A Million Muslims Filled the Streets to Hear About Jesus

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 // Will There Be a Rapture?

The unborn child recognizes the Messiah!

Joshua 24:15

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord , choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord ." Joshua 24:15 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/jos.24.15.nasb

Does Reverence For God Still Exit?

I have noticed for quite some time now that there is very little reverence for our Lord and almost zero fear of Him. I see and hear this from fellow Christians as well as on social media. He is treated the same way you might treat an acquaintance or casual friend. I believe this is because most of us mistake His silence as a sign of indifference. It is also an indicator of our society's abandonment of the traditional father role and head of the family unit. Traditionally the father's role was that of the provider and disciplinarian in the family. In today's "family" the father is often not present and the role of provider and disciplinarian is left to the mother and the state.

This is a direct attack by Satan to undermine God's design for mankind. Once he distorted the family unit he further distorted it by promoting homosexuality and the homosexual family unit lifestyle. He is now making transgenderism, which is defined as a mental health disorder as the norm for not only adults but children as well. This is classic child abuse. However, our society is now embracing it in the name of tolerance.

As of January 22, 2018 the United States has performed 57,762,169 abortions in all 50 states at any time and for any reason. Make no mistake this is government sanctioned MURDER! Today's abortion is the same as the Israelite's offering up their children as sacrifices to Baal. The sad thing is the people making the mistake that Almighty God is indifferent are the ones that He is storing up wrath for in the coming days. BUT... His wrath is not only for those that promote abortion/murder but those that are SILENT and allow this insane and brutal crime to continue!

God's silence is not indifference, it is MERCY. He is allowing mankind an opportunity to repent and return to Him. The United States is an anti-type of ancient Israel. And just like Israel took advantage of God's mercy so to is the United States. And just like God's mercy and patience ran out on Israel it will soon run out on this nation.

I started this entry out by speaking on our current family status and the disappearing role of the father. It is because of this that we no longer view God as our Provider who Loves us and the Disciplinarian who corrects us when we stray from His path, but as a distant, uncaring god, and some don't even believe He exists.

It is my sincere prayer that we return to God our Father and repent and beg His forgiveness for the sins we've committed against Him. He promises to hear our prayers and heal our land if we just return to Him.

How do we do this you ask? We do this individually and in our church and in our communities. We repent and then we share the amazing news of Jesus Christ with EVERYONE! We share how much He loves us and how much He want to forgive us! We do it by not compromising our values and electing God fearing men and women to office. Men and woman that will reverse laws like Roe v. Wade and other laws that dishonor God and the traditional family unit. It may seem like a huge undertaking where the odds are against us but we have One thing they dont... and ALMIGHTY GOD! AMEN???!!! AMEN!

Is This The Fate Of America?

A Warning To America...

The Judgment of Babylon
Isa 13:1  The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Isa 13:2  Lift up a standard on the bare hill, Raise your voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.
Isa 13:3  I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger.
Isa 13:4  A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
Isa 13:5  They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.
Isa 13:6  Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isa 13:7  Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.
Isa 13:8  They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.
Isa 13:9  Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
Isa 13:10  For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
Isa 13:11  Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
Isa 13:12  I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir.
Isa 13:13  Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger.
Isa 13:14  And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.
Isa 13:15  Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Isa 13:16  Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
Isa 13:17  Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.
Isa 13:18  And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.
Isa 13:19  And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isa 13:20  It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
Isa 13:21  But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.
Isa 13:22  Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.

Are you walking according to the Spirit?

The Lord has put something on my heart to speak about. What does the scripture verses "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." ~Jer. 31:33 (NASB) and "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." ~Ezek. 36:26 (NASB) mean? Well, first we must establish that these verses speak of future events. Second, that they refer not only to physical Israel, that is those born a Jew in the flesh, but to spiritual Israel as well. "But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring." ~Rom. 9:6-8. So, when God speaks of giving us a new heart and a new Spirit, and that He is going to put His law in us and write it on our hearts, He is quickening (making alive) our heart and spirit to be sensitive to His law (notice the word pictures of a heart of stone contrasted with a heart of flesh).
So, what does that look like in everyday life? Are we suppose to obey all 613 laws that the Jewish Authority yoked the Jewish people with? NO! What it means is that we have been given a new "sensitivity" of those things that are displeasing to God. Let me give you a real world example. When I was around twenty-five years old I received my first tattoo. I loved it! Not only did I love it, I felt there was nothing wrong with it. After I was saved I went and got another one. This one though was a "Christian" tattoo (a cross with "Yeshua" written in Hebrew). This time I kind of felt it was wrong. I mean I knew it said in the Old Testament that we're not supposed to get them but I've heard different preachers say it was "okay" to get them. I can tell you this much... the REAL reason I wanted it was I felt women thought they were hot and sexy. It had very little to do with Jesus. Cut to about fifteen years later and I wanted to cover up my pagan (long horn steer) tattoo I got when I was twenty-five with a "Christian" one. So I went online and found about a dozen or so tats that I felt would cover it up. I brought them into my buddy who is a tattoo artist and he informed that only one had enough different details that could be used to cover it up. So we proceeded to cover up my old tattoo. Now I need to let you know that prior to and during the tattoo process I had a "feeling" that what I was doing was NOT pleasing to God. BUT, it didn't deter me. I went as far as getting the other tats I liked on the same arm to make a sleeve and every time I got one that same "feeling" that what I was doing was displeasing to God, but again, it didn't deter me.
It is my firm belief that as Christians we need to pay attention to these sensitive feelings. The same way a child knows that they will get into trouble doing something his/her parents would object to, we have been given via the Holy Spirit a new sensitivity to those things that displease God. I know that EVERYONE has been in a situation that our parents may not have covered with us before as to how we should behave or act in a given situation BUT when we did that certain thing we just knew if our parents found out we'd be in trouble. It is NO DIFFERENT with our heavenly Father. Before my conversion I was dead in my sins. A slave to them. After conversion I became alive in Christ. I was no longer a slave to the lust of my flesh and eyes, but a free man! Before I had ZERO CHOICE in what I did. I did whatever my flesh and eyes wanted me to do. Now, I have a true choice. I can do what pleases my flesh, eyes and pride or I can do what pleases my Father in heaven.
So what is this new "sensitivity"? It is the Holy Spirit convicting my spirit as to those things that will please or displease my Father in heaven. When I do those things that please God I am "walking according to the Spirit". When I do those things that displease God I am "walking according to the flesh."
These days I try hard to walk according to the Spirit so as not to fulfill the lust of my flesh. It is NOT easy. The Apostle Paul tells us at times we need to "beat our bodies into submission" and to constantly train our bodies like a fighter trains for a fight. We must look for the way out that Jesus promises to give us. BUT, when failure comes and sin creeps in. We must confess our sins IMMEDIATELY! The Apostle John tells us that God is faithful and just to forgive us for the sake of Christ Jesus! AMEN!