BE WISE

      Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  (1 Corinthians 2: 9)
     For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  (Jeremiah 29: 11)
    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.  (Isaiah 55: 8-9)
    Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:  before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.  (Isaiah 43: 10)


   Have you ever thought that God has plans for you?  That not only does God have plans for you in life beyond the grave, but that He also has plans for you in this life, in this present here and now?
   Have you ever thought that He, who created the universe, has plans for you as a human among humans?
   Have you ever thought that you, even now and wherever you live, could be a servant of the Most High God, who abides in heaven?
    When God revealed His plan for the life of Noah, he believed in God by faith and built an ark on dry land. 
   Abraham was 75 years old when God revealed His plan for his life, and Abraham believed in God by faith and became the father of a new nation, a nation that had previously never existed on the earth.
   Fanny Crosby is one of the pioneers of Christian music.  Before her death in 1915, she composed more than 8000 Christian hymns and Gospel songs, and Fanny Crosby was blind!
   In 1866, a 19-year-old man in North Carolina, named Calloway Blevins, believed that God called him to be a preacher---even before he knew how to read!---and he became a church pastor for more than fifty years.
   Therefore, come before God with all humility, and ask:  What plans do you have for me?
   The world sees Noah, Abraham, Fanny Crosby, and Calloway Blevins for acting in foolishness, yet they were wise in the eyes of God.
      Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.  (1 Corinthians 1: 25-27)
   For it is better to be wise in the eyes of God than to be foolish in the eyes of the world.
  


 
  


     

AN EVIL DISEASE

      There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:  A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it:  this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.  (Ecclesiastes 6: 1-2)
   There is an evil that I, too, have seen under the sun, and it is the evil of man's invention of religion.  This is common among men, women, and children, and it is an evil disease, a disease of the mind, which corrupts the souls of people all over the earth.  For religion enables people to remain separated from Almighty God.
   To know God is to know the love of God because God and His love are inseparable, and God cannot separate Himself from His love.
   To know Christ is to know God because Christ and His heavenly Father are one, and they are inseparable. 
   To reject Christ is to reject God, which is also a rejection of the love of God.
   As humans, we are the children of God because God, our heavenly Father, created us.  But because our sins have separated us from God, we do not know God, which means that we do not know our heavenly Father, which also means that God is a stranger to us. 
   Because religion is a creation from the imaginations of men, people enter religion to find a false heavenly father, which is a father that does not exist, and which is also a father that is not living.
   In religion, people worship a false god, a god from the imaginations of men.  And in their imaginations, they believe that this god exists, that he is living, and that he will answer their prayers as well as provide them a way to enter a heaven, or a paradise, after they die.  Yet this heaven, or paradise, is also an invention from the imaginations of men.
   Moreover, religion can have several gods and goddesses, which can include the sun, the moon, stars and planets---none of which are living, but are assumed to be living by the power of deception in the minds of people.  And because none of these gods and goddesses are living, none of them has love. 
   Religion reveals to us the power of an imagined father god.  But because people have rejected God and His love, they will believe that their imagined father god loves and cares for them---even though he is not living.  Thereafter, such people will believe that the image of their father god, as seen by photographs, paintings, and portraits has power, and they will worship the image.
   Furthermore, religion has the power to persuade people to believe that a man of the earth can also be their father god, and that other people, in other religions, should convert from their evil ways and believe in their father god, whom they can see with their eyes and touch with their hands.
   But because God is not in man's religions, neither does the love of God abide in man's religions, which means that the people are believing in a false love, or an imagined love.
   Religion, therefore, is not a house of love, but a house of anger, for its people will rise up in anger in defense of their religion, in defense of their god and gods, and also in defense of their human father gods, whom they believe are gods on earth.  More evidence exists in the fact that they will kill fellow humans in defense of their false god and gods as well as in defense of their earthly father gods.  So then, is this how they express love by murdering fellow humans, whom God created?
   Therefore, to know God and to experience His wonderful love, come out of religion and come to Christ.  Wherever you are today, come out of religion and out of this evil disease that is common among men. 
      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.  (2 Corinthians 6: 17)
     
     

A WINK IN THE MIRROR

   How can people say they are Christians, yet they deny the Word of the Lord, which is the Bible?
   And how can people say they are Christians, yet they do not believe in the words of Christ as written in the Bible?
   The answer to these questions is easily understood. 
   Many people have been deceived by the leadership of a Christian church, or by a Christian religion, and their salvation is a perception in their minds; after which they see an image of themselves in their imaginations.  After that, they fashion their lives in accordance to the image they see in their imaginations, after which they present themselves to others according to the image that has been framed in their own minds; for their belief is in the words of people, and not from the Word of the Lord.  Which means that their faith is in the words of people, and not in the Word of the Lord.  Which also means that their trust is in people, and not in God.
   Thereafter, they live their lives according to a false image they have of themselves, for their belief, their faith, and their trust is in the people they can see with their eyes and touch with their hands. 
   They become devoutly religious and devoutly devoted to protect and defend the image they have of themselves, always desiring that others will see them as they see themselves:  high and lifted up.
   To them, appearance is everything, for they seek the attention and praise of others. 
   They like for all eyes to be upon them, to see their good deeds, to see them as helpful neighbors, and as pillars of the community. 
   They willing hold positions of leadership, such as in churches, in religion, and in civic organizations, for this also helps them to keep their image buffed and polished:  for what others think about them is of utmost importance to them, and they will continually strive to have others say some nice words about them. 
   Devoutly religious people are devoutly devoted to their religion as well as devoutly devoted to the image they hold of themselves in their imaginations:  perfect in all of their ways, high and lifted up, and above other people.  They consider themselves to be models for others:  model citizens, model parents, model civic leaders, and models of what others can be if they can be like them.
   If people do not believe that God is living, however, neither will they believe that God can speak.  And if people do not believe in the resurrection of Christ, neither will they desire Christ for salvation.  Thus they will trust in their religion to save them from their sins, which compels them to believe that their religion is more powerful than Christ, for Christ, like themselves, is only an image in their own imaginations; and because they believe they are perfect in all of their ways, they actually worship the image they hold of themselves as they will also worship the image of the god of their religion.  For when they look in the mirror, the face winks.
      Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of a cross.  Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  (Philippians 2: 5-11)

GOOD OL' DAYS

   Let me tell you about the good ol' days in America when there was genuine happiness across the land, when there was abundant peace and prosperity from sea to shining sea. 
   Let me tell you about the good ol' days when children could walk to school without the fear of being kidnapped, when churches had no locks, and when we could leave the keys to our cars in our cars.
   Let me tell you about the good ol' days when homes were happy homes, when the family meal was a time of gladness, when we were thrilled to see the rising of the sun, and when we found comfort in sitting on the porch at evening to see the stars appear in the night.
   But take a look at us now. 
   ---We lock our homes, lock churches, lock cars---and take the keys with us.
   ---Our nation's debt is over $17,000,000,000 and climbing daily. 
   ---Cities are going bankrupt. 
   ---Companies are going out of business.
   ---Manufacturing is at its lowest level since the Great Depression years of the 1930s.
   ---Unemployment is at all-time high and climbing daily, it is virtually impossible for a person to launch a new company, and children are confused about the definition of "family". 
   The wounds of our nation are self-inflicted, and it would be wise if Americans stopped living in the delusion that our nation is going to heal itself.  While our nation's leaders constantly strive for peace in the Middle East, there is little peace here at home as families are struggling to survive.  And while our nation's leaders are unable to fix our own problems, they offer solutions to lands across oceans as if the whole world needs our leadership.
      Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?  for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matthew 2: 1-2)
   In the good ol' days, people came to America to be able to worship God freely.
   In the good ol' days, "IN GOD WE TRUST" to Americans meant what it said.  Today, however, who is the god that Americans trust?
   Has our nation become as it was in the days of Herod the king?
   Do the days of our past look better than the days of our future?
  

A MAN WITHOUT GOD

   Without the knowledge of God, the behavior of a man will be no more than a wild animal, or a beast of the field.
   Without the knowledge of God, a man will become a devil with the character of Satan:  a master of lies, a master of deception, and a master of hypocrisy.
   Without the knowledge of God, a man will believe that he is a god on earth:  believing he has the authority to forgive sin, the provision for people to go to heaven, and a way to avoid hell.
   When people abide without the knowledge of God, they will follow the man they believe is god, and they will become like him:  masters of lies, masters of deception, and masters of hypocrisy.
   A man without God believes in the god of his religion, which, to him, is God. 
   A man without God will also believe that the god of his religion abides in a man of the earth, which, to him, is God in the flesh.  Thereafter, he will live in total obedience to that man, bow to him and kiss his ring, do as that man says, go where he says go, and even give his own life as a sacrifice unto his God in the flesh.
   A man without God will only believe in those things that he is told to believe.  He will not question, he will not doubt, and he will not turn his face to the left, nor to the right, for his mind and his heart will always focus on the man whom he believes is God. 
   Satan is the father of lies, the father of deception, and the father of hypocrisy, and a man without God inherits the characteristics of his father, the devil, for he becomes a master of lies, a master of deception, and a master of hypocrisy. 
   A man without God creates an image of himself in his own imagination, and he presents himself to others according to the image he has of himself, for he wants others to believe in the image that he appears to be.
   In truth, however, he is the opposite of the image he appears to be.  Because he has been deceived to believe in a god, he becomes a deceiver, and, operating through his personality, he appears to be a man who believes in God.  This man is a servant of Satan, and, like Satan, he does not want others to know his heart, for he is a man of secrets.
   Just as Satan convinces people that he does not exist, a man without God does not want others to know that he worships Satan in secrecy.  Therefore, the less others know about him, the more he can conceal his own identity with the devil and thereby operate as a secret agent for the god of his religion.
   And just as Satan believes he is perfect in all of his ways, a man without God will also think that he is perfect in all of his ways, which is the image he presents in the presence of others:  the perfect husband, the perfect father, the perfect employee, the perfect citizen of his community, and perfectly sinless because he believes his religion has cleansed him from his sins:  by his participation in rites and rituals, or from water baptism, or from absolution by a man who pretends to be a god.
   A man without God does not believe in Almighty God, Creator of the universe, for his faith is in the god of his religion.
   A man without God does not believe in Christ, for Jesus, to him, is only an image in his imagination, and the god of his religion has more power than Christ the Lord.
   Neither does a man without God believe in the Bible, for the Bible, to him, is forbidden knowledge.
      When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understand as a child, I thought as a child:  but when I became a man, I put away childish things.  (I Corinthians 13: 11)
   A man without God still speaks as a child, he understands as a child, and he thinks as a child.  Because his faith is in a god of his imagination, he has surrendered his mind, his way, his thoughts, and his will; and, like a toddler, he follows the daddy of his religion, for he is unable to think for himself and he is not free to make independent decisions, for he is a prisoner of his religion and still living in chains as a spiritual slave.  And unless he submits himself to Christ for salvation, he will never put away childish things.

TERRORISM: WAR AGAINST CHILDREN

   Children across the United States and around the world are suffering from social abuse, for we are now living in an age where adults have turned their wrath against children of all ages, and many adults across America love and care for their pets more than they love and care for human children.
   Children have been neglected, unloved, undisciplined, and many of them have received their educations from television, entertainment, movies, music, personal computers, and video games, and thus their behavior has been fashioned in their minds from the minds of adults and a multitude of inventions that became babysitters and nannies for children. 
   For example, a man can speak for God, yet people will call him a rightwing radical Christian fanatical, but that same man can go to a football game, take off his shirt and ring a cow bell, and people will call him a fan and post his picture on Facebook, for they rejoice in his fanatical behavior at a football game.
   Go to the toddler and consider his ways.  Left alone, untrained, undisciplined, and unloved, the toddler will become a terror at home, a terror in the neighborhood, a terror at school, and off to a teenage detention center he will go as authorities try to correct his bad behavior with therapy and psychological evaluations to try to determine why he is unable to be normal and behave himself.
   Today, we are seeing more and more children and teenagers committing violent crimes, vicious murders, and mass killings of people at schools and movie theaters, and we ask, "How could a child be so bad at such an early age?"
   Consider his toddler years and the way his mind was conditioned to behave in his environment, while, at the same time, adults relieve themselves of any responsibility by placing all of the blame on the child.  The kid needs therapy. The kid needs to do some time in a detention center. The kid needs behavioral prescription medication from a psychiatrist. 
   But what do adults need? 
   Nothing! 
   We want to change the behavior of kids without changing the behavior of adults!  Which relieves adults of personal responsibility and personal accountability. 
   Across the United States and across nations throughout the world, pedophilia is out of control, an epidemic of sexual abuse of children of all ages.  Adults in many places sell their kids to traffickers of children of all ages for a fistful of money as children have become no more than a commodity, such as coffee and tea, or for another fix from a needle of heroine, a snort of cocaine, or a bag of marijuana.
   And in this world of adults against children, the children lose.  As a result of this war against children, the children suffer mental and physical torment as they are captured, drugged, beaten into submission, and sentenced to a prison of sexual slavery---while the very people who were supposed to protect them, to defend them, and to fight for them turn their minds and hearts another way.
   Therefore we are engaged in a great war, a war of the worst kind.  Hidden from our eyes from the people in government, by the people in religion, and hidden from television news cameras, this war is virtually silent, virtually invisible, and virtually little known, nor even believed, as mankind is presently unleashing his wrath against innocent, helpless, and defenseless children with man's depravity.  Who will help the children?  Who will rescue them from man?  Who will hear their cries in the night?  Who will know about their pain and great sorrow?  For this is that war of terrorism that man will not discuss in a White House briefing, nor from the Vatican.  Like Pontius Pilate, they wash their hands.
   Because people around the world have turned their faces against God, God has turned His face against the world as the world is becoming a global Sodom and Gomorrah, which is the evidence of the depravity of mankind, and which is also the evidence of global social abuse of children.
   And because the United States has turned its face against God, God is turning His face against the United States:  because of its depravity toward children and the rise of Satanic religions.
      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)

WHEN JESUS APPEARS

   There is much about this world that we know, and there is also much about this world that we do not know.  For the things that we do not know, we should go to God for answers because the mind of God contains the knowledge of the universe, which includes things seen as well as things not seen.
   Man, on the other hand, looks at those things that he can see with his eyes and touch with his hands, and from that examination he renders his conclusion, which he calls scientific evaluation.  But because man does not look at things through the eyes of faith, he will not believe that other evidence is possible because he will only believe in those things that he can see with his eyes and touch with his hands.
   For example, religion is based on those things that man can see with his eyes and touch with his hands, whereas belief in God is based on believing by faith, for we cannot see God with our eyes, nor touch Him with our hands.
   If people do not believe that God is living, then their belief in God is only an image in their imaginations; therefore God, to them, is whatever they imagine God to be.  And if God is whatever people imagine Him to be, then He cannot be living---which means that they are in control of God, and that they dictate to Him whatever they want Him to be.  For this reason, people can believe that they are gods, and that they desire a God who will do as they say do.  To them, God is no more than a puppet, or no more than a dog on a leash.
   Human imagination is watching events on the widescreen television of our minds, or believing by sight and by sound, and not by faith. 
   Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11: 1)
   Looking through the Bible through the eyes of faith, however, we can believe in an event called Noah's Flood even though we were not there to see the flood with our own eyes.  And though there is geological evidence that supports a great flood, many people will not consider this evidence because they still want to believe that the Bible is wrong:  because their faith is not in God.
   Looking through the prophecies of the Bible we can also know the future if we will believe by faith in the words of God; but if we do not believe in the historical events of the Bible by faith, neither will we believe in the prophecies by faith.  And even though those prophesies are now current events, people can refuse to compare current events with Bible prophecies because they still want to believe that the Bible is wrong:  because their faith is not in God.
   After the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and before the Lord appeared unto the disciples, Thomas said, Except I shall see in his hands the print of his nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 
   But when Jesus appeared, the Lord 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 said, My Lord and my God.
   Jesus then said, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:  blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
   Thereafter, Thomas, by faith, departed Israel and traveled to India to take the Good News of Christ, where he served the Lord all the days of his life. 
   When Jesus appears, the lives of people can be changed and transformed in a heartbeat of time.
   As Jesus said unto Thomas, the Lord also says unto us:  be not faithless, but believing. 


(Scripture today is from John 20: 25-29)

MORE THAN SPARROWS

      Be still and know that I am God:  I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.  (Psalm 46: 10)


   When we come to know God through His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and when we will be still and know that God is God, the Lord will give us revelation through the Bible, which is the Word of the Lord. 
   Even Jesus said, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matthew 24: 35)
   King David wrote, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119: 105)
   Paul the Apostle wrote, Let the word of God dwell in you richly in all wisdom;   (Colossians 3: 16)
   With respect to the Holy Spirit, Jesus said,
      Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth:  for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. (John 16: 13)
   The Word of God is from the mind of God.  God is living, and His words are living words.  His Word is alive, and His Word gives us truth and light.  God's Word opens our minds to more truth that is in Him, which He will gladly give to us freely if we will diligently seek Him.  Not only does God want us to know Him, but He also wants us to know more of Him.
   As it is written,
      O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever.  Amen. (Romans 11: 33-36).
   Knowing this, then we can believe that the universe came forth from the mind of God:  or that the universe had its beginning in the mind of God:  and that which is in the mind of the Lord became the visible universe which we can behold with our eyes: or that which was invisible became visible, which became God's wonderful, colorful world of creation, for it is written:
      In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  (Genesis 1: 1-2)
   In the beginning, the universe was a world of darkness, but God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  (Genesis 1: 3)
   In other words, God created the universe by merely speaking!
   At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus said, Lazarus, come forth. (John 11: 43)  And Lazarus lived again because of Jesus merely speaking!
   Thus, when we look to God through the Word of God, we will see through the eyes of God, and not through the eyes of humans.  In so doing, we will see with new eyes and with a new and greater understanding.  And we will find ourselves wanting to know more of Him.
   Likewise, when we look through the Word of God, we will see through the eyes of God, and we will see the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ with new eyes, and with new understanding.
   But if we do not look through the Word of God, we will still see creation with eyes of darkness, and without understanding. 
   And if we do not look through the Word of God, we will not see the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ with new eyes, for we will still be looking at Christ through the eyes of darkness, and without understanding.
   Through the Word of God, however, we will know that God is always thinking about us, for we are always in the mind of God, and His knowledge and love of us never passes away.
   Jesus said,
      Behold the fowls of the air:  for they sow not, neither do they reap, or gather unto barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are ye not much better than they?  (Matthew 6: 26)
      Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.  (Matthew 10: 31)
   The Bible is truly a miracle from God:  it is the greatest book ever written, the greatest story ever told!
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LUCIFER'S HOUSE

   God disrupted Nimrod's quest to dominate and to control the world with a religion at the Tower of Bable.  Ever since that day, however, men of religion have desired to dominate and to control the world with a religion, which is the same religion of Nimrod in ancient Babylon, even up to this present day of 2014 A.D.
   When Jesus speaks of Babylon in the last book of the Bible, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Lord is speaking about Babylon past, Babylon present, and Babylon future---for Babylon is one continuous flow from ancient days until the end of the world:  for the doctrine of Babylon has never changed, but the leaders of Babylon have changed its appearance by giving it a facelift, a new coat of paint, and with colorful garments for Babylon's ministers and priests.  And by the power of deception, millions of people worldwide have been deceived to believe that the doctrine of Babylon is just what people need.
   Thus Babylon is the work of a dictatorship, an institution in which both civil law and religious law are the same, and, throughout human history, Babylon's religious men have produced fear in people to either accept its teachings, or to face death; by forcing people to adhere to its laws, or to face death; by forcing people to bow to its priests as gods, or to face death; by forcing people to worship pagan gods, or face death; and by forcing people to bow to the images of men, whom are taught to be believed to be gods, or face death. 
   Without God, man is no more than a killing machine, and such are the men of Lucifer's House, the ministers and priests of Babylon, for Babylon is the fulfillment of man's deepest and darkest desire, which is to be God, and to rule the world, which includes both heaven and earth, for Babylon is a spiritual prison:  a place to capture the souls of people for its secret god, who is known by the name of the Devil, or Satan, or Lucifer.
   The important part to know and to remember about Babylon is that it is an evil institution of man, and its members have been waging a war against God for thousands of years.  For the past two thousand years, Babylon has been waging this war against Christ and against Christians, which is also a war in the world today, and a war that will continue until Christ returns.  This is a spiritual war, but it will become a physical war in the latter days, which people will see with their eyes.
   Until then, watch for religion to become more and more prominent in the days ahead; for even now, religion is being moved to the forefront of television news, in the print media, and also on the internet---making the face of a global religious leader more and more visible as the days go by, and with more frequency than the face of any world leader of nations.  And all of this is a great work of deception from Lucifer's House.
   Be watchful therefore when you see people bowing to a man and kissing his ring, for this man is the High Priest of Satan in Lucifer's House, dressed in colorful priestly garments.
  
  

A HOLLOW SOUL

   If you are to know me, you must know my heart.  But if you do not know my heart, you will never know me.
   For me to know you, then I must know your heart.  But if I do not know your heart, I will never know you.
   What, then, can we say to these things? 
   If you do not know my heart, you will only know the me that I present to you through my personality, at which time I can appear to be the person that you believe is me from my own imagination.
   Likewise, if I do not know your heart, I can only know the you that you present to me through your personality, at which time you can appear to be the person that I believe you are through your own imagination.
   As long as people look through the eyes of others, they will see those things that others see, believe in those things that others believe, do those things that others do, stand together, sit together, kneel together, and even pray together:  after which they trot along their merry ways, doing as others do, and though they are apart, they are like-minded, for each is a carbon copy of the other.
   A hollow soul is a person who does not know his own identity.  Often, this can be the time of life when people will say, "I am trying to find myself".  And in trying to find ourselves, we look for ourselves in all the wrong places, for we look for ourselves in the lives of others, or when we try to see ourselves through the eyes of others, and form an image of ourselves with our own imaginations, which is a false image.
   If the me I am presenting to you is formed from me looking at myself through the eyes of others, then I am presenting a false image of myself.   And if I am presenting a false image, then I must also work to keep the image that I imagine myself to be propped up.
   An image of who you are to be can also be fashioned in you from the minds of others as they desire you to be.  They can educate your mind with their values, their likes and dislikes, their political views, as well as their religion, which can include an image of God, which is a god that they believe is God. 
   You can know a person's mind by their talking points, for people talk about those things that interest them the most:  Cars.  Money.  Possessions.  Food.  Movie stars.  Music stars.  Vacations.  Or their image of God.  These are the things they talk about for these are the things they value, adore, and even love. 
   On the other hand, a person with a hollow soul does not desire to talk about God, for God in not in his soul; therefore he does not desire to talk about God, for he has nothing to say.  Neither does he desire to talk about the Bible, for the Word of the Lord is not in his soul.  And neither is Christ.  He can, however, talk about God from the opinions of others, and these can also be his own beliefs about God, for his mind has been transformed to believe as others believe.  But he has no personal relationship with God, therefore his knowledge of God is impersonal.  And because he does not have a personal relationship with Christ, he has nothing to say about Christ from his own heart, for Christ is not in his heart.
   That which we hide from others the most is the substance of our own hearts, which is why a person with a hollow soul prefers to talk about the things that are in his mind, for he has an empty heart; and he works to keep his heart filled with everything that is in their world, yet his heart is never full because his heart is a bottomless pit.  And as he constantly craves the things of this world, he is continuously hungry, for he is never satisfied.
   The soul of a man is created by God, and God desires to fill the souls of men.  But when people continuously feed on the things of this world, there is no room for God in their souls, and therefore God is not in their hearts.
   Knowing this, a person with a hollow soul can go on living and believing in the things of this world even though he can know that Christ is the only begotten Son of God.  For he would rather feast on the things of this world, and he would rather live his life without Christ than to surrender his desire for the things of this world while also preferring to cling to his religion, which is a world without God.
   As long as people see themselves through the eyes of others, they will live an image that they believe in their imaginations, and they will only see themselves as they believe that others see them.  Obviously, they will seek the praises of people as they work to keep their image polished.  But they must constantly be changing because the things of this world keep changing.  They must constantly adjust their mask to fit various situations because this world is constantly changing.
   But when people come to see themselves through the eyes of Christ, a miracle happens.  They stop living for the things of this world as they begin to live a new life.  No longer do they need to keep changing, nor adjusting their image, or mask, for Christ never changes.  For Christ is now in their hearts, and He becomes their one and only talking point.  Now they have something to say that is important, that is everlasting, and that is worth sharing with others, for Christ will never pass away.
   As Jesus said,
      A good man out of the treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil:  for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.  (Luke 6: 45)


  

GOD IS SALVATION

   Moses and Paul are two of the most recognized names in the Bible.  Their stories are different, yet they shared a common ground:  neither man knew God.
   The Mount Sinai experience is all about God introducing Himself to Moses, and the Damascus Road was where Christ introduced Himself to Paul. 
   Now let us read the story of a third man, a priest of the Jews, who did not know God.
      There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:  for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
      Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  (John 3: 1-3)
   Moses and Paul were born again believers, for neither could have done the works that they did except God be with them.
   Nicodemus became a born again believer and a disciple of Christ, but he could have never done that except God be with him.
   Christ comes to people to introduce Himself, and when we accept Him, then we become disciples of the Lord; for we could not do the works that we do except God be with us.
   The Bible is the story of how God comes to us, and He comes to us through His only begotten Son, for the name of Jesus means, "God is salvation".
      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)
  

WORDS OF THE KING

   People throughout the world suffer from a personal identity crisis: many people do not know who they are supposed to be.
   Instead of knowing and developing our God-given talents, the world has our minds conditioned to be like everybody else, so that we will walk the same, talk the same, dress the same, have the same likes and dislikes, share the same political and religious views, where everybody will be the same, think the same, and act the same, and shop at the same company store, with equal rights, equal housing, and equal pay.   If anybody steps out of line, smack their hands.  If anybody is different, call them names.
   Welcome to the future of the New World Order!
   Welcome to the future of a New Habitat for Humanity!
   Welcome to future of a New Global Socialism!
   Welcome to the future of a worldwide web of Global Slavery!
   Where everybody will be just like everybody else, in a world where people will bow to the worldly  king and kiss his ring, and a world where infidels will be dragged away and eliminated. 
   But is this really what everybody wants?
   Of course not!
   For many of us still believe that God has a better idea. 
   Many of us still believe that God does not want us to be slaves to this world, but to be free because of the freedom that God gave us in the birth, death, and resurrection of His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 
   God does not want us to be children of darkness and live in a world of evil, but to be children of God and live in a world of light, and that light is Christ the Lord.
      For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1: 6)
   God did not create us to be slaves to governments, nor slaves to religions, but He created us to be free to worship Him.
      I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.  And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven:  this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
      Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:  Fear God, and keep his commandments:  for this is the whole duty of man.  (Ecclesiastes 1: 12, 13; 12:1)
   For it is God who gives us the power, and the love, and the sound mind to believe in Him, and to live our lives under the excellency of His only begotten Son, the Lord Christ Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
    Hear the words of the King!

CLAUDIA PROCULA

   Have you ever studied the women of the Bible?
   Personally speaking, it is my belief that women hold a special place in the heart of God, and that their stories should be told and not forgotten.
   One woman is Claudia Procula, a woman of wealth.
   Claudia is the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar, the daughter of Tiberius Caesar, and the wife of Pontius Pilate---the man who gave the order to crucify Jesus of Nazareth.
   The first evidence of Claudia's faith is told to us in a note she sent to her husband when Pilate was waffling with his decision of what to do about Jesus. 
   She wrote,
       "Have thou nothing to do with that just man:  for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."  (Matthew 27: 19)

   Throughout the Bible, at many times and in many places, God has spoken to people in dreams; so it would not be unusual for God to speak to Pilate through his wife's dream.
   But after the Lord's resurrection in Jerusalem, Claudia went to Galilee to seek the face of Jesus before the Lord's ascension to heaven, and thereafter she became a disciple of Jesus all the days of her life.
   It should be noted, too, that Jesus had many women disciples, for even His own mother, Mary, became a disciple of Christ, as did Mary Magdalene and her sister, Martha, as well as Joanna and Susanna.
   Furthermore, the Apostle Paul salutes women disciples by name:  he writes of Priscilla six times, but then there is Junia, Julia, Tryphena, and Tryphosa. 
   As a Roman citizen, it is likely that Claudia moved to Rome and served with the Apostle Paul and other believers in the early church in Rome, for Paul, while in Rome, writes in 2 Timothy 4: 21--- "Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren."
   As a Roman citizen, but also as a woman of Roman nobility, Claudia was able to move freely in the Roman Empire without bothersome questions from Roman legions. 
   Furthermore, Claudia's father, Tiberius Caesar, knew Joseph of Arimathea personally, and Joseph was the great uncle of Jesus.  Tiberius appointed Joseph to the Roman post, Nobilis Decurio, or noble provider of metal, and some historians assert that Joseph was also a provincial Roman Senator.  These positions enabled Joseph to move his fleet of ships throughout the Roman Empire, which could also imply that he used his ships to secretly transport the apostles and disciples of Christ to destinations in the Empire, for Joseph was also a secret disciple.  For example, how else did Thomas travel to India, or Andrew as far as the Black Sea?
   While there is much that we do not know about Claudia Procula, we can be sure that her name and her note to Pontius Pilate are of special importance to God.

      "Have nothing to do with that just man:  for I have suffered many things this day in a dream of him."
  

WHEN GOD DRAWS NEAR

   God loves us now and He wants to love us more. 
   The desire of God's heart is that we will love Him, as He loves us, and that we also will love others, just as He also loves others.
   But if people do not desire God, then God will leave those people alone.  He will grant unto them the desires of their own hearts, and He will write them out of His will and out of their portion in heaven.
   If people do not desire God in this world, neither would they desire God in heaven.  For if God is a stranger to them now, He would also be a stranger to them in heaven. 
   Heaven is not a place from the imaginations of people; heaven is the abode of God.
   God is living.  He is not an idol, nor an image, in the imaginations of people. 
   Neither is God whatever people imagine Him to be, nor does He do as people imagine Him to do.
   As living, God has a personality:  He sees, He hears, He feels. 
   God has a heart, and His heart is for people and nothing else. 
   God also has power.  He has the power to create, and He also has the power to destroy. 
   Above all else that God is, His heart's desire is that people will know His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 
   Therefore the name of Jesus is known by more people, in more nations, and in more languages than the name of any person in world history.  This is not an accident, nor a coincidence, for this is the name that God wants people to know more than any other name, and God has been working for thousands of years through people to make this name known in every household upon the earth.
   Even Pontius Pilate said,
      What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ.  (Matthew 27: 22)
   When God draws near, this is the question that every person must answer. 
      For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.   (1 Timothy 2: 5-6)

GREEN LEAVES

   Whenever people believe in a deceiver, they will continue to follow him because they are unable to discern the difference between truth and lies.  But when people have the truth of God in them, they can discern the deceivers because it takes one to know one.
    Before I was saved by Christ the Lord, I was a deceiver (which is what I mean by "it takes one to know one") even though I was not consciously trying to deceive others.  And the people who knew me the best believed that I was a Christian because of my behavior:  I went to church, I knew the walk, I knew the talk, I prayed and read the Bible.  But when Christ came to me in April, 1995, I knew that I had never confessed to God that I am a sinner, and I knew I had never invited Christ into my life to save me from my sin.  For on that day, I came to believe that I was a sinner for the first time in my life. 
   Thereafter, I began to experience the truth of God's Word: 
      Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:  old things pass away; behold, all things are become new.  (2 Corinthians 5: 17)
   Ever since that day in 1995, things have continued to be new in my life.  Old things have passed away, things have become new, and new lessons I am continuing to learn, even now.
   In the world of religious Christianity, however, old things never pass away; and, behold, nothing never becomes new.  For religion is the same cup of tea from the time a person believes until the day he dies.  Religion has never lived, therefore there can be no life in religion.  It is like a hybrid tree:  manufactured to look real even though its leaves remain green without water.  And the people of religion are the same as green leaves on a hybrid tree.  Thus they are able to deceive others to believe that they are Christians by the way they walk, the way they talk, and by the way they bow their heads.
   There are false apostles, false disciples, and false ministers and priests.  These people are hybrids:  they appear to be ministers of God and messengers of Christ, but they are fakes.  As hybrids, they have created false Christian churches.  Because these men look real, and because the churches they have created look real, the people who follow them become hybrid Christians. 
   We can know them by their leaves, for their leaves never change.  Their leaves remain green, they never wither, and they never thirst for water.  Their leaves are the same today, as they were yesterday, and as they will be tomorrow.  What they say today is the same as what they said yesterday, which will also be the same as what they will say tomorrow.  For their behavior never changes.  They never have anything new to say because there is never anything new to talk about because the menu never changes.
   Thus when we study the riches of God's Word, which is the Bible, we can clearly see and understand that religion is the garden of evil.  And the evidence of this truth is revealed in the fact that people of religion need buildings in which to worship.  They need temples, they need shrines, and they need cathedrals---built by the hands of men.  They need buildings because their god, and their gods and goddesses abide in buildings.  Because these gods are hybrids, they cannot come to the people; so the people must come to them.  Like a rock, their gods never move.  And their ministers teach them to worship idols. 
   To know Christ, people must come out of religion and leave it behind.  For Christ is not there; He is risen.  Why seek ye the living among the dead?  (Luke 24: 5)

A HAPPY MEAL

    Religion is the invention of men who believe that they are gods and that, as gods, they should be worshipped; and that people should follow them:  and do, as they say do, and go, where they say go.
    Religion is a government:  a dictatorship in which certain men control and dominate the lives of their subjects.  People bow to them, worship them, give them their money, and also surrender their children unto their care.
    Karl Marx said:  "Religion is the opiate of the masses."
    Karl Marx is correct, for religion is a spiritual drug that is injected in the minds of people by men who pretend to be "holy men", and thus producing masses of people without the knowledge of God.
    Religion is the first institution, invented by men, that features "mass production".  As adults convert to religion, they reproduce their religion in the minds of their own children, which results in the belief of generational religion:  to the extreme extent that people will actually believe their religion is in their DNA. 
    Knowing this, then it should be easy to understand that religion is mind control:  for as these "holy men" control the minds of people, they also control their behavior.
    McDonald's Restaurants changed the way Americans eat with advertising directed at the minds of toddlers, featuring the appeal of a colorful character and free toys. 
    Strange, but isn't this also the way Christmas and Easter became so popular?  By appealing to the minds of toddlers with colorful characters and free toys?
    Stranger still, the best host for religion is in the minds of toddlers:  with imaginary characters (gods) and a free way to heaven.
    Therefore, people of religion believe they are on the free way to heaven because of their participation in rites and rituals, after which they are rewarded for their obedient behavior with a "happy meal" from their "holy men"---which they have been believing since they were toddlers.
    As written in the Word of the Lord: 
          Will a man rob God?  Yet you have robbed me.  But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?  In thithes and offerings. (Malachi 3: 8)
    Knowing that religion is an invention of men, we should be able to see that religion is the place for criminal minds:  the place where people bring their tithes and offerings instead of giving their tithes and offerings unto God.  The evidence of this truth is in the knowledge of knowing that religion is the wealthiest institution on the face of the earth!
    More than this, men of religion have robbed God of His glory by glorifying themselves as gods.  And for the people of religion, they are also robbing God of His glory by giving glory and praises unto men whom they worship as gods. 
    Beyond this, men of religion have robbed God of His power by granting forgiveness to people for their sins, which they are not authorized to give:  for they are bandits in disguise.  And for the people who believe in this dispensation of unauthorized forgiveness, they have accepted false salvation, which they also teach to their own children when they visit the man in the box.
    Therefore being deceived by men of religion, people will believe they have found a free way to heaven.  And as long as people trust in their religion, they will not trust in Christ; for trusting in Christ is against their religion:  which is the evidence that people, without Christ, have placed their religion above the throne of God, by the deception of a simple "happy meal".
  

GREAT PRETENDERS

   The Antichrist will be a man, a man whose face will be easily recognized throughout the world.  He will not be a stranger. 
   Because of his stature, he will be trusted as a true and natural leader, whose genealogical bloodline is from King David, and therefore worthy to be called the son of David, for he will be a Jew.  He will be perceived and believed to be the Messiah, who has arisen to his throne to save the world, which will be in a state of chaos.
   The Antichrist, however, will be possessed by Lucifer, who is the real false messiah---the beast behind the mask of the Antichrist.
   The False Prophet is the High Priest of Satan.  He will be a man, dressed in priestly garments. He will be the leader of the World Church, and he will have the power to embrace all religions of the world as one religion, and thereby create a World Religion. 
   Even now, Satan's ministers are men, dressed in priestly garments, and they operate in various stations all over the world, where they have been working for several centuries to corrupt the minds of people with false teachings.
   Jesus warned us there would be days like this when He said, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  (Matthew 7: 15)
   False prophets are false teachers, false ministers, false preachers, and false priests.  They have been working for two thousand years to distort truth:  to produce a false image of Christ in the minds of people, to hide the knowledge of God from the minds of people, and to hide the Bible from the minds of people.  They have been working to enslave people to the institution of religion, where they reign as gods in the minds of people, and their people are deceived to believe that they are Christians because they belong to a Christian religion.
   The people of false Christianity gladly give their money, for this is their way of paying their dues; for surely their gods must be rewarded for all that they (their priests) do for them!  Having their sins absolved, as well as the sins of their children, this debt relief is worthy of every penny they can give!  To them, they believe that God is in their house of religion.  So then, who is Christ to the people of religious Christianity?  Christ is only an image in their imaginations; and because their priestly gods can forgive them of their sin, what do they possibly need Christ for?  Nothing.  Their faith, therefore, is in their priests, whom they can see with their eyes, and not in Christ, whom they would have to believe by faith alone. 
   Just like their father, Lucifer, false ministers and priests are also great pretenders.  They do not present Christ, for they present themselves.  They do not speak for Christ, for they speak for themselves.  They do not make Christ known to their people, for they make themselves known.  They do not present the Bible to their people, for they present their own dogmas and doctrines, written by their own scribes in their priestly brotherhood. 
   Sadly, the people of false Christianity and all religions will believe that Antichrist, a man of the earth, will be the Messiah.  Because their false priests have told them what to believe all of their lives, they will naturally believe that the High Priest of religion is telling them the truth when he will tell them to bow to King David's son in Jerusalem---while not knowing they will be bowing to Lucifer, the beast behind the face of Antichrist. 
   As Christians, we can only encourage people to know the truth that is in Christ Jesus.  We can only encourage people to know the truth that is in the Holy Bible, which is the Word of the Lord.  For without Christ and the Bible, there is no truth on the face of the earth.  Everything else is only fantasy and make-believe from the minds of great pretenders.

LIARS & DECEIVERS

   We can believe that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is true when we consider the evidence.
   Men of religion have been impersonating Christ for the past two thousand years.
   Men of religion have been impersonating the apostles and disciples of Christ for the past two thousand years.
   Men of religion have been pretending to be ministers and priests of God, and messengers of Christ, for the past two thousand years.
   Men of religion have been working to prevent the Gospel of Christ from reaching the minds of people, and they have been working to prevent the Bible from reaching the hands of people for two thousand years.
   Men of religion are responsible for the murders of Christians for two thousand years.
   Would men of religion honestly exhibit these behaviors if that man, Jesus, had remained dead?
   At the same time, millions of people have been deceived to follow these impersonators for two thousand years.
   Throughout human history, in fact, men of religion are responsible for more murders of people than men of any other institution created by man.  Therefore it is no great thing to know that the men of religion killed Jesus. 
   Men of religion know that Jesus is alive, and they also know that Christ is coming back to earth.  But because they are ministers and priests of Satan, they impersonate Christ in order to prevent people from knowing the Lord; for these men have sold their souls to the devil in order that they will receive their reward, which is bounty money. 
   Such men have evil minds:  they dwell on evil every day of their lives, for evil is their language.
   Their desire is to dominate the world for their god, Satan. 
   Their thrill is found in killing people for Satan, which is their duty because Satan is their god.
   Furthermore, religion is the wealthiest institution on the face of the earth.  These men of religion have deceived people to follow them, they have deceived people to surrender unto them their money, and these men have never worked real jobs because their followers believe they are gods, and gods should not be workers in the fields of life.
   Moreover, these men of religion keep their secret worship of Satan hidden from their own congregations.  They can't let their secret worship be known for then their "cover" would be blown and their true identity would be known; for impersonators are masterful deceivers.  The less their congregations know about them the easier it is to keep them living under their power.
   Even today, men of religion pretend to be God, pretend to be Christ, pretend to be ministers and priests of the Lord---while, at the same time, they never tell their people that Christ will return to earth because they do not want their people to know this truth.  Their desire is for people to believe that they are Christians just because they are members of a Christian church or a Christian religion.  To them, Christianity is a religion without Christ.  They do not want people to trust in Christ for salvation; instead, they want people to trust in their religion and continue to follow their priests.
   The return of Jesus Christ will be the greatest event in world history, yet men of religion are continuing to hide this truth from people, even today.  These men are liars and deceivers.  To them, Jesus is a face on a Most Wanted poster, and their desire is for people to not look for the face of Jesus, nor to trust in the Lord for their salvation.
   Jesus said, Take heed that no man deceive you.  (Matthew 24: 4)
   Therefore we can know and believe that, when we look at the faces of men in religion, we are looking in the faces of liars and deceivers. 
   But again, consider the evidence:  would men of sanity impersonate a dead man for twenty centuries?  
   Of course not!  For they know that Christ is alive and is coming back to earth.
  
  
  
  

A PERCEIVED VALUE

   Religion is a delusion, poured in the minds of people in order to create a defensive barrier against the knowledge of God, the knowledge of Christ, and the knowledge of the Holy Bible, thereby keeping the minds of people focused on religion itself:  on its ministers and priests, on its dogmas and doctrines, on its rites and rituals, and on its laws which govern their minds.
   All religions are creations of men and from the imaginations of men, which also means that people of religion believe with their imaginations, just as children believe with their imaginations.
   Religion is based on sights and sounds, and not by faith.
   Religion is, therefore, the most powerful method of mind control that man has invented, for religious leaders know the power that abides in religion, and religion, once accepted, is the power that operates in the minds of people, for it controls the behavior of people all the days of their lives.
   In religion, the minds of people are as little children, for their religious leaders do not want their people to grow up, nor to mature, nor to advance beyond their present state of mind.  And like obedient children, the people return to their houses of religion for continuous doses of prescription medication from their doctors of religion.
   Religion is the government of religious people, for they live under the dictatorship of their masters, and they are, obviously, slaves to their religion.  They are slaves because their religious gurus have captured their minds, and as long as people live under the delusion of religion, they will continue to reject God, to reject Christ, and to reject the Bible.
   As a delusion, people of religion believe in a perceived reality, where they are deceived by their own perceptions:  deceptions that are bathed in dogmas and doctrines, rites and rituals, and the perception that their god, or gods and goddesses, are real, and that the images of idols, such as statues, portraits, and photographs, have the power to forgive them of their sins and to answer their prayers.  This perceived reality is therefore the evidence that modern people are just as pagan as ancient men, and women, and children.
   On the contrary, the Bible has the power to change the destiny of people; but without it, people will continue to live their present destiny, in a religious delusion, in a world of perceived value, which is a world without God. 
   In truth, religion is dead because there is nothing in it that is living, for religion is an institution for the spiritually insane.  And because religion is dead, religion is also a tomb. 
   As it is written in the Bible:  Why seek ye the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen. (Luke 24: 5-6)