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KINGDOM ADVENTURES BY GILDA PINEDA DIONELA

James was called the just/righteous between real spirituality and being
because he tried to follow all (more worldly.
than six hundred) laws of Moses. I met several people from the
Tat’s a lot. Te Ten Commandments parks, they hated organized religion
is fewer but it is still difcult to or the church because of sexual child
perfect. Tank you Jesus He made abuse cases committed by persons
it two. But these two is as good as no one expected would or could do
the ten commandments. In short, it. Whether it is an isolated case or
no matter how, we tried we cannot proven by statistics to be prevalent at
be perfect, but the Holy Spirit is always certain periods? I don’t know. Not many
there to remind us. One of the famous people who were victims would like to come
teachings of James quoted by some who tried to out in the open and if they did those in power
excuse themselves from going to church buildings is “that can dispense all the machineries they have to cover up
pure religion and undefled before God and the Father is the crimes. It has been 2000 years. Even eagles when they
this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their afiction mature, their feathers became weak over the years. Tey
(charity) and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” retire alone on the rocky mountain. Ten they pluck out
James didn’t mention a specifc religion but the mere all the old feathers and let it grow anew. Ten they soar
fact that he was the bishop of the frst church building, mightily once again.
meant people still needed to go into the church building. Te gap between the model Church of Jerusalem
Which church? He called Jesus his Lord and he taught where Christianity began and the present body of Jesus
others not to be like the world. In short, a church that Christ has grown too far apart. Te present body of Christ
teaches that Jesus is Lord and knows the diference was severely bruised and deeply wounded just like the
physical body of Jesus when He died on the cross. As
more blood of the Son fowed out, the grace of the Father
abounded.
Finally, I just went to Saint James Park to rest and relax
when I spontaneously wrote what I observed. And while
working on this article, I checked the page of Dr. Michael
Eaton and this is what I saw. “About Greenleaf Ministries;
Jeremiah 17:8”, he is like a tree planted by water, that sends
out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat
comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in
the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit”.
Tis was the very thought I had while sitting quietly under
the shade in Saint James Park. Tis described the life of
Saint James and the true Christians. Righteousness is the
fruit we couldn’t get on our own but only through Jesus,
James’ half-brother as a man and his Lord, as a divine.
Jesus is our root and the Holy Spirit is our stream to
sustain us until we bear the sweetest fruit which is eternal
life.
Just like what the eagle does, though it may be painful
and sorrowful, let us pluck out worldly things from inside
of us. Each one of us is part of the body of Christ, then
and only then will the bride of Jesus soar high as the Holy
Spirit blow the wind of power from the Father.

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