by admin | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles
“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with giddiness, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.” Luke 21:34-35 “For man also does not know his time; as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.” Ecclesiastes 9:12 “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks into a netting. The snare takes him by the heel, and the noose takes hold of him. A rope is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the path.” Job 18:8-10 There are trappings everywhere, yet as this discussion begins, understand that without Jesus as your Lord and Savior you are already trapped, doomed and on your way to Hell. Without Christ, all is lost, nothing is gain. “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss because of Christ.” Philippians 3:7 There is a prevalence in society of drunkenness, drug abuse and a partying lifestyle associated with all sorts of sexual immorality and debauchery. Even in small town America, hardly a week goes by without a high speed police chase, a stabbing, a shooting, a murder, armed robbery or some off the wall crime that is usually committed by someone who is on drugs, most commonly meth....
by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Articles
Can a nation avoid the Judgment of the Almighty God? Can any country on the face of the earth, dare to call itself a Christian country, yet behave in a blasphemous way forever? “Am I a God near by, says Jehovah, and not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.” Jeremiah 23:23-24 “And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.” Hebrews 4:13 “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.” Matthew 15:8 “Therefore Jehovah said, Whereas this people draw near with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men; therefore, behold, I will again do among this people something extraordinary and wonderful. For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden. Woe to those who are profound to hide their counsel from Jehovah! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? And, Who knows us? O your perversity! Shall the former be esteemed as the potter’s clay; for shall the product say of him who made it, He did not make me? Or shall the thing formed say to him...
by admin | Dec 8, 2015 | Articles
Perhaps to become a student of history, one would really be a student of historical lies. Many people have quoted that the winners write history and indeed it is true, but also the conquerors control the writings of men. What happens when all of the books that someone reads are approved by the ‘winners’ or ‘conquerors’. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister for the Nazi Regime People are easily manipulated, easily swayed. Oftentimes people do not think for themselves, but go on with the ‘flow’ of things. Yet if they would stop and look around, considering for a moment, then maybe their eyes would be open to the fact that much of what they consider truth is actually lies. The debate rages on about so-called gun control. Yet who is really behind this debate? The big media? The New York Times with their front page story about gun control and violence. Who runs the New York Times or these other vain talking mouths that people watch day in and day out? Our media is controlled, it is full of lies and nobody seems to...
by admin | Nov 29, 2015 | Articles
“Is there not one father to us all? Has not one Mighty God created us?” Malachi 2:10a “For I am a great King, says Jehovah of Hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.” Malachi 1:14b “And it shall be, that whoever will not go up from the families of the earth to Jerusalem to bow down before the King, Jehovah of Hosts, even upon them there shall be no rain.” Zechariah 14:17 The distractions of this world are never ending. Constantly we are bombarded with news about the latest trendy thing to do, some shooting somewhere, scenes of ill dressed women, sports clips, advertising to buy this and that. The American Dream, the focus of many not just in America, but across the world is a HUGE distraction. All too often we focus on what we can see, not what we cannot see with our eyes. “For now we see through a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall fully know just as I also am fully known.” 1st Corinthians 13:12 Yet there are certain things that people do out of reverence and respect, social norms of society. While there are some who refuse they partake in what is deemed acceptable, those people are considered social outcasts, misfits and evil people. When it a courtroom is it acceptable to have an outburst causing the judge to warn that any further commotion will result in immediate removal from the courtroom and jail time? While sitting in church, is it respectable, decent or...
by admin | Nov 22, 2015 | Holiday
thanks-giv’-ing, noun 1.) The act of rendering thanks or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. 2.) A public celebration of diving goodness; specifically, Thanksgiving Day 3.) A form of words, as a grace, giving thanks to the Divine Being. General Thanksgiving; in the Book of Common Prayer, a form of thanks prescribed for the ordinary blessings of life. Thanksgiving day; specifically, in the United States, a day set apart each year by executive authority, for public thanksgiving and praise to God, and celebrated by religious and social festivities, particularly family reunions. The Great Thanksgiving; that part of early and Oriental liturgies giving praise to God for his (sic) great works, as the creation of the world and man. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:” Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all...
by admin | Nov 15, 2015 | Articles
“But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Jacob (James) 1:22 I don’t know how many times I would hear a great sermon, study the Word of God, have a Bible study or late night discussions with friends about God, Jesus, being a Christian, etc., with this nagging knowledge that there were many things that had to be cleaned up in my life. Indeed I was a Christian, I was Saved, but I was living more like the world, there was sin in my life and I knew that one day I would have to stop and repent. How many times does a Believer have to say that ‘I know I need to do that’? God called us to be separate from this world and in Jesus Christ our lives are supposed to be His. While we know that no man is perfect and none of us are without sin, we also know what God expects, what Christ did for us and should be well aware of how we ought to behave. Yet it is sin that keeps us not producing much fruit or in some cases, not producing fruit at all for many years. “Therefore, Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:17 “I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything in Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ...
by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | Articles
An individual accepts the gift of Salvation from their Creator, through repentance and believing into Jesus Christ their Savior, they now have become followers of Christ, they have become Christians. Yet now the battle has just begun. What is required of a Christian? What characteristic attributes should be found in those who are in Christ? What works are befitting those who are Saved? Is it simply that an individual gets Saved and then goes on with their life as they did before, with the exception of now keeping the commands of God? How does a Believer know what God desires? How does one in Christ know what commands to keep? Is it even possible for one who is Saved to continue on with little change in their life permanently? Should not the one who was pardoned now spring forth into life, rejoicing at their liberty in Jesus, proclaiming that Salvation is through no other name? A young boy is a regular amongst the elderly in Bucharest, Romania. This lad helps old women with taking out their rubbish on a weekly basis. He does well in school and as he grows up is known to be a ‘good boy’. Yet he is now a man and as a man who gets into partying with the other people his age. In less than a year he is sitting in a smashed BMW awaiting the police to put handcuffs on him. He is drunk, has made a girl who wants nothing to do with him pregnant, now is covered in tattoos and has just ran over two young children...
by admin | Nov 1, 2015 | Articles
“Therefore do not be partakers with them.” Ephesians 5:7 So what happens when one finally comes to the realization of what being a Christian is really about and strives to follow Jesus wholeheartedly? Suddenly nearly every church is wrong in many things, your neighbors, family, friends, acquaintances are also not doing what God commanded, they are not followers of Christ, they are lost, the unsaved. What happens when you realize that you seem to be all alone? A Christian is a disciple of Christ, we are to imitate His life, we follow Him. “Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.” Ephesians 5:1 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “…You follow Me.” John 21:22b We should not look at what another Christian is doing, but we ourselves follow after Jesus, we do what He commands us to do. One of those things we are commanded to do is to be separated from the world. “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Therefore, Come out from among them and...
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Articles
truth, n. 1.) The quality or state of being true; trueness, as (a) conformity to facts or reality, as of statements to facts, words, to thoughts, motives or actions to professions; exact accordance with what is, has been, or shall be; (b) the quality or state of being made or constructed true or exact; exact adherence to a model; accuracy of adjustment, exactness; (c) in the fine arts, the proper and correct representation of any object in nature, or of whatever subject may be under treatment; (d) habitual disposition to speak only what is true; veracity; freedom from falsehood; (e) honesty; sincerity; virtue; uprightness; (f) disposition to be faithful to one’s engagements; fidelity; constancy; (g) genuineness; purity. 2.) That which is true, as (a) a fact; a reality; a verity; the opposite of falsehood; (b) that which conforms to fact or reality; the real or true state of things; (c) a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, a fixed law, or the like; (d) divine command; the doctrines of the gospel. Webster’s Universities Dictionary of the English Language, Webster, 1942 I’m in my mid-to-late thirties, my father was many years older than my mother, he died at age 87 nearly 7 years ago. I’ve seen those of the hippy generation, I know my generation, I work with the younger generation and because of my father’s age, when I was young, I spent much time with the senior senior-citizens. I spent much of my late childhood talking to some of my neighbors who were much older than I. I have worked nearly...
by admin | Oct 21, 2015 | Articles
Quite a long time ago I was working in a dairy cooler training a younger employee to unload milk pallets. Watching carefully for milk crates to come crashing down, that would send a deluge of milk toward us, our discussion went into Christianity. We had talked before, but this time I didn’t bring up Salvation, he did. Answering question after question I was fully explaining the Gospel and he was seemingly understanding it. I thought perhaps he would make a decision for God. Then the look came in his eyes, I knew he understood it, he knew…suddenly there was a large backlash. “You mean to tell me that my family and friends who have died are in Hell!!!!”, followed by a bleepitly-bleep. He had not asked about his friends or family, but when the sudden realization that without Jesus Christ as your Savior, without accepting Him, without repenting to God Almighty, one is deservingly condemned to Hell, became known to him, he had concluded such a fact. Such a fact is hard for many to swallow, yet in it is truth, those without Christ, yes even those whom you loved, yet have died, are in Hell. I stood there for a moment, a loss of words as he then stormed out of the walk-in cooler, slamming the door. The remainder of the time I would work in that grocery store we would never again have a conversation. While we would pass a few words between us, as necessary to complete our assigned tasks, there would be no conversation. To my former friend I had become odious....
by admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Articles
Editor: This article was originally published in June of 2011 on a different website. What is truly right or wrong? Is homosexuality? Is abortion? Is stealing? What about lying? Cheating? Adultery? Drunkenness? Who is to say what is right or wrong in your personal life? Gay people are now ‘out of the closest’ so it must be alright? If you should get pregnant and decide that you need to get a career first, is that really wrong? What if you need some food and steal some because you are hungry or just want to save some money? Everyone lies, so why not tell some lies here and there? Cheating doesn’t ‘hurt’ anyone does it? Your spouse doesn’t fulfill your desires or your marriage is not what you expected, so why not commit adultery? How about drinking a twelve pack tonight, are you really hurting anyone else? The above is moral relativism. Moral relativism is related to situational ethics, where a particular situation will determine if an action is right or wrong. According to situational ethics in some cases something that would normally be wrong may in that case be the right thing to do. Moral relativism is where each individual or group of people determine what is right and wrong. It is a ‘decide for yourself’ or ‘be yourself’ mentality. Essentially you make up your ‘own’ rules. In the past couple of generations the American education system as well as the entertainment industry has pushed heavily for moral relativism. In fact it has gotten to be the norm that now to keep values that are...
by admin | Oct 7, 2015 | Articles
The above is not the words that anyone would want to hear while standing before the Lord Jesus Christ. We are going to take a look at that whole section of Scripture and examine it. “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many works of power in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who work out lawlessness!” Matthew 7:21-23 Note that “many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast our demons in Your name, and done many works of power in Your name?”. This is extraordinary serious. While the last several articles have often mentioned or dealt with people who claim to be Christians, yet have never accepted Christ and are therefore lost, the above quotation from the Holy Scriptures states that these people not only claim to be Christian, but are also active in supposedly doing the work of Christ! Not only are these people active but they also achieve things, for instance they prophesize in His name, cast out demons in His name and do works of power in His name. To the world these people would have the appearance of being Christian, of being workers of God. To men they would be religious, those who are righteous, on the...
by admin | Sep 30, 2015 | Articles
Oh, sing unto Jehovah a new song! Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth. Sing unto Jehovah, bless His name; proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For Jehovah is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Jehovah made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ascribe unto Jehovah, O families of the peoples, ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. O bow down before Jehovah in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; the world also is firmly established, it shall not be shaken; He shall judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness; let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forests shall rejoice before Jehovah. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth. Psalms 96 A lot of people would disagree with somebody telling them that they have been warned about seeking Salvation before it is too late. Some would tell you that they don’t fully understand how to seek Salvation, most would simply scoff at the idea and say that...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Articles
What if today was the last day? What if you knew that there would be no tomorrow, that sudden death and destruction were upon you? What if it was just your last day, as you sit in a hospital bed, knowing that death is about to come? How many people go through out life knowing that they have to be right before God, but not ever spending the time to figure out exactly how to do that? Many people believe that there is a God, yet why will they not give Him the time of day to figure out what He requires of them? “For man does not see as He sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks at the heart.” 1st Samuel 16:7b Man’s logic is backwards. How many hours will be spent not only watching television, but watching a rerun that you have already seen, yet not picking up God’s Word and seeking Him? Do you not realize that the nagging feeling that you have about getting right with God is His warning to you that you ought to seek Him and find Salvation through His Son before it is too late? “The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is longsuffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 2nd Peter 3:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I Jehovah search the heart, I examine the soul, even to give to each man according to his ways,...
by admin | Sep 16, 2015 | Articles
“For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet he shall leave it as inheritance to a man who has not labored in it. This also is vanity and a great evil.” Ecclesiastes 2:21 “For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; nor do they ever any longer have a part in anything that is done under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 The American Dream, for many it has become the American Nightmare in the past several years. The idea is simple. After high school, go to college or get a good hard-working American job. Either way, once your career choice is established, meet the woman of your dreams, buy a house, have a family. From there take vacations to great places throughout your life, all while saving for retirement. Retire at a decently ‘young’ age and enjoy your later years without having to worry about money. Die. While the exact definition of the American dream may vary a bit, none of the versions include the last word, die. There is a reality behind it, nobody like to think about it, but we all know that eventually death will come to find us. We will all die. So what has happened in the past several decades in America to help alleviate this uncomfortable truth? The churches in America have grown in unison with...
