I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
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Shocking Finding: Two-thirds (67%) of pre-teen parents claim to be Christian, but only 2% of all pre-teen parents actually possess a biblical worldview...
American Values Personal Survey
Poll: American Majority Wants Congress to Pass Pro-Life Protections
Downward Trend Who Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable
Satan, The Father Of Lies
Battle For America's Soul
Ligonier Ministries' Biennial Study of The State Of American Theology
Among the Shocking findings are -
1. "31% of adults say it is very important for their religious faith to influence every dimension of their life."
2. "49% accept reincarnation as a possibility after they die."
Just one question: If, if this is true then why do our politicians and those who do their bidding in the media possess the spirit of antichrist—an anti-Christian spirit that treats others with such hostility, disrespect and mean-spirited? Why is the state of our country so godless and in an advanced state of decay and decline?
Something is grossly immoral and amiss!
Consider this from 3 of our founding fathers:
Benjamin Franklin - Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Jedidiah Morse - Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government - and all blessings which flow from them - must fall with them.
John Adams - Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
This may help to answer some of your questions as to our current national state of affairs. The honest student of history knows this to be true. Also read:
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.- Matthew 24:7
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:9
I wrote this article in June prior to the 2020 national Presidential election. It is noteworthy to repost it because America's greatest fears have now been realized. A subversive element festering for over 100 years has finally seized her reigns and future and is rapidly establishing itself as the "legitimate" government and silencing those in opposition.What's worse is they are normalizing their ideology as authentic and demonizing those who hold to the Constitution and nationalistic Judeo-Christian culture and tradition. In other words, up is down and down is now up. Right in now wrong and wrong has become right. And they control every branch and institution of government. As a consequence true Americans have no place to turn for redress of their ever-increasing persecution.As of this writing, it is now eight months following that fraudulent seizure. Through the vehicle of medical tyranny, we are witnessing the fall of a nation, likely, faster than any in history. A nation that once was great has now been infiltrated by those actively rendering her powerless to those who plot her permanent demise. Americans have not only lost their constitutional rights but are being divided against each other and enslaved to a global power. Biblical end-time prophecy is being fulfilled right before our eyes. Washington, being a student of the Bible, likely envisioned this day as he was fighting for her independence from the tyrants of his time.
General George Washington was so inspired by Thomas Paine's first essay, "The Crisis", he had his entire army read it. Paine's words were inspirational to Washington and his men during the first bleak winter of the revolutionary war. The British had just marched through New Jersey and New York and the Continental army was facing complete defeat. It has since inspired many. It is worthy of revisiting during a bleak time once again in our national history.
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated"
- Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Although there have been other times in my life Paine's quote—these are the times that try men's souls—has been applicable, I can say without question his famous saying has never been so in our world than today. In many of those times of the past, it was the balance of power in the world that was at stake. In our time, the very existence of humankind is at peril. You ask, "What is that threat?" It is two-fold.
First, it is without question science has reached such an advanced stage that powerful and ultra-wealthy people are now trying to play God in the manipulation of human population and the environment of the planet. The world has been attacked by a deadly virus created by those powerful people and all for what purpose? Can anyone really say there is any benefit to the human race for their actions? I can think of none--only diabolical and destruction. It is hard to believe by most of us there exists such evil people with horrific desires. This did not end well in the history of man when our ancestors involved themselves in the Sovereignty of the Creator. Nor will it end well in our time. We have been forewarned. Secondly, when we examine their own words we discover their plot to reduce the population of the world and reshape it to their liking. The evidence is out there for any who take the time to do the research. In America, we are faced with a choice in the upcoming national election of a choice like never before. It is not the subtle shift of power back and forth between two political parties but an attempt by this corrupt evil group of "elites" who will impose upon America and the world their anti-human agenda. It will be the end of America as we have known it. Take them at their word. They tell us more deadly viruses are to come (how would they know this?) and they will be far deadlier than this first. My interest in writing this is the role of Christians in such a perilous time, particularly pastors and church leaders. I am disheartened by the lack of sense of urgency in this generation of church leaders. Sure there are pockets of purity in preaching and leadership but the lack of a national call to urgency of our defending the faith and the preaching of the gospel in the face of a judgment to come is appalling! Human souls hang in the balance. It is no time for timidity and shrinking from the first duty of the minister of the gospel. This includes all Christians for all have been called into this ministry of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5:18). It is time for Christ's church to stand together and let its bold voice be heard!
The following is taken from the Book, Adam2: A Guide For The Walk Home, written by our founder.
It is A Commentary On The Gospel Of John, complete with a background look at the contemporary Jewish groups active in Jesus' day.
It includes a summary of each chapter, a redacted study of each disciple, a brief study of Gnosticism of the time, pertinent timelines,
and much more. Each chapter of study includes extensive Biblical references to the notes on the chapter.
A chronological excerpt of each section will be posted here at the beginning of each month. You can access free of charge at any time
a complete online digital version
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Turning this month to the background study of the 5 major Jewish groups in Jesus' day: the Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots and Essenes,
we look first at the Scribes from the book: Adam2.
I. MAJOR JEWISH GROUPS IN JESUS' DAY.
A. SCRIBES.
Of the five groups we have chosen to study, only one fails to appear by name in our Bible—the Essenes—which
we will consider last. Of the remaining four, the scribe is the only one appearing by name in both the Old and New Testament records.
Although the remaining three, Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots, do not appear by name in the Old Testament, traces of each's origin can be seen there,
and in the New Testament even the leader of the first Zealot uprising in A.D. 6 is identified in
Acts 5:37 and corroborated by Josephus in his record (Antiq.8.1.1; Wars 2.8.1 - pp. 376, 476).
However, since the scribes are the first to appear in the early days of Jewish national life, we have chosen to examine them first.
Unlike the remaining four groups to be studied, the scribes are not identified as a political or religious party, or sect,
within the Jewish state. This is not to say that they were not individually involved in matters of Jewish affairs,
for indeed they were quite active, as we shall see in our study. However, according to a well respected contemporary Jewish historian,
the scribes as a group merely "represented a function rather than a sect" (Simon, p. 86). Indeed, it is precisely the evolution of this
function that gave rise to this large group in Jesus' day and was arguably His greatest antagonist. But numbers alone do not constitute a sect.
Without exploring the difficulties and technicalities of a literal definition, suffice it to say then for our purposes that a sect in that
period was a viable current within the mainstream of Judaism as seen in the Pharisee, Sadducee, and Essene. Though not a sect, the scribes'
function had a significant influence upon the Jewish people and played a direct role in the death of Christ. For this reason we have chosen
the term "group" rather than "sect" to refer to these five bodies that we might include the scribes in our study. Let us look now at their name.
In the Old Testament, Young makes no distinction in Hebrew for the scribe, or saphar, meaning "to cypher, number, or write."
However, he does separate the scribe more commonly of the former kind, seen in the pre-exilic era, to that of the latter in Ezra's
post-exilic days
(
Ezr.4:8,9,17,23; 7:12), with the exceptions of
Ezr.7:6 & 11
and all those designated in Nehemiah and Esther.
In the New Testament, we find only one Greek designation, grammateus, meaning "scribe, writer, or clerk," or more precisely,
nomikoi, meaning "lawyer," and nomodidaskaloi, meaning "teacher of the law," referring in the main to those scribes
of the law of Moses (cf.,
Lk.7:30;
Jn.3:2,10). Only in
I Co.1:20
do we see in the term an inference to a universal meaning, since the implication there seems to include all world systems,
or knowledge, be it government, religion, or otherwise.
A scribe by name clearly had his origin in pre-Hebrew cultures, as evidenced in the many archaeological findings among earlier peoples.
Two can be seen in those early times. In the beginning, a scribe was mainly designated as an officer of a government whose function
was that of a clerk, or secretary of government affairs and records. Another was called an amanuensis, that is a public writer,
or one who takes dictation, as in personal, business, commerce, etc. Characteristics of these two types of scribes would later be seen
in the pre-exilic scribe that would eventually produce the Mosaic scribe of the post-exilic era. Both of these examples can be seen
within our Old Testament record (for the former, cf.,
II Ki.12:10;
22:3;
25:19;
I Chr.24:6;
27:32;
II Chr.24:11;
26:11;
Jer.36:20;
52:25; and the latter,
Jer.36:3,26,32).
When the Hebrew people appeared on the scene with their religion concomitant with secular life, the lines that were once distinctly
drawn between government and religious affairs were no longer applicable. In addition to recording the affairs of state, as did his
predecessor, the Hebrew scribe would quite naturally become involved in the responsibilities of recording and preserving the religious
annals and archives of his greater community, since these were the laws and practices given by God to be implemented in daily ceremonial life.
Even before the early Hebrew scribe appeared, if we use the third, final, and literal definition of a scribe as it applied to his
unique post-Babylonian function—a copier of the Mosaic Law—then Moses himself would be the first
(
Deu.31:9).
And it was Moses who first read this law to this newly forming Jewish nation (Ex.24:3-8). After it had been completely transcribed by him,
he then committed it to the future care of the Levites
(
Deu.31:9,24-26),
from whom was evolving the priesthood and would the latter day Mosaic scribe (Ezr.8:15-21; Neh.8:1-9; 9:4-38).
(It must be remembered that Moses himself was also from this Levite tribe -
Ex.2:1.)
The following is the second article to date addressing the changes being seen with alarming detail in modern churches.
It is more practical in nature in response to this common dilemma occurring in more and more churches today. The members
of these churches are being forced to choose whether to submit to obvious changes over which they have no control or say or
look for another path that will be consistent with their beliefs and practices in their Christian walk and worship. The article's
focus will sometimes shift from speaking to the opening question being asked to addressing those causing it to be
asked—namely, their church leaders. I trust the reader's own wisdom to discern those pivot points for their
intended purpose. Thank you for understanding. Please know these thoughts were not written without much prayer and consideration.
I, too, am alarmed by these questions being asked about the fundamental changes occurring on a broad scale that spans denominational ties.
There is a clear redefinition of church in today's modern world by a different class and generation of preachers
stepping forward in church leadership. What is witnessed in most megachurches within large populations is rapidly
being duplicated in smaller churches and communities as well. The meteoric rise of this model and movement whose origins
can be traced and identified is catching up young impressionable ministers who are not yet grounded in sound Biblical doctrine
and New Testament practice, and deficient in Godly wisdom. It is appealing. It is glamorous, almost in the same vein as the
temptation of Jesus in the wilderness by satan for power. It is dangerous! Buying into this new model, they are pushing their
people into compliance in extraordinary unBiblical ways. The sad thing is there are many older and much wiser pastors and leaders
who are succumbing to this pressure or temptation and going along to get along. They know, or believe, if they too don't assimilate
into this new church culture and way of doing things, their people will be drawn away by others who do. Their numbers
will decrease, their budgets will decline and the status they once held in the church world will vanish. They
excuse themselves by asking: What are we to do? Rather than grounding their people in sound Biblical doctrine that
will root them firmly in their faith and place of service, the appeal begins for more money to fund the
architecture of this new church model. Yet others see it as a way to raise their level of standing among
their peers once thought not possible. No matter which angle this new movement is viewed, once you look
past its facade you see the imprint of man all over it. That alone should be a clue for anyone still wondering
whether they should step within its path and walk in that direction causing others to follow. True Christianity is
not a cult with a following. What we are seeing more and more has many traits of being just that, with each
church having its own adored charismatic superstar.
His Word clearly teaches we are not to turn to the wisdom of men in matters of faith and service in His name
(1 Co.1:19-20).
When leaders come to the point they think God is not capable without their human wisdom and that gleaned from worldly
construct they have moved away from walking within the footsteps of Jesus as He walked within the will of the Father
and power of the Holy Spirit. When the Bible is used to find, pick and prove some idea the leader has devised and
arrived at for imposing their view of success the church stands in danger. It has already been down this road
before. Success is not nor should ever be the goal of any church! In the eyes of the world, Christ was an utter failure.
They crucified Him at age 33 because He would neither court it or compromise with it. Why, then, are these Johnny-come-lately
so-called Christian leaders courting it today? I would suggest more time is required on bended knee than in book stores and seeking
ways to make themselves more profitable and popular by appealing to the world. I will say at the outset, this new
structure will eventually collapse. It cannot be indefinitely sustained on the foundation of mammon and the wisdom of men
upon which it is built. Always true to His Word, He will destroy the wisdom of men. Look at the tower of Babel if
you question His veracity in such a serious matter (Gen.11:1-9). When this destruction comes, possibly when
the coming tide of economic collapse sweeps across the lands where it stands, it will crumble, as did the house of which Jesus
spoke built upon a sandy soil. JumboTrons will be out of place in the basements and closets of homes where
genuine Christians will be forced to retreat as in the beginning. With their place of worldly assembly decimated,
a tide of unregenerated people caught up in this meteoric fancy will be abandoned with no where to seek for shelter
and swept away as rubble in the wake of so great a collapse, comparable possibly to the flood in the days of Noah...
I am often asked about today's Christian or church culture of worship. Many who are rooted in sound Biblical
doctrine and have achieved spiritual growth far beyond their early days of salvation are questioning what is happening within
their church today. With increasing dismay, they are walking out the doors of their church on Sunday questioning their own
spiritual condition as, apparent to them, there is a change occurring within them of their sense of having worshiped, or,
whether what they experienced was worship at all. Husband and wife walk together with their heads drooped in silence,
each reflecting on the events of the morning. As they walk or drive away, they begin a discussion of their thoughts
and are unable to point to anything they have seen or heard as being at odds with their core beliefs. But their hearts
tell them there is really something amiss—something serious. I am even asked whether they should participate in
singing what they are now required to sing, or chant. Astonishing that I would be asked such a question! The music has
changed as well as its presentation from what they have been accustomed. Some tell me they refuse to participate.
They stand when required but hold to the back of the pew in front of them in silence. Others, for various
reasons given, accept it to some degree with the modern changes they see in every other area of their daily life.
No, there's more to it than that. But what, they ask themselves. Revisiting in discussion the sermon heard from the pulpit,
they find no fault with their pastor's words. All seem to be true. But the sermons are different. The subjects, style and
tone have changed. There seems to be something missing they can't quite put their finger on. They believe him to
still be a Godly man. With no answers to these troubling questions, they plod along, Sunday after Sunday, falling into
deeper desondency over their worship life and the life of their church. They are affected both spiritually and emotionally
throughout the week. Their joy is not as prevalent as before. Their hunger is no longer being fed with that Authentic Bread.
Where is the Rock from which they once drank?, they ask. Should they leave? But so many friends, they say!
So much of their lives invested! And where would they go that is any different? Many have already left. These are serious matters!
When I hear those accounts I am deeply saddened. I am also reminded of the accounts in olden times when God's
people similarly thirsted and experienced an emptiness for various reasons, some due to their own disobedience,
but others because there was no true shepherd. Without casting any aspersion on any one report of this phenomenon,
think of those times yourself as you reflect on the record of the Old Testament. The Psalmist spoke often about
being in a dry land where there was no water for his soul. At others, the people went without rain for years and
thirsted because their leaders had led them astray. The Hebrews complained often of thirst in the wilderness during
their exodus from Egypt. Twice they were led to a rock where Moses smote it and there gushed from it a stream
sufficient enough for all to take their fill (Sinai and Kadesh; Ex.17:6; Nu.20:8). Not one went away without
being refreshed when God gave the increase—when God gave the increase.
Imagine their joy, a scene in stark contrast with their worship before the golden calf constructed by Aaron!
When God divided Solomon's kingdom after 40 years reign, the ten tribes in the northern kingdom split were
banned by its new king, Jeroboam, from visiting and worshiping at the Temple in Jerusalem for fear of their
lack of loyalty to him (I Kings 12). Consequently, he built two places of worship at his kingdom's southern
and northern borders, Bethel and Dan, erecting symbols forbidden by God in worship. What followed in the next
200 years was a bloody succession of nineteen kings with little or no peace for the people. God's judgment
was finally brought upon that kingdom by a Gentile nation and the people were led away in captivity and
dispersed throughout other vassal kingdoms it had conquered. You likely know them as the "lost ten tribes of Israel",
all because they turned from His way to their own ideas and ways of worship. One only has to read Romans 1 to see
the dangers and warnings of forsaking God's way...
The following is taken from the Book of Old Testament Summaries.
Chapter
(1520 B.C.?)
Job, a man from Uz, perfect and upright, who feared God and hated evil, who had seven sons and three daughters,
with many possessions, was the greatest man of the east. He offered sacrifices continually for his children after
their merrymaking for fear they had sinned. Satan presents himself before God with the host in heaven, challenging
God to test Job. God agrees, but Job himself is not to be touched. Four separate messengers come to Job with the sad
news of the loss of his possessions, servants, flocks, and children by four separate calamities (2 by sword, 1 by fire,
and 1 by wind). Upon receiving the devastating news of the loss of his children, he arises, rents his clothes, prepares himself,
and falls to the ground in worship, accepting the judgment of God without sin.
Again Satan goes before God and this time is allowed to smite Job but cannot take his life.
Job is smitten by Satan with boils from head to foot (complete), scrapes himself with a potsherd
and sits in ashes. He rebukes his wife's attempt to get him to curse God and die, escaping his misery.
Job's integrity remains. Three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, come together to mourn with and comfort Job.
Because of the greatness of Job's grief, they sit in silence with Job seven days and nights.
Finally Job speaks, cursing the day he was born: better he had gone from the womb to the grave not seeing the light of day,
and be at rest than endure his present suffering. What he expected all his life has finally happened;
and he was not surprised in the least when this trouble came.
Eliphaz speaks to encourage him. That which befell others whom Job had encouraged and strengthened has now come to him.
He reminds Job that the innocent nor righteous is cast away or cut off by God, only the wicked. None is greater than God!
All are made of clay, from the dust, and many die even without wisdom.
Eliphaz continues his speech. There is none righteous for Job to turn to for help. God's correction will bring a happy end,
therefore, his chastening should not be despised by Job. God will deliver man from every kind of trouble known to him,
even from the touch of evil; and his days will be prolonged with his house much blessed.
Job answers. His grief is too much for his soul to bear. His sorrow is complete. God's arrows have found their mark.
He wishes to die! Job accuses his friends of dealing deceitfully with him, reminding them he did not seek their
help in counseling him for his deliverance. He challenges them to examine his words and actions (his life)
and to look upon him and tell him what his sin is, if their words be true, then he won't oppose them.
(They had yet to tell him of his sin.) Job declares he has no knowledge of any sin responsible for bringing
on this great calamity.
Job is reminded of the brevity and frailty of life. He finds no rest for his soul, not even in sleep.
He will not keep quiet! Even in his dreams and visions he is terrified. He wonders who man is to God
that He would desire him and then turn from him in such a way, delaying His pardon. He reminds God of
his few days on earth, and some morning He will seek him and he will not be there, having departed
keeping his appointment with the grave.
Bildad, his second friend, rebukes Job's strong words of denial of wrongdoing. Surely God would have pardoned
by now if Job was upright, having sought Him after His punishment upon his children who may have sinned bringing
His judgment upon them; he would be restored manifold over. He instructs Job to remember the teachings of the lives
of the fathers. God will not cast away the perfect man nor will He help evil doers.
Job answers Bildad, agreeing with the truth of his words and the justice of God, but he knows
God destroys both the perfect and the wicked and that he is afflicted without cause. Again he
acknowledges the brevity and frailty of life and that there is no one just enough to mediate his
case with God. He appeals directly for God to remove His rod of correction.
Job, weary of life, seeks to know why God is dealing with him so. Certainly God is not as man, made of flesh,
unable to see his sin, having to search first to know it before pardoning him! God knows he is not wicked and
has no other deliverer than He. He reminds God that he is as He made him, from the dust, short of days.
Job is confused. Why did He give him life, visit him in such a way, and then hide Himself from him?
Job declares his state would have been better if carried from the womb to the tomb. He pleads with God,
because of his few days on earth, to cease and desist that he may finish his days in rest before going
to the grave forever.
WEF Official Calls for AI to Re-Write the Bible 'Correctly'
"In a few years, there might be religions that are actually correct … just think about a religion whose holy book is written by an AI. That could be a reality in a few years," states WEF advisor Yuval Noah Harari, "a homosexual, Israeli author and historian who holds mostly to atheistic beliefs in spirituality," - Charismamag.com.
Transgender Lutheran pastor on the Bible's clear line of male & female: "It's hard to relate it to modern-day times b/c it wasn't written for 2024. It was written for then. When we read in the scripture that God created man and woman, yes, and god created everyone else, as well." pic.twitter.com/rFIKhlv7OW
To the cast down and disheartened, stop and remember the joy of the beginning of your new birth. Remember, there is no battle you face that He has not already fought and overcome. The victory is yours. Embrace it.
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"And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish."
The Christian should never think or speak lightly of unbelief. For a child of God to mistrust His love, His truth, His faithfulness, must be greatly displeasing to Him. How can we ever grieve Him by doubting His upholding grace? Christian! it is contrary to every promise of God's precious Word that thou shouldst ever be forgotten or left to perish... Read More
If it could be so, how could He be true who has said, "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I never forget thee." What were the value of that promise--"The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee." Where were the truth of Christ's words--"I give unto My sheep eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand." Where were the doctrines of grace? They would be all disproved if one child of God should perish. Where were the veracity of God, His honour, His power, His grace, His covenant, His oath, if any of those for whom Christ has died, and who have put their trust in Him, should nevertheless be cast away? Banish those unbelieving fears which so dishonour God. Arise, shake thyself from the dust, and put on thy beautiful garments. Remember it is sinful to doubt His Word wherein He has promised thee that thou shalt never perish. Let the eternal life within thee express itself in confident rejoicing.
"The gospel bears my spirit up:
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood."
The power elite in America today give little heed to the spiritual
temperature of our nation when addressing the state of our nation. To listen to their claims of what they have done through government,
it would appear that our future rests on great secular leaders who can organize and inspire the masses. But for those willing to hear,
the theological state of our nation is of far more lasting importance than the secular analysis of those in the spotlight... Read More
When the founders of mighty nations are discussed, many different names come to mind. Alexander the Great, Caesar, William Wallace, or Charlemagne, perhaps. Or maybe Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon, or George Washington. Conquerors and generals, politicians and potentates would seem to take center stage when nations rise to greatness. But, in truth, the most powerful historical figures in the flowering of the world's freest and richest nations have been Christian theologians and missionaries...
"What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord? or, lo, they are gone because of destruction:
Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them:
thorns shall be in their tabernacles."
(See also: Proverbs 24:31; Isaiah 34:13.)
Nettles of neglect and thorns of forgetfullness grow where the heart fails to tend the important people and
places of our lives as our days pass... Read More
Haven't we all at some time or other stood overlooking a scene that at one time was so fresh and vital to someone's life,
maybe our own, but now lies in shambles, with nature all but obscuring it?...
The consequences of the magnitude of such a broad scale world-wide implementation of a "new church model" cannot be ignored. It must be examined by the serious Bible student and Christian! It must be looked at in light of Bible prophecy. We must heed the warnings of both Jesus' own words when He walked the earth and those inspired by the Holy Spirit written later for our advantage in alertness of end-time events and trends. Not to do so would be perilous. So, I have prayerfully written 5 articles on this demonic phenonemonen with hopes they will help you to understand how serious this modern attack is on the true church of Christ - Articles on the Modern Church.
The End-Time Deception
Sometimes in life the choice between two paths seems almost indistinguishable. It may not be one of your doing but there it is anyway.
You may wonder how it came about but wonder as you may it's not going away.
You may think because it is not too distinguishable it is of little consequence so your choice is not really going to impact you in the short-term—and you hope in the long term.
The day has come we are faced with such a choice. It is not one of our doing but we all have to make it.
But before you do, I ask this one simple question for serious consideration: If you consented to wear the government's and businesses' mask today will you wear their mark tomorrow?
For that day surely is coming—sooner than you think. They know the more we go along with the false and illegal choices forced upon us the easier in time it becomes.
They've done their studies. It has all been war-gamed out by them. Look it up.
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Dear Sirs,
I teach Old Testament to a group of young people who have committed their lives to Christ and are involved in a national
group called Master's Commission. I would like permission to share your tests with them during a 10 week Bible Course. thank you... dale rains
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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
General George Washington was so inspired by Thomas Paine's first essay, "The Crisis", he had his entire army read it. Paine's words were inspirational to Washington and his men during the first bleak winter of the revolutionary war. The British had just marched through New Jersey and New York and the Continental army was facing complete defeat. It has since inspired many. It is worthy of revisiting during a bleak time once again in our national history. 
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His Faithfulness
John 10:28
The State of The Union
Nettles & Thorns
