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Accessed online on 2018 February 11 https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/98\/Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_The_finding_of_Moses.jpg\/1605px-Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_The_finding_of_Moses.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n

9\u00a0<\/span>When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cTell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLet me inherit a double\u00a0portion of your spirit,\u201d\u00a0Elisha replied.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10\u00a0<\/span>\u201cYou have asked a difficult thing,\u201d Elijah said, \u201cyet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours\u2014otherwise, it will not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11\u00a0<\/span>As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire\u00a0and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heavenin a whirlwind.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2 Kings 9:11 NIV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Kings+2&version=NIV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12\u00a0<\/span>Very truly I tell you, whoever believes\u00a0in me will do the works I have been doing,\u00a0and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+14&version=NIV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.<\/span><\/span>\u00a025\u00a0<\/span>It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,\u00a0how much more the members of his household!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mathew 10:24-25 NIV<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=mathew+10&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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26\u00a0<\/span>I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>27\u00a0<\/span>As for you, the anointing\u00a0you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things\u00a0and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit\u2014just as it has taught you, remain in him.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+john+2&version=NIV<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span>4\u00a0<\/span>You, dear children,\u00a0are from God and have overcome them,\u00a0because the one who is in you\u00a0is greater than the one who is in the world.<\/span>5\u00a0<\/span>They are from the world\u00a0and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1 John 4:4-5 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+John+4&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said to Moses, \u201cSee, I have made you like God\u00a0to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.<\/span>\u00a02\u00a0<\/span>You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exodus 7:1-2 NIV<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=exodus+7&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A psalm of Asaph.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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1\u00a0<\/span>God presides in the great assembly;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>he renders judgment\u00a0among the \u201cgods\u201d:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2\u00a0<\/span>\u201cHow long will you[a<\/a>]<\/span>\u00a0defend the unjust<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and show partiality\u00a0to the wicked?[b<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/span>Defend the weak and the fatherless;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>uphold the cause of the poor\u00a0and the oppressed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\u00a0<\/span>Rescue the weak and the needy;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>deliver them from the hand of the wicked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe \u2018gods\u2019 know nothing, they understand nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>They walk about in darkness;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>all the foundations\u00a0of the earth are shaken.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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6\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI said, \u2018You are \u201cgods\u201d;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>you are all sons of the Most High.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7\u00a0<\/span>But you will die\u00a0like mere mortals;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>you will fall like every other ruler.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8\u00a0<\/span>Rise up,\u00a0O God, judge\u00a0the earth,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>for all the nations are your inheritance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Footnotes:<\/h4>\n
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  1. Psalm 82:2<\/a>\u00a0The Hebrew is plural.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Psalm 82:2<\/a>\u00a0The Hebrew has\u00a0Selah<\/i>\u00a0(a word of uncertain meaning) here.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Psalm 82 NIV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+82&version=NIV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    34\u00a0<\/span>Jesus answered them,\u00a0\u201cIs it not written in your Law,\u00a0\u2018I have said you are \u201cgods\u201d\u2019[d<\/a>]<\/span>?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>35\u00a0<\/span>If he called them \u2018gods,\u2019 to whom the word of Godcame\u2014and Scripture cannot be set aside\u2014<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    John 10:34-35 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+10&version=NIV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    2 Peter 1:4 King James\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    http:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_peter\/1-4.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    2\u00a0<\/span>Or do you not know that the Lord\u2019s people will judge the world?\u00a0And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>3\u00a0<\/span>Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    1 Corinthians 6:2-3 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+corinthians+6&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    24Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    John 7:24 NIV 1984<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.christunite.com\/images\/NIV1984\/NT4John.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    24\u00a0<\/span>Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    John 7:24 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+7&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    14\u00a0<\/span>The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God\u00a0but considers them foolishness,\u00a0and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>15\u00a0<\/span>The person with the Spirit\u00a0makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+corinthians+2&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    1 Corinthians 2:14-15 NIV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    But solid food is for the mature,<\/span>\u00a0who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Hebrews 5:14 2018 February 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=hebrews+5&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    1. Man has the right to live by his own law\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    to live in the way that he wills to do:<\/p>\n

    to work as he will:<\/p>\n

    to play as he will:<\/p>\n

    to rest as he will:<\/p>\n

    to die when and how he will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    2. Man has the right to eat what he will:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    to drink what he will:<\/p>\n

    to dwell where he will:<\/p>\n

    to move as he will on the face of the earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    3. Man has the right to think what he will:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    to speak what he will:<\/p>\n

    to write what he will:<\/p>\n

    to draw, paint, carve, etch, mould, build as he will:<\/p>\n

    to dress as he will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    https:\/\/hermetic.com\/crowley\/libers\/lib77<\/a><\/p>\n

    I do not endorse all the views of Crowley but this portion of his poem Liber Oz is well fitting<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    1 No student can be greater than his teacher<\/p>\n

    As long as I feel I need Samuel Lee as a teacher and must copy him, I can not be greater than Samuel Lee the best I can do is be a perfect copy and it is possible to even fall short of that.<\/p>\n

    2 i do not need a teacher
    \n<\/span>But I do not need Samuel Lee to teach me, I can learn on my own and exercise my own conscience rather than deferring moral judgment to Samuel Lee. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    3 gods and judges
    \n<\/span>By training myself to distinguish good from evil and exercising my own conscience instead of deferring moral judgment to a third party, I can become like God, a partaker of the divine nature and be a spiritual person who exercises judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/discipleshipmethods.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/i-am-greater-than-samuel-lee.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    I decided to change the title to something different than my original “I am greater than Samuel Lee,” lest I be accused of blasphemy and pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    9\u00a0When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cTell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?\u201d \u201cLet me inherit a double\u00a0portion of your spirit,\u201d\u00a0Elisha replied. 10\u00a0\u201cYou have asked a difficult thing,\u201d Elijah said, \u201cyet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours\u2014otherwise, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15,122,150,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-preaching","category-scripture","category-sermon","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}