In the coming days, God will bring opportunities for you to increase your influence in amazing ways. Forgiveness does not merely mean that I am saved from Hell and have been made ready for Heaven (no one would accept forgiveness on that level). Forgiveness means that I am forgiven into a newly created relationship which identifies me with God in Christ. Forgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. The miracle of redemption is that God turns me, the unholy one, into the standard of Himself, the Holy One. He does this by putting into me a new, nature, the nature of Jesus Christ. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ. The cross of Jesus Christ is central to the Christian faith. The cross reveals to us the character of God: His love for lost humans and His perfect justice meet at the cross. If we want to grow in our love for God, which is the first and greatest commandment, then we must be growing to understand and appreciate the cross, which shows us His great love. If we want to grow in understanding the significance of the cross, which confronts the most prevalent and insidious of all sins, namely, pride. The only way we can be forgiven is by being brought back to God through the atonement of the Cross. #RandolphHarris 1 of 8

Do not shrink back in fear. Do not be intimidated. You are well able. You are equipped. We know in order to act. The aim of all intellectual endeavor is to change the face of the Earth for the good of mankind: both nature and society must be transformed by human-invented techniques. We are all workers, here to supply something useful to humankind. All of our problems stem from sin—from our own sin or from the sin of others against us (and our sinful reaction to it) or from the fallen World in which we live. Satan hates the cross because it sealed his doom and he is relentless in his attacks to undermine and thwart the cross. Every cult or false teaching in some way diminishes the work of God. The doctrine which Satan is currently working to enforce in the World is the doctrine of sin. He wants people to believe that this is the Devil’s World and that we must accept sin and the bad things that happen because this is a sign of the times, which means Satan will reign over the Earth so we should welcome him and just allow bad things to happen and encourage them because that is the Devil’s way. However, God’s forgiveness is possible only in the supernatural realm. Once you realize all that is cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vise, constrained by the love of God. #RandolphHarris 2 of 8

The death of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment in history of the very mind and intent of God. There is no place for seeing Jesus Christ as a martyr. His death was not something that happened to Him—something that might have been prevented. His death was the very reason He came. God forgives sin only because of the death of Christ. God could forgive people in no other way than by the death of His Son, and Jesus is exalted as Savior because of His death. Thought is social action, and it me be studied in the various human activities. There is no essence of thought to be reached directly. To become acquainted with one’s own nature, humans must not recede into oneself but rather go out into the World to collect information. A complete science of thought amounts to knowledge of al that humankind has produced. Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride.  #RandolphHarris 3 of 8

That I did always love, I bring thee proof: that till I loved, I did not love enough. Beware of posing as a profound person—God became a baby. Dare to take those steps of faith. By humankind it means empirical humans in their finite World. What appears to us is what there is—all the reality we can or must cope with—and we cannot reach it outside the social development of humankind. This must be constructed methodologically and this the psychology of associated mind. The solitude of the new-born in front of things is a philosophical myth. Even sensation is from the beginnings a social fact, and whatever idea one comes to conceive is never the operation of a solitary mind but rather of several associated minds. To help us understand the varieties of human history, a social psychology supported by scientific method must replace individual psychology as connected with that lobby of theology which is the solitude of consciousness. Son of God, Son of man, His life poured out for all. See Christ’s hands, see His scars, His love cannot be denied. Our God is high and lifted up. It is the Cross my only plea, the blood He shed delivers me, our Saviors arms are open wide, a love so great the Cross of Christ. Every debt, all we owe, Christ bears it as His own.  #RandolphHarris 4 of 8

What you have seen God do in the past will pale in comparison to what God is about to do. Brought to life, we are free to live in Christ alone. Our God is high and lifted up. See the Lamb (innocence) of God, see the Fathers love, all to Jesus Christ we owe, He paid it all. A cause has traditionally been thought of as that which produces something an in term of which that which is produced, it effect, can be explained. That which is caused might be either some new substance or simply a change in something that already exists. This appears to be only a relative distinction, however, for outside Christian theology philosophers have usually taken for granted that no new substance can be produced out of nothing by a cause. A statue, for example, results from imposing changes on something that already exists. The most general idea of a cause, then, is that which produces, and thus accounts for, some change. If the change is sufficiently striking to warrant applying a new name to what results, then it is natural to speak of the cause as producing a new substance. A moth, for instance, is simply the result of the change in a pre-existing caterpillar, but the change is so striking that the thing is now called a moth rather than a caterpillar. This is what Aristotle called generation. #RandolphHarris 5 of 8

In order to mold His children, God sometimes has to melt them down. A leaf, on the other hand, which turns from green to red is called a leaf. This is what Aristotle called, simply, qualitative motion, wherein no new substance results. This distinction is plainly a relative one. Aristotle drawing upon the traditions of his predecessors, distinguished four quite different kinds of causes or explanatory principles. These are called the efficient cause (causa quod), or that by which some change is wrought; the final cause (causa ut), or end or purpose for which a change is produced; the material cause, or that in which a change is wrought; and the formal cause, or that into which something is changed. Thus, for example, a statue is produced by a sculptor (its efficient cause) by his or her imposing changes upon a piece of marble (its material cause) for the purpose of possessing a beautiful object (its final cause), the marble thereby acquiring the form, or distinctive properties, of a statue (its formal cause). We should continue to turn to God as children, being continuously concerted every day of our lives. If we trust in our own abilities instead of God’s, we produce consequences for which God will hold us responsible. #RandolphHarris 6 of 8

When God through His sovereignty brings us into new situations, we should immediately make sure that our natural life submits to the spiritual, obeying the orders of the Spirit of God and he will transform us from marble into a beautiful statue, but we have to have faith that God is within us. The early Milesians, for example, were concerned too much with material causes, believing they could explain the World by discovering some basic matter—water, air, or the like—which all things are composed of. The concept of an efficient cause of change emerged with Empedocles, who postulated two motive forces, poetically called “Love” and “Strife,” to account for the evolutionary changes in the World. Plato, on the other hand, often spoke as if the explanation of all things would be achieved simply by discovering their forms, or formal causes, a procedure which Aristotle considered highly one-sided. It is essential that you give the opportunity to act on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual—you cannot act for him or her. It must be his or her own deliberate act, but the evangelical message should always lead one to action.  Get ready for God’s favor and blessing. You are uncontainable. #RandolphHarris 7 of 8

Refusing to act leaves a person paralyzed, exactly where he or she was previously. However, once an individual acts, he or she is never the same. The moments I truly live are the moments when I act with my entire will. Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The Scripture says if we are to share in Christ’s glory, we must be willing to share his sufferings. The suffering the Scripture refers to occurs when we have to say no to our flesh, when we remain calm after we do not get our way, and when we stay in faith even when life seems unfair. Our character is being developed in this way. Our marble is being chiseled into a magnificent statue. Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. However, rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. I shall love always. I offer the that love is life, and life hath immortality. God, you have given me the grace to be here, and I am embracing the place where I am. I thank You that You are changing my life little by little, from glory to glory. I believe that my present sufferings are nothing compared to the glory that is coming. #RandolphHarris 8 of 8