2nd Thessalonians 3:1-3, “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”
I have been hurt by more people than I can remember. I once heard Pastor Marty Herron say from the church pulpit, “Life is about people hurting people.” Ironically, that ungodly pastor deeply hurt me, when he forced me out of the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam in 2014, and then banned me from returning. He was offended because I befriended him with THE TRUTH that Lordship Salvation is a perversion of the Gospel. He was also offended because I showed him that the modern Bible revisions are corrupted by Satan. Harvest is a cesspool of iniquity. Harvest employs a bunch of incompetent Bob Jones University graduates who all use the modern perversions of the Bible, and trust in the Devil's damnable lie of Lordship Salvation (which is nothing less than repackaged Calvinism).
Lately I've been cheated, lied to, mistreated, ignored and hurt by several people.
I Was Defrauded By 'Ben Clarks General Store'
In July I had read about an upcoming Banjo Camp in Montana. I rarely ever travel. I don't do it because it is just way too expensive. In 2024 hotels and rental cars cost $150 per day. I cannot afford $2,000 a week for a car and hotel. But I really wanted to attend the Banjo Camp and I had been saving some money. So I contacted Banjo Ben Clarks Banjo Ben General Store in Exeter, Missouri. I asked if there was any spots left for the Banjo Camp. A woman named Amy that works for the store sent me a link to a webpage to sign up. She didn't write any words, Amy just sent me the sign-up link. So I happily signed up. Moments later, I received e-mail confirmation and a receipt for $899 from Ben Clark's General Store. I was elated.
The next day, I went to Priceline and made travel reservations on July 6th for $2,077.25 (that included two-way airfare from Pensacola, Florida to Kalispell, Montana; 4 days in a hotel; a rent car for 5 days). The event was to take place in Bigfork, Montana. To my horror, two days later on July 8th, 2024, Amy emails me to say that all the banjo spots are full. I was stunned and immediately contacted her, letting her know that I have a confirmation and $899 receipt for the 'Banjo Camp.' I had even told her on July 5th that I planned to bring my Deering Goodtime Special banjo to the Banjo Camp event. She said on July 8th that I had signed up for Guitar Camp. I was hurt and upset that she was so stupid to send me a sign-up link for the guitar, when I had clearly told her that I wanted to attend the "Banjo Camp" and bring my "banjo."
She actually blamed me, as losers always do, accusing me of not noticing the drop-down menu on their website (which is hidden out of sight). But I trusted her when I wrote to ask if there were any spots left for the "Banjo Camp." Amy deceived me by sending a link for Guitar Camp. I don't think she did it on purpose, but she did mislead me and she is responsible my my $619.20 loss. When I went to cancel my travel reservations, Alamo car rental refused to refund a single penny of my $619.20 that they bilked me for. The car rental date was still 5-weeks into the future. So I wasn't cancelling at the last minute. In fact, it had only been 36 hours since I had made the reservations.
I also blame Priceline for putting me into that hurtful situation. Priceline are greedy thieves, no better than the evildoers at Alamo. God will harshly deal with those greedy thieves (Isaiah 13:11). I pray for it!!! These ungodly greedy companies are run by evil millionaire executives, who pay peanuts to poor folks in the Philippians (and illegals immigrants from Mexico) to handle angry customers who've been defrauded. Those scum executives cannot hide from God's wrath and judgment (Hebrews 4:13). Anyway, I am out $619.20 because of Amy at Ben Clark's General Store. The store's ungodly manager, Jake Stogdill, didn't even have the manhood to reply to my complaint emails, he has totally ignored me. What a coward! And worst of all, Ben Clark himself is aware of the issue and has also totally ignored me. Ben is a Baptist pastor who lives in Tennessee. As far as I am concerned, Ben Clark is a fake, a respecter of persons, and a wicked person. 2nd Thessalonians 3:2, “And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”
Ben Clark owes me $619.20. I kindly asked Jake Stogdill in late July of 2024 if they'd help me recoup my $619.20 (which their store caused), by simply allowing me to attend one of their future Banjo Camps for a discounted price. They refused to even talk with me. What wicked jerks! I pray for God to avenge me of Ben Clark and his ungodly employees.
Very few Americans today even know what the word "ethics" means. Ethics is doing the right thing. If Ben Clark's store manager was an ethical person, and that includes Ben himself, they would have allowed me to attend on of their banjo camps for a reduced price, to help me recoup the $619.20 loss which they inflicted upon me. I had to pay that money on my credit card, but it wouldn't cost them anything to let one extra body attend a future Banjo Camp. But they are so wicked that they couldn't care less, because it doesn't afflict them in any way. Screw the other guy, right!
When You Ignore Someone, It Is Stinking Pride
I have been wanting to buy a nice banjo for a long time. I've been saving money. I wrote a man whom I thought would be kind enough to email back. I spent half an hour composing my email to him, articulating all my questions, to make sure my words were well written and easy to understand. I asked him kindly for his advice. He just totally ignored me. This is what ungodly people do. I'd expect some heathen lawyer to ignore me (which I've had happen numerous times in my lifetime while they were financially bilking me).
Dear reader, when someone takes the time to compose an email (especially if it is a lengthy one), you should have the human decency to reply, even if just to let that person know you cannot help them. It is ethical to be courteous to others. One of my pet peeves is when arrogant people look down on others, so much so that they don't even deem the lesser person (in their proudful eyes) to be worthy of a response. Proverbs 8:13, “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
If someone takes the time to contact you, you should be dignified enough as a fellow human being to acknowledge their time that they took to write to you. Very few Americans today even know what the word "ethics" means. Ethics is doing the right thing. I don't think I've ever blown anybody off, who took the time to write me. God knows that I am doing my best to make people feel loved and acknowledged who email me. It's the least that I can do. We're all wicked sinners who deserve to burn in the fires of Hell forever. Thank God for His amazing grace, that had made a way of escape through faith in His only begotten Son, Jesus.
Arthur Hatfield Defrauded Me
l bought a Hatfield Buck Creek banjo in April of 2024. When I received it in June, the case was filthy, covered in brownish/orange shop dust. When I opened the banjo case and lifted up the banjo, a part fell off. It was a bolt from the tailpiece. So, I reattached it. The tailpiece hadn't been adjusted at all, it was sticking all the way up over the banjo head. So, I had to adjust that too. Then when I tuned the strings and went to strum the instrument, the intonation was so bad that it was unplayable. Arthur had used a pencil to mark the bridge position on the head, but he was way off. I spent hours trying to fix the problem, but couldn't, because something was wrong with the banjo.
I contacted Arthur, but to me shock he didn't care. he was cold and abrasive, insisting that I return the banjo for a refund. But I didn't want a refund, I wanted a banjo. By returning the banjo, I was going to lose $230, which I didn't want to do. I had paid him $3,000 for the banjo, but it had an issue. The truss rod also needed to be adjusted, because the strings were buzzing (they were too close to the fretboard). So, I had to loosen the truss rod, and I did, and it worked. But in the process of adjusting the action, I cut my hand open on one of the jagged sharp 1/2" strings that he left sticking out at the tuning pegs on the headstock. When I sent him a photo of my bleeding hand, he didn't even have the manhood to apologize.
This was in June of 2024. Arthur couldn't have cared less and hurt me deeply. He had shipped a lemon to me. He didn't even take the time to properly set-up the banjo before sending it. The delivery man just left the banjo sitting on my front porch, which a thief could have stolen. I had a package from Amazon stolen in May that the U.S. Postal woman left laying on my porch, and didn't bother to knock on my door. Americans have become so lazy, rotten, irresponsible and cold these days.
Injustices Abound In American Society Today
Our government is just pissing on the American people. YouTube has been posting advertisements in 100% Spanish, so that English speaking Americans cannot understand a word of what is being said. YouTube is catering to the illegal immigrants. There should be a U.S. federal law that requires every company to only post commercials in English. This is gross wickedness being allowed by our treasonous and incompetent rotten government. That includes state as well as federal government. This is America, we speak English!!!
I went to McDonald's last month to buy Pastor Jack Hyles' favorite meal, a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese. Look at what they gave me (raw hamburger)...
I contacted McDonald's at their official complaint webpage. No one ever bothered to reply. So, I filed a complaint at Consumer Affairs, but no one has responded to that complaint either. This is America today, no one gives a damn anymore. Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” With ungodly legalized abortions, ungodly legalized same-sex perversion, ungodly public nudity at every beach in the United States, wickedness everywhere we turn in American culture today, and ungodly gender-bending propaganda being forced upon our impressionable precious children, what can we expect? In lieu of all these evils, it is no wonder that THE LOVE OF MANY HAVE WAXED COLD.
Everything that I have shared with you in this blog has happened to me in only three months!!! Good night in the morning. I've been cheated, defrauded, mistreated, ignored and horribly done wrong by dozens of individuals and companies. This is just the tip of the iceberg how rotten our society has become!!! People have died from E.coli food poisoning. Raw hamburger is no light matter, but McDonald's couldn't care less! When they kill their customers, the blood will be on McDonald's hands, not mine.
Now, having said all that. I am often reminded of a beautiful truth that my pastor taught us a few months ago. He said that we ought not be flabbergasted when heathens commit sin! They are just doing their job. That's right. Think about it. Unsaved heathens don't know Jesus. They only know darkness, sin and Satan. Every unsaved person (whether they realize it or not) is a child of the Devil, and they are susceptible to Satan's spirit (Ephesians 2:1-2). So, as hard as it is for me to accept, Alamo's hellbound executives are behaving like heathens should.
Arthur Hatfield is a Christless man, who is behaving as a Christless heathen. The ungodly thieves at Priceline are behaving the ay heathens should, just doing their wicked jobs. The world has always been a wicked place according to 1st John 5:19. God will someday punish the world for their evil and iniquities. Isaiah 13:11, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”
We Need To Stay Focused On Jesus
I have been very frustrated lately with all the rotten people—crooked companies, lying politicians, arrogant jerks, warmongering leaders, greedy thieves, wicked heathens, uncaring police, perversion and insanity in our corrupt American society today! Albeit, I choose to stay focused on the Lamb of God—the Author and Finisher of our faith—Jesus Christ the righteous. Hebrews 12:2, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
I can look in the mirror at the end of each day, knowing that other ungodly people hurt, cheated, defrauded and and did me wrong in various ways; but I treated them the way I want to be treated, with respect, honesty, ethics and love. Atheist singer Billy Joel was so right...
Honesty is such a lonely word,Everyone is so untrue;Honesty is hardly ever heard,And mostly what I need from you.
Bravo Billy Joel, you nailed it!
Honesty (Billy Joel)
Pensacola Sheriff's Office Ignores Thieves
When I called the Pensacola Sheriff's office police to report my stolen package in May of 2024, I showed them both (a male and a female cop covered in thug gangster tattoos) a video on my laptop when they came, in which you can clearly recognize the thief's identity as he takes my package and walks off with it. ...
I was shocked by what the male cop said. I had kindly told them that Amazon replaced the $30 stolen clothing rack. The cop then said that I wasn't the victim, Amazon is. He said even if they caught the perpetrator they couldn't do anything to him, because Amazon (a multi-billion dollar corporation that doesn't care) would have to have the thief prosecuted. You couldn't make this stuff up!!! So what the cop is essentially telling me is that neighborhood thieves can now steal with impunity and immunity. The cops are basically worthless nowadays, unless someone is being murdered and they arrive in time to stop it (which is less than 1% of the time). I am really ashamed to be called an American. Our nation has become the laughing stock of the world.
I hate this sin sick world. I am now 57. Thank God my journey is closer to being finished than beginning. I want to go home to be with the Lord. but I echo the somber words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:21, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” I wrote this blog to encourage others. No doubt you've also been defrauded, cheated, mistreated, abused, ignored and treated like garbage by certain people. 1st Peter 5:9, “Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” We all suffer the same afflictions, plus tax...lol.
But the most important truth that I want you to take away is that, unlike the wicked world, as God's children we can go to the Lord with our burdens and leave them there!
Hebrews 4:13-16, “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. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
I read that beautiful encouraging passage in my first year at Hyles-Anderson College, in my dorm after chapel one day, which has been a source of comfort ever since. As a born-again child of God, we have a right to come before God's throne of grace BOLDLY, to obtain mercy to find grace to help in TIME OF NEED. Let the world defraud me, let them hurt and ignore me, let those greedy dogs steal everything I own, but I rejoice that my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life (Luke 10:20). People will hurt us, but the Lord never will (1st Peter 5:7).
In these unsettling times of uncertainty, rampant crime, confusion and woeful wickedness, the saints need to run to the inspired Word of God like a starving man! God bless you dear reader, and thank you for reading my ministry blog. I just want to be a blessing for Christ in the lives of others. By God's grace, I hope He has done that through my humble labors since 2002 when I began my Jesus-is-Savior.com website. Have a good day.
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