Love, Forgive, Help, Work And
Pray
(Living a Joyous Christian Life!)
by David J. Stewart | August 2019
1st Peter 4:12-17, “Beloved,
think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of
Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:
on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But
let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or
as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
For the time
is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”
More and more, as I grow older, I am rejoicing and thanking and praising God
for His blessings in my life. Most of all, I thank God for the gift of His
dear Son, Jesus Christ. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.” During my 52 years of life, I have
been through much suffering, pain of soul, frustration, loneliness, health
afflictions, loss and betrayal; yet I am so happy to be a child of God. I
thank God for the roof over my head, even though it is not mine. I thank God
for the vehicle that I drive, even though it is worn and has a tire going
flat that I need to get fixed.
I thank God for my body, even though I have
incurable stenosis and radiculopathy from a neck injury which afflicts me
horribly with chronic pain 24/7. I thank God for my eyes, even though I am
near-sighted and cannot see well at a distance. I do not like being divorced
and alone, but I thank God that I wasn't the one who filed for divorce, and
I thank God for my family. I thank God for my imperfect parents, imperfect
pastor, imperfect childhood, imperfect life, imperfect free country that I
am blessed to live in. Thank you Lord
for all your blessings on me!
I
rejoice in knowing that my name is written in Heaven, in the Lamb's Book of
Life. I thank God that He forgave me for all my sins at age 13, when I was
born-again, which gives me the example, power and motivation to forgive
others who have hurt me. I have forgiven everyone in my life. Ephesians
4:31-32, “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil
speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.” It doesn't matter if others hate me, hurt me, or
mistreat me, they are accountable to God for their actions, not me. I choose to love everyone
with God's unconditional love.
I receive a lot of e-mails from people
struggling with sin, suffering from depression, angry at God, confused and
hurting in their body and soul. I love helping all of them. For those of you
who know me better than others, I love writing lengthy e-mails, pouring out
my heart to help people. I am sure I even annoy some of my web visitors,
writing a book back to them. Please pardon me! A lot of that stems from my
loneliness as a single man. I love when people ask me questions, and I have
an answer in the Lord to help them for Christ. It is my privilege. I pray
for all my web visitors regularly and do love everyone with all my heart. I
wish I could only do so much more to help people. I do what I can for God,
giving Him all the credit, praise and glory. If there is anything good in
me, it is the precious Lord Jesus Christ!
Psalms 147:7, “Sing unto the LORD with
thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto
our God.” I bought a nice 21 string harp last year, but haven't spent
much time with it. I
have always
loved playing stringed instruments. Lately (in recent months) I have kept
busy working on my website ministry, and I've been emotionally down about
life in general, so I haven't felt much like playing my music. I go through
seasons of depression, and have learned that this is normal for me as a
Christian. The Bible tells us how to handle depression in James 5:13, “Is
any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms.” When I am sad and down about life, I bunker into the Word of
God, work hard on my ministry, focus on soulwinning, and pray my way through
the storm, trusting my beautiful all-knowing, all-powerful and all-loving
God to see me through, year after year. Lamentations 3:26, “It is good
that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
Isn't that a precious Bible verse!
Lamentations 3:26,
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of
the LORD.”
Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord
There
is nothing new under the sun. Just as today, it is human nature to be
selfish. God had wonderfully blessed the Hebrews, but they took it all for
granted and didn't appreciate what God had done for them. Moses warned the
people to beware of forgetting about God in lieu of all His tremendous
blessings upon them. God had miraculously parted the Red Sea right in front
of them, so that they even walked across on dry ground! Yet the first thing
they did when they got to the other side is COMPLAIN that they had no water.
This is unbelievable, read it for yourself...
Exodus 15:19 and 22 and 24, “For the
horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into
the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but
the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. ... So
Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the
wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and
found no water. ... And the people murmured against
Moses, saying, What shall we drink?”
I get disgusted just from reading that. Those
Hebrew ingrates—who had just witnessed God deliver them from Pharaoh's army,
walking across the Red Sea floor on dry ground, then watching Pharaoh's army
(men and horses alike) all drown when the waters returned upon them—started
complaining just three days later in the Wilderness that they had no water,
failing to have faith in the power and love of their great omnipotent God.
It is incredibly amazing to me. Moreover, the Jews were warned again and
again by Moses the prophet, to stop their complaining, lest it destroy them,
but they didn't listen. After complaining for the TENTH TIME, God had
finally had enough and banned them from ever entering into the Promised
Land. God hates the sin of complaining! HE HATES IT!!! Pastor Jack Hyles
preaches a powerful sermon on this very topic about complaining in a sermon
titled: “THE
HOTTEST HELL OF ALL!”
People (whether it be fellow Christians,
preachers, family, acquaintances or strangers) are always going to hurt our
feelings. They will be inconsiderate, disappoint, let us down, gossip about
us, judge us and make us sad if I focus on people—so
I live above the clouds where Jesus lives!
America has forgotten the God of the Bible.
Deuteronomy 6:12, “Then beware lest thou
forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage.” So often in life, people receive good at the hand of
God, but return nothing in the way of gratitude. In the Old Testament, we
learn about a godly man named Job, who made a remarkable statement to his
wife when she suggested that he curse God and die. Job 2:10, “But he said
unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What?
shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.” Oh
that we would all adopt the godly attitude of Job, who understood (as our
text passage from 1st Peter shows) that life includes good and bad. I choose
to praise God for the good in my life, and blame the Devil for the bad. It
is not God's fault that I have made some stupid and unwise decisions in my
life. Blessed be the name of the Lord, for He is faithful, fair and good to
all! Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are
over all his works.” The heathen world is always placing God on trial,
but we are the ones who refuse to obey His inspired Words in the Holy Bible.
Job 9:3, “If he [man] will contend with him [God], he
cannot answer him one of a thousand.” No one can ever blame God (Romans
1:20), for He is faithful. 2nd Timothy 2:13, “If we believe not, yet he
abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” As Ron Hamilton (Patch
The Pirate) says, every Christian should have: “THE GRATITUDE ATTITUDE!”
Kindly, we are getting what we deserve as a
foolish nation for forsaking the God of the Holy Bible. What can we expect
from children who have grown up void of the knowledge of God? I read an
article today about
two 10 year old looking boys who are guilty of a carjacking. To add
insult to injury, Freemasons (who control the United States) have introduced
the blatant lies of Evolution in all public schools to intentionally lead
impressionable children away from God, misleading them to think that they
came from a Big Bang, stardust and from the same biological source as
gorillas. What can we expect from such abused children? How can we expect
children deprived of a God-centered education to exemplify God-like
behavior? God is love! To deliberately withhold a God-centered education
from a child, and substitute it with a fraudulent system of lies that reduce
humanity to the level of animals, is a cruel form of child abuse! The whole
scam of the rights of “atheists” not to have to hear the teachings of the
Bible in public schools has destroyed the fiber of our society!
I don't generally follow the news because it is
so depressing, but I have been doing a lot of research for my ministry and
reading through crime news lately. I didn't realize how bad things have
become in American society. This is the obvious horrifying consequence of
removing and banning the inspired Word of God from children's daily lives in
public school classrooms since 1963.
The Holy Bible has Always Been The
Answer! You cannot deny that to the same degree that our country has
abandoned the Word of God, to that same degree society is going to the
Devil! I have also been watching the Forensic Files, using amazing science
to solve horrifying crimes. The evildoer culprits are sometimes police
officers, fire investigates, pastors and churchgoers. It is unbelievable what human beings are capable of! Truly
the human race is depraved, just as the Holy Bible says. Romans 3:10-11,
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that
understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.” The city of
Chicago is one of the most dangerous places on earth to live. The following
article is just from one weekend...
7 Killed,
46 Wounded In Weekend Shootings; ‘It’s Destroying The Fiber Of Our
Communities’
CBS Chicago
by Mugo Odigwe | August
5, 2019
CHICAGO (CBS) — Dozens of people were shot in
Chicago over the weekend, including two mass shootings in less than
three hours on Sunday. In all, seven people were killed and 46 others
were wounded in shootings since Friday evening.
More than a dozen people were wounded, one of them fatally, in a pair of
mass shootings in the Lawndale neighborhood early Sunday.
The first shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. near Roosevelt and
Francisco in Douglas Park.
Police said a group of people was standing in the park, when someone
opened fire from a black Chevrolet Camaro. Seven people were wounded:
• A 21-year-old man shot in the groin was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital
in critical condition;
• A 25-year-old woman shot in the arm and leg was taken to Mount Sinai,
where she was stabilized;
• A 20-year-old man shot in the right side was taken to Stroger
Hospital, where he was stabilized;
• A 19-year-old woman shot in the right leg was taken to Stroger, where
she was stabilized;
• A 22-year-old woman was taken to Mount Sinai, where she was
stabilized;
• A 21-year-old man shot in the left leg was taken to Mount Sinai, where
he was stabilized;
• A 23-year-old man shot in the chest and hand took himself to Mount
Sinai, where he was stabilized.
Less than three hours later, eight people
were shot in Lawndale, near 18th and Kildare around 3:45 a.m., when
unknown s hooters opened fire on a large group of people at a block
party. One man, 33-year-old Demetrius Flowers, was killed, and seven
other people were wounded:
• A 35-year-old man shot in the forehead was taken to Mount Sinai, where
he was stabilized;
• A 28-year-old man shot in the hip was taken to Mount Sinai, where he
was stabilized;
• A 27-year-old man shot in the foot was taken to Mount Sinai, where he
was stabilized;
• A 28-year-old man shot in the leg Mount Sinai, where he was treated
and released;
• A 14-year-old boy was shot in the thigh, and was taken to Stroger,
where he was stabilized;
• A 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the thumb, and was
treated and released at St. Margaret Hospital;
• A 19-year-old woman was shot in the head, and was taken to Stroger,
where she was treated and released.
Flowers’ father, said it’s the second son he’s lost to violence.
“Please stop. It’s killing our families, it’s destroying the fiber of
our communities. We have to stop this senseless killing, because if we
don’t, there’s nothing going to be left. There’s nothing going to be
left,” Keith Flowers said.
SOURCE:
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/05/weekend-gun-violence-mass-shootings/
One young man unfortunately murdered over the
weekend in Chicago, was 33 year old Demetrius Flowers. His father, Keith
Flowers, made the following public statement:
Flowers’ father, said it’s the
second son he’s lost to violence.
“Please stop. It’s
killing our families, it’s destroying the fiber of our communities.
We have to stop this senseless killing, because if we don’t, there’s
nothing going to be left. There’s nothing going to be left,” Keith
Flowers said.
I am not trying to be unkind, God knows my
heart, but this father is preaching to the choir. Gang thugs don't care!
Keith is making his statement to law-abiding citizens. I noticed in the
preceding news story that 90% of the people shot were very young, close to
20 years old. That speaks volumes! Our youth are infested with evil today,
because they have been deprived of God's Word in ungodly schools.
Luciferians are behind the destruction of America! All high-level
Freemasons worship Lucifer, the 99% lower initiates are woefully naive. The
same is true of the CIA, U.S. government, Mormonism and other subversive and
subverted groups. I am very sorry for Mr. Flowers' loss in the death of his
son, and I am not belittling him in any way, God forbid. I am simply
pointing out that it is not going to change anything to make statements
about how people need to stop shooting each other. Children need the Word of
God!
Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself
If
you don't allow thoughts of greed to dwell in your mind, then those thoughts
cannot fester. No one suddenly goes out and purchases a life insurance
policy on their spouse, and then plots to murder them in a clever way to
make it look like an accident. Long before such wickedness came into that
person's mind, there was already a heart of greed and ungodliness.
The major underlying personal theme that I take away from the whole
Forensic Files series is
the following passage of Scripture from the Holy Bible...
Matthew 22:35-40, “Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked
him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great
commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is
like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
That is the great truth that needs to be engrained into the minds of
children, every single day of their school years. If I had my way, every
child would recite this passage of Scripture along with their teacher
every day, at the beginning of each class, so that it would be so
engrained in their soul, that it would be a permanent part of their soul
for the rest of their life. Children today don't love God. Their parents
who grew up in America's Godless public school system, don't love God.
Their grandparents, who grew up in America's ungodly school system after
1963, don't love God. Anyone in the United States today under the age of
74, didn't hear the inspired Word of God read in a public school. That
is why crime is epidemic today across the United States, and it can be
truthfully said of our culture:
2nd Timothy 3:1-5, “This know also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form
of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
I am going to preach the truth until I can no longer do so—THE KING
JAMES BIBLE IS THE ANSWER!!!!!!!
Everyone who is guilty of hurting another human being, to provide the
heinous crime to make
another episode of Forensic Files, failed to heed the Bible's command to
LOVE GOD and LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR! The two greatest commandments in the Word of God are to LOVE
GOD, and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR. Don't ever forget that truth and you won't
go astray! As Brother Lester Roloff (1914-1982) said—these two commandments are really just one—TO LOVE! If we fall in love
with our Maker, and allow God to love us, and allow God to love our
fellow man through us, then we will never intentionally harm another
human being. Amen! I sure hope somebody is listening.
Whatever comes our way. Whatever battle we have
raging inside us. We always have a choice. It's the choices that make us
who we are, and we can always choose to do what is right.
Love, Forgive, Help, Work And
Pray
1st Corinthians 10:12, “Wherefore let
him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
Every
Christian believer needs to be on-guard against sin continually, because
anyone is capable of committing the worst sins under the right
circumstances. That is what I mean by my article title: “Love, Forgive, Help, Work And
Pray.” No one is above sin! NO ONE! The Bible admonishes us to take heed if we
are misled to think we are doing okay, because we could commit an
unthinkable crime just like the criminals we read about. Every criminal at
one time was a law-abiding citizen! Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with
all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” That Bible verse
means to deal with the small sinful thoughts in your mind, before they grow
into evil behavior! I want to think right, do right, and live right, to
please God and stay out of trouble. I want to: “Love, Forgive, Help, Work And
Pray.” If you maintain that godly attitude—of always loving others, and
forgiving everyone, and helping everyone, and working honestly to stay busy,
and praying for God's power and protection from evil—you will joyously
prosper in the Christian life. There is no joy like knowing you are right
with God and man. I want to live in such a way that no one can justly accuse
me of doing evil. ...
1st Peter 4:15-17, “But
let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or
as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time
is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”
Quite often, I have web visitors confide in me
that they are struggling with the sins of lust, hatred, pornography, pride,
rebellion, et cetera. I always try to help them in a spirit of meekness.
Galatians 6:1, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” The Bible teaches us in 2nd
Corinthians 10:5, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ.” Here we learn how to live
right! When a sinful thought enters into our mind, we are supposed to CAST
DOWN THAT THOUGHT with the inspired Word of God (i.e., the King James
Bible). By doing that, you prevent the Devil from filling your heart to do
evil.
I refuse to have a garbage pail for a mind.
Anyone can choose to live right! In the Old Testament, Job was a godly man
who purposed in his heart to think and live right. Job 31:1, “I made a
covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?” I receive
e-mails from young men who are struggling with lust and pornography. That is
a very dangerous vice! The way to handle it is to take control of your
thought-life and abstain from fleshly lusts. 1st Peter 2:11, “Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
lusts, which war against the soul.” The Bible commands men to abstain
from the lusts of the flesh. To look at filthy images is a CHOICE! Until you
start making the right choices, you'll never gain victory over any sin. Each
time you make the wrong sinful choice, it makes it a little easier to make
another sinful choice, until you turn evil, and eventually you'll be the
next episode of Forensic Files! Behind every tragedy in human character is a
slow process of wicked thinking!
Christians Are Pilgrims Not Settlers On
Earth
It
is important for every believer to embrace the mindset that this temporary
world is not our home. Don't get too comfortable down here. Brother Lester
Roloff (1914-1982) preached a wonderful sermon titled: “Don't
Get Adjusted,” in which sermon he makes the truthful statement: “YOU
LOSE OUT WHEN YOU GET ADJUSTED DOWN HERE!” I hate this wicked world! I am so
sick and tired of the sin, the filth, and the ungodly transgendered
homosexual agenda that is as a disease upon society today, sick of it all!!!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!!! Heaven is our home where we will ultimately
settle (John 14:1-3). The heathen world places all emphasis on this earthly
life, living for the moment with no thought of facing the Eternal God
someday. As believers, we are commanded to—“Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid
with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:2-3). Oh, how Christians fail to
follow the Lord's instruction in the Scriptures! When believers fret and
worry and complain and focus on making money, “they are choked with
cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection” (Luke 8:14). Carnal believers aren't soulwinners!
All we hear about nowadays is that everyone should accept and respect the
rights of homosexuals. The heart of the matter is God. What does God think?
What does God say in His Holy Word? You've got the righteous speaking out
against the evils of homosexuality, as the Bible tells us to do.
Ephesians 5:10-12, “Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in
secret.” A man sodomizing another man's anus is a work of darkness! I am
grossed out and sickened when I hear pastors of churches legitimizing the
LGBTQ community, such as did
Southern Baptist Convention president J.D. Greear. Proverbs 29:27,
“An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the
way is abomination to the wicked.”
Kindly, I heard Tim Cook, the present CEO of
Apple computer say publicly: “Being
gay is God's greatest gift to me.” God calls Tim Cook a liar!
Proverbs 28:9, “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his
prayer shall be abomination.” Leviticus 20:13, “If a man also lie with
mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an
abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon
them.” We are living in extremely wicked times, in which ungodly
reprobates are elevating their own ungodly human lusts over the inspired
Words of God. That is so wrong! Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no
king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” The
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that a human being in a mother's womb is
not yet a life, so it can be killed. God calls it murder (Exodus 20:13).
ABORTION: HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT
BLOOD!!! It is hard to even imagine how a society could ever become so
ungodly, uncaring, indifferent, calloused and far from God, that their
leaders could justify murdering human life. And now in many states
infanticide is legal, where a child is murdered while being delivered, and
in Illinois, after leaving the womb.
Ungodly State Of Illinois Declares Open Season On Children: Removes
All Bans On Abortions!
Rejection And Persecution Normal For
Godly Believers
2nd
Timothy 3:12, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution.” I am going to quote a rather lengthy passage from
1st Peter, to help you see the full context of what the apostle Peter is
teaching us. The Bible teaches that when a Christian separates from their
old life of sin, and from their old worldly acquaintances, they will think
it strange, criticizing us and persecuting us in many cases. ...
1st Peter 4:1-5 and 12-17, “Forasmuch
then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath
ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in
the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past
of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles,
when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they
think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot
[sinful partying], speaking evil of you:
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick
[saved] and the dead [unsaved]. ...Beloved,
think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
The Bible admonishes Christians not to be
surprised that worldly people hate us, persecute us and separate from us
over our faith and stand for Christ. Jesus said in John 15:19 that if we
were of the world, they would receive us; but because we are not of the
world, we are followers of Christ our Savior, the world hates us. John 7:7
says they really hate Jesus, and that they see Christ in us. The world hates
Jesus Christ!!!
In Everything Gives Thanks!
1st Thessalonians 5:18, “In every thing
give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.”
Jesus
miraculously healed ten men afflicted with the horrible incurable disease of
leprosy. Today there is
a cure for leprosy, since the 1940's, but in Bible times there wasn't and it
was a much feared disease. Unbelievably, only one man had enough gratitude
to come back to thank the Lord. Luke 17:17, “And Jesus answering
said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” There are
86,400 seconds in each day, have you thanked God even once today for His
abundant blessings? We ought to thank God continually for our food,
comforts, family, salvation, the Holy Bible and manifold gifts that most
people take for granted. James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” Every good thing in your
life comes from God, whether you acknowledge that fact or not. And also,
within God's permissive will, everything bad that happens in our lives is
allowed by God, which is a difficult truth to embrace. We live in a fallen
world because of sin, beginning with Adam (Romans 5:12). When Adam chose to
sin, he opened the floodgate of sin and death upon the world. This is why
bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people, and
life is not fair!
Christians ought to be mindful of our
blessings, especially in America where we have been blessed beyond all
expectations compared to most of the impoverished world. Just the privilege
and opportunity to go out to eat, in a fancy restaurants like Chilies or
Burger King (that's fine dining to me), is something that most people living
in the world cannot enjoy. We take so much for granted in America. We are so
spoiled. It is a crying shame and the epitome of utter ingratitude—that
amidst all these incredible blessings, liberty and modern comforts from
God—that Americans are sinfully steeped into sexual immorality, 60 million
children murdered by abortion, homosexuals marriages and all manner of
filth, evil and wickedness!!! God deserves so much better, but Americans
treat Him like garbage! We really do as a people! How do you think God feels
that we have allowed our government to remove and ban the Holy Bible from
children's lives? Honestly, so you have any idea how detrimental that has
been to our nation? The Bible is the Sacred Book, the only Book in existence
that teaches mankind to LOVE, yet hateful and ungodly reprobates have used
stupid excuses to rid children of the only chance they have of growing up to
become a loving human being!
Living a Joyous Christian Life
I
suffer in constant chronic neck pain. My wife divorced me against my will in
2006, and I have lived alone ever since in the Lord (1st Corinthians 7:27).
I have forgiven her completely, but as Dr. Jack Hyles wisely said:
Divorce is a sin that perpetuates for a lifetime. I lost well over
$100,000 as a result of the divorce. I lost my home after the divorce and
have rented since. I lost my retirement. I lost my pets. I lost most of my
possessions. I could go on and on for hours describing all the pain, loss,
suffering and heartache in my life over the past 20 years.
Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. exposes the evils of divorce in his excellent
sermon titled:
The Devastating Demon That Destroys Families. I am as much a sinner as
my former wife, so I do not point fingers. There are no perfect marriages.
God says when you marry someone, you become one with them, so as far as I'm
concerned her sins throughout our marriage were my sins too. WE HAVE SINNED!
Albeit, despite my misery, problems, pain and
broken heart, I have the joy of the Lord in my soul. I have peace like a
river. Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
I love that Bible verse! That is a solemn promise from our great God.
The Lord promises perfect peace to the believer whose mind dwells and
remains upon God. Psalms 1:1-2, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
The Bible says the reason why we have perfect peace is because we trust
the Lord. Perfect peace comes from trusting God in everything! I choose to
love, forgive, help, work and pray in the Lord, instead of worry, complain,
hate harbor bitterness and place God on trial. I am going to continue to
trust the Lord, though He slay me. Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet
will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” I am
going to love everybody. I choose to forgive everyone even before they ask.
I am trying by God's grace to help as many people as I can. I labor night
and day for the Lord. I pray because Jesus said without Him we can do
nothing (John 15:5). I need God's help in everything I do. Galatians
2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Everywhere I go today, I meet people who have
contempt for Christians, churches and the Holy Bible, but they claim to love
God. They are deceived. Nobody loves God who despises the King James Bible!
Although many churches are corrupt, THE CHURCH has never been (nor ever
could be) corrupted. Likewise, the INCORRUPTIBLE WORDS OF GOD cannot be
corrupted (1st Peter 1:23). The corrupted modern Bible versions are NOT
God's inspired Words. You can change the truth of God into a lie all you
want (Romans 1:25), but you cannot change THE TRUTH! ...
“The best thing in the world to do
is stay behind truth. I don't care how much it hurts. I don't care how
much pain it is. Or how much the kids don't like it, or anybody don't
like it—YOU STAY BEHIND TRUTH!!! Why? Cause it's right! And it'll
protect you! And if the leader goes down, the followers are gonna
follow...” —Dr.
Bob Gray Sr., a quote from the sermon, Truth
Vs. Change.
Listen to me dear reader, whatever your hang up may be—whether it be
struggling with sin, religious scrupulosity, finding God's will, depression
or confusion—get into the Scriptures and you will grow! 1st Timothy
4:13-15, “Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by
prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that
thy profiting may appear to all.” When somebody tells me that
they are struggling with sin, I always point them toward the Holy Bible.
Psalms 119:9, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.” You cannot heed God's Word if you are
not familiar with the contents of God's Word. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!!!
It was 23rd U.S. President Benjamin Harris (1833-1901) who wisely said:
“If you take out of your
statutes, your constitution, your family life all that is taken from the
Sacred Book, what would there be left to bind society together?” —Benjamin
Harrison, Twenty third President
Dear friend,
The Holy Bible Has Always Been The Answer. Would to God that we still
had that kind of wisdom today in leadership. I have been watching the
Forensic Files, and in nearly every case of a person being convicted of
First Degree Murder, the state refuses to use capital punishment. That is
the sordid wisdom of this foolish and ungodly world. I am 100% for capital
punishment, because that is God's wisdom. Please read: “THE CASE FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: HOW IT SAVED MY LIFE” (a
needful doctrinally sound book by
Dr. Max D. Younce). The
foolish world never comes to their senses! 2nd Timothy 3:7, “Ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” The
newsmedia reports the problem. Career professionals study the problem. Talk
shows exploit the problem. Government legislates the problem. Police control
the problem. HUMANITY IS THE PROBLEM!
“Our society has
abandoned the Bible, and is hopelessly lost to try to figure out its own
problems!” —Pastor
Danny Castle, a truthful quote from the needful MP3 sermon titled, "ABORTION!"
I thank God for His precious inspired Word in
the King James Bible, which is our Lamp. Psalms:119:105, “Thy word is a
lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Humanity is the problem,
because of our inherent sinful nature. The answer is the 'GOOD
NEWS' (GOSPEL) of the Lord Jesus Christ crucified on the cross for our
sins, buried and bodily resurrected the third day for our justification!
John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath
everlasting life.”
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Souls Are Dying!
How Permanent Is Your Salvation?
(an excellent MP3 sermon by Pastor Hank Lindstrom,
1940-2008)
Mark 1:15: “...repent
ye, and
believe the gospel.”
“The mark
of the child of God is that he loves everybody!”
(a quote from Pastor Jack
Hyles' classic MP3 sermon, “FORGIVENESS”)
Mark 11:22,
“And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.”
Ye Must Be Born Again!
| You Need HIS Righteousness!
