ANTI-SLAVERY – – – TO – – – DEMONIC

December 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment

Major change in America.

What happened?

What results?

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+Slavery out

+Evolution in

+Bible out

+Ten Commandments out

+Prayer out

+Abortion in

+Crime in

+Leadership out

+Politicians in

+Statesmen out

+Morality out

+LGBT in

+Aimlessness in

What caused what in the above?

How did it get started?

Why didn’t the church—Christians—stop, prevent, all the mess of today?

Is there an unspoken, unidentified development that got us on this wrong road to disaster?

A few words of warning, explanation, from history—from the God of history—to His people Israel.

“When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.  Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God.  Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of slavery.”

“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

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That is the story of the American church, and American Christians. We have become rich and satisfied with God’s extraordinary blessings on this country. We have become proud of what we have, and have forgotten God. We have become focused on money and what it can buy. We have become servants of mammon, and don’t realize it.

It is the most impossible idolatry to repent of. It is impossible to be salt and light in the decaying and darkening culture. It is impossible to break free of total investment in “treasures on earth.”

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Financial, Political---Cultural

FU – – – LU – – – SHU

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They say there are Chinese gods you can buy—to get what everybody wants:

+FU—gods for Peace

+LU—gods for Success

+SHU—gods for Longevity

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I heard about this from Allister Begg on American Family Radio (afr.net)—“You can buy them on the airline, if you’re gullible enough to spend $150.”

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Would we be so naive to actually buy something so ridiculous?

Actually, yes, we would—we are.

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For Peace—People spend lots of money on insurance to ‘buy peace’ against loss of stuff.

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For Success—People earn lots of money and invest in portfolios to ‘show success.’

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For Longevity—People sacrifice to accumulate/save/stash/preserve for retirement, to somehow ‘enhance longevity.’

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Financial

THE WORD IN SONG

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“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”—–Colossians 3:16

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That verse can be used well to direct and evaluate church music, and all corporate worship—in fact, everything we do in the “assembling of ourselves together.”

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Study the verse above slowly and carefully.

It’s all about THE WORD in us so rich and so deep, that everything flows from and reveals our time spent in His Word.

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Music is to “teach and admonish” from “the Word of Christ.”

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In fact, the ONE ingredient, and measurement, of a Christian’s life, and a church’s life, is daily time in the Bible.

It is the universal ‘just do it’ for any Jesus follower.

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Inspirational

OLD [NEW] YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

December 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment

Just a few comments, not necessarily profound, except for the one verse from His Book.

Words matter.

Words count.

Words can make us feel good, or bad.

Oldest cliche—doesn’t cut it, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”

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Words reveal what’s inside—good or bad.

“Out of the heart, the mouth speaks.”—–His Book

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Can our words change our heart?

Can our words change our actions?

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Words are words.

Action is more.

Second oldest cliche, “Actions speak louder than words.”

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Is New Years Day just another day, or a meaningful opportunity for what we need or want to be different?

New Year’s Resolutions—words we say to change our life.

Is it possible for a New Year’s Resolution to change our life?

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Perhaps the value in New Year’s Resolutions is hope—commitment in anticipation of something better.

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Consider your own words from day to day—when do they result in change—when do they waste time and energy?

I would like for this to be my New Year’s Resolution:

“I pledge to talk only about something I will do, today.”

Filed Under: Inspirational, Time