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that goes along with understanding the word of God. You must

know what God is using the metaphor to represent and it may

not be according to your understanding. Proverbs 3:3-6 Let not

mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write

them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and

good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the

LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own

understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall

direct thy paths. 1 Corinthians 1:27 But God hath chosen the

foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things,

which are mighty; God has chosen things that are foolish and

hated by people. He requires things that the world hates and

goes against their education and science and common sense. 1

Corinthians 1:18 for the preaching of the cross is to them that

perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of

God. The cross is a metaphor a symbol of power. It has the

ability to take a person into the power and authority of God to

do things that are not humanly possible. Jesus said that we

should take up our cross and follow him and if we did not we

were not worthy of him. The cross is the symbol of love that

goes beyond human understanding because that kind of love is

laying down your life for others. By allowing the power of the

cross in your life, you will be saving others. A man that was

controlled by the lust of sex will destroy others by his preying

on them and using them to fulfill his need. But the power of the