God's first commandment is this:
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20: 3-6)
The first commandment of God is the longest commandment. In it, the Lord is specifically clear about Himself, who He is, and how we are to conduct our behavior and attitudes about Him and in our worship of Him.
Have you ever thought about why there are no images of Christ from the time He lived upon the earth? Surely, there were artists in His lifetime, but there are no portraits, no woodcarvings, no sculptures. Pictures we have of Christ today are merely images created out of the imaginations of people.
Please consider that Jesus was not a hero to the world in the time that He lived on earth. He was an enemy of religion and He was also an enemy of the Roman Empire. Yet Christ did not break any religious law, and neither did He break any Roman law. But they killed Him anyway! Why, then, did thy crucify an innocent man?
Images and idols are representative of heros: people to be remembered and adored. Jesus was not wanted to be remembered and adored. Certainly He was not supposed to be worshipped. They crucified the Lord because they believed that killing Him would put an end to the whole story of Jesus and that His disciples would vanish once He was dead. And with Jesus dead, who would want people to remember Him?
Now back to the first commandment of God:
If you are in a religion that worships images of Christ, you are in a house of idols: according to the Word of God.
If you are in a religion that worships images of men and women, you are in a house of idols: according to the Word of God.
If you are in a religion that worships and prays to the spirts of dead people, you are in a house of idols: according to the Word of God.
Therefore, if you are in a house of idols, you are in violation of the first commandment: according to the Word of God.
If you are in a house of idols, do you truly believe that God is there?
Do you truly believe that the Holy Spirit is in the presence of a house of idols?
Do you honestly think that God is blessing your worship and adoration of idols?
So then, if you are in a house of idols, where are you?
You are in a place of darkness because the Light of Christ is not there. And if you choose to remain there, your iniquity will be visited to your children and grandchildren, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, according to the Word of God. And according to the first commandment, you hate God because of your choice to worship idols.
To be saved, not only must you be willing to confess to God that your are a sinner as well as to receive Christ as your Saviour, but you must also be willing to come out of your house of idols.
As it is written in the Word of God: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (II Corinthians 6: 17-18)
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
FRIENDS OF JESUS
And after Jesus departed Nazareth to begin His ministry, He chose twelve men to be His disciples. In the course of time, however, many more people believed that Jesus was Messiah and they also became disciples. We know that the Lord had more than a hundred followers, or disciples, for there where 120 on the Day of Pentecost.
In the Gospel of John, Jesus said, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. (John 15: 14-15)
As Jesus taught the disciples for three and a half years, He told them that He would die, how He would die, and that He would also be resurrected from death after three days.
Being human, what were the disciples supposed to believe upon hearing those three prophecies? No one had never done that before! Would doubt be a normal human reaction to words such as those? It is one thing to believe after the fact, but what about before the fact?
On the day when Christ was arrested, tried, and crucified, where were His disciples, His friends? They had scattered.
We may never know what was in the minds of the Lord's disciples in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. We can assume that one element could have easily been fear. Perhaps the disciples feared for their own lives. Maybe they thought that if people saw them that they, too, would have been grabbed and nailed to crosses just for being associates of Jesus. Maybe they thought: are they really doing this to Him? Are they really going to kill an innocent man? Perhaps the disciples were astonished that people could be so cruel.
Even during the three days when Christ was dead, this was also a trying time for the disciples. It was a time of waiting and also a time of anticipation. Is He going to do it? To be Messiah, Jesus had to come out of the tomb by His own power.
Jesus did. He arose from death and came out of the tomb. In so doing, He left His clothes in the tomb. But He was not naked. He arose in a glorified body, His body was completely healed, and His ruptured heart was beating again. Jesus was clothed with light. This is why Jesus is the Light of the world! And His light shines in darkness to expose the sins of people.
And after His resurrection, where were His disciples, His friends? They regathered with Him! And then, as He commanded them to do, they waiting for the Holy Spirit to empower them to take the Good News of Christ throughout the world.
Jesus said, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15: 13)
The evidence of Christ as the Saviour is the love He has for you, His friend, for the fact that he laid down His life for you, too. The question here, however, is Jesus a friend of yours? If you accept Him, then He will be your friend. But if you reject His saving grace, this means that He is not your friend.
In the Gospel of John, Jesus said, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. (John 15: 14-15)
As Jesus taught the disciples for three and a half years, He told them that He would die, how He would die, and that He would also be resurrected from death after three days.
Being human, what were the disciples supposed to believe upon hearing those three prophecies? No one had never done that before! Would doubt be a normal human reaction to words such as those? It is one thing to believe after the fact, but what about before the fact?
On the day when Christ was arrested, tried, and crucified, where were His disciples, His friends? They had scattered.
We may never know what was in the minds of the Lord's disciples in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. We can assume that one element could have easily been fear. Perhaps the disciples feared for their own lives. Maybe they thought that if people saw them that they, too, would have been grabbed and nailed to crosses just for being associates of Jesus. Maybe they thought: are they really doing this to Him? Are they really going to kill an innocent man? Perhaps the disciples were astonished that people could be so cruel.
Even during the three days when Christ was dead, this was also a trying time for the disciples. It was a time of waiting and also a time of anticipation. Is He going to do it? To be Messiah, Jesus had to come out of the tomb by His own power.
Jesus did. He arose from death and came out of the tomb. In so doing, He left His clothes in the tomb. But He was not naked. He arose in a glorified body, His body was completely healed, and His ruptured heart was beating again. Jesus was clothed with light. This is why Jesus is the Light of the world! And His light shines in darkness to expose the sins of people.
And after His resurrection, where were His disciples, His friends? They regathered with Him! And then, as He commanded them to do, they waiting for the Holy Spirit to empower them to take the Good News of Christ throughout the world.
Jesus said, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15: 13)
The evidence of Christ as the Saviour is the love He has for you, His friend, for the fact that he laid down His life for you, too. The question here, however, is Jesus a friend of yours? If you accept Him, then He will be your friend. But if you reject His saving grace, this means that He is not your friend.
Friday, March 23, 2012
PARTNERS AGAINST CHRIST
If you are a religious person, your thinking today is no different than it was yesterday, and your thinking tomorrow will be no different than today; therefore, you are living the same day, every day, in your mind.
In religion, you are taught that your religion is what matters, not Christ.
Your religion teaches that everything you do is what matters, not what Christ did for you.
In religion, you believe that your future is safe because religion has taught you how to think.
Heaven, however, belongs to God, and God determines who comes to His heaven, not religion; for Christ is the door to heaven, not religion.
To get to heaven, you must get in the way that God thinks instead of the way religion has you thinking.
Because religion is designed to dominate the minds of people, the minds of people remain as the minds of little children because religion does not want its converts to think for themselves, and therefore the people of religion never become spiritual adults: they are not supposed to make their own decisions. This is why religion is a spiritual prison and its wardens control the keys.
In total, religion is mind control, and by controlling the minds of people, religion controls the behavior of people because the converts are slaves to the slavemasters.
The global empire that is rising to power upon the earth will be led by religion and politics will be secondary because dictators know that religion is power over people; and because they will have the power of religion, they will have control of the people.
Do you see this?
People of the earth today are being led to believe that politics is the power over people, which is only a deception; for the powerful people on earth today, who are leading the politicians of governments around the world, are religious people. The politicians today are under the authority of religion, for the Antichrist will arise as a religious person and governments will be submissive to him. He will have total authority over government and all worship must be to him.
Governments and religion today are partners against Christ, which is why the world has been working secretly to produce a false messiah; and people are being deceived by religion.
If you consider yourself to be a religious person, then you are part of that partnership that denys Christ, which is precisely what religion wants you to do! And by your denial of Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will miss heaven.
Thus we can conclude with two questions: if Christ is not real, why is the world working so hard and so secretly to duplicate a messiah who will appear to be Christ? And why has the world killed millions of the messengers of Christ for more than 2000 years?
In religion, you are taught that your religion is what matters, not Christ.
Your religion teaches that everything you do is what matters, not what Christ did for you.
In religion, you believe that your future is safe because religion has taught you how to think.
Heaven, however, belongs to God, and God determines who comes to His heaven, not religion; for Christ is the door to heaven, not religion.
To get to heaven, you must get in the way that God thinks instead of the way religion has you thinking.
Because religion is designed to dominate the minds of people, the minds of people remain as the minds of little children because religion does not want its converts to think for themselves, and therefore the people of religion never become spiritual adults: they are not supposed to make their own decisions. This is why religion is a spiritual prison and its wardens control the keys.
In total, religion is mind control, and by controlling the minds of people, religion controls the behavior of people because the converts are slaves to the slavemasters.
The global empire that is rising to power upon the earth will be led by religion and politics will be secondary because dictators know that religion is power over people; and because they will have the power of religion, they will have control of the people.
Do you see this?
People of the earth today are being led to believe that politics is the power over people, which is only a deception; for the powerful people on earth today, who are leading the politicians of governments around the world, are religious people. The politicians today are under the authority of religion, for the Antichrist will arise as a religious person and governments will be submissive to him. He will have total authority over government and all worship must be to him.
Governments and religion today are partners against Christ, which is why the world has been working secretly to produce a false messiah; and people are being deceived by religion.
If you consider yourself to be a religious person, then you are part of that partnership that denys Christ, which is precisely what religion wants you to do! And by your denial of Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will miss heaven.
Thus we can conclude with two questions: if Christ is not real, why is the world working so hard and so secretly to duplicate a messiah who will appear to be Christ? And why has the world killed millions of the messengers of Christ for more than 2000 years?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
READ THE SIGNS
As we discussed future suffering yesterday, please know that a catastrophy will come upon the earth that will cause people around the world to suddenly panic and look upward for answers. Terror will arise in their hearts, their minds, and terror will be written across their faces. People will feel hopeless and helpless as their environments are suddenly turned upside down.
This future catastrophy will be a global event. It could be in the form of a chain of massive earthquakes that will produce utter destruction of cities and nations. These quakes can also produce giant tsunamis that will wash across cities and nations. And a future catastrophy could also be nuclear war.
Whatever catastrophy happens, it will come quickly and without warning. No longer will people be living with life as normal, or business as usual. Their schedules, plans, hopes and dreams will instantly change. Their present world of thinking will, in moment, be focused on the future and how to cope with sudden and massive destruction.
Today, we look to weather forecasters to give us weather reports in order for us to make plans according to the weather; and we believe the words of their forecasts and know to take umbrellas, wear layers of winter clothing, or to wear short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and sandles.
If, at the same time, newscasters were able to give us an accurate forecast of coming destruction, we would believe their words and make plans accordingly in the same way that we take weather forecasts seriously. Newscasters, however, can only speculate about future news because journalism is about facts that have happened and thereby they report the past and not future guesswork. News editors are not interested in prophecy. That is not their business.
On the other hand, you can consider and believe that the Holy Bible is a prophectic newspaper of events that are coming upon the earth because the Word of God is written so that you can know that future events have already happened: we simply have not experienced, or gone through those events, as of today.
God wants us to know, God wants us to be informed. God wants us to know that He loves us; for, if He did not love us, He would not inform us of the future and all of us would perish. And by informing us because of His love, He wants us to be able to escape His wrath that will come upon the earth as evidenced by the very words of Christ:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Please know, that for me and many people in the world today, it would be more fun to write about peppermint candy and lollipops, about a day at the baseball park, or a picnic by the lake on a lazy afternoon. But those times are not the times we are living now. We are living in the most serious time in all of human history, and we are reporting future events that will come upon the earth, which will be much more serious than even this day of March 21, 2012. Because we believe God's Word, we want you to know that you can also believe God's Word and be saved from the wrath of God. You must decide, however, whom to believe.
Jesus gave us the signs as we reported in yesterday's blog. If you will believe Him, you will also believe the signs. Read the signs and what are they saying? God says what He means and He means what He says.
This future catastrophy will be a global event. It could be in the form of a chain of massive earthquakes that will produce utter destruction of cities and nations. These quakes can also produce giant tsunamis that will wash across cities and nations. And a future catastrophy could also be nuclear war.
Whatever catastrophy happens, it will come quickly and without warning. No longer will people be living with life as normal, or business as usual. Their schedules, plans, hopes and dreams will instantly change. Their present world of thinking will, in moment, be focused on the future and how to cope with sudden and massive destruction.
Today, we look to weather forecasters to give us weather reports in order for us to make plans according to the weather; and we believe the words of their forecasts and know to take umbrellas, wear layers of winter clothing, or to wear short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and sandles.
If, at the same time, newscasters were able to give us an accurate forecast of coming destruction, we would believe their words and make plans accordingly in the same way that we take weather forecasts seriously. Newscasters, however, can only speculate about future news because journalism is about facts that have happened and thereby they report the past and not future guesswork. News editors are not interested in prophecy. That is not their business.
On the other hand, you can consider and believe that the Holy Bible is a prophectic newspaper of events that are coming upon the earth because the Word of God is written so that you can know that future events have already happened: we simply have not experienced, or gone through those events, as of today.
God wants us to know, God wants us to be informed. God wants us to know that He loves us; for, if He did not love us, He would not inform us of the future and all of us would perish. And by informing us because of His love, He wants us to be able to escape His wrath that will come upon the earth as evidenced by the very words of Christ:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Please know, that for me and many people in the world today, it would be more fun to write about peppermint candy and lollipops, about a day at the baseball park, or a picnic by the lake on a lazy afternoon. But those times are not the times we are living now. We are living in the most serious time in all of human history, and we are reporting future events that will come upon the earth, which will be much more serious than even this day of March 21, 2012. Because we believe God's Word, we want you to know that you can also believe God's Word and be saved from the wrath of God. You must decide, however, whom to believe.
Jesus gave us the signs as we reported in yesterday's blog. If you will believe Him, you will also believe the signs. Read the signs and what are they saying? God says what He means and He means what He says.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
FUTURE SUFFERING
What is the worst pain you have had in your lifetime, or your worst hurt?
In your lifetime, have you ever done without anything, been deprived of nothing?
Have you ever suffered for standing up for something, or for standing against something?
Have you ever gone without clothing, or without food for days?
What is the absolute worst of the sufferings you have had in your lifetime?
Have you ever been without a family vehicle for even a day in all of your whole life?
Have you ever missed a meal in all of your life?
Or has your only suffering been when your pride took a hit, when people were unkind to you, or when you did not get your way, or because someone disagreed with you? Is that suffering?
Have you had all of the material possessions any person could have and you are still unhappy because you are suffering because you do not have more?
Is all of the pain you experience for yourself?
Is all of your suffering for yourself?
Are you suffering because you are not getting more attention?
Would you suffer without television, or cell phones?
And Jesus said, And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (Gospel of Luke 21: 25-26)
In the near future, people will witness events that will astonish their minds. They will not believe the sights and sounds that will fill their eyes and their ears. People will be in a state of distress, a state of quandry, with a fear of no way out, without resources, and at a loss mentally of what to do or how to understand events that are happening.
People are about to witness the worst catastrophies that has ever come upon the earth. No generation on earth has ever witnessed what we will see in the future.
Catastrophies will include the largest and most devasting earthquakes ever upon earth, and the largest tsunamis that have ever washed across lands. Island nations will disappear and continents will split open and be covered with water from oceans and from breaking dams of large lakes.
Then there will be the distress from outer space with meteorites, asteriods, and comets.
In those two verses in the Gospel of Luke, the Lord gives us a portrait of events that will happen before His return to earth. By knowing Him today, however, you can escape the wrath of God's judgment of the earth and of people who have rejected the Son of God.
To know Him, all you need to do is pray, confess that you are a sinner, and ask Him to save you from your sins.
In your lifetime, have you ever done without anything, been deprived of nothing?
Have you ever suffered for standing up for something, or for standing against something?
Have you ever gone without clothing, or without food for days?
What is the absolute worst of the sufferings you have had in your lifetime?
Have you ever been without a family vehicle for even a day in all of your whole life?
Have you ever missed a meal in all of your life?
Or has your only suffering been when your pride took a hit, when people were unkind to you, or when you did not get your way, or because someone disagreed with you? Is that suffering?
Have you had all of the material possessions any person could have and you are still unhappy because you are suffering because you do not have more?
Is all of the pain you experience for yourself?
Is all of your suffering for yourself?
Are you suffering because you are not getting more attention?
Would you suffer without television, or cell phones?
And Jesus said, And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (Gospel of Luke 21: 25-26)
In the near future, people will witness events that will astonish their minds. They will not believe the sights and sounds that will fill their eyes and their ears. People will be in a state of distress, a state of quandry, with a fear of no way out, without resources, and at a loss mentally of what to do or how to understand events that are happening.
People are about to witness the worst catastrophies that has ever come upon the earth. No generation on earth has ever witnessed what we will see in the future.
Catastrophies will include the largest and most devasting earthquakes ever upon earth, and the largest tsunamis that have ever washed across lands. Island nations will disappear and continents will split open and be covered with water from oceans and from breaking dams of large lakes.
Then there will be the distress from outer space with meteorites, asteriods, and comets.
In those two verses in the Gospel of Luke, the Lord gives us a portrait of events that will happen before His return to earth. By knowing Him today, however, you can escape the wrath of God's judgment of the earth and of people who have rejected the Son of God.
To know Him, all you need to do is pray, confess that you are a sinner, and ask Him to save you from your sins.
Monday, March 19, 2012
WOUNDED IN ACTION
And Jesus said, 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. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Gospel of Matthew 10: 34-37)
Today, let me share with you the truth of these words of Jesus, which is also a testimony for the truth of God's Word.
If you take a stand for Christ to speak the truth about Him, you can expect conflict, and this will help you to know this; therefore, if you believe the Lord is leading you in a ministry, no matter if it is to teach a Sunday school class, to become a missionary, to become a minister or preacher, to enter a music ministry, or even to write a blog about Christ, you can expect that people you know will not agree with your decision and your commitment to the Lord. Not every person agreed with Christ, while He was on the earth, and not every person you know will agree with your postition with Him.
People in your own family and people you believe are your friends will turn against you. They will find fault with you. They will doubt that the Lord would call you to do anything. They will operate behind your back and instigate trouble for you.
The reason this will happen is because people in your family and your friends do not know Christ as you know the Lord; for their behavior against you will be the evidence of their unbelief. And your stand for Christ will expose the truth of their hearts.
For if your family and friends truly support you in your endeavor, they will give you words of encouragement and they will tell you they are praying for you. They will be happy for you. But because they have no words of encouragement or prayers for you, they are against you; and they are against you because they are against Christ. For as they shoot the messenger in the foot, they are also shooting the Message, which is Christ the Lord.
Knowing this will also help you in another way. The Lord allows these things to happen for our own maturity in Him, for conflicts will help us to get closer to Christ and to pray. Conflicts will strengthen us. Even though it hurts when friends and family turn against us, please remember that it is not you and I that people are against: it is Christ.
Remember, too, that when Jesus began His ministry, there were people in His hometown who did not believe that He was Messiah. These were people who had known Him all of His life. So Jesus departed Nazareth and took His message elsewhere. As a result, the whole world has come to know the name of Jesus! Whereas if He had quit because He got His feelings hurt, He would have never made it to the cross to die for our sins.
Know, then, that you and I will get our feelings hurt from time to time---by people we know---but do not quit. As soldiers, we know that we are going to get wounded in action, but we must be able to take the pain. Count it for joy because these conflicts is the evidence that we are doing the will of God!
Therefore, stay in prayer and stand strong, and keep pressing onward, looking forward: for we know that Christ has already won the war!
Today, let me share with you the truth of these words of Jesus, which is also a testimony for the truth of God's Word.
If you take a stand for Christ to speak the truth about Him, you can expect conflict, and this will help you to know this; therefore, if you believe the Lord is leading you in a ministry, no matter if it is to teach a Sunday school class, to become a missionary, to become a minister or preacher, to enter a music ministry, or even to write a blog about Christ, you can expect that people you know will not agree with your decision and your commitment to the Lord. Not every person agreed with Christ, while He was on the earth, and not every person you know will agree with your postition with Him.
People in your own family and people you believe are your friends will turn against you. They will find fault with you. They will doubt that the Lord would call you to do anything. They will operate behind your back and instigate trouble for you.
The reason this will happen is because people in your family and your friends do not know Christ as you know the Lord; for their behavior against you will be the evidence of their unbelief. And your stand for Christ will expose the truth of their hearts.
For if your family and friends truly support you in your endeavor, they will give you words of encouragement and they will tell you they are praying for you. They will be happy for you. But because they have no words of encouragement or prayers for you, they are against you; and they are against you because they are against Christ. For as they shoot the messenger in the foot, they are also shooting the Message, which is Christ the Lord.
Knowing this will also help you in another way. The Lord allows these things to happen for our own maturity in Him, for conflicts will help us to get closer to Christ and to pray. Conflicts will strengthen us. Even though it hurts when friends and family turn against us, please remember that it is not you and I that people are against: it is Christ.
Remember, too, that when Jesus began His ministry, there were people in His hometown who did not believe that He was Messiah. These were people who had known Him all of His life. So Jesus departed Nazareth and took His message elsewhere. As a result, the whole world has come to know the name of Jesus! Whereas if He had quit because He got His feelings hurt, He would have never made it to the cross to die for our sins.
Know, then, that you and I will get our feelings hurt from time to time---by people we know---but do not quit. As soldiers, we know that we are going to get wounded in action, but we must be able to take the pain. Count it for joy because these conflicts is the evidence that we are doing the will of God!
Therefore, stay in prayer and stand strong, and keep pressing onward, looking forward: for we know that Christ has already won the war!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
WORDS FROM THE WISE
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address lasted for only two minutes and was delivered at a cemetary.
Patrick Henry's famous Give me liberty, or give me death was a total of seven words.
President Franklin Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
King Solomon wrote: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14).
Jesus of Nazareth said: And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (Luke 21: 25-26)
There are but a few people across the United States that fear God today.
Outside of Bible-believing churches and born again Christians, how many people in the United States actually respect God today?
How many people, even throughout the world, truly believe that God will do what God has said He will do?
Christ gave us but a short list of signs to watch, spoken in simple words, in two simple sentences, and simple to understand. Did Christ mean what He said? Can Christ do what He said He will do?
Those signs, spoken just over two thousand years ago, are in front of our eyes at this very moment in time. Are you looking? Are you watching? Are you paying attention?
If you believe the Lord, you will believe the signs, and you will also believe that the end of human history is nearly at hand. So then, whom shall you fear?
God is preparing to shake the earth. And the reason God will shake the earth is in order to get the attention of people: that people will believe that God is God and that God will do exactly as God has said He will do. And when God shakes the earth, people will fear Him. They will awaken out of sleep and believe when they see the King of kings coming in the clouds of majestic glory.
For today, it will take a shaking of the earth to get people to believe and to fear God.
As Christ said in Luke's Gospel, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
It is said that a dying man's words are words of truth from his heart. Before Christ died for the sins of the world, He spoke those words from His heart because He loves us and because He wants us to be saved. And when Christ died on the cross, His heart ruptured.
Patrick Henry's famous Give me liberty, or give me death was a total of seven words.
President Franklin Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
King Solomon wrote: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14).
Jesus of Nazareth said: And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (Luke 21: 25-26)
There are but a few people across the United States that fear God today.
Outside of Bible-believing churches and born again Christians, how many people in the United States actually respect God today?
How many people, even throughout the world, truly believe that God will do what God has said He will do?
Christ gave us but a short list of signs to watch, spoken in simple words, in two simple sentences, and simple to understand. Did Christ mean what He said? Can Christ do what He said He will do?
Those signs, spoken just over two thousand years ago, are in front of our eyes at this very moment in time. Are you looking? Are you watching? Are you paying attention?
If you believe the Lord, you will believe the signs, and you will also believe that the end of human history is nearly at hand. So then, whom shall you fear?
God is preparing to shake the earth. And the reason God will shake the earth is in order to get the attention of people: that people will believe that God is God and that God will do exactly as God has said He will do. And when God shakes the earth, people will fear Him. They will awaken out of sleep and believe when they see the King of kings coming in the clouds of majestic glory.
For today, it will take a shaking of the earth to get people to believe and to fear God.
As Christ said in Luke's Gospel, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
It is said that a dying man's words are words of truth from his heart. Before Christ died for the sins of the world, He spoke those words from His heart because He loves us and because He wants us to be saved. And when Christ died on the cross, His heart ruptured.
BE PREPARED
If you want truth, the ultimate source of truth today is the Holy Bible, for the Bible is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. God is holy and therefore it is impossible for God to lie, nor to distort, distract, or deceive you from knowing truth. You can read the Bible for yourself and learn truth from God, or you can attend a true Bible-believing church and have God's Word explained to you by people who have studied His Word for years and years. And all of the truth you can learn from God's Word is free.
Secondly, another source for truth today is the internet because there are many people in the world who have been seekers of truth. They have studied, they have researched information, and they have posted their findings on the internet. People have been doing this for years and years, not for a few days or for a few minutes. Some people have devoted most of their lives in the quest to ascertain truth. And their findings, on the internet, are free.
Thirdly, you can perform your own research for truth if truth is what you want. You can do your own research of the Bible or any other topic that is on your mind. And truthful information is available, but you must be willing to work to find it.
So then, outside of the Bible and from the internet, where are you hearing truth today?
You are not.
All of the news media outlets today---radio, television, newspapers, magazines---are giving you controlled news: they are reporting news that certain people want you to hear, but not everything. Many events in this world are hidden from the media because certain people do not want people to know everything.
For example, the suffering of children and women throughout the world today is not covered on the evening news, nor on the headlines of newspapers, is it? This is a big event and millions of people are suffering. Why would certain people not want you to know this factual information?
Furthermore, millions of people today are suffering from starvation, sickness, disease, plagues, and pestilences. Certain people, however, do not want you to know this factual information. Why not?
Certain people in the world today, the richest and most powerful people in the world, also control the news media throughout the world; therefore they have the power to control, to distort, and to hide truth from people. They do not want you to know everything. Instead, they want to control you and how you think and in what they want you to believe as truth, but not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Because people have been fed information this way for years and even decades, the minds of people have been conditioned to believe that if they hear it or read in the news media outlets then it must be truth. And if people hear information that is not from the news media outlets, they believe that it must not be truth; for if what they are hearing is truth, then surely it would be on television! They would have heard it on the radio! They would have read it in the newspaper!
The minds of people have been distorted from truth for so long that when they finally hear true truth from the Word of God this is foreign information to their ears. It is unbelievable! They reject it as myth and fairytale! And we who report truth from the Word of God are considered to be mentally instable. That our minds are twisted. That we are old hat or old school and that we, in a way, have lost our minds, gone insane, a bit cuckoo, and we are definitely not normal people!
Really? Not normal?
Biblical prophecy is being performed in front of our eyes and we are not normal?
Jesus said there will be pestilences, plagues, earthquakes, signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars. These events are unfolding in front of our hours, but we who are witnessing and reporting these events at this very time are considered to be not normal.
Conditions are going to get worse and worse, but we are not normal.
Soon and very soon, catastrophic events will begin to happen, but we are not normal.
Today, catastrophies are necessary in order for people to believe that God is God.
Be prepared.
Secondly, another source for truth today is the internet because there are many people in the world who have been seekers of truth. They have studied, they have researched information, and they have posted their findings on the internet. People have been doing this for years and years, not for a few days or for a few minutes. Some people have devoted most of their lives in the quest to ascertain truth. And their findings, on the internet, are free.
Thirdly, you can perform your own research for truth if truth is what you want. You can do your own research of the Bible or any other topic that is on your mind. And truthful information is available, but you must be willing to work to find it.
So then, outside of the Bible and from the internet, where are you hearing truth today?
You are not.
All of the news media outlets today---radio, television, newspapers, magazines---are giving you controlled news: they are reporting news that certain people want you to hear, but not everything. Many events in this world are hidden from the media because certain people do not want people to know everything.
For example, the suffering of children and women throughout the world today is not covered on the evening news, nor on the headlines of newspapers, is it? This is a big event and millions of people are suffering. Why would certain people not want you to know this factual information?
Furthermore, millions of people today are suffering from starvation, sickness, disease, plagues, and pestilences. Certain people, however, do not want you to know this factual information. Why not?
Certain people in the world today, the richest and most powerful people in the world, also control the news media throughout the world; therefore they have the power to control, to distort, and to hide truth from people. They do not want you to know everything. Instead, they want to control you and how you think and in what they want you to believe as truth, but not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Because people have been fed information this way for years and even decades, the minds of people have been conditioned to believe that if they hear it or read in the news media outlets then it must be truth. And if people hear information that is not from the news media outlets, they believe that it must not be truth; for if what they are hearing is truth, then surely it would be on television! They would have heard it on the radio! They would have read it in the newspaper!
The minds of people have been distorted from truth for so long that when they finally hear true truth from the Word of God this is foreign information to their ears. It is unbelievable! They reject it as myth and fairytale! And we who report truth from the Word of God are considered to be mentally instable. That our minds are twisted. That we are old hat or old school and that we, in a way, have lost our minds, gone insane, a bit cuckoo, and we are definitely not normal people!
Really? Not normal?
Biblical prophecy is being performed in front of our eyes and we are not normal?
Jesus said there will be pestilences, plagues, earthquakes, signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars. These events are unfolding in front of our hours, but we who are witnessing and reporting these events at this very time are considered to be not normal.
Conditions are going to get worse and worse, but we are not normal.
Soon and very soon, catastrophic events will begin to happen, but we are not normal.
Today, catastrophies are necessary in order for people to believe that God is God.
Be prepared.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
THE REAL DEAL
The reason I write so often about the separation of Christ from religion is because I was religious for over forty years, but when I met Christ, not only did the Lord save me from my sins, He also released me from the prison of religion.
For you see Christ is above religion and He never commanded His disciples or apostles to institute an order called religion.
Not only this, but Christ is also above all kings and all kingdoms. He is above all principalities and dogmas and doctrines written by men. Above all else, Christ is holy.
Religion, therefore, is a trap. It is a snare for your mind and for your soul.
Religion is designed by men and for men as well as for women and children. It is a counterfeit: it looks real and sounds real, but it is not the real deal. And because religion is created out of the imaginations of men, it is not holy and can never be made holy by all the people who pretend to be holy.
Religion is an institution of spiritual warfare against God, against Christ, and against the Holy Bible.
Not only does religion want to capture you, it also wants to capture your children and your childrens' children.
Religion is from the influence of Satan to the minds of men.
Therefore, for us who are messengers for Christ, the message is Christ and Christ alone. We are not voices for a religious order created by people.
The Lord set me free from the prison of religion, but religion wants to be your warden and keep you a prisoner in a dark cell, locked away from knowing Christ.
Knowing this, would you rather be a prisoner, or would you rather be free?
Christ can turn the key and let you out if you will simply ask Him for a pardon of your sins; for religion cannot forgive you of your sins. And religion, being dead, has no love.
Christ is the real deal.
For you see Christ is above religion and He never commanded His disciples or apostles to institute an order called religion.
Not only this, but Christ is also above all kings and all kingdoms. He is above all principalities and dogmas and doctrines written by men. Above all else, Christ is holy.
Religion, therefore, is a trap. It is a snare for your mind and for your soul.
Religion is designed by men and for men as well as for women and children. It is a counterfeit: it looks real and sounds real, but it is not the real deal. And because religion is created out of the imaginations of men, it is not holy and can never be made holy by all the people who pretend to be holy.
Religion is an institution of spiritual warfare against God, against Christ, and against the Holy Bible.
Not only does religion want to capture you, it also wants to capture your children and your childrens' children.
Religion is from the influence of Satan to the minds of men.
Therefore, for us who are messengers for Christ, the message is Christ and Christ alone. We are not voices for a religious order created by people.
The Lord set me free from the prison of religion, but religion wants to be your warden and keep you a prisoner in a dark cell, locked away from knowing Christ.
Knowing this, would you rather be a prisoner, or would you rather be free?
Christ can turn the key and let you out if you will simply ask Him for a pardon of your sins; for religion cannot forgive you of your sins. And religion, being dead, has no love.
Christ is the real deal.
HEARSAY YOURSAY
Hearsay is a legal term for testifying in court where the witness does not have direct knowledge of the facts, but is merely repeating information he or she has heard from others; therefore, hearsay is not allowed as evidence by the judge and the witness is not allowed to testify.
If you are living your life based on the opinions of others, then you are basing your decisions on hearsay; and in so doing, hearsay has become yoursay. And if you should be called to court to testify for your decisions, you would have no testimony of your own because the lives of others have been lived through you because their ways became your ways. Therefore if their lives have been lived according to lies, then your whole life is also a lie because you accepted their ways as your own.
If you are living according to the dogmas, doctrines, and philosophies of people, instead of living according the Word of God, you are living according to hearsay instead of God's say. If you have chosen the words of people to be more important than the words of God, then what will you say to God when you stand before Him on Judgment Day?
In the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord gives us an interesting story about hearsay:
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
In a way, Jesus held court and asked the disciples to testify of the belief people had about Himself. Then the Lord wanted to know what they believed.
In like manner, whom do you say Christ is from your own opinion instead of from the opinion of others? Is the hearsay yoursay?
What do you believe about Jesus, whom is called Christ? And are you a credible witness to testify about Jesus in court?
If you are living your life based on the opinions of others, then you are basing your decisions on hearsay; and in so doing, hearsay has become yoursay. And if you should be called to court to testify for your decisions, you would have no testimony of your own because the lives of others have been lived through you because their ways became your ways. Therefore if their lives have been lived according to lies, then your whole life is also a lie because you accepted their ways as your own.
If you are living according to the dogmas, doctrines, and philosophies of people, instead of living according the Word of God, you are living according to hearsay instead of God's say. If you have chosen the words of people to be more important than the words of God, then what will you say to God when you stand before Him on Judgment Day?
In the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord gives us an interesting story about hearsay:
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
In a way, Jesus held court and asked the disciples to testify of the belief people had about Himself. Then the Lord wanted to know what they believed.
In like manner, whom do you say Christ is from your own opinion instead of from the opinion of others? Is the hearsay yoursay?
What do you believe about Jesus, whom is called Christ? And are you a credible witness to testify about Jesus in court?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SERPENT PEOPLE
As I have shared with you before, the reason for evil in this world is because of the evil influence in the minds of people from Satan; therefore, the root cause for all the problems of people is not physical, but spiritual. We cannot see God physically, and neither can we see Satan physically.
Satan, also known as Lucifer, was originally in heaven, but because iniquity arose in him, he wanted to be above God and rule heaven; for this cause, God evicted Lucifer from heaven.
The devil operates in darkness, influencing people to rebel against God. But Satan does not want credit for the things people do, for he wants people to take credit as he also wants people to take the blame. And after influencing people to sin against God, the serpent slithers away in darkness and laughs at you and me in our disobedience against God.
As I have also shared with you before, I have constantly encouraged you to read and know the Word of God, which is the Word of Truth, for God warns us of evil and of evil people. But if you do not know the Word of God, which is the knowledge of God, you will not have spiritual discernment that will enable you to know the root of evil as well as to know serpent people.
For even in the New Testament, Jesus called certain people children of the devil, who is the father of lies and deception. Serpent people, therefore, are children of the devil: for they are instruments in the hands of Satan and they are doing Satan's bidding, which is to work against God, against Christ, and against the Word of God.
Serpent people are throughout the world today. They are in high places of government and in religion. They are also in your neighborhood, in your community, in schools and civic organizations, in your places of work, and even in churches.
Like Satan, serpent people are proud. In fact, they are consumed with pride. They are sneaky, sly, deceptive, and cunning. They have sharp minds as well as wicked tongues.
Serpent people are totally right in their own minds because they can never be wrong about anything.
Because of the deception of their pride, they can also consider themselves to be voices for God when, in fact, they do not even know God, for they have rejected Christ for their salvation; and therefore they do not seek or want instruction or correction, for they are totally correct about everything. How can they be wrong if they know everything? But they will know everything that is wrong about you. They will point to your flaws, but they will not admit to their own mistakes because, in their own minds, they are perfect, and therefore they see themselves as judges for others.
If serpent people do not subscribe to a religion, they are proud of this, too, and they will speak highly about evolution, or man's philosophies, and they are proud to speak against God, against Christ, and against the Word of God.
On the other hand, if serpent people have a religion, they are the most religious of the religious because even their religion is their god.
Serpent people demand and command attention because they consider themselves to be the center of attention: they have arrived and everyone should notice them.
Deceived by deception, they think of themselves more highly than others think of them, yet they want others to think highly of them as they think of themselves as highly and lifted up.
Not only do serpent people think of themselves as the cake, but they also think of themselves as the iciing, the candles, and even the ice cream; and as they do good deeds for others, they also want to be sure that they get the credit and the attention they deserve, for they are in love with themselves and enjoy the praises of people.
Serpent people do not like to be confronted, they do not like for others to disagree with them, for in their own minds they are right about everything and you are wrong to doubt their perfection; and if you dare to disagree, their wrath will come across their tongues as sharp daggers, putting you in your place; for you should be honored to sit at their feet.
Serpent people appear to be some of the nicest people in the world, and as they have others deceived, others think they are some of the most wonderful people in the world.
In many places throughout the Holy Bible, God warns us about evil and about evil people. What will help you is to learn how to recognize serpent people and to get away from them; for if you hang around them, you will learn of their ways and you will think like them, and then you will walk and talk like them: their ways will become your ways. When, in reality, God's ways should be your ways.
Finally, serpent people have no tears for the suffering of others because they have no humility; and because they have no humility, they do not have the love of God in their hearts for others. All they have is love for themselves.
Satan, also known as Lucifer, was originally in heaven, but because iniquity arose in him, he wanted to be above God and rule heaven; for this cause, God evicted Lucifer from heaven.
The devil operates in darkness, influencing people to rebel against God. But Satan does not want credit for the things people do, for he wants people to take credit as he also wants people to take the blame. And after influencing people to sin against God, the serpent slithers away in darkness and laughs at you and me in our disobedience against God.
As I have also shared with you before, I have constantly encouraged you to read and know the Word of God, which is the Word of Truth, for God warns us of evil and of evil people. But if you do not know the Word of God, which is the knowledge of God, you will not have spiritual discernment that will enable you to know the root of evil as well as to know serpent people.
For even in the New Testament, Jesus called certain people children of the devil, who is the father of lies and deception. Serpent people, therefore, are children of the devil: for they are instruments in the hands of Satan and they are doing Satan's bidding, which is to work against God, against Christ, and against the Word of God.
Serpent people are throughout the world today. They are in high places of government and in religion. They are also in your neighborhood, in your community, in schools and civic organizations, in your places of work, and even in churches.
Like Satan, serpent people are proud. In fact, they are consumed with pride. They are sneaky, sly, deceptive, and cunning. They have sharp minds as well as wicked tongues.
Serpent people are totally right in their own minds because they can never be wrong about anything.
Because of the deception of their pride, they can also consider themselves to be voices for God when, in fact, they do not even know God, for they have rejected Christ for their salvation; and therefore they do not seek or want instruction or correction, for they are totally correct about everything. How can they be wrong if they know everything? But they will know everything that is wrong about you. They will point to your flaws, but they will not admit to their own mistakes because, in their own minds, they are perfect, and therefore they see themselves as judges for others.
If serpent people do not subscribe to a religion, they are proud of this, too, and they will speak highly about evolution, or man's philosophies, and they are proud to speak against God, against Christ, and against the Word of God.
On the other hand, if serpent people have a religion, they are the most religious of the religious because even their religion is their god.
Serpent people demand and command attention because they consider themselves to be the center of attention: they have arrived and everyone should notice them.
Deceived by deception, they think of themselves more highly than others think of them, yet they want others to think highly of them as they think of themselves as highly and lifted up.
Not only do serpent people think of themselves as the cake, but they also think of themselves as the iciing, the candles, and even the ice cream; and as they do good deeds for others, they also want to be sure that they get the credit and the attention they deserve, for they are in love with themselves and enjoy the praises of people.
Serpent people do not like to be confronted, they do not like for others to disagree with them, for in their own minds they are right about everything and you are wrong to doubt their perfection; and if you dare to disagree, their wrath will come across their tongues as sharp daggers, putting you in your place; for you should be honored to sit at their feet.
Serpent people appear to be some of the nicest people in the world, and as they have others deceived, others think they are some of the most wonderful people in the world.
In many places throughout the Holy Bible, God warns us about evil and about evil people. What will help you is to learn how to recognize serpent people and to get away from them; for if you hang around them, you will learn of their ways and you will think like them, and then you will walk and talk like them: their ways will become your ways. When, in reality, God's ways should be your ways.
Finally, serpent people have no tears for the suffering of others because they have no humility; and because they have no humility, they do not have the love of God in their hearts for others. All they have is love for themselves.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
NOW I CAN SEE
Today, let me speak to you from my heart and this way you will understand why I write this blog with such a conviction of urgency.
Before I began writing this blog last November, I never knew or understood the suffering of children across the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew about the sexual prostitution of children in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew or understood the suffering of women in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew that human sacrifices on the altars of Satan by religions and secret societies existed in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew the suffering and dying of the women of Islam and that their husbands are empowered to kill them and still be legal within their religious/legal system. I never knew that crimes against humanity would not be a consideration in the eyes of world courts against murderers.
Before last November, I did not know that men could take little children as young as six years of age to be their brides and be legal within their religious/legal systems, and that people are proud to commit crimes against children.
Before last November, I did not know that nations around the world are not concerned about crimes against children or crimes against women.
Before last November, I never knew that so many Christians in the United States have deserted Christ to join paganism.
I never knew that so many Americans do not stand up for God, that do not stand up for the Holy Bible, all across the United States until last November.
I did not know that so many Americans, in churches today, are cold about their beliefs in God until last November.
There are many things I did not know nor consider until the Lord enabled me to write a blog about Him last November; and in so doing, He opened unto me a treasure chest of information that I did not know at that time.
Therefore, the topics I write about on this blog are information that the Lord has enabled me to see and understand, whereas before I was blind in my own world of living and believing.
Now I can see all that the Lord has been watching for 2000 years.
Today, will you speak one prayer in the name of Christ for the suffering women and children in the United States and around the world?
Before I began writing this blog last November, I never knew or understood the suffering of children across the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew about the sexual prostitution of children in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew or understood the suffering of women in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew that human sacrifices on the altars of Satan by religions and secret societies existed in the United States and around the world.
Before last November, I never knew the suffering and dying of the women of Islam and that their husbands are empowered to kill them and still be legal within their religious/legal system. I never knew that crimes against humanity would not be a consideration in the eyes of world courts against murderers.
Before last November, I did not know that men could take little children as young as six years of age to be their brides and be legal within their religious/legal systems, and that people are proud to commit crimes against children.
Before last November, I did not know that nations around the world are not concerned about crimes against children or crimes against women.
Before last November, I never knew that so many Christians in the United States have deserted Christ to join paganism.
I never knew that so many Americans do not stand up for God, that do not stand up for the Holy Bible, all across the United States until last November.
I did not know that so many Americans, in churches today, are cold about their beliefs in God until last November.
There are many things I did not know nor consider until the Lord enabled me to write a blog about Him last November; and in so doing, He opened unto me a treasure chest of information that I did not know at that time.
Therefore, the topics I write about on this blog are information that the Lord has enabled me to see and understand, whereas before I was blind in my own world of living and believing.
Now I can see all that the Lord has been watching for 2000 years.
Today, will you speak one prayer in the name of Christ for the suffering women and children in the United States and around the world?
Monday, March 12, 2012
SECOND CHANCES
God is the Lord of second chances.
By coming to know Christ for salvation is the beginning of a new life: a time to live according to God's standards instead of by our own recipes for living.
When we read and study the Holy Bible, we are ingesting the words of the Lord into our minds, thereby learning about Him but also we learn about ourselves and how to conduct our behavior.
As Christians, however, we are not perfect people. We are simply people, saved by grace, yet we make mistakes. God knows our shortcomings and our faults and He forgives us of our continuing faults as we continue in prayer, asking for forgiveness, but as we also pray for guidance.
God also allows situations in our lives that will help us to remain humble, lest we get puffed up in our own conceits and tend to take matters into our own hands instead of relying on Him to help us along the journey of our lives.
The Lord constantly reminds us that He is the Shepherd and we are the sheep, and as long as we stay behind the Lord and allow Him to lead, we have less problems; but when we, in our pride, get in front of the Shepherd, we stumble and fall because we are not the Leader. Thus the Lord will allow us to bruise our knees from time to time in order for us to learn lessons about leadership and why we need Him in front of us. The Lord knows the future: He knows the road we are traveling. He knows what is around the curves and over the hills.
By faith, then, we follow the Lord because He knows best what is best for us: and He truly wants us to have His best as He also wants all people to have His best, which is out of the abundance of His love; and for all who will follow Him they, too, will have His best.
For you see the Lord has a perfect plan for our future with Him and with all believers for all eternity when our lives on the earth are finished.
And along this road of life with Him we are going to make mistakes: and He knows we will. But when we make mistakes, He applies anointment to our bruised knees and helps us in our continuing journey with Him, to get back on the bicycle and start peddling. And He gives us many second chances. For we know that we are His children and that He is our heavenly Father.
And with God, He is the perfect Father. He is the best deal in the world today.
By coming to know Christ for salvation is the beginning of a new life: a time to live according to God's standards instead of by our own recipes for living.
When we read and study the Holy Bible, we are ingesting the words of the Lord into our minds, thereby learning about Him but also we learn about ourselves and how to conduct our behavior.
As Christians, however, we are not perfect people. We are simply people, saved by grace, yet we make mistakes. God knows our shortcomings and our faults and He forgives us of our continuing faults as we continue in prayer, asking for forgiveness, but as we also pray for guidance.
God also allows situations in our lives that will help us to remain humble, lest we get puffed up in our own conceits and tend to take matters into our own hands instead of relying on Him to help us along the journey of our lives.
The Lord constantly reminds us that He is the Shepherd and we are the sheep, and as long as we stay behind the Lord and allow Him to lead, we have less problems; but when we, in our pride, get in front of the Shepherd, we stumble and fall because we are not the Leader. Thus the Lord will allow us to bruise our knees from time to time in order for us to learn lessons about leadership and why we need Him in front of us. The Lord knows the future: He knows the road we are traveling. He knows what is around the curves and over the hills.
By faith, then, we follow the Lord because He knows best what is best for us: and He truly wants us to have His best as He also wants all people to have His best, which is out of the abundance of His love; and for all who will follow Him they, too, will have His best.
For you see the Lord has a perfect plan for our future with Him and with all believers for all eternity when our lives on the earth are finished.
And along this road of life with Him we are going to make mistakes: and He knows we will. But when we make mistakes, He applies anointment to our bruised knees and helps us in our continuing journey with Him, to get back on the bicycle and start peddling. And He gives us many second chances. For we know that we are His children and that He is our heavenly Father.
And with God, He is the perfect Father. He is the best deal in the world today.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
CHRIST THE LORD
In the near future, you and your children and grandchilden will witness events in this world that will absolutely astonish your mind!
However, if you do not believe in Christ, you will not believe in the visible return of Christ. Obviously, then, you will not believe in the Holy Bible as the Word of God, which means you will not believe in the historical accuracy of the Word of God, you will not believe that events that are happening now were foretold centuries ago, and neither will you believe in future events, for hearing them is considered to be no more than myths and fairytales.
Sadly, even in the United States there are many people in Christian churches and Christian religions who do not believe that Christ will return to earth; yet this is a primary, fundamental belief held by true-believing Christians for 2000 years. Obviously, then, they also do not believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, they do not believe in the historical accuracy of the Word of God, they do not believe that events happening now were foretold centuries ago, and neither will they believe events that will come upon the earth in the future; for hearing them is considered to be no more than myths and fairytales.
And we who tell such stories are considered to be no more than born again Christians and Bible-thumpers as if those negative descriptions of us is bad thing, such as a disease, and people do not want to catch it, or get themselves contaminated with heresy.
Therefore, people sit in their homes and do not believe the truth about Christ while others sit on pews in churches and Christian religions and believe the same; for in reality, such church-goers could stay at home, for they are just like the people who never go to church: the evidence of which is in their words and in their actions.
Is Christ no more than a religious idol in the minds of people? Is His name no more than any other name in their relgious dogmas and doctrines? Is Christ no more than a baby or a young child in His mother's arms?
God forbid!
Christ is above all creation for He is the Creator.
Christ is above all principalities and kingdoms of men upon the earth and above all religions.
Christ is the Lord of the universe!
Christ is the Lord of the morning and Lord of the evening.
Christ is the Lord of the first day and every day.
Christ is the Lord of the sabbath day and every day throughout human and global history.
When Christ returns, human history on earth will end and all religions of man will also end.
And when Christ returns, every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phillippines 2: 10,11)
Therefore when Christ returns, people will be astonished at the majesty of the King of kings and Lord of lords!
However, if you do not believe in Christ, you will not believe in the visible return of Christ. Obviously, then, you will not believe in the Holy Bible as the Word of God, which means you will not believe in the historical accuracy of the Word of God, you will not believe that events that are happening now were foretold centuries ago, and neither will you believe in future events, for hearing them is considered to be no more than myths and fairytales.
Sadly, even in the United States there are many people in Christian churches and Christian religions who do not believe that Christ will return to earth; yet this is a primary, fundamental belief held by true-believing Christians for 2000 years. Obviously, then, they also do not believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, they do not believe in the historical accuracy of the Word of God, they do not believe that events happening now were foretold centuries ago, and neither will they believe events that will come upon the earth in the future; for hearing them is considered to be no more than myths and fairytales.
And we who tell such stories are considered to be no more than born again Christians and Bible-thumpers as if those negative descriptions of us is bad thing, such as a disease, and people do not want to catch it, or get themselves contaminated with heresy.
Therefore, people sit in their homes and do not believe the truth about Christ while others sit on pews in churches and Christian religions and believe the same; for in reality, such church-goers could stay at home, for they are just like the people who never go to church: the evidence of which is in their words and in their actions.
Is Christ no more than a religious idol in the minds of people? Is His name no more than any other name in their relgious dogmas and doctrines? Is Christ no more than a baby or a young child in His mother's arms?
God forbid!
Christ is above all creation for He is the Creator.
Christ is above all principalities and kingdoms of men upon the earth and above all religions.
Christ is the Lord of the universe!
Christ is the Lord of the morning and Lord of the evening.
Christ is the Lord of the first day and every day.
Christ is the Lord of the sabbath day and every day throughout human and global history.
When Christ returns, human history on earth will end and all religions of man will also end.
And when Christ returns, every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phillippines 2: 10,11)
Therefore when Christ returns, people will be astonished at the majesty of the King of kings and Lord of lords!
A HURTING HEART
As I write this blog, I want you to know that as I consider the suffering of people around the world, this hurts my heart.
When I consider the suffering of children in the United States and around the world, this hurts my heart; for children should not be the subject of cruel adults, but they are. Nations should rise up to protect and defend their little ones from preditors, but nations do nothing: neither in the United States, nor around the world.
When I consider the suffering of women in the United States and around the world, this hurts my heart. In Islam, for example, it is legal for men to kill their wives and the men get away with murder. This is wrong! And it is wrong for men to take children brides as young as six years of age! Little girls should be little girls and not be sexually brutalized by men. And the men get away with depravity because their religion, written by men, gives them legalization.
Neither should little children be sexual prostitutes for wicked men, but they are. And nations around the world do nothing to protect and free children from crimes against their little bodies. But nations do nothing: neither in the United States, nor around the world.
When I consider the millions of people around the world who will never be able to let go of their false religions and false philosophies and be saved from their sins through Christ our Lord, this hurts my heart. For there are people that I know who will never let go of their false beliefs about Christ and be saved, and this, too, hurts my heart.
As I consider the will of God, I also know that God is allowing people to suffer because of their disobedience unto Him and because they are violating God's first commandment, which is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Knowing this, the suffering of people is the consequence of their behavior from decisions they have made from their own minds.
When I consider the number of men in the United States that do not stand up for God or the Bible anymore, this hurts my heart. They stand up for everything under the sun except the right thing, which is God. So then, women and children in the United States will continue to suffer because the men will not be men.
When I consider the number of men in the United States who continuously lead their families to false religions and not to Chirst, this hurts my heart. These men have heard of Christ all their lives and they continue to ignore Him. As a consequence of their decisions, their families will suffer, both now and in the future. For God called men to lead, not to follow; to be the head, and not the tail.
God called men to be the spiritual leaders of their families and to lead their families in the ways of God: and not in the ways of this world, nor in false religions and philosophies of men.
This blog is not about me and my judgement, not at all! It is simply a reiteration from the Word of God, which is the Word of Truth. Therefore it is not me who can rescue all the suffering of people in the world although I would do it if I had the power; but I do not have that power, for that power belongs to God. What I do, however, is pray to God to help the suffering of people; for in praying, I am calling on the highest power in the universe.
You can do this, too. Know, then, that when you pray and as often as you pray to God, you are calling on the highest power in the universe. And you can do this. You can pray directly to God and bypass all of the false religious teachings and philosophies of men and go directly to the throne of God in heaven! And when you pray and ask in the name of Christ, the Lord will hear you. The Lord knows your voice because He created your voice. Remember, too, that you do not need permission to pray to God.
Beyond this hurt that I have for the suffering of people around the world, I will also tell you that it hurts my heart when I consider my own family members and friends who have turned against me since I have been writing this blog and taking a stand for Christ, which is a stand for truth. Instead of receiving words of encouragement or from them telling me they are praying for me, I have become the enemy. This tells me the truth of their hearts, and this hurts, for now I know they are against me because they are against Christ. Jesus said this would happen, and even though I understand this now, it also hurts. Nevertheless, with God's help I will press on to share the truth of God's love and of the plan the Lord has for us who love Him.
For on the day when Christ was cruicified, the Lord said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
A hurting heart, therefore, is a good thing, for if my heart was not hurting, I would have no compassion for others.
When I consider the suffering of children in the United States and around the world, this hurts my heart; for children should not be the subject of cruel adults, but they are. Nations should rise up to protect and defend their little ones from preditors, but nations do nothing: neither in the United States, nor around the world.
When I consider the suffering of women in the United States and around the world, this hurts my heart. In Islam, for example, it is legal for men to kill their wives and the men get away with murder. This is wrong! And it is wrong for men to take children brides as young as six years of age! Little girls should be little girls and not be sexually brutalized by men. And the men get away with depravity because their religion, written by men, gives them legalization.
Neither should little children be sexual prostitutes for wicked men, but they are. And nations around the world do nothing to protect and free children from crimes against their little bodies. But nations do nothing: neither in the United States, nor around the world.
When I consider the millions of people around the world who will never be able to let go of their false religions and false philosophies and be saved from their sins through Christ our Lord, this hurts my heart. For there are people that I know who will never let go of their false beliefs about Christ and be saved, and this, too, hurts my heart.
As I consider the will of God, I also know that God is allowing people to suffer because of their disobedience unto Him and because they are violating God's first commandment, which is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Knowing this, the suffering of people is the consequence of their behavior from decisions they have made from their own minds.
When I consider the number of men in the United States that do not stand up for God or the Bible anymore, this hurts my heart. They stand up for everything under the sun except the right thing, which is God. So then, women and children in the United States will continue to suffer because the men will not be men.
When I consider the number of men in the United States who continuously lead their families to false religions and not to Chirst, this hurts my heart. These men have heard of Christ all their lives and they continue to ignore Him. As a consequence of their decisions, their families will suffer, both now and in the future. For God called men to lead, not to follow; to be the head, and not the tail.
God called men to be the spiritual leaders of their families and to lead their families in the ways of God: and not in the ways of this world, nor in false religions and philosophies of men.
This blog is not about me and my judgement, not at all! It is simply a reiteration from the Word of God, which is the Word of Truth. Therefore it is not me who can rescue all the suffering of people in the world although I would do it if I had the power; but I do not have that power, for that power belongs to God. What I do, however, is pray to God to help the suffering of people; for in praying, I am calling on the highest power in the universe.
You can do this, too. Know, then, that when you pray and as often as you pray to God, you are calling on the highest power in the universe. And you can do this. You can pray directly to God and bypass all of the false religious teachings and philosophies of men and go directly to the throne of God in heaven! And when you pray and ask in the name of Christ, the Lord will hear you. The Lord knows your voice because He created your voice. Remember, too, that you do not need permission to pray to God.
Beyond this hurt that I have for the suffering of people around the world, I will also tell you that it hurts my heart when I consider my own family members and friends who have turned against me since I have been writing this blog and taking a stand for Christ, which is a stand for truth. Instead of receiving words of encouragement or from them telling me they are praying for me, I have become the enemy. This tells me the truth of their hearts, and this hurts, for now I know they are against me because they are against Christ. Jesus said this would happen, and even though I understand this now, it also hurts. Nevertheless, with God's help I will press on to share the truth of God's love and of the plan the Lord has for us who love Him.
For on the day when Christ was cruicified, the Lord said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
A hurting heart, therefore, is a good thing, for if my heart was not hurting, I would have no compassion for others.
THE GREATEST FRIEND
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Words of Christ from the Gospel of John 15: 10-17
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Words of Christ from the Gospel of John 15: 10-17
Friday, March 9, 2012
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS
And after the Day of Pentecost was fully come upon the believers of Christ in Jerusalem 2012 years ago, the disciples and apostles departed the city to take the good news of Christ throughout the world.
The Gospel of Christ has not been received well in many nations, but in Britain the early church grew and became strong as the church of Christ also gained many converts across Western Europe. And after centuries of hostilities and persecutions against believers, the Protestant Reformation ushed in an explosion of growth, which enabled the Gospel to reach the United States where Christians built churches all across America, from sea to shining sea.
The United States and Great Britain became the two most powerful nations in the world, the two most-blessed nations in the world, and, regardless of the mistakes these nations have made, these two countries sent missionaries to nations throughout the world; and, while these missionaries were successful in creating pockets of believers and establishing churches for Christ, these nations in total did not become beacons for God because the people were unable to release their grips on paganism.
Today, and because populations have grown and more and more people have been born, the people in those nations continue in their beliefs of paganism; and in much of Western Europe today, most of the Light of Christ is virtually non-existant; for even the European Union, which has now captured 27 European nations under its umbrella, is a godless government. That leaves the United States as the only beacon still shining for God, but, even now, there is but a remnant of born again believers in the United States, which means that nations around the world are living in darkness and the behaviors of the people is the evidence of their unbelief, and the darkness is getting darker.
The number one piece of evidence that expresses the darkness of nations is in the treatment of children: for there was a time when people hunted adults for slavery, but now and for several years people are hunting children for sexual prostitution to millions of pediphiles around the world.
Hunting expeditions for children go virtually unhindered because governments do not see the traffick of children as a threat to national security, and thus an invisible war of terror against children continues, even on the streets of the United States of America.
And Americans sit in silence in the midst of a war of terror against children, yet applaud and cheer for people like Madonna in her Satanic ritual during half-time of the Super Bowl in 2012.
The Gospel of Christ has not been received well in many nations, but in Britain the early church grew and became strong as the church of Christ also gained many converts across Western Europe. And after centuries of hostilities and persecutions against believers, the Protestant Reformation ushed in an explosion of growth, which enabled the Gospel to reach the United States where Christians built churches all across America, from sea to shining sea.
The United States and Great Britain became the two most powerful nations in the world, the two most-blessed nations in the world, and, regardless of the mistakes these nations have made, these two countries sent missionaries to nations throughout the world; and, while these missionaries were successful in creating pockets of believers and establishing churches for Christ, these nations in total did not become beacons for God because the people were unable to release their grips on paganism.
Today, and because populations have grown and more and more people have been born, the people in those nations continue in their beliefs of paganism; and in much of Western Europe today, most of the Light of Christ is virtually non-existant; for even the European Union, which has now captured 27 European nations under its umbrella, is a godless government. That leaves the United States as the only beacon still shining for God, but, even now, there is but a remnant of born again believers in the United States, which means that nations around the world are living in darkness and the behaviors of the people is the evidence of their unbelief, and the darkness is getting darker.
The number one piece of evidence that expresses the darkness of nations is in the treatment of children: for there was a time when people hunted adults for slavery, but now and for several years people are hunting children for sexual prostitution to millions of pediphiles around the world.
Hunting expeditions for children go virtually unhindered because governments do not see the traffick of children as a threat to national security, and thus an invisible war of terror against children continues, even on the streets of the United States of America.
And Americans sit in silence in the midst of a war of terror against children, yet applaud and cheer for people like Madonna in her Satanic ritual during half-time of the Super Bowl in 2012.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A VIRTUAL GOD
For many to most people in the world today, God is just a word: a name that has no meaning.
Because of the fixation people have with television, computers, cell phones and iPhones, people are addicted to images: their minds are filled and fueled by images. They feed their minds with images by their constant and continuous appetites at the tables of images. They believe they will miss something if they are not watching television, watching computer monitors, or constantly gazing at information coming across their cell phones and iPhones.
In the United States, we removed the Ten Commandments from public places because the Ten Commandments remind us of God. We also removed the reading of the Holy Bible in schools and prayers in schools because we as a nation did not want our children to learn the Word of God or to pray to God.
Now look at the evidence of our children across America today: they have no God consciousness. They have little to no obedience to parents, a lack of respect for our nation's laws, and no honor of grandparents or elderly people. What they have, however, are televisions, computers, cell phones, iPhones, and video games: filling their minds with images which they learned from their parents, school teachers, and public officials.
Look also at the evidence brought upon our land from parents with addictions to electronic images: we are now a nation of Paganism and evil is sweeping across the United States. This is the evidence of a nation that forgets God and forgets to teach its little ones the way of the Lord.
Because people are addicted to electroic images, they also believe that God in their churches and religious institutions is an image: a product of their imaginations formed in their minds by themselves and also by false prophets. And because they no longer have a consciousness of God, they have no consciousness of guilt and therefore they have no awareness of sin and no need of repentance. And without God consciousness, you will believe you are sinless.
Therefore going to church and religious institutions is the same as Dorothy and friends on the Yellow Brick Road, going to see Oz who will fix everything. But Oz fixes nothing, and they return to their homes to watch more episodes from sources of electronic images because this is more important to them than true worship of God because they do not know God: they merely worship a virtual image of God.
Thus the reason so many people in hundreds of Protestant churches have departed Christ to join pagan religions is because they were easily enticed by a submissive spirit to worship idols instead of the worship of God in Spirit and in Truth. God is absent from their minds, being replaced by a virtual God.
Whereas, if people would devote their time to God in prayer and to filling their minds with the knowledge of God from the Word of God, they would know the deception and the deceivers among us even now. In the future, they will take the mark of the beast and worship the Antichrist, thus surrendering their kinship with Christ and the kingdom of God and will be cast in the lake of fire along with all other unbelievers and worshippers of idols.
The problem, then, with virtual reality is the fact that it is a world of images created in your mind from electronic images and these images are your gods; for your belief is in these images, which means you are in violation of God's first commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. In the future, you will suffer for your disobedience to God---and so will your children and grandchildren.
Is this what you want? You have the power to change your future by believing in Christ for the forgivess of your sins, which will also enable you to minister to your children and grandchildren.
What do you want to do? And what do you want to do for your children and grandchildren? Your children are following you: you are leading them and you are their example.
Because of the fixation people have with television, computers, cell phones and iPhones, people are addicted to images: their minds are filled and fueled by images. They feed their minds with images by their constant and continuous appetites at the tables of images. They believe they will miss something if they are not watching television, watching computer monitors, or constantly gazing at information coming across their cell phones and iPhones.
In the United States, we removed the Ten Commandments from public places because the Ten Commandments remind us of God. We also removed the reading of the Holy Bible in schools and prayers in schools because we as a nation did not want our children to learn the Word of God or to pray to God.
Now look at the evidence of our children across America today: they have no God consciousness. They have little to no obedience to parents, a lack of respect for our nation's laws, and no honor of grandparents or elderly people. What they have, however, are televisions, computers, cell phones, iPhones, and video games: filling their minds with images which they learned from their parents, school teachers, and public officials.
Look also at the evidence brought upon our land from parents with addictions to electronic images: we are now a nation of Paganism and evil is sweeping across the United States. This is the evidence of a nation that forgets God and forgets to teach its little ones the way of the Lord.
Because people are addicted to electroic images, they also believe that God in their churches and religious institutions is an image: a product of their imaginations formed in their minds by themselves and also by false prophets. And because they no longer have a consciousness of God, they have no consciousness of guilt and therefore they have no awareness of sin and no need of repentance. And without God consciousness, you will believe you are sinless.
Therefore going to church and religious institutions is the same as Dorothy and friends on the Yellow Brick Road, going to see Oz who will fix everything. But Oz fixes nothing, and they return to their homes to watch more episodes from sources of electronic images because this is more important to them than true worship of God because they do not know God: they merely worship a virtual image of God.
Thus the reason so many people in hundreds of Protestant churches have departed Christ to join pagan religions is because they were easily enticed by a submissive spirit to worship idols instead of the worship of God in Spirit and in Truth. God is absent from their minds, being replaced by a virtual God.
Whereas, if people would devote their time to God in prayer and to filling their minds with the knowledge of God from the Word of God, they would know the deception and the deceivers among us even now. In the future, they will take the mark of the beast and worship the Antichrist, thus surrendering their kinship with Christ and the kingdom of God and will be cast in the lake of fire along with all other unbelievers and worshippers of idols.
The problem, then, with virtual reality is the fact that it is a world of images created in your mind from electronic images and these images are your gods; for your belief is in these images, which means you are in violation of God's first commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. In the future, you will suffer for your disobedience to God---and so will your children and grandchildren.
Is this what you want? You have the power to change your future by believing in Christ for the forgivess of your sins, which will also enable you to minister to your children and grandchildren.
What do you want to do? And what do you want to do for your children and grandchildren? Your children are following you: you are leading them and you are their example.
DOUBTING THOMAS
Thomas was one of the twelve disciples of Christ, and after the resurrection of the Lord, Thomas said: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Then Jesus said unto Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Then Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
After the Day of Pentecost, doubting Thomas stopped doubting and departed Israel to become a missionary for Christ in India and also in China, and he never returned to his homeland thereafter.
The lesson we can learn from Thomas is simple:
As long as we doubt that Christ was cruicifed for our sins, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ arose from death, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ is Messiah, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ is returning to earth again, we will not be saved.
For us who have believed in Christ for our salvation, we were not there to see what Thomas saw; but by faith we believe what Thomas saw that day in Jerusalem.
Like Jesus said, blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Therefore, the only thing that separates you from salvation in Christ is doubt. Stop doubting and you will be saved: and be not faithless, but believing.
Then you, like Thomas, will also say, My Lord and my God.
Quoted text from the Gospel of John 20: 25-29
Then Jesus said unto Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Then Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
After the Day of Pentecost, doubting Thomas stopped doubting and departed Israel to become a missionary for Christ in India and also in China, and he never returned to his homeland thereafter.
The lesson we can learn from Thomas is simple:
As long as we doubt that Christ was cruicifed for our sins, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ arose from death, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ is Messiah, we will not be saved.
As long as we doubt that Christ is returning to earth again, we will not be saved.
For us who have believed in Christ for our salvation, we were not there to see what Thomas saw; but by faith we believe what Thomas saw that day in Jerusalem.
Like Jesus said, blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Therefore, the only thing that separates you from salvation in Christ is doubt. Stop doubting and you will be saved: and be not faithless, but believing.
Then you, like Thomas, will also say, My Lord and my God.
Quoted text from the Gospel of John 20: 25-29
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
AN EVERLASTING COVENANT
To God, the land of Israel is the most important piece of real estate on planet earth.
To God, the city of Jerusalem is the most important city on planet earth.
To God, the Jewish people are of extreme importance to Him.
As it is written in the Word of God, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. (Exodus 19: 5-6)
Concerning the land of Israel, God said unto Abraham, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15: 7, 18)
God also said, And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (Genesis 26: 4)
Furthermore, God said unto Abraham, And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. (Genesis 17: 7-8)
Finally, God said unto Abraham, And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12: 2-3)
In the future, when men begin to divide the land of Israel and give portions to non-Jews, God will not like this because they are violating the covenant God made with Abraham.
In the future, when men establish a religious system in Jerusalem in order to worship the false messiah, they will invoke God's wrath.
How you and I treat the Jewish people determines how God treats us because the Jews are important to God. He will bless us if we bless them and He will curse us if we curse them.
Likewise, the Son of God was born a Jew, and Christ is important to God; and how we treat Christ determines how God treats us. Therefore, if we accept Christ for the salvation of our sins, God will bless us for all eternity. But if we reject the Son of God, God will curse us for all eternity.
Our salvation is important to God, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3: 16)
Salvation in Christ is therefore an everlasting covenant made between God and us, just as God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham. And God is faithful to His promises.
To God, the city of Jerusalem is the most important city on planet earth.
To God, the Jewish people are of extreme importance to Him.
As it is written in the Word of God, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. (Exodus 19: 5-6)
Concerning the land of Israel, God said unto Abraham, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15: 7, 18)
God also said, And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (Genesis 26: 4)
Furthermore, God said unto Abraham, And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. (Genesis 17: 7-8)
Finally, God said unto Abraham, And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12: 2-3)
In the future, when men begin to divide the land of Israel and give portions to non-Jews, God will not like this because they are violating the covenant God made with Abraham.
In the future, when men establish a religious system in Jerusalem in order to worship the false messiah, they will invoke God's wrath.
How you and I treat the Jewish people determines how God treats us because the Jews are important to God. He will bless us if we bless them and He will curse us if we curse them.
Likewise, the Son of God was born a Jew, and Christ is important to God; and how we treat Christ determines how God treats us. Therefore, if we accept Christ for the salvation of our sins, God will bless us for all eternity. But if we reject the Son of God, God will curse us for all eternity.
Our salvation is important to God, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3: 16)
Salvation in Christ is therefore an everlasting covenant made between God and us, just as God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham. And God is faithful to His promises.
AS IT IS WRITTEN
The Holy Bible is the most important book in the world. The Bible is historically accurate in pinpoint detail: of things past, of things present, and of things future.
As stated earlier, God is eternal, His words are eternal, and because the Bible is a written record of God's words, then you can believe that God wrote the history of the future. Even now, events are happening on the earth just as God has said they will happen, and the future will be exactly as God has written.
These are exciting times for Christians even though events upon the earth are not exciting. We are excited about the return of Christ and we look forward to being with Him in heaven for all eternity.
At the same time, we want more people to be saved and to join us with Him in the future. And at the same time, our hearts are reaching out for others because we know that what Christ did for us, He will do for others because of the abundance of love He has for all people upon the earth, a decision you can make by simply believing in Him by faith.
Before Christ returns, however, events must happen as they have been written in order to fulfill the will of God; by this, then, we know that certain things must occur in order to awaken people from their unbelief before they will believe in Him.
As such, here are some events that will happen upon the earth as written in the Holy Bible:
In the future, look for an increase in the magnitude of earthquakes, violent storms, and an increase in plagues and pestilences.
Look for a world leader to suffer a head wound, and though he is not dead, people will be led to believe that he is dead. He will arise at a later time and people will be led to believe that he came back from death, just as Christ arose from death.
Look for a chaotic condition to happen on earth that will enable the world leaders to pull all nations together into a single unit, thus creating a world government with one leader.
Look for a microchip to be used for people around the world, which will be a surgical implant on the right hand or on the forehead. This will be the "mark of the beast" which we are told about in the last book of the Bible. By taking this mark, people will be identifying themselves with the world leader, who is the Antichrist; for people who refuse the mark, they will suffer.
Look for Israel to sign a seven-year peace treaty with ten nations.
Look for Jerusalem to become the capital city of the world.
Look for Israel to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Look for the United Nations to move its headquarters to Jerusalem.
Look for the Vatican to move its headquarters to Jerusalem.
Look for the Vatican to embrace certain Jews in to the world church, and also look for the Vatican to embrace Islam in to the world church, too.
Moving forward, the world government with its political-religious agenda will produce the greatest evil the world has ever experienced, for all of the leaders and followers will be 100% evil people.
Without Christ, you or your children and grandchildren will be living in these dreadful, evil times. By faith, however, you and your family can escape the future tribulation by accepting Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Christ died for your sins just as He died for my sins and the sins of all peope. But we must acknowledge Him, admit to God that we are sinners, and ask Christ to save us. Forgiveness is available, a gift from God, but you must be willing to receive the gift, which you can do from where you are sitting at this very moment. Christians are praying for you, even now.
As stated earlier, God is eternal, His words are eternal, and because the Bible is a written record of God's words, then you can believe that God wrote the history of the future. Even now, events are happening on the earth just as God has said they will happen, and the future will be exactly as God has written.
These are exciting times for Christians even though events upon the earth are not exciting. We are excited about the return of Christ and we look forward to being with Him in heaven for all eternity.
At the same time, we want more people to be saved and to join us with Him in the future. And at the same time, our hearts are reaching out for others because we know that what Christ did for us, He will do for others because of the abundance of love He has for all people upon the earth, a decision you can make by simply believing in Him by faith.
Before Christ returns, however, events must happen as they have been written in order to fulfill the will of God; by this, then, we know that certain things must occur in order to awaken people from their unbelief before they will believe in Him.
As such, here are some events that will happen upon the earth as written in the Holy Bible:
In the future, look for an increase in the magnitude of earthquakes, violent storms, and an increase in plagues and pestilences.
Look for a world leader to suffer a head wound, and though he is not dead, people will be led to believe that he is dead. He will arise at a later time and people will be led to believe that he came back from death, just as Christ arose from death.
Look for a chaotic condition to happen on earth that will enable the world leaders to pull all nations together into a single unit, thus creating a world government with one leader.
Look for a microchip to be used for people around the world, which will be a surgical implant on the right hand or on the forehead. This will be the "mark of the beast" which we are told about in the last book of the Bible. By taking this mark, people will be identifying themselves with the world leader, who is the Antichrist; for people who refuse the mark, they will suffer.
Look for Israel to sign a seven-year peace treaty with ten nations.
Look for Jerusalem to become the capital city of the world.
Look for Israel to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Look for the United Nations to move its headquarters to Jerusalem.
Look for the Vatican to move its headquarters to Jerusalem.
Look for the Vatican to embrace certain Jews in to the world church, and also look for the Vatican to embrace Islam in to the world church, too.
Moving forward, the world government with its political-religious agenda will produce the greatest evil the world has ever experienced, for all of the leaders and followers will be 100% evil people.
Without Christ, you or your children and grandchildren will be living in these dreadful, evil times. By faith, however, you and your family can escape the future tribulation by accepting Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Christ died for your sins just as He died for my sins and the sins of all peope. But we must acknowledge Him, admit to God that we are sinners, and ask Christ to save us. Forgiveness is available, a gift from God, but you must be willing to receive the gift, which you can do from where you are sitting at this very moment. Christians are praying for you, even now.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
SLEEPWALKING
There are children and women throughout the world that are suffering all the days of their lives. They have no way out, no hope of a better day, no dream of deliverance. They suffer immense pain and great sorrow and they die in their suffering.
There are children across the United States that are suffering daily at the hands of pedophiles and by the power of pimps, who are selling the bodies of children to depraved people. No one hears their cries of pain, no one delivers them from their horrors.
Women, too, are suffering within these United States at the hands of brutal men. They live in fear and torment and they are afraid to flee. To whom do they turn to in their times of trouble? And who will believe their stories?
For the most part, people of America have no clue as to what suffering is all about. We have been spoiled by our prosperity and are obese in our accumulation of material possessions. While our mouths are stuffed with food, we say, "What's for dessert?"
At the same time, there are Americans that believe they are suffering by abstaining from sodas and junk food for a few days, or by giving up a computer game for a few days, or by restraining themselves from certain foods on certain days. And as soon as their days of suffering are over, they are back to business as usual. But did they suffer? No, they simply changed their habits for a few days.
Even amid the great prosperity of the people of the United States, and with the abundance of material possessions, people get bored easily and pout because they are bored. So we seek another thrill, see what's on television, buy another computer game, go to a party, or go shopping and buy more stuff.
And on weekends Americans go to their houses of worship, stand and sing, pray a little bit, listen to a sermonette, then trot along home, change clothes, and see what's on television.
Paganism is sweeping across the United States. Evil is overtaking the land. People do not see this happening because their eyes are upon themselves. People do not believe the truth of events that are happening in America because their eyes and ears are not tuned to God!
The Lord said, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
So then, what are the gods of Americans? The god of prosperity, the god of entertainment, the god of television, the god of movies, and the gods and goddesses of music and movies, actors and actresses, musicians and singers. Add to this the gods of politics and the gods of religion.
An evil empire is arising upon the earth and people do not believe it. An evil religious system is arising upon the earth and people do not believe it. This evil political-religious system is being led by leaders of the United States and people do not believe it.
People of the United States are sleepwalking! We are clothed in our personal agendas and we think that life will continue with business as usual. There's nothing to worry about. Just keep having a good time and don't sweat.
What must God do to get the attention of people in the United States? He must do something big to awaken a nation that is sleepwalking. It will take a massive earthquake that shakes the land, or a gigantic tsunami that floods the United States with water, or a in-coming missle from our enemies.
The United States has produced more evil than any nation in the history of the world, and God will judge the United States for its iniquity, for its unbelief, for its paganism, and for its rejection of Jesus Christ. This will happen.
People of the United States mock God, they mock Christ, they mock the Holy Bible, and they mock the messengers of Christ.
As for the future, it would be wise for you to watch what you say about God, about Christ, about the Holy Bible, and about the messengers of Christ.
For it is written, Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6: 7-8)
There are children across the United States that are suffering daily at the hands of pedophiles and by the power of pimps, who are selling the bodies of children to depraved people. No one hears their cries of pain, no one delivers them from their horrors.
Women, too, are suffering within these United States at the hands of brutal men. They live in fear and torment and they are afraid to flee. To whom do they turn to in their times of trouble? And who will believe their stories?
For the most part, people of America have no clue as to what suffering is all about. We have been spoiled by our prosperity and are obese in our accumulation of material possessions. While our mouths are stuffed with food, we say, "What's for dessert?"
At the same time, there are Americans that believe they are suffering by abstaining from sodas and junk food for a few days, or by giving up a computer game for a few days, or by restraining themselves from certain foods on certain days. And as soon as their days of suffering are over, they are back to business as usual. But did they suffer? No, they simply changed their habits for a few days.
Even amid the great prosperity of the people of the United States, and with the abundance of material possessions, people get bored easily and pout because they are bored. So we seek another thrill, see what's on television, buy another computer game, go to a party, or go shopping and buy more stuff.
And on weekends Americans go to their houses of worship, stand and sing, pray a little bit, listen to a sermonette, then trot along home, change clothes, and see what's on television.
Paganism is sweeping across the United States. Evil is overtaking the land. People do not see this happening because their eyes are upon themselves. People do not believe the truth of events that are happening in America because their eyes and ears are not tuned to God!
The Lord said, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
So then, what are the gods of Americans? The god of prosperity, the god of entertainment, the god of television, the god of movies, and the gods and goddesses of music and movies, actors and actresses, musicians and singers. Add to this the gods of politics and the gods of religion.
An evil empire is arising upon the earth and people do not believe it. An evil religious system is arising upon the earth and people do not believe it. This evil political-religious system is being led by leaders of the United States and people do not believe it.
People of the United States are sleepwalking! We are clothed in our personal agendas and we think that life will continue with business as usual. There's nothing to worry about. Just keep having a good time and don't sweat.
What must God do to get the attention of people in the United States? He must do something big to awaken a nation that is sleepwalking. It will take a massive earthquake that shakes the land, or a gigantic tsunami that floods the United States with water, or a in-coming missle from our enemies.
The United States has produced more evil than any nation in the history of the world, and God will judge the United States for its iniquity, for its unbelief, for its paganism, and for its rejection of Jesus Christ. This will happen.
People of the United States mock God, they mock Christ, they mock the Holy Bible, and they mock the messengers of Christ.
As for the future, it would be wise for you to watch what you say about God, about Christ, about the Holy Bible, and about the messengers of Christ.
For it is written, Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6: 7-8)
Monday, March 5, 2012
THE GREATEST IS CHARITY
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
First Corinthians 13: 1-13
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
First Corinthians 13: 1-13
IT'S ONLY IMAGINATION
If you believe in the first commandment of God, where He said, Thou shalt have no other gods before me, then you should also be able to believe the warning God gives about imagination: for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. (Genesis 8:21)
Knowing this, then you should be able to see and understand that all of man's religions, throughout human history, are out of the imaginations of men and are works of evil. They are evil because man, in his pride, created religions in an attempt to have himself and others to believe that they have a way equal to or even greater than God. All religions, therefore, are wars against God and the leaders of all religions are commanding generals of armies of their memberships who are all against God.
For in religion, men believe that they are men-gods and women believe that they are women-gods, and they teach their children to become future gods, and all of the men, women, and children follow the dictates of their religious man-god on a path of spiritual destruction.
All of the doctrines and dogmas of the religions of the world are written out of the imaginations of people.
If you believe in a "heaven" within your religion, that heaven will not be there when you die for it was only an imaginary heaven planted in your mind from the imagination of others.
If you believe that water baptism is sufficient for the cleansing of your sins, when you die you will discover that your sins were never cleansed because the idea of water baptism was out of the imagination of others: and you believed it.
If you believe that a man on earth can forgive your sins against God, you will discover than your sins against God were never forgiven after you die because you accepted a false premise out of the imagination of others.
If you believe that confessing your sins to a man is equal to confessing your sins to God, you will discover that your sins were never confessed to God after you die because you placed your faith in a system out of the imagination of people.
If you believe that you will go to a holding station, or waiting room, or purgatory to await going to heaven, you will discover that there is no purgatory after you die because you accepted a belief out of the imagination of others.
If you continuously accept your religion for your salvation and continuously reject Christ, you will discover that you have no salvation after death; for religious salvation is a false premise out of the imagination of others.
God gives us freewill, which is the freedom to make our own choices; and in this freewill, God also gives us the right: to be wrong. And by the choices we make, there will be consequences. If you choose to remain in religion and to reject Christ, you will suffer the consequences of your own freewill, your own choice.
No matter if you believe this truth or not, by remaining in religion you are in a war against God because of your pride. And your pride is the same pride of your religion; for in religion, there is no humility. Neither is there any life or love in religion because religion is dead, and therefore religion cannot give you anything, for it has nothing to give.
This, then, is the danger of imagination.
The greatest decision you will make in your lifetime is to accept Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And the worst decision you will make in your lifetime is to reject Him. For after death you will not have a second chance to make the right decision.
Knowing this, then you should be able to see and understand that all of man's religions, throughout human history, are out of the imaginations of men and are works of evil. They are evil because man, in his pride, created religions in an attempt to have himself and others to believe that they have a way equal to or even greater than God. All religions, therefore, are wars against God and the leaders of all religions are commanding generals of armies of their memberships who are all against God.
For in religion, men believe that they are men-gods and women believe that they are women-gods, and they teach their children to become future gods, and all of the men, women, and children follow the dictates of their religious man-god on a path of spiritual destruction.
All of the doctrines and dogmas of the religions of the world are written out of the imaginations of people.
If you believe in a "heaven" within your religion, that heaven will not be there when you die for it was only an imaginary heaven planted in your mind from the imagination of others.
If you believe that water baptism is sufficient for the cleansing of your sins, when you die you will discover that your sins were never cleansed because the idea of water baptism was out of the imagination of others: and you believed it.
If you believe that a man on earth can forgive your sins against God, you will discover than your sins against God were never forgiven after you die because you accepted a false premise out of the imagination of others.
If you believe that confessing your sins to a man is equal to confessing your sins to God, you will discover that your sins were never confessed to God after you die because you placed your faith in a system out of the imagination of people.
If you believe that you will go to a holding station, or waiting room, or purgatory to await going to heaven, you will discover that there is no purgatory after you die because you accepted a belief out of the imagination of others.
If you continuously accept your religion for your salvation and continuously reject Christ, you will discover that you have no salvation after death; for religious salvation is a false premise out of the imagination of others.
God gives us freewill, which is the freedom to make our own choices; and in this freewill, God also gives us the right: to be wrong. And by the choices we make, there will be consequences. If you choose to remain in religion and to reject Christ, you will suffer the consequences of your own freewill, your own choice.
No matter if you believe this truth or not, by remaining in religion you are in a war against God because of your pride. And your pride is the same pride of your religion; for in religion, there is no humility. Neither is there any life or love in religion because religion is dead, and therefore religion cannot give you anything, for it has nothing to give.
This, then, is the danger of imagination.
The greatest decision you will make in your lifetime is to accept Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And the worst decision you will make in your lifetime is to reject Him. For after death you will not have a second chance to make the right decision.
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for ever.
Amen.
Matthew 6: 9-13
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for ever.
Amen.
Matthew 6: 9-13
Sunday, March 4, 2012
THE GREAT DECEPTION
Knowing that God is love and that God's love is manifested in His only begotten Son, we can know the love of God by knowing Christ.
For in knowing God, we can also believe that God created the universe and that He also created man.
In believing this, we can also believe that throughout the New Testament of the Holy Bible, that Christ came to die for our sins and that people, who come to know Him, will tell others about Him, which is the Good News or the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Believing in Him, we can also believe that nowhere in the New Testament did Christ direct or imply that He came to launch a new religion: for Christ is above all nations and above all principalities and kingdoms of men, and Christ is above and beyond all the religions of man, which are creations of men and not from any commandment from God.
Believing in this, then we can also understand the first commandment given by God, which is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Therefore we are able to see that any religion that man creates is an abomination to God, for the first building block of religion is corruption: the corruption of God's way toward us; and that religion is built for man and not for God.
To know, then, that God is love, we can also know that God is not in nor is He a part of man's religions; therefore we can believe that the love of God is not in man's religions. Neither is Christ and neither is the Holy Spirit. So then, to understand that the first building block of religion is corruption, all of man's systems within all of man's religions is a continuation of corruption on corruption on corruption. For religion is built on religious laws and commandments, written by men, whereas salvation of Christ is by grace from the abundance of God's love.
The purpose of religion is to block the minds of people from knowing God and also from knowing Christ, who is the Light of the world, and at the end of a religious person's life is death and darkness, not life everlasting, which is in Christ Jesus. If your faith, therefore, is in religion, your faith is not in Christ, for Christ will not allow His holiness to be mixed with man's unholy religions.
Therefore you can easily see and believe that all of the religions of the world are created out of the imaginations of men and not from God, for God has never influenced man to violate God's own first commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Religion is the great deception, for in man's religions there are many gods, even the gods of people as well as the gods of the spirits of dead people, whom people of religion adore and offer prayers.
Knowing, then, that religion is an abomination to God, you can also believe that religion is evil, for religion is designed to turn your attention away from God, not toward Him.
To know Christ, then you must be willing to abandon your religion: for religion is purposely designed by men to deceive you from knowing God, from knowing Christ, and from knowing the Holy Bible.
For in knowing God, we can also believe that God created the universe and that He also created man.
In believing this, we can also believe that throughout the New Testament of the Holy Bible, that Christ came to die for our sins and that people, who come to know Him, will tell others about Him, which is the Good News or the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Believing in Him, we can also believe that nowhere in the New Testament did Christ direct or imply that He came to launch a new religion: for Christ is above all nations and above all principalities and kingdoms of men, and Christ is above and beyond all the religions of man, which are creations of men and not from any commandment from God.
Believing in this, then we can also understand the first commandment given by God, which is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Therefore we are able to see that any religion that man creates is an abomination to God, for the first building block of religion is corruption: the corruption of God's way toward us; and that religion is built for man and not for God.
To know, then, that God is love, we can also know that God is not in nor is He a part of man's religions; therefore we can believe that the love of God is not in man's religions. Neither is Christ and neither is the Holy Spirit. So then, to understand that the first building block of religion is corruption, all of man's systems within all of man's religions is a continuation of corruption on corruption on corruption. For religion is built on religious laws and commandments, written by men, whereas salvation of Christ is by grace from the abundance of God's love.
The purpose of religion is to block the minds of people from knowing God and also from knowing Christ, who is the Light of the world, and at the end of a religious person's life is death and darkness, not life everlasting, which is in Christ Jesus. If your faith, therefore, is in religion, your faith is not in Christ, for Christ will not allow His holiness to be mixed with man's unholy religions.
Therefore you can easily see and believe that all of the religions of the world are created out of the imaginations of men and not from God, for God has never influenced man to violate God's own first commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Religion is the great deception, for in man's religions there are many gods, even the gods of people as well as the gods of the spirits of dead people, whom people of religion adore and offer prayers.
Knowing, then, that religion is an abomination to God, you can also believe that religion is evil, for religion is designed to turn your attention away from God, not toward Him.
To know Christ, then you must be willing to abandon your religion: for religion is purposely designed by men to deceive you from knowing God, from knowing Christ, and from knowing the Holy Bible.
THE LOVE OF GOD
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his bother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
First John 4: 7-21
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his bother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
First John 4: 7-21
Saturday, March 3, 2012
A VIOLENT RELIGION
Islam is a violent religion.
Under Islamic law, husbands are authorized to be totalitarian rulers over their wives. Knowing this, women of Islam are subject and slaves to the dictatorships of their husbands.
Women of Islam have no rights whatsoever. No one speaks for them or defends them in a war of terror against them.
Husbands of Islamic women are authorized to beat their wives, even in public places. The men are authorized to throw acid on their faces in order to disfigure them and shame them for all of their lives.
Husbands of Islamic women are also authorized to shoot their wives in the heads with guns, to hang them, and even to behead them.
Women of Islam have no hope of a better tomorrow. They have never had any hope for themselves or for other women. They are caught and trapped in a prison of violence just by being born, and they have no way out, no way of escape.
Last year in the United States, more than one hundred Protestant churches deserted Christ and joined with Islam to create a new religion called Chrislam. In the future, as these Protestant husbands embrace Islamic law, they will also become violent husbands and their wives will suffer. As for these Protestant wives, they are surrendering their rights in order to be submissive to their husbands, their future dictators.
In Islam, too, it is legal for a man to take a bride as young as six years of age; therefore, men of Islam are also pediphiles and the children have no one to protect them from sexual assualt.
Also in the future, Islam will unite with the world church as part of the global church, and Islamic men will bring with them their evil tyranny against women; therefore, women of the world church will suffer pain and great sorrow, for Islam has no love.
The world church that will arise upon the earth, which is rising even now, will have no love. God will be omitted, Christ will be erased, and the Holy Bible will not be part of this evil church.
God's first commandment has been violated for thousands of years by all of the religions that man has created. The Lord said, Thou shalt not have any gods before me.
The world church that is to come will represent a multitude of gods and an evil that the world has never seen before. People who are embracing this church will be shocked and astonished in the future: for the people they have had their faith in will be evil tyrants.
Christ remains the only hope for people of the world, for God is our heavenly Father. He created us and loves us and He wants us to experience His great love for us, but we must submit ourselves to Christ, the begotten Son of God. If you do this today, you will never be disappointed.
If you doubt the violence against Islamic women, you can Google this subject and watch videos for yourself. Be warned, however, that these videos can be disturbing to watch.
The blood of Islamic women flows deep across Islamic nations and who hears their cries for help? Who hears them weeping? Who speaks for them today and who will even pray for them today?
Under Islamic law, husbands are authorized to be totalitarian rulers over their wives. Knowing this, women of Islam are subject and slaves to the dictatorships of their husbands.
Women of Islam have no rights whatsoever. No one speaks for them or defends them in a war of terror against them.
Husbands of Islamic women are authorized to beat their wives, even in public places. The men are authorized to throw acid on their faces in order to disfigure them and shame them for all of their lives.
Husbands of Islamic women are also authorized to shoot their wives in the heads with guns, to hang them, and even to behead them.
Women of Islam have no hope of a better tomorrow. They have never had any hope for themselves or for other women. They are caught and trapped in a prison of violence just by being born, and they have no way out, no way of escape.
Last year in the United States, more than one hundred Protestant churches deserted Christ and joined with Islam to create a new religion called Chrislam. In the future, as these Protestant husbands embrace Islamic law, they will also become violent husbands and their wives will suffer. As for these Protestant wives, they are surrendering their rights in order to be submissive to their husbands, their future dictators.
In Islam, too, it is legal for a man to take a bride as young as six years of age; therefore, men of Islam are also pediphiles and the children have no one to protect them from sexual assualt.
Also in the future, Islam will unite with the world church as part of the global church, and Islamic men will bring with them their evil tyranny against women; therefore, women of the world church will suffer pain and great sorrow, for Islam has no love.
The world church that will arise upon the earth, which is rising even now, will have no love. God will be omitted, Christ will be erased, and the Holy Bible will not be part of this evil church.
God's first commandment has been violated for thousands of years by all of the religions that man has created. The Lord said, Thou shalt not have any gods before me.
The world church that is to come will represent a multitude of gods and an evil that the world has never seen before. People who are embracing this church will be shocked and astonished in the future: for the people they have had their faith in will be evil tyrants.
Christ remains the only hope for people of the world, for God is our heavenly Father. He created us and loves us and He wants us to experience His great love for us, but we must submit ourselves to Christ, the begotten Son of God. If you do this today, you will never be disappointed.
If you doubt the violence against Islamic women, you can Google this subject and watch videos for yourself. Be warned, however, that these videos can be disturbing to watch.
The blood of Islamic women flows deep across Islamic nations and who hears their cries for help? Who hears them weeping? Who speaks for them today and who will even pray for them today?
WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?
To believe in Christ, your belief in Him must be by faith.
To believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, your belief in the Scriptures must be by faith.
To believe in the prophecies as given in the Holy Bible, your belief in the prophecies must be by faith.
To believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died on a cross for the sins of the world, this belief also must be by faith.
To believe that Jesus arose from the dead, is seated at the right hand of God in heaven, and that He is coming to earth again must be believed by faith.
As it is written, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
What is the unseen evidence of the things you hope for? What are your dreams? What do you visualize when you think about the future?
What are your thoughts when you think about the coming global government? Or do you believe that this world government will happen?
What are your thoughts when you think about the coming world church? Or do you believe that this world church will never happen?
What do you think about the coming world dictator, who will rule over civil government as well as rule over the world church? Or do you believe that this will never happen?
Where is your faith? What do you believe in? Is your faith in a religion, or in no religion? What is your opinion? And what is the foundation of the belief on which you stand?
Do you believe that a world government will fix all of the world's problems?
Do you believe that a world church will fix all of the world's spiritual differences?
All world empires have produced evil upon people throughout human history. So how would a new global empire be different that previous empires?
All world religions have produced evil upon people throughout human history and even now. So how would a world church be any different by placing all religions under one roof?
Where is your faith? What do you believe? What is the foundation on which you are standing today?
To believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, your belief in the Scriptures must be by faith.
To believe in the prophecies as given in the Holy Bible, your belief in the prophecies must be by faith.
To believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died on a cross for the sins of the world, this belief also must be by faith.
To believe that Jesus arose from the dead, is seated at the right hand of God in heaven, and that He is coming to earth again must be believed by faith.
As it is written, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
What is the unseen evidence of the things you hope for? What are your dreams? What do you visualize when you think about the future?
What are your thoughts when you think about the coming global government? Or do you believe that this world government will happen?
What are your thoughts when you think about the coming world church? Or do you believe that this world church will never happen?
What do you think about the coming world dictator, who will rule over civil government as well as rule over the world church? Or do you believe that this will never happen?
Where is your faith? What do you believe in? Is your faith in a religion, or in no religion? What is your opinion? And what is the foundation of the belief on which you stand?
Do you believe that a world government will fix all of the world's problems?
Do you believe that a world church will fix all of the world's spiritual differences?
All world empires have produced evil upon people throughout human history. So how would a new global empire be different that previous empires?
All world religions have produced evil upon people throughout human history and even now. So how would a world church be any different by placing all religions under one roof?
Where is your faith? What do you believe? What is the foundation on which you are standing today?
Friday, March 2, 2012
THE BIG CHANGE
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. (Psalm 2: 1-5)
Change is coming to the United States and change is coming throughout the world.
In the near future, look for sudden change to happen in the United States and throughout the world. Suddenly, unexpectedly, and without warning a big change will occur. This will be the beginning of pain and great sorrow and people everywhere, in every land, will experience the agony of change likened unto a woman in childbirth.
As stated earlier, the New World Order has been a plan in progress for over two hundred years, a secret agenda of people in politics and people in religion, clothed in the words "world government", "global governance", and "globalization"---bringing together the elements of politics, religion, education, business and finance, banking, and economics.
The New World Order is detailed in documents from the Council of Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Committee 300, Bilderberg Group, Club of Rome, United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Second Vatican Council with its new juridical order. The representatives of these organizations are the richest and most powerful people in the world; in fact, they control the world even now.
The hinge of the door that all of these organizations swing on is called deception: they appear to be nice people, highly educated, well-dressed in suits with cuff links and priestly garments.
Beyond this, you can add the New Age Movement, New Age Music, and New Age Churches: for all of these people are also members of secret societies, which includes Satanic worship.
To be honest, the New World Order in total is all about the worship of Satan. Do not be deceived by thinking that it is not. Therefore, it is sufficient to say that all of the players are in place, as actors prepared and on stage for a play, and the curtain is about to open. And when the curtain opens and the director says "Action!" all of the players will begin to perform their roles just as they have been trained to do: and suddenly and unexpectedly, nations will become police states.
For as the Lord said, the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD.
Change is coming to the United States and change is coming throughout the world.
In the near future, look for sudden change to happen in the United States and throughout the world. Suddenly, unexpectedly, and without warning a big change will occur. This will be the beginning of pain and great sorrow and people everywhere, in every land, will experience the agony of change likened unto a woman in childbirth.
As stated earlier, the New World Order has been a plan in progress for over two hundred years, a secret agenda of people in politics and people in religion, clothed in the words "world government", "global governance", and "globalization"---bringing together the elements of politics, religion, education, business and finance, banking, and economics.
The New World Order is detailed in documents from the Council of Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Committee 300, Bilderberg Group, Club of Rome, United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Second Vatican Council with its new juridical order. The representatives of these organizations are the richest and most powerful people in the world; in fact, they control the world even now.
The hinge of the door that all of these organizations swing on is called deception: they appear to be nice people, highly educated, well-dressed in suits with cuff links and priestly garments.
Beyond this, you can add the New Age Movement, New Age Music, and New Age Churches: for all of these people are also members of secret societies, which includes Satanic worship.
To be honest, the New World Order in total is all about the worship of Satan. Do not be deceived by thinking that it is not. Therefore, it is sufficient to say that all of the players are in place, as actors prepared and on stage for a play, and the curtain is about to open. And when the curtain opens and the director says "Action!" all of the players will begin to perform their roles just as they have been trained to do: and suddenly and unexpectedly, nations will become police states.
For as the Lord said, the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
FUTURE FACTS
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (Hosea 4:6)
Why are people throughout the world suffering today? Why are millions of children suffering throughout the world today? Why are diseases killing millions of people throughout the world today? Why are millions of people dying from starvation today?
Out of Babylon came evil that has been transfused into the arms of all religions around the world.
Religions of the world are rich. They have money. The leaders of religions live rich and lavish lifestyles while the people of their religions suffer. But the leaders demand more money for their "services rendered". What services? Another plate with no food? Another day without clothes and blankets? Another day of disease and sickness? Another day of early death?
Religions around the world operate by the same system that existed in Babylon centuries ago: they have a god-man at the top, which is blasphemy against God, yet the people in these religions have been taught to believe that the god-man represents God on earth. While these god-men at the top of religions sit on mountains of money and say, "Give me more money", their people suffer and die.
Religions around the world operate by the same system that existed in Babylon with a god-man, but also with orders of priests, orders of monks, orders of women, orders of nuns, and orders of worship and are led to believe that if the people do not obey the words of the god-man, they will suffer in hell. But they are suffering now! They have no hope for the present, so why should they have hope for the future? They are hopeless and helpless, slaves to religions, while their god-man leaders exhibit pomp and pagentry, and sit like kings over their subjects.
At the same time, there are people in the United States that are members of these same religions, yet they are living lavish lifestyles while their brothers and sisters in their own assemblies are suffering around the world and they turn their heads away from the needs of others within their own religious systems.
In the future, all religions of the world will merge with the world church that is rising, bringing with them all of the elements from ancient Babylon. The religion, Islam, will also become part of the world church as will Chrislam, but also with the addition of voodoo, sorcery, witchcraft, and human sacrifices to their god, Lucifer. This is the future of the world church, which Jesus calls by the name of Babylon in the last prophetic book of the Holy Bible. This will happen.
At the same that the world church seizes power over people with this evil religious system, so will the evil political government arise with all of its evil power over people: and people throughout the world will become subjects and slaves. This will happen.
Religion and politics have been working in concert for over two hundred years to usher in a global government to rule the world: while appearing to be separate, they have been working a secret agenda hidden from people by a masterful work of deception. In this timeframe, religion has been the power player, telling people of politics what to do, while appearing to be separate from politics and representative of God. This is blashpemy at the highest level of religion, yet highly educated people in the United States and throughout the world continue to bow and worship god-man, which means that they, too, are committing blasphemy.
Even now, as we are approaching Easter, there are people in the United States and around world involved in forty days of weeping, forty days of suffering, and forty days of sacrificing, which came out of the religious teaching in Babylon five thousand years ago.
The Holy Bible is the knowledge of God, and you can learn the knowledge of God by reading the Word of the Lord. But if you have rejected God, you have rejected the knowledge of God. And by rejecting God, you have also rejected Christ. And by rejecting Christ, God will forget your children.
You have a choice, however. You can accept Christ, or you can accept religion. But you cannot have both. To know Christ, you must abandon religion.
God is love, which we are told throughout the Holy Bible. But religion has no love. Religion will take your life and take your soul while it takes your money. And religion will also take your children and grandchildren in the future. Is this what you want?
Today, what will you do about Jesus, whom is called Christ?
Why are people throughout the world suffering today? Why are millions of children suffering throughout the world today? Why are diseases killing millions of people throughout the world today? Why are millions of people dying from starvation today?
Out of Babylon came evil that has been transfused into the arms of all religions around the world.
Religions of the world are rich. They have money. The leaders of religions live rich and lavish lifestyles while the people of their religions suffer. But the leaders demand more money for their "services rendered". What services? Another plate with no food? Another day without clothes and blankets? Another day of disease and sickness? Another day of early death?
Religions around the world operate by the same system that existed in Babylon centuries ago: they have a god-man at the top, which is blasphemy against God, yet the people in these religions have been taught to believe that the god-man represents God on earth. While these god-men at the top of religions sit on mountains of money and say, "Give me more money", their people suffer and die.
Religions around the world operate by the same system that existed in Babylon with a god-man, but also with orders of priests, orders of monks, orders of women, orders of nuns, and orders of worship and are led to believe that if the people do not obey the words of the god-man, they will suffer in hell. But they are suffering now! They have no hope for the present, so why should they have hope for the future? They are hopeless and helpless, slaves to religions, while their god-man leaders exhibit pomp and pagentry, and sit like kings over their subjects.
At the same time, there are people in the United States that are members of these same religions, yet they are living lavish lifestyles while their brothers and sisters in their own assemblies are suffering around the world and they turn their heads away from the needs of others within their own religious systems.
In the future, all religions of the world will merge with the world church that is rising, bringing with them all of the elements from ancient Babylon. The religion, Islam, will also become part of the world church as will Chrislam, but also with the addition of voodoo, sorcery, witchcraft, and human sacrifices to their god, Lucifer. This is the future of the world church, which Jesus calls by the name of Babylon in the last prophetic book of the Holy Bible. This will happen.
At the same that the world church seizes power over people with this evil religious system, so will the evil political government arise with all of its evil power over people: and people throughout the world will become subjects and slaves. This will happen.
Religion and politics have been working in concert for over two hundred years to usher in a global government to rule the world: while appearing to be separate, they have been working a secret agenda hidden from people by a masterful work of deception. In this timeframe, religion has been the power player, telling people of politics what to do, while appearing to be separate from politics and representative of God. This is blashpemy at the highest level of religion, yet highly educated people in the United States and throughout the world continue to bow and worship god-man, which means that they, too, are committing blasphemy.
Even now, as we are approaching Easter, there are people in the United States and around world involved in forty days of weeping, forty days of suffering, and forty days of sacrificing, which came out of the religious teaching in Babylon five thousand years ago.
The Holy Bible is the knowledge of God, and you can learn the knowledge of God by reading the Word of the Lord. But if you have rejected God, you have rejected the knowledge of God. And by rejecting God, you have also rejected Christ. And by rejecting Christ, God will forget your children.
You have a choice, however. You can accept Christ, or you can accept religion. But you cannot have both. To know Christ, you must abandon religion.
God is love, which we are told throughout the Holy Bible. But religion has no love. Religion will take your life and take your soul while it takes your money. And religion will also take your children and grandchildren in the future. Is this what you want?
Today, what will you do about Jesus, whom is called Christ?
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