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| "False Prophet" sermon correction. [message #380] |
Sun, 30 May 2010 10:25 |
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This is a correction to the sermon posted on April 25th 2010, with the title “False Prophets.” I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. The church mentioned in the sermon was what I believed to be The World Wide Church of God. The program I mentioned as watching on TV was in fact the World Revival Church based in Kansas City, MO. Both groups are cults based on scriptures.
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| Fear God! [message #376] |
Sun, 02 May 2010 17:23 |
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Bully Creek Baptist Church. I am honored that you would come to this site and read my boring sermons and I am honored by those who are present here today. Just turn your hearing aids down, and get caught up on some sleep. I want you to know that, as I preach this sermon, I could absolutely not care less about the feelings of any one of you. I hope you get totally ticked off, and hate my guts. I hope you separate from me for ever and ever, because I would be thrilled to make your enemy list today. If you are one of the millions in a false cult I would be very disappointed If you didn't come away with a renewed contempt and disgust for me. If you are my mother and walk out of this sermon, I could not care less. If you are my dog and you walk out on me, I just don't care! Don't let the door hit you in your furry little rear-end!
Man, what a day we live in. We are expected to go around in our blind stupidity, and act as if the truth doesn't matter. If we address an issue right away we are racists, bigots, or extremists. I'm sorry folks but I cannot be a nice quite little mouse and accept the lies that the New World Order nut-jobs want me to accept. For one thing dummies, God is after you and your little so-called utopia on earth is not going to last very long. I know what my Bible says, and that's all I need.
“And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken” (Luke 21: 20-26).
Don't you understand yet you idiots? After you have worked tirelessly to deceive the people of the world, and do everything in your power to seize control of every aspect of our lives, an angry God is waiting to destroy it all when the hands of God's prophetic time clock reach that final hour. You can render the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, strip every cross off of every hillside, take God out of the school textbooks, screen Christian thought and input off of radio talk shows, television, and every public forum out there, and you are still going to end up facing the wrath of an angry God. The enemies within can continue to manipulate the music and movie industry, so that the lowest and nastiest sewage continues to spew out to clueless fools who do not yet realize they are losing their country.
How are you so blind? It's going down and God is hot on your trail! God is foiling everything you are trying to do. God destroyed the N.W.O. of the Old Testament known as the tower of Babel and God is against you now.
Yes, I am selfish. I am a whole lot more worried about what God thinks about me than what any of you think. Because God, through His word, has warned us of these things that must shortly come to pass, I think I have made the right choice in putting God first. I suggest you pray and seek God with your whole heart.
You, get out of that false religion now! Just because you say it is so don't make it so. Seventh day Adventism is a lie, Mormonism is a lie, Jehovah Witnesses are liars, the Catholics don't have a clue, New Evangelicalism is a lie, Pastorticians in the Baptist churches are liars. Get out of all of them. God is TRUTH and no lie is of the TRUTH.
“I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth” (I Jn 2:21).
You are not going to write your own religion, shove it in God's face and make him accept it. This is exactly what the false religion crowd is doing today. They desire the respect of man over the respect of God. They fear men more than they fear God. They are more worried about their friends and families than they are about the truth and what God thinks.
“Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
“For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God” (John 12:42,43).
God is in absolute control. This is why I don't care about pleasing men and I am not interested in formulating my religious doctrine to please men. Think about it.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Who laid the foundation of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever (Ps. 104:1-5).
Again, we see:
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end” (Ps. 102:25-27).
God spoke this entire system into existence. The stars of the heavens are endless and God calls them all by name. The human body is fearfully and wonderfully made. The earth, the seas, atoms, molecules, micro-organisms, the laws of nature, etc, etc. Friend, we need to fear God! This God is so magnificent, we will not even be able to stand in His presence.
“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” ( Rom. 14:11, 12).
We all have a date with our Creator. You are going to have to give an account one day. I'm not talking about facing some homosexual looking, long haired hippie “jesus” as portrayed on many wall hangings today. I'm talking about giving an account to the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil. 2:9-12).
To teach that Jesus was a polygamist and an exalted man, as the Mormons teach, is not going to hold up to scrutiny now, and it won't when standing before a holy God. The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh. The Mormons are just plain wrong and the whole bunch of them are being deceived. Mormonism cannot be the church of Jesus Christ and deny the incarnation, yet Mormons deny the Virgin Birth of Christ. If you are a member of the Mormon church, I urge you to please seek the truth. They are lying to you. Jesus was God manifest in the flesh and you are not the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints if you don't even know who Jesus was! Quit lying, already!
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” (I Tim. 3:16).
What about the Jehovah's Witness cult? You liars! You cannot be Jehovah's witnesses if you don't even know who Jehovah is! According to the Jehovah's witness bible version, The New World Translation, Jesus is “a” god, according to John 1:1. No, there is only one God and no, God didn't stutter when He gave us John 1:1 which says:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (Jn.1:1-3).
And then we read about the Word taking life in the body of the Lord Jesus Christ in John 1:14.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
What about Martin Luther King Jr. and liberation theology? The reason I attack MLK and think a holiday in his honor is a disgrace is because he was a false prophet. . Some moron tried to insinuate that I was a racist when I spoke ill of MLK. Oh, excuse me! I know, I am supposed to accept everything that comes down the pike just because everyone else goes that way. I know it makes a twisted, deluded, pathetic, liberal. do-gooder like you feel warm and bubbly all over when you come to the rescue of the poor blacks victims of the evil white man. Then, of course, if I happen to disagree, I am a racist or a bigot? You simpleton you! Quit sniffing glue already you freak!
Well, I don't go that way. MLK was a false prophet pure and simple. It has nothing to do with color. I think people of all colors stink equally. Believe me, I'm not biased here. We all stink and the thing that lessens that stink is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
MLK was a false prophet because his message, and the supposed purpose of his ministry was not the same as the ministry the Lord Jesus Christ left for His church to carry out. Think, think, think, for once in your life!
What was the Great commission Jesus gave to His church? I'll give you a clue, it was not, “Go ye into all the world and fight for equal rights and civil rights for all, in the name of poverty, social justice, and human rights: Teaching them to observe all things that evil whitey has done unto you, and lo to carry a chip on your shoulder because you will be a victim of the injustices of evil whitey, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
No, actually the Lord said this:
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matt. 28: 18-20).
There were many reasons for the virgin birth but one reason in particular was to show us the invisible God.
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18).
We know the mind of God because Jesus is the Exposition of God.. This is the Jesus who said the poor you always have with you. This was the Jesus who came to “save the lost.” This is the Jesus who said “I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine”. This the Jesus who said, “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight,”. The Jesus of the Bible clearly laid out His priorities:
“But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Therefore said he disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together” (Jn. 4:32-36).
Gathering fruit unto eternal life was the Lord's priority. Again I ask, how can one be a true follower of Jesus Christ and not even understand the nature of Jesus Christ?
Please, don't be so gullible. The only way you will know the real God of the Bible is if He reveals Himself to you. The only way He will reveal Himself to you is if you come to Him on His terms; with a broken and contrite heart and spirit. Pray with a sincere heart and read the King James Bible. He will show Himself in a wonderful way.
Don't ever forget that Satan also has his ministers out there and there are many (II Cor. 11:13-15). CP
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| False Prophets [message #375] |
Sun, 25 April 2010 16:10 |
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Hello, and welcome to the Bully Creek Baptist Church. It's just another day in Sodom. Well, here we are. These are some of the most spiritually dark times I've ever experienced, but I am still optimistic knowing that God is in control of all things. Vale probably isn't to different from other areas in our nation. There is a church practically on every corner, each putting their own twist on the Bible and all having the same common denominator; works salvation. Of course it is always the thing that matters most. How does a person become a Christian? The world doesn't need to know how to become religious, but how does one have a personal relationship with his creator. Therefore there are no churches in Vale,as far as I am concerned, but there are many social clubs.
Just going door-to-door on church visitation gives you an idea of the confusion brought about by all of the cults and false religious groups in the area. A couple of the people even made comments alluding to this. One comment was made to that effect. That you can go to several churches in the area, and get several different views on things. Yes, that is true to some extent. Then again, the false churches are not that far apart, especially when it comes to the doctrine of soteriology. One thing you can see from the scriptures is that the majority is almost never right, and the broad way will get you Hell, if your particular church happens to believe in Hell! The way to Heaven is a narrow way and the natural tendency is to open that gate wider to get money and church members. As we talked about last week, God is not concerned about the numbers. He is not concerned about exchanging sound Bible doctrine for the souls of men. Yet men continue to change God's word, twist the scriptures, and out and out ignore God's teaching on different issues.
It reminds me of a church I used to go to and was a member of many years ago. When the issue of divorce and remarriage came up the pastor of the church had to make a decision concerning one of the church families. The pastor of the church at the time, who was a typical hireling, decided to let the family stay in the church as members in good standing. He said something to the effect, “ You have been strong supporters in the church”. Translated: You have been good tithers in the church and I am going to be God in this decision because your tithe money pays my salary.
As I remember, the situation got nasty when the allegations came out that the woman's “husband” was sleeping with the daughter from a previous marriage.
This is a litmus test for a true church. Fundamental Bible believers are not mean spirited people who purposely try to out do each other at hurting people's feelings. Sometimes I wish I could change God's word and get rid of the not so popular teachings. Man, I could have had a rather large church by now. I can't speak for my fellow brethren in the faith, but I want what is best for people, and the best thing you can do for people is to stand on the truth. That way a consistent message is sent of what God expects and people can avoid a lot of misery. People are best served when they really know what the Bible teaches.
We recently had a couple attend church here.and they wanted me to marry them. There had been a couple of divorces and I was filled in on all the previous catastrophes. They pretty much answered their own question. No, I'm sorry I will not perpetuate this mess. It is time to stop digging. You don't need another relationship. You just need to stop and think about the children you've already made and do what is best for them.
Well, that was not the answer they wanted. To get the answer they wanted they would just have to go the next “church” down the road. Yep, they would certainly find some opportunist behind a pulpit somewhere who would marry them. God's word means nothing to these fakes. I'm warning you, there is a whole trail of broken hearted, confused kids, and all these self centered wretches can think about is themselves. This is the confusion in the so-called churches today. It is confusion!
There have always been more of the fakes than real ministers.
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle (I Cor. 14:8)?
The Bible also says:
“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints (I Cor. 14:33).
The fakes and the liars have always been around and they have always been the majority. Just as it is today, you have a liar on every corner masquerading as a minister of God. All that you have to remember is that nine out of ten of them are shysters out to make money off of the unsuspecting gullible public. Yeah, that's right, the one with the true message of God is the one that everyone hates. That is the way is has always been. If you don't believe it, read your Bible. Don't take your eternal well being for granted. Be willing to take the initiative and check things out for yourselves. Most preachers in the churches today haven't a clue. It has always been that way, only it is worse now. They are ministers of Satan out to deceive you and rob you of your very soul. Being a good or a nice person is absolutely meaningless to God and useless to you if the “nice” person is a liar.. God weighs our actions and Hell is full of good people.
Consider this; Ahab had his cheerleaders whom he would inquire of, as if he was concerned about things of the Lord. He did this either to appease his own conscience or perhaps it was a politically smart thing to do. One thing is sure, he knew they were frauds and could be counted on to tell the king what he wanted to hear. I'm sure they groom our presidents the same way. It's not that any of them give a flip about God, it is simply a good political move.
“Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king (I Kings 22:6).
These are the empty tins cans that supposedly fill the pulpits in the Vale churches. They are the empty tin cans and they rattle a lot because they are empty tin cans. Yes, there is a church on every corner practically and they all resemble the four hundred prophets spoken of in our passage. They are basically all on the same page doctrinally and are much more alike than they are different. Just as the four hundred lying prophets of Ahab, they all preach “another jesus” and not the Jesus of the Bible. They all give a lying message concerning God's plan of salvation, hence barring the people from entering into Heaven.
“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in” (Matt. 23:13).
The lying prophets are far more concerned about fitting into the community and addressing the social needs of people rather than the spiritual. They are much more worried about pleasing man, and making things of God socially acceptable than they are bearing a cross and pleasing God. They are more worried about getting along with the other liars and not offending them but have no problem offending a thrice holy God with their wickedness. We even have a woman preacher in Vale, and they are clearly out of line with Biblical teaching. It doesn't matter to a false prophet though. They have not the fear of God. They don't really believe that Bible stuff, after all.
So the four hundred lying prophets have Sunrise services together and sing Kum bah yah while they spread their Vail of spiritual darkness over the entire area. The whole area continues to deteriorate while the false prophets tell the people what they want to hear. Are we getting sick yet?
Yes, I blame the false prophets, and they have a special place in Hell for the damage they have done. These blind leaders of the blind are a grievous thing. Jeremiah described the situation in his day:
“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation saith the LORD.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah” (Jer. 23:9-14).
Well, it just so happened that Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah at the time didn't like the counsel of the ministerial association for one reason or another. Might I speculate here for a while? Perhaps the king knew in his heart that these religious leaders held their position only because they told the king what he wanted to hear. Perhaps he knew in his heart of hearts that they were there just playing the religious game. It is sort of like what we see in our president Obama when he uses God's name in vain by saying “God bless you “ or “God bless America” while at the same time trying to promote everything that God hates.
Yes, the four hundred liars were the token religious leaders, and as it is in this generation, they have lost all credibility, and nobody really believes what the religious leaders say anymore. They are just there to please the people, not God.
What a different breed we have today filling most of our churches. Consider the men of God of days gone by. These men placed the emphasis on their responsibility to God and didn't care what others thought. Consider Daniel, who blew off the kings decree and continued to pray openly before all. Sure, it landed him in the lion's den but God was with him all the way and delivered him. Consider Moses, who rather than take the easy way out, took his stand for God against much opposition from the “mixed multitude” that came out of Egypt. Consider Noah, who was unshaken by the public opinion of the folks in his day, and continued to build that big boat. Consider Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were not careful in deciding whether or not to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar's golden idol. There was a price to pay for their stand for God, but they were delivered from the fiery furnace.
Consider the disciples of the early church. They were preaching with power and boldness and the religious crowd was getting a little worried. Peter and John, when threatened by the lying prophets of their day, decided they were going to fear God and not man.
“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken onto you more than unto God, judge ye (Acts 4:18,19).
This is quite a contrast from what we are seeing today in a church movement that is continually aligning itself with this world. Yes, we even have some charismatic or pentecostal wishy washy, turkey gobblers around, as if we don't have enough confusion. Even the Christians in Africa recognize the spirit of the pentecostal church as the spirit of Satan. They say the movement goes along quite well with the African culture, which includes witch doctors, voodoo and the such. It's the same spirit! I caught a little bit of what I believe was a World Wide Church of God program on the television last night. Wow, that is a bunch of demons in one building. People were rolling around, going into convulsions and flaying around as they, I assume, were being slain in the spirit. What a wicked movement! More lying prophets to confuse the people. Satan sure is busy.
Well, Ahab had to admit that there was one of those fundamentalist preachers out there that nobody liked and who was definitely out of the mainstream.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat , There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so” (I Kings 22:8).
OK, I'll call the fanatic who always has the negative message and is a societal nobody, Ahab was probably thinking. Even though he is a nobody I respect him because I know he will tell me the truth whether I like it or not.
It is the truth that is needed, not false assurance, when it comes to weighty matters concerning eternal things. Micaiah told the king that he would die if he went to battle and again the king was offended at the negative message. The truth sometimes hurts and sometimes requires us to take action that would hurt our pride. Think about the predicament Ahab was in. The pressure was on and all were watching. Would he give Micaiah the satisfaction of following his advise or would pride sin out. Well, we know the story and pride won out and Ahab lost his life. Just as the religious people rejected John the Baptist, so do people reject the Lord Jesus today. Just as the rejection was “against themselves” your rejection of God's truth is your loss.
“And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him (Luke 7:29,30).
What would God have you to do? CP
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| "Burning In The Bosom" [message #374] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 17:55 |
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Greetings in the Name of the Lord! God has been good to us. The last several weeks have been trying, but God has sustained us. People of like faith in our church family have been there for us.. When I first moved over here to start the Bully Creek Baptist Church it was pretty lonely. It would still be lonely but a few people got saved and stuck around to support this ministry. Through those years my faithful wife stood by my side, though things were not always easy. That is something I will never forget. Not many women would have stuck it out I don't think.
Speaking of my wife. We have just celebrated 33 years and we are both cripples. Her surgery went well, but she is sore and tired a lot. She's been getting a lot of sleep and taking it easy.
My arm is finally starting to feel better. I was beginning to wonder if I would have a full recovery for a while, but I am getting more confident that God will bless me with complete healing.
We know that all things work together for good and God has a reason for everything. I have to admit, it has been good to be down in some respects. I have had time to think. The ministry is the most important thing in a Christian's walk. When you are married, your spouse is pretty high on your priority list in your ministry. I have been having to take care of Mrs. Hansen in my own feeble way. What a pleasure to be a help to someone who has done so much for others all of her life. It's her time to be waited on, and God wants us to be a blessing to the weak.
We are moving slowly on getting the bathroom finished. We are getting the sanding done and will be ready to paint soon. Things are moving along slowly but sure. If only we had the unlimited supply of money that the world seems to have for the things of the world. The world doesn't see the church as being important. We shouldn't be surprised for they “killed the prince of life”.
Also, things are gearing up for our yearly trip to Silverwood. Money will have to be in by the end of this month. The price is $34 per person. That includes a meal and several hours of unlimited rides at Silverwood Amusement Park. It all ends with with good preaching and an opportunity for folks to make decisions for Christ.
I guess we had better get a few verses in here or we can't call it church. Yes, God has chosen the preaching of His word as His method of reaching this world today with His message. We preach, we knock on doors, we write web sermons, we pass out tracts throughout the week, and we pray. We don't give up and we don't get discouraged because we do what we are commanded to do. It's like working a job as a Christian. We don't hang our heads and whine, because we do not get a raise, and feel no one appreciates us. We do our best and work hard because we are working, not for our employer only, but more importantly, for our Lord and Saviour. Therefore, whatever state we are in we are content, knowing that God is in absolute control.
“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons” (Col. 3:23-25).
We have to apply the same principle when serving God in all aspects of ministry. Our message nor our principles should change based on the spiritual condition of the people we are to deal with. God's truth doesn't change, people change and society changes and moves away from God's truth. Some people actually believe that we should evolve as Christians and chase a fallen people with an ever-evolving message and bible version. I disagree. When God destroyed the world by flood, He was not at all interested in changing His own character to allow man to do his own thing. He didn't seem very concerned about offending or appeasing anyone in that day. They rejected God and His will for their lives, and they payed the consequences for that by being swept away to their deaths in the flood. God's character is not one of appeasement. He never changes, and it does not serve us well to deceive ourselves into thinking we can do our own thing and get away with it. We will not get away with it, and the day of judgment is on the way. God would rather wipe out a whole civilization than call error truth or call wrong right. God is truth and He makes the rules.
“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity (Hab 1:13a):
We should have a burden for the lost and continue to reach out realizing our reward comes from the Lord. The apostle Paul was burdened for his own people but acknowledged an uphill battle in reaching those religious but lost individuals. He described them so well as “going about to establish their own righteousness.”
“Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Rom. 10:1-4).
Paul didn't say that God felt sorry for His own chosen people, and that he would overlook their self will and rebellion.
“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded” (Rom. 11:5-7).
Things are the same today as they have always been to some degree. This is why I scoff at those, who in their blind pride and arrogance, make up their own religion and method of salvation. Then they go about to deceive simple women with this foolishness.
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses,and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (II Tim 3:5-7).
Now these people are willingly ignorant and rebellious against God. In reality they hate God. Oh, of course they don't come out and say that. Nobody does, but in their actions they speak so loud you can't hear a word they say.
“Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was” (II Tim 3:8,9).
Yes they go about to establish their own righteousness, but God is not in that. These people do not submit to God's will because they are filthy and their heart is as black as coal. I want to consider the word “election”. I would like to quote C.F Scofields definition of election.
“Election is therefore: (1) The sovereign act of God in grace whereby certain are chosen from among mankind for Himself (John 15:19).”
“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you” (John 15:19).
Election could be defined as: The elect are those who have elected to elect God's provision to become the elect of God. In other words, God sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross and shed His blood, and if you put your faith in that, you are among the ones whom God has “elected” to receive everlasting life. Those who lived in the Old Testament era looked ahead to the coming of the Messiah. Their sacrifices and actions were done by faith in the promised advent of the Messiah. Those who live after the cross look back and place their faith in the finished work of Calvary. Salvation always was and always will be by grace through faith.
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” (Rom. 5:1,2).
This hasn't changed since the beginning of the human race. Abraham, who four hundred and twenty years before the law was saved by Faith.
“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Rom 4:3-5).
I met a woman the other day that informed me that she was LDS. She said that the LDS church was the true church. (I thought to myself, All those poor saps prior to Joseph didn't make it. Let's have a moment of silence. Yes, it is true. If Mormonism is correct, then all of the people in the Bible died in their sins. Poor Daniel, Moses, Noah, Abraham, etc,etc.)
Then I asked her how she knew that, she got this goofy look on her face and said it was her testimony. When I started to question her about her testimony she got a little short with me and quickly closed the door and said she didn't want to argue.
The Mormons believe that a testimony can be gotten by reading the book of Mormon. I had a young Mormon girl ask me to read the book of Mormon through with an open mind and I would believe it is true I guess.
The poor Mormon people do not understand is that Satan is a liar and a deceiver. They are spiritually blind. That is the problem with basing spiritual things on feelings without having some biblical facts to back it up. Another problem about trusting our feelings is that our heart is wicked and cannot be trusted.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it (Jer. 17:9)?
In other words, your testimony doesn't amount to a hill of garbanzo beans if it is not built on a body of scriptural truth. Please, my Mormon friends, quit being such a bunch of stooges. It's painful to watch gullible people being fed such a load of garbage. You are wasting your time and money on this fraudulent, man made religion. You are still in your sins. A little “burning in the bosom” isn't going to change that. Do yourself this favor and sincerely ask God to show you the truth. Just because something supposedly happened hundreds of years ago doesn't make it the truth. We supposedly evolved from nothing billions of years ago and the theory of evolution is still a stupid theory. No angel came with golden plates, come on. You need to get off of the stuff.
The Mormon's have another big problem when they claim to be the “true” church. Mormonism's views on personal salvation seem to be the opposite of those taught in the Bible. The Bible teaches us that salvation is by grace through faith. Joseph supposedly has come to set the record straight and save us from the church that had gone into apostasy. If that is the case then, why does the teaching of the Mormon church on personal salvation contradict both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible?
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph. 2:8,9).
The Saviour of Mormonism is not the second person of the trinity since Mormons reject the doctrine of the trinity. Salvation by grace is only after we do everything we can do. So much for the free gift the Bible tells us of. Salvation, as given by the prophet Joseph says you must have faith, be baptized by immersion, be obedient to the church, do good works, and keep the commandments. Where is the blood of Christ? Well, according to Mormon doctrine, the blood of Christ cannot wash away all sin.
All of this is in conflict with the clear teaching of the scripture. The method of salvation as taught by the Mormon church is contrary to anything that has ever been taught in the Bible. Yet I know, you can tell this hardened generation the truth until you are blue in the face and they just don't care, pure and simple.
Religion is not what God is looking for. Jesus fought against religious people non-stop when He was on earth. They were His biggest enemies. Being a “good” person is not going to appease a holy God.
Listening to God's word and His true messengers is what this world needs and that won't happen because of hard wicked hearts. A broken and contrite spirit and penitent hearts is what God is looking for.
Because of hardened hearts, natural disasters will continue to intensify. The curse will continue to get heavier. The blessings of God will become more and more scarce and He will withhold the rain. I predict many farmers will be struggling as many are losing their farms already. Keep rejecting God and have your good laugh. God will have the last laugh. Continuing to ignore God is an option, It's just not a very smart one (Ps. 33:12). CP
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| Homesick [message #373] |
Sun, 11 April 2010 10:27 |
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Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts (if they were favorable thoughts) and the interest you have showed in this ministry. I'm totally inadequate and unworthy of God's love and mercy. I thank God that His mercy extended to even me. His mercy is free to all who'll believe and that includes the enemies of freedom who monitor this site. It is even there for those who have been brainwashed in the colleges and public school systems, and now think there is no God and the Bible is foolishness. Hang around long enough and perhaps the Holy Spirit will begin to open your heart. Perhaps you will be wise enough to grab on to the life preserver that is being thrown out to you. Yes, you are a lot like the apostle Paul. You are viewing the Bible believers as a threat and a danger. You totally misunderstand Christ and His followers. You would persecute the church and believers. Jesus met Paul in the way and He will meet you too.
“And he fell to the earth , and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks” (Acts 9:4,5).
The past weeks have been trying. Somehow God always brings us through. This is what I've had to continually remind myself of for the past few weeks. Injuries; surgery, oppressive taxes, medical bills, communism, regulations that forbid to to use our own land the way we see fit, more and more oppression and stupid laws. The whole thing is upside down.
Our God of liberty has been taken out of public life wherever He can be removed. Public schools and colleges teach godless evolution and socialism. The movies being pumped out are courser than ever with great care given to make sure God is never spoken of in any good way. Most people don't have a clue as to the spiritual battle that is taking place.
From an earthly perspective, there is much to fear. Our country is owned by a private bank, and neither congress nor president have absolute say in where our tax dollars are being spent. Many of our jobs have been shipped away and the country is bankrupt. To make matters worse,there is no help from the fake “right” or Republicans. Maybe if the Tea Party movement gets strong enough, the retards in the Republican party will clear their heads, hold their finger to the wind, and see it in their best interest to genuinely jump on the liberty train. I expect another cosmetic platform for the republicans though, where nobody will have enough guts to stand up against the real enemies of our nation. They'll be just a little different from the progressives in their rhetoric, and that's it. It's the golden rule and he who owns the gold rules.
There are those that are still so clueless, they are trying to figure out which bone to throw at the dumb Americans. They still don't know what's wrong. Stop! You sold the whole country down the toilet for some short sighted gain and that's why you make us puke. I mean, I could go on and on. We still have to waste our time and motion to press one for English. Sometimes I feel like an alien in my own country. I go out and have some Mexican staring me down like he wants to kill me. The filthy politicians have allowed our country to be filled with people who hate our guts and could not care less about assimilating into American culture.
Yes, the whole thing is upside down. The “leftists” are on the right of many issues while the “conservatives” are many times on the left of the issue. The people have nowhere to go but to the Lord, and therein lies the answer. This is what we have to hold on to as God's children in a cursed world. The entire world is on course for destruction and we are looking for the day when Christ rules again.
“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season” (Rev. 20:1-3).
I am real curious to know what a thousand years with no Devil would be like. I mean, really, think about it. How many times have we blamed the Devil for something when in reality, the evil deed was concocted in our own evil heart. Don't get me wrong. I know the Devil is active in some of our lives while others are on autopilot set to evil continually.
Satan, on the other hand is manifested from time to time in the evil policies that come out of government on all levels. I often wonder where these crazy policies are coming from. Then I follow the money trail, for the love thereof is the root of all evil. The real life-source of this world wide conspiracy is Satan himself. He is busy bringing about his world system of control, a world without God.
“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” (Rev. 12:12).
Satan is a counterfeiter and he always tries to mimic the wonderful things that a loving merciful God provides. Satan's attempt at a paradise here on earth is doomed to be more like a hell on earth. Even Satan and all his power will not be able to lessen the effects of the curse that God has placed upon this earth. Yes, our days are numbered and Satan knows it. That's why things are accelerating at such a rapid pace. Satan is putting the squeeze on, and virtually everyone I know is feeling it.
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (I Cor. 2:9).
Yes, things are upside down now. The righteous are on the bottom and the wicked seem to be prospering. Satan blesses his own as they further the diabolical scheme of world communism under king Satan. Once his stooges are used up in bringing about this failed kingdom, they will all end up in the same place. They will eventually have this old worn out, sin sick world for a few short years, and just like that it will be over. These signs of this world's pending misery are increasing all around us day by day.
“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness,...” (Joel 2:1,2a).
Christian friend, as we begin to feel some of the chains of oppression tighten around us, let us remember that we are not appointed unto wrath. While the others are being swept away in this demonic diversion that is taking place, and seem to be totally unaware of danger they are in, just be thankful that you can see. Yes, the movie theaters are full and the fundamental Bible believing churches are struggling. It won't always be that way.
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished” (Prov. 27:12).
I am so thankful that God revealed Himself to me. It is so good to be saved. I am telling you, I do not know what I would do if I didn't know the LORD Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. It reminds me of the old hymn:
“I've seen the lightning flashing, and heard the thunder roll,
I've felt sin's breakers dashing, Trying to conquer my soul;
I've heard the voice of Jesus, telling me still to fight on,
He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone.
The world's fierce winds are blowing, Temptations are sharp and keen;
I feel a peace in knowing My Saviour stand between;
He stands to shield me from danger, When earthly friends are gone,
He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone.
When in afflictions valley, I'm treading the road of care,
May Saviour helps me to carry My cross when heavy to bear,
My feet entangled with briars, Ready to cast me dawn;
My Saviour whispers His promise, Never to leave me alone.
He died for me on that mountain, For me they Pierced His side,
For me He opened that fountain, The crimson cleansing tide;
For me He waiteth in glory, Seated upon His throne;
He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone.
No never alone... No never alone, He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone; No
never alone,... No, never alone, He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone.”
This is it brothers and sisters! This is our anchor in these troubling times. The Lord is with us and he has a plan. That plan includes some wonderful things for all those who place their trust in Him.
“And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD” (Isa.65:19-25).
Think about the wonderful days in the kingdom age. That is only the beginning. We will reign there in our glorified state. Those who survived the tribulation will enter into the kingdom and they will enjoy long life. They will still die eventually, but with a partially lifted curse, be able to enjoy a long rewarding life and also the promise of a “new heavens and a new earth”.
Think about actually enjoying the fruit of your labor. I hear some say that the early Christians were communists. Well they did give to help the fellow brethren but no one was forced to give a dime. When I think about this corrupt mess that we find ourselves in today I get sick. Yes, rob from the risk takers and the productive people in the land and give to the losers. Yes, you see it all the time. It's the beggar standing by the road side, or the one on welfare getting food stamps or subsidized housing. Some of them drive a better car than I do, are about 100 pounds over-weight and are smoking a cigarette. Now we'll be forced to subsidize the health care for the irresponsible tubs of lard. Yeah, yeah, I know to well that there are those who genuinely need help, but I also know to well that there are many who have 2 hands, 2 legs, 2 feet and a fat pumpkin head on their shoulders with a cig hanging out of it.
I witnessed some of this stupidity the other day at a restaurant. This women easily a hundred pounds over-weight sat at her table with a plate full of garbage my dog won't even eat. Yes, I have a dog that has more sense than this fat slob. Everything was greasy fried bread and no veggies or protein. Now she can eat cow dung for all I care, but I do not want to pay for her health care.
In the kingdom age there will be justice, AMEN! I'm sick of socialists whether it is a Bush socialist or an Obama socialist. I can tell you being a small business owner that they are killing us through this socialist tax system. I know people who worked very few hours and received thousands of dollars in un-earned income credit. I, on the other hand, made very little as the sole breadwinner, and I am getting slammed. It is totally stifling. This will not be when wrong is once again wrong and hard work is again rewarded.
After the Great white throne judgment there will be a new heaven and a new earth.
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; (It will be burned up, II Pet. 3:7) and there was no more sea” (Rev. 21:1).
I cannot even imagine this, but God says we will be there. Whenever I get down I remember what my future holds. Of course we are down now. Satan holds all of the cards. Rarely does a Christian really prosper in this life but they are rich spiritually. If he is really living for God everyone will hate his guts. A Christian musician? Are you kidding? Who are you going to cater to? Where is your fan base? About the first time you stand on an issue and Satan finds out about it, those of the world will not only not patronize you, but they will hate you. It will all be better soon brother, so just stand and keep your eyes on the Lord. Better days are ahead. Maybe I should say, better days without end are ahead. CP
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| Never Give Up! [message #372] |
Sun, 04 April 2010 14:56 |
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We are still here waiting on the LORD to do some things. I am more hopeful than at any other time. That's because I am an idiot, I know that. God is wonderful beyond words and has upheld us through these many years, and quite marvelously. We are forever thankful for all of your prayers and financial support. Everyone is still kicking and hanging on physically and spiritually although these are very dark times for our country and the world. I've never seen such intense spiritual warfare. The signs of Christ's return are all around.
Mrs. Hansen is scheduled to have surgery for a torn rotary cuff and hopefully get it repaired. I now understand a little more about the pain she must be suffering. I fell on my back the other day while working out and fractured my shoulder blade. I am still recovering and don't know if I'll ever be back to normal. Ouch!
I think God brings us down sometimes so we can look up. I've had a lot of time to think and evaluate my life. It is so easy to get our priorities mixed up. I tend to forget what a powerful God I serve. When God tells us to do something, we just need to do it. If God wants it thus, thus it will be. All that we have to worry about is doing God's will. The rest is God's responsibility. If there is a wall in the way, look again. Now you see it, now you don't. No one breaks barriers like God does.
“I will go in the strength of the LORD GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only” (PS. 71:16).
I have to remind myself continually that we have to walk by faith and not by sight. It is so easy to give up on this generation and just worry about ourselves and our families. Every time I seek God about reaching out to the lost I am ALWAYS led to GO. God wants them to hear. Whether they listen or not is not our responsibility. Our responsibility is to GO. The results are up to God.
I was reading through an old book written by Robert Sumner and came across these words to a gospel song:
“Are you tempted to cease from your praying
For that way-ward one lost in the cold;
Just remember the Infinite mercy
That drew you back into the fold.
Ah, that lost one for whom you are praying
May be nearer to God that you think;
For the rivers of Grace flow so freely,
Perhaps he is just at the brink.
Just hold on for a little while longer,
For the victory may soon be in view;
Oh, remember before you stop praying
That somebody wept over you.
Chorus:
Somebody wept over you, somebody wept over you;
Remember before you stop praying
That somebody wept over you, over you.”
I believe there is a revival going on in our nation today. There seems to be a revival of religion. It is not uncommon to go to the restaurant and see someone bow their head and thank God for their food. This is a recent development, I guess, since the advent of President Obama and the down turn in our economy. I believe it is right to give thanks for the many blessings God has given us. I am happy to see it, but our revival of sorts is not going to be what it takes to appease an angry God. We have a religious movement and a conservative movement in our country that is lacking one important ingredient, and that ingredient is God Himself. You cannot have the God of the Bible unless you have sound doctrine.
It is kind of sad to hear these radio talk show hosts rant and rave about the deplorable state of our nation. (At the same time they use God's name in vain continually throughout their program and play the the same old worn out nasty hard rock music that , in my opinion, has played a big part in dragging this nation down to what it is today). They want the blessing of God without the responsibility of being obedient to God. Most of them screen out the “nuts” and the “fanatics” who would have meaningful conversation about real solutions. If, God forbid, a Bible thumper did happen to slip by the screener, they are pretty much mocked by the blind leaders of the blind.
One can witness first hand the trouble our nation is in. Look at them folks. Go to the store and what do you see? Look in the parking lot at Walmart and you see the bums staring you down trying to play the guilt trip on the people who drive by. These swine do not have an ounce of self-respect or dignity. Most of the people who are driving by have a job. Most of them have been responsible and even if they did fall on hard times, would not be standing out in front of Walmart looking for handouts. What a mess we have in our nation. In our country we have found ourselves with a real dilemma. God's laws have been so far removed from our culture. God would have to go against himself in order to continue to bless America as He has in the past. Agood biblical principle that is being ignored by the bums today would be:
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat” (II Thes. 3:10).
There are several good reasons to reject easy believism and to understand that saved souls will be few and far between.
1)Because Our Lord said the way to heaven is a narrow way and not many go in.
“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Generally speaking genuine conversions are rare. Many of the churches are not holding out for the real thing but instead water down the standard so much practically anyone can pass as a candidate for church membership. There are millions out there today who are trusting baptism or some hasty prayer they prayed before the light turned green. Man, I could have had a mega church by now if only I could have tossed a few major biblical doctrines away, such as “ye must be born again”.
2) The Lord asked a rhetorical question with an obviously implied answer. There may not be many watching and waiting when He comes back.
“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth” (Luke 18:8)?
The Lord seemed to indicate that when He does return He will be hard pressed to find those who are placing their faith in Him and in the whole body of revealed truth. I can definitely see this shaping up very nicely. In our revival of religion that we are experiencing, there is little regard for the truth as revealed in God's word. Everyone has their own twist on the scripture and they have no desire to know the truth. They have their custom made religion (just enough to appease their consciences) and are content to have it so.
“This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart,and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing” (Jer. 13:10).
3)Hey, it's party time! There is no time for church. Too many good movies on late Saturday and Sunday is my only day off!
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark.
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matt.24:37-39).
The Bible says the spiritual state of the world, prior His return, would be very similar to the spiritual state of the world in Noah's day. Today people are just to preoccupied with the things of this world to care about the looming judgment. Everyone I talk to knows something is going on but yet they are blind to the spiritual side of it. They are under the spell of Satan, the prince and power of the air, who through all the means at his disposal, has most everyone caught in a world wide deception.
“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 which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (II Cor. 4:3,4).
We as a nation have moved so far away from God and from having any fear of God, the message of repentance and faith toward God appears as ridiculous to the hearers as did building an ark in a pre-rain world. You may preach for 120 years and not see a soul saved. Of course you won't have to worry about that since you probably won't live to be 120.
“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts.
And saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men” (II Pet. 3:3-7).
4)The last days are to be days of “falling away” and great apostasy.
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him.
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition” (IIThes. 2:1-3).
The last days are days of spiritual decline; the days of the Laodicean Church. The churches have material wealth but no Holy Ghost. The sickening putrefying mixture of the holy and the profane which produce a bunch of Christianized heathens which celebrate the Christianized pagan holidays and have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. The devil has provided a false spirit for the occasion full of signs and lying wonders. Millions are deceived in false religion today and dynamite would not separate them from it. Paul spoke of it this way:
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears” (II Tim. 4:2);
Without the preaching of the true gospel of Christ, which includes repentance and a bloody sacrifice, men will not get truly saved. Without a genuine national revival, a nation cannot be spared the coming judgment. Some member of a cult getting on TV and warning of the dangers of communism and then telling everyone to go back to their apostate church is not going to cut it. It's an absolute waste of time if the God of the Bible is left out.
On the other hand, I'm not going to quit trying to reach out. It is a tough uphill battle. God and His word has been ripped on for so long and in so many ways by so many that I think the tabloids hold more sway in todays society. Again, God just tells us to preach it. We are not responsible for the results. We are just to go out there and be good little Noahs and politely tell the world that God's judgment is on the way. I still believe that people can get saved. Satan still hates visitation and fights it tooth and nail. That's one reason I believe people can be saved. God's word is still powerful.
Remember the words of our song:
“Are you tempted to cease from your praying
For that way-ward one lost in the cold;
Just remember the Infinite mercy
That drew you back into the fold.
Ah, that lost one for whom you are praying
May be nearer to God that you think;
For the rivers of Grace flow so freely,
Perhaps he is just at the brink.
Just hold on for a little while longer,
For the victory may soon be in view;
Oh, remember before you stop praying
That somebody wept over you.
Chorus:
Somebody wept over you, somebody wept over you;
Remember before you stop praying
That somebody wept over you, over you.”
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Gal. 6:9). CP
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| When Windshield Wipers Fail [message #347] |
Sun, 16 August 2009 15:50 |
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Hello my dear friends! Blessings to all. We surely live in some exciting times. As our nation teeters on the brink of communism, it truly warms my heart to see people actually getting passionate, and there are even signs of a national awakening. Even some of the talk show hosts that made me puke before are sounding better. They do have a great responsibility to their listeners. I have even noticed people are getting more religious. Hard times are not always a bad thing, I guess.
I have been posting a lot of stuff to the forums. I will warn you right up front, some of these postings may be considered “fishy” by the White House. Please contribute to the forum and feel free to post suggestions on how we can improve the site. We will be doing an overhaul of the site soon.
I want to start a section of the forum where alerts can be posted by anyone in all 50 states. I want to make readers aware of issues in congress and make them matters of prayer and community action. I also want to build a database so we may grade our congresspersons on how they are voting on different issues. All of our members can post alerts on governmental waste, constitutional issues, and moral issues.
Just one recent example of where our congressperson's heads are stuck was the passing of H.R. 1018. While people are losing their jobs and our nation is hopelessly in debt, these losers voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on horse sterilization. This may be an emotional issue, but we need leaders who can make the hard decisions. Our nation is bankrupt and we simply cannot afford sentimentality. Anyway, no matter how you stand on this issue, we have a bunch of opportunists in congress and they seem to have little regard for their constituents and the constitution. These people make so much money, they seem to lose touch with reality. We need to weed out those who are not listening to the people.
I realize this is spitting in the wind. I am not ignorant of the fact that we lost our national sovereignty back in 1913 with the Federal Reserve Act. The only hope we have to survive as a nation is to vote the communists out and elect Americans. I personally believe the congress should get a severe pay cut. $174000 a year, plus perks? Really! Just to get in there and do what ever they want to feather their own nest?
If they are not Americans, they need to go. Let's get involved and post to this forum.
There was a fellow on the Savage Nation the other night who was very knowledgeable about communism. He said it would be next to impossible to turn it around in our country. He sited one of the reasons as lack of organization and communication. Here we can have an opportunity to express ourselves and expose the enemies. Many of you know how I feel on this subject, but we all do have a horse in the race. If men of faith withdrew from any involvement with national issues I suppose we would still be under British rule. Today we are ruled by a different master, and men of faith are the only hope for our national survival.
Anyway, That is not the sermon for today.
“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (I Thes. 5:1-3).
Yeah, this is the real thing, isn't it. We know what the real issues are in all of the debates on health care. The real issue is one of control, and control it is going to be. Those who know what the Bible says also know we are headed for a world government under Antichrist. We know that other countries have already given up their privacy and much of their liberty, and now it is our turn. In my opinion it is all about standardization and the centralization of power and information. The monsters that are behind the scenes pushing this stuff want a central data base, not only for the US people but for all of the people of the world. We know Satan is working toward that controlled situation that is spoken of in the book of Revelation.
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” (Revelation 13:16-18).
Eventually you will have to make a decision over having heath care, buying and selling, and living a “normal” life over a belief in your God. This, my friend, is coming, at least to the rest of the world. I just pray there are enough rednecks and enlightened people out there to fight this transition every step of the way. The lines are blurring and the things that separate us from the evil that has taken over Great Britain is scratching at our door. When that happens, where will the Micheal Savages and Bible believing Christians go? We won't be welcome in our own country. Will we be put in the detainment centers they are claiming to use for the Gitmo detainees? These facilities will be convenient, with the attached court room and all.
Yes, we can know the season and this appears to be the autumn season for our nation.
Of course things are not all gloom and doom. No, not at all. That is if you are a Christian. All those who do not know Christ as Saviour have all of the gloom and doom. What these people do not understand, is that they are sealing their own fate. They are painting themselves into a corner. Sure, you have it good now, with a reasonable amount of security. You have been rewarded for selling America down the river, but it won't last. God's judgment means the end for all who have not had their sins covered by the blood of Christ, and there'll be no escape. Notice:
“And he causeth ALL, BOTH SMALL and GREAT, RICH and POOR, FREE and BOND.”
All of these overpaid congressmen who think they are safe by going along to get along will not get along forever. They will be forced to make the same decision as everyone else. Once the monster has all of the power, there will be no turning back. Government never gets smaller. It only grows until it is all powerful. I can see it all coming together.
To give you an example of the power and control the monster already has, my wife is disabled. She collects a small disability check. The small disability check got even smaller. We had to go in to the Human Resources Building. They somehow knew about a very small amount of stock I had bought years ago and they were alerted to this through the IRS. They knew more about my stock trading than I did! This is what the issue is as far as I'm concerned. Absolute control.
The cash for clunkers thing is another example. Everything the government is doing, all of the apples they are throwing at us have worms in them. I understand that part of the program allowed the government to access and actually own all of the information on the computers at the dealerships. You can check this out. Just copy and paste on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZxaWDqUmho&eurl=http%3A% 2F%2Fstevenjohnhibbs%2Ewordpress%2Ecom%2F2009%2F08%2F02%2Fca sh%2Dfor%2Dclunkers%2Dscam%2Dgovernment%2Downs%2Dyour%2Dcomp uter%2Dforever%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=124 .
What about the technology in these new cars? They can track you, and if you are sinister enough, you may be able to understand more of their options. They can already power down and even shut your car off with all of this new technology. I cannot understand all of this, because unlike these monsters who eat, drink, and breath controlling other humans, I don't. You can bet there are more worms in this apple than you can shake a stick at.
I believe the Christians will go to be with the Lord before things really deteriorate. Yes, the sky will be filled with bodies and souls of the billions of Christians. Planes will be crashing, not only because they will be flying into all of the risen bodies, but because almost all of the pilots are Christians, they will be taken up. There will be mass confusion on the highways. There will be pile ups all over the place, traffic backed up for miles and miles all across the globe. All of the churches will be empty. It will be dark that day because all of the bodies will block the light of the sun. The hospitals will be empty. Just think about it. The only ones that will be left are the congressmen and President Obama.
No, not really, but I've actually heard evangelists preach about the disruption that would take place at the rapture of the church. I actually take the biblical view of this. The Bible indicates that only a few people will be truly saved. There may be a few missing person's reports filed but that's about it.
I've heard dramatic views of how the babies will be ripped right out of the unbelieving mothers, so they can be taken to Heaven. The truth of the matter is, we do not know all of the details, but we do know there are very few who are truly “born again”. People already think we are nuts. I don't try to add to that by saying stupid things or speculating too much on things I do not know. I believe the Lord will come for His church because I believe the Bible. My faith gets stronger every day as I see prophecy fulfilled almost daily.
“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love: and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” (I Thes. 5:8).
That is an important point. Without our faith, knowing what we know would be absolute torture. When ever I get those scary thoughts, I just lift up that old breastplate of faith, and the fear goes away. What if one doesn't have that to lean on?
In Ephesians 6:14 we read:
“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness:”
The only way to have the perfect peace described in the Bible is to “know” the author of the Bible. Many will be taken unawares because they do not know the Lord as their personal Saviour. I'm not talking about religion, I am talking about a relationship. I'm not talking about being a good person, but I am talking about putting your trust in the only one that is truly good. I'm not talking about being baptized, but I am talking about believing in the work of the cross that baptism symbolizes.
When the Lord was talking to the woman at the well, He had to inform her that she didn't know who she was worshipping. Jesus told her that they must worship God in spirit and truth. It was not enough just to be religious.
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23,24).
The Lord thought it was important that we come to Him through the proper channels. Today it is almost like choosing the brand of cigarettes to many. Yeah, which brand do you choose? I choose Mormon! Which brand would you like? Well, give me a JW and one Seventh Day Adventist. What about you? I choose Catholic! Real men choose Catholic. How about you? I choose the Baptist Charismatic blend, also known as Bapticostal. You sir, which would you like? I like to take a walk on the wild side. Give me one Charismaniac, the brand for snake handlers. And what about you? Oh, I like to roll my own. Give me one of the Holy-rollers. How about you? I like to get mine on the road. Get me a Mcsermon to go.
Today we have something for everyone, but much of this is based on what we think is right, or convenient. I cannot count the times I have heard people say they are looking for a church that they like. Not once do they consider whether or not it a church that God likes. We seem hopelessly lost in religious confusion.
You cannot pick and choose your own religion and please God. You must come to God His way.
Those who are truly saved will not suffer the tribulation.
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Thes 5:9)
Yes, it is true. If you take the right stand for the Lord today, even the Baptists will separate from you. The deluded Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Seventh Day Adventists will have nothing to do with you. That's to be understood. You know times are really bad when to Baptists separate from you because you stand for the proven and true, time-tested King James Bible. Now that is sad. That's why I say not many will be flying the friendly skies come rapture day. CP
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| Racist [message #334] |
Sun, 02 August 2009 16:47 |
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“And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.” Mark 6:31.
I don't know about you , but I find it very hard to get time off for leisure. Jesus did encouraged us to have those times. I literally have to force myself to take that time and then I fight the feelings of guilt when I do. I'm almost to a point where I don't even desire those times anymore. There is just too much to do! Work, work, work, and more work. We have to take that time off by faith, knowing it is God's will for us at times.
Well, How are you all? I'm sorry I do not always get a sermon up each week. Unfortunately it takes time to make enough “tents” to cover the expenses. This greatly limits the amount of time I have to do other things. The “other” things are the things I'd rather be doing but without money nothing seems to move.
Grandma insisted I pull the old church sign down and she would paint it. It was really weather beaten and looking bad. (This really brings back memories for her. I think she feels like old times when dad was alive and they had the Hansen Signs business in Dorset, Ohio. They are only memories now.)
I will have to letter the sign, I suppose. I'm definitely not as skilled as dad was. I'll have to pray a lot.
I know many of you have been driving by and were glad to see the sign go. I really hate to ruin your day, but the sign should be back up soon. Yeah, I know I should have quit years ago, for all practical purposes, but you see, God does not always work in practical ways. At least, not practical to us. We are still here because He is waiting for you to go to church. He wants you to get saved and live for Him. I guess He figures that as things heat up on this old earth, and the chains of the New World Order tighten around your necks, you'll have enough sense to seek Him. We'll be here waiting when you do.
We have had quite a few people say how they wished the store was still here. Many of them had fond childhood memories of stopping at the old store and getting drinks when they were kids. We are thinking and praying about opening a little vegetable stand and possibly an eatery to offer lunch and cold drinks to the local farmers. I don't know, we are just grasping to find ways to fund some of the repair projects and increase our ministry's coastal area.
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.” (Eccl 10:19.
Just ask president Obama and the congressmen. While the bitter racist, Obama is drinking beer with the useless waste of air, Gates, and the police officer at the White House, the congressmen are getting wealthier while selling out the very people they claim to represent. We have in power now a most disgusting lot. The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos (people) and krator or “ruler”.
Democratic government is supposed to be a government by consent of the people. Today we have government by consent of the highest bidder.
It was a mistake for the officer to go to the White House in the first place, in my opinion. The whole racial profiling argument is a lie, so why make it look as if it is credible. Just tell the useless, waste of air, Gates that his house is now off limits for police protection and deny him further police services. Let the crooks take his whole house, who cares! If he doesn't like it, just tell him to take his nasty black posterior, along with his nasty attitude and Ebonics back to the jungle where he came from. This type does nothing for our nation as far as I can see. All they do is perpetuate a communist manufactured problem that generates strife and hatred.
Do we live in a messed up country or not?!!!
Ah, let's see. If you see a rattlesnake slithering along on the ground, I presume Gates would want us to run up and give it a kiss. Now a thinking person would probably show some caution and would realize that those little critters have a reputation of biting and sometimes killing their victim.
According to the U.S Department of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, better than 60% of the prison population is made up of colored people, 40% black and 19% Hispanic. Blacks make up only about 13% of the US population. Maybe the useless piece of trash Gates would do better to teach the black population family values and responsibility as opposed to the “f” word, rebellion, victimization, and Ebonics. This dirt-bag contributes nothing to our society and has a chip on his shoulder to boot. These types are about as ugly as they come.
I don't know about you, but to me, it is a natural thing to exercise caution around rattlesnakes.
The whole attitude of the black communist movement is not scriptural, and I have no idea how I got on this subject. Oh, why not!
You hear about it all of the time. YES! It's WWJD. What about it reverend Simpleton? Well, what would Jesus do reverend Jackass? These two false prophets, who are trying to pass themselves off as preachers, will not do what Jesus would do, and neither can they. Why? Because they wouldn't know Jesus or the Spirit of God if They hit the good reverends in their rear-ends! They are fakes through in and throughout.
In the first place, it is God that exalts people and blesses them according to His will. Today we have affirmative action, which is just another communist program designed to bring this great nation down faster, in my opinion. What kind of country commits national suicide by artificially exalting the dumb and the dumber? The same nation that allows itself to be enslaved by the banking system. Or maybe it's the kind of country that elects leaders that ignore the citizenry year after year. Even after they have destroyed this nation, the tards will be right back voting the trash in again. Maybe it's the country that allows the Catholic Church and her influences to allow millions of illegal immigrants to flood in and bankrupt their nation, so the Catholic churches can be replenished. It could be that kind of nation that let's radical black people intimidate it with an outdated issue, especially when it is a fact that the blacks were selling their own people into slavery. On and on it goes.
The first thing that you should be worrying about if you are black, white, red or a zebra, is getting right with God. Let's say we start out with the reverends Simpleton and Jackass. If they ever would become Christians, what a change that would make. They could actually start leading the people to be like Christ.
Now if the white man is the enemie of the black man, as the black radicals would have you to believe, how would Jesus handle that?
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for the maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?” (Matt. 5:38-47).
Obviously a bitter grudging attitude is not of God. If we really believe in God, and are not just using His name to promote some agenda, then we trust God to make things right.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Rom 12:19-21).
One thing I have noticed throughout the scriptures. We are out to seek our own many times, and not Christ's.. Many times we shift the focus off of the God we are here to serve and represent, and turn the thing into some vindictive, selfish, personal matter. We then tend to become judgmental, critical, and oftentimes petty. We cease to make sound judgment based on scriptural judgment and make things of God a personal matter. Then we get the tit for tat mentality, which is totally out of step with our walk with the Lord. The members of the church at Corinth had a little confusion about who was really in control and who they were supposed to be representing. They took the faithless short sighted approach to the wrongs done them by other members of the church. The apostle Paul had to set things straight and show them what was important and what was not. Making sure none of their civil rights were violated was not the most important thing in God's scheme of things.
“But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.” (I Cor. 6:6-8).
Rather than jeopardize the important things, you know, such as propagating the gospel, we take some things and we let God sort it out. We don't always feel like handling things that way and there have been times where I have failed.
Just a story I have on this issue. Oh, many months ago I was talked into one of those deals where you buy advertising. Anyone who owns a business would know how that goes. We get hit with those offers all of time. Finally I reluctantly gave in. I wasn't doing very good financially at the time, but I agreed like a dummy. The women assured me I could take all of time I needed to pay the bill, so I agreed. This was supposed to be a Christian organization. Several months passed and I finally received a little devotional book with the name of my business in there. Some months passed, and knowing I had flexibility to pay, I waited until I actually had the money to pay the bill and I finally paid it. Well the payment and a nasty threatening note from the “Christian” organization crossed in the mail. This “Christian” organization sent me a threatening letter. Well, if there were any doubts about this organization being Christian or not, in my mind they were erased.
Being a small business owner, I've had to take some things. I remember working for this one company, a rather large name. It seems we had to be there 6 days a week. They decided it wasn't important to pay me for several months. You know how that is. Employees still have to be paid. Bills still have to be paid. Now I must admit, I was beginning to lose my religion. Well, not really. I know you cannot lose your salvation. It is just a figure of speech, but I was getting a little upset. I just took it to the Lord and eventually things worked out.
I must say that over all I have the greatest customer base in the world, I think. There have been no pays over the years. I just give the situation to God. God knows all things and He will make it right eventually and in His way.
I don't care if you are black, white, blue, black and blue, or you have a yellow stripe on your back, God is the judge of all men. I don't care what color you are, if you seek God with all your heart to do His will, work hard and responsibly, no one will stop you. One of my favorite verses of encouragement on this issue is in the Psalms.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.” (Ps. 75:4-7). CP
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| Turn The Cat Around [message #333] |
Sun, 12 July 2009 15:49 |
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Good morning! I hope all of you are well. As the world is still shaken by the loss of a great American, the late Michael Jackson, I too have just managed to pull myself back together again enough to get this sermon up. As I recall the accomplishments of this hero, I am humbled. I'm still thinking.
No, wait, I can think of some. He was able to provide warmth and warm milk to the neighborhood children by cuddling with them in his bed. What a service! Let's have a moment of silence right now. Thank you. Now, on to other accomplishments. What about a role model for our youth? Excuse me, my eyes are beginning to well up again. There, I'm OK now. Oh yes, a role model. He was able to showcase what a family should be and he definitely gave the youth a lesson on drug abuse. His music, his music, Oh excuse me, here I go again! Alright, I have a tissue now. Honk, honk, sniff, sniff. His music just pointed the youngsters to God and righteous living and literally millions of young people were strengthened and entered into strong marriages and are now the foundation of our great nation. Thank you Michael, thank you for all you have done.
“The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.” (Prov. 10:20,21).
Of course the reverend Jesse Jackass was present at the funeral services. This false prophet racist is always on the wrong side of things. I wonder why?
That's the way I see things and the Bible backs it up. It is unfortunate that the progressives have led our nation into vanity and idol worship. They have gained so much power that they can suppress anyone that actually has a meaningful contribution and promote the poison. Our young people are the victims and eventually our whole nation will be lost.
Well, so what? There's nothing we can do but live for God. There was some consolation with the geniuses who passed sentencing in the Bernie Madoff case. I was a little disappointed He only got 150 years. Due to the nature of his crime I think you should have slapped on another 25 years. Yeah, that would have fixed him! Why not another hundred. Yeah another hundred! That'll fix him!
Boy, the progressives (communists) have sure made a laughingstock out of us. What a joke!
Trust in God, that is all we have as Christians and that is enough by the way.
“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.” (Ps. 40:1-3).
I was going to preach on the Mormon cult today since they seem to be boycotting me in this area. I needed to get a bid to fix a fence that was damaged by an alleged drunk driver. I cannot even get the contractors to call me back. One Mormon contractor said he would be here yesterday and never showed up. The Bible speaks of this:
“These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.” (Jude 19)
My dear Mormon friend. Why are you angry with me? You are the one who has been sold a bill of goods. Go after the ones who are lying to you and have turned you into merchandise. Go ahead, read the book of Jude. It's all there.
“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.” (Jude10,11).
That is Mormonism exactly. They can't accept by faith the fact that God's ways are higher that our ways, so they try to explain everything through human reason. Let's take the virgin birth for an instance. They say that Jesus was born in the natural way of things. God the father came down from heaven and had relations with Mary and Jesus was born. Of course they put on the Christmas display at the “church” for PR and deception purposes, but they don't even believe the Christmas story as historically told. They are simply like brute beasts spiritually and they have their grubby paws all over the holy things of God. God is after them!
They have gone the way of Cain in that they are religious natural men, who say they believe in God but actually believe in a god that they have created. As Scofield puts it:
“Cain, a type of religious natural man, who believes in a God, and in “religion,” but after his own will, and who rejects redemption by blood. Compelled as a teacher of religion to explain the atonement, the apostate teacher explains it away.”
They run greedily after the error of Balaam. Yes just like Balaam the soothsayer, these spiritual misfits have their roots planted deep in the occult and they also are in it for gain. It's all about the money. Of course, rather than look within, they choose to hate those who actually believe the Bible.
“But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.” (Jude 17,18).
If it rubs you the wrong way, as they say, turn the cat around! There is curse upon the false teachers. I tell you this to warn you you, not to be ornery. It is amazing to me. This passage is referring to religious people. Imagine that, the mockers are sitting on pews right inside of the church buildings. That's exactly what you have. They do not believe the Bible so they make their own conglomeration of human reason and Bible teaching. Then they place it over sound biblical doctrine, and then call it religion. Yes, it may be religion, but so is Islam.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.” (Ps.34:19-21).
You cannot win against God or His people. You will not win now or in the next world.
This brings me back to Psalm 40. I just continue to wait upon God. I continue to be amazed at the mercy of God. I continue to be appalled at my own sinfulness, and yet I wait on the LORD. You get no help from man or this world. Could you imagine a nation run by Mormons? If you knew the truth about their made-up religion and actually said anything about it, you'd probably be denied all services. You may as well be in the tribulation period without your mark!
The Bible says that God will lift us out of the miry clay. This is regardless of what the God haters will do. It reminds me of the old hymn:
“My heart was distressed 'neath Jehovah's dread frown, And low in the pit where my sins dragged me down; I cried to the Lord from the deep miry clay, who tenderly brought me out to golden day.”
He place me upon the strong Rock by His side, My steps were established and here I'll abide; No danger of falling while here I remain, But stand by His grace until the crown I gain.
He gave me a song, 'twas a new song of praise' By day and by night its sweet notes I will raise; My heart's overflowing, I'm happy and free. I'll praise my Redeemer, who has rescued me.”
Come on reverend Jackass, follow me in the last stanza!
“I'll sing of His wonderful mercy to me, I'll praise Him till all men His goodness shall see; I'll sing of salvation at home and abroad, Till many shall hear the truth and trust in God.”
I didn't hear you reverend Jackass. Are you too busy stirring up racial strife and division to sing about the goodness of the God you claim to represent. What, you don't have enough yet? Still whining about the unjust white man. Are you still ruining more black people's lives with this bitter hateful victimization lie? Come on Jackass, join me on the chorus, and a one, and a two, and a three.
“He brought me out of the miry clay, He set my feet on the Rock to stay; He puts a song in my heart today, A song of praise, hallelujah!”
Thank God He put a new song in my heart. Not a Michael Jackson song, but songs of faith. Music that builds and exalts to the glory of God . Music that raises the standard of man rather than play to the subculture and lowest common denominator of man. Certainly the reverend Jesse Jackass would agree with the Bible, being the fine minister of the Gospel that he is. Good music would be “praise unto our God” and would cause people to “fear”, and “trust in the LORD”.
“Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.” (Ps 40:4).
If you make the LORD your trust, it really doesn't matter what people say. Now that reminds me of another song that Lester Roloff used to sing.
“There is something mighty sweet about the Lord, Oh there's something mighty sweet about the Lord.
It really doesn't matter, what the people say, there's something mighty sweet about the Lord.”
Does any one remember that?
If you are not putting your trust in the LORD, then you are putting your trust somewhere else. Obviously you are trusting something or someone else.
The apostle Paul was putting his trust in God and guess what? He preached the truth without fearing man. He was not worried about losing his job, position, church, house, family, friends, reputation, cushy business deal, worldly possessions, etc.
“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” (Gal. 1:10).
King David was always under attack from his enemies and at the same time, troubled by his own sinfulness.
“Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.” (Ps. 40:11,12).
Now some of us might say that our sin situation may not. If some of us were to use the hair on our head as a rule to measure our sinfulness, we may not feel that sinful, if you know what I mean. Most of us have a battle with sin no matter how few our hairs unfortunately. For the saint, it is a continual battle from within and without.
“Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.” (Ps 40:14). CP
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| Murky Thinking [message #332] |
Sun, 05 July 2009 17:12 |
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Good morning all! We are doing fine as I hope you all are. God is good as anyone who has had their sins washed away well knows.
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” I John 4:10.
We have enjoyed unprecedented wealth and blessings in our great nation. My mother always reminds me, “These are the good days, better enjoy them while you can”. So they are, as can be affirmed by all of the overweight people in the country. The obesity rate exceeds 20% in our nation. Wow.
We had our traditional 4th of July barbecue and fireworks fun time last night. God really blessed and kept us all safe. We went a little crazy on the fireworks and were a little more conservative on the food. We had cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chips, potato salad, cherry pie, ice cream, watermelon, beans, and more. No wonder we are obese! Well, it was a lot of fun.
It is too bad that grandma's words are so true. The communists who once lurked behind the scenes weaseling their way into strategic positions are now running our country and have filled the highest office in the land. God is out and depravity is in. The infiltrators are bankrupting our nation in every way and bringing it to her knees.
Is it amazing that after 233 years of being liberated from England we find ourselves again slaves and in bondage to enemies and we even voted them in!
An in your face indicator that a change has taken place was the fly over denial for the God And Country rally in Nampa Idaho. This event has been going on for better than forty years and the military fly over was a main event. The pentagon said “no” this year because it was a GOD and country rally.
According to the article I have read, Patti Syme, a board member for the GACR did all of the paper- work for the event and received an e-mail from the Pentagon which said:
“We prohibit support for events which appear to endorse selectivity benefit or favor any special interest group, religious or ideological movement.”
So now the God of our Fathers, and those who still express a faith in that God are just members of a special interest group, according to the infiltrators.
“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Prov 14:34.
The very people who are the traditionalists are the enemies of the current communist regime and no longer fit into the “new” America. They get no support from those who will overthrow. Sometimes I feel like Athaliah and want to cry Treason, Treason!
Back to the God and country story. Patti called the Pentagon and informed them that they had been doing the fly over thing for years and the response was:
“We have looked up your website and everything on your Website seemed to focus on Christianity, ministry booths. In fact, it sounds like it focuses on Christianity...but we can't endorse such an endeavor.”
Someone asked me recently about what I thought of president Obama. I said this man gives me nightmares. Now you can see why.
I asked John Stormer a question a few weeks ago. I was curious what he thought about the direction of our nation. If you don't remember John Stormer, he is the author of several books including , None Dare Call It Treason, The Anatomy of a Smear, The Death of a Nation, Growing Up God's way, None Dare Call It Treason... 25 Years Later, None Dare Call It Education, And Betrayed By The Bench. I asked him if he was going to do another book to update us. We may not get that since Mr Stormer is in his eighties now. Wow, what a great man.
I wish I could inject some special serum into of these great pillars in our nation, you know, with something that would preserve them and make them live another fifty years! We need them and millions more like them. These are the kind of people the President Obama types hate. The progressives promote the elements of society that tear down and weaken the nation.
Anyway, I asked Mr. Stormer where the communists are now and he replied:
The communists are still very active---they are now described by the media (and themselves) as "progressives"
---real Heaven sent revival is our only hope---but God has limited Himself in the world to what we let Him do through us. II Chronicles 7:14.
In Him, John Stormer
The “progressives” are on a race to the bottom, dragging the country along with them destroying anything in their paths. The reason I am troubled with these humanists is because I know what is ahead for a nation whose god is man. Maybe I don't know fully what it is like to live in terror but I'm beginning to see and feel what it is like to be an enemy in my own country. When we, as a nation, are finally weakened to such a point with no God to deliver us, who knows who our new masters will be. We can go back to the Old Testament to learn about God's character and also learn more about our options as an offending nation. One of our options is bondage. Many of us are already slaves to the banks. We are in debt to China and I hear the Chinese are buying up a lot of real estate here in the good old USA.
“Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. “ Deut. 28:48.
We have started down the road to this end already.. The communists in authority now are running us into a financial hole we'll never dig out of. They continue to push sewage out through every media avenue out there and eventually there will be nothing left.
Just think about the homosexual lifestyle that these progressives claim to love so much. How far have they come in influencing our society with this destructive perverted lifestyle. Well, to give you an idea of the reprobates that run the state of Oregon, the DMV in Ontario Oregon posts a sign in honor of gay and lesbian pride month.
“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! (Eccles. 10:16,17).
Now what are these big fat bloated sops hoping to accomplish by promoting a lifestyle that has already cost so many their lives. AIDS/HIV is on the rise worldwide and these twisted people are encouraging us to be proud of this perversion? We are to tell our children that this is something to be proud of? Why not tell the kids about sin and it's consequences. AIDS/ HIV is the 5th leading cause of death in America.
I'm sure Freddie Mercury did not intend to be a testimony of what can happen to even champions when they violate God's laws, but boy he sure is. The testimony lives on on Utube.
There he was in all of his glory singing We Are The Champions with his amazing voice. Then there is another version in his later years where he appears as a mere fraction of what he was earlier in his career. Up on the stage in his boxer shorts, his voice weakened sounding almost like a band of amateurs meeting in a garage somewhere. He died at age 45 due to an HIV/AIDS related illness.
Where are all of the liars now? No doubt Mercury was told by some liberal that he was just born that way. Mercury didn't realize what an obsessive sin sodomy was because the liars didn't tell him it was sin. Sodomy is not a mental disorder and you are not born that way. Sodomy is a sin, and a deadly one at that.
Mercury was frequenting gay bathhouses and had many partners. Once you get into this sin, it captivates you and takes your life over, causing you to do many self destructive and dangerous things. Remember Sodom and Gomorrah? The men gathered around Lot's house wanting to “know” the men, the strangers that were in Lot's house. God smote the sodomites with blindness and that didn't stop them. There were still trying to get into the house! We could also remember Larry Craig. He was willing to throw his career away for some risky behavior.
“And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.” (Gen 19:11).
Of course our big bloated sop congressmen are more worried about protecting this destructive lifestyle than protecting people and doing what is right. They pass special rights legislation so more people will be encouraged to destroy themselves in this nightmare of a lifestyle. Leaders who do not know God are absolutely useless in my opinion. If the big bloated sop progressives knew the Bible they'd know people aren't born homosexual. They don't know this because are willfully ignorant and they are too worried about getting re-elected and getting rich off of the system.
According to new studies, the biblical position on homosexuality is strengthened although the study results are not widely publicized. Why aren't they? It is the progressives at work? They're progressives alright! They're progressing toward destroying more lives and eventually our whole nation.
“There are no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology for homosexuality” according to the American Psychiatric Association.
What does this all add up to? We are being lied to and because of this lie many more confused people will lose their lives.
“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” (Rom. 1:27).
In other words, if you play in this lifestyle you will pay most likely with your life. You will not find the big bloated sop lawyer, liar, opportunist, con-man congressmen telling anyone about this. They should all be fired!
. Sex Education has been a national disaster in my opinion and I believe the statistics will support that. It's common sense. All we did was get kids interested in things they shouldn't have been interested in at their age, and then showed them how to do it. The profiteers exploited the situation and made money off of the destruction of our young peoples lives. The progressives succeeded in bring our nation to brink of moral collapse. There is a passage in the Bible that should have been be applied here.
“but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning that which is evil.” (Rom. 16:19 c).
More Sex Ed? Are you kidding? The kids know more than the adults do already! We have already dug ourselves into a big hole. What we do not need is a bigger shovel.
To give an example of the clueless politicians we have destroying our country and the lives of more young people, I'll include an excerpt from a letter I received from my senator here in Oregon. Yes, there is something murky in the senate and it is Jeff Merkley. Mr. Merkley's murky thinking is exactly why we have no hope to survive as a nation. We have no leaders.
Well I never contacted the senator but he thanked me for writing him concerning abstinence only education. In all fairness he may have received this as a result of some petition I signed online or something. He said:
“While I believe that abstinence is an important element of sex education, I support President Obama's new sex education proposal that provides youth with realistic, age-appropriate information about their health. At a time in which children are bombarded with conflicting messages about sexual health from the media, their peers and other, I believe it is crucial that they receive accurate information so they can make informed and responsible choices.”
Ah, excuse me but that is the problem. We go after the pedophiles and child porn perverts supposedly but we allow our children to be exploited by the television, Internet and various other industries who target the young solely for profit. Go after them! Don't get out a bigger shovel.
Merkley's murky thinking is typical of the many murky “leaders” who fill top positions in the nation today. “I believe” is exactly the problem today. It doesn't matter what you think you arrogant bloated sop! What matters is what is right. We find what is right from a righteous God as is recorded in His word.
These murky lawmakers are so worried about prying into all aspects of our lives, why don't they protect us from the trash pouring out of Hollywood? I cannot watch 95% of the junk they put out because it offends me. I can' t watch this slop and yet the movie houses are full all week long with teens who are being fed this sewage. They needlessly have steaming sex scenes and bad language which adds nothing to the movie. It appears to be a deliberate attack on our nation of the worst kind and yet we have no leaders to protect us.
You need to go after the problem at the source Mr. Congressman. Why aren't you doing something to save our youth?
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Prov 1:7). CP
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| Show Me The Money! [message #331] |
Sun, 07 June 2009 16:10 |
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Good morning to all! Thank you for attending the services today whether sitting in this building or viewing on-line. Well, we prayed for rain and boy did we get it. It's been raining for days. We had storms that one meteorologist described as “the most intense thunderstorm I've ever seen”. My garden is doing great! Thank you Lord for meeting the water need.
So much is happening so fast, it is hard to keep up with things. I just look at the world situation and shake my head. I just sit here at times, sort of numb and dazed, mumbling over and over again, what a mess, what a mess, what a mess. What happens when you take God out of the picture? I don't know what word describes it best. Mess is what comes to my mind. Other words would be appropriate, such as, confusion, devastation, aftermath, free-fall, chaos, meltdown, and I'm sure we can think of more. All of this is what Satan desires. To bring about his New World Order, he'd love nothing more than to see such chaos that martial law would be declared and total control put into the hands of the communists who now control much of our country.
“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Rev. 12:12.
Once in while we get to see firsthand and with absolute clarity how twisted the Devil is. Consider what he is doing with the judicial system in this country. The system is so corrupt that vigilantes have to rise up and do what our filthy judicial system should be doing. One example is the shooting of poor George Tiller the killer. Boo hoo. We are all supposed to cry and feel sorry for the family while they've been living quite comfortably off of the blood money old pappy was making butchering the babies. I almost had a moment of silence in his memory. Of course his tithe was good enough for the church he was not only attending, but was a member of and served as an usher! These are the kind of “Christians” that fit into the N.W.O. I challenge every one of you twisted pieces of garbage who feel so for Mr. Killer to watch some video of abortions in progress. I challenge you to sit and watch while the the tiny severed feet, the legs, and the arms and hands and finally the mutilated body comes out. Watch it! As what is left of the little baby comes out piece by piece, watch it! Oh, of course you are much too sophisticated for that, a fine upstanding Christian gent like yourself. You are a filthy hypocrite just like Killer was. Now he is beginning his sentence for his crime and God, the true judge has ruled that Killer must serve an eternal life sentence in Hell.
Of course, when communists are in control of the country, people are considered animals and are killed like animals, unless they fulfill a purpose. Babies are useless to the communists but they'll practically initiate Operation Garden Plot to protect one of their own, especially in the population control area. We must call in the CIA, FBI, ATF, and the military to make sure there is no stone unturned.
What should be happening if there was justice in our nation? We never feel the cleanness of justice anymore because judgment has been perverted. How did the God of the Bible direct His people?
He appointed cities of refuge where a person could stay until he stood “before the congregation in judgment.” When guilt was determined, the killer was put to death swiftly. We cannot even agree that cutting arms and legs off of babies is murder. I guarantee you that if some of these twisted people found a kid pulling the legs off of a fly they would raise more of a fuss than they would over the dismembered baby!
“And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murder: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer; the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.” (Num. 35:16-21).
Killer slew some 80,000 babies I understand, and he is protected as if if he was worth something. Saddam Hussein is taken out because he is such a monster? Something is wrong.
While I agree that things should be handled through the legal system, don't you think it is about time that has happened? Some might find that after 36 years of killing millions of innocents, nothing ever changes, and the holocaust is still happening. Some also may be wondering if the pro-life organizations today are really serious and really believe a holocaust is going on. Perhaps some of these organizations are politicizing and exploiting the issue for their personal gain, at which case their hands would be just as bloody as the abortionist's hands. They're probably just worried about losing their tax exempt status. Yes, vigilantism may be wrong, but so is sitting on your butt while 50 million people get slaughtered.
“Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.” (Num. 35:31.)
Who are you?!! We want to know who has their hands dirty with the destruction of justice system in our country. How about you congressmen? And you judge? Hey Mr. president, what kind of a campaign contribution did you take? What about you lawyer? Don't sit over there so smug and arrogant because you are dirty. You are the lowest form of scum. You contributed to the breakdown in judgment and justice in this land that encourages vigilantism. It is the absence of sound judgment that is ruining our once great nation. Shame on you you filth! It's your fault and yours alone. You've taken the dirty money. You've allowed this holocaust to go on way too long! Just as Mr Tiller has, you too will answer to God one day.
“So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.” (Num. 35:33).
Our land is so defiled by blood, it cannot even breath anymore. It is going down like a rock. It is mired down it can not rise again to what it once was. One filthy lawyer after another, one appeal after another, one filthy judge after another, one opportunist congressman after another, and we are smothered in filth.
We can say as Ezekiel did:
“Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.” (Ezek. 22:24).
The other story was the the topless doughnut shop that burned down in Maine. The last I heard arson was suspected. Well, it is too bad the guy is out $270.000 because he had no insurance. Do I feel bad that such a shameful place is no longer in business? No, this slime-ball had no problem at all dragging his community down into the gutter just so he could make a buck. What about putting the welfare of the nation ahead of personal gain? Wow, what concept Senator! You ought to try it once in a while. When you are a filthy piece of trash that will do anything for a buck, don't be surprised if the blessings of God do not shower down upon your head. Go back into a hole where you belong you trash pile!
To see how obvious Satan's motives are, consider this. We have to continually wade through the constant barrage of trash that comes in through our Internet, televisions, magazines, and radios. There is constant sexual innuendo. In movie after movie the Name of our holy God is used in vain. Not one word of protest as the country is desensitized and the Christians are offended. The Christians have just learned that it is a part of living in soviet styled government. All speech is protected speech unless of course it happens to be the truth and it happens to mention Jesus in a good way. Consider the other story that may not have received as much air play.
“No Bible In Show-and-Tell, says Court”. A mother of a kindergartner read from the Bible at her son's show-and-tell at a public school in Philadelphia. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that she had no right to do that. Even though it was the child's “favorite book” he is not allowed the read it in the tax funded public schools. You can see where we are going with this. A nation without God. The only thing that will be offensive and banned will be God and His word. It is the Christians that get discriminated against over and over again. This is the way it has always been. Where was Martin Lucifer in this fight?
What's new? We know what we are up against. The servant is not greater that the master. Jesus was here on earth and the more they knew about Him the more they hated Him.
“Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Pilate saith unto them, what shall I do them with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.” Matt.27:15-22.
The same thing is going on today. Hey, we have a homo over here and he is eyeballing all of the boys in the shower room. Don't worry about that. We have a student here with a Bible verse on his hat. We must deal with the problem first. We'll just have to put all of the boys who are offended at the homo staring at their genitalia into sensitivity training classes.
The world is very close to their goal of a land without God. Christians are not welcome and it is getting more evident all of the time. But we are here and so is God. They may be able to destroy our bodies but they will never destroy our souls or our God.
“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? (Matt. 10:22-25.)
If they had no problem calling Jesus Christ a devil, don't expect the love to come rolling out for you, His disciple. The world hates your guts.
I do manage to go to a Chinese restaurant every now and then. I took my mother fishing the other day and because she didn't catch that much I felt bad for her so I decided to take her out to eat. I was a little amused at the message in my fortune cookie. It said something like, “You will be recognized as a community leader soon.” At first I flattered myself and went into dream world and was wondering how I would be recognized. Then reality set in and I remembered who I was. Then I remembered how they treated my Saviour and He was even healing people. I then realized I had no chance. After all, I have none of those powers that Jesus had. I definitely cannot walk on water. The only features I have are the ones that the people hated in Jesus... a preacher of the righteousness. The only recognition I'll get is on the end of a rope, no doubt!
I can still remember my former pastor preaching “If I ever received the man of the year award, I'll shoot myself!”
Yes, the world hates us and we will eventually be targeted for destruction. No, not because we are criminals but because we believe the Bible. Do I live every day shaking in my boots and fearing my demise? No, I remember the words of Jesus:
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matt. 10:28.
Doran gives this account in his book entitled “Anecdotes Illustrative of the New Testament.”
As the late Professor Hodge of Princeton was lying on his dying bed, and just before he breathed his last, after saying, “My work is done; the pins of the tabernacle are taken out,” he began to repeat the lines,-
“A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, on thy kind arms I fall,”
When his power of utterance seemed to fail. His sorrow stricken wife, who was by his bedside, finished the stanza thus,-
“Be Thou my strength and righteousness, My Saviour, and my all.”
“Say Jesus,” said her dying husband, and then breathed his last.
Jesus, who is our all in all will give us the grace we need, to not only live for Him, but also to die for Him! CP
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| Repent Or Judgment [message #330] |
Sun, 31 May 2009 14:13 |
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Well, here we go again! We went to the Silverwood Theme Park last week so I was unable to post a sermon. I'm sorry if there is anyone who actually reads these things. Anyway, we had a wonderful time riding the rides and eating. One of the beautiful things about going to this event is that you don't have to wait to get on the rides. I went on the Cork Screw ride three times in a row and all I had to do was change seats. After the third time I thought I was going to puke, so I got off and staggered away.
Then there was the preaching service after the meal. I thought the sermon was great. We sure do need a good stirring in the church. We were recharged at the event and that was a good thing. I don't know much about the group that sponsors this event or the churches that attend, but it seems to be a conservative event. Pastor Tommy Odum delivered a great inspiring sermon and he used the KJV. I'm relieved at that. You don't know what to expect anymore. I wouldn't be shocked to see a homosexual jump up there to give the sermon with his limp wrist flapping in the breeze and the NASV in his hand. I am not kidding you. It is really bad out there!
We ended up in Lewiston, Idaho for the night. There we met up with some of the members of the Pioneer Baptist Church. We had a great time of fellowship, which included a lunch together at Skippers. Pastor Fowler and brother White are a couple of big guys but I think I stayed right in there in the food consumption arena. It was good! Then we all ended up at the park. The kids played and had a great time.
Pastor Fowler is one of those guys that everyone loves to hate. He is the guy that was instrumental in bringing me to the Lord. You might say he is my father in the faith. Because of Pastor Fowler's straight- forward position on sound doctrine and his willingness to stand on the truth when it is contrary to the popular trends of the day, I have been personally blessed by his ministry.
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.” (II Thes. 2:15).
Pastor Fowler and my mother are a lot alike. They may not realize it, and they would hate me for saying it, but they are. In my mom's Mother's day card I wrote something like “even though you are an ornery old cuss at times, we still love you.” She got a chuckle out of it. Mom is what you might call confrontational. She's going to let you know about a thing or two and it usually comes off in an abrupt way. Pastor Fowler is confrontation also, and has some qualities that rub most people the wrong way. Both of these individuals are worth more than a thousand hollow people.
I was thinking about this yesterday. When these fighters are gone it will be such a tragedy. We are producing a nation of fairies it seems. We are already seeing what happens when the backbone is gone and it not pretty.
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” (Tit. 2:3-5).
What is left after these men and women of character are gone. Yep, we have more waste and less stability. The reason we are in such a spiritual mess right now, in my opinion, is because we have no mothers. The children are raised with some distorted humanistic view that they (the children) are somehow equal to the adults. They have never been taught to respect or reverence anything higher than themselves, and they are barred with this curse of never being able to accept God's authority. One person we have been dealing with recently said something to the effect: “ I haven't been able to believe in anyone or anything my whole life, and now you are asking me to believe in God and His word?” Exactly!
I was at a public school assembly a few weeks ago. The new principle of the school went on about how she was not even going to take the job when she heard the reports about the students at the school. Our communities have been hit hard by sin, not just here but all over. Everything is more important than church or God. We have the neighbor kids who come to church almost every Sunday, except when friends or family are visiting, hunting season is in, the fish are biting, or they just don't want to go. We are getting what we are putting into it and boy are we paying! The first reaction you get on the streets of Vale when you mention going to church is: “You go to church?” Then they start laughing.
What we need to do is clone a million grandma Hansens and put them in schools and homes across America. We have no moms today. They are more worried about where they will get the meth and who they will sleep with next. There is no time for church though. Reminds me of a familiar verse in the Bible.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Gal. 6:7).
We have hundreds of thousands of liars that fill pulpits across this globe every week. They do not draw the wrath of anyone. You have a man that is zealous for the truth and everyone hates his guts. Who does that sound like? Yep, you guessed it. It sounds like Jesus. I don't know about you, but I judge a man by his stand and what he believes. One Pastor Fowler is worth ten thousand pastorticians who have no soul. Sure I take a hit for this stand but I have made up my mind to stand with those who go without the camp, bearing the reproach of Christ.
“But a lover of hospitality, a LOVER OF GOOD MEN, sober, just, holy, temperate:” (Tit. 1:8).
Now that is not talking about being gay! These are good men who stand on God's word.
I recently had an individual leave a bunch of messages on our phone. This individual apparently received one of our mailings we have been sending out. Well, he wasn't very happy. Why he would be so offended that the gospel was being sent out, I do not know. He claims to talk to Jesus one on one. Maybe Jesus gave him instructions that we are not to evangelize anymore. Imagine that, a hot line to Heaven! I wonder if he knows the twelve apostates of the Mormon church? Anyway, he went on about not being a Catholic. The letter says nothing about Catholics. He said my music will never go anywhere until I change and become not so “self-centered”. I don't think he chose the right word, since we are spending over a thousand dollars the send free gospel literature to a bunch of people we don't even know. We get absolutely nothing out of this but hopefully God's favor.
One point he brought out was revealing and brings light to a problem reflected in our modern society. The common belief is that we are to throw our God, morals, self respect, and anything else that makes us real away so we can make money. Lie, cheat, deceive, steal, prostitute, whatever it takes to make a buck!
Well, I am one who believes that God can do whatever He wants, and we don't have to throw Him or His doctrine out the window to be blessed.
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (I Pet. 5:6,7).
June 21st is the first day of summer and we already have temperatures in the the nineties. We are only twenty degrees over the norm, don't worrrry about it. It will get better. Don't worrrry about it. Just grab your baseball cap and put it on backwards, tune in to your favorite porn flick, and watch movies and Fox News. Everything is fine, there is no God. Just worry about your body and how you look in that itsy-bitsy bikini. That's all that matters. Eat vegetables everyday until you turn into a rabbit and then go out and breed like one, that's all that matters. Just have fun. Men, it's Viagra, lust, and laughs. Don't worrry about God. He doesn't exist and even if He did, all He wants is for you to give Him your life. There is no need to repent. After all, you've done nothing wrong. That's what the preacher said. Poor Jesus is feeling down because you are not His friend. He just wants you to do Him a favor now and give Him your life. Don't worrry about the new birth or sin or any of that stuff. Jesus is willing to overlook all that if you'll be His friend.
”That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy one of Israel to cease from before us.” (Isa. 30: 9-11).
I understand there is a new challenge to the California anti-gay measure eight and some high profile lawyers have been hired to take the case to the supreme court. Why sure! All that matters is that the rights of a few perverts are protected at any cost. Nothing else matters. You know, as I'm sitting there, roasting my buns in the sun and watching my crops dry up, I bet the first thing that naturally comes to mind would be to figure out ways to tick God off even more. You know how it is. Your sitting in a restaurant and you see this two hundred and fifty pound ex-boxer come walking through the door. “Me thinketh I will go over hence and spitteth upon his headeth.” The ex-boxer says to himself, “Me thinketh that I will go hence and breaketh this man's faceth along with every boneth in his bodyeth.” But whats wrong with that, you might ask? Nothing, that's my whole point. You know, as you are watching that fire roll down the hill toward your house, as that tornado sweeps through your town, as that hurricane barrels toward the coast, we need to grab a couple of homos and marry them right on the spot. I think they should pass a new law and require everyone to carry a couple wedding bands just in case they happen by are a couple of perverts wanting to get hitched.
“The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That day is day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.” (Zep. 1:14,15).
I haven't noticed anything different in the clouds lately, have you? Don't worrry about it. There is no reckoning day coming. Eat, drink and be merry!
Speaking about puking, I usually attend the Memorial Day services at the cemetery here in Vale. At least they opened with a word of prayer, I guess. Well, there was this woman preacher up there babbling some foolishness about knowing all of the men that died are in better place, you know, the typical we are all God's children baloney. I'm thinking, get in the kitchen and make some cookies you liar!. Man do I despise these fakes. That alone about ruined the service for me. Then you had the twenty-one gun salute. One rusty horn player fumbled his way through Taps. Then you had the mayor of Vale say a few words and that was it. It lasted maybe about five or ten minutes. The mother Killdeer that was flopping around on the ground faking a broken wing to protect her nest was more engaging and the show lasted longer. It was disappointing. There should have at least been a verse or two of the Star Spangled Banner or America, and the saying of the Pledge Of Allegiance I think. This tradition should be kept alive and made bigger and better in my opinion. I like this motto I heard recently. It is “doing small in a big way”. I'm going to incorporate that thought into my ambitions.
You know, my dear friends, it is the end of the world. The signs are all around us. Joel has warned us of this day.
“Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.” (Joel 1:15-20).
As we see things shaping up for this horrible time, we must persecute and hate the messengers of God. That'll fix things! That's using the old noggin. You would have done the same thing in Jesus' day. He came to save and you would have labeled Him a right wing extremist nut. Just as you hate anyone who preaches the truth today, you would have hated Him. Yes you! You would have crying “crucify Him, crucify Him!” What America needs today are the cold hard facts. The controllers threaten us with this “click it or ticket” nonsense, getting us ready for absolute governmental control. God's warning to mankind is “repent or judgment”.
“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the LORD your God?” (Joel 2:12-14).
There's another gospel out there today to add to all of the confusion of the day. I haven't found the verse in the Bible that says we are saved by “giving our lives to God”. Jesus gave Himself for you on the cross. The Bible talks about repentance. Today we want a bloodless and painless religion that will not offend anyone. Unfortunately there is no such religion taught in the scriptures.
“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31,32). CP
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| Free Real Estate, Just Drop On In! [message #329] |
Sun, 17 May 2009 10:22 |
Cyberpastor
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Good day! I thank you for joining us today. In our twenty-first century lifestyle, it is very easy to get distracted and simply swept away on life's highway. Beside all of the real things happening today that matter , there are the diversions, i.e. propaganda news, talk shows, T.V., sex mania, sports, our jobs, etc.
“Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10: 38-42).
Martha was running around like a chicken without a head while Mary was just sitting there at the feet of Jesus. Martha is like,” Hellooo! I could use a little help over here.”
Unfortunately, Martha typifies many of us. We are running and running, and working and working, and recreating and recreating. Many are one hundred percent wrapped up in this life, and have no investment in eternity.
Now, as we are heading into those summer months with all of those picnics, camp outs, fishing trips, golf, trail riding, and all of the countless activities the warm weather affords us, you won't be sitting around, will you? No, you'll fill those weekends right on up.
Now Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus and her response to Martha was probably something like this, “Hellooo right back at you! I'm looking after eternal things. I'm making preparation to take possession of my new home, where I will live for a long long time.”
Mary was doing things that mattered. She was not shortsighted. She was seeing the bigger picture. She was doing exactly what the Lord had created her to do, spending time worshiping at the feet of Jesus. God created man so that He'd have companionship. We were supposed to acknowledge God and make Him the Lord of our lives. He provided a way for us to be His children. He has even provided a new home for us. I'm talking about a nice home. He has prepared a home for those that choose to ignore God also. We'll read about that home a little later.
There is going to be a time in your life when the only thing that is going to matter is what you did for eternity. Believe me, there will be a time in your life when you will wish you would have gone to church instead fishing on Sunday. You are going to regret that for ever and ever.
“And I saw the dead small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” (Rev. 20:12-15),
Now, to be honest about it, I can't stand these spiritual misfits who deny that there is a real place of eternal punishment. These modernists want everything to be nice. To them there is not a harsh side to anything. Well, I'll tell you what, you are going to Hell whether you believe in it or not. Now, try to find a positive twist on that you reprobate!
These idiots have to spin everything in a positive light. “Oh the gays should be allowed to marry. I think that would be so niiice! If they truly love each other, they should be afforded all of the rights of the heterosexuals. It doesn't matter if it brings the curse of God on the whole nation. It doesn't matter that our plants are shutting down and unemployment is rising nationally. It doesn't matter if the storms are increasing in severity. It's niiice for those people who get the jobs rebuilding what the storms tore down and the fires burnt up. The smoky skies year around are sooo niiice. I can feel good like I am in a rock concert all year around. It's soo niiice that President Obama is in the White House. It is so appropriate after all of those years of evil white man rule. We'll get what we deserve now for being bigots and racists. If things keep on track, before long we'll all be unemployed and running around in our butt flaps carrying spears so we can kill the neighbor's livestock to survive. But it's niiice. I always wanted to get closer to mother earth, you know, hug a tree.”
What about the illegal immigrants? “ Oh, hee, hee, hee, they're so niiice! Of course we should make them citizens today. They are just poor people looking for a better life.”
What about rapists. “Oh, they just had a bad childhood, you know, not enough lollipops.”
How about murderers? “Erring brethren.”
What about Bible believing Christians? “Oh I hate those bigots! They should be censored or better yet, banned for ever!”
This is where we are unfortunately. Satan about has things wrapped up and his kingdom is almost complete. He has had control of the education institutions of this country for so long, sound thinking is just about nonexistent. “Unconscious unrealism” is the “mental disorder” that is prevalent today. Even the movies that are being dumped on our society are an indicator of how far we have come. Everything is designed to keep us in some kind of fantasy world. Now if there was a place where censorship would be appropriate in an attempt to save our nation, it would be in the movie industry. The problem with that is, there are not enough people left, who have not been touched by the propaganda bug, to raise a serious and effective protest.
What about the “bailout” of all of these sleazy bankers who have been legally robbing the American citizens for years, thanks to our sleazy congressmen? What about the people demanding that the congress do the right thing and give the people the money by way of a real stimulus, and stimulate things from the bottom up. Rather than bail the people out with a $100,000 check, which would have bailed out the banks when people paid their loans off, and stimulated the economy when people could afford to buy things again, they followed their master,(banking system) and gave the money to the same crooks who spend their lives figuring out how to enslave people. Now they can in turn use our tax dollars to bring more people into financial slavery with their high interest loans and other gimmicks. We are just good ole brainwashed sheep who are told it is OK to rob people as long as the bought-and-paid-for lawmakers in con-gress say it is legal. I can't stand to even look at any of those scoundrels. I'm just thankful that there is a God. I will have eternity to witness God's vengeance on this filth.
God is not going to be bought off. What He says will happen will happen, and He is just. Not only is He just, but He also knows your thoughts before you even think them. He also knows who are His children and who are not His children. We may not think a loving God would allow someone to go to Hell, but there are some examples to the contrary. Take “Korah” for instance. He rose up against God and God's order of things and decided to openly display his contempt for God.
God decided He would openly display His contempt for those who rebelled against the operation of God on the earth. God allowed him and all that were with him to drop into hell alive.
“And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them; and they perished from among the congregation.
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.” (Num. 16:31-35).
“Oh but God is love. He would never hurt anyone.” Or, “I do not take the Bible literally when it comes to things I disagree with,” These are some of the stupid comments and feelings I hear expressed from time to time.
Korah landed in his new home unexpectedly. Guess what? He is still there although I cannot believe he is happy with his new home. I don't know about you, but I get claustrophobic just thinking about it. I couldn't even imagine being closed up in a dark hot place for just a short time. I think about those men who get trapped in the coal mines from time to time. They are so far under the earth that there is no way out. The souls in Hell have no way out. There was an Associated Press report out a while back on a study of the earths interior. One of the interesting things pointed out in the article is the idea of a world within a world.
“The boundary layer between the core and the overlying mantle may be forming, reforming and shifting, much like the plates of Earth's crust, which carry the continents and sea floors of the planet's surface, the California Institute of Technology said in a news release. The study is to be presented later this week at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting.
The latest maps and related studies suggest there are two other layers trapped between the liquid-iron core and the solid-rock mantle, at a depth of roughly 1,800 miles beneath Earth's surface...”
Notice the word trapped and then notice 1800 miles. Now being trapped in a hot dark place with no water and no hope of ever getting out is bad enough. I've heard people say that they want to go to hell because that is where there friends are. Are these your friends?
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” (Rev. 21:8).
The article goes on to read:
“Because these layers are like an upside-down image of continent and oceans on the planet's surface, Caltech geophysicist Brad Hager and other scientist call them continent and oceans, or sometimes “anti-continents and anti-oceans.”
The boundary between the hot, molten-iron core and the rocky mantle is like what happens in a blast furnace, where various materials settle or rise depending on their density, Anderson said.
Molten iron is most dense forming Earth's core. A lighter mix of molten rock and iron rises to form the oceans or anti-oceans atop the core.
The next layer up consists of the semisolid underground continents, or anti-continents, which are less dense than the molten oceans.
Above it is the solid mantle, which is cooler and of even less dense rock. Continents and the sea floor are still less dense, like the “scum' that rises to the top of molten metal in a blast furnace.”
It is amazing, for one thing, to imagine something burning for thousands of years in an enclosed place. It is also amazing that the people in the Bible knew of this hot place even before all or our technology. It is also amazing that people are rejecting the gospel when God promises all who do so will end up in this hot place.
We also know there are degrees of punishment as the Bible teaches. Which level do you want?
“ And that servant, which knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask more.” (Luke. 12:47,48). CP
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| In My Comfort Zone [message #328] |
Sun, 10 May 2009 14:38 |
Cyberpastor
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Hi all! I'm back again with more rosy news from the battle front. Be in prayer for our tract mailing project. We are mailing out 5000 gospel tracts with letters and a plea to consider spiritual things. We are attempting to reach everyone in our community.
Yes, as a nation we have been deceived and have believed the lie that God is not very important. In the lives of most Americans He is not relevant at all. Our country is in real trouble. As I view the decline of our nation spiritually, and the progress of humanism and secularism, it is troubling indeed.
Then yet another troubling movement or trend appears. It is the trend of progressive Christianity. Some hold that the church is supposed to change with the society. The effects of this has been catastrophic. The churches are not much different than the world. When I look at this mess, I feel I can sympathize with Nehemiah as he viewed the devastation that sin had wrought upon Jerusalem.
“Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.” (Neh. 2:17-20).
There are some things God calls us to and nobody else will know or understand. This happened to Nehemiah.
“And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.”(Neh. 2:12).
All I know is that we must be busy about our Father's business, whatever that means for you or I. God doesn't call all of us unto the same places. We make up the body of Christ and we have our specific functions. David was a king as well as a songwriter and musician. His gifts worked well together. For me, I am a preacher as well as a musician/songwriter. I do not see a conflict.
I feel that God is calling me to sing , as I am invited, to strengthen the church with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. I love putting the KJB to music and singing the Word of God. I love seeing the old hymns pass on from one generation to the next. I want to be instrumental in preserving both in our culture. In fact, if I could be a help in bolstering your church, feel free to use me. I would be glad to come and perform. You can use it as an opportunity to get those hard to get folks into church. I work on a love offering only basis and no group is too small. I just desire to minister as God leads. If I can assist you in filling your pulpit, singing or both please E-mail me to schedule: darhan21@fmtcblue.com .
Do you ever feel that God has put something into your heart, sort of that burning desire? Nehemiah said that he went out to do what “God had put in my heart...” We must follow God and act on His leading. We like the verses in Matthew 7:
“Ask , and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Matt. 7:7, .
God already gives us some promises that He will provide on His end. I believe if He is giving us a burning desire to do something, the only thing that might be lacking is that step into the river Jordon, so to speak. When God does open that door we must step through it. The way God leads may not seem clear to us at the time. Others will definitely thing you've lost it. The door that we have been knocking on, we won't open. When we find the thing for which we have been seeking we don't pick it up. When the something is finally given to us, we don't take it. Why? Is it because we are afraid? It does seem that we are cowards a lot of the time. Maybe we just don't believe God. I read Oswald Chambers every morning. No, I don't always agree with everything he says, but often I am very impressed. This morning's devotional was a blessing. He wrote:
“Beware of the tendency of asking the way when you know it perfectly well. Take the initiative, stop hesitating, and take the first step. Be resolute when God speaks, act in faith immediately on what He says, and never revise your decisions. If you hesitate when God tells you to do a thing, you endanger your standing in grace. Take the initiative, take it yourself, take the step with your will now, make it impossible to go back. Burn your bridges behind you- “I will write that letter”; “I will pay that debt.” Make the thing inevitable.”
If God is directing us a certain way, we probably need to follow through.
“Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.”
(Jos. 3:11-14).
Now it seems to me that the people had a decision to make. God was leading them, but victory wasn't “handed to them”. They had to step out by faith. God weighs our actions. I guess you might say, “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” I wonder how many of us are standing by the river's side just wishing something would happen. “Oh I just wish I was on the other side, but that water looks so cold!” So we just sit there, wishing we had more. We would witness to so and so, but what if so and so acts like a real so and so, and he gets angry? Oh, it is so safe sitting by this riverside. It is actually quite comfortable here within my comfort zone. You don't want to rock the boat you know. That means I'd have to go into the water.
“And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water,(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.” (Josh. 3:14-17).
If God tells us to go, all we have to do is go! I think sometimes we are just plain lazy!
“The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.” (Prov. 20:4).
“The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.” (Prov. 22:13).
There has been a couple of times where I wouldn't have been too far off saying that there was a lion in the way. We have this railroad tracks and a big field behind our house. We also have this cougar that likes to walk up and down the tracks at night. There have been two occasions when I was walking between the church and the house that I have heard this cat hissing and growling at me from the tracks. Just the other night I was walking out there and this fox was jumping around the yard looking for food.
“Honey, can you go and get me a couple Tylenol?” When I say, “Well, I would but there is a cougar in the way.” Do you think she believes me? What about a fox? Would you believe a skunk? Alright, I'm beginning to feel a lot like Don Adams. “OK I'll go in and get your Tylenol.” Yes, we used to have a skunk that would be at our back stoop almost every night. I was very cautious when I went in or came out of the house! That you could be sure off. It was a walk of faith in itself.
But lets face it. We don't run into those cougars, foxes, or skunks very often. Sometimes we are just wishing there was a cougar in the way so we wouldn't have to do a certain task. Well, that's sin.
It is certain that the future is uncertain. I'm not saying that planning isn't a good thing, but we'll never be able to do enough planning to cover all of the uncertainties that will be waiting along the road of life. Sometimes I find myself fretting over what is inevitable and unavoidable. It is then when I realize I am not walking by faith, but by sight. God has things under control. Our lives are not a suspense novel to God. He knows exactly how things are going to shake out. I'm sure He is quite amused, and I'm sure many times grieved at us when we are camping at the river's edge.
God may be telling you to move on, that is, to get out of that church you are in. Now I am careful in this area, and there are some out there who are encouraging people to leave fundamental churches because the church actually stands on the Bible. I would never do that, however, God's word does say:
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” (II Cor. 6:14-17).
If you are truly a Christian, or if there is a work of the Holy Spirit being done in you, you will be directed out of false churches and cults. If you are a member an assembly that does not line up with the fundamentals of Christianity as outlined in the KJB, you need to just leave that church by faith. Do what is right and trust God for the results.
I know of at least one women who I think could be saved, that is, she has some Christian fruit in her life. She insists on going to this wishy washy church rather than going without the camp. I'm sure she is one among many. God doesn't always want us to take the easy road. That's where we must walk by faith, and not by druthers. You know the druthers. I'd druther do this or that. What about what God would druther?
Moses esteemed “the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt”. How about you? Yes it is easier to stay in your comfort zone, but what about the judgment seat of Christ? Will it be easier then?
Some will have to write their own version of II Timothy 4:7.. It might go something like this:
“I have sought a good life, I have finished with remorse, I have left the faith.” CP
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| We Do Commit Idolatry [message #327] |
Sun, 03 May 2009 10:19 |
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Blessed be the name of the LORD! We have made it safely through another week. All around us is moral confusion and lives that have been destroyed by sin. Yet “sin” is a joke to most people. The words “God” or “Jesus” are not allowed in many places if these words are used to show reverence to God. These words are perfectly welcome if they are used as cuss words. All serious believers in God need not apply today. Superficial belief in God is in and only token references to God are allowed. It is definitely the day of dark clouds.
The whole religious thing is a joke to most people because most of the churches are full of fakes. That is all many people have known. “You don't really believe that, do you?” I have even experienced “pastors” looking at me sideways when I made references to the Holy Ghost. To me that means that this man was just there to play the game, so to speak.
That's what you are supposed to do today. You are supposed to be a nice little global citizens and keep your big mouth shut. About the time you do open your mouth and speak God's word dogmatically, it is then and only then do you realize that you are no longer living in a free country. If you are truly saved, you find that you are hated by those who just “play the game”. The Catholics hate your guts as well as the Baptists. The cults hate you as well as all of the CINOs (Christian in name only).
One thing is for sure, and that there is nothing new under the sun. The spiritually sickening sewer we smell today is very similar to the sewer that existed back at the time of Israel's fall into the hands of the Assyrians. Just as Israel had lost her freedom and her God-given blessings, America is being removed from her place of prominence in the world because of her sin. God is no respecter of persons.
In many ways, the so-called conservative movement reminds me of the people the king of Assyria sent in to re-populate the land of Israel. These people were the heathens of the land who didn't know how to act on hallowed ground. Now it is my opinion that it is very hard to be a true conservative without knowing the God of our fathers. So we have all of these eggheads on the radio trying to resurrect a spiritually dead nation with common sense and human wisdom. It is pathetic to hear some of them blabbering nonstop because some of them actually seem sincere. Others are there it seems to make sure the public remains ever distracted from the real enemies of our nation. On and on they go, blah, blah, blah, with no solutions. Want a little reality check? There are no solutions outside of the Bible. The more a nation becomes secularized the more God is removed. The more God is removed, the more the fear of God is removed. The less people fear God, the more people live like animals. The more people live like animals, the more the government must control the masses. The more the government controls the masses, more of our liberties are taken away. The end is tyranny. Tu capisci?
Well, the people that moved into the land of Israel had no fear of God, so God sent some lions after them to chew on their rear-ends for a while. Some of them died. So there they were. They had some fear of God but no knowledge of who God really was and what He required.
“Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelch, the gods of Sepharvaim.
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.” (II Kings 17:28-33).
So there we have it. They had some fear of God because they knew what He was capable of, but they had no desire to change. You had multiculturalism in all of its confusion. “I have my own religion, thank you very much!” We've come a long way baby. We have our own gods, our own bible version, and we still grind up a million babies every year. As long as we have our own religion we can pretty much call the shots. We are god!
If you do happen to believe in a higher authority, and I mean really believe it, then you may as well have received the mark of the beast, because you are a marked man. You are marked to fail in the world of Antichrist. Everyone knows the story of Miss Prejean who had the choice of playing the game or remaining true to her Christian principles. She was the one who could have been crowned Miss America if only she would have played the game. She could have been like others without a soul, such as Glenn Beck and sell her soul for fame. She could have been like a politician or a pastortician. She could have sent out a stinky message to her fans that gay is OK and joined the race to bring our nation to the bottom, but she refused to play the game. Good for her. To God there were more. If you have to sell your soul for something it is not worth it. Now let the politicians and pastorticians take note. The American people have been done so many times by these crooks they are crosseyed!
Don't get me going on the gay marriage thing. I don't really care anymore. I'm just going to put my hat on backwards and watch football and movies everyday so I can can run around like all of the spiritual retards out there.
I asked God about President Obama, specifically if he was more evil than John McCain. God indicated that he was. I asked God if President Obama was an immediate threat to me as a Christian, and God indicated he was not. President Obama's hands are dripping with the blood of all of the babies that are being killed on his watch, and I would not want to be in his shoes when he stands before God, but I'll tell you what. He'll make history twice if he starts attacking Christians. He'll be the first black man in the White House to turn white when the angel of the LORD starts chasing him around.
I was really blessed by this one particular verse in the Bible as I was doing my devotions this morning.
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” (Ps. 91:1)
Do you realize what this means? It means that the biggest responsibility you have as a Christian is to maintain your standing with the almighty. Charles Spurgeon put it this way:
“The blessings here promised are not for all believers, but for those who live in close fellowship with God. Every child of God looks toward the inner sanctuary and the mercy-seat, yet all do not dwell in the most holy place; they run to it at times, and enjoy occasional approaches, but they do not habitually reside in the mysterious presence.
Those who through rich grace obtain unusual and continuous communion with God, so as to abide in Christ and Christ in them, become possessors of rare and special benefits, which are missed by those who follow afar off, and grieve the Spirit of God. Into the secret place those only come who know the love of God in Christ Jesus, and those only dwell there to whom to live is Christ. To them the awful glory of the Most High is apparent: these, like Simeon, have the Holy Ghost upon them, and like Anna they depart not from the temple; they are the couriers of the Great King, the valiant men who keep watch around the bed of Solomon, the virgin souls who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. Elect out of the elect, they have “attained unto the first three,” and shall walk with their Lord in white, for they are worthy. Sitting down in the august presence chamber where shines the mystic light of the Sheckinah, they know what it is to be raised up together, and to be made to sit together with Christ in the heavenlies, and of them it is truly said that their conversation is in heaven. Special grace like theirs brings with it special immunity. Outer court worshippers little know what belongs to the inner sanctuary, or surely they would press on until the place of nearness and divine familiarity became theirs.. Those who are the Lord's constant guest shall find that he will never suffer any to be injured within his gates; he has eaten the covenant salt with them, and is pledged for their protection.”
Wow, trying to follow Mr Spurgeon kind of reminds me of comparing the “new improved” bible versions to the King James Bible. The reason you like these new bible versions and have trouble reading and understanding the KJB is because you do not know the author of the KJB. Now I know there are some who are going to rebuke me in the Name of Jesus for saying that. Let me give you a little advice. It is much more effective when you know Jesus yourself. Those who do not think the Bible version issue is a big thing need to realize that there are over 8000 differences between the Greek text of the modern versions and the Received Text that underlies the Authorized Version. Mr. Spurgeon had no problem with the KJB, and I certainly do not.
Back to the point of Psalm 91:1. That's the answer my friend. The answer is not running around like some half crazed nut, more paranoid than the common lost militia man. The answer is to walk in close fellowship with the Lord. He will protect us. Many people are freaking out over the Obama presidency. To the common Joe out there, this world is all they have and I can understand that, but the saint has so much more. Rest in Him. That's what I want. I want that fellowship. I want to be under the shadow of the almighty!
Now I haven't watched television since the beginning of the year. It is not because I am a super saint, nor do I think that the television is necessarily evil. It is simply a matter of priorities. I found that I was cheating God on my personal devotions. My prayer life was suffering. I let people down by not upholding them in prayer. I even let some of my family members down. Yes, Satan will come in if we are sleeping on God. I still watch a movie from time to time, but I've found a far better use of my time. We do commit idolatry, we just don't call it that and in our deceitful hearts we justify neglecting our duties to God.
Although the Spirit filled Christian smells worse than a steaming dog turd in the nostrils of those who are of the world, we will be safe in the LORD. Of course, you are the worse kind of criminal if you are a real Bible believing Christian. If you can just play the game you would be alright. I have news for you. You will be alright if you don't play the game. When God opens that door to deliver or promote you, no one will be able to stop or close it. Yes, if you chose to be a criminal, lets say, like Jesus, yes the world will hate you, but God will take you up.
Now the world loves the Jesus of Christmas. As long as you keep Jesus as a little baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger, the world will love Him. He is a convenient Savior and God. Everyone loves a baby. But what about the Jesus of the Bible? Well, sure we love Jesus! God bless America! Do you indeed love Jesus? Well, let's see. First of all, Jesus tells us that we must be born again!
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily , verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3).
“Imagine that, I've been an upstanding citizen all of my life. I go to church every week! How dare him tell me I'm not good enough to get to heaven the way I am!”
Jesus says his way is the only way to heaven.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
“They think they are the only ones going to heaven. They are prideful and narrow-minded. Imagine that, someone proclaiming that they have the only way to heaven!”
Jesus says there is no marriage in heaven.
“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” (Matt. 22:30).
“Family is forever and marriage is forever. My whole religion is based on family. My god is married and having spirit babies in heaven. Nobody has the right to say there is no marriage in heaven!”
“Merry Christmas! Oh how I love Christmas! Oh how I adore the baby Jesus! But this rude man told me the other day that I was going to Hell if I didn't get saved! Imagine that! A loving God sending someone to Hell!
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” (Matt. 25:41).
“Oh this climate thing is just a cyclical thing. We'll recover from this financial situation also, we always do. We Americans are resilient. There have always been earthquakes, and all things are as they have always been. I heard some doomsdayer spreading his gloom and doom the other day. I'm trying to get ready for Christmas, I really don't want to hear that. You know, baby Jesus, baby Jesus, baby Jesus! Man I love it!”
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Mens hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Luke 21:25-28).
“ My first marriage didn't work out. We were married on Christmas day. We were divorced two years later. I married again. We have now enjoyed 5 Christmases together. We celebrate Jesus every year.
“And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commiteth adultery against her.
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.” (Mark 10:11,12).
“Me and my gal have been living together for over a year now. She got pregnant but we weren't ready to start a family. We thought it best for her to get an abortion. I know some narrow-minded people might look down on us but I'm a good Christian.”
“And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,” (Mark 7:20,21).
“I go to church every week and spend hours there. I give and give, not to mention my tithe to my church. I do the best I can. I know Jesus understands.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.” (Matt.23:23).
“Gay people have rights. They should be treated just like anyone else. God loves all of His children.”
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” (Luke 17:28-30).
How well do you know the Jesus of the Bible? God still hates sin today! Chances are, you hate the Jesus of the Bible. You probably wish He would have remained a baby. Well, there is something you can do to change that. You can obey Jesus.
“And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” (Mark 1:15). CP
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| My Handmaid, Emma [message #326] |
Sun, 26 April 2009 14:21 |
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Hello, welcome to the Bully Creek Baptist Church! The Lord wanted me to post a sermon this week, so I must assume there is a reason for that. I hope someone is blessed by this ministry. I hope someone gets angry over my sermons. That means that the sermons are getting through. People many times get angry before they get right. You see, in order for a person to get right with God, he or she must turn from the way of error. That is called repentance. In order to repent, a person has to come to the conclusion that the way in which they are presently going may not be the right way.
Christians have been given the onerous responsibility of being fruit inspectors.
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.” (Matt. 7:15-17).
Whenever you take a dogmatic stand as a Christian, you always have those who false accuse you of being prideful. Silly women go on and on jabbering about how wrong you are and soon God has to shut their big mouth and bring tragedy into their life.
Why is it always the women? I do not know. All I know is what the Bible says. I've never seen anything like it. Women getting all defensive about a cult. I don't know, it must be a certain inordinate sentimentality that stems from emotionalism.
It is interesting to note that the sins listed in II Timothy 3 seem to be addressing the religious crowd. Now let's see what we have:
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” (II Tim 3:2-5).
If this is talking about the religious crowd, wait until you see the heathen. Actually, I think the most dangerous people, at least to the kingdom of God, are the people in the churches. The most dangerous are the ones who are the closest to the truth and yet have not the Spirit. So by that reasoning, the most dangerous in the world of Christendom today would have be the Baptist religion. They are generally reputed for having the truth but many of them are void of the Spirit. They are supposed to be able to be trusted and yet apostates have “crept in” to lead people away from God's word, the Authorized Version. Some still claim to hold to the King James Bible, but have shifted the emphasis off of a personal relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, to offering the “strange fire” of commercialization. In fact, every sin known to mankind has crept into the church. The reason being, if you have not the Spirit of God you are as spiritually lost as the common heathen. That means you are a sinner with a religious cloak about you.
This is exactly what you find in the churches today. They have a form of godliness, but lack the Holy Spirit. Oh yeah, back to the silly women.
“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (II Tim. 3:6,7).
I guarantee you , that it will be the women who are the strongest defenders of even the Mormon cult. Now that is a puzzler. What you have here is a Cracker Jack box religion that some con man made up. The teachings of this cult are so off the wall that a person would have to be high on drugs to fall for it. Oh, but here come the “saints”!
What is really interesting is the Mormon teaching on polygamy. The god of Mormonism is a polygamist and many sincere and faithful Mormons see nothing wrong with sleeping with a different “wife” every night. Yes, polygamy is inextricable from the Mormon religion. This would be indefensible to a thinking women, and yet they defend this organization in their spiritually blind stupidity.
What about Joseph Smith? He “receives” a revelation from God to apparently convince his wife Emma to accept Plural marriage. They threaten the women that they will ”go to Hell” if they reject it. Now what do you think these fine holy men had on their mind as they were eyeballing all these pretty young babes? Oh, of course, nothing but holy thoughts, I'm sure.
William Clayton who wrote the revelation as Joseph dictated: stated:
“On the morning of the 12th of July, 1843; Joseph and Hyrum Smith came into the office … They were talking on the subject of plural marriage. Hyrum said to Joseph, 'If you will write the revelation on celestial marriage, I will take it and read it to Emma, and I believe I can convince her of its truth, and you will hereafter have peace.' Joseph smiled and remarked, 'You do not know Emma as well as I do.'... Joseph then said, 'Well, I will write the revelation and we shall see.'... Hyrum then took the revelation to read to Emma. Joseph remained with me in the office until Hyrum returned. When he came back, Joseph asked how he had succeeded. Hyrum replied that He had never received a more severe talking to in his life,...
Joseph quietly remarked, 'I told you you did not know Emma as well as I did.'
Upon pressing Joseph, Emma finally obtained a copy of the “revelation” and destroyed it. The revelation was written in 1852 and appeared in the Doctrine and covenants in 1876. Emma was condemned to Hell for rejecting it and apparently not receiving Joseph as the “great prophet” he was supposed to be. You see, she knew the real Joseph and it appears she had no respect for his position as the saviour of the church whatever.
“In the 132nd section of the Doctrine and Covenants it is plainly stated that a man must obtain consent of the first wife in order to be justified in taking more wives: “And again, as pertaining to the law of the priesthood-if any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent, and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, The is he justified; he cannot commit adultery for they are give unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that belongeth unto him and to no one else.” (Doctrine and Covenants 132:61).
Joseph didn't follow the rules of his own revelation, it seems.
He took two wives without Emma's consent, Emily Dow Partridge testified that she was married to Joseph without Emma's consent:
“...The Prophet Joseph and his wife Emma offered us a home in their family, and they treated us with great kindness. We had been there about a year when the principle of plural marriage was made known to us, and I was married to Joseph Smith on the 4th of March 1843, Elder Heber c. Kimball performing the ceremony. My sister Eliza was also married to Joseph a few days later. This was done without the knowledge of Emma Smith. The months afterward she consented to give her husband two wives, providing he would give her the privilege of choosing them. She accordingly chose my sister Eliza and myself, and to save family trouble brother Joseph thought it best to have another ceremony performed. Accordingly on the 11th of May, 1843, we were sealed to Joseph Smith a second time, in Emma's presence... From that very hour, however, Emma was our bitter enemy. We remained in the family several months after this, but things went from bad to worse until we were obligated to leave the house and find another home.” (Historical Record, p240)
“Joseph F. Smith, the sixth President of the Mormon Church, testified as follows:
Senator Pettus. Have there been in the past plural marriages without the consent of the first wife?
“Mr. Smith. I do not know of any, unless it may have been Joseph Smith himself.
Senator Pettus. Is the language that you have read construed to mean that she is bound to consent?
Mr Smith. The condition is that is she does not consent the Lord will destroy her, but I do not know how he will do it.
Senator Bailey. Is it not true that in the very next verse, if she refuses her consent her husband is exempt from the law which requires her consent?
Mr. Smith. Yes he is exempt from the law which requires her consent.
Senator Bailey. She is commanded to consent, but if she does not, then he is exempt from the requirement?
Mr. Smith. Then he is at liberty to proceed without her consent, under the law.
Senator Beveridge. In other words, her consent amounts to nothing?
Mr. Smith. It amounts to nothing but her consent.” (Reed Smoot Case, Vol, 1, page 201)”
Joseph the fraud was already practicing plural marriage before he even “inquired of the Lord” and the revelation had been given it seems. Written before the “revelation” was the command for
Emma “to receive the other women that had already been given to Joseph.: And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph...” (Doctrine and Covenants 132:52)
All right all you silly women out there who attack and hate those who preach the truth about Mormonism. How do feel about being reduced to a “handmaid”. Wow, what an honor, from a wife to a handmaid.
Historical record of the Mormon church states that Joseph Smith could have married 36 or even 48 wives. There is evidence that Joseph Smith had even asked for other men's wives. It is even recorded that Joseph asked for the wives of the twelve “apostates” of the Church (apparently the church received another revelation from God that was printed in the BYU newspaper, “The Daily Universe,” recently. The twelve apostles of the church are now the twelve apostates. I like the new title better since there are no true apostles in the world today. Maybe God is speaking to them!
Think about it all you silly women out there. Your husband could have companionship every night of the month with wives to spare. You kind of have to think he'd never have time for his real wife! Oh, that's right, you are just a handmaid! I wonder if this played a part in Joseph's eventual demise. Shortly after he was indicted on polygamy charges he was killed. Hmm, there is something about the jealousy of a man in the Bible, if only Joseph had read the Bible rather than let his lust be the end of him.
Now when you are a Bible believing Christian, that doesn't make you perfect, this is true. What it does make you though, is a seeker of the truth. This cannot be one who writes his faith as he goes. Whether it be a cult founder or leader who writes a “new” bible, or a professing Christian who makes himself a god by becoming a higher critic of God's established word in favor of the “newer improved version”. All of it leads to the same end and that end is confusion. All of it is counterproductive and actually diverts the hearers from receiving the new birth, without which no man shall see God. Ah, yes, this is what Satan has in mind! You can be “spoiled” by deception.
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” (Col. 2:8).
The bottom line is, is you need to sincerely seek Christ and His truth, He will lead you into the way of truth. We live in very deceptive times. There are basically two spirits working today. There is the spirit of iniquity (the false spirit) and the Holy Spirit. The false spirit is ecumenical in nature (to bring about the world church of anti Christ) and espouses the ecumenical bible; all new bible versions derived from the Nestle-Aland text, with few variations favoring the various sects. Speaking of the tribulation period, Matthew states:
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” (Matt. 24:24).
All I can say is that if you are truly saved you won't be deceived, yet the deception will be so convincing that “if it were possible” you would be deceived.
And finally, to all you silly people out there whether men or women, listen up.
“For thus saith the LORD of host, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them saith he LORD. (Jer. 29:8,9).
Turn your attitude around!
“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.” (Amos 5:10).
Do not hate the messenger but seek the one who sent him!
“Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.” (Amos 5:8,9).
Let us close with a hymn. Brother Heber, please lead us in a couple stanzas of “Now we'll Wing With One Accord.”
“Now we'll sing with one accord, For a prophet of the Lord,
Bringing forth his precious word, cheers the saints anciently.
When the world in darkness lay, Lo! He sought the better way,
And he heard the Savior say, “Go and prune my vineyard, son!”
And an angel surely then, For a blessing unto men,
Brought the priesthood back again. In its ancient purity.
Even Joseph he inspired; Yea, his heart he truly fired
With the light that he desired For the work of righteousness.”
Amen and amen. CP
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| Try To Love Again [message #325] |
Sun, 19 April 2009 15:38 |
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Thank you for visiting us today. I am still here and will be here until Jesus decides differently. We have had some victories this past week. For one thing, I celebrated 32 years of marriage to the same women. Guess what, it can be done and it should be done. When one of you die, then your marriage will end, but not until then. Do not EVER get a divorce. It is not the answer. Rather, let marital problems drive you to the cross, to the God who is the expert at fixing them.
“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.” (Luke 16:18).
Man, it is like a zoo out there today! Satan has brought this nation to such a point of moral confusion, that a good swift kick in the rear-end would just about put us over the edge. Think about the break down of the family alone.
Mary was married to John, but she was not really married to John, because she just said she was married to John, but now she is living with Jack, who was married to Jill and who knows if they were really married but Jill is now with Bob because Jack is now with Mary. Now Jack ran off and left Mary because Jack fell in love with Larry. They went to Vermont to get “married”. Mary then met Jim and they were living together until Jim was involved in an armed robbery and ended up shooting and killing the teller. He received three consecutive life sentences but doubts he'll live past the first one. Oh I forgot to mention that Mary has been having children all along the way. She has five so far. I would like to introduce her family to you. Let's see, you have Kim and Alisha Shlock, Ted and Fran Shubola, And Tom Arioli. Now Mary is doing basically what an animal does. She is getting painted up to go on the town ready to open her feet to practically anything that moves in pants.
Don't these people ever stop and think? You can sure see the legitimacy of Bible verses like:
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Prov. 14:12).
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Prov.1:7).
I do not mean to be critical here but do these people ever stop and think that there may be a God? I guess they are trained from a very young age not to believe in God. Man, I remember when I was running around like a wild banshee without God, and at one point I had to ask myself if there was something more to life than this. These people seem to run and run and run. I guess this is the generation that will party themselves right down to Hell. They'll be the ones waiting with an open arm to receive their microchip. I want you to think about something you wild animal! Not only are you making a mess of a bunch of lives, including the lives of your children, but you are going to answer to a supreme being one day.
“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” (Ezek. 18:4).
I like Matthew Henry's comment on this verse:
“He asserts and maintains his own absolute and incontestable sovereignty: Behold all souls are mine, v. 4. God here claims a property in all the souls of the children of men, one as well as another. First, Souls are his. He that is the Maker of all things is in a particular manner the Father of spirits, for his image is stamped on the souls of men; it was so in their creation; it is so in their renovation. He forms the spirit of man within him, and is therefore called the God of the spirits of all flesh, of embodied spirits. Secondly, All souls are his, all created by him and for him, and accountable to him.”
My friend, you can exercise each day, take resveratrol until you turn purple, and live to be a hundred but guess what is waiting for you? Mr. Henry goes on to say:
“Though God might justify himself by insisting upon his sovereignty, yet he waives that, and lays down the equitable and unexceptionable rule of judgment by which he will proceed as to particular persons; and it is this:- First, The sinner that persists in sin shall certainly die, his iniquity shall be his ruin: The soul that sins shall die, shall die as a soul can die, shall be excluded from the favour of God, which is the life and bliss of the soul, and shall lie for ever under his wrath, which is its death and misery. Sin is the act of the soul, the body being only the instrument of unrighteousness; it is called the sin of the soul, Mic. vi.7. And therefore the punishment of sin is the tribulation and the anguish of the soul, Rom. ii.9.”
Well, God sure is good. Sometimes I wonder if I'm on the right side of things. Some of you know what I am talking about. You preach and preach week after week, and you seldom see results. For some reason you don't have the where-with-all to “get-em saved before the light turns green” so to speak. So you preach and preach and pray and pray. Some people have been coming out to church week after week. You know they would have been the deacon in many of the Baptist churches by now. Some people have prayed and prayed and yet you don't see the change. You lay hands on no man suddenly. You know that the Bible says his word will not return void. You cry out to God, “Lord I have been serving you these many years and I have yet to see inroads into the hearts of the people.” So you think that maybe you need to lighten up a little and get some people on the membership. Yes, the horns pop up out of each side of your head and you say to yourself, I heard them say Jesus once, they could be saved.
I'm here to say, wait on the Lord for the real thing. When something as big as God touches an individual, they will change. We have witnessed the power of the Holy Ghost working in the lives of two people who have been attending church for a while. Those two people prayed for salvation last Sunday. One of the individuals really was hit hard. I mean, this individual wasn't eating or sleeping as was literally trembling. I preached about the tribulation and the Bible does say that fear can make the difference.
“And of some have compassion, making the difference:
And other save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” (Jude 22,23).
It is hard to deal with unbelievers at times. It is especially hard when they are your family members. Sometimes I deal with people as described in I Corinthians 5 and take the deliver them over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh attitude. Sometimes I take the wrong that is done to me personally, and try to love that person with the unconditional love that Jesus had for them that had wronged him. “Father forgive them; for they know not what they do.” I try to keep my pride out of the equation, which is hard to do. In other words, I try not to take the actions of the lost person personally.
God will get a hold of them. Give the word time to work. Oswald Chambers has some interesting insight on this:
“Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life was the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human plane, and it is the same life, not a copy of it, which is manifested in our mortal flesh when we are born of God. Eternal life is not a gift from God, eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was manifested in us by the sheer sovereign grace of God when once we have made the moral decision about sin...The life that was in Jesus is made ours by means of His Cross when once we make the decision to be identified with him. If it is difficult it get right with God, it is because we will not decide definitely about sin. Immediately we do decide, the full life of God comes in.”
An individual has to make a decision and circumstance are always changing in an individual's life. God has to knock out those legs, so to speak. All of those false props have to be chopped down. Those who are caught up in the cults have a difficult time because they have to sort through all of the lies they have been taught, some of them from childhood. It is hard, but with God all things are possible. Although salvation is instantaneous, I believe the road leading up to making that decision in assenting to the notion that God's word is true is sometimes long and rough. When the change takes place, it takes place, and the sinner who once had their association with the world and lost family members is now associating with the Lord Jesus. Now they are seeing the folly of the world. Of course Satan is throwing obstacles in the road all along the way. Our job is increasingly difficult with a nation that has been manipulated and molded to be fine upstanding citizens in the new communist society.
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh today as I happened to be driving home from Boise. Usually these guys are blubbering about good Republican, bad Democrat until I feel like gagging. They are finally waking up a little but they still haven't figured out who the mastermind behind the takeover of America is.
Well, anyway someone called in. He was a former school teacher I take it. He said he used to be a part of the “conspiracy” until he was “saved”. I take it, he meant becoming a Christian. Since then he has joined the opposition, and come out against the subversives in the public school system. According to him he has had threats on his life. He said the “conspiracy” in the school system has been going on for at least two decades.
You see, here's one of the problems I have with these talk shows. The hosts are up there blubbering about how bad President Obama is when President Obama is only a symptom of a bigger problem. The spiritual rot should be forced out of the public school system but many of our so- called conservative leaders have been influenced by the rot themselves and do not even know it. Some of them are part of the conspiracy. For some live in what, I think Mr. Chambers called it, unconscious unrealism. The country's problem is spiritual and we are pumping out spiritually bankrupt children by the hundreds of thousands every year into society. We, the tax payers are even paying for our own destruction! It was Nikita Krushchev in his 1960 speech to the UN who stated that the US would be defeated without a shot being fired. Well, guess what, we are at that point. The sleepers have been working tirelessly and the only thing that could have saved us from this take over would have been insisting that God remained a part of our culture. It is sort of an irony that the very thing that could save the nation, i.e. local Bible believing churches is the very thing that Rush, and the so-called conservative movement esteem lower than dirt. “Oh, raise money for that and raise money for this. I'm such a good human being.” It is good to help out in some of these causes, but our ability to do that will be greatly hindered when there is no country left. If they had one ounce of spirituality and common sense they'd put their money into getting the word of God out. I know, that's not the way it works. It's the same with soul winning. Every battle is hard fought and there is no help from the “prince and power of the air” or his servants.
If the saints of God had half the patience that the communists have demonstrated in taking over the USA, then we could wait for God to move the hearts of men and not run out ahead of Him. John Newton puts it this way:
“Remember that the progress of faith to assurance is gradual. Expect it not suddenly; but wait upon the Lord for it, in ways of His appointment. As it depends upon the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, let this engage you to constancy and earnestness in prayer; and as it arises from a knowledge of Jesus, be assiduous in searching the Scriptures, which testify of Him. “The blessing of the Lord and the hand of the diligent concur in the attainment of this benefit.” If you persevere in this path, you will be helped froward by the experience of every day; and every dispensation of Providence, as well as every exercise and frame of mind you pass through will be sanctified, to give you an increasing conviction that you are nothing, and that Jesus is all in all.”
There's a dark valley for new converts to go through. There is a time where Satan tries to cast doubt on God's word and keep the new believer in doubt. I've noticed that that blasphemers, false religionists, and people who are still in their trespasses and sins can be the most dogmatic in their profession. The reason being is that Satan does not fight false conversions or false religion. They are no threat to him and often they are working for him. This is the group out of which the Sunday school teacher turned child molester/murderer arises. What a great work of service they do for their master Lucifer. I guarantee you when you ask them if they know they are saved, they'll say yes, they never doubted it. When someone has the real thing, Satan gets worried and he gets busy. Through experience comes that blessed assurance!
“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.” (Matt.13:19).
I remember the dark time of fear and trembling I went through after I prayed and received the Lord as my Saviour. It was awful!
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Phil. 2:12).
That was it literally for me. There was that time of proving myself.
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (II Cor. 13:5).
I find that those who truly have something going on spiritually are the ones who are terrified, trembling and having doubts. They have doubts and fears because they actually believe what the Bible says and they are terrified at the prospect of not being truly saved from the wrath to come.
If you are a Mormon, for instance, you believe you are equal to God because you too will soon be exalted to godhood, what is there to fear? If you are in the Jehovah's Witness cult you are told the worst that could happen to you is that you could be annihilated if you don't pass out enough watchtower magazines. If you are of the Seventh Day Adventist persuasion, you probably believe the lie that everyone will have another chance in the “investigative judgment”, if you don't do too well in this life. Even if you don't do well in that judgment, no worries, there is no eternal punishment anyway. Then some say as long as you were sprinkled as a Catholic baby, the worst thing you could experience would be Purgatory, a place that doesn't exist in the Bible.
Where did all of this false confidence come from? It came from misinformation. Salvation is a real life changing experience, and the believing person receives the gift of God. That is a far cry from receiving religion in a form of will worship and a false show of humility and wisdom. If you follow, for instance the council of the twelve apostates of the Mormon cult you'll die in your sins. There are so many liars out there preaching there own thing, it is a miracle if someone gets saved today. I firmly believe though, that if a person really wants to know the truth, out of a sincere heart, God will show him. Are you caught up in one of these cults and suspect something is not right? Will you do yourself a favor? Please ask God to show you the truth. He will lead you if you really want to know. And then be willing to follow Him wherever He leads you. You have to move when He leads. That means stepping on your pride, moving without the blessing and approval of friends, loved ones, and cult leaders.
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
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.” (Gal. 1:6-8). CP
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| Glenn Is IN! [message #324] |
Sun, 05 April 2009 15:01 |
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Good day to all of you! Where does the time go? As grandma Hansen always says, “time waits for no man”. The words of Neil Young in one of his newer songs comes to mind , “If you follow every dream you might get lost.” Boy, that's for sure.
We are having a wonderful time at church. Wednesday we have our child rearing classes where we are going through John Stormers wonderful book, “Growing Up God's Way”. We are working our way to the end of that series of lessons. Many are requesting a return to the “Know Your Cults Class.” I feel, if God wills, we will pursue this in May. We got the idea for the name of our class from the Mormons. They have a “Know Your Religion” class. They were advertising it in the local newspaper. Right next to their add was ours advertising the “Know Your Cults” class.
Yes we need to pick our battles wisely, to quickly prioritize the important tasks and eliminate the not so important, or time wasters. Sometimes, of course, we have to put the fire out, so to speak. I try to bring everything before God and get His will on them. I find that when I wander away from God on decisions I make, in other words, don't ask God before I leap, I find myself in trouble.
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; ” (II Cor. 10:5).
If we can catch those thoughts and run them through the screening process, we can control our actions and truly walk in the way that God leads us. The whole outcome of our spiritual walk depends on a sincere heart. Now we can be sincere about our desire to be rich or some other worldly desire we may have. We may even be sincere about helping others but are we sincere about really knowing God?
“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Josh. 24:14,15).
Notice the words “in sincerity and in truth”. There are also two types of repentance, one that is a godly repentance to salvation and the other, repentance of the world.
“”Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” (II Cor. 7:9,10).
Selling your soul for earthly gain is not God's answer, but yet many do this and then deceive themselves into thinking they are doing God's will. Yes, I'm one of those who have ambitions in this life. Who wouldn't like to prosper in this world. Who wouldn't like to see their career and ministries take off and prosper.
The other day I was filling out a form for some record company that said they liked one of my songs and showed an interest in possibly promoting me as musician. I was so anxious and excited I just started to fill out the form. About the second line down, an ugly thought came to me. It was the scariest thought and my bubble was just burst. It was like this voice came to me saying, “Did you think to pray about this?!!!”
So I swallowed hard and struggled with the temptation to proceed on without praying about it, or risking it all by asking God about it. At least that is the way it seemed to me at the time. There was a decision to be made and at the base of that decision was the very foundation of what my life is about. Was my loyalty to Christ my top priority and was it my utmost desire to be in God's will and please Him, or was I just another whore to be sold to the highest bidder? The moment of truth had arrived!
Now all who are true Christians know what it is like to be a Christian in basically the Devil's domain. It is not an easy road. If you do advance, it is because God opens a door. He does this through other brethren sometimes which He has in place for that purpose.
Well, anyway I decided to ask God. God gave me the go ahead on filling out the form and I was relieved. A couple of verses come to mind which are effective motivators in strengthening my desire toward loyalty and obedience.
“Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.” (Prov. 15:16).
“The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.” (Prov. 10:22).
Are you in God's will? That is the question above all other questions. If you are truly seeking God because you have “godly sorrow” for your sin then God will reveal Himself to you. Let me me give you a classic example of a fake conversion that is based on wrong motives. Everyone knows Glenn Beck I'm sure. He's the one that found salvation in the Mormon cult. Now, between Michael Savage and Glenn, I do not know which is the most dangerous.
OK guys, you made a good living and you entertained a few people. That's good I guess, but do not deceive yourselves into thinking you are doing anything that is going to preserve our nation. You can get up and flap your gums 24/7 but without God and His truth you are back to “you made a good living and you entertained a few people.
How can you measure the damage that Savage is doing to this nation with statements like “I can't take the Bible literally or else I would have to go around stoning people.” Yes Savage is an ignoramus when it comes to the Bible and he doesn't know the difference between the Mosaic Covenant and the New Covenant. On the other hand you have Glenn blubbering about how he has studied his faith and is encouraging others to study and know their religion.
Last week I wrote that the Mormons worship the god of gain. I want to give you an example of that. Let's look at Glenn's testimony of his conversion to Mormonism which is online for all to see.
Now it started out that Glenn was at his lowest point with alcoholism, drugs, and a failing radio career with the “smallest market he had ever worked with”. He said he was trying to find an entrance into talk radio. He was seeking a career opportunity, not forgiveness of sins from God. He didn't have a godly sorrow in other words.
His new wife said she would not marry him unless they found religion so they went church hopping. A Mormon “friend” of Glenn's invited him out to the Mormon church. They went reluctantly. When they were leaving Glenn's daughter said she wanted to go back because “she felt a warm feeling inside” so they went back.
Glenn said the first time they went to church this smiley guy (the amazing Mr. Plastic Man as Glenn called him) came up to him and told him he loved him.
He said it was six months later, and the plastic man was teaching Sunday school. He asked the question “ how does one get to Zion?” It is obvious that “Zion” as taught by the Mormons is associated with wealth as can be assumed by the Mormon's goal of getting back to Zion (Missouri) to share the riches. Walter Martin put it this way in his book The Kingdom Of The Cults:
“Believing as they do in the literal second advent of Christ, the Mormons teach that at His return the Jews will have been gathered to Palestine, the Mormons will be miraculously gathered together in Missouri and the judgment of the Lord will be poured out upon the earth everywhere except on old and New Jerusalem. (See Doctrine and Covenant, Section 29, verses 9-11).”
The Mormons also have something in common with the cult of Anglo-Israel, believing as they do in the restoration of the ten lost tribes. The difference is that the Anglo-Israelites believe the ten lost tribes are the English people, whereas the Mormons believe the ten lost tribes are somewhere in the polar region and will be released and transported to Zion (Missouri) where all the riches they have accumulated will be shared with the rest of the “saints”.
It's all about the money, isn't it? It's too bad the building of the temple in Zion didn't go according to plans.
According to a prophecy given by Joseph Smith On September 22nd and 23rd of 1832 the Temple was to be built in Zion (Jackson county Missouri) in Joseph's generation and Joseph Smith Jr. was to dedicate it.
“Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last days for the restoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon Mount Zion, which shall be the city of New Jerusalem.
Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.
Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, WHICH TEMPLE SHALL BE REARED IN THIS GENERATION.
For verily THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT ALL PASS AWAY UNTIL AN HOUSE SHALL BE BUILT UNTO THE LORD, and a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the glory of the Lord, which shall fill the house....”
There was a temple dedicated in Independence Missouri in 1994. A few good folks were gathered for the dedication ceremony. Special services were offered to accommodate the elderly. Those who attended (both young and old) were excited about this long anticipated event. Some waited along time. Ages of the attendees ranged anywhere between 2 months to 200 years of age. When some were questioned about their age they smiled and said, “we simply hung around for the occasion, you know, for Joseph's sake.”:)
The experience Glenn had was very similar to the experience the Lord had in the wilderness when He was tempted of the devil. The Lord was at a low point. He had been fasting and He was very hungry. It seems the old devil hasn't changed his tactics much. It's the decision we all have to make, we will follow the gold no matter how low, or we'll follow Christ no matter the price.
“Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.” (Matt 4:8,9).
Alright, back to Glenn's story. Let's see , where were we? Yes, the plastic man. The plastic man said the only way to Zion “is if I truly love you and you truly love me”. Then plastic said “we may not agree with each other, but we love each other”. Wow! What a new birth experience. Sounds like they are getting ready to break out the holy underwear and have a meeting in the temple!
That was it! Glenn was saved. At that point Glenn said he didn't care if the was koolaid in the basement, he was going to drink it! He wanted to be like that, that is, to be able to love someone the first time he met them. “What a great goal that is”.
Ah, hey lovers, knock it off. What about Jesus? Doesn't He fit into the salvation plan somewhere?
After Glenn was baptized on a Sunday six months later, he received a phone call the following Monday , when an agent called him “out of the blue”, and boom, his career all of sudden became a success. What Glenn doesn't realize is that he had just sold his soul to the devil for worldly gain.
“They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever;)
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.” ( Psalm 49:6-10). CP
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| Praise To The Man [message #323] |
Sun, 29 March 2009 15:30 |
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Good morning you all! We are all busy as bees, but we are alive and blessed of the Lord. When those days come, and I feel anxious, and I am wondering where the Lord is, I always remember that He has given me so much more than I deserve. Who am I that God should take note of me? It is the miracle of God's grace that He does.
I don't know. Sometimes I get in these moods. Sometimes I am terrified. Sometimes I feel melancholy, and then there is this feeling of intense optimism. It's such a complicated thing with a Christian. I guess it is because of the two natures warring against each other.
Yeah, I know, I'm nuts. I've finally flipped off of the deep end. I'm sure there are many who would say I am nuts just as Festus said of Paul, “Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.” I would have to respond as Paul did when he said, “I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.”
Being a Christian can be a lonely experience, that is for sure. Sometimes it's discouraging to be as a “speckled bird”. You don't fit in with the world, and you are pecked to pieces in the world of Christendom. It's like my new CD, “Clips In Time”. It is me poured onto the pages and recorded on a CD. It is me as I see things. I wrote about things I observed, the things happening around me (the worldly) and then I wrote from deep spirituality. The project is deemed too worldly by some and too spiritual by others.
I guess you could sum it up by saying I'm just a worldly old nut! Well, that may be true and I am not here to defend myself. I will say this though. I have a deep burden for the work of God right here in Vale Oregon and abroad.
I have to define the work of God unfortunately in this generation, for there are many who are the enemies of the cross of Christ, and we must continually warn of them. For this we are hated. Just like the days surrounding Zedekiah and the beginning of “the times of the Gentiles”, the men of God were treated lower than scum. Jeremiah warned the people according to the word of the Lord, and gave them the option to save themselves, but they rejected God's message and cast Jeremiah into a pit. They weren't going to even worry about feeding him!
“And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were make strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.” (Heb 11:32-38).
I'd like to point out a couple of things. Through the operations of God the world is made a better place. Through the promotion of God and His word a nation is exalted. This is a biblical principle. I spend a lot of time on the road and I cannot help but listen to some talk radio although most of it makes me sick. Some of the hosts are sounding a little more fired up lately because of the Obama presidency.
As soon as they start the Bush good, Obama bad line, I'm gone. They lose me with that lie. Mr. Bush is a globalist. Hmm, now let's see, how can one be an American and be a globalist? Beep! The answer is, you can't. That's why the USA is being impoverished and sacrificed to build the stinking so-called world economy. As soon as a nation, that had God's blessing on it joins affinity to let's say, an atheist nation, God's blessing has to go. God blessed Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and the whole land was prosperous, but when he entered into a trade deal with God's enemy, the wicked Ahaziah, God turned on Jehoshaphat and began to destroy his land. (II Chron. 20:35-37).
But,but,but Mr. Bush liberated 50 million people in Iraq, some of the blowhards are saying. Ah, bring your ear over here dummy and let me whisper something into it. I DON”T CARE ABOUT IRAQ WHEN OUR OWN NATION IS BANKRUPT YOU MORON!
That's where we find ourselves thanks to the cutthroats on both sides of the aisle.
I was listening the other day about an attempt by Chuck Sheldon (at least I think that was his name) to get a ballot initiative to put the Bible in the public schools in Idaho. The Bible is to be taught as art, literature, or history, and as an elective. The Bible has a cleansing effect, it is true. Nate Shelman (the talk show host) was continually trying to cloud the issue by insisting that other texts be included and allowed into the public schools. Then the issue of the many different bible versions that are in circulation today arose.
It didn't take me long to make a judgment of the issue. The answer is simple. It is too late for this people, and all that we can expect is judgment from God. God has never forced Himself on anyone and I don't think He'd be flattered by a bunch of ungrateful dog's rear-ends handling His word like another one of the textbooks. The truth is, is that the people do not want God. That's why they will also be losing His blessings that they have enjoyed so freely and ungratefully all of these years.
If it wasn't too late, then you would use the Bible that the fathers of our nation had used, and that would be the King James Bible. Why should we be obligated to use every book some spurious little nimrod wrote? That would automatically preclude works of Westcott and Hort, Charles Taze Russell, Mary Baker Eddy, Zen Buddhism, the writings of Baha'u'llah, Kenneth Taylor, Joseph Smith, the Qur'an and others.
The next day Nate was saying what a great work the LDS missionaries were doing in the world. Never a word about the thousands of Baptist missionaries that are out there year after year. I guess the Mormons have clout. The Mormon church has never seen a news outlet they couldn't buy. This is exactly what I mean when I say there is no hope to salvage this mess. The country is gone into religious confusion just like the nation of Israel. The only thing that could bring them back is judgment and they never came back from the last dispersion. They will only be right and at peace at the end of the terrible tribulation period (which we are getting ready to enter into) and after their Messiah comes back. When a nation goes so far, there is no turning back. When the best conservatives we have are antiChrists, where do you go?
In whose eyes are the Mormons doing this great work? It is not the eyes of God. If Jesus were walking on the earth today, He'd be arguing with the same disdain and vehemence against the Mormons as He did when He argued with the religious folks of His day. They are the same, and the God of the Bible is against them. The god of Mormonism is the same as the god of the Pharisees and that was the god of gain. Their very name, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, is taking the Name of the Lord in vain. There is no such thing as a “saved” Mormon. I hate Mormonism because it is a lie. Now I didn't say I hate the Mormon people. I know some very nice people who are deceived by this cult system. In fact, I have some of them on my prayer list. I know God is causing them to have doubts and I pray they do not to ignore those feelings, because they are from the Holy Spirit. I feel that the voices of those who have passed on and now know the truth are crying out to their loved ones to wake up and get out while they can.
It seems that, at least from my personal observations, that many Mormons get their monetary gain in this life, as the devil will give to those sell their soul for the material things that dazzle the eyes. The other thing I have noticed is that the things which cannot be purchased with money, God withholds from them. They are under this curse from God. Where they have all that heart could desire in material things, and yet God takes away the dearest things. They have the most tragic things happen to them.
The god of Mormonism is not the God of the Bible is plain to see. Mormons are enemies of God. The spirit of the Mormon Church is not the Spirit of God, and that is plain to see. Jesus said:
“ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” (Jn 16:13,14).
When the true Spirit of God is present, all flesh will be humbled and Christ will be glorified. Not so with the LDS Church. Instead it seems that Joseph is the saviour and there are many gods. I was amazed as I looked through the Mormon hymnal to see how minimized Jesus was.
Here are the words to “Praise to the Man” out of the Mormon hymn book.
“Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer. Blessed to open the last dispensation, Kings shall extol him, and nations revere.
Praise to his mem-ry, he died as a martyr; Honored and blest be his ever-great name! Long shall his blood, which was shed by assassins, Plead unto heav'n while the earth lauds his fame.
Great is his glory and endless his priesthood. Ever and ever the keys he will hold. Faith-ful and true, he will enter his kingdom, Crowned in the midst of the prophets of old.
Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heav-en; earth must atone for the blood of that man. Wake up the world for the conflict of justice. Millions shall know “Brother Joseph” a- gain.”
And now for the chorus!
“Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven! Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain. Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again.”
Wow, what a song! There are many Gods? Joseph's death has yet to be atoned? Anyone who questions the story of a man seeing lights in the woods and receiving golden plates at the hand of an angel, either of which no one else has ever seen, he is a traitor? Joseph communed with Jehovah and Jesus? How many doctrinal problems can you find in this song? Am I too strong when I describe it as blasphemy?
No I am not a traitor or tyrant, or even an enemy. I am the best friend a Mormon could ever have because I am not afraid to tell him the truth. The truth is the only thing that can set people truly free.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (I Jn. 4:1).
You are commanded to “try the spirits”. Won't you listen to God's word? Are you so brain washed that you will just roll over even though you suspect some things are wrong with the church? Is it worth going to hell for eternity just because your family has been in the church for generations. What about you dad and mom? Are you going to continue to raise your children in error even though you see the devastation upon your families. Get out! Get out while you can! The Lord is coming back and He won't accept your sacrifice! Mormonism is a lie and you have been deceived! It is better to face that facts now and do something about it than to face it in an eternity that you cannot change! Run! Run for your eternal life!
“Woe unto them! For they have hone the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of wind; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.” (Jude 11-13).
This is the future of the Mormon leaders. They had better enjoy all their gain now. They will not take it with them where they are going. CP
[Updated on: Sun, 29 March 2009 17:02]
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| The Bum At Walmart [message #322] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 16:04 |
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Good day! I'm sorry that I do not have time to post my sermons every week. Sometimes I just have to get out there and pay the bills. I think that is a price you pay for being in the “body of Christ” and not just being in a “religion” whether it be Baptist, Mormon, Russelite, Catholic, etc. Religion has a certain draw to it, because it appeals to the vanity and pride of man, whereas the “cross of Christ” repels people. There is nothing there to bath your vanity and pride. The only thing we find at the cross is our shame and a realization that we a totally unable to please God in our flesh. God gets all of the glory, we get magnificent GRACE!
The false religionists all seem to lead to the same conclusion; they are the only “right” religion. The Catholics teach that they are the only true universal church, and thus, in their pride and blindness, deceive themselves in false religion. The Baptist, in their attempt to counter the Catholic church, butcher I Cor. 12: 12,13, and minimize the “new birth” (the crisis event that takes place when anyone is “born of the Spirit” into the “body” of Christ, also known as the time of ones “salvation”.)
It's amazing to see the things that take place when the emphasis is taken off of the “new birth” and put on a name or denomination. All of a sudden “religion” happens and “pride” happens and “false doctrine” happens. The Baptist “religion” like all other religions is void of the Spirit. That is why you have divorce and re-marriage, adultery, perversion, worldliness, flippancy, and basically every sin known to mankind found within it's walls. You'll even find these Baptist “intellectuals” sometimes confused and accepting Pentecostals as sincere brethren preaching the true gospel of the LORD. Why? It is because they are as lost as the Devil himself, that's why! They have to wear an umbrella every time it rains because their nose is so far up in the air they'll drown if it rains.
Anyway, I believe there is hardly anyone saved today, and the ones who are saved are not the result of some succession. I believe we have a remnant, a couple saved here and there, just as it has always been. The distinguishing factor is not the name, although I am a Baptist, but the adherence to the pure sound doctrine of the scripture. If you happened to call yourselves Waldenses, Paulicians, or Albigenses, for instance, I wouldn't mind as long as your doctrine was sound. If you call yourselves Baptists, and you shift the emphasis of authority from the scriptures to the church, then I would say you are more like Catholics. If you are a believer in an underground situation, let's say you are living in China, and you don't go by any name but “believer” and you have been born of the Spirit, I call you brother!
I like Armitage's summary of what makes a real “Baptist”.
“If Baptist history be peculiar, it is only because they have been a peculiar people. Their enemies have always accounted them as 'heretics,' whose prime value was to keep a cold world warm by their use as fuel for the stake. Men have never been willing to understand them, because they never would accept them on their own showing, but have insisted on measuring them by other standards than on their own. With a great price they obtained their freedom, and their radical individualism made them appear to other men as disturbing and even violent. In turn, almost every man's hand has been against them, and as a people of but one book, they have taken a fixed and sturdy character, which has made them look as if their hand was against every man... In general history no writer will be content to seek a succession of kings and courts, of warriors and bloody fields, but he will find truth in the social and civil life of a people , in the march of constitutional freedom, and the phenomena of human elevation.
The best service that can be rendered to the Baptists is, to trace the noiseless energy and native immortality of the doctrines which they hold, after all their conflicts, to the glory of Christ, for it is exactly here that we see their excellency as a people. If it can be shown that their churches are the most like the Apostolic that now exist, and that the elements which make them so have passed successfully through the long struggle, succession from the times of their blessed Lord gives them the noblest history that any people can crave. To procure a servile imitation of merely primitive things has never been the mission to Baptists. Their work has been to promote the living reproduction of New Testament Christian, and so to make the Christlike old, the ever delightfully new. Their perpetually fresh appeal to the Scriptures as the only warrant for their existence at all must not be cut off, in a foolish attempt to turn the weapons of the hierarchy against itself. The sword of the Spirit must still be their only arm of service, offensive and defensive. An appeal to false credentials now would not only cut them off from their old roll of honor, but it would sever them from the use of all that now remains undiscovered and unapplied in the word of God. The distinctive attribute in the kingdom of Christ is life; not an historic life, but a life supernatural, flowing eternally from Christ alone by his living truth...The life of all Gospel churches must center here or nowhere, and there can be no course, extreme or via media, which applied the true test of church life but this. A human figment may serve the ends of Catholicism, but as Baptist are not Romanists, only Christ and Apostolicity as they are found in the Devine Writings can suffice for them. The spirit and outcome of these in their normal form afford the staple for genuine Baptist History.”
The Baptist Bride, Historic Baptist, or Landmark Baptist (what ever name applies) crowd go through great pains to prove their point, which is pointless. I wouldn't even think this was an issue if it wasn't for the fact that it has rubbed in my face every time I turn around. Isn't there a warning about such foolishness in the Bible somewhere? Ah, let's see, how about;
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (II Cor. 11:3).
Or what about this?
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.” (I Tim.1:5-7).
There are some who say that the body of Christ is limited to the local church. The problem with that is the Bible speaks of Christ's body, the church as being universal.
“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” (Col. 1:15-18).
And we also see:
“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.” (Col. 1:24-29).
A couple of things stand out in the above mentioned passage of scripture. . For one thing, Paul was not a minister to the church at Colosse only, but to many different churches. The “body” in this passage is referring to all those who are in the “body “ of Christ; all those who are saved wherever they are.
Another thing that comes to mind is, God would never place into the hands of sinful man the responsibility to perpetuate his church on the earth. I think Armitage put it very succinctly when he said:
“The very attempt to trace an unbroken line of persons duly baptized upon their personal trust in Christ, or of ministers ordained by lineal descent from the apostles, or of churches organized upon these principles, and adhering to the New Testament in all things, is in itself and attempt to create a bulwark of error. Only God can make a new creature; and the effort to trace Christian history from regenerate man to regenerate man, implies that man can impart some power to keep up a succession of individual Christians.”
That's just it. Christ is to get the glory in all that is done in His church. A movement built on pride that can say “I have an authorized church”, and use that to puff themselves up, is an inherently evil movement. The cults do the same.
The passage is referring to the all “Gentiles” who receive the Spirit, not just the local church at Colosee. How were the Gentiles to enter into that “body”? Well, it “is Christ in you, the hope of glory”!
We also read:
“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Gal 3:26-29).
Of course the baptism of the Spirit is not really the baptism of the Spirit to these pseudo intellectuals.
They ask stupid questions like, “Where in scripture is salvation referred to as “baptism” either in or by the Holy Spirit?”
Well, we just read one scripture, and the principle is taught throughout the New Testament, but how about going to John the Baptist himself?
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier that I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Matt. 3:11,12).
We find in the scriptures according to John:
“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)” (Jn. 7:38,39).
Now I could go on and on dealing with this topic, but time does not permit me to do so. I almost feel this topic doesn't even dignify a response. To me it is like having to take the time to write in defense of traditional marriage.
I do see a danger though. It seems that this strange doctrine is seeping into Baptist churches and is producing what Oliver Green termed a “revival of church membership” instead of the revival produced by the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit is present He will reprove of “sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment”. We are not seeing this for many reasons. Could one of the reasons be that we have settled for less, that is, church membership over true conversion? Consider these verses:
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.” (Eph. 2:19-22).
Was it just this one local church that was built upon a foundation of apostles and prophets, or was it the body of Christ, the entire work of God as He would see it? Don't let these prideful peacocks destroy your faith with their prideful and presumptuous assumptions. If you have been saved, that is, born again by the Holy Spirit, and you have become a “new creature” in Christ Jesus, you are now a fellowcitizen “with the saints. Yes, you should seek out a Bible believing Baptist church. Pray! You now have the Holy Spirit dwelling inside you. He will lead you into the right direction.
Now I want to give an example of the extent of hermeneutical butchery these Baptist brider people will undertake to prove their point. Here is an explanation given by one of them on I Cor. 12:13,14.
“The SIMPLE interpretation of the verse”, he says!
“The message and exhortation of I Cor. 12:13 and 14 is this: Cease your individual competition in the attempted display of spiritual gifts. Notice the first and last verses of each chapter are clearly this, and every verse in between is right on that line. This verse is simply saying: All of you whether Jew or Gentile, whether bond of free have been led by the Holy Ghost to, by water baptism, unite yourself with this body (the church at Corinth). Now stop competing for position and pre-eminence, as if you were a unit within yourself, and accept the place in the body to which God has sovereignly appointed you, because you are by the design of God all dependent upon each other.
If this simple truth is missed, we not only entertain a totally wrong concept of Bible doctrine and definition of the biblical word church, we miss the glorious practical appeal for church unity and intersubmission within our church. Any notion of a universal church becomes an escape from the obligation to the local church, and to proper conduct within the local body, the true and only church of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
I hardly think the “universal church” concept has any conflict whatever with the “definition of the biblical word church. If the word “church comes from the Greek word ecclesia and means “called out assembly”, where is the conflict?
I also would have a hard time understanding why the universal church concept would take away from our obligation to the local church. It is simply the bigger picture as God would view it. Just because God works on a larger scale than we do does not lessen our responsibilities to our local church.
With the Devil winning the battle for truth on every front, you would think these Baptists would spend their time dealing with the important issues. I think they have too much time on their hands so they are going back and second guessing established biblical doctrine. I will end with this verse:
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.” (Tit. 3:9)
It kind of reminds me of the bum standing in the Walmart parking lot with his sign begging for food or money. In the time he spent standing in one spot he could have had several job applications filled out! In fact, he could have walked into Walmart and filled a job application out! What a misguided use of time. CP
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| There Is A Cause! [message #321] |
Sun, 01 February 2009 10:27 |
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Good Morning folks! It's just fun to be with you! I hope all is well. I hear many are snowed in about this time. I remember the “good old days” when I lived in northeast Ohio, and I'll never forget the winters there. You were ready for spring when it finally came. That's for sure.
Well, it's been cold here, but dry and sunny. It really doesn't seem like winter when the sun is shining. I remember when we first moved out here. I'd ask myself if this was all there was to winter here. It was so short. That's the way I like winters. I want them, and I love the seasons, but I want it short. The longest season here it seems, is the fall or harvest season, and that is my favorite season, I think.
It's such a beautiful world. What a shame there has to be evil man to come along and botch everything all up. Why can't humans be content to enjoy God's creation, and let others do the same.
We have this fellow that comes around quite often. He's a very nice man. He was a judge at one time. Now I don't remember the exact words we used in one of our first conversations, but he mentioned that the emphasis today is on “control”. Now I for one have been noticing this “shift” taking place for some years now. I know there is something diabolical working in our government. I know what the Bible says when it warns us:
“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.” (Eph. 6:12).
That's why our the battle for our nation, as we have known it, cannot be won by some reprobate blabbering and frothing at the mouth on some radio talk show. After all, these morons had it wrong when it came to rallying their listeners around the right presidential candidate to begin with. “Oh, we must vote for Mitt! He's got the business experience!”, some of the blind leaders of the blind were clamoring. “ Oh, we must vote for McCain. After all, he's a war hero and has name recognition.” other blind leaders of the blind were clamoring. Then there were others that were actually advocating the right approach to dealing with our problems, and the idiots, the blind leaders of the blind were saying they didn't have a snowball's chance in Hades of winning so we must go with the safe candidate.
Perhaps if the big fat bloated sops would have shut their big mouths for a second, and bowed their heads and prayed about something for change, they'd realize there might be something bigger than them in the world. Then maybe God would have led them to rally around a true fiscal conservative that was more in line with the values that might have been exhibited in our founding fathers, i.e. a strong unshakable belief in the Bible and God. If people just voted for the right candidate, with the right message, and quit listening to Fox News, maybe they could upset the plans of the shadow government once in a while!
Mark Levin is now going on and on about President Obama being a “cultist” and a “cult like figure”. Wasn't it Mark Levin that supported Mitt Romney, a real cult member? Now you can see the spiritual blindness that led us to where we are today. This battle cannot be won by intellect or wit. I could only be won by a national revival, and the chances of that are nigh onto nil.
“The god of this world”, better know as Satan, is the one masterminding this take over of our nation. The only way he could do this is to get us so far away from God that we would be “weakened”.
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” (Isaiah 14:12).
How does he weaken a nation and remove God's blessing on it? He starts by removing The God of the Bible from a society. (It was the God of the Bible that was practically unanimously accepted as the “Sovereign” of the universe back in those days.) You use the ACLU to scare people into removing anything pertaining to God out of our society. You convince the ignorant public that it is unconstitutional and you misapply the separation of church and state clause, which is not in the constitution. You lead people to believe that the clause was intended to keep religion out of public places when the opposite was true. It was intended to keep the state out of the church. (Of course Glen Beck thinks the IRS should regulate what the church can say or not say. Hum, another blind leader of the blind.) You get control of the schools and rewrite the history. You minimize and distort the teaching of our history and heritage and elevate whoremongers and adulterers like Martin Lucifer King JR. You seize control of the media and let the sheep hear only what they are supposed to hear. You seize control of the money of the nation and bring them so deep into debt that they are smothered ,and so consumed in making those payments, there is no time to notice that they are being taken over. Then you control, to a certain extent, every president, and every election. If the president doesn't walk the line you remind him that he had better be a good boy or things may begin to go bad, real bad, financially and in the media. If he is a good boy (sells the country out to international interests) he will get his two million dollar house and retire quietly.
Then with God on the way out, you gradually bring the filth in through the different mediums available. You pump out little things to undermine the Bible through magazines and television. You start out with soft porn and an attack on marriage, loyalty, commitment, and family in general. Then you move to harder and harder stuff. You make sure there is so much of it, that no one has time to think, especially about spiritual things. You put stuff out there like “Wife Swap” to make sure that happily married couples know are not really happy, because there is someone out there that can make them happier. You breed discontentment so families fall apart. You emphasis your own selfish pleasure and minimize the things that hold the society together.
Anything that is vile and refuge gets fast-track to the top. There are producers out there for the job. If it is immoral, sensual, crude, damaging to young people and the welfare of the nation, then generate the hype needed to promote it. “We are going to put these boys on the top!” You make sure the organizations that promote destructive practices are well organized and funded. Basically anything that promotes perverts, weirdos, queers, cross dressers, transvestites, interracial relationships, and multiculturalism. Godliness and decency need not apply.
I have a good friend who has helped me a great deal in my music career. We were talking one day, and he was reflecting on his music career. He told me of his big break into the music field. I guess a big music publishing figure was in church where he was performing this musical he had written. The representative for the big name publisher really liked it and wanted to publish it. He was left with that thought.
A while later he had heard that the man that had been so interested in the work was no longer with the company, and my friend received a letter informing him they no longer intended to do his piece. Gone, the once in a life time chance. Now my friend is up in the years and we are talking and he says to me, “Darrell, don't you get it? You play music because you love music, that's all!” He actually got a little sharp with me because I was actually excited about the future of some of the music God was giving me. He continued: “You can't make it because “they” won't let you make it!” Right away I'm thinking I hear music from the Twilight Zone playing! Who are “they”? No, not really. I knew what he meant.
He was talking about the spiritual warfare that is going on in the world. There is definitely a bias against anything that promotes godliness. Anything that is poison,sensual, and empty in every way zips right up to the top.
I personally remain hopeful because I put my trust in God and I know God can bless even if all Hell is against you. You, my friend need to remember, if God is for us it doesn't matter who is against us. If you have goals, and God gives you a heads up, go for it. That is what I'm doing.
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” (PS.27:14).
God will bless and be with us in spite of our handicap, and no one will stop us. Yes we can feel the oppression of the enemy. Everything we are moved to do is like we are turning right into hurricane Katrina. Nothing seems to go easy, but God is able. The Bible tells us:
“For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.” (Ps. 75:6,7).
I look for a day when sound Biblical fundamental doctrine will be proclaimed loud and clear in the area where I minister. For over a hundred years the cults have had practically free course in this area, and they are well embedded. I've watched small Baptist churches come and go. I'm begging God to see that change and the truth shine forth. We get little, to no help in this endeavored from man, but I wait on my God, knowing that He will perform it in His time. All I have is my “pot of oil” (music) and I am waiting for God to fill vessels to meet the needs that I have personally, and the needs of the church. (II Kings 4:1-7).
Sometimes I feel like David must have felt when he came into the camp of the Israelites and no one was willing to fight for God and His cause against the Philistine champion. They were all like “I'm not going to fight that fight! It's too great! The job is too large, I'm out of here! Did you see the size of that giant? His coat weighs as much as I do practically. No, you are on your own!”
For that reason, David found himself alone. He was alone but he saw the importance of a victory over this enemy. It was the work of the LORD!
“And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” (I Sam. 17:26).
What are these obstacles that they should hinder the armies of the living God? This is what I am asking. We have obstacles, those pesky little obstacles! Those finances that are holding us back seem like a Goliath to us, but God is able. We must have courage and faith. I don't think we can deny that it took a lot of courage to do what David had done.
David didn't get any support. Forget that! You are on your own. You are the only one that sees what you see and that is heartbreaking sometimes. We are often misunderstood and labeled prideful, a dreamer, or something. Nobody jumps on board, not even those who are closest to you. You can't expect any cooperation, but you can expect a good swift kick in the rear. David's the only one who is viewing the situation correctly, through the eyes of faith, and yet he was called out and admonished.
“And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
And David said, what have I now done? IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? (I Sam. 17:28,29).
This is what we must remind ourselves of. There is a cause! We are fighting God's cause and I for one happen to believe God will fight for us. The victory is ours if we have the faith and the courage to get it!
Think about how overwhelming the task must have looked. Here is this huge giant in the way. You know how those things go. There is just no way, the problem is to great! Then you slap yourself in the face and it clears your vision. “I just need to believe God and send this small stone sailing through the air!” A small stone, and a step of faith and it was all over.
How many times has that happened in your life? It has happened so many times to me. All of a sudden things were OK! Then you just stand there scratching your head asking yourself, wow, how did that happen? I don't see any mountains!
You know something? David stood his ground when no one else believed. All those around had given up. Well, things sure changed after David defeated the enemy. It was like, Oh yeah, now I see! Yeah, you know, that “is there not a cause” thing. Yep, I agree. Yep David I'm with you now all the way buddy!
Those who are dragging their feet will come around when they begin to see the blessings and rewards for standing and doing what is right.
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”. (Phil. 4:19)
Let's keep praying because God is able. I am waiting for great things in 2009!
“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6,7). CP
The new memory verses for the month of February are Ephesians 3:16-21 and 5:19,20. God bless!
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| Conservatives? [message #320] |
Sun, 25 January 2009 15:27 |
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Oh yes my beloved friends, God is so good! His law is good for those who are lawless. His Holy Spirit is good to those who believe. His sunshine is wonderful, and shines on the righteous as well as the wicked. His rain and snow have been especially wonderful this year. All of these blessings are crowned when we walk in fellowship with Him.
“ That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (I John 1:3-7).
One thing you can be assured of, and that is God wants to have fellowship with you and I.
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.” (John 4:23).
Can you imagine that? God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and truth. It is that connection that God makes to the spirit of man. If the gates to the soul are shut or so badly affected, how can the spirit of man be made such to fulfilled with the Spirit of God? That, my friend, is the disaster we face today!
The gates to the soul are imagination, conscience, reason, affections and memory. Every gate today is clogged by the pollution that is out in the world today. The imaginations of the young people today are stifled by the television set. A majority of the kids today are raised practically by the TV and much of that is poison. There is also the poisonous music, the INTERNET, and Marxist teaching in the public schools,etc.
The conscience is practically none existent in many young people as well as in the average citizen of our day. In many it has never been developed because we don't have mommies today who take the time to develop it. “No junior, yes junior, you did something that hurt someone, now say you are sorry junior. You lied and consequently you have sinned against God and your parents. You need to get it right and seek forgiveness.” None of this happens in many cases today! The kids just grow up and develop the skills to avoid getting into trouble. In other words they become, conniving, lying, diabolical little rebels. They have the “street smarts” that keep them from getting caught without the burden of actually having a conscience. Mommy and daddy settle for a compromised situation, if the child is fortunate enough to have a daddy. Everything is OK as long as junior can manipulate things enough to get his way. John Stormer has a quote in his wonderful book Growing Up God's Way that gives an example of this:
“According to observations made from the time Jimmy was about two, he was a well-mannered, well-behaved, very “grown-up” little boy. His parents had apparently done a super job. He was very interested in the world. He had an advanced vocabulary and looked like a super prospect for kindergarten. We were very surprised, therefore, in the early weeks of school when the teacher reported encountering real stubbornness, lack of cooperation, and rebellion in the classroom. The “mystery” was solved when it was realized that the mother had always treated her son as “a little person.” Any time the mother wanted the child to do anything she patiently explained how it would be to the child's advantage to cooperate and “obey”. If a problem arose in public, the mother would quietly take the child aside for a consultation and the difficulty would be resolved. The child was usually well-mannered, compliant, pleasant to be around, etc, because he was usually smart enough to see that it was to his advantage to do the right thing. He did the right thing not because he was obedient and had actually accepted authority. He obeyed because he saw it was to his benefit to do so. He was actually in charge-he was the final authority.
The absence of an obedient heart became obvious when the little boy encountered an old-fashioned kindergarten teacher who was the authority in the classroom and expected obedience because she was in charge. The child's stubborn will which had never been brought to submission rebelled. A number of difficult months followed until the child came to accept authority because it was authority.”
Then there is the gate of affection which is always being “played with” in a corrupt society. A good example of this is the recent “major” news event that had taken place here in the Treasure Valley over the past few days.
The report came over the radio today. A cat has been shot in the eye with a bow and arrow. Immediately the paramedics arrived on the scene. Upon arrival they checked for a pulse and the pulse was not there. They then proceeded to perform CPR on the victim until a faint pulse was finally obtained. The cat was then carried on a stretcher to the ambulance were the IV was inserted and oxygen administered. The “patient” was then life flighted to Saint Luke's Regional Medical Center where surgery was performed and the patient remains in guarded condition. A full recovery is expected but the cat will probably receive a glass eye for cosmetic purposes. We'll now go to Geraldo Rivera, the host of Fox New Network's Geraldo At Large for further coverage on this breaking story!
Of course, this is exaggerated a little but wow! What a nutty world we live in! Aren't cats considered “target practice” in some areas? Now cats are being rushed off to surgery while babies in the womb are being cut to pieces without a word.
Now don't get me wrong. The youngster, who was evidently trying to protect some quail from the “big bad putty cat” needed to learn a lesson to develop a conscience. The Bible teaches us to treat animals humanely when it says:
“”A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel”. (Prov. 12:10).
I'm all for the humane treatment of animals but isn't there a problem when animals are cared for while babies make good cosmetic cream?
Then there is the affection of love. What's going to happen to this generation of kids who are being taught that sodomy is perfectly normal and should not be looked down upon. You even have Nate Shelman, one of the establishment blowhard talk show hosts on KBOI , that I do not listen to anymore, saying there is nothing wrong with perverts adopting children. Just how does it affect the children that watch John sitting in Jack's lap and making out during the movie. Then he watches as John and Jack go off to bed together. What about when Jack lays a big old sloppy kiss on John as he sees him of to work?
I hope I'm not the only one getting sick right about now!
This brings me to another point. As I turn the radio dial (I spend a lot of time on the road) trying to find a voice of reason and truth I was thinking that something was stinking on talk radio. Now it seemed to me that the so-called conservative radio talk show hosts were just mouthpieces of the establishment. I think this way because when anyone calls in and actually makes sense, our hits on the real issues, he is automatically labeled a nut, and belittled on the air. Most of the time he doesn't even get a chance to speak.
It seems these blowhards say just enough to hoodwink some into thinking they are conservatives , when actually, they are there to redefine conservative values and to distract the masses from the real issues of conservatism in an entertaining way. Well, look at these guys! They get filthy rich, rarely does anything change, the “conservatives” are kept distracted, and yet somehow thinking they are doing something. I do not listen to Sean Insanity very often, because I think he is a fake, but I happened by the “great American” the other day, just in time to hear him trying to lay out the principles of conservatism. He stumbled around because the fake conservatives don't stand for anything anymore. They've done it all, and even more than the “evil Democrats”. If we could get beyond the pitting of one party against another thing, we may get to the real issues. The real issue in my opinion are those who are American in name only (AINOS). Of course if we did that, Sean and Rush couldn't continue to get filthy rich. We are never supposed to wise up to the fact that there are subversives on both sides of the aisle, and everywhere else as far as that goes, including the school systems and movie industry. I wonder why Rush and Sean never deal with those issues? Hum. They are media whores, that's why (in my opinion).
Anyway, I took my old trusty 1828 Websters dictionary off of the shelf and looked up the word “conservative”.
CONSERVATIVE, Preservative; having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury.” Webster
We are losing another whole generation to spiritual decay and rot. The filth is flowing through the radios, television screens, and the INTERNET. The schools are brainwashing our children with unproven anti-God theories of origin so our children have NO fear of God.. Sodomites are climbing out of their holes and threatening to change the face of our society and all these blowhards can talk about are the good Republicans and the bad Democrats. They all make me sick!
So, who are the true conservatives? Well, it seems to me they would be those who hold to the principles held by the founding fathers of our nation. One of the principles almost all of them maintained was that of a strong belief in God. Some of them even believed that our relationship with God was directly tied to the continued prosperity and liberty of our nation. For instance, George Washington stated:
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” (Farewell Address, 1796)
Or maybe this:
I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Devine interposition in their affairs, then those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God, who is alone able to protect them.”
It is therefore impossible (in my opinion) to be a true conservative if your principles are not centered around a good healthy acknowledgement and fear of God Almighty. If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then it seems to me that the blowhards of talk radio today are cheap imitations. The true conservatives are in the Bible believing churches, and you have to be careful even there, because Satan has not left the churches off of his list of tools in his box.
If you are a so-called conservative (preservative) what are you preserving if you are so far removed from the foundation that this nation was built upon? Maybe you are a conservative in the sense that you have a commode with a small bowl on it and you conserve water. Maybe you drive a hybrid and you conserve gas. You are not preserving our nation if you are not preserving our nation at it's roots, that is our Judeo/Christian heritage.
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” (Matt. 5:13).
It is plain to see that every portal of the soul is being affected in the wrong way. It is impossible for our nation to stand without moral absolutes that were based on our moral standard, the Bible.
America is a nation of proud people. What are we proud of though? Are we proud of what we think we are or are we proud of what we have actually become. Are we proud of the God that made us what we are? Maybe that's a good question to ask ourselves.
The Bible says “If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie”.
You could apply this nationally or you can apply this personally. Many deceive themselves into thinking because they have some religion or good moral standards, they are OK with God. Many Christians think they can live in sin and think that God somehow doesn't see them, and the blessings will flow. In both cases we are deceived.
In order to walk in the light and have true fellowship with God, you have to belong to Him. Some teach that we are all children of God. Jesus did not teach nor believe that lie.
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44). CP
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| Work, Work, Work, Work! [message #319] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 14:10 |
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Good morning! It is good to be with you all today. I didn't think I was going to be able to get this up today. I have this nasty cut on my hand that just doesn't want to heal. It keeps breaking open. Finally, with a combination of tape, gauze, butterfly bandages, and a popsickle stick, I was able to keep the wound closed and type at the same time. I wish I would have gotten stitches when the wound was new. Well, live -n- learn.
How did I get my wound, some might ask? I'll make some of my “friends” out there feel good. While I was beating my kids with a 2 by 4, and kicking my wife, a splinter broke off of the 2 by 4 and fell on the floor. As I was going for the 4 by 4 to commence the beatings, I tripped over one of the bludgened kids and fell, thus taking the splinter from the broken 2 by 4 in the hand.
There, now you can “feel” good knowing how important that is to “feel” good for a deluded piece of twisted filth like you. Yep, principles are not important, but do you feel good? That's all that matters.
Actually, I don't want to say how I cut my hand. All I will say is that it is one of those stupid things you do that you don't like to talk about, and it involved a goat and a goose. You might say, they got my goat and made a silly goose out of me.
Well, it won't be long until we have a new president. I don't know if I care anymore. No, really. I told you before, unless there is a revolution type shift in this country, there is no hope.
“Hey, did you hear? Obama is going to have the first openly gay bishop say a prayer at his inauguration?”
So? Who cares anymore? When you live in a country so full of dead heads, there is nothing that can be done about it. All you can do is wait for judgment from God. People get the government they deserve. Mr. Obama will get what he deserves one day for his wickedness if that be the case. The same people who were tearing Mike Huckabee apart , while he was the only candidate wanting to dismantle the IRS, are the same people crying about paying too much tax. How do you hold on to hope for absolute imbeciles like that?
“Did you hear that Obama wants to do away with the “don't ask, don't tell policy for gays in the military?”
Ho hum, yawn, yawn. Who cares? You the people vote for the same mess time and time again, so why are you crying? The people love getting the screws put to them over and over again. I don't care anymore. I know that the people love it because I heard one of the biggest morons on radio salivating over Mr Bush the other day. Yep, you got it. “The Great One” was going on and on about what a great commander and chief the president has been!
Man, you talk about the blind trying to lead the blind? Ah, let's see, where do I start. Maybe it's with the IRS sending me notices about taxes I haven't paid on income going back to when I was a kid and got some birthday money in a card, practically! Maybe it is that the banks are all tied together along with the stores so now we are closer to regulating who can buy and sell in the name of fighting terrorism..
Could it be every time you turned around Mr. Bush was trying to sneak his Globalist baloney in on us. Just to name a few, every trade deal his banker buddies told him to push through. Now we have the aftermath of this failed One World Government, New World Order policy; Our jobless, industrial baseless, faltering, hopelessly in debt economy.
Thanks to this failed ideology, our competitors, or those who do not see things the way we do, also known as enemies, have been enriched while we have been depleted. China is now poised to pass us up in many ways thanks to the policies of these twisted Utopian well wishers. I hardly believe China intends to stop at stripping us of all of our jobs.
According to an article written by Richard Walker, China employs 200,000 engineers in it's space program and all of the satellite they launch have the capability to allow military surveillance usage. They are expected to pass us up in the next decade. Isn't globalism grand? We can build our enemies while losing our jobs. See what happens when the humanists try to paint everyone with the same brush?
What about the NAFTA super highway or the Trans- Texas Corridor intended to tie Mexico, USA, and Canada together? What about Mr. Bush's lukewarmness on the borders.? What about when Mr Bush was asked about Osama binn Ladin, He said something to the effect it wasn't important that we catch him? Right there a red flag went up. The whole 911 thing is fishy to me.
Then there was the United Arab Emirate deal that was staved off only because of the outcry from the public.
What about Paul Wolfowitz, head of the world bank, leading us into the war in Iraq to begin with? Mr. Bush didn't have nerves of steel, he simply followed the orders from his “base”. What else could he do once he was there but kill, as some estimate, 1.3 million Iraqis to make sure of some sort of “victory”.
What about invading a sovereign nation anyway, and assassinating it's president? Doesn't that strike anyone funny? What about accusing Saddam of crimes against humanity, while we slaughter over a million babies a year legally in the USA?
What about the “bailout” for the very same people (the banks) who have been robbing the American people blind through front loaded interest loans, and fees in as many shameful imaginative ways possible? Again, no leadership. Just cave into the crooks and twisted ideologues who really are running things. Yep running our country right into the ground. What's worse, the crooks don't even feel they need to be accountable as to how they use the money! What about the bailout of AIG? Isn't here something fishy about bailing out an international company with US taxpayer funds? Now who's spredding the wealth?
What about tying us to the economies of all these nations so that when they fail we fail. Smells a little treasonous to me. What about yoking with communist nations that do not even allow Christians to meet freely? Do you think God will bless this wicked aliance? Oh, of course, God isn't even considered in the the humanist's Satanic plan!
What about the countless disgusting speeches about how Mr. Bush thinks all men should have democracy. Yes, in a perfect world I would agree, but it is God that gives liberty. We have neither the wealth, will, or resources to go around the world, killing enough people who disagree with us, and
overthrowing their governments. It is the Spirit of the Lord that gives liberty, and as we watch our country move away from God, we are noticing things. For instance, we are the ones being searched at airports,and being eyeballed by angry looking policemen. We are the ones seeing the police taking a shoot first approach in dealing with the public and filling the victim full of holes. We are the ones getting our phones tapped. We are the ones these evil men are monitoring with all of the 666 technology in place. We are the ones who are on camera much of the time now. You don't think these blockades they are placing around the government buildings are for the terrorists, do you? No, they are for you when you find out this isn't America anymore. When you find out your job is gone and you are losing your house and everything you hold dear in this life, and you go nuts because those who will finally gain absolute power will say “tough luck”. That's why I am suspicious of 911. It is because I believe it is us, and not the terrorists these madmen want to control. Yep, those who told Mr. Bush when he could be the “decider” or not. It's an absolute power grab, in my opinion. It's amazing what you can pull off when you own the media.
When Mr. Bush was asked if he would have done anything different in his administration, he kind of mumbled around and said something like he wouldn't have put “Mission Accomplished” on the USS Abraham Lincoln while giving a televised address. I' m shaking my head in unbelief. Wow, the arrogance! That's all he has to say for himself.
I believe the Bible when it says to pray for our country's leaders, and we did without fail, every week of this president's tenure. God doesn't tell us to be blind or stupid either. This man, in my opinion has almost single handedly destroyed the Republican Party to a point I cannot have anything to do with it.
It's nothing personal. That's what made him so perfect for his mission. He appeared to be kind of guy you could go hunting with and I don't think anyone believes he is an evil man. That's how good he was. He did follow his orders well, it seems, to a point gutting our nation.
I had a dream about president Bush last night. We were all sitting around a table. There was Mr. Bush senior, our current president, Barbara, and several other members of the Bush family. I was at the table, along with one of my daughters. It seemed that President Bush was dating my daughter and I was talking to her. I was telling her not to forget me when she married into this wealthy family. Then I woke up and I was still a poor person.. It was kind of a let-down. President Bush was young and had these big black cowboy boots on. It was a weird dream and I do not know if if had any meaning other than a stupid dream.
Well, enough of my assessment of the Bush administration. I could go on and on, but my primary concern is to deal in the business of Heaven. No, I'm not one of the sheep on the so called “Religious Right. I call it as I see it. I hate globalism because God hates it and will meet it with judgment. He's has stopped it once and He'll stop it again. If the altering eye alters all, then the one with the altering eye cannot see straight and is not fit to lead. While some are taking their hats off to the Commander in Chief, I'm afraid I'll have to take off my shoe.
That wasn't the message though.
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. (II Thes.3:1-5)
This is where I am in my life, to be honest about it. I suppose there would be reason to be vigilant in the defense of our country if anyone cared and would stay together on things, but in a day where everyone does what is right in his own eyes, there is no consensus on anything.
All we can do is pray for one another and watch, and patiently wait for our Lord to come. There should be a consensus among the believers and that is to walk in the Spirit and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
This month has been great so far. When we first started the “no television” thing this month, I pictured my wife rocking back and forth on a chair with a remote in her hand, shaking uncontrollably, noticeably going through some sort of withdrawal symptoms.
Instead I notice her praying more and reading a lot. She didn't “pass on” yet because she had no TV! I must say though, it was rather eery walking into a house with almost dead silence.
Personally, I have been able to pray more, morning and night. Time that used to wasted on a movie is now given to the Lord. God has blessed in ways too numerable to mention. I guess the most wonderful thing is the confidence knowing that God has first place in my life. I've found books I didn't even know I had and started reading them, receiving tremendous blessing. I began to study the things I've been wanting to study again and haven't had time for. I'm beginning to get more organized because I have more time to organize. I wonder how I had time for TV! I had time because other important things suffered, including my prayer and my personal devotion time.
When we are walking with the Lord, and have honestly laid aside all things that get between us and Him. We can have confidence that God will establish us, and keep us from evil. Yes God can! God can if there is “Nothing Between”.
“Nothing between my soul and the Saviour, Naught of this world's delusive dream: I have renounced all sinful pleasure, Jesus is mine! There' nothing between.
Nothing between, like worldly pleasure: Habits of life, tho harmless they seem, Must not my heart from Him ever sever,. He is my all! There's nothing between.
Nothing between, like pride or station: Self or friends shall not intervene; Tho it may cost me much tribulation, I am resolved! There's nothing between.
Nothing between, e'en many hard trials, Tho the whole world against me convene; Watching with prayer and much self denial , Triumph at last, with nothing between!”
Personally things for me will not be the same after this month. I've enjoyed my fellowship with the Lord too much. Yes, Mr. Tindley must have experienced that fellowship with the Lord that is so beautiful for words to describe. It may cost us much tribulation, it is true.
The January 11th devotional in Oswald Chamber's wonderful book MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST describes the reason we may experience some discomfort in our walk with Christ.
“If we obey God it is going to cost other people more that it costs us, and that is where the sting comes in. If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything, it is an delight, but it costs those who do not love Him a good deal. If we obey God it will mean that other people's plans are upset, and thy will gibe us with it, “you call this Christianity?” We can prevent the suffering; but if we are going to obey God, we must not prevent it, we must let the cost be paid.”
When we have sin in our lives we cannot see clearly. Sin has a blinding effect.
“But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.” (II Pet. 1:9)
Then the chorus of the song goes like this:
“Nothing between my soul and the Savior, So that His blessed face may be seen; Nothing preventing the least of His favor: Keep the way clear! Let nothing between.”
There it is! Keep the way clear. Keep the way clear for God's direction. Keep the way clear for God's blessing!
“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.” (II Thes. 3:6)
Is it that relationship that is getting in between you and the Lord. I've never seen it fail. Every time a rotten potato gets in the good batch, the good potatoes start to rot. Every unequal yoke is miserable, with no guarantee that things will get better.
When I got married neither one of us were saved. We were searching so we were going to church services. My wife went forward and accepted Christ as her Saviour. It was a whole year before I would accept Christ as my Saviour. In the meantime, I put her through a great deal of misery. She went to church faithfully and went to the altar every Sunday to pray for my salvation. There were no guarantees, but God was merciful and I was gloriously saved.
Young people, if someone is trying to lead you contrary to what you know is right and contrary to sound Bible doctrine, get away from them. I don't care about your feelings right now. You need to care about what God says. I don't care if he or she is cute. I don't care if you think you love each other. Break it off, because if you are a Christian, you are asking for a life of misery. My situation ended happily but I know of many that haven't.
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you;
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. (II Thes. 3:7-10).
Wow, what a concept! Imagine people having to work or not eating. Paul made himself an example to the believers. That my friend is a big responsibility. Although Paul had ethics and God's word on his side and he should be able to be compensated for his work, since when has the world, or even the church treated such ethically. Usually the preacher is treated lower than dog dirt. On the other hand, usually the preacher that is able to live of the ministry has to give up somethings doctrinally speaking. Especially these days. Are you kidding me? Better not put those work boots away too fast.
“Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel
But I have used none of these things, neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.” (I Cor. 9:14,15).
The apostle Paul was so committed to serving our Lord, he was willing to leave all of the things of this life behind if he perceived they would slow him down, or hinder the ministry. What a hard act to follow! We often want to have our cake and eat it too. As we attempt to “clean house” God shows us more and more until finally our vision is clear. When we “come to ourselves” we are forced to admit, “we haven't given our all to the Lord!” At least now we can see it. Then we must quickly make the changes or risk losing God's favor.
“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.” (II Thes. 3:11,12).
Work, work, work, work! Stay busy and stay out of trouble. God cannot use a lazy person and a lazy person tends to get into mischief. “An idle mind is the Devil's workshop.” and I also found another quote I had never heard before on the Internet: “An idle youth becomes in age a beggar.” Sounds good to me.
“But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing” (II Thes. 3:13).
I know there is a tendency sometimes to look at the world and see them running around doing their own thing. They're at the bar or the dance Friday and Saturday night. They have their weekend planned and they seem to be living a life of ease and pleasure. Sometimes you can look at that and ask, “where is my vacation?”
We have to remember that the lost have their reward now. God doesn't want us to have a life of ease. He wants us working, working, working. There will be plenty of time to rest when we get home.
Gideon was Threshing wheat when God called him to deliver the children of Israel out of the hand of the Midianites. Saul was looking for his father's asses when he was called to be king of Israel. David was keeping sheep when God called him to be king.
We need to be busy for we know not what job God has for us. Grab that shovel! Get that wheelbarrow! Rake the yard, do something! Don't just stand there, get the dishes done. God wants us busy.
Get away from them who would drag you down. Get away from that lazy boy friend unless you are prepared to be the bread winner of your household! When you go to call on your girl friend and she comes out in curlers and pajamas at 10 am, run for your life. You'll be out working your butt off just to come home to a trashed house. She'll grieve you all of the days of your life. She'll be too lazy to clean the house and take care of the kids. Who's going to take the time and effort to train and raise the children properly? That's why God says:
“And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” (II Thes.3:15). CP
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| Reprobate [message #318] |
Sun, 11 January 2009 10:10 |
Cyberpastor
Messages: 189
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Hello all of my dear friends and also my bitter enemies. May God bless all those who uphold my soul in their prayers and thoughts. To those who are my enemies, I must warn you. God is after you and it is only a matter of time before I hear of your demise.
We are attacked often here at the BCBC. What really grieves me, is when you have all of these spiritually bankrupt adults thinking they are somehow going to save the children from the “bad” influence of God's word. They don't think the church is important, even when they themselves have failed in every aspect of life.
I personally see that demonic activity has increased in our day. The Devil knows he has but a short time. Keeping children away from God has serious consequences and I thank God I am not in the shoes of these social misfits who keep children away from church.
“”But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” (Matt. 18:6,7).
Well, what's new? God is getting ready to judge the whole mess! It is unbelievable times we live in today. Things just seem to be spiraling out of control in every way.
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to an fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.” (Amos 8:11,12).
The other day I was putting the new prayer lists together for our mid week prayer service. I asked the Lord about a couple of people on the list we had been praying for, who had recently took a turn against us, and the church. I had to ask God if we should even pray for these people anymore. God led me not to put them on the list. I'm like, whoa! God is serious. He's after these people. Just fasten your seatbelt and watch the show. When God begins to wield His sword, look out!
It reminded me of a passage in the Old Testament:
“Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.” (Jer. 14:11-14).
It looks to me that God gets fed up with people at some point in time. Just like the Bible says in the book of Revelation, that He will “spew them out of his mouth”. People make God puke, and the very people that make God puke are the same people that make me puke, as it should be.
It's like these emails I get all of the time. “Hey baby, are U bored. Let's chat. I'll get naked for you.”
Or Its some advertisement about making a certain part of your anatomy bigger, or it is Viagra. Don't you know you make me want to puke? Is there no end to the shallowness out there? Is there nothing off limits when it comes to making a few bucks?
These advertisements are sort of like a movie you are watching and all of sudden you have a kissing scene. That's it! The movie is ruined. I'm ready to throw up right on the spot. That's all I need is a couple of people sucking and slobbering all over each other. It grosses me out!
Now I do not know of anyone who doesn't love to kiss, and be intimate with someone they love,and are committed to. Somethings are just better left behind closed doors. What's even worse is that none of the people in the movies ever portray a norman family situation. It's always the one night stand deal. What are the Hollywood swine teaching our children and why?
That's probably why the porn industry is looking for a bailout. I don't know what the appeal is to watch a couple of animals mating. You can go to the Zoo and see that, or the farm if that's closer. People should start to get it after a while. It's the love behind the sexuality that makes intimacy beautiful. Without the love, loyalty, mutual respect, and commitment, you have two animals romping around. Instead of a bailout, how about prison time for crimes against humanity?
What about you ladies? Aren't you a little offended to be reduced to a mere sex object by these twisted people? Isn't it fun to be groped on, and have your rear-end stared at by some twisted animal that has no intention of ever committing to anyone, let alone be a responsible breadwinner for a family?
No, there shouldn't be a bailout, but they'll probably get one. Nothing surprises me anymore.
There are some people who are beyond God's reach. They just keep going off in their blind stupidity, and they are just as proud as can be in their ignorance! You can't tell them anything. You tell them a Bible verse and they become an instant theologian. You try to talk doctrine and they become a philosopher. You try to talk biblical principals and they already knew them before you were even born. Now I see why God gives up on some people and instructs us not to waste prayer time on them.
As even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: (Rom. 1:28-31).
These people are “filled with all unrighteousness” and are to such a point that God has pretty much given up on them. Webster gives the definition of the word “reprobate” as such:
“Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer.vi.
Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.
They profess that they know God, but in words deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Tit. I.
Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2 Tim. iii.”
Mr Webster also defines “reprobate” as “ A person abandoned to sin; one lost to virtue and religion.”
Can you imagine that, my friend? With all of the things that are yet to come, and no hope of getting on God's side of things? Now that is enough to scare me to death just thinking about it. Even if all you had to endure was the coming tribulation period, that would be enough for me. What about that giant leap into the dark when you pass from this life to the next?
When I know people are out of the will of God, I do not pray for their lives to be blessed. Some people just are not good to be around. Many of these people are on church rosters today. The church at Corinth had filthy scoffers and blasphemers on the church roll. As for me, when I see someone get saved, I'll have them on the roll also. It is just such a rare thing to see today. I'm talking about true regeneration.
Oswald Chambers had an interesting comment for today's devotional in his book “My Utmost For His Highest”.
“When a man fails in personal Christian experience, it is nearly always because he has never received anything. The only sign that a man is saved is that he has received something from Jesus Christ. Our part as workers for God is to open men's eyes that they may turn themselves from darkness to light; but that is not salvation, that is conversion-the effort of a roused human being. I do not think it is too sweeping to say that the majority of nominal Christians are of this order; their eyes opened, but they have received nothing. Conversion is not regeneration This is one of the neglected factors in our preaching today. When a man is born again, he knows that it is because of his own decision.... Salvation means that we are brought to the place where we are able to receive something from God on the authority of Christ, viz., remission of sins.”
Wow, how many are wandering around out there today with this form of godliness minus the power of God. They have been awakened to the fact that there is something going on. They know something is wrong. They know of the tribulation period. They know of the government closing in and slowly taking our liberties away while putting things in place to control and monitor us. They know of the false religions that preach false doctrines. They know some of the terminology of the Bible, and yet they have not followed through with saving faith; they've not been born again.
“Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.” (John 10:25-29).
That's why you have people who sound pretty good when you talk to them, yet they insist on attending churches that are either liberal, apostate, or are out and out cults. God commands them to “come out” of them, but they don't see the need because they are oblivious to the spiritual side of the equation. The Spirit in not leading them because there is no Spirit in them.
It seems that some of them are friendly toward Christians, and yet they don't understand them.
I don't know how many times I have heard people say “ I have prayed over and over again and nothing happens.”
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:44).
You cannot just turn on Jesus. There has to be the right conditions met and those conditions require something that many do not have today. It seems we have a bunch of whiny, spoiled, implacable, prideful brats out there today. If you don't believe me, just listen to radio talk shows. You never hear such a group of blow hards puffed up in the own stupidity. “The Great One” as they call him, sounds like a bitter old man who is not afraid to whine out loud about everything. Someone give the baby a pacifier, please!
President elect Obama is not even in office yet, but no matter. Nothing is sacred to these blubbering blow hards. Not even the position of president means anything. Man, what are we teaching our kids? Are we teaching them to respect no man or office? I guess we should be used to it. The precious Lord of glory is reduced to a mere cuss word in our filthy society.
The Bible commands us to pray for them in authority. That's what I'm going to do. Why? Because God allowed Mr. Obama to be elected president of the United States of America, that's why.
We have glorified the inflated ego when salvation requires the opposite.
“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest?
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.” (Isa. 66:1,2). CP
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| Brazen Sin [message #317] |
Sun, 04 January 2009 10:17 |
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Good morning and welcome. Now that I have everyone ticked off over my lack of enthusiasm over the celebration of Christ's mass, I hope you all had a safe holiday season. I have been in fervent prayer over my personal situation, and the ministry this year, and I am looking for God to do some great things. Quite frankly, I am excited. The financial “experts” say that the economy is going to “Hell in a hand basket”, whatever that means, and it will get worse this year. I just think of verses like:
“The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.” (Ps. 37:18-20).
January has been declared a month of sanctification and renewed personal separation. I have called for the church people to make a special effort to examine their lives and “cut off” all things that are keeping them out of God's will and blessing. Even the television is gone out the door for the month of January. Instead, the Bible is coming out in the evenings, as well as in the mornings, and all throughout the day. Instead of settling to a movie at night, mommy is settling into reading a Bible story to the kids.
I wondered how much Hollywood affects our lives, and our walk with the Lord. I figure a month should be enough time to “come up for air” so to speak, and give God His time back. I wonder how He feels when we are more devoted and loyal to those who are filling our country with raw sewage, than we are to God Himself?!
Just as in the days of great revivals past, there had to be some adjustments made. There was a need for someone to get a hold of God, be filled with the Spirit, and then lead. To give one example, we can look at the days of Hezekiah.
“He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehustan.”
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.” (II Kings 18:4-7).
There are a couple of things I'd like to point out. Now it is just my opinion, but it seems to me that the “Christ's Mass” celebration is a lot like the glorification of the brazen serpent. I believe the reason Christ's real birthday is unknown is because God wanted it unknown. He knew it would lead to the idolatry it has led to today. The little baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laying in a manger is so sweet, cuddly, and cute, but the focus and emphasis is on the wrong thing. The world hates the Jesus of the Bible, and they want little or nothing to do with His Bible and commandments. The only words of the Bible many know are “judge not” and they take those words out of context.
The other thing I noticed is that when Hezekiah was doing God's service, and cleaning up the idolatrous mess, he was in the center of God's will, and consequently in line for God's blessing. I think we shield ourselves from God's blessings and spiritual victory when we keep our groves, images, and brasen serpents. The scripture backs this up and God sees everything, even the “brasen serpent” of Hollywood that we bow down to, at the exclusion of God.
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and truth.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.” (I John 3:16-22).
Do you not want that brethren? Do you not hunger for that confidence? I know I do. I also know that when I am walking in the Spirit, and all conscience defiling sins are put out of my life, I have that confidence. The things that I pray for are on the way, and I feel almost invincible because God is watching over me, leading me, and protecting me.
A revival! We need revival, and it needs to start with you and I. Let us have our personal revival take place, and see if it doesn't spread to those around us.
You know brethren, times are hard, and many mighty men are falling. Will you be one of them? You won't if you put your faith in God.
There is one verse I read with almost a spirit of defiance. Now this defiance is not in an evil way, but by way of a challenge.
“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8).
Well, I know I want to be there buddy! I want to be the one who is still believing in miracles when Jesus returns. I want to be one who is still looking to God ,as a baby bird waits for mommy bird to bring his food! I want to be watching and waiting when He returns. I don't want to be ashamed when he comes back.
Yes, let Luke 18:8 be a challenge, as well as a warning, so we are not swept away in this world's delusion. God is rigid, and His ways are truth. Our heart is corrupt, and will continually deceive us. Therefore we must always follow God's word, even when our heart tells us “it's OK, you deserve a sin today”.
God is rigid, and He will not move contrary to His written word. If something is wrong, He knows it, and will not bless contrary to His truth, even though we have convinced ourselves otherwise. God is just and we are false. We must obey His word by faith as children should obey their parents, without question.
For the new year, let's break down the false altars in our hearts.
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. (II Cor. 10:3-6)
There are several things we can see in these verses.
First of all,we are not fighting conventional warfare. We are fighting enemies we often cannot see. If our battle is spiritual, and our enemy is invisible, guess what? Yeah, that's right. We had better be walking in the Spirit, because we must have God's eyes and ears.
“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.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” (Eph. 6:12,13).
We are not going to win this thing while we are “sleeping at the switch”. We are not going to be victorious unless we are walking in the Spirit, and there are some great victories to win. Our weapons are not “carnal”. Our weapons are so mighty when we walk in the power of God, we have the ability to pull down “strong holds” of Satan himself.
This is what I'm talking about. Yes the economy is bad, and things are looking dark all around us, but that is irrelevant. Don't you get it? When you belong to the God who controls the universe, the only thing that matters is that you are walking in the way that pleases Him. Nothing will happen to you, and no evil will befall you unless God let's it. No one can remove you until God wants you removed. Now break down the idols and replace your fear with the confidence of God's impenetrable hedge! There is no better feeling than being filled with the Holy Spirit as we walk in His ways.
When we “cast down imaginations” and bring our thoughts into the light of God's word we can see how futile and vain our ways are. I'm talking about God's power in every aspect of our lives.
Even as a preacher, I cannot preach. Oh, in the flesh I may get up and make a good show and tell a few jokes. It is not until I dismiss all pride and confidence in myself and my abilities, that I am able to preach the preaching that He bids me. Even the apostle Paul said:
“And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, an in much trembling.
And my speech and my preaching was not with inticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” (I Cor. 2: 1-5)
“Empty before thee Lord, empty of me I preach thy word”
If we are going to see victories in 2009, it will be because of “Christ in us, the hope of glory”. We cannot kid ourselves, as the majority of the population of the USA is kidding themselves. They think they can go it alone ,on their own power. They no longer need , nor acknowledge the God that has blessed our nation all of these years.
Christian friend! As the world is deceiving themselves in thinking they can minimize God and still come out unscathed, we must ask ourselves. Are we minimizing God in our lives. Has the world come in and deceived us. Has Hollywood, or anything else, become the “brasen serpent” in our lives? If we are to see victory in 2009, the false altars will have to go. CP
[Updated on: Sun, 04 January 2009 13:36]
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| What Is The Challenge We Must Face? [message #316] |
Sun, 28 December 2008 13:39 |
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How have you all been doing? Fine I hope. Things have finally slowed enough around here, due to the holiday season, so I can finally take time to let you all know I am still alive. We are a little snowed in at the moment, and I thank God for that. I have learned never to complain about precipitation when you live in a desert.
I've been busy trying to stay ahead of the wolves, if you know what I mean. I ran into a series of events that put us in a rather difficult situation financially. You could really help by purchasing my new music CD release, “Clips In Time”.
By sending a gift of $15.00 or more to Darrell Hansen Music, PO Box 414, Vale, Oregon,97918, you could really help me out. Just include a mailing address and I promise you will receive the music you have requested. If everyone that visits this website would buy one of my CDs, and buy one for a friend, it could enable me to eliminate some of the wolves, and give me more time to do the things I need to be doing by way of ministry.
Please pray about helping in this way. God will reward you in two ways. He will bless you for helping a brother in need, and you will be purchasing a musical work that will bless you over and over again.
“Clips In Time” is guaranteed to take you on an emotional journey over and over again. If the music doesn't totally captivate you and become an addiction, just send the CD back for a full refund. You can also purchase this music by way of digital download online. Just punch in Darrell Hansen or “Clips In Time” and you can listen to samples and purchase individual songs or the entire CD.
Thank you in advance for your patronage. I have three more projects that are in the works, and the biggest obstacle right now is lack of funding. If the music of “Clips In Time” blesses you, consider helping to empower me to go on with the next project by purchasing previous releases.
One church has purchased a case of the “Please Don't Kill Me Again” CDs, and they give them to the youth they are dealing with as awards. This helps me out and puts godly music, with a little contemporary touch, and the gospel message in print, into the hands of these young people. The Lord knows they need an alternative today. The music out there today is so empty. Please consider helping in this way.
Just buy my product and help us through this tough time, will you? Thank you!
Some of you remember we had the kids of a homeless family staying here for a while. It started out as four and is now at one. The girl that is staying with us seems to be responding well and coming around in many ways. She is already so learning-disabled, but she is learning. Her mother came around to take her for Christmas and she didn't want to go. I felt so sorry for her, but what could I do. It is a sad thing when a child's mother is the worst thing that can happen to a child. These bottom feeders deliver their contribution to our country one societal misfit at a time. It is really sad.
So, what else is new? The whole country is in a moral crisis all the way from the crooks on the top to the trash on the bottom, and all of the spiritually blind in between. Giving money to the crooks that have been ripping the people of this nation off with ridiculous interest rates and front loaded loans is an abomination as far as I'm concerned.
While the dummies are running around trying to put Christ into a place where He doesn't belong, the families are failing. With such moral confusion, I see no hope for this nation to survive.
I was listening to a talk show the other day, just to give you an example of what we are up against. The blow hard of the show was going on about a song about Hanukkah being sung somewhere, but they weren't allowed to sing “Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer”. Somehow this was discrimination against the Christians and their holiday, according to ignoramus! It's like, wow man, where am I? I'm confused, give me another hit. Rudolf and Jesus are both “Christian” now? Yeah, that makes sense, hmm.
My opinion? December 25th has always been a day of pagan celebration which predates Christ, and why should we cheapen our wonderful Saviour by dragging Him through this mess. Everything makes sense when you take the lie of “Jesus is the reason for the season” out of the picture. Let the pagans have their day back. It's theirs, give it to them! People don't get saved by getting all bubbly and emotional. People get saved when they see themselves as a hell bound sinner and repent of their sins.
In some ways we are living in the days that paralel to the period at the end of the judges.
“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25).
There are somethings I wish were true, and as much as I wish they were, they are not. This is why I don't do much more on Christmas Day than eat a dinner with the family, and get a day off of work. It is amazing how liberating that is. It is curious to watch those who are entwined in this foolishness. Yes, it is even amusing! There is a price to pay for being a lemming.
Another lie that people are trying to shove down our throat is that homosexuals are born homosexuals, and therefore they should have a case for civil rights. They want us to believe that same sex couples should be afforded the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Now Satan is very clever here. The Devil knows that we are on the brink of the end of America as we have known it. He also knows that nothing will bring the wrath of God on a nation faster than a people who takes the holy institution of marriage, that God has established, and apply it to perversion that God hates.
“Who knowing the judgement of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” (Romans 1:32).
It is interesting to note that the Bible states, “who knowing the judgement of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death,” still do these things. The perverts are not only self destructive, but they do not care about anyone else either. They are willing to jeopardize the whole society so they can have special rights and fulfil their filthy lusts. This is how blinded they are by lust. It's almost like a sickness, a sin sickness.
Now, normal people who sin and do disgusting things usually try to keep their sin secret. Not these perverts today.
“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.” (Jer. 6:15)
What is the challenge we must face?
“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” But they said, We will not walk therein.” (Jer. 6:16).
Surely we can remember the good old days. Those days of blessings which are quickly vanishing because we have allowed sin to come in and God to be taken out. We must stand for the truth of God's word because the nation we have known and loved is going away fast. For the sake of future generations, we must resist these evil forces. We must say NO to the perverts who want to bring God's wrath upon us just so they can fulfill their filthy lust. We have to stand against them if we would survive, and we must stand unapologetically. The perverts are wrong, we are right. The sin of sodomy needs to be shameful, and this evil activity kept at a minimum. When we take away the disgrace, and begin to justify sin, sin will thrive, and the whole country will pay.
Yes, we need to cling to the old ways if we will find rest, but unfortunately the rest of the verse tells the sad story that I'm afraid we are destined to repeat, “But they said we will not walk therein.”
People appear to be under a spell today. We truly have the generation of the Antichrist in the making. Consider this prophecy that is to be fulfilled in the tribulation period against Babylon, which most believe to be the revived Roman empire.
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.” (Rev. 18:23).
There is definitely a magic working today. The other day I had a Hindu women tell me Merry Christmas!
Women are running off and leaving their husbands. Husbands are running off and leaving their wives and 12 children. Husbands are sending pictures of their new girlfriends to their wives. Santa Claus is running around shooting people. People are popping pills like there is no tomorrow. Men are having their lives destroyed by easy divorce, and then are being forced to pay child support to a women that is sleeping with everyone but him. Whores are sleeping around, and enticing men into bed for child support, which they in turn use to buy drugs. Children are put on drugs because the bone headed parents don't have enough guts to break out the rod. These children who are learning disabled little tyrants are going to be our leaders of tomorrow. Are we getting the picture yet? Are we not under a spell?
Don't you see? The same crowd that is all googly eyed around the baby Jesus actually worship another Jesus. We are commanded to remember Christ's death, and that is the important thing. Is it not a spell that would drive everyone to put a tree in their house?!!! Is it not a spell that would drive people to run around like a meathead hanging lights up all over, or spending money they don't have?
Will it not be the same blindness and spirit that was evidenced when God's true prophets were killed in the tribulation period, and the people sent gifts to each other.
“And they that dwelt upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.” (Rev. 11:10).
Do we not have a people who fit right into the book of Revelation? Even after experiencing all of the catastrophes of the tribulation period, the hardened people of that day found no place of repentance.
We have been doing a weekly study of the book “Growing Up God's Way” by John Stormer. It is quite revealing, and it is apparent to me why we are, at least in part, heading for a national disaster. I think the old ways are still the good ways. Consider the words of Susan Wesley, mother of 19 children, including John and Charles Wesley:
“The parent who indulges the child's self-will does the Devil's work; makes religion impracticable, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child's body and soul forever.”
Consider that even after a third part of the men of the earth are killed in the tribulation period, those who were left refused to repent. Even after Satan, and all of his cruelty is unleashed upon mankind, things went on as usual, as far as their attitude toward God. Yeah, just like after 911. “Hey man, where's the party?”
“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” (Rev. 9:20,21).
God is so merciful to us. If you think about the current state of things in our country, it is amazing that God gives us anything. Let's pray for victory in 2009. Let us pray for the new president elect Obama. Let us stand strong in the new year. Now is the time for reflection. What are your resolutions for the new year?
What do I think about our new president elect? Some may wonder ,since I was a supporter of Mr. Huckabee? It is too soon to tell obviously, but I was relieved that Mr. McCain didn't get in. I am frankly inspired by Barak Obama. This is what I have always said about the civil rights movement and idiots like Jesse Jackass and Al Simpleton. I have always believed that what was holding black people down was the black people themselves. If you have a nasty attitude, you'll never go anywhere, no matter what color you are.
I also believe the Obama victory was, in part, a repudiation of the arrogance of the Bush administration, and possibly a repudiation of globalism. Having said that though, it had to be a done deal. There is no way that John McCain could have been stupid enough to tout Nafta as a campaign rallying point in Ohio! He couldn't be that brain dead, could he?
Having said that, I believe both candidates are in the pockets of the Federal Reserve and the global engineers. That was proven when both candidates voted for the bailout ripoff.
That's why I didn't vote for either one of the candidates. I voted for real change in a third party candidate. Did I waste my vote? I think you'll find that you have wasted your vote again, when you end up with more of the same. One thing that you can count on is that the American people can be duped time and time again. Another reason it is over. CP
[Updated on: Sun, 28 December 2008 15:12]
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| Fly The Coop [message #315] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 10:22 |
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Brrrrr! It's cold! I pulled out all of the garden plants Wednesday in anticipation of the frost. I'm glad I did. It froze pretty good that night. I was able to save a lot of the produce. We have been able to put a lot of produce away this year; more that I can remember in the past. I have animals I have been trying to sell and they won't sell. I hope it is not an indicator of bad things to come. I must say, it feels pretty good to have some extra food put away and to have some meat walking around the field.
We were busy bees this year as I've never experienced in the past. It reminds me of a passage in the book of Proverbs:
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.” (Prov. 6:6-8)
Now that the harvest is in, for the most part, it is nice to slow down a little. As the weather cools, we will focus our attention on the work inside. We brought in a few hundred dollars from the yard sale. We can now start repairing the plumbing for the bathroom in the church. It seems there is never enough time to get all the things done you have to get done.
We had an order for the “Please Don't Kill Me Again” cds. Someone wants to offer them at their church. They give them away for awards to their youth. I think that is great idea, and I appreciate that very much. We sent off a case of them. We have more left if anyone can use them. The cover has a great salvation message and the music is good for the young people as well as the more mature. Many of the songs are Psalms put to music.
I just received the “master” copy of my 2nd cd project entitled “Clips In Time” today. I'll be busy getting that ready for distribution for the next week or so if I like the final mix. It is not exactly a hymn project, but many of the songs were written and inspired by real life situations that I have experienced. They are all real songs about real life. No stupid, mindless, noise here. This music deals with some of the deep issues of life that many, if not all are either going through now, or will go through one day. Some of the songs strike so deeply, I had to re-do the vocals, if you know what I mean. I just couldn't make it all the way through. If you want music from deep inside of the soul, be looking for this project on my website, as well as all over the Internet. I will warn you now, this project is rated “E” for emotional. This is some extremely emotional stuff, so be warned.
Maybe it's time we start looking at real things. For so long we have been sidetracked, misled, diverted, distracted, and bombarded with vanity and fluff, it is past time for us wake up to reality. We have been living a lie. It is high time to wake from our fairytale lives and smell the coffee, so to speak. The party is over and we are in a moral meltdown as well as a financial meltdown. There is already talk of an international bank and a world currency. I smell something sinister coming out of this so-called “bailout” fiasco. My guess would be another step toward establishing the world government by establishing a world monetary system. Both McCain and Obama are in the pocket of these conspirators, by the way. We have two useless people to vote for. I warned you about this when we had a choice. The media corralled the dummies to get us to exactly where we are at, in my opinion. Nothing happens by accident in politics.
The moral meltdown is no accident in my opinion. The powers that be in Helliwood pump out this trash on purpose to destroy the morals of the nation. There is no other reason for it. An immoral nation is easily controlled.
My wife gets these movies through Netflix, and I was watching one last night. It sounded really good and the story itself was great. I wasn't able to finish it though, because there was an agenda. The agenda was to promote the loose lifestyle of fornication and adultery. Of course the white male was an abusive maniac as he is portrayed in many of these movies. The women's primary objective is to see who they could sleep with. Marriage wasn't even mentioned one time.
This is how we have arrived at this moral crisis. We are at a point now, that when you even talk of some of the virtues that were the norm in days gone by, you get heckled and laughed at. Some that are laughing are the “little children” of this generation. It reminds me of the “she bear” account in II Kings.
“And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.” (II Kings 2:23-25).
These little monsters were no doubt brought up thinking that anyone who was “religious” was some kind of nut case. They were probably being taught that they came from a monkey or some “primordial soup”, or we are the result of the “big bang”. Well, I know this was a little before Darwin's time, but these kids were obviously taught to have little or no respect for God's people, just as they are being taught today.
Well, the man of God said enough of this, and he cursed them. This is something I do from time to time. I ask God to avenge me of my adversaries. For finance companies, for instance, I pray that God will take one million dollars for every dollar that these heartless thieves steal from me through excessive usury and fees. We do not do things personally. We ask God to do them and He does.
In this instance, God called some of His wild animals and sent them in for the kill. God has many tools at His disposal and there is no escape when He is after you. The bears went at God's call and started tearing these monsters up. These wretched brats got what they deserved. Something we can learn from this is that children can be children of Belial.
So guys and gals, if you have some business that needs taken care of, we do have power with God. Don't get your hands dirty on that filthy slut of a wife or that fat pig of a husband who decide they want to go and have fun, leaving you high and dry with no spouse. If you are the man, she'll want to take your kids on top of that, and a filthy dike with a robe on will grant it so. All you can do is give it to God. If there are no she bears running around the big city, there are plenty of semi-trucks and cars. God is a just God, and marriage vows are sacred.
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Saying, there was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:1-8
It was like this truth or fiction movie that my wife rented the other day. This women comes home and finds her husband (El Swino) in bed with another women (El Sluto). She does the stupid thing and pulls a gun out. He struggles with her over the gun and the gun goes off killing the wife. Somehow he gets off the hook claiming self defense or something.
One day he's mowing grass and someone who is out to avenge the dead wife takes a pot shot at the “swine” as he is mowing grass. She misses and hits a tree. He never knows what happened because of the noise of the lawn mower.
Then some time later the husband decides he needs to cut the tree down, which happened to be the same tree that took the bullet. As he was cutting the tree down the chain on the chain saw caught the bullet and shot it into the husband's heart and killed him.
He got exactly what he deserved and God made sure justice was served. Yes, that is exactly what should happen. He should be shot. The judicial system is too morally bankrupt to deal with it and mete out justice to fit the crime, but don't jeopardize your life or future over it. The scum is not worth it. Besides, God can do the avenging and you won't have to ruin your life over it.
Someone told me that some things are out of our control. That is true, but your response is in your control, so take control by giving it to God.
There was a time when the judicial system took care of such matters. Today the system is so messed up, not by accident in my opinion, and so removed from biblical justice. Forget justice in our corrupt judicial system. You'd have a better chance at justice if you took your case to the local gang on the street. You have to take your case to God if you want true pain free justice.
There was some “character” around back in grandma's day. Slowly but surely these godly characteristics have been “educated” out of us. Liberalism keeps pushing to open up more doors that at one time no one considered opening. Now anything goes, except Bible doctrine. All of a sudden the liar is the hero and you are the villain if you tell the truth. What does the Bible say:
“But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:” (Tit. 2:1).
Even the Baptist churches are shying away from straight preaching. I guess they are actually worried about what the world thinks of them. With our society in moral free fall, we need you to stand strong, unwavering, and unapologetic on sound doctrine. Forget the numbers game. Don't you get sick of dealing with a bunch of unregenerates anyway?
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accuser, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” (Tit. 2:2-5).
We have to teach these principles in our churches even though the world rejects them. There was a time in our nation when enough of this godly teaching filled our churches that it influenced a whole nation. That has changed. Now the churches,are largely influenced and infiltrated by modernists, socialists, new evangelicals, compromisers, Marxists, infidels, and other “creatures”.
What about the young people entering into marriage who had never been taught, by word or example, how to be husbands, wives,or mothers and fathers? Where do they start? By looking at the Bible? That's a laugh. The Bible has been totally discredited. (You have to order a King James Bible if you want to get one from our local book store!) They go to Hollywood, reality television, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, etc. They base decisions on emotion and selfishness and not on the sound principles of the Bible. In other words, many of our young people lack the characteristics they need, and we are doomed as a society. The churches have pitched sound doctrine out the window, and that is exactly what has happened. Around and around it goes, and Jesus is the only hope.
Those selfless things grandma used to do,and that character she exhibited, as a result of the influential church are no longer there. We just think back with great admiration on women of exemplary character that resembled the “virtuous woman” of Proverbs 31. To a great extent, they are gone. I happen to be married to one of the last ones it seems.
Grandma was supposed to be teaching the younger women how to succeed in marriage and now she is shacking up with someone, or gambling away her social security check at Jack Pot. None of this is addressed at the liberal church she goes to, if she goes to church at all.
Girls do not know loyalty, or what it means to stay at home and sacrifice and work to build a home. Many of them foolishly tear their home down and destroy it because they have no character. When it is not fun anymore, they fly the coop.
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth to Lord, she shall be praised.” (Prov. 31:30). CP
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| Pants Off! [message #314] |
Sun, 05 October 2008 10:05 |
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Howdy folks! I'm finally back. As things change to colors of autumn, hopefully I can settle into a more normal routine. Much has changed and God has blessed in many ways, in spite of my own unworthiness.
The other day Philip and I were about to pray about something, and I asked Phil to pray. He said, “Why don't you pray, I don't feel worthy to pray”. To that I responded, “None of us are. We are worthy only because of what Jesus did, not because we are good.”
“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need”. (Heb. 4:14-16).
Thank God we are not saved on our merits, and thank God we do not access the throne of Heaven because we are “worthy”! “Isn't the love of Jesus something wonderful?!!!
Well, today is the first day of deer season for the hunt I drew. I asked God if I should go hunting and He seemed to say, “ are you kidding?” God said “take care of my business first”. The world puts all of these idols before God, and I believe God wants His day to be a major focus in our lives. If God wants me to have a deer, He could have one run into my yard, jump up into a tree and hang itself! We walk by faith and not by sight. If we walk by faith, we can never go the wrong way.
The kids that were staying here went back to mother. She moved in with her mother. Now the “butt brigade” can be thrilled that the kids are back in their abusive situation of no discipline. It is sad to see them in a situation where failure is all but guaranteed. The kids love it because in their own words, “We can do what ever we want”. Unfortunately they are already ruined for life. The first three years are the most important years in child development. Thanks to the Soviet Socialist Services, who run around sniffing out paddles like my dog sniffs out the piece of chicken I dropped under the table, the kids think you are “mean” if you spank them. God help them on judgment day, that's all I can say. They'll be accountable for all of children they have helped to ruin. The only hope those kids had was a structured situation with consistent loving discipline as it was needed.
Then we had a yard sale for a couple of weeks in three day intervals. Yep, that's right. Here in the United Soviet Socialist States of America, I can only have a yard sale on my own property for three days at a time. I'll tell you right now, there is nothing left. This country is gone and there is no hope on the horizon outside of the return of Jesus Christ. The American people lack the character to have a revolution, but that is exactly what it would take to set things straight. I'll just write in a third party candidates name when it comes time to vote I guess. We have no choice real choice as far as I can tell.
We had the yard sale to get funds for youth activities and to purchase the needed material to put in a church bathroom. I am thankful to all of the people who came out. Some people even gave donations! Wow, what a blessing and encouragement that was! Thank you!
We even had the apostles come out. Yep, the apostles! Two bearded guys dressed in long white gowns and sandals claiming to be apostles. When we started to talk to them about doctrine, they said they don't worry about doctrine, they just love as Jesus did.
Well, there you have it. Just a couple burn outs from the sixties trying to fill a spiritual void in their ignorance.
My opinion on the Wall Street bailout bill is that it should be the beginning of a bloodless revolution. A web site should be set up and all of the names of the crooks in congress who voted for the bailout bill should be on it. Then on election day you vote everyone of them out.
Someone mentioned bailing out the taxpayers. I didn't do the figuring myself, but an individual said each taxpayer would get about $200.000. Could you imagine what that would do for the economy if everyone could payoff all their debts, start new businesses, make investments, etc? Wow, I like that idea much better. We have all been victims of these loan sharks and it rubs me the wrong way big time when this bunch of bandits get off of the hook, and we still get stuck paying the ridiculous interest rates and fees! I know that God will sort it all out one day, and you get away with nothing in the end. In my opinion, the problem will not be fixed because God is after this bunch of greedy scum.
I didn't mention, we still have one of the children from the homeless kid situation. We have the little girl. We take no money from the state to cover the cost of her maintenance, and I understand that her mommy gets child support for her. We never see a penny. The other day someone mentioned that, and it started a little firestorm. I told all parties involved to drop it. I don't want the money. We'll just put another plate out. All we need is mommy getting involved. She is poison to those kids. As soon as she is in the picture, lawlessness sets in, and automatically they don't have to listen to anyone. I told them, “God will sort it out one day. Nobody gets away with anything.”
Well, I don't know what to say. We sure have a mess on our hands, but God is not taken by surprise. He is in control. I feel like Isaiah:
“Then said I, woe is me? For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” (Isaiah 6:5).
When Isaiah saw the holiness of God, he was able to realize how wicked he was and how filthy the world was around him. That is one big problem with this “new” evangelism out there today. We deal with the consequences of these “stillborns” all of time. “Oh yes, I'm saved and I was baptized.” Ah where do you go to church? “I do not think you have to go to church to be a Christian. I have fellowship with Jesus right here in my home.”
These people do not realize how holy God is. Because they don't see God in His holiness, they never see themselves as sinners. Then they go to one of these Calvary Chapel type churches where “another jesus” is preached and make a false profession, or get baptized. The Jesus of the New Hope Chapel doesn't require repentance, therefore they fill the world with false assurance and false professions.
“Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.” (Phil. 3:1,2).
There is tendency to just go along and get along with people. I'm guilty of this much of the time. I'd rather wimp out than get into it with someone. If we could see things as God sees them, through the Holy Spirit, we would see that these “nice” ministers are sending people straight to Hell with their phony gospel. If they refuse to address the “new birth” and the sin issue, they are not preaching the true gospel, and they are adding more to the ranks of the false assured. That, my friend, is dangerous! We should be ready to “earnestly contend for the faith”, even though our cowardice tells us not to.
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” (Phil. 3:3).
Going back to my earlier comment. We shouldn't have our confidence in our flesh. We should be resting completely in Jesus. We should worship God in the Spirit. Now, what does it mean to worship God in the Spirit?
The other day, we were visiting a women who had been coming out to church, and all of sudden stopped. She was very honest with her reasons for not coming back to church, and that was refreshing. She said our song service didn't do anything for her, and it didn't make her feel worshipful, or something like that.
What is the ministry of the Holy Ghost? “Well, He makes me feel so bubbly as I sing Kum Ba Ya in our prayer praise singspiration service. Praise Jesus! Yes, those old hymns just don't cut it for me. They are worded like the KJV with all of those thees and thous.” This is what she was saying!
No, the Holy Spirit is not there to be a salve to sooth you in your carnality.
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” ((John 16:7,.
Just like going to a doctor. Sometimes the cure isn't painless, but it is necessary. Everyone that I know, who has ever been saved and is still serving the Lord today, had to have the strong medicine first, and it wasn't pleasant. It was like cod liver oil going down and then producing the fine wine of regeneration.
Of course this lady had a new bible perversion. My dear friend, you use the Charlie Brown, Micky Mouse version of the bible because you have never been saved. If you had the Holy Spirit in you, you would understand the KJV.
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.” (I Peter 1:23).
And also we read:
“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” (Jn. 17:14).
Lost people cannot understand the KJV because the words contained therein are spiritual. You need the Holy Spirit to discern spiritual things.
The other issue that came up in our little visit was the pants on women issue. The daughter of the women we talked to went to camp with our church this year. This girl has made a profession of faith in the church and then another profession at camp. The rules for the camp included no pants to be worn by the girls. Now supposedly the girl cried for two hours when she found out she could wear pants because I guess all she had packed were pants. Yep, she was psychologically damaged for life, I'm sure. The pants issue is such a traumatizing thing to some women, that they leave the church over it. I personally do not believe it is worth going to Hell over, not to mention damning your kids to Hell.
What is wrong with a woman dressing in modest apparel? What is wrong with women dressing in a way that would depict the holiness of God. It's not even weird for a women to wear a dress. In fact, if you were to look at old photos from days gone by you would be hard pressed to find a woman with a pair of pants on. Again, I have a feeling if some of these women could see the holiness of God, dressing like a women would not even be an issue.
There is something wrong with this “spirit” and it is revealing to contrast this attitude with that of the apostle Paul.
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Phil. 3:7,. CP
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| My Aching Rear End! [message #312] |
Sun, 31 August 2008 10:23 |
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Good morning and welcome! It has been a few weeks. I've been way too busy to post the sermons for the past several weeks. On August 3rd we had one of our missionaries speak, so I got a break. It was a blessing to have the Joyces with us. I had the honor of meeting Mrs. Joyce this time. I'd like to personally thank the Joyces for a great service and a wonderful time of fellowship!
Then on Sunday the 10th, it was daddy's day care, or should I say, grampa's day care. We had all of the kids that didn't go to camp, plus Philip and Posey's kids, as they went on a get away for their anniversary. Whew! That was fun. I was thankful the baby slept all through the night. Usually the devil pokes the kid all night to make sure we don't get any sleep. At least it seems that way, especially on Saturday night. After all, it has been a while since we've had little ones of our own.
Then on Saturday the 17th, it was Phil and I running around like the galloping meatheads, doing all of the work my employees would have done if they weren't a camp.
August has been an insanely wild month, and September could be almost as wild.
How is everyone here? Well, we are all doing pretty good. Jeannette is doing more that the rest of us, as usual. They don't make women like that today, I don't believe. The girls are snotty as ever. Amber started another part time job and is trying to figure out how she is going to squeeze here college schedule into the time she already doesn't have. I would like to marry the two older daughters off. They need husbands to keep them in line. I don't want them marrying the Antichrist either. It would be nice to have Christian son-in-laws. I have one twenty-five year old daughter and one twenty-three. Sealed bids will be accepted.
We have a wonderful garden this year. The produce has been rolling in. I don't remember ever seeing so much fruit, or eating so much fruit, as far as that goes! It's raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, strawberries, blackberries, plums, grapes, currants, and soon it will be apples. You can see fruit literally falling off the trees and rotting. All you have to do is ask. Then there are the tomatoes, green beans, asparagus, sweet corn, and on it goes! God sure is merciful to sinful people!
We still have four of the children from the homeless family. We are so thankful God has allowed us to minister to these “little ones”. They are getting quite an education and plenty of experience feeding animals, planting and weeding the garden, and then seeing and enjoying the fruit of the labor. They are learning patience as they watch the different types of fruit at there different stages, and have to wait for them to ripen.
The other day the little boy was waving for me to come and see something. He was all excited. “Mr. Hansen! Come here! I have to show you something!” When I got over there he was pointing to a tree full of purple plums. He's like, “ look! They're poople!” That's the way you say purple. You didn't know that? I'll have to give you a lesson in proper pronunciation! Cereal is pronounced “seal”. And if you want more seal you say, “can I have “mo”? The Plums weren't quite ready so I told him we'll have to wait about a week. He knew enough not to pick them before they were ready.
The little guys are really doing good. The oldest boy was able to go to camp, and I think that was good for him. He has made several professions. It really goes deep with these guys. They have learned they can't trust anyone because everyone has lied to them. It has taken a while to gain their trust, and I don't know if we are there yet. We need a lot of prayer. More about this later.
Anyway, I was back in the studio Tuesday and wrapped up my part of the “Clips in Time” project. That sometimes seems like the easy part. There is so much to do in getting things ready for packaging, duplication, and distribution.
Well, That's about all the announcements. There's not much to report on the world front. Things are just great. There is no global warming. WTC7 just fell down because of fire and a structural flaw. Yep, it just melted those steel beams like they were butter. The Russians will go home and strange weather is just a cyclical thing. There is no God. Frank can marry Fred. John can move in with Sally and Sally can keep her last name. We can continue to teach evolution as fact and introduce a whole generation to atheism. There are no consequences for spitting in the face on a holy God.
“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (I Thes. 5:3).
I think this verse shows the complacency there will be when the Lord comes back. It is also interesting to notice the key words in this verse, peace and safety. I don't think there is a day that goes by that you don't hear these words.
Do you have your bicycle helmet on? We don't want a bump bump on your little headypoo now, do we? Do you have your booster seat? We must be safe. Hurry, change that diaper! We mustn't get a nasty little rashy on juniors dupa. Please take your shoes off. We want you to be safe.
You hear it everywhere. Sure enough, just as Bible prophecy always come true, so is this passage written approximately A.D. 54.
We consider safety, and that is good, but , as the Bible indicates, the world will be talking safety and peace, while rejecting the God of the Bible. Perhaps they'll escape some of the dangers in this life, but they'll never escape the wrath of God. A society can never get away with ignoring God's principles. There are always consequences for sin.
Hurricane Gustav is heading toward New Orleans. We have satellite technology, and people are being warned in advance. They'll evacuate and perhaps be spared. Then they can return to their casinos and night clubs and strip joints. The sodomites can continue to commit sodomy. The adulterers can continue to live in adultery. The blasphemers can get back to blaspheming God. The fornicators can continue to commit fornication. The false prophets can continue to prophesy falsely.
They may escape Gustav, but they won't escape God's wrath. As we watch Russia positioning itself for what appears to me to be the battle of Gog and Magog, we don't have long to wait. There is only about eight hundred miles between the Russian army and Israel. I guess they don't like Israel selling high tech military equipment to Georgia.
The prophet wrote of an arrogant generation that would be twisted in judgment, and he also wrote of the curse that God would have on them.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” (Isa. 5:20,21).
Today you have a bunch of twisted freaks running around in their blind stupidity thinking they know more than God, and that they somehow are the saviors of the world. There is no future without God, and yet every man is doing what seems right in his own eyes. People lean on their emotions rather than the sound principles taught is God's word. A good example of that can be realized in the melt-down that is taking place in our society. How did we get to where we are today? John stormer, in His book, “Growing Up God's Way” lays it out very well.
“The book was Dr. Benjamin Spock's “Baby and child Care”. It was published in 1945. Nearly one million copies were sold the first year. Since then about thirty-million have come off the press and gone into the hands of anxious young people. Except for the Bible, it is the biggest seller of this century. The book combined a lot of simple medical advice parents wanted with a rather permissive, do-your-own-thing philosophy of child raising. Millions of babies were raised on Dr. Spock in the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. They are now raising their own children-and grandchildren- and they don't know how to do it...
The nation was ready for Dr. Spock. In fact, if he had not appeared, the country would probably have invented him. The difficulty is that a nation which is told that it is OK to be easygoing on some things will usually find it impossible to be firm in anything--- and that is what has happened. Parents who followed Spock's easygoing child-raising methods produce the hippie generation.”
Now you have the children of the parents who didn't have a clue, trying to raise their kids, and they are totally clueless. Some of these have become social workers.
It is Sunday, approximately 11 PM. A student is acting up in junior church as in being totally disrespectful. The Youth director attempts to direct the unruly student to a private room for admonition. The student then starts throwing fists at the youth director and echoing what his mother has been telling him all along, “I don't have to listen to you!”
After the Service, the youth director approaches me and informs me of the incident. We agree there must be some discipline, so we bring the 12 year old boy into a private room. All three of us are in the room and I begin to talk to the little guy and tell him that his behavior cannot be tolerated.
Now this little guy has very little confidence in anyone. He was totally bitter when he first came to us. Since then he has been a new kid, and for the most part has been very happy. Things run deep in him though, and you cannot turn around years of abuse on a dime.
His own father won't even claim him, and he has been lied to so many times, he just thought that stealing and lying were things that are normal to do. Just as the communist are taught that anything that promotes communism, is moral, even if that means killing innocent people, many kids are taught by bad parents to do wrong. That's all they know. Anyway, back to the story.
So we prayed with the boy and told him he would have to be disciplined and that two swats were in order. After the swats were administered, we had a long talk and more prayer. He said he was sorry. We asked him if he had anything more to say and he didn't answer.
Now the paddle we used is similar to the paddle that was used on me when I was in school. I never forgot that. Whew did that sting! I am grateful to that teacher to this day for caring enough to try to set me on a straight path.
After we were done, I grabbed the little guy and gave him a big hug and told him I loved him. The youth director did the same. About a half hour later, the little guy came to my office and called for me. He came in and he was crying. He said the reason he didn't answer me was because he was so ashamed. By this time he was crying so hard I could barely understand him. I reached for him and pulled him to my knee and scratched his back and hugged him. I told him that was a good reaction, and I must say, to see that sincere repentance was very refreshing. We told him he was going to be alright. We weren't going to let him fail. Although he has been let down so many times, we were going to be there for him.
Then what happened that night reminded me of something you'd see in the Soviet Union. After the kids were already in bed, a police officer came over and asked to see the boys rear-end. He said he had a report of abuse. We had to get this little guy out of bed for questioning. They took him the bathroom to see his butt. They asked him on a scale of one to ten, how he would describe to pain, and so on.
As it turns out, a women who happened to be visiting the church that day saw us coming out of the room with the little boy and a paddle. Now this women thought it was her duty to call the police. After all, she is such a stellar example of proper parenting, and she is no doubt an expert on child rearing, after having her kids taken away from her and coming out of rehab for a drug addiction. Boy, I just shudder at the thought of what her kids are going to be, and the abuse these kids will go through by never being disciplined.
We've just had two murders in Ontario in the last week or so. Crime is up and we are talking about teachers carrying guns in the schools. Marriages are falling apart because kids raised by these perverts have no character. They simply say “I don't want to do this anymore” and walk away from their commitment and responsibility. We have to have police in the schools. They are adding more officers to deal with the gang violence.
Ah, let me think about this. Oh yes, we must make sure those little hellions are protected from those awful people who might spank them. We must strike fear into all of the hearts of people who love their kids enough to discipline. We must undermine the authority of the parent, and the church, and even God, so these kids know they can count getting the heat on their parents if they even threaten to discipline them. We need more gang members, that's it.
Then the Child Services had to go to the school the check on the little girl that stays with us. They had to make sure that they aren't being abused by those evil Baptists. Well, what does the Bible say:
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” (Prov. 29:15).
It's not the rod that is the problem here, it is the twisted thinking that you somehow love your kid when you don't apply the rod. The next stop will probably be jail for many of these abused kids. The abuse is not disciplining these kids. Don't you understand? A few moments with a sore behind is a lot better than a life-time in jail.
Well, the next day, after they had already determined that the first report was unwarranted, two social workers and a police officer came over with an allegation that children were being beat with a 2 x 4. I wasn't home that day, but my 76 year old mother was. I suppose she was running around beating the kids with a 2x4, even though I don't think there is a 2x4 on the whole property. If there was, I doubt she'd have the strength to swing it around!
I guess they had to bring a police officer along because they were going into such a dangerous place. After all, a Baptist church with followers of that, that , Jesus.
Yep, that Jesus was a rough one alright. He went about healing people and teaching us to love our enemies. Then, when they came to crucify Him for no reason at all, He went willingly to the cross and allowed men to nail him to the cross. The case against Him was based on the lies people told about Him. Hmm, sounds familiar. Oh yes, I almost forgot. He died for you and me.
Wow, when dealing with people this dangerous, they should of brought at least some tanks, machine guns, and grenades!
Then the Bible says:
“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea he shall give delight unto thy soul”. (Prov 29:17).
The reason we as parents go through so much grief with our children is because we didn't put the time into training and disciplining them we should have.
“The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly” (Prov. 20:30).
Yes, it is true that some would use this verse in association with child discipline. I totally disagree with the assumption that you need to bruise and bloody up a kid to get his attention. Yes some kids are hard cases and I think God outlines the severity of discipline that should be used and when it should be used.
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.” (Prov. 19:18).
You want to apply discipline in the child's life early enough, because there comes a time when it is too late. Discipline doesn't always have to be with a rod, but when the offense calls for that, it should sting enough to bring about the desired results. Spanking should not be done out of anger, but I believe it should done out of love, and in a way as to bring the child to repentance. Think about it. When God chastens us, He does it to make us better. In other words, He does it for our own good. Sometimes our chastisement is severe, according to the offense.
“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he hall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” (Prov. 23:13,14).
A good spanking will not kill the child, but it will deliver him from hell. It will make him wise, and he will develop that fear and respect that will help him obey the laws of the land, as well as enable him to have a relationship with his creator one day.
Sometimes there are those who are hard headed and obstinate enough, they need more severe discipline. Never does one need to use a blunt object, their fists, crow bars, baseball bats, or anything like that. I recommend a flat object, wood or plastic, that stings enough to get the child's attention. Pain is associated with doing wrong, and we know when we do wrong, it can be painful. Discipline early enough and discipline properly, and perhaps he won't be beating you up one day, or shooting his school teacher, a police officer, or someone else.
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” (Prov. 22:15).
Every child needs to be disciplined at one time or another. Do you love your kid enough to take the time to do it?
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chaseneth him betimes.” (Prov. 13:24).
In my opinion, the twisted system is making it harder for parents to do an already almost impossible task, by scaring people out of disciplining their kids. It's the parents who don't love their kids that should be the focus of societies scorn. According to the Bible, they are those who don't take time to spank their kids.
Now I understand that police officers and social workers were just doing their job, and I have no problem with them. My problem is with the parents who don't have enough guts to discipline their children, and then deceive themselves by calling it love. God has given us instructions for proper child rearing, and if you chose to ignore that, you will permanently scar your child. I wish it was done there, but it is not. These children are the future of our nation. God help us! CP
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| Confused Sick Puppy [message #310] |
Sun, 27 July 2008 10:30 |
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Hey! How's it going? Welcome once again to the church where God's word is preached and no punches are pulled.
For a few announcements first:
We still have the homeless, parentless kids staying here with us at the church. There has been a remarkable change taking place in them. The one little girl goes on and on about church. “Is it church yet? I love church!”
A little structure and discipline has made a huge change in them. They are starting to act like humans. This is quite a change from what they were, and if this is indicative of what's out there in the world today, we are in a lot of trouble in any future hope for this country.
We have missionary Charles Joyce scheduled to speak August 3rd for the morning service. We look forward to that, and hearing about the work in Burkina Faso!
Also, the youth group have a day at the fair scheduled for August 1st. All day ride passes will be provided for all youth group members. You'll be required to pay entry admission. Should be a fun time.
Then finally, summer camp is here again! We are praying and trusting God this year to do some great things at camp. I think camp begins on August 11th. Phil's in charge of the camp project, so direct any questions to him.
I'm supposed to go to the studio Monday and Tuesday to finish my latest music CD. I pray it happens because the studio guy is moving, and time is critical right now. There is much work to be done yet on the “Clips In Time” project. Hope it will be out for digital download within the next few months.
I have one final big announcement to make and that is the Jalapeņo peppers are getting ripe in the garden! Yes! Hallelujah!
Well, OK, enough of that. I know this “inordinate affection” with hot peppers drives grandma Hansen crazy. She's cooks her heart out over some delicious meal and after we are done eating I'll say something like, em mm, mm, those hot peppers were great! She'll just look at me and shake her head.
Yes, August is promising to be a busy month. Let's pray it will be a fruitful one also.
“But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:” (Titus 2:1).
How important is sound doctrine? Doctrine is everything, and if your church isn't teaching and preaching sound doctrine, you need to get out of that church. That's why I say the “churches” around that miss the mark in sound doctrine (especially in the area of salvation) are useless spiritually speaking. Not only are they useless, they are dangerous!
Week after week I drive by the cults and they are full of gullible suckers following the “blind leaders of the blind”. You go by the Seventh Day Adventist cult, who are so confused they evidently think they are Jews, so they abstain from meats and keep the Jewish sabbath, mixing works and grace to produce one confused sick puppy which they call a church. The Adventist cult teaches that people do not go to Hell when they die, but simply go to the grave awaiting resurrection. Now the president of the cult in England is issuing a warning that Hell should not be preached. Of course, in keeping with this twisted generation, they think they know more that Jesus, who said:
“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” (Mark 9:43,44).
Now you can understand the “butt ugly” comments I make concerning this arrogant generation.
They are not running around naked, and John is marrying George. Some are running around in their little short shorts and on a vegetarian diet, and Joe is shacking up with Sally. They live in a half a million dollar home, and their kid is a poodle dog. Maybe they have one kid they don't discipline, so they count to ten, while the little demon continues to have their clueless parent wrapped around his pinky.
Then you have the Mormon Cult, supposedly the 2nd largest religion in Oregon, who teach you can become a god of your own planet. There is talk by some of the idiots that Mr. McCain ought to pick Mitt Romney for his running mate. Why not pick someone like Milton Henschel? Perhaps they'll travel to the Pleiades star cluster together! The stench would be just as great in the nostrils of a holy God. The God of the Bible hates Mormonism.
The Mormons also deny the doctrine of the Hell that Jesus spoke of. The Hell of Mormonism is outer darkness. That is where you are “spiritually dead” until you are resurrected and judged according to your works. Then nobody knows what happens after that.
Again, the arrogance of this sick society! They want to teach Jesus what is right or wrong!
Then you have the Catholic cult, the largest church in Oregon supposedly. You can't tell them anything either. They supposedly believe in Hell, but teach you get saved by getting sprinkled as a baby. You are not saved unless you are a Catholic, and their mediator is Mary. What a mess, and yet people reject the true Jesus and accept the counterfeit. You can see how they will be easily deceived to follow Antichrist.
We can see how important sound doctrine is. It can mean the difference between you going to Hell or Heaven. But the Bible is doctrine. It was given for us to guide the church as well as our personal lives.
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.” (Titus 2:2).
Sound doctrine is important for the development of the saints. Sound Biblical preaching should bring saints to maturity and godliness. For the “aged” men, there were given desired and proper behavioral characteristics. He is to be sober, grave, and temperate.
Now we must define aged, and lets say it is anyone older that I am. Let's be safe, because some don't feel “aged” although they may be “aged” physically. Ah, let's see, how about ninety? If that offends someone, I'm sorry. You just need to grow up!
OK, now that we have that settled, the old gopher needs to lay off of the bottle and quit nipping, you old wino you. No actually I think that falls under the temperate part which means moderation. The aged man should be “sober” which means being serious and solemn as well as “not intoxicated or over powered by spirituous liquors”. I also preach that being sober is having a grip on where we fit in doctrinally and dispensationally, not having some pie in the sky, whew, we are in a national revival stupidity, or some everything is so niiice misguided view of things..
He should be “sound in the faith, in charity, in patience”.
By this time a man should be beyond the diaper stage, and have his senses exercised the discern both good and evil. He should have enough experience in Christian battle to be a well weathered soldier of Jesus Christ. He should have lived through, and have witnessed many victories. Having experienced God working in his life so many times, he should be able to bring comfort, counsel, and a godly example to the younger people of the church.
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children.” (Titus 2:3,4).
Ah, the part I love. Preaching on women! Yes! Well, I can preach on the inferior sex, and get away with it. Keep praying ladies. Maybe someday you'll become a man. Alright, enough foolishness. There it is again. The dreaded word “aged”. This time it is applied to women. Let's keep that definition at ninety and over for now. But, mind you, it wouldn't hurt for some of the young chicks out there, let's say sixty to eighty nine, to be an example to the younger ladies.
Being “in behaviour as becometh holiness” pretty much says it all. We should all live holy lives, for without holiness, no man shall see God. I would guess there would be a tendency for aged women to be false accusers, so that is something you should make a note of and watch out for. If Satan is a “accuser of the brethren,” it is not a quality we should desire. Maybe you wouldn't want to read that much into this, but a big mouth can do a lot of damage in the church. Consider this:
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Prov. 6:16-19).
God hates your big mouth as much as He hates Pride, Liars, murderers, wicked devices and splitting churches.! Think about the example you are setting for others. You should know better!
“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.”
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. (Romans 14:7,.
“not given to much wine”. There it is! Welches grape juice! No, not really. I do differ on this from most Baptist churches as I do not teach or believe the Bible teaches total abstinence per se. I believe drunkenness is sin, but I also believe there are numerous complications involved with moderate drinking, and I personally do not believe the “benefit” of imbibing outweighs the potential damage you can do to yourself and your testimony. Does anyone think they can give a gospel tract to the store attendant after paying for their six pack of Bud for instance? What do you say to the kids who see you carrying wine and beer bottles around. The list goes on. If you can drink and maintain holiness, pray and read your Bible and maintain your fellowship with the Lord, more power to you. To me, there is nothing like a clear mind, and a clear conscience.
“Teachers of good things”. Teach the younger women good things. This you might consider. Those little eyes are watching you. That may be a good reason to bite your tongue and not do the tit for tat thing. We take wrong for the gospel of Christ. We do no good by acting like children when we are supposed to be the examples.
If we walk in the Spirit, all things will go well. How many of us are totally yielded to the Spirit? If we obey, God will shed new light, and bring us closer to Him.
“and every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” (I Jn. 3:3). CP
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| Bless Thee Child [message #309] |
Sun, 20 July 2008 10:13 |
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Lord, I don't know where you will lead me today. Chances are, I'll be preaching both morning and evening services at the Bully Creek Baptist Church. If you are reading this, thanks for joining me!
Not much news here. If I could describe life here at the church, I guess I would it would all depend on when you ask. Sometimes I want to say chaos. My wife and I had eight children of our own, and I always felt I would want twelve. Of course, Jeannette's health would not allow it. We consider it no small miracle that we had the eight! By the way, Jeannette's health seems stable. She is the most stubborn cuss I've ever met. She refuses to be ill, it seems, so she plows through the day, usually getting half a days work in before some see the light of day. It's simply amazing. Not many women are made like that today. Keep her in your prayers.
Yesterday was apricot day. With the economy on the brink of disaster, or so it seems, we aren't passing up many opportunities to put some food away. We don't know how long the extra “mouths” will be with us, and we are not getting welfare, so all I can say is, where are the free fruits? We can work, so we can put food away.
On top of all of the hustle and bustle already, we are expecting another missionary family to be coming in today. Wow, that will be interesting.
We are really praying about summer camp this year. We don't know where the gas money is going to come from. Unless something happens, we probably won't be able to make it. It is a shame, especially with all of the “new” kids here. I'm just praying and waiting on God.
We had a red moon the other night. They announced on the radio, and I thought, hmm, isn't there something in the Bible about that? Well, the moon didn't get blood red, but it was red. I thought, a third of the earth isn't burning yet either. That is yet to come. The moon was red because of the smoke in the air. It gets thicker every year, the smoke that is. This year it is so thick, you can't even see the mountains on most days. It's like man, if you're are not a smoker, you are now! Cough, cough, hack, hack.
Since I have to put everything in a positive spin for the morons today who think everything is sooo niiice, here it is. There is no God, but if there was, He wouldn't being fixing to judge this wicked world. This is godly nation of God fearing, sealed, sanctified, full of the Holy Ghost, born again, saints of God.
There is no such thing as a “tribulation period”, but if there was, we have plenty of time. After all, they have been saying we are in the end times for a long time now. Certainly there is nothing to indicate the Bible prophecies are being fulfilled. Bless thee child. Just say five hairy Marys, kiss the Pope's foot, and you'll be fine.
“Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me: and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:” (Isa. 30:1).
I don't mean to be mean,but frank, and frankly I think this is one “butt ugly” generation of people in this country today. All of the characteristics Paul used to describe this “last days”generation are realized today. People love themselves and they are covetous. They are boasters, prideful, and they are blasphemers. We are starting to see the attitude that will be prevalent in the followers of Antichrist.
“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
And the first angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sores, and repented not of their deeds” (Rev. 16:8-11).
This is the spirit I've notice in people today. Many of them don't bother to go to church. They never thank God for His blessings, and they go around cussing and cursing God at every perceived hardship they encounter. People are rebellious today and walk around in the gall of bitterness. Most of them have been through at least one divorce. The wife refused to act like a wife and fell for the lie that the marriage is a 50/50 thing.
I can see this generation in the tribulation, cussing God as a third part of the earth is burning up around them. While they are baking in the sun, repentance doesn't even enter their minds. They cannot give God any glory, because they are so bitter and hate God so much. You see this attitude all around us today. They never look to Him, even in times of family crisis. Then we see them, when they get older, when we go to the nursing home to hold the church services. We see the grown men balling like babies. Some of them cry continually. We sing the hymns and you see people weeping. You wonder how much some of them actually take in. You give the message and have the prayer. You wonder if some are praying and asking Jesus to save them. You see the regret in the eyes of some, and you wonder if it is the regret of ignoring God all of their life. You wonder if they realize how the devil has tricked them and if they feel it is too late for them now to get saved.
I don't know if any of you have noticed the sun lately. It is absolutely fierce. Man, I'm going down the road. I have my sun glasses on, and my visor pulled, and I'm turning my head this way and that trying to see enough to drive down the road in the evening. Here is this huge ball of fire that is going to bake these wicked people in the tribulation and yet they go about cussing and partying. It's like my mother always says, “mm, mmm, nobody home upstairs”.
Nobody is going to tell them different. They are froward. They don't listen to anybody. They will live in filth and that's the way it is. But one day very soon the party is going to be over. “Woe to the rebellious children”.
I can see it in the young people that are staying here. They went with mommy the other day for a couple of days. Then she brought them back. I guess she told the kids not to worry. When she comes to get them again, they'll be allowed to do what ever they want. You can see where this is leading to . They are going to do what ever they want and that's it. Nobody will be able to stop you then. These kids are already so lawless, and it runs so deep, it will take a miracle, and a lot of love, prayer, and discipline to get through to them.
But what about the kids that never get a shot at it? They don't know what it's like to be in a family with a mom and dad. They just grow up destroying everything they get there hands on. They kill everything that's alive. They think everyone owes them something. Rather than work for something, they steal it. This is all some kids know.
“That take counsel, but not of me;”
This people will listen to anyone but God. When they get bad advise, then, somehow as if under a spell, they follow that. They'll go to the cults, or they'll get advice from their buddy at the bar. They'll get advice from a friend, or family member. They'll listen to the talk show host and idolize them. As soon a their Rock and Roll gods say it, they'll do it. They have no problem following the lead of the Rap singers and grabbing a ho. Just don't talk to me about God. Quit preaching bro!
When their butts are roasting like a piece of chicken on the grill, you'd think they would wish they had someone preaching to them, but that is not what the Bible indicates. They are so hardened against God they still won't give God glory, even in the midst of tribulation.
It is my opinion that there is no turning back now. We are on fast track for judgment. I know you will disagree, and you have an explanation why things will go on for ever, and you know so much more than the man of God, and of course, even God Himself, but save it. You can babble it over and over again to yourself while you are burning in the flames and you'll have all eternity to do it. Things are changing and man isn't going to fix it this time. God will reveal Himself as the the great Potentate He is, and only God has the answer and the power to save us.
“And that cover with a covering, but not by my spirit,”
They cover themselves today, or at least they think they are covering themselves. “We'll be alright. I'll just call a meeting of the G8 nations and we'll discuss how the global community can fix the global warming situation. Now that Russia holds the presidency for the first time, we can be sure to find answers from our communist “friends”. Aren't we secure! We'll fix it. We can pass another UN resolution. There take that! Another UN resolution right at you buddy! That'll fix you. If something fails (like the banks/IndyMac) we'll throw more money at it. Print it off and send the US taxpayers the bill. What security we have. Who needs God. One big happy family we are without God.” They think they are covered, but not with the spirit of God, so they are not covered at all.
I heard Michael Savage the other day blaming the liberals for every evil known to man kind. According to Mr. Savage, the liberals are in every branch of government and almost every institution. Anyone who knows the Bible realizes that it is something more than just a political ideology. Our battle is spiritual, and the only way to fight back is with spiritual warfare. Nobody will ever beat Satan in the flesh. Think about it. All of the problems we face today are a result of our rejection of the Bible as God's word and our authority and instruction book for governance and living.
“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:” (Eph. 2:1,2).
Today, in their pride, people think they are living in the spirit of God, this sort of , “we are all God's children” lie. Many have a “form of godliness” and yet reject the God of the Bible. The truth is, they are blind to the things of God and are walking in the spirit of disobedience. They are being led right into the system of Antichrist and don't even know what's happening. The things that are happening in the country today, as sinister as they are, can only be accomplished under the leadership of Satan, in my opinion.
“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.” (Eph. 6:12)
We are walking right into Satan's trap as a nation and we are starting to feel the teeth. This global scheme for world unity will be met with God's curse at every turn.
“Now go write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” (Isa. 30: 8-11).
“Oh, you're cramping my style, I want to be free. I don't want some little pinhead preacher preaching at me. If the little pinhead does preach, tell me I'm OK and there is no judgment. Tell me I can change wives like I change my socks, and it will be alright. Tell me I can carouse and live my life the way I want to and when I meet “the man upstairs” we'll sit down and have a beer together. Tell me that Jesus is just a long haired homo, and when Larry and I get to heaven we'll be right at home. Tell me I can disobey my parents, spit all over them, and have no consequences. Tell me I can run from my responsibility and just party, party, party. You knows what I likes! Tell me I can charge excessive usury and rip people off and I'll get away with it. Tell me, tell me, tell me, O preacher man!
I'll tell you what Isaiah had to tell the children of Israel, and that is, God's after you! He always finds His man, and you get away with nothing, period!
“Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.” (Isa 30:12-14).
This judgment is coming to a place near you. When the American people finally realize what has been done to them it will be too late. When the fall of the New World Order comes it will be sudden and fatal. The “potter's vessel is shattered and everyone is standing around scratching their heads.
No way out but up. Say that with me. No way out but up! Say it again. No way out but up! Now get your Bibles out when you get home and do not put it down until you know you are saved. If you're having trouble, pray for God to open your heart and your eyes. The day of the Lord is real, my friend. Things are shaping up just as the Bible said they would.
I was just talking to my brother in Indiana. He said he finally had to put air conditioning in. He didn't need it before. God is heating things up just like He said He would. Are you ready? CP
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| Tapatio Or Chile Habanero? [message #307] |
Sun, 13 July 2008 09:56 |
Cyberpastor
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Welcome my friends! Thank you for your prayers and support.
“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” (I Sam. 18:1).
There are some people we are drawn to, it seems. There are people I know by name, especially singer/songwriters, that I feel close to although I've never met them personally. You wonder if there is a connection somehow in spirit.
Yes, I'm the big liberal when it comes to music. Music is spiritual and sometimes music connects with me, and it may not be a hymn either. I might add, that other than the hymns, I am very hard to please musically. I usually have to write my own. There is not much I like on the music scene today. I cannot connect to it although it may be spiritual, it doesn't seem to reach any depth or it effects the wrong element of man's spirit.
The people I really appreciate, although I never have time to seek them out, and many have passed on, are the fighters for righteousness. I like the scrappers, the gruff voices of soldiers of the revolutionary army of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not the little homosexuals out there today masquerading about as preachers of the Gospel, wielding nothing more than their paraffin swords and “great swelling words of man's wisdom”.
It's the difference between having Tapatio hot sauce and Chile Habanero.
We have some Mexican kids staying here. They said they wanted Tapatio hot sauce so I get them a big bottle of it. I like how they put “hot sauce” on the label of these bottles. You could drink the stuff!
I told them that the Tapatio sauce is for gay Mexican men and for women. Habanero is for real men. The Mexican girl said “I'm alright” when I told her the Habanero sauce would put hair on her chest. I guess I could understand that.
My point is; where are the soldiers?
I was working in an elderly ladies house last week. She said that not even God could fix the problems with this country, it was so bad. I think she's right, but unfortunately well never find out because the church has been neutered. Bring on the Tapatio for the “flowers”.
My son was telling me about one of these “limp wrists” he heard on the so-called Christian radio programs the other day. The spiritual pervert was going on about how we shouldn't judge, but we should just preach Jesus. This is what we need in the pulpit today, “feminized creatures” that are replacing the God fearing, fire breathing preachers.
No, the elderly lady was right, but it is only because people don't want God, and the church isn't pointing the way. The problem in this country, as with broken individual lives, is a“spiritual” problem. Those who are supposed to have the cure for the spiritual woes have been neutralized, so all we have is a country adrift, and fast approaching the waterfalls.
Michael Savage, bless his heart, is sincere, I believe in his desire to save this nation, and I sometimes feel that connection with him. That is, until he goes off on his tangent in support of the things that God hates. Then, off he goes and I can't stand to hear his voice for weeks. The principle is simple. You don't go up to the boss, smack him in the face, and then ask for a raise. Go to Vegas? I'd just as soon puke as go to Sodom! Yet Savage promotes this as being what America is all about. No wonder we are on the brink of collapse. Although Savage is a classic example of how the wrong kind of education can puff people up so big, there's no longer room for them in Heaven, I still consider him the best friend of the fundamental Bible believing Christian in secular media today. Somehow he seems to understand the importance of the Bible in our society although his his ramblings take contradictory paths at times.
The apostle Paul said that the ministers in the church were to be “lovers of good men”. Unfortunately there are so many fakes in the ministry today, there is very little to love. I don't listen to “Christian” radio. It's just to hard to keep it down, if you know what I mean. It's like , pass the pistola please! If I wasn't depressed when I tuned in, it's guaranteed I'll be depressed after I do.
“Welcome my beloved to the “Grace To You” program featuring John MacArthur”. Quick, get me my pistol! Then it's the Chuck Swindler program after that, and they all have that same homogenized sound as they tell the deluded Laodacians what they want to hear. I'm not a lover of these fakes.
“Oh, come on preacher, a million followers can't be wrong!” Wanna bet? I'm not the betting type, but you know what I mean.
Some have accused me of not talking like a pastor. Oh course they want you to talk like a neutered homosexual with a limp wrist. Well, I like men who are , well, men. I like those who stand for truth and are not afraid to proclaim the truth, even to their own hurt. The man of God is here to please God, and that does not always mean the cushy way for us.
“Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.” (II Cor. 5:9).
You know it when you get the real thing. It's the difference between Micheal Savage and Sean Hannity. One is real, the other is an agenda driven fake and spokesman for the out-of-touch Republican Party, in my opinion. You need the truth, especially when it comes to issues of eternal consequence. Consider the account of Ahab and the lying prophets.
Ahab, the king of Israel gets together with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, to take Ramoth in Gilead away from Syria. Jehoshaphat told Ahab to “Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.”
Then Ahab called the local Ministerial Association together to get their professional advice.
“Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, of shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.” (I Kings 22:6).
“Bless thee brother, Jesus love you everyone! Merry Christmas, Oh bless you my child. Don't worrry about it. We are all children of God. God would never judge you. All sickness is from the devil. God is love. He'll never condemn you to Hell. Things will get better. We are having a revival in this nation. We aren't on the decline. Don't worrry about it. All is well. You are suffering a mental recession, that's all. If you ever feel anything is not niiice, it is just a figment of your imagination. God is love. Peace bro! God's not going to bring judgment. He'd never heat the earth up and fry your little kiester off. He loves all of His children. Get an an easy inexpensive divorce. You can divorce and remarry all you want. Don't love the one you're with? Get a new one, God doesn't care. He won't judge adulterers. Go live it up. God doesn't care if you go to the strip joint and pick up a ho. He doesn't judge whoremongers. Your life will be blessed. You won't get an STD. Don't worrry about it. You're a pervert? Don't worrry about it. You are all God's children. I know a queer that died and came back. He said it was the most peaceful, beautiful place that words could not describe. Live for the day. If it feels good, do it.” We are a shoe in for Heaven. After all, you had some pedophile with a robe on sprinkle water on your head as a baby. Beside, you have plenty of time. You are not losing your country. The Federal Reserve doesn't own us. Nobodies watching what you do. Nobodies tapping your phone or reading your e-mails. The One World Government isn't real. Nobody wants to control you. The scanners in the grocery stores have nothing to do with whether you'll be able to buy and sell one day. Nobody's watching you. Your liberties are safe. We are looking out for you. Just put your bracelet on. It's for your safety. We love you and want you to be safe. If you don't cooperate we will have to say 911. That'll get you.
“And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?” (I Kings 22:7).
It was as if Jehoshaphat was saying, alright Ahab, bring out the real man of God. You don't need the positive message from the average religious leader who wouldn't know the Spirit of God if He hit him in the head. Ahab, this is a life and death thing. You don't want to ask these fakes. These are the guys that play their part. You know they don't actually know the God of the Bible. They are lying ministers of Satan. Their primary mission is to make merchandise of you and then see you in Hell. They work for Satan. Don't ask them. They receive their blood money. Go ask the true man of God. He'll tell you the truth whether it will make you feel good or not, but at least you'll have the truth.
“And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.” (I Kings 22:8).
Yeah, there is this man. He's one of them there fundamentalist types, you know, the Bible thumpers. He has a bitter spirit and goes about judging everyone and everything. I hate his guts! He has his own little cult out in the country. Hardly nobody goes there. I don't know why he just doesn't give up and go away. Doesn't he realize we have at least four hundred preachers in this town who tell us what we want to hear? They are fine upstanding citizens and they all get together for the good of the community. Now that is what I call a religious leader. That's what they are supposed to do. Just keep their big mouths shut and do nice things for people. Yep, thems the kinds I loves. But this Micaiah guy? Well, he's all alone practically. You know that gain is godliness. Pastor Lovable over there has a nice big new building. God is blessing him and his movement. You know, bigger is better. Nevertheless I will step on my pride, because I already know more than Micaiah, and will send for him.
“And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.” (I Kings 22:13).
Come on Micaiah, join the Ecumenical Ministries Of Oregon, and speak with us the message of unity with one voice. If you'd just convert to Catholicism, you'll go places. Things could be so easy if you just sell ou, oh I mean get along for the common good.
“And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.” (I Kings 22:14).
Many people don't understand a personal relationship with the Lord. They just think you have a religion and if something comes along that makes sense humanly speaking, you can just go along with it. Of course, for a Christian who has been “born again” , it's a real birth and a real relationship. It's not just something you can turn on if if seems “reasonable”. We have really been bought with the blood of Jesus and we really belong to Him. Our allegiance is to Him, and Him only. A true Christian cannot be governed by a creed or some religious organization that is contrary to God's Word. God's Word is the final Authority and the Holy Spirit guides the believer. I think Oswald Chambers called it “spontaneous originality”.
“So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.” (I Kings 22:15).
It was like Micaiah was saying, “I can be like the others if you like.” If you want a cheap religious whore, I'll give you one. It's “tell me what I want to hear baby.” But the king seemed to know better. This is a positive message coming from Micaiah. Hmm, something isn't right here.
“And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?” (I Kings 22:16).
Much of the Bible is negative unfortunately, especially for the lost person. Get saved or go to Hell. My old boss used to have a plaque on his wall. It said something like, “Incentive Plan”, and then it said “work or get fired”. God says come my way or die in your sins. There is not much of a positive message for the lost and life isn't easy for the Christian. We are here to please God and not to necessarily please ourselves. Sometimes we suffer and it is part of God's plan. God's ways are God's ways and we are to live for Him. This drives the lost man crazy. He'll say things like “you don't get anywhere being honest”, or “you take your religion too seriously”. They just don't understand.
Micaiah, as if to say, here goes, had to bear his cross. He had to be true to God when it wasn't the popular thing to do. He was the fundamentalist. He was God's man and he had to be true to his God.
“And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.” (I Kings 22:17).
Well, we know the story. Micaiah was mocked and put into prison and treated lower than scum for telling the truth. God had sent a lying “spirit” to Ahab's prophets much like the “delusion” God will send the wicked in the end times, so they'll not see the danger, but will follow Antichrist. He will do this, because when God called in love, they refused, and instead had pleasure in unrighteousness.
The king did go to battle and he was killed. No doubt Ahab's pride kept him from listening to the man of God. After all, who is he that I should listen to him. He has no doctorate. He has a realively small congregation. He's not a rich fat cat with a lot of power in this world. Why should I listen to him.
Ahab found out the hard way why he should have listened, as will many who will die in their sins and wake up in Hell.
“And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into then midst of the chariot.” (I Kings 22:34,35).
Remember, the Lord isn't in the big things and He will not be found where you think He might be found.
“And he said, Go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”(I Kings 19:11,12).
Listen for the “still small voice”. CP
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| Nimrods [message #306] |
Sun, 06 July 2008 10:25 |
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Welcome again to the Bully Creek Baptist Church! We had a wonderful 4th! Nobody got hurt, we had plenty of good food, and a lot of visitors. We had a big chunk of meat that we inserted garlic cloves into, covered with seasonings, smothered in onions, covered in corn husks, wrapped in foil, and cooked on slow heat on the grill for several hours. It was really good! One of the Mexican girls, that has been visiting the church for some time now, came out with her brothers, and she brought homemade tamoles. We had corn on the cob, buttered and cooked over the grill. Everything was great, and we thank the Lord for His blessings.
We ended up in front of the church for our traditional firework lighting time until about 1 AM. The kids, and mature people all had fun setting off the many different little goodies we had purchased for the night. No one was hurt thanks to the close supervision, and relatively tame fireworks, but some of them sure were loud. The kids, the parents, and grandparents had a riot. The little guys kept us all busy lighting their sparklers and other various “little” things that pop and fizz.
To me, it is a lot more fun than going to the large displays, because everyone gets to participate. We had a few bigger things for the grand finale.
We got the old flagpole painted, and repaired the broken cable, so we were able to raise up “Old Glory”. It sure was beautiful as she was waving in the gentle breeze. I do thank God for the relative liberty we enjoy, as compared to other nations where things are not so tame.
Well, we enjoy these times, as we have for 232 years in America, but we fear things cannot last forever. All good things must come to an end, and the end for America as we know it, is at hand. “Times, they are a changing”, as Bob Dylan would say, but not neccesarily for the better. There has been a coursening of the culture that is getting ugly. Satan is reaching out to the young and beckoning them to come and join the revelry. It is like, nobody's getting it. In spite of the dire situation our nation is in, people continue to let the good times roll, as if under a spell, or in a trance. You think them delusional, and then you realize they are.
“Even him. Whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (II Thes. 2:9-12).
The name of game today is deception. The Devil is diverting the masses through any means neccesary to keep them from the truth, and the old Devil is very good at what he does.
“Ah, let's see. Tonight it is the fair, tomorrow, it is the rodeo. The salmon are biting, so we'll spend the weekend at the river. I hear tell they are catching sturgeon up yonder. I think I'll go there next weekend. Saturday I'll go to my Seventh Day Adventist cult for a couple hours. That'll get God off of my back for a while I hope. I'll abstain from the pork chop, and from totally resting in the finished work of Christ, because of my wicked pride and unbelief. Then I'll go elk hunting next week. Won't need to go to church for a few weeks. It's Saturday night, I'll go to the bar. There's a rock band playing and maybe I can have my pick of th | |
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