"Gone too soon"...

One annual tradition that we have gets us looking back at the icons or "legends" of our entertainment world who have recently died.  Every year, people look back and say about some of them, "They left us too soon".  

But the Bible is the source of all Truth, and it teaches us that there is a day appointed to all of us when we will exit this existence, and move on to eternity.     We don't know how or when but we know why.  Why has been given to us.   But we don't know if we'll ever reach old age, or if we'll leave a lot sooner.    The dates on the grave stones in ever cemetery testify to this fact. 

The Bible teaches that we are ALL eternal souls and throughout the pages of the Bible, we can only extract TWO eternal possibilities - HEAVEN or HELL.  

Despite the myriad of religious, emotional, mystical and foundationless philosophies that explain what happens after death from various cultures and history, The Biblical scriptures describe a real eternal state where our human senses will continue to exist.    Jesus' own account of the rich man and the beggar, Lazarus after death experience illustrates this.   This was an account of an actual person named Lazarus.    Jesus never named anyone in his parables. 

..."And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.  And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.  But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.  And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.  Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:  For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.  Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.  And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead".    -  Luke Chapt. 16

We have a number of days set before us.   We don't know how many but surely, we should live every one of them in humbled gratitude towards the ONE who has bestowed them upon us.   How often do we jump out of bed and crawl back in without once acknowledging whether we'll be able to put on our shoes the next day??  God hasn't just granted life in this temporal existence but eternity to each and every soul which He has created. 

"Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be".  - Psalm 139:16 

 

The one who has God now, has LIFE on into eternity.  





"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life".
- John 5:24






Happy New Year!
Let's live every day in 2015 for Him.

The call for a National Police Force....

In the wake of all the civil unrest involving law enforcement in major cities, the President is talking about setting up a "national policing force".  


Hmmm?... What does one think about when you see government powers coming together?
Educational curriculums, law and order, politics, healthcare, economy, education, religion... ??  
We think of Biblical prophesy.


All if not most of these have been in the process of consolidating for decades now and some are coming together faster than expected.
Even the mere talks of this should raise the little hairs in the back of our necks unless of coarse, we take Biblical prophecy as serious as watching "Ironman", the movie part 5. 


I am not ashamed of being that guy ... the one on the corner holding up a "The End is near" sign.   Because Jesus said, "When you see these things, it is the beginning of birth pains".   "The beginning of sorrows". 


I'm knocked down in awe when I see how quickly civil unrest takes place. 
It's not that most people cannot take an issue like these recent protests in major US cities, and find the right balance of what is wrong and what the solution is.   But the fact that it takes a smaller but more passionate one-sided view on each extreme to cause such chaos and disequilibrium over the whole nation. 
And then issues like these push us towards an equally chaotic solution like.... a "national policing force".


Our children aren't learning to read and write well, so the government steps in and starts a whole national "common core" system to try and rectify that issue.
The same with healthcare (Obamacare)...
The environment .... (Agenda 21)
We've heard politicians use the phrase "New World Order" in their speech especially, with respect to a "global" economy.

Our problem with securing the electrical grid, electronic banking systems and personal identifications are now being threatened more than ever.  And the call for "Cyber" security is very much in the news today.     The talks are headed in the direction of combining more than ever national identification systems in all facets of every day life (healthcare, immigration, employment, etc.) ... for our over all security.     In order to secure people and institutions, inevitably you're going to have to shut some doors (preventing access to) and open others (privacy breaching).    It's inevitable.  

How have all of these necessities come upon us? ... Signs of the times. 


And even in religion, we've seen the continuation of systems and ideas coming together teaching pluralism ... where it is said that major religions have more in common than where they differ. 
Recently, because of the anti-Christian devastation in the middle east, Pope Francis visited with the heads of the Eastern Orthodox church to make a pact of peace... something that has never happened before. 



And then there's the extreme purging of Christians all over the Middle East and in various parts of the world as we know it.  Like never before, Christians are being slaughtered.   This is happening right in front of global eyes, and very little is being said or done about it.  The nations of the world do not care.   (This is a good time to read what Christ, Jesus thinks about how the world treats his little brothers - Read Matthew 25).
God is in the process of removing His saints off the face of the earth, and the hour of "sorrows" is upon us.

While we sip our coffees in the morning or channel surf, whole villages of families, women and children are being run out of their homes only with whatever they can carry...
They're losing EVERYTHING they own and their lives are in constant risk of sickness, disease, murder, rape, torture, etc.  


If God's Truth is within us, we can see these things and where they are headed.    Jesus said:  "Unless you are born from above, you cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven".
You won't be able to understand what's going on unless God's Truth (Holy Spirit) is within you.
When Jesus said this, He was talking to an extremely intelligent and religious man who came to Him by night in order to find what he was missing.  And Jesus spoke to him and basically told him that with all his religion, he was missing THE POINT of it all.  (Book of John Chapter 3)
Because after all, there's religion, and then there's TRUTH.
Truly, we're living in perilous times as predicted in scripture.


It's high time to pray for all those many displaced and persecuted people all over the world.   And pray that "Ye be counted worthy to escape these things that are set to come upon the earth". 
It's also a ripe time to deliver that Gospel message to everyone.  Some will hear, most will not but God has already counted which "are His" from the foundation of the world.

God bless you.

"In the beginning, GOD ...

... Created the HEAVENS and the earth". ... And all things consist and are held together by Him.

LIFE FOUND ON MARS!!!..

Psych! No, it hasn't happen.

 But every time we see science programs on TV, we see the desperation to find signs of life in space, signs of habitable planets, etc. And I would even be bold enough to say that much if not, most of the knowledge we now have of the universe has been fueled by this strong desire to find life beyond our planet.

  Every new thing that is discovered or learned about our universe, always seems to be in competition with theism or more so, the Biblical understanding of God and human origin. This is because the secular world is tired of debating the argument for the "Theory of Evolution". Most of Evolution theory honestly points to a creator and contradicts the theory that "everything came out of nothing". And for those who think evolution theory is somehow compatible with the Bible, they are themselves caught in a snare with the clear Biblical language that then challenges their loyalty and faith in God's Word.

  But the natural human knows that there is a creator and can only use a myriad of crafty philosophies and theories to suppress that innate knowledge of God within them (Romans Chapt. 1). And those who want to straddle the fence on the subject will continue losing the debate on both their lack of knowledge of science and their lack of faith in what is written in scripture.

  And this is a VERY serious thing because in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2, it teaches that we have to have a "love of the Truth" and a curse is placed on those who do not love and pursue truth but instead give themselves over to lies. The chapter discusses many deceptions that will come in the last days and one is heeded to put Truth above all things.

 Romans Chapt. 1 teaches that man is naturally in rebellion to God (Truth), and therefore, it takes humility and submission to Truth in order to attain it. Truth does not come naturally to us, it is itself a gift of God. And what IS the Truth?? God has manifested Himself in Christ (The Word) as Truth, therefore, The Word IS Christ (John Chapt 1). Scripture is The Word. The Gospel is scripture.

 The manifestation of God in His written Word has been given to us in scripture (The Bible). Not to take The Word as God intended it, is to go against The Word  (Jesus says:  "You are either for me or against me"). Because of that natural rebellion and suppression of Truth, many find it easy to go against the authority of God's Word written in scripture. And we see this demonstrated every time people liberalize Biblical doctrine. In many cases, Biblical doctrines are REJECTED even before a crafty and deceptive interpretation of it is erected in their minds.   Rejecting Biblical doctrines is now more of a fad, or the "in" thing to do simply because people follow the cultural norm of adhering to deceptive and irrational anti-Christian secularism. 

  But like mentioned before, these are all natural human reactions to God's Truth outside of a blessed, truly honest, and God - led pursuit of actual Truth. Jesus said:

          

                                     

" If you seek me, you WILL find me".

                                     "My sheep hear my voice"...

It is "life and death" important to believe what has been written (God's revelation).   Because ANYTHING we know OF GOD, we've learned through the Word.   If we know it's wrong to steal, kill and covet, it's because The Word informed us.   The Bible teaches that unless you have Christ (The Word), you cannot have "The Father".      "I and the Father are one".     Jesus was the mouth piece for God, and He stated this countlessly throughout the Gospels.   We can't submit to the knowledge of a deity and ignore His revelation, which is His Word, The Bible.  


Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; "...  1 John 9-10

If we reject God's Word (Christ), we reject God. 

" For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart".   -  Hebrews 4:12   

 

Do "unto the least of these"...

" For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,you did it to me.'
- Matt. Chapter 25

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Many have wrongly interpreted this segment of scripture when they say that Christ was here teaching that we must feed and clothe the poor, visit the sick and imprisoned, etc.  

The Word of God does encourage doing good works but in context, good works without a Spiritual rebirth is futile (as in "Filthy rags") with respect to eternal value.  Instead what is done for the glory of God is subject to eternal weight in glory.

If we read the whole chapter, we see that Jesus was talking about judgment and His 2nd coming where He will separate the sheep from the goats, and ultimately, there will be some who will go away into "everlasting punishment", and those who will go into "eternal life".

The ones who are said to be Jesus' "brethren" are those who will be at His return imprisoned, hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, and persecuted for His name's sake.   And even as we see today, believers who care for their brethren in The Lord, they will be the ones caring for The Body of Christ at the end of days.   This has always been seen historically in Christian persecution, today, and until the coming of The Lord. 

"Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man"
- Luke 21:36

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On Ferguson, MO. and Politics :

On Ferguson, MO. and politics :

There's always a danger in being too politically tainted.
It bothers me to see how many Christians are always leaning too far right or left and then they try and deny that they don't have a smell of politics on them.   

It's like a smoker who doesn't realize they smell of smoke while they're standing among non smokers. 
Christ didn't call us into politics even though morality always intersects with it.
For the Christian, it's sort of like being careful not to fall into legalism.    But many times, Christians make this mistake.
A lot of times, it's because certain people can never put themselves in the shoes of others.    It has to do with ignorance.  Prejudices are evil little ignorance's that all of us have, and sometimes, we don't even know we have them.    Most of us, won't even admit we have them.    For instance, I have prejudices.... but don't ask me what they are because I'll tell you,  "Mind you're own business"!    :)     It's human to have these things but for the disciple of Christ, we grow out of them as we become more Christ-like.

Many times, these things happen because people are immature Christians and haven't yet realized that OUR LOVE is what serves The Gospel of Christ to others .    

They take this understanding of love to be clique' ... but no, it's the most important aspect of the Gospel message. 
They're very zealous to wield their sword of Truth around ...   but their love is somewhere in their pocket.  
Put your sword back and save it for yourself.... and take your love out of your pocket, and use that instead.
You shouldn't even be holding God's sword in your hands UNLESS it's in LOVE that you're using it.   

Many people think that TRUTH is in competition with Love.
They'll say  "I am loving, because I say the Truth"....  But they'll serve you gold on a paper plate, or worst,  serve it to you by tossing it in your face. 

Tsk, tsk, tsk..... That's not the way to do it my breathren.    I don't need to be too experienced or too holy to know that much. 

I know that sounds like a lot of sentimentality but for anyone who has read my blogs and plenty of my FB posts, they know, I'm NOT wishy/washy.
My conscience is clean of that.  :)

I believe in Truth.   But just like The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:1 -  

"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal".

For some Christians, love is the fruit that takes longer to manifest in their daily growth in The Lord.     But the hope is that anyone who diligently studies The Word, will eventually get there.  


Now on the issue of Ferguson, MO.   It's simple;  we know only TWO facts:

Racsim and lawlessness will continue to exist until Christ returns and we know that none of us WERE THERE seeing what truly transpired on that day between that young thuggy boy, and Officer Wilson.      Therefore, to have an EXTREME opinion on either side....  not having been there to see what actually happen is just as ignorant and lawless as the looting and rioting thatis taking place over there.           

We know that the law is the law... it must be obeyed.   But we also know that man's law is like statistics, it can be corrupted.    Was the evidence in this case corrupted or unfairly represented ???  ....
THAT is what the people failed to show.       Of coarse, average citizens are not made up of an organized system  to collect, preserve evidence, and then present it to the court ... that's the collective task of the police department and the local judicial system.   

The argument that there are few black cops in that town isn't a good one.  Corruption in law enforement can happen regardless of those numbers. 
But humans as well as human institutions always need systems of accountability to keep from corrupting.   No law enforcement system is a law unto itself.      It's NOT the first time in the history of this country
where there has been police corruption.      There just needs to be better leaders to inact and enforce systems of accountability within the community at all times. 

But without a doubt ... our communities do not need the likes of those that call themselves "Reverends", to lead them.   Those that race bait and push their agendas; stir and arouse hate and conflict.   No healing ever comes from them, and no clear focus to empower and strengthen communities ever comes from them either.
What we need is true men of God in our cities,  with true Godly convictions, and out of them will grow citizens with Godly intentions.     Citizens need to focus revitalizing their communities first in their hearts and minds... and then in their institutions.   We need to be able to cultivate and grow our own fruit within our communities, and get on our own feet.

A good indicator of anyone who you don't want to listen to are people or agendas that spend way too much time focusing on past failors, past opressions, and pushing for the increase of hand-outs.    The bottom line is .... "What are we going to do about it"?    A question like this, moves you forward and keeps you thinking, and planning, and growing.   

Firstly, our schools and families need to be protected.   This is the starting point towards true healing. 

Too many times, when Christians get too involved in politics, they end up with the "us against them"  attitude... The old competitive,  "Yankees vs. Red Socks" mentality.
Well, life is not sports folks.   The innercities everywhere are our mission field.   They've long since been fed religion but what they truly need is Jesus straight out of the Bible, and let the healing begin. 

God's grace to all.

Not so famous quotes...

From post- abortion women. 

(Courtesy, LifesiteNews.com)

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Lori Nerad, Former National President of Women Exploited by Abortion:

"Two weeks after the abortion, I went into labor. I staggered into the bathroom. And there, with my husband beside me, I delivered a part of my baby the doctor had missed. It was the head of my baby. . . I'll wake up in the middle of the night, thinking I hear a baby crying. And I still have nightmares in which I am forced to watch my baby being ripped apart in front of me. I simply miss my baby. I constantly wake up wanting to nurse my child, wanting to hold my child. And that's something the doctor never told me I would experience."

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Ashley Granger, Wife, mother, sonography student:

Now that my son is 4 years old, I sometimes look at his sweet face and wonder what features my other child would have had. I still have dreams about holding him or her and it makes me so deeply sad to think that I have robbed my son of a sibling. Why not just try and conceive a sibling for him today you may ask? Well, I would love to but my husband and I have been struggling with infertility for two and half years. I never once dreamed that I wouldn't be able to conceive when I wanted to! Every night my sweet boy prays to God for a sibling and every time I hear those precious prayers my heart aches over what I did. Because in retrospect an abortion isn't an easy fix or a solution to a problem….it is the problem, and it leaves a lasting effect on generations to come.

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Katrina Fernadez, Catholic humor writer at Patheos:

"I killed two of my children, robbed my parents of grand-children, and murdered my son's siblings. These abortions directly caused a medical condition known as incompetent cervix which resulted in the premature birth of another son who died after a week long struggle in the NICU in 2001. The suffering I've endured and caused others is immeasurable and the guilt almost drove me suicidal. I am a coward in every way."

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"Harden NOT your heart"....

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

"As I swore in my wrath,

'They shall not enter my rest,'"

Hebrews 4

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Disbelief is a killer.

Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

We live daily trying to drown out the loud noise of our conscience telling us to get right with God.

God is meant to be acknowledged not ignored, on display not on a shelf. 

God not only exists but He is everywhere, and everything.     He is creator of all and everything.

How could we go on our lives daily without acknowledging such a God?

This is why ... disbelief is a killer.     And there are those who will not enter into His rest.

Luke 6 -

"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

"Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

"Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets".

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In this evil age, people can no longer tolerate what God defines as good, and are spiritually blind because God is currently bringing his judgment into the world.   

As seen many times before in scripture,  right before judgment falls upon a nation, people become so hardened in their hearts towards the truth, that they are sealed in their depravity towards God, and their doom becomes inevitable.   

We need to repent, because the savior is coming for His people and the judge is coming  for those who do not know Him.  

It is His air we breath, His sunrise we see every morning, His rain that falls, and His breath that gave us existence.  

Christ came to the earth to bring salvation to mankind.  He became a man to be The Father's sacrifice to atone for the world's sin, and in that body, He was rejected, put to shame and death then rose again defeating death.  

He did for us what we could not do for ourselves.   And now in Him, He offers His Spirit to live within the hearts of all who will confess, repent, and call Him Lord.   

Calling Him Lord means placing Him above all things; even ones life!

Repent, believe The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and live!

From The the illegitimate seat:

"The world has changed and the Church cannot lock itself into alleged interpretations of dogma". - Pope Francis.

The Pope can say that because his authority is not of God. Therefore, he can make, create and then delete dogmas as much as he wants. It's a "musical chair"-type game that fallible, prideful, power-hungry antichrists can play.

Read article regarding Pope Francis supposedly distancing himself from the more conservative bishops on the issue of "the family".

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-distances-himself-from-very-conservative-critics-of-kaspers-co

" .. when The Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth"?
- Luke 18:8

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England was once a great nation that espoused the teaching of the Christian faith.  Home of many of the great reformers, England once knew of a Godly faith that held together it's sovereignty and it's people.

Today, that power seeps away from the nation's grasp at a devilish momentum.  

In this video, you can see the "children of England" mock the very teachings that once held their country together by God's grace and blessings upon their people.

And this is why other religions and ideologies are taking over what was once their God-fearing  country.   Those new ideologies do not fear God, do not know God, and won't give an ear to God.
And so, their destruction is inevitable. 

The Bible is filled with accounts of what happens when a nation turns its back on the grace, the protection and holy order of God.    

By the time the UK wakes up, they'll be powerless to help themselves.   
And America is following closely behind.

The Islamic Dilemma -

The Islamic dilemma even goes further than this!

Today, Muslim apologists say that the New Testament writings (The Gospel) of the Christians have been "corrupted". 

But they admit that they cannot produce what they would consider an uncorrupted manuscript of the NT writings.   Therefore, how could they prove corruption?  They can't because they don't have a reference to prove their claim of manuscript corruption.  

All they can do is deny over 5000 ancient documented first century manuscripts which are all up to 98% similar to each other.    Lets remember that NO ancient writings of antiquity saved today even comes close to that number.  

Islam was established roughly 600 years AFTER the writings of the Apostles (what the Islamic writings call "The Gospel").  

They acknowledge the scriptures of old when referring to the Christians and Jews as "The people of the book".  

The Old Testament scriptures of the Jews testifies to the prophesies concerning the coming of the Messiah to establish a NEW covenant.


The NT writers clearly testify that the OT scriptures testifies to the coming of The Messiah as identified as Jesus of Nazareth.     Jesus Himself said that He came to "fulfill the scriptures" of old.

The early church spread the Gospel and laid the foundation of Christianity by demonstrating that Jesus IS indeed the fulfillment of the scriptures.   







Then the New Testament writings/teachings along with the Old Testament scriptures were clearly accessible to Muhammad as clearly revealed in the Islamic writings.

Although, it is said that Muhammad was illiterate, the Gospel of Christ at that time was being passed down more verbally than read through scriptures because of the persecution of the church.


In the NT writings, The Gospel of Jesus Christ; His death, burial and resurrection where clearly stated and revealed. 

The Gospel was made clear by all the writers of the NT and among those writings, The Apostle Paul
warns:  

" And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works".
- 2 Corinthians 11:14-15

" But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed".
- Galatians 1:8-9

So we see that it is taught pretty seriously that any gospel other than that which the apostles were teaching if being spread either by MAN OR EVEN AN ANGEL, should be severely rejected and the person spreading that false gospel, CURSED!

It is clear.




And Muhammad having this warning taught and understood EVEN THEN, should have taken heed to those teachings and warnings but instead quite obviously rebelled against the true Word of God.


*** We can know FOR SURE what the early Christians were teaching,  proclaiming and dying for in 600 AD and further on just as we can know what they're teaching, proclaiming and dying for TODAY. 


Jesus said: 

 " ... upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".


                                                  -  Matthew 16:18

Amen!

Today in the news:

In the news today:

"The House Select Committee on Benghazi" already started off on the wrong foot. 

In an effort to find "The Truth" of what happen two years ago in Benghazi, wearing masks of loyalty to country and the people who make up this proud nation, they lift up their right hands, place their left on their hearts, and swear to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and noting but the truth... ", and then decided to keep God out of the traditional oath as stated since the foundation of our country ...

"So help me God".   God was left out of the oath, and so you can expect Truth to be left out of the hearings.  It's that simple.

Who are they making an oath to???  Who are they swearing to???   To men???    When men make oaths to more men, what we get is chaos not truth!  

Good "luck" finding truth in these proceedings, you're going to need it in the massive hay of politics. 

To DEATH with love -

While Pres. Obama tries not to offend Muslims everywhere else around the world, by claiming that they don't represent Islam",  he's making an even bigger mistake by denying history and the current reality that ALL demonic, blood- thirsty murderers like ISIS claim Islam.   The writing is on the wall and we can't pretend that we don't know how to read it.

If Muslims around the world want to stand up and make the argument that ISIS is NOT representing Islam, then let THEM do so while at the same time publicly damning ISIS' actions.   Let all those "moderate" Muslim groups damn ISIS and the growing list of other extremist Jihad groups around the world. 

The media also needs to show "moderate" Muslim groups around the world protesting all of these extremist groups because as of right now, we haven't seen enough of them.    Too many times, what we do see is conservative news outlets interviewing Muslim representatives, who cannot or refuse to call ISIS and other extremist groups "Terrorists".


And as much as no one wants to see American "boots on the ground", that's exactly where this is going.  We're hearing news of other middle east countries joining the fight against the spread of ISIS but more has to be done.   

A third Westerner was beheaded in a video that was sent in efforts to intimidate the United States.  Many are saying that "ISIS is coming to America".   Fact is, they're probably already here, and waiting to strike not in random hits within our cities but in a bigger way to create more devastation.

In the last year, there have been a number of security breaches where people have gained access to major NYC sites.   You have to wonder how prepared are we for terror acts in the city since 9/11?? 



These are signs of the times.    The Bible describes this type of evil that dwells in the hearts of men who have been given over to hatred.   The Bible teaches that murder breeds in the heart.

Many people seeing what's going on in the Middle East can't understand this type of evil. 

Normally, when this type of evil is exhibited in our own communities, the blame is always shifted to mental illness or to a person who themselves have been abused.  

But evil is a reality.  Psychology, Psychiatry and Science has not given us the truth on what evil is ....

But the Bible has. 

Stupidity kills...

The REAL reason why people ACT like the above isn't so much b/c they're ignorant or stupid..  Their foolishness is directly related to SIN and a life without God. 

The Bible says that because of ignorance, people perish.  

People and their societies are RESPONSIBLE toward God.   As a parent, I'm accountable to God to teach my children God's wisdom through God's Biblical moral law.   And people and societies as a whole, are responsible to God to construct, teach, foster and enforce justice, morality, peace and wisdom.

It's impossible to do that when SIN gets in the way.

As soon as SIN gets in the way, people begin to start watering down God's absolute moral law.  They begin saying in their hearts what Satan said in the garden (Book of Genesis in the Bible) "Has God really said...".     When in fact, what God "said" has always been direct and consistent throughout the Bible.

As soon as the problem of SIN comes in, it corrupts morals, thinking, judgments, etc.  It's nature is to try and replace God's authoritative Word with people's fallible and fallen reasoning.

Laws and morals are watered down, moral judgments become relative, and before you know it, .... as the Bible puts it,  people begin "to do what was right in their own eyes" (Genesis). 

This is a degenerative thing whereby, the process of SIN; deception, foolishness, lawlessness, darkness, evil, etc. ends up in total destruction.  

But by God's grace, He can bring us BACK to His standard, if we repent and turn back to Him.  Having then turned back to Him, we can then BEGIN TO SEE (John 3:3) God's Truth, God's moral law, God's plan, etc. 

Because we were all once "foolishly" doing what "seemed right in our own eyes" before God opened up our eyes.

Then focusing in on His wisdom, we are less susceptible to foolishness and worldly deceptions. 

The "lost sheep" is directed back to the fold, and is now within God's intended order and protection. 

God forgives the sin of...

... homosexuality.

Birth pangs !!!

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"The beginning of sorrows".   Matt. 24:8

"Humble yourselves"! ...

People might pride themselves in not budging an inch to God's Word as it is written ... But that's like embracing your own tombstone, maggots and worms! (Proverbs 14:12)

BE KNOWN, LOVE AND OBEY HIM...

TO APPROACH GOD IN PRAYER WITH UNREPENTANT SIN IN OUR LIVES... IS A WASTE OF TIME.

TO PRAY TO GOD WITHOUT BEING KNOWN BY HIM OR OBEYING HIM IS A WASTE OF TIME.

BE  KNOWN BY HIM, THEN OBEY HIM, AND TO OBEY HIM IS TO LOVE HIM.

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"But if anyone loves God, he is known by God"  - 1 Corinthians 8:3

"Jesus replied, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them". - John 14:23

But for those who do not know Him who The Father has sent, they are NOT known by Him, and neither obey Him...
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"When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood". 
     - Isaiah 1:15

"If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination". 

- Proverbs 28:9

"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me". -  Psalm 66:18

"Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it".  - Job 35:13

"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!' -  Luke 13:27

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Mid-East Conflict ...

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. "For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land'".  - Ezekiel 36:22-24

It's not so much about Israel.  It's about God's plan.  Don't get in the way of God's plan.

Like many issues facing us today.. it's less about us and more about God's plan.

Don't get in the way of God's plan.

Word for today- "Who do you love"?...

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever". -  1 John 2:15

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"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might". -  Deuteronomy 6:5

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"But if anyone loves God, he is known by God". - 1 Corinthians 8:3

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"And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.- 1 John 2:3

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"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose" -  Romans 8:28

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"If you love me, you will keep my commandments" - John 14:15   

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To KNOW Him is to LOVE Him, to LOVE Him is to OBEY Him.

 

Zeal without knowledge...

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. (Romans 10:1-3 ESV)

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Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Message...

Again, another modern preacher looking to MASK the Gospel and water it down for the masses!   Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life".   Searching diligently for a Gospel message, within his popular (best seller) book and you can't find anything but a splattering of what MIGHT look like Christ's Gospel. 


It mentions something about God "forgiving" you but it doesn't disclose much on WHY you would need to be forgiven.   And that's pretty important especially since most people today have a hard time being convinced that they need to be forgiven.

Many people perceive themselves to be "good" people,  their sins as "mistakes", and don't have too high a perception of exactly HOW holy God is nor HOW wicked our sins really are...   But Warren just glazes through "forgiveness" and never mentions REPENTANCE.  Hmmm?... I would say that qualifies him to be yet another .... FALSE TEACHER!!!!

Something like the complete Gospel isn't exactly something that ANY true Christian should get wrong, must less a preacher of The Gospel of Christ.    So I would say, he achieved the "best seller's" list but failed on communicating a TRUE Gospel message.     There's something really wrong with that. 

EVIL HEROD IS AMONG US???

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them".
- Ephesians 5:11

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea 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.   

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.   
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,    And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.   
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.  


 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.    When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.    And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.   


And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.    And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.    When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:    And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
  

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.    Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,    In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.    But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,    Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life".   - Matthew Chapt. 2


And Satan continues even today to attack and destroy "The Image" of God.
We are made in His image.  And evil wants to destroy that which God has created off the face of the earth. The devil comes as a roaring lion looking to rob, steal and destroy.  While many people who have been fooled into thinking that somehow, 54 million human babies being slaughtered in the womb is a "woman's right", others say that they don't agree with genocide of babies, but continue to support the reapers of this horrific Herodian evil upon humanity by their silence.


These people DARE call themselves "children" of Almighty God, and their consciences are seared whereby they feel no guilt or remorse supporting the barbaric cruelty of abortion on demand in this country.  But Jesus said :

" You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do".  - John 8:44

Their Spiritual blindness prevents them from seeing Truth.  But as Christ said, "Unless you are born again, you cannot SEE the Kingdom of God".  - John 3:3


Abortion is a lust that was created from out of Satan himself, and evil men carry out the will of Satan in destroying the very image of God in His creation.   The attack on God's image continues. 

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" - Genesis 1:27

The Pride of evil -

Some of these pics are of a recent pride event in Washington, and the pics reveal the craziness that comes out of the woodwork during those events!  Wow.  It's unreal that people can't see what's going on right in front of their own eyes.  This goes on in every major city in our country and our government leaders, and our neighbors support it.   People are demon possessed.

 If you study the ancient pagan cultures of the past, you'll know that they worshiped demons; demons that clouded and muddied the distinction between the gender of humans.  Also, demon worship where people themselves started to look like demon-like images, and this is done to humiliate the very image of God.   Even today, demon worship has a lot to do with DISTORTING IMAGES.   People see it as "free expression", trying to "look different", "fashion", etc., but a closer look will show you that, there's nothing particularly beautiful about any of those images.  And no, beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder - it's in the eye of what most people can clearly see is beautiful!  It's only common sense.   Satan pulls the wool over many people's eyes today.    And people tend to go with the lies popular media has been conditioning them to believe.  These deceptions are in every single media outlet; from magazines to daily TV programs, to advertising billboards, etc..  It's everywhere! 

Even today, in fashions, and in music, you're seeing demon worship in the form of MUDDYING the image of gender distinction.  And that goes back; way back to the days of pagan demon worship. 

There's nothing to be proud of.    Satan likes to lie, confuse and distort.  And if he can confuse the mind of a person's identity, better still. If he can control a person through the impulses of their sinful appetites. 

People cannot see what they are dabbling with and what they are giving themselves over to.  It's a progressive sin that perverts the heart and minds of a person's identity, and gives them over to demons of sexual confusion.


Psychiatry and the counseling community has long since caved-in to the ever-growing powers of the ogre known as the LGBT lobby, and it's gone from being a mental/emotional dysfunction in personality to an "alternative lifestyle", and then to the new "modern family"   (As in that new cable TV program) to help condition people's minds all the more.   Now they're trying to get everyone to believe that people are "born that way". 

I agree, we're all born sinners but it's when we give ourselves over to our sins that God's grace is there to bring us back to Him.  If not, then the Bible says that we'll be given over to "deceiving spirits" and therefore, we're given over to our lusts.






And yet, most people today will say they don't believe in "the devil". 


Like my momma always said, 
 "The devil isn't smart because he's a devil but because he's been around a long time".

 "Making the best use of time, because the days are evil"
- Ephesians 5:16

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