Suffering In Life Is A Blessing For The Saint

1st Peter 4:1-5, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.”

As I do every day, I opened my 'The Strand Study Bible' yesterday to read it. I have already ordered four of them because I love it so much. Pastor Brad Strand (in Texas today) was one of my favorite Bible professors (preachers) at Hyles-Anderson College in the late 1980's. Here's a free online version of the Bible commentary.

Yesterday, I randomly opened my King James Bible to our text passage from 1st Peter 4:1-5. I admit that I tend to just randomly open my Bible and read. I like to do that because I never know what precious nuggets of truth I may find. 1st Peter 4:1-2, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.”

Our dear Savior suffered while on earth in the flesh. Isaiah 53:3-4, “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” Please don't misunderstand the Bible, Jesus wasn't a sorrowful man, He was a man of sorrows. Jesus wasn't a grieving man, He was a man acquainted with grief. There's a big difference! This is why the Apostle Paul and Silas could sing hymns while locked in prison in Rome. Three of the four Pauline epistles were penned from prison, excluding Galatians.

The Bible says in 1st Peter 4:1a, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind...” What same mind? Jesus used his suffering as a means (motivation) to obey God the Father. Hebrews 5:8-9, “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him...”

When it comes to suffering, as we just read in our text passage of Scripture, Christians who arm them selves with “the mind of Christ” will sin less. 1st Peter 4:1b, “for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.” That is beautiful! 1st Corinthians 2:15-16, “But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

This is why we read the inspired words of God in 1st Peter 1:7, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth...” Our inexplicable emotional, physical, social, spiritual, financial and mental sufferings are all more valuable then gold that perishes the inspired Holy Bible says, because if we react properly (biblically), it will cause sin to lose its power over our life, and lead us to focus rather on the things of God. Nothing in our life as God's redeemed children is more important than doing the will of our heavenly Father.

If you want to sin less, then you need to suffer more. Life has a way of teaching us the lessons that we need to learn, to humble us. God has ordained it that way. As you read the following inspired passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, keep in mind that King Solomon is talking about growing old with deteriorating health (loss of vision, loss of hearing, loss of physical stamina, little things become a burden, rotting teeth, et cetera), so that sin has lost it's enjoyment and pleasure. ...

Ecclesiastes 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.”

The Bible exhorts young and middle aged people, who still enjoy good health, to REMEMBER GOD (i.e., serve our Creator while we still can). John 9:4, “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” Life is a gift from God, which is why we call it “the present.”

There is nothing more tragic than to see recent news stories about our American children going to the Devil. In one tragic story, police arrested a 16 year old serial killer. In another disturbing story, an 11 year old girl with a cellphone (no child should have a cellphone) made a prank call to police to report a kidnapping on the highway, while she was sitting at home in her room bored. I could literally mentions thousands of cases of children in the recent news who are in serious trouble with the law across the United States. I digress.

Suffering is as much a part of the Christian life as salvation itself. 1st Peter 4:12-13, “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” Rejoice, Oh believer in your trials, tribulations and burdens, for God will use them to conform us further into the precious image of Jesus or Lord (Romans 8:29).

You know, the world has a lot of wisdom and advice, but it's all garbage (Psalms 1:1-3). Don't make the grave error of following the sinful world's advice on suffering. In the eyes of the world suffering is a very bad thing. To the heathen world, you're life is a mess if you're suffering. But in God's sight you are blessed and right where He wants you to be in your suffering. When Paul and Silas were in prison in Acts 16, and John and Peter were in prison in Acts 5, they were exactly where God wanted them to be in His perfect will. Never underestimate the will of God for your life!

We read in Hebrews chapter 11 (often referred to as The Hall of Faith) about Christians throughout Bible history who did many mighty things for God. But please notice what the Bible says starting in verse 36...

Hebrews 11:36-40, “And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

These saints who comprised the “And others” category were all in God's perfect will when they suffered. They weren't being punished for their sins, nor for other's sins. They suffered in the perfect will of God! Dear reader, these biblical truths will change your life if you will embrace it. Stop looking at your problems, sufferings, burdens and heartaches as being something evil. Instead, learn to see the miseries in your life as blessings in disguise, knowing “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ” (1st Peter 1:7).

Something that has encouraged me over the decades is reading and hearing about the sufferings of other Christians, knowing that I am not alone in my pain. 1st Peter 5:7-9, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”

On every secular job I ever worked, I was wickedly ridiculed by heathen co-workers for not joining them to go to the local strip club after work, join in gambling on the lottery, for not cursing in the Lord's name like they did, et cetera. The Holy Bible warns that God will hold them all accountable. 1st Peter 4:4-5, “Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.” We all have to answer to our Creator in eternity (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Romans 14:10-12; James 4:12). No one shall escape answering to God, no one. Romans 14:12, “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”

• The Call To Suffer (an awesome very beautiful MP3 sermon by Pastor Ralph “Yankee” Arnold)
• The Call To Suffer (We “SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE”; Dr. Arnold, 'Don't be bored, serve the Lord!')

Suffering is as much a part of the Christian's life as is God's free gift of salvation!

The Best Preaching Is Worthless If Wrong On Salvation

A web visitor was excited to send me a sermon today by a new preacher in Tennessee that he found on social media. The preacher's name that he found is Pastor Billy Mitchell (1936-2019).

I was disappointed as I heard the sermon. Pastor Billy Mitchell ended it by quoting 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 about fornicators not being allowed into Heaven. He didn't bother to quote the phrase verse 11, “but ye are washed.” Every born again believer's sins (past, present and future sins) were all forever washed away by Jesus' precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19), so that our POSITION in Christ was forever settled at the moment we trusted Jesus as our Savior (i.e., the moment we believed the GOOD NEWS of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection). Now, our CONDITION in Christ (the way we choose to live) is a matter of discipleship (service and sanctification), not sonship (salvation and justification).

Pastor Mitchell said that when you get saved you're supposed to become a new creature, based on 2nd Corinthians 5:17. I was excited at first when I heard the sermon, to hear Pastor Mitchell preaching against sin in American society today, but as I feared, he tied it into Lordship Salvation at the end. When any preacher leads the audience to think that God's free gift of salvation is conditional upon their life and behavior changing, it is Lordship Salvation, which is clearly what he is implying, sadly. Pastor Mitchell is subtle. careful not to come right out and require works for salvation, but it is very clear from listening to his sermon that he is associating one's behavior with the new birth.

Don't get me wrong, when a lost sinner comes to Jesus Christ and is born again, something will change. The only thing that changes is that God gives that new believer the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. One's behavior does NOT change when they get saved. They are still the same rotten, filthy, horrible, sinner that they were before they got saved. Rights of ownership have transferred from Satan to God, but now that life must be renovated. ...

Romans 12:2, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

This Scripture passage from Romans 12:1-2 speaks about the Christian's service, not salvation. It speaks about discipleship, not sonship. We must keep these two things separate, or else we will be guilty of teaching Lordship Salvation!

The problem is not the Gospel; but rather, pastors today are not preachers! Pastors no longer preach against sin in the churches. I have been reluctantly attending a corrupt local Baptist church in Pensacola for the past 3 1/2 years, but the young pastor is incompetent. It is very difficult to find a good church nowadays. That young pastor is a fool who admitted to me that he is not a fundamentalist. He is clearly a wicked neo-evangelical. He has a group of sincere people in his congregation who overlook his immaturities and settle for mediocrity. They love him and don't want a better church. They are complacent with just having a social club. This is what is wrong with 99% of Baptist churches today!

That pastor's backslidden wife wears sexy tight blue jeans in public. That wicked pastor actually scolded me for my website ministry, because I biblically preach against women wearing pants. I stood my ground and told him I totally disagreed with his unbiblical views. Woe unto that ungodly pastor and his Jezebel wife on Judgment Day!

The church's Statement of Faith foolishly says you must “Repent of your sins” to get to Heaven, which is unbiblical. Baptist pastors are intentionally sitting on the fence (Twitter link) concerning repentance, refusing to choose a side. Shame on those incompetent pastors!!! I have spoken with the pastor about repentance and I am okay with his use of the phrase (to acknowledge that we are a needy sinner in God's sight to be saved), but I still don't think they should use a phrase that is not found in the inspired Word of God. Cartoon evangelist Jack Chick (1924-2016) gets repentance 100% wrong! 

To get to Heaven, you only need to repent (change your mind) to admit you are a needy sinner, and Jesus is the only Savior. Your sinful behavior has absolutely nothing to do with the new birth! A changed life is the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit, which only comes with growth over time (1st Peter 2:2; 2nd Peter 3:18). No one has ever turned away from their sinning! You may live above reproach, but you'll never live above sin as long as you have a human body (the flesh). At best, all we can do is pray for God to help us do better each day in His strength (Galatians 2:20). There is no such thing as a “good Christian.” We're all rotten sinners!!! Psalms 106:6, “We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”

I have oftentimes thought of leaving the church I have been attending, but I need somewhere to attend church. The other local churches are even worse! I am praying for God to send a King James Bible only, free grace salvation, soulwinning, sin-hating, people-loving, Christ-honoring, truth-telling, Baptist church to Pensacola. I do not know of one local church in Pensacola that goes door-to-door soulwinning. The Bible method is door-to-door preaching of the Gospel (Acts 20:20).

On page 115 in his helpful book, “I NEVER KNEW YOU,” Michael P. Bowen says:

God gave to us through Paul in the book of Galatians, you should never listen to anyone’s message that runs counter to the message given to us by Christ, and you should never attend a church where the pastor tells the flock that they must add works of discipleship to faith in Christ’s “finished work” as the way to enter heaven. That’s exactly the reason why I no longer attend any of the local churches in my current hometown.

I empathize with my dear Brother in Christ. I also know the frustration of not being able to find a good church to attend. Sadly, people are leaving the churches to find God. The greatest threat to Christianity in America today is the dead Sunday morning worship service!

Getting back to what I said at the beginning of this blog, Pastor Billy Mitchell had the fire in the pulpit that we need today, but unfortunately he was caught between works and grace. He thought that repentance meant to turn from your sinful bad habits. He says that repentance cannot be separated from faith. I agree that repentance is necessary to be saved, but the fella who knows what repentance is knows it's included in believing. This is why we find the word "believe" mentioned 85 times in the Gospel of John in the Bible, but the word "repent" doesn't appear even once. The man who believes has repented, and the man who repents has believed. That is, he has changed his mind from unbelief to belief. He has changed his mind to admit that he is a needy sinner, and Jesus is the only Savior. Nothing more is required or allowed to be saved. To get to Heaven, you just need to believe that Jesus did it all for you!

I thank God for Bible preachers! God knows that we need tough preachers who cry aloud and spare not against the sins of American society today (Isaiah 58:1). That being said, we must never associate the new birth with turning away from our sinful behavior, because that is works. In Jonah 3:10 the Bible says that GOD SAW THEIR WORKS, that the Ninevites turned from their evil way. Repenting of one's sins is works! Nowhere does the Bible teach to "Repent of your sin" to be saved. Ungodly religious men added those unbiblical words to God's inspired Word (Proverbs 30:5-6). We all need to, “Quit Meddling With God” (MP3 sermon, Dr. Jack Hyles).

“What is preaching? It is throwing a fit!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Quit Meddling With God”

I am throwing a fit, praise God!

It is tragic that 99% pastors are guilty of going to one of two extremes. Either they preach love and tolerance for sin, compromising and coddling the LGBTQ pervert crowd. This includes Hillsong, Joel Osteen, Steven Furtick, et cetera. Or, they hate sin so much that they hate people. This sadly includes Steven Anderson, Fred Phelps, Jonathan Shelley and most of the New IFB movement. Both extremes are wrong and unbiblical. We must never reject the sinner with the sin, nor accept the sin with the sinner. There is a proper balance. I agree with 99% of what Billy Mitchell says, but it is dangerous that he fails to make a clear distinction between service and salvation. John Bunyan said it best, I humbly think...

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Yes, well said. Bravo!

Very few pastors today understand this truth. Sadly, nearly all pastors are not preachers! A pastor administrates the church and cares spiritually for God's flock, but a preacher upholds the truth. Preaching is the heart of a church, without which a church merely becomes a social club for idle saints. Sadly, that is exactly what I am attending now in Pensacola, a spiritual social club sitting idle for God. There is no public soulwinning. The pastor refuses to take a stand against anything, except against people like me who take a stand. Shame on him! I have seen many people quit the church because of the pastor's horrible bad attitude. One elderly man who is 47 years older than the pastor, told him that he should be warning people about the corrupt bibles, but the pastor was upset and told him to leave and never come back again, so now they are enemies. Shame on that bad pastor!

I know that in eternity my Bible preaching will be vindicated. My preaching against Christian women wearing sexy blue jeans in public will be vindicated, and others will weep bitter tears who condemned me for my truthful Bible preaching. We need preachers who preach against sin, but a thousand times more we need doctrinally sound preachers who do not mix discipleship with sonship in an effort to force people to forsake their sinful lifestyles. Our churches today are a disaster that has already happened! Truth is hard to find anymore. Very few clergy are able to rightly divide the Word of Truth. The accursed Bible colleges (e.g., Pensacola Christian College, Bob Jones University) and religious seminaries (e.g., Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary) are primarily to blame, who produce impotent pastors who are utterly incompetent. To Hell with these wicked institutions and their Lordship Salvation!!!

I thank God for preachers like Pastor Jack Hyles, who is 100% correct on God's simple plan of salvation...

3,336 Sermons By Pastor Jack Hyles

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

Pastor A. Ray Stanford Refutes Lordship Salvation

The following excellent information refuting Lordship Salvation is by Dr. Ray Stanford (1916-2012), from his classic helpful book titled: “Handbook of Personal Evangelism”...

Just as you receive the Saviour by faith and He becomes YOUR Saviour, when you allow Christ to control your life, He becomes YOUR LORD. There is an increasing number of "evangelicals" today who are preaching that in order for a man to be saved he must not only receive Christ as his Saviour, but also must make Him absolute Lord and Master of his life.
This doctrine has been termed "Lordship salvation" and has absolutely no support from the Word of God. It is, in fact, another subtle way Satan has invented to get Bible-believing men to add works to salvation without, perhaps, their realizing it, and to do it in such a way that it sounds spiritual and good.

What could SOUND more spiritual or honoring to the Lord than statements like: "Either Christ is Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. And if He is not Lord then He is not your Saviour. You are lost. You must turn over all the strings of your life to Him-then He will save you. Give your life to Him if you want to be truly saved." This is what is taught.

The truth of the matter is that salvation is not a "give" proposition at all; it is a "take" proposition. We don't give our hearts, lives, wills, or anything else to God in order to get Him to save us. This would be a form of bribery, a way of meriting or deserving to be saved-but God says salvation is "NOT OF OURSELVES"-and especially, it is not offering anything to God.
Salvation is receiving! We simply receive His Son. John 1:12 says, "But as many as RECEIVED Him, to them gave He power (the right) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name." God does the giving. We do the receiving.

SOURCE: “Handbook of Personal Evangelism,” by Dr. Ray Stanford, p. 45

Only God knows how many multitudes of lost sinners won't make it to Heaven because of the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. Adherents of Lordship Salvation have a false hope! The man with no hope is better off than the man with a false hope, because the man with no hope is still searching for the truth. Proverbs 30:5-6, “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” The Bible does NOT teach Lordship Salvation! Repeatedly throughout the inspired Word of God we are taught to simply BELIEVE on the Messiah (Jesus Christ) to be saved. Acts 10:43, “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.”

Don't Criticize The Guy Who's Standing Wrong, If You Don't Stand At All

Ephesians 6:12-13, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”

As a fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher, I have taken a stand in cyberspace since I began my Jesus-is-Savior.com website ministry in 2002. My worst enemies over the decades have not been homosexuals, witches, abortionists and atheists; but rather, ungodly neo-evangelicals and their wicked yuppie churches with their damnable Lordship Salvation, Misunderstood Repentance, women wearing pants (low standards) and False Bibles!

I met recently with a local younger Baptist pastor in Pensacola. He admitted to me that he is a neo-evangelical and not a fundamentalist. I speak to his utter shame! He was upset over several webpages from my ministry. The pastor was particularly upset over my articles preaching against women wearing pants, since his wife shamefully wears sexy tight blue jeans in public. Neo-evangelicals are destroying the churches!

In a needful fiery sermon from 1989 titled, “Weathering The Storm,” at a time when Pastor Jack Hyles and his ministry were under severe attack, Brother Hyles attributed the attack to neo-evangelicals fighting against fundamentalism. I agree 100%! I didn't fully understand what Dr. Hyles meant back then, but today (36 years later) I do fully understand. You see, neo-evangelicals are low standards people, and so they hate high standards preachers like Pastor Jack Hyles. Dr. Hyles was adamantly against women dressing like men. It is a sin for any woman to wear sexy tight pants in public!

As I mentioned, a local Baptist pastor in Pensacola recently criticized my ministry website for my articles saying that women ought not wear pants. Well, our holy God is on my side in this matter!!! Sad to say, that local pastor doesn't take a stand against sin. In fact, I've never heard him take a stand against anything! Yet, he hypocritically criticizes me for taking a biblical stand against immodest clothing on women. SHAME on that wicked pastor!!!

A lot of Christians criticize Pastor Steven Anderson for his harsh dealings with sinners. They criticize him for saying that God hates homosexuals, and for teaching that we shouldn't waste our time trying to convert them to Jesus with the Gospel. I disagree. Brother Anderson errantly says that sodomites are beyond the hope of the Gospel. I humbly and strongly disagree! They can be reached with Christ's love through the Gospel (Jude 1:22). That being said, I admire Pastor Anderson because he takes a stand against sin, corruption and evil. The sad truth is that 99% of the horrible pastors who criticize him, refuse to take a biblical stand against anything. They are a part of the problem! I'd rather side with a guy who wrongly stands, than with someone who stands for nothing! Most pastors today are pathetic pansies!!!

I'm going to stand with the Bible preacher who is standing, not the lazy fella who does nothing but critique the guy who is standing. Ephesians 6:13, “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”

Don't Be A Shady Person

Proverbs 2:11-15, “Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:”

We are sadly living in some dark times in America today! The United States has become one of the most greedy, unethical and dishonest places on earth in history. Isaiah 59:8, “The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.”

I went to a local Starbucks in Pensacola recently. I bought their new Horchata Iced Shaken Expresso cold drink. I am not a coffee drinker per se, but I like to sit down in a café and enjoy the atmosphere. So, I bought their new drink, a small size, which cost nearly $6. As I sat drinking I saw some big bold words in front of me on the table, which read: “Ready for a refill?” The message says in Big Bold Letters that you can get a free refill for your drink. I took a photo of their table at the Starbucks I visited, shown below...

Starbucks' Message On Their Table Top

So, I finished my small drink (which was filled two-thirds with ice), and then asked the female employee for my refill. I was greatly disappointed when she refused. She told me to read the fine print, which excludes most of Starbucks' drinks! What LIARS!!! What a shady business!!!

I mean, why tease your customers to get a free refill with a message displayed in big bold white letters, but then put a disclaimer in tiny skinny print that is so small and narrow, that you need eye-glasses to read it? What dishonest crooked people!!! ...

Starbucks' Dishonest Shady Fine Print

I am so upset over this shady advertising that I decided to never go back to Starbucks again!!! I hate dishonest shady companies. Starbucks is unethical to offer free refills in bold advertising, but then in barely legible fine print exclude most of their beverages. What crooked people!!! 

Our holy God hates crooked people too!!! To clarify, God hates the sin, not the sinner. Proverbs 2:11 and 15, “To deliver thee from the way of the evil man... Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:” Starbucks' is a crooked business!!! They lie to their customers, failing to honor their promises. You cannot make BOLD promises to customers with clear, legible, writing on your tables; but then dishonor your vow with barely legible miniscule fine print. That is so corrupt and shady!

I got ripped off at Starbucks! They charged me nearly $6 for a small drink that had less than 8 ounces of beverage that contained mostly ice. And then they refuse to give me a refill? Unreal. Shame on Starbucks' greedy management. I did file a complaint at their company's website today with Customer Service. I told Starbucks how shady their offer for a free refill is, when most of the drinks they sell are excluded; and then they only post their disclaimer in fine print so small that you literally need your eye-glasses to read. I have declared war on unethical behavior by shady companies! Businesses have become so ruthless in America!

I encourage you dear reader, whoever you may be, to avoid stooping low to use deceptive practices when dealing with your neighbours (which includes everyone in the world). It matters how we treat others. I hate fine print, because the Devil is always in the details!

The Bible teaches in Revelation 20:6 that we as believers will reign with Jesus during the Millennium. If the Lord allows me the total freedom to reign over my jurisdiction as I see fit, I will outlaw all fine print! I am sick and tired of shady fine print that is written to afflict consumers. The sad fact that they make the fine print barely readable proves my point. If I have any say in how I rule over my town or city in the Millennium, ambulance-chasing lawyers will be out of business! We are living in a parasitic society in the United States, where everyone and their dog are suing each other for a quick means of getting money.

I recently saw a despicable Morgan & Morgan lawyer advertisement posted on the side of a big public transport bus. The ad showed a man soaking up the sun laying on a plastic raft in a swimming pool. The message was clear that if you sue the right people you can live large. Morgan & Morgan are wickedly appealing to human greed as a motivation to sue others! Shame on them all!!! Isaiah 1:4, “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.”

I implore you as a redeemed child of God (which hopefully you are), that you be better than the average bear. Don't be a shady person! Why offer free refills in bold words to customers, but then exclude most of the beverages your store sells in shady fine print that is barely readable? It is unethical and wrong what Starbucks is doing! It is shady and deceptive tactics, just like the crafty serpent used in the Garden of Eden to ruin Eve's life.

I see so much unethical business practices today, from lying shady advertising to gimmicks to lure new customers into a deceptive business contract. I hate crooked companies! You cannot love your neighbour as yourself by deceiving him with fine print! The word "free" is abused and misused often in today's unethical American culture. Most things that people falsely call "free" nowadays will cost you, showing that it truly is NOT free at all.

A couple weeks ago, I created a new account at Pep Boys and made an appointment online to have my vehicle serviced on Friday, May 23rd at 11 am at a local Pep Boys shop in Pensacola. I arrived at 10:50 am on Friday at the store. When I got to the service desk, a female employee told us that there was at least a 5 hour wait, but I kindly said I have an appointment. She said it didn't matter because they were busy. So I left without being helped.

When I got home, I found an offensive email sent to me from Pep Boys which read: “Sorry you couldn't make your recent service appointment with us — do you want to set another time?” Pep Boys wrongly accused me in the email of not showing up for the appointment, but I did show up; they were the ones who didn't show up and broke their promise! It was Pep Boys who didn't honor our appointment. What's the use of scheduling an appointment, if Pep Boys is not going to honor it? An appointment doesn't mean waiting 5 or more hours to have your vehicle serviced. I just wanted my air conditioning looked at, because it's not putting out cold air.

An appointment means being timely, not first come first serve. This is unethical. I understand that things can become busy and hectic, but at a minimum someone at the store should have called to let me know beforehand that the appointment couldn't be honored, instead of wasting my time to drive to Pep Boys just to be told I'd have to wait for 5 or more hours. That is no way to run a business. I don't plan to go back any time soon, if ever! I'll go somewhere else where an appointment means something.

There was a better time back in the old days of America, when someone's word actually meant something. A man's word should be his bond! If you understand this, then you'll understand Psalms 138:2, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” That is very interesting! The inspired Holy Bible says that God elevates His Word above His name. The reason why should be obvious, because God's name is only as good as His character to keep His Word.

This is what the Bible means in Romans 10:11, “For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” God is saying that you won't be disappointed if you trust in Jesus as your Savior. This passage of Scripture has nothing to do with you being ashamed of Jesus. Most preachers wrongly interpret this Bible verse! It is a quote from Isaiah 28:16, “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.”

In this passage of Scripture, the Lord God speaks through the prophet Isaiah. The prophet proclaims God's promise of a coming Messiah who will become the cornerstone of the building. The “stone symbolically represents Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who is the foundation of our Christian faith and the Church (1st Corinthians 3:11). In ancient architecture, the cornerstone was the principal stone placed at the corner of a building, ensuring its stability and alignment. After setting the cornerstone, the workers built the rest of the building using that cornerstone as their accurate guide. This ensured that the house when completed would be level and true. Those who place their faith in God's promises in the inspired Holy Bible will not be shaken. This is what the word “ashamed” means in Romans 10:11. We do not serve a shady God! The Lord is always good, upright, honest, loving, faithful, true and fair.

Even God's free gift of salvation has been corrupted in most churches (cults) today, who preach another gospel of partial faith in Christ plus works. They will wickedly tell you that to get to Heaven you must "Repent of your sins," which is not biblical. You just need to repent (change your mind) from unbelief to belief to be saved. Since unbelief is the only sin which can prevent you from going to Heaven; therefore, it is the only sin that you need to change your mind about to be saved. You simply need to admit that you are a needy sinner, so you will know what you are being saved from—the wages of sin, which is death (Romans 6:23; Revelation 21:8).

Thankfully, God's gift of eternal life is still 100% free, through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:30-31; Philippians 3:9).

Sodomite “Pride Month” Is Of The Devil

Proverbs 28:4, “They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.”

Kindly, I found the following meme on a fellow professed Christian's Facebook page. (I added the cancellation circle.) 

The guy foolishly says as saints we ought to celebrate PRIDE MONTH in June with the sodomites. Unreal!!! He is not right with God. Sadly, that man has a distorted view of the inspired Holy Bible. He says only God has a right to judge, so we shouldn't criticize homosexuals. What saith the Scripture? Psalms 94:16, “Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?  or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” (cf. Ephesians 5:11).

God expects us as believers to take a stand against wickedness in society, not go along with it. The so-called Satanic “Pride Month” needs to be criticized, exposed and shunned by God's children. Proverbs 29:27, “An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.” God fearing saints versus ungodly sodomites and lesbians will NEVER coexist in harmony! Although we do not bash or hate them as people, we do hate the sin itself. They are living in open rebellion against God almighty.

Proverbs 28:4, “They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.” It will be a cold day in Hell before you'll ever find me celebrating the pro-homosexual “PRIDE MONTH” debauchery in June. Sin is nothing to be proud of!

The Absurdity Of The Atheist

Psalms 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.  They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

I have a classic book in front of me published in the year 1868, titled “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” authored by London Pastor John Cumming (1807-1881). May I say kindly, there's no such thing as an atheist! Some of the world's wealthiest celebrities have the stench of Hell on them, which is where they are all going, blaspheming the very God Who is kind to them. Luke 6:35b, “...for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”

Legendary singer Billy Joel is a professed atheist...

“I gradually decided that just because I didn't have or couldn't find the ultimate answer didn't mean I was going to buy the religious fairytale. As an atheist you have to rationalize things.” —Billy Joel

On page 139 of his book, “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” Pastor John Cumming makes a brilliant observation concerning professed atheists...

𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀: “𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗱; 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻:” 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆; “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱;” 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆, “𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗱.” 𝗜𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆, “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱,” 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼 𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱𝘂𝗺, 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘: “𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘,” 𝗽. 𝟭𝟯𝟵; 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗗.𝗗.; 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 & 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻; 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆-𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁; 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟴

What a brilliant observation. How can any man claim to be an atheist unless he has traveled to the farthest place in the universe? The nearest star to the earth (after our own sun) is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light-years away (28,200,000,000,000 miles away!). This is just one star, being the closest to earth besides our own sun, which is 93,000,000,000 miles away.

My friend, the Hubble Space Telescope had discovered that there are at least 200,000,000,000 galaxies in the universe. And each of those galaxies contains BILLIONS of stars! The James Webb Telescope finally launched in 2021 from NASA. Astronomers now confirm that there are approximately TWO TRILLION galaxies!

Truly, God is more than amazing!!!

The Word of God teaches that God made the stars. I love how Genesis 1:16b is written... “HE MADE THE STARS ALSO.” It's like the Bible is saying, “Oh, by the way, God also made all the stars!” Genesis 1:16, “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” God is amazing, Who knows the exact number of stars that He created, and he calls them each by their own name. Amen! Psalms 147:4, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.”

I have just briefly discussed the stars. The world that exists under a microscope is even more amazing, complex and a mystery to mankind. How can anyone reasonably claim to be an atheist when man hasn't even discovered what's in 90% of the earth's oceans? Pastor John Cumming is so right... For anyone to say, “There is no God!,” you must yourself assume to be God! No human being has traveled to the ends of the universe. In fact, no human being has ever even left the Milky Way Solar System. Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

John Cumming was a Scottish minister who was well-known for his anti-Catholic writings and preaching. Amen for that! One of the biggest evidences of apostasy in the United States today is that hardly any professed Christians, evangelicals and clergy criticize the damned Roman Catholic religion. Catholicism teaches sacramental salvation, which is a manmade teaching that goes totally contrary to the inspired Words of God in the Bible. Roman and Russian Orthodox Catholicism are of the Devil. The pope is not the vicar of Heaven, but of Hell. Mary was born by normal conception, did not remain a virgin, and died a sinner's death like all human beings. Only Jesus Christ was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. Thank God that Pastor John Cumming exposed the Catholic church for what it is—of the Devil.

Here's some quotes by famous atheists. Again, some of the world's wealthiest celebrities have the stench of Hell on them, which is where they are going, blaspheming the very God Who is kind to them. Luke 6:35b, “for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” You'll have to look long and hard to find an atheist farmer who spends long days toiling in the field; but amongst the spoils and splendors of the millionaires of ungodly Hollywood, atheists are dime-a-dozen!

Here are some quotes from very unwise nd ungodly men...

“By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.” —Actor Charlie Chaplin

“I have NEVER seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious theories of Heaven and Hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.” —Inventor Thomas Edison

“My belief system is that when this is over, you don't look down from Heaven and wait for your loved ones to join you... your molecules continue and in due time become something else.” —Actor William Shatner

“Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.” —Actor Christopher Reeve

“We are each free to believe what we want and it is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful.” —Physicist Stephen Hawking, a quote from a 2011 Discover Channel episode titled, “CURIOSITY” (S01 E01); “Stephen Hawking: There is no God. There is no Fate.”

“All thinking men are atheist.” —Author Ernest Hemingway

“And that's what I anticipate death will be: a totally unconscious void in which you float through eternity with no particular consciousness of anything.” —Twilight Zone producer, Rod Serling (1924-1975)

We'll soon find out who was right! If the inspired Holy Bible is true (and I believe it certainly is 100%), then all Christ-rejecting atheists will go to Hell to burn forever. Sadly, Rod Serling (an atheist who produced The Twilight Zone series) is now burning in the torments and fires of Hell beneath (John 3:18, 36, John 8:24; Revelation 20:15).

So also are Charlie Chaplin (atheist), Leonard Nimoy (Judaism), David “Bowie” Jones (Buddhist), Gene Roddenberry (atheist) and Steve Jobs (Buddhist) all professed atheists. For any person to deny the deity of Jesus Christ effectively makes him or her an atheist, because Jesus is almighty God (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-3,14; John 10:33; John 14:1; Revelation 1:8 - All references only to trustworthy King James Bible).