which appeared in the form of a refuse dump, and yet remained. I saw them cross the road, but they did not get to the end.
             Those who win the race are those people who seek self-knowledge, who thereby defeat the self. They successfully crossed the road and they became free and victorious.

    Wisdom 1
             The following are possible definitions of wisdom:
    1. Wisdom is applied knowledge.
    2. Wisdom is the ability to make the best use of knowledge and experience.
    3. Wisdom is the application of realities of life in an honest way to accomplish a set goal.
    4. Wisdom can also be defined as intelligence or applied intelligence: the ability to effect desired goals, using knowledge, skills, foresight, understanding and counsel.
    5. Wisdom is a master virtue, which co-ordinates all the other virtues. Therefore, wisdom is the ability to honestly apply knowledge, virtues, skills and means as well as foresight, insight, understanding to achieve a desired end. Honest in the sense that the application and end must not deny another person of his rights and privileges.
    6. Wisdom is the true understanding of causes; knowing why things are the way they are. This is deeper than merely knowing that things in existence.
    7. A person can be said to have become wise when he could see what should be done and does it successfully without being told to do so.
    8. According to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, researchers in the field of positive psychology have defined wisdom as the co-ordination of "knowledge and experience" and "its deliberate use to improve well being."
    9. Wisdom is using one thing to get another, without offending others.
    Wisdom 2
             Treat this world like the man who went on a long travel. He was carrying a tiny bag containing all his wealth. On the way, he found his bag broken and empty. He simply moved on as if nothing happened. On his return, he found a mighty bag at home, containing uncountable good things.