Tuesday, April 17, 2018

GREED

   Governments and religions have sufficient funds to feed hungry people worldwide every day and without going broke.  But are governments and religions feeding hungry people every day?  Of course not!

   Governments and religions also have sufficient funds to build schools, hospitals, emergency medical centers, and alcohol and drug treatment facilities worldwide and without going broke.  But are governments and religions doing any of these things for people?  Of course not!

      "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."  (1st Timothy 6" 10)

   The leaders of governments and religions are greedy people, for they are willing to watch people suffer and die rather than giving them a helping hand in their time of need.

   The leaders of governments and religions are just as guilty as Judas Iscariot.  For as Judas betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver, the world's leaders have betrayed people for all the money in the world, which they love and heap unto themselves endless profits and benefits while being content to watch evil destroy the lives of men, women, and children, for they love money more than they care for people.

   Jesus said,
      "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: 38-39)

   If the leaders of governments love money more than they care for people, have they sold their souls for all the money in the world?
   If the leaders of religions love money more than they care for people, have they sold their souls for all the money in the world?
   If people follow the leaders of governments and leaders of religions, have they done the same?

      "Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children:  and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor."                           (Ephesians 5: 1-2)

   


   

Saturday, March 24, 2018

ANCIENT ALIENS

   "And there was war in heaven:  Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought against his angels, and prevailed not.  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:  he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."        
(Revelation 12: 7-9)           

      
   "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." 
(Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 10: 18)                     

  "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.  And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye ahll not eat of every tree of the garden?  Ye shall not surely die:  for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
(Genesis 3: 1, 4, 5)


   "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that that he also is flesh:  yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.   There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."   
(Genesis 6: 1-4)

   The Bible gives us the names of 36 tribes of giants as well as the individual names of 22 giants, including King Og of Bashan and Goliath.
   Giants are the offspring of fallen angels, or the sons of God, that fell to earth because of the war in heaven.  They are part human and part devil, and they are beyond redemption.



   Jesus said,
       "Get thee behind me, Satan:  for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thy serve."  (Luke 4: 8)

        "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof:  for thou wast slain, and hath redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests:  and we shall reign on the earth."  (Revelation 5: 9-10)




Worthy is the Lamb by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir




Wednesday, March 21, 2018

THE GOSPEL OF ST. NICOLAS

  "Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
    Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them:  for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."  (Exodus 20:  3-6)

   Young children have never seen Santa Claus, but an image of Santa is all it takes for children to believe that Santa makes his midnight run out of the North Pole once a year, bringing toys and presents to children worldwide in a single night.
   What a story!

   When parents and grand-parents teach children to believe in Santa Claus, they are also teaching them to believe that the character from the Bible is just a fairy tale from ignorant people.  And because Santa Claus brings toys and presents and candy, which one will they believe is real?
   As parents and grand-parents teach, the children will learn.
   As parents and grand-parents believe, the children will also believe.

  Just as young children believe in Santa Claus because of his image, how many parents and grand-parents believe because of the images they see of their gods in churches and religious institutions?
  If we should remove the image of Santa Claus, what would children do for Christmas?
  If we should remove the images of gods in churches and religious institutions, what would adults do?

  Have you ever wondered if 'Twas the Night Before Christmas  is the Gospel of St. Nicolas?
  St. Nick only visits once a year and always under the cover of darkness while children are sleeping, then escapes to the North Pole to be heard from no more.
  And when the morning appears, parents and grand-parents are thrilled because the children believe in Santa Claus while believing that Jesus is still a baby in His mother's arms and unable to do for them all that Santa can do.
 
   Young children do not know the difference between Santa Claus and Jesus.  Somebody must tell them.  And the story that gets to their minds first is the story they will most likely believe.

   Jesus said,
      "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for such is the kingdom of heaven."  (Matthew 19: 14)

   Young children can understand the Good News of Christ---if adults will tell them.