OUT OF NAZARETH

   And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in the synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son?  Is not his mother called Mary?  And his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?  And his sisters, are they not all with us?  Whence then hath this man all these things?  And they were offended in him. (Matthew 13: 55-57) 


   Nazareth was a dirt-poor town and the people there eked out a living from the ground that was sufficient to sustain themselves and to pay their tax to Caesar.  The people had no time for fun, no time for relaxation, and they had no sporting events to distract their minds from suffering as slaves to Rome.
   Out of this environment, who would have ever thought that a simple carpenter from Nazareth would come to be known throughout the whole world? 
   The people there would have been shocked had they known the future, which they should have known had they only read and believed the Scriptures.
   After leaving Nazareth, he never held a job. 
   He never built a house that he could call his own. 
   The clothes he wore were the clothes he owned. 
   He never rode a horse, or commanded an army in war. 
   He never had a seat on a city council. 
   He never wrote a book, and, as far as we know, he never signed his name. 
   Barely twelve people knew him well, and, after that, perhaps no more than a hundred or so.
   The Roman soldiers never noticed him, for he never stood out as a troublesome soul.
   King Herod was watching over the affairs of the state, and Pontius Pilate was occupied in pleasing Rome, making sure that Caesar's interest in Israel was continuing without interruption.
   The life of Jesus is truly an amazing story, the story of stories, the alpha and the omega of journalism, the bookends of human history, and the crowning glory of the universe.
   John the Apostle wrote of Jesus this way:
      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)
  

BEGUILED

   When people kneel in the house of religion, they are submitting their minds to the invisible power that lurks within, thereby surrendering their minds to its control and domination, even to give unto religion the keys of their future, as their religion becomes the flagship station on which they stand. 
   Religion is the oldest system of mind control on the face of the earth, operating without interruption for thousands of years, and it is having its greatest success in the world today.
   Religion is the oldest financial system in human history.  It has never been broke, or bankrupt, and never will be.  Today, religion is the wealthiest institution in the world as it controls the world's fortune of gold, silver, coins, paper money, and real estate.  Therefore religion is big business, a global conglomerate of financial institutions worldwide.  Religion is in the SALES business, for it is always SELLING something while giving nothing in return. 
   From the rising of the sun until the going down thereof, religion never sleeps, never slumbers:  always lurking about in the shadows of darkness, luring people into its gates with promises of a better tomorrow, and of an everlasting future of radiant sunshine and eternal ecstasy, the perfect fulfillment of delightful fantasies, and all decked out in purple and in scarlet, just as a harlot woman is all dressed up before going to town for the evening.
   Religion is the oldest mind control system in human history, it is the most successful financial system in human history, and it runs the oldest prostitution ring in human history.
   In the garden of Eden, the LORD God said unto the women,
       What is this that thou hast done?  And the woman said,
         The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.  (Genesis 3: 13)
   Bewitched.  Bedazzled.  Beguiled.  Tricked.  Seduced.  Deceived by a thief and a robber.
   That's religion.
   That's Satan.
   Religion is the house of Satan.
  

BEDAZZLED

   Because religion is a creation of man, it is built and designed to bedazzle the imaginations of proud people, where people can believe they are just a little bit better than other people because of their association with an institution:  believing that the institution has made them pure and even sinless, leading them also to believe that people all over the world need their institution, and that others on the outside are no more than dirty sinners, or even infidels. 
   Because of pride, there is nothing greater upon the earth than man's institution of religion.  In it, people are cloned to its ideologies, philosophies, dogmas, doctrines, laws, rites, and rituals, leading them to become walking-talking textbooks of their religion.
   Blinded by pride, the people do not see the bars on the windows, for all they can see is their own faces in the mirror, and they like what their eyes behold of themselves.  Trapped in a world of fantasy and make-believe, they see themselves as one with their religion, for their religion is their one and everything, and they, like their religion, stand tall and proud.
   In it, they kneel on bended knees to worship and bow their heads in submission to their religion's methodology.  They are rewarded for good behavior, and they are also rewarded for their total obedience to the god of their salvation.
   In time, they become as little gods, walking to and fro upon the earth, for they are clones of the god of their salvation.  Because of their self-image, there are none greater among men than themselves.  Desiring the praise of others, their good deeds are for their own self-glory.  They have no interest in the lives of others; neither do they have an interest in the success of others.  In all of their goings and in all of their doings, their ultimate quest is the eyes of others; for in their own minds there are no greater people among people than themselves while others are no more than steps for their feet, or subjects for their knowledge.  They are un-teachable and un-coachable, for who can teach or coach the minds of gods?
   Satan's poison is a lethal injection, and millions of people never come out of the institution of religion.  Bitten and smitten, there is not a recovery program available that can fix their pain.  There is not a recovery program available that can rehabilitate their spiritual state, nor cleanse their minds, nor erase their slate. The only cure available is Christ the Lord, whom them have rejected because of unbelief.  Because of unbelief, they have no pain in their own minds.  In their own minds, there is nothing wrong with them.  There is nothing that needs fixing.  All of their ways are perfect, and, after all, gods do not need the salvation of Christ, for their god is greater than God.
      In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.  (Isaiah 6: 1)
   To people in the institution of religion, however, they see themselves sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and their trains fill their own temples:  while teaching their children to be clones of themselves as well as clones to the god of their salvation.
   Bedazzled.  Bewitched.  Beguiled.

BEWITCHED

  In Jerusalem, men of religion violated their own religious law in order to crucify an innocent man.
  Religion is as shifting sand and will change as men of religion deem necessary in order to accomplish their own agenda.
   Religion is responsible for killing more people worldwide than any institution on the face of the earth, and the worst is yet to come.
   Why, then, do people continue to kneel in the house of religion?


      O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you,
         that ye should not obey the truth,
      before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
         crucified among you?  (Galatians 3: 1)
  
   Bewitched:  who has cast a spell on you, or who has gained control of your mind?
                        who has charmed you, beguiled you, tricked you, or deceived you?


    Knowing, then, that religion is the house of killers, why do people continue to kneel in the house of religion and rub shoulders with killers of people?
   Controlling people have charming personalities.  With their wit and with their charm, they lure their prey into their webs of deception and close the door behind them.  By the casting of spells, they gain control of their minds, and people will kneel to them and do their will, even to participate in their agenda, and thereby agree to the killing of people as justified homicide because they believe that certain people deserve death.
   They are bewitched, charmed, beguiled, tricked, and deceived.
   The men responsible for killing Jesus were no different than the men of religion today, for the men of religion today would kill Jesus again---if they could get their hands on Him.
 

MASS KILLERS

   Every empire that man has invented on the earth has been an instrument of slavery and death to masses of people.
   Every religious and political kingdom that man has invented has also been an instrument of slavery and death to masses of people.
   Men of religion have been killing people for thousands of years---and getting away with it.
   The eyes of people are blinded to truth because the men of religion adorn themselves in fancy suits and priestly garments:  appearing to be servants of God, when they are no more than instruments of slavery and death to masses of people, for they are no more than mass killers in cold blood.
   Love?  There is no love in religion, for God will not mix His holiness in an unholy world of men whose only desire is to enslave and kill people.
   Today, look across the earth and what do you see?  You see religious and political kingdoms that are enslaving and killing people in the name of religious ideologies, for they believe they are doing that which is right in the name of their god, or gods, by bringing death and destruction to nations upon the earth. 
   This behavior of men has not changed for thousands of years.
   Even today the eyes and ears of masses of people are captivated by the very appearance of men in fancy suits and priestly garments:  believing that they are doing the will of a master deity and agreeing with them that certain people deserve death.
   So it should not surprise to learn that the men of religion killed Jesus in Jerusalem.  To them, Jesus was a hindrance to their desire to rule and reign over the earth, bringing death and destruction to masses of people under the dome of their kingdom, and to their quest to build a world empire. 
   In Jerusalem, the men of religion did not know, nor did they believe, that the Son of God would rise again.  But they came to know that this is true, which they have also known for the past two thousand years.  In their evil hearts, however, they do not want this knowledge of God known by people, and they have been killing people for twenty centuries to keep the truth of Christ hidden, for they know that Christ is alive.  They also know that Christ is coming back, which is why they are preparing a false messiah, who will enslave and kill masses of people, for they are children of the devil, dressed in fancy suits and priestly garments.
   Jesus said,
      Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself:  there where I am, there ye may be also.  (John 14: 1-3)

DAUGHTERS OF BABYLON

   Money is the glue that holds religions together.
   Take away the money and one by one they would all fall down.
   The greater the money, however, the greater the power.
   Religion is an artificial tree:  it has no roots, therefore it has no life of its own.
   Its ministers are also artificial:  they are actors on a stage, performing their roles, then disappearing behind the curtain to count the money.
   Religion is a global corporation of various institutions, in various languages, with various schools of thought, and with the same Headmaster.  Religion only appears to have separate and independent entities, for all of them are from the same artificial tree.
   Let us not be deceived:  religion is big business.  With a global net worth that is beyond calculation, its financial records, investments, earnings, and real estate acquisitions are hidden in vaults and guarded in secrecy.
   The ten richest religions in the world are these:
       1.  The Catholic Church
       2.  Islam
       3.  Judaism
       4.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
       5.  The Church of England
       6.  Episcopalian
       7.  Televangelism
       8.  Protestantism
       9.  Freemasonry
     10.  The Church of Scientology
   These ten systems have the accumulative power to control the money of the whole world; therefore, they control everything else: 
   They control governments, including kings, queens, monarchs, presidents, and dictators.
   They control financial markets, banks, stock exchanges, and interest rates.
   They control entertainment:  movies, music, television, amusement parks, arcades.
   They control professional sports.
   They control educational institutions:  high schools, colleges, universities, seminaries.
   Beyond this, religion controls the world of crime because of the money.
   Religion controls human trafficking, drug trafficking, pornography, prostitution, pedophilia, gangs, the Mafia, and secret societies.
   Perhaps we should pause here and ask a question:  How in the world can so many people be so bad?  Or, how is it possible that so many people can be so far?
  When you consider the fact that their minds have been educated in the college of evil, we learn just how they think.  Therefore from being educated in evil, they think like the devil.  The devil's thoughts are their thoughts, and the devil's ways are their ways.  The devil is a liar and a thief, so they are liars and thieves.  The devil is a deceiver, so they are deceivers.  They are, in fact, just like their daddy!
   Jesus said, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Matthew 7: 15)
   Beginning in Rome in 313 A.D., Babylon was disguised as the Catholic Church and Catholicism became the state religion of the Roman Empire.  They dressed her in scarlet and purple and sent her forth to deceive the world, just as a harlot woman dresses up before going to town for the evening.  Her priests went before her to build satellite churches and to establish educational systems worldwide in order to convert the whole world to Babylon, or Satan's religion.  For nearly two thousand years, Babylon has been polluting the minds of people with its doctrines of devils. 
   Satan is the father of Babylon, and, through the Catholic Church, the devil has produced many daughters, just like their mother:  all dressed up in purple and scarlet as a harlot woman dresses up before going to town for the evening. 
   Babylon is a devil woman, a prostitute.  She has been deceiving people to believe that they can have Christ if they accept Catholicism, which is the same as Babylon.
   During the Protestant Reformation, however, many people came out of Babylon and began their own systems of churches.  Many have remained free from Babylon's grasp, but many have since returned to their mother.
   The three richest religions in the world are Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism, three daughters of Babylon.  Isn't it interesting that the attention of the whole world today is on the Middle East, Rome, and Israel?
   While each of these three appears to be separate and independent religions, they are not; for each is of the tree of Babylon, and Satan is their father, their master, and their lord.  Each is in defiance of God, and, together they stand in their pursuit to convert the world to Babylon and to prevent people from knowing the knowledge of Christ.  For in Babylon, Satan is the god behind the curtain.
   In closing, let me say that as you look across the world today, virtually everything we see with our eyes has been touched by evil.  At the same time, virtually everything we hear with our ears has also been touched by evil.  For evil is all dressed up in scarlet and in purple, just as a harlot woman is all dressed up before going to town.
  Only in Christ can we have salvation for our souls, and only in Christ can we come to know the love of God.
      For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  (John 3: 16-17)

4200 WAYS

   Religion spins a story of fantasy and make-believe in the minds of people, and, with imagination, we have built-in movie projectors that enable us to take the show with us, watching re-runs on the widescreen of our minds and never miss an episode of psychological thrillers in the theater of our own minds.


   Until I met Christ, I never understood the power of religion in the lives of people.
   Until I met Christ, I never understood the power of imagination in the lives of people.
   Until I met Christ, I was spiritually blind, not knowing the difference between religion and God, or God and religion.  To me, the two were the same.  And with my imagination, my mind believed everything that I imagined, even though I did not know that even my own imagination was tricking me to believe that I had salvation in Christ just because I believed in the existence of Christ in my mind.  My trust, therefore, was not in Christ because my trust was in my imagination.  I knew about Jesus in my mind, but I did not know Him in my heart.
   I know my testimony can sound confusing, and perhaps tricky.  Of course, religion is supposed to be tricky!  It is designed to trick people to believe in religion and not to believe in Christ.  There are approximately 4,200 religions in the world today, which means there are 4,200 ways to trick people.
   Whereas, on April 27, 1995, my confusion ended when I met Christ.  For it was on that day when I confessed to God that I am a sinner, and, invited Christ into my life to save me from my sins.  That happened, for I began to see with new eyes as if that day was the first day of my life!
   Now I can understand why Christ comes to us, for it is not we who go to Him. 
   Thus, the reason religion is all about fantasy and make-believe is because religion does not come for any person; instead, people are taken to religion, then they are taken by religion, at which time they become prisoners to religion in the imaginations of their minds.  Religion is therefore a trick that is designed to trap people.
   Until I met Christ, I never realized that religion is the house of Satan.  Satan is the serpent, sneaky and sly.  He's a trickster.  And Satan has 4,200 houses of religion across the earth, tricking people 4,200 ways.  As it is written in the Word of the Lord, 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.  (Second Corinthians 4: 4)
   If you are in a religion, come out of it today and come to Christ. 
   When people die without Christ, all they leave behind is home movies scattered on the floor.
  

INVISIBLE FENCES

   Religion is a government.
   As a government, religion has legislation:  a system of laws, rules, regulations, rites, and rituals.
   Religion is a dictatorship, not a democracy.
   Religion is an empire.
   There are many religious empires all over the earth, operating under many names, in many nations, in many languages.
   A false Christian church is an invention of men, luring people to come in, converting their minds to its legislation, and persuading them to accept its system: teaching them to believe that knowing the system is the same as knowing Christ.
   A false Christian church is a government, designed to rule over people.  As a dictatorship, it  enlarges its territorial boundaries and becomes an empire, consuming nations.
   In false Christianity, there are false teachers, false ministers, false pastors and preachers and priests.
   Had Christ remained dead, false churches would have never been invented.  But because Christ arose from death, evil men went to work to create false churches in order to keep the knowledge of Christ from becoming the knowledge of people.
   In false churches, people feast with their eyes before they hear with their ears.
   Whereas, the Word of the Lord proclaims:
      So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  (Romans 10: 17)
   And again it is written:
      How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed?  and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?  And how shall they preach, except they be sent?  (Romans 10: 14-15)
   Would men in fancy suits and priestly garments lie to people? 
   When their intent is to deceive people, of course they will lie!
   But because of their charming personalities and positions of power, their words sound like truth because the men appear to be pure and holy.
   Why, even the buildings look pure and holy, and the people can believe they are standing on holy ground!
   Religion is successful because it preys on ignorant minds.
   False churches are successful because they prey on ignorant minds.
   When the minds of people are void of the knowledge of the Lord, they are apt to believe in anything they see with their eyes and hear with their ears; therefore, people feast with their eyes before they swallow with their ears.
   In the garden of Eden, Eve feasted with her eyes before she swallowed with her ears.
   So it is in religion as well as in false churches:  people feast with their eyes before they swallow with their ears!---not knowing that they are being governed, or controlled, or dictated by the system of laws, rules, regulations, rites, and rituals.  Therefore their faith is in the system and not in Christ, and they believe their salvation is in their obedience to the system and not in Christ the Lord!  For Christ is not the main event in false churches.  Christ is simply part of the icing, but not in the cake; for the cake is the system, which they have consumed for their souls.
   Religious empires are prisons of the worst kind.  People know they can walk out, but they know they cannot leave; for their minds are trapped in a network of invisible fences, blocking their minds from the knowledge of Christ.  They are as horses with blinders on their eyes, not looking to the left, nor looking to the right, but looking straight ahead with their ears finely tuned to the voices of their masters, their commanders-in-chief, who own their minds and control their will.
   In false churches, Christ is no more than an image in the imaginations of people, and the Lord's  value is no more than the value of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. 
   Please.  Do not become a prey to a religion, nor to a false church.
   As it is written,
      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: 10-11)
     
     

GRAZING IN THE DARKNESS

                          If we know no more than we knew yesterday,
                           will tomorrow be any different than today?


   This world operates like a gambling casino.   Professional sports is fixed, government is fixed, and religion is fixed.  The deck is stacked, the cards are marked, and the tables are tilted.  And Satan is dealing.
   In casinos, there are no clocks or windows, and the light is artificial.
   How many scenes in movies are filmed in the darkness of night?
   How many television programs are filmed in the darkness of night?
   Rock music concerts are staged in the darkness of night.
   More people go to bars in the darkness of night.
   Drug deals are made in the darkness of night.
   Human traffickers move people in the darkness of night.
   Important sporting events are played under artificial light in the darkness of night.
   In the darkness of night, our eyes focus on things we can see with available light and our vision narrows.
   Just because we do not see Satan does not mean that he is not there, for Satan is:   the prince of darkness, or the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2: 2)
   Satan's kingdom is darkness:  he owns the night.
   When the sun goes down, evil arises.
   When people gather in darkness, Satan is there.
   When people gather behind closed doors in secret meetings in secret places, Satan is there.
   Satan's people are children of darkness, for this is when they come out to play.
   For example, the Super Bowl halftime show is a musical extravaganza for the children of the goat.  They understand the story that is being told while the rest of us gasp over a terrific light show in the darkness of night.
   According to GoatWorld, "It is believed that goats have excellent night vision and will often browse at night."
   Did your parents ever tell you to be home before dark?  Wise parents know that trouble will find their children out in the darkness.  Unwise parents, however, have no sense of danger when they allow their children to play in the darkness.
   Thus we can understand why goat people go grazing in the darkness, for they have a craving for those things not seen in the light.
     Goats feast on yesterday's leftovers.  Goat people, therefore, do not know the difference between fresh barley and stale oats. 
   For this reason, the devil does not want people to learn anything new.  He wants people to live in the present, repeating the same habits, playing in the darkness, and with no knowledge about the future, thereby keeping the knowledge of Christ from becoming the knowledge of people, which is the same as keeping the minds of people blinded from the light of Christ.
   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 that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  (Second Corinthians 4: 3-4)
  
  
   

JESUS ON AN iPHONE

      The iPhone reveals the hearts of people unlike any invention that we have created on the face of the earth.


   Selfie pictures send first, followed by pictures of pets, possessions, and vacation getaways.    
   Photographs of babies and children playing send last. 
   The global baby food market will reach an estimated $55 billion by 2015; yet, in the United States, Americans spent $56 billion in 2013 for pet food and pet supplies.
   Are the things we value the most simply things, and animals, and collections of toys?
   Or is my iPhone all about me and my little world?
   In my little world, do I think I am the big cheese?  And do I want everybody to know it?
   And it came to pass when Jesus said unto His disciples:
      Whom do men say that I am?  (Mark 8:27)
   In my little world, whom do men say that I am?
   In my lifetime, only a few hundred people have ever seen my face.
   Out of that number, only a few have shaken my hand, or asked my name.
   Out of that number, only a few have shared a meal with me, or chatted over a cup of coffee.
   Out of that number, not one has ever known that my favorite color is blue.
   Out of that number, most of them have never seen my face again.
   So then, whom do men say that I am?  They cannot say because most of them:  never knew me.
   Jesus also said, Love thy neighbor as thyself.  (Mark 12: 31)
   In my little world, how can I love my neighbor if I never see his face?
   How can I love my neighbor if I never shake his hand, or ask his name?
   How can I love my neighbor if I never share a meal, or chat over a cup of coffee?
   How can I love my neighbor if I never know his favorite team is the Yankees?
   How can I love my neighbor if I never see his face again?
   How can I love my neighbor if I never know him?
   In my little world, I am no larger than a dot at the end of a sentence.  In my mind, however, I can believe that I am the center of the universe, and that people will  be absolutely delighted when they see my face appear on an iPhone.  Yet, whom do they say that I am? 
   If we believe a picture is worth a thousand words, do people have a thousand words for a photograph they see of me?
   Not likely.  Not when my little world is all about me and the things I value most:  my pets, my possessions, and my vacation getaways.  Not when my iPhone is all about me.
   To know me is to know my heart.  If you never know my heart you will never know me.  The same can be said about you about me.
   If we, therefore, are to know Christ, we must come to know His heart.  But if not, then we will never  know Him; for all that many people will ever know about Jesus is a graven image on an iPhone.

ECCLESIASTICAL DECEPTION

   Eleven of the disciples of Christ did not know that Judas Iscariot was a spy, sitting on the pew while Jesus was preaching.  Judas Iscariot turned his face against Christ and sold his soul to the devil for thirty pieces of silver.


   For the past two thousand years, men and women have been turning their faces against Christ and selling their souls to the devil:  some for less than thirty pieces of silver; some for more.
      For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  (Mark 8: 36-37)
   How much is the value of your soul?  How much do you want for it?
   The devil can beat any offer at any time.
   Name your price.  Make a deal.
   What do you want the most in this world while you are living?
   A new car?  A beachfront condo?  Recognition?  A name for yourself?
   Do you want a record deal?  A part in a movie?  A television appearance?
   If all your friends could see you now, where would that place be?
   Hollywood?  Broadway?  Paris? 
   The devil tried to make a deal with Jesus.  Remember?
   And the devil said unto Jesus,
      All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  (Matthew 4: 9)
   For the past two thousand years, Satan's spies---like Judas Iscariot---have infiltrated Christian churches, and they have been sitting on the pews while the preachers have been preaching. 
   Some are men, and some are women.
   Some, too, are the preachers, deceiving the congregations.
   In Rome today, Pope Francis is about to embrace doctrines that the Catholic Church has never approved before.  He is changing Catholic Church doctrine while ignoring the Word of the Lord.
   Like Judas Iscariot, Pope Francis has made a deal with the devil, and he is selling the souls of Catholic people to the devil in exchange for his reward. 
   Just as the eleven disciples of Christ did not know that Judas Iscariot was a traitor, the Catholic people do not know that Judas Iscariot is in the house, presiding over St. Peter's Basilica.  At his fingertips is the entire Catholic nation of more than one billion people---with more to follow because of his ecclesiastical deception.
   This is a sad and tragic day in human history. 
   As long as the faith of people is in a man, there their faith shall remain.
   May God open the minds of people to the truth that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen.
  

UNIFORMS OF THE DAY

   Religion is the world's oldest and most successful money-making scheme that man has invented on the face of the earth!  Religion is rich, overflowing with the world's gold and silver and cash and coins and land acquisitions.  Nothing on earth can compare to the enormity of wealth contained in religion, locked in vaults in secret chambers.
   Look across the world and what do you see?  You see religion everywhere:  in nations, in cities, communities, hamlets and villages, and on a street where you live.
   Have you ever seen a religion go out of business, or close its doors?
   Religion is also the world's oldest and most successful method of mind control that man has used to control and dominate the lives of people throughout human history!
   Most of the people in the world will claim a religion, or say they are religious, even though they may not be active members within their organizations.
   Moreover, religion is the power behind governments, operating in secrecy because the leaders of religion do not want people to know that they are in partnership with governments.  While governments can go bad from time to time, religion always maintains its polished image as the good guy. 
   The men who killed Jesus were the men of government and the men of religion.  They were the most powerful people on the earth at that time, and they were also the wealthiest people on the earth at that time.
   Does this sound familiar?
   Look across the earth today and you will see that the most powerful and wealthiest people on earth are the leaders of governments and religions.  They control the wealth.  They control religions.  And they control governments.
   For the past two thousand years, men of governments and men of religion have been working to keep the knowledge of Christ from becoming the knowledge of people.
   How, then, do they know that the story of Christ is true?
   Because the devil told them:  for they are secret members of Satan's secret army against Christ, dressed in fancy suits and priestly garments, their uniforms of the day.  But when they meet behind closed doors in secret meetings, they chance to their uniforms of the night, for they are workers of darkness.  Because Satan is their god, they hear their master's words and they follow him.
      These things that I have written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.  (First John 5: 13)

MODERN MYTHOLOGY

     Even the devil knows that the Word of the Lord is truth, yet many people choose to believe that the Bible is a book of myths and fairytales, while the devil also knows that myths and fairytales are lies.


   In ancient Egypt, the people there did not believe in mythology.  To them, the stories in their minds were real.
   In ancient Greece, the people there did not believe in mythology.  To them, the stories in their minds were real.
   In ancient Rome, the people there did not believe in mythology.  To them, the stories in their minds were real.
   In modern mythology, people do not believe that their belief is mythology.  To them, the stories in their minds are real.
   To modern mythologists, they believe that certain men are gods, which is the reason they call them Father---as in Father God---and they further believe that Father God is God incarnate, walking to and fro upon the earth in a human body, clothed in priestly garments.
   Beyond this, they believe that the god, gods and goddesses of their religions are real and not mythology; and that the images of their god, gods and goddesses---in the form of portraits, paintings, photographs, and sculptures---are real and worthy of worship.
   Furthermore, modern mythologists believe that the souls of certain dead people are gods and can answer prayers.
   So then, is there any difference between ancient mythology and modern mythology?
   No!
   For the behavior of modern mythologists is the same behavior of ancient mythologists.
   Modern mythologists, however, will not admit that they are worshippers of idols, for they want to believe that their gods are real.  After all, they have been told that their gods are real ever since they were young children.  Their parents believed in the same, so it must be true.  Surely their parents and grandparents would not be worshippers of idols, or gods made with human hands.  Therefore, their gods must be alive and living, with supernatural powers.
   Moreover, is mythology just another word for paganism? 
   We think not because we prefer to ascribe paganism to the ancients, whom we believe didn't know any better; yet modern mythologists are the same as pagans, but they think not, choosing instead to believe that know better, that they are better than the ancients. 
   Even within modern Christianity we find elements of mythology, or paganism, in front of our eyes and in broad daylight.  We see people kneeling to images of gods in church buildings, we see people believing that priests are gods, and we see people praying to the souls of dead people as if they are gods and can answer prayers.  But we also see modern Christianity incorporating mythological precepts by embracing pagan unholy days as holidays, disguised as days of fun and times to play and party, instead of evil worship of devils.
   How did this happen?
   Over the past twenty centuries, the devil has been working---in slow and in subtle ways---to influence people to believe that myths and fairytales of religion are true while influencing people to believe that the Bible is a book of lies:  while, at the same time, keeping people chained to the dogmas and doctrines, rituals and rituals of ancient mythology, transported to the minds of modern mythologists, so that moderns will believe that these methods are something new, so that the people will not believe that they are pagans!
   How, then, can we say that the devil knows that the Word of the Lord is truth?
      Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:  the devils also believe, and tremble.  (James 2: 19)

GRAZING IN THE FIELDS

        We are living in a world of spiritual mind control, for what is the attention of our focus?
 
   Advertising is a method of mind control, designed to feed the human ego.
   In television commercials, as well as in printed advertisements in magazines and newspapers, we are prompted to feed ourselves from the tables of this world.
   Picture yourself in a new car, a new house, a new suit or dress, or a vacation on sandy beaches.
   You deserve it.  You are worth it.  You can have it.
   Make financial investments for yourself and for the pleasures of life that you want and deserve when you get older.
   Here today, buy today.  Do not wait.  This deal will get away and later you will regret that you let the days of your youth pass you buy.
   For just a few dollars a month, you can be It.  You can be everything you imagine yourself to be.
   Bathe yourself in luxury, in cosmetics, dental implants, facelifts, and sexual enhancement medications that will enable you to achieve eternal youth and never grow old.
   Sports is also a method of global mind control.  As long as athletes are treated as gods from the heavens with stardust in their hair, their behaviors outside the arenas do not really matter, do they?  As long as they bring championships and prestige to our nations, cities, and communities, athletes can abide under the umbrella of their own tents, their own set of laws and codes of conduct, doing as they please, for they are gifted and thereby special.  We look the other way, or believe that they are falsely accused.  For what we really desire is to be thrilled by their performances, then weep and drool when they walk by, hoping that we and our children can merely touch the hems of their garments.
   Because of the power of advertising, you can become a golden calf in your own imagination and thereby believe that you are It, that you are Something Else, believing that others dearly desire to touch the hem of your garment when they see you in that new car, new house, designer clothes, and having the time of your life on sandy beaches.
   We are living in a world of spiritual mind control, for what is the attention of our focus?
   While our eyes are bombarded with advertising, and while athletes thrill us in the arenas, our attention is diverted from the activities of people in other places, such as the people in governments and the people in religions.  For as long as we focus on self, we will not focus on the activities of people in governments, nor the people in religions, for we have been manipulated to believe that they are looking out for us, that they have our interests in their hearts.
   Neither will we focus on God.  How can we focus on God when our attention has been controlled and manipulated to focus on self and to the pleasures of this world?
   In a way that is easy to understand, our minds are being controlled to follow the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City to see the Oz!  Like children, we are being led astray to systems of beliefs poured in our minds to operate within our imaginations, with firewalls to block the knowledge of God, which the world considers to be spam, or a virus.
   Our minds are fed from grazing in the fields, and many people have never learned to feed their own minds---choosing instead to feast with the herds at tables set before them, not knowing that the food is laced with spiritual contamination, poisoning their minds and even their souls, never knowing the knowledge of God, but chained in darkness.
      But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  in whom the god of this world has 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.  (Second Corinthians 4: 3-4)

GOLDEN CALVES IN A SEA OF GREEN PASTURES

           Believing in God is not normal for humans.  Believing in God is uncommon sense.

   In a culture that produces golden calves in a sea of green pastures, our societies have enabled us to produce images of ourselves in our imaginations so that we see self before seeing anything else, leading us to believe in self-reliance, self-assurance, self-dependency, self-confidence, and even self-adoration and self-worship, which is self-idolatry, that says:
      Look at me!  You are going to like the way I look, the way I walk, and the way I talk.
      Look at the way I swagger down the runways under gleaming lights and clicking cameras.
      Look at the way I strut when I cross the streets or prance in the halls.
      Look at me when I enter the building and capture the eyes when I enter the room.
   Because of the power of my own imagination, I can produce an image of myself and project that image in the eyes of others, leading them to believe in the image they see in me, or at least believing that others will believe in the image I have of myself. 
  While we cannot control what others think of us, we still have the power to influence and even to manipulate their perceptions and interpretations.
   Am I who I say I am, or am I someone else?
   Therefore being consumed with self-idolatry, we can produce a golden calf (or an idol) of ourselves  in our own imaginations
   Isn't this exactly what the world around us teaches us to believe?
   Consider the simple philosophies that we have written about ourselves and for ourselves:
      Take care of yourself before taking care of others.
      Look out for number one instead of looking out for others.
      Like yourself before you can like others.
      Love yourself before you can love others.
   Is the face I see in the mirror the same face that others see when they see me? 
   Because of this self-idolatry and self-worship, I can believe that even God is impressed with me.
      Look at me as I enter my church or house of religion.
      Look at the way I am dressed, the way I walk, and the way I talk.
      Look at the way I sit, the way I stand, the way I kneel and fold my hands.
      Look at the way I repeat the lines as I have learned to repeat so well.
      Look at my sinless face and my glimmering glow.
      Look at me as I teach my children to be like me.
      Look at me as a golden calf in a sea of green pastures.
   The green pastures is the world in which we live, the feeding ground of golden calves.
   The sea is the water in which they drown, being consumed by the flames of pride.
   Consider God's judgment on Lucifer:
      Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee.  It shall devour thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of them that beheld thee.  All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:  thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.  (Ezekiel 28: 18-19)
     
     
    

A TRICK TO TRAP

   Much of human history has been hidden from us by people who do not want us to know the truth about our existence on earth; consequently, the history books we have in schools is programmed information from the educated elite so that we will believe what they want us to believe and that we should believe no more.  Many people have been persuaded by this method of manipulation and they consider others to be victims of conspiracy theories or creators of science fiction---when, in fact, many of us have found the truth, and this truth, to them, sounds like conspiracy theories or science fiction.
   For example, aliens is just another word for demons; but because people do not believe that demons are real, they will accept the idea of aliens because of their familiarity with science fiction comic books, translated to movies and television.  Thus, they do not believe in neither aliens nor demons, and they consider those that do to be travelers from an unlisted area code, at which time they laugh at us and wag their heads.
   Moreover, much of human history has been distorted by people who do not want us to know the truth.
   Examples:
      Faith is not a religion and religion is not faith.
      God is not a religion and religion is not God.
   If people will examine human history, they should be able to see and understand that each religion on the face of the earth is an invention out of the imaginations of men, and not from God.
   An architect creates a sports arena out of his imagination.  Likewise, the architects of religions have created religions out of their imaginations.  Each religion includes images of a god, or gods and goddesses, which also came forth from the imaginations of the architects.  When people, therefore, place their faith in a religion, they worship the god, or gods and goddesses, in their own imaginations while believing that these images are real.  Wherever they go, they take these images with them in their imaginations.  Consequently, truth has been hidden and distorted by the architects.
   Religion, therefore, is a house of idols, and there are many houses of idols all across the earth where people gather to worship idols.
   The chief deity of religion is the god of the sun though this, too, can be hidden from people in order to deceive them to believe that they are actually worshippers of God.  The people in the building can believe they are kneeling to God when, in fact, they are kneeling to the god of the sun:  because the priests, behind closed doors and in secret chambers, kneel to the sun. This method of deception is found in religious Christianity where people can believe they are Christians because of their acceptance of the religion when Christ is no more than an image (or an idol)  within the environment inside the building, or a ceramic doll under a Christmas tree.
   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.  (Second Corinthians 11: 14-15)
   Therefore it is within the realm of possibility that aliens (or fallen angels, which are demons) can transform themselves in human form and become sexual prostitutes, but also adorn their bodies with fancy suits or priestly garments and appear as ministers of God as pastors, teachers, or priests of churches and religious institutions, directing the attention of people to worship idols and even to believe in a false messiah.  Such is the power of darkness, which Jesus told us about on the day of His crucifixion in Jerusalem.  Do we not value the truth of a dying man's words?
   Obviously, religion is an illusion, or a trick to trap people to believe that religion is truth while persuading people to believe that Christ is still dead, or that the Lord never existed at all.  People of religion have been working this illusion in the minds of people for two thousand years, and, even now, people worldwide are spellbound, ...according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. (Ephesians 2: 2)  This spirit is an evil spirit and is not from God. 
   There is another choice available to people, however, and this choice is Christ the Lord.  People can choose Christ and come out of religion, or they can remain there and abide in darkness.
   That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  (Romans 10: 9)
  

IN OUR TIME

                   Deception thrives when people believe truth is a lie and a lie is truth.    


   When I first learned the truth about Santa Claus, I did not want to believe it.  Instead, I wanted to continue to believe that the little fat man from the North Pole was real and that people were wrong.
   Evil thrives when good people do nothing---when we become like the three monkeys:  we turn our eyes, close our mouths, sit on our hands, and cover the eyes and ears of children.
   Deception thrives when we do not want to admit that we have been played by the very people we know and trust the most, the men and women in fancy suits and priestly garments. 
   Our minds are shocked and stunned when we learn the truth, knowing that we have been played by liars and deceivers since we were little children. 
   How could they do this to us?
   How did we not know?
   How did our parents and grandparents not know this?
   Satan has been spinning his web of deception around the world ever since the time of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.  This web is a thick cloud of darkness circling the earth, and it is as thick and thin as the grains of sand that cover the beaches.  One grain of sand is virtually useless; but when billions of grains of sand come together, they can wreck the strongest ship in the ocean.  For this reason, the ocean can be a harbinger in the darkness, for the ship's captain cannot see the mountain of sand that is beneath the water. 
   For the past two thousand years, men and women of governments and religions have been secretly working together to keep the knowledge of Christ from becoming the knowledge of people, for they are servants of the devil while appearing to be servants of God, disguising themselves in fancy suits and priestly garments.
   When will people get the message?  When will they believe that the men and women of governments and religions are against Christ? 
      For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  (Ephesians 6: 12)
   Current events in the world today is the prophetic evidence (or signs) for the return of Christ the King---in our time, in front of our eyes, and in broad daylight. This is what it is all about.  We are reading the pages of Bible prophecy when we look at events all over the world, and the leaders of  governments and religions are secretly preparing a False Messiah to arrive on earth to deceive people to believe that he is Christ.  This False Messiah will combine governments and religions as one and he will rule the world.
   Jesus told us two thousand years ago that these events would come upon the earth:
      For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be FAMINES, and PESTILENCES, and EARTHQUAKES in various places.  (Matthew 24: 9)
   What we are seeing in current events is warfare, a spiritual war that is against Christ, being played on the stage of this physical world in our time, in front of our eyes, and in broad daylight.  World leaders want us to believe in them and to follow them, but that is the wrong way.  These people are lying to us because they want us follow them instead of following Christ, for they are not of Christ; but, at the same time, they are pretending to be followers of Christ, and they are deceivers, dressed in fancy suits and priestly garments.  They want us to believe that they will produce a better world in which to live, or a new world order.  But this new world order will not be better:  it will be worse!  It will simply be a new way of repeating the old way.  Just as people want children to keep believing in Santa Claus, the leaders of the world wants us to keep believing in them and then to believe in the False Messiah as if he is from heaven.
   In the world today, whom do you trust to tell you the truth? 
   Remember Adolph Hitler and how he wanted to build a new world order?
   Deception thrives when people believe truth is a lie and a lie is truth.

ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

   Deception is a thin line between truth and lies so that truth appears as lies and lies appear as truth, for even the devil knows that the Bible is truth. 
   For the past two thousand years, the devil has been cloaking his ways in a web of deception so that people will not believe that the devil exists; and because people will not believe that Satan is real, neither will they believe that Christ is real.
   The devil knows that Christ will be returning to earth, but the devil does not want people to know this truth; therefore, the devil's people have been cloaking themselves in garments to appear as ministers of God when, in fact, they are ministers of Satan.  And because people will not believe in the Bible, they will believe that the devil's people are representatives of God.
   Satan knows the weakness of people.  He knows that people will feast with their eyes and swallow with their ears.  He knows that humans are naturally susceptible to fairytales.  He knows we like and enjoy adventures in wonderland, filled with suspense and drama, and how the prince will arise from slumber to save the princess and all the people of the land from the devilish foes in the darkness, and how all the people will live happily everafter because the prince arose to slay the dragon.
   Fairytales are Adventures in Wonderland.  Fairytales are not real, but they can appear to be real in the imaginations of people, especially in the minds of children.
   Religions also are Adventures in Wonderland.  Religions are not real, but they can appear to be real in the imaginations of people:  filled with suspense and drama, with gods and goddesses, rites and rituals, dogmas and doctrines---scripted from the imaginations of the ministers of Satan for the imaginations of children as well as for adults with child-like minds.  Satan knows our weakness, and he knows that humans are naturally susceptible to fairytales.
   Religion, therefore, is a trap from the mind of Satan, and the devil knows that as long as he can keep people chained to beliefs in their imaginations they will not believe in Christ.
   Satan does not want people to know that Jesus said,
      I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  (John 14: 6)

HOOKED ON RELIGION

                                                   A lure always has a hook in it.


   People are deceived whenever they feast with their eyes and swallow with their ears.
   Look at all the majestic cathedrals, temples, and shines that man has built on the face of the earth, and when people enter the gates they feast with their eyes and swallow with their ears.
   Even in religious Christianity, we find that Christ is no more than a character in a storybook, a mixture within the environmental experience, where people will actually believe they are Christians because of their association with majestic buildings and with priests in glamorous garments. 
   Knowing this, we should be able to see and understand that religion is a spiritual intoxicant for human minds and is just as powerful as drugs or alcohol at keeping people from knowing the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
   For this reason, religion targets children:  to get to their minds while they are young in order to get them hooked on religion for all the days of their lives.  
   More than this, religion targets adults with child-like minds, not knowing that they are accepting a dream that is too good to be true.  Because they want to believe it is real, they believe it:  and they will teach their children to believe the same.
   So now we can see how religion is recycled in families, generation after generation, because the solution is just as powerful as the stuff in bottles or in needles. 
   Religion, therefore, is a hook---all dressed up in the fancy frills of majestic cathedrals, temples, and shrines, and with priests in glamorous garments.
           Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. (Genesis 3: 1)
   Like the serpent, religion is more subtil than any belief in the field.
  

A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

                 If a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is too good to be true.


   Today, try doing something perhaps for the first time in your life:
   Stop believing in religion.
   Stop believing that you need a religion, or that your children need the same.
   Stop believing that knowing religion is the same as knowing God.
   Only something living can give you something, and because God never created religion, religion can give you nothing because religion has no life in it and therefore there is nothing living it can give you.  But if you have your faith in religion, all you are doing is surrendering your soul in exchange for nothing---as well as the souls of your children, for they will follow you.
   Religion is a hoax, or a psychological thriller, created in the imaginations of people with a host of imaginary characters, including Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and a reward system, such as beverages and wafers, instead of popcorn and soda.
   Remembering, too, that Christ never came to earth to launch a new religion.  Even though Jesus was Jewish, the Lord never tried to persuade people to accept the Jews' religion; for Jesus came to earth to bring the love of God to a world that knows Him not.  And when Christ returns to earth, He will not bring a religion with Him. 
   Knowing then, that as the disciples and apostles of Christ departed Jerusalem to tell the world about Jesus, they never went forth to tell the world about a new religion. 
   As a psychological thriller, religion is designed to dazzle human minds with sights and sounds that look and sound holy, the place where people feast with their eyes and swallow with their ears, and it is the greatest method of mind control that man has invented on the face of the earth, creating illusions in the minds of people. 
   Religion is a psychological thriller and its theaters are located worldwide.  Admission is free, but there is a hidden cost.  A generous gratuity will be expected by the keepers of the gates. 
   If a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is too good to be true.
      For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  (Mark 8: 36-37)
     

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

      But they that be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.  For the love of money is the root of all evil:  which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.  (First Timothy 6: 9-10)
   
   By itself, gold is not evil.  But when men get their hands on it, their hearts turn within them and they believe they can rule the world, which is precisely what they have done:  for the wealthiest people in the world today control the money, which has enabled them to control the world.
   By itself, money is not evil.  But when people fall in love with money, their minds and their hearts become corruption centers for greed, jealousy, envy, and division of people in social classes, so that poor people are servants to the rich, and poor people are the foot soldiers of war.
   The love of money reveals the pride of people, the pride of nations, the pride of religions, and the pride of churches.
   We build houses, and we build bigger houses.
   We build sports arenas, and we build bigger arenas.
   We build houses for state governments, and we build bigger state houses.
   We build temples and shrines, and we build bigger temples and shrines.
   We build cathedrals, and we build bigger cathedrals.
   We build churches, and we build bigger churches.
   We pray for better jobs with more money, and when we get the better jobs with more money we lavish ourselves with more and more possessions.
   The love of money says, Look at me!  Look at what I have done.  Look at my house with my manicured lawn, paved driveway, and multiple cars in the garage.  Look at my closets full of clothes and my pantries overrunning with food.  When I walk by, people know me and offer me the chair.
   The love of money closes the hearts of people to the needs of others.  While the wealthy get wealthier, their hearts are consumed with a fire and the heads of others become no more than stepping stones to a higher seat of greater power.  They are not concerned with the trail of blood they leave behind. 
   A world in love with money has produced a world of evil.  Terrorism is reaching across oceans and the chatter of war is in the air, so that violence is coming to every nation in a way that people have never seen before.  This faucet of evil is running and no person on earth can turn it off.
   What, then, shall we do in this world that is filled with evil?
   We must trust in God by faith and believe that He knows best what is best for us.  Therefore, place your faith in Christ Jesus and not in money, nor in the riches of this world; for this world will pass away and all of the money will disappear.
   Remember, too, that God does bless people with money, at certain times and in certain ways; but the devil also blesses people with money while deceiving them to believe that this blessing is from God.  Your attitude will be revealed when money touches your hands.  If your desire is to share, then your heart will be right with God.  But if your heart compels you to cling to the money, then your heart will become a house of evil.