“…[T]hou shalt preserve them from this genertation for ever.”  (Psalm 12)

One (1) of the devil’s great weapons is the games he plays with God’s Word.  Over the years he has sought to corrupt God’s Word.  There are very, very many different “versions.” Some of the fruits of these games are:
*Confusion among believers
*An unfriendliness and a variance among the brethrn and even a discord.
*Churches have split.
*These are just a few.

I more recent “version” has been the English Standard Version or ESV.  This version WAS one (1) of the more acceptable versions.  Please note the capitalized WAS.  I recently found out some failings of the ESV.  I have found that The ESV has removed or SUBTRACTED the Name- Jesus 18’s,  Jesus Christ 51’s,  Christ 38x’s,  Lord 66’s,  God 38x’s. Granted, it has replaced these Names with other personal promouns  so the reader should be able the figure out the identity of the Person being referenced.

However, Why remove the Name at all?  The Christ-ian is a lover of the Name of God’s Son.   To the lover of God’s Son, His Name is Holy and that Name holds great Power.  It seems to me it is an assault upon that great Name and nothing else.

Not only does this “version” remove the Name of God’s Son, but nnter verses are removes.  This is true of all the other “versions” as well.  This is why I prefer the KJV so very much.  I know people complain about the difficulty in reading and understanding the KJV but that is a poor excuse when the KJV is written ata sixth (6th) grade reading level.  The excuse that the thee’s, thou’s, thy’s, and ye’s are too difficult and confusing is only a betrayal of one’s poor reading skills and reading level.

Another verson that I have found acceptable is the Geneva Bible.  The KJV and the Geneva has been translated from the best of the originals and the translators, themselves, have been the best and most trusted.  The other translation have used some of the most untrust-worthy and most corrupt of the originals. One need not take my word for this but can very easily research these truths for themselves..My facts concerning the ESV comes from a article called “The Fruit of the ESV.”  I would encourage you to do your own research.

Let me also say for the record, while I greatly prefer the KJV I am not one (1) to be put into the KJV-ONLY camp.  I am not one (1) of those….not at all.  The KJVONLY crowd can cee included among those that sow discord among that brethren and this is one (1) of the things God’s hates in Proverbs 6.  Though I prefer the KJV, I can get along with anyone (1) that uses a different “version.”  The exceptions being the New World Translation of the J. Witnesse cult, the Book of Mormon of the Mormon cult.  These two are not versions, anyway, but subversions to say the least.

To those that use different versions and yet fellowship togethet in a church, but NOT allow the devil to sow discord among you and your brethren. Do not let differing versions get in the way of fellowship.  A further word regarding the fallacy regarding the “original texts” being the only inspired texts.  The same argument can be used as is used regarding contemporay hymns.

All hyms were contemporay at one (1) time.  “Amazing Grace,” was contemporay at one (1) time as was, “How Firm a Foundation,” and all other hymns.  To say that only the original texts were inspired, one (1) must then realize that the texts Paul, Peter, and all the New Testaments writers used WERE NOT original texts. If one (1) insists that the texts we use today are not inspired, one (1) must atleast confess them to be “Preserved” as promised by God.

One (1) should also confess that the preserved text is preserved in the text that is closest to the originals or those used by the apostles and that is the KJV or the Geneva.  Another Bible that I like to use is Youngs Literal Translation.  All three (3) use the “Textus Receptus” as the texts they use to translate from.  Reader the above information is unasssailable, but I invite, yea, encourage you to investigate for yourself.

The worst “verse” is the New Internation Version or NIV. This is an abomination.  I know many of my readers use this NIV and some of you may take offense at this comment or feel as though I am attacking you.  You are entitled to you emotional reponse or reaction, of course.  However your feelings cannot and do not change the facts above. I wouls ask those of you that are angry with the above info, how often do you read your “version” anyway?

Some counsel” Purchase for yourself a Parallel Bible” as soon as you are able.  The “Parralel” is a Bible that has anywhere from two (2) to four (4) and in some cases even more “versions” in it.  One (1) is able to compare “versions” side by side.  It is a very helpful tool.  I use a parallel that has KJV, Amplified, New Amercan Standard (this is a decent translation), and the abominal NIV.  My wife uses The KJV and the Amplified.  The Ampliflied is not a version or even a translation so to speak. It is to be used as a commentary on the Boble, it says so, itself, in the beginning.

A further word on the Geneva Bible.  The Geneva came into existence in Geneva Switzerland in the town of John Calvin.  Calvin was not the translator but it was under his supervision as the translators were under his protection.  In the days of the Geneva, the man of God was under tremendous persecution as he is now and will soon be in the our country.  The man of God was under the persecution of Bloody Mary, Queen of England. The man of God fled to Calvin’s Geneva for protection from this wicked and bloody Catholic witch.  While in Geneva, these godly and persecuted, but protected men sought to translate the Bible and this is where the Geneva Bible was birthed, under persecution.

The Geneva also gave us the KJV.  That is to say, humanly speaking, the KJV would not be without the Geneva.  The Geneva was the first (1st) Bible with study notes.  One (1) of these notes stated that the people were justified by God to rise up against a wicked King that goes contrary to God’s will.  King James read this, and to say the least, did not favour this truth.  Therefore he called for a new translation, without study note. This new translation would be called the King James Version, replacing the Geneva,

The Geneva was used by The Pilgrims, Shakespeare, and Cromwell, John Knox, the John Knox that fightened a queen with his prayers, among so many, many others. Some of the godly men that were protected under Calvin’s watch and gave us the Geneva, and subsequently the KJV:
*William Whittingham (Calvin’s brother-in-law)
*Miles Coverdale
*Christoper Goodman
* Anthony Gilby
*John Knox
*Thomas Sampson

My Ideal Parallel Bible would be made up of the KJV, the Geneva, Young’s Literal, and the Amplified.

I trust this article would not endanger my relationship with anyone.  If it does, there was not much of a relationship to begin with and this article only exposed that.  But like I sais I trust nothing, in terms, of love, brotherhood, or friendship will change in light of this information.  As to the the ESV, I recently learned this for my self and I was disappointed to say the very least.  Truth must avail over feelings, however.  I have recently been attending a church that uses the ESV.  This knowledge does not and I trust will not change anything.

To Summarize:  The mixed multitude of different translations of the Scriptures is a tactic of (s)atan to sow discord among the brethren.   Let us understand this, and then let us not stand for this.  Reader, you use the translation(s) you choose and I’ll use the translation(s) I choose and neither of us will judge the other. By doing this the devil and his machinations fail and fall to the ground as he once did.

To (s)atan, Your machinations and tricks fail, we, the Blood bought, will not fall as you once did. We will not turn on each other as you and you demonic army once did yours.  We will not displease God by being a broken body due to discord.  No, devil, we will stand together as one (1) chosen nation under God. And as the children’s song goes,          “And if the devil doesn’t like it he can sit on a tac, if you don’t like it you can sit on a tac, sit on a tac, and if you don’t like it you can sit on a tac.”                                                       “AND THE PEOPLE SAY?”   “AMEN!!!”

I learned about the ESV from an article online called “The Fruits of the ESV.”  Read this article. In this article you will learn how many entire verses are removed from Scripture aside from the ATTACK upon our Lord’s Name.  You will learn how many verses have been altered as well.  If I were a younger man and had a better memory, I wd, with God’s blessings and according to His will, learn the original languages.

“God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; [H]e judgeth among the gods.”                                                                                                                                               (Psalm 82)

“…[T]he sons of God saw the daughters of men that they took them wives of all they choose.”  (Genesis 6)

“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.  (Matthew 22)

“…the angels that kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation.  (Jude)

“For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords…”  (Deuteronomy 10)

Reader, What are we to do with passages such as this or even this:  “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” ???  What did the Godhead do before Creation?  What is the Godhead doing now? What are gods, angels, Cheribims and Seraphims?

I thought about saying, ” I am not dogmatic on these things,” so as to cover myself from debate and the derision of others.  But I have decided to be dogmatic on these issues. It all makes perfect sense.

Before we begin, I must give credit to where credit is do. My brother Robin gifted me with some books. These books were used by God to “put all the pieces together” for my brother, Rob. God used this to bring him into the saving knowledge of Christ as Lord and Saviour of his life.

The things I’m going to write, God willing, will be new to…probably everyone. What I write does not diminish the Trinity at all, nor does it lower Christ’s Person, office, or Standing, instead this article will greatly Glorify God as Sovereign, Preeminent, and show Him as The Only True and Holy God in three (3) Persons

Let me be clear; God is a Triune God, in this Tri-unity there is The Father, as Christ revealed Him to us.  There is the Son, Whom the Father has revealed to whom He wills. There is the Holy Spirit of God, Who is God, and He lives, abides, dwells within each of God’s elect persons.  This Holy Spirit teaches us, guides us, comforts us, seals us, chastens us, The Holy Spirit is He Whom sews our soul and spirit to God. The Father is Sovereign, The Son is Sovereign, the Holy Spirit is Sovereign. So, what I am about to write does nothing to our understanding of God’s Personage. If anything changes, it will be God so much more glorified in your sight.

From the passages above and other passages interspersed throughout Scripture, the Godhead has given us a picture of what happens in Heaven, what has happened in Heaven, and what will happen in Heaven. The Scriptures let us in on what was, before Creation.  The Triune God was not flying through space or the heavens praising each other, though to be clear, They do praise each other, for He is Worthy.

From passages such as, Genesis 6, Psalm 82 AND even or especially John 3:16, We can learn that there exists other heavenly entities.  The Scriptures use the terms, “sons of God.” in many places. This, thinks me, speaks to the angels, seraphims, and Cheribims. In regard to John 3:16, Christ, our elder brother, is called, God’s [O]nly [B]egotten Son, this intimates that there are other sons (created beings) of God. Genesis six (6) speaks to the sons of God (created beings) looking upon the daughters of men. The chapter depicts that these sons of God took the daughters of men and married them. Out of this union, came giants.

Remember, though, Christ, Who is the Truth says, the angels in heaven do not marry or are given in marriage. This seems to me to be a contrast. The Angels in Heaven do not marry, but the angels that lost their first (1st) estate do, they did take wives..the offspring of men and therein is how we have giants in the earth in those days.

In Isaiah six (6) God asks, “Who will go for us?”  The us are the other created and governing bodies in Heaven (This does nothing to the Triune God, The Godhead is still upon His Throne, above all other gods (Created beings).  It is written that God sits in the heavens and does what He pleases.  HeavenS.

Note the plurality of the heavens.  There are more than one (1) Heaven….the Planets…the stars, space, the clouds. These are where these created, heavenly being make their trade. There is a whole and otherly world about us.  And our Lord, our King, our Saviour, our God reigns Supremely, Sovereinly over all these worlds and their entities.

In summary, There is a family (Created beings) in the Heavens that our Lord Jesus reigns over and we are part of it. Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords, He is God over outhergods or cellestiel beings.

God has made all things for Himself.

Godspeed.

“And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and [Cain] said, I know not: Am i my brother’s keeper?”  (Genesis 5)

“And have no fellowship with  the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”  (Ephesians 5)

Christ-ians enjoy mysteries.  It is well known in the fiction world of writing that Christ-ians are a big demographic for mystery fiction. G.K Chesterton thought it was due to the Christ-ian having a “hunger and thirst” for justice and for the truth to be revealed or uncovered. Did our Lord not tells us, …”Search and ye shall find?…”  Does Hes not tell His own that the mysteries shall be opened unto His people but hidden from the wise of this world?  Did not Paul exhort the believer to “Reprove all things?”  And did not John tell us to, “Try the Spirits?”  Paul did also say, quoting Isaiah, that he would be found by those that did not search for him?

In Fiction, we find persons asking Holmes, how he knows things or what business something is to him and he would reply, “It is my trade, ”  or  “It is my business to know what others do not.”  In movies, depicting mystery fiction, like Sherlock Holmes and Hercules Poirot, The discerning, and searching eyes of the detectives are always roaming and searching persons and things around them, their ears are always open to words around them, and their minds are always turning.

In Scripture it is said of Christ that He, “Looking about, seeing all things.”  It is written, also of Christ that He, “perceiving their thoughts…”  Elisha was said to observe the face of an evil servant of a king, and was able by the servant’s countenance to know, what this evil servant would do.  It was said of Peter that he knew the naughtiness of a sorcerer’s heart and condemned his thoughts.

What am I stating by the above?  My point is, and the point of this article is this:  Other persons are the business of the believer and especially of the Minister of God and those that minister to God’s people.  The shepherd of sheep would use his rod and staff to look underneath his sheep’s wool, to see what was not evident, upon the wool.  The shepherd would lift up the wool to search the skin underneath. The shepherd was searching for that which was not healthy or good for the sheep.

I know as a pastor, who stands before a flock of God’s sheep, search the faces, the small expressions, and body language of those before me and before God.  I search the faces and movements of the persons sitting in front of me…”it is my trade,”  “It is my business.”  I am trying the spirits, and seeking to “prove all things.”  To answer God’s question to Cain, I am my brother’s keeper.

In others words it is my business or more accurately it is my calling to “meddle” and to be found by those who search not for me as Isaiah said and Paul quoted much later. If I see something in the eyes. the facial expressions or the body language of someone, I am called by God to love, and I do nothing then what am i I doing? The minister of God will answer for how he has loved, shepherded, and ministered to the flock of God.

Christ in His priestly or even shepherd’s prayer in John seventeen, (17) that he was thankful for those God had given to Him and that he had, “kept them all”… except for the foreordained child of perdition, Judas. Christ kept them all and gave them God’s Word and lost none.  Christ was doing what all pastors will do someday.  Christ was giving an account to God for those entrusted to Him by God.  This is something all pastors will do for those souls God had entrusted to him.

Pastors, take heed to this truth and even warning.  James warned you, Christ-ian pastor, that is wise not to be a teacher over other persons, because of the responsibility he will have and that he would be accountable for.  Christ-ian believer, take heed to this as well. Your pastor will be accountable for your growth and spiritual condition as he stands before God. Pastoring a flock and being part of a flock is very important and serious business and should be taken gravely and soberly.  This is one (1) reason a pastor should not be overly concerned with true church growth because he is asking for a very serious responsibility for which he will give an account for, before the Great and Good Shepherd.

Having said this, though the servant of God may not have honour in his own country or among his own family and friends, the minister of God should be interested in his own family….i’m talking about extended family members. Of course the minister of God is responsible for his wife an children but I am saying there should be a felt responsibility for the extended family: Mother, Father, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins and so forth. The minister should also be concerned for his friends, and others in his world that encompasses him.  The minister should be concerned for the store clerks and others he comes in contact with in everyday life. It is the Christ-ians business and especially the minister business to “meddle” in the lives of those around him.

I’m not pretending this will be easy or even popular with those that you are meddling with, but if you do not meddle, who will.  Turning a blind eyes should not be easy to do. i know a guy who was standing in a line, waiting behind a women, to be served and checked out. The woman in front of him starting complaining to the manger about the clerk that had been waiting upon her. This woman began saying the clerk didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t like what he was saying to her. The guy I know spoke up and told the manager that this woman was making stuff up and the guy did fine and said nothing out of line. Of course, the lying woman didn’t like being called a liar, but the guy I know and the clerk and the manager were not concerned with this woman or her lie.

In summary, Yes, Reader, You are your brother’s keeper.

“As for [M]y people, children are their oppressors and women rule over them. O’ [M]y people, they which lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.”                                                                                                                                                 (Isaiah 3)

“And even they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient…”  (Romans 1)

In the Scripture texts above we see not a prophecy intended for America, but we do find a pattern of God’s Holy and Righteous judgments. God is speaking of a judgment that has come upon His people for their spiritual adultery and idolatry. We can learn from this how God doth judge the nations. It’s a divine pattern.

In crimonlogy one (1) can use an old case as a model or pattern for a current case.  Sherlock Holmes says there are familial resemblences in crimes.  Patterns is another way of stating the same.  With God, He allows us to see His pattern, thus, we know He is behind or is in a thing. The Fires in California is a message from God. That message could be except ye repent, ye shall all likewise persish. God uses patterns. Again, the texts above show us a pattern of judgment that should be heeded.

In our country right now we are seeing this pattern again. Unregenerate women, the homosexual agenda and the race baters and there following are either going to work together against a single enemy. Or It could be a three (3) fold wave of attacks against the singled out enemy. Or it could be a tag team made up from the three (3) usurpers.

Who is the singled out target of this three-fold group of usurpers?  It is the old white and Christ-ian men.  Not old interms of age, but old interms of old leadership and manhood. This coup or usurping is taking shape in differing fields, industries, and institutions:
*Politics
*Hollywood or Pop culture
*Education system

In politics, as Isaiah has said, women and children are our oppressors. In others words, a leftist feminine mentality and childlike behaviour…as I have said before, we call ourselves thechildrenofissachar.com for a reason. The Children of issachar saw what was happening, understood what was happening, and knew what to do to change it, but it probably will not be changed. In Washington, there is a feminine presence and childlike attitude that is in government and this follows the divine pattern. It has God’s signature upon it.

I am not a woman hater, but I would be blind and a coward if I did not point out that in Scripture the woman is often a detriment to the men of God or rulers that God has put in place, though they be pagan. Eve, Sarai, Rebecca, Michal, Jezebel, the woman who wanted John Baptist’s head served to her on platter.

Women do often trip up men, but on the other hand some of these same women were great blessings at other times. And there stands as a testimony of God’s thoughts upon the greatness of women, Esther, Ruth, Jael, Lydia, Priscilla.

Women were the first (1st) witnesses to Christ’s resurrection. Many of Christ disciples were women that also supported Him. Paul sent the great epistle of Romans to the Roman believers in the hands of Pheobe, Paul’s trusted associate. Also, already mentioned, Priscilla, wife of Aquila, was instrumental in the early church. I say all of that to say I am not attacking women. BUT……

…….BUT I am speaking of unsaved women, who are liberal-minded feminists that are targeting men and other authorities. Again, I am speaking to the pattern one (1) finds God using in His judgment upon a nation. We find this wicked, ignorant, and usurping spirit in Second (2nd) Peter 2. Again it is within the pattern.

In Hollywood, one would be blind not to see the seditious activities of women and gays. Movie…and do not think movies do not impact our nation, movies impact our nation subversively, as do comics, and television shows. In the entertainment industry, reboots of shows of television past, are going with waves of gender and race changes.

Television shows of the past that had a serious tone and men as the leads are now being remade as slapstick, and silly comedies. Hollywood is remaking many movies with intent. Their intent is to put the white Christ-ian man down and raise up the mexican or hispanic race, raise up the black race, raise up the homosexual agenda, raise up the liberal feminine mind-set. Readers, this is happening, we are the children of Issachar and we see the signs and the movements…we see what is happening, we see it clearly.  We know what is to come because of what has already come.

The public education system is a garden of liberal and progressives teaching children not how to think but what to think.  It’s all in plain sight, but like Holmes says, the best hiding place is in plain sight….Jarod Kushner standing in front of his building with the address of 666 and it is all in plain sight. The god of this world, the prince of the power of the air, the serpents, the devil, the liar and murderer from the beginning is manifesting himself in plain sight. A television show on Netflix is Sabrina the Teen-aged Witch and it is openly satanic. Again Plain sight. The god of this world is beginning to show himself and those that have been taken captive at his will are the three (3) enemies of Christ spoken of above.

Godspeed.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”  (@ Corinthians 5)

In these days more than ever one (1) “should,”  “Must,”  “Had better,”  “would be smart to.” watch the words they use.  This is what everyone is thinking or “feeling” as “I feel like,” has replaced, “I think.”  Everyone feels…no one thinks.  Solomon and C.S. Lewis would tell you that that the person who “follows their heart” is an absolute fool.  By the way, this writer would tell you the same thing. “There is  a way that seem right unto man, but the end thereod is the way of death.”  The mind MUST, MUST, MUST control the emotions, thinking and actions of a person lest they be a liberal minded person.

Race baiting is at it all time high, methinks.  I made a comment on FB recently regarding George Soros paying women, gays, and reprobate black persons to go against what is good.  A woman responded, “What is a reprobate black man?”  I don’t know if she was sincere in her question or was race baiting, but this writer will not be race baited. The Wisdom of the Witness that inhabits my mind will not allow for such nonsense or folly. I told her the reprobated black man is the same as the reprobated white man, red man, yellow man, etc. I made the point that I could not NOT careless about race.  I walk by faith and not by sight.

Christ and Paul, both suffered racism in their lives and they handled it well.  Paul writes that there is neither jew or gentile, bond nor free, rich or poor, male or female, and by logical extention, black or white in Christ, Those in Christ are one (1) in Christ, they are one (1) In, Of, and For Christ.

When one (1) walks by faith and not by sight, when one (1) walks with a pure heart open to God, one (1) need not be bothered with the racism tripe or bigotry propaganda. This world and it’s bond slaves will take every opportunity to twist words. Words like “Rant,”  “Just,”  “Complete,”  “Total,”  “Comprehensive,”  “African-American,” and others are use to shut honest and goos persons down.  Our Lord is called the Word of God, words are on our side. God told His prophets not to fear men, fear men’s faces, or to fear words. He further promised us that the Spirit would provide us words when we are being persecuted.

In Daniel, we find him being asked a question by the king, and Daniel quickly prayed to his LORD for words to say, and they were provided.  When Daniel’s friends stood before an angry king, they refused to bow and even when threatened with death, they spoke the words that frightens every power hungry authoritative despot, ” Even if God does delivery us, we will not bow .”

Reader there is one (1) thing every power hungry person fears, there is one (1) thing that every controling person fears, there is one (1) thing that every authority abuser fears, and that one (1) thing is the real thing, the genuine article, if you will.  The worst and most freted against day for a false teacher, preacher, prophet is the day they come face to face with the real thing.  The Pharissees came face to face with God incarnate and He scared them to murder.

Reader, if you are the real thing, you will scare others to distraction, you will cause them to do all manner of things that will ultimately destroy them. I’ve seen it happen. I have seen persons lose jobs because they have seen the real thing. I have come face to face with “pastors” that recognize me as a threat, they know it, I know it, and we both know each other knows it. I do not say that in a sense of arrogance but a sense of fact. Logick and truth do not worry about such things as false modesty and insipid false humility, If something is true and if something is from God and if God is acknlwledged in that thing, all else can hang.

Reader, it is about time we start putting our Old Testament on and saying what should be said and lets the bodies hit the floor. The Christ-ian speaks good words, encouraging words,  pure words, words spoken in due time, godly words, measured words, chosen words, but the Christ-ian DOES NOT SPEAK IN POLITICALLY CORRECT TERMS nor does the Christ-ian speak to satisfy “itching ears.”  Christ-ian’s do not speak idle words, or vain-glorious words, Christ-ians speak edifying words UNTIL IT’S TIME NOT TO.  Christ-ians are called upon to speak harsh words, hard words, words that expose, expel, exorcise, startle, rebuke, reprove, correct, and put down the enemies of Christ.

Christ-ians shall not fear the race baiters, Christ-ians shall not fear the faces of men, Christ-ians shall not fear the words or judgments of men, the Christ-ian fears only One (1) Word and that is The Word Of God.  It’s been said before:  “If you fear God you cannot and must not fear man.”

The Christ-ian is watched over by the Godhead, and angels. God is over us, beside us, before us, behind us, inside us, under us and Praise God, FOR us.  Remember the meekness of Christ covers great strength and much power within us and when necessary that robe of meekness will be removed by God, and God’s saints, who are bold as lions will roar.

The hyenas like J. Jackson, Al Sharpton, Farakhan, and others of their reprobated race baiting ilk will be devoured by the Great Lion, The Great Lion Of Judah.  The other lion that seeks to devour believers today ((s)atan) shall be devoured by the great Lion of Judah and the saintly lions will roar in praise and pride of the great Lion of God.

In summary: Those who walk by faith and not by sight see not race.

“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned”                                                                                                                                           (Matthew 12)

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”  The previous sentence, Reader, is a lie.  There may have been good intent behing the lie but a lie none the less.  In this temporal world words DO hurt and they are meant to hurt. At the judgment seat, the reprobated humans will have their words used as evidence against them. This evidence will do more than break bones but it will send souls and their unredeemed bodies to hell.

Words like Just, Small, Little, Whatever can be weaponized. “A little prayer.”  “your small church.”  “Just sayin’,”  “WHat EVar”  The word just is short or is being used instead of “I’m Justifying myself with this fallacy.”  When a pastor speaks to a church-goer (I use church-goer on purpose, instead of Christ-ian) about their Biblical ignorance or illiteracy or unBiblical view, and they respond with, “I don’t know, Pastor, I just love Jesus,” This means “Shut up and go away preacher man, i know what i know, i know what i’ve been taught or told, and I am fine.” Or the illiterate might mean, “I have no idea about what is really in this Book, I’m just going by what I have been told, it is too troublesome to actually read the text itself, myself, and Hey! What am I paying you for anyway, I pay you to spoon feed me my ritualist weekly performance and show at this place, so shut up and get to work.”

The Biblically illiterate justify their ignorance an flat out laziness and despisement of God and God’s Word by saying,  “I just Luv Jesus.”  If asked, “How does Christ’s death and Ressurection really benefit you, I mean how does it all work?”  The illiterate will reply, ” Oh, Pastor, I don’t know all of that, but I do just love my Jesus.”  In other words, “Preacher, preacher, preacher,  I have made my Jesus into my image, the Jesus I worship is a whited wall upon which I paint unBiblical ideas of Christ.”  Reader, This will not do….

Reader, the above is unacceptible: We that love, not “just love” but we, who are loved by Him and do love Him, WANT to Think upon Him always, Speak with Him unceasingly, walk with Him perpetually, and to read His Word as meat and drink (That the world knows nothing of) for our spirit. This is what a Christ-ian does.

“Say a little prayer.” My goodness, this is an insult brought up from Hell! I am starting to observe a pattern among Christ-ian leaders and talk show hosts.  They are saying, it keeps coming up, …”How to get your prayers heard in Heaven.” This fallacy may sound good to itching ears, but it is blasphemy and I invoke that word properly and with purpose.

To make the statement, “How to get your prayers heard in Heaven,” is to imply that God is not listening or hearing prayers. Again that is blasphemy and so very unScriptural. Those ideas are an intended attack upon God’s Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience. The answering to prayer is under God’s sovereign will, of course, but to imply that God does not hear every prayer, that the Holy Spirit brings Him, is dangerous. David knows better, “…[T]hou understandeth my thought afar off.”  Our Lord says, “...for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask [H]im.”   And Paul gives us this:  “Now unto [H]im that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ASK or THINK, according to the power that worketh in us…”

Your small church: The person that says this is insulting the minister to whom they are  speak to, and it is usually the women that use those words. I observe and do not make things up, ladies. “Your small church,”  Let us look at each of the words used in this insult.  “Your,”  as in God is not in it or it would be bigger if God was in it. This is world, business, capitalistic thinking or in other words “worldlygroupthink.”  These people are in 1984 and do not understand .33 A.D. The “Small-ish” church is a beacon of light that still stands as the remnant God speaks to. The small church can be compared to a islamic terrorist cell. One (1) is of light, life, and logic and the other is of darkness, death, and hatred. One should praise God that we were born as Americans and are chosen by Him to become Christ-like and not born into a death and hate trap-ville. There is never a time when God should not be thanked and praised…never a time. In your wost circumstances, Thankfulness and praise is the Soup of the day.

Whatever is equal to the versatile german word for “To Strike,” or “to make a person angry.” You can do the research yourself, if you want to. “Whatever” encapsulates most cursing words or swearing words.

Why do words matter? Words matter because they are the way we express ourselves.  Words are important because God will use them to judge the wicked, the lost, the unredeemed, the workers of iniquity, the reprobate, the made to be destroyed to Glorify God by their eternal damnation, the unsaved, the unloved but hated by God, the I never knew you rebels. AND…….

….The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.  And His Name is written upon His thigh, “The Word of God.”

In summary, Watch your words, they can be weaponized and murderous to reputations. The tongue, James says, is a fire. Solomon said, a fool is thought wise when silent. So keep your heart full of Christ, keep your mouth closed, and look persons dead in their eyes or between the eyes or the forehead or bridge of the nose, (you will feel no awkardness but they will) it is a drill into a person’s soul, look at then between their eyes and they think you are staring into their eyes and soul.

Godspeed.

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”  (Ephesians 5)

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy my God and His so great salvation.  We are taught in most catechisms that the main purpose of man is to Glorify God and enjoy God in close relationship.  This is something I do. I enjoy and have a good time with my salvation. One (1) thing I enjoy and consider a ministry is engaging persons online abpout their presuppositions and errors of thought.  I’m not a debater or trouble maker (or atleast I have convinced myself off that) but I do enjoy “interviewing” persons on their views and sometimes very vapid and empty, if not stupid, or even vain ideology or world view. I never write anything I would not say to a person’s face. I do not hide behind this keyboard.  I use my name and the other persons can always find me.

I try to always be tactful and remember I am representing Christ and the faith, hope, and charity of Christ-ianity. But I never allow enemies of Christ think they are strong or great for rejecting Him.  I always let them knowif they reject Christ it is only because He first rejected them. Some may disagree with that tactic but I’m okay with it, just ask me. I never let a sinner go away thinking they have stood up to God and that they will direct and order their lives….No, no, no…their mouths must be stopped.  No pride-filled  person leaves me, thinking that they are better for not needing God or “Jesus”  I do not say this to be tough, but when one (1) walks under the protection of the fear of God, there is no fear of men or of offending or being troublesome to them.

Anyway….let me tell you about an online engagement I had recently.  I was watching a show called’ “Haunted” on Netflix. I believe it was the second (2nd) episode of the first (1st) season. It was about demons in a person’s house. This person said that the haunting has gotten worse with time and was still going on at the recording of her story.

So…as I believe all Christ-ian’s have been empowered to expell demons from persons and homes, I contacted this woman and offered my assistance.  Well, This woman responded with a refusal to accept any help from “Your Jesus.”  She went on to tell me she had a priestess working on the issue.  I replied by telling her that her plans would not work and when she figures that out, she knows where to find me.

She would not let that comment slide.  She then revealed to me that SHE WAS A PRACTICING WITCH HERSELF!!!  I then asked her if she was surprised by demon activity having brought it on herself?  She said she wasn’t but still did not want anything to do with “Jesus” and the “hateful Christ-ian God.”  This pagan understands the hatred of God more than does the average Christ-ian.  If you tell a Christ-ian that God hates, they cannot process that information….”Does not compute, Does not compute, does not conpute.”

I then took her to sunday school 101. I let her know that I was not wanting to present Christ to her and to “save her soul.”  If Christ wanted to introduce Himself to her, He could do that.  I then informed her that I was not thinking about saving her soul, but instead I was talking about emptying her home and life of demons. At the end I thanked her for her time and told her that God loves whom He will love and the rest He hates. After that comment she was done with me.

Reader it is expressly taught in Scripture that God DOES NOT love every person.  God loves those whom He chooses to love and the rest, He hates…plain and simple. I know that that is a startling statement tomany who have never heard that before….God loves those He elects to love and the rest can and will die in their very sin and sins. Christ told the Pharisee enemies that they would in fact die in their sins.  Christ condemned them right to their faces.

We have been taught to tell Christ haters that God loves them…this is humanistic dogma and not Scripture. It’s so simple, Reader,  If God loves every person, He will end up throwing those “He loves” into hell.  If that is true, why and how can anyone be assured of their salvation and of God’s love for them.  It doesn’t make any common sense. Those that will be cast into Hell are not loved of God, nor do they love God….win, win. Consider a Christ-hater spending eternity in Heaven, where Christ is worshiped and loved…Heaven would be Hell for that reprobate. It would be like putting a far left liberal being at a far right conservative convention. It would be like taking a (s)atanist and putting him on a church stage and making him sing Amazing Grace.  Do you get my meaning?

The sinner would rather burn in hell than be in Heaven and be a worshiper of Christ. If one (1) does not love Christ here, one (1) will not love Christ there but instead would be repulsed by Christ’s Holiness and righteousness.  Sinners are silly-minded. C.S. Lewis wrote a book called, “The Great Divorce” and that was his plot. Sinners in hell take a bus ride to heaven, a field trip if you will. But by the end of the book the sinners chose to return to hell than to stay in Heaven.Why would a siner want to be in Heaven, he wouldn’t.

“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the [W]ay, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put trust in Him.”  (Psalm 2)

“Lordship salvation”  is a label that has been put upon Biblical salvation by men. It should not be an issue. The answer should be simple.  Who Saves the sinner from sin, sins, self (s)atan?  Who performs this miracle? Who takes a sinner, who is guilty of breaking God’s moral law and saves him?  Who exchanges His Pure and Perfect Righteousness a with person’s sinfully sinfulness” Who is it that takes every sin from every person and shoulders those very specific and peculiar sins upon Himself? What is His Name? What is He called by? Who does one (1) call upon to be saved,?  “For whosoever shall call upon the [N]ame of the Lord shall be saved.”  (Romans 10) What’s the Lord’s Name?  Jesus, of course. BUT what does one (1) call Him when calling upon Him, according to this verse? Yep!!! “THe Lord Jesus Christ.”

“You call Me Master and Lord: and you say well, for so I am.”  (John 13) So where is the problem? The Saviour of a person is Called Lord Jesus. Man makes it complicated, does he not?  It is simple, The Lord Jesus is the Saviour of sinners, who believe. The title of Lord, and it’s implications should not and cannot be be separated from His Person.

Let’s look at it this way:  “Yo, Jesus, i will accept you as my Saviour from hell and all, but the Lord thing, that isn’t really my thing, ya know?” Does that work for you? Reader? Is that acceptable to you? Are you comfortable with someone thinking that way, about Christ and His salvation?  I would hope not. When one (1) comes to Christ for salvation one (1) is coming to repent, turn around, change things up. Who does one (1) come to, but the Lord Jesus. Lordship is built into repentance and salvation. The Lord Jesus is not out to “SAVE” those who will not love and trust Him. No, Not at all.

Salvation is a covenant, Salvation is a committment, Salvation is a marriage, with no prenuptials, or divorcing possible. Salvation is returning to our beginning. Salvation is returning to Eden and not listening to the serpent. Salvation is returning to walks with God, the Creator, or Potter, if you will, in the Cool of the evening. The God Who Created us and Loves us and gave us so many allowances and freedoms is Creator, God, LORD and Lord. So there should be no problem with Lordship salvation. It is Christ Jesus, Who is Lord over all that saves a sinner. If the sinner refutes Christ’s claim to lordhship or ownership, the sinner is not getting saved, today period. It all comes down to this: Who owns you?

OWNS  ME!!!????  Who owns me? Nobody OWNS ME!!! No one!!!. If that is your view of things you are sadly mistaken. Everyone has a master and Lord. It could be anything. Job, career, the family, secret sins, SIN the root, or sins. Materialism could be your master and Lord.  Maybe games master you, drugs, alcohol. (this i know about), The flesh, the world, the devil and his own.  Reader, you are owned by something or someone. Salvation is, like i said, a covenant, or a contract: There are term and those terms are love for Christ, love for brethren and enemies, and obedience to Christ.

Who? What ? do you focus upon in life? is it?
*The world
*The Flesh
*The devil
*The self centeered Self
*sin
*Ideologies,
*Goals
*Earthly Hopes

OR  Do you focus on the Lord? Scripture tells us that the person that focuses his perspective  and attention upon the LORD will have peace. Is there any peace in the things above? Peter tells us that peace and grace can be multiplied through an intimate knowing of Christ. An intimate, a friendly, a prayerful, a love for Christ is the the Way, the Truth and the Life to go.

The Christ-ian that focuses on sin all of the time is the Christ-ian that has fallen into the religious and legalistic way of thinking? believing? feeling? That is bondage, the person that lives this way may be saved, s/he may have a saved soul, but they also have a lost life. A lost life to: works, service, fear, the church.

The proper perspective and focus should be upon the Lord Jesus and all that He has done, is doing, and will do, and will be doing….Six days and all this?  What will He have procured, built, made ready, prepared, made meet with two-thousand (2000) years?  Eye hast not seen or even thought what awaits the Christ-ian in God’s Glory?

Look for and live in Christ’s kingdom upon this earth and everything else will be added.

“But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.”

The above can be summed up by this well known analogy:
Mother:  Son, do not touch the stove. The stove is very hot and if you touch the stove, you will get burnt.
Son: Okay Mommy.
And when the mother leaves the room, her son goes and touches the stove with no waste of time.
Son: OUCH!

This is also what happened in the Garden of Eden.  I think Adam would have taken and eaten sooner or later even if the Serpent wasn’t a foot. This is how human nature works. I was watching an episode of “Ghost Adventures” and the lead guy was told not to go into a certain place. The lead guy turned his head toward the man that warned him and asked, “Why?”  A blind person could tell the lead guy had already decided to go to that place even before he turned his head to the man that warned him.  This is human nature.

Edgar Allen Poe wrote, “The Imp and the Perverse.”  In this story he talks about that voice that say’s to the person that is standing at a precipice, “JUMP.” Poe understood human nature, like a preacher knows human nature and “the Imp and the Perverse,” is human nature.

The greatest example of human nature, whether saved or lost, is Paul’s chapter seven (7) in Romans.  Romans seven (7) spells it out, Romans seven (7) says it all.  Romans seven (7) summarizes it all.  Paul summarizes all of human nature in such an economy of words, he must have been inspired by God’s Holy Spirit.  Paul says, what he should do, he does not do.  And what he should not do, that he does. Paul goes on to say, there is a law in the mind and a law in the flesh. With the law of the mind, he serves God but with the law of the flesh, he serves the flesh. Then he cries out to Christ.  This is human nature. This can be put to the scientific method, to be sure.

Praise be to God, the Christ-ian is not subject to this anymore, but as we all know, we do fall into it….do we not?    But again!!! Praise be to God, where sin abounds, grace does much more abound!!!  When a Christ-ian falls, Christ is there to pick that Christ-ian up.  OH!!! HOW!!! I LOVE MY ELDER BROTHER!!!  MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH…OH!!! HOW!!! MY ELDER BROTHER LOVES ME!!!

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”  (1 John 2:16,17)

We will (DV) define the terms above, however, in verse seveteen (17) we see lust is lust is lust.  These three (3) are enemies of the Christ-ian. Before we go into the definitions of these enemies, let me ask you a question.  Do you live as though you have enemies?  Do you know you have enemies….very formidable ones at that.  If you know not that you have enemies and if you do not live accordingly, you will fall, you will be hurt, you will be harmed.  Imagine if I did not ….err..Imagine if Batman did not provide for the Joker’s attacks. Batman would be destroyed.  What if Superman did not provide for Luthor’s attacks? Again he would be destroyed.

Let’s get back to the real world.  What if Christ did not prepare and provide for (s)atan’s attack and tempation’s and God’s testing in the wilderness?  We would have no hope as Christ would have failed!!!  BUT……….Isaiah prophesied, “[H]e faileth not.” The Resurrection demonstrates He failed not. Your salvation proves He fails not and failed not. Because of His past successes we have hope and confidence and Faith on His future return.

*Pride of life: Doth not this phrase define itself?  I have sat and listened to many persons speak about the greatness of their life. They speak about the great life they lived.  These persons are not arrogant and do not even sound prideful.  They can even sound humble. However, this life will not get them to Heaven. This great and good life will bring them down to Hell without a doubt. Puritans called them, “Civil Citizens.” The puritans would tell you, these civil citizens live a good life, work hard, harm no one, pay their bills, help their neighbors, live productive lives, they may even attend Church. BUT they will yet die in their sins and will spend eternity in Hell. Many will attend their funeral and many will weep and say, “What a good man, he was.”  This civil citizen will be missed and remembered well. Yet he will be in Hell.  Human goodness is not the standard God considers.  One must be in Christ, Christ is the Standard and no other.

*Lust of the eyes: Be careful what you look at, Reader. Be careful what you hear and listen to as well. The eyes lead and the eyes can mislead. Christ teaches us that if we look upon a woman and lust after her, both are guilty, if she is immodestly arrained. This is a principle, if you look on a man and imagine murdering him, you have done so in your heart.  BUT on the positive side……..I cannot be dogmatic on this but If you look upon a sick person or a handicapped person or a person in pain and think, “O’God, I would heal, help, assist that person if I could, please help that person.”  Should we not be laying up treasure in Heaven?

Lust of the flesh:  Giving into that which the lust of the eyes have tempted you with. These sins include:
*Adultery
*Fornication
*Uncleanness: Impurity.
*Lasciviousness: Excess, licentiousness.
*Idolatry
*Witchcraft
*Hatred
*Variance: Contention, strife, quarrel.
*Emulations: Zeal.
*Wrath
*Strife
*Seditions: A standing apart.
*Heresies
*Envying
*Murders
*Drunkeness
*Revellings, and such like.

The World, the flesh and the devil (Ephesians 2:1-3)
*The World: This is the subtle enemy to be sure. If one (1) dooes not know or understand this basic principle, one (1) is in great danger already.  This Principle is: The WORLD IS YOUR ENEMY.  The Scriptures are clear on this point. James tells us, we are God’s enemies if we find friendship with the world. Who are God’s other enemies? (s)atan and the fallen angels, and the unsaved man, the lost man, the natural man, the WORLDLY man. Do you fall in with any of these? I pray you do not….you should pray not.
The reason the world is so subtle is because it is where we live. The world is where we were born, it is where we commune with others, it is where we wake, where we eat, where we work, where we have fun and are entertained, it is where we wed, where we bring up children, where we go to church, and it is where we die.  It is so easy to be-friend this world.

Even so, we cannot be-friend this world and it’s systemic war against God. We must always be aware of the world’s tricks and treats. Television, movies, entertainments, books, foods, drinks, computers, politics, hobbies, etc. To be clear, all of the above are fine and good as long as you control them and not they you.

For example: When watching television, righteousness is portrayed as stiff and strict and therefore, the bad guy. Do you not find yourself, cheering for the bad and jeering the righteous?  I know its an old movie but “Footloose” The right and good was looked upon as bad.  “Dirty Dancing” the title says it all. “Ferris Bueller’s Day off” is about a sociopath victimizing another kid. Television tricks us or you all the time.  “Will they or won’t they,”  this draws persons in and they find themselves cheering for teen-age fornication and adultery.  Television watcher, keep your Christ-ian senses about you. I find horror movies to be the most honest of all the genres.

I am not telling you to stop watching television….I enjoy television, i use it for entertainment AND education and for news. What I am saying is Watch how you watch television and do not allow it to sway you to the dark side.

The Flesh: See Above

The (d)evil:  C.S. Lewis, in his writings, presupposed the question and I paraphrase: “Are you talking about the literal devil?”  Lewis would amswer in the affirmative.  If a person believes in God, that person must also believe in (s)atan, devils/demons, angels, and the hierarchy of both.
We are strongly warned by Peter in his first (1st) epistle, fifth (5th) chapter and the eighth (8th) verse:  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

The (d)evil, (s)atan, is about. This enemy is not in chains, this enemy is not in hell. This enemy “walketh about.” This, I believe, is to be taken in a very literal sense. This enemy walketh about and this enemy is your enemy…Reader, hear me, this enemy is your enemy.  This enemy is the joker to your Batman.  You have an Arch-enemy and his name is (s)atan. (s)atan, like God, has a plan for you. God’s plan is for your good. (s)atan’s plan is not for your good though it may seem like it is.

BUT God will not let (s)atan hurt me.  Really?  Have you not heard of Job?  Doth thee not remember Christ’s Words to Peter, “(s)atan hath desired to sift thee. But I have prayed for thee.” Christ told Peter (s)atan wanted to sift him and Christ was going to allow it.

Understand this, Christ-ian Reader, God loves you and (s)atan hates you…vehemently. as much as God loves you, that is how much (s)atan hates you. If God were to remove His (s)atan staying Hand, (s)atan would devour anyone and everyone, save the elect.

Enemies come in three’s (3’s)
Christ’s Earthly Enemies
*Pharisees
*Saducees
*Herodians

Nehemiah’s Enemies:
*Sanballat
*Tobiah
*Geshem.

Though we see that there are three (3) enemies, it always comes down to one (1) The World, for in the world there is it’s god, it’s pride, it’s lust, it’s life and it seeks to steal kill and destroy the human soul in a so subtle a manner.  Humanity is like a frog or a lobster in a slowly simmering pot.

Godspeed.