So Be It Lord

Lord Teach Me To Pray

2009-05-28T18:51:00.000-07:00

I think of prayer as living in continual God-consciousness, in which everything we see and experience becomes a kind of prayer, lived in deep awareness of and surrender to our heavenly Father. Whatever happens, there is a Godward response. To obey this exhortation means that when we are tempted, we bring the temptation before God and ask for His help. When we experience something good and beautiful, we immediately thank the Lord for it. When we see evil around us, we ask God to make it right and to allow us to help remedy the evil, if such involvement is according to His will. When we meet people who do not know Christ, we pray for God to draw them to Himself and to use us as faithful witnesses. When we encounter trouble, we turn to God as our Deliverer. At every waking moment you ought to be praising God or petitioning Him.

John Macarthur(Lord Teach Me to Pray)

Paul Washer in the Open Air!!

2009-04-21T20:59:00.001-07:00

Worthy is the Lamb

2009-04-10T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is a video that was put together by my friend Jason. It is very appropriate for Good Friday and Resurrection Day. God bless!!

Mission Good Friday

2009-04-09T18:45:00.000-07:00

Today, a day early, Gary and I went to Grace Centers of Hope and open air preached. I read Matthew 27-28 and Gary proclaimed the Law and the Gospel. We are just thankful that God would even use us for His purposes. May God get all the glory. God bless!!

Tribute to Open Air Preachers

2009-04-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Click here for another great open air video. God bless!!

Everyone Needs to Watch This

2009-03-18T20:39:00.001-07:00

This is Deborah Drapper. She is 13 and a very bold servant of Christ. Let this video be an encouragement and conviction to you. Praise God for His Grace!!

False Prohphets and Empty Oracles

2009-03-17T21:21:00.000-07:00

Just in case you were not sure how important expositional preaching is (verse by verse). See what God says about it in His Word.

Jeremiah 23:9-40
9 My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
All my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the LORD,
And because of His holy words.
10 For the land is full of adulterers;
For because of a curse the land mourns.
The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course of life is evil,
And their might is not right.
11 “ For both prophet and priest are profane;
Yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the LORD.
12 “ Therefore their way shall be to them
Like slippery ways;
In the darkness they shall be driven on
And fall in them;
For I will bring disaster on them,
The year of their punishment,” says the LORD.
13 “ And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria:
They prophesied by Baal
And caused My people Israel to err.
14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

15 “Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets:

‘ Behold, I will feed them with wormwood,
And make them drink the water of gall;
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’”

16 Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“ Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They make you worthless;
They speak a vision of their own heart,
Not from the mouth of the LORD.
17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘ The LORD has said, “You shall have peace”’;
And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say,

‘ No evil shall come upon you.’”
18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD,
And has perceived and heard His word?
Who has marked His word and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury—
A violent whirlwind!
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back
Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart.
In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
21 “ I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in My counsel,
And had caused My people to hear My words,
Then they would have turned them from their evil way
And from the evil of their doings.
23 “ Am I a God near at hand,” says the LORD,

“ And not a God afar off?
24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the LORD;

“ Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.

25 “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27 who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
28 “ The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the LORD.
29 “ Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD,

“ And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’ 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the LORD, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the LORD.
33 “So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is the oracle of the LORD?’ you shall then say to them, ‘What oracle?’[a] I will even forsake you,” says the LORD. 34 “And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The oracle of the LORD!’ I will even punish that man and his house. 35 Thus every one of you shall say to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, ‘What has the LORD answered?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ 36 And the oracle of the LORD you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God. 37 Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ 38 But since you say, ‘The oracle of the LORD!’ therefore thus says the LORD: ‘Because you say this word, “The oracle of the LORD!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The oracle of the LORD!’” 39 therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence. 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’”

Charles Spurgeon on Eternal Punishment

2009-03-06T18:16:00.000-08:00

Unrenewed persons find fault with God's justice. Eternal punishment they cavil at; hell is such a bugbear to them, that, just as every culprit will, of course, find fault with the prison and the gallows, so they rail at the wrath to come, though that wrath is just as sure, notwithstanding all their objections to it.

But when the heart is really touched by divine grace, then it has no more to say for itself, but pleads guilty at the bar of God's great assize; and if the Judge should put on the black cap, and condemn it to be taken instantly to the place of execution, that soul could only say, "Thou art righteous, O Lord, for I have sinned."

I despair of ever finding a word of comfort for any man or woman among you, if you have not been brought to feel that you deserve the wrath of God. Come with the ropes about your necks, ready for execution, and you will find a God ready to forgive.

Charles Spurgeon

Ray Comfort on 60 Minutes

2009-03-05T18:42:00.000-08:00

Check out this great piece on Ray Comfort. This is a broadcast of 60 Minutes New Zealand. It's a well done interview, and shows some stuff you might not have known about Mr. Comfort. God bless!! Click Here.

Some Great Evangelism

2009-03-02T17:49:00.001-08:00

These are some great videos of open air preaching and one to one witnessing by Ray Comfort of Way of the Master. Enjoy, and God bless!!

And some personal conviction to do some personal work. God bless!!

Does Hell Exist?

2009-02-16T21:07:00.000-08:00

What does the Bible say about Hell? That is a question that has a lengthy answer. The Bible is definitely not silent on the subject as some teachers may have you believe. Just left to our own thoughts we may think that a good God would not do something so horrible to people. We tend to think that if our children did something wrong we would never throw them into everlasting punishment. Well right away there are two things wrong with that thinking.

First, the Bible is clear; while we are all created by God we are not all His children. Ephesians 2:1-3 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 1John 3:8 also says Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil.

Second, we are not God. It is wrong for us to compare ourselves to God. There is no one like Him. He is completely and perfectly holy. A lot of people think that a good God would not send people to Hell. But that is exactly the reason He is sending people to Hell. We are people who have a sense of justice. God wired us that way. If someone killed your mother you would demand justice. You would want the criminal caught and punished for his crime. Well God is described in the Bible as a just judge(Rom. 2:16, 2Tim. 4:8, Heb. 12:23, Rev. 19:11) and He will have His day in court with murderers. But God is so good that He will not only judge murderers, but also liars, thieves and adulterers.

The Bible says in Hebrews 9:27 that it is appointed once for man to die, and after this comes judgement. So judge yourself by the Ten Commandments. Have you ever lied, stolen, or committed adultery? In Matthew 5:27-28 Jesus says "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' 28But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So that brings us back to our subject. Right after Jesus says this He says in verse 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. Jesus was not promoting self mutilation but trying to get us to understand the wages of sin and our need to deal with that sin.

Hell is very real and a just thing for a good God to do. If an earthly judge were to let a guilty murderer go and turned a blind eye to the crime, he would be a corrupt judge. He would not be good at all! A good judge sees that justice is upheld.

The Bible says that God is so good that all liars will have their par in the lake of fire(Rev. 21:8) that no adulterer or thief will inherit the kingdom of God(1Cor.6:9) We may think that God would not send us to Hell for lying, but think of it this way. If I lied to my child it would be wrong, but I would not be in any trouble. If I lied to my wife I'd be sleeping on the couch. If I lied to my boss it would get me fired. And if I lied to the government it's called treason and I'm going to prison. In every case the crime was the same, I told a lie. But the punishment was more severe the higher the authority. There is no one higher or holier than God Almighty, and every time we lie or sin it is primarily against Him and His Character. That's what the Commandments are a definition of His holy character and nature.

So before we could look at verses in the Bible that describe Hell we need to realize that it is the right and just thing for God to send sinners to Hell.

Here are some verses that describe Hell. I would suggest that you get a Bible and read them for yourself in there context. They are very clear, and notice most of them are Jesus talking.

Luke 16:19-31 The Rich Man and Lazarus
19"There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' 25But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' 27And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' 29But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' 30And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"

2Thessalonians 1:9 9They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Matthew 3:12 12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

Matthew 5:22 22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.

Matthew 25:30 30And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 25:41 41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46 46And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Revelation 14:10 10he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 20:15 15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Mark 9:47-48 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'

So as you can see there are many verses in the Bible dealing with Hell. This is not even all of them.

Here is an excerpt from the Reformation Study Bible on Hell. ESV.

The New Testament views hell as the final abode of those condemned to eternal punishment at the Last Judgment(Matt. 25:41-46;Rev.2011-15). It is described as a place of fire and darkness(Jude 7,13), of "weeping and gnashing of teeth"(Matt. 8:12, 13:42,50;22:13;24:51;25:30), of destruction(2Thess. 1:7-9;2Pet. 3:7;1Thess.5:3) and torment(Rev. 20:10;Luke 16:23). These terms are probably symbolic rather than literal, but, if anything, the reality will be more terrible than the symbol. New Testament teaching about Hell is meant to appall us and fill us with horror, persuading us that though Heaven will be better than we could dream, so Hell will be worse than we can imagine. These are the issues of eternity that must be realistically faced.
Hell is not so much the absence of God, as the consequence of His wrath and displeasure. God is like a consuming fire(Heb. 12:29), and His righteous condemnation for defying Him and clinging to the sins He loathes will be experienced in Hell(Rom. 2:6,8,9,12). According to Scripture, Hell is unending(Jude 13;Rev. 20:10). There is no Biblical warrant for speculations about a "second chance" after death, or annihilation of the ungodly at some stage.
Those in Hell will realize that they have sentenced themselves to be there because they have loved darkness rather than light, refusing to have their Creator as their Lord. They preferred the self-indulgence of sin to self-denying righteousness, rejecting the God that made them(John 3:18-21;Rom. 1:18,24,26,28,32;2:8;2Thess.2:9-11). General revelation confronts everyone with a certain evidence of God, and from this standpoint Hell has a basis in God's respect for human choice. All receive what they chose, either to be with God forever, or to be without Him. Those who are in Hell will know, not only that for their doing they deserve it, but that in their hearts they chose it.
The purpose of the Bible's teaching about Hell is to make us turn with gratitude to the grace of Christ that saves us from it (Matt.5:29,30;13:48-50). For this reason God's warning to us is merciful; He has "no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live"(Ezek. 33:11)

God is very angry at sin and will cast sinners into Hell and that is bad news. But God is a very merciful and gracious God. In that about 2000 years ago God the Father sent God the Son to this earth to be born of a virgin(Matt. 1:23). He was sinless in thought, word, and deed. He was tempted in all ways as we are tempted(Matt. 4) yet He was without sin. Jesus Christ willingly laid down His life at the cross and died a sinners death and three days later He rose from the grave forever defeating death. He took the punishment and wrath that we deserve. It's like this we broke the law and Jesus paid our fine. It was a legal transaction. We were doomed and justly on our way to Hell, but Christ stepped in and paid our fine. So now we can legally leave the courtroom.

Christ took our badness and we get His goodness. God now sees us as the righteousness of His Son and we can now have eternal life and fellowship with Him forever. The Bible says if we repent(turn from our sin) and trust Christ and Him alone we shall be saved. God hates sin so much it took the death of His perfect and righteous Son to satisfy the payment for sin.

God demands justice and we will pay for our sin either in Hell for eternity or Christ has paid that fine for you. God showed His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners He sent Christ to die for us(Rom. 5:8).

Think of it like this. If I was in a court room watching a case with my daughter and the judge was about to slam the gavel down on a guilty murderer, when all of a sudden he looks at me and says Jeff "I will let this criminal go if you give your daughter to pay his fine which is death. I would bow my head, and even shed a tear, but I would look at the judge and say I'm sorry, but I can't give my daughters life for someone you have already condemned. I can't love them that much. But GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life(John 3:16).

Christ is the only payment for sin. He is the only way. John 14:6 says "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 3:3 Jesus says unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. So if God causes you to be born again, cry out to Him. Confess your sins and turn from them, forsaking them. Trust the Savior Jesus Christ for your eternal salvation. Hell is real and reasonable, but God is merciful and will save you if you repent and trust the savior. If you hear His voice do not harden your heart. Today is the day of salvation. Get a Bible, read it, and trust it. Go to www.NeedGod.com

Who killed Christ on the Cross... My sin did!!

2009-02-14T18:44:00.000-08:00

Joy in Christ and the Glory of the Cross

2009-02-10T21:41:00.000-08:00

Christ for the Christian is the ultimate joy and should be our main affection. Christian if you are struggling with something, love Christ more. Love Christ more than any sin. Christian, find your joy in Him and give Him glory for the cross. My prayer is that by His grace my love for Him would increase more and more everyday. Thank you Lord Jesus for showing your love toward me in while I was a wretched scumbag sinner you came to this earth and died for me, for your glory. God bless!!

Not Because of Who We Are...But Because of Who Christ Is!!!

2009-01-30T19:10:00.000-08:00

The Year of Living Dangerously- Albert Mohler

May God grant us the courage, wisdom, and boldness to live dangerously for His sake.
God bless!!

No!!! Mr. President.

2009-01-28T19:33:00.000-08:00

What more can I say?
I will be praying for you President Obama and trusting my sovereign, holy, and righteous God. In Jesus name, Amen.

Christmas, Christ, and the Cross

2008-12-24T22:02:00.000-08:00

First let me say sorry to my brother Gary. I have to repost the GoFish youtube. There is no song I know of that better expresses what Christmas is about.

As you wake up tomorrow and look at the tree with all the gifts underneath it, THINK! The gifts, the tree, and all this snow is not what Christmas is about. We are sinful people. We always seem to try and mess up everything. God has done a gracious and glorious thing by sending His Son to redeem wretched sinners. What do we do, but turn the celebration of the birth of Christ into a greedy celebration focused on ourselves and what we can get from others. May God open are eyes, for He will not be robbed of His glory. So before you open up your gifts tomorrow, praise God for Christ. Praise Him that He has been so gracious to us who deserve hell. Repent and Trust in Christ, and celebrate His birth tomorrow. Give Him the glory. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.

Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
1Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10But the LORD was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
11As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

The New Testament Project

2008-12-13T19:14:00.000-08:00

Hey all... Starting in January we will be doing a Bible study of the whole New Testament. This is the basic concept. We will begin in the gospel of Matthew. We will be reading the first seven chapters every night for the month of January. Then in February we will be moving on to the next seven chapters. We will continue to do this until we complete the whole New Testament. This excursion should take us about 2 1/2 years, and it will be well worth it. Repetition is one of the best ways for us to retain stuff. Knowing God's Word is the Christian's best defense. So join us. Go to aneartlysanctuary.blogspot.com to sign up. We will have a blog site set up for accountability and discussion. This site is thenewtestamentproject.wordpress.com
So let us study together to show ourselves approved. God bless!!

What Happened to Preaching Like This?

2008-12-12T18:23:00.000-08:00

Thank you Lord. Thank You for Your righteousness, for Your holiness, for Your goodness. You and You alone are good. We thank You for Your grace to still send laborers out into the harvest. We thank You for the revelation of Your Word. May it continue to break people, and we know it shall accomplish what You set it forth to do. Thank You Father for sending Christ. Amen.

Psalm 53:1b-3

1b. There is none who does good.
2.God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3.Every one of them has turned aside;
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

Don't Forget to Celebrate Merry Tossmas

2008-12-02T18:21:00.000-08:00

These videos are great. Do you get any catalogs wishing you a happy holiday, well then you should celebrate Merry Tossmas!! The first video is last years version, the second video is this years updated version. God bless and Merry Christmas!!

The Shack

2008-11-30T18:47:00.000-08:00

I'm reposting this from a friends blog (Diakoneo). It's a video clip of Michael Youssef on the heresies of the book The Shack. If you attend church you've heard about this book, either people warning you about it, or people telling you how great a book it is and how you should read it. LISTEN TO THOSE WHO ARE WARNING YOU!! Pray for discernment, this is one of the things that must be in the Christian's prayers. There is so much deceiving stuff out there, and the Bible is clear that Satan can come as an angel of light. So don't be deceived, The Shack is heretical and very deceptive.

A Psalm For Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

PSALM 100
1 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.
3Know that the LORD Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
5For the LORD is good;
His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.

How to Defeat Calvinism

2008-11-18T19:43:00.001-08:00

The Gospel Proclaimed by Shai Linne

2008-11-18T18:58:00.001-08:00

Christ In Our Place

2008-11-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

For when we were still withouth strength, in due time CHRIST died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But GOD demonstates HIS own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST DIED for us. Much more then having now been justified by HIS BLOOD, we shall be SAVED FROM WRATH through HIM.

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to GOD through the death of HIS SON, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by HIS LIFE. And not only that, but we also rejoice in GOD through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

ROMANS 5:6-11

RUN, and Come and He will set you free!

2008-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

These are two great videos. The first (RUN!) is a clip of a sermon by Pastor Carter Conlon. This sermon was preached a week after September 11, 2001 at a Manhattan Church. Will we run toward the fire and pull them out of the fire.

The second video is a clip of a sermon by Paris Reidhead. A great and powerful preacher by God's grace. Christian, always remember you have been paid for with a tremendous price and you are now free! Will you now lay your life down and become a slave for the Lord Jesus Christ? God bless!!

Does the 501 (c)at (3) got the church's tongue.

2008-11-12T19:08:00.000-08:00

This is something that has been on my mind a lot lately. Many Christians nowadays continue to complain how this government is taking our rights away. We can no longer have prayer in schools, no nativity scenes on public property, and pastors can't promote political candidates from the pulpit. The pulpit is for one use and one use only, to preach the Word. But to say that a pastor cannot speak his mind on a political issue when it needs a Biblical response is ludicrous. Here is the question though. Are our rights being taken from us or did we give them away. I believe that when the church agreed to take a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status, we gave our rights away. This was a compromise with the world. We keep our mouth shuts in the public square, and we get a tax break. I think this was not only a bad move on the church's part, but also I believe it is unbiblical.

First we are not to compromise the Word and it's demands, for financial comfort. In Matthew 22:15-22 we see the pharisees asking Jesus a question. "Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?". Jesus asked them to show them a coin and tell him whose image was on the coin(Caesars). He told them to render on to Caesar what is Caesar and to God what is God's. Jesus told us to pay the tax and continue to serve God. He didn't tell them to make a compromise with Caesar, and to keep quiet. Also in Matthew 17:24-27. Jesus explains to Peter why we should pay the temple tax. He tells Peter lest we offend them, we will pay them the tax. Church our job is to preach the gospel in the public square. The gospel is offensive to those who are perishing. We need not any other thing to offend the lost, and get in the way of the gospel. Are we so worried about money? Do we not know that if we are doing the will of the Father He will provide? His will is for us to go and preach the gospel. If you read Matthew 17:24-27 you will find that Jesus provided the coin to pay the temple tax. He told Peter to go out and fish and take the first one that comes up and there will be a coin in the fish's mouth. We need to go and be fishers of men and Jesus will provide what we need. Stop relying on the government church and start relying on the Lord. Click Here for a great sermon by R.C. Sproul that touches on this.

A Vote for Obama will lead to innocent babies being killed.

2008-11-03T19:45:00.000-08:00

You can continue to cover your eyes and act as if your blind, or plug your ears and act as if your deaf. If you cast your vote on Tuesday for Obama, you are voting for someone who thinks the killing of innocent babies is okay. God sees all things. Open your eyes America!! This is the greatest genocide to ever happen on our planet. The holocaust has nothing on the genocide going on in America. We have killed over 50 million babies since the late 60's. Abortions are now up to over 6000 a day. May God have mercy on this country.

There is hope, and it can only be found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We need to look at ourselves in truth. Look at the Ten Commandments. Have you ever lied(the Bible says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire), have you ever stolen anything, have you ever looked at a person with lust(sexual desire) Jesus said this would be committing adultery in your heart. Have you ever used God's name in vain? This is called blaspheme and it is when we take God's name, the one who gave us life and everything we have, and we use His name as a four letter filth word. Have you ever murdered someone? Jesus said if you hate your brother then you've committed murder in your heart. Abortion is murder, no matter if we want to make it sound better by calling it Pro-choice, it is the choice to murder an innocent child or not too. The Bible says that no theif, adulterer, blasphemer, or murderer will inherit the kingdom of God. If we are guilty of breaking the law, this would make us law breakers. The Bible makes it clear that the penalty for being a law breaker(sinner) is Hell for eternity, where there will be weeping, knashing of teeth, and forever torment. That's the bad news, but there is good news. Gospel actually means good news. 2000 years ago God stepped off His throne and became a man, born from a virgin. He lived a perfect sinless life like no one ever has. His name was Jesus Christ. He then went on the cross willingly. The Bible says that God showed His love towards us in while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Then three days later He rose from the grave defeating death. He who knew no sin became sin so that we may become righteous before God. A civil transaction was taking place on the cross. You broke the law, but Jesus stepped in and paid your fine. The Bible says you must REPENT(turn from you sin) and TRUST in JESUS ALONE for your eternal salvation. There is nothing more important. The Gospel of Christ is the only hope. Get a Bible and read and obey it. God bless!!

Why I Can't Vote for Obama by Huntley Brown

2008-11-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

I am reposting this blog from Ray Comforts blog. This is very truth telling, and these are reason why I can't vote for Obama. God bless.

Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown

First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads I follow. I can't dictate the terms He does because He is the leader.

I can't vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won't be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King's words, don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I don't know

Obama so all I can go off is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)

To beat Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. There is a reason he voted No on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted No on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Let's take a look at the practice he wanted to continue

The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:

A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps.
(Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.

C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.

D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.

E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.

God help him. There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.

Think about this: You can't give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.

There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons.
I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 - 20 "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc.
The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a ...

1.
Commitment to the White Community
2.
Commitment to the White Family
3.
Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.

5.
Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6.
Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.

A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if itʼs a white church or a black church it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to.
Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment.

Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.
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Then God says

1 Samuel 1:18 " When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles." 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king.
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Here is what we know for sure.

God is not schizophrenic

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.

Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,

1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.

2.
Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings, Huntley Brown

Happy Reformation Day!!

2008-11-01T22:16:00.000-07:00

Well most people know October 31 as halloween, but those who know anything of church history know that this is the day that Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to a door starting the reformation. This is the day the protestant church started. It is called the protestant church because it was a protest against the catholic church. Martin Luther rediscovered the doctrine of justification by faith. Then devoted his life to preaching the Gospel. Well it has now been turned into a holiday where kids go from door to door asking for candy. Usually it would be my job as a christian to go to people and preach the Gospel, but this is the one reason I love halloween. People come to me. I pass out candy to the kids, but also every kid gets a Gospel tract. They love it. A lot of the kids this year were pulling out there million dollar bill tract as they walked away, looking at it with amazement. So if you've never done this before, be prepared next year. Get some candy and get some tracts and pray to God that many seeds would be planted. May He receive all the glory.

How Do You Know Your Saved?

2008-10-28T18:24:00.001-07:00

This is a very important question. I would say this is the most important question you could ever ask yourself. Most people who would profess to be christians would say because they believe, or that they asked Jesus to come into their heart. Do you have to have some kind of feeling to know your saved? Is salvation based on some sort of emotion? Did you know that you can find nowhere in scripture where it tells you to accept Jesus into your heart? Scripture says in 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourself as to wheter you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Are you trusting in a prayer you said or something you did, or are you trusting in Christ's finished work on the cross? Scirpture says in 1John 5:13 that you may know that you have eternal life. Do you have assurance? Do you know your saved? Please watch this video clip, Paul Washer will ask you to examine yourself.

So Be it Lord

2008-10-26T19:40:00.000-07:00

Jeremiah 11:1-6
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’ 5 that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is this day.”And I answered and said, “So be it, LORD.” 6 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant and do them.

The question is will be like Jeremiah? The Lord has told us to go to all the world and to proclaim the gospel to every creature. We need ask the Lord for boldness to be like Jeremiah to go into the cities and the streets to reach people. There are so many people in the world who will never walk into a church. That is why the Lord told us to go, He didn't tell us to stay and to wait for them to come. Do what ever you can. Pass out tracts, talk to people, or open air preach. Whatever you do make sure your doing something for the Kingdom of God. Be like Jeremiah and answer His call with "So be it Lord."