How We Know the End is Near

Google 'will be able to keep tabs on us all'Alexi Mostrous and Rob EvansFriday November 3, 2006The Guardian
The internet will hold so much digital data in five years that it will be possible to find out what an individual was doing at a specific time and place, an expert said yesterday.
Nigel Gilbert, a professor heading a Royal Academy of Engineering study into surveillance, said people would be able to sit down and type into Google "what was a particular individual doing at 2.30 yesterday and would get an answer".
The answer would come from a range of data, for instance video recordings or databanks which store readings from electronic chips. Such chips embedded in people's clothes could track their movements. He told a privacy conference the internet would be capable of holding huge amounts of data very cheaply and patterns of information could be extracted very quickly. "Everything can be recorded for ever," he said.
He was speaking at a conference at which a report commissioned by Richard Thomas, the privacy watchdog, was launched. Mr Thomas has said Britain is "waking up to a surveillance society that is all around us" and that such "pervasive" surveillance is likely to spread.
Sir Stephen Lander, the head of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and former head of MI5, defended surveillance by the government.
"Significant intrusion into the privacy of a small minority is justified to protect the safety and wellbeing of the majority," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,1938474,00.html

How to Ensure You Can "Escape All These Things"

In order to hope to be able to escape all the things that are about to come upon the world it would wise to obey the Lord's commands. One such command is found in Luke 21:36
"Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Of course it will be quite hard for prewrath and post tribulationists to obey the Lord's command, since for them it would be quite foolish to pray that they may be counted worthy to escape anything. They are too busy arguing that they will go through all the things the Lord tells us to pray we shall escape from. The Lord clearly tells us we should be "watching" right now, are the prewrath/posttribbers watching for the Lord's return right now? Why would they?

Once we have prayed as we have been instructed in Luke 21:36, it is also important to look at Matt 25. Here we have the 10 virgins and the servants entrusted to be profitable with what they have been given.


Matthew 25 WEB
1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.6 But at midnight there was a cry,'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.8 The foolish said to the wise,'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'9 But the wise answered, saying,'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying,'Lord, Lord, open to us.'12 But he answered,'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. 14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.17 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying,'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'21 "His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'22 "He also who got the two talents came and said,'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'23 "His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said,'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'26 "But his lord answered him,'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.28 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

How can we be one of the wise virgins and one of the profitable servants?

'10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

We have to be 1. watching, and 2. ready.....the virgins who were ready had oil in their lamps. Contrasted to the virgins who ran out of oil, the wise virgins came prepared to wait on the bridegroom whereas the foolish virgins made an appearance but gave no thought to what it might take to be ready for the bridegroom when He showed up. Bottom line: they made no preparations, put forth no/insufficient effort, and were found lacking when the Bridegroom showed up.

Likewise with the servants entrusted with the masters goods, the Master entrusted them with 'talents', some put them to use and gained more, others did not.

Luke 12:37It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

are the prewrath/post trib crowd watching right now? NO, why would they based on what they believe?

To firm up this picture further and put it in absolute terms that we can clearly understand look here:

Matthew 3:8Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Matthew 3:10The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 21:43"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

John 15:5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Galatians 5:21-23
21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 5:8-10
8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10and find out what pleases the Lord.

James 3:17But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

1 Corinthians 13
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.8 Love never fails.

In order to escape all these things we need to love as it's described above.

2 Peter 1
3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
10Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

And there we have it.

It's a worthwhile exercise to put your name in a statement like:

'your name' is loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, 23gentle and self-controlled, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. If you can say that with increasing confidence each day you should be in good shape :-)This is what we're aiming for brothers and sisters.

For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

sounds like a winner to me, how about you :-)
~Brother D

The Reality of Hell and The Lord's Soon Return

Hell is a real place. Matt 25:46 tells us that there is an eternal hell as well as an eternal heaven. Time is so short, it's time for people to wake up. The master (Jesus) is going to return at a time like this. 2006 has been a relatively quiet year as compared with the other years we've seen since 9/11/2001. Matt 24:36 tells us that the time of the Lord's return will be like the days of Naoh, when people were going about their business, with nothing extraordinary going on except Noah's lone voice warning them that Judgement was coming. There are still a few voices crying out that Judgement is coming. The stakes could'nt be any higher, the souls of men weigh in the balance. I've never seen a flood of voices speaking the counsel of Satan as we are hearing today. We hear that there is no hell, there is a virtual avalanche of voices claiming that God does not even exist. These voices come from former so called ministers who served in the apostate christianity that exists in this world and they wonder why they are disillusioned? The God of this world has blinded the minds of most because they refuse to believe the truth and so be saved. People today have surrounded themselves with voices of men that their ears are itching to hear while their souls are nicked by the fires of hell.

If people understood just how bad hell is, some might change their minds. The bible says that even if men rose from the dead to proclaim how bad hell is, men still would'nt believe. Indeed men saw and heard Jesus in the flesh, they watched Him perform miracles before their very eyes and yet they STILL DID'NT BELIEVE. Truly incredible.

It does'nt take a very vivid imagination to know how bad hell is going to be. For example, there will be no rest, day or night for the people who are in torment there. In this life, regardless of how bad things get, sleep is always a sweet escape from the cares and worries we may or may not have. In hell they won't even have that. Then there's the whole issue of the spirit body versus this carbon based wet suit we wear now. This body has a certain tolerance for pain , then it shuts down, the spirit body has an infinite capacity for pain, and can never die. There are limits to what our suffering can be on this earth both from the design of our bodies and the limits the Lord has set on our suffering. In hell these limiting factors will not be there. There will be darkness unlike anything humans have experienced, there will be fear, constant, pervasive and oppresive, there will be pain unlike anything we can think of or imagine. Perhaps the worst part of all will be, no hope. All the lies that people comfort themselves with here on earth will be blown to smithereens and all that will be left is the certain knowledge of forever and ever and ever torment.

The Lord draws us to Him with heaven and pushes us towards Him with his warnings of hell. He offers grace and peace, eternal pleasures as well as things so great that we can't think of or imagine them right now. Today is the day of grace. Time has run out, there are no more chances, time is that short. There are no guarantees that anyone as an individual has another minute left on this planet. Turn your life over to Jesus today, there is still time to escape all that is about to happen on this planet and stand before the Son of Man. Do it now.

Your brother~Dave

Rich Man Poor Man

In Christ, we are rich beyond belief, although the kingdom in which our riches lie is not yet visible to men. In the flesh, we are poor beyond belief although our needs are met according to His riches and glory. Here lies the great divide between the wolves in sheeps clothing we hear preaching on television daily and those men who are filled with the Spirit of the true and living God. the fundamental divide between today's apostate christianity and the way of truth is this: our kingdom IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. Those looking to this world are of this world and speak from the viewpoint of the world. Those from the kingdom of the eternal God act, and speak as those who belong to another kingdom. This simple truth goes a long way in exposing the growing crowd of false prophets and their followers.

Rapture 2007

As of Rosh Hashanah which fell this year on Jewish Year 5767 at sunset September 22, 2006
I believe the Lord has put us on notice. I believe the Lord is saying to my spirit that the rapture will occur sometime during this new year, the Jewish year which is between this past Rosh Hashanah and next one which is Jewish Year 5768 : sunset September 12, 2007 - nightfall September 14, 2007. We all know the Lord's voice and how He speaks to us as individuals. The Lord has put me on alert for the year, not the day or the hour.

Matthew 24
36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,39 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

I can tell you that the one word in my mind right now is IMMINENT. It's so close we can almost touch it.

The Lord has increased and changed His activity with the few He has on this earth (5-10%) of the population calling themselves Christians.
Matthew 7:21-23
21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

The Lord is answering prayers almost instantly now, no more waiting for some things. Events in the world are accelerating towards WW3 and the soon appearance of the antichrist. One of the events scripted to happen to kick of WW3 is a "hair raising nuclear confrontation on the Korean peninsula" according to the Armaggedon Script-
http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Script-Prophecy-Action/dp/0906540372

Those of us with the Spirit of Jesus living inside know what the Lord is saying to us today and what He's not saying. What He's not saying is: how wealthy and prosperous we can be, how to have a better marriage, how to vote in the next election, blah blah blah blah. These wolves, these false prophets without the Spirit are keeping 90% of so called christianity entertained with such things. What the Spirit IS saying is, clean up your life, disengage from the world, lose your life so you can save it

Matthew 16
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life[h] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?

Now is the time to be looking and be ready. The Lord's kingdom is not of those world and the people who so love this world that they are neck deep in it, so being "involved" in everything that they completely miss the kingdom they should be focusing on will suffer great loss. The only thing the Lord is doing with the people that are truly His in this world is preparing them to leave it, not become more involved in it.

It's coming, be ready, D

Christian Freedom

2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Galatians 5:1[ Freedom in Christ ] It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

James 1:25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Mark 4:19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.

Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.

Romans 8:5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

Romans 13:14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Galatians 5:16[ Life by the Spirit ] So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Galatians 5:17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

Ephesians 4:22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

2 Timothy 2:22Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

James 4:1[ Submit Yourselves to God ] What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?

1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.

1 Peter 4
Living for God 1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

2 Peter 1
3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

2 Peter 3:3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

1 John 2:17The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

Jude 1
17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." 19These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22Be merciful to those who doubt; 23snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

Romans 8:5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

Romans 8:8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God

Romans 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. 13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.[g] And by him we cry, "Abba,[h] Father." 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.


Galatians 5
16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

The Armor of God

Ephesians 6
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Colossians 2:10-12
10and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. 11In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature,[a] not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the
body, I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20

Crucify fleshly desires. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful
nature with its passions and desires. Gal. 5:24 It is a faith response to fleshly desires
that says, “I am dead to that. That’s not me anymore. It is Christ who lives in me. I will
make no room for that dead thing in my thoughts or choices. It’s dead and buried.

Conclusion: Picture the Spirit inviting you to follow as he leads you in the ways of Christ. Picture
the old you, the flesh, pulling you back and forth between the bondage of law and the slavery of
sin. Each step you take, you die to the influence of one and live under the power of the other.

Acts 5:32, “We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Be All the More Eager to Make Your Calling and Election Sure

5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
10Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Love
Brotherly Kindness
Godliness
Perseverance
Self Control
Knowledge
Goodness
Faith-------------------------------------The Foundation

It appears that all of the qualities we need to posses are built up on the foundation of faith. From faith we see levels of refinement with the highest level of achievement being love, the way Jesus defines it:

1 Corinthians 13:3-5 (New International Version)
3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

To him Who Overcomes

Revelation 2
7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.

17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

26To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'[b]— just as I have received authority from my Father. 28I will also give him the morning star. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3

5He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

12Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. 13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

21To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

So Called Christianity

To the Church in Laodicea 14"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. 15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. 20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. 21To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

If this does'nt sound like today's christian charade, I don't know what does:
17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

Proof that "Once Saved Always Saved" is False Doctrine

Colossians 1
22But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

The word "if" is a conditional word. If does not mean something is definately going to happen. In the scripture above it says that we are reconciled to God the Father by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation "IF" you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. What happens if a person does not continue in their faith? Do you think they remain reconciled to God? The answer here is obvious...no way. IF IF IF IF IF IF is a conditional word..................

Universal Deceit

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell

Trying to fight the misdirection and even heresy in today's evangelical church while remaining a part of it will most likely prove an impossible task for anyone who tries. It isn't that there are not countless numbers of godly men and women who are part of this church and who fervently love the Lord and who are honestly seeking to do His will; it's just that they are a part of an institution that is, unfortunately, going in the wrong direction, and there is nothing they can do - other than tampering with odds and ends on the periphery - to change that. It's like someone who is walking west towards New York on a ship which is sailing east towards London and who thinks that by doing so he can with much effort at last reach New York. It's impossible!

http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000101.htm

They Will All be Taught by God

John6:45It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.'[d] Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

If there was ever a time in history when believers needed to be reminded of this ^^^^^^^ it's now. The level of deception and error dispensed by the so called pastors and preachers of today's apostate christianity is staggering.

The time to be fully focused on the Lord Jesus, to be taught by the Father himself is now. What an honor to be taught by the Spirit of the King of Kings, yet many people calling themselves christians look no further than their local hired hand (pastor). What a shame, what a waste.

Why Read the Bible Everyday?

Many if not most people in churchianity rely on their pastor/priest to spoon feed them the word of God each week, usually once or twice a week. My question to them is 1. Why rely on another man to feed you? It's like birds where the mother goes and gets the food, eats it, then comes back to the nest to regurgitate into the chicks mouths. 2. How often do you eat food and drink? Daily right?

Well, the Bible says:

John 6
55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

If a person does'nt eat he grows weak and eventually will die. Spiritually speaking it's the same. A person has to eat the real food which is the Word of God or they will spiritually die.

John 1
The Word Became Flesh 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.

14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Eating his flesh is consuming the Word of God. The Lord talks about it in terms of eating and drinking for a reason...we do it daily.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

I have written articles on this blog to outline why the pastoral system to which 99.9% of todays pastors belong is an idolatrous and antichrist system. Reason 1,001 to get out of churchianity is that the food being fed through the pastoral system is laced with poison. A person can obtain pure milk and real food for themselves from the Word of God but most refuse to. Why is that? My thought is that they really really deep down inside don't want Him, Jesus. Anything a person "really" wants, they go after persistently because they really really want it. Everything else is just a whim.

Why This is all So Worth it

I was thinking the other day about the things we are constantly barraged with in the media, the glitz and glamour of this world, and all the things that are so highly respected. Then I considered the promises of God to us, His children and I almost laughed out loud at how little this world understands. One of the promises the Lord has given us is that we will rule and reign with Jesus for a thousand years on this earth. Think about that for a moment. Someone like the president of the United States may have a political career that lands them at the peak of power for 8 years maximum. We will rule and reign with Jesus for 1000 years. Pretty incredible stuff. The other sweet thing about this whole deal is that when we are ruling, our Jesus will hold power with an iron fist, there will be no revolutions, no coups, no overthrows. Anyone who might think of doing such a thing will be overthrown and destroyed with such violence and certainty that its almost comical. Think about 1000 years man, its a long time. Compared to eternity its nothing however, we'll have a good full dose of ruling over this world before the Lord torches it and gives us something that's really worth having. The future is bright, and its right at our doorstep. Time is short, keep the faith.

Unlike So Many

2 Corinthians 2
17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.


We do not peddle the word of God for profit
We do not peddle the word of God for profit
We do not peddle the word of God for profit
We do not peddle the word of God for profit

Where are the "men of God" today who follow this example? Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has something to sell us.

Be in Christ and speak before God with sincerity, LIKE MEN SENT FROM GOD. If men sent from God do not peddle the Word for profit, then who are all these other imposters????

Antichrist on the Horizon

We servants of the Most High God are watchmen on the wall. We are watching continually for the return of our Lord and Savior and we are watching the approach of the Antichrist on the horizon. The recent release of the DaVinci code along with the programming on tv such as the shows: Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X files, Invasion etc etc etc, as well as the other satanic movie releases have reached a fever pitch. When these things are combined with the coming new world order religion we see forming and the one world government coming together I can't help but think we are going to be out of here like SOON. The stage is set and only final adjustments have to be made to ready WW3 out of which will come the anti christ. It's time to get excited and do the things we need to do while we are still in this world because time is short short short.

Hell

I have been impressed recently by the increase in people who claim that there is no hell. One group that staunchly defends this is called the Universal Reconciliationists. They not only believe there is no hell, they also believe that everybody will be saved, even the devil.

What is so incredible about all this is that these people seem to know their bible yet they are completely blind and/or ignorant to what the bible is clearly stating. Now we know that sometimes the bible can be a bit vague about certain topics however hell is not one of these topics. In fact if there is any one thing the bible is painfully clear on, its the idea that there is a place of eternal punishment and people who don't know Jesus are going to end up there.

Consider the wording used in places like this:

Matthew 25: 41 “eternal fire”, 46 “eternal punishment”; Mark 9: 43-48 “into Hell, into the unquenchable fire”; 2 Thessalonians 1: 9 “pay the penalty of eternal destruction”; Heb. 9:27 “it is appointed for man to die once and after this comes judgement”; Rev. 14: 11 “…the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night…”; etc.).

I'm not sure what other wording could possibly be used to make the point clearer. The wicked will suffer eternal punishment and it's going to be really really bad. For people to read the bible and come away with any other conclusion about the reality of hell and the idea that not only will everyone not be saved, MOST people will not be saved, only a few will. Read Matt 7:14, how much clearer can it be. Jehovah's Witnesses and Universal Reconciliationists both teach that there is no hell. This is satanic power being displayed, showing how effective it can be at blinding the minds of those who refuse to love the truth. People indeed love the thoughts and words of men more than the word of God or they would not be caught up in such blatant, obvious and grievous error.

99% is Not Enough

Mark 12:30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

What does "all" mean? 100% right?

A person who is even 99% committed to Jesus has not committed enough. It appears that 100% committment to the Lord is the only level of committment that will enable us to "overcome" and enter eternal life. One reason for this is that any crack in our armor, and room under a nail's head is enough for the enemy to slip in a crowbar and pry us. The enemy is relentless and any cracks in our defenses will be explored and exploited. This is why we are told to love the Lord our God in this way:


Mark 12:33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Luke 10:27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

It will take everything we have to love the Lord the way we are supposed to. Anything less than everything is not enough. The bar is set unbelievable high. This is why it says

Matt 7:
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

~brother D

Rapture-Prewrath and Post Trib Positions are Indefensible

How did I come to this conclusion?

Today I was thinking about being prepared for the Lord's return and what we need to do to be ready. The thought occured to me to do a keyword search of the New Testament for the word "watch." Here are some of the results:

Matthew 24:42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Mark 13:35"Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

Mark 13:37What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!' "

Luke 12:37It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

Luke 21:36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

Clearly the word "watch" in the above scriptures is talking about watching specifically for the Lord's return. Notice that there are no preconditions in the scriptures such as "watch when" or "watch if", it just says "watch" period. Here's where the prewrath and post tribber positions implode........

The bible clearly tells us to "watch," but are the prewrath postribbers "watching" right now? If the answer is no, then they are in clear disobedience to the Lord's command to "watch," right? If they answer "yes" they are watching for the Lord's return right now, then this nullifies their position that the Lord will return either at mid or post tribulation. Either way, their position is discredited.

Let's look at another, even more straightforward example of where the prewrath/post trib position is indefensible.

Luke 21:36 says : "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

Are prewrath/post tribbers obeying the Lord's clear command here to "pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen?" If they are not praying for escape as the scripture clearly commands them to, are they not being disobedient to the Word of God? If they are praying for escape, then once again, they nullify their own position that we must go through part or all of the tribulation. Notice that the Lord's command is to pray to escape ALL
that is about to happen.

In both cases, the prewrath and post tribulation positions are discredited. People who hold prewrath or posttrib views are not watching for the Lord's return right now although the Lord clearly commands them to be watching (right now), nor are they praying for escape as the Lord commanded them to.

Why would a prewrath or post tribber pray for escape? They are to busy arguing with everyone that they are going through the tribulation. Praying for escape goes against everything they stand for, so they just disregard the word of God and hold on to the word of man.

What do you think is going to happen to servants who are not found watching when the Lord comes back like a thief as He said He would? If the Lord commands a man to pray for escape, that man better pray for escape, or he is a fool.

These things are worth pondering....

Only a Few Will Be Saved

Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; (NOT a billion people, few, little) for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 22:14"For many are invited, but few are chosen."

Luke 13:
22Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"
He said to them, 24"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Why? Because only a FEW will be able to enter.................

Matthew 24:12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.

Nobody ever became popular by telling people the truth.........................