Bible Questions
Who Told You That You Were Naked?
The progressives say to the church, basically, “Sit down and shut up. We are the arbiters of truth. You are naked, you have nothing to contribute to the conversation of the moral and ethical norms and direction of society.”
Who told you that you were naked?
Genesis 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Ever since the garden, there has been a propensity in mankind to look at life through the lens of the knowledge of good and evil.
There were certain individuals and leaders and prophets who rose above that and could see through the lens of God. They have been called leaders or prophets such as Moses, Joshua, Joseph, King David, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Elisha and other prophets. They kept urging the people to follow God’s vision, and not to fall prey to the circumstantial picture around them.
Recorded in the book of Exodus, God talked about the good land to which he was leading the children of Israel.
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
When the children of Israel were ready to enter into the promised land, twelve spies were sent. Ten came back with a bad report. Two came back with a report that was basically, “yes, we can do this thing.”
Ten talked about the giants.
Numbers 13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
The filter of the knowledge of good and evil, which came in at the Fall in the garden, affects how people view events, history, and themselves. Progressives use psychological warfare to convince people that they are powerless.
Who told you that you were naked?
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Alternatives to Babylon
The book of Revelation speaks of the fall of Babylon. It is the fall of the corrupted system of man. We see that happening with Disney, Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch), and Target. You can participate in pulling Babylon down by not giving your shopping dollars to companies that promote satanism and transgenderism. Abortion is connected to satanism; it is a rite of murder and blood.
The full chapter Revelation 18 is listed below. However focusing on two verses we see that “no craftsman, of whatever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee.” This does not mean that all industry will end. It simply means that as Jesus returns, Babylonian industry will shrink and disappear and that whose roots are in the kingdom of heaven will rise.
Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
An example is Mark Whalberg, who played Stu, in Father Stu. He is plans to create a new studio.
Christian Actor Mark Wahlberg to Create ‘Hollywood 2.0’, Announces Location of New Studio
Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 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.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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Man does not live by bread alone
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Matthew 4:4 (KJV) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
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Repost: T.L. Osborn | Mass Miracle Evangelism – Episode #5
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The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3:15 (KJV) And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Isaiah 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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The kingdom of heaven is at hand
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Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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The Victors Rewrite History
I was told once that “the victors rewrite history.”
What does that mean? It means events and vocabulary are rewritten for the purposes of the victors.
Take medicine. It used to be that all medicine, or healing arts, had to do with good food, exercise, fresh air, pure water, sunshine, herbs and what we now call … alternative medicine. Think about it. When people lived in the wilderness, all they had to treat their sicknesses were natural items. There were no pharmacies.
But then the medical community and pharmaceutical community which makes money selling manmade medicines changed the whole face of medicine until it became forbidden to use something natural. A recent example is that of ivermectin, but that is only one example of many.
Likewise changes happen in vocabulary and history. Think about how schools and roads are renamed, and statues torn down, in defiance of God’s word.
Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Once society accepts only one version of a story, those who hold to another version are banned or shamed or ridiculed or even imprisoned or killed.
When a small group of oligarchs or globalists try to take control of a society, they seek to take control of all the levers of power and speak with one voice. We saw that happen during the Covid scamdemic but it certainly is not limited to that. Lies about climate change are another scam. Lies about evolution are another scam. Women’s health is another scam. Transgenderism is another scam. The Ukraine war is another scam. Weapons of mass destruction were another scam. Building 7 and 9-11 were another scam. The list could go on.
But once these scams are in place, they are used by the ruling forces for their own purposes. Eisenhower, in his farewell address, talked about the danger of military/industrial complex.
A war that never ends is very profitable for those who are invested in industries of destruction.
One version, one voice that largely prevails in the United States, though it is not universal worldwide, is the voice of prophecy that is determined to make Russia the bad guy.
Why does that matter what you believe? Well, the CIA and political blocks, while they profess ignorance and disinterest in religion, do know how to manipulate psychologically those who have certain views. Therefore, they can manipulate popular opinion to give more money to Ukraine because they spew out the view that Russia is bad and so money needs to go to Ukraine.
Russia is the one nation that is actually fighting the neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Ukraine has been used for money laundering. Ukraine, remember, is where Hunter Biden was part of Burisma. There is a lot of corruption in Ukraine. Russia is fighting it. The United States is not. And why is the US not fighting it? The politicians are deep into it themselves. And people are afraid to go against the prophetic narrative that “Russia is bad,” because maybe their friends and / or church hold to that narrative and they don’t want to lose their friends or fellowship.
It is tragic that Ukraine is being destroyed BUT THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THE UNITED STATES IS GUILTY. THE CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT HAS BROKEN TREATIES IS GUILTY. Russia was simply forced into a position of protecting itself because the United States and NATO broke covenants, were involved in the 2014 Ukrainian overthrow of the government, and have lied. The UNITED STATES PROVOKED IT. THE UNITED STATES IS GUILTY. Russia has the right to defend itself against the satanic globalists operating out of Washington, D.C.
But if the majority are convinced, feed into, or are lied to, that Russia is the bad guy and that D.C. needs more money, then your representatives who want your vote and are scared of your opinion, will vote for more fiat money. That will dilute the value of the currency, create more inflation, and make the future of you, your children, and your grandchildren and beyond harder until there is someone (s) with the moral rectitude, will, and God-given talent stand up, say enough, and pull the plug on every bit of immoral spending. So what if the globalists are left without work. We don’t need that kind of employment destroying nations around the world.
If that doesn’t happen, then it is likely that Leviticus 26 will be the future of the nation. I know that there are those who believe that because we live under the new covenant, that that can’t happen. But when this nation was formed, states made covenants with God to extend the gospel. The Bible talks about the consequences of making vows and not fulfilling them. When the United States turned from God, pulled God out of the schools, pulled the Bible out of the schools, pulled prayer of the schools, pulled the Ten Commandments out of the schools, and has made laws contrary to God’s purposes, it was in rebellious defiance of God and all that can happen as a result is the curse that falls on rebels. Our nation was formed in a similar fashion to the nation with Israel in that there were covenants made with God. There are historical parallels.
Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.
The only hope is that enough people turn to God and serve God and also that people of character enter politics. I know there are those who think that that is not necessary, that “Jesus will do it all, it doesn’t depend on man,” but when I read my Bible, God always uses people. When did that change? “I the Lord change not (Malachi 3:6)”
It would be better to pray for those who are resisting the Deep State, the satanists, the globalists. Pray for those who are exposing them and resisting them. Pray for those who are going up against them. Not all of them profess to be Christians but Jesus said this.
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Once the majority prophetic voice shut out other prophetic voices, then everything started being interpreted in line with that one prophetic voice. But what if it is off? For years people thought Jesus was born at 0 between AD and BC and it is now known that he was born somewhere between 4-6 BC. That throws certain other prophetic thoughts off. What if some of the voices that have been shut out from the past are right?
Remember how Ivermectin was shut out recently and that was the wrong thing to do? What if something equivalent has been done prophetically?
If they can convince you that Russia is bad, then they can convince you to give unlimited money to war and dilute the money supply and destroy the future. Do you want to become like Zimbabwe or the Weimar Republic in Germany, both of which experienced hyperinflation? Or do you believe that you will not be around to experience the consequences?
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Relationship and Prayer Requests
Prayer is a topic about which there are many scriptures and examples in the Bible. This post can only be a minute, minute (adj.) discussion.
It is important to realize that prayer begins with relationship … a relationship with God the Father.
Jesus began the Lord’s prayer with the words, “Our Father.”
Isn’t God the Father of everyone? God is the Father of spirits. All spirits … and man is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body … all spirits were created by God. A relationship through Jesus Christ restores fellowship.
Hebrews 12:9 (KJV) Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
I Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At Creation, God created man to fellowship with him. That fellowship was broken by the Fall.
Genesis 3:8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.
9 The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”
Jesus came to make a way for that fellowship to be restored.
Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Jesus went to the heart of the matter in this discourse.
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Without the new birth through Jesus Christ, the spiritual lineage of all men (in English grammar that includes women) is to be born in trespasses and sin. The sin nature, like genetics, is carried on from generation to generation until it is broken through the power of Jesus Christ through the new birth. It requires individual repentance and turning to the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a saying that “God has no grandchildren.” In other words, the new birth experience cannot be carried down generation after generation. Knowledge can be passed on on how to be born again, but the experience cannot be.
This is why Jesus could talk to the most religious people of the day and tell them they were of the father the devil. It wasn’t necessarily about their actions, it was about their lineage. They had not yet been adoped into the family of God through Jesus Christ.
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus stated:
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The reason why a person is “condemmed already” is because that person exists in trespasses and sins, no matter how nobly they may act.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
This is why before talking about the topic of prayer, it is necessary to talk about establishing a relationship with God first. A child asks help of his father.
The one prayer that God does hear in order to re-establish that relationship is this.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
That comes from the Apostle Paul’s longer explanation here.
Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
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It’s Not Enough
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It’s not enough to simply resist the woke, transgender, globalist agenda. It goes by many names. Like a chameleon, it hides in different ways and manifests in different ways. There are different gears, but they work in concert.
What is it that causes the common person, the common everyday individual who seeks to take care of his family, go to work, and be left alone, why is it that some of them, whether religious or not, something within them knows that globalism must be resisted and why do they resist it?
The reason is, whether someone knows this or not, is that mankind was created by God. No matter how much propaganda is spewed out, the commonsense individual knows that something is wrong and that lies are being told. There is a spirit within them, a conscience given by God, that knows something is wrong.
Now the educational system, which has been captured by the globalists, teaches that mankind evolved from the slime. This has never been challenged and so the lie keeps being taught. Once that lie was in place, they moved on the to the next stage which has been to tell you that all you are, and that all your thoughts are, are chemical or biochemical reactions in your brain.
Why is that a problem? Well, if all you are is a product of chemical or biochemical reactions, then they will tell you next that what you need are drugs (their drugs which they sell to you for money), whether prescribed or off the street, or alcohol (the new terminology is to self-medicate rather than alcoholism), or to feed your fancies, such as in pedophilia (now called minor-attracted-person), because if all you are is a bunch of chemical or biochemical reactions, their conclusion which they spread is, how can you be responsible for a chemical imbalance in your brain? They say … come to us … buy our drugs or other products … and this will self-medicate you.
But it is all a lie. The original problem is not a chemical or biochemical imbalance in the brain. The real problem is sin. The root is sin and the fruits of sin are many-hydra-headed. Mankind is born with a sin nature, broken off from a relationship with God. That sin nature works with and is influenced by what the Bible calls the world, the flesh, and the devil. That is the root cause of problems. Therefore, to radically change, requires repentance, turning from that, turning to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the new birth.
If you don’t realize this yet, you need to … all you are to the globalists is a number, and you are a source of wealth for them. They focus on making and keeping you sick; you become a lifelong patient and you buy their products from the pharmaceutical industry. Now there are good doctors, and many doctors become doctors because of a love of humanity, but only the most ignorant and uninformed people have not yet realized how good, devoted, dedicated doctors have been defamed and their credentials and licenses removed for telling the truth about the toxic Covid jab.
What is now called alternative medicine … meaning medicine that deals with lifestyle changes, food, water, fresh air, exercise, herbs, etc. … what is now called alternative medicine used to be mainstream medicine and the only medicine available. That was until the pharmaceutical / AMA industry pushed it out in favor of drug pushers. You can’t make money prescribing Vitamin C, but you can make money with pills and treatments that cost thousands of dollars and create a dependence that keeps people going back for years.
There is an unholy alliance between denatured, GMO, chemical-laden food; mainstream medicine; drugs; perverted forms of entertainment; news that advertises all these; and the bottom lines of many corporations and investments.
The choice to get out of their cobweb is to recognize that man is created by God and is not the product of biochemical chance.
Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Job 32:8 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Genesis 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
So when the globalists are overthrown, which ultimately they are and will be, what then?
How shall we live?
It’s necessary to go back to the beginning, realize that God created mankind with certain mandates, and go back to the Creator for directions.
It is not possible to create a world without God. To say … I don’t want transgenderism, I don’t want toxic shots, I don’t want abortion … to have only the correct positions is still not the final answer. Ultimately, mankind must return to the Creator and a world under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
To attempt to have correct moral positions only is to become a Pharisee. They were well-versed in the law. The Apostle Paul, before he was renamed as Paul, was Saul, persecuting Christians. So it is possible to know the law of God and still be fighting God. Correct theology only is not the final answer. Saul, in the process of change, still needed to receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Paul acknowledged that there was a change from being simply a Pharisee to preaching Christ. He acknowedged that being a Pharisee alone was not enough.
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Philippians 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Acts 26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:
7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
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Why do I post this? What does it have to do with the gospel?
“Those who control the data….” Yuval Noah Harari (around 1:40)
The data people need to know about is Creation, the Fall, the promise of Christ to redeem from the Fall, the work of Christ, and the new birth and the relationship with God and promises of God made available through Jesus the Christ.
Since the Fall, mankind has been born into a state of lostness.
Jesus has come, and by his death, burial, resurrection after three days, and ascension has made possible the reconciliation between God and man.
Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
II Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Daniel 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
As the video says, many people are awakening and resisting the globalists. However, without the light of Christ, they don’t understand the satanic forces behind things. They don’t understand the fallen nature of man. They don’t understand that because if they did not receive a love of the truth, God permitted them to believe a strong delusion. Finally, due to infiltration in the school system where evolution instead of creation has been preached, they don’t understand the need for a Saviour.
As people seek to replace the globalists, they need to understand that there is a pathway for mankind, for this earth, through Jesus Christ. The gospel must be preached. It is not enough to simply replace globalists . A replacement without Jesus will simply be another form of satanic bondage.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ultimately, the answer is everyone having personal relationships with God through Jesus Christ and the Bible as the written word of God.
II Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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Where Do You Shop? Whom Do You Support?
Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 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.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
If you are not aware, and I know that there are Christians who are not, certain companies are tanking their profits and future by catering to the transgender and satanic communities. Bud Light (part of Anheuser-Busch), Target, and Disney are among them.
Do you still shop there?
I don’t have a proper “one-word-group name” word to describe the overall group as it consists of many from different groups who are simpy tired of the woke, satanic, globalist agenda being shoved in their faces, and who are simply saying “no” with their pocketbooks and shopping elsewhere. What about you?
There’s a trend, a certain segment, of Christianity, that says “we won’t deal with politics” and they stay ignorant of what is going on and in that ignorance, are purchasing from companies supporting satan. Are you among them?
There are Christians who are ignorant of these things so they might babysit their kids in front of Disney or PBS or things that are pushing satan and transgenderism. Why? There may not have been choices years ago, but there are plenty of Christian choices for children’s entertainment now. TBN’s Yippee, Superbook, Pureflix, and multiple more venues have been created as Christian alternatives for children. Why are you still supporting the satanists? When you purchase from companies that have bought into the satanic, globalist, woke agenda, you are helping perpetuate it.
Support Christian-based, morality-based, character-building-based companies.
Here is one video that speaks out against the cultural degradation. Now there is some bad language, so don’t watch it if that offends you. But it speaks out against the cultural rot in satire and makes good points. As I said, there is a wide group of people that are tired of cultural rot and not all of them speak churchese.
Here is a separate video from 1982. What would he think today?
Repost: Francis Schaeffer | A Christian Manifesto | Coral Ridge 1982
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Babylon’s activities are being removed off the earth. It doesn’t say that these kinds of activities won’t exist, but they won’t exist in Babylon. The alternatives that the Lord raises up will be in their place. There will still be … music (creative arts), craftsmen (various forms of industry), millstone (relating to bread and agriculture), marriage (Biblically based) … in the kingdom of heaven. And there marriage will be between a man and woman without fornication and adultery in order to raise children who know Jesus and serve the Lord as a family.
You are voting everyday with the dollars you spend for either Christian-based, morality-based, conservative-value-based companies or ones that serve the woke, satanic, globalist agenda. Granted, sometimes it is difficult to find good ones, but the more Christian entrepreneurs get out there and fill the vacuum of Babylonian-based, mammon-based companies going down, the better for consumer to purchase from the correct companies. As much as possible, clean up your purchasing power to serve the correct companies.
If you think it doesn’t matter, again:
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
There is a certain segment of Christianity that uses the word “grace” and “Jesus did it all” to imply that obedience is not required.
Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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Jesus Drives Out the Moneychangers
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John 2:13 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
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Throwing down the gauntlet
What does that mean?
Basically, in today’s language, fight’s on.
If you know anything about building fires, you start with tiny tinder, small stuff, and when that flames you add smaller twigs and larger wood.
Woke tinder has been flying around long enough that it is hitting the dying embers of western society and people are saying…enough.
Fires are growing and blazing and pushing back against wokeness… against wokeness in schools, in medicine, in beer, in Target.
So why has it taken so long?
You can start with the Reformation. Now I know a lot of people are happy about the Reformation and while there have been some beneficial moves of the Holy Spirit that have happened since then, the split between churches has led to more splits and disunity and now the pot is in no shape to call the kettle black. That is not a racist statement, it is simply an idiom, look it up.
One of the consequences of the Reformation was a split in streams of prophecy.
One underlying view is that the problems of the day cannot be solved until Jesus’s Second Coming.
The other view believes the coming and influence of the kingdom of God gets greater and greater until the fullness of the Second Coming.
Those of the first view are likely to be disinterested in politics and what is happening in society as they don’t believe it is necessary. The idea is that Jesus will take care of it.
Those of the second view believe it is the responsibility of believers to advance the kingdom until the second coming of Christ.
I’m not going to try to convert anyone to a particular view. I’m only defining this so people can understand why or why not they may or may not care about certain topics. There is some subconscious belief one way or the other to one of these basic views, and people act accordingly.
Jesus said “Occupy till I come.”
The Apostle Peter said …
II Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
So what does this have to do with throwing down the gauntlet?
When I read about the attack against Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, something shifted . He is one of the best Attorney Generals in the nation. The woke globalist democrats and RINOs go after the best. They don’t expect any pushback.
It’s time for pushback. Something switched when they went after Ken Paxton. It’s time to use the power of God to take the kingdom at the governmental level.
Some may believe we can’t do that, for reasons touched on above. When government has gone rogue it is no longer operating under the legitmate authority delegated to it and has no more right to do evil than a robber has to steal from you. When they steal the authority delegated to Ken Paxton by the Texas voters, they are stealing from each and every voter, because the authority for that office was delegated by each voter.
If you want to agree with me in prayer, let us agree. One takes a thousand. Two take ten thousand. In the name of Jesus we pray. Or pray your own prayer.
Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you on behalf of Ken Paxton. You word says, overturn, overturn, overturn, until he whose right it is shall come. Ken Paxton was elected, his election overturned the desire of the political machinery to put in another Bush; the right of office belongs to Ken Paxton. Let those who are seeking to overturn his seat, Father, let it fall back on their own heads. As they have sowed, so let them reap. The fullness of the judgement of the theft of the authority delegated to Ken Paxton, let the judgement for that theft, fall on the thieves. The Bible says if the thief is found he shall restore sevenfold and give the substance of his house. So let there be sevenfold losses to this political machine and let the substance of these political maneuvers end. In the name of Jesus, we rebuke the forces behind this thwarting of the will of the voters. In the name of Jesus, you are forbidden to move forward, and if you do, you do at peril to your own futures because he that sows to the wind reaps the whirlwind. Lord, we put you in remembrance of your word. We put the Lord in remebrance of his word of the judgments that come on thieves, knowing that God is the just Judge when we cry out to him. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
I Timothy 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Acts 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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Day of Pentecost
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
A blog post can only introduce a topic but not cover it in depth. For more study on various topics, click here for links to various Christian ministries.
Depending on the ministry, there may be online church services, YouTube videos, podcasts, radio programs, books, teaching, or more. You have to seek out what they have.