The Lie ~ Bible Prophecy Today
Self explanatory treatise on the lie.
While this one is specific on the lie perpetrated at the end of the age, my take is much broader. I consider the lie as anything that asserts itself above God, His risen Son and His indwelling Spirit.
This is the essence of all sin.
The Lie ~ Bible Prophecy Today
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Expelled Movie – The Ruse
From the mouth of a “smart” “scientist,” he’s basically saying man comes from rocks!
And because of the seeming necessary need for a designer, a conclusion of the field of science known as intelligent design, there are scientists who now push for the idea of panspermia. Panspermia is a belief, yes belief, that life came from spores in space… or some other race made us.
It is my firm conviction, that atheism is a rejection of God and morality, and therefore an act of the will.
Paul described this very well in Romans 1:18-23:
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
This is the rallying cry for the powers of darkness… “Where is your God?” Notice the voice in the “song?” Scary, huh?
Paul ended with a warning, sorta, Romans 1:28-33:
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Oh, the scoffers have arrived as in 2 Peter 3:3. And people are asking the question in 2 Peter 3:4. But Peter explains it further in 2 Peter 3:5-8, thus:
For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
He is not slow, but very patient!
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What is it About the Tea Party Movement?
Some of the sweetest words printed in any English language document are “Congress shall make no law…”
There is much debate whether the United States is a Christian nation or not. Frankly, I do not care. I know that among the founding fathers there were strong Christians. There were others who had a foundational knowledge of Christianity and a healthy respect for God.
The tyranny of King George forced these men to make a decision, one they did not make in haste. All knew the cost… it could be their lives and fortune. When they met at the First Constitutional Convention, it was Benjamin Franklin who suggested they open the meeting with prayer. This was no ordinary prayer, it lasted three hours! How many of us could sit through that?
When they crafted the Constitution, they knew firsthand the tyranny of a government of the elite. They also knew the great conflict to the other extreme, the God given liberty of the individual. The form of government they crafted was somewhere between these two extremes.
They also knew there must be a moral component to government, since government was bestowed upon men by God. They carefully chose words and crafted the Constitution of the United States. It would be this governing document to which ordinary men would give fealty. It was this document that created a nation governed by laws and not men. A nation founded on a document that constrains elitists from imposing their will upon us.
We come to a crossroads… They say that those who do not heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. We live in a time where those who find themselves in the service of government make every effort to destroy the Constitution. It is not just mere words on paper, but an ideal that nurtured humanity’s free spirit. This freedom created an atmosphere of creativity and accelerated ingenuity, and arguably the greatest nation on Earth!
It is these times we find ourselves at a crossroads similar to those that preceded the Civil War. The two party system then consisted of the Whigs, the materialistic party of westward expansion and fiscal responsibility. The other, who purposed continuation of slavery at all costs, was the Democratic Party.
In the Presidential election of 1856… the Democratic rallying cry was “Anybody but Pierce!” (Sound familiar?) After the election, the Whig party disintegrated, mainly over the morality of slavery. The fledgling Republican Party formed to fill the void.
It was in the next presidential election of 1860… the same pressures of tyranny that the founding fathers quenched had again made inroads into the governance of this nation. This time the tyranny came in the form of the morality of slavery. The controversy threatened to rip the heart from this nation. A young lawyer from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, the fledgling Republican party candidate for president understood the foundation of the Constitution.
It was on 15 October 1858 at his last debate with Democratic Party candidate Steven Douglas that he said…
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings.”
This is the delicate balance the founding fathers enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Does the Constitution constrain the elite from foisting their ideas upon individual men?
Abraham Lincoln knew the only answer was to abolish tyranny in all of its forms. He continued…
“It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, ‘You toil and work and earn bread, and I’ll eat it.’ No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle.”
Yes, Lincoln knew tyranny. His supporters also knew tyranny. When there is no morality, then all things are permissible. It was this Republican Party that espoused the idea that everyone is entitled to the fruits of their own labor. Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
The Democratic Party and its leaders in the south, broke a national compact and stole states from the United States, creating the Confederate States of America. Lincoln’s only choice was to declare war to keep the Republic and further the moral truths imprinted upon our hearts by God Himself. Eventually right prevailed, and the Confederacy conceded defeat and the nation began reconstruction, but not with a massive loss of life!
As the nation began to heal, the Democratic Party continued to perpetuate the tyranny of elevating one man above another, the Republican Party furthered the moral fight by limiting; and ultimately extinguishing slavery.
It is today where we again find ourselves at a crossroads. We must ask, do Abraham Lincoln’s words transcend time and mean the same as they did then?
You betcha! That is precisely what guides the Tea Party today.
It is the Republican Party that recently has found itself a party of materialists devoid of a moral compass. Since, there already exists a party devoid of morality; it has been around since the inception of this great nation. It is because the Republican Party that wants to emulate the Democratic Party by seeking to deprive men of the fruits of their own labor and bestow them upon another who has not earned them.
This Tea Party movement is an assembly of regular individual Americans who believe as the founding fathers. They want to steer the governance of this country back to the foundation document, the Constitution. Some call the Tea Party a third party… it may well be, but so is the Republican Party. The Tea Party movement is helping to correct the course of the party of morality and thus correct the course of this nation. Those Republicans who choose otherwise should graciously step aside… but, it is the Tea Party that does not need the Republican Party.
Perhaps there is an older lesson in history that our founding fathers, and Abraham Lincoln knew about. It is a lesson God wanted the nation of Israel to learn. We would do well ourselves to heed the instruction given to us by the One Who created governance in the first place. Do we do it His way, as a nation who owes fealty to the law, or one who bows to a king?
Read it for yourself in 1 King 8:1-18…
“When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
Will we be like the Israelites who forsook God by crying for a king?
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Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel
Whilst we must all be Bereans and be very careful that what we are taught is what is written in scripture… this article is very poignant.
This false prosperity gospel borders on heretical… In this country we have comfort, and people are urged to expect that from God as some sort of birthright. Does this not eventually produce the signs Paul warned us about in 2 Timothy 3:1-5?
This danger is so prevalent in our society and our churches… where there is a prevalence of this shallow Christianity. It is a symptom of a baby Christianity sustained on a diet of milk. These people never grow, and eventually demand teachers who dilute the milk of the gospel. They look for teachers that tickle their ears, telling them what they want to hear. Not necessarily providing truth, but a sort of feel good thing with a tiny bit of truth.
What then shall we do?
It means digging out our Bible and feeding for ourselves. We all must learn the deeper truths of what God is telling us on our own… For we cannot learn that from the pulpit of even the most gifted speaker!
Thankfully, God provides the true prosperity gospel in 2 Peter 1:5-11. It starts with yielding to the Spirit within, and with His help reading the Bible for ourselves! We must seek the true prosperity offered there, and add to our faith. We must grow!
And we shall find God is faithful… faithful in all that He says. He will give to us true joy. A joy that transcends all.
But, there is only one catch… Since it is freely given to us, we must therefore, give it away. If we do not it stagnates!
Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel | Christianpost.com
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Pride
Recently, a friend of mine posted a small treatise on pride. He rightly opined “Pride is one of those “seemingly” innocent, but UGLY sins. It always promotes “self”. Some are even “proud” of their “humility.”
It got me to thinking how the enemy has hidden this one sin under a cloak of innocence. Pride really is the root of all sin. It is the rejection of God, and placing yourself on that throne.
One may say that pride is a little sin… but reread how Satan tempted Eve. Was it not with pride?
Actually pride can also be classified as the rejection of everything God is… think of every name of God and what it means and the action behind the name.
It is also THE sin of Satan as he declared he would be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:12-15) When God says there is none like Him, that is something we can trust!
Pride is THE LIE.
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Avatar, James Cameron and The Lost Tomb of Jesus
We truly live in the end times. I am constantly amazed at the number of my Christian brethren who lack discernment. Daily I am bombarded by praise for the movie Avatar from those who say they love Jesus.
While I am sure the movie is superb, but please consider a few things before you support the message the movie portrays.
The movie is saturated with ritualistic worship, spirit communion, shamanism and blatant idolatry. This is nothing but nature worship with its god, Gaia. A Christian who exercises discernment would immediately avoid this. But, when it is coated in eye-candy, sort of like putting medicine in a spoonful of sugar, it makes it easy to accept, sub-consciously.
More so, today’s culture marginalizes the church from all directions, yet you see more and more Christians engaging and accepting the culture. It is just more evidence of the Laodicean Church age. Today’s culture promotes a worship of those who entertain us. These entertainers tickle our ears and our eyes, but with what?
Most of them eschew truth and reject the Creator of the universe, yet we give over our hard earned dollars to support them! Do you support your church with the same amount of money you spend to support the CULTure and its gods?
Paul wrote in Romans:
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
While I will choose not see the movie Avatar, for some of the above reasons, there is one yet to be revealed. James Cameron made a documentary called “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” This debunked documentary denied the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The basis of this blasphemy was on ossuary alleged to have contained the bones of a man named Joshua or Jesus. This ossuary has since been found to be a forgery.
Either you support the good news of Jesus’ shed blood for remission of sins and His resurrection to new life and the hope that brings to humanity by giving of you treasure. Or you support the cult of personality and the blatant anti-Christ message they proselytize.
It is a funny thing about mixing righteous things and unrighteous things (1 Corinthians 5:6.) A little bit of unright corrupts the whole. So how is it you would corrupt your offerings to God by your worship and offerings to the cult of culture?
Are we not choosing what we believe with our dollars?
Jesus Family Tomb: Burial after Crucifixion and the Jesus Tomb
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2 Chronicles 7:14
2 Chronicles 7:14
Obama is our new top man,
Self appointed Almighty God.
“Our country ‘tis” no Christian land,
Won’t acknowledge Jesus as Lord.
An anti-Christ Institution,
Is this man’s American dream.
He’s stepped on The Constitution,
Cancelled events with Christian themes.
Obama’s not hesitating,
Righteously imposing his will.
Congressmen are now debating,
Taking God off the dollar bill.
Can’t display The Ten Commandments,
“In God We Trust” we now deny.
While the words of our President,
“One Nation under God” must die.
Praying is not allowed in school,
Politically we must be correct.
Must not follow The Golden Rule,
The name “Jesus” gets no respect.
Christians are forced to quail and wince,
While Obama gets his desire.
Jesus hasn’t been this mad since,
The fall of the Roman Empire.
Obama tells all the fat cats,
“We must redistribute the wealth.”
He purposely omits the facts,
On Government Reform and Health.
Says, “It’s just a matter of time,
The economy will rebound.”
Unless you count the rise in crime,
A decent job cannot be found.
Our businesses cannot compete,
With the ones we’ve sent overseas.
A dollar an hour sure sounds sweet,
Big Business do as you please.
Real Estate Market’s gone kaput,
Foreclosures are in a new zone.
It’s un-American to put,
Our homeless in an empty home.
From the border of Mexico,
Illegal immigrants galore.
Get our taxes and hard earned dough,
Housing, food stamps, schooling and more.
These criminals routinely get,
Privileges Americans can’t.
While we’re consumed with fear and debt,
We must hear their Mexican chant.
“America is beautiful”,
In their Spanish voices they brag.
“We are more important than you,
Let’s burn the American Flag.”
Our Fore Fathers roll in their graves,
They did not envision this scene.
Obama, atheists and knaves,
2 Chronicles 7:14.
“If my people called by my name,
Will just humble themselves and pray.
Seek my Face not fortune and fame,
Repent and stop their wicked ways.
I’ll hear their prayers up in Heaven,
As always I will understand.
I will forgive them of their sin,
And I will also heal their land.”
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Which Jesus? Indeed!
It is an interesting juxtaposition that may perplex some. Those who do their homework will have an easy time of it. In this article at Bible Prophecy Today David Welch makes the case for discerning Who the true Jesus is. But in making his case, he presents some questions we need to ask ourselves.
All one has to do is skip to the first 3 of the 7 questions posed in the middle of the article. For a Christian who strives to follow Jesus, the answer to these questions must be “yes.”
But a closer inspection of the questions posed, creates offense even in my heart. Question 6 asks what we do to impact the spiritual, moral, and political conditions of the places we live. It is question 7 where the dagger of conviction is slid into my heart!
The name of Jesus Christ is “explosive” and “all hell breaks loose” when uttered reverently on national news, as Britt Hume stated, because either He as God the Son came to “seek and to save that which was lost” and is Lord, or he was a lunatic or liar. His Name is the center of the battle today because if He is the former, sin exists and He is our Redeemer.
Perhaps there is a reason for this explosiveness, that there may indeed be two different perceptions of Jesus, or better yet, Christians! Can we be the cause of that?
Consider this, we all can talk it, but do we live it! I know, brother, I have to fight that subtlety, too!
But, the confusion of the citation of the quoted passage in 1 Timothy did not match the quote. The quoted scripture is from chapter 2 of the same book, however… in reading the actual referenced passage, my eyes were drawn further to 1 Timothy 1:9.
A simple truth… If we indeed are Christians, then we will manifest the fruit of the indwelling Spirit of God. These are listed in Galatians 5:22-23.
Laws exist to govern the behavior of mankind by providing a punishment for behavior that may harm another in reputation, property or possession. In the same manner, the Law of God exists!
But, has it ever occurred to you, that if you and I, who profess to have the living God inside of us, exercised self-control at all times… there is no need for law?
A good start on question 7 begins with self-control!
Think about it!
Which Jesus? ~ Bible Prophecy Today
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The Real Epidemic… and it is not H1N1
It is a travesty that more money and hype is spent on eradicating "purported “epidemic” disease like as H1N1.
There are other disease processes which pose a greater danger to children. One of these is HIV, though HIV can be treated and managed.
There is another epidemic that proves fatal to children. The epidemic is causes aver 3,000 deaths to babies every day and is preventable!
And your government has decided that you can help pay for both… first, prevention of epidemic disease but the hidden sinister part, your tax dollars pay for abortions!
Abortion is not an agonizing, private, personal choice, it is the selfish extermination of human life in the name of convenience!
May God have mercy on all of us!
114 Children Have Died from H1N1
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Brit Hume’s Firestorm with American Pastors
Usually television is a huge sewer pipe running into peoples’ homes. But, there is something terribly wrong when a pastor has a problem with truth being proclaimed on television
. Seriously… there are pastors who have a problem with Brit Hume and the statements he made on nationally televised news programs?
The bible tells us there will be scoffers (2 Peter 3:3) in the last days… and this “firestorm” has truly identified many of them. And as times marches to its climax, the bible also warns of increasing delusion. Even to the point that some of the very elect may be fooled, if possible. (Matthew 24:4-26, 2 Thessalonians 2:5-11)
I think it is refreshing to have this issue discussed on a channel other than the Laodicean TBN! It also helps us to identify those shepherds who may have been deceived. After all, like me, they are dust, and will make mistakes. Let us follow Jesus, and not others as they follow Jesus.
Jesus didn’t say preach it except when you are working or are a government employee. There were no exceptions.
In fact, let us pray for boldness in sharing our own faith! Ephesians 6:19-20
Brit Hume’s Firestorm with American Pastors ~ Bible Prophecy Today
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