Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Back Tomorrow!
Sorry!!! I have been very busy with a funeral and other responsibilities the last few days. Be back tomorrow!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Only A Spoon
"One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:"
Numbers 7:14
For twelve days the children of Israel presented their gifts to the Lord. Each day the gifts were exactly the same, but God inspired them to be repeated for 76 verses in this chapter. God took the space to review the freewill offering of each tribe over and over again. Do you realize how important your contribution to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is? He makes sure that even the tiniest details of your service are recorded in heaven. All that you do in and for Christ is important. Twelve times we are told about the same gifts--there are no unimportant contributions for Christ. Twelve times God records that they were devoted to the temple. He wants us to be equally devoted. In God's economy there are no big "I's" and little "U's". All are equally loved and respected in Jesus. Even if you feel that your little contribution is nothing more significant than the little spoon recorded in each offering, it is important to our Savior. Don't you sometimes feel like a little spoon in the service of Christ? So many of us feel unimportant--we all sometimes feel like the little spoon offered in the Lord's service.
How many times have I visited someone who compares themselves with others and then bemoans the small contribution they made? I have heard people say, "All I can do anymore is pray!" They say this as if prayer is unneeded or as if prayer were unimportant. Look again at the verse above. What did the little spoon contain? It was full of incense! Oh! That God's people would see the overwhelming power of prayer once again! Oh! That we would realize the need of prayer warriors for churches, pastors, unsaved loved ones and a lost and dying world. What would the ministry of the church in America be if those who could "just" pray were filling heaven with the incense of prayer? What would it be like if we would embrace the ministry Daniel Nash had with Charles Finney? Finney said of Nash that he prayed as if he would do violence in heaven. Maybe that is why Finney's revivals changed the spiritual temperature of New York during the early 1800s? If all you can do is pray--then pray with the heart of a lion!
Think of all the uses of a spoon! They are used as a standard measure. Let your life show the standard of Jesus Christ to those who are in need of salvation. Let your life be a standard for the youth to follow or the new convert to emulate. Spoons are used to add spice. Are you not the salt of the earth? Spoons are used as musical instruments. Let your life be a song of praise in Christ that brightens the hardest of hearts. Spoons are used to feed others. Let your life be one that feeds the starving and wounded of this world. Spoons are used to stir things up. Let your life stir other believers into greater service for their Savior. Spoons are used as decorations. Let your life be a decoration of honor in the house of Christ. Spoons are used a souvenirs. May you live such a way that you bring others in remembrance of Jesus! So you are only a spoon? You sound pretty important to me. You are a golden spoon. One that is precious to the Lamb that died for you.
Israel and the Middle East
Ahmadinejad: Iran will never recognize 'Zionist regime'
IDF Chief Warns of Possible Clash as Flotillas Head to Gaza - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
israel today | Obama attends church to hear pro-Palestinian message
Lebanese Gunfire at IDF on Northern Border - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
Fayyad storms out of New York meeting with Ayalon
Violent riots erupt in Jerusalem's Temple Mount
Israel Police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque following bloody clashes in Jerusalem - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Weird News! Really weird!!
UFOs Visited Nuclear Weapons Sites, Former Air Force Officers Say
FOXNews.com - Pope's Astronomer Would Baptize Aliens The Bible says that people will be given over to strong delusion. I wonder if that is what is being set up! You would have to be deluded to believe some of this.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Joining The False Prophet-
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
Revelation 16:13-14
How could a "religious" leader join all Christ-less religions together with atheists and agnostics? Simple! Everyone is looking for a savior today. Many Muslims are awaiting the arrival of the Mahdi. The Hindus and many other Eastern Religions are awaiting the next incarnation of their god/guru. Atheists are even looking for a man or system that will rely on human reasoning to correct and control the world. Coupled with many scientific and technological advances, this leader can adequately control all that is done on Earth. I heard a "Christian" whose teaching has been mixed with mysticism longing for the coming of the Christ consciousness. Everybody is looking for somebody to fix the world's problems. All religions have a core teaching that is the same--man can work his way to God's heaven. Like Babel, they will try to build a tower to heaven, and like Babel, God will cast it to the ground. They will willingly unite agaist the Lordship of God in Christ. But this rebellion is short lived--King Jesus destroys it with the brightness of His return.
Into this search for a savior comes the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet promising peace, safety and prosperity. It will seem that he has all the answers and meets the needs of all. The verses above from Revelation give us a lot of insight as to how they will lead the world into great delusion and captivate the hearts of unbelievers. They have the assistance of evil spirits like as frogs. Doesn't that sound peculiar--frogs? Who is scared of a frog? When you consider the many attributes of frogs it is easy to see why they are an adequate symbol. First, they are amphibians which are often born in water but move to land as adults. That makes them denizens of two domains--so the Beast and False Prophet will control the physical and the spiritual. They will be able to marshal all of the unclean and wicked spirits to join men in rebellion to God Almighty. Frogs are denizens of the dark and these frogs thrive on the darkness of sin.
Frogs are also cold blooded. What will begin as a peaceful reign by the Anti-Christ with the False Prophet leading the promotion/propaganda campaign, will end in the world's greatest bloodbath. Look at what Goebbels did for Hitler as an example of the role that the False Prophet will play. Ultimately, their power is from Satan himself. There is none more wicked and cold blooded as the father of all lies and murder. Frogs are also voracious predators. They capture their pray with the power of the tongue. They will use great swelling words to capture the hearts of men. They will eat anything that they capture. These frogs feed off of the lost souls of men--it is their mission to deceive the lost and send them into destruction. They are also masters of camouflage. Again, many will accept the mark and worship the Beast without giving it a second thought as the true intentions of the false Prophet are hidden from their eyes. They will use technology and ideology to blind men to their true intentions. One of the deadliest poisons in the world comes from a frog and many species of amphibians are poisonous. In the same way, they will poison people with their wickedness and they will even be given power to prevail against the tribulation saints.
The greatest poison today is hate. Look at how those who hate God are easily willing to join together to have their own ends met. Look at the article that I am going to repost below about "Justice" Breyer willing to protect the koran but unwilling to protect the US Flag or the Bible. Hard left liberals are assisting in the building of the Ground Zero Mosque. What is driving these to polar opposite groups together for a common cause? Hatred of Christ--pure and simple. Each day that passes points to the rise of the False Prophet. Will you be here when he is revealed? There is a way of escape--His name is Jesus Christ. Won't you accept the world's ONLY savior today?
The Rise Of The False Prophet and the Rise of Apostasy
Justice Breyer Suggests That Burning a Quran Could be Like Shouting 'Fire' in a Crowded Theatre--Thus Not Protected by 1st Amendment | CNSnews.com
New TLC Series Aims to End 'Discrimination' against Polygamy When you accept sin--any sin--more sinfulness will follow. Jesus said that a little leaven leavens the whole lump! The False Prophet will also redefine morality!
ELCA Receives 3 Lesbian Ministers | Christianpost.com
Muslim Leaders Propose 'Week of Dialogue' - WNYC
Obama calls for religious tolerance - Los Angeles Times
Local faith leaders call for religious tolerance | ajc.com
End Time Technology
EU funding 'Orwellian' artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for "abnormal behaviour" - Telegraph
India Launches Universal ID System with Biometrics | Singularity Hub
In the Debate Over RFID Tracking, Children are The Testing Ground | Singularity Hub
Sweden Considers Cashless Society
Every click you take, they'll be watching you
Israel and the Middle East
Russia to supply missiles to Syria, despite Israel protest
Syria to Get Advanced Anti-Ship Missiles from Russia - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
Fear of Hamas Attack Sparks Egyptian Alert; Top Terrorist Nabbed - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
Report: Egypt warns of immediate terror threat from Sinai - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Iron Dome defense system could be deployed first in North, IDF chief hints - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Ehud Barak: History Will Judge Obama on Nuclear Iran - Politics & Gov't - Israel News - Israel National News
Fayyad Dunning for Funds at UN, Says PA 'Ready for Statehood' - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
Ashkenazi: Resistance on flotillas could cause casualties
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Preparations For The False Prophet
"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live."
Revelation 13:11-14
It seems that it is getting easier to see many aspects of the Tribulation period upon us. Jerusalem is quickly turning into a burdensome stone. Israel is back in its land as predicted. The economy appears to be on the brink of a meltdown that will lead to a universal monetary system. Even the world governments and politicians seemingly are hinting to a one world amalgamated government. We can certainly see the rise of the Beast and his government. Furthermore, we can see the technology leaning towards a universal mark controlling the free trade. However, there is one aspect of the Beast's takeover that many are not as focused on. We are beginning to see the preeminence and proliferation of a one world religious system. It is the whore of Revelation--the man can do it without God religious system--that will dominate in the last days. It is the rise of the False Prophet!
The False Prophet, the other beast, will lead men and women to worship the anti-Christ and ultimately Satan. He has the power of a lamb--a meek religious leader. He also has the mouth of a dragon--always an emblem of the devil. He will lead men from the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and join them to one last great heresy that will destroy the souls of millions. Like all that is of deception, his teaching will make sense, it will appear right, many will assure that it is true and right, and ,sadly, it will be backed by false miracles. Many will be deceived. Will you?
His task is not an easy one. He will need to join atheists and agnostics together with Islam, Hinduism, reprobate Christianity and a host of myths, legends, and false religions and ideologies. If you look hard, you can see that happening now. Look at this article.
Doves, roses mark blessing of Quran at downtown Cathedral
Here are a few quotes from the article. "Representatives of Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, B'hai, Mormon, Sikh, Vedic Druid and Muslim beliefs read scriptures from the great religious texts - including six verses from the Quran calling for all faiths to live in harmony." Peace, harmony, love--such attractive words. However, the scripture is very clear. There is no love outside of the cross of Christ. Peace is a gift of the presence of the Holy Spirit! Only Jesus Christ can ever bring peace and harmony as He is the Prince of Peace! There is no salvation outside of Jesus Christ!!!!!
"Instead of the image of burning Qurans suggested by Florida Pastor Terry Jones, "Today we saw the great faiths of the world and they blessed to the Quran ... Indeed, blessed are the peacemakers," said Haq, who read a prayer from St. Francis of Assisi: "Oh God make me an instrument of your peace ... Where there is hatred let me sow love!"" Now, I do not agree with the pastor's method of addressing the lies of Islam, but reactions to his plan to burn the Quran will give us a foretaste of the absolute tyranny of the upcoming system. Under the guise of "let's all get along" there will be a call to crush any and all beliefs that are exclusive (like the teachings of Jesus where He clearly says that He is the one and only way to heaven!). Those not in line with this syncretic system will be humiliated publicly and eventually killed for their "rebellion" to the established spiritual authority. We will have much, much more to say on this later. God Bless you and pray daily for discernment! (...And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.)
Rise of the False Prophet
Justice Breyer Suggests That Burning a Quran Could be Like Shouting 'Fire' in a Crowded Theatre--Thus Not Protected by 1st Amendment | CNSnews.com This is a major sign. the courts have been anti-Christian for years, but now appear to want to change policy towards Islam!
Where’s Waldorf? « Liveshots It is illegal to teach Christ in schools! Yet, we can use the methods of cults to enhance education! Having studied the history of the American education system for years, I can assure you that things were much better off when Christian ethics and a personal relationship with Christ was encouraged!
Here is what Islam teaches children! 100,000 children attend radical Hamas summer camps
PA: Jewish Worship 'Sin and Filth' at Western Wall - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News Here is the part about crushing those who do not agree with you!
Israel and the Middle East--War on the Horizon
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Back To The Altar
"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"
1 Peter 4:17
Which church with an epistle named after it was in the most wretched city? Without a doubt it was the letter to the church in Corinth. This city was a very corrupt seaside trade center with every imaginable sin and vice. The local brothel was also a pagan temple with over 1000 male and female prostitutes. (This is what Paul is addressing in 1 Corinthinans 6:12-20--can you imagine?) No wonder Paul took the time to write, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 The stress here is that some of the Corinthians used to live like this but Paul didn't want them to think that it was suddenly acceptable to live in outright sin.
Paul exhorted and rebuked this single church more than any other that we know of. That is not to say he did not give negative comments to the others; however, the church at Corinth had so many problems that there was little to praise in them. They were gifted, but they used their gifts to gain notoriety for themselves and not Christ. They had the best preachers preach in their pulpit, but they did not hear the message. They were too busy comparing the preachers as if they were entertainers. They did not hear what the Spirit of the Lord wanted them to understand. They were proud of their ability to accept the most sinful in their ranks, but they did not disciple and encourage them to accept the power of Christ to save and deliver from sin. Instead, they left the new converts to wallow in sin while sending the world a confusing message. This church had so many problems that it would take the rest of this post to list them all. The underlying single sin that caused all of their problems was division. This church lacked unity and fostered a divisive spirit in a sinful community that was equally divided. They let the community change them rather than live as over-comers changing the community. Sound familiar?
Jesus said, "And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand." Mark 3:25. (Huh! I wonder if that is why this church no longer exists?) Paul left this church a stunning example of how to overcome division. It was to set self aside and place the Gospel of Jesus Christ above any and all competitors! Paul taught them to begin with judging self through the direction of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. they had to allow God to direct this because a self exam without God's eyes might result in an, "I'm OK", when the truth is that things are far from OK. (The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. Proverbs 12:15. Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. Proverbs 21:2) This Spirit/Word examination was to assist them in conforming to the image of Christ. Then they could allow the changes that God had poured out in their lives to affect others. His easy formula reminds me of a chorus we used to sing as children, "Put Jesus first, and Others second, and put Yourself at the end of the line, and you will find true joy and happiness through J-O-Y." Jesus-Others-Yourelf!
Take a look, briefly, at Paul's example. Most of this comes from 1 Corinthians 9 if you would like to read it. Paul had the right to be married, but he set it aside for the work of Christ. He had the right to be paid by the Corinthian church, but since it was a money first society he did not want them to be suspect of his work. Therefore, he worked a job as a witness to them. He did not demand the respect of being an apostle among them even though he had started the church by God's guidance. He was willing to fore go eating meat lest it offend a weaker brother. He put them above himself.
The only cure to heal division is to put self last. It is to reverse the little song as a means of repentance. Crucify self and its lusts. Prefer my brothers and sisters while overlooking their failures. Put Jesus back at the helm of my life. After we do this personally then we move to the corporate church. We repent of anything that has caused us to be divisive and we covenant with Christ afresh and anew. We allow Jesus to lead his church and not follow fleshly opinions. We put the Word back as the chief source of faith and practice in the church. When we judge ourselves first as the body of Christ, then we will be the needed witness to a divided world. Peter understood the importance of this concept in the opening verse. If we are all messed up fighting one another while living a duplicitous Christian life, thousands we could have reached will be judged as lost because we spent to much time not sharing the only prescription for salvation.
End Time Technology
U.S. soldiers to be subjected to 'mind control'
Privacy concerns grow with the use of RFID tags
FOXNews.com - UPDATE: New Drug-Resistant Superbugs Found in 3 States
Scientists teach robots to deceive humans | Weird | News | Toronto Sun
FOXNews.com - Are Chinese Close to Allowing Scottie to Beam 'Em Up?
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Indicators Of A Healthy Relationship With Christ
Here is an article that I found under resources on the website http://praycog.org/ that I loved and thought I would share. It was written by Doug Small and it is thought provoking. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I will share more on division soon so come back.
INDICATORS OF A HEALTHY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
Here are some indicators of a personal relationship with Christ:
- You talk with Him daily. You pray. You live in his presence.
- You are conscious of His presence and your conscious desire to please him, to do his will. (II Corinthians 5:9; John 8:29) He rarely leaves your mind. You are preoccupied with Him. You are “walking in the Spirit.”
- You are in love! You are not merely doing religious things, keeping traditions, living by rules, honoring religious customs. No, you are in love! You know God is real. And you would do anything for Him.
- You delight in the Lord, and therefore you embrace disciplines and duties that are not always delightful. You do so, out of love. “If you love me, keep my commandments!” In the Old Testament, duty demanded that one keep the law. In the New Testament, love constraints us to do right. Our motivation has changed. Holiness, the end result has not changed.
- You want to serve. You are ready to be a bond-slave. Prayer makes us available. Prayer is the intentional and daily check-in experience. In prayer, we punch the divine clock and notify God that we are on-duty and ready to serve.
- There is an overflow of your life, outward to others. The evidence of the inward love for God is read by others. They see it. You can’t hide it. Prayer explodes outwardly in some manifestation of God’s glory. His presence marks a life. This is “the glory!” How can you be silent? The love of God is shed abroad in your heart.
- The speech of an overflowing Christian is marked by thanksgiving and praise. The inner flood spills out onto others around you. They are the benefactors of our satisfied hearts. The inner happiness becomes a river of joy tasted by others.
Source: Prayer – the Heartbeat of the Church Resource Guide: P. Douglas Small (Pathway Press: Cleveland, TN; 2008), p. 21-22.
Israel and the Middle East
Godlessness in the Last Days
Manual on How to Molest Children Is Legal, Cops Say
Christian Persecution--Please Pray!
Friday, September 10, 2010
The Shaking Has Begun
"For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints."
1 Corinthians 14:33
"And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?"
Matthew 12:26
Have you ever seen so much division in the nation? It seems to get worse each day. Abortion or pro-choice (a sweet sounding euphemism for murder), Democrat or Republican, homosexual--sodomite--marriage or God ordained--traditional--marriage, build a mosque at the site of Islam's murder of Americans or stop the mosque, burn the Quran or not burn it, liberal or conservative, and the list goes on and on. This current President ran on a platform of change and change has taken place. Topics that began to polarize the nation ten or twenty years ago are rapidly appearing to fracture the very fabric of our Judeo-Christian nation during this administration. So things are better with the church--right?
Not exactly! Those professing themselves as believers in Christ are equally divided. If one minister preaches against homosexuality, another stands and sanctions it. If one shares the truth that homosexuality is sin, another says that, "God hates fags!" (Believe me, I hated to write that exact quote so I'll include the site so you can see it for yourself. http://www.godhatesfags.com/ ) One is preaching grab all of the world's goods because God has promised them to you while another preaches to let go of the trinkets of this world. A Bible teacher teaches that God used progressive steps to create through evolution while another teaches that creation is a literal six days, and this list goes on and on too. Christians cannot even agree about if, or when, or how Jesus is coming back! Things are certainly a mess!
This is exactly what the Apostles warned about when they mentioned perilous times. It assuredly is upon us for not drawing close to God as far as this nation is concerned. Division is swallowing this country as well as the entire world. If God had his hand on this nation there would be peace even when the issues that divide are discussed. Here is proof from Proverbs 16:7, " When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." However, the anger of many is rising to a boiling point so hot that we are certainly at the brink of a social upheaval of massive proportions. God has pulled His hand back and now the chaos of the enemy is ensuing. If we do not have a massive spiritual awakening by the power of the cross through the power of the Holy Spirit in the church, bleaker days are ahead!
Whenever a nation or region that once served God casts His word and His values and His salvation aside then gross and terrible darkness invades. Asia Minor was the birthplace of the gentile church in so many ways. Many of the books in the New Testament and the letters of Jesus in Revelation were addressed to churches in this region. Today, men and women are persecuted and hiding in order to serve Christ in this same area. It is one of the darkest places, spiritually, in the world.
Massachusetts was considered by the settling Pilgrims to be a place of Divine favor and direction. They were not even trying to sail there but were driven to the region by a storm. After prayer, they felt God had directed their journey to Plymouth. They even found the forest cleared and the ground prepared for tilling as the entire hostile tribe that had been there had died of a strange disease four years before. The last known member of that tribe appeared and assisted them. The first Indians they encountered all spoke English. They told them that the other tribes were fearful of that land due to the deaths of the hostile tribe. Pilgrims built the church/meeting house before they built anything else! They instituted the concept of compulsory learning with the enacting of Ye Olde Deluder Satan Act. They did not want people to be illiterate thereby being deceived by Satan. What is the spiritual condition of this very region today? What was the center for the first Great Awakening is desperately in need of another move of God.
The shaking has begun! "Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:26-29
God is shaking His church so that all that is false falls aside. He is shaking His church as He shook the dust of Egypt from His children. God is shaking His church just like the first few judgments on Egypt affected sinner and saint, just and unjust. However, as God kept shaking Egypt He eventually sheltered the true believers and sanctified Himself and His children in the sight of their enemies. Hold on! The shaking has begun, but that means our home going must be coming soon!
Israel, the Middles East and the Coming of Yeshua
Report: French envoy to meet with Assad on renewal of Israel-Syria peace talks - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Nuclear experts watch for Iran’s first N-test after sanctions fail
Obama urges Netanyahu to extend building freeze amid talks
4th Kassam rocket since Rosh Hashana began hits Israel
Ahmadinejad: Koran burning will bring about Israel's annihilation - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Such a poor, blind, and deluded man!
Ayatollah Khamenei: Peace talks a cover up for Israeli 'crimes' - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
As In The Days Of Lot and Noah
FOXNews.com - Atheist Billboard Provokes Oklahoman Christians
University of Baltimore Pop Culture Class Focuses on Zombies Strange article! Strange class!
California Judge Rules 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy Is Unconstitutional | CNSnews.com
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