Psalms 11:5-7, “The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”
I cherish Psalms 11:7 and have often thought about this verse since I first read it several years ago. Our dear risen Savior is a righteous God, and He loves righteousness!!!
The word “righteous” here comes from the Hebrew word tsedadqah which means, “rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity).” God loves to do the right thing, and He loves when we do the right thing!
There is a popular false teaching in most New IFB (independent fundamental Baptist) churches today, which says that God hates unrepentant sinners. We know this cannot be true because of what Jesus said in Matthew 5:46, “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?” If we only selectively love certain people, but hate others, then we are guilty of becoming a respecter of persons. That is the woeful sin of Pensacola Christian College (PCC), selectively caring about people. That is why they have banned me from attending their Campus Church, even though I live in the city of Pensacola and pleaded in 2022 to come back to their church, but they shunned me away instead. That is false Christianity. They do not love righteousness at PCC. They love religion, education, socialization and lots of money. No one is right with God who shuns people from attending a church. I speak that to their utter shame!
Our great Savior is not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11), and neither ought we be (James 2:1). When the Bible says that God hates the wicked, it means He hates what they have become (their Avatar if you will...lol). I hate Jeff Redlin's arrogant Richie Rich heathen attitude as the incompetent senior pastor of Campus Church at PCC. I hate the PCC cult culture and their snobby pride, misplaced egos and petty prejudices. God knows that I do not hate the people themselves at PCC. Quite the contrary, I love them very much, a concept that is foreign to them.
In Revelation 3:15-17 Jesus practically gives the address of PCC at 250 Brent Lane in Pensacola. I hate what they have become, wicked and selfish, only thinking about themselves and their cult. The inspired Holy Bible is very clear in 1st Corinthians 13:1-7 that even if a religious leader has enough faith to move mountains, it means absolutely nothing without love for people. There is a woeful lack of love for people at PCC. I am fully convinced that God is utterly disgusted with 99% of churches today!
I don't know about you, but I want God's face toward me. That is, I want to please the Lord by doing the right thing. It feels good to do what is right, knowing that the righteous Lord loveth righteousness. God hides His face from those who do evil. Genesis 33:10, “And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.” When God is pleased with His children, He turns His face toward us in approval.
But if we hurt others and commit wickedness, then the Lord's face will be against us, which is why David prayed in Psalms 102:2, “Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.” David had sinned horribly when he commit adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband, Uriah the Hittite. I don't know about you friend, but I want God's face toward me. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, but He hates evil.
According to Wikipedia, Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI). He co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory and wrote several texts concerning AI and philosophy.
Tragically, it is tragic that Minsky was an avowed atheist who rejected Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. Biblically, that means he went to Hell forever in 2016 when he died. Strangely enough, I just read on Wikipedia that Minsky was a member of the pseudo life-extension company, Alcor, who freeze corpses upside down in liquid nitrogen, hoping one day to have eternal life as technology advances.
However, as compelling of an idea that it may be, we know from the inspired Holy Bible that this will never happen, at least not with Alcor's insane methods. The only true way to have eternal life is by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Minsky was a so-called genius, and yet he was a big fool, dying in his sins without Christ...
1st Corinthians 1:19-21, “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.“”
It is tragic that some of the world's best and brightest minds (Steve Jobs, Stephen Hawking, Thomas Edison and Marvin Minsky, to name just a few, were all Christ rejecters). Jesus warned everyone in John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 16:22, “And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.”
I love this Bible verse dearly. During the dark times in my life when I was being persecuted at my various jobs by some wicked men, I clung to the inspired Scriptures. Jesus' precious promise in John 16:22 gave me the courage and hope to keep going and hang in there. I fully know what it's like to work in a hostile work environment as a Christian man. I don't hate those sinful men for what they did to persecute me, but I do want them to answer to God (and they will, just as we all will according to Romans 14:10-12).
I've never seen such rottenness in people as I have in recent years. A few months ago I simply kindly waved at a black woman walking down the street in my neighborhood. She cussed me out at the top of her lungs. I don't even know who she is. Yesterday I gave into temptation and went to McDonald's, the first time in six months. Someone laid on their horn just to be mean, bulling me to move. However, I hadn't blocked anyone. I drove forward as soon as the car in front of me moved forward, but the person laid on the horn anyway. People can be so rotten and mean. I am often reminded of something true that Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold said, “Sometimes all you have to do to be hated by someone is to show up.” He is so right.
I thank God for my website ministry. Since 2002 it has been the silver lining of my trainwreck of a life filled with problems, heartaches and losses. God is always good and I don't blame Him for anything. Humans are sinners and they do sinful things. It's not God's fault for the people who hurt each other. So, I don't blame the Lord. Many people get angry and blame God for their woes. Why is God to blame for the wickedness of mankind? God didn't create this mess one earth, we did as humans. Blessed be the name of the good Lord.
I am at the place nowadays that I don't even want to go out my front door anymore, because of how terrible people have become in the United States.
I am so disgusted with pastors, and I know most of you are too. Pastors today are mere overpaid employees. Our nation's first U.S. President refused to take a salary. President Donald Trump refused to take a salary. Yet, show me the preacher who won't take a salary. By God's grace, I have invested over 50,000 hours of intense labor into my website ministry, but have never taken a single penny from anyone. I do it for my blessed Savior, Jesus! I am so sick of professed Christians with their PayPal donation links on YouTube and websites. If they weren't making money, they'd disappear overnight! They only care about getting donations. Sadly, 95% of them are theologically toxic, incompetent and dangerous.
A few months ago a black man panhandled for money as I entered into a local grocery store. I kindly told him to wait a moment, went back to my car to grab a Gospel of John, and I put about $40 in his hand in spare change that I had saved. I expected him to be grateful and thank me, but instead he asked for more money. I was disgusted that he was an ingrate. That is the way heathens behave. There's an important truth in Romans 1:21, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” One of the hallmark characteristics of a Christ-rejecter is a spirit of ingratitude toward God and man.
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I am reminded of the ten lepers who came to Jesus in Luke 17:12, and He healed them all of their horrific disease. Only one man bothered to return to thank Jesus! Wow. That's blows my mind. What ingrates those nine men were! Yet, we see this same level of ingratitude among so many Americans today, who spit in God's face, demanding their "rights" to commit the evils of abortion, homosexuality, rob others of their wealth and homes, walk around in public butt naked, and all manner of depravity.
There is a campaign to silence Christians today who take a stand against evil. Ungodly YouTube removed this sermon excerpt from my YouTube channel. Big tech companies are censoring THE TRUTH. Sodomites, kooks, quacks and weirdos can promote all manner of wickedness and filth, but if a redeemed child of God takes a stand against the sin, perversion and abnormality of homosexuality, they are banned on social media.
You can censor the truth, but you cannot destroy it. I look forward to being there in eternity when God judges the wicked, when the Lord holds heathens accountable for censoring Christians who were simply telling THE TRUTH. I want to leave this horrible world, but for now God needs me here to preach the Gospel to the lost. Job:20:5, “That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
You cannot even talk to people anymore without somehow offending them. Somehow you will become the target of their gossip and slander.
I suffer in constant agonizing chronic neck pain. I've had this relentless pain for 20 years since 2004. The pain is always accompanied by aggravating stiffness in my neck. It is a constant burden, a monkey on my back, a raincloud hanging over my head everywhere I go. I underwent two major neck surgeries in 2009 and 2010, which didn't alleviate my pain at all. Suffering in constant pain makes everything more difficult for me on a daily basis. Unfortunately, people don't cut me any slack. I can tell people until I'm blue in the face that my neck pain adversely affects me, but they don't understand or care.
Therefore, I need to take precautions to avoid conflicts with people. I only attend church half of the time. Since I get irritated easily due to my pain, I need to stay home and avoid people when my pain feels overwhelming. I have actually had horrible church members berate me for missing church, putting me down. One jerk actually quoted to me Hebrews 10:25b, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is...” That was a very horrible thing that he said, trying to bully me to come to church in my pain.
In truth, he is a darn fool who lacks understanding and compassion for others. I cannot tell you how many times I have wanted to quit church and never go back again, because of the ungodly self-righteous attitude of 90% of professed Christians. Listen to me, you have no right to bully someone for missing church. You have no right to scold, berate or make someone feel ashamed for missing church on a regular basis. You don't know their situation. What saith the Scripture?
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.”
It's bad enough that I suffer in constant physical pain, but having to deal with people is too much for me. I just need to stay home as much as I can, where I am safe. People equal pain. As a child of God I love people. I have no ill will toward anyone, although there are some pastors I would like to see put into prison for a very long time for hurting people. This world is getting worse every day. John 16:22, “And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” In this world we can only know sorrow. Isaiah 53:3, “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.” Every child of God (unless they are a selfish abusive pastor like Jeff Redlin or Marty Herron) is acquainted with sorrow and grief.
I have been hurt by people my entire life. I have had co-workers spit on me, throw hammers at me, lie about me, steal my uniforms, physically assault me, slam doors in my face, et cetera. Humans can be rotten! What helps me is to throw the cross into it. Pastor Jack Hyles preached a helpful sermon using that very title, “Throw The Cross Into It.” I long to go home to be with my blessed Savior, and someday soon I will.
I am now 57 years old, so I am entering into the last part of my earthly life. My Mom went to Heaven at age 65, my Dad at 75. So, I might have 20 years left, at most. This horrible world is nothing but misery, loneliness and pain for me; but knowing the indwelling Holy Spirit is my constant encouragement. God is my friend and Savior. The promises of His inspired Word in the King James Bible burns in my heart and keeps me going each day.
Being a Christian doesn't make life any easier, but it makes it better, since Jesus promised in Hebrews 13:5 to never leave nor forsake us. What a great Savior!!!
Psalms 139:1-6, “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”
I cherish and think often about this passage of Scripture. I woke up today and as I do daily, thanked God for another day of life. I sat up and through about Psalms 139:2, “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.” I love that Scripture passage, because it continually comforts me that God sees my suffering and loneliness.
I suffer with constant neck pain and burning nerves. It is medically called Peripheral Neuropathy and Cervical Osteoarthritis. I have Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease from getting severely rear-ended by a church bus in 1992 (which permanently misaligned my neck), and then sustained a steep fall at work in 2004 (which worsened my condition and caused radiating pain down my arms and legs). I've already exhausted all convention treatments (physical therapy, EMG test, CT scans, MRI's, three steroid injections, trigger-point injections, multiple chiropractors, four dozen different medications), and I underwent two major neck surgeries in 2009 and 2010, all of which have failed to alleviate my suffering. Consequently, I don't have a social life. I need to stay home where I am safe. I get frustrated, irritated and wear out physically easily, due to the relentless pain in my neck (which is right next to my head). The constant pain and neck stiffness is debilitating, draining my batteries (so to speak).
My faith in God sustains me. Knowing that I have God's promise of a new immortal body (1st Corinthians 15:51-58), and a body fashioned like unto Jesus' resurrected perfect body (Philippians 3:31), greatly encourages me day by day in my present suffering. Romans 8:18, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” I heard a Christian lady once say: Our future is so bright as Christians that we need to wear sunglasses. I like that! She is right.
Dear reader, the Lord watches everything you think, say and do. We are being monitored continually by God. Nothing escapes His eyes. Hebrews 4:13, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” I am far from perfect as a human being. I oftentimes wish I could live my life over and undo some of the foolish decisions that I made in the past. Unfortunately I cannot. But even if I could go back in a time-machine and undo those bad decisions, I still would have made other bad decisions, sinful choices that caused pain and heartache. The Bible declares Ecclesiastes 7:20, “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
I have little patience with hypocrites who desire to condemn others for their past sins. Religious people are the worst! A well-meaning Christian man wrote me today, asking for my help to write a book exposing a pastor who committed a bunch of sins at a church over 40 years ago. I won't do it. No way! Proverbs 10:12, “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” If a man wants to be a manure-spreader and go around digging up dirt to destroy his neighbour, then he'll do it alone without my help, because I fear God. Proverbs 11:9, “An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”
God sees everything that we think (Proverbs 24:12), say (Matthew 12:36) and do (Ecclesiastes 12:14). God will hold us accountable for all those things (Romans 14:10-12). You are a horrible sinner friend, and so am I. There's nothing more disgusting than meeting someone who thinks they are better than others. You can identify such a wicked person quickly when they start talking trash about another human being. What they ought to be saying is: There but for the grace of God, go I. We live the Christian life the same way that we got saved, by God's undeserving grace. No one has the power in their own strength to live the Christian life. No one! Jesus lives the Christian life through us (Galatians 2:20).
All my life as a Christian I have been condemned by wicked sinners. The Bible says in 2nd Timothy 3:3b that wicked sinners are “despisers of those that are good.” If you are a Christian, the whole world is waiting for you to fall. I am not a perfect man, far from it, but I was never ashamed of Jesus in the workplace. I let it be known that I am a Christian. I refused to go with co-workers to the strip clubs in Chicago. I didn't want to hear their filthy jokes. I didn't drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes like many of them did. I didn't listen to their rock music when I worked as a mechanic. I was always different, not better than them, and they hated me for it. In their sinful eyes I was “good,” and they despised me for it, just as the Bible teaches.
The adage is true: You may be the only Jesus that someone knows. Pastor Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) wisely said: “Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.” That is so true! What do people see when they read you? I have not always been a shining example of what a Christian should be. In fact, I shamed the Lord sometimes. Like I said, I wish I could go back and relive my life, but I cannot. But even if I could, I would have made different mistakes, sins and failures. The tongue cannot be tamed the Bible says (James 3:7-8). The only safe way to avoid saying something we shouldn't say is to keep quiet most of the time. Let's face it, most of us talk too much. I know I do. Proverbs 10:19, “In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”
Our great God sees us 168 hours a week. He watches over us 10,080 minutes a week. Our human heart beats 100,000 times a day. In a lifetime of 70 years, our human heart will beat an astonishing 2,555,000,000 times! Wow! God is more than amazing!!! Reputation is what others know about us; Character is what God knows about us.
John 11:12, “And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Many people are afraid of dying. I was astonished when I learned that heathen people are paying $140,000 to have cryonics companies like Alcor, freeze their body upside down in liquid nitrogen after they die. The hope is that when technology advances that Alcor will be able to cone a new body and reunite the thoughts, memories and feelings of the brain with that new body. Dear reader, Alcor is conning people! Mankind will never be able to reverse death. Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
No one can escape or reverse the death process. Everything born living is also dying. How long we live depends upon chance and how much we fight to live (i.e., maintain good health). But even though we all must die a physical death, we don't need to die twice. The old adage is true: If you're born once, you die twice; if you're born twice, you die once. Jesus exclaimed in John 3:3b, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”Have you been born again dear friend?
This past week I was looking at the things that I own in my living room. The somber realization crossed my mind that everything I was looking at will return to the dust one day. Everything that we see around us in our homes came from the earth. The metal in our possessions was mined from ore in the earth. The wood came from trees that were cut down, tress which grew slowly over time from the earth. The objects made of plastic came from chemicals derived from the Periodic Table of Elements from the earth.
Everything that we see around us will someday return to the ground from which it came, including our human body. That is a humbling thought. I don't know about you dear friend, but I THANK GOD with all my soul for the precious blood of Jesus Christ that washed away all my sins. We are all horrible hell-deserving sinners! That includes you and me. But if you put your childlike trust in Jesus Christ because of what He has already done to pay for your sins, you will instantly have eternal life. You can KNOW that you are going to Heaven (1st John 5:13).
Life is short, Hell is hot and eternity is a long time. We've heard a lot in the news lately about the Middle East, concerning the never-ending conflict between the Arabs and the Jews. Something that makes me sad is that BOTH the Arabs and the Jews are 98% non-Christians. Go check and see online and you can confirm that less than 2% of Jews and Palestinians profess faith in Jesus, and that includes all the cults. That means at least 98% of the Jews and Arabs in Palestine are going to Hell forever when they die. That is tragic and sad. What did Jesus say? Luke 13:23-24, “Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”
I cannot get saved for you. I cannot force anyone to be saved, nor would I, for God Himself will not force Himself upon anyone. If you go to Heaven someday in the future, it will only be because you willingly of your own freewill chose Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. I received Jesus as my personal Savior at age 13. I have never regretted my decision, but I have been persecuted much since I got saved, because I lived for Christ (2nd Timothy 3:12).
I heard a great truth today preached by Pastor Jack Hyles. The sermon is titled, “Don't Be Afraid To Die.” Ladies and gentlemen, there is absolutely no reason for the child of God to fear dying. If you are unsaved, then you have much to fear. Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” If you are saved and right with God as His child, then you have nothing to fear when you leave this world.
I heard another great truth today from Pastor Jack Hyles, in a sermon titled: “The Secret To A Happy Old Life.” I hope you will take the time to hear this wonderful sermon. I love Bible preaching! We all need preaching to help us think right. Dr. Hyles preached this sermon as an old man at age 74, still happy and excited about God's work, right before he graduated to Heaven in 2001. The sermon was almost like a goodbye message. Brother Hyles shares some great wisdom in this sermon. One day when you get old, you will either say: “I'm glad I did, or I wish I had.” Young people, listen to the fundamentalist Bible preacher!
I cannot encourage you enough to listen to Bible preaching daily. I'm not talking about all the neo-evangelical garbage today that you'll hear on the radio. I'm talking about Pastor Jack Hyles! Brother Hyles asked his secretary for a list of all his recent appointments for the previous few months. Pastor Hyles found that of 140 counseling appointments with members of his church, 135 of them could have been avoided if people would simply listen to his sermons. That was a startling realization. I often think of this fact which Brother Hyles shared with us, and it compels me to listen to lots of Bible preaching.
Now, you won't be edified in the Lord if you listen to neo-evangelical preachers who are dry, dull, spiritually dead and shallow. We all need fundamentalist Bible preaching from soulwinning preachers! I'm talking about inspired King James Bible only preaching!!! Most of the bad things we do in life are not bad things in themselves, but we do them at the wrong time. God has a proper timing for everything.
Our children are growing up too quickly today. We need to let kids get back to being kids. No grade school girl should be wearing high heels, makeup and a wig. No teenage boy should be married. The Devil wants to turn everything upside down. He wants to make everything backwards. He wants to pervert and confuse youth today. I heard another great sermon today by Dr. Jack Hyles titled, “Tarry In Jericho Until Your Beards Be Grown.”
I am 57 years old. I am now entering the last phase of my life on earth. If I live to be 70 years old, I have almost 13 years remaining. If I live to Dr. Hyles' age when he went to Heaven, I have almost 17 years remaining. Life is short! The $64,000 question is: Are you ready to meet your Maker? I am dear friend, and I hope you are too.
Exodus 33:1-3, “And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.”
We read in our Old Testament text passage that God was fed up with the Hebrew people. They murmured (complained) about everything. The Lord is longsuffering and patient the Bible teaches. Romans 2:4, “Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?” Albeit, even God's patience has a limit. The Hebrews were a stiff-necked people. That means they were extremely prideful and arrogant, refusing to bow their heads in humility before the Lord. They challenged Moses (God's man) on nearly everything.
In so doing they indirectly challenged God. They complained when they came to bitter waters and didn't have any water to quench their thirst. They complained when their food ran out. Then when God fed them manna from Heaven, they complained that they had it better back in slavery in Egypt, where at least they had leeks, onions and meat. So God fed them quail until their bellies were full and they couldn't eat another bite. Yet, they still complained and complained about everything. So, God told Moses in our text passage in Exodus 33:3b,“I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.” Literally, God didn't want to go with them because His patience had worn thin toward the Hebrews, and He was ready to annihilate them!
But take a look at what Moses said to the Lord in Exodus 33:15-17, “And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.” Moses told God that if He does go, neither will he go.
Boy, I love that! Moses knew that he desperately needed God's presence in his life. And so do you and I dear friend. Whether you realize it or not, you need God every ever-living moment of your life. I sure do!!! Without God I'm just an idiot. Receiving Jesus as my personal Savior at age 13 in 1980 was the greatest decision of my life. The blessed indwelling Holy Spirit has been with me ever since, convicting, chastising, teaching, guiding, comforting and inspiring me to work hard each day for Christ. God is so good.
Moses said, “God, if you aren't going, neither am I.” The Lord changed His mind and decided to go after all. We learn from this Scripture passage that God's mind can be changed. We learn from this passage that we all need grace from God. We got saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus, and that is the same way we live the Christian life. You cannot live the Christian life dear reader, and neither can I. It is utterly impossible in our own human strength to live the Christian life. What saith the Scripture?
Galatians 2:20-21, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
Could the Bible be any plainer? I think not. Jesus lives the Christian life through us. That is, this is the “fruit” of the indwelling Holy Spirit, which we read about in Galatians 5:22-25, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.” Amen! All we need to do to let Jesus live through us is to yield to the inspired Word of God.
Moses realized that he needed God's presence in his life. I sure do too! And so do you friend. Only a fool think he or she can make it in life without God. When we don't pray and abide in the Scriptures, we are saying to God that we don't need Him, that we can go it alone. Moses refused to go on the journey without God's presence, and I refuse to live life without God's presence. I NEED GOD!!! I need His inspired Words. I need to know that I prayed about everything, putting the ball into God's court, so to speak (Philippians 4:6-8).
I thank God for the few respectable leaders that we have left in the United States. I don't agree with everything Senator Bernie Sanders says or does, but I stand 100% with him in the following truthful rebuke of Israel today . . .
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2024 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that criticism of the Israeli government’s policies is antisemitic:
No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – seventy percent of whom are women and children.
It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more than 221,000 housing units in Gaza, leaving more than one million people homeless – almost half the population.
It is not antisemitic to note that your government has obliterated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure – electricity, water, and sewage.
It is not antisemitic to realize that your government has annihilated Gaza’s health care system, knocking 26 hospitals out of service and killing more than 400 health care workers.
It is not antisemitic to condemn your government’s destruction of all of Gaza’s 12 universities and 56 of its schools, with hundreds more damaged, leaving 625,000 students with no education.
It is not antisemitic to agree with virtually every humanitarian organization in saying that your government, in violation of American law, has unreasonably blocked humanitarian aid coming into Gaza, creating the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of children face malnutrition and famine.
Mr. Netanyahu. Antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people. But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions.
Senator Sanders is 100% correct. Israel's government is extremist and racist to the core! I am ashamed of our country's international reputation, in lieu of our government's shameful incompetence and gross negligence in so many areas. Our leaders should be greatly ashamed for sanctioning the genocide in Israel. Even worse, our nation's clergy couldn't care less. The one's that do are deceived Zionists who support apostate manmade Israel.
I thank God for faithful preachers like Pastor Chuck Baldwin, who in the following video justly condemns America's incompetent wicked clergy for not crying out against the genocide which has taken place in Gaza over the past several months with impunity.
It is tragic that over 95% of U.S. clergy today don't care about injustice. Tens of thousands of college kids across the United States are protesting in anger against the slaughter of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Since October 7th, 2023 Israel has brutally murdered 34,622 innocent people (70% of whom were defenseless woman and children). Benjamin Netanyahu is a monstrous war criminal who needs to be held accountable by the international courts for criminal genocide!
College Kids Are Putting Clergyman To Shame
Sadly, 99% of professed Christians today are like ostriches with their heads buried in a hole in the ground. Such wicked believers will one day give account to God in eternity for not doing their part to contend for the faith (Jude 1:3), for not standing against the evildoers (Psalms 94:16), and for not speaking up (Matthew 12:36). Well, I'm speaking up for God!!!
As a born-again Christian, I do NOT stand with the manmade extremist and racist nation of Israel, and shame on you if you do!
