Why I Don't Defend Myself Against Critics And Enemies

2nd Timothy 3:12-15, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

I had a ministry friend message me this week to ask why I don't defend myself against slander from enemies on social media. This was my first response...

Regarding slander against me, I haven't read any of it in 15 years and I refuse to look at it. When somebody tells me about it, I always quote Mark Twain:

"It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you."

When Pastor Hyles and his successor Dr. Schaap tried to defend themselves, their enemies twisted all their words out of context and used it to further attack them. I think they should have left it alone, which is what I have wisely done. You cannot defend yourself against a critic. Like Daniel, if someone is out to hurt you, they will! I wrote an article years ago about "Why I Don't Try To Defend Myself," but Google has censored more than half of my ministry articles, so that I cannot find it right now. I have 11,000 webpages; and over 55,000 files just on Jesus-is-Savior.

I love what Evangelist Dave Hyles said...

“If there is no credible accusation, then there need be no credible defense.” —Evangelist David Hyles

My ministry friend messaged back and still insisted that I should defend myself, being more specific. Here is my second response...

Critics can and will say all kinds of stuff, but that doesn't mean I am obligated to stoop to their level to answer to it. I have never been convicted of any sexual crimes, nor do I have any felony convictions on my record. That's all anyone needs to know. We need to defend each other, but not ourselves. Proverbs 27:2, “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” I honestly don't care what my enemies are saying about me, and I don't want to hear it from you or anyone else, because I cannot do anything about it. Jesus said the world would hate us, because it hates Him (John 15:19; John 7:7). God pity the preacher that the world don't hate!

My ministry friend replied by saying that I should defend myself like Pastor Jack Hyles did. But what he said is not exactly true. Brother Hyles said he never would defend himself; but rather, only his family, friends and ministry. My ministry friend also said that Pastor Steven Anderson recently defended himself when he was accused of horrible things, and said that so should I. Here is my third and final response...

I won't discuss that matter anymore. You shouldn't be comparing me to Pastor Anderson or Dr. Hyles. 2nd Corinthians 10:12, “For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” Just because I choose not to stoop to my enemies' level to counter their crap, doesn't in any way imply that I am guilty, and shame on you if that is what you were implying. Really, you shouldn't even have brought this slander up, as if I don't know about it already. I mean, 'com on. Nobody wants someone to bring up the slander being said against them on social media. NO ONE! I asked a lawyer 15 years ago about suing the creep slandering me, but because the source is a coward who chooses to remaining anonymous, the lawyer said there's nothing I can do. And the lawyer said, even if I try to sue the slanderer, they'll just find another website on social media to attack me. This is the wicked world that we live in today. Believe me, if there was something I could do, I would, but there's not my friend. I suffer every moment of my life in constant chronic neck pain, burning nerves, prescription medication side effects, the entire right side of my body feeling half asleep, et cetera. I can barely keep up with my own ministry, without worrying about what God-hating evildoers are saying about me on the internet. Romans 12:19 says God avenges all evil; it's not our job to fight our enemies. Jesus said whatever someone does to you or me as saints, they have done it to Jesus (Matthew 25:40). In other words, "Jesus says: “Were in thing this called Christianity together; all for one and one for all.” Pastor Anderson has defended himself and his enemies don't give a flip, they're still hating on him. And Brother Anderson's friends didn't need an explanation in the first place, they would have continued by his side regardless if he did or didn't defend himself. So, it doesn't matter if I defend myself or not, because my enemies won't care and my ministry friends don't need an explanation. I know you mean well, but please leave this alone. God is my defender! Exodus 14:14, “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”

Thankfully, my ministry friend obliged and let the matter rest. He cleared up that he wasn't implying anything in his message. I appreciate his grace and understanding.

That being said, if someone wants to believe the evil slander against me without evidence to support it, then do so at your own peril because you must answer to God in eternity, and so do all of us. If I were guilty of all the horrible ungodly things Satan's minions are accusing me of, I'd be rotting in prison for the rest of my life; but as you see I am free and laboring for Jesus Christ day and night on social media, laying up rewards in Heaven (1st Corinthians 3:8).

“If there is no credible accusation, then there need be no credible defense.” —Evangelist David Hyles

The inspired King James Bible identifies Satan as “the accuser of the brethren” in Revelation 12:10b. We're never more like Satan than when we wickedly unjustly accuse others with our words. Proverbs 11:9, “An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.” There used to be a time in America when a man was deemed innocent until proven guilty. The old adage is still very true: It would be better to let nine guilty men go free, than to convict one innocent man.

Proverbs 20:6, “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?” I don't proclaim my own goodness. I never brag on myself. I don't claim to be a good Christian. I learned a very long time ago that neither I nor you can declare ourselves as being “good,” because only other people can say that about us. Proverbs 27:2, “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” When people tell me that I am a “good man,” it means the world to me. God desires for His children to “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). I want people to esteem that I am a good man as a born again child of God, but neither I nor you can say that about ourselves.

And just as we cannot boast of our own goodness, likewise we cannot defend ourselves. Once someone accuses you it is IMPOSSIBLE to defend yourself, because unless someone has followed you around everywhere you've gone, for every moment of your life, there is no way to prove your innocence. Even if you say, “I didn't do it,” the question mark will always remain. The stigma sticks! We live in a very ungodly slanderous culture in America!

That is why wicked people always accuse their victims based upon the original court charge(s), while totally disregarding and ignoring the final court outcome. So, it doesn't matter to hateful critics if a man was found innocent in a court of law and the charges were dropped, his enemies will still condemn him for the rest of his life based upon the original dropped charges, and that is incredibly dishonest, hateful and evil to do to anyone. The children of Satan who create such evil slander are digging their own graves in Hell.

People are going to think whatever they want to think regardless of what we say. I heard Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) say time and time again that he refused to defend himself against enemies. But Brother Hyles would fight to the very end to defend his family, friends and ministry from enemy attacks. God fights my battles because I am His servant.

To him that believeth, no explanation is necessary; to him that believeth not, no explanation is possible.

This blog will be sent to anyone in the future who asks me about the slander against me in social media, or if someone wants to know why I refuse to defend myself. I have much better things to do with my ministry time than to wallow in the muck and mire with the pigs.

I Have Started A New Ministry Blog At 'WordPress'

Proverbs 18:1, “Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.”

Ecclesiastes 12:9, “And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.”

I didn't even realize that I had created an account of WordPress back in 2019, but for whatever reason I didn't do anything with it. But for the first time on Tuesday I created a new ministry blog at WordPress called 'Stewar1611.' I have already written several new articles and by God's grace plan to write regularly on WordPress to bring glory to God. ...

https://stewart1611.wordpress.com

WordPress is not as user-friendly as Blogger, not even close. It will take me some time to learn how to use WordPress. I have been so impressed with Google's Blogger tool, which is very user-friendly, and by God's grace I plan to continue without slacking off writing on Blogger. But as the old adage goes: “Never put all your apples into one basket.” Ecclesiastes 11:1, “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”

My entire purpose for creating these blogs is to hopefully preserve and perpetuate my ministry writings after I relocate to Heaven one day and am gone from the earth. My good ministry friend Curtis Smale (1965-2022) was the one who encouraged me to start a blog ministry. Curtis' WordPress blog is living proof of why I am making these blogs. He's been in Heaven for four years already, but his prolific writings for Christ are still being read, making an impact for the Lord Jesus Christ. Curtis and myself often conversed about the evils of Lordship Salvation, exchanging 1,500 emails over a 5-year period. Curtis also left behind his YouTube channel. I miss my friend. Curtis was a great guy!

Anyway, I hope that you will drop in regularly to read my new WordPress blog as well. To God alone be all the praise, credit and glory, for Jesus said without Him we can do nothing. Christ is the Vine and we are the branches (John 15:1-5). Jesus is precious!!!

I Have Made .PDF Books Of All My Ministry Blogs

Proverbs 23:23, “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”

On Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, Google's Blogger Team complained about an article I had written about Evangelist Scott Pauley. Evidently someone complained about the article. Google also removed my 'Get God's Free Gift Of Eternal Life' blog for no reason. I have always been slow to process things that happen. That's why I have a writing ministry, I am vulnerable in conversation. That is, I am easily taken advantage of in person. For that reason, I avoid talking on the phone if I can help it. I love my writing ministry.

That being said, late Tuesday night it dawned on me what Google's Blogger Team has done. They were threatening me that if I don't follow their community guidelines, they'll terminate and delete all my hard work forever. I got the message! Unfortunately, this is no way to do things, because I still have no idea what I did wrong! I reread the article about Scott Pauley and the only thing I can see potentially wrong is that I called a pastor a fool, devil and dingleberry. So, I will never do that again. Got it, no name calling! I sure hope that was my offense, because Google's Blogger Team didn't tell me. I would have much rather preferred that they contact me directly and simply tell me exactly what my offense was, but that's not how they do things.

You can go check for yourself on A.I. (I used Duckduckgo's A.I. Search Assistant) and it says you CAN use words like fool, devil and even dingleberry (a humorous word) on Blogger, but such words can cause conflict and should be carefully used. So I am confused. Google's Blogger Team is unfair (respectfully said in my humble opinion) to place the burden of knowing what I did wrong, without explaining anything to me. That being said, moving forward I will tone down my harshness with using adjectives. I won't change my strong opposition to heresy and false teachers. You can still read my article rebuking Evangelist Scott Pauley on my personal website, but I have kindly removed the words “fools,” “devils” and “dingleberry” to be ethical.

This is the highly risky danger of using a service like Blogger. They can just erase several years worth of work with the click of a mouse. They have zero obligation or loyalty to their users who invest many years and thousands of hours of hard labor into their writings. God knows that I have awoken hundreds of nights in the wee hours of the morning and started writing articles because I couldn't sleep. It is so wrong that someone can just erase all of someone's hard work without explanation. I don't know if Google uses a three strikes system like YouTube, or if I have even earned one strike, nor what I did wrong. This is so frustrating.

I admit that I feel a bit reluctant to write from this point moving forward, not knowing what I did wrong, for fear of having years of work destroyed by some person who is very likely not a God-fearing Christian at Google, who would likely frown upon my fundamentalist Bible preaching. That being said, I cannot dip my sails and compromise my beliefs in fear.

So, I will be careful not to call people potentially disparaging names in the future (although I sincerely don't see anything wrong with my original blog about Scott Pauley), but without backing down from taking a stand against religious cults like Pensacola Christian College. That is not name calling to say that they are a “cult,” that is my honest opinion as a Bible preacher who loves truth and righteousness. I found FOUR different plans of salvation at PCC, and that is not okay. It shows that money is more important to them than truth.

By God's grace, I used BlogBooker.com (it cost $29) yesterday to convert 6 years of articles at my 'Gift Of Eternal Life' and 'Stewart 1611' ministry blogs (and my other ministry blogs) into .PDF book format, which you can download for safe keeping if you'd like. The .PDF book for 'Gift Of Eternal Life' contains 3,556 pages (197 MB). The .PDF book for 'Stewart 1611' contains 9,376 pages (545 MB). The books aren't perfectly formatted by the BlogBooker service, but the content is all there for safe keeping.

When I created the blogs, some titles were not available, so I had to choose an alternative title; hence, the different page title versus the blog title for some of my blogs...

1. Gift Of Eternal Life (Get God's Free Gift Of Eternal Life) - 197 MB
2. Stewart 1611 - 545 MB
3. Promises Of God (God Cannot Lie) - 16 MB
4. Disturbing Truths (I Need A Walk) - 50 MB
5. Faith Alone In Jesus Saves (Faith Alone Saves) - 108 MB
6. Stewart Study Bible - 10 MB
7. Bible Prophecy 666 (Bible Prophecy) - 33 MB

Simply due to limitations of time, and my chronic health afflictions, I have not been able to keep up with all my blogs. I sincerely appreciate your patience, prayers and understanding dear reader. THANK YOU for your continued interest in my blog ministry. I make no money and only ask for your prayers for my health and ministry, that the truth may have free course. 1st Corinthians 16:9, “For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”

Google's Blogger Team scared me Tuesday night when they removed my 'Gift Of Eternal Life' ministry blog (808 articles) without warning, just because they could, and essentially told me to go hire a lawyer if I don't like it. No doubt that was their intended purpose. But to take such a drastic measure without bothering to tell me exactly what I did to violate their Community Standards is no way to do things. I humbly think people have a right to know exactly what they did wrong, instead of leaving them to guess, wonder and hope that they figure it out so they don't repeat their alleged offense, on penalty of losing everything. That is a very shaky system, and I think very unfair.

That being said, I appreciate that Google's Blogger Team reinstated my 'Gift Of Eternal Life' blog after several hours of scaring the hell out of me. But they only did it when I deleted my article titled, 'The Utter Hypocrisy Of Evangelist Scott Pauley.' I moved the article to my personal website and changed the title (I just thought it was a good idea, and I added more content to the article). I also removed any potential name calling to be safe.

Kindly said, I still don't know what I did wrong at Google, but I'm guessing it was the colorful adjectives that I used. Google really needs to do better. If they are going to take such a drastic action as to remove 808 articles (that took me 6 years to write), and then tell me to pursue legal action if I don't like it, they should at least have the decency to tell me exactly what I did wrong, instead of leaving me to guess and speculate. I cannot read minds. It's just no way to do things.

I apologize to my blog readers for the interruptions. I'm going to do all I can to safeguard and backup my ministry's data to preserve it for future generations. I am looking into WordPress and other platforms. One day at a time. Please pray for my health and my ministry dear friends. These are not my blogs, they belong to the LORD. I am His servant and Jesus Himself said whatsoever people do to us, they have also done it unto Him personally (Matthew 25:40). 2nd Thessalonians 3:2, “And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.” Jesus is precious!

Betraying The Inspired Word Of God

Mark 14:21, “The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.”

Truth does not need defense—it only needs witnesses! I was listening to the King James Bible today and heard our text verse. The Holy Bible warns that it is better for a man that he were never born, than that he should BETRAY the Lord Jesus Christ. I immediately thought about the Biblical truth that Jesus' name is called “THE WORD OF GOD.” Revelation 19:13, “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.” Therefore, if any man betrays the Written Word, has also betrayed the Living Word.

JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD!!! These modern Bible versions, which are all corrupt, attack the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Carefully notice what God said in Genesis 3:15,“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” God said that He has put “enmity” (made enemies between) God's incorruptible seed and Satan's corruptible seed. The “seed” is the Word of God. Luke 8:11, “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”

Notice carefully that a woman has no seed. When a child is conceived, the seed ALWAYS comes from a man. A woman cannot conceive a child without the seed of a man. For Jesus to be born, seed was required! Where did that seed come from? It came from God the Holy Spirit, and that seed was the Word of God. This explains John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” Jesus was conceived in the virgin womb of Mary by the eternal seed of the Word of God. That's good preaching!!!

All of Jesus' disciples forsook Him during His darkest hour of persecution. Mark 14:50, “And they all forsook him, and fled.” They forsook the Lord, but they did not betray Him. I looked up the different meanings of the word “betrayal.” According to the English dictionary, to forsake someone is betrayal. So, according to the English dictionary, all of the disciples betrayed the Lord. However, that is not the Biblical meaning of “betrayal” in Mark 14:21, where we find the word paradidōmi, which means, “to surrender up, that is, to yield up.”

Basically, it means to feed someone to the wolves!!! It means to throw someone under the bus!!! Judas threw Jesus under the bus! Judas sold out the Lord, instead of selling out to the Lord. Judas deliberately harmed the Son of God, delivering Him into the hands of the wicked Pharisees to be unjustly accused, unjustly tried and unjustly murdered upon a cross!!!

In sharp contrast, the disciples were simply afraid and fled, which is human frailty, but they did not raise up their hand to do evil against the Lord to harm Him, as did Judas. The disciples did not betray innocent blood. Notice what Jesus said at the Lord's Supper in Matthew 26:21, “And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.” Jesus said “ONE OF YOU” shall betray me, not ALL OF YOU! Matthew 10:4, “Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.” Woe unto the man who BETRAYS the Son of God!!!

The Alexandrian Bible Version Crowd Are Betraying The Only Begotten Son of God

May I say, kindly but truthfully, today's wicked Bible colleges (like Bob Jones University and Moody Bible Institute), and the corrupt pastors and lukewarm churches, who are using, selling and promoting the demonic Alexandrian Bible versions, which are CORRUPTIBLE SEED, are betraying the Word of God. THEY ARE BETRAYING THE SON OF GOD, throwing Him under the bus!!! Judas betrayed the Lord for 30 pieces of silver (money). Bob Jones University (BJU) are in the religious business, making a living by betraying the Word of God! BJU are helping Satan by using, selling and promoting the Alexandrian manuscripts!!!

Some of the most friendly religious men, dynamic pastors with charming personalities and sincere eloquent evangelists, are unwittingly the enemies of the Lord. Despite being repeatedly warned, they shirk away from controversial issues (such as the Bible debate) and choose to reside in the middle of the road. Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) was right, the only thing you'll see driving in the middle of the road are dead skunks! BOB JONES UNIVERSITY ARE HELPING THE DEVIL (read their own foolish words concerning the Bible and see for yourself). How Bob Jones University And Their Graduates Help Damn People To Hell. Folks, it's a big deal to God. The inspiration of the Word of God is no trifle matter. Moody Bible Institute makes light of the verbal inspiration of the Bible!!! Bob Jones University make light of the verbal inspiration of the Holy Bible. “THE REAL BATTLE” (a needful MP3 sermon by Dr. Jack Hyles, “Bob Jones... they make light on the verbal inspiration!”).

The Real Battle Is Over THE BOOK!!!

The Holy Bible equates being a godly man with the purity of the Word of God...

Psalms 12:1-3 and 6-7, “Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things ... The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”

Carefully notice that the Bible doesn't say that the “thoughts” of the Lord are pure thoughts. It doesn't say that the “paragraphs” of the Lord are pure paragraphs. It doesn't say that the “books” of the Lord are pure books. It says that the “words” are pure words!!! GOD PROMISED TO PRESERVE HIS PURE WORDS UNTO EVERY GENERATION!!!!!!! This is the real battle that we face in America today!

THE REAL BATTLE TODAY IS OVER THE BOOK!!! When you're against THE BOOK you're against God! The real battle is not over abortion, it's over THE BOOK! If the Book is true, then abortion is murder!!! The issue today is not over homosexuality, it's over THE BOOK! If the Book is true, then homosexuality is a dirty sin!!! The issue is over THE BOOK!!! The battle is over “Thou shalt not kill.” The battle is not over capital punishment, it's over THE BOOK!

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) had it right, who boldly proclaimed the VERBAL INSPIRATION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE...

“We're not talking tonight about inspiration in the original. Now I want to make two statements:

I believe in inspiration of the Bible. Psalms 119:89 says, 'For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.' For ever, Oh, Lord. That Book that you see right there, just as it's written, before there was ever a world that Book existed just like that. Just like that! Forever, O Lord, Thy Word. It doesn't say, 'Forever it “SHALL BE SETTLED” in Heaven, it “IS SETTLED” in Heaven.' Forever!”

...But not only do I believe in inspiration of the Scriptures, but I believe in the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures! “Verbal” meaning word-for-word inspiration! When Jesus comes again in the clouds of glory—Revelation 19:13 says, He has a name called 'the Word of God.' And in II Thessalonians chapter 2 when it talks about that time, when Jesus comes in the clouds of glory, it says He'll put down the Antichrist by the Spirit of His mouth.

I mean, the Battle of Armageddon is a battle between Christ and the Antichrist. It won't be won by bombs. It won't be won by national defense. It won't be won by guns. It won't be won by armies. It won't be won by Air Force. It won't be won by naval battles. It'll be won because God will say, 'drop dead.' I mean, the Word of God is what's going to end the Battle of Armageddon. THE WORD OF GOD! ...

We believe God gave us every word in this Bible right here! I'm saying tonight that I believe in inspiration, but I believe in verbal inspiration, every single word!!”

SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles, “THE REAL BATTLE”

There was no truth any more important to Brother Hyles than the inspiration of every single word in the King James Bible...

“And brother, any time anybody ever casts any reflection upon the accuracy and the inspiration—verbal inspiration—of this Bible, I'll guarantee you he was inspired by the demons. I'll guarantee you! I don't care if he's got a 'reverend' in front of his name. I don't care if he has a clerical collar on. I don't care what school he's been to. He's of the Devil if he says that the Bible is not verbally inspired by God!” —Dr. Jack Hyles, a great quote from the awesome MP3 sermon titled, “Satan's Masterpiece”

Dr. Hyles called out Bob Jones University (BJU) on their heretical support of the Devil's Bible versions...

“I'm saying they [Bob Jones University] make light on the verbal inspiration of the Word of God. I'm not trying to be unkind to anybody. I'm just going to say what I want to say, and say what I ought to say. And brother I want to tell you, I've given the rest of my life to a battle for that Book right there. THAT BOOK! That's where the battle is! That's where the battle is! The battle is that Book right there! IT'S THAT BOOK!

I'm giving the rest of my life, a good part of it, to fighting for the KING JAMES BIBLE!!! And to fighting against the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the Amplified Bible (AMP), the American Standard Version (ASV), the NIV, the Good News for Modern Man (GNT), the Living Bible (LB), and all the rest of 'em, because of this Bible's right, THEY'RE ALL WRONG!!!”

SOURCE: Dr. Jack Hyles, “THE REAL BATTLE”

Beware of anyone who talks about the “originals,” because there are NO ORIGINALS anymore. God has preserved every single one of His words, and they are STILL INSPIRED!!! Watch out for any theological fool who thinks only the originals were inspired. What good is inspiration if God didn't preserve those INSPIRED WORDS. There are fools today who actually claim that only the originals were inspired, but God preserved those words and they're no longer inspired. YOU SORRY DEVIL, GET OUT OF THE PULPIT!!!

There's more danger in a false Bible than there is a in a sensual TV program like HBO. At least HBO (Hebrew Box Office) admits to being heathen, but these demonic corrupt Bible versions claim to be of God. THEY ARE OF THE DEVIL!!! The biggest threat to the churches today is not Netflix, HBO and Hellivision, it's the satanic modern Bible versions!!!

“Satan is to be avoided as a lion; dreaded as a serpent; but he must be feared as “an angel of light”!

“Why, the very spelling of the Devil's name shows what he is—Devil, evil, vile, ill, hell!” —Pastor Charles Spurgeon

SOURCE: “Punch Lines,” page 37

The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Word of God. John 1:1-3 and 14, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” Jesus is the Living Word, the Written Word personified. Jesus is the Word of God incarnate, that is, in the flesh. That is exactly what we just read in John 1:14,b “AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH.” Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) used to say that Jesus and the Bible are “twins.” Hence, to betray the Written Word is the same as betraying the Living Word!!! Many pastors today are betraying the Word of God.

“The only inspired Words of God are in the King James Bible!” —Dr. Jack Hyles (an awesome quote from 'THE REAL BATTLE'

Pastors And Churches Everywhere Are Betraying The Word Of God

All across the world today, primarily in the United States, the Word of God is being woefully betrayed. Biblica.com is betraying the Lord with their New International Version (NIV) translation. Zondervan is betraying the Lord by publishing the NIV. Nelson Publishers are betraying the Word of God with their ungodly New King James Version (NKJV), which teaches the lie that it is “HARD” to be saved in Matthew 7:13. Bob Jones University (BJU) are betraying the Lord by using, selling and promoting these satanic Alexandrian PERversions of the Bible.

There is a raging battle today over the purity, inspiration and reliability of the Word of God. Satan's grandest achievement over the past century has been the Alexandrian-based modern PERversions of the Scriptures, which were popularized in 1881 by Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort, two unsaved Anglican ministers who denied the deity of Christ!!! 

REPROBATES!!! It is from these SAME corrupt manuscripts that the demonic Jehovah's Witnesses have obtained their demonic New World Translation (NWT). My God, what is wrong with today's foolish churches, who are spiritually feeding out of the same hogpen as the Jehovah's Witness cult?

One of the saddest things in America today is the woeful indifference of major Bible institutions over the inspiration of the Holy Bible. Even a fool could see that something is very wrong with having umpteen Bible versions which all say something different. Most exegeters execute THE BOOK! Shame on Bob Jones University, Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton Bible College, Dallas Theological Seminary, East Texas Bible College, and other apostate hellholes that promote corruptible seed. I wouldn't give you a dime for any Bible college or church that uses and promotes two different Bible versions!!! GOD ONLY AUTHORED ONE BOOK!!!!!!! Genesis 3:15 says that God has placed “enmity” (making enemies of) incorruptible verses corruptible seed. Satan's corruptible seed is found in all the corrupt paraphrases today!

God's incorruptible seed is the inspired Word of God, which became incarnate in the flesh of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1st Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” Notice carefully that a person CANNOT be born again of corruptible seed. I'm so sick and tired of apostate pastors attempting to justify the Devil's corruptible seed, by alleging that people have been saved through the Alexandrian Bible versions.

The truth is that if anyone has ever been saved involving corruptible seed, it is only because somewhere in the process the incorruptible seed of the King James Bible was present. In other words, some churches use BOTH the King James Bible and the Alexandrian PERversions. They piggyback on the King James Bible, so people can still get saved. However, the younger generation is slowly abandoning the King James Bible, and the churches are becoming filled with spiritual miscarriages (religious unsaved people).

“Every word in this Bible is inspired by God almighty!” —Dr. Jack Hyles (a great quote from the classic sermon, “A Friend At Midnight”)

If I Perish, I Perish!

God called me to preach as a youth. I love the Lord for putting a burning desire in my heart to stand for the truth. I am an imperfect person. If you're looking for a big sinner, you found him right here!!! I am a sinner, but redeemed and washed in the precious blood of the Lamb of God, hallelujah!!!

Do you know what wicked people do when a Christian stands for what is right, they search for any fault they can find to attack and discredit that Christian. That is why so many of my enemies, many fellow disgruntled Baptists, malign and slander me, because they hate the truth I am preaching!!! If you rebuke a wise man, he'll become wiser and love you for it; but if you rebuke a fool, he'll hate and despise you for it (Proverbs 9:8).

I make the fuss I do over Bob Jones University, because I was kicked out of an independent Baptist church for standing against the Devil's counterfeit Bible versions. It was their graduates that did it! So I did some homework. I dug out some old sermon cassettes by Dr. Jack Hyles, that I didn't even know I had, from 30 years ago, where he blasts BJU for making light of the verbal inspiration of the Bible. My eyes were really opened to one of the biggest problems in America today, our apostate Bible colleges that no longer believe in an inspired Bible!!! Go figure!

I think that's a big deal, worth getting upset over. We need a whole new generation of preachers!!! I think the purity of God's Word matters. I think First Baptist Church of Hammond has dropped the ball, horribly, betraying the Word of God by denying the inspiration of the King James Bible public since 2008. THAT IS WICKED! Get mad at me if you want, I am going to preach THE TRUTH, and if I perish, I perish!

To Hell with Bob Jones University and their satanic perversion-loving graduates!!! When Simon (a Christian) tried to purchase the power of the Holy Spirit, the apostle Peter told him he could perish with his money (Acts 8:20). The raging battle today is over THE BOOK!!!!!!! Most independent Baptists are sitting on the sidelines, merely playing church. They are sitting on the premises instead of standing on the promises. If there is one thing that we need today in our churches, it is a zeal over truth! THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH!!! THE KING JAMES BIBLE IS TRUTH!!!!!!!

Shame on any pastor who is indifferent toward the corrupt modern Bible versions!!! People in the church congregation are only going to get excited about what the pastor gets excited about. For that reason, I dread attending 95% of Baptist churches today, because the pastors merely uses sugar-stick sermons off the internet, with several points that all begin with the same letter, but they don't preach!!! I hate those cute sermon outlines, I really do! I like a preacher who says it like it is, bold and without apology with concern, shelling the corn, bringing down the roof, offending people in love, crying aloud THE TRUTH with sincerity, relying upon the Holy Spirit to make an eternal difference.

Wickedness In Sick Laodicean Churches Today

Pompous religious arrogance is destroying the churches. The big Bible colleges, like Bob Jones University (BJU... Bad Joke of a University), are shaping the nation into a cesspool of apostasy, through their adverse influence upon the churches! While Bob Jones University are promoting musical pennywhistles and the satanic English Standard PERversion (ESV), I am trying to get churches to use only the King James Bible and expose the Devil's Alexandrian PERversions!!!

I'm trying to get Christian women to wear culottes and dresses! I could show you church websites, with female staff members wearing black skin-tight sweat pants. PASTOR'S WIVES! I won't link to the local website on Guam. These are independent Baptists! It makes me not want to care either. That is how I feel. They reject me, shun me away, despise me, won't even wave back at me when I wave in kindness to them, all because I am standing up for the King James Bible. It discourages me every time I see them. I have done nothing except tell THE TRUTH!!!

The Most Discouraging Thing To Me As a Christian is the Shallow Bob Jones University Crowd. They just don't care how they dress. They don't care about the Word of God. They don't care about the integrity of the Gospel. They invite Ravi Zacharias to speak at their church. They promote John Macarthur to their congregation. But they despise and shun me away, refusing to even allow me to sit and hear the sermons, and fellowship with other believers.

They are selfish and only care about their little world they've made for themselves, to hell with their brother in need. That is wicked as can be, but again, they couldn't care less. They are respecters of persons. They are merely playing church, enjoying the good life in their pride and arrogance, while spitting on the truth and Lord Jesus Christ. Their women wear slacks, their men are henpecked, their so-called “church” is popular because they are ecumenical.

But what they think is success is really apostasy and ungodly sin. Revelation 3:15-17, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” Jesus warned that many that are first shall be last. Some of the most wicked people are religious people, who don't care. I CARE!

I AM KING JAMES BIBLE ONLY!!! I HATE THE COUNTERFEIT BIBLE PERVERSIONS, BECAUSE LOVE GOD'S WORD!!! Psalms 119:104, “Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.” It takes a good man to stand against bad men! There are shameful pastors whom I love, and pray for regularly, and have no ill-feelings against; but as a preacher I'm taking a stand against their apostasy and sin. The greatest of all sins is pride. Truth does not need defense—it only needs witnesses!

The Bob Jones camp ought to listen to their own founder...

“The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.” —Dr. Bob Jones Sr.

BJU are doing their own thing, neglecting the Bible issue debate completely. There school has a history of hobnobbing with wicked political candidates. It appears that having a first-class music program is far more important to them than upholding the Word of God. How can anyone support the, literally, hundreds of English Bible versions?

I'll stand alone for God, and hopefully thousands of BJU students and graduates will read my web writings and figure it out for them self, that BJU are unwittingly God's enemies. THE BATTLE OF THE AGES (MP3, Dr. Hack Hyles; The Alexandrian Bible crowd are God's enemies!). The BJU crowd call Dr. Hyles “a cult,” but it is BJU who are part of the Alexandrian cult!!! I can see exactly why God's vomits over lukewarm churches!!!

I am earnestly and prayerfully trying to get Christians to care once again!!! Why am I so hated for telling THE TRUTH??? Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Thank you for reading my ministry blog. Jesus is precious!!!

People Only See What They Want To See

Genesis 3:6-7, “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Eve only saw what she wanted to see when the serpent tempted her to rebel against God, just like we all do. Humans by nature tend to go into denial concerning things that they don't want to accept or believe. Jeremiah 5:31, “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?”

 

We see this evil loyalty today with the ungodly Democrat and Republican parties. No matter what wickedness Democrat leaders commit, their demented supporters rally behind them. The Republicans are not better, taking our nation to war again and again, while the stupid churches rally behind the politicians. In a March 2007 interview with Amy Goodman, General Wesley Clark (born 1944) revealed the Globalist's long term plot to overthrow the Middle East with military power, which is what is happening right now in Iran.

The churches have fallen hook, line and sinker to go along with the sinister New World Order. The stage is being prepared for the coming Man of Sin, the diabolical Antichrist. Fox News journalists are highly paid professional liars, whose ungodly purpose is to shape public opinion among conservatives and Christians. Their reporters have attitudes, intentionally so, proactively controlling the narrative of the far right. Fox News is undeniably controlled opposition, whose journalists (e.g. Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly) are paid tens of millions of dollars to perpetrate the lies. These bought and paid for Roman Catholic men are evil!

The phenomena of people only seeing what they want to see is not just limited to politics. The religious world is even more guilty. Check out this shocking comparison chart...

These Bible publishers today couldn't care less about the purity of God's inspired Words. All they care about is making money. As Pastor Max D. Younce wisely points out, many of today's Bible revisions are not even based on any ancient manuscripts, they are merely fabricated. Words matter to architects, attorneys, educators, judges, contractors and politicians; but for some insane reason today's incompetent clergy would have us to believe that words don't matter to God. Dear reader, you better believe that words matter to God!

Today's wicked neo-evangelical pastors and Bible colleges are in denial. They only see what they want to see. Anyone who knows the truth of God's Word is fully aware that Lordship Salvation is a counterfeit plan of salvation. Yet, tens of millions of corrupted church members  nowadays continue to go along with the Satanic fraud that God won't save you unless you first surrender your will to turn from your sinful bad habits, follow Christ and change your behavior. Behavior modification has absolutely NOTHING to do with being born again.

On the amazing Day of Pentecost in Acts chapter two, the Bible says 3,000 Jews simply “gladly received” (Acts 2:41) the Gospel that the Apostle Peter preached and were saved. They simply believed the GOOD NEWS! It was that simple, easy and free to be saved. No one was interrogated to see if they were first willing to turn from their sinful ways, accept Jesus as the supreme “Lord” of their life, or change their bad behavior. Today's wicked pastors have adopted the Devil's counterfeit plan of salvation, with no regard for THE TRUTH.

I humbly believe this is why Jesus said in Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” If you seek for the truth, you will ultimately end up at Jesus' feet.

In 2018, when the organization Biblica freely shipped 17,000 New International Version (NIV) bibles to Cuba, the Cuban government admirably rejected the entire shipment! I love it!!! Amen and amen and amen! Good for Cuba! The communist leaders of Cuba have more spiritual Horsesense than America's stupid incompetent pastors and Bible colleges. Even more remarkable is that Cuba's government said they only want King James Bibles. IN YOUR FACE BIBLICA!!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Get thee behind me, Satan!

America's churches today are so stupid and wicked. Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is in bed committing spiritual adultery with the ungodly Calvinist Bob Jones University cult in Greenville, South Carolina. Birds of a feather flock together! They are partners in spiritual crime, which pays very well. PCC takes in about $175 million each year in revenues. Sadly, they love money but have no regard for THE TRUTH, which is why I found four conflicting plans of salvation at PCC. SHAME! I befriended PCC's pastors with the truth that Bible repentance does not mean to turn from your sins to be saved, for which I was banned by Pastor Jeff Redlin (their senior Bozo cult leader) since 2022 from attending Campus Church. God will punish PCC's arrogant, wicked, incompetent and wilfully blind cult leaders for perverting the Gospel. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

Have you ever wondered why there are 21 million Seventh-Day Adventists, 18 million Mormons, 110 million Lutherans, 2 million Church of Christ members, 8 million Jehovah's Witnesses, et cetera? That is very interesting how people divide among the various religious denominations. The reason why is because people by sinful nature only see what they want to see. All of the groups I just mentioned are dangerous religious cults, who all pervert the Gospel. All of these groups teach works for salvation.

Many people have been deceived by Seventh-Day Adventism (SDA), who claim to believe in a salvation by grace alone through faith alone, but if you look closer at what the cult actually believes, they redefine faith to mean obeying the Ten Commandments. SDA's adhere to a deadly Lordship Salvation type of fake salvation. Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

Thank God, Google Reinstated My 'Get God's Free Gift Of Eternal Life' Blog

Proverbs 21:1, “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

I don't know what happened tonight. I had received two very disturbing emails earlier this evening, informing me that my 'Get God's Free Gift Of Eternal Life' blog had been permanently removed. My ministry blog was gone! I was devastated because I've invested thousands of hours of labor over the past several years since May of 2020 writing 808 blog articles just for that one blog. I thought for a few hours that I had lost it all forever! When Google locks your account, you cannot even access your blogs to retrieve your information. That is scary!

I have checked into other free blogs and there is nothing like Google Blogspot. I wouldn't mind paying at all, but that would defeat the entire purpose for which I started a Blogspot account, to preserve my ministry writings when I'm gone someday. If I had to pay, then when I die and don't make the required payment, bye bye everything. So, I really appreciate Google.

Thanks be to God, Google's Bogger Team changed their mind, for which I am so very grateful. THANK YOU Google! I am a loving man, despite my fundamentalist Bible preacher's bark and growl. I just want to be a blessing to people for Jesus Christ. I am very opinionated and I do get worked up emotionally at times with passion in my writings, but that's why a lot of people come to read my articles. I write from the heart. I wouldn't know any other way to write.

I have never bashed homosexuals, Jews or African Americans (groups that are commonly bashed) and I never would, because it is wrong. I believe that as human beings we should respect everyone, regardless of whom they are, treating them with love and respect as human beings. If anything, I am hardest in my Bible preaching against fellow Baptists. Titus 1:13, “This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.” I am obeying God to REBUKE THEM SHARPLY who corrupt the Gospel.

That being said, here is the reversal email that Google sent to me, for which I am very relieved. I had taken Miss Pickles (my Cockapoo dog) for her evening walk and I prayed all the way for God to please do something. I don't know if God answered my prayer, or if Google just did the right thing after reviewing someone's decision, but I am grateful regardless. I always give God the benefit of any doubt. This is His ministry after all. I am His humble servant. ...

Hello,

We have re-evaluated your blog against Blogger Community Guidelines (https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy). Upon review, the blog has been reinstated. You may access the blog at https://giftofeternallife.blogspot.com .

Thank you for understanding.

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

Amen and amen! So, all is well. praise the LORD! I will continue writing for the foreseeable future, as long as I am alive and able. To God alone be all the praise, credit and glory, for Jesus said without Him we can do nothing (John 15:5).

Google had sent me a second email earlier this evening (that I mentioned earlier in this blog) complaining about an article that I had written, which I just deleted to comply. I will ALWAYS remove any article(s) that Google's wants taken down. I am not foolish. I've invested too much into this blog ministry to watch it all vanish over a couple articles. I may have a loud bark in my ministry's writings at times, but I am just like the nice old guy behind the curtain in the classic 1939 movie, 'The Wizard Of Oz.' And my dog, Miss Pickles.

THANK YOU to all my blog visitors, you are my greatest investment. 2nd Corinthians 3:2, “Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men.”

God Is Not Impressed With Spectacular Prayers

Matthew 6:7, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”

I recently heard a ministerial student pray for me. I didn't laugh but wanted to. He prayed something like this...

Dear Father of spectacular lights and all created beings, great God of the cosmos and all personalities in the universe, I pray with all superlatives and depth of richness from my soul. Please bestow your grandeur blessings upon this struggling servant of yours. We pray for the beneficial magnificent of thine orderly blessings.

Something like that. I cannot even repeat his formal speech, but he lost me after the first sentence. I thanked the younger fella for praying for me because he did it from a sincere heart. But I felt compelled to write this article to teach others that when you pray, just be yourself. It is annoying to me when people pray using big words, and in my humble opinion are being hypocritically sanctimonious in nature, laying it on thick with the religious lingo. There is just something sweet about hearing a simple common man pray. You can keep all that bigger than life, Hollywood style, theological deeper life, stuff-shirt type pompous prayers. That doesn't impress me at all, and I think I can confidently say neither does it impress God.

I heard Pastor Jack Hyles say that he doesn't like praying in public, and I couldn't agree more. Dr. Hyles says that when we pray in the presence of others, we are carefully articulating out words to impress other people. Whereas when we pray at home alone, or in the solitude of our soul, we just talk to God as we would a friend (and that's how prayer should be).

I am against religion formalism in church. When I attended the Discovery Class for the First Baptist Church of Pensacola in 2022, one of their assistant pastors said that their church prides itself in “formal worship.” That didn't impress me one bit. In stark contrast, my hero of the Christian faith Pastor Jack Hyles wrote a whole chapter against formalism in his 1993 helpful book titled, “Enemies Of Soul Winning.” In am referring to chapter 3, “Formal Worship: An Enemy Of Soul Winning.” Nothing has killed churches today like formal worship!

At the First Baptist Church of Pensacola they do not sing the old hymns of the Christian faith that I grew up with and cherish. Instead, they sing spiritually lifeless Episcopalian type formal songs that are a sure cure for insomnia. The church is weird. They host a contemporary church service at 8:15 am, and then a formal worship service at 10:45 am. I always say that the contemporary service is too contemporary for me, and the formal service is too formal for me.

In neither church service do they sing the wonderful old hymns of the faith. They don't sing songs like: At Calvary, What A Friend We have In Jesus, I Am Resolved, At The Cross and Nothing But The Blood. Sorry, you won't find those foundational songs of the Christian faith in America at the First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Instead, you'll find 7-11 songs. That is, 7 words repeated 11 times. I dread today's lifeless neo-evangelical church music!

You'll sadly also find the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. You'll find that nearly all the women wear their worldly pants. The preaching is lame at best, and dead. The church does a lot of charitable work for the community, but that doesn't make them good people. Please listen to Evangelist Justin Zhong preach this applicable sermon titled: 'Balaam, Son Of Bosor.' Even the Apostle Judas was given the power by Jesus to cast out demons (Matthew 11:1); and yet the Bible says Judas was a known thief (John 12:6), and had a devil in him (John 7:70). I digress.

When Evangelist John R. Rice (1895-1980) was asked to pray for the meal they were about to eat at Hyles-Anderson College, everybody expected him to pray a lengthy sanctimonious pietistic type of prayer. But the elderly godly preacher simply prayed: “Thank you dear Lord for this food we are about to eat. Amen.” I want to be that man! I don't want to impress others with my praying. I dread praying in public, I really do, and I try to avoid it at all cost. In the last church that I attended, I intentionally didn't join, knowing that only voted-in members were allowed to pray publicly. They never asked me to pray and I couldn't have been happier not being asked to pray. My life of prayer is personal between me and my faithful God.

But if you are asked to pray in public friend, please don't sound like a religious nut. I mean, you can clearly tell when someone has prepared a prayer. If you ever watch someone pray at a White House prayer breakfast, they read off a teleprompter. Nothing is said from the heart. President Donald Trump has been known to use a teleprompter during speeches, including prayer gatherings at the White House. Prayers should never be read from a script. To do so just proves that it's all a carefully plotted ruse, not sincere.

Matthew 6:7, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” I often think about this Bible verse, because it confirms that heathens can pray. As I mentioned earlier, Judas Iscariot had the power to cast out devils (Matthew 11:1). Hellbound heathens can pray, fast, tithe, fear God and give alms to the poor, as evidenced by Cornelius in Acts chapter 10. Cornelius didn't get saved until Acts 10:44. He was a good man, but lost, until he came to faith in Jesus Christ later on.

The 450 hellbound prophets of Baal during Elijah's time were all religious. The world is full of religious heathens (Matthew 15:8). Jesus confirmed that most of the world is going straight to Hell when they die (Luke 13:23-24).

When I am asked to pray publicly, I just keep it simple and try to talk to God as if no one else is there. Obviously that is not possible, and can be risky if you say something that you shouldn't say, but I always try to keep my prayer's length to a minimum. God already knows what we want and need even before we pray, so we don't need to pray lengthy prayers (Matthew 6:8).

Dr. John R. Rice was famous for teaching the truth, “Prayer is asking!” God wants us to cast all our cares upon Him (1st Peter 5:7). The Lord doesn't want us to be stressed out about anything, but to bring all of our needs and supplications (long term requests) to God in prayer (Philippians 4:6-8). God always hears our prayers, but we don't know what He will do. I agree with Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) that if we could see all that God sees, we would never question His motives again when He seems to ignore our prayers. God knows what is best!

I admit that I often feel like the meme below at the bottom of this page. It makes no sense to me oftentimes why God ignores the saints when we cry out to Him, but Jesus taught in Luke 18:1-8 that God the Father will oftentimes ignore His children to test us, because without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please Him (Hebrews 11:6). A faith must be tested.

The unjust judge ignored the widow simply because he couldn't have cared less about her as a hurting human being; but in sharp contrast, God ignores us because He does care and wants our faith to grow. Unshakable faith comes from having our faith shaken! Nothing shakes a believer's faith like unanswered prayers from our heavenly Father. What did Jesus say about that? Luke 18:1, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” Just keep on praying, whether it seems God answers or not.

I have lived long enough to know, having been born again for 47 years since age 12 in 1979, that God oftentimes answers my prayers in ways which I hadn't seen until I was able to look back in hindsight decades later. The old adage is true: When you cannot see the hand of God at work, trust the great heart of God. “God” is not mentioned one time in the Old Testament book of Esther, yet we are given a privileged look into the lives of God's saints, so that we can see that everything worked out for good in the end (Romans 15:4).