PASSING THROUGH

Jesus never owned a home,
   and He never had a room
      to store His stuff.

The clothes He owned
   were the clothes He wore.

He was never attached
   to the things of this world;
for Jesus, you see,
   was just passing through.

And when He died
   He was buried in a borrowed tomb,
and when He arose
   He was clothed with light.

We, too,
   are just passing through;
but what do people do
  with the stuff we leave behind?

And when we arrive
   at the tomb of death,
do we arise clothed in light,
   or do we forever
      remain in the dark?
     

SPIRITUAL CORRUPTION

   During the forty days' temptation of Jesus Christ, it is written:

      Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou will fall down and worship me.  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:  for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thy serve.  (Matthew 4: 8-10)

   Satan is the god of this world in which we live.  This world is his kingdom.  Therefore, Satan is the god of all systems within this world in which we live.  The devil is the god of governments, the god of religions, the god of false churches, and the god of money and all money-making enterprises throughout the world. 
   Satan desires worship.  Just as he said to Jesus:  fall down and worship me.  For Satan did not want Christ to get to the cross to die for sin.  Therefore, Satan wanted to corrupt the mind of Christ in order to prevent the Lord's way of salvation to be complete.  Satan wanted Jesus to become his prisoner, just as the devil wants all people to be his prisoners. 
   Money is Satan's treasure chest to corrupt the minds of people, and when people sell their souls to the devil, the devil rewards them with financial gain; and they will build unto themselves financial empires.
   False churches are places for Career Opportunities:  Apply Within.  If your application meets the requirements for a job opening, you will get the job; and with this new job, you will work for your wages and you will build unto yourself a financial empire.
   False churches are also the places for false prophets, false ministers, and false priests, and they are building unto themselves financial empires. 
   For you see, salvation by Christ is a free gift because Jesus paid the sin debt with His death on the cross; and to receive the free gift, all you need to do is to accept Christ and you will saved from your sin.  This is a simple plan and the plan has never changed.
   Likewise, the Good News of Christ is written in the Holy Bible, which you can read for yourself, and you can read it freely. 
   False prophets, ministers, and priests, however, take the free message of Christ from the Bible and present it for the purpose of financial gain.  They expect to be paid for their services rendered because teaching and preaching is their job, or their work to earn their wages.  Such people are called hireling prophets.  They are like gunslingers who are paid for services rendered.  False prophets, ministers, and priests teach and preach in order to deceive people, but also to persuade people to give contributions and love offerings for their ministries, which is spiritual extortion, for they keep the money.  False churches also keep the money. 
  Such people convince their audiences that it is God who is blessing their ministries when, in fact, it is Satan who is blessing their ministries with the money within this world system.
   Take away the money and false churches would go out of business, for they would go bankrupt:  they are not built on the foundation of Christ.
   Take away the money and the false prophets, false ministers, and false priests would go bankrupt, and they would seek career opportunities in other professions.
   Just as Satan tempted Christ and wanted Christ to fall down and worship him, the devil will also tempt you to fall down and worship him.  Look for the attachment of personal gain:  for people often say---"What's in it for me?" 

IDENTITY THEFT

      Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  (Matthew 7: 15)
      Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (Matthew 24: 4-5)
      And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.  (Matthew 24: 11)
      Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:  and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.  (Matthew 24: 9) 

   Jesus warned us about the future, and we are living in that future. 
   Counterfeiters do not counterfeit fake money.  They counterfeit money that is real.
   Impersonators do not impersonate dead people.  They impersonate the living.
   Is Christ real?  Of course He is real!
   Is Christ alive today?  Of course He is alive today!
   Because Jesus is alive, this is the reason for false prophets, false ministers, and false priests:  for they want people to believe that they are Christ because they want people to believe that they are sons of God---with all of the attributes of God:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  They want people to believe that they have the power to forgive sin, and that their way to heaven is the right way:  which is the opposite way of Christ!  And they are dressed in sheep's clothing.
   False ministers and priests created false churches in order to deceive people to believe in a false way that leads to salvation as well as a false way to heaven.  False churches are dressed in false environments.  And the dogmas and doctrines of false churches are written by the false prophets, ministers, and priests as counterfeits of the Holy Bible.  Rites and rituals are added from paganism, thousands of years old, but because of deception, people believe that the rites and rituals are necessary because they are vital to the religious experience. 
   The false prophets, ministers, and priests are guilty of identity theft because they have attempted to steal the identity of Christ by making themselves to appear as Him.  These same people have been about their illegal falsehood ever since Christ was crucified in Jerusalem, and they are presenting this same illegal falsehood in churches today---in the United States and in nations all over the world. 
   But does this behavior excuse the people within the congregations of false churches?  Not necessarily.  When people know that Christ is the Son of God, but refuse to acknowledge Him and cling to their false churches, they are also guilty of identity theft by pretending to be Christians.  With their words they say they are Christians, but with their hearts they know they are still obedient to their religious dogmas, rites and rituals, which they refuse to release in order to come to Christ.  And they want others to believe that they are Christians by their association with a church that is a false church.
   How do you know, then, when Christians are fakes?  Because they do not want to hear the story of Jesus, they do not tell the story of Jesus, and neither do they want to hear stories from the Bible.  Instead, they are happy with their counterfeit production.  And they believe they will get to heaven by their own religious way, and by ignoring Christ. 
   Jesus warned us about a false identity and the seriousness of this matter:
      Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:  depart from me, ye that work iniquity.  (Matthew 7: 21-23)
 

The Road to Nowhere

   When was the last time you saw politicians and religious leaders laughing?  Or is the only time they smile is when they have an audience?
   Politicians and religious leaders drink their water from the same cup, and they eat their honey from the same jar.
   Could it be that politicians and religious leaders are not happy people?
   Look at the history of politicians and governments over the past six thousand years.  Can you name one happy person leading at least one government of any nation anywhere in the world?  Can you name one happy book that has been written about one government leader in all of human history?
   Now look at the history of religions over the past six thousand years.  Can you name one happy person leading at least one religion of any nation or community in all of human history.  Can you name one happy book that has been written about one religious leader in all of human history?
   So then, if you combine the histories of politics and religions, what do you see?  Have either politics and religion done any more for people than they have been doing over the past six thousand years? 
   The actors change, but the script and the stages remain the same:  politicians talk politics, and religious leaders talk religion. 
   Today, do you see happy people all over the world?  What are people living for?  Are they living for politics and religion? 
   All over the world, people are following politicians, and people are following religions.  Does this explain why there is so much misery in the world? 
   Politicians and religious leaders do not give people anything to be happy about; therefore, they do not give people anything to laugh about; for if politics and religion is what people need, why is their so much evil in the world today?
   Today, can you find one political leader or religious leader who is a voice for Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, or the Holy Bible?
   People of politics and religion are followers of Satan, not God, and they are leading people on the road that leads to Nowhere. 
   Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly, and Jesus came to defeat the works of the devil.  And when people meet Jesus for the first time, they put on a happy face:  for now they are free from the bondage of sin, and we are also free from the bondage of politics and religion.
  This is also the reason politicians and religious leaders are against Christians:   they are against Christ and they do not want people to be happy in the Lord.  And they want people to remain their prisoners on the road that leads to Nowhere.
   Knowing Jesus is about getting out of jail and experiencing freedom and fresh air for the first time.
   Know, too, that God has a plan that far exceeds any plan that politics and religion can give people.  It is also a plan that neither politicians and religious know.  And that plan God shares with us in the Holy Bible.  Read about it and be thrilled.

FIVE SMOOTH STONES

      And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip; and his sling was in his hand:  and he drew near to the Philistine.  (I Samuel 17: 14)

   On his way to meet Goliath, the Philistine giant, David picked up five smooth stones for his sling.
   While there can be several lessons, or applications, for the five smooth stones, one application is this:
   Goliath had four brothers, but with David's faith in God, he knew he needed only five, or one stone for each of the giants; for David's faith was in God and not in himself. 
   Another application for the five smooth stones is this:
   Do you have any giants in your own life?  Are there certain people at certain times who gnaw and nag at you and can be quite bothersome? 
   What about the giant of unemployment and the fears that come with it?
   What about the giant of an ailing parent or grandparent?  Can you take care of them in your home, or do you need to consider nursing assistance?
   What about the giant of alcoholism, drug addiction, or losing weight?
   What about the giant of a child who has gone astray and is now hanging out with the wrong people?  You know the child is heading for trouble, so what do you do?
   What about the giant of playing golf?  Can you handle it by yourself, or do you need some help in order to improve your game?
   Do you suppose God prepared Goliath and the Philistines in order to test David's faith?
   David became the king of Israel, at which time David continued to face giants in the time of his leadership of an entire nation.  And as David ruled Israel with his faith in God, the king had success; but when he relied on himself, he found trouble:  such as the trouble he found with another man's wife, whose name was Bathsheba.
   Could it also be, then, that God prepares giants in our own lives as a test of our faith?  If so, then it is wise for us to stop and pick up five smooth stones before we go to battle against the giants we face each day?  In other words, stop and pray before marching onward as an army of one unprepared for war.
   The giants will never go away:  we are going to experience them all the days of our lives.
   When we look and see giants in our lives, perhaps this would be a good time to remember the words God spoke to Jeremiah the prophet:
      Be not afraid of their faces:  for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.  (Jeremiah 1: 8)
  

THINGS NOT SEEN

      Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11: 1)

   Faith is invisible.
   By faith, you can believe in God; and by sight you can believe in religion.  But faith is not God, and neither is faith religion.  Therefore, you cannot share your faith:  you can only share the substance of your belief:  whether it be God, by faith, or whether it be religion, by sight.
   Neither is faith a building, a book, nor dogmas, doctrines, and philosophies:  for these things are visible.
   God is also invisible, but by faith you can believe in God, which is your evidence of things not seen. 
   Whereas religion is visible, and you do not need faith to believe in religion:  for your belief in religion is with your eyes and not with your heart.  As long as you can see your religion, you will believe in it; but if your religion should close its doors and cease to be, what would you do?
   By faith, you can believe that you can play golf; but if you never make an effort to play golf, you  never will:  and you can continue to believe that you can play golf all the days of your life.  To play golf, then you must put legs under your faith and initiate the process of making things happen.  But if you do not move forward by faith, your golf clubs will never move.
   By faith, Noah believed that God was sending a flood of water upon the earth at a time when rain had never fallen before. 
   By faith, Abraham left his country for a land that he had never seen.
   By faith, Moses believed that he was to lead the people of Israel out of bondage in the land of Egypt when he had never been a leader before.
   If you believe by faith that water baptism is for the remission of sins, then your faith is not in God, who is invisible.  For if water is sufficient for salvation, why were people, for thousands of years, not getting in line to be baptized until after Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem?  Water, therefore, cannot be crucified, so water cannot die for sins.
   For at first, water is in the form of an invisible gas; then it becomes visible in liquid form; then, as it evaporates, it becomes invisible gas.
   Jesus, at first was invisible, then He became visible by His birth; then He became invisible after His resurrection.  Jesus, therefore, is the water of heaven for salvation while water of the earth remains water of the earth; for water of the earth can do no more than it was created to do:  to water the earth!
   Consequently, water baptism for the remission of sins a hoax, a deception, and many people still believe in this lie by sight.  For if the water of the earth should disappear and never return, what would religious people do for salvation?
   By faith, Christians believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, even though we were not there that day in Bethlehem:  this is our evidence of things not seen.
   By faith, Christians believe that Jesus was crucified for our sins, even though we were not there that day in Jerusalem:  this is our evidence of things not seen.
   By faith, Christians believe that Jesus arose from death, even though we were not there to see the empty tomb:  this is our evidence of things not seen.
   And by faith, Christians believe that Jesus will come again, which is our evidence of things not seen.
   By faith, Christians tell the story of Jesus, and not the story of religion.
  
  

PRIDE & HUMILITY

   People get offended
      if you lie to their faces;
   then they get offended
      if you tell them the truth.

People get offended
   if you talk about their politics;
then they get offended
   if you talk about your own.

People get offended
   if you talk about their heroes;
then they get offended
   if you talk about your own.

People get offended
   if you talk about their religion;
then they get offended
   if you talk about the Lord.

Because of our pride,
   this is our nature:
We want to be right,
   no matter if we are wrong.

For when we are wrong
   when we do not want to be wrong,
our egos get scratched
   instead of smooth and polished.

Am I humble,
   or am I proud?
Just as the Lord
   for He pondereth the hearts.

      Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:  but the LORD pondereth the hearts. (Proverbs 21: 2)

     

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

   Satan is invisible, and he is like a vanishing wind.  We do not see the wind; neither do we see Satan.
   Satan is an intelligent creature---far more intelligent than any human being. 
   By his deceptive power, he can convince people that he does not exist!
   Satan impersonates God and he also impersonates Christ.  By his power, he enables men and women to impersonate God as well as to impersonate Christ:  by assuming the power to forgive sins when only God can forgive sins.
   Satan knows all languages and he also knows the Holy Bible.
   Satan also has a voice and he can speak.  The Bible says that God speaks with a still small voice.  So can Satan:  he can whisper.
   Satan convinces people that they are good, and they will believe that they are not sinners.
   Satan convinces people that their sins have been forgiven by their submission to the ministers and priests within their religions and false churches, and by their participation in rites and rituals.
   Satan convinces people that they are saved from their sins---even when they have never confessed to God that they are sinners.
   Satan does not take credit for the evil he instigates in others; instead, he hides in shadows of darkness, clapping his hands when people participate in deeds that are against the will of God.
   Satan also hides in the shadows of darkness within religions and false churches, clapping his hands as he looks at all the people he has trapped in his snare.  They are trapped, and because they do not know they are trapped---because of the devil's deceptive power---there they remain as sacrifices unto himself. 
   Satan is the god of money and he has his way of rewarding people with financial benefits for doing his will, for their work and service unto himself; and, at the same time, he convinces people that they are being rewarded by God for their work and service.
   Satan convinces the leaderships of religions and false churches to store financial offerings in vaults and in banks, to keep it for themselves instead of helping widows and orphans and people in need.
   Satan is our enemy---not our neighbors.
   Satan is our enemy---not politicians and government leaders.
   Satan is our enemy---not the false apostles, false disciples, nor the false ministers and priests in false churches.
   Jesus Christ is Truth---and if we will believe in the truth of Christ, we will know our enemy:  at which time we will also know our enemy's helpers.
   Jesus said:  I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14: 6)

UPON THIS ROCK

   The story of Jesus is a true story.
   The story of His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension is one continuous flow of the same story. 
   For if the story of Jesus were not true, there would have been no need for false apostles and false disciples or false churches.  Had Jesus remained dead, His story would have ended, and Satan would have won the war: and evil would have consumed the world.  But because Jesus arose from the tomb, the story continued. 
   The resurrection of Jesus Christ became Satan's greatest problem.  Now what? 
   Satan knew that Jesus was alive again, and so did the devil's helpers; and the people who killed Jesus would now arise to kill the helpers of Jesus, the apostles and disciples.  They had to put a lid on the Good News of Christ.  They had to throw a blanket over the light that shines in darkness.  And because they could not stop the messengers of Jesus from talking about the Lord, they had to kill them, just as they killed Jesus. 
   Earlier, Jesus had said unto Peter:  upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  (Matthew 16: 18)
   When Peter preached his first sermon after the Day of Pentecost, four thousand people were saved.  And when he preached his second sermon, five thousand more came to know the Lord.  Thus the church was growing and multiplying, and the apostles and disciples went forth from Jerusalem to begin a journey that would take the Gospel of Christ throughout the Roman Empire and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
   The acts of the apostles and disciples were quite bothersome to Rome.  People were supposed to worship Caesar, not Jesus of Nazareth!  Not the son of Joseph and Mary! Not Him whom they crucified in Jerusalem!   Did the people not know?  Did they not understand that Caesar was the god of world, which was Caesar's kingdom, not God's?
   The apostles and disciples understood that.  But they were willing to give their necks to Caesar rather than denying Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
   Years of persecuting and killing Christians continued, and Satan's generals changed their military tactics.  Suddenly and unexpectedly, a church arose in Rome that was as mighty as Caesar's palace. 
   Up to that time, Christians were not allowed to build church buildings, and now, the emperor himself decided to follow Jesus and he began a massive building program of church buildings, designed to reflect the glory and splendor of the majesty of Rome.  This was a trap, engineered by Satan's order of pagan priests.
   To understand this trap in better light, Adam and Eve were deceived by their eyes in the Garden of Eden when they saw the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  And in Rome, it was as if the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had been uprooted and transplanted, and the people there were deceived by their eyes when they saw the majestic splendor of a building.  That was the day when Satan stood up in the Catholic Church of Rome, from whence he has never departed, and from whence satellite branches were plucked and planted all over the world.
   But when Jesus spoke to Peter, the Lord did not say He was the founding father of the Church of Rome.  Moreover, Peter was never a Catholic, and Peter was never a pope!  For a Catholic pope has never preached and four thousand people get saved.  For the Catholic way to salvation is through water baptism and not by the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as written in the Holy Bible.
   The church of Christ is people, and not buildings that dazzle the eyes and minds of people.
   Today, millions of believers are in the church of Christ, which is the evidence of the words of Jesus:  upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
   And this:  is the story of Jesus. 
  
  

SATAN'S WAR

   Jesus said, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:  I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10: 10)
   As it is also written:  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.  For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (I John 3: 8)

   Satan is invisible.  Satan is the god of deception, the god of secrecy, and his goal is to destroy people and to turn their minds away from Almighty God and not to believe that Christ is the Son of God. 
   Satan is the god of religion, the god of false churches, the god of secret societies, the god of global governments, the god of entertainment, television, rock music, and the god of money, business and finance.
   Satan is also the god of pedophilia, prostitution, and pornography, as well as the god of drugs, human trafficking, and terrorism. 
   Satan is the ruler of darkness, and all things evil in this world is the evidence of Satan.
   No family or home on earth is safe from the wrath of Satan.  He knows where people live, he knows their likes and dislikes, their strengths and weaknesses, and he knows all languages. 
  Satan also knows all children, and by getting to the minds of children, he can turn generations and nations away from believing that Christ is the Son of God. 
   Satan knows that God created people, that God loves people, and the devil hates people because God loves their souls.  Satan is proud, jealous and envious of God; and instead of people worshipping God, the devil wants to be worshipped.
   To turn the minds of people away from worshipping God, the devil's converts built religions all over the world as substitute stations in which to ensnare and trap people in order to capture their souls for Satan.
   Over the past two thousand years, Satan's ministers have built false churches all of the world as substitute stations in which to ensnare and trap people in order to capture their souls for Satan.   
   Therefore, it is impossible for false churches to represent Christ because the ministers and priests do not teach the story of Jesus; instead, they are no more than shakers of salt and pepper, mixing good with evil, and calling themselves sons of God:  assuming to be equal with God and empowered to forgive sins. 
      For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  (II Corinthians 11: 13-14)
   As such the ministers and priests of false churches have the mind and personality of Satan, for they, too, are masters of deception, and performing the will of their father, Satan.
   Satan's war began in the Garden of Eden, and we are in it, like it or not.  And this war of evil will continue until Christ returns---and puts His foot down!
      Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him:  and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.  Even so, Amen. (Revelation 1: 7)
  
  

AN IDENTITY CRISIS

  In the Garden of Eden, the serpent tricked Adam and Eve, and, instead of fleeing from the serpent, they were seduced by his enticing words and surrendered their will to the will of Satan.  The temptation was greater than their will to resist.  Had they remained faithful to the words of God, they would not have stumbled.  In their moment of weakness, however, their identity with God shifted to the serpent, and they believed that Satan was right and that God was wrong.  Instead of continuing in their faith in God, they aborted their union with God and Satan became their spiritual daddy.  God sought them out and forgave them for their sin, but the damage was done, and their children suffered for their decision.  They were forgiven, but they could not return to their sinless state.  Their lives were forever changed, and their lives were never "normal" again. 
   Forgiveness of sin does not mean that we become sinless, for we are faced with temptations every moment we live throughout our lifetimes.  But as we give in to temptation, we become exactly like Adam and Eve:  we trade our identity with God and then identify with Satan; and in our weakness, Satan becomes our spiritual daddy, for then we will fulfill the devil's will instead of the will of God.
   This is the story of being human.  Whom do we choose to follow, and whom do we choose to obey?
   God will forgive sin, yes, but there are still consequences for our behavior, just as there were consequences for the behavior of Adam and Eve.
   Going further, Cain murdered Abel because Cain's identity was with Satan, and he did the will of his spiritual daddy.
   Nimrod built the Tower of Babel in Babylon because Nimrod's identity was not with God; therefore, he identified with Satan and performed the will of his spiritual daddy.  Not only that, but Nimrod also convinced others to do likewise and the people identified with Satan instead of with God.
   Satan's will is the opposite of God.  Satan's will is to rob, kill and destroy, and he wants people to do likewise. 
   Sexually, God created men for women and women for men.  Satan, however, wants people to do the opposite, distort the truth of God, and do that which is unnatural.  People who participate in same-sex unions and same-sex marriages have their identity with Satan and they perform the will of their spiritual daddy.  Not only this, but they want to adopt children in order to teach little ones to be like them. 
   The same is true for people who engage in sex with children:  their identity is with Satan and they destroy the lives of innocent children, which pleases their spiritual daddy.
   The works of murderers, robbers, and thieves have their identity with Satan and they perform the will of their spiritual daddy, who is Satan. 
   Religious celibacy is also the will of Satan, for the devil does not want his ministers to do the will of God and marry properly; therefore, he tricks them to believe that they are serving God by not engaging in sex, when, in reality, they are following the will of their spiritual daddy, Lucifer, and denying themselves that which is natural.  For what do celibates do with there sexual energy from age eighteen until they are eighty?  Many become pedophiles and rape little boys behind the altars of religious institutions.
   People are suffering all over the world because of an identity crisis, which is the reason for evil behavior.  They have identified with Satan, instead of with God, and they are performing the will of their spiritual daddy, Lucifer.
   People refuse the truth of Christ because they do not want to lose their identity with Satan:  they do not want to give up their sins.
   People refuse the truth of Christ because they would need to surrender their identity with their religion, and they do not want to do that.
   Satan is proud, and people who identify with him are just as proud.  They are proud of their murders, same-sex unions, destruction of the lives of children, celibacy, religions, and proud because they believe they have slapped the face of God with their defiant behavior:  and they believe they are getting away with it, just as a thief believes he will never be caught.   Satan has seduced them to believe their behaviors are natural, and therefore justified, and they believe they will still get to heaven because God's opinion does not matter.  If they can do whatever they please in this life, then surely they will do whatever they please in their life after death. 
   When people hear the truth, but do not like or want the truth, their first emotion is anger because anger is the chief emotion of Satan; for the Bible identifies Satan as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. (I Peter 5:8)  And people roar when their identity is with Satan.
  

REDEEMING THE TIME

      Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  (Ephesians 5: 14-16)

   Not since life on earth before the flood of Noah has the world experienced as much evil as the world is experiencing at this present time and in this present hour.  What, then, are you doing to redeem the time because the days are evil?
   In each human being is the power to do good, but also the power to do evil; and all of our choices are made from the table of life that is set before us.  This means that we will choose good things to do, or we will choose things that are evil.  There is no middle ground, nothing in between, and neither can we mix good things will evil things and expect good results, because one rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel of apples. 
   Truth is revealed in light; but evil is revealed in darkness.
   Parents, teach your children to be home before dark; for if they are not home before dark, trouble will find them:  for evil lurks in shadows of darkness.
   On the day when Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, the executioners captured the Lord before the light of day; and Jesus said to them, this is your hour, and the powers of darkness.
   The trial of Jesus began in darkness:  before the light of day. 
   Jesus was taken secretly to see Pontius Pilate, who met with the Lord behind closed doors.
   If your religion denies Christ, what are you doing in there?---in shadows of darkness.
   If your church denies Christ, what are you doing in there?---in shadows of darkness.
   Come out of dark places and Abstain from all appearance of evil.  (I Thessalonians 5: 22)
   Come out of the darkness and into the light:  as Christ is in the light.
   God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.  (I John 1: 5)
   Light and darkness do not mix; and when light enters a room, darkness flees.  But when light is rejected, evil multiplies because darkness is a breeding pool for evil.
   Parents, you are the example to your children.  As you do, they will do likewise:  for children do not now the difference between light and darkness, or between good and evil.  But they will follow the leader.
   So then, what are you doing about Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  


  

A CERTAIN TREE

   In the Garden of Eden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the serpent, Satan himself.
   The "tree" is simply a metaphor, for the Bible is written in ways that children can understand the story; and when children become mature adults, then they will understand the greater significance.  A tree does not have a brain, therefore a tree cannot have the knowledge of good and evil.  But Satan does.
      And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.  (2 Corinthians 12: 14-15)
   Therefore, it should be easy to understand that false churches are the same as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the ministers and priests of false churches are servants of Satan.
      For such  are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
   When people lead people away from Christ, they are the same as the men who crucified Jesus in Jerusalem.  They are false apostles, deceitful workers, children of the devil, hypocrites and vipers, workers of iniquity, living in darkness, and their minds are evil.

      All things that are made
        are not always clear;
      and all things that appear
        are not as they appear to be.

      There was a man
         who believed he was God;
      and when he died
         he is dead, still dead.

     His body they burned
         poured his ashes in an urn,
     and there the people still gather
        praying to ashes of skin and bones.

      And there they remained
         until they died,
      while teaching their children
         to do the same.

      Having eyes they see not,
         and with ears they hear not;
      that God is not
         the god of the dead,
      but the Lord of the living.

   Such is the world of false ministers and priests.  Not only do they believe they are gods, but they deceive people to believe that they are God.  And when they die they are dead, still dead.
   Jesus did not come to earth to save the sins of dead people; but He came to forgive the sins of the living.  For after the resurrection of Christ, when the women arrived at the empty tomb, the angels said unto them:  Why seek ye the living among the dead?  (Luke 24: 5)
   False ministers and priests, in false churches, do not teach that Christ is risen!  For ministers and priests of false churches are just like their father, Satan.
   If you should enter a false church, look inside and ask: 
  Why seek ye the living among the dead?  He is not here; but is risen. 
  
  

NO ROOM IN THE INN

   A shoe conforms to the foot, and a religion conforms to the mind.
   When people find a shoe that fits and feels good, they wear it; and when they find a religion that fits and feels good, they wear it.
   Families can have hand-me-down shoes; and families can also have hand-me-down religions.
   A religious mind will resist Christ because there is no room in the inn; for all of the rooms are filled with the dogmas and doctrines, rites and rituals, of religion. 
   The ministers and priests of false churches have religious minds.  They pretend to be messengers of God, when, in reality, they are selling shoes that fit the mind.  Their words are words of death and not words of life.  Their words are words of sight and sound and feelings, and not words of faith. 
   The congregations of false churches are recipients of sights, sounds, and feelings.  Like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they are feasting from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and their ministers are serpents.
   To know Christ, people must come out of the garden:  and leave the tree behind them.

PERFECT LOVE

     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.   (I John 3: 7-11)

   Sufficient to say is this:  when we accept Christ for the forgiveness of our sins, we thereby receive salvation from God; and when we receive Christ as our personal Savior, and for our salvation, we also receive the love of God:  for God is love.
   If we reject Christ as the Son of God, not only are we rejecting His salvation, but we are also rejecting the love of God:  and the love of God will not abide in our hearts.
   What the world needs, more than anything else, is the love of God; but because of the absence of the love of God in this world, this explains the violence and evil of people:  for if people had the love of God abiding in their hearts, they would not be so wicked.
   Please remember that Jesus did not come to earth to build a new religion, or a church with a specific name.  This interpretation is from unholy men, pretending to be holy, and pretending to be messengers and ministers of Christ, dressed in priestly garments.   As such, they have taken Christ and hidden Him within the tomb of a religious brand, in order to prevent people from knowing Christ:  teaching them that they must accept a religious brand of Christianity, and believing that they are Christians, just because they have accepted an institution of religion:  in the same way that cattle barons, or ranchers, brand their livestock; or that gang members brand their bodies with certain tattoos. 
   Truthfully, people will never have or receive the love of God without Christ:  this is impossible.  The world has love, yes, but it is a worldly love.  It is a love based on likes and dislikes, but it is not unconditional love. 
   God's love is perfect love, and God's love never changes:  for God is love.  God's love never changes because God's nature will never change.  Therefore, it is impossible for God not to love.
   In this world, however, love changes because worldly love is a conditional love:  and people stop loving one another when they stop liking one another. 
   Fake churches are congregations of people who have never accepted Christ as their Savior, therefore the love of God does not abide in them, neither within their institutions.  But they go on living by the doctrines and dogmas of their institutions, believing they are Christians because of their association, or membership, with a Christian brand, and not because of their relationship with Christ. For to believe in the born again experience, or to believe in the Holy Bible, is against their church law:  for they are governed by a legal system, and not by the grace of God.  In other words, they believe their salvation is achieved within their institution, and not by Christ.  Such people are, in fact, fake Christians, living lives of hypocrisy because they have believed in lies.
   How important, then, is the name of Jesus?
      Neither is there salvation in any other: 
        for there is none other name
         under heaven
             given among men,
         whereby we must be saved.  (Acts 4: 12)
   God loves us and He created us out of Himself.  But without His Son, we are unable to love Him, or to love others with the love of God.
  

NAMELESS FACES

   The governments of the world do not love us.
   To governments, we are no more than people with a price on our heads, and that price is the money governments will squeeze out of working hands, and the hands of our children and grand-children, leaving us broken and penniless. 
   To governments, we are no more than nameless faces; for when we die, governments will not miss us, or even know that we are gone. 
   Throughout human history, governments have never fixed problems.  Politicians promise and promise to do better, to help make our world a better place to live:  stop wars; bring peace; create economies that are good for people; provide houses for everybody; see that all families have proper health care; stop crime; stop drugs; tear down fences; build new buildings; get to the truth about scandals; have legal systems that are equal for all people; and on and on and on.
   So far, and throughout human history, all government officials do is talk, talk, talk.
   So far, and throughout human history, the only people who benefit from governments are the officials of governments. 
   And so, do you really believe a global government---or a New World Order---will fix everything that is wrong?  If governments can do no better than they have done individually, then why would governments do better collectively---as one body and with the same officials?
   This is an illusion!
   Realistically and truthfully, we are still suffering the same problems that people have suffered ever since Nimrod created the first New World Order at the tower of Babel in ancient Babylon.  And all governments have attempted since to do since Nimrod is enlarge the project that Nimrod invented, which was a political-religious dictatorship where Nimrod was worshipped as a god! 
   As such, every government since that time has been a blueprint of Nimrod's, and Nimrod has been the role model of government officials ever since:  to have a New World Order and dominate all the people across planet earth! 
   Throughout human history, governments have worked to hide the knowledge of God from the minds of people.  They have worked to hide the face of God from the faces of people.  This is the reason they crucified Jesus:  believing that by killing the Son of God, they would put an end to the knowledge of God and that man could rule the earth, thereby creating a world without God, in which man could reign supreme.
    But they were wrong!  They didn't expect Jesus to arise out of the tomb and live again, and man will never reign supreme upon the earth.  For this is not the will of God.
   To God, you are not a nameless face.  You are a person, created by Him.  He knows your face, and He also knows your name.  God knows you so well, in fact, that Jesus said:  the very hairs of your head are numbered.  (Matthew 10: 30)

FRIENDS OF GOD

   Did you know the human mind never ages?
   That the thoughts of your mind are only limited by God?
   We have been given a great power by our Creator:  the power to think, the power to plan, and the power to be creative.
   Therefore, do not waste your mind, and do not abuse it.  But rather explore the possibilities that are possible for you to achieve in the privacy of your own mind.
   Big dreams and big ambitions have been accomplished by people who used the power of their minds.
   In your mind, you are free:  free to think, free to explore, free to ponder, free to plan, and also free to pray.
   If, on the other hand, you submit your mind to the authority of others, you have surrendered your mental freedom as well as the power to think for yourself.  In so doing, you will become like them, walk like them, talk like them, dress and perform like them.  Their ways will become your ways, their behavior will become your behavior, and their thoughts will become your thoughts.  Now, you are captured, and a prison fence will surround your mind.
   If you submit your mind to a religion, to a political system, to a philosophical viewpoint, or to a person, you have contaminated your mind and mind will prevent you from being you because you will not make decisions by yourself because you have submitted your mind to the authority of others.
   God created you to be you.  The Almighty did not create you to be like everybody else.  He created you as an individual, to stand by yourself, and to also stand alone.  And God wants to help you to become a better you because nobody knows you the way God knows you.  He knows your weaknesses, He knows your strengths, your likes and dislikes, and He knows the talent He created in you. 
   As stated, God wants to help you.  God is not a dictator, and God is not bossy.  He will not push you out on the runway of life, and He will not leave alone and helpless.  Neither will the Almighty impose His ways on you, for you are special in the eyes of God. 
   Above all else, God wants to be your friend. 
   Can you imagine that?  That the Creator of the universe wants to be friends with you?  And that you can be friends with God?
   Jesus said, 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.  (John 15: 13-15)

BORN AGAIN

      But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  (2 Corinthians 4: 3-4)

   People will never understand the born again experience of believers in Christ until they have been born again, for this experience is hidden from people who do not believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
   Have you ever discovered a talent you did not know you have, but, when discovered, you became excited and thrilled about the things you could do that you did not know you could do?  At which time you came to see that your talent had been hidden from you?
   To be born again in Christ means that our spirit within us has been awakened.  It is like waking up from the darkness of sleep and seeing things in the light of day. 
   You will never understand the fullness of Christ until you have been awakened from spiritual sleep and seeing Him as the light of the world.  This truth is hidden from you.
   You will never understand how Christ is the King of kings and Lord of lords until you have been born again, or awakened to walk in newness of life.  This truth is hidden from you.
   It is difficult, if not impossible, for people to believe that God created the heaven and the earth until they are born again in Christ. 
   Without Christ, people will not believe in the story of Adam and Eve, in Noah's flood, in Abraham, nor in Moses, nor in any of the prophets of God.
   Without Christ, people will not believe that Satan is real, nor that Satan is the master deceiver.
   Without Christ, all preachers, ministers, priests, rabbis, and spiritual gurus look the same.
   Without Christ, all churches and religions look the same.
   Without Christ, people will not believe in the resurrection of Him, nor in His ascension to heaven, nor in His second coming to earth as Messiah.
   Without Christ, people will not believe that there is no salvation in water baptism, nor will they believe that infant baptism is a pagan rite.
   Without Christ, people will not believe the Bible is the Word of God written on paper.
   But!  When we meet Christ for the first time, all things change because we are changed on the inside. 
   Whereas we were proud, now we are humble. 
   Whereas we were too proud to weep, now we can weep and not be ashamed.
   Whereas we can say, "Now I can see!"  "Now I know what you are talking about!"
   Suddenly and unexpectedly, we are awakened from within, at which time we discover something that had been hidden from us.  It is like being lost, but now you have been found.  Now you can get home because now you can see the light of day!  And you will be able to see that all things of this world are not as they appear to be.
   The Bible is the greatest book ever written, about the greatest story ever told.  Don't miss it.  Do not let it remain hidden from you.  For the day will come when every knee shall bow to Christ, even the knees of all ministers, priests, rabbis, and spiritual gurus.
      And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. (John 21: 25)
  
  
   
  

ABOVE TOP SECRET

   For God shall bring every work into judgment, with ever secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.  (Ecclesiastes 12: 14)

   Shhhhh!
   Do you want to know a secret?
   Do you promise not to tell?
   If I tell you something, will you keep it under your hat?
   I don't know if I should tell you this, BUT!....

   Beware of people with the knowledge of secrets.
   Beware of people that meet behind closed doors, in secret places, and in secret meetings. 
   One escape clause for secret meetings by the U.S. Government is the line:  "In the interest of national security."  Or is "In the interest of national security" no more than an umbrella---or cover story---for secret meetings by people who are up to something, such as making secret deals, and national security was never one of their talking points.
   Does your husband go "to a meeting" once a month just to have coffee and doughnuts with a few friends?  Does your wife attend a social gathering with friends to work on "arts and crafts"?
   For thousands of years, secret societies have existed by men in secret places, at secret times, and devising secret plans. 
   People of politics and religions also have secret societies that meet in secret places, at secret times, and for the purpose of devising secret plans. 
   For example, the Catholic Church of Rome has several secret societies that meet in secret places, at secret times, and to devise secret plans.
   Joseph Smith, a member of the secret society, Freemasonry, was the founder of the Mormon Church, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
   Albert Pike, also a member of the secret society, Freemasonry, was the first Chief Justice of the Ku Klux Klan, an organization that wanted to extinguish African-Americans, Catholics, and Jews.
   So then we can see that members of terrorist organizations and religions can also be members of the same secret society.
   Please remember that secret societies are occultic by nature, which means they are of Satan and not of God; and that the members of secret societies are followers of Satan, and not followers of Christ.
   This also means that secret societies are linked with the New World Order, which also means that all religions with secret societies are also linked with the New World Order and to the coming of Antichrist. 
   Above all else, everything that Jesus said and did was in public places, out in the light of day, and nothing that He did or said was in secret meetings in secret places with secret societies.  Even the "minutes" of the Last Supper with Jesus and the twelve disciples are recorded in the Holy Bible as a matter of public record.
   In secret societies, however, there could be minutes of their meetings, but the minutes are not for public record because they do not want people to know about their minutes, their secret places, nor their words spoken in darkness.
   Nothing that people can do on earth is above top secret, For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 
   For when people stand at the judgment seat of Christ, they will be speechless:  for Christ will know the answers to questions before He asks. 
   You can be pardoned now by seeking Christ as your Savior, or you can face Him later as Judge.
   I counsel you take the pardon, which will enable you to skip the judgment!
  
  

RIGHTEOUS ANGER

   Jesus was a calm man.  He was a person in total control of His human emotions.  He did not allow Himself to get upset at the behaviors of people as well as by their words.
   There came a day, however, when Jesus lost His cool.  In fact, Jesus was furious, and He was not bashful about letting His assessment fall on deaf ears.  He wanted people to know that they were wrong, and He wanted them to hear Him. 
   That day came when Jesus walked in the temple of God in Jerusalem and all of the representatives of Wall Street were conducting their system of worldly commerce on the temple floor.  Jesus quickly responded, turned over tables, and chased them out of the building, saying to them:  My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.  (Matthew 21: 13)
   Jesus was not angry because of their sins, nor because they mistreated Him.  He was angry because they had no respect for His Father's house. 
   Does this story look familiar?  Have many churches today have turned the house of God into systems of worldly commerce?  Do we not have bake sales, rummage sales, and yard sales in exchange for money?  Do we not offer videos, DVDs, DVRs, t-shirts and baseball caps in exchange for money?  Do we not sell tickets for musical concerts inside church buildings? 
   Jesus said, My house shall be called a house of prayer.
   Have people forgotten the words of Jesus, in whom is our faith?
   Have people forgotten that God is holy?
   Have people forgotten that the Holy Bible is holy?
   Have people forgotten that our behavior in the house of prayer is important to God?
   Should people stand and stomp the floor in God's house of prayer?
   Did you ever think that the way we treat others matters to God?
   That the way we conduct our behavior in church matters to God?
   That the way we dress in the presence of God matters to God?
   If it doesn't matter to people the things that matter to God, then perhaps God doesn't matter; and that many churches have become like the temple in Jerusalem, a den of thieves---a showcase of ourselves, instead of Christ, and robbing Christ of His glory. 
   And did you ever think that the way we treat Jesus matters to God?
      Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:  Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.  (Ecclesiastes 12: 13)
  
  

HUMAN GODS

      Animals fear humans
          more than animals fear animals;
      and humans fear humans
          more than humans fear animals.

     What is there about being human that both animals and humans fear?
     In the garden of Eden, God instructed Adam and Eve not to eat or touch the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  And even Satan said, For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  (Genesis 3: 5)
     When people accept God, they will strive to do good things; but when people reject God, evil will abide in their minds and hearts, and, once evil has consumed them, they will strive to commit violent acts against fellow humans---while, at the same time, protecting the rights of animals as well as protecting the environment!
     People can be exposed to evil, but this does not necessarily mean that they must accept it.  But if they do not reject evil, it will become a consuming fire within them, and they will become gods of evil.  As gods, not only will they hate people, but they will justify murder as well as making people suffer agonizing deaths.
     Alexander the Great rejected God, and he conquered the world by murdering thousands and thousands of innocent people, including the suffering and agonizing death by crucifixion.  In his own mind, Alexander was a god.
     All of the Caesars of Rome rejected God, and all of them conquered and enslaved humans, and ordered thousands to suffer the agonizing death by crucifixion.  In their own minds, the Caesars of Rome considered themselves to be gods, and they sought the worship of people.
     When consumed by evil, people become as gods, at which time they seek to dominate and control the lives of fellow humans, and do to them as they please to do, including murder.
     Jesus foretold the future of His followers in the Gospel of John, chapter 16:
          These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.  They shall put you out of the synagogues:  yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
   When people of religions and false churches believe their leaders are gods, no manner of evil will be restrained from them as they fulfill the words of Satan:  ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 
    This is the greatest deception:  evil people reject God, but they do not reject Satan, nor do they acknowledge that Satan exists.  Instead, they will believe, as Jesus said, that they are doing God service, even to killing Christians.

THE PRETENDERS

   You can have the abundance of friends and people will like you---as long as you do not tell them the truth.
   As long as you get in, fit in, act like them, walk and talk like them, you are one of them---as long as you do not tell them the truth.
   To be truthful, people do not like laws; they do not like restrictions.  They want to be left alone, to do as they please, and with no limitations.
   Above all else, people do not like God, and they want to live their lives as if God does not exist.       
   Mention God, and your abundance of friends and the people who like you will distance themselves from you.  They will look at you strangely, or they will sit and stare in stone-cold silence.  They will change the subject. 
   One place where people can hide from God is in their religion, or in their false church:  for in these places they worship a god of their own image.  And they like that.  Their god is less restrictive, they believe, and their god accepts various ways of salvation as well as helps them to prepare their own highway to heaven.  Once they leave the building, they are free to ramble because their god remains in the building until they return for another visit.  While in the building, they are among friends and the people there like one another because they dress alike, sit and stand alike, walk and talk alike, and no one speaks the truth. 
   People of religion and false churches are the same as thieves, bandits, and robbers.  They know that God exists, but, rather than facing God, they accept their system of forgery by which they can steal forgiveness of sin, steal salvation, and steal their way to heaven.  And when they leave the building they can believe that they got away with it again---just like a thief in the night!
   Hang out with the pretenders and you will become one.  You will walk like them, talk like them, and act like them.  Their ways will become your ways, their lies will become your lies, and their god will become your god.  You will be popular and they will like you.  And you will hide from God just like them.
      Know ye that the LORD he is God:  it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  (Psalm 100: 3)
  

IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB

   Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.  Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!  behold, I am a child.  But the LORD said unto me, Say not I am a child:  for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.  Be not afraid of their faces:  for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.  (Jeremiah 1: 6-8)

   Mary and Elizabeth were cousins.  Both were pregnant---Mary with Jesus, and Elizabeth with John the Baptist.   And when Mary went to visit Elizabeth, baby John leaped in his mother's womb in the presence of the unborn Christ, the Messiah of Israel.  And it came to pass, that, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb.  (Luke 1: 41)

   I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ:  when he is come, he will tell us all things.  Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.  The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did:  is not this the Christ?  Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. (John 4: 25-30)

   Is it therefore possible that God has plans for many people while they are in their mothers wombs?  That, not only does God call people to be workers in His vineyard, performing certain tasks in certain places, but is this calling also written in their DNA while they are yet in their mothers' wombs?  That they, who do such things, do it as if it is natural for them to do because God is with them?
   For after his birth, Jeremiah became a prophet.  After his birth, John the Baptist became a preacher.  And after her birth, the woman at the well became an evangelist. 
   For a reason that you cannot explain, do you ever feel like you should be preaching?  Do you ever think that you would enjoy teaching the story of Christ to toddlers?  Do you ever think about moving to a land far away to be a missionary?  Do you ever hum and strong songs and music about the Lord with little effort?  And have you ever thought about becoming a professor at a Bible college or seminary? 
   Perhaps, then, you have been called of God.  Is this possible?
   Perhaps, too, this calling of God has been written in your DNA.  Is this possible?
   If not at least possible, what shall we say about Matthew 19: 26, where Jesus said: 
      With God all things are possible.

  

  
 

AMERICA! AMERICA!

   God has blessed the United States more than any nation in human history. 
   In turn, the United States has been a blessing to more nations than any nation in human history.
   The United States has shared the reaping of its harvest to many nations with food, money, technology, inventions, health care, and education for more than two hundred years.
   In return, the United States has received very little gratitude from nations it has helped---no, not even a "thank you" card of appreciation.
   While the United States has helped other nations to get on their feet, many of these nations have done nothing to stand on their own feet and to provide better environments for their own citizens. It is as if they continue to stand in unemployment lines, waiting for another check, or in a food line, waiting for another meal.  While those nations have received the education and the technology to reap the harvest of their own lands, and to provide for themselves, it is as if their plows have never touched the dirt. 
   Over the past two thousand years, God has blessed those nations that have received and accepted the Gospel of Jesus Christ---namely, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Western Europe. 
   Whereas, nations that have rejected Christ have continued to live under the dome of paganism, witchcraft, voodoo, and the beating of drums to conjure evil spirits.  By rejecting Christ, they have rejected the blessings of Almighty God; and from not receiving the blessings of God, they have also rejected education, technology, inventions, health care, and financial prosperity.  Thus, for two thousand years, those nations have continued to live without proper sanitation systems, with sicknesses, starvation, diseases, shortened life expectancies, where babies do not receive daily baths, and where toddlers walk naked in villages and hamlets.
   Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.  (Psalm 33: 12)
  Therefore, if this nation or any nation forgets that God is the LORD, we will suffer for a lack of gratitude.  If we should cease from giving God thanks and appreciation, our blessings will become a curse. 
      America! America!
         God shed his grace on thee
      And crown thy good with brotherhood
         From sea to shining sea.
                   ---America the Beautiful, by Katharine Lee Bates

IDENTITY THEFT

   Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  (John 8: 31, 32)

   Succat Patricus was a Christian, and he became a Baptist preacher as well as a Baptist missionary in Ireland, where he served the Lord from his early twenties until his death, and he lived to be approximately one hundred years of age.  His father's name was Calphurnius, a deacon in a Baptist church.
   A study of Succat Patricus' genealogy reveals that he was an Israelite of the tribe of Judah, from the lineage of Abraham, and of the royal bloodline of David, King of Israel.
   Succat Patricus had a sister, Dareca, and she married Conan Mariadoc de Bretagne, King of Dumonia, Ireland, who was also an Israelite of the tribe of Judah, from the lineage of Abraham, and of the royal bloodline of David, King of Israel.
   After the death of Succat Patricus, however, his name was changed to Saint Patrick by the Catholic Church of Rome, making it appear that Succat Patricus was a Catholic as well as a Catholic priest, which also made it appear that all of the work of Patricus was for the papacy of Rome instead of giving credit to Patricus as a Baptist!
   Patrick is not a name, but rather a title, meaning "noble and illustrious".
   Identity theft is a work of evil; its operatives are thieves and robbers, hypocrites and vipers.
   Identity theft is nothing new under the sun; for after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, people have been pretending to be Jesus for two thousand years.  And when Antichrist stands, he will take on the identity of Jesus Christ in order to deceive people to believe that he is messiah; and false prophets in false churches are preparing the way for Antichrist, just as John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus. 
   Therefore, trust in Jesus---not in false churches with false prophets in priestly garments.

  

SHACKLED

   Wherever you find gold, you will find greed; and with greed comes envy, jealousy, anger, rage, and murder. 
   For the love of money is the root of all evil.  (I Timothy 6: 10)
   Money is the fuel that runs the world, not petroleum; and the people who control the world's pipeline of money control the world. 
   Money will expose the pride of people faster than a speeding bullet. 
      For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  (Matthew 6: 21)
   Follow the trail of money and you will find corruption. 
   The two leading causes for divorce are attributed to sex---and money.
   The two leading financial enterprises in the world today are drugs and human trafficking.
   Human trafficking is human slavery; and in this age when politicians and presidents, kings, queens, governments and entertainers are screaming peace! peace! peace!, millions of women and children are kidnapped, drugged, shackled, and trapped in a world of darkest gloom and helplessness---while the rich and powerful turn deaf ears and blinded eyes to their cries in the night.
   Babies, too, are stolen from their cribs and sold as used cars to people who will pay any price to any thief for any baby---to have and to own---with no questions asked. 
      For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.  (Genesis 8: 21)
   In the United States alone, we have legalized gambling, legalized drugs, and, in the coming future, it shall come to pass when we will also have:  legalized sodomy. 
   Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver and shackled to a cross, where he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities:  the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.  (Isaiah 53: 5, 9)
   We are living in a world that is shackled to the love of money, in a world consumed by corruption, and Jesus said, deliver us from evil.

     
  

BLINDED EYES

   False churches are the same as pagan temples, and the ministers and priests of false churches are pagan priests.
   The evidence of false churches is in plain sight, visible to the eyes---behind stained-glass windows and mixed with religious rites and rituals, burning incense and candles. 
   And the uniforms of pagan ministers and priests is part of their disguise, for they are masters of deception, doing their best to look and sound like holy men.
   Adam and Eve were deceived by their eyes in the garden of Eden, and so it is for people who enter the gates of false churches:  they are looking through blinded eyes. 
   Pagan priests are ministers of Satan, and their assignments are to convert people to Satan while appearing to be ministers of God. 
   For you see, people in false churches do not believe in Almighty God, Creator of the universe; they only believe in the god of their religion:  an abstract being who has been created in their imaginations.
   Neither do people in false churches believe in the Holy Bible because their pagan priests do not believe in the Holy Bible.  As such, people in false churches only believe as they are told to believe.
   In false churches, the people are puppets in the hands of pagan priests, just as the priests are puppets in the hands of Satan. 
  Because of the deception that reigns, the people in false churches do their best to act like Christians, just as their priests do their best to act like Christian priests.  Thus the people are trained to become professional hypocrites---without realizing or knowing they are no more than puppets on strings. 
   People in false churches cannot tell you about Almighty God, for they do not know Almighty God.  All they know is an abstract god of their imaginations. 
   Neither can people of false churches tell you about Christ because they do not know Christ.  All they know is an image, or an idol, of Christ. 
   To be honest with you, writing this story today is not easy; for I, too, was once a religious puppet, looking through blinded eyes.  But when I met Christ for the first time, when I submitted myself to Him for my salvation, I began to see with new eyes.  And for all that I have written today, I have experienced; and I do not want to experience it again!
   What, then, do these pagan priests in false churches do when their congregations leave the building?  They take off their robes, collect their paychecks, go home and watch television.

PREACHERS AND WIVES

  
   Eve was strong-willed, independent, and she liked to shop.  And on a certain day in the Garden of Eden, Eve went on a shopping spree---and Satan's store was open for business. 
   Eve quoted the word of the Lord to Satan by saying, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:  but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.  (Genesis 3: 2, 3)
   But did Eve truly believe the words she spoke?  Did she truly understand the penalty for disobedience?
   Doubtful, for she continued to shop and to gaze with her eyes.
   Satan knew that Eve was in a buying mood.  She liked what saw and she could taste the fruit of the vine with her imagination.  All Satan needed to do was sweeten the pie and make a deal. 
   Satan began by calling God a liar:  Ye shall not surely die:  for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3: 4, 5)
   Protecting Adam and Eve from evil was precisely the reason for God's one and only commandment, the first thou shalt not.  Did Eve not see what the devil was spinning? 
   Adam was there, too, yet Adam said nothing.  He watched in silence as his wife gave in to the pleasure of sin, and he also gave in because of the temptation of his own wife. 
   Sin is attractive:  deception in plain sight, wrapped in colorful paper with ribbons and bows, and delightful to the eyes.  And when we, like Adam and Eve, ignore the signs of its intention, we---like Satan---call God a liar:  at which time we will not believe that sin has a penalty clause. 
   The decision Adam and Eve made that day hurt themselves, and their decision also hurt other people.  Today, we are still suffering for their disobedience to God.  Look at the evil that is in the world today.  And children, all over the world, are suffering the penalty for the sin of their own parents.
   What we do in this world matters.  The decisions we make not only impact our individual lives, but our decisions also impact the lives of others.  And if we believe that what we do doesn't matter---as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else---is to believe a lie. 
   Without saying, Adam never became a preacher, and Eve never became a preacher's wife.
   Perhaps it is safe to say that not every woman can be a preacher's wife because many women are too much like Eve:  strong-willed, independent, and competitive with their husbands. 
   Perhaps, too, that not every man can be a preacher because many men are too much like Adam:  afraid to speak up in the time of danger, watching in silence as their families are devoured by sin.