Becoming

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I hope this helps someone who wants to know more about who they really are…

I have been wanting and meaning to put this into a post for a really long time. This means more to me than most topics. I think about it often; especially having children in the stages they are in. I write this to get people thinking who have asked me so many questions about my faith the last little bit. I have never given the response needed to make this point and bring to light what I believe to be truth.

Before I get started, this is the one foundational and core truths that makes more sense than any doctrine taught in my church, however and for whatever reason, isn’t understood or thought about by most people in the world.

I am going to answer this question…

“Can we as as humans become like God?”

And I am going to answer this question with only questions…

All of the scripture references will be from The Holy Bible, not the Book of Mormon (At least this time 🙂

Can we become like God? (Yes, in the literal sense of the meaning) Can you, yes you reading this right now, become like God in the next life? Male and Female both…

Here we go…

If there is a God, does it threaten Him if we could become like Him?

Does it make Him happy when we learn and grow? Is there going to come a time when we have learned enough, and after that, He stops our progress and expansion because we are gaining too much?

Is God a dictator? Or is He a universal leader? Meaning, does a dictator only want power for themselves and get threatened by the thought of someone else having any amount of power and authority? If the answer is yes, is that the universe you want to dwell in forever?

Is God a true universal leader? Does a true leader become happy when they see someone else succeed, learn, and grow? Does a true leader get jealous when another advances? Or does a true leader become an even greater leader when He or She creates other leaders?

How large is space? Is there not room for more God’s? Does not the scriptures say in Corinthians “gods many, and lords many” in the universe? Just like on earth a child has only ONE parent and answers to ONE parent, does that mean there are no other parents across the street raising their children? Could it be there are “Mom’s many and Dad’s many”, but there is only one Mom and Dad to us? Many many God’s in space?

Does a perfect parent want to limit their children? Or does a parent not only what they have, but even more? What type of parent doesn’t want to give their child everything they have, and more?

What does the Bible scripture mean when Jesus commands us to be ye therefore perfect? (Matt 5:48) And what was the measuring sick? Wasn’t it be ye therefore perfect, like your Father in heaven is perfect? What does that mean? Do we believe Jesus when He says we can be perfect one day like the Father is Perfect? Or do we not? Doesn’t the word perfect in Greek not mean, fully developed and completed? Will we never be completed in Him?

Why did Christ come to earth to be a perfect example? For what? When he said “Come follow me..” Did he mean only half way? Or did he mean ALL the way?

What did Jesus mean when he said in Romans 8:17 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Did christ say and if “plants”? If “animals”? Or did He say “Children”?

Speaking of Children… Who are you? Are you a plant? A tree? An animal? Or are you a child of God? Does not a plant grow into the same mature larger plant once the seed has sprouted and it’s properly nourished? What about a tree? What about an animal? What do they turn into once they grow? What will you turn into if properly nourished?

In the book of Revelation, when God says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” Rev 3:21) What throne is he talking about? Is this not the Bible we are reading from?

What’s the point of the next life, if all we are going to be is angels? To do what? Sing for eternity?

If God gave us the ability to create a child on this earth, to protect, care for, teach, help, and grow, is God going to take away that ability in the next life to have children? Why? Is earth not patterned after heaven? If having children is one of the greatest blessings God can give to us on earth, wouldn’t that gift only be multiplied X infinity?

When the Jews tried to trick Jesus, asking him if He was like the Father, did not Jesus teach them the principle of us, becoming like Him, like God? Why did the Jews want to kill Him? Wasn’t it blasphemy? What was the blasphemy? That Jesus that not only He is God, but we are God’s in embryo?

Was it not that Jesus told them about their divine potential?

And Jesus said….

“30 I and my Father are one.

31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself a God.

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (In the Old Testament it says “Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High” Ps. 82:6.

35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the bFather is in me, and I in him.” John 10

Are you getting angry with the words I have just typed, or does this bring you peace thinking it could possibly be true? If it makes you angry, where is that coming from? If it makes you peaceful, where is that coming from?

If you were to be holding a lit candle and I were to be holding an unlit candle, and you were to reach over and light my candle, does it diminish your light on your candle? Or does it only add to it? Is that not the same principle of God?

Is God capable of anything and everything? Have you ever said, “With God ALL things are possible!” Do you believe God can do ALL things like the Bible tells us? Or just some things? Because if you believe He can do ALL things, and He is ALL powerful, all omnipotent, omniscient, etc, then are you going to say He is not powerful enough to make us into God’s, like Himself? Are you now limiting God? Can he do ALL things, except glorify His children?

And last, What did Jesus mean when he said:

21 That they (meaning us) all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” John 17

Could this possibly be true? Do you not feel a spark of divinity in you?

Love,

Eric Moutsos
Your Brother in Christ

More Bible scriptures for reference…….

“man is become as one of us, Gen. 3:22

be holy: for I … am holy, Lev. 19:2

madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, Ps. 8:6.

Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High, Ps. 82:6.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father, Matt. 5:48

Jesus: Is it not written in your law … Ye are gods, John 10:34

we are the offspring of God, Acts 17:29.

heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, Rom. 8:17.

changed into the same image from glory to glory, 2 Cor. 3:18.

if a son, then an heir of God through Christ, Gal. 4:7.

Till we all come … unto a perfect man, Eph. 4:13.

be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live, Heb. 12:9.

when he shall appear, we shall be like him, 1 Jn. 3:2.

him that overcometh will … sit with me in my throne, Rev. 3:21.

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Five years goes fast…

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“However, I can tell you that I’m not destroyed.  Because I’m still here. “

Someone asked me the other day if I get PTSD (triggered) anytime the Gay Pride parade happens in SLC. Short answer, it’s getting better each year. But this weekend is a little hard for me with the feelings inside. I get sad. It feels like just yesterday I was helping people and catching bad guys, but also like it never happened. Like a dream. Hard to explain.

What I miss?

The people. The people I worked side by side with, and the people I served in SLC. Mainly, the homeless. There were some homeless people I would have rather hung out with, than administrators in my own PD. That’s how much I loved them; even though some of them would drive me crazy with their self-destructive behavior.

I used to sometimes bake bread and try and find the right homeless person to give it to. No, I wasn’t always that nice. I had mean days, too. Where I lost my nerve. But I miss those good moments when I would choose selflessness. Getting out of the car and walking up to a homeless person trespassing, then not handing them a ticket, but a loaf of bread. Their faces were priceless. A spirit felt like no other.

I remember someone, who I had taken to jail, came up to me months later and gave me a hug and thanked me for the way I treated him. I didn’t exactly remember, but he had said I told him he had worth and can be something in his life; he said it made him feel so good inside he wanted to change.

I remember pulling over a younger girl (she looked like she was having a rough day) and I got her drivers license and registration. In the car filling out her ticket I had a distinct feeling and thought come to me “She is saying a prayer to not get a ticket.” I got out of my car and walked to her window and said “Miss this might sound strange but were you just praying?” She froze. Then started crying. She shook her head and I gave her documents back. I said “Well, prayer works, have a good day!” I let her go.

Those are some of the things I miss about my Law Enforcement days. I say MY because the justice system is broken the way it is; but, society is broken, too. We’ve somewhat done it to ourselves. We’ve called upon more government with our behavior and inability to govern ourselves. And this is what we get. Its gross. Everything is backwards. We elect people who mainly want power, not to help anyone. But we aren’t engaged enough to care who is in office; who in turn appoints chiefs of police, etc.

As soon as the department heads realized I wasn’t one of “them”, and I mean one who wasn’t just going to say yes, no matter what, to all their politically correct garbage and quotas, they spit me out. Then lied about it. Yes, Government lies. They tried to destroy me just to please a special interest group and cover a sexual harassment story. It worked. National news overnight. It was a perfect storm. A storm that was supposed to happen. Looking back, I fit perfectly into what needed to happen that weekend. But God had plans above their plans.

https://www.ksl.com/…/slc-officer-in-parade-controversy-spe…

However, I can tell you that I’m not destroyed.  Because I’m still here.

Although I still get PTSD and “triggered” at times, I’m stronger than that day they took my badge and gun. I was broken then. I lost about 20 lbs and couldn’t eat. I couldn’t see or feel any light around me. I felt so alone. But then I started witnessing miracle after miracle pulling us through. Letting us know He was there in the fire with us. Even though I couldn’t see. I was 33 when all of this happened.

I thank the enemies who did this to me and my family. From the Sgt’s to Chiefs, to Mayor. Without that, I wouldn’t be who I am today. I’ve been able to build back up and reinvent myself several times since. Knowing there’s hope outside of the “Secure Job” type idea I’ve always had. God keeps providing and bringing more opportunity.

Looking back, the tragedy that happened 5 years ago had become one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. As hard as it still is.

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Unity, is it possible?

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This is a little lengthy but it’s been on my mind for a few days. Would love your thoughts.

What is it that we can do to start growing together as Americans vs. tearing each other apart at every turn and news cycle? Especially trying to stay true to certain principles and convictions each holds or does not hold? Is it even possible with such drastic and different foundations under each of us?

It seems like no matter what- and I mean no matter what- if we vocalize a certain belief or passion in a principle we believe in, the “war” is inevitable and we come across as “dividing haters” and not lovers. But when you think about it, some of the greatest lovers in history are in fact, dividers. Who had very strong political and moral beliefs in their day.

I look at the greatest stands certain people took in history, especially at the moment in time they took them, and controversy was truly an understatement for them. From the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Sophi Scholl, Oscar Schindler, Martin Luther King Jr, Winston Churchill, this list goes on and on, they stood and fought. And they changed the world.

During their “fight”, they had not only haters constantly on them, but people who wanted to kill them. In fact, many of they were ultimately murdered because of the “divide” they caused.

I really believe we are in a cultural tipping-point with so many issues, that whether one vocalizes them, or not, there is a great divide happening right in front of our eyes. It’s also more of a spiritual divide than we think. And each of us is inevitably taking a side. Not to speak is to speak and not to act is to act. It’s happening in each one of us whether we want it or not. We are choosing by virtue of just being alive.

I believe God has placed each one of us into a spiritually (principled) war-type predicament. Where He needs certain people to rise up and fight for His causes of righteousness. But what we can’t do is pretend the war isn’t happening. Because we will either become an automatic casualty, or be fighting for a side we don’t even know we signed up for. That’s how it works.

Some would think that Jesus isn’t a “divider” in some instances, however I disagree. Certain universal laws can and only will divide us collectively if we aren’t in sync spiritually. Why? because certain universal laws cannot be broken or changed. And when the law is either introduced or emphasized, we must choose.

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.” Matt 10:34-35

The answer truly is love. But love comes in different forms and it’s not always comfortable.

But should love always equate to agreement?

Can we 100% disagree and still 100% love?

Maybe not, but I believe we can try.

I believe we can have really hard conversations about really difficult topics, and still love one another. Respect one another during the cultural “wars” that wage around us. Because we have to fight them. We must fight them.

I feel like we are more divided (at this time) than I’ve ever seen or felt in my short 36 yrs of life. I know there’s an answer (besides staying quiet) where we can have these conversations -in disagreement- and still somehow grow as a people. Again, that is love.

Christ did it. He too was ultimately crucified for what His Father wanted Him to teach and do everyday. But he did it. He had those very difficult conversations and actions with a complete and perfect love. And the devil and all of hell were after him the whole time. It makes me want to do better. Makes me want to love more. It also makes me want to fight harder for truth in that love. I believe that’s the answer to make a true difference.

 

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Foundational Love

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Someone sent a message and asked how expressing your belief for or against certain cultural currents equates to love? In other words, how is it love to tell someone you believe they are wrong before or during certain choices. Great question! But let me ask you one.

If you were to watch one of your siblings buy a lot next to yours and start to building their dream home, I would imagine you would probably look out the window and check things out from time to time to see how things are going. You built your house with your own hands so you know exactly how to do it and what material to use.

Now suppose your sibling either purposefully or ignorantly bought very expensive, but yet the wrong type of foundation materials for the base of their soon-to-be beautiful home. You knew how much money and time they put into it, so you don’t say anything. You think it may work, but have a really bad feeling about it. As they started pouring, your heart starts pounding. Why? Would you say something to them? Or would you stay silent?

Now imagine you stayed silent. Deep down over the years of knowing their foundation to their home may not hold up, it eats at you. But you’ve gone this long. So, you keep silent.

One day everything comes crashing down.

They soon come over to your house just devastated. They start explaining they don’t know what could’ve gone wrong. They start asking for your advise. How would you feel at that point? What would you do? Would you then tell them what you knew to be true all along? Or stay silent?

I believe love is sometimes telling people what you know to be true, even if it’s hard truth to deal with. I believe it’s for everyone’s good. I believe that’s real love.

 

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Not to Speak is to Speak

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Someone posted a comment on my wall yesterday on a very uncomfortable situation for hard working female athletes that are being subjected to compete against an individual using performance enhancing drugs against them. And not only “winning”, but destroying them physically, mentally, and morally.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/27541/trans-male-testosterone-wins-girls-state-wrestling-amanda-prestigiacomo?amp

He said that by me posting about it only “riles” people up and that by speaking out only divides our culture into a worse war with a “mob mentality”. In other words, and what i think he’s saying, is now I’m the bad guy.

On first look it would seem the bearer of bad news should be the one to blame. And that nobody should say a word about it. But maybe that’s the reason why we’ve gotten to a place where we have, so quickly in our society. Silence, complacency, and ultimately fear. Fear from the true mob mentality of today.

I don’t believe this culture war will simply stop with silence. However, it will and must get better when everyone can form their own opinion and be able to properly articulate that opinion freely into the marketplace of ideas. And everyone can be tolerant to an idea that doesn’t line up with their own.

MLK said this quote about staying silent. I believe this quote. I also believe the story of a girl who is taking men’s hormones in public school, and positions herself in an incredibly gross and higher advantage (while everyone stays silent and complacent at a disadvantage) is a story that matters deeply and must be talked about. It matters to the foundation of our humanity. I was going to say country, but it’s way more than that, it’s humanity.

Because if our culture can’t even know and recognize that girls are girls and boys are boys,and those girls will grow to be women and boys to be men, then we’ve already lost the cultural and spiritual war. Clearly, our foundation has been cracked and compromised. And if our foundation is having the issues, I’m going to talk about the issues. Uncomfortably sometimes.

Yes, I can annoy my wife, family, and even myself with some of the things I think and say. But I’m going to say them anyway. Why? Because that’s who I am and what I do. It’s me and I believe it’s worth it. And its been me for a very long time. Remember, if you don’t want to be subjected to my brain, there’s a little three button icon in the top right hand corner that can send my posts into silence on your device.

Use your voice. Everyone has a small circle of influence. Even if it’s just you. Entertain yourself if that’s the case. Of course we all need to love more, but please just don’t be silent because of fear. Let your voice heard on topics you’re passionate about inside your head. Life’s too short to stay silent. Have a beautiful day.

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