Buy one get one free?
Bogo is a popular selling feature. The buy one get one for free or half price marketing ploy, gives a shopper the feeling that they are getting out ahead, that they have wisely banked for themselves a heap oh cash, when at the till they are told how much money they have "saved".
Bogo is a popular selling feature. The buy one get one for free or half price marketing ploy, gives a shopper the feeling that they are getting out ahead, that they have wisely banked for themselves a heap oh cash, when at the till they are told how much money they have "saved".
This has always entertained me, because we end up with two and three pairs of say, shoes, when all we really needed was one? We discount the markup that is build into each sale and somehow, retailers manage to thrive, despite their pretend deep commitment to keep prices low for consumer benefit. Marketing has hit the streets too, hasn't it dear reader? Many are vying for our attention, our buy in, and we have so many gods, I mean options, to choose from...
God for sale
How many Jehovah Witnesses have come to your door recently? How about street corner Christians with megaphones, as you enter your downtown mall? What about Islamics propagating their philosophy? Maybe you see some all in orange, peace and love universalists, that feel like a warm breeze on a balmy summer day.
God for sale
How many Jehovah Witnesses have come to your door recently? How about street corner Christians with megaphones, as you enter your downtown mall? What about Islamics propagating their philosophy? Maybe you see some all in orange, peace and love universalists, that feel like a warm breeze on a balmy summer day.
Many gods are being advertised in the market place, and it is reminiscent of days gone by, when humans, by the names of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle gathered to intellectualize God, life, our existence, and whether or not we are made for eternity. It is humanism. It is ancient, and so are the deep deceptions, the trickery that have us believing that we can buy and get something for free.
This is avarice advertised to, and capitalized upon. We are prey to the big bad wolf that does not care about you or me, or our children for that matter. He wants to keep us shopping and buying, distracted from truth and life abundant. Check your credit card balances (how many cards do you have dear reader?) and give yourself a consumer assessment report.
Paul nailed it, over two thousand years ago
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you (Acts 17:22-23)
Do you see dear reader, that this is not new: that we are recycling what has been recycled, since the dawn of man? That each of us are on this path, a road of discovery, and that we can push or pull at one another, taking each other off-course, so that we are dragged down into the deep woods, where we ourselves become undiscoverable, lost and wandering.
Pauls answer to the questions
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead (Acts 17:29-31)
Who, Who
Paul nailed it, over two thousand years ago
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you (Acts 17:22-23)Do you see dear reader, that this is not new: that we are recycling what has been recycled, since the dawn of man? That each of us are on this path, a road of discovery, and that we can push or pull at one another, taking each other off-course, so that we are dragged down into the deep woods, where we ourselves become undiscoverable, lost and wandering.
Pauls answer to the questions
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead (Acts 17:29-31)
Who, Who
- Who is this unknown God?
- Who was raised from the dead?
- Who, Who is this God, says the wise inquisitive owl: The One that cannot be bought, sold, created, shaped, nor moulded, by human hands?
- Who, dear reader, Who?
You cannot buy Him, because you are the one that can be bought and sold. You are the precious merchandise that is bartered over, and fought for in the streets. Your soul is on display, and there is much vying for you.
God already owns you, but there are cheap warehouse brokers that would love to get you at a discount, for a bargain. You are a twofer, as the saying goes, a dime a dozen to the ones that care not about you, or your loved ones.
While humans stand on street corners, the open market, trying to sell you their wares, there is One God that quietly says I AM and there is no other
Consider Who
You are smart dear reader. I will leave you now, to consider Who you believe or alternatively, who you believe
Consider Who
You are smart dear reader. I will leave you now, to consider Who you believe or alternatively, who you believe
But the voice of truth, tells me a different story, and the voice of truth, says do not be afraid... (Casting Crowns)
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