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So there is a story about a discussion that took place in the fog. This version is written by Tom Wadsworth posted on DASMA in 2005. 

Plowing at night through rough, foggy seas, a battleship’s radar suddenly indicates an object directly in its path. The ship’s captain sends a radio signal, “We are on a collision course. Advise you to change course 10 degrees north.”

A response crackles over the radio: “Negative. We advise you to change course 10 degrees south.”

The captain can now see a blinking light from the approaching object. Perturbed, he bellows a reply: “I’m a ship’s captain. Change course 10 degrees north, now!”

“I’m a seaman second class,” comes the reply. “Advise that you change course 10 degrees south to avoid imminent collision.”

The captain is furious. He blurts another command: “This is a battleship! Change your course immediately!”

Back comes the calm reply: “This is a lighthouse.”

The battleship changed course.

Let’s get into this message and see if there is a correlation. 

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Who wins in your decisions? The “dumb” you who often acts independently in a spirit of pride and inflated self-confidence, or the “wise” you that seeks to communicate and involve others who are added wisdom in your decision making endeavors? Did you know that the “dumb” you is at war with the “wise” you? Did you know that the “lack of understanding knowledge” part of you, and we can all, at some point in time, fall into that box, is at war with the “current level of understanding of the knowledge that you have, knowledgeable” you? Yes, the twin sisters named “stupid” and “dumb” are at war with you, attacking your communication center. 

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Who wins in your decisions? The “dumb” you who often acts independently in a spirit of pride and inflated self-confidence, or the “wise” you that seeks to communicate and involve others who are added wisdom in your decision making endeavors? Did you know that the “dumb” you is at war with the “wise” you? Did you know that the “lack of understanding knowledge” part of you, and we can all, at some point in time, fall into that box, is at war with the “current level of understanding of the knowledge that you have, knowledgeable” you? Yes, the twin sisters named “stupid” and “dumb” are at war with you, attacking your communication center. 

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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So this is what I would call a fat message in that there is a lot of stuff in it. Yes it is really all about options, proving you options. It is a meat treat that should give you some revelation in one or more parts of your current thinking about God and His requests and expectations. This is not one that you want to start somewhere in the middle and hop, skip, and jump all around looking for the nuggets laying on top the ground so you don’t have to dig for them. Dig I say dig and you just might be pleasantly surprised.      

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It is my belief that the Bible is for 3-people groups and I say this because I also believe that there are only three people groups in existence. 

I also want to share before I begin that I had initially considered to distinguish each of the three people groups separately, but then decided against it as I wanted to leave the distinguishing to you. In your reading you should be able to see which of the three people groups a person is in be it in the Bible or those in your life. When the bible states to test every spirit it in essence is telling us to know our audience (1 John 4:1). We need to be able to distinguish who we are addressing so that our responses can be measured according to what they can receive from us. If you end up in a conversation with someone who cannot hear and cannot see the things of God then there is a response that would be most effective for that person. I have gone to meetings where the ill-equipped believer who was not equipped for the work of their ministry was trying to win the devil to the church and Jesus. Now before you pass judgement on that situation you should consider the effectiveness of your church in your community. Does it operate in miracles, signs and wonders? Does it have a supernatural testimony in the community? Are all of the peeps being equipped for the work of ministry? Do you focus more on having spiritual babies (preaching the gospel and inviting lost souls through the doors of your church), than on raising the parents to care for the babies you already have? …

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