I Encourage You To Listen To 'DEMONOLOGY'

𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟮:𝟮𝟱, “𝗢𝗳 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.”

Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) taught an excellent 6-part Bible study series in 1974 titled, "DEMONOLOGY." I encourage you to listen to it dear reader, because it is excellent. This was one year after the blockbuster Hollywood movie came out in 1973, "THE EXORCIST." Scaaary! The film sparked much curiosity in the general public (and the churches) about demon possession and the Satanism. Dr. Hutson taught this course to address these questions.

The series was presented as a Wednesday evening Bible study at the Forest Hills Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. In his study Pastor Hutson explains why he Scripturally believes in an old earth view and the GAP PRINCIPLE (or, GAP THEORY). I do not think it is s mere theory, because the Bible offers MUCH credible evidence for an old earth.

Scientists tell us that Carbon Dating reveals the earth is 4.5 billion years old. I don't refute that. Paleontologists estimate that dinosaurs lived between 60,000,000 to 220,000,000 years ago. I also don't refute that figure. The Bible doesn't go into detail about life before the 6-day creation.

In his insightful book, "The Truth About Evolution; Or, Don't Let Satan Make A Monkey Out Of You," my friend Dr. Max D. Younce in chapter 12, 'THE REMODELING,' explains the 6-days of creation as a time of remodeling, with which I fully concur. 

Dr. Arthur C. Custance (1910-1985) has also written a helpful booklet titled, "WITHOUT FORM AND VOID" explaining a GAP PRINCIPLE from Genesis chapter 1 and 2.

I believe that Lucifer and some of the angels lived on earth. When Lucifer rebelled, God in his anger destroyred the earth, making it void. The Bible teaches that God's Word never returns to Him void. 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟱𝟱:𝟭𝟭, “𝗦𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵: 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁.” This would seem to indicate that something chaotic happened on earth, which caused God to lay the planet waste, without form and void. I believe this.

In Genesis 1:2, God began to REMODEL His creation. The Hebrew word bara (created) in Genesis 1:1 is an absolute words, which means to create something from nothing. God bara the universe and all that is therein. The word bara is not used again until God created man and the mammals. In between the Bible uses different broader Hebrews words, which suggests that a different creative process was at work (i.e., God was remodeling His creation). Pastor Younce and Dr. Arthur Custance explain these things better than I can.

Regardless of one's doctrinal position on the age of the earth, it won't affect salvation. 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟮:𝟮𝟱, “𝗢𝗳 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.” David penned this Scripture at about 1,000 BC. The Bible specifically identifies the foundations of the earth as being "Of old." I humbly think that statement is significant. Why would David make a distinction between the age of the earth itself, versus the age of all creation? He specifically mentioned that THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH are "old."

My Dad was a Gospel preacher and a Moody Bible Institute graduate. My father once told me when I was a boy, that he believed Adam could have built a nuclear bomb if he wanted. I have never doubted that.

The Bible says that God brought the creatures He had made, to see what Adam would name them. I love that! The Bible says that Adam named every living creature. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮:𝟭𝟵, “𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗳.” That implies to me that God must have given Adam incredible knowledge, to be able to name EVERY LIVING CREATURE.
By the way, this is another reason why I don't believe dinosaurs lived among humans 5,000 years ago, because Adam didn't name them. If you look online to see who named the dinosaurs, it was 19th century scientists. Adam couldn't name the dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures because they weren't alive anymore. The Bible plainly says that Adam named every "living" creature, not the dead ones. I am a firm believer in the GAP PRINCIPLE (i.e., an old earth view). Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) also taught an old earth view.

Having said all that. I believe that earlier civilizations were more advanced than historians like to give them credit. Modern scientists and archeaologists still cannot explain how the pyramids were built, or how the mystery of Stonehedge was erected, and other mindboggling wonders of the world. At a minimum, I think Adam was given absolute knowledge by God. It could be that with the sinful fall of mankind that humanity lost that knowledge, but that is mere speculation. We simply do not know, but I tend to agree with you.

I believe that the fallen angels used to have bodies. I mean, since every angel that God sent in the Bible had his own body, what happened to the demons that they became disembodied? Not once in the Bible did a demon ever appear in their own physical body, as the good angels always did. Demons then and today need to find a host, either a human or an animal to posses.

I humbly believe that the demons lost their bodies when God destroyed the earth and laid it waste in His anger because of Lucifer's rebellion. It makes a lot of sense, albeit I cannot prove this theory Scripturally. I am glad that you are listening to Dr. Hutson's intriguing Bible study on 'DEMONOLOGY.'

There are so many reasons why I believe in an old earth. Nowhere in the inspired Holy Scripture do we find where Lucifer and the angels who followed him went astray. Nowhere do we find where they lost their bodies. I think it is obvious that these events happened BEFORE the 6-days of creation.

That is why I am firmly convinced of the GAP PRINCIPLE. My long time ministry friend Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) used to say, "It's not a Gap 'Theory,' it's a factual Gap 'Principle.'" Dr. Younce was absolutely certain of an old earth, and I agree. I think it is ridiculous for anyone to suggest that dinosaurs lived with humanity 5,000 years ago.

It always bothers me when I hear the so-called "experts" telling us about human civilization 10,000 years ago, which is a big lie. Anyone can easily verify that the earliest civilization were Egyptians around 2,000 BC. Noah's flood is calculated to have happened in 2,348 BC.

The flood destroyed everything!!! That is why there is no available history of human civilization prior to the flood.

Respectfully, Dr. John R. Rice taught that Noah left the dinosaurs behind. Dr. Henry Morriss III taught that Noah took baby dinosaurs aboard the ark and God stunted their growth. I am not kidding...lol. I humbly think dinosaurs lived 65 to 220 million years ago, just as scientists tell us. But humanity didn't exist until approximately 4,000 BC. I reject all forms of evolution.

The Absense Of Evil Is Not An Automatic Indicator Of The Presence Of Good

Ephesians 4:30-32, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

I have several YouTube channels that I like to watch. One of them is Cash Jordan. Another in Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold. Another is Onorato Diamante. And I also like to watch Far From Eden. On the following video she features a hilbilly man (Dewayne) who gives some manly advice on his to be a man. The first thing he mentioned caught my attention, because he is 100% correct. He said that the absence of evil is not an automatic indicaiton of the presence of good. Dewayne specifically mentions phony religious people.

Masculinity is POSITIVE by definition.

Men like this PROVE it.

Lefties and wom@nists LIE about MEN.

When I heard Dewayne's first point, I instantly agreed with him and thought about the hypocrites at Pensacola Christian College (PCC), who he describes perfectly. At PCC they have the absense of evil. They don't smoke, don't drink booze, don't commit prostitution, don't steal, et cetera. But they lack the presence of good. PCC doesn't care about hurting people. When I shared my divorced broken life, burdens, health afflictions and heavy heart, their ungodly pastors at Campus Church threw me under the bus. Pastor Jeff Redlin and Timothy Zecharias couldn't have cared less. I was so disgusted that I kindly wrote a letter to PCC's leaders for their help, but they also didn't care one iota. SHAME on PCC!!!

Dewayne is right, you're not a good man just because you lack the presence of evil. If you don't truly care about people, you are a BIG ZERO! Jeff Redlin is a big zero! Timothy Zecharias is a big zero! These wicked people woefully lack compasison for others. PCC woefully lacks compasison and love for others. Proof of what I say is that I have an email from August 2, 2022 forbidding me from attending Campus Church at PCC. We've been enemies ever since, and will continue to be. This is the type of hateful bigotry that exists at PCC. The cult system always comes first at PCC, but individual people do not matter. People just want to be loved, but you won't find any love at PCC.

The deeply religious world (like Bob Jones University and PCC) are full of people who would never commit an evil act, but they also woefully lack goodness. They would never say a cuss word, smoke marijuana or look at a dirty magazine; but their lives are devoid of love and compasison for hurting people like me, who are divorced, suffering in constant bodily pain and need their help and friendship. Sadly, Pastor Jeff Redlin is a self-centered narcissist who doesn't care about anyone except himself. Redlin gets paid a sickening 6-digit salary. Creeps like him represent everything that is wrong with Christianity today in America!

People pick up on whether you care or not quickly. So, if you don't care, just don't try to care about people, and they will become bitter and leave. One of the biggest problems that I see in Bible colleges and the corrupt churches who hire their incompetent students as pastors, is a woeful tragic lack of love and compassion for people. Jesus cared about people. The dear Savior went out of His way to help people—whether it meant leaving the 99 sheep safe in the fold to go search for that 1 lamb in need, or healing 10 afflicted lepers, or feeding 5,000 hungry people with one little boy's modest lunch, et cetera. The $64,000 question dear reader is: DO YOU CARE?

Remember, the absence of evil in someone's life is NOT an indicator of the presence of good. Some of the worst jerks I have ever met were religious people, pastors in particular. On Judgment Day those ungodly pastors (and layman) won't be able to hide behind the lame excuse that, “We'll we're all just sinners!” Not caring about others is a horrible sin!

Let me ask you another question: If you died right now, would you leave a hole in the world? Most people wouldn't be missed. You're not a good person just because you don't smoke, steal, drink, cuss, fornicate or do illegal drugs. When's the last time that you really helped someone? When's the last time that you comforted and encouraged someone who is hurting and lonely?

I am so sick and tired of today's pathetic dead churches. I see churches with vehicles to go pick people up, but those people have to take a taxi to church instead. Why is that?

I see frustrated people leaving churches by the droves, but the pastors don't lift a finger to try to stop them from leaving. And God pity the pastor who doesn't care enough when people leave, to invite them back to church. We're just playing church folks.

I can name umpteen pastors with whom in the past I had shared my broken divorced life and chronic bodily pain since 2004, but those pastors couldn't have cared less and dissed me. Men of God? I think not. The more I cared, the less they did. Today's average Baptist pastor is a salary-sucking failure! He's a religious parasite! God deliver us from brutish pastors who lack good sense! The most important job is the one that doesn't get done. The job of caring and loving others is not getting done in today's luewarm churches. We go through all the motions of playing church, while hurting people continue to fall through the cracks and go unloved.

Proverbs 25:19, “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.” No minister (which means servant) is faithful in his duty, who fails to unconditionally love people. I am talking about cold-hearted pastors like: Jeff Redlin, Marty Herron, Bill Adams, Timothy Zecharias, Jared Baldwin, Gary Walton, Josh Thompson, Sean Quinlan and Joe Hensen, to name but a few incompetent clergy and jerks. These religious hypocrities should all be fired and banned from ever standing behind any pulpit again! They've all horribly dropped the ball for God as ministers, corrupting the Gospel.

Dewayne in the video is right, the absence of evil in someone's life is NOT automatically an indicator of the presence of good. You're not a good person just because you dress the look and play the part of being a Christian. And no one can call them self a "good person." It is what God knows about you that matters! God knows that I truly do care. I am far from perfect, but I do try to care about people. Sometimes I fail, and it bothers me immensely, but I get back up and by God's grace do better. Many Christians these days aren't even trying to do right, and pastors are the worst offenders!

I encourage you to watch the full video if you haven't already, it contains some manly advice for men. Thank you for reading my ministry blog. To God be the glory.

Beware Of "2020scripturalvision.com"

Romans 3:7-8, “For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.”

I found this defamatory article online at the 2020scripturalvision.com website. The malicious article is attacking my ministry friend, Dr. Douglas Stauffer. I was shocked when I read the serious allegations against Douglas Stauffer. I want to go through these claims, one by one, and refute their lies. The author of the preceding article is a COWARD, choosing to remain anonymous. There's nothing I hate any more than when some COWARD slanders a child of God (or anyone) on social media, but don't have the honesty or inegrity to reveal their name. What a Loser!

The other day from Amazon I ordered a used copy of Dr. Douglas Stauffer's book in question, "One Book Rightly Divided" (©1999). I wanted to verify if the allegations were true! The author of the preceding slanderous article on 2020scripturalvision.com is a devilish LIAR! The website falsely accuses Dr. Stauffer of teaching damnable heresy, but the accuser (to no surprise) doesn't provide any actual quotes from Dr. Stauffer's book. The accuser merely cites alleged pages in violation. Here is a quote from the 2020scripturalvision.com website, and my rebuttals (which will be set in bold red font):

1. Dr. Stauffer claims Paul preached a different gospel than Peter, and Peter didn’t preach the gospel of the grace of God (p. 26). The names of Paul and Peter don't even appear on page 26. I couldn't find anything to verify the accuser's claims anywhere in chapters 1 or 2. They lied! As proof that the accuser lied, here is what Dr. Stauffer wrote on page 186, “Why would God lead Peter to express his association with Paul if their messages contradicted one another? The direct association is emphasized because their writings were not contradictory but complimentary! Once people compare the writings of Peter and Paul, those who continue to teach that Peter's message contradicts Paul's writings are simply perpetuating an error to support a man-made system of Bible teaching.” As you just read for yourself, clearly Dr. Douglas Stauffer DIDN'T teach that Peter and Paul preached different plans of salvation. What damnable evil LIARS at 2020scripturalvision.com! Unlike the liars who have falsely accused Brother Stauffer, I have given you actual quotes from his book, so you can see and decide for yourself based upon EVIDENCE, and not merely upon unfounded accusations.
2. He claims in some dispensations people were saved by works. That is a bold LIE! On page 702, Dr. Staffer plainly writes: “Even with Israel's repugnant history, there are those who teach that the Israelite's salvation was based upon obedience to the Law. With this in mind, simply consider a few of the problems associated to specific times when the Jews could not keep the Law. 1) How were the Israelites saved when they had no place of worship to offer their necessary sacrifices?” Dr. Stauffer also points out the Jew's 111 years under the Judges, the Jew's 70 years in Babylonian captivity, the Jews in their homeland when their temple had been destroyed, the Jews who lived and traveled outside the borders of Israel, et cetera. Brother Stauffer is right! If the Jews had been saved by keeping the Law, then no one could have been saved during the aforementioned time periods, when the Jews were without a Temple or sacrifices. Clearly, Dr. Stauffer didn't teach that Old Testament saints were saved by works.
3. He claims Hebrews and James teach losing salvation (pp. 23, 29). Again, I could not find anything to verify these LIES by the 2020scripturalvision.com website. The author LIED about Brother Stauffer! James and Hebrews are not even mentioned on the alleged pages.
4. He claims 1 John teaches salvation by faith plus works (p. 56). There is nothing on page 56 (nor the surrounding dozens of pages) that even mentions 1st John.
5. He claims only Paul’s epistles are for the churches and that Paul was the spokesmen for the church (p. 17). There is nothing on page 17 or the surrounding pages to verify this accusation. The accuser pulled this lie from his behind.
6. He claims the four gospels and general epistles of Hebrews to Revelation, while containing some church age applications, are actually written for Great Tribulation saints (pp. 20, 27). Again, there is nothing on either of these pages to verify what the accuser claims. 2020scripturalvision.com lied!
7. He claims the book of Acts was not given “to show how to establish the local church or its functions” (p. 72). The book of Acts is not mentioned on this page, nor even the surrounding pages. Page 72 mentions the book of Revelation.
8. He claims the seven churches of Revelation 1-3 are not local bodies of Christ (p. 29). Page 29 is about the Rapture. The 7 churches of Revelation are not mentioned at all, nor on the surrounding pages. The accuser lied!
9. He teaches lots of other heresy in the book. Although I reject dispensational teaching (because it is extrabiblical), so far I haven't found any heresies in the book.
10. He zealously embraces hyper-dispensationalism, as noted here in all these errors, which is plain heresy and irreconcilable with God’s Word. Again, I reject dispensaitonal teaching, and the book does promote it a lot, but so far I haven't found any serious false teachings. I certainy haven't found anything to verify the erroneous claim that Peter and Paul preached a different plan of salvation. As far as I can tell from reading his book, Douglas Stauffer preaches a free grace Gospel.

This fake website at 2020scripturalvision.com just goes to remind us that you CANNOT trust everything we read, see or hear on the internet. If someone didn't spend the money and take the time (like I did) to actually purchase Brother Stauffer's book and verify for them self if the allegatiobns are true, they'd most likely just believe the lying hurtful slander. God hates liars (Proverbs 6:16-17).

I do want to kindly mention that I reject Dr. Stauffer's unbiblical teaching that John the Baptist and Jesus preached a different Gospel than Paul and Peter did. According to Dr. Stauffer, the phrase "gospel of the kingdom" in Matthew 9:35 refers to a different gospel exclusive to the Jews. I humbly agree with Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) that Jesus presented the SAME Gospel that we preach today, but He gave the Gospel a Jewish flavor to appeal to the Jews.

I need to also bring to your attention dear reader, that the ungodly 2020scripturalvision.com website preaches the Devil's counterfeit gospel of Lordship Salvation. BLASPHEMY!!!

The wicked website also horribly attacks and slanders Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) and Pastor Steven Anderson for their free grace Gospel view. SHAME on the unsaved malicious editors of 2020scripturalvision.com! They are false prophets, slanderers and liars!!!

Infamous Gangster Al Capone May Be In Heaven

The most notorious American gangster in history is Al Capone (1899-1947). He began his reign of crime and mayhem as the infamous Chicago mob boss at just age 25. His reign of terror would endure for the next 7 years, until the IRS would catch up with him for tax evasion.

At age 33 in 1932, Al Capone was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but the incarcerated former gangster only served 7 of those years due to his failing health because of the deadly Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) of syphilis. His brain had been rotted so badly, that he now had the mentality of a child between ages 7 and 12.

During Capone's prison time in the early 1930s, doctors diagnosed his health condition, which included syphilis, gonorrhea, and a cocaine-perforated septum (the cartilage that separates the right and left nose cavities). Capone's health was a nightmare! The Devil is a beautiful liar! Satan always pays with counterfeit money. Sin always thrills until it kills. Sin always fascinates until it assassinates.

History tells us that a Baptist minister preached to Al Capone and the other inmates in prison, and it is said that Mr. Capone found religion.

We can only hope that Al Capone trusted Jesus Christ while in prison and became born again. Time will tell. That is, we'll learn the truth in the afterlife. I sure hope Al's up in Heaven. It is interesting, and I think telling and precious, that Mr. Capone's epitaph on his gravestone doesn't read: "The World's Greatest Gangster"; but rather, "My Jesus Mercy." Amen.

God Is So Good

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

God is so good. I tell Jesus multiple times every day that I love Him. I can only try by God's grace to prove that I love Him with my life (John 14:15). Below is a photo of an amazing pretty flower that I found growing by my front steps. And this is my neighbour's new sweet dog in my kitchen looking for food, Ene. She's my newest buddy. God is so good to all of us.

My Neighbour's Dog, Ene

My Neighbour's Dog and My Buddy, Ene

A Flower From My Front Yard

Dr. John R. Rice Didn't Think Present-Day Israel Is The Fulfillment Of Bible Prophecy, And Neither Do I

Revelation 11:8, “And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”

Our text passage of Scripture plainly identifies Israel as a wicked place. I DO NOT STAND WITH ISRAEL! I refuse to support counterfeit Israel, esspecially when their leaders are homocidal maniacs, who have brutally murdered over 44,000 innocent Palestinians with international impunity, because the ungodly United States has sanctioned the genocide.

And for those of you who don't know, Evangelist John R. Rice also rejected present-day Israel (since 1947) as being the fulfillment of Bible prophecy...

“Some say that Jesus must come soon because the little modern nation Israel is established in Palestine. I do not believe that is the restoration of Israel promised in the Bible.” —Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980)

I am 100% against the Satanic fraud of ZIONISM! It is tragic that 80% of Baptist churches today idolize FAKE ISRAEL. I hear these misled pastors, like Paul Chappell in Lancaster, California, saying: "We must support Israel." Pastor Chappell even flew to Jerusalem, to tell the mayor that their church will do anything to help the Jews. What a sad thing! Chappell is pulling on the same rope as the Devil, fighting against the Lord Jesus Christ. Why in the world would God command saints today, to bless a nation whom GOD HAS CURSED?

Humbly said, I reject modern fake Israel. They are awaiting their False Messiah, Antichrist. The New World Order is his fake kingdom. I reject Zionism. I love Jewish people no more or less, than Arabs, Africans or Chinese people. God is no respecter of persons and neither am I (Romans 2:11; James 2:1). Shame on anyone who supports manmade Israel.

Zionists are making the same fatal error as Abraham and Sarah, when they took matters into their own hands, impregnating Hagar instead of waiting upon the Lord for the son He promised to give them. According to Hosea 3:4-5, God will restore the true nation of Israel when the Jews in the future repent toward God. This will happen at the time of Christ's Second Coming. For now, less than 2% of the 7,000,000 Jews living in Israel profess faith in Christ (and that includes all the pesudo-Christian cults, like Roman Catholicim).

The present-day manamde state of Israel has no divine promise of protection from God (Luke 21:24). As saints our focus should be upon preaching the Gospel, and not Israel.

The Sad Case Of Pastor Max Younce's Wife

2nd Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

Please hear me out dear reader. My heart is broken and heavy. I want to present my appeal to you, and you can be the jury if you'd like, but God will be my only Judge (James 4:12). Be patient with me as you read, because I need to first lay down some foundational information, so that you will understand the issue.

I BELIEVE THAT THE KING JAMES BIBLE IS 100% INSPIRED!!! If that offends you, then so be it. I humbly believe that the King James Bible is VERBALLY INSPIRED, which means every word in the Bible was put there by God almighty. They are His inspired Words, not mere words inspired by mortal men. I also believe in the PLENARY INSPIRATION of the King James Bible, which means that all 66 books (the entire canon) is inspired by God.

Having said that, there are some preachers whom I love and have tremendous respect for; namely, Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023), Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) and Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) in his early ministry, who all denied the inspiration of the King James Bible. They sat in judgment upon the Word of God, CORRECTING THE BIBLE. I am against doing that. I respect those men, but I humbly disgree with their position. In Dr. Hyles' book titled, "Let's Study The Revelation" (1967), he often CORRECTS the King James Bible. Dr. Hyles was about 40 years old at the time.

Thankfully, Pastor Hyles woke up around 1980 after Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) went to Heaven, and repented of his correcting the King James Bible. Dr. Hyles honestly explains that he had been lied to by corrupt Bible professors...

Pastor Jack Hyles On The Importance Of Bible Infallibility 

John 12:47-48, “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”

John 14:23, “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” 

Folks, I'm going to go to seed [to become worn] before I die on defending this Book—I'm going to go to seed on it! I'm a little tired—by the way, every preacher in America, before he met a theologian, believed exactly what I'm preaching tonight! Theologians messed us all up—they messed me up for a while, I'll be honest with you—messed us all up! When I went off to college, I thought I had the words of God in this Book right here. When I was in college for awhile I found out I didn't. Not only that, I found out nobody did! Not only that, I found out you couldn't have them! Not only that, I found out there was no such thing as any book in all the world that had the words of God in 'em! 

But my Bible said that we're supposed to keep His “WORDS”; not His truths, not just His doctrine, but His “WORDS”! ... 

Mark 8:38,“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” 

Folks, here's what's happening in America. The old-time preachers that built this country believed that this Book right here had the words of God in it! Your grandpa and grandma, that built this country, shed their tears on this Book, thinking they had the very words of God in their hands. And fundamentalists ALL believed what I'm preaching tonight, until we got our own Bible colleges, and seminaries, and sent our professors off to train at the feet of Karl Barth, and Reinhold Neuber, Emil Brunner, and others, who said that the Bible does not have the “words” of God, it is the Word of God, and that all the Bible is not inspired word-for-word. So we did not want to be considered “unintellectual” by the intellectual community; we're not willing to be called “nuts” and “fools”—just chalk me up as a nut! Chalk me up as a fool! Yea! Chalk me up as an uneducated illiterate if you want to, but I guarantee Ya—I'd rather study my A-B-C's in Heaven, then Greek and Hebrew in Hell! 

Whosoever shall be ashamed of “ME AND MY WORDS”; it didn't say His “WORD,” it says His “WORDS”! 

SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles, a beautiful quote from the sermon, “There Are Too Many Smiths In The Land.”

As I mentioned, around 1980, after Dr. Rice died, Brother Hyles changed his position and stopped correcting the King James Bible. In fact, Pastor Hyles became a champion for the inspiration and perfection of the King James Bible, and as you just read for yourself he attributed his former wrong attitude to corrupt college professors who shook his faith in the inspiration of the Holy Bible. You can hear Dr. Hyles call himself a "champion" for the King James Bible in this classic 1996 sermon titled: "THE BATTLE OF THE AGES."

Having said that, one of my Facebook friends asked me a question on Friday, November 15th, 2024. Here is his unedtied question to me:

Dr Thomas M Cucuzza said something strange the other night in one of his sermons i was listening to. He said something regarding the KJV Bible along the line of ( he wished they would've chose better wording for the readers ) and then he opened up the NKJV translation and read from it. I can't remember which scripture has was referring to but regardless it made me a little uncomfortable when he read from the NKJV to the flock. I'm not making any judgment . He does teach the true gospel regarding salvation faith through grace in Jesus alone and the finished work on the cross , but what he did made me uncomfortable. The NKJV is a corrupted bible.

And here is my unedited Facebook reply to his question:

I have learned to give my Christian brethren in the ministry some "room to swim" doctrinally. Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) is one of my heroes of the faith, but he didn't believe the King James Bible is inspired. He believed the King James Bible is the BEST, but not 100% perfect. I humbly disagreed with my ally in the ministry, yet we remained good ministry friends until he graduated to Heaven last year. I miss my friend. 

Another free grace preacher whom I greatly admire is Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980), who also didn't believe that the King James Bible is inspired. It wasn't until he went to Heaven in 1980 that Dr. Jack Hyles switched from correcting the King James Bible, to being King James only and never correcting it again. I think Dr. Hyles out of respect for Brother Rice, who was 31 years older than Dr. Hyles, didn't want to start a fight over inspiration with him. That is just my personal opinion. 

But I do know for a fact that by the 1980's Pastor Jack Hyles believed and taught that the King James Bible is 100% flawless, inspired, preserved, inerrant, holy, incorruptible and perfect in every way. He taught that for the rest of his life, which is what I also believe and teach. I believe the King James Bible is VERBALLY (every word) INSPIRED, and also PLENARY (the whole canon of 66 books) INSPIRED. 

So, even if Pastor Cucuzza may correct the King James Bible (which I haven't confirmed), it wouldn't change my respect and admiration for him as a free grace preacher. No two Bible preachers agree on everything.

The next thing I knew, Mrs. Younce not only unfriended me, but completely blocked out my Facebook page, so that she has vanished from Facebook. I have confirmed that she is still on Facebook, and that without saying one word to me she threw me under the bus. The reason why is obvious to me, because of my post, which is the only thing it could be. I make NO APOLOGIES for my comments. I did nothing wrong. It is clear if you carefully read my post that I didn't slander, bad mouth or criticize my longtime ministry friend. Pastor Younce first contacted me in 2004, and we became lifelong ministry friends up until he went to Heaven in 2023.

To say that I am deeply hurt by what Mrs. Marjorie Younce has done to me is an understatement. I thankfully understand that she is an individual, just like my friend Max Younce was an individual, so she DOESN'T speak or even represent how he feels. I know Dr. Younce never would have mistreated me like this.

It is also clear to me that his widow is more loyal to her husband than she is to THE TRUTH. If she loved the truth, then she would respect my right as a Bible preacher to have my own opinions, even though mine might differ from her own husband's. God knows that in our 20 year friendship, I NEVER ONCE criticized Pastor Younce behind his back, nor in public. I never once even told anyone that I disagree with him. I only mentioned Dr. Younce in my Facebook post the other day, to help a friend on Facebook understand that it is normal for preachers to disagree on some issues.

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) is my hero of the faith, but I don't agree with Brother Hyles on everything. For example: I don't agree with him when he uses the term "Shekinah Glory" in his books and sermons. It is an occult term related to Jewish mysticysm, not a biblical term. No preacher should ever use such pagan terms.

Also, Dr. Hyles was big on using a Sinner's Prayer when soulwinning, but I don't use it anymore and discourage others from using it too, because for several years after I got saved at age 13, I needlessly struggled with the assuance of God's salvation because the Sinner's Prayer confused me. I kept wondering if I had prayed correctly. I knew that faith saved me, but I was misled to think that praying to be saved was how you put your faith in Jesus. Boy was I deceived by pastors! Baptist preachers and religious tracts had LIED TO ME!!! You can be saved just be believing on Jesus. What saith the Scripture? John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” My point is that it is normal for preachers to disagree sometimes. There's not even one preacher, dead or alive, with whom I agree with on everything.

It deeply hurts my feelings that Mrs. Younce doesn't understand this fact. She didn't even have the decency to contact me, to give me a chance to apologize if I hurt her feelings, and to make a mends. If she had let me know that I had hurt her feelings, I would have gladly promised never to mention her husband again in such a manner, although I didn't do anything wrong. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with my post, and I am being transparent to share my post with everyone, so you can see what is going on. You have already read my words earlier.

I very kindly mentioned in my comments that me and Dr. Younce were good ministry friends for 20 years, even though we disagreed on Bible inspiration. Now I see that his widow has completely blocked me out on Facebook. I have no way of contacting her. She moved recently somewhere in Grand Rapids, Minnestoa, to an Assisted Living complex. In hindsight, it is obvious to me that no one overreacts like this to a mere post. She must have had a burr in her saddle for a long time that I was not aware of. This is strange and bizarre. People don't just write Christian friends off in the ministry, whom they have known for 20 years, unless there is some underlying river of animosity, which I was not aware of.

Anyway, since I started my website ministry in 2002, I have been an open book to the world. Since I don't have a wife, and don't have any family in Pensacola, the only friends I have are online or at the local church I attend. But the sad truth is that if I decided tomorrow to never return to the church I've been attending for the past 3 years, no one would ever come looking for me, they wouldn't care. They have never asked for my contact information. I feel lonely.

Robert Serreyn Mistreats Me Too

It hurts me when the only so-called "Christian" friends I have online, block me out and don't even explain why. I sent a message to Robert Serreyn (who attended Pastor Younce's church for many years) and asked him if he knows what's going on, but he's being a jerk and won't reply. So, I messaged him again and said that I understand if he doesn't want to get involved, but please at least send me a smiley face or something to acknowledge me, but he refused to do that too. So, I have already unfriended him and blocked him out. If I mean so little to someone that they refuse to even acknowledge me as a human being, after I plainly told Serreyn that he was hurting my feelings, then he is NOT really my friend, not one iota. I am his friend, but he's not mine.

I don't know what is going on with Mrs. Younce and Robert Serreyn, but I have done nothing wrong by preaching what I believe to be THE TRUTH. I know that Robert is a devout Zionist, who was praising Israel all the time they were murdering 44,000 defenseless Palestinians. He got upset with me on Facebook for saying that I DO NOT STAND WITH ISRAEL. I don't stand with homodical maniacs, and shame on you if you do!

I also have never agreed with Dispensaitonal Teaching, even though Dr. Younce teaches a mild form of it (he wasn't an Ultra-dispensaitonal Zionist). I have never criticized Pastor Younce for using dispensational teaching, even though I don't use it and expose it as rubbish in my own ministry. In our 20 years of ministry friendship, me and Dr. Younce NEVER ONCE had any disagreements or cross words. We always respected each other's differences, and relished in our shared beliefs, particularly that Martin Luther (1483-1546) was an unsaved infidel. That is how we became friends. Pastor Younce first emailed me in 2004 when I still lived in in Chicago, and he said I was the only preacher he knew who exposes Martin Luther as a fraud.

I feel like I'm in a new episode of The Twilight Zone. You don't just block out someone who has been a ministry friend for 20 years, without letting them know why. And when a Christian brother or sister contacts you and requests a reply, you should reply, not horribly blow them off by ignoring them. That is NOT the Lord's way. Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

Pastor Younce Was Very Wrong For Correcting The Bible

Here is Dr. Younce's heretical teaching about Romans 10:11 and Isaiah 28:16, in which you can see where he clearly sadly CORRECTS the King James Bible, but it DOESN'T NEED CORRECTING (as I will show you)...

4. Isaiah 28:16 and 1 Peter 2:6. 

Since we are this far, we might as well examine two other verses that are mistranslated. One in the Old Testament is Isaiah 28:16 and the other is 1 Peter 2:6.

“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.” (Isaiah 28:16)

“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him SHALL NOT be confounded.” (1 Peter 2:6)

In both passages, “shall not” is translated wrongly and should have been translated “should not.” This mistranslation not only endorses a false doctrine of Lordship Salvation; but, also contradicts other doctrinal teachings such as the following. God knows a Christian is capable of sinning because they still possess the old nature they were born with. SOURCE: An Exposition Of Romans 10: 9, 10

Kindly said, Pastor Younce doesn't know what he's talking about here. He foolishly CORRECTS the King James Bible, again, as he does HUNDREDS of times in his books and sermons. The Hebrew word for "haste" in Isaiah 28:16 is chush, which means "to hurry." Pastor Younce is very wrong to correct the inspired Holy Bible, accusing the 54 brilliant King James Bible translators of being incompetent.

The correct interpretation of Isaiah 28:16 and Romans 10:11 is that if you believe on Jesus you will never be disappointed, you won't have to hurry away in embarrasment that Jesus failed your faith. These passages of Scripture have absolutely NOTHING to do with being ashamed of Jesus. These Sripture passages are not focusing on your faithfulness dear reader; but rather, upon Jesus' faithfulness to honor His promise to save them that believe. Here is 100% irrefutable proof that Dr. Max Younce denied the inspiration of the King James Bible, in his own words from his book. You can also read it on his church website.

Now, this is the FIRST TIME in 20 years that I have criticized Dr. Younce's work. But I want to set the matter straight right now. Brother Younce believed and taught that only the original autographs of the Word of God were inspired, and that at BEST all we have today are imperfect, manmade translations of God's Words. I humbly disagree! I believe that we have a perfect inspired Holy Bible today. I believe in the Englsh language that Book is the inspired KING JAMES BIBLE. I find no fault with the King James Bible. You will never once find me correcting the Bible, it should correct us. I am NOT going to sit in judgment upon God's Word.

Pastor James Sightler (1937-2019) wrote this helpful article in defense of the inspiration of our beloved King James Bible. Dear reader, if the King James Bible is not inspired by God, then it can only be inspired by flawed men, which means we cannot trust it. I agree with Pastor Jack Hyles, that if I believed for one moment that I didn't have God's infallible, incorruptible, inspired, perfect Word in my hand, I'd toss it into the trash and I'd never preach again. Why should I spend my life laboring and preaching from an imperfect book, not knowing which parts are reliable or corrupt?

I'm sure not going to trust a bunch of deeper-life Hebrew and Greek scholars who cannot even agree among themselves over which ancient manuscripts are true or false. By "inspired" I mean that the King James Bible are God's Words. He alone is the divine Author!

My ministry friend, Eddie Boston, got upset with me a few years ago because I promote Pastor Younce's books, in lieu of the fact that Dr. Younce incessantly corrects the Bible. Eddie was right! Thankfully, me and Eddie are still friends. I have taken a lot of criticism and heat over the years from ministry friends, because of my loyalty and friendship with Pastor Younce. I took an unknown country preacher and gave him an international presence through my website ministry. I certainly deserve more gratitude than for his widow to block me out completely without explanation.

Albeit, regardless of what she does, I will not correct Pastor Younce again, as I did in this blog. I promote Pastor Younce's books because I love Jesus Christ. I love Pastor Younce too and I respect his scholarly brilliance as a man of God. Despite his correcting of the King James Bible, his books are extremely helpful for new believers, which is why I share them with people. I have learned so much about God's Word from Dr. Younce's books. To God alone be the glory.

Pastor Younce looked up to Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) as a mentor, just as I look up to Dr. Younce as a mentor. Dr. Younce taught the same position on the Bible as did Dr. Rice. Brother Rice often corrected the Bible, and taught that it is okay to use several different Bible revisions. I couldn't disagree more!!! In fairness to Dr. Rice, he died long before the internet came about, which has exponentially increased man's knowledge base. Today we have quick access to a wealth of information that people 50 years ago couldn't even have imagined. If Dr. Rice were alive today, I am fully convinced that he would have changed to a King James Bible only position. Pastor Younce preached a helpful series titled: "KING JAMES TRANSLATION—STILL THE BEST."

Let me be clear that I am still a loyal friend to Pastor Younce. I love the guy. He's up in Heaven with our blessed Savior now. Pastor Younce was 31 years older than me, the same age difference between Dr. Rice and Pastor Hyles. I have often refered to Brother Younce as: "The Dr. John R. Rice of our generation," and I mean that. They literally shared the SAME position on the Bible, with which I humbly disagree. I don't apologize for my beliefs, nor for standing up and preaching what I believe. Dr. Hyles taught me as one of his preacher boys, to be loyal to truth and principles and not to men or institutions. I love Pastor Younce and his family, but my loyalty is to the inspiration of the King James Bible first and foremost.

If we don't have a perfect inspired Holy Bible today, then God broke His promise in Psalms 12:6-7. That is why ALL of the Devil's modern Bible revisions have corrupted this passage of Scripture, removing God's promise completely. I believe that God has kept His solemn promise to preserve a perfect, incorruptible, inerrant and inspired, Holy Bible for every generation. If you disagree, good luck with that. The matter is not open for discussion. Psalms 12:6-7, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Don't you dare tell me that our perfect, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent God was too inept to give us a perfect inspired Holy Bible in these modern times.

It is a shame that my worst enemies aren't the abortionists, witches, homosexuals or atheists; it is professed Christians, Baptists, who don't believe that God has kept His promise to preserve His INSPIRED Words forever. It is Baptists who foolishly think you must be willing to turn away from your sinful bad habits to get to Heaven, which is a counterfeit gospel. It is Baptists who preach the Satanic lie of Lordship Salvation. I will stand alone if need be, but I WILL STAND.

If I perish, I perish.

Be Careful Not To Have Jonah's Bad Attitude

Jonah 3:10, “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”

Jonah 4:1-5, “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country?  Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.”

Jonah lived during the time when the Assyrian Empire ruled the entire world in the 8th century BC. Before Assyria Egypt ruled the world, and afterwards Babylon ruled the world. The Assyrian military was infamous for their horrifying torture methods, in particular nailing a man to a tree and with pliers stripping the skin from his body while the victim was alive. With this fact in mind it is not hard to understand why Jonah fled from going to Ninevah (the capital city of Assyria) to preach the Gospel to them as God had commanded.

I'm sure that you are familiar with the amazing story. Jonah fled on a ship to Tarshish. While at sea the Lord caused a severe storm that threatened to sink the ship. Jonah told the men that it was the curse of God because of his disobedience, so they threw him overboard. God caused a big whale to swallow Jonah. In the belly of the whale Jonah had three days to think about his life and situation. In Jonah 2:9b he exclaimed that, "Salvation is of the LORD." He also renewed to keep his vow to God. Jonah 2:9, “But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed.  Salvation is of the LORD.” In my humble opinion, it seems that Jonah had promised God to go to Ninevah, but didn't go. That is just Stewology (my speculation), but you just read for yourself what Jonah said. It was at this time that God told Mr. Whale to drop Jonah off at the next whale stop on dry ground.

The Bible says once freed from his nightmare in the whale's stomach, that Jonah ran and made a 3 day's journey in just 1 day (Jonah 3:3-4). Wow! The ole boy ran his butt off! When he arrived, Jonah began to warn the Assyrians that God would utterly destroy Ninevah in just 40 DAYS!!! I have heard some preachers speculate that Jonah's skin must have been dyed green from the digestive stomach acid in the whale's belly. We simply don't know if Jonah's appearance was disheveled, frightening, strange or normal. I think it is safe to assume that Jonah was full of zeal in his urgent message of coming judgment upon the Assyrians, considering the ordeal he had just been through for three days.

You Don't Have To “Turn From Your Sins” To Get To Heaven

The Bible says that the people of Ninevah repented of their sins. I would like to stop for a moment here and point out that no one has ever been saved by turning from their sinful behavior, which would be works. Proof of what I say is found in Jonah 3:10, “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” Here is clear biblical evidence that turning from one's evil way is WORKS! Tragically, over 85% of Baptist churches today are preaching a corrupt plan of salvation.

Look at the Satanic garbage that is being taught at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) today in their Campus Church. Anybody who teaches that you must be willing to forsake a lifestyle of sin to get to Heaven is preaching ANOTHER GOSPEL (Galatians 1:6-9). So, the Ninevites didn't get saved, they repented to turn away from their wickedness and God spared them judgment. A century later the Assyrians had returned to the vomit of their evil ways, so God sent Naham the prophet to pronounce doom upon them! Sin always leads to judgment!

Be Careful Not To Hate Sinners Like Jonah Did

Jonah 3:10 and 4:1, “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.” I have a confession to make. Sometimes I have a bad attitude like Jonah. I get angry about the horrible things wicked people—whether it be backslidden Christians or false believers—who have done to hurt me in the past. At times, I feel a strong desire to see them punished by God. I'm sure you have felt the same at times toward people who have done you wrong.

I could take a pen and paper and write down 100 rotten things people have done to hurt me in the past, particularly pastors. Some of the most evil people I have known were pastors. When a pastor preaches a counterfeit plan of salvation, and you befriend him with biblical truth, but then he drives you out of his church and bans you from returning—that pastor is evil incarnate! I have had that done to me multiple times by different ungodly pastors.

Jonah 4:1, “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.” Have you ever felt angry that people who have hurt you didn't get punished? I have. It upsets me to see a wicked pastor who is living large, getting paid a disgusting 6-digit salary, while he preaches the Devil's fraud of Lordship Salvation and gets away with it. My only comfort and peace of soul comes from knowing that the time of reckoning will come, when those ungodly arrogant pastors will be punished by God almighty (Galatians 6:7).

Loving Justice Versus Hating Sinners

I have often said that there is a fine line between faith and foolishness. It is okay to pray impreccatory prayers. David did this often. For example: Psalms 58:6, “Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.” David felt righteous indignation toward the wicked, wanting to see them burn. It is biblically okay to desire to see justice. I could list several dozen names of people whom I pray and desire for God to severely punish, to avange me of their evils against me (Matthew 7:1-2). God has promised to avenge me (Romans 12:19-21; 1st Thessalonians 4:6).

The Bible says in Revelation 18:15a that “The merchants of these things” cried aloud saying that God has avenged the saints in Heaven, who were tormented and marytred on earth. Revelation 18:19-20, “And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.” So, here we see that biblically it is okay to rejoice when there is justice.

However, in Jonah's case he was still upset even after the guilty party repented of their wrongs. The inspired Scripture tells us that the Ninevites turned from their evil ways. They changed their minds from committing horrible wickedness, to obey the Lord. They didn't get saved, because turning from your evil ways is WORKS, which the Bible plainly says. Anybody who teaches that people were saved by WORKS + FAITH in the Old Testament is a LIAR! Romans 4:4, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” This lone Bible verse proves that NO ONE has ever been saved by WORKS, because to do so would have meant God OWED them salvation, which cannot be GRACE. I marvel that any preacher could be so woefully ignorant to think that people were saved by WORKS under the Mosaic law. The prophet Habakkuk lived under the Mosaic law, who plainly said in Habakkuk 2:4 that the just man shall live by his faith.

Dear reader, there is an amazing passage of Scripture in the Old testament that I am reminded about often, concerning Job and his horrible friends. Poor Job had once been very wealthy. He was a happy man with a wife and 10 children. But then God made a wager with Satan (the reason for which I will never understand), to allow the Devil to destroy Job's life, to see if he would curse God. Satan robbed Job of his wealth. Job's servants were murdered, his fields burned, his thousands of heads of livestock stolen, his 10 children all killed by a tornado, his health taken away, and then to seal his fate Job's wife suggested that he curse God and die. In fairness to Mrs. Job, she had just lost her 10 precious children. I cannot blame her for being bitter against God. I don't know how I would have held up under such dire circumstances, and neither do you honestly know friend, until you and I have been in Job's shoes.

As if that all weren't bad enough, then Job's rotten hypocritical friends blamed him, accusing Job of harbouring sin in his life. Then they suggested that perhaps his children were sinning in secret, which tempted the judgment of God upon the family. What jerks for friends! With friends like Job's, you don't need any enemies! Look at what Job said about his losers for friends in Job 16:1-2, “Then Job answered and said, I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.” They made Job more miserable!

But here is the beautiful truth that I want you to see dear reader. Job 42:10, “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.” Wow! Job was a much better Christian than I have been over the years. I have often prayed over the many years, for God to curse the ungodly pastors who have added misery to my miseries. But ever since I read this Bible verse about Job several years ago in Job 42:10, I have started praying for the professed Christians who've deeply wounded my soul and added misery to my hardships, inexplicable emotional trauma, losses and bodily pain. It's not easy to pray for those who have hurt me, but if God was pleased with Job's forgiving spirit, then our Creator who never changes (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8), will be pleased today thousands of years later when we also pray for those who hurt us. 

Is that not what our blessed Savior taught in The Beatitudes (or as I like to say, "The Attitudes That Should Be")? Look at what Jesus said to do when people hurt us, use us and curse us. Matthew 5:44-45, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Very few believers have grown to the point of unconditionally loving their enemies with Christ's love. Remember, GOD IS LOVE!!! Luke 6:28, “Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”

When the disciples went to Samaria to preach the Gospel of free grace, the Samaritans rejected them. The disicples were so angry that they asked Jesus for permission to pray down fire and brimstone to consume and annihilate the people. Jesus sternly rebuked them and reminded the disciples that He came to save men's lives, not to destroy them. ...

Luke 9:51-56, “And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.”

I don't know about you, but on a regular basis I need to be reminded that I am not enough like my precious Savior, Jesus. I sometimes get upset with mean and foolish people. I told someone off a few months at Amazon.com, for falsely accusing me of "Hate Speech" for mentioning "The Little Rascals" in a movie review. The Amazon employee lives in India and isn't familar with our American culture, so they assumed that I was calling children "rascals," which they deemed hate speech. They threatened to terminate my acocunt if I did it again. I'm not making this insanity up, it really happened. I had been a loyal customer at Amazon for 20 years, but the company has ZERO loyalty for me as a customer. Amazon's owners have outsourced all customer operations to foreign countries in the Philippines, South Africa and India; and has unfortunatelt given full autonomy to these incompetent idiots).

Anyway, I apologized several times to Amazon, for telling off their employees. I even wrote a letter and mailed it to Seattle, Washington to their corproate headquaters. It didn't matter, Amazon's thugs refused to forgive me and that is that. So, I am permanently banned from ever writing any product reviews again. The Bible warns that if someone refuses to forgive others, God will NOT forgive that person (Matthew 6:14-15). Amazon will not be forigven by God.

But regardless, they are not born again Christians, I am, so the burden falls upon me to be Christlike at all times. I shouldn't have told them off using the harsh language that I did. I told them to kiss me where the sun don't shine. I told them what they could do with their reviews. They didn't like that. It seems that Amazon has given full control to young brats in their Community Standards Department, who have zero people skills and lack compassion. So, it didn't surprise me when I went to file a complaint at the Better Business Bureau, to find over 50,000 complaints against Amazon by their mistreated customers, 60% of which have never been reseolved.

One upset man said that as a small business owner, he had been a loyal Amazon customer for over 20 years, but they banned him from writing product reviews and didn't even give him an explanation of why. The gigantuan company was wicked and unreasonable with the man, as they also were toward me. 2nd Thessalonians 3:2, “And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”

If you are a driver like me, then you know that drivers will test your Christian faith to the max. In the 17 years I lived on Guam I never stuck my middle finger up once, but I did it last year when a speeding driver was on top of me out of nowhere and laid on the horn. I was startled and angered by the rackless driver, and I flipped him the bird. I am ashamed to admit what I did, because that is not the Lord's way. We're not going to win souls to Christ by being worldly, angry and retaliatory toward ungodly sinners. 

That is exactly what the inspired Holy Bible means in Hebrews 10:14-16, “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”

Hebrews 10:14 is a quote from the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 29:18, “Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;” When a child of God chooses to live a life of open sin and wickedness, their light for Christ is hidden under a bushel. When we don't emulate Christ in our daily life, lost sinners may go to Hell because they won't see Jesus in us. Dear reader, you are the only Jesus that someone knows.

This is why when Lot tried to warn his two son-in-laws about coming fiery judgment upon the city of Sodom, the Bible says they laughed him to scorn as one who mocked. It was like Late Night comedy on television for their time. Lot might as well have been Jay Leno or Conan O'Brien telling jokes! Neither of his son-in-laws took him serious because of the lack of holiness in Lot's life. Lot was Abraham's nephew. His family did not respect him as a man of God; to his family, Lot was a phony and a hypocritie. Proverbs 25:19, “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.” To put the cookies on the bottom shelf for everyone to reach: Our walk talks and our talk talks, but our walk talks louder than our talk talks!

May we all do better with God's grace, to show forth the Lord Jesus Christ in our daily lives. Let us unconditionally love and pray for those who hurt us and add misery to our miseries, and not have the bad attitude of Jonah who wanted to see Ninevah crash and burn.

Our Wonderful God, Lord And Savior

Matthew 6:19-21, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

I was thinking today about how awesome our God and Savior is! Jesus gave His life, dying on a cross to pay for our debt of sin. Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe, because we owed a debt that we could not pay. Romans 5:6-8, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

I love this passage of Scripture. The Bible says some people would sacrifice their life for a godly man. Perhaps a few might sacririce their life even for a good man. But who would lay down their life for a criminal? Jesus, that's who. The Bible says that “while we were yet sinner,” meaning that even before we were born God already knew all the horrible wicked things we would do. Yet, knowing how rotten we would be, Jesus still eagerly sacrificed His life on Calvary's cross to redeem us from Hell.

God could have reasonably said in the Scriptures, that because He sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins, we owe Him. But the Lord doesn't obligate us like that. Nowhere does the Bible teach that those who have received God's free gift of eternal life are in debt, that we owe God to serve and live for Him. No, instead the Bible says in Romans 12:1 that it is “our reasonable service.” It is only proper and reasonable that a rdeemed believer should want to lay down our life as a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1) to serve and live for Christ.

God could have wrote in His Word that since He made a way of escape freely available to us, that we should serve God without expectation of any reward. God could have wrote that He is not going to reward us for our service, sacrifice and a life lived in obedience to Him. Why would He, since God has already given the ultimate sacrifice of His only begotten (biological) Son.

Oh, but dear reader, not only did God the Father give us His dear Son as a sacrifice to die a cruel death on the cross (after being beaten and mocked and spat upon by thug soldiers), but God promises in His inspired Word to reward us for everything we do for Christ. Let me repeat our text passage from Matthew 6:19-21, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” I love that!

In that wonderful passage of Scripture, Jesus encourages every saint of God to lay up for ourselves treasures in Heaven, where thieves cannot steal anything, and rust never corrodes stuff. My Deering banjos continually build up tarnish on the chrome. If I don't polish the chrome a few times a year with special chrome polish, the corrosion will become permanent. I now have a leaking front tire on my car. There must be a nail in the tire. I have to put more air into the tire every week, or it will go flat. I need to get it fixed soon, so I don't end up breaking down on the roadway.

I have also been the victim of theft four times in two years where I live in West Pensacola. Punks stole my propane tank on my barbeque, which was new and cost me $79. They stole my King James Bible from my car, and two radios with the cables, and some money. They are ungodly sinners, evildoers, thieves who shed innocent blood, taking things which they did not labor for, but I did. My video camera recorded a punk stealing my Amazon package on May 10, 2024. I called the police and showed them the video. I told them that Amazon was nice enough to replace the stolen $30 clothing rack. The cop said I am not the victim then, Amazon is. I couldn't believe what he told me, which is ridiculous, because he said even if they caught the identified thief they couldn't do anything, unless Amazon pursued to prosecute him.  Amazon takes in $600 billion annually and couldn't care less about perrty theft. But I need to be a bit paranoid, to take extra care to prevent more thefts from happening. 

Thankfully, Jesus understands the problem (Hebrews 4:15). There were theives in Jesus' generation too! I have no doubt that thieves stole stuff from Jesus and his family. One of His own apostles, Judas, was a known thief. So, the dear Lord comforts us by assuring you and me that there are no thieves where we are going in eternity. No one will steal from us. And by the way, this means that no one will be able to steal from us during the Millennium either. Revelation 20:6 says that the saints will help reign with Jesus during His millennial reign over the earth. Jesus will rule the earth from Jersualem. He will need for us to be mayors, governors and magistrates to help Him rule "with a rod of iron" (Revelation 2:27).

I often think about what it will be like when we reign with Christ. How much power will Jesus give us? I am often frustrated by the mistreatment, unethical behavior and abuse from companies. I was falsely accused by Amazon.com of using "Hate Speech" for mentioning "The Little Rascals." Amazon has outsourced all customer relations to foreign countries. Unfortunately, the people in those third world places are woefully ignorant of American culture. So the ignorant Amazon employees in India assumed I was calling children "rascals" and falsely accused me of Hate Speech. I ignored the first notice, because it was ridiculous. But Amazons ent it a second time, and then a third, threatening to terminate my account if I continued using "Hate Speech."

So, I got upset and told them off using harsh words. I later regretted doing that when they banned me from writing any future product reviews. I apologized several times, and even mailed an apology letter to Amazon Headquarters in Washington state on Westlake Avenue. Amazon refused to forgive me, and won't let me review any future product purcahses. I received another notification letting me know that I cannot write reviews ever again. Amazon is so unethical. I laid the ax to the root in a final correpondance to Amazon, reminding them of Jesus' warning in matthew 7:1-2, that God will judge everyone by the same standard by which they judge others. Since Amazon refuses to forgive me, God won't forgive them either!

I have found thousands of complaints online by other abused Amazon customers. One man was a loyal Amazon cutomer for 20 years, a small business owner, but they also unethically banned him from writing any future product reviews. The guy's feelings were hurt, that his 20 years of loyalty as a customer means ZERO to management at Amazon. The truth is that for some insane reason Amazon corporate headquarters has given complete autonomy to some fools in India to handle their Community Standards Department, and those foreigners are woefully ignorant and incompetent.

So, I opened a new account and abandoned the old one, deciding that I will NEVER write another product review for Amazon, since the same fools who abused me are the same fools still handling all reviews. Shame on Amazon the first time, I won't allow a second time to be abused by Amazon's shady policies and terrible employees overseas. I honestly believe that their outsourced foreign employees are using Reverse Discrimnation and hate Americans, so they enjoy harassing Americans because they simply can. Why else would they be so belligerent? SHAME on Amazon's owner Jeff Bezos and managment for allowing this abuse! Bezos has a net worth of $211,000,000,000, so he couldn't care less. Thankfully, there is a caring God in Heaven who sees everything, to whom we must all give acount one day (Hebrews 4:13). God is partial toward His children (Matthew 18:6).

Having said all that, I humbly believe that during the Millennium that this type of unethical company behavior, abuse and lack of concern for mistreated customers won't be swept unfer the rug as it is today. If the Lord gives me total pwoer as a ruler, I will declare war on shady and uncaring companies. I will severely punish dishnoest taxi drivers. I will put companies out of business who cheat and hurt customers, not merely fine them. I would eliminate all fine print in contracts which are intended to mislead and hurt consumers. By law I would not allow companies to advertise in any larger text than they write their disclaimers. I am so sick of the unethical practice of companies advertising in giant colorful font, but then you can barely read all the legal jargon that later is used to hurt you in court. That is so unethical.

I could go on for hours about all the changes I would make, if I were a king or had absolute power. I am so sick of shady companies like Alamo car rental, Priceline and other wicked companies. Alamo on the Big Island in Hawaii charged me a penalty for returning a rent car 5 minutes late, but I wasn't late. I had parked the car in the return stall at 10:05 am. But I cleaned the car and by the time I gathered my belongings and walked down to the check-in counter, it was 10:35 am. Alamo are greedy.

On another occasion, in Pensaocla, I rented a car for 3 days. But I later needed it for one more day. When I called the number on my contract to extend my rental for one more day, the belligerent woman on the phone at Alamo said I had to pay for 7 days! She said I had entered into a "weekly rate," which was so unethical and shady. I refused and went elsewhere! Alamo wasted my time, ran me around needlessly and tried to financially gouge me. Jerks!

 

I could tell you hundreds of things that are extremely unethical today. I'll give you one more. If you type "professional banjo" in a search engine, you'll get hundreds of lying websites that will recommend $199 banjos which are cheap Chinese importated garbage. At the bottom of every webpage you will find a shady disclaimer that says they are getting compensated with financial kickbacks for recommending products. What they're really saying is that they are intentionally lying to you, but it's okay to lie in their world since they are telling you upfront what they are horribly doing. That is so wicked and unethical. If I had the power, I would ban such shady beahvior. I hope one day in the Millennium that the Lord gives me absolute power to go after companies. I will help the Lord rule "with a rod of iron."

Dear reader, we serve such a wonderful, amazing and ethical God. Do you know that God is going to reward His saints for even giving a cup of water in Jesus' name? Mark 9:41, “For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” What an awesome Savior!!! The Lord could have said, “Look, you were going to Hell forever, but I suffered in your place and paid your massive debt of sin, so that you could escape wrath and live. Now you owe me and I expect you to work hard to show your appreciation for what I did for you, but don't expect any rewards from me in eternity.” Truthfully, God would have every right to say that, wouldn't He? It would not be unreasonable for God to say such a thing to His children.

But dear friend, our wonderful God and Savior says that we don't owe Him anything. Eternal life is a “free gift” (Romans 5:15-18). Ephesians 2:8-9 says that eternal life is a “gift.” Romans 6:23 says eternal life is a “gift.” Yet, thousands of lying preachers today insist that to get to Heaven, YOU must first be willing to forsake your sinful bad habits, and they foolishly think this is what it means to “repent.” Bible “repentance” means “to think differently” (Greek verb: metanoeo). Whoever said that repentance means to forsake your sinning is a LIAR!!!

God offers every sinner eternal life as a FREE GIFT, which you simply need to TAKE. Simply by faith receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full-payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then physically resurrected from the dead. This is the “Gospel” (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). We are saved by BELIEVING the Gospel, the GOOD NEWS of Jesus crucified, buried and risen.

I just wanted to share my thoughts this morning with you. God is so beautiful. Since I work night and day on my blog and website ministry, I often think of the rewards I am laying up in Heaven. While the heathen world is laying up money for their retirement here on earth, trying to amass a large fortune, I couldn't care less about laying up treasures on earth, just for some thieving lawyers to take away someday. I hate lawyers by the way! Jesus warned us about lawyers. Luke 11:46, “And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.” The Lord sure knew what He was talking about! Most lawyers are predators.

God not only offers everyone salvation for FREE, since Jesus paid for it with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19), but God also encourages all believers to earn rewards in Heaven, treasuring up wealth for eternity (1st Corinthians 3:8-9). I love how faithful, loving, generous, caring, fair and ethical the good Lord is!!! He not only saves us for free, just for the taking; but He encourages us to earn rewards, which Christ promises to give those who serve Him for the Gospel's sake. God will someday generously reward me for every mouse-click, every stroke of my computer's keyboard, every penny that I give to a poor person, every good deed, for everything done for Jesus' sake and the Kingdom of God. What a wonderful Savior!!!

Life is so short, make sure you are prepared to meet your Creator.