Last update of the day

I visited the site called JosephLied.com about Joseph Smith and I felt moved to write the owner...After getting half way through the email, I realized I may as well have been writing to myself...See if you can tell why....

 

First off, I don't doubt Joseph's vision, I doubt whether or not Joseph had it.
I think most of the Work is of Christ Himself...

You're onto something, I just don't think even you know what. I'm still investigating your site and I'll contact you again with any questions and/or concerns I might have...For now, I just want to say a few things concerning Faith.

I don't think you are being very fair nor kind to your former faith. Because whether or not Joseph lied, people who belong to your former Church, belong to Christ and they believe with the same Faith as many who belong to Christ. Lots of apostles, saints, prophets, servants, believers have lied and not done irreparable harm to the Faith...If Joseph were alive and could speak to your concerns, maybe he might defend himself and explain why he seemed to "lie" or why you might think he "lied." I do happen to believe there are many liars within the Church and that they do a great deal of harm to Faithful believers...But what I'm trying to point out is that it is important not to become guilty of sin in trying to bring out a Truth about Joseph Smith that you may or may not have uncovered...And it's important not to harm the Faith of any in doing what you are doing....I believe with all my heart that the Book of Mormon is true and valid and its Prophet's testimonies verifiable in the Spirit, however, I also believe that Joseph Smith did some harm with his personal testimony and witness...I believe he supplanted and betrayed the True Witness of Christ and that he and others with him changed alot of the Book of Mormon in order to take glory away from Christ and have a piece of the "Rock" for themselves...And I believe they had a lot of impish fun in doing so...But his words will make that obviuous....So, I think it's important for you to affirm a solid Faith in the Book of Mormon, but also that you think or know that Joseph was untrue...Paul's gospel is a witness against Joseph's handiwork....I think what Joseph and his cohorts did was create a new work out of an honest witness so as to mock God and Christ in the Latter-days...I believe what they were driven to do was impish and a work of betrayal and hatred. I think the Church has nevertheless been successful because its adherents are obedient to the teachings and try to live a Christlike life...They have not erred because the Head of their Church is Joseph and not Jesus, the Head of their Church is Jesus but they haven't yet realized that yes, Joseph lied...Don't condemn the entire Faith and Church because of that. They are faithful, healthy believers and blessed for being so...the Fire of God will mold them into exactly what Christ intended for them to become in the Latter-days...

And so the "little book" (See Revelation chaoter 10) and the prophecy of Ezekiel 37:15-28 will come about because of Joseph Smith translating a Work of God...

"And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ."

(Title Page , Book of Mormon.)

This was something you overlook and it explains a lot. It explains that the LORD Himself had plans for the Book of Mormon that no one knew about and is only beginning to realize. It's a lot like what He did at the Tower of Babel I think...For He knew the Church would have great success and become too big for His Glory or Its own good.

1Cr 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

What the Church needs to do is take a step back and consider the Book anew and afresh with a Christlike Eye upon the Work. For the Book of Mormon does indeed contain the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

So that it is like Jesus said of the Scribes and Pharisees, that the adherents of the Church ought to do what the Church teaches, but not because of the Leaders, Rabbis, Apostles, and what have you, sitting in the seat of Moses say so, because they don't do what they tell others to do, and do not practice what they preach...but it doesn't make the Work that the Faith is based on any less valid, the simplicity to be found in Christ is still there, and the Faith is as sure of a Foundation as ever...Will the Church reject the stone that God has provided in favor of following Joseph and a Latter-day Pharoah?

Has the Church ever really been founded upon that Stone? Will it now?
Time will tell, I'm betting on Joseph to admit somehow, to his error...Pride is the hardest thing to overcome especially when you are part of an organization that has overcome the other six deadly sins...

You've done a lot of work, I'm wondering if you would feel badly if it were all gone overnight, or if no one accepted it, or if God Himself condemned you for it? You've felt the sting of being betrayed by the Church, is your work of tale bearing an equal and just repayment? Are you really hurting the Church or are you more likely to hurt a single, or many believers who will have nowhere to turn without the Church?
It's not a very kind world out there in the Latter-days, and a group of believers, who turn to the Law are a lot more safe in error, than a loose cannon, out shooting randomly and also in error at the Faith of many...

From where does your Authority come? It had better not be based on your opinion alone. The Church will stand firm when it receives correction and you will fall without them.

There is a lot of new evidence being discovered about the claims in the Book of Mormon as far as geographical, anthropological, and acheolgogical, but in the end it is by Faith that we are Saved and not by works or evidence, but by the Righteousness that comes of Faith.

Lastly, I don't think you give Joseph the benefit of clearing his own name, by condemning his witness as false. He was obviously very worthy of praise, maybe too worthy, maybe he strove so hard that it became his downfall.

Maybe he wanted glory for himself, but he can't grant it to himself, only the Father can give or take Glory, True Everlasting Glory...And He bestowed such upon His Only Begotten. Maybe when weighed, Joseph's spirit was found lacking but I have no doubt that when Joseph realized it, he was cut to the heart...Nevertheless, that is precisely the moment we must bow at the foot of the Cross and admit our sins, and maybe Joseph didn't. We'll all find out at the Judgment, let's not condemn any before the time, and be found condemned ourselves.

Pro 16:2 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Interesting work you are doing. May the LORD find us all out, forgive us and make us worthy of Him.

Have a good day all, I needto get to mah chores....

 

1Ki 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Cutting," tattoos, peircings, self-mutilation, drugs, etc. All these things are among the most childish reactions to fear yet manifested among the children of men.

Nevertheless, they are an intelligent reaction to a corrupt and unfair society and the absurd inner loathing created by hatred of "normalcy" sold rather than lived.

I got into that subject quite a bit here: (bout halfway down the page...)

http://hometown.aol.com/almightyhishelp/

Anyway, today I thought I'd add a bunch of random notes and thoughts that have come to me during the past week or so...I like to jot things down while I'm doing chores around the house or errands and work, and then type them out later and add to them...I suppose many authors and writers work this way...Prophets and Preachers too...

Some Americans have a greater interest in keeping Kieth Richards alive than in providing for a new born's healthy living. There is something very evil about that.

I don't know what else to say about that, it's obscene and blatant and makes me think Charles Manson was an American Hero.

The funny and unfunny part of it all is that this country was founded by a small band of believing Christians-Puritans-The Real Israel/Jacob who came out of England (not Israel) and sought to escape religious prejudice, persecution and tyranny. They sought to separate themselves so as to practice religious freedom with the Real Liberty bestowed upon them by the Almighty.

I go into that quite a bit, here:

http://hometown.aol.com/ardentallegiant/

So the reason some American Christians have become so gung-ho about issues like marriage, politics, race and law, is because they are not really Christians at all, and want to draw attention away from the fact so that their children, God's Children, will not become wise to the fact that our everyday lives, from what we eat, to how we dress, what we drive and aspire to be and learn...all these things deny the Christ and the Gospel.

If even one American were a Christian, he would deny all marriages made in this country and deem them unholy. You ever see a person at the altar passing out during a wedding ceremony? I believe the Holy Spirit is abandoning them at the altar...

If we were for real, we would demand of ourselves and our nation that we start afresh, allowing the very people we wish to set an example for to lead, following Christ, the Children.

Mosiah 3:10-27

Behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.

For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.

But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.

And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked people, and he appointed unto them a law, even the law of Moses.

And many signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows showed he unto them, concerning his coming; and also holy prophets spake unto them concerning his coming; and yet they hardened their hearts, and understood not that the law of Moses availeth nothing except it were through the atonement of his blood.

And even if it were possible that little children could sin they could not be saved; but I say unto you they are blessed; for behold, as in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of Christ atoneth for their sins.

And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.

For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation to their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.

For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.

And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found blameless before God, except it be little children, only through repentance and faith on the name of the Lord God Omnipotent.

And even at this time, when thou shalt have taught thy people the things which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, even then are they found no more blameless in the sight of God, only according to the words which I have spoken unto thee.

And now I have spoken the words which the Lord God hath commanded me.

And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every man according to his works, whether they be good, or whether they be evil.

And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from whence they can no more return; therefore they have drunk damnation to their own souls.

Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit; therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more forever.

And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus hath the Lord commanded me. Amen

I guess it basically comes down to what sort of courage one believes in that determines your final understanding of the Scriptures...To be a Christian, a willing follower of Jesus Christ, is the most courageous act one can attain to in All of Creation.

A lesser sort of courage would be in war, protecting the freedoms of the debtor to Christ and those willing to be practitioners ofthe former and greater sort of courage. It must be hard to be a debtor and the brand of courage it takes can often seem more worthy because it is hard and that is when it becomes unworthy; when it tries to become more important in the eyes of the innocent, for that destroys the whole reason for being courageous in that way in the first place, in that it destorys an innocent child's understanding of courage. Because it is a conscious decision as a grateful sinner unto the mercies of God to be a defender of the Right. If you betray that relationship by placing more worth upon your strength, honor, and courage to war, than upon the ulitmate sacrifice of your Lord and Saviour and upon a greater, higher heavenly nature, which knows not war, wrath or violence, you commit violence against your Creator, and are found guilty of a greater sin than that of your enemy and unworthy and ungrateful for the Atonement that grants you Liberty which is again different from "freedom." Because freedom to sin is slavery hard won which leads to insanity.

Then comes the time when all will hate the people of God, and will seek to destroy the righteous among them.

Heleman 13:24-37

Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.

And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.

But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet.

Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because he speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is well, then ye will not find fault with him.

O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?

Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.

And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them.

And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord; and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts. And then shall ye lament, and say:

O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out. Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us.

Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle.

Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.

O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them.

Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls. Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou not turn away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in those days.

But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.

O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words! And I pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that ye would repent and be saved.

I was asked to leave Church last week for mopping the floor without Church Council approval, and they took out a police order against me barring me from attending services and entering the building because of "threatening" letters I wrote them...The threat was that I gave the Pastor one week to start improving or resign or I would start speaking with the Congregation during services.

Unbelievable level of cowardice. They've taken a "recess" during August to avoid confrontation altogether...I was seated outside this past Sunday trying to invite people to sign a petition to have the Church Council and Pastor ousted...No response yet, but I've been seen and remain hopeful for a future with this Church and Community. Strange, wonderful times we live in, and the most important part of every community across this nation is going to be the Church of that Community at last!

I'd like to post some letters I wrote them here but I feel it is inappropriate without their input and right to defend themselves...So far they refuse to meet with me, or even write back replying to my letters...

This Pastor is a rat, this past Sunday he introduced a possible new pastor, a woman, which I can't approve.

He's just so unchristian minded , it is obscene...He is an interim pastor, just there to take up space until they find a settled pastor. The last one was a woman, and she reigned for over twenty years and basically, singlehandedly ruined the Church and township.

Anyway, I'll keep folks who might be interested abreast of the situation as it progresses.

Any ideas and suggestion would be welcome in helping me deal with this...

Judg. 20: 7

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

Keep da Faith...

Lawmakers are out of control all over the globe. J-Day cometh...This here just reflects how incredibly asinine and evil government and political correctness is...Witness the profound stupidity and hellbent mentality of "Asbos." Literally persecuting sheep for having a gentle, herd mentality! Just one example of nature insulting man's idiotic quest to rule his world, and man fondly imagining himself to have come up with another "solution" to a problem...Wake up bozos, it's not our world and never was and never will be...Bring the hate, mine Apostles...


British law targets towards woolly criminals

LONDON (AFP) - A new British law designed to clamp down on unruly teenage criminals and noisy neighbours now has some more unusual criminals in its sights -- sheep.

The woolly troublemakers stand accused of causing a menace around the ancient Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, central England, by roaming dangerously across roads and munching through people's gardens.

Authorities could soon respond by applying for anti-social behaviour orders, or Asbos, a relatively new legal recourse demanding a change to behaviour under the threat of prison, the Daily Telegraph said.

These would be served on shepherds of free-roaming flocks, which are allowed to graze in the forest under rights dating back to the Norman era, almost 1,000 years ago, the paper said.

The orders, being considered by Forest of Dean council, would also tackle herders who have allegedly attacked cars and other property belonging to locals who have complained about the sheep.

The long-standing argument looked to have ended three years ago when foot-and-mouth disease wiped out the bulk of the forest's sheep, the paper said.

"Part of the problem may be that after the foot-and-mouth epidemic the residents became used to having no sheep around," Amir Razvi from Forest of Dean council told the Telegraph.

"They were able to open their gates and grow flowers. Now that the sheep are back they feel that they are back to the bad old days."

Your Dutiful Working Boy...

 

Mr. E. (1Cor. 15:50-52)

Joey Smith

The "Prophet" Joseph Smith.

The Final Analysis

Joseph Smith was not and is not and shall never be a "prophet."

The very notion is one of the biggest errors of the LDS Church.

What Joseph Smith was a witness, translator and erring servant of Jesus Christ.

Mat 24:23-25 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before.

Perhaps Joseph Smith got his hands on some latter-day writings of Christ and mixed this with the Scriptures delivered to him by the angel "Moroni," and using his own mystical gifts and revelations of a group of "seers," wrought the Book of Mormon. The Prophets in the Book of Mormon were true and it does contain the fullness of the Gospel, but the LDS Church is not true, which is sad because they certainly can be if they choose to admit many errors and false dealings...That would make them men of God.

I don't really need to point out the Church's many errors but just as a case in point they make statues of men and angels and erect them in and on and around the house of God. Such is an open show of rebellion and lawlessness from a Church that claims authority and law to be the foundations of their doctrine.

Nice try fellas, but you aint yet hooked this faithful servant and you wont. The crime is that I really want to believe in the LDS Church and I really do believe that many of them are my brethren and fellow servants of the Most High. I am heart broken. It is sad all around, from the Head to the toe, Priesthood to Missionary, to Church goer, to investigator, everyone is betrayed by a few men who have exalted themselves in the Church's Hallow Halls and History as if they were more important than its Head and God.

A lot of it seems like the work of sons of God trying to work around or somehow oust the Saviour from the picture...Not in the Book of Mormon itself, but in the D&C and books of Moses and Abraham and the Joseph Smith Translations, which if he could explain what he meant would be legitimate, but because of the Church's misunderstanding of the entire Book of Mormon, has been turned into something it never was intended by Christ or Joseph Smith.

The Spirit tells me it's influenced by Pharaoh's rule and Cain's brethren, and The Spirit cannot lie.

2Nephi 3:1

AND now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born. Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

Isa 9:15 The ancient and honourable(Christ or Adam), he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.(Joseph)

Does Jesus deem Joseph worthy even though he would lie? Joseph redeems himself through the patient work of translating of the Book of Mormon.

I do not think Joseph is the Comforter. Yet he is so fruitful and loyal when he can be! Jesus must have loved him.

But was Joseph Smith actually a criminal who ended his life in jail for his crimes against his family and brethren? Then in a completely different "reality" ala "resurrection," went through the same life using Christ's Work and created a new end to his former life? Something like this happened, and the Spirit testifies to its Truth.

But those who believe Joseph Smith to be a Prophet believe in The False Prophet.

Oy, what a maze....

But Joseph Smith is not nor do I think he ever claimed to be a Prophet. He certainly tried to be and was a very successful Shepherd of some of God's flock.

Nor are any of the Presidents or Priests, etc., of the LDS Church , "prophets." Prophets are men in the Scriptures, not latter-day servants to the Truth. They may be faithful servants to the Truth, but virtually anyone can have a prophetic moment. God uses His Enemies to bring out His Truth in the world.

It's a Comedy of Errors as the Catholics have been fighting the Mormons for ages in one way and form or another, each House vying for the right to misrepresent the Christ. Other denoms really don't stand a chance alone but together as part of a Puritan Reformation could form the Remnant that will correct and form the Bridge whereby the Catholics and the Mormons will find what they need to make peace both with one another and with God and join the actual and effectual Spiritual Body of Christ. (Isa 58:12 And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.)

No one has a monopoly on God's Truth nor can anyone claim Priesthood Authority in the Latter-days, unless Christ grants it. Christ never lost His Authority and never took it away from the original twelve and their death did not grant someone, anyone else the right to claim It, but many have to their condemnation.

No one who wants to serve Christ should do so with a heart that wants any acknowledgment for the work done, nor seek glory for himself. Jesus Christ shunned all glory and did not want anyone even telling someone else that he had healed them or restored their being.

The only times he stepped out and said who he was was when confronting the Church and its false dealings with the world...Nothing has changed, the Churches are still the same...

Joseph Smith was/is a Translator of the REAL Prophets of the Book of Mormon who prophesied, anciently of the future/present day Americas, just as the Prophets of the Bible-Old Testament prophesied of Jerusalem and latter-day America and the World, unlike the modern day self-proclaimed "prophets," "scribes" and "pharisees" of the LDS and various other denominations around the globe....For the Prophets of the Book of Mormon truly speak of Jesus in the Spirit, and the Spirit as I said, cannot lie. Church workers, priests and your Mom and Dad can and do lie, but the Spirit of God does not lie and never will, for It is Holy.

The LDS Church (unwittingly?) leads some astray by making a pact with Death and a modern day Pharaoh, which is why order is so almighty important to the Church, but it's the order of a worldly Pharaoh's reign not Christ and God's Holy Order for His Creation and Church within Creation. Pharoah's Order is exemplary and exceedingly praiseworthy because it keeps order in a house that is in constant rebellion and therefore may be why God will choose the LDS Church just as He allows America to police the world...for the heart of the righteous American is not an abomination before God, and He will restore this Nation if She is willing.

Da Problem.

As Prophesied in the Bible(Hsa 4:17 Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.) Joseph joins with Pharoah and various other idols in the latter-days, probably in a wise move of self preservation and to strengthen what remains, but there is a wiser Way which they are ignoring or too proud to walk in. Because of the Church many feel as if they were betrayed by God, I assume and are unwilling or unable to serve now because of the fact that the Church became a snare rather than a Way. In the end, it is everyone's own fault,for refusing to really come to Christ. the Whore is a hard one to extract yourself from once you've been ensnared. She's unforgiving, spiteful and completely insane, but shares a desperate sort of parasitic love with all of creation.

The worst idol Joseph affirms is money, for you cannot serve God and money unless God actually manufactures the coins, and I've never seen it actually rain pennies from Heaven, though it has rains Manna.

I don't know of a legitimate monetary source on earth today since the States have openly considered removing "In God We Trust" from it's bills and coins, and brought Our Allegiance into question, and all other forms of money in the world are but bastard children of the English Pound and American Dollar. Even considering this is an open handed slap in the face to God. Of course He'll turn the other cheek. No money on earth features a Godly image, and I seem to remember one of a servant upon his knees with something in his hands showing reverence and obeisance for the Almighty during King Solomon's Reign but no other...and at any rate Exodus clearly states we are to have no graven images...nor are we to put our trust in riches, be they paper or gold. Recall that with all the Gold Solomon used to create a House of Worship for God it would still not suit Him, for the Heavens themselves were not magnificent enough for God to dwell in. (1Ki 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?) I would think there has not been a legitimate coin produce under heaven since the days of King Solomon, and as a show of our nation's change of heart and will, we ought to abolish all forms of money and bring back and implement that coin in our otherwise filthy hands, made filthy by the handling of our filthy lucre...(1Pe 5:2-4) Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

It might be wisdom to use that image on our coins and dollars marked for differing values only, as a reminder everyday what our wages are for and why we earn them.

Thus it will no longer be "All about the Benjamins...,"nor "All About Eve." But All For and About God andOur Relationship with Him.

It would be a good way for America to start afresh, ending the tyranny of a bankrupt nation and instantly legitimizing a nation of tired, confused and angry slaves to the most oppressive master imaginable, and the beginning of a road and Way made open to Her people for rest and healing that will eventually lead us to salvation in Christ, starting anew in a brave new world and nation.

Otherwise, it's a case of as I said before, men who have made a pact with Death setting themselves up all over the world as many "Caesars" and "little caesars" and as the government grows increasingly, boldly, and steadily more corrupt and corrupting and more and more unruly as a Beast, straying further and further away from the firm foundation of a Faith in One LORD, Way and Life in Jesus Christ, we'll all be part of nothing more than a vast corrupt web of lies and thuggish justice where no man will possess the rights proffered in this country's Constitution or Bill of Rights unless he whores his will and buys his neighbors rights to freedom, never during the nation's slavery days were any subject to the kind of horrors and injustice that await this nation's next generation if we do not change our ways and quickly and in earnest.

Governing people really depends upon the people's willingness to be governed. So that, if the government permits people to break the Law of God, eventually there will be no one willing to be governed.

I'm sorry, Mr. Reagan, as kind hearted as a man as you could be and knowing you repented of your sins, "voodoo economics" really is akin to witchcraft, and open idolatry and is a lie and was a lawless bit of statesmanship, which does not lead to a "kinder, gentler nation" Daddy Bush, but a land of mean streets, ruled by terrorists within and without that no amount of Curious George Junior posturing, redirection of interest and rhetoric will deliver us from. Clinton did a better job of hiding his lawlessness than Bush and maybe it's because Bush doesn't want to be lawless and this nation is just too much for one administration to hope to fix.

Still one of the most brilliant governments under heaven, but with no real devotion to God is doomed to failure.

And of course, since the dawn of statesmanship and government that has been what they are about, the wicked policing the wicked. But the nation's military and policing forces orders must come from Saints, and not rich men with divided interests. For the Just who are led by Faith must not become guilty of a greater sin than that which they wisely permit the enemies of God to commit.

And I've said enough for one day..I must rest my brain...Thank you for putting up with me...I really do love all.

 

 

"God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?" --Jonah 4:9

"Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this inquiry, "Doest thou well to be angry?" It may be that we can answer, "YES." Very frequently anger is the madman's firebrand, but sometimes it is Elijah's fire from heaven. We do well when we are angry with sin, because of the wrong which it commits against our good and gracious God; or with ourselves because we remain so foolish after so much divine instruction; or with others when the sole cause of anger is the evil which they do. He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it. Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it. God himself is angry with the wicked every day, and it is written in His Word, "Ye that love the Lord, hate evil." Far more frequently it is to be feared that our anger is not commendable or even justifiable, and then we must answer, "NO." Why should we be fretful with children, passionate with servants, and wrathful with companions? Is such anger honourable to our Christian profession, or glorifying to God? Is it not the old evil heart seeking to gain dominion, and should we not resist it with all the might of our newborn nature. Many professors give way to temper as though it were useless to attempt resistance; but let the believer remember that he must be a conqueror in every point, or else he cannot be crowned. If we cannot control our tempers, what has grace done for us? Some one told Mr. Jay that grace was often grafted on a crab-stump. "Yes," said he, "but the fruit will not be crabs." We must not make natural infirmity an excuse for sin, but we must fly to the cross and pray the Lord to crucify our tempers, and renew us in gentleness and meekness after His own image."

CH Spurgeon, I think...

Ya know, the world is really friggin' ugly right now, we live among a bunch of hateful asps, and they hate themselves more than anyone else. That's an extremely dangerous kind of hatred. It's the lowest of the low and when it creeps into your life, you're gonna be tempted to become angry in kind...

I hate those that oppose themselves and God with a perfect hatred, but I wont allow that to allow me the pleasure of condemning them or judging them. Such is not my place. But I will judge sin for what it is, and I'll judge it in my life harsher than anywhere else...Because I too hate myself when I sin.

It's hard when you give all your love to someone only to find that they wish you the worst in their hearts. People in this world are capable of the most disgusting acts of cruelty and debauchery ever imagined and they do it all while portraying themsleves to be "healers," "therapists," "physicians," and "instructors" and men and women of honor and nobility...What is the man of God supposed to do in such a context? It's maddening and the Enemy loves this. What insanity!

And we wonder why some become Nazis and KKK members...think about what the transgressor must yet protect if he hopes to have anything at all!

Even the mightiest of us, are not islands, we have as much need for companionship and fellowship as the next person. Evil people have a fairly easy time finding companionship and fellowship though they don't cherish it as they ought or even recognize its beauty. They treat it as the whore does a "trick." Or the wayward wife her afternoon "excursion." They are very childish in their perception of "fellowship." Never growing beyond a base understanding of "give and take" in relationships, they give full vent to all their loathsome energies and desires and will have them fulfilled or else...lash out, strike down, and hurt whatever denies them their right to put their hand in a cookie jar...They don't think of the lusting for the cookie as sin, but as their right, and if you deny them that cookie, YOU, not they are breaking the Law. This is the stupid mentality of the sinner, and I hate it, and have no patience for it. Yet what can one do? We, godly men are hedged in. The tares are ever increasing in number. And the instruction?

Mat 5:43-45 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Why can't we judge anyone? What if we, after judging, fall into transgression ourselves? Now not only must we deal with our own lusting selves but our tresspass of judgment against someone else's lusts...

Man! It is so tough yet so easy to be perfect, all it really requires is agreement. Notice how much contention there is in the world? These are the lusts that are in our own flesh like infirmities and cancers for which there is no cure...And the only relief one gets from cancer is from the touch if God. That is the Power everyone wants, though very few want to keep it pure...Most of the abominations in this world, want to use it up again and again, coming back every hour for another "cookie." They don't and cannot desire that which is righteous. They are dead and must feed like the grave.

Jam 4:1-10 From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

You have NO chance without God. In the current reality, you have little chance with God, but that is more than anyone else beside you has...Cherish that! Thank Him every hour, every minute for His Grace because when Grace runs out, then cometh Wrath and who shall be able to stand that Day?

Jacob 5:77

And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the season and the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.

Hbr 6:4-8 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.

 

A few entries back I displayed my displeasure with my neighborhood Church...On the same day, I told my neighbor the same and she was very quick to condemn them as false, but I took up their defense, because at least they were trying...everyone makes mistakes, leaders of the church make more mistakes than any sometimes...so I told her:

It's still faithful believers, gathering in the Name of Christ once a week, as they were commanded. Even if they do not know what they are doing, for lack of a decent shepherd/pastor...At least they are "church-goers." Better than those who don't go at all...and I cited Paul:

Hbr 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

She responded, "Just because people do not go to church does not make them bad...(did I say it did?)they may be better than those who go and pretend...A house or building does not bring God to you...It's Faith..."

(A thought that just came to mind, the building often brings people to God, at least makes them think about Him, and very often, if run by successful, obedient people, will bring God to them, in the form of the Holy Spirit.)

Anyway, I responded, perceiving her thoughts, It would be nice if you meant this, but you do not, because you can't have faith in God apart from hearing/reading His Word.

If God is your neighbor, and He IS, then you and He need to have fellowship together and work together, to bring His Kingdom to earth, otherwise what is your faith in? Witchcraft? Money? Physical strength? the Devil? These practitioners have faith too and their faith is in one another as well. Yet they live off the Godly men and women and children among them, snaring, suckering, killing and eating the Holy among them if they can...That is why we go to Church and study the Bible. So that we will know better and be prepared to do battle with these forces, able to defend ourselves-Spiritualy-against our enemies...We walk among the lying, living dead and in order to have God's Protection, we need to be faithful, and do what He commands, or we will not be able to stand, and will at last, be snared and taken and led, in chains, under darkness, to the Pit.

Once a person ends up in darkness, they are ever ready to entreat those who walk in Light, whether they want to enjoy that Light for the sake of Light or because they are evil and wish to put out the Light, we need to know.

Thus one is safer in a House that boldly proclaims and bears His Word and Name, and enjoy fellowship with one another and Him, then out in the world, among many different opinions, and desires...and I cited Jesus:

Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

and

Jhn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

There is absolutely no excuse for the population of my town not being in Church every Sunday. And there is no excuse for the Church not doing whatever is necessary to bring these souls to Church.

In the coming years, we are going to see this happen, else I and He are going to be "crucified" and rejected of this people, for this people, and by this people, Ala Independence Day.

 

Liberty or Freedom

 

"We know the Race is not to the swift nor the Battle to the Strong. Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?" --John Page, July 20, 1776

'iight...

Many are stalled, but few are frozen. Why? Because few have been chosen...Enjoy their Light and keep warm...

Rom 8:14-21 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Satan is Lord of this world and society.

Luk 4:5-7 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

We don't belong to 'im...

Act 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

And we want 'im out, ya heard?

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

CHRIST IS LORD OF CREATION

Yet many serve Satan and few serve Christ.

All men, hopefully, have offspring or reproduce. Some men care for their young. Other men live off of their young, whether they make them slaves to the same oppressive wants and needs that they are slaves to or whether they actually eat their own, they live off of those with a Divine Right to Life within Christ.

Jesus, as the Christ, offered Himself for any who would take part in the Promise of Divine Protection against Satan and the benevolent and bountiful Providence of God, Our Father.

Satan needs you to deny this Promise and follow him if he should win the right to feed off of you or upon you.

1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Jesus prepared us to battle...

Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

On this July the 4th, 2004, remember their is a essential difference between "freedom" and "liberty" that few seem to understand as well as the Devil.

"Liberty" is a grant bestowed upon men, much like riches or wisdom, in return for right action and thought, or service and worship...There is an affectation of Joy in True Liberty that is unlike any other in Creation.

The Liberty Bell does not possess a crack for no good reason...

"Freedom" is something hard won. The very word suggests "deliverence" from an oppressor, and there is no greater folly under heaven than imagining yourselves free in slavery, such was the case of the Israelites who wished to return to Egypt because they did not mind slavery as long as they could do as they pleased (sin) and didn't have to serve the Lord in Truth and Spirit.

Freedom to the slave will come at any price. But the slave is not always oppressed. Servitude is not always a burden.

To win your freedom lawfully can be as joyous as the Liberty you originally were granted at Conception.

The slavery you sometimes strive to win and endure in this country is foolish and vain.

Too much freedom, leads men to corruption of soul and into bonds of slavery that they strive to make seem like freedom or liberty...

"Liberty" is known by the very formation produced in the heart, mind and soul upon uttering or hearing the word "Liberty." There is a Dignity and Nobility to It that is not found in "Freedom." There is definition in the tone and wisdom in the structure of the pronounce Word, "Liberty." "Freedom" is had "at last..." "Liberty" is bestowed from the beginning.

Freedom is chaotic and can stir a perverse pride when you must win freedom at any cost, fight for it constantly, and be on guard against loss of freedom.

"Liberty" exists within a mode of behavioral patterns that no man's will can penetrate, corrupt nor subject.

Freedom can be enjoyed by a beast.

"Liberty" permits God's Chosen to subdue the beasts and human heart to an order of Divine Being.

We who enjoy America's Freedoms are not always at Liberty to do as we ought, and frequently asked to do as we ought not to partake in this "Freedom."

Those "set free" by Christ enjoy "Liberty" and do not desire the freedoms of American culture and society.

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Rom 6:3-23 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Phl 3:15-21 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:

Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

America are you Free or faking it?