Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 5:11
... So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing. ...

Hebrews 3:13 ... Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today,"so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin ...

I want to let you know that today the Lord has greatly encouraged me. He has set before me a great mission/vision that I am pregnant with to bring glory to his name. I wasn't sure if I was even going to post today but I am. We who are "in Christ" are one body. What's good for the toe is good for the elbow and good for the knee and shoulders etc etc.

I want to tell you today that we serve an amazing, awesome God. I often say that I am the least of the brothers because I know how many times I have screwed up royally...with a capital R. Through it all, he has been patient and gentle, longsuffering and loving. He has put before me, right in front of my face the two paths..over and over again. Choose one path and get one result, choose another get a different result. Why He has put up with me for so many years only He knows. He sees the end from the beginning. He knows where he is leading us. We choose at every step of the way whether we are going to accept his grace or reject it.

I want to let you know that this God we serve IS a God who answers prayer. This world is drowning in fear and doubt. Darkness is everywhere, but our God is not deterred. Our God could care less what signals Satan is sending to the world today. What does it matter what Satan wants to do? Really, what does it matter? Who controls the universe and everything in it? Our God does, its that simple.

It has been written here for months that its time to get back to fundamentals. Put first things first. Jesus is our "first love" (rev 2), he must remain first. Jesus IS the word of God which means if we claim to be "in Christ" we are really saying we are "in the Word of God"..its saying the same thing, when you say one you are saying the other. If we are not putting him first, spending that time alone with him then we are in trouble. Everything else you are doing today apart from that one on one time with Jesus is irrelevant. Let me say that again, if you are not spending that one on one time with Jesus/the Word of God, EVERYTHING else you are doing is irrelevant. Don't believe me? Go re-read Matt 7:21 where we are told that MANY will say to him on that day "did'nt we do all kinds of wonderful things for you Lord" and He tells them "away from me you evildoers I never knew you."

This isn't rocket science, this is a call to the simple things, simple childlike faith in Jesus Christ. Putting him first is everything. Remember this one?

Matthew 6:33 "... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;and all these things shall be added unto you.

Seeking the Lord is not something we do out of duty like "going to work" or "going to church" because we "have to." That's the way the world does business and look where its got them. We are in an eternal love/marriage to the God of Eternity. We go to Him because we love him and he loves us. Seek him and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart.

Our God is so wonderful. I am the least of his servants but I have seen great and mighty things from his hand. Seek his face, spend that time with him. Get on your knees before him and pour out your hearts to him. This world is going down the toilet, thats true, but our focus is NOT on the toilet, its on GOD ALMIGHTY. Remember.... first things first, everything else can take a number for our attention and wait. A big hug for all of you who are "in Christ" today. grace and peace

Faith..Once Saved Always Saved

1 Tim 1:18 Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight 19with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship.

Destroyed faith? Wrecked ship?

Colossians 1:23 However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

You MUUUUUSSSSSSSTTT. Here's a deep theological question for you: what does the word MUST mean? What happens when we are told we MUST remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith and........instead our faith is destroyed/shipwrecked?

In order to have faith that gets destroyed you first had to have it right? So you had faith unto salvation, that faith is then destroyed/shipwrecked, then what? Do you really think with destroyed/shipwrecked faith you can still be "saved?" Hint: you MUST remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith..

Here's another hint from Hebrews 11:13 ... All these people died having faith...they died "in" the faith. What does it matter how they died? Why is the fact that they died HAVING FAITH make any difference? Here's a clue: you MUST remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith..

But hey, what about this? Ephesians 2:8
... For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

See! Its a gift, its not of yourselves! Yea..and? God gifts you with a salvation that is 1. by grace and 2. THROUGH FAITH and what happens when the FAITH you were given as a free gift gets shipwrecked/destroyed? Yep, it was a free gift but what did YOU DO WITH IT?

There is a large group of people in the world today who call themselves christians who do not believe that faith is necessary for salvation. In fact, these people don't believe anything is necessary to be "saved" except one 5-10 second "decision for Jesus." It has been written here previously that a true de-cision for Jesus is a cutting off (that's what de-cision means) from any other possibility aside from day in, day out living for Jesus in faith, obedience etc. Where we differ is on the point of what a de-cision really is. Is it a 5-10 second event out of a life time or is it a complete and utter cutting off of the past from today and the future and total commitment to Jesus for life, till death do we NOT part :-)?

If all it took to be "saved" was one 5-10 second teary eyed statement then don't you think the vast majority of people who call themselves servants of Jesus would make it into the kingdom? Why is it that we read in Matt 7:14-28 that only a FEW will make it in when the once saved always saved teachers tell us a 5-10 second "decision" is all that's required to make it through the small gate/narrow road leading to life? Why will MANY be turned away while recounting all the wonderful things they did for Jesus (Matt 7:21)? Didn't they ALL make at least a 5-10 second teary eyed "alter call" confession? If so, then WHAT HAPPENED? Why is it that MANY will be turned away?

The wrong time to figure out you've been lied to about a 5-10 second teary eyed confession is when you are standing before Jesus. If the "once saved always saved" crowd is right, then I have nothing to worry about, I made my decision a long time ago and I recommit myself to Jesus each and every day. If they are wrong then untold millions are going to hell based on a lie that they can do whatever they want after their teary eyed confession is over and the worst that will happen is they'll get "less rewards" in heaven. In effect, "once saved always saved" IS a license to sin. Forget all the talk about "well we wont sin because we love Jesus."

The "rubber meets the road" for "once saved always saved" when day to day moments of decision appear for people struggling with sin. The little devil sits on one shoulder and the angel on the other shoulder. The devil whispers "what's the worst that can happen? You can enjoy every sizzling hot moment of sin today and the worst that will happen is you get downgraded from Mercedes to a Toyota in heaven! Sure Jesus might be a little upset, but you can always ask for forgiveness tomorrow......come on...you know you want it.....I'll let you fill in the rest of the story.

^^THAT is whats going to send untold millions/billions of people to hell. A license to sin taught in the "services" held for the sheople across the world. Satan knows this game well. What did the Lord say about all this? Hosea 4:6 ... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

There are no guarantees that any of us lives to see tomorrow. The escape from all (luke 21:36) could show up any day now and our spiritual houses must be in order. Toying around with sin will end up very very badly for you if you continue in it. Once saved always saved is a doctrine of devils designed around thousands of years of satanic experience with human nature. Thick darkness is settling down on this world because of the lack of light in the world. WE are the salt and light in this world but what happens when the salt loses its saltiness?

Luke 14:34 Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored? 35It is suitable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”

grace and peace

Shepherds Not Pastors

We have covered extensively here that the pastoral system is idolatrous. It produces pride and greed in the men who call themselves pastors and it produces idolatry in God's people as they behold these "rock star" guru types who have assumed a mantle not based on God's word, but on the traditions of men.

We know that the word "pastor" isn't even in the bible. Correctly translated from a literal bible or lexicon the word "poimen" means a SHEPHERD. Of course todays "pastors" claim that they are shepherds but we should judge what they DO not what they say right?

Eph 4:11 and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds (not "pastors") and teachers,

There are many functions within the body of Christ just like there are many parts of a human body. Using the Word of God to translate itself instead of accepting man's traditions might be a great way to find out exactly what the shepherds in the body should be doing:

1 Peter 5:1Therefore, as a fellow elder, a witness of the Messiah's sufferings, and one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: 2Be shepherds of God's flock that is among you, watching over it, not because you must but because you want to, and not greedily but eagerly, as God desires. 3Do not lord it over the people entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. 4Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the victor's crown of glory that will never fade away.

Here we see very clearly the NOT so rock star job of "watching over" the flock. It does'nt say teaching, it does'nt say preaching, it does'nt say administrating, its does'nt say uttering prophetic words it says WATCHING OVER the flock. Todays "rock star guru" brand of "pastor" has taken its form from the nicolaitan man made traditions passed down through the generations. Through the centuries this "pastor"/priest function has been used to enslave people to manmade organizations instead of the true body of Jesus.

If you want to know what a shepherd is NOT supposed to look like in the church, walk into any church building on any corner of any street in the western world. If you want to know what a shepherd does look like read your bible. The position of "shepherd" watches over the flock. What exactly does that mean? Think secret service here. The secret service "watches over" the president, they remain in the BACKGROUND watching over their "principle" --that's the actual word they use for who they are guarding. They guard their "principle." The shepherd in the church does the exact same thing, they guard the "principles" or doctrines in the church.

Another way of looking at this is as a group of parents "watching over" children playing in a room. They stand in the BACKGROUND while the children play to make sure nobody gets hurt. This position of shepherd is one that SHOULD exist IN THE BACKGROUND, not on a raised platform (above you) with a floodlight ON THEM and loudspeakers in our face.

Does this BACKGROUND position make sense in light of the fact that Paul NEVER mentioned a single "pastor" EVER in ANY of his travels? Yep, makes alot of sense. Does this background position make sense in light of the fact that even the KJV only mentions the word "pastor" ONE TIME in the entire new testament? Yep, makes alot of sense. Does this BACKGROUND position make sense in light of the fact that WE, US, THE SHEEP are supposed to be the ones ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER, which is the express purpose of assembling together mentioned HERE:

Hebrews 10:25
... not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

I wish there was alot more bible scripture I could quote about pastors but the fact is the bible doesn't say much about them yet we see EVERYWHERE like a plague of locusts all over the landscape of "christianity" today. Elders are mentioned frequently in the bible and todays "pastors" like to throw a lifeline over to that term and say "oh yea, we're elders!" Says who? Says you? That's not what the BIBLE says. If the Holy Spirit wanted to say "pastors" where the word "elders" is used then we would see alot more than ONE SINGLE INSTANCE of the word "pastor" in the bible don't you think?

The fact is that "pastors" have developed a system that cannot be justified ANYWHERE in the bible without hijacking legitimate functions within the body of Jesus. If the bible says "teachers" that doesn't mean "pastor." If the bible says "prophets" that doesn't mean "pastors." If the bible says "elders" that doesn't mean "pastors." A "pastor" according to the bible actually means "shepherd" and a "shepherd" stands in the BACKGROUND from the sheep. The shepherd stands in the BACKGROUND looking for danger to the flock.

The focal point within the true church is not some "rock star" guru man like today's "pastors" are presented to us. The focal point within the true church is JESUS CHRIST ALONE. Then we the sheep are to focus on EACH OTHER not stare at the back of each others heads while the "rock star" "services" us. Its kind of hard for me to encourage you when I'm staring at the back of your head and only one man "pastor" is allowed to do the talking. It's kind of hard to maintain the integrity of the faith when one man's opinion on doctrine carries more weight than the rest of the church combined.

Everything about todays so called christianity is wrong. I am convinced that the Holy Spirit still works among the apostate church in spite of it not because of it. We know from Rev 3:16 that even now the Lord works with the church of Laodicea but at some point they will be spued from his mouth. The Lord talks about "removing your candlestick from its place" and "spueing you out of my mouth" when speaking to the churches in Rev 2-3. I'm sure we could argue for days over what "removing your candlestick" actually means but the fact is I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT.

Rev 2: 5 ‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.

Rev 2:16 ‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Rev 2: 22 ‘Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. 23 ‘And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

As you can see from what the Lord says above, there are some pretty harsh consequences for not bringing yourself into conformance with the Lord's will. He is speaking to the churches there in Rev 2-3 and he is speaking to them today. Todays cotton candy christianity has no room for warning like that because it might mean someone gets a "spirit of fear" and we can't have that now can we! The Lord talks about removing lampstands and spueing churches from his mouth. If you still think you are "saved" after Jesus just vomited you out, well....you have bigger problems than we can address here.

The point of all of this is, what calls itself the church today is anything but. Centuries ago the term "christian" was hijacked, perverted, cloned and multipled into the babylonian religious spaghetti we see in the world today. The term "christian" is used loosely and freely. Self proclaimed "christians" with their attendant "churches" and clergy "pastors" dot every street corner in America yet darkness and rot continue to steadily advance in this world.

Was Jesus lieing when he said:

Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The gates of hell are surely prevailing over what passes for christianity today so either 1. what calls itself "christianity" in this world is a lie or 2. Jesus lied when he said the gates of hell would not prevail against the church. Which is it? We know for a fact that Jesus cannot lie. We know that light ALWAYS drives out darkness both in the physical and spiritual worlds. So in order for darkness to advance to the place it is today, the "light" within "christianity" must BE DARKNESS.

We have been called to a simple faith in Jesus Christ alone. We have not been called to some man worshipping idolatrous system that we see in the world today. We have been called to peace and quietness, to time alone with the word of God which is also Jesus the person, our Lord. His yoke is easy and his burden is light so why do so few choose it? Come out of the harlot. Come out of the church that will have its lampstand removed and the one which will be spued out of our Lord's mouth. Keep the faith, encourage each other, perform the function thats not being performed today to WATCH over those around you. Check doctrines carefully. Read the bible and figure out what it means between you and the Lord alone. In the end thats what its going to be anyway. You standing before the Lord alone, that's where all this is going.

The best way I can think of to not fear that day when we stand before Jesus is to not wait for that day to stand before him. If you are on your knees before him DAILY do you think you'll need to fear the day when you see him face to face? I think not. Return to the fundamentals of the faith...faith hope love, patience perseverance, prayer, reading your bibles. You know these things already, these words are just to encourage you to keep doing what you already know you should be doing.

Every once in awhile I remind you that when I write things here to "you" I go back and read everything for myself so the "you" points squarely at me as well. There are few people left in this world who will bring to remembrance the FULL counsel of God, including all the warnings. I guess that's why these particular things you see repeated here never go away. If I don't say them the Lord will put donkeys out on the street corners to say them. He will not be silenced.

We are dearly loved and I am greatly humbled as the least of the brothers who are "in Christ"...grace and peace

Alignment

I wanted to make today's post one to PRAISE the Lord God Almighty who has been so very VERY good to me and my family. I glorify His name today for every prayer answered every time. I want to dispel a misconception here today:

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNANSWERED PRAYER for those who find themselves "in Christ." That's a fact. I want to encourage you today to align your life with Jesus and our Father in heaven. I am convinced that any problem you might have today can be corrected and dispelled through day in and day out alignment to our God and his will.

Today my heart has been overflowing with thankfulness to Him for everything He has done, the list is so long I lose track. Knowing that I am the least of his servants and seeing the incredible mind numbing "over the top" kinds of things he has done for me, what does that mean for you? I have trials and tribulations like everyone else, but just as we are promised in Psalm 34, I've been delivered from them ALL.....no exceptions, every time.

The word of the Lord is true. People need to start taking the promises of our Lord at FACE VALUE. If he said your faith, even the size of a mustard seed could move mountains, that wasn't hyperbole, HE MEANT IT. Wickedness is on the increase in this world but our God doesn't just lay down and watch Satan roll over the poor and needy. He is always at work and I am seeing with my own eyes today MOUNTAINS MOVED, our God was not kidding and neither am I.

The last month or so has been about FAITH ...FAITH ...FAITH .....FAITH and more FAITH here. Why? Our Lord is always many steps ahead of the enemy in any direction he might turn to work evil in this world. I am convinced that as we approach the beginning of the time of Jacob's trouble, our Lord is looking for people who are "for real" when it comes to faith, belief, love. The only thing limiting our Lord's hand in any area you might want to mention :darkness, lack, despair etc etc is faithless people. People cry out day and night "Lord please fix this or that or the other thing" and he looks right back at them and asks "DO YOU BELIEVE I CAN?"

Matt 13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Faith will be at the very CENTER of the battle in the days ahead. It always has been and it always will be the defining characteristic that shapes outcomes in this world. If we don't believe our God enough for him to help us in our daily needs how will we have faith enough to enter the gates of heaven? Do you REALLY believe or not? It's one thing to pay faith and belief lip service while swaying back and forth in some babylonian worship "service" but its another thing entirely to be staring at someone who is demon possessed or the demon itself while its asking you "where is your God now?" The days ahead will be demonic with a capital D. The focus here is not on what the devil is going to do but on what YOU are going to do today and tomorrow and the next day until the Lord shows up to take us home.

We serve a GREAT and wonderful God. He is awesome ways that words cant describe. I encourage you today to seek His face for yourself. Don't rely on the nicolaitan clergy to tell you about someone you personally should know. It's like some guy showing up at the front door of my house trying get me to pay him to tell me the deep details about my wife. It's not just wrong, its OFFENSIVE. If you don't know the Lord in a deep and intimate way then keep working on it. Think husband/wife...like that but on steroids is what we are called to with our Creator.

I'm done, grace and peace.

Faith, Hope, Love-Work Out Your Salvation

1 Corinthians 13:13 Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Philippians 2:12 My dear friends, you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I'm absent. In the same way continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

We are told to "work out" our salvation with fear and trembling. I know that these words directly from the bible are absolute heresy for most "churches" today because 1. they refuse any notion of "working out" your salvation. 2. The bible says we do it with "fear and trembling" but the babylonian church has'nt been given a "spirit of fear" so they refuse to obey this piece of scripture all together. For those of us whose heart is to absolutely obey the Word of God down to the letter, how do we "work out" our salvation? We are saved by grace THROUGH FAITH.....and FAITH is our "work" it takes FAITH to do the "work of God" which is to believe.

Back to faith, hope, love:

1 Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Does it surprise you that the "work" our Lord expects from us is "working" our faith and laboring love, being patient in hope? How can your faith be "working" if you never use it? (parable of the talents Matt 25) Love isn't a feeling, its a decision. Jesus first loved us so much that he died for us when we were sinners. Love came with some tremendous pain for our Lord.

The kingdom of our God is advancing itself all around the world today through the few who are truly "in Christ." Each person is in a different position with different gifts and able to apply "faith, hope, love" in different ways. You don't have to look overseas to find the opportunities to do this "work" of God. How many opportunities for "faith, hope, love" do you have within your own household? How about when you step out your front door and people are so torqued up on stress and fear that your natural reaction would be to club them but instead you do the "work" and apply "faith, hope, love."

Our Lord left the possibilities wide open for us. We are looking for the Lord's return each and every day, but is that all we're doing? Just looking at the sky and saying "hurry up Lord?" I believe that the Lord expects us to be "putting out" as the Navy SEALS call it while we are here on earth. That means DOING in accordance with how our Lord would have us do things. Men tell you to "go to church" as your duty to God. Jesus tells you to BE the church by WORKING OUT your salvation in fear and trembling by applying faith hope, love while we are here.

Our Lord specifically pointed out this word FAITH in conjunction with him coming back for us. Luke 18:8
... But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" One of the areas we apply/work our faith out on a daily basis is for the escape from all that is coming sometime in the future. The Lord impressed me yesterday with the idea that those who take his word for what it is at FACE VALUE will be the happiest in the long run.

If our God said it, and you take it in the most plain literal way, you will be the closest to hitting the target. The bible was NOT written for "christian" scholars. It was written for children. Children naturally apply GREAT FAITH because they haven't had time to be brainwashed yet by the world and its babylonian forms of religion.

Matthew 18:3
... and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children,you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

The Holy Spirit doesn't have to argue with a child for 10 years to get them to believe what he said is fact/truth when he tells them clearly what he plans to do. There is an escape from ALL coming and that's a fact. That's what was written clearly in Luke 21:36 for us to accept as children.

The escape from all will arrive at its appointed time. While we wait for it I believe the Lord has been speaking to me for weeks on this subject of faith. I think he's trying to get a point across to somebody and I know I'm one of them. Without faith its impossible to please God. When he comes back, if you are sitting around watching the sky but your faith hope and love are lacking, I don't know, that won't be good..I know our master is looking for people today who will exercise GREAT FAITH like the centurion and the woman whose child was sick:

Matt 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Matt 15: 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

The Lord is going to vomit lukewarm "christianity" out of his mouth at some point in the future (rev 3:16). While the lukewarm church is being tossed, should'nt we be striving to make the Lord marvel at our faith? Should'nt that be the goal? Or is it enough to be serviced once or twice a week by your hired hand spiritual employees and hope to skid into heaven by the seat of your pants? I can tell you this, if the Holy Spirit is not there, you have no business there either. When you go into these babylonian temples and the only life there is the "interpretive dance" and the "christian theatre acting troup" you need to keep looking.

How people can drag themselves around to these places days on days, weeks on weeks, years on years, seeing no power, no mountains moved, no FIRE is beyond me. I guess if being part of the walking dead is good enough then far be it from me to criticize. Once this fire burns inside you it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to tolerate the lie presenting itself to the world as christianity. Something inside you wants to leap out and grab people and shake them.

The truth can be found in your bibles, and on your knees before the Lord seeking his face for yourself without any interloper in between. Most husbands and wives don't invite a hired hand helper to sit between them on dates or lie between them in bed at night so WHY would they pay someone to stand between them in their relationship to the Almighty to find out what the Lord is saying to them today? GET THE MIDDLE MAN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Faith...hope...love and the greatest of these is love, first love for Jesus then for your fellow man. Who knows how much time is left? Lets be found doing what we know pleases our Lord when he comes back. Let us be walking in GREAT faith, hope and love when he arrives. What does a person have to fear if they are doing these things? John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

grace and peace

General Warning

Luke 8 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Sorry for the pun, but isn't this at the "root" of the OSAS once saved always saved license to sin problem? Don't we read above that the people believe FOR A WHILE, then in time of temptation fall away? What does fall away mean? It means they don't believe anymore. What is the "work" of God? To BELIEVE.

John 6:29
... Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent."

If they no longer believe, they are no longer "in Christ." If no longer "in Christ" they are no longer covered by the blood from which we are forgiven all sins. If they are not covered then they are guilty before God of every sin they've ever committed.

These people referenced above INITIALLY received the word with JOY. When they were feeling all happy and tingly inside they marched down the aisle and "made a decision" for Jesus. But what happened after that day they "made a decision?" They fell away.

I can hear the scrambling now..."uh..well...but falling away doesn't necessarily mean they won't be saved!" Really? Where'd you get that? Some "pastor" tell you that? I've got something that trumps the words of your "pastor" its called the word of God:

Hebrews 6:6
... and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

Could it be said any clearer? Fallen away=IMPOSSIBLE to renew them again to repentance.

Alot of time is spent here on destroying the doctrine of devils known as "once saved always saved." Why? Do you have any idea how many souls that license to sin will send to hell? Do you have any idea how destructive and devastating it is to the souls of men to entirely remove every trace of the FEAR of the Lord we are supposed to maintain at all times? Through the satanic combination of OSAS and the blatant missapplication of "i wasn't given a spirit of fear!" men have signed their own spiritual death warrants.

The bible is positively OVERFLOWING with WARNINGS to the BELIEVER. Why did the Lord go through so much trouble to WARN us who believe? Go re-read Matt 7:14-28. WHERE are the men and women today are claim to be full of the Spirit of God who are WARNING the churches with the exact warnings our Lord sent to US? The "feel good" "think positive" "I don't motivate with fear" teachers/preachers/etc are a dime a dozen in todays world. Everyone wants to hear things pleasant to the ears. Tell me lies I don't care as long as they make me feel good! That's where this world is today.

There are people all over the world today who claim to be "christian watchmen" but they refuse to warn the people because someone might "get a spirit of fear" or someone may be offended. They have NO IDEA what a watchman according the Lord even means. Here's a clue as to what a watchman does:

Eze 33:7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

These people are so busy watching what Satan is doing that they have no time or inclination to "warn them FROM ME." You read that? The Lord is telling the watchman to warn the people FROM ME.....but what exactly does that mean to warn the people "from me." It means this:

8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

Its time for people to WAKE UP. If people want to be careful not to offend anybody or give anyone a "spirit of fear" thats fine. They just have to be ready to give the Lord an account for the BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS for failure to WARN THE WICKED.

Warn the wicked? Oh, you must mean people like Obama and the hillary clinton right? No, we're talking much closer to home here, like to people who call themselves SERVANTS of Jesus......here's a refresher:

Matt 24: 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And look what we have here again.....parable of the talents....

Matt 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

There are many more but you get the point. Mankind may be suppressed right now loaded down with all their sins and self righteousness but our Lord is not suppressed. If men and women will not cry out the Lord's warnings to the people then the stones will cry the warnings out instead.

I know there are many who despise all this. Do these "watchmen" think they are doing people a favor by candy coating the bible for people and "sticking to the positive" or any other topic besides shining the floodlight on the iniquity IN THE CHURCH?

I suppose its better for mankind to stay in their warm little "blue pill" cocoons and not be disturbed so on the day they stand before the Lord of Eternity they can soil their pants as He says to them: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.(Matt 7)

Great idea, just fabulous. It's time for people, especially those who claim to be christians to WAKE UP. What if all hell breaks loose in the world over the next days and weeks? What if that means no more internet connection and this method of delivery for the warnings of God goes away? Well, then there will be angels flying through the sky proclaiming the gospel and the world will be a much different place:

Revelation 14:6
... Then I saw another angel flying overhead with the eternal gospel to proclaim tothose who live on earth-to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

If the internet goes off tomorrow and the world turns upside down with it, if you are reading this today, you have been warned. I don't want your blood on my hands. I wish I could have the job of being the cotton candied people's favorite messenger but I was raised from birth to do exactly this. I hope I'm wrong about the majority of what is written at this blog and if I am then Lord forgive me. If I'm wrong then I have no idea what this FIRE is burning inside me driving my fingers into the keyboard to get this message of warning out.

done for today, grace and peace

A Big One

This morning as I was driving my son to school the Lord dropped a whopper on me. What has he had on my heart for weeks now? Faith. We talked yesterday about the fact that the Lord doesn't use hedging/partial or weak statements in the bible. He uses authoritative, definite, concrete, expansive words. This in itself is proof that the author of the bible is GOD ALMIGHTY. What need does he have to hedge his statements? If he says it, its fact.

Statements like "pray that you may be counted worthy to escape ALL of whats about to happen.." The word used there is "all." Not some, not a portion, ALL. Ok so what's the whopper He laid on me this morning?

Romans 14:23 But the person who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act in faith; and anything that is not done in faith is sin.

Let that statement settle in your mind until you really really "get it." ANYTHING that is not done in faith...is sin. Do you realize what that means? It means you can be what the world considers a really "good" person. Maybe even your "church" thinks you are a saint, but you have a little secret they don't know.....you have lost your faith or close to it, your faith "bank account" has a copper or two left in it, basically nothings there.

How does any other man know how much real faith you have? They don't, but be sure of this, both Jesus and the enemy know. Our real faith DOES MOVE MOUNTAINS. But when's the last time you saw a mountain moved? If mountains have not been moved that means there's not even faith the size of a mustard seed within you because thats all it takes...faith the size of a mustard seed to move mountains.

This gets us back around to the question of: why will so few be saved (Matt 7:14-28)? When we consider the fact that ANYTHING you do that's not done in faith is sin, then you can begin to understand how utterly LOADED down with sin most people are, even the apparently "good." Why did Jesus get all over the disciples time and time again about their lack of faith? Because its impossible to please our God without faith.

Hebrews 11:6
... Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

Most people view faith as something that's just some auxilliary topic among many to be preached by some hired hand spiritual employee (pastor) but our God sees faith MUCH differently than most people do. It's impossible to please him without faith. Anything not done by faith is sin. With true faith so lacking in this world, in the eyes of our Lord sin is stacked from the ground up through the heavens. Why did Jesus ask if when he came back would he find faith on earth? He could have wondered about other things with that question but he specifically wonders aloud to us WILL HE FIND FAITH ON EARTH?

How "boring" that we're have not moved off this topic of faith now for weeks huh? The Lord apparently has something to say to mankind today about faith. Lots of people are looking forward to the rapture of the church but have they checked their faith lately?

The bible shows us clearly time and time again that the Lord lays out both the reward and punishment for what we do (or don't do). I am convinced that our Lord is not playing some game of "gotcha" where you sell out to him to him completely, make a de-cision for him every day that you wake up then he tells you "uhhhh sorry dude, your violation of chapter 5 subsection F , subparagraph A of 3 John makes you ineligible!!!! GOTCHA!!" He wants all of you and when he gets all of you, when you "abide in him" you have nothing to worry about. You have to be found "in Christ" at the end. You have to FINISH what you started...what's so hard for people to understand about that? In a world that rarely finishes what they start of committ to, staying with anything for life is a tall order. People want a guarantee that they can committ today, then forget their committment tomorrow and do whatever they want for the rest of their life and still get the victor's crown.

Apparently the Lord has a message for me and you today and that is, regardless of where we are on the world's timeline, you need to check your faith. When is the last time you laid your faith on the line in this cosmic battle for the souls of men?

Do you remember the movie Top Gun with Tom Cruise? Remember the part at the end where "maverick" was still so shaken from losing his friend that the other guys he was flying with were locked in heated battle and "maverick" was on a pleasure cruise somewhere else? All the while the guys in combat were screaming "MAVERICK WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? ENGAGE DAMMIT ENGAGE!!!!!"

The message is clear. We engage with our faith so....engage.

grace and peace

Guess What? More on Faith..

Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

This is more on faith and another body slam of the false gospel called OSAS-once saved always saved, the license to sin. Notice what it says above "but if any man draw back." There are no idle words used in the bible which means if the bible says "if a man draws back" that means he CAN DRAW BACK. Draw back? Yea, remember what a "de-cision" is from last weeks writing? De-cision means to CUT OFF from any other possibility, in other words, once real de-cision has occurred there is NO drawing back because that would mean a real de-cision was not made.

What happens to the person that "draws back?" Perdition...which means utter destruction, damnation, hell. How do we know if we've made a real de-cision? TIME tells us that. How? Answer below:

Hebrews 3:6
... But Christ as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end.

Hebrews 3:14
... because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end.

Isn't that common sense? How do you know who the winner of a race is if you don't continue watching it to the end? How do you know who wins a football game if you don't know the END result? How do you reach the END? Time. Yea, that means its not over until its over. When you are standing face to face with Jesus (one way or another) THEN its over. Until then, its still "game on." How ridiculous would it be for a rider at a horse race to stop running half way through the race and declare "I WIN!"

If you hold your original confidence to the end, then you win. Read it above straight from the bible. What does it take to hold our original confidence to the end? It takes real faith. It takes a DAILY de-cision to cutoff any other possibility from our hearts and minds that conflicts with our love and dedication to the King of Kings. To keep original confidence to the end you have to REALLY WANT what you are believing for. You have an attitude that says no matter what I will have this thing if it kills me in the process of getting it I am completely committed, no turning back. It takes that...DAILY. Give us this day our DAILY bread Lord, remember that one (Lord's prayer)?

Without faith its impossible to please the Lord. Without faith its impossible to believe unto salvation. When the Son of man returns will he have faith on earth? If you are doing all kinds of wonderful things for Jesus, but you are doing them without REAL FAITH, then guess what you are likely to hear when you stand before Jesus on that day?

Matt 21:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

In other words, "many wonderful works" alone won't get you into the kingdom. When you read here you know what you are going to see...continually aiming at the same targets..like WHY will so few make it through the small gate that leads to life (Matt 7:14). Why will Jesus tell so many "away from me I never knew you" after they list all they did for him?

Here's another scripture the OSAS crowd would like to erase from the bible:

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

"Work out" my salvation? Yea, you read it right thats what it says. With "fear and trembling?" RIGHT AGAIN! But wait "I wasn't given a spirit of fear!" See how easily they erase entire portions of scripture to their own damnation?

Work out your salvation with FEAR AND TREMBLING. That statement alone destroys the doctrine and theology of the majority of "churches" in America today. Why work out our salvation with "fear and trembling?" Go back and re-read Matt 7:14-28 and get back to me on that question. The cotton candy coated brand of babylonian churchianity will send many to hell. Statements like that are what got the prophets killed, you can understand why yes? The Lord sends his servants to confront this wicked world, especially the churches with their apostasy and wickedness and their natural reaction is "KILL HIM!"

Does that tell you where they are coming from and where they are in the spiritual order of things? How can you "work out" your salvation? You can start by keeping your first love first (Rev 2). Jesus first, everything else second. You can get on your face before the King of Kings and let his Spirit shine a floodlight on your insides to convict you of what needs to go and let you know what is pleasing. You can also hear directly from him as to what specifically His will for your life is. We are not a cookie cutter kingdom. He has specific things for each of us to do and how will you ever know those things if you don't know him INTIMATELY?

It takes FAITH to seek an unseen God day in and day out. He rewards those who diligently seek Him. The Lord has been on this topic of faith now for many weeks. Its one of those fundamentals without which your ship is sunk. There is coming a time when Satan and/or one of his demons or many of them will confront men visibly to their VERY FACE and ask "WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?" When that happens, when demons are visibly walking the earth, what will men need to stand for the kingdom? FAITH.

What will it take on days like today when Satan's servants attempt to steal your escape from all (Luke 21:36)? The number of people seems to grow daily attempting to steal people's hope of escape. What does it take to hold fast to a promise that you KNOW will be fulfilled to the letter enabling an escape FROM ALL when simultaneously being attacked on every side? It will take faith. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways and will receive NOTHING from the Lord:

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Satan knows his game well. He knows that all he has to do is create doubt to ensure a man gets NOTHING from the Lord. He sends people like the post-trib, pre-wrath crowd to create doubt in the promises. Could the Lord have been any clearer when he said escape from ALL that's about to happen? What does ALL mean? What does "about to happen" mean? Does "all" leave any room for going through "some" of what's about to happen? No, ALL removes all doubt.

The Lord makes very definitive statements throughout the bible. The promises are laid hold of by faith. I understand men who claim to be christians doubting the promise that some people will escape all. Their lack of faith does not enable them to lay hold of the promise. Their lack of faith will land them right in the middle of the time of Jacob's trouble. Without faith it is impossible to please the Lord.

Faith is the EVIDENCE of things not seen, the substance of it. Once a man has laid hold of something by faith, he has it, he owns it, its his. Such are the promises of God, they belong to those people who lay hold of them by faith.

Done for today, grace and peace

There doth remain faith, hope, love

1 Corinthians 13 -YLT The love doth never fail; and whether there be prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; 9 for in part we know, and in part we prophecy; 10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which is in part shall become useless. 11 When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe; 12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known; 13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

We know that we are supposed to be watching and ready for the Lord's return each and every day. That's the only 100% sure way to be watching and ready on the day he returns. For every speculation out there for when our Lord's returns, there's someone else who does'nt believe it. This attitude we have taken of readiness always is THE way the bible tells us to be ready for his return. With that said, what if the Lord does'nt show up until Dec 21,2012? The date that you pick in the future does'nt matter, what I'm getting at is the patience necessary to wait for years for the Lord's return if necessary.

The people in this world have a terrible time sticking with ANYTHING these days that's longer than the nightly showing of "dancing with the stars" or whatever other garbage is on TV these days. The divorce rate is very insightful because our relationship with the Lord is a parallel to earthly marriage. How many stick with it till death do they part? This isnt a bash on divorced people but making a point about people's lack of ability to stick with anything. What if the Lord delays? Then what? He could show up any day, today or 2 years from today, meantime what are we doing with what we have been given (parable of the talents Matt 25). What are some of the talents from Matt 25 you ask? I'm sure there are many opinions but here's mine: Go back to the initial scripture posted at the top:

12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known; 13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Todays babylonian preachers like to twist the parable of the talents into another tool to fleece your pocketbook but do you really think our Lord needs your money? What is our God looking for out of you? FAITH, HOPE, LOVE. It is through faith that I give my money directly to the poor and needy with no hired hand middlemen to fleece it along the way. Every penny goes into the mouth of the hungry. I do this out of love for the poor. I do this in faith that our Lord's heart is with the hurting and needy in this world. This isn't about me though, its about using what we've been given, faith, hope, love. The various ways these "talents" can be expressed is limitless.

Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

How exactly do we "watch?" Stare at the sky all day? No, we watch through faith. Faith apprehends things that are not seen. Faith expects things that other men scoff at to appear. Faith activates the power of the word of God. Faith gets someone like Noah to build the ark when the entire world was ridiculing, laughing, mocking etc. Hope tells us theres a point to what we are believing for. Love solidifies both faith and hope in the knowledge that the word we trust in, which is Jesus himself (the word) will deliver on every promise made, every time.

1 Thessalonians 1:3 In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.

When the Lord shows up whether that be today or Dec 2012 or anytime before or after, he expects to find REAL faith, hope, and love. The sinfulness and wickedness of this world hardens people's hearts. People can believe today then fall away tomorrow. Once saved always saved is a satanic lie from the pit of hell, your faith must ABIDE the test of TIME, through the waiting, through the economic crisis, through the pig flu, through it ALL. The Lord gave me this perfect illustration to destroy the lie that making a "decision" one day does NOT mean you are "saved forever."

Here it is: What does it really mean to "make a decision." Do you know what the latin root in that word "de-cision" means? It means to CUT OFF permanently from any other option or opportunity. How do we KNOW that someone has made a real decision for Jesus? The test of time. We are all familiar with the new years syndrome where people all over the world "make a decision" that this year they will lose weight, go to the gym etc etc. How exactly do we KNOW if their "decision" was real or not? At the end of the year they are LIVING, acting out the "decision" made and weight is lost. How do we know that a decision was'nt really made? They weight 10 pounds more this year. It's no different in any other area where people make decisions. So called christianity would have you believe that today you can "make a decision" for Jesus then fall away later, and still be saved. That's like saying I made a decision today to lose weight, then tomorrow and every day after the doughnuts and cheescake look better than my decision, I don't work out and I still expect to lose weight. Does that wash AT ALL? That's utterly retarded, its ridiculous, its illogical and its a LIE. People know it does'nt work with diets, workouts, learning a new language or anything else worthwhile in this world but somehow magically when it comes to the Lord and the kingdom of heaven we have this magical ability to "make a decision" one day thats not really a de-cision/cutting off of every other possibility and still expect to get into heaven.

A REAL de-cision means a true cutting off, NO GOING BACK, bridge burned behind us, the rest of our life lived for Jesus PERIOD. Anything else was not a decision. Do we fall on our face as we go forward? Sure. Make lots of mistakes? Yep. Are we perfect? No. But we are expected to get up after every fall, to learn from every mistake and to become PERFECT as he is perfect.

Matthew 5:48
... So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Our Lord expects RESULTS. Go read the parable of the talents again if you don't believe me. He wants to see SOME PROGRESS with what you have been given. The one who buried his "talent" in the ground was called wicked and lazy then thrown outside with the hypocrites. Where can you use your faith, hope and love "talents?" Question is.....where can you not? Engage....go all in, use what you have been given as a conscious act of your will exercise those gifts. It's what our master expects. We must have something, ANYTHING to show for progress. Do not bury your talents. We are dearly loved children. grace and peace

Separation

Does light share fellowship with darkness? The babylonian church tells you that "attendance" at church is mandatory because we must not break fellowship. Really? If the Holy Spirit is not in attendance there I'm supposed to sit staring at the back of everyone's head week in and week out while the spiritual "guru" pastor pontificates so as not to "break fellowship?"

First of all, how can we "attend church" if we are the church? Wherever we go that's where the church is. Second, we are called to be holy before the Lord. What exactly does holiness mean anyway?

Hebrews 12:14 (KJV) Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Here's the translation from a literal bible,

(YLT) peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

Holiness means separation from wickedness. If Jesus says he hates something, like for instance the nicolaitan teachings and practices I see in every church these days, perhaps I shouldn't be there? Or do you sit there week after week listening to teachings and being part of practices that Jesus hates, which is it? Holiness means COME OUT of the babylonian whore, separate yourselves. Of course most people refuse to do this which comes with a price to be paid:

Revelation 18:4 ... Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you don't participate in her sins and also suffer from her diseases.

There are churches and pastors on every corner of every street in America yet the people are soul starved. Psychology and marketing 101 tell us that satisfied needs don't motivate people. In other words if my hunger is satisfied and you come by trying to sell me something to eat you are out of luck, I'm not looking anymore. You wonder why so called christianity is disintigrating into the occult, new age, atheism etc etc these days? People tried out the babylonian prostitute, found her lacking and went somewhere else to fill the gaping GOD SIZED void within them. They are spiritually STARVING, churchianity promised them a meal and when all was said and done the people went home both starving AND lighter in the wallet, what a deal!!!!

The writing here is as much a condemnation of the apostasy of the "christian" church as it is an exhortation to those who are sick to the point of vomiting with churchianity and want the real thing. The truth is out there for those who want it with all their heart. Satan has masterfully created thousands of "brands" of churchianity in an attempt to bury the true church.

2 Peter 2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

You read that? The way of truth will be spoken of as "evil" because of all the false prophets and the MANY who follow them. You still wondering why only a few will be saved in the end (matt 7:14-28)? Where are all the "men of god" today warning people that only a few will make it in? I can hear it already "oh, but that would make people afraid and we weren't given a spirit of fear." Really? Guess what, a "state of fear" and a "spirit of fear" are two DIFFERENT THINGS. Guess what a "spirit of fear" is? ......................its a spirit, what a revelation huh? People today use that quote "we weren't given a spirit of fear" to brush away almost every warning in the bible, how convenient!

All of God's judgements and warnings, every place we are taught about the fear of the Lord ALL BRUSHED ASIDE in one spiritual karate move "i wasn't given a spirit of fear!" Wow, that's one of the best spiri-jujitsu moves I've ever seen. You are told to FEAR him who can and will cast YOUR soul into hell if you are not found "in Christ" at the end. Notice the pronoun YOU that's used here:

Luke 12:5
... "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Not the heathen, not the muslim or satanist...YOU..read it in context, he's talking to believers. Just like those in the vine in John 15, if they are not fruitful, they are CUTOFF thrown out and burned up. Sound "saved" to you?

John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Nope, we weren't given a "spirit of fear" we were given the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit inside us are we supposed to fear him who can cut us off from the vine and kill both the body and soul in hell? YES.

Instead of manufacturing false doctrines like (once saved always saved-the license to sin but saved anyway) how about doing what the bible tells us to do instead? How can I hold our Lord in reverential awe/fear and still be at peace regarding my salvation?

1 John 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

This nail has been hit so many times its beginning to bend....if you do what you are supposed to do which is spend time daily with the Lord, His Spirit which searches your spirit will point out what needs to be fixed if you are going down the wrong path.

Romans 8:27 ... and the one who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, for the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God's will.

Here's an interesting one:

Revelation 2:23 'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and ...
... I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts.

The Lord says he will kill THIS CHURCHES CHILDREN off with pestilence, he will STRIKE THEM DEAD if they do not get their act together. Are you a parent? You reading this? He will strike your prized offspring dead. I guess that will be a rude awakening to today's sugar daddy in the sky, puff me up some more cotton candy and lets "do" church! crowd.

Of course, the Lord striking your children down dead can be so easily dispensed with using churchianities handy tool "I WASN'T GIVEN A SPIRIT OF FEAR!!!!!" Yep, that's great all right. I suppose when their children are slain before them they'll just keep repeating that over and over again "i wasn't given a spirit of fear, i wasn't given a spirit of fear, i wasn't given a spirit of fear, i wasn't given a spirit of fear, i wasn't given a spirit of fear, etc etc"

The Lord warns you first. He wants to be merciful and kind. He wants to reason with you before your children get stricken down:

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

There it is in plain language. Willing and obedient will get you one thing, refuse and rebel get something else. It's up to you. If todays babylonian form of churchianity continues to erase large portions of the bible with their satanic tools (like OSAS and the "spirit of fear" trick) , well..there will be a price.

While preachers are tickling peoples ears and everyone else is out watching satan's chess moves in the world where are the people who are WARNING the church? Where are the people putting what was written squarely in the face of today's so called church? There are a few out there, but few is the key word. Its always a few who "get it." It's a few who find the small gate on the narrow path that leads to life (Matt 7:14).

This is way longer than I thought it would be. Done for today. grace and peace

What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches Today?

Just a short note for today. Do you think that God Almighty is worried about what Satan plans to do on this earth? Really? Do you REALLY think our Lord takes it into any consideration whatsoever?

Our God has plans for today and the future. You need to hear PERSONALLY from him to determine where you fit into those plans. Other peoples speculations and whatever that we see during this age of GREAT DECEPTION are meaningless. You need to hear from the Lord of eternity today. Your hired hand "pastor" cannot give you the words that our Lord wants to give you personally.

I am convinced that time is relatively short. Relatively means days-a few years. In that time our Lord has very specific tasks missions for each and every one of us. Scouring the internet for what other people are saying and "hearing" whatever that may be is almost useless unless we have a personal, direct connection with the Lord of Hosts. First love is primary. You and him alone together is primary. Your "pastor" has NO PLACE, zero, nada between you and the Almighty. One mediator between God and man has been established and his name is JESUS CHRIST.

I am on my face before the Lord daily (close to it). He has given me a specific mission/vision of what to do in these last days. Blogging is part of it but its low on the list. Most people today are so faithless that they really DO NOT BELIEVE they can or will hear from the Lord directly. That will cost them. These people still have faith in the babylonian system of churchianity over the perfect law of God Almighty.

I see the Lord working MIGHTY things in these days before we are called into the ark. Since true believers are few, I think that each and every person who is filled with the Spirit today is called to something amazing. For you, I have no idea what that is. YOU need to find out for you.

At this point I could care less about what Satan is doing in this world, its absolutely IRRELEVANT. The Lord does'nt care and neither should you. The unseen kingdom we belong to is primary. Our Lord never stops building it. Faith, belief, obedience, first love, fundamentals are KEY to all of this. The Lord has saved his best for last for us who believe and are hearing his voice in these last days. We are not some spectators who sit in an overrun position watching the hordes of hell overrun our positions. These are PRE-FLOOD days not tribulation days. These are days when we are expected to do "greater things" than even our Lord did through FAITH. How many people do you know that are doing this?

The lack of true faith and belief are at the root of all the problems we see in the world today. Light drives out darkness EVERY TIME NO EXCEPTIONS which is a body slam rapier through the heart for todays so called babylonian churchianity. You have been warned and encouraged. Warned at your participation in the babylonian whore that calls itself christianity today or encouraged that holiness requires separation faith and belief in what was written.

The responsibility rests squarely on your shoulders today. What will you believe and why do you believe it? Is your faith 100% on the word of God or 50% the word of man, 50% the word of God? Or any variation in between? WAKE UP people. Complete and total faith in Jesus alone who IS the word of God who IS our first love is the only path, the NARROW PATH (matt 7:14) that leads to life.

grace and peace

Faith Like a Grain of Mustard Seed

We are told that faith the size of a grain of mustard seed can move mountains:

Matt 17:20 He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

Question is, when is the last time you saw a mountain moved? What does that tell you about your personal state of faith (not trying to beat you up here/making a point) and the faith (or lack thereof) in the world around you? When the Son of man returns will he find faith on earth? One of the pillars of warning that the Lord has given burdened me with to put in the world's face is Matt 7:14-28. Why will so few be saved?

How about this, most people just pay lip service to real faith and belief. The Lord was constantly on the disciples about their lack of faith what do you think his assessment of faith on earth today is? People "play church" by the millions yet the world is full of darkness and rot instead of light and salt. Mountains are not moved because faith is lacking.

I think the Lord has made it clear to me that these pre-flood days will continue just as they are today right up to the day of the escape from all/removal of the restrainer/revelation of the man of sin. While we live in these "days of the Son of man" what are we doing with the days?

Luke 17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

There are days coming when people will look back at today as "good times." Hard to believe for many people but that's the truth. The Lord always warns before he acts. We've come to a point in these end times when the signs are all around us and undeniable. With the days that are left the Lord has given me a vision mission to move in power utilizing every ounce of faith at my disposal to move mountains before the day I stand before him. It's a mission for the poor and everything has to come from heaven to make it happen. I realize that I am a nobody, the least of the brothers, so what does the Lord expect from you before you meet him face to face? I believe we have been called to operate in power/great faith before we are called home.
The work of God is to believe, we know that:

John 6:29
... Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent."

How does a person believe without FAITH? I'm talking about real faith here not the lip service paid by churchianity today. The muscles in your body grow weak without exercise, so does your faith. Jesus "moved mountains" with his faith and said we would do greater things than he did:

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

How many years have you "played church" without seeing a single mountain moved? Is that acceptable? Do you think the Lord is pleased with this? Who is responsible for the lack of mountains moved? Your hired hand spiritual employee (pastor)? No...you are responsible/we are responsible. This is a wake up call not a beat down. We may have days left, we may have years, I don't know. What I do know with certainty is that the Lord has "switched gears" from pointing out all the signs which have now become blatantly obvious to moving in power from today through the last day we stand on this earth.

Does it surprise you that the Lord expects FAITH from us? Not the lip service brand, REAL faith that moves mountains. Most people sit in their buildings getting "serviced" by the spiritual CEO (pastors) expecting great moves of faith to come from someone else. This is what the idolatry of the pastoral system produces, masses of impotent people who look to the "guru" pastors for all the big spiritual things. After all, the "pastor" presents himself to you as a "man of God" a "professional" spiritual guru right? Man of God? What the heck do you think we are supposed to be?

We have been called out of the Babylonian prostitute masquerading around this world as "christianity." We have been called out of the prostitute and into the true body of Jesus where moving mountains through REAL FAITH is the norm not the exception. If you don't know where to start exercising your faith try looking around you at the family and friends who are not "in Christ" today. Each soul moved into our master is a mountain moved, faith exercised. Do you think souls brought "in Christ" impresses our Lord? I do.

Luke 15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

There is so much darkness, rot, despair, lack of every kind, soul starvation etc etc in this world that the places to engage your faith and "move mountains" is limitless. Every aspect of today's dark world is designed to suppress faith. Babylonian churchianity was designed as a system to suppress faith. Don't believe me? The proof is right in front of your eyes everywhere. "churches" and "pastors" are everywhere yet this world is drowning in darkness. Light does not flee from darkness, darkness flees from light, so where is their light?

The spotlight is on you now, not on the prostitute "church" pretending to be a wife while whoring after the world in every way imaginable. The Lord is merciful and he wants you to arrive to the kingdom of heaven in strength and honor with a hero's welcome not skidding in with your pants on fire from a "near miss" with hell. We have been given all this in an act of love. When you see your first "mountain moved" which will only come with faith, you will understand. When we see no mountains moved that means there is not even faith enough to measure up with a mustard seed.

When Jesus asked if he would find faith on earth when he returned it was more than just a question, its was also a prodding statement to you and me to get our act together and engage with whatever faith we can summon today. Use what you have and you'll be given more (parable of the talents Matt 25). If you allow the prostitute and her hired hand servants to sing you a lullaby for the rest of your days on earth, well..that will be tragic. Wake up.

grace and peace

Watching and Ready

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

There are many scoffers today who think its useless to watch and be ready today for the Lord's return. After watching through prophetically "loaded" days like yesterday, the scoffers like to taunt but I submit to you that they taunt to their own shame. We were specifically commanded to watch and be ready, no time qualifiers mentioned which means we are expected to be doing those things now..today and every day.

We are watching and ready, yesterday, today and tomorrow. We are exercising our faith, expecting our Lord's return at any moment, exactly as our Lord commanded us to. Faith comes with a reward, did you know that? Disobedience and faithlessness comes with a price, did you know that? When a person's pet doctrine stands directly at odds with clear direction in scripture (like people not praying to escape all), the person, not God is wrong..every time. So when we are told clearly to pray that we may be counted worthy of the escape from all that is coming, then we must do exactly what we were told to do, that's faith, that's belief, and that's obedience. When we are told to be watching and ready today and everyday, and we watch in eager anticipation of our Lord's return (while others sit back and scoff) we are centering ourselves by faith and obedience in our Lord's will.

There is a day coming for the mocker, the scoffer, the unbelieving, disobedient and faithless. As a man believes, so he receives. The people who actively try to steal men's hope through the teaching of false doctrines like:....... there's part of the unfolding of the book of Revelation called "satan's wrath" and "there is no escape from all" etc, etc, those men have a reward for what they are doing. When they find themselves neck deep in the time of Jacob's trouble (because they believed they would be there) I don't think there will be any more laughing or taunting. When they see hell on earth unfolding around them while the echoes of "the great disappearance" reverberate in their mind, there will be more weeping than laughing.

My adult life has been spent in and around the military. My first job out of high school was as a professional soldier. Our Lord gave us this:
2 Tim 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Soldiers train for war their entire lives for that time when they will be called to go to war. They live in a state of perpetual readiness for that time when what they trained for will be put to use. We are soldiers. We stay in a state of perpetual readiness for our commander to show up and take us where he is. We WATCH like a soldier on a wall. Our commander said he would be back for us and we are to have our lights shining, our eyes open and our backs to this world when he arrives.

Now that we've made it through pentecost 2009 we are approaching the 3.5 year mark from Dec 21, 2012. That's the next "loaded" date, not that we won't be watching every day mind you, but I view each of the "loaded" days on the calendar as a military exercise, a time to remember everything we've been told by our Lord, a time to self evaluate to determine ..am I ready? The book of ecclesiastes tells us there's a time for everything. Today in the days of Noah and Lot, that is, pre-flood, pre-fire and brimstone days, there's still laughing and joking, planting and building, marrying and giving in marriage, and there will continue to be these things right up to the day we enter the ark of our escape from all...on THAT day, we will see who the wise and the foolish are. I have a funny feeling on that day the mockers will fall silent. Keep the faith, grace and peace.