The Omission Is The Most Powerful Lie

John 8:44, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

Prolific writer George Orwell correctly said that the “omission” (leaving something out) is the most deadly form of lie, which is exactly what Satan has done to the Word of God...

“The omission is the most powerful form of lie, and it is the duty of the historian to ensure that those lies do not creep into the history books.” —George Orwell, author of ‘1984’

The most shady and dishonest business people, whether they be realtors, car salesmen, attorneys, pastors or Bible publishers, are the ones who don't tell you all the facts! We see this evidenced in the dialogue between the serpent and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The serpent (according to 2nd Corinthians 11:3 and Revelation 20:2) was Satan. The Devil didn't give Eve all the facts! The serpent tricked Eve, deceiving her.

The consequences were devastating! Oh, my friend, the serpent is still making empty promises today, perverting the meaning of repentance, and corrupting the plan of salvation, and distorting the person of Christ in the modern Bible PERversions. YOU CAN'T TRUST THE NEW BIBLE VERSIONS!!! Do you really think God is behind the insane Bible craze? One publisher claims, “This is it, this is God's Word.”

Another publisher says, “No, this is the one, this is God's Word!” Which one friend? This one? That one? Ask the average preacher and you won't get a straight answer. The average churchgoer today has a dozen Bible versions on their bookshelf at home! If they don't understand one, they consult another. My friend, God only authored ONE BOOK!

For example: You'll never learn about the threat of “Lucifer” in the new Bible versions, because they've removed his name completely. Lucifer is creeping into the churches right before our very eyes undetected, in the new Bible versions. The Devil doesn't mind if the naive world pictures him as a red devil with a pitchfork, who torments people in Hell. Nothing could be further from the truth. God torments unbelievers in Hell, not the Devil (2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9). The Bible teaches that Satan is very beautiful in appearance (Ezekiel 28:17).

We know that this prophecy in Ezekiel 28 against the Prince of Tyrus is a dual-prophecy (i.e., it has a double meaning), which also teaches about Lucifer (because Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that he was in the Garden of Eden, as well as placed in charge in Heaven, but his pride ruined him). Take note young people, Lucifer was destroyed because of his beauty and brilliance. Ezekiel 28:17, “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.” Satan's primary targets are beautiful and handsome brilliant young people. SATAN WANTS YOU!!! Satan always goes after THE BEST!!!

Today's younger generation have been misled and wrongly taught to believe that the King James Bible was only for their grandparents, and is outdated, too prejudiced and old fashioned. I'm sick of hearing about “The Teen Bible” and “The Men's Bible” or “The Woman's Bible.” That “Women's Bible” nightmare is straight from the depths of Hell, teaching that God is actually “The Heavenly Mother” instead of The Heavenly Father. Boy, how wicked and dumb can people be? My friend, the King James Bible is everyone's Bible!!! I feel sorry for you if you have been deceived by the Devil and are using a water-down, modern, corrupted, counterfeit of God's Word. The inspired King James Bible, yes, that's the book for me!!!

The younger generation today, and bilingual Americans, are at the mercy of the counterfeit Bible versions, which change and pervert what it means to “REPENT,” thus corrupting the Gospel. WE ARE AT SPIRITUAL WAR WITH THE DEVIL!!!

“Now you say, 'Brother Hyles, you make an issue.' You dead sure better know I'll make an issue!” —BATTLE OF THE AGES (MP3, Dr. Jack Hyles, “The King James Bible crowd is going to come out on top!”)

Our Faithful Creator's Greatness Is Unsearchable

Psalms 19:1-3, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.”

God is more than amazing! I've been watching astronomy videos on YouTube. The universe is absolutely amazing! The temperature in space is -454°F. Absolute zero is -459.6°F. Whereas one cubic yard of earth's air has quadrillions of atoms, one cubic yard of outer space has just one atom. That's why it is so cold.

When you look up at the stars at night, you're looking at light that has travelled trillions and quadrillions of miles. The nearest star to the earth, after our own sun, is Alpha Centauri, which is 25 trillion miles away (4.3 light years). The brightest star in the evening sky is Sirius, which is 50 trillion miles away (8.6 light years). The farthest known star from the earth is 164,601,510,449,141,016,463,851 miles away (165 sextillion miles; or 28 billion light years). Wow!

The intriguing beautiful planet Saturn has 146 moons! Wow!

Venus is the only planet in our solar system that actually rotates backwards. A day on Venus lasts about 243 earth days, which is longer than its year (equivalent to 225 earth days). This means that a single rotation on Venus' axis takes more time than the planet requires to orbit around the Sun. The earth takes 365.26 days to orbit the sun. I love astronomy!

I took these photos from my front yard this morning...

Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

Rebellious Wives Have No Excuses

Genesis 3:6, “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.”

Job 2:10a, “But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh...”

Proverbs 14:1, “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”

If Eve were alive today and committed the same sin as she did in the Garden of Eden, I can just hear all the ungodly professional doctors making excuses for her sins. Today they would diagnose Eve with everything except THE TRUTH that she is not right with God.

“It's not her fault,” they would foolishly say, “She has a chemical imbalance of the brain.”

“It's not her fault,” they would foolishly say, “She has a hormonal imbalance.”

“It's not her fault,” they would foolishly say, “She is suffering from post traumatic stress.”

“It's not her fault,” they would foolishly say, “She has regressive anger from her teenage years.”

“It's not her fault,” they would foolishly say, “She has clinical depression.”

It ceases to amaze me how today's ungodly worthless so-called “professionals” and “experts” cannot see beyond their heathen training. To the man with a hammer in his hands everything starts looking like a nail stocking up. And today's medical quackery disguised as “seeking professional help” is nothing short of lunacy and snake oil salesmanship. The bogus concept of the “chemical imbalance” theory began to gain prominence in the late 20th century, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. For the past half century neurologists and psychiatrists have been cruelly diagnosing people with a “chemical imbalance” of the brain, pumping their bodies full of potentially lethal drugs (and many have died). Those quacks for doctors should all be in prison! You simply cannot trust the medical industry. Be wise and use common sense.

I guarantee you that 99% of women who seek psychiatric help are rebellious and create their own problems. No doubt the so-called “professionals” and “experts” would disagree and make disparaging comments about my Bible preaching. I encourage you to listen to my long time ministry friend Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) in this excellent 2-part sermon series...

Pastor Max Younce - Human Wisdom vs. Divine Wisdom, 1 of 2

Pastor Max Younce - Human Wisdom vs. Divine Wisdom, 2 of 2

Dr. Younce is absolutely correct that most people who seek psychiatric help are rebellious against God, which is their real problem. They're not crazy, they're rebellious!

“Insanity because we're in sin!” —Pastor Lester Roloff (1914-1982), “Steps In The Degeneration Of Our Nation”

There's nothing wrong in the United States that couldn't be remedied by a new generation of preaching fundamentalist Bible preachers who love people unconditionally with God's love (Jude 1:22), preach uncompromisingly without apology against sin (1st Timothy 5:20), earnestly contend for the Christian faith (Jude 1:3), preach a free grace Gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-6), only from the inspired King James Bible (Proverbs 30:5-6), and go soulwinning door-to-door as did the early Christians (Acts 20:20).

We are living in a wicked generation of rebels who do not fear God. The vast majority of American women today have become angry, immodest, rebellious, spoiled rotten and empowered by the courts. But a godly woman rejects these trends and seeks to please God.

I know a Christian couple whose marriage was struggling. The fella's rebellious wife left him to go to an accursed women's shelter. Within one week those ungodly sinners running the shelter had convinced the man's wife to file for divorce. Psalms 1:1a, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...” By the way, they professed to be “Christians.” Remember, even Satan appears as an angel of light (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15). Just because someone claims to be a “Christian,” doesn't mean you can trust them. Please don't let down your guard to trust their advice, they could be in league with the Devil.

Do you remember in the New Testament in Matthew 16:23 when Jesus called the Apostle Peter, “Satan”? Peter was thinking like the Devil. I wrote a needful article years ago called, “Satanic Christians.” We are living in a dangerous society today in America, surrounded by the never ending counsel of ungodly fools. If you are not grounded and settled in the inspired Holy Bible, you are vulnerable. And just like Eve was the weaker vessel in the Garden of Eden, so are women today more susceptible to Satanic deception (1st Timothy 2:11-15). Women are far more vulnerable to accept someone's demonic advice to file for divorce, than are men.

Rebellious wives have no excuses. I've seen irresponsible wives lift the carpet to sweep dirt underneath, instead of properly disposing of the filth. One teenage girl counted 50 beer cans underneath her mother's couch where she slept. The mother would finish another Old Style can of beer and just shove the empty can underneath the couch. These are Christian women. I am not condemning anyone, God forbid, I am simply saying that if the shoe fits, wear it.

What kind of wife are you? Proverbs 31:28, “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” Does your husband call you “blessed” Ma'am? Or does he say with millions of frustrated American men, “God damn my rebellious wife!” Woe unto you dear reader if you are the latter. God esteems a wife's rebellion as being equal to witchcraft. What saith the Scripture? 1st Samuel 15:23a, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry...” Are you in league with a witch?

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. Jesus is precious!!! To God alone be the glory.

God Is Good

Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.”

I prayed the other day for the lost serviceman in Iran. The two Airforce soldiers ejected when Iran shot down their F-15E military jet on Good Friday. The pilot was rescued quickly, but the Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) was missing in action. Thank God, he was rescued 36 hours later by his peers in the U.S. military. The soldiers were both wounded in the incident from shrapnel when their jet was attacked by Iranian fire. The missing airman made the right choices. He climbed a 7,000 foot mountain and hid in a ridge to evade capture, and then using his radio made contact on Good Friday, simply saying: “God is good.”

At first the U.S. military thought it might be a trap, because of the religious fanaticism of Islam. But his commanding officers recognized his strong Christian faith and confirmed that it was him. Thank God they had enough sense to accept the soldier's message as valid. The U.S. military went in and rescued their peer on Easter Sunday, thank God! What a blessing!

You definitely know there will be some great movies made about this incident. What a great story! Those two soldiers are an American hero. I am so grateful to God that the Iranian Guard didn't capture him, because they would have slowly tortured him to death on world television.

I am not a Zionist and I am disgusted over the needless murder of 75,722 innocent Palestinians in recent years by Israel, but that doesn't excuse Iran's tyranny. Both Jews and Arabs in the Middle East hate each other with a passion. I remember years ago that some radical Muslims in Palestine had captured an Israeli soldier and tortured him to death. The evildoers had blood all over their hands, literally, and were smiling as they tortured the young man to death. That is something I have never forgot. You couldn't pay me to live in Palestine!

God is good! Amen and amen. God is so good to all of us, whether you realize and acknowledge it or not friend. Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.” Even if that Air Force soldier hadn't been rescued, God is still good. Thankfully he was rescued, and just in a nick of time. After being self-ejected from the jet, he was injured. Few people realize that the tremendous amount of ejection force can literally damage your spine. I am not sure what type of injuries he sustained, but I'm thinking he likely suffered some lacerations while landing hard.

I am so proud of that Air Force serviceman for honoring God during his hour of crisis. As far as the soldier knew, he was going to die on the Zagros mountain range. Of the thousands of things that he could have said over the radio, he chose to glorify God by uttering: “God is good.” The soldier didn't panic. He didn't lose it. He could merely have said: “Please help me” or “I'm okay guys” but he chose to say: “God is good.” What a beautiful thing! God is good dear reader.

U.S. military Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made a beautiful comparison between Good Friday/Easter and what happened to this Weapons Systems Officer. Their fighter jet went down on Good Friday and many people thought the soldier was dead, but then he resurrected alive on Easter Sunday from his situation. How fitting. Praise God!

F15 Fighter Jet

The Safe Thing To Always Pray

Philippians 4:6-7, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

1st Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.”

I am making Puerto Rican pasteles today while my dog Pickles watches. I made the filling yesterday and am making the Masa today. Here is the recipe. I've been ordering ready-made pasteles (regular pork flavor) from New York from the Freakin' Rican restaurant, but they're so expensive, so I am trying to see if I can make them on my own. I love pasteles! I ordered the green bananas from Amazon. Unfortunately, stores don't sell green bananas in Pensacola. I thought you might like this too.

Onward! We are commanded by almighty God to pray continually. That simply means throughout the day as we think about things, we should take everything to the LORD in prayer. Supplications are long term prayer requests. When a sad thought enters into our mind, perhaps over something hurtful that somebody did to hurt us in the past, cast that care upon the Lord. 1st Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

So often when I pray to the Lord, I become frustrated because God rarely seems to answer my prayers. In fact, at age 59, I cannot even point to even one case of God (no ifs, ands or buts) answering one of my prayers. When it seemed that God answered my prayers, it could just as well have been coincidence. There is nothing wrong dear reader with being honest. To me an answer to prayer needs to be a miracle, not something that could have happened anyway.

I have corresponded with my Christian believers over the 24 years of my website ministry and they have testified the same thing, that it seems like God never answers their prayers. To be very honest, if I looked at my prayer life alone, I would become an atheist. But when I behold the moon, the stars, our Milky Way galaxy and the unsearchable universe, I do not question the existence and omnipotence of our omniscient and omnisapient and faithful God.

When I hear braggadocios Christians (or rather said, professed Christians) boasting that God answers their prayers all the time, I am extremely skeptical and I simply don't believe them. Charismatics in particular really upset me, making bold bogus claims of healing (always in some remote place like deep in Mexico where no cameras were present). It sickens me to the point of wanting to barf when I hear wacky Charismatics boasting of their fake miracles, unbelievable answers to prayer and speaking in tongues nonsense.

Please don't misunderstand dear reader, I DO believe in a miracle-working all powerful caring God. I am simply saying that for whatever reason, I have not seen such miracles in my life, and I resent when religious ungodly hypocrites falsely accuse me of not being filled with the Holy Spirit, or not having enough faith.

In 2009, the scumbag pastor of Victory Chapel Church on Guam (a Charismatic hellhole of false religion) verbally attacked me in a local business parking lot. I had just come out of the House of Brutis' restaurant (no longer in business) and in front of two of his victim church members, the pastor told me that I wouldn't have needed neck surgery if I had been filled with the Holy Spirit. As the gentleman that I am, I kindly smiled and said nothing, but wanted to tell him in Jesus' name to go to Hell. Sadly, he's already headed there in his damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation.

As I mentioned, I often get discouraged when I pray. I am not saying that God has never answered my prayers. That would be presumptuous of me. I simply do not know. I am sure that the good LORD has answered many of my prayers, even before I asked for something, but He answered in ways that I did not anticipate. My mother use to wisely say that God works in mysterious ways. That is what the Bible teaches in Isaiah 55:7-9, “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Don't try to figure out God, because you won't.

I thank God for His never-ending love, provisions and blessings. God has always provided for me and taken good care of this broken redeemed undeserving wretched sinner. I have absolutely no complaints to God. But when I go to pray and start to feel like it's just a big waste of my time, I always resort to a safe prayer. which is simply to ask God that His will be done. That way no matter what happens, I didn't set myself up for a disappointment. I still sometimes ask God for a specific thing, but I always add the words (as did Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego when about to be thrown into the fiery furnace), “But if not.” Daniel 3:18, “But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”

By God's grace, I will continue to pray about everything for the remainder of my time on earth, because that is what God commands me to do to please Him as His redeemed child. If God answers my prayers, great; BUT IF NOT, blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” I refuse to sinfully place God on trial as the heathen world does, challenging His existence and power. Romans 1:20 warns that atheists are all WITHOUT EXCUSE, because even nature itself proves the existence of God.

I love Jesus and thank Him for dying on Calvary's cruel cross 2,000 years ago for my many sins. I am so unworthy of Christ's love and sacrifice. THANK YOU GOD!!!

By God's grace, I will continue to pray without ceasing for the spiritual needs of OTHERS, and for the Lord to work through my humble ministry labors to reach and build OTHERS for Christ. My only heart's desire all my life as a Christian has been for God to use me as a vessel to His purpose and glory. I am God's servant. Damn the torpedoes!

I suspect that a lot of my ministry blog readers feel like you're wasting your time when you pray, but I assure you on the authority of the Scripture that you are not dear friend. I don't believe that prayer makes a difference. You read right! I believe that GOD MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!! I don't believe in the power of prayer, I believe in the power of God.

Jesus acknowledged in Matthew 6:7-8 that even heathens pray, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Big deal if you pray. Do you have faith in God?

I used to feel that since God doesn't appear to answer my prayers, perhaps it was because there was sin in my life. Who doesn't have sin in their life? I worried that maybe it was because I listened to some secular music, or watched a Hollywood movie, or didn't do something that I should have done that was right to do. That kind of thinking will make you paranoid and nuts. Dear reader, religious scrupulosity will drive you crazy if you let it!!!

I encourage you to keep on keeping on in your prayers. Never stop asking God for what you need, and for the needs of your loved ones and the people you meet. Prayer is not preparation for the greater work; Prayer is the grater work! Never stop casting your cares, burdens and hurt feelings upon the LORD. NEVER!!! By casting your cares upon the Lord, you can walk away with “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7b).

But when you are not sure what to pray, or feel frustrated as I often do, just pray that God's will be done and then completely REST in the goodness and wisdom of God. The old adage is very true: When you cannot see the HAND of God at work, trust the great HEART of God.

In closing, when it comes to why God never seems to answer my prayers, I have two consuming thoughts to help you:

1. God In Luke 18:1 Jesus said, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” And then He tells a story about The Unjust Judge. A widow appeared in court before the judge, but the Bible says he was a heathen man who couldn't have cared less about avenging the widow. But she kept bothering the judge, coming back day after day, until he finally relented to give her what she wanted. This is called IMPORTUNITY, which the Bible teaches please God. Jesus used this story as an illustration of a Christian's prayer life. Literally, Jesus is teaching that GOD WILL IGNORE US WHEN WE PRAY, not because He doesn't care, but because a faith must be tested. Hebrews 11:6 says without faith no man can please God.
2. The Bible plainly teaches in 2nd Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” When we pray and become discouraged by not seeing visible results, we are walking BY SIGHT, not by faith. This is why I stopped looking for visible results several years ago. Now I just pray and TRUST the character of my faithful God and Savior, knowing that He is all wise, all loving and all powerful; and that is exactly what God desires for us as His saints, and why He seems to ignore us in the first place. God is still on His throne dear reader, and the good Lord knows what He is doing.

One of my favorite songs is Garth Brook's 1990 song, 'Thank God For Unanswered Prayers.' Just because God doesn't answer doesn't mean that He don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. That is why I nowadays just pray for God's will to be done, because I know enough to be dangerous in my prayer life. Romans 8:26, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” I sure don't know what to pray for. I need the good Lord's help.

I encourage everyone to keep praying, knowing that we walk by faith and not by sight. Trust the great heart of our good and faithful God.

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. To God alone by all the credit, praise and glory.

Fake Bible Versions Say Religion Makes Us Rich

1st Timothy 6:5, “Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”

There is no nothing any more evil than today's satanic Bible versions. First I'll quote the accurate King James Bible, and then take a look at what the Devil's modern Bible versions do to corrupt God's Word...

King James Bible (KJB) — 1 Timothy 6:6, “But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

Easy-To-Read Version (ERV) — 1 Timothy 6:6, “Devotion to God is, in fact, a way for people to be very rich, but only if it makes them satisfied with what they have.”

Good News Translation (GNT) — 1 Timothy 6:6, “Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.”

International Children's Bible (ICB) — 1 Timothy 6:6, “It is true that serving God makes a person very rich, if he is satisfied with what he has.”

New Century Version (NCV) — 1 Timothy 6:6, “Serving God does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.”

The KJB doesn't say that devotion to God makes us “rich.” Serving God doesn't make us “very rich.” It is clear that the new versions mean financial wealth, because they say it is okay to be rich if we are satisfied with what we have; but that is not what the King James Bible says. The Holy Bible is speaking about riches that money cannot buy, not earthly wealth.

I could go on and on and quote hundreds more perversions of the Scriptures! All modern Bible revisions are of satanic origin!!! The average shameful church pastor today couldn't care less. They are sinfully proud and arrogant, more loyal to their clergy peers than they are to the Lord Jesus Christ, whom they falsely claim to love. May I remind everyone that Jesus is the living 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.”

If You're Saved And Content With God's Blessings, You Have Great Gain

The King James Bible accurately teaches that godliness (the Gospel, that is, being saved) with contentment (being satisfied from yourself) is great gain. In other words, if your name is written in Heaven, you can be content with just basic provisions in life. We were born into this world with nothing, and we're going to die and leave this world with nothing (1st Timothy 6:7). 

Proverbs 14:14, “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.” Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) used to say that there are two ways to be rich: Either have all you want, or want all you have! I like that. If your name is written in Heaven, you have something that very few people will ever have, eternal life. Learn to make the best of the blessings you DO HAVE from God, instead of always dwelling upon what you DON'T HAVE. We have much to be grateful for in life. Some of the wealthiest people in this world are hellbound in their sins, paranoid, at war with God, miserable and very unhappy in life.

The greatest things in life aren't things! Many people are miserable, who don't love the Lord, and only live for this temporary world. Pastor Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) once said that the only happy life is to live for the salvation of souls! Amen!!! When all else fails, at least I know that I have a home in Heaven, and have been laying up rewards for many years, winning souls to Christ. Fame and fortune cannot buy that! The true measurement of my success in life won't be how many people show up to say goodbye at my funeral; but rather, it will be how many people are waiting to greet me when I get to Heaven!

Does Joining With A Harlot Make You Married To Her?

1st Corinthians 6:16, “What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.”

In ancient times, many marriage unions were informal or based on mutual consent without legal recognition, evolving over time to include legal contracts and ceremonies recognized by governments and religious institutions. It doesn't matter if a couple is married in court, under water, on a mountain, on a llama, et cetera.

The faithful LORD honors and recognizes court marriages as much as He does a church marriage. One is no more or less valid than the other, although a Christian might find some greater memorable value in a church wedding. The marriage is officially consummated when carnal knowledge takes place.

The Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 6:16, "What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh." When an unmarried man and a woman fornicate, there is a union, a "soul tie" is created. It is not the same as a marriage union, where a commitment is exchanged. If joining with a harlot were to form a new marriage, then how could a husband commit adultery? 1 Corinthians 6:16 discusses the idea that if someone unites with a prostitute, they become one body with her, reflecting the biblical concept that sexual union creates a deep lasting bond. This verse emphasizes the seriousness of sexual relationships and suggests that such actions can have significant spiritual implications.

To engage in sexual relations with someone is to share the deepest part of yourself. That union should be reserved for the covenant of marriage where true commitment exists. Remember that your body is not just a physical entity. It is a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit, and the choices you make have spiritual implications.

The Corinthian culture, known for its wicked sexual liberality like America today, stood in stark contrast to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Consequently, the Apostle Paul urges believers to understand that their bodies are not their own, but of God. The believer's body is the temple of the blessed indwelling Holy Spirit (1st Corinthians 3:16-17).

Getting married anywhere (including in a court of law) is a real marriage. Marriage is sacred in God's sight, not to be taken lightly. Sadly, we live in a throw away society in America today. It is much easier to sin when nearly everybody else is sinning.