THE CONSISTENT & OVERBEARING RELIGIONISTS’ RESPONSE!

The False Church, The Apostate "Church:" The One-Time-a Week Home of Hypocrites and Religionists!

I am always amazed when I have the opportunity to experience, once again, the consistent and overbearing ways of the religious, bible-thumping pew-sitters (religionists), in communicating with those who won’t swear allegiance (and pay tithes) to their one-of-three-thousand-plus man-conceived versions of our Father and His Son: “churches,” denominations, non-denominations, televangelism, etc (factions/divisions).

The following comment is just another example of this way of the religionists.

“You need some serious help my brother!! You are at a place of spiritual confusion that will allow passivity to overtake you and bring you to a place of utter hopelessness. Repent of your double-mindedness and allow the Spirit of the Living God to raise you up in to a newness of life that you have only been scratching the surface of. God is with you, but are you with God??“

First, note the love of God in his opening statement: “You need some serious help my BROTHER!!” He hears, I’m sure, “You need help and I am concerned for you,” while what he writes is nothing more than an accusation that is inflammatory as well as lacking in the Lord’s grace; as, by the way, is the rest of what he writes here. Secondly, I trust no one that immediately refers to me as “BROTHER”! My true brothers and sisters in Christ and I, except for a few, and I know them and their hearts, never refer to each other as brothers and sisters, and yet we take care of each other much better than the religionists do in their crystal cathedrals! I know my true brothers and sisters in Christ, because I am led by the Spirit of God, as opposed to a man with a theology degree, in thousand dollar robes, standing on a pagan-oriented alter, on a lectern, with pagan crosses, or even worse, crucifixes (both idolatrous objects of the Vatican), and an American flag, in a million dollar-plus building that he refers to as a “church.” It’s almost comical, but not quite!

THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST ARE HIS PEOPLE, NOT SOME STINKING PAGAN BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE ARE LED AWAY FROM THE LORD AND KEPT CHASING AFTER THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND THE SUPPORT OF A COMPLETELY GODLESS GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC-SYSTEM (PATRIOTISM: MORE IDOLATRY)!

Summary: Addressed to Eddie,

Don’t tell me I need help! Show me how I need help, and then, if you can, which isn’t always possible, unfortunately, seek to help me! Don’t accuse someone while referring to them as your “BROTHER!” I, as far as I can tell now, am not, in any way, shape or form, your brother, sir! And NEVER, I mean NEVER, be so arrogant, in your lame religiosity, as to suppose you know my relationship, or any other individual’s, with our Lord and Savior; unless, of course, you know and have invested in them and their lives, and they in you, and have been walking the same path with them. You and I have not experienced what I just described, and therefore I reject your legalism and judgment, sir!!

{On this last sentence, when I write on Spiritual issues, I attempt to write of my experiences in and out of the deadness of organized Christianity, and I speak of the whole of Christendom, not every individual (since the Lord still has some of His people in that exile): except, of course, in the case of the clergy and politicians, since they have put themselves out there to be critiqued.}

This person knows nothing about me, and he has probably not read more than what he absolutely had to read of my posts in order to attack (“rebuke,” I’m sure, is how he sees it) and insult my faith in the Lord!

This man is one of a multitude of reasons why I, and thousands upon thousands of other sons and daughters of God, throughout the earth, have left the deadness of churchiosity and have gone, instead, seeking, on our own, as the Pilgrim had, the true abundant life of Christ!

This comment is just another example of the man-conceived religion about Christ that Satan has used, for the last two-thousand years, to keep many of the Lord’s created ones away from His Way, Truth and Life.

Enough said!

PS

The thought had occurred to me, since this person left no personal way to respond, nor responded back to my comment response, that Eddie just might be an atheist playing games with me. I have had this happen before, and this is why I waited to respond this way. If this be the case, and Eddie is an atheist, then all I have to say to him is this: Eddie, if there is a literal hell at the end of this age, then have a great time there, since this will have been your choice and thus what you desired and deserve!

My hope is that this is not the case, and Eddie is just another lost soul held captive in the bondage of organized Christianity. And, if this be the case, then I hope Eddie seeks his Spirit and allows it to tear off the religious chains that, by his words here, seem to have him in the bondage our Lord came to release the Hebrews and all of us from!

“A Deluding Influence” XI

{I have decided, from time to time, to post certain items that I sense (through my Spirit, hopefully) speak to many of the issues I write on. These will be short snippets (NOT ALWAYS), and I’ve decided to call them, “A Deluding Influence” (2 Thessalonians 2: 11)}

The spirit of anti-Christ is alive and well in all of Christendom: the nominal “church”. But in particular, it’s alive and well in pagan Catholicism, as the following Pew Forum article reveals.

January 25, 2010

Why some Americans mix Christianity, Eastern religions

by Mark Guarino

The Christian Science Monitor

Because she attends Catholic mass every Sunday and observes all the religious holidays of her faith, Angela Bowman may well exemplify the Latin root of the word “religion,” which is “to bind.”

But the Chicagoan also meditates several times each day and practices yoga every other week. She knows Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism have contradictory elements but is unfazed by her multiple observances because, to her, “it’s all pretty much the same thing.”

“The biggest part of praying is opening yourself up to a connection with God, and I perceive clearing your mind in meditation as another form of receptivity,” says the 30-something textbook editor. Although she is a devoted Roman Catholic, she says she doesn’t “believe it’s the one true path and anything else is flirting with the devil.”

Ms. Bowman’s attitude tracks with those in a study released last month, which found that large numbers of AMERICA’S FAITHFUL do not neatly conform to the expectations or beliefs of their prescribed religions, but instead freely borrow principles of Eastern religions or endorse common supernatural beliefs. (emphasis added)

via Religion News: Why some Americans mix Christianity, Eastern religions.

"Religion is all relative, man! Be cool!"

Angela Bowman (one of “America’s faithful”?) is bound by her “religious” beliefs alright, she is the living and breathing example of “carnal Christianity” (false Christianity). Ms. Bowman doesn’t believe that the Christ is the ONLY WAY to God, yet she professes to be a Christian. She is so confused, as are so many others, that she honestly believes she can follow and serve Buddha (a demon inspired “religion”) and the Lord at the same time; as Bowman states, “it’s all pretty much the same thing.” In her absolute Spiritual and intellectual ignorance (her “delusional” state), fostered by the apostate doctrines and ritualism of pagan Catholicism (Christendom), Ms. Bowman believes she has it (“religion”) all figured out, Spiritually. But, in Truth and reality, she is just another mere pawn, a “religious” fool of Satan. Ms. Bowman, like so many other religionists, has been blinded by the god of this age:

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, 2 but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Corinthians 4)

Ms. Bowman, like most politically-correct Americans today (relativists), is very “open-minded”: here is what scripture has to say about this “open-mindedness”, this cultural/”religious” relativism:

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John 4)

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 3 For THE TIME WILL COME when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths (Buddhism, Hinduism, New Age relativism). (2 Timothy 4)

Well THE TIME HAS COME, and it’s here and now!

Ms. Bowman, of course, is most likely unfamiliar with these scriptures, or any other portion of the word of God. Like Bill Clinton, and most other escapees from the lunatic ward that was 1960s America, Ms. Bowman probably would claim that the word of God is “ambiguous”. She, like Bill Clinton and the others, confuses ambiguity with not having the Spirit; without the Spirit to lead us, we cannot discern the word of God, so without the Spirit the word will appear to be ambiguous:

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. (John 14: 26)

Yet we do speak WISDOM among those who are MATURE; a wisdom, however, NOT OF THIS AGE NOR OF THE RULERS OF THIS AGE, WHO ARE PASSING AWAY; 7 but we speak GOD’S WISDOM in a mystery, THE HIDDEN WISDOM which God predestined before the ages to our glory; 8 the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; 9 but just as it is written,

“THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”

10 For to us God revealed them through THE SPIRIT; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

14 But A NATURAL MAN (the unregenerate, pagan, and apostate believer) does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY APPRAISED. 15 But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. (1 Corinthians 2)

Satan loves the “open-minded” (especially the hypocritical, “open-minded” and “tolerant” religionists like Ms. Bowman, Bill Clinton, and the like), since there’s always loads of room, in these folks’ minds and hearts, for his disembodied spirits (demons) to move in and do their best work! The fruit of these demons’ work will be the messed up, Godless, and/or apostate, lives they produce: adulterers, liars, pedophiles, murderers, or even just plain old corporate criminals!

Just as the Hebrew nation offered up sacrifices to other gods (idolatry), and, in so doing, incurred the wrath of God, many modern “Christians” offer themselves up to other gods today (third-world and “new-age” demon-inspired religions, post-modernism, Darwinism, feminism), and they will, on the coming day of judgment, incur their just punishment: which will be, depending on Spiritual salvation (“being saved”), either loss of reward, or the same punishment as the pagan, the unregenerate, and Satan: the lake of fire.

“Behold, I am coming quickly, AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to render to every man ACCO0RDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE. 13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. 15 OUTSIDE (of the New Jerusalem) ARE THE DOGS and THE SORCERERS and THE IMMORAL PERSONS and THE MURDERERS and THE IDOLATERS, and everyone who loves and practices lying (LIARS). (Revelation 22)

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is THE BOOK OF LIFE; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into THE LAKE OF FIRE. This is THE SECOND DEATH, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in THE BOOK OF LIFE, he was thrown into THE LAKE OF FIRE. (Revelation 20)

The lost folks on the “outside“, will consist of the unregenerate, the pagan, and those like Ms. Bowman, who chose to live an idolatrous spiritual life of convenience and hypocrisy; she had to have her worldly and spiritual cake, and eat it too, and soon her cake will turn and eat her up. These folks chose their heaven here and now, so they have no right to expect anything in the coming ages; except, that is, the judgment which will involve “loss of reward”, for the saved, and rejection, and the wrath of God, for the rest!

For more information on Catholicism and Paganism, I suggest the following text (chapter 48 to end of book):

The Church the Churches and the … – Google Books.

“A Deluding Influence” VII

{I have decided, from time to time, to post certain items that I sense (through my Spirit, hopefully) speak to many of the issues I write on. These will be short snippets, and I’ve decided to call them, “A Deluding Influence” (2 Thessalonians 2: 11)}

The Apostle Paul said,

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death works in us, but life in you…

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians)

Paul also said,

…WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE… (2 Corinthians 6)

November 25, 2009

Legalise assisted suicide, Kirk minister says

by Melanie Reid

The Times of London

A retired Church of Scotland minister is calling for assisted suicide to be legalised so that patients could end their lives “in an ethical and merciful manner”.

Contradicting the Church’s official stance on the issue, the Rev Dr John Cameron praised the work of Dignitas, the Swiss-based assisted suicide group, and accused Britain of “exporting” its ethical dilemma overseas.

Writing in the Kirk’s official journal, he said Dignitas provided a much needed service for individuals who want to “die as they have lived”. He also said NHS claims that palliative care was available for all in Britain’s hospitals were an “outrageous untruth”.

The Church of Scotland, however, opposes Independent MSP Margo MacDonald’s controversial End of Life Choices Bill that seeks to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland. (emphasis added)

via Religion News: Legalise assisted suicide, Kirk minister says.

The Apostle Paul also stated:

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN? (2 Corinthians 6)

“Reverend” Cameron is the product of an apostate “religious” system which has very little to do with the truth of God.

{The “church” of Scotland may be against Cameron’s opinion on suicide, but it is responsible for producing a person like Cameron, through its Godless, vain and empty doctrines and dogma!}

In Cameron’s ignorant and unbelieving humanism, he has received a strong delusion from the One Who created him. Thus, this “right-reverend” now believes that he, and others like him, have the right to commit self murder.

Self murder has nothing to do with “dignity”, but it has everything to do with unbelief, arrogance and COWARDICE!

“A Deluding Influence” VI

Idolatry!

{I have decided, from time to time, to post certain items that I sense (through my Spirit, hopefully) speak to many of the issues I write on. These will be short snippets, and I’ve decided to call them, “A Deluding Influence” (2 Thessalonians 2: 11)}

As if the ritualism of “holy water” wasn’t scripturally incorrect enough, the Catholic “church” will now have a better-than-faith-in-God way to make sure H1N1 is not spread through the use of its ungodly H2O.

November 12, 2009

In hand sanitizer we trust

by Ingrid Peritz

The Globe
Call it worship without worry: An Italian inventor has devised an electronic holy-water dispenser to reduce exposure to the H1N1 virus.

The device, already inspiring interest worldwide, uses an infrared sensor like those found in bathroom soap dispensers to squirt blessed water into parishioners’ hands. The inventor, Luciano Marabese, said he dreamed up the idea to preserve religious tradition in the face of the flu pandemic.

The high-tech creation underscores how the H1N1 virus is reshaping religious rituals as ministries struggle to spread the faith without spreading the flu. Houses of worship everywhere, including in Canada, are deploying inventive solutions to traditional rites.

At Runnymede United Church in Toronto, for example, communion bread last Sunday was served on toothpicks, like canapés. The servers didn’t wear white cloth gloves, but they did wear surgical gloves. (emphasis added)

via Religion News: In hand sanitizer we trust.

As this article exposes, it isn’t just the Catholic “church” that has become Spiritually and mentally ill, it’s most or all of Christendom!

There is nothing holy except our Lord and Savior, the Father, the Spirit, and us, if we belong to the Lord! If we need toothpicks for the Lord’s supper, and “holy water” dispensers to have faith, then we have no faith. In fact, if we must sprinkle ourselves with mystical-magical H2O to have relationship with our Lord, then we are wasting our time, since He will have nothing to do with man’s “religious” ritualism and idolatry, up to and including the eating of a ritualistic and idolatrous wafer!

Wake up, you fast asleep in those adulteress pews of churchianity, before it’s too late!

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20 ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21 ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES (ecclesias [Greek]: gatherings, not crystal cathedrals, etc).’”

To hear, we must read and seek His word through the leading of His Spirit that indwells us, if we have the Spirit? Your priest or right-reverend isn’t the Spirit of God! Turn from the lie and seek the Lord, in TRUTH and SPIRIT:

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 “You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 “But an hour is coming, AND NOW IS, WHEN the TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH; for such people THE FATHER SEEKS to be His worshipers. 24 “God is spirit, and those who worship Him MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH.” (John 4)

"The 10 Commandments of Materialistic Naturalism:"

The Pagan Fantasy World of the Darwinian Atheist

I found the following quote on Intelligent Design and More. It speaks of the insanity of materialistic science: a pseudo “science” forced on our children in public schools.

The 10 Commandments of Materialistic Naturalism:

I am Mommy Nature, Who Self-Ascended from the Great Nothing, who created all that is seen and unseen (though the unseen existeth not), who affirms your randomly-generated illusion of the miniscule portion of reality you think you perceive.

Behold:

1. Thou Shalt Love Me with all thy brain synapse firings and chemical reactions (for that is what Love is)

2. Thou Shalt recognize No gods before Me

3. Thou Shalt make an idol of DNA, and shall worship thy genome as an omnipotent agent of “progress”

4. Thou Shalt refer to me as “nurturing” and “clever”, and shall attribute “purpose” to me, though I do have No mind or being

5. Thou Shalt Not attribute to thyself any rationale for rationality, for thou were formed blindly, and by accident

6. Thou Shalt live a Lie, as if concepts of Mind do have inherent meaning, and are not the chemical processes they are, for thou art matter only

7. Thou Shalt believe in Non-Existence, and shall enthusiastically embrace it upon thy Death

8. Thou Shalt cite thy Imagination as Evidence of My Work, and shall do this by drawing fancy pictures of hypothetical ape-like creatures connected by arrows

9. Thou Shalt Believe in Chance, and not refer to it as Ignorance

10. Thou Shalt Not Believe in Moral Absolutes, yet thou shalt also refer to this belief as Good

Behold, I shall send you Messiah, the Holy Scientist who will reveal all, Redeeming all believers and Condemning all Blasphemers to lobotomies!

The following is a comment in response from the author of this post:

Christians do not need science to validate their faith, there are deep philosophical and experiential reasons to believe as well as historical evidence and the testimony of their tradition. Theists can admit to the limitations of science but atheists generally need it to build an entire worldview for them. The simple fact is that we do not know much about origins and what we do know certainly is not the epistemic equivalent of the theory of gravity. Agnostics like Michael Denton, non-practicing Jews like David Berlinksi and thoughtful Christians in general can admit that we do not have the answers scientific speaking although we can and ought to use science to pursue the truth to the best of our ability. In contrast, atheists tend to need science to be the be all, end all so they generally view science itself as a method which naturally and progressively builds an atheistic view of the world.

This site can be found here or on my blogroll:

Intelligent Design and More: Intelligent Design, Creationism, Evolution, and Theology.

"A New Push to Define Person:" Will This Accomplish the Lord's Will?

Michelangelo's "Creation of Man"

MAN is SPIRIT, SOUL and FLESH (the physical body).

God said,

…“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them… (Genesis 1: 26, 27)

Man (male and female) IS STILL created in the image of God. This image is a Spiritual one, since God is Spirit. The man that we observe in the mirror and around us, the flesh, the body, was “made” by God (Elohim) from material that had already existed (been created). When a composer writes a new piece of music, then he CREATES it from scratch. But when a composer arranges another of his works or someone else’s, then he has MADE a new piece of music (“arrangement”) from music which already existed. Thus, the spirit of man, which God “breathed” into his nostrils, was CREATED in the image of God, but the man’s body was MADE from the dust of the earth, which had already been CREATED, in the beginning: so when the body was MADE, and the spirit from God “breathed in”, then man became a “living soul”. Just as God, His Son, and His Spirit are One, and yet separate individuals, so the spirit, soul, and flesh (the physical body) of man are one, and yet separate entities. When man dies, the life-giving spirit returns to the Lord, while the flesh (physical body) returns to the dust, and the soul goes into a deep sleep (hades): the soul will be reawakened at the “rapture” or the judgment seat of Christ:

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds IN THE BODY, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5: 10)

The seed of the serpent, the blind and unregenerate, cannot discern this truth or any other of our Lord’s, since His truth is Spiritually (Holy Spirit) discerned:

The LORD God said to the serpent (Satan)…

And I will put enmity (hatred)
Between you and the woman,
And between YOUR SEED and HER SEED;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.” (Genesis 3: 14, 15)

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God (Holy spirit, not spirit of initial life), so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

But a natural (unregenerate) man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1 Corinthians 2: 12-14)

This is why the unregenerate claim that life doesn’t begin until an individual is delivered from the womb. They are dead to the Spiritual Truth that a life-giving spirit from God is responsible for life at conception: life begins when the sperm “fertilizes” the egg, not on a “birthing table” in the “delivery room”. The moment the physical action of sperm “fertilizing” egg occurs, then there is conception, and a living soul begins his or her life: this life-giving spirit (not the Holy Spirit), which will never die, is breathed into the individual at conception, and, thus, life is present from the beginning.

For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was MADE in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my UNFORMED SUBSTANCE;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them. (Psalm 139: 13-16))

The unregenerate science of genetics has, with the aid of Godless feminism and government, helped to produce abortion legislation and clinics all over the country. The unregenerate people who man these Godless facilities (the product of early, twentieth century eugenics) use euphemisms such as “zygote” and “fetus” in order to dehumanize the unborn child, so they may, without hesitation, carry on with their atrocities against mankind and their Creator. In this way, then, these modern day eugenicists become so desensitized that, as with their Nazi, eugenic forefathers, their consciences are no longer of any value whatsoever. After a hard and tiring day of murder, they wash the blood from their guilty hands and go home to families, or to “church”. When asked why they would partake in such atrocities, they simply respond, “I’m just doing my job, which, according to the ‘law of the land’, is legal!” Compare this to statements made by Nazis at the Nuremberg trials. And let’s not forget the heartless and selfish mother’s and father’s (if they’re informed) responses of, “A woman’s body belongs to her, she can do with it as she wills, according to ‘law’!”

The following Pew Forum article deals with abortion, and the confused religionists who seek to stop what our Lord prophesied for these last days:

September 28, 2009

A new push to define ‘person,’ and to outlaw abortion in the process

by Robin Abcarian

Los Angeles Times

It is one of the enduring questions of religion and science, and lately of American politics: When does a fertilized egg become a person?

Abortion foes, tired of a profusion of laws that limit but do not abolish abortion, are trying to answer the question in a way that they hope could put an end to legalized abortion.

Across the country, they have revived efforts to amend state constitutions to declare that personhood — and all rights accorded human beings — begins at conception.

From Florida to California, abortion foes are gathering signatures, pressing state legislators and raising money to put personhood measures on ballots next year. In Louisiana, a class at a Catholic high school is lobbying state legislators as part of a civics exercise. (emphasis added)

via Religion News: A new push to define ‘person,’ and to outlaw abortion in the process.

What did the Lord prophesy, through the Apostle Paul, about the last days of this age?

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. (2 Timothy 3)

Paul, here, is referring to people professing faith in the Lord, or supposed believers (apostate hypocrites)! So how much worse should we expect the unregenerate to be, in this day and age?

Throughout the biblical ages there have been specific times of absolute rebellion against God, and these rebellious times have always seen the devaluation of life itself. In many of these cases, the Godless rebellion and devaluation of life was seen most vividly in the sacrificing of babies and children to various Satanic gods such as Moloch. These incidences of rebelliousness and atrocities against God have always been just prior to God moving against that rebelliousness.

So is the case today, only this will be the Lord’s last put-down of man’s rebelliousness, and His penalties for this rebelliousness will not only be severe but permanent! Therefore, to fight, in a politically active or, in particular, an ungodly violent way, against abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, etc, is not only futile, but it is also against the imperatives of our Lord and Savior:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.’ 39 “But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also…

“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ 44 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? (Matthew 5)

LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. ABHOR WHAT IS EVIL; CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you; BLESS AND DO NOT CURSE. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17 NEVER PAY BACK EVIL FOR EVIL TO ANYONE. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. 18 IF POSSIBLE, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. 20 “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.” 21 DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, but OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. (Romans 12)

Those who truly belong to the Lord are not here to save the earth (the “planet”), the people on it, or the system of it, which belongs to the god of this age, Satan. Christ has saved the earth (including the climate), the people in it, and all of creation: the proof of which will be seen at His return, in great power and glory. But, unfortunately, there will be many, as there always have been, who will reject our Lord, His Truth and Life, here and now, and in the ages to come!

Abortion is just another evil work of the enemy of God, and it should be appalling to us: “Abhor what is evil…” But we must leave room for the Lord to work His perfect will, and, in a soon-coming day, wreak His vengeance on His enemy and those of us who chose against Him (the unregenerate and apostate). The Lord will deliver and repay, this is His responsibility, not ours!

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I strongly recommend, to all of you, the following article:

The Christian and Politics – A.E. Wilson « Livingwalk – W.E. Smith.

"But Wanting to Have Their Ears Tickled…"

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling." (Proverbs 16: 18)

Paul, the Apostle to the gentiles, exhorted and warned Timothy:

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to HAVE THEIR EARS TICKLED, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4: 1-4)

The following Pew Forum article is just another example of the great falling away, or apostasy, of the institutional “church:” Christendom.

June 30, 2009

Church-state divide looms for Episcopalians on gay marriage

by Daniel Burke

Religion News Service

Episcopal bishops from the six states that have legalized same-sex marriage are requesting permission to adapt their church’s venerable prayer book for use at same-sex weddings.

The proposal presents a new challenge to the Episcopal Church as it seeks to balance respect for gay rights with fellow Anglicans’

widespread condemnation of homosexuality.

The request from bishops in Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont will be debated at the Episcopal Church’s upcoming July 8-17 General Convention in Anaheim, Calif.

Even though the Episcopal Church has taken a liberal stand on gay issues, including installing an openly gay bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, its rules and liturgy continue to define marriage as between a man and a woman.

The bishops’ proposed resolution asks for permission to offer a “generous and flexible response” to same-sex couples seeking to be wed in the six states that have legalized same-sex civil marriage.

“Right now the state’s definition of marriage and the church’s definition of marriage are in conflict,” said Bishop Stephen Lane of Maine, where gay marriage became legal in May. “We’re asking for some flexibility to adapt the prayer book so a blessing could be made for a same-sex couple.” (emphasis added)

Here are the four quotes in this article that really trouble me, Spiritually!

Apostate Quote, #1:

“Even though the Episcopal Church has taken a liberal stand on gay issues… its rules and liturgy continue to define marriage as between a man and a woman.”

Note this: “Its rules and liturgy continue to define…” This is a religious denomination that supposedly represents the Christ, and yet it isn’t the Christ’s Word, nor the Spirit of God, that defines what Episcopalians believe. It is, instead, the “rules and liturgy” of the Episcopal Church that “define” what this congregation can and will believe.

Anyone should be able to discern, in this quote, that Episcopalian “rules and liturgy” are not worth the paper they are written on. If a portion of this denomination has “taken a liberal stand on gay issues,” then its conservative “rules and liturgy,” on this issue, have been nullified. If Episcopalians had been “defined” by the word of God, as they should have been, then there would have been no “liberal stand on gay issues” to begin with!

These Episcopalian “rules and liturgy,” as with other denomination’s dogma, are of man’s own making, and they come from his need for control of everything, including his “belief” in God. Institutional “church” (Christendom) rules, liturgies and doctrines, as opposed to the Lord and His Word, have become the source of spiritual direction and worship for many “church” goers. I hear many Sunday-morning “warriors” proclaiming, “What we (fill in the denomination: Episcopalians, etc) believe is…,” as opposed to, “We, as seekers of the Lord and His will, believe what the word of God, through His Spirit, reveals to us.” The word of God warns us of man’s religious rules, liturgies and doctrines, and those who create and enforce them:

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that GODLINESS IS A MEANS OF GAIN. (1 Timothy 6: 3-5)

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. (Matthew 7: 15)

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be FALSE TEACHERS among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. (2 Peter 2: 1)

“Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. “Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15: 13-14)

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4: 1-4)

Apostate Quote, #2:

“We’re asking for some flexibility to adapt THE PRAYER BOOK SO A BLESSING COULD BE MADE for a same-sex couple.”

This is one of the most Spiritually ignorant and yet, revealing statements I have heard from an apostate “minister” of Christendom!

What is a “prayer book”? I thought prayer, as the word of God points out, was communing with God, through His Spirit, on a deeply personal level:

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. “So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. (Matthew 6: 7-9)

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; (Romans 8: 26)

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4: 4-7)

Do heavenly blessings flow from our Lord’s love, grace and righteousness? Or do heavenly blessings flow through the constant manipulations (“adapting”) of a man-inspired “prayer book”?

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (Ephesians 1: 3)

Apostate Quote #3:

“The bishops’ proposed resolution asks for permission to offer a “generous and flexible response” to same-sex couples seeking to be wed…”

Apostasy!

This quote, in my opinion, is the very definition of Christendom’s “seeker sensitive” proselytizing technique, which keeps the “church” buildings operating and the clergy from having to find real jobs.

In order to pay for its enormous operating expenses, the institutional “church” {IC} must put aside the word of God and its truth. The IC knows people don’t want to hear that God’s Son had to come and die for their sins. The IC knows the carnal, or liberal, “church” goer hates to be convicted of sin (wrong doing), and he or she never wants to hear anything like,

“One thing you lack: go and sell all your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me,” or “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it,” or “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.”

Here then, according to my experience, is the IC’s true (“politically correct” and “seeker sensitive”) position on speaking and teaching the word of God. And this friend-to-the-world position, in reality, is just another way of taking care of business:

“People need to be built up, not torn down. They need to be reassured that, no matter what they do, or what they love and seek most, God loves and accepts them as they are. People don’t want to be reminded of the bad things they’ve done, they just want to concentrate on the few really “good” things they’ve managed to accomplish, and there’s nothing wrong with that. They want a well deserved pat on the back, and we’re there to give ‘em what they want! After all, people have scraped and clawed, connived and cheated all week, and the last thing they need to experience, in ‘church,’ on Sunday morning, is hearing about their distaste for the truth of God, and their worldly ways of going about life.”

In other words, people don’t want to hear the awful truth about themselves, their family, their friends, their business associates, this nation, or the world. People just want to HAVE THEIR EARS TICKLED, so they can go about their temporal lives, Monday through Saturday, as they please. As long as they “keep the sabbath holy” (which, by the way, was Law to the Hebrew only), then they have paid their dues to God. They also want the Lord’s blessings in all ways, but with no investment in Him, His way, truth, or life: “Just bless us, Lord, so we have an easy time of it, and we get everything we want in this life.” How convenient! How totally American!

Apostate Quote #4:

“Right now the state’s definition of marriage and the church’s definition of marriage are in conflict…”

The man-made, and corrupted, “state’s” definition of marriage should never be in line with the physical and Spiritual joining of a man and woman, which is found and defined in the word of God:

Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2: 18-25)

With all of this in mind then, why should I, or any other seeker of the Lord, be surprised by articles like this one? We must face the truth! The IC, in order to be “politically correct” and “seeker sensitive,” is going to pass over the word of God, and thus maintain its friend to the world status It has no choice. The IC, in its apostate state, must turn its back on the Lord and His truth, in order to survive. So, if the IC isn’t going to address its pew sitter’s desperate need for Christ, in a scriptural, truthful way, then it certainly isn’t going to stand against the ungodly and worldly trends such as “gay marriage”.

I hope I’m not the only believer who can see the utter Spiritual confusion of this apostate denomination of Christendom. This is not the church (Body of Christ) that Paul speaks of, nor the one exhibited in the Book of Acts. This type of “church” is the result of seventeen hundred years of Spiritual adultery with this world system and its leader, Satan.

I cannot, for the life of me, imagine how anyone, who is truly seeking the way, truth and life of our Lord, could possibly remain in this apostate form of religiosity. I encourage anyone who is experiencing this kind of Spiritual confusion and error, in their “church,” or “fellowship,” to come out from that darkness and start living in the light and life, in abundance, of our Lord!

The entire article can be found here:

via Religion News: Church-state divide looms for Episcopalians on gay marriage.

"Do Not Be Yoked Together With Unbelievers" (Part II)

This is the second and last part to “Do Not Be Yoked Together With Unbelievers” (Part I)

The System of this World:

Nimrod's Tower

The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. (Genesis 11: 5-9)

Because of man’s continuing desire to be equal with God, which had caused the fall of man to begin with, the Lord had confounded his speech. This punishment, by the Lord, had then forced man to divide and populate the rest of the earth, which, in turn, negated his newfound and ungodly, corporate power. For the next several thousand years, this forced separation would be sufficient to keep man from becoming too powerful, collectively.

But with the advent, in the twentieth century, of mass communications (in particular, the inter-net), and advanced forms of transportation, the world has, once again, shrunk to a size that man can manage and rule. This, then, has allowed for man to, once again, assert himself, collectively, as being equal with God.

Day by day, our world becomes ever more increasingly unified, in its power, greed, corruption and hatred of God: a common language (English), incorporated nations (the European Union), a common currency (the “euro”), and, in the near future, a “one-world” government and economy. The modern-day resurrection of Babel, in its fullness, is not too far off in the future. And its leader, the modern-day version of Nimrod {translated, “rebellious”}, might have already been born: the abomination of desolation, or the anti-Christ.

One Tall Example of Man's Progress, or One Small Symptom of a Deadly Disease?

An Example of Christendom's Idolatry & Friendship With the World!

What has been Christendom’s response to the ominous signs of Babel’s resurrection? Its response has been nothing less than to get on board and support the ungodly agendas of this current world system. In my estimation, Christendom is one of the main sources for Babel’s resurrection. In its ignorance of the Spirit’s leading, and its hypocrisy and friendship with the world, Christendom has fostered, among its Spiritually dead followers, a sense of belonging (loyalty), ownership (being “yoked together”), and even pride (love of mammon) in this world system.

The American institutional “church,” for the most part, is actively involved in the political and social affairs of this ungodly nation. The institutional “church,” in America, expresses pride (patriotism: loyalty) in the United States of America by acknowledging patriotic holidays, and displaying idolatrous American flags on its scripturally-incorrect, ritualistic “alters,” which exist in scripturally-incorrect, ritualistic “sanctuaries.” All of this ritualism is then hidden away in modern day versions of the Temple of God (“church” buildings), which, according to the word of God, no longer exists in the form of a building or tent: believers, according to the word of God, are individual temples of the Lord.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)

Once again, the Lord stated, through His Apostle, that we are not to be “yoked,” or working partners, with those caught up in this world and its system. And yet, over and over again, I observe institutionalized believers, and their photo-op-seeking “church” leaders, taking part in and even embracing the worldly (Godless) agendas of this postmodern (atheistic/agnostic/relativistic) government, its corrupt and hedonistic society, and the power-mad capitalists who rule it.

Here are just a few examples of the institutionalized “church’s” (Christendom) friendship with, and support for, the American version of this world-system:

1) Michael Jackson died last week, and some of the first to get on board this photo-op gravy-train were two “reverends,” Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

They weren’t alone! Many “churches,” in the city where I live, celebrated Michael Jackson’s life on Sunday, as opposed to, as they claim, worshiping the Lord and seeking His will. Many of these same people, over four years ago, were crying for Jackson’s blood, when he was accused, for the second time, of child molestation.

Michael Jackson was most certainly a member in good standing, for the most part, with this world system. Jackson made millions upon millions of dollars for himself and the power brokers, in this country and the world. This, above all else, including his personal failures, secured his right-standing in this Godless, depraved world of the enemy. Jackson also paid millions upon millions of dollars to hire lawyers and pay off the families who were accusing him.

Jackson’s adult life was self glorifying and devoid of anything resembling the ways of our Lord. His “spiritual” adviser was new-age guru (“blind guide”), Deepak Chopra. Michael Jackson hadn’t turned to so-called “men of God,” like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. He had, instead, turned to the new age deniers of God and His Christ, like Chopra! So why, then, would so many institutional “churches,” and their leaders, be mourning and praising this deceased man who was so ungodly, corrupt and superstitious?

{Since I started writing these two posts, almost two weeks ago, I have seen more national news coverage on the death of Michael Jackson, then there had been for the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Al Sharpton spoke of Jackson as though he had been Martin Luther King incarnate. The same news teams, who had sought to portray Jackson as a pedophile, four years earlier (even after his vindication), were, over the past two weeks, almost emotional and reverent in their remarks about him. To be honest, I have found all of this to be totally disgusting, even though I know that it fits, quite nicely, into the Lord’s view of this corrupt and hedonistic world, and its unregenerate (or apostate and hypocritical) worshipers!}

2) In another example of Christendom’s friendship with the world, news articles, over the last six months, have shown an alarming trend with institutional (flag waving) “church” goers. In a Pew Forum article, it was revealed that more American “Christians” (I use this designation loosely) were in favor of the torturing of prisoners, at Abu Ghraib, than were their atheist and agnostic counterparts. Can it truly be that “church” going “believers,” in Christ, are more in favor of torturing people than unbelievers and haters of God?

What is wrong with this picture?

There are many, many more examples, such as the institutional “church’s” support for Bush and Cheney’s war in Iraq, and support, by certain denominations (Episcopalian, homosexual ministers, for instance), for “gay” marriage. But, if I were to write on these other issues, I would never finish this post.

The sad fact is, if any of us are attending an institutional “church” of Christendom, then we are partaking of an ungodly and apostate friendship with this world system. And, in doing so, we are also denying the truth and sovereignty of our Lord and His word. We are, whether we’re aware of it or not, being yoked together with unbelievers.

Here is what our Lord and Savior (the last Judge) has to say to the modern day institutional “church” (Christendom), and those who remain, BY CHOICE, in its Spiritual deadness and apostasy:

‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit (spew or vomit) you out of My mouth. ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone (the individual) hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 15-22)

"Do Not Be Yoked Together With Unbelievers" (Part I)

This is a follow up to a recent post, But We Have the Mind of Christ. In that post, I tried to describe how my view of the world and the worldly, up to this point in my life, has been changed, through the leading of the Spirit and the mind of Christ.

What I have always accepted, to some extent, as the norm in life, entertainment, politics, social gatherings, etc, has suddenly become anathema. I have begun, and seemingly overnight, to experience and look upon the world as the Lord views it. I believe the reason for this happening is, the Lord, over the past few years, has begun to remove the worldly scales from my eyes, so I can, now, begin to discern, more accurately, His way, truth and life. In other words, I, now, truly have the mind of Christ, which allows me to be led by the Spirit of God.

Because of this new mind and discernment, which has led to a new vision, it has become increasingly clear that I am truly a stranger and alien in this world-system. And therefore, I am now, even more than before, longing for a better country, a heavenly one.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself A PECULIAR PEOPLE, zealous of good works. (Titus 2: 11-14)

All these died in faith (those saints who died before the Christ’s sacrifice), without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. FOR THOSE WHO SAY SUCH THINGS make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a BETTER COUNTRY, that is, A HEAVENLY ONE. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them. (Hebrews 11: 13-16)

This hasn’t always been an easy transition. Worldly things and events, I once looked forward to, now seem unappealing and meaningless: Christmas, Easter, sports events, and even television shows, which bore me with their Godless and mediocre fare.

I still enjoy gathering with brothers and sisters in Christ. But gone are the days when I could fully enjoy being with worldly friends. The same worldly friends who, over the years, rejected me, as well as the Lord, when I spoke of His truth and love for them. I still care about these people, but they have become strangers to me, and I to them. I have nothing in common with them, nor they with me. Nothing at all! Quite honestly, it was somewhat of a relief when these people chose to withdraw from me, since I had come to feel awkward and out of place among them.

There was an eternal reason for my awakening to the mind of Christ, and discernment of the Spirit. As with all other believers, I have an eternal purpose that the Lord created me to fulfill.

“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit (“good works”), and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. (John 15: 16)

There is a price we pay (and rightly so) to experience the life in abundance that Christ came to give us:

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” (Luke 10: 16)

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 10: 37-19)

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. (John 15: 18-19)

But here is our reward, now, and in the future, for paying that price:

So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. “All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. (John 10: 7-10)

This abundance of life is the life of our Lord, which now dwells in us. It is not this earthly, temporal life, it is something much, much better. The fruits of the Spirit: joy, love, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control are the main portion of this life in abundance. “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain…” This way, truth and life mindset (the mind of Christ) is how we are to live now. And this new way of life separates us from the world and those who still desire and worship what it offers.

Therefore, as the Apostle Paul made clear, in the scripture above, we are not to be “yoked together with unbelievers.”

Yoked: A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together.

In the yoking of two draft animals, there will always be a larger and more experienced animal joined with a smaller and/or unexperienced one. The larger and more experienced animal will pull the largest portion of the weight. This, then, allows the smaller and/or less experienced animal to help pull the weight, but without becoming exhausted, or straying from the direction of the tiller’s reins.

Jesus said,

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11: 28-30)

So the Lord invites ALL of His children to come and be yoked with Him. ALL of us can take up His yoke, and the Lord will lead us, through the Spirit and Word, to the way, truth and life. The Lord will bear the main burden (as He always has), so our portion of His yoke will be easy and its burden light!

This is what the Lord, through His death and resurrection, is offering us. But what many of us are choosing instead, even among those who believe, is the yoke and burden of this satanic world system. The yoke of following after and even promoting man’s ungodly culture, government, economic systems, and the apostate religious system of the world, Christendom, which is assisting in the resurrection of the modern day version of Babel! We must, therefore, not be yoked with anyone who worships at the alter of this corrupt and ungodly system.

I will finish this in Part II.

One of Christendom's More "Ravenous Wolves!"

Rev. Wiley Drake: One Example of the "Bad Fruit" of Christendom!

Jesus warned,

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. “So then, you will know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7: 15-20)

Just as the priests and pharisees, who plotted the death of the Christ, were more concerned with the nation of Israel than the will of God, so most of Christendom’s leaders, today, are more concerned with worldly political issues than the Lord’s will.

The following article speaks of a man who claims to be a minister of God, and yet his words and actions show him to be an apostate hypocrite and murderous servant of Satan!

NEW YORK ABP — A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who on June 2 called the death of abortion provider George Tiller an answer to prayer said later in the day he is also praying “imprecatory prayer” against President Obama.

Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes, said June 2 on Fox News Radio he didn’t understand why people were upset with his comments quoted by Associated Baptist Press from a webcast of his daily radio talk show.

“Imprecatory prayer is agreeing with God, and if people don’t like that, they need to talk to God,” Drake told syndicated talk-show host Alan Colmes. “God said it, I didn’t. I was just agreeing with God.”

Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying “imprecatory prayer,” Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. “The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama,” he said.

Later in the interview, Colmes returned to Drake’s answer to make sure he heard him right.

“Are you praying for his death?” Colmes asked.

“Yes,” Drake replied.

“So you’re praying for the death of the president of the United States?”

“Yes.”

Colmes asked Drake if he was concerned that by saying that he might be placed on a Secret Service or FBI watch list, and if he believed it appropriate to talk or pray that way.

“I think it’s appropriate to pray the Word of God,” Drake said. “I’m not saying anything. What I am doing is repeating what God is saying, and if that puts me on somebody’s list, then I’ll just have to be on their list.” (emphasis added)

Jesus could have called down legions of angels to destroy His Roman and Hebrew enemies, but instead, He allowed them to torture and nail Him to a tree. Unlike Wiley Drake and the other hypocritical charlatans of Christendom, today, Jesus exhibited what He taught, He practiced what He preached. Jesus was the living example of the way, truth and life that He had proclaimed.

Mr. Drake arrogantly and blasphemously claims to speak for God, as has always been the case with false prophets and teachers of Satan. Mr. Drake isn’t concerned with the Lord’s way, truth and life, he’s concerned with American politics, capitalism and the continued existence of Christendom.

Jesus had rebuked Peter on a similar issue (and Peter, by the way, wasn’t using Jesus to make a living and further his political career)! Just shortly after Peter had proclaimed Jesus as the Son of God, he would receive one of the most severe rebukes that Jesus had ever given:

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for YOU ARE NOT SETTING YOUR MIND ON GOD’S INTERESTS, BUT MAN’S.” (Matthew 16: 21-23)

Unlike Peter, who thought (in error) he was defending the Lord, Mr. Drake, and his cohorts, have their minds set on the interests of democracy, capitalism and Christendom. Mr. Drake and his cohorts make their living from this apostate form of political religiosity, and therefore, what the word of God says, on any issue, is of little or no concern to them: especially if it stands in the way of their worldly agendas.

Jesus had many things to say about what His followers response should be to evil and their enemies, and what He said still stands!

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5: 9)

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5: 11-12)

“But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. (Matthew 5: 39)

“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? “If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5: 43-48)

Where do we hear Jesus saying in scripture, “When you have a perceived enemy in political power, then listen and I will have you pray for them to die.” When it came to government and politics, what was our Lord’s position and His commands to us?

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? “Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.” They brought one. And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him. (Mark 12: 13-17)

The word of God (the Logos: Jesus) also says,

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, (Titus 3: 1)

Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. (Romans 13: 1-7)

Evidently, Mr. Drake is not familiar with, or has forgotten or ignored, these words of our Lord. To pray for any evil to be accomplished, in the name of God, is to blaspheme: in particular, to pray for anyone to die! What does the word of God say about “imprecatory prayer”, or placing a curse on someone? How are we, as believers and seekers of the lord, to respond to persecution and evil?

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12: 9-21)

Christendom Created the Modern (Satanic) State!

As I’ve said before, Mr. Drake, and his kind, are mere symptoms of a more ominous and powerfully destructive disease: religiosity (churchianity), or Christendom. The reason we have men like Wiley Drake is due to the ungodly marriage of the apostate “church” (not the Body of Christ) with the Satanic owned and operated system of this world (the “state”).

I pray that those who are still trapped in this religious form of bondage will come out from it’s grasp and be set free by the truth:

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (John 8: 31-32)

The entire article can be found here:

via Associated Baptist Press – Drake, former SBC officer, says he’s praying for Obama to die updated.