August 1, 2013

A DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE

I came up out of the water Raise my hands up to the Father Gave it all to Him that day Felt a new wind kiss my face Walked away, eyes wide open Could finally see where I was goin’ It didn’t matter where I been I’m not the same man I was then. I got off track, I made mistakes Back slid my way into that place where souls get lost Lines get crossed And the pain won’t go away………….., now here I stand There I was, I’ve changed.  I even started to forgive myself Yes, I’m changed, Thank God. (Rascal Flatts)

looking over our lives there has been a radical change that has taken place if you are a Child of God, and it is by the grace of God that we came out of it with eyes wide open. And with most of us having no physical signs that we had been in a war zone. And as we look back over our life, so many circumstances, situations, lives lost of those we have loved or been acquainted with.

But why us, why do we live to tell our stories, why was more grace and more time extended to us, in spite of us, and not our homie’s who in the day we called Ray Ray, Dog, Chicken, Blue, and Big Lip Johnny. Hey we were all right there in the mix together, the fight’s house parties and all the fun gathering’s at our favorite spot, 740 Perk Dr.

Hey they traveled the same road of destruction that we traveled, why us? But maybe like Paul. God gave us that Damascus Road experience because our God saw something in us. Or maybe our parents made sure we went to Sabbath , or Sunday school, or maybe we didn’t have a choice when our nights ended they made that decision. Or maybe our God just saw in us A star that would shine anywhere, or at anytime that He wanted us to.

And yes like Paul, thank God for that Road. Paul had been a Pharisee. He considered himself the most zealous, rigorous and careful of all Pharisees. But God choose and used Paul. because He knew Paul was capable of remaining a faithful servant that would ENDURE no matter what situation he might find himself in, even if that meant his life ending at the guillotine.

Paul tells us in Phil. 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.“Acts 9:15 says The Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. When you read Paul’s letters, you realize God knew, because He is God that Paul could be all things to all people.

Paul says in Phil. 3:7-8 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.” My friends can God say the same about us? They are my chosen instruments they will proclaim My name to the world. I know they will endure to the end, even if it means death. 

There are many reasons why God allowed us to travel this road. let’s look at others in the bible. And why God choose them.  Moses and David were both murderers. Thomas was A doubter, Peter denied Christ, Abraham and Jacob were big time lier’s, Judah was a Whoremonger, John was self-righteous, Mark was a scary cat, and rejected by Paul who also was a murderer,

Noah was a  drunk and comitted incest with His own Daughters. And I can continue, but you get the picture. God chooses in spite of. But Remember also, God doesn’t require a job interview or a resume from us when He chooses us because He already knows everything about us.

Psalm 139:1-24 -41 tells us “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.”

And He want hire and fire us when we mess up, because He is our father and Shepherd not an overbearing boss. And He doesn’t look at our prophet and loss, only our Gain and what you can bring to His glory and honor each day. “Like a grapevine branch, we are not always producing fruit in our life. That would be unnatural. For a significant portion of a grapevine’s life is nothing but a dry, twisted stick, fruitless with no benefit to anyone.

It is even useless for shade, worthless as timber, to all appearances it is only fit to be ripped from the ground, thrown in a heap and burned.” “Yet those barren times are as vital in the life of the vine, as the season itself”. “If spring could tip-toe passed nature without stirring it from its winter slumber; if the sun could slip through the sky without dispelling the night; if rain could fall to the ground without bringing life to the desert,

only then should you fear dry times, dark times, lean times. Though you feel as useless as a fur coat in a heat-wave, the time will come when your warmth is treasured. For everything there is a season.”(Grantley Morris) Paul tell’s us in Ephesians 2:4-9 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved,

and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” Remember the forces of evil looks back over our life and accuses each of God’s chosen of all of our mistakes and tells us we have gone to far to be saved.

But my Savior starts at  Calvary, and takes us through the trials and tribulation of this life, and places us in His loving wings, and guides and protects each of us daily. All the way to his soon appearing when He will say to His Children “Well done, good and faithful servants! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness! in my pure and holy kingdom where I have prepared A banquet table for all of the redeemed.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

July 31,2013

CLICK AND SHARE IF YOU REALLY LOVE JESUS

Today I ask myself? should my faith and my love for my Savior who died on a cross for my sins be measured by whether I like your photo, slogan or post on Social Media. Each Day each of us including myself, generate devotionals, e-mails, text messages, chain-letter, Conference calls, etc, etc,.

The world is now flooded with a click and share mentality towards Salvation. Believe me God cares about every aspect of our lives. Psalm 139:13-16 “says For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;…. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” As A Child of God I believe that Facebook, Twitter or the SOCIAL MEDIA is not A primary area of my Lord and Masters concern.

Not as long as we have the poor, hungry, imprisoned, widowed, orphaned, and a immoral world that has lost sight of the saving grace of His love. I really do Love Jesus more then life itself. So I ask myself, in creating A click and share, if you love Jesus, or a Chain-letter, would that really allow A fallen world that desperately needs the transforming power of God’s Spirit to know Him.

Or does it just allow me to have a hands off approach to Christ Mandate to me when He said “go into all the world and preach the gospel. My thoughts are, anything less, would Cheapen that command. “According to the first chapter of Acts, 120 believers met in the upper room on the day of Pentecost. This is a ratio of 1 Christian to approximately every 500,000 to 580,000 people in the empire.

From a human standpoint, Jesus’ command to preach the gospel to the world seemed unthinkable. The Christian church exploded in growth. Tens of thousands were converted. The message of Jesus’ love was carried to the remotest parts of the empire. It reveals that in a few generations Christianity had invaded nearly every level of society even in the remote provinces. “(Mark Finley)

And this was actually done without facebook. Millions died so a world could receive the good news of Christ Salvation Persecution of the Christians started with the Emperor Nero in the summer AD 64. At that time Christians were a small underground group among the slaves and poor people, making them the perfect scapegoat. Nero blamed the fire of Rome on them, and ordered all Christians to be persecuted.

Christians were thrown to wild beasts and eaten alive in arenas throughout the empire, others were crucified. The more they killed the more the church grew. So Satan laid his plans to war more successfully against the government of God by planting his banner in the Christian church. The great adversary now endeavored to gain by artifice what he had failed to secure by force.

Persecution ceased, and in its stead were substituted the dangerous allurements of temporal prosperity and worldly honor. Idolaters were led to receive a part of the Christian faith, while they rejected other essential truths. They professed to accept Jesus as the Son of God and to believe in His death and resurrection, but they had no conviction of sin and felt no need of repentance or of a change of heart.

With some concessions on their part they proposed that Christians should make concessions, that all might unite on the platform of belief in Christ. Most Christians consented to lower their standard, A union was then formed between Christianity and paganism. But thank God many Christians chose to die before they would deny their Lord. Those who did so came to be called MARTYRS, which means “WITNESSES.”

Millions Died who became WITNESSES for our Savior as they allowed their focal point to be centered on the life of Christ’s and Him Crucified, and what He must have endured on The Via Dolorosa, the road Jesus walked from the place of Pontius Pilate’s sentencing, to Golgotha, The “way of sorrows.” So today I ask myself how can I allow Christ through His word and Spirit to give me this same power to endure like Christ Did on Calvary, And the Christian Martyr’s before me.

Matt. 24:9-14 says For……….Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

That verse did not say all I would have to do is Click and share, or pass on A chain letter on to the next person, to show my love for Christ. It told me I will have to endure something that I know deep down in my heart I am really not prepared for right now.  So How do I prepare myself and others to Finish this race and endure until the end.

John 16:7-9 tells us “…It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. That will be my power Acts 1:8 tells me also. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you….

Acts 2:17 also says “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”

A conviction Of Gods Spirit That is what it will take my friends, and that can only comes through the transforming power of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. My Friends the final Chapter of the Controversy between GOOD and EVIL Is being written Right now the climax will be at Jesus Christ Second Coming to take His faithful Children Home. .

As we spread this Good news, Our witnessing should bring conviction without Condemnation, meaning the love of Christ should be at the center of our witnessing as we ask ourselves today does my action and what I as a Christians am doing for Christ will it really lead to souls being Saved. if not, then I ask you today, Have faith, Study Gods Word Daily, Pray without ceassing For the outpouring of Gods Spirit in your life and Focus!!! Focus!!! Focus!!!

July 29, 2013

ACCOUNTABILITY!! TO WHO? AND FOR WHAT?

“Satan seems paralyzed as he beholds the glory and majesty of Christ. He who was once a covering cherub remembers whence he has fallen. A shining seraph, “son of the morning;” how changed, how degraded! From the council where once he was honored, he is forever excluded. He sees another now standing near to the Father, veiling His glory. He has seen the crown placed upon the head of Christ by an angel of lofty stature and majestic presence, and he knows that the exalted position of this angel might have been his.

Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for heaven. He has trained his powers to war against God; the purity, peace, and harmony of heaven would be to him supreme torture. His accusations against the mercy and justice of God are now silenced. The reproach which he has endeavored to cast upon Jehovah rests wholly upon himself. And now Satan bows down and confesses the justice of his sentence.” (White)

“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12 Even Satan, one day will be held accountable before His Creator. So having this knowledge, As a Christian you must now look beyond today, and focus on our Saviors soon return and your ACCOUNTABILITY for how you live your life from day to day. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”

As Christian our accountability will be an answerable account to our Creator who has given A commission to all who has a burning desire within their heart, and a responsibility of love as A child of God to spread the good news of the CROSS, and Jesus soon return. Matthew 24:14 says “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

This is a testimony from God. So His message will never be suppressed nor silenced. Luke 19:40 says I tell you,” He replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” But because of the LOVE, MERCY, and GRACE of God.

He has placed upon His Children this responsibility, simply because of His loving GRACE, and not because of anything that we have done. Yes my friends! SALVATION is FREE! it is given to us not for anything we have done but just because, God loves us. OH NO GREATER LOVE.

In Luke 7:41-42 it says “There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both…….. He sums up in four syllables The AWESOME LOVE, GRACE, and MERCY of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST when it says “He forgave them both.” That’s GRACE. GRACE to me has a starting FOCAL POINT, and A ending FOCAL POINT.

STARTING POINT. 1. When we work a forty-hour day and receive an honest pay for our time that is A WAGE. 2. When we run a race, and receive A trophy for our performance, that is A PRIZE. 3. When there is recognition from our peers for high achievements in one’s occupation, that is An AWARD. And the marvelous and beautiful,

ENDING POINT is 4. When we are incapable of earning a WAGE, cannot win A PRIZE, and deserve no AWARD, yet we receive a GIFT anyway that is GRACE and the beginning FOCAL POINT of the story Christ Death on the CROSS and His RESURRECTION. And  the final FOCAL POINT of this story will end at His SECOND COMING When the Master will reply “WELL DONE, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”.

Friends our SALVATION is free but there must also be a response of LOVE from HIS CHILDREN. And that is The Message of the CROSS that we spread among our FRIENDS, FAMILY, LOVE ONE’S, NEIGHBORS, CO-WORKERS, and the WORLD my friends it is A simple message. Paul tells us in Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” God required a sacrifice to pay the price for our sins. But there could be only one who paid this price.

So Jesus gave His life on the CROSS for our sins. in Acts 4:12 it says “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” So we see the price has been paid “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have ETERNAL LIFE.” John 3:16 so we will never be able to repay God for what He has done for us.

So How do we show our GRATITUDE and LOVE for what He has done. And how do we spend our TIME, and what must our RESPONSIBILITY be. For Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. So that tells me as a Christian who knows right from wrong I am ACCOUNTABLE for what I do.

So as we study GOD’S WORD and seek His SPIRIT, we come to the realization that because of GOD’S GRACE, we are liable, responsible, and answerable for our ACTIONS, and TIME, in this life that we spend from day to day. Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:8-9 that “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.” So we must forever tell our self that

“Our TIME belongs to God. Every moment is His, and we are under the most solemn obligation to improve it to His glory. Of no TALENT He has given will He require a more strict account than of our TIME. The value of time is beyond computation. Christ regarded every moment as precious, and it is thus that we should regard it. Life is too short to be trifled away.

We have but a few days of probation in which to prepare for ETERNITY. We have no TIME to waste, no TIME to devote to selfish pleasure, no TIME for the indulgence of sin. It is now that we are to form CHARACTERS for the future, and a IMMORTAL life for His kingdom. It is now that we are to prepare for the searching judgment.

The human family have scarcely begun to live when they begin to die, and the world’s incessant labor ends in nothingness unless a true knowledge in regard to eternal life is gained. The man who appreciates TIME as his working day will fit himself for a MANSION and for a life that is IMMORTAL. It is well that he was born.” (White Christ object lessons).

So Accountability is each of us as Christians challenging ourselves and one another to grow in Christ by the daily renewal of the MIND and BODY through the STUDY of GOD’S WORD and the seeking of HIS SPIRIT as we tell others of the GOOD NEWS of CHRIST SOON RETURN.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

July 28, 2013

MY FRIENDS, FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!

Mark 8:22-26 And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. 23 Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.” 25 Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. 26 And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!

Have you ever wondered why a pigeon walks so funny? According to an interesting article in the Detroit Free Press, a pigeon walks the way it does so it can see where it’s going. Because it can’t adjust its focus as it moves, the pigeon actually has to bring its head to a complete stop between steps in order to refocus. This is the way it walks: head forward, stop; head back, stop! In our spiritual walk with the Lord we have the same problem as the pigeon. We have a hard time seeing while we’re moving.

We also need to stop between steps to refocus on where we are in relation to the World and the will of God. Our walk with the Lord needs to have built into it a pattern of “stops,” which enable us to see more clearly before moving on. This healing was unique in that it consisted of two stages. After the first healing was performed, the man saw people indistinctly as moving objects, like trees walking. That is, he could distinguish them from trees only by their motion;

before he had totally gone blind it may have been that he saw men as trees. Men had become shadows moving about to him. Now that he is gaining his sight back, as man rising out of deep water, he sees men in the same form. Now going back to Mark 8:25 The Blind man’s reply tells us he knew what trees looked like so we know he has seen before in his life time.

His blindness was not {congenital} or present at birth. After that Christ put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. Sometimes we, like the blind man, need a second touch by Jesus in order to see things from His perspective. He looked at men and saw trees he looked at our Savior, Jesus Christ, and saw clearly.

And once his eyes was fixed on Christ, his sight and focus was fully restored. “The second stage of healing was preceded by the touching of the eyes. The text does not say that Jesus made him look up, but rather that the man looked intently. And when he did so, he began to see all things clearly.” “When Christ is the center of your focus, everything else will come into proper perspective.”

As we begin to focus upon God, the transforming power of the Holy Spirit will begin to take shape before our eyes. (A. W. Tozer) Wikipedia,describes FOCUS: as selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things the Free Dictionary describe FOCUS: As A point at which rays of light or other radiation converge or from which they appear to diverge, as after refraction or reflection in an optical system: the focus of a lens. Also called focal point.

As A Christian what Focal Point should mean to each of us is Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. Nothing else should define This Race or journey that each of us are on to the finish line except JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED. Yesterday I checked my comments of the day, as I always do , and a good friend of mine left one and all he said was you cannot leave out the Democratic party. He knowing me as He does knew that he would be getting a phone call from me soon, he also knew the first thing I would say would be you republican, and of course he was right.

And like the blind man, as my friend and I talked, my sight  became clearer and clearer, that’s a good thing abut having friends who are moving in the same direction as you Spiritually. At the end of the day we both came to the same conclusion, and that is, nothing else matters in life, except Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. But what I had done was taken my focus off of what this site should be all about, and moved into the area of Politics.

So to get back on focus I must say, It doesn’t matter in politics: if you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or the Green party, etc. etc. In Religious Denominations: It doesn’t matter if you are A Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Church of Christ, Adventist or Lutheran, etc. etc. Or your Ethnicity: It does not matter if you are Black, White, European, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or German. etc. etc, In the classes: it doesn’t matter If you are rich, poor, or middle class. etc. etc. finally in one’s sexual orientation it does not matter if you are A man, Woman, Gay, hetasexual or Bisexual. etc. etc.

Remember my Friends, when each of us stand’s before God the only thing that will matter will be what was our Relationships with Christ, while we were here on this earth, and did we allow Our Lord and Savior to transform our character to be like His. And as Christians we can never ever loose our focus on where Christ is leading us from day to day, as we Study his Word, and seek His Spirit. And if that remains our focus Eternity, and Gods pure and holy kingdom will soon be ours.

Paul tells us in Colossians 3:2 – Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. also he says in Colossians 2:6 -8 “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 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.”

When we as Christians remain Focused we then surrender our all to the Master. And once that happens it all becomes about trusting and having faith in a God, that has done it all for our Salvation Paul tells us in Romans 5:7-8 “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Peter also tell’s us in 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” So By Surrendering to God, it takes the focal Point off of self, and what we may want, and places it upon the blood of Jesus Christ.

Totally Surrendering and given it all to the Master is not the most outstanding way to live, it is the only way to live, If we want to make heaven our home. Because nothing else matters as a Christians. Because all other pathways lead to resentment, defeat and in the end destruction. Hebrews 12:2 says “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

So if our Goal is the kingdom of God, then we must never loose sight of Christ and what we must do to be like Him, and what He must haved endured on The Via Dolorosa, the road Jesus walked from the place of Pontius Pilate’s sentencing, to Golgotha, The “way of sorrows.” “On a hill far away” to save you and I

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it some day for a crown.
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me; for the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
a wondrous beauty I see, for ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
to pardon and sanctify me. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
its shame and reproach gladly bear; then he’ll call me some day to my home far away,
where his glory forever I’ll share.

Hebrews 12:2 Says it all “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” My Friends FOCUS! FOCUS! FOOCUS!

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

July 26, 2013

A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR US ALL

“Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you today in our hour of need, to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your Grace, mercy, and guidance. We know in your Word it says, in Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” but we as a CHURCH and a SOCIETY and a NATION have done exactly that, and allowed our FOCUS to move from JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED TO SELF AND WHAT IS BEST FOR ME AND NOT THEE.

We have lost our spiritual compass, and have Focused our values, toward the values of the god of this world. We confess to you, and you only, and ask at this moment for your forgiveness, and pray that once again our focus will be placed on our Lord and Savior and His will for us. And through your HOLY WORD AND SPIRIT, and a sincere daily HEARTFELT PRAYER LIFE. Our eyes will forever remain on Thee as we ENDURE THIS RACE to the FINISH LINE and than.

We your FAITHFUL CHILDREN may all say with one accord as you enter the clouds above to take us to your pure and holy kingdom. “LO THIS IS OUR GOD WHO WE HAVE WAITED FOR.” And as you present to us a golden CROWN and wipe our tears away. Oh to finally here you say to each of the redeemed ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ AMEN :

BELOW, Part 1 of A Four Part SPECIAL PRAYER LIST for our Churches, our Nation And each of us who look forward to entering Gods Pure And Holy Kingdom one day

 For the sake of more tithe We have blurred the absolute truth of Your Word and called it A DIVERSIFIED CHURCH. Isaiah 8:20 says To the LAW and to the TESTIMONY! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. We know the distinction between LAW and TESTIMONY in our court system. And I don’t believe anyone is in danger of confusing the two terms. But who would imagine, that the statement of our law that comes from our judicial system and the facts given as a testimony by the witness in court, are the same thing? No one. But only in “things pertaining to the kingdom of God can we blend the two together” But in most of our churches today this plain and necessary distinction is not always recognized;

 Or, if so, it is generally disregarded because the truth in Gods Word does not always pay dividends. Hence, most Christian denominations not only disregard the LAW and TESTIMONY, from God’s Word, but are opposed to such a CONTRIBUTION in defending the GOOD NEWS of the GOSPEL which is found in God’s holy word, as long as the MEMBERSHIP grows, and the TITHE keeps rolling in. And even those who still retain the inspired term LAW and TESTIMONY have totally lost sight of its scriptural significance, or will just not speak on the subject due to alienating the tithe payers.

In other words if you are a good person that is all that matters no emphasis on LAW OR TESTIMONY only on one’s given pattern. But The great example which the church should be bound to imitate no matter if you have A 20 members congregation, or A 20,000 members congregation, is Jesus Christ and Him crucified 1 Peter 2:21 says For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.

John 18:37. states Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Romans 13:1-2 says Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

We worship other gods: Money, Clothes, Ourselves, Power and called it an INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO: 1 Timothy 2:5 says, For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. In Matthew 6:24 it tells us No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. and Matt 6:32-33 says For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 4:10, says “You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.” And that can only be The one and only God who from the very beginning created the heavens and the earth. And we must worship Him only in spirit and in truth, we cannot worship anyone or anything else. Anything or anyone, we worship, other than God, is an idol. Wikipedia defines an idol as an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion. in Luke 4:8 it says Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.” Matt. 16,26 also states For what is a man profited, if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” .

We have exploited and neglected the poor, and needy and called it: YOUR DREAMS WILL EVENTUALLY COME TRUE, IF YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY. In study after study, the researchers note that lotteries set off a vicious cycle that not only exploits low-income individuals’ desires to escape poverty but also directly prevents them from improving upon their financial situations. a disproportionate number of people who consistently buy lottery tickets tend to be lower-income and working-class people who can least afford it.

Worthless pursuits are often seen as a cause of poverty. Proverbs 28:19 states “Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. But when our states and cities lures the poor into these quick scheme money traps. God is not pleased and will hold us as a Nation responsible. The Bible’s position on how we treat the poor throughout its pages, interestingly, it has less to do with the poor than it has to do with us and how we treat them.

There’s no escaping the formula that God gives to our society against the injustice of  the poor in our world today; Yes my friends, We need to help them. instead of placing obstacles in there way like the lottery system that gives them false security. Because as Christians we know the only security we all have is in the loving arms of our Savior Jesus Christ  Psalm. 46:1 says God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. But we as A nation have lost site of what it truly means to help someone in need.

The state is now a partner with the gaming industry and all for the perverted attributes that goes into this industry. Everything from drunkenness, to crime and prostitution with the purpose of defrauding the poor and needed of our Nation,”. I can say without a doubt that “This is reprehensible and sinful in the eyes of God.” Isaiah 61:1 states The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.

Now I will ask our Churches regardless of Denominational standings, individual Christians, and politicians what are our responsibilities, or do we have any? You decide today as you ask for Gods direction, as we focus on entering God’s Pure ans Holy Kingdom.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

July 25, 2013

LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS, OR JUST CRAZY TALK

When King asked, Tom Brady “What’s your reaction to Aaron Hernandez’s being arrested and cut from the team, and how will his absence affect your offense?”, Brady replied: “I’ve seen a lot of things over 13 years, and what I have learned is that mental toughness and putting aside personal agendas for what’s in the best interest of the team matters most. My job is to play quarterback, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me. I have moved on.

I’m focusing on the great teammates I have who are committed to helping us win games. The only thing I care about is winning. Nothing is going to ever get in the way of that goal. I’m just excited to report to camp and see what we can accomplish as a team. The fate of our season will be determined by the players in our locker room — nothing else.”

Now let’s reword this interview. using fictitious names. The Interviewer, we will call Mr. I’m all that. The Player we will call: Mr. I Don’t need God in my life because I am a god. First The interviewer: Mr I don’t need God in my life because I am a god, what is your reaction to the weird things that are becoming so prevalent in our society these days. first let’s talk about that Fanatic the one they call Jesus Christ.

What He Has predicted Seems to be coming true when he told us lawlessness would flourished, the love of many would grow cold He even says many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. (laughter ) Who is He suppose to be who would want to be some crazy fanatic who goes around predicting destruction on our great country. He also says you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines,and pestilences,and earthquakes in various places. And all these are the beginning of sorrows.

The late Professor Isaiah who was also one of the many fanatic Christians told us years ago. Woe to those who would begin to call evil good, and good evil; and recognize only darkness for light, and light for darkness; And what was that all about I guess we can call him an old school lunatic (Laughter). And what about the former religious right, aka Tea Party, aka Republicans, whose name is Paul the Apostle, or Saul of Tarsus, Who is now one of the hated Christians he even wrote some chapters in that, well I called it the crazy book, the Bible, He says:

I will quote him using one of his alias names Timothy, And by the way this lunatic is a fugitive from justice, but we can tell his writings anywhere nothing but a lot of crazy talk. He tells us In the last days we would have perilous times. Whatever could he mean by last days, ever day is a last day if you have the misfortune to be in a plane crash (Laughter). He has also predicted in the so called last days that 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, heavy, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof (laughter again )

He threw in everything but the kitchen sink didn’t he (laughter again) You know this crazy talk is coming from the same mad man who gave us that crazy foolishness in that Crazy book The bible using this time the alias name Corinthians. I believe its in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 His crazy talk this time is the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

(Laughter) Once again he has given us everything but the kitchen sink. But from my opinion, He has really gone to far this time. No wander He’s a fugitive he really needs to be brought to justice for treason. Especially when he say’s the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender People want inherit the kingdom that truly is crazy talk because I’m Gay and I know I am going to heaven when I leave this earth. So Mr. I don’t need God in my life because I am A god. What is your take on all of this Crazy talk.

Mr. I don’t need God in my life because I am a god, speaks: Well Mr I’m all that. I’ve seen a lot over the pass 13 Years. Really haven’t had time to read any of that, what you call it the crazy book, the bible. (Laughter) But what I do know is I really don’t care about all of that crazy talk from a bunch of crazy fanatic’s. I’m rich and famous. And what I have learned is that mental toughness and putting aside personal agendas for what’s in the best interest of the team matters most.

its all about Me and the team we are gods to the world that is all that matter’s Not some crazy fanatic named Jesus Christ, Or Paul who can’t even use his real name in that crazy book you talk about. My job is to play quarterback and make money for me and my family, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to me my teammates and fans, regardless of what is going on in this world, it really doesn’t effect me I live in a mansion, with guards all around my compound, and no one can get to me, if I don’t let them.

Remember I am a god and no one can hurt me. I have moved on from whatever happens out there in this world. I am only focusing on the great teammates I have who are committed to helping us win games. The only thing I care about is winning. Nothing is going to ever get in the way of that goal. I’m just excited to report to camp and see what we can accomplish as a team. The fate of our season will be determined by the players in our locker room nothing else matters. For we are all gods and that will never change.

Jesus said the world hated him first, so that we should expect that the world will hate us as well. One day soon the world will hate us, and if you are not rooted and grounded in the word of God and His Spirit. You will also fall away from the faith, and fall by the wayside as you allow this world to be your god. The Bible says that due to the increase in wickedness and evil that the love of many will grow cold.

Weather through peer pressure, or just the desire to fit in. My friends I will let you write your own ending. once again Satan As the “god of this world” he has the legitimate right to influence and harass us, if we allow him access to our lives. Remember again God will not force us to Choose Him over Satan. He will never overrule a person’s will. So My Friends your choice your ending.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY