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God (Jesus) IS THE ONLY ONE THAT SAVES. He has saved millions and millions of souls (John 14:6; Acts 4:12).

Religion DOESN’T SAVE ANYONE and HAS NEVER SAVED a single soul.

We can believe the ETERNAL, HOLY, SINLESS, PERFECT God.

Or we can believe PUTRID RELIGION INVENTED BY CORRUPT, LYING MORTALS.

I’d believe God if I were you.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2016

WHEN THEY SAY “JESUS”

“Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone casting out demons in your Name and we told him to stop, BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ONE OF US.”

“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For NO ONE WHO DOES A MIRACLE IN MY NAME can in the next moment say anything bad about me, FOR WHOEVER IS NOT AGAINST US IS FOR US.” (Mark 9:38-40).

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone casting out demons in Your Name, and we tried to stop him, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT ACCOMPANY US.”

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for WHOEVER IS NOT AGAINST YOU IS FOR YOU.” (Luke 9:49-50)

Do these verses mean that we should never oppose or try to STOP RELIGIOUS DECEPTION being put forth (supposedly) in Jesus’ Name?

Are we TO SUFFER IN SILENCE when some heretic promotes his/her UNBIBLICAL, Jesus-diminishing, satanic doctrine, that will lead millions of brainwashed souls to hell, just because he or she happens to MENTION the name “Jesus”?

We are, according to some VERY MISGUIDED “evangelicals” that I recently encountered.

But that is NOT what Jesus taught, that is NOT what we find in the New Testament.

If it were, WHY would Jesus WARN US about “wolves in sheep’s clothing”? (Matthew 7:15)

Why would He warn us “see that you ARE NOT DECEIVED” and about RAMPANT DECEPTION put forth “in His Name” PRIOR TO His Coming? (Matthew 24:4)

Why would Jesus Himself state that “MANY would come to Him in that day saying “DID WE NOT CAST OUT DEMONS in your Name” and that He would answer: “I never KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME, WORKERS OF EVIL!” (Matthew 7:22)

Here we see, yet again, WHY WE CANNOT simply take ONE verse of Scripture and fabricate doctrine around it.

WHY we MUST check EVERYTHING that God says about a given topic, and PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, BEFORE we jump to conclusions.

WHY we must read God’s Word VERY CAREFULLY and NOT ASSUME that He says “WHAT WE THINK”, but rather, WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAYS.

Here’s WHY we must TOTALLY RELY ON His Holy Spirit to speak to our hearts through His written Word and SHOW US HIS INTENDED MEANING.

The man in question WAS NOT CONTRADICTING Jesus’ teachings.

He wasn’t doing or saying anything CONTRARY TO Jesus.

THE ONLY REASON that John tried to stop him is because he was NOT one of the 12 (or of the 70).

Hence, Jesus said “leave him alone” for “WHOEVER IS NOT AGAINST US is FOR US”.

“WHOEVER IS NOT AGAINST us”…

If someone claims to be “Christian” yet SAYS THAT JESUS ISN’T GOD… is he NOT AGAINST US?

Of course he is! More importantly, he is AGAINST (anti) Jesus and, therefore, antichrist (small “a”).

If certain groups make 10 Commandment keeping or Sabbath keeping “necessary” for Salvation, IMPLYING THAT JESUS ALONE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SAVE, and VIOLATING SCORES of Scriptures, are they NOT AGAINST Him?

Indeed, THEY ARE. And they MUST be PROVEN WRONG, EXPOSED AS HERETICS, and their FALSE DOCTRINE DISCREDITED.

If someone, conversely, says that because Jesus died and rose from the dead EVERYONE, whether they receive or reject Christ, IS SAVED… ARE THEY NOT CONTRADICTING CHRIST and HIS WRITTEN WORD? Are they NOT AGAINST CHRIST?

You bet they are!

And TRUE, BORN-AGAIN believers are to RESIST and DEBUNK their teaching IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DUMB SHEEP from being deceived and from following their damnable heresies. (2 Peter 2:1-3)

Moreover, Jesus said in John 10:12 that those who see these heresies and DO or SAY NOTHING are hirelings, NOT shepherds:

“But he THAT IS A HIRELING, AND NOT THE SHEPHERD, whose own the sheep are not, SEES THE WOLF COMING, AND LEAVES THE SHEEP, AND FLEES: AND THE WOLF CATCHES THEM, AND SCATTERS THE SHEEP.”

HIRE-LINGS are not interested in sheep, they’re only interested (as their very name implies) IN MONEY.

If we come across a brother or sister who is putting forth the Gospel of Grace IN A PUBLIC FORUM, but happens to mention something about eschatology, or baptism, or about Holy Communion, or some non-essential to salvation, with which we disagree, SHOULD WE CORRECT THEM?

Absolutely NOT!

He or she is NOT “against Christ” or “against us” in the fundamentals of the Gospel.

In those cases we are TO RESIST the temptation to “correct them”, and STAND WITH THEM on the Gospel of Grace.

Bite your tongue, or (since we use the internet) SLAP your hand, if you must, BUT STAND WITH THEM.

DO NOT CORRECT or CRITICIZE THEM in front of heretics or unbelievers. (Matthew 18:15; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6)

However, if someone CONTRADICTS THE GOSPEL, he or she is MOST DEFINITELY AGAINST CHRIST, AGAINST US, and we are to get on their cases as white on rice.

EVEN IF they mention the Name of Jesus 1,500 TIMES!

Those are TWO VERY DIFFERENT things.

And those who CAN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN the two HAVE NO BUSINESS CORRECTING ANYONE: PERIOD.

Paul put it VERY CLEARLY and succinctly in Galatians 1:8:

“But EVEN IF WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, should preach to you A GOSPEL CONTRARY TO WHAT WE HAVE PREACHED TO YOU, LET HIM BE ACCURSED!”

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016

WHERE’S THE PRAISE?

"But we will bless the LORD FROM THIS TIME FORTH AND FOREVERMORE Praise the LORD" (Psalm 115:18).

For centuries religion has told us that in order to worship God we must attend A MAN-MADE BUILDING DESIGNATED FOR THAT PURPOSE – ON A CERTAIN DAY OF THE WEEK.

GOD SAYS we are to worship Him EVERY SINGLE DAY.  (Psalm 145:1-2)

GOD SAYS than FROM THE SETTING OF THE SUN (BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY) TO IS GOING DOWN (END OF A DAY) WE ARE TO praise Him. (Psalm 113:3)

GOD SAYS we are to praise Him EVERYWHERE.

WHEREVER WE ARE! (Psalm 117:1; 146:2; 148-1-13; Psalm 150; Acts 16:25)

After all, WE are the Church.

Those buildings are NOT the Church.

Church is WHEREVER JESUS IS.

Since Jesus LIVES IN us…

Church is WHEREVER WE ARE! (Matthew 18:20)

Jesus, the ETERNAL God, paid THE ULTIMATE PRICE to save us, and religious minds WANT TO SET “CONDITIONS” as to WHEN and WHERE we can worship Him?

AT LEAST HALF the “problems” Christians face, as well as problems in Christendom, could be SOLVED if we simply worshiped Jesus – from the depths of our being, WHENEVER His Spirit moves us to do so (John 4:24), and WHEREVER we are.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2016

WHEN TRUTH REPLACES SHADOWS

According to Hebrews 10:1 the entire Law (Torah) is a mere shadow of “GOOD things to come”.

It is NOT, however, the Image or ULTIMATE REALITY of the GOOD THINGS THEMSELVES.

That statement PROVES two things:

1) That Torah is NOT the real law, since shadows are NEVER the real thing.

Love is the REAL Law of the universe because God IS Love. (1 John 4:16)

2) That ALL shadows, like the Law and the 24-hour Sabbath will be REPLACED with THE REAL THING (Love, Jesus).

When ULTIMATE REALITY – the REAL THING – manifests, it will be EXTREMELY GOOD.

In fact, it’ll be PERFECT.

ALL SHADOWS will have vanished and given way to Perfection.

In other words, shadows will vanish before Jesus who IS Perfection.

Love (Jesus) is the Royal Law of God’s Kingdom (John 3:16; 15:13; James 1:25).

Love is Perfection.

I’m not referring to fickle, transient human “love”, but to Divine Love (agape).

He is perfect, eternal and He NEVER CEASES TO BE.

Please DON’T GET STUCK ON shadows.

They’re NOT the real thing.

Don’t turn a mere shadow into AN IDOL – or into A POINT OF CONTENTION WITH other believers.

Shadows are here now, and gone in a moment.

Jesus is from everlasting to everlasting.

Jesus is THE TRUTH.

We CAME FROM Him.

We were CREATED BY Him. (John 1:2)

In Him we live, and move, and have our being. (Acts 17:28)

Our Destiny IS Him.

Jesus IS ULTIMATE Truth.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016

THAT’S NOT THE SABBATH

There are millions of people the world over that WORSHIP a 24-hour day.

They are TOTALLY FOCUSED ON a TEMPORARY unit of time.

...Far more than they are focused on Jesus or His written Word!

They are OBSESSED WITH an ephemeral period that is here today and gone tomorrow:

¡POOF!

 ..A transient period of “time” that was given ONLY TO NATURAL ISRAELITES, under the Sinai Law. (Exodus 20:1-2, 8-11, 22)

A “commandment” that was given ONLY to natural Israelites 430 years AFTER God had made an ETERNAL Covenant with Abraham. (Galatians 3:17)

And some 2,500 years AFTER God had re-created the earth. (Genesis 1:3-31)

...A “commandment” given UNDER A TEMPORARY, IMPERFECT Law that will be replaced with THE ETERNAL and PERFECT Law of Divine Love. (Hebrews 10:1)

...AN IMPERFECT Law that CAN NEVER RESTORE OR REGENERATE the human soul. (Psalm 19:7)

AN IMPERFECT Law that, because IT IS IMPERFECT, CANNOT MAKE ANYONE perfect. (Hebrews 7:19)

These individuals, collectively known as Sabbatarians, are doing EXACTLY what satan WANTS THEM TO DO.

They are FOCUSED on SOMETHING (in their case a 24-hour day) OUTSIDE themselves.

WHY is satan SO INTERESTED in drawing them OUTSIDE?

Because they’ll NEVER FIND Christ OUTSIDE, and the creep knows it.

That’s why HE HAD TO DRAW EVE OUTSIDE herself (to the tree and its fruit) in order to GET HER TO sin and die.

If he can DECEIVE people into THINKING that they are “THE ONLY OBEDIENT ONES”, because they focus ON SOMETHING OUTSIDE themselves, he can damn them for a very long time, and perhaps for eternity.

If he can STROKE THEIR RELIGIOUS EGOS with the FALSE NOTION that if they “observe” that EXTERNAL unit of RELATIVE “time”, they are “the ONLY ONES who truly obey God” and, therefore, are “BETTER THAN everyone else”...

The creep has them EXACTLY where he wants them.

Because he knows there’s NO CHANCE IN HELL of them finding Jesus OUTSIDE themselves.

He knows that Jesus can ONLY BE FOUND INSIDE. (Romans 10:8-9; 2 Corinthians 4:6)

He knows they will NEVER have Salvation UNLESS they’re focused ON THE REAL SABBATH, who IS CHRIST. (Matthew 11:28; Acts 4:12; Colossians 2:16-17)

Since Jesus is THE ETERNAL God, He CANNOT BE FOUND in a TEMPORARY unit of “time”.

Again: Since Jesus is THE ETERNAL God, He CANNOT BE FOUND in a TEMPORARY unit of “time” called Saturday.

And Jesus IS NOT FOUND ON THE OUTSIDE, He’s ONLY FOUND INSIDE.

Jesus is found INSIDE us, when we INVITE Him to ENTER our hearts, and RECEIVE Him as ONLY God and ONLY Savior (John 1:12; Romans 10:8-9)

The real Sabbath is NOT observed OUTSIDE.

The REAL Sabbath is observed INSIDE.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

THE END OF FREE SPEECH?

Tomorrow, October 1, 2016 promises to be a pivotal moment in U.S. and world history:

The internet, invented in the United States, and so far controlled by the U.S., is being handed over to an international body -- by our President, no less!

Mr. Obama believes that, despite being invented and developed in the U.S., the Internet, “belongs to the whole world”.

The whole world pretty much uses it right now, including evil terrorists, including ISIS.

However, that’s not good enough for our bumbling President, who wants it to be part of his legacy that he gave the internet away.

As has been the pattern in the inept Obama Administration for the past 8 years, he gives things away WITHOUT GETTING ANYTHING IN RETURN.

Here we go again…

Although we use the internet extensively, I’m not an expert on the administrative aspects of the web as whole – however, I have heard several individuals who are experts say that ONCE WE GIVE IT AWAY, WE’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET IT BACK.

This amounts to sheer insanity.

There’s no telling what this international body may do, what restrictions they may impose, what they’ll allow or won’t allow.

This body would doubtlessly include countries like China who “wrote the book” on internet censorship and has a permanent “firewall” that prevents its citizens from accessing global content.

It would also include Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and, possibly, North Korea.

Common sense tells me it’s only a matter of time before they begin censoring what we can say.

And the time may come when, if we say certain things, they may be designated as “hate speech” instead of “free speech”.

Heaven help us…

While the President is THE MAIN CULPRIT of this senseless surrender, the Republicans in Congress don’t fare much better.

They have a majority in both the Senate and the House and they have FAILED TO STOP the Surrenderer in Chief from carrying out what will hopefully be one of his final acts of unqualified madness.

(I’ve contacted the two senators in our State and asked them to introduce a bill STOPPING it, and their response has been tepid and noncommittal at best).

Senate Majority “leader” Mitch McConnell seems rather blasé about it. The same holds true for Speaker Paul Ryan.

And the mainstream media has pretty much swept it under the rug, with hardly any mention of what’s about to happen, and its probable consequences.

If this transfer is allowed, THIS MULTINATIONAL BODY WILL HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL of the web.

And if the terrorists are using it now, in very innovative ways, imagine what might happen once the U.S. cedes control to “the world”.

Some of the things that are going on in our government are SO ABSURD, they’re almost unbelievable.

Brothers and sisters, if we’re NOT living in “the time of the end” that Jesus spoke about – we may have to remove some pages from the Bible.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

NO PLACE

“Give NO PLACE TO the devil”

(Ephesians 4:27)

We hear it again and again: Desperate Christians undergoing all kinds of trials, where everything in their lives seems to go wrong, dejected, depressed, being beaten mercilessly by the devil, on the verge of madness…

And they HAVEN’T GOT A CLUE how to overcome.

They turn on their favorite TV preacher and he or she talks about money for 28 minutes, then (in best case scenarios) spends two minutes or less telling them (who, generally speaking, already are saved) to receive Jesus.

If they talk about overcoming AT ALL, they LIE.

They say that “the solution” is SENDING MONEY TO THEM and all your troubles will magically disappear.

Everyone who’s been dumb enough, or desperate enough, to believe that, and fallen for their scam, KNOWS that it DOESN’T WORK.

They gave and gave and gave… and the problems PERSISTED and got EVEN WORSE than before.

They go to those religious clubs on Saturday or Sunday that they falsely call “church”, and DON’T HEAR A THING ABOUT IT.

They hear 20 minutes of boring announcements, followed by 20 minutes of boring hymns that put you to sleep, followed by an insipid 15-minute sermon that they’ll forget before they hit the door, and that has LITTLE or NO RELEVANCE to the challenges of everyday life.

They go to some stupid “convention” or “crusade” held by some religious superstar.

He sings, he prays, he shouts, he throws his jacket at someone, the impressionable idiots fall like dominoes at the waving of his hand…

(The clown in question must be MORE ANOINTED and MORE POWERFUL THAN JESUS because NOWHERE in the Gospels do I read about SINLESS, God in the flesh Jesus having such effect on His audiences…)

He can make them fall on cue, but he lacks the authority TO HEAL A PIMPLE, let alone the knowledge of HOW to PREVENT satan from destroying the sheep or using them for target practice.

NOBODY TELLS THEM HOW they gave place to the devil.

NOBODY TELLS THEM HOW to be victorious over WHATEVER they are facing.

And that is why the Church is in tatters even as we speak.

That’s why it has “little strength”. (Revelation 3:8)

That is why it thinks of itself as a helpless victim, instead of as VICTORS.

That’s why it doesn’t use Jesus’ Authority, with which we’ll be JUDGING THE ANGELS and RULING THIS WORLD in 5 years or less. (1 Corinthians 6:3)

There are TWO things that give place to satan.

TWO THINGS that energize him and ALLOW HIM to wreak havoc in our lives:

1. Chaos

2. Fear

And just like faith and love go hand in hand, these two things usually go together, work together, and feed off each other.

If we ELIMINATE CHAOS, AND ELIMINATE FEAR, satan HAS NOTHING -- NOTHING – TO WORK WITH!!!

N-O-T-H-I-N-G!!!

Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath, and meditate on THAT.

ELIMINATE the chaos and the fear – and WHOEVER OR WHATEVER is causing them – and SATAN’S SHUT OFF – FOR GOOD!

ABSOLUTELY, 100% GUARANTEED.

But surely you’re not saying that every situation I face can be solved by doing that…

Oh, yes, I am!

THAT is EXACTLY what I’m saying.

NOTHING happens on this earth that hasn’t happened FIRST in the spirit realm.

You may have to do some things on earth afterwards, in the physical realm, to set things in their proper order, but you HAVE TO deal with the spirit realm FIRST.

You HAVE TO SOLVE the problem in the spirit realm FIRST.

satan is both the spirit of fear and the author of chaos. (2 Timothy 1:7; Genesis 1:1-2; 1 Corinthians 14:33)

If you take these two things OUT, YOU TAKE HIM OUT.

He has NOTHING with which to work in your life.

He has NO PLACE.

He CANNOT steal, kill or destroy.

He CANNOT oppress, depress, or FUNCTION.

Take it from someone WHO KNOWS because I’ve “BEEN THERE, and GONE THROUGH ALL THAT”.

Examine your own life, your own heart:

Find the chaos, eliminate it, and RESTORE ORDER to that area.

Find the fear and ELIMINATE THE FEAR, and REPLACE IT WITH Divine Love (which is already IN YOUR HEART if you’re born-again, Romans 5:5).

And satan crumbles.

FEAR has TORMENT. (1 John 4:18)

Show me a person that is tormented in some way and I’ll show you a person who has ALLOWED FEAR (in some form) to creep into his/her life.

The Good News is that Perfect Love (Jesus) CASTS OUT FEAR.

Each and every time!

Perfect Love (Jesus) is INFINITELY GREATER THAN fear.

Infinitely greater than chaos!

Infinitely greater than satan, demons, fallen angels, principalities, powers, and EVERYONE/EVERYTHING ELSE!!!

Every knee must bow before Jesus.

Every tongue must confess THAT HE IS LORD to the glory of God the Father.

Glory to the One and only God, (Father Son and Holy Spirit), now and FOR ALL ETERNITY, WORLDS WITHOUT END!

Jesus has given us His Authority.

Use it!

Bring every area of your life under SUBJECTION and ORDER.

Eliminate fear by CHOOSING TO LIVE AND WALK IN DIVINE LOVE, IN JESUS, AS JESUS, AND TRUSTING JESUS COMPLETELY.

Saturate your life with praise to the Almighty One -- and satan won’t have any place to function, any place to hide.

The creep won’t want to be ANYWHERE NEAR you.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

FEASTS IN REVELATION

The Feasts of the Lord, given in Leviticus chapter 23, are represented throughout the Book of Revelation.

The REAL New Year on God’s calendar (Rosh Chodesh Aviv (Nisan1) (Exodus 12:2) is the FIRST day of the tribulation. (Revelation 6:12-16)

The Church is raptured on Aviv 10, at the beginning of the barley harvest. (Revelation 7:9)

The Wedding to our beloved Bridegroom takes place on Passover. (Leviticus 23:5; Revelation 7:9-14)

It is followed by a 7-day honeymoon corresponding to hag ha matzot (unleavened bread). (Leviticus 23:6; Revelation 7:15-17)

The 144,000 are raptured about a year later, on First Fruits of Barley (Leviticus 23:10-11; Revelation 14:1-4)

The redeemed from the earth – who get saved during the tribulation – are harvested and raptured on Shavuot (Pentecost) as bikkurim, or first fruits of the wheat harvest, about 2¼ years later. (Revelation 14:15-16; 15:2)

Yom Teruah (INCORRECTLY called Rosh Hashanah) is the day when Antichrist masses his armies at Megiddo and surrounds Jerusalem trying to impede the return of Messiah Jesus. (Leviticus 23:24; Revelation 16:16; 19:20-24)

Yom Kippur is when the Two Witnesses are resurrected and caught up to heaven. (Leviticus 23:27; Revelation 11:10)

Sukkot is when Jesus returns to earth and descends on the Mount of Olives. (Leviticus 23:34; Revelation 19:20)

The Sabbath is also one of the Feasts of the Lord, and it corresponds to the Millennium, the 1,000-year period when the earth will finally enjoy a long-overdue “rest” and dwell in perfect peace and happiness. (Leviticus 23:3; Revelation 20:4)

There won’t be any war, sickness, lack, crime, death, violence, calamity or suffering.

The Jews and the Arabs will finally get along and dwell in peace during that Utopian Era.

The Feasts themselves are known as mikra‘ei kodesh which means “holy convocations” or “holy REHEARSALS”. (Leviticus 23:4)

These rehearsals performed each year are mere shadows of REAL future events.

All the Feasts will have their ultimate fulfillment during the Tribulation, Second Coming, and Millennium.