His Anger Has Not Turned Away, And His Hand Is Stretched Out Still

The Eternal has made plain His warning that those who reject His existence, His Power, His Glory, are without hope. He brings His arguments to those He loves, the world He created, the world He died for.

He proclaims with a saddened heart:

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
(Psa 10:4 ESV)

 Although many reject Him, or even His existence, He is waiting:

• He is waiting to make right all the wrongs in the world...
• He is waiting to stop the suffering and tears...
• He is waiting to purge the enemies of His Elect and His Bride from His Creation...
• He is waiting for all those who would; to come to believe and have faith in Him
• He is waiting for the lost, those without hope, to come to Him
  

 He stands with His nail pierced hand outstretched, "Come, and follow Me..."

All the cosmos in its splendor and mystery; the earth, and all upon it; as well as the vast expanse of the unreachable realms of the universe; all scream the awesome power of The Almighty Creator

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
(Psa 19:1-6 ESV)

For what can be known of God is made plain to us, in His Creation, all around us...

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." 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.
(Rom 1:17-20 ESV)

Hear the word of The LORD, The Almighty, Creator of All Things, The Alpha and the Omega, The Beginning and the End

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes, who say: "Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!" Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.        (Isa 5:18-25 ESV)

Come to Know the Real, Living God!

 

Submitted by Stacey:

 

TELL ME, WHY WOULD THE TRUE CREATOR OF ALL, ALMIGHTY GOD 

OF THE BIBLE, HAVE TO USE MERE MAN TO EITHER THREATEN 

DEATH TO THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN HIM, OR CONVERT TO 

A CERTAIN BELIEF SYSTEM THAT FEELS IT'S THE ONE AND ONLY 

CHURCH, THE  MOTHER CHURCH?

HE DOESN'T!

THEREFORE WHO IS ISLAM AND CATHOLICISM REALLY SERVING?

 

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and 

Pharisees, hypocrites!

 for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 

against men: 

for ye neither go in yourselves, neither 

suffer ye them

 that are entering to go in.

Matthew 15:9

But in vain they do worship me,

 teaching for doctrines

 the commandments of men.

Mark 7:13

Making the word of God of none effect 

through your tradition, which ye have 

delivered: 

and many such like things do ye.

Isaiah 42:8

I am the Lord: that is my name: and 

my glory 

will I not give to another, neither my 

praise

 to graven images.

THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD GIVES YOU A CHOICE.

THE TRUE GOD REVEALS HIMSELF THROUGH HIS WORD 

AND TELLS US OF THE LOVE HE HAS FOR US BY WHAT HE DID 

FOR US.

 

HE SENT JESUS CHRIST TO REDEEM US FROM A TERRIBLE 

FATE THAT SURPASSES ANYTHING THAT WE COULD EVER 

DO OR SAY TO CHANGE OUR ETERNITY ON OUR OWN.

THEN HE LEAVES THE DECISION UP TO US.

ISLAM'S GOD IS DESPERATE AS HE KNOWS HIS TIME IS SHORT.

HE IS ALL ABOUT KILLING, STEALING, AND DESTROYING.

YOUR WORSHIP IS DIRECTED TO A STONE.

 

Leviticus 26:1
Do not make idols or
set up an image or a sacred stone for
yourselves, and do not place a carved
stone in your land to bow down before
it. I am the Lord your God.


Deuteronomy 17:3
And hath gone and served other gods,
and worshiped them, either the sun,
or moon, or any of the host of heaven,
which I have not commanded;

 

CATHOLICISM'S JESUS IS CONTINUALLY RE-SACRIFICED AS 

WELL AS HE BECOMES  A WAFER THAT IS  PARADED AROUND! 

MARY (ANOTHER NAME SHE'S GIVEN IS "QUEEN OF HEAVEN") IS 

THEY'RE WAY TO GOD.

Jeremiah 44:17 

We will certainly do everything 

we said we would: We will burn incense 

to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out 

drink offerings to her just as we and our 

ancestors, our kings and our officials did 

in the towns of Judah and in the streets of 

Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty 

of food and were well off and suffered 

no harm.

THE POPE IS THEY'RE GOD ON EARTH. TO EVEN CALL HIM HOLY 

FATHER IS BLASPHEMY! 

 

Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone 

on earth ‘father,’ for you have one 

Father, and he is in heaven.

ARE THEY'RE  GOD'S? BECOMING CLEAR YET? RING A BELL?

WHAT ARE THE FRUITS OF ISLAM AND THEIR GOD?

ALL I SEE IS ROBOTS BLINDLY FOLLOWING AN IDOL AND IN 

DOING SO THEIR CONSCIENCE BECOMES SEARED.

WHAT KIND OF GOD MAKES NO GUARANTEE TO WHERE YOU 

WILL GO WHEN YOU DIE UNLESS YOU KILL, DESTROY IN HIS NAME?

OR TRY TO EARN A PLACE IN HEAVEN BY YOUR WORKS?

THOSE ARE WORKS OF INIQUITY FOREVER REACHING YET NEVER 

ASSURING YOU'LL HAVE A  PLACE IN HEAVEN! THAT IS COMPARED 

TO AS FILTHY RAGS TO THE TRUE GOD ALMIGHTY!

THE GOD OF THE BIBLE DID IT ALL FOR US AND GIVES US THE 

CHOICE. HE PAVED THE  WAY TO SECURE HEAVEN AND 

GUARANTEES YOU WILL BE WITH HIM FOREVER. HE DOSEN'T SAY 

"IF YOU ACCOMPLISH THIS, OR IF YOU CONFESS THROUGH A MERE 

MAN, OR BOW TO THIS, OR SAY THAT, OR KILL THEM, ETC.ETC"

THAT IS CLIMBING A LADDER TO REACH HEAVEN ON OUR OWN!

ISLAM'S GOD HAS NO REDEMPTION FOR WOMEN.

WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD DO SUCH A THING? YET IT ISN'T EVEN 

GUARANTEED FOR MEN!BUT THEY'RE GOD USES 

FLESHLY, WORLDLY DESIRES TO GET MEN TO MOVE ON HIS 

BEHALF TO DECEIVE THEM INTO A SECURE PARADISE WITH VIRGINS.

 

WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD USE SEXUAL, FLESHLY, WORLDLY 

DESIRES TO CAUSE MAN TO LUST FOR PARADISE?

CATHOLICISM HAS IDOLS MIXED WITH MERE TRADITIONS OF MERE 

MEN.

Mark 7:6-9

He answered and said unto them, 

Well hath Esaias prophesied of you 

hypocrites, as it is written, This people

honoureth me with their lips, but their 

heart is far from me.

Howbeit in vain do they worship

me, teaching for doctrines the 

commandments of men.

For laying aside the commandment 

of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the 

washing of pots and cups: and many other such like 

things ye do.

And he said unto them, Full well ye 

reject the commandment of God, that ye may 

keep your own tradition.

MY GOD WEEPS FOR THE LOST AND LONGS TO HAVE THM 

ADOPTED INTO HIS KINGDOM.

ISLAM'S GOD WANTS NON-BELIEVERS, AKA INFIDELS, ANNIHILATED,

WHILE THE POPE AND CATHOLICISM FEEL THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY CHURCH.

CATHOLICISM CONSIDERS NON-CATHOLICS AS INFIDELS AS 

WELL,. YET, THEY WANT TO BECOME COZY WITH PROTESTANTS 

AND WORSHIP TOGETHER. BUT THEY ARE TOLD TO NOT 

WORSHIP WITH PROTESTANTS WITHOUT PERMISSION. 

PERMISSION???

ISLAM HAS PEOPLE DECEIVED INTO THINKING THEY ARE A 

PEACEFUL RELIGION. YOU HAVE BEEN SUBTLY DECEIVED!  

IF YOU THINK THAT, THEN I KNOW YOUR QURAN 

BETTER THAN YOU DO,  AND YOU THEREFORE ARE BLINDLY 

FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE TOLD AND DON'T READ FOR 

YOURSELF!

ISLAM AND CATHOLICISM DICTATE WHAT TO BELIEVE 

AND IT'S GIVEN THROUGH MERE MEN!

HOW SAD, YOU WILL SPEND YOUR TIME ON EARTH JUMPING 

THROUGH HOOPS, GOING THROUGH RITES, PERFORMING 

RITUALS THAT ARE MERE TRADITIONS PASSED ON 

THROUGH MERE MEN. YET YOU STILL DO NOT HAVE 

ASSURANCE OF WHERE YOUR SOUL WILL END UP UPON YOUR 

DEATH!

WAKE UP!!!!

THE TRUE LIVING GOD HAS GIVEN HIS WORD TO EVERYONE AND 

NOT JUST A SELECTED FEW.HE DOESN'T TORTURE PEOPLE 

BY PUTTING THEM THROUGH STEPS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO 

BE WITH HIM!

NOTHING, I REPEAT THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO OR SAY 

THAT WILL GET YOU EVEN CLOSE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD 

OUTSIDE OF CHOOSING HIS PLAN OF SALVATION AND NOT MAN'S! 

HE HAS PROVIDED A WAY THAT IS ASSURANCE AND  IS A SECURE 

PROMISE. YOU BECOME SEALED AS GOD'S IF YOU SIMPLY BELIEVE 

THAT HE SENT HIS SON JESUS CHRIST TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT 

FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD!

IT'S A GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN TO ALL MANKIND AND HE GIVES IT 

FREELY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT 

THERE IS A GOD THAT LOVES YOU THAT MUCH THAT HE WOULD 

SEND HIS SON TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT THAT WAS 

INTENDED FOR US.

MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU COME TO KNOW THE REAL LIVING GOD

AND HAVE JOY IN THIS LIFETIME BY HAVING THE ASSURANCE OF 

HEAVEN AND BEING WITH THE ONE AND ONLY LIVING GOD.

Pope Francis Promotes Man's Fulfillment over the Truth of the Omnipotent Power of God

 

 

 FULFILLMENT?  MAGICIAN? Did Pope Francis refer to the Omnipotent Power of God as a magic trick? In his comments below, Pope Francis promotes man's fulfillment over the Truth of the Omnipotent Power of God

"When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment"  - Pope Francis

FULFILLMENT???

You mean like:

- But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  - Genesis 3:4-5

 

First... Deny the Power of Almighty God....
Second... Promote Man in his selfish desires, maybe even Man's mystic quest to reach divinity...

This is what an ongoing policy of embracing the religions of the world in "unity" leads to... A mishmosh of beliefs, deluding the minds of would be followers of the Almighty, Alpha and Omega, distorting the Truth, and belittling the work of the Righteous Redeemer, Creator of All, Savior of the World...

No folks... the Pope is NOT the representative or face of Christianity. With every statement he makes, he draws more and more away from the truth with teachings that tickle the ears of those who are in darkness and become blinded to The Truth.

 

 

Go and Sin No More?

Can we truly obey Jesus when He commands us, as He did the harlot after her accusers dropped their stones, "go and sin no more"?

We can earnestly try, and make heartfelt, valiant attempts because we want to please Our Redeemer, but can we be completely successful?


It is not possible for the corrupt flesh of man to "sin no more"

The flesh is to be stifled while we pursue righteousness, and conform more to being Christ like, until the one day we will see Him as He is, because we will be like Him.

The book of John also says that if one says he has no sin, or does not sin, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. If we had the capability within us to "stop" sinning, then Christ's sacrifice would not have been required. The Eternal God would not have had to leave His Throne in Heaven and become flesh as Jesus Christ, to save man from the sin and corruption that came upon him as a result of the Fall while in the Garden of Eden.

God's Plan for the salvation of man would be nothing but a lesson in futility if man could "stop sinning" whenever he wanted.

The Ten Commandments were given to mankind as God's Standard. If I may be permitted to paraphrase God: "You want to be Holy like me? Do these..".

He knew man was incapable of keeping them and thus, would sin, because man is not perfect, and he cannot keep himself from breaking at least one of the commandments. Thus, as the wages of sin is death, man was condemned.

The problem was, and still is... that man believes he has the power to do as he pleases, there is no sin, no moral code, no eternity, no accountability and thus, does not need God.

All God asks is that we believe in Him and in Christ. Believing in Him that sent Him. To believe that Christ died to pay the penalty for the wages of sin, and that He conquered death by raising Himself from the grave.

"No man has power to take my life, I give it willingly and I have power to take it back again" - Jesus' words.

God does not change  but He also doesn't bind us to the law, or to any other commandments.
The law is dead... because it served its purpose of showing man he is worthy of death, and that he needs a Savior. Paul states this plainly in Roman's... We are dead to the law.

Christ: "If you love Me, you will keep my commandments"  

Yes He said this, but He stated it teaching His disciples Perfect Love, the Love which only He could give, and that which would become abundantly clear to the Apostles after His Death and Resurrection, as He relayed to them all that was written concerning Himself in Moses and the Prophets.

The scriptural revelations He was making to them revealed how God was working through out time to restore mankind back to the fellowship they had experienced with Him in the beginning, all the foreshadowing and prophesying of events which would lead to His Death on the Cross, and His subsequent Resurrection at His First Coming, and the future of His Return to complete His repossession of His creation from the current sovereignty of Lucifer. The Scroll with 7 Seals, the title dead to earth and creation to be served, and then consummated with the Word of His Power. The Ultimate Holy Expression of God's Love, the complete Redemption of man and all of creation. An Eternity of Fellowship with Him if we believe in Him and the One that sent Him.

And if, all of a sudden, you really do believe in the existence of God, and His Son, The Son's Death and Resurrection.... don't you think you would want to please Him? Knowing that He first loved us, before we loved Him? You would live to OBEY His commandments which He had given in the beginning, knowing that they reflect His Divine Nature, and that you are walking in the Spirit, LEARNING to be more like Him, everyday growing, conforming to His Nature? thus... "If you love Me, you will keep my commandments" takes on a little different appearance then that of a direct warning... "Do this or you will be condemned to eternal separation from Me"

Don't be legalistic, or try to make people conform to something which Christ had not commanded.

Love and Honor the Lord your God, and Love thy neighbor as thyself, all the other commandments are summarized in these two, as taught and relayed to us by the Eternal Creator, Alpha and Omega...

I think I will believe Jesus and not another set of man's false doctrines.

Maybe we all need to listen to God more, and grasp what He relayed to us in scripture when He said through Paul, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him as Righteousness. God said to Abraham: (paraphrased) "now I know that you love me because you did not spare your son, your only begotten son from Me"

"Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ"  - Romans 5:1

Perfect Love, Peace With God. His Grace is sufficient for me... thank you....

Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. With His death and resurrection paying the penalty for all of mankind's sin, and His resurrection, destroying the binds which death had upon us as sinners, His New Covenant was established with those who believe in Him and His Work. For those who do not, they are judged by the Law given to Moses by the Eternal, by Jesus, if you will, and He, as the Judge of the World, will judge all the non-believers by the Law, and all will be condemned, because none can stand up as fulfilling ALL of God's PERFECT Nature, as displayed by His Eternal Law.

Believers will NEVER be judged by this Perfect Law, as the PERFECT Sacrifice, God HIMSELF, Gave Himself as a RANSOM to pay the penalty outlined for breaking His Own Perfect Law. He redeemed those who believe in Him, and He places all of the their transgressions of the law, as far as the East is from the West, to be remembered, no more.

Hallelujah, What a Savior. Thank you Lord Jesus!

His Majesty and Awesome Power is Evident in His Creation

 

Glory to God on The Lord's Day!

All Glory and Honor be to Jesus, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

The fallen, unbelieving world is without excuse, as His Majesty and Awesome Power is evident in His Creation, all around us.


Commentary Notes taken from The MacArthur ESV Study Bible on Romans 1:19-22
    
Rom 1:19
 "For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them."

MacArthur Comments: 1:19
"is plain to them" - God has sovereignly planted evidence of his existence in the very nature of man by reason and moral law (1:20, 21, 28, 32; 2:15).

Rom 1:20
"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."

MacArthur Comments: 1:20
"invisible attributes" - This refers specifically to the two mentioned in this verse.

"his eternal power" - The Creator, who made all that we see around us and constantly sustains it, must be a being of awesome power.

"divine nature" - That is, his faithfulness (Gen. 8:21–22), kindness, and graciousness (Acts 14:17).

"in the things that have been made" - The creation delivers a clear, unmistakable message about God’s person (cf. Ps. 19:1–8; 94:9; Acts 14:15–17; 17:23–28).

"they are without excuse" - God holds all men responsible
for their refusal to acknowledge what he has shown them of himself in his creation. Even those who have never had an opportunity to hear the gospel have received a clear witness about the existence and character of God—and have suppressed it.
If a person will respond to the revelation he has, even if it is solely natural revelation, God will provide some means for that person to hear the gospel (cf. Acts 8:26–39; 10:1–48; 17:27).

Rom 1:21
"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."

MacArthur Comments: 1:21 

"knew God" - Man is conscious of God’s existence, power, and divine
nature through general revelation (v v. 19–20).

"they did not honor him" - Man’s chief end is to glorify God (Lev. 10:3; 1 Chron. 16:24–29; Ps. 148; Rom. 15:5–6), and Scripture constantly demands it (Ps. 29:1–2; 1 Cor. 10:31; Rev. 4:11). To glorify him is to honor him, to acknowledge his attributes, and
to praise him for his perfections (cf. Ex. 34:5–7). It is to recognize his glory and extol him for it. Failing to give him glory is man’s greatest affront to his Creator (Acts 12:22–23).

"or give thanks" - They refused to acknowledge that
every good thing they enjoyed came from God (Matt. 5:45; Acts 14:15–17; 1 Tim. 6:17; James 1:17).

"futile" - Man’s search for meaning and purpose will produce only vain, meaningless conclusions.

"hearts were darkened" - When man rejects the truth, the darkness of spiritual falsehood replaces it (cf. John 3:19–20).

Rom 1:22
"Claiming to be wise, they became fools,"

MacArthur Comments: 1:22
"Claiming to be wise, they became fools" - Man rationalizes his sin and proves his utter foolishness by devising and believing his own philosophies about God, the universe, and himself (cf. Ps. 14:1; 53:1).

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The Sword of Gideon and the Crescent Ornaments

(All Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version)

¹¹ Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.” ¹³ And Gideon said to him, “Please, sir,^[a] if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.” ¹⁴And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?” ¹⁵ And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.” ¹⁶ And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”


25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it 26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” 27 So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance. 13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.” 14 And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”

4 And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. 5 So he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6 And the officials of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” 7 So Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8 And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. 9 And he said to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king.” 19 And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.” 20 So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

We Have Peace with God Through Our Faith in God the Father, and the Savior, Jesus Christ

We have Peace with God Through Our Faith in God the Father, and the Savior, Jesus Christ.

By having faith in God, The Creator of all things, as well as faith in the provision He has made for the payment of the debt we owe Him (we being sinful from birth), and acknowledging His Son, Jesus Christ, The Alpha and Omega, and the gift of redemption He has given us.

Jesus willingly giving Himself to a horrific death on the cross, to spill His blood, which would cover all the sins of the world.

"Christ died for the ungodly"

Believing in the Creator, in the Savior, and the work at the cross and His subsequent resurrection, which is the provision that God had made for sinners to be cleansed and redeemed through Christ, allows us to be justified in His sight.

As Abraham had believed God, and it was imputed to him as righteousness, so we too should believe and have faith that God is, and that what He says, is Truth.

Believing in Him, we are justified by Faith!  All Power, Praise, and Glory to the Lord on High, The Everlasting, Alpha and Omega, Ancient of Days... What A Savior!

Romans 5:1-8 (ESV)

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

#Jesus #Savior  

There is a Light Burning in the Darkness

Below is a question I believe many in the world might ask considering the push for unity among the religions of the world. The quest to live in peace and harmony, freedom and safety, with our neighbors in the "Global Village".

It is obvious from the news headlines daily, that man continually fails to grasp peace and unity, but the quest is unending. The Word of God tells us that at some point in time, possibly the very near future, the masses will actually believe that a true period of peace has come, and that we will live in "Peace and Safety"

The Light of the World has revealed to us in His Word that this ultimate peace, safety, and freedom is actually a great deception spawned from the time of the earth's creation. It also states that the final perceived realization of it is in all actuality, the ultimate deception from the ruler of this world.

Lucifer (Satan), has temporary dominion over this earth and has bound it in spiritual darkness. Satan has blinded the whole world to the spiritual significance of the world events prevalent before our very eyes as he did with world events throughout history. We have been pawns in his ancient game of "tug-o-war", attempting to rest away supreme dominance from The Almighty Creator. The game continues to this day with the spiritual significance great, and the eternal ramifications greater, as we are moving closer, in this last days, to the return of Jesus Christ. The King of kings and Lord of lords. 

The question from a mid-eastern Muslim I would like to comment on is below. It is my response to him.

QUOTE: "In the other Pope Francis has invite both Israel & Palestinian for special prayer at the Vatican, What say you when the Pope allows these men walk in the holiest places for Christian?"

The answer to this lies in the spiritual realm, not in a secular impression. All are speaking of what you see and discern as "good" or "righteous" because they are together, uniting. So from your comment, I get the impression you think the Pope having them visit Rome for "group prayer" is a good thing? This is the brunt of the problem, in that the "whole world" will be deceived.

They that have the True Word, and the True discernment, which only comes from The Living God, through His Holy Spirit, know that this is a ruse, and that any "unity" brought about by man will be stained and tainted with the sin of man.

There will be no true peace until the Trump of God sounds and Jesus (Yeshua) returns to reclaim the earth. He will have the scroll with the 7 seals which He had broken open, (He is the ONLY ONE worthy to do so, because He Created, and later paid In blood for it at the cross..)

This scroll is the title deed to Earth, which Satan has been given reign over for a period of time until all the works of God which He has ordained are fulfilled, and He then returns to reclaim ownership of His Creation, which the Deceiver had corrupted since The Fall in the Garden of Eden.

 Lucifer or Satan is "the god of this world".

If we say we are "religious" and follow our faith truly, then we can not pick and choose what is true and what is not. You have to take the WHOLE revelation as God's Word or don't bother reading it or following it.

The Jews, Muslims and Christians all claim the Old Testament is the WORD of GOD.

That WORD, by the way, "became flesh and dwelt among us" John 1:14

Back to our "Prayer Party in Rome":

How can these three pray together lest they pray to the same god?

It is my stand that they do pray to the same god. They either do so unknowingly, because they are deceived, or, they do so willingly, because of a greater plan to unite all under the religion of the "god of this world".

Think I lie???  Just take a look on YouTube at the 2014 New Year's celebrations around the world at all the major cites, or maybe the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Olympics in Russia, or maybe the halftime show at this last Super Bowl... and I can go on and on....

Do you see any symbolism in those that might let you believe somebody is trying to propagate something???

Now look on the left side of a US one dollar bill. You are looking at the symbol of a goal: "One World United in Illumination". " Out of Chaos, Order" In Roman numerals: 1776... not the birth year of the US, but the birth year of "The Illuminati", which is affiliated with  Freemasonry.  READ: Adam Weishaupt Bavaria 1776 -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt

Of course, that world will be ruled by the "Illuminated Ones" and the rest of us will be its pawns, peons, serfs, slaves.... you call it.

But that is a secular goal, and the goal of Satan. It has been Lucifer's goal since the beginning... (Read Genesis in the OT)

Their "high positions"  in their respective governments or religions, is bought and paid for by the affiliates (supporters, donors, victims of extortion, etc.) who are mobilized and directed by "illuminated" secret societies,  which manipulate world events, working from both sides of a conflict in order to further their short term goals which would eventually lead to their ultimate goal of world domination (NWO if you will).

And we wonder why our politicians do the things they do???  We have been so spiritually deceived...

Jesus came to make those who are bound in darkness, see, and those who say they see... blind... because they reject The Almighty and follow, knowingly or unwittingly, the Deceiver...

How does this relate to these religious leaders wanting to pray together?

If they are working toward the same ends, then this is necessary to maintain the ruse of belligerents seeking peace. The answer is obvious.

Consider reports of the US funding Al Qaeda and ISIS, and then reports of the US fighting against Al Qaeda and ISIS, its OWN weapons being shot back at them?

Russia China, US, UK France, the nations of the whole world; they all have members in the Jesuits, The Masons, The Knights of Malta, The Knights of Columbus, Skull and Bones, and numerous other groups, all the "illuminated ones" who will reign on earth.

The ends justify the means... millions can die to reach the ultimate goal, which is what Satan wants.

Does any of this sound like headline news????

We are being SPIRITUALLY DECEIVED. It is not a conspiracy theory when the SPIRITUAL Realm is the battleground....

It is called FAITH...

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The Black Stone in Mecca fell from the heavens.... Does anyone ask a Muslim:

  "If Allah is God and Mohammed is his prophet, then why do Muslims have to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime to go and bow before a stone and kiss it?  Doesn't the Ten Commandments state that you should have no other gods, worship or create any graven images to worship?"

The stone it is a meteorite.... and was moved from Ephesus to Mecca. It was worshiped in Ephesus by the pagan religions of Greece and Rome:

Acts 19:35:
 And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?

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The POPE is in Rome. It is not just a church, it is a POLITICAL STATE. Does any one ask a Catholic:

Why do you go to Rome and visit the Pope, and when you see him, bow down kiss his hands and his feet, and call him  "His Holiness"  when there is "none righteous, no, not one" ?
Why do you pray to the "saints and Mary?"

Doesn't the Ten Commandments state that you should have no other gods, worship or create any graven images to worship?"

Doesn't Jesus say, call no one "father" because your Father is in Heaven?

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The world is being deceived and has been deceived since the beginning,

Nimrod wanted to build his tower to heaven so that he could hang out where the gods hang out, and rule over his one world kingdom... all the people united. His Tower of Babel to the heavens.

God confused their languages and dispersed them into the ancient nations which were the forerunners of the ones we live in today. The human nations, the descendents all from the Tower of Babel...The original Babylon.... and its original mystery religions.

The pantheistic religion of Babylon dispersed into all the world to create all kinds of new religions based on the original Luciferian inspired mystery religions of Babylon...

The world is so very deceived, and we take it, hook line and sinker....

That is why TRUTH becomes apparent as a result of having a real relationship to God, the Creator of All,  through His Son, the Savior of the World, Jesus Christ

Knowledge of the Truth does not come from man or from following a specific religion, but from God and from His Word, who created all things, and became flesh.

He brought Light to the World so that all could see. "The Life was the Light of Men"

John1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

And more:

John1:1-5
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Hopefully, with all of this in mind, the next time you read the "Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ" (not "Revelations") and see in Chapter 17 the references  to the "Woman on the Beast"  lights will turn on in your head:

Rev 17: 3 -6
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

AND AGAIN:

Rev 17:18
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

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Grace and Peace to all in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

       Lou

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The Antichrist and False Prophet - Two Beasts

The Beast:

Rev 13:1  And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

The False Prophet:

Rev 13:11  Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

REVELATION Chapter 13 (ESV)

Rev 13:1  And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Rev 13:2  And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

Rev 13:3  One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

Rev 13:4  And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?"

Rev 13:5  And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.

Rev 13:6  It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Rev 13:7  Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

Rev 13:8  and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

Rev 13:9  If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

Rev 13:10  If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

Rev 13:11  Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

Rev 13:12  It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

Rev 13:13  It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,

Rev 13:14  and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Rev 13:15  And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.

Rev 13:16  Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,

Rev 13:17  so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Rev 13:18  This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.

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