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  praise_yeshua > 08-24-2020, 01:25 PM

  I know some people take pride in being "real". They often say things like you find in the thread subject....
  
  "What you see is.... what you get..."
  
  Problem is, the Scriptures paint a poor "view" of those who look only upon the outward appearance. 
  
  1Sa 16:7  But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. 
  
  If all you ever see is what you get, then you're missing everything. 
  
  It is very difficult to see through the outward appearance to get to the very reality that come forth from the heart of men. Emotions can be faked. Tears often do NOT tell the "why" of an broken heart. Hollywood proved many years ago that even what sounds like "good preaching" can be faked. 
  
  So just how can we "see" the heart. There is really only one way to see the true heart of man. Jesus said these words....
  
  Mat 12:34  You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 
  
  AS much as men try to cover up their filthy sinful hearts through pretense and lies..... Man just can't hide his heart from his voice. Humanity shows its heart through the words they speak. That is how we can know what is in the heart of man!
  
  Also, we can know what drives the desires of mankind through the heart of men. Jesus said...
  
  Luk_6:45  A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
  
  Luk_12:34  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  
  The very statement "What you see is what you get..."     Tells us exactly where the speaker falls within the words of Jesus. ( For out of his mouth comes the PURE Words of God!!)
  
  This speakers treasure is right in front of him....
  
  Mat_6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven....
  
  
  
  1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
  1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 
  1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

• RE: What you see is what you get....

  aleshanee > 08-26-2020, 11:37 AM

  i;ve heard that one a lot.... "what you see is what you get".... . ..it;s just one more of the many catchy snippets and one liners... "quotable quotes" and words of "worldly wisdom" people of the world like to toss out at us, to either gain our confidence... or put us in our place.... .. but they are all lies in one way or another... some are lies outright....  ......
  
  but in regards to that particular one.... ..what i;ve learned.... is that most people who say it... "what you see is what you get".. ...are trying to sell me something.... .... ..yet anyone who has ever ordered a hamburger from a fast food menu board... ..knows all too well.. that what you get in your bag, is a far cry from what you saw on that menu.... ... ..what they are selling is usually junk.. ...almost always junk.....  and what they are showing us is an illusion... ...they show us treasure in one hand while delivering trash with the other... ...and yet somehow we continue to buy it... .....knowing it won;t be what they promised.. .... ..but hoping the lie they sell us won;t be too far stretched.. .... and that what is delivered won;t be too hard to swallow..... ... (why do we do that?.... are we really that hungry?....).
  
  fact is... both the words of the world and the images of the world..... even when delivered with good intentions.... can;t be trusted.. ...it;s something practically everybody knows.... ..but few take issue with anymore..... .. they just smile..shrug... and just go along with it.... ..fork over their money for something they know won;t be delivered as described.... ..... ..lying to sell things has become so common now that it seems to be an accepted business practice... ...try to speak out about it and people look at you like you;re crazy.... or going over the top.... ..nobody seems bothered by the lies... ......
  
  but on a slightly different point.... and most people can;t understand this.... it;s something you have to experience to understand..... those of us who have... or still do... suffer from schizophrenia... know at times.. often most of the time... our own ears and our own eyes can;t be trusted.... ..not only can they fail us... but at times they will utterly betray us..... ..that is something people are very bothered by... ..to the sufferer it can be terrifying.... not knowing if you can trust your ears or eyes..... .people that know we suffer from it sometimes decide not to trust us... ..with anything.... ..and we don;t trust them either... ...though it;s often not their fault.... ...
  
  but to the point.... only scripture... the word of God.... can be trusted... ......it will never fail us or betray us... .. and it;s always there for us.... ..we don;t have to fork over money and wait for it... trusting a salesman;s word that it will be what they promised or look like the picture they showed us... ...and....spending time in Gods word we eventually find we are no longer worried about what the world tells us or tries to show us..... . coz we are not hungry for what the world is selling anymore ... .. their illusions and their words fade away..... ... but the word of God does not fade ...

• RE: What you see is what you get....

  aleshanee > 08-27-2020, 05:35 PM

  ....i wrote that reply at 3 am..... ..probably shows.... ...then i turned on youtube and watched riot videos from the mainland... all the bad stuff that happened in the previous hours.. ...literally seconds after they were posted and before youtube could edit or remove them.... ... ... and then i came back and wrote more on that same post..... ..but the whole time i was thinking how the protesters to the latest police shooting of a black man.. were all acting on the same premise as is the theme of this thread.... .....
  
  they assume that what they saw..... the one brief heavily edited video.... was all there was to it....  and after hearing the family lionize the man who was shot.. and paint him with a false narrative as an innocent victim of racist police out to "hunt down and kill a black man".... they acted on that false and incomplete information...  and began burning a city down.... ...
  
  but there was much more to that story.... .. there always is.....  ... and in a classic case of "what you saw was not what you got"... the authorities have now come out with information they previously withheld.... ("for what reason who could possibly know... but now more people have died because of it... ").....  and they have admitted that the person shot was actually fighting with police and resisting arrest... he had also been tazed once to no effect.... he also had a history of not only attacks on police but of shooting at police in the past....  and then .... the thing that actually got him shot.... . he had a knife in the floor board of his car and appeared to be reaching for it when the officer shot him.......
  
  do you think if this information had been released when video of the shooting was.... that maybe dozens of businesses would not have been burned down in kenosha?....  perhaps innocent citizens of kenosha might not have been beaten and robbed of their livelyhoods?.....  and maybe 2 rioters.... (not simply protesters but part of a riotous mob chasing a young man down the street).....who seemed to think a skate board and mere numbers could match a trained shooter with an AR-15... might be still be alive?.... ......... ..possibly...... who knows....
  
  i am not condoning the young man who shot the rioters.... .he doesn;t live in kenosha and in my opinion had no business being there in the middle of a riot.. ..and especially not armed with a gun.... .. but he admitted he traveled there for the purpose of getting involved against the rioters.... but i also don;t believe the 2 he shot were innocent victims either...  they were attacking him in a way that would have justified lethal force against them in previous generations... or had he been a police officer...... .and who in their right mind thinks a skate board trumps an AR-15?....
  
  point is....both parties to that tragedy were acting on things they saw..... thought they understood.... but were tragically mistaken about..... . same as all the protesters and rioters burning down a city over something they saw... but did not have all the information about..... ...what they saw was not the whole story... ....
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