This will be a short article, because I’m not going to say much.
I ask you, reading this, to do a simple search, and read a bunch of what God says.
Type on the internet:
Bible verses with “how long?”
Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
This will be a short article, because I’m not going to say much.
I ask you, reading this, to do a simple search, and read a bunch of what God says.
Type on the internet:
Bible verses with “how long?”
FAITH
to
FREEDOM
to
CAPITALISM
to
WEALTH
to
“FREE STUFF” / SOCIALISM
to
BANKRUPTCY
to
TYRANNY
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Impossible political promises
Inevitable historical repetition
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“What we learn from history is that we don’t learn anything from history.”
FAITH ? – OR – FIGURE IT OUT ?
FAITH ? – WHEN YOU CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT ?
As I get older and my physical and mental functions decline, I wonder where that leaves my spiritual well-being.
I know the Bible verse that says,
“Even though our outward being is fading, our inward being is growing stronger.”
But my increasing difficulty remembering anything, includes distress over reading the Bible and immediately losing the thought (recall) of what I just read.
So how do I deal with that loss and the guilt of not holding in my mind
the Words from God that I just read, to strengthen me and keep me going through the day ?
Can I also turn that over to Jesus, and not worry about it ?
☆TALK ABOUT FAITH ☆
And, anyone who is not in my shoes, not going through what I’m facing, cannot understand that their suggestions don’t help (don’t apply).
It makes you want to say, “You’ll ‘get it’ someday”.
Well, maybe they will, maybe they won’t.
So, that’s why some older people struggle with things that cannot be fixed, that nobody knows, that makes them feel alone.
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BUT GOD—
Can He ?
Will He ?
Is He the only One ?
Can we believe ?
Can I believe ?
Can I count on His promise to work for good, even the scarey stuff of decline, of losing ground ?
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☆TALK ABOUT FAITH ☆
Christians vs democrats
Americans vs democrats
NEVERMORE . . .
— christian democrats
— chrislam (merge christianity with islam)
— christians for anything in democrat platform
— christians for abortion
— pro-life democrats
— christians voting for democrats
— american democrats
— democrat socialist party of america
(Note—I do not capitalize anything not authentic.)
In this current age of overloaded schedules, we are called upon to add and include just a little more.
Sometimes spoken, sometimes unspoken—we are supposed to organize and prioritize, so we can take on more and keep up.
Keep up with what ?
Keep up with one more new insight, read one more new book, listen to one more new teaching you can’t do without.
“If it’s new, it’s not true.”
—–David Jeremiah
(I don’t remember the context of his comment, but it sure expresses the frustration and skepticism of too many ideas sweeping over the masses like a tsunami.)
What’s new ?
Got to talk about it.
Got to try it.
“Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.” Acts 17:21
You will do well to read the whole chapter, when Paul makes the most of their search—Jesus is what you’re looking for.
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help? you.”
“I’m running for office.
After I am elected, I will be ‘from the government’, and I will ‘help’ you with all the money that the government has.
I will make your life better.
I will make life fair.
I will make everyone have an equal life.
I will listen to the minorities screaming for everything equal, and I will make their lives better.
I will make sure that people with money participate in getting people without money to have enough money.
Support my cause.
Support my campaign.”
And many people (Amercans, Christians, everyone who is too busy), looking for easier, looking for answers, are falling for lies just because they are uncomfortable before an election.
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Unfortunately, history does not look favorably on socialist promises of utopia.
“Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.”
Governments are more likely to do the latter, because they are made of people who gain power, and then—all previous promises turn into oppressive power.
“Power corrupts—absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
When human nature takes on power, it’s not pretty, ever.
“I would rather not have my wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
-‐‐-‐Senator Ted Crews (commenting on the smooth talk by the demonic Talarico)
How about wolves in spiritual sheep’s clothing !
“I’m from God, and I’m here to help you.”
The Catholic Church played this out, for all history to see (and learn?—not hardly).
The church started with the real promises from Jesus of forgiveness and eternal life.
Then the church gained power, and more power, and control.
The Gospel message of forgiveness went for sale, and the money and the power combined to absolute power, to absolute corruption.
The Catholic Church could, and did, eliminate (kill, burn at the stake) anyone who disagreed with their teaching or their power.
Today in Amerca, the political and the spiritual overlap, as they always do in spite of attempts to separate church and state.
If Christians do not get involved in America NOW, we will suffer the consequences (like everyone else) by those dedicated to our destruction.
● BAD – “Evil abounds (in the government) when good men (in the church) do nothing.”
● SCAREY – What will the government do next, while the church repeats history ?
● DANGEROUS – Government grows more powerful, and churches lose spiritual power.
● TERRIBLE – Government is out of line with our Biblical Constitution, and the church is not leading us back to our spiritual roots.
● TERRORIZING – Government will do anything ‘necessary’ to control everything and everyone, and the church contributes by compliance.
(Review these five points in light of nazi Germany.)
We know the ‘rules’ about “take care of yourself first or you can’t help someone else”, and the airplane instruction to “put on your own oxygen mask before you help your child with theirs”.
During covid, were were told, and we were forced, to mask up, shield up, distance up, hide from others, not visit family, not look anyone in the eye or see what the rest of their face said, distance ourselves from interaction with everyone, fist bumps instead of handshakes (pretend, don’t touch), get the covid jab or lose your job, comply or you don’t care about others—all this thrust on the people overnight, designed and coordinated to create an entire population that does not trust anyone (making the most of the opportunity for complete control).
And what about, what have we learned (WHAT WE HAVE NOT LEARNED) from the covid mandates, six years ago, and for the next time ?
That time, how many, so many, Americans readily obeyed, out of fear.
— “Obey the health
‘authorities¿¿¿’ (or you’ll die).”
and
— “Obey the government
‘authoritiesXXX’ (or you’ll pay) ! ! !”
I could not believe what I saw when I went to town, and everyone (99%+) was all masked up.
It made me furious that fellow Americans were choosing to follow Fauche (Dr. F ?X?X), like under communism and other dictatorships.
I defined what that really meant in several articles on this site !
(type in the search bar MASK)
(original article MASKS MANIPULATE THE MASSES, followed by PLANNING THE PANDEMIC, please note the dates)
Americans, it’s time to TAKE OFF our masks and all they include, so we can see clearly right now what is destroying our country by dismantling our foundations and our freedoms.
● “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye [TAKE OFF our masks], and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye! “
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“God created man in His own image; He created male and female.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“God said, ‘Do not eat from THAT tree’ “.
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed through to all men, because all sinned.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“Everyone has sinned and falls short of giving God glory.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“God did not send His Son, Jesus, into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“It is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
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“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.”
Anybody:
Got a better idea ?
For six thousand years people have come up with many alternate ideas, but never a better idea than God’s idea.
And He wrote it down, on paper, and in the universe (the heavens and the earth), and in our hearts, and in our conscience.
God’s perspective:
“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
Texas should have abolished all leftist political immigration.
● PRIDE and GUILT—good, bad, ugly
Amazing, how pride and guilt can each be very bad, and each can be very good.
Very Bad
Pride can lead to idolatry—self-worship.
Guilt can lead to despair—self-hatred.
Very Good
Pride can motivate—doing good in what you are good at doing.
Guilt can evaluate—repenting, changing from doing wrong to doing right.
● PRIDE and GUILT—everyday examples
“I love my work.”
“I hate my job.”
“I’m the best at what I do.”
“I’m good, because I do good.”
“I look at what I have accomplished, and I say to myself, . . .”
“I deserve a good retirement (‘eat, drink, and be merry’—or some American version of that).”
“Trying to be spiritual, I wonder if my work could become an idol, if I feel too good about it or love it too much.”
“I feel guilty when I tell my family ‘I have to’ work late.”
“Should I feel guilty when ‘I want to’ work late ?”
“I have to ‘provide’ for my family.”
“I can’t afford, I can’t just decide to give up 14% of my week”. (Sunday—fourth commandment)
“When does hard work make me live longer ?”
“When does hard work make me live less (not as healthy, not as many years, not enjoying the years) ?”
“Hard work makes you live longer, if it doesn’t kill you first.”
“I wonder, ‘Who am I really working for ?’ “
● PRIDE and GUILT—advice, counsel, warning, commands, mandates, encouragement, blessings
Advice to pastors,
“Ministers, wear yourselves out for Christ.”
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as to the Lord and not to men . . . It is the Lord Christ you serve.”
“Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings.”
“In vain (also “It is vain”) you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.”
“Six days you shall give all you’ve got and do all your work; the seventh is a day of rest, unto the Lord.”
“Don’t ‘spend all you’ve got’ * just trying to stay alive, and not live.”
Don’t prioritize preparing for retirement.
Don’t count on it.
“Do not store up treasures on earth (unsecured, insecure).”
“Store up treasures in heaven (secured by God).”
repeat: “Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings.”
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”
● PRIDE and GUILT—how it started
Lucifer was ‘the best in heaven’—and he knew it—or he thought so—good looks (beautiful), good gifts (music leader), ambitious ? ¿
THEN—PRIDE—REVOLUTION—KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN ! X ! X ! X
He was guilty, he knew he was guilty, he never admitted he was guilty, he has no road back, ever.
He kept his attitude of pride‐‐‐lying, deceiving and terrorizing God’s creation (man), to get back at God.
● PRIDE and GUILT—final, the end, the last word
The devil will get what he deserves, from God.
And that is the end of the story for the devil, forever.
Pride started all this, and that is a mess, in a messed up world.
But that is not the end of the story, for us, THANK GOD ☆ ☆ ☆
We can take the road back, a narrow road, with limited access, many dangers, with promised help along the way—and not get what we deserve from God.
Paradise can be regained, not for the devil, but for us (not by us), by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
That covers our pride in what we think we can do, and that covers our guilt for what we have done and for what we have not done.
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