I just learned that the IRS spent ten million dollars on guns and ammunition.
DENOMINATIONAL DAMAGE
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Many churches take away the liberty of free-will accepting Jesus—and replace it with formulas, rituals, ‘classes’—to make another ‘member’ (whether a true Christian or not).
Jesus described the religious leaders of His day the same way, with stronger words than we would use.
“Whenever you make a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.”
We tend to think we have progressed and think the words of Jesus don’t apply to us.
DO ‘YOU’ SEE IT IN THE BIBLE ?
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
For the moment, set aside the expectations of the experts—prominent preachers, worship leaders, ‘successful’ churches, long-time learned theologians.
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Consider the following without thinking about what you’ve heard.
Just ‘see for yourself’ it it’s really in the Bible—not something somebody tried to fit into the Bible.
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1-once saved, always saved
2-age of accountability
3-trinity
4-infant baptism saves
5-promised prosperity
6-guaranteed healing
7-peace with everybody
8-retirement
9-financial portfolio
10-rapture without persecution/tribulation
11-smooth sailing
12-always up
13-avoid politics
14-be nice
15-non-confrontational
16-inclusiveness
17-non-violence
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Almost guaranteed you can’t read through that list without automatically thinking about what somebody has said.
It’s more work to open your Bible and find The Word’s words on the subject.
It’s much easier to let someone else do the work, and then tell you what’s right.
With all the variety out there, you can find something that suits you.
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And that, my friends, is why many churches over many centuries become so ‘successful’/powerful.
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This may sound like a one-sided article, without answers.
The point—OPEN ‘YOUR’ BIBLE ! ! !
RIGHTEOUS ANGER
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
“Sometimes the tables need to be turned over.”
—–Don Wildmon (founder of American Family Association)
(In righteous anger Jesus turned over the tables and used a whip to drive people out of his Father’s House, the Temple—when evil had taken over.)
I WAS THINKING
May 13, 2023 By Leave a Comment
“The other day I was thinking . . .
And then I realized that didn’t work.”
MORE THAN MY DAILY FOOD
May 13, 2023 By Leave a Comment
How valuable is the Word of God ?
How valuable could the Word of God be to me ?
“I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.”
How does that happen ?
First, know that I need to hear from God, from the Bible.
Then, ingest some every day, and digest it.
Then, develop a taste, a craving, until the Word of God becomes a necessity, foremost in my day, for life.
THE GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO HELP
May 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
The administration in Washington is sending thousands of government personnel to the border to help with the immigration crisis.
What sounds noble and helpful at first hearing—IS NOT !
Biden’s help is going to make sure the flood of illegal immigration continues successfully, to further ensure the destruction of the United States as a sovereign country.
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Who is going to stop Joe Biden and company—enemy of America ?
DEATH PENALTY + and –
May 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Death Penalty—implemented in the U.S., and still debated.
Pro
+”Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.”
+”If you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.”
+The punishment fits the crime of murder.
+The punishment deters crime, including the death penalty.
Con
–Some claim that all criminals should be rehabilitated.
–Some criminals could be sentenced by mistake.
–Some think another person should not be killed for any crime.
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The other Death Penalty, widely implemented in the U.S., and still hotly debated.
Pro
+Letting this person live will ruin my life, my plans.
+It’s okay if the government says it’s legal, and if I pay someone else to do it.
+I’m for it because I’ll never expect to see the person.
+Do it right away, don’t think about it, and you can put it behind you.
Con
-The punishment does not fit the crime—NO CRIME, always innocent.
-Government is always wrong legalizing this death penalty.
-Murder for hire serves no justification, and generates a lot of money—evil incentive.
-The heart and soul never forget what the eyes don’t see, or don’t expect to see.
-God knows you—who you are—before you are born.
IF JESUS WAS ALIVE TODAY . . .
May 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
What if Jesus was alive today ?
HE IS !
JESUS IS ALIVE TODAY !
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What if Jesus was here today ?
Would that bother me ?
Would that help me ?
Would that thrill me ?
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What if Jesus was here today ?
HE IS !
JESUS IS HERE TODAY !
DOES that bother me ?
DOES that help me ?
DOES that thrill me ?