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.
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We turn this month to John - Chapter 10 from the book: Adam2.
II. SCRIPTURAL STUDY.
B. THE SHEPHERD'S CALL. 10:19-42
This simple statement that His sheep will hear His voice, when found, carries with it certain profound implications.
It is the source of which men for centuries have splintered in the view of Christ's call to a universal world.
It is not one this current study needs to address. We will simply say of those who are not His, that they are
not so because of the condition of their own heart and ears, and the choice they make to remain in their own
blindness caused by the Deceiver, as with Eve (and Adam).
For these reasons, and others, these rulers do not hear His call, therefore, they are not His; but, He has come to
take from among them those who are.
Let us look for a moment at this truth of the recognition of His Voice when He calls. Consider how one recognizes
the authentic voice of another.
First, one sure way that comes to mind is simply from having heard it before. With this we are most familiar
(to be discussed shortly), but
Second, another way with which we are equally familiar is when, if they are published, we have read many of their
works and are quite studied in their words, maybe having committed a few of the more memorable ones to memory for
moments in solitude for reflection and enjoyment, such as those of Shakespeare, Browning, or better still, a contemporary
with whom we may have a chance encounter. We may never have seen a likeness of this one whose work we admire, but if in
this chance meeting, passing by not knowing who they are, yet hearing their voice, it would arrest our attention.
What we would hear would be familiar words spoken by one with such authority as to say this is the very author of
those words himself. (Is this not what those who heard Jesus speak say of Him, even as a child by these very ones
He is now before? Follow with me for now before you go off on that point.) A voice within us would say it was so,
and we would be convinced enough to remain, probably trying to convince a possible companion in our chance meeting.
And upon learning for certain through other confirmation, our words would be to those around us who knew of our hopeful
suspicion something like this: "See, I told you so!" Do I need to continue with this analogy with Christ as
the Word and His written Revelation that these Jews held within their memory for this same recognition,
as well as it should be for our own?
(7:46;
Mt.8:27;
Lk.8:25;
11:27;
20:26;
2:47;
Mk.11:17;
Lk.4:17;
6:37-39;
8:25-31)
Third, but no less important: assume we have never heard this voice ourselves, or read his works to recognize
it when it speaks. Is it not, then, the credible witness of someone who has that we would trust equally as sure as
our own judgment? Certainly. It is precisely by this method Jesus chose for His identification to us for our
confirmation of Him—His Holy Spirit sent for this express purpose. As sure as He trusts Him, when He is sent,
to speak of no other, we can be as confident then when He speaks to our spirit and that voice deep within says
there is something familiar and agreeable with what we are hearing.
(16:13-15;
Acts 2:6,16-21)
This can be seen in the woman at the well who had never met Jesus, but was convinced by only a few of His words of
the fact that this voice identified her as she knew herself to be, and unlike any other had known her in her entire life.
Through His Words, she knew beyond doubt that this was the One who had been promised. She did not know how He knew her,
but she knew that the core of her soul was brought to light in the Truth of His Words. No other has this power,
for only He knows the hearts of all people and will identify them in that meeting (as with Nathanael).
(4:29;
2:24-25;
1:47-48)
As a result of this unique understanding of ourselves revealed to us by this One who has engaged us, our recognition
of His Truth for the exact answer to our discovered condition cannot be denied (we may deny it to others, but it cannot
be to the voice within). Thus, He tells us first who we are—lost ones, searching for fulfillment in life and
the freedom for our spirits that seem to be crying out from within for outward release into someone
who truly recognizes and understands us, and who will accept and love us as we are when we meet. Secondly, He tells us who
He is, exactly in relation to us—the answer and complete embodiment of our lifelong search.
(Mt.18:12;
vs.10;
6:37;
vs.9,11)
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Over the years when pressed into service for others in Jesus' name beyond your own human comfort zone,
into a realm that seemed to defy all logic and understanding, have you often wondered if you had reached
the limits of your sanity? You know you would not have chosen that particular path for that specific need
of another if you were in your right mind. You think to yourself: What was I thinking? You may have
had others who knew you best question your thoughts and actions, even saying to you: Are you out of your mind?
You agreed. You did feel deep within this wasn't the course any one in their right mind might have
chosen—the things you are called to do for or speak to another. However, there was no denying in your spirit
by Whom you were being led! As you continued obediently in faith, you may have had to defend your actions to others by
expressing your unconcern of their thoughts and attitudes toward you because of their lack of understanding where
God had placed you.
At this point, you may have had thoughts of the similarities of your experience and Job's experience with his three
friends who could not understand what he was experiencing in his time. Never before had you more understanding and
greater sympathy for his situation. You conclude your friends mean well but are not in the throes of the experience
and anointing of your unique calling for this moment. You do not judge. You know, you just know, you must press on
until He has done with you in the matter. Your obedience is required and His yoke and Joy remaineth upon you.
This is undeniable to you. As much as you may desire and try, you will never be able to convince your friends to understand.
Nor should you. Nor can they. This is something God has called you to do in quiet solitude and devotion to Him.
Jesus asked us never to do our alms to Him for others to see. Greater will be your reward in heaven when He alone
recognizes in total what you have done in private and personal for Him (Mt.6:4). Though your actions may be seen openly
because of the nature of your service, you and He alone know this you do for Him, in His name. You have come to the point
in surrender to Him where His recognition is all the recognition you seek. At times, even those you serve may seem to
resent your service or at the least you may feel you are being used. It matters not when you know you have both His
blessing and anointing for what you do. The human nature and reasoning would say: enough! and walk away. But you
are no longer listening with the human ear and applying human logic.
For the Christian who has indeed reached a level of growth in the heart of God's calming and satisfying love produced
by the Holy Spirit, the new creature in Christ has allowed the mind of Christ to thoroughly supplant the mind of the old creature
(Rom.12:2;
Eph.4:23;
Ph.2:5;
I Pe.4:1).
Newborn into His kingdom we were babes in Christ
(II Cor.5:17).
We thought like a child, we spoke as a child, we acted as a child, we even expected from others as a child,
but when we grew up in Christ, we put away those childish ways and walked in the ways of maturity in Christ.
His mind began having more and more sway with each passing day, with each growing experience, each lesson learned,
each willful submission to Him as Lord in all areas of our lives
(I Cor.13:11;
II Cor.10:5).
His Spirit now is busy at work pricking, prodding and poking at the old creature in our daily contact with the world. He is
constantly exposing remnants of the old life, convicting and presenting us continually with the choice of obedience in submission
for dissection any discovery of the old and insinuation of Himself into each new area we allow His cleansing
(John 16:8).
The following is taken from the Book of New Testament Summaries.
Chapter
(A.D.57?)
[The "Gospel of God" and "His Son"
(1:1,9) as seen and written by Paul to Roman Christians
(1:7): to let them know he knew of their work and faith
(1:8), that he was coming there shortly
(1:10;
15:24),
and to have on file in Rome, the capital of the world, a record of the Gospel of God through Jesus Christ.
1:15]
Paul introduces himself by listing his credentials credible for his writing. First he identifies his position in ministry:
a servant; second, his calling: an Apostle; and thirdly, his purpose: to declare the message of the Gospel of God.
(NOTICE: Nowhere does he list his earthly achievements as qualifications for writing or speaking:
Phd's in law; his denomination affiliations: a Pharisee, etc. He is first and lastly a servant of Christ in the proclamation
of the message of God that there be no room for worldly human boasting! See II Cor.10:7-18; Ph.3:3-8.
Therefore, he is ready (1:15),
willing (
I Th.2:8),
and able (
II Co.3:4-6)
to preach God's Gospel to whomever called, at present in writing to Rome!) He salutes them, commends their much publicized faith,
expresses his longing to see them that he might impart to them some spiritual gift, together be edified, and finally,
clearly teach that the fruit of the gospel is God's righteousness established and lived out in man.
All men are seen at one point standing under the shadow of God's impending wrath because of his own ungodliness.
It is each's individual decision whether one remains so. Just as there are specific steps to be taken toward God,
coming under His umbrella of saving grace, there are successive steps away from Him, putting one in final jeopardy
of His irrevocable judgment (1:21,23,25,32): (1)
They became indifferent to God (failed to glorify Him), (2) therefore, they became ungrateful to Him (failed to be thankful),
(3) thus they became conceited (vain in their own imaginations), (4) now having no need of Him,
they omitted Him from their lives (worshipped the product of their own hands), and finally, (5) changed His truth into a lie!
This one will be given over to do those things naturally produced from within a wicked heart: all manner of despicable sin arising from
eventual unnatural affections, having gone so far from God (His knowledge, truth, and wisdom), filled (in total) with unrighteousness.
The end of this man is both logical and inevitable. (All of the above is not only applicable to the individual,
but to a nation as well, as seen with Israel of old and within any nation in decline.)
Since all men stand accused, guilty, and condemned before His Bench, God alone is holy enough to be judge.
Therefore, no man has the right to sit in judgment of another, no matter his level of righteousness attained
nor degree of works done! Both Jew and Gentile stand alike on equal footing in His Court. His Law is blind:
it can see only the sin and not the sinner, thus pointing to the guilty, irrespective of his earthly origin or achievements.
Because God is just, His judgment is just. He will separate the wheat from the chaff at the appropriate time,
after each has his own period of possible repentance and being wooed by God's freely given loving goodness,
seeing in his hard heart his own guilt and finally throwing himself at the mercy of His grace. Those who observe
to do His Law from a heart softened by Him will be spared His wrath. So, be careful not to judge another,
but also in your attempts to teach others His Law as you have been taught. See that your own life reflects it,
that His name be highly honored among all men, especially by the unbeliever. The Law kept only outwardly without
the heart ever receiving it, is vain, but the one who has his heart spiritually quickened by God when His Law
is received within, will be highly praised by Him, whether Jew or Gentile.
Paul now asks what advantage then is outward circumcision, or profit to the ceremonial Jew? Certainly there were unbelievers
(uncircumcised in heart) among them, but this alone does not negate the faith and purpose of the others who believed. To them
was committed the oracles of God for the benefit of all men, to be instructed in His ways that righteousness might come to all,
not only to the Jew (though first), but to the Gentile world as well. Clearly, then, it is seen that all stand guilty before a
righteous judge with none being justified by the Law, only condemned by it, everyone having violated it. Whether in some
small point, or in totality, it is broken! None are righteous, not one! The most lawful and unlawful both stand
condemned, for both are guilty on some point. No amount of man's own righteousness (right doing) will cover his personal violations.
Man's violations (sin), no matter how few or small, are larger than any amount of works he could do in ten lifetimes, unable to
be used as a cover or for mitigating circumstances to set him free. One dot of sin is sufficient to render any man guilty to the
extreme of offsetting a lifetime of good works! (
Ecc.10:1)
Therefore, no amount of works is capable of negating man's penalty or excusing him from the Law's violation. Now having
sufficiently made the case for every man's guilt (a sinner), and impossibility for any man to work off his own sentence to be set
free, Paul pivots in 3:21 to declare the grace of God and the hope for man. He has shown us our
unrighteousness; he now teaches the provision God Himself has made for our righteousness that we might go free—Faith in Jesus Christ
who served our sentence perfectly, now offering pardon. Guilty? Yes, all, but freely pardoned through acceptance of His work done
for us! So righteousness comes not by the Law, but through faith, not just blind faith, but faith in Jesus Christ. Why Him? Because
no other paid the required penalty to appease an offended God who might consider and grant us grace as we stand by His successful
Son's side as He pleads now for our pardon! God Himself has done the work (3:25),
and Christ has declared, it is finished! (
Jn.17:4;
19:30)
Hence, three consequences arise from faith in Christ: (1) Boasting in works is excluded
(vs.27), (2) God is for all men, Jew and Gentile
(vs.29), and (3) its work
(vs.31). So, because justified to go away free, yet not as his own,
rather now a servant of Christ who bought him with a price—justified not by your own works, but by faith in the works of Christ!
Paul now uses Abraham, the first to be ordered ceremonially circumcised, as an example of any man justified by faith and not works.
His righteousness was imputed to him by God who saw his faith within his heart before receiving the ceremonial circumcision;
therefore, his righteousness did not come through the act of circumcision or any works previously performed.
His works were a result of his faith, his circumcision serving as: (1) a mere sign of his faith, and
(2) a seal of their relationship! The Law then serves only to bring man condemned before God. But faith
in the works of the Son sets him free, freely justified to inherit the righteousness of God (
Jn.1:12),
and as a rightful heir to the promises made to Abraham (4:16)
who himself lived by faith, and not just to Abraham, but of Christ Himself who did what no other did or could do.
Paul concludes his argument for the universality of sin and the need for imputed righteousness. He teaches the benefits
of the gospel of God received by faith and not works: (1) we have peace with Him, (2)
we have access to Him, and (3) we have hope in Him. First this peace is more than being at ease with one's self;
it is being at one with God. He is no longer angry with us. He is pleased with, not what we have done, but what He has done and
we have accepted as a gift from Him! Therefore, through faith He is pleased and we find peace! (
Heb.11:6;
Rom.14:23b;
8:8)
Secondly, we have access to Him. The cross alone is the veil through which man may enter His presence,
accompanied now by the new High Priest who needed not to make atonement for His own sin before entering.
No longer annually restricted, we now may enter as often as desired. (Heb.6:19-28;
Jn.10:1;
14:6;
Heb.4:14-16;
Jn.14:23;
16:27; 15:7)
Thirdly, we have hope in God. Hope defined is that substance produced in the heart of man by his faith in the risen Christ (
Heb.11:6).
His work was done while we were yet sinners abiding under God's wrath, and having turned from ungodliness, stepping toward God
and His provision of the cross, we are saved from His future judgment, having already been judged in Christ and pardoned by His
grace through our faith in Him. This is our hope! The hope of Glory! No longer under the shadow of His displeasure!
(An old refrain slips into memory: "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness..."
(I Co.15:4,14,17-20.) Once a beneficiary of Adam's inheritance, sold into slavery of sin, now
redeemed and a child of Christ's kingdom, at last set free! Through the former's disobedience—bound to sin,
but the latter's obedience—set free, and that eternally!
Listen to this young German Christian artist create, in the moment, the composition he later entitiled, "Prayer". (We love his T-shirt. Take a close look. Expand and freeze frame.)
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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"Father, catch me up quickly, as I steal away secretly, before I have to return sadly to wait again for another time."
"Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel."... Read More
Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world, and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit; let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever sparkling with joy—and the natural consequence of such an easy state to any man, let him be the best Christian who ever breathed, will be presumption; even David said, "I shall never be moved;" and we are not better than David, nor half so good. Brother, beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading them, or if the way be rough, thank God for it. If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not some bitter drops in the wine of this life, we should become intoxicated with pleasure, we should dream "we stand;" and stand we should, but it would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast, each moment we should be in jeopardy.
We bless God, then, for our afflictions; we thank Him for our changes; we extol His name for losses of property; for we feel that had He not chastened us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial.
"Afflictions, though they seem severe,
In mercy oft are sent."
For years, the media have told a story that lends itself
to tabloid headlines: Secret Books of the Bible Found! Church Suppresses Real Gospel! Historical Jesus Never Said Those Things!
The news is that naive Christian belief in the Gospels has been exploded by the careful investigations of a new generation of biblical scholars.
It makes for great copy in the newsweeklies and on PBS... Read More
In "Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way," (Oxford, 260 pages, $25) Philip Jenkins examines the motives and methodologies of these radical scholars. He finds that their agenda is hardly scientific or objective. They are on a mission. They want to prove that orthodox Christianity is an artifact of early church politics and has nothing to do with what Jesus actually said or did....
"The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."
1. Outward formality in spiritual experience--a stereotyped, stiff way of doing things that clearly flows from habit
rather than gushing from a spiritual life. 2. Distaste for spiritual things. We always enjoy saying and doing the things that please the one we love most. 3. Bondage signals a backslidden heart. He dutifully serves while having no heart for praise, worship, private prayer,
or any exercise spontaneous and delightful to those with love for God. (Spiritual bondage!)... Read More
4. An uncontrolled temper. When love fills a heart, its temper is naturally broken and sweet, or at least the will bridles
it and keeps it from breaking out. 5. An uncharitable spirit--one that fails to put the best possible construction on everyone's behavior. 6. An attitude of faultfinding, a quickness to fasten blame on others and judge them harshly...
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.
America in Distress
Recently, I read an article asking the question: Is Violent Revolution Inevitable?. The author ponders the conundrum faced by every American in today's state of affairs.
All too often we hear at this stage of corporate-medical tyranny that "now is not the time for violence" although many of us have experienced just that. We can't turn on the news without seeing some anti-American wielding a bat or gun at a patriot who fears to even defend him or herself. Still we are spat on, cursed at, defamed, kicked, censored, silenced and even arrested and imprisoned. Businesses won't let us enter to buy unless we're wearing their cultic mask. There are so few of us who refuse...
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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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