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.