<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>John 12;44-46<div><br></div><div><b>44. &nbsp;And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.</b></div><div><b>45. &nbsp;And he who sees me sees him who sent me.</b></div><div><b>46. &nbsp;I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>The creation God has given us is more than&nbsp;material and objective. &nbsp;There are things which exist beyond the physical, which&nbsp;belong to the soul and the spirit. &nbsp;Peace, joy, beauty, and&nbsp;&nbsp;truth actually exist apart from our own emotions.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&nbsp;are not&nbsp;perceived&nbsp;by&nbsp;the senses of taste, smell, audio&nbsp;hearing, visual&nbsp;seeing, and&nbsp;tactical feeling alone, but by the Spirit/spirit.</div><div><br></div><div>This understanding of the world beyond the physical is the ‘meta-physical’.</div><div><br></div><div>The term ‘meta’ is Greek for ‘beyond’. &nbsp;Therefore, metaphysical is that part of Creation which is perceived by spiritual awareness, different from physical perception. &nbsp;The gift of faith which God gives us through his living Word allows us to begin to comprehend God and his&nbsp;love for us. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>God existed before and outside of his&nbsp;Creation, he himself is ‘meta’. &nbsp;Yet, in his love, he has become a part of his creation, and revealed himself to his Creation through his Word. &nbsp;Jesus is the Word, made flesh, God incarnate. &nbsp;Jesus is&nbsp;God made perceptible, not just to our senses of sight, hearing, and&nbsp;taste, but to our heart and soul. &nbsp;Jesus is God’s&nbsp;own tender&nbsp;touch upon&nbsp;our souls.&nbsp;&nbsp;As we perceive how he has loved us, his own&nbsp;works of peace, joy, and love are perceived and received&nbsp;into our heart, mind, and spirit.</div><div><br></div><div>Jesus is the aroma of life to our spiritual noses!</div><div><br></div><div>The Divine Union of God and man in Christ&nbsp;is not just the physical man Jesus of Nazareth, but is also God the Father and God the Spirit. &nbsp;Fully, God has come to us in the man Jesus. &nbsp;If we truly ‘see’ Jesus with the eyes of faith, we also see the Father, and our souls know the peace which is <i>“not of this world”. &nbsp;</i>(John 14;27)</div><div><br></div><div>Now in verse 46, Jesus takes us into himself. &nbsp;He is the true light who enlightens every man. &nbsp;Enlightenment is not simply an intellectual perception of God in Christ. &nbsp;Enlightenment is the spiritual recognition that God in Christ is come to cleanse us and&nbsp;dwell in us. &nbsp;In Christ we die to self and selfishness and receive a new birth and a new life&nbsp;in&nbsp;Christ himself. &nbsp;Please read and meditate on John 17;11-23. &nbsp;Believing these words of Jesus fully is indeed truly and rightly metaphysical!</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, thank you for your incredible patience with us as we grow to (by faith) comprehend who and whose we are in Christ. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen</div><div><br></div><div>Love,&nbsp;</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”</div><div><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>


John 12;44-46
44.  And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.45.  And he who sees me sees him who sent me.46.  I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
The creation God has given us is more than material and objective.  There are things which exist beyond the physical, which belong to the soul and the spirit.  Peace, joy, beauty, and  truth actually exist apart from our own emotions.  They are not perceived by the senses of taste, smell, audio hearing, visual seeing, and tactical feeling alone, but by the Spirit/spirit.
This understanding of the world beyond the physical is the ‘meta-physical’.
The term ‘meta’ is Greek for ‘beyond’.  Therefore, metaphysical is that part of Creation which is perceived by spiritual awareness, different from physical perception.  The gift of faith which God gives us through his living Word allows us to begin to comprehend God and his love for us.  
God existed before and outside of his Creation, he himself is ‘meta’.  Yet, in his love, he has become a part of his creation, and revealed himself to his Creation through his Word.  Jesus is the Word, made flesh, God incarnate.  Jesus is God made perceptible, not just to our senses of sight, hearing, and taste, but to our heart and soul.  Jesus is God’s own tender touch upon our souls.  As we perceive how he has loved us, his own works of peace, joy, and love are perceived and received into our heart, mind, and spirit.
Jesus is the aroma of life to our spiritual noses!
The Divine Union of God and man in Christ is not just the physical man Jesus of Nazareth, but is also God the Father and God the Spirit.  Fully, God has come to us in the man Jesus.  If we truly ‘see’ Jesus with the eyes of faith, we also see the Father, and our souls know the peace which is “not of this world”.  (John 14;27)
Now in verse 46, Jesus takes us into himself.  He is the true light who enlightens every man.  Enlightenment is not simply an intellectual perception of God in Christ.  Enlightenment is the spiritual recognition that God in Christ is come to cleanse us and dwell in us.  In Christ we die to self and selfishness and receive a new birth and a new life in Christ himself.  Please read and meditate on John 17;11-23.  Believing these words of Jesus fully is indeed truly and rightly metaphysical!
Prayer:  Merciful Father, thank you for your incredible patience with us as we grow to (by faith) comprehend who and whose we are in Christ.  In Jesus we pray, Amen
Love, Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”

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