What Should The Christian Response Be To The Current US President/Government?

What is so disheartening today is the ongoing disdain and utter disrespect for our elected president and his cabinet members.  It is is amazing how so many of those who call themselves Christians make judgmental and debasing comments but don't offer any REAL solutions to the very serious and complicated problems this country faces. One may not agree with everything that our government and our leaders do or say, but to continue with the ongoing name calling, shaming, bitter discourse is not helpful, but only continues to fuel the useless dialog we have today.  What don't they understand is a people divided WILL NOT STAND!

At the core of the issue, if you are Christian, is do you believe what is written in the Bible or not? 

"Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities.  For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Romans 13:1

ALL AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST ARE APPOINTED BY GOD!!!!!

What part of this is not understandable? I have a few questions for those who post negative and debasing comments on social media about President Trump or anyone working in the government.

1. Should a Christian complain about the leader of our country or pray for him?
2. Should a Christian look down on, judge the leader of our country?
3. Should a Christian make snide, sarcastic, rude, hateful speech about another person?
4. Should a Christian be afraid of what a government is going to do?

A. "Donald Trump is the biggest lying present ever."  Really when did we become God, to see into the heart of man.  "He without sin cast the first stone".   ALL Politicians are liars; so, is there some "scale of liars", One who lies only a few times is better than the one who lies a lot??? God does not grade on a scale, One lie is just has bad as 100 lies.

B. "Donald Trump is an evil man".  Again, "He without sin cast the first stone."  What exactly is Trump doing that is 'evil'? And again are we to complain or pray for our leaders? And IF Trump is evil, he was put their by God, so your issue is not with Trump, it's with the Great I Am.

C. "Trump doesn't know what he's doing."  Do you have any real solutions to the fact that America is trillions of dollars in debt, that a majority of our debt is owned by China? Do you have a real solution to the looming war with China/Russia?  Do you have real solution to the fact that less than 50% of people in the US actually work?  Do you have a solution to the millions of people who are no help to society because they are addicted to mind altering drugs?  Trump is ONE person who has to work with 100 senators, 435 house of representatives, 9 supreme judges, and hundreds of other counsel members/directors/etc.

Christians are not to react to situations like those who don't know God. "Let no corrupt communication from your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that may impart grace to the hearers." Ephesians 4:29.  What does "corrupt communication" mean?  According to Strong's concordance the word means "rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved."  USELESS is one of the synonyms that describes a majority of the comments and opinions made about Trump. Not words of encouragement, no words of education, or any realistic solutions, just useless, rotten commentary. 

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, born of a virgin; Jesus lived and died but He rose from Dead, and now offers anyone who will believe in Him Salvation.  Salvation is a free gift from God, anyone who will believes will know and have a real relationship with the true God.  You can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.

1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.

2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.

3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God

4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.

This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Romans 13:1-7; Ephesians 4:29; John 8:7

References: http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/

Who is God Preparing To Come Against the U.S.?

As I am reading/studying in the Old Testament, I am finishing up the Book of 2 Kings. I marvel at the history of the Israelites as they go from one wicked king to another; and despite the many warnings and punishments from God, the nation as a whole did not repent from their wicked and evil ways.  Their hearts were hardened against the commandments and laws of God.  This was the ancient past, but I can't help but compare their history to our current present state of affairs. The United States has been one the most blessed nations in the world. "One Nation Under God" has been our motto since our nation's inception, but when you look at the country today, this is no longer a nation "under God".  This nation has committed the exact same sins that the Hebrews committed so many years ago for which God utterly destroyed them.
How does the U.S. compare to the Israelites?  There are three main areas in which the U.S. is guilty and I believe that the United States does not have not much time before God's mercy ends and His righteous judgement begins.

Number 1: "And also because of the innocent blood that he shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, with the Lord would not pardon." 2 Kings 24:4

According to the Guttmatcher Institute since the legalization of abortions in 1973:

Number 2: "And there were also homosexuals and prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel." 1 Kings 14:24


 No other area like sexual sin is the word of God so twisted to support any wicked and detestable lifestyle. Sex sells is a common advertising slogan. Pornography both child and adult is a billion dollar industry.  Homosexual 'priests' & 'pastors', child molesters, pedophiles, homosexuals, bisexual, lesbians, individuals using social media technology for hooking up for quickie one night stands; it seems almost daily there is a news report of some teacher being arrested for inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor.  The Bible is crystal clear on what God thinks about any kind of sex outside a adult male and female relationship.  ALL other forms of sex are an abomination.

Number 3: "Then He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked abominations they are doing there. So I went in and saw, and there-every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around the walls...Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, "The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land ." Ezekiel 8:9-12

The number one idols today are not an asherah poles or carven/graven images of animals/creatures, no the most common idol today is man. An article in the New Age publication Science of Mind states, “The significance of incarnation and resurrection is not that Jesus was a human like us but rather that we are gods like him—or at least have the potential to be." No where is this more apparent than in the entertainment business. To see fans at concerts and games, they cry and scream and literally bow down to their favorite artist, the adoration and devotion they show towards the famous is evident in how they follow their favorite team/celebrity relentlessly, giving their time, treasures, and talent to the service of either themselves or to another human being. "American Idol" is not just a t.v. show.  

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, anyone who will believes will know and have a real relationship with the true God.  You can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.

1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.

2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.

3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God

4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.

This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   2 Kings 24:4; 1 Kings 14:24; Hebrews 13:4; Leviticus 20:13; Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 8:7-12

References: http://www.christianliferesources.com/article/u-s-abortion-statistics-by-year-1973-current-1042; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States
http://www.allaboutworldview.org/new-age-theology.htm

The Religion Buffet

Mankind has been worshiping something or someone since the beginning of time. Why people today think because we have technology that this fact has changed is mind boggling. Nothing has changed, we all worship something. What is true since the dawn of time is the fact that when people are left to themselves, they treat religion like a buffet. "Everyone does what is right in their own eyes". Many treat the Bible or other religious texts like a buffet, "Give me a side of blessings, hold the repentance, and leave out hell, and give me a side order of karma."

The world rejects the message that there is only one way to heaven. It defies humanistic logic. We want choices, we think the more choices we have the better off we will be, but the facts dispute this.  Actually having more choices is detrimental to peace and security. The more choices you have, the more confused you are, you are delayed more in making decisions, and you are never satisfied because you are wanting "the next thing". That is what the advertisers count on, you not being satisfied with what you have, no, to be "happy", you need the next new thing, the bigger, faster, prettier, richer, different thing. That is why so many are 'unhappy'.  They have bought into the lie that the goal of human life is to be happy and that doing what ever you want, getting material things is what will make you happy. If having material goods makes people happy, why are millions suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts/actions?
The truth is nothing in this world will lead to true happiness. "Vanity, Vanity, Vanity, all is Vanity"-Ecclesiastes 12:8.  What is most important is to fear God and keep His commandments. This is what leads to true happiness.

"ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE; FOR WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO GO  IN BY IT." Jesus Matthew 7:13

BROAD ROAD                     OR                      NARROW ROAD

CHOOSE THIS DAY WHICH WAY YOU WILL GO

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, anyone who will believes will know and have a real relationship with the true God.  You can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.

1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.

2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.

3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God

4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.

This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Judges 17:6, Matthew 7:13-14; John 14:6; Revelation Chapter 13 and 14; Ecclesiates Chapter 12

References: "Making choices impairs Subsequent Self Control" by Kathleen D.Vohs

Satan's One World Government

Israel government has passed a law that every Israel citizen be 'digitally coded' with 'facial scans' and 'finger prints'.

What is most alarming is that most of the industrialized world's "Christian" citizens are completely clueless or don't care, and are not paying attention to the quickly coming one world government.  The bible is crystal clear that a final one world government under the control of Satan is going to come.  Why so many believe that it won't happen is mind boggling. Satan is a deceiver, he is not just going to pop out and say, "I'm Satan, take my 666 mark". Christians are warned over and over to NOT BE DECEIVED!  Satan is not going to reveal himself until he has complete control OF THE WHOLE WORLD!  A rational person would have to ask themselves exactly HOW could one man rule the whole world. Before technology, people could hide out, use cash/goods, the governments did not know what they were doing. But now, oh, now, we have technology that can identify/find ANY human being on the planet. The governments can know exactly how much money you have, where you spend it.  And all the programs that promote a 'one world government' use words like 'peace' and 'safety' and we are warned in the Bible that is EXACTLY how Satan will deceive the world-through promises of peace and safety.

 I believe the U.N. is the precursor to the one world government. Their 2030 agenda is the blueprint for the one world government. Troy Brewer's book "Numbers that Preach" has some interesting prophetic correlations. The number "20" seems to have to do with a person of God having the inside scoop that God is about to do something big and the number "20" is associated WITH PROPHECY.  The number "30" is associated with heaven beginning to transform the earth.  The goal of the UN 2030 is TO TRANSFORM THE EARTH UNDER A UNIVERSAL AGENDA! Elevating man, no mention of God or God's provisions/order.

The issue of the 'mark of the beast' is a hotly debated topic. Is the mark the rfid chip/bio metric screenings?  Some believe it is, some believe it is not. I am with the camp that it is the building blocks of the mark of the beast. Why some people go to great lengths to 'uncover' deeper meanings into God's word when in some places it is a clear simple statement from God. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." Jesus, Matthew 28:19.  The command is simple-go, baptize, teach. Paul preached vehemently against those 'Gnostics' and any who claim to have 'secret knowledge'.  God does purposely want to confuse people, that is Satan's game. God clearly tells us what to do and what to know in His word.  Yes, there are some 'heavy' topics, but at the core of the Bible is to "fear God and keep His commandments".  So why do many preach against the fact that the chip technology is NOT the mark of the beast.  "He (Satan) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who as the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understand calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666." Revelation 13: 16-18.

What did John see when he was taken into the future? John would not know what a scanner is.  But he could see people in the future, some 'apparatus' being waved over their head and hand and that is was clear that it was mandated to have to buy and sell things.  He could see people being killed for not taking the 'mark'. When governments start to pass laws that it is MANDATORY to get the rfid chip/bio metric scanning, and governments are under the control of Satan, does it really take a rocket scientist to believe that this is what John saw. The technology we have today is able to control every man, woman, and child, and is in the hands of governments who ALWAYS abuse it.  The article posted about the mandatory bio metric facial/finger scans reported that the Israeli government after passing the initial law, then adjusted it to make it 'voluntary' and that children 16 and under would not have to get it.  It does not take a leap of faith to believe that one day, and one day soon, IT WILL BE MANDATORY for EVERYONE. They are not going to say "it's the mark of the beast". No, the 'chip' is for your safety, security, your banking, your health records. Chips are now in many normal everyday electronics.  It will save money, it will save lives. Cash will eliminated.  All financial transactions will be electronic.  The tracking technology is already in place NOW, smart phones now all come with tracking capabilities, but no one is alarmed as we are being inoculated into the one world/total monitoring global system.  I am driving down the road, my phone alerts me I have been at Kroger, even if I did not buy anything.  If you think the governments in the world will not abuse this power, you really are deceiving yourself.

Right now all over the world, people are getting 'chipped' there are ominous commercials with 'happy people' saying "I got the chip!"  Bio-metric scanners are now in some airports in America and around the world, some people already have the chip and use it at stores. Many people are already chipped.  Rfid chips are in clothes, on products, all of the credit cards. It won't be long before the credit cards are phased out as well.

At the end of day it all comes down to faith. Either you will believe or you won't.  I believe what the bible says, that a one world government is coming.  The bible did not tell exactly "how" that would happen, but anyone with any common sense can see that we are headed for a one world government.  Leaders since the end of World War II have been talking about a 'one world order'. We have now in place the U.N. whose goal is to usher in a one world governmental system. In order for this one world system to be stable, they will need to have complete control of everything. In order for Satan to be revealed there needs to be 10 kingdoms established. World War 3 could happen at any moment, when the world is on the edge of total destruction, one man will rise up through the ashes and many will believe he is the Messiah, this man will usher in 'peace', but he will betray the people, declare himself to be 'god'.  The man of sin, the son of perdition, he goes by many names, the abomination of desolation, Satan, the devil, the prince and ruler of this world, will come and he will reign for a short time.  His reign will be 'praised' by the wicked, the righteous will be persecuted. The time has come for Christians to wake up, but I already know that many will remain asleep and deceived. Satan's kingdom is active now-abortion, same sex marriage, adultery, fornication, hate, corruption, idol worship-all are at all time high. Eat, meet, drink, and be merry, be entertained, there is no god, the bible is not true, all roads lead to heaven, or there is no heaven or hell. The truth is vilified, while falsehoods reign.   Jesus said in the last days that many would fall away and believe the doctrines of demons. That is where were are now. In the birth pains before The Great Tribulation.  Real Christians need to watch, pray, and get ready, the severe persecution that is happening all over the world in China, Iraq, all of Africa, Mexico, Vietnam, Sudan, India-the U.S. and other industrialized countries  is coming, we will not escape the same persecution. Will we be able to bravely face death, imprisonment,  loss of home/health, torture for Christ? 

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, anyone who will believes will know and have a real relationship with the true God.  You can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.

1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.

2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.

3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God

4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.

This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Matthew 28:19;  Revelation 13: 16-18 ; Daniel Chapter 12

references:  http://www.trunews.com/article/israel-passes-biometric-database-law-including-face-scans; https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld; "Numbers that Preach" by Troy Brewer, pg 163 and pg 189; http://www.amatteroftruth.com/666-and-gematria;

THEY HAVE NO REST DAY OR NIGHT

Today we are bombarded with all kinds of messages about trying to live longer. Billions of dollars are spent on health programs, youth serums, people spend trillions of dollars on cosmetic surgery/supplements  to try to maintain a youthful body, men and women dye their graying hair.  It is true that people are living longer than in the past, but are they better off?  Not according to the research on human aging.  People are living past 50 years old, but they are living with all kinds of life impacting diseases, which negatively affects their quality of life.

It is amazing how much time people spend obsessing about this life, when life on this earth is only a few years compared to thousands of years.  Everyday, every hour someone dies, people live to 50, 60 years old, some die as babies/children, and right now the oldest person on record is 117 years old.  But again, time has not stopped, and it will continue to tick along, so what happens after the 117, 50, 60 or any other year? Christians are not to follow the fad of this perishing world, worrying about this life.  Jesus said, in Matthew Chapter 6,verse 27 "Which of you worrying can add one a single hour to spare his life?" It is a rhetorical question, because the answer is NONE.  No human being can change or control when they will die.  A person can diet, exercise, avoid all dangerous activities, but they still will have an appointment with death.

Why am I talking about this?  Why not a message on "prosperity" and "happiness", and "good living", the "blessings of God".   There are plenty of those 'feel good' messages, not much talk about the other truths that many ignore. Many, that includes many pastors, preachers, theologians, Christian apologists, don't like to talk about hell, which is interesting when Jesus talked about that place quite often. "I don't want to scare people." is the often excuse.  Many pastors admit that they don't talk about hell because that makes people leave their church,because they don't want to hear about 'hell'.  It is a sad day when the 'whole' counsel of God is watered down to keep 'butts in seats' rather than being sure there are souls headed for heaven.

Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation.  He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Holy Lamb. AND THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT ASCENDS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THEY HAVE NO REST DAY OR NIGHT, WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND WHOEVER RECEIVES THE MARK OF HIS NAME.  Revelations 13: 9-11.

They have no rest, day or night.  This is true even now-those who are alive, those who reject Christ and by default worship the beast, Satan. They have no rest day or night now in this short life.  See the prostitutes on the streets at all times of day and night, see the hustlers spending all their time trying to get the next score, the drug addicts, how all their activities revolve around obtaining using substances, some go days without any sleep, just searching for their next fix. The gang members who have to stay vigilant against their enemies.  Those who want to have sex outside of marriage, they get heart break after heart break, they too lose sleep, are unhappy, and miserable, to the point some even take their own lives and lives of others because of their pain.  THEY HAVE NO REST DAY OR NIGHT now and they won't have any rest when they die if they don't repent.  I have seen funerals of people who have lived wicked lives and how at their eulogies people make statements like, "They are 'resting in peace' now, they are "rocking in heaven now".  All baseless and worthless epitaphs to make people falsely believe that they are in a better place.

Jesus gave a picture of what happens when people die in the story of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke Chapter 16 verses 19 through 31.  Lazarus went to paradise where he was at rest, while the rich person went to Hades, where he had no rest and was tormented all day and night.  Many think this was just a metaphor, not a real story.  Either you believe or you don't, but it would behoove you to really think about why did Jesus warn often about living a life of wickedness that would make you end up in a place where this there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, a place of utter torment and everlasting destruction?

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, you can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.
1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.
2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.
3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God
4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.
This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Matthew 6:27; Revelations 13:9-11;  Luke 16: 19-31; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Matthew 13:50; Mark 9:43 

references: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/new-data-aging-and-health; http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/11/29/worlds-oldest-living-person-italy-117-emma-morano/94619290/

You Have a Right To Your Own Opinion As Long As It Agrees With Mine

I sit here watching the commentaries and news stories about all the most hot topics today. What is amazing and mind boggling is the fact, today, people 'talk' about freedom of speech, but when it comes to free speech, that is only for some groups.  Some sects of people.  It is "against the law" to have your own opinion today and people are ready to act as arresting officer, prosecutor, judge, and jury, if you voice an opinion contrary to the masses.  You are not given the same right to what you believe, no, if you say you support Trump, or support marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman, that the unborn baby needs to be protected from evil corporations like Planned Parenthood, or that the US needs to fix the immigration system and set up COMMON SENSE regulations to protect America from those who clearly and have verify-ably stated their goal is to infiltrate the whole world and take over the whole world, and they enter into 'free' countries under the guise of "peace" but back in their homeland, they are cutting off people's heads, hanging people, burning people alive, destroying property, cutting off women's breasts, kidnapping young girls raping them and forcing them into marriage, all under the name of ISLAM or some other false religion- oh, but the one's leaving their country are the 'good' Muslims and they just want to be able to practice their belief in peace, but is that a fact? Is it fact that when the Muslims come to America or any other western country do they just practice their religion in peace, or do they start to ask for Sharia Law instead of the law of land they are residing, or do they start to demand special privileges because of their religion? or do their 'members' engage in killing sprees, unprovoked, on unsuspecting innocent people all in the name of Islam?

 Why are the stories of 'refugees' raping and terrorizing those towns overseas and now those countries are trying their hardest to get them out not on every news channel? Germany declared a crisis on Islamic refugees raping of German woman AND CHILDREN, a breakdown in social order.  Surely these stories  are not really happening, because if it was, the people in America would rise up to protest placing the country in harm...no this it not the case, they are marching to let them in, under the belief that America is different than Germany or any other country, that America can control them or the unrealistic belief that they are 'peaceful'.  And if you are someone who supports keeping those kind of people out, get ready to be called every kind of derogatory name, vilified, ridiculed, and hated on even to the point of physical violence. "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas, anymore." I feel like a character in a fantasy movie, because I can't help but think, are the way things are now real, surely we are not this far gone left, actually beyond left, we have entered a new dimension of ridiculousness.  If you are 'dark skinned' in America and you support Trump, you are automatically lumped in with the Klu Klux Klan, every hate group, a bigot, 'uncle tom', and they do all they can to attack your 'intelligence'.  If you support the Constitution of America, you are 'stuck in the past' and need to 'get with the times'.
 The "times" I see are the democracy of America is becoming the Socialist America. The masses believe the lies from the evil media, the government reports that the unemployment rate is 4.7%, that 96% of people in America are working.  Oh, we can believe what our government tells us, because they are trustworthy, they are honorable, they don't lie, they don't cheat...oh wait, that is my fantasy, we have a government full of backdoor illegal deals, the good ole boy system, the more money you have you can get your way, lying, cheating are the most common virtues to be a government official. If you believe that 96% of people are working/or financially supported, you need to check yourself into a psychiatric inpatient facility.

Right now on Fox, they are showing the protests at the airport, with signs, "We love our Muslim neighbors".  They love them because they are not shooting them or cutting their heads off.  Do we have current proof of what happens when those who believe in Islam take over a town/country? Yes we do, Muslims as a group are not 'inclusive', it is covert to Islam or die. RIGHT NOW any other religion that is not Islam in Egypt is nearly extinct, and those who remain, largely Christians, are systematically persecuted, harassed, abused, their daughters kidnapped, their property confiscated, houses burned down, but Islam is a religion of peace.  It is so sad how many are so blind. Their goal is to spread Islam around the world, but I am no surprised because the bible tells us that Satan will deceive many through 'peace'.  The Muslims coming to America are the "peaceful ones". There are millions of refugees all over the world, that are supposed to be 'running' away from the 'bad Muslims', but something that has been repeated over and over, IF the majority of Muslims are 'peaceful WHY are they not fighting back against the 'smaller' bad Muslims? And why are their own practicing Muslim countries not taking their own people??

Everyone can have an opinion, as long as you agree with what ever they believe, but if you dissent, you are the enemy.  If you are black but don't support Obama, you are traitor, if you are black and don't support the Black Lives Matter movement, you are a traitor. If you are Christian and say anything about sin-especially homosexuality, you are racist, judgmental, bigot.  But if we were to respond in like kind calling those who disagree with us "white washed tombs, wolves in sheep clothing, wicked, lawless, anti-christs, selfish, haters, the damned, foolish, unnatural, abominations, worthless, stupid, naive, gullible" OH watch out! Now you, the Christian, are being judgmental, and hypocritical.  Christians do not hate Muslims, Homosexuals, fornicators, liars, murderers, child molesters, rapists, thieves, Buddhist, Communists, Socialists, or any other sect or religion, but that does not mean we agree with their lifestyle and Christians are commanded to TELL THE TRUTH to the whole world.  What is clear that the world is most definitely under the deception of Satan is the one religion that ACTUALLY that supports COEXISTING is the one religion that the world rejects. Hindu's, Buddhists, Communists, Muslims, fake Christians- kill in the name of their religion.  True Christianity says to 'turn the other cheek, let yourself be cheated, used' and to SHAKE THE DUST OFF YOU FEET, meaning when you tell someone about the gospel, if they don't believe then you MOVE ON, you don't KILL them for not believing! It was wrong for the Catholic church to torture and kill those who would not covert to Catholicism, it is wrong for ANY people/person/government to KILL others in the name of their religion.  True Christianity is the only PEACEFUL religion. But of course the world is blind to this fact, so we have what have, they hate Christians, and love those who have hurt/killed/used/abused others. Go figure.

I counsel many different people and a common response I get when I offer solutions to their problems, they say, "I don't want anything to do with God or the Bible".  They are struggling with depression, anxiety, hopelessness, relationship problems, but they don't want the real answers to their problems.  The fact is they want to learn how to be happy living in sin.  There is no such thing. "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith and FOLLOWING AFTER DECEITFUL SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS." 1 Timothy 4:1.  The bible says that when you reject God, you are a slave to sin, and Satan is a hard task master.

Time is the teller of truth. When the war that is experienced in other parts of the world comes knocking on America's door, all those who were against moral standards, righteous rules, common sense regulations, please don't cry then.  That is something I don't understand.  You do what you want to do because 'it's your body', 'it's your life', but when the consequences of living contrary to God come, THEN you want to cry out, "God save me" or "Why did this happen to me?" When that time comes, God will have closed the door on His mercy, only His wrath for all the ungodliness  and what is doubly/trippely sad, that even when God releases the demons from hell to torment those who took the mark of the beast, and sends down hail,  and all the other judgments, the people will STILL reject God.   The Bible written so long ago predicted the very specific things that are happening before our very eyes.  The Bible says that in the last days, they will not endure sound doctrine-this prophecy is being fulfilled now.  People will be lovers of self and haters of good-this prophecy is fulfilled.  Anti-Christs will rise in the name of 'god' and kill those who disagree with them in the name of their 'god'-this prophecy has been fulfilled.  Men will have sex with men and women will do they same-this prophecy has been fulfilled. There would be a form of 'godliness', but not really the real God, this has has been fulfilled. So many other prophecy's have been fulfilled.  There is nothing left but the revealing the head honcho of evil, Satan.  We could see Him in our life time.  That is why if you call yourself a Christian, you must stay ready, you must stay focused on the main goal, run to get the prize, purpose in your heart now to stand up not cave in the pressure, don't give in to the pressure to conform.  You may be the only 'sane' one in a crowd of a thousand, but that is okay, Jesus said that the world will hate His own, so don't be surprised, when they hate you, when they revile and gossip, and vilify you.  They hated Jesus and what He said too.

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, you can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.
1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.
2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.
3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God
4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.
This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Thessalonians, 2 Timothy 3:1-2; Matthew 24:11, Matthew 24:9; Matthew 24:9; 1 John 2:18;  1 Timothy 4:1; Revelation 16:11, Revelation 9:21; John 8:33-36; Matthew 10:14

references: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8663/germany-migrants-rape
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/22/islamic-state-urges-attacks-us-churches-during-holidays/95746982/
http://global-security-news.com/2016/12/23/coptic-christians-killed-in-egypt-islamists-slaughter-inside-a-christian-holy-place/
http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/all-isis-islamic-state-terrorist-attacks-2016-list-countries-casualties-count-pictures/
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/14/christian-persecution-reaches-global-historic-high-thanks-to-rise-of-radical-islam/

The Masochist Effect

Why do we continue to do things that hurt us? Are we born masochists? What got me thinking of this blog post was I love popcorn. I can eat a whole large bag of popcorn in one setting.  I had bought a new brand of kettle popcorn, it was a big bag.  I started to eat it and found that I really did not like the flavor, but I kept on eating it anyway, even when I could feel that I was full. I was thinking, "it's popcorn, I don't want to waste any." Afterwards, it left a funny taste in my mouth and an upset stomach.  I went to sleep but woke up in the middle of the night thinking to myself, "Why did I continue to eat that popcorn even though it did not taste good?"  Immediately, the Holy Spirit spoke to me, (not literally), "This is what sin is."  Satan loves to tempt us with our fleshly desires and they look and taste good.  All of Satan's weapons appeal to the three main problems that plague mankind-lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.  You have only to turn on your TV set, cruise the magazine aisles/internet, go to a bar/restaurant, go through the rich neighborhoods, and any entertainment venue and you see the bought lies and temptations of the enemy on display.  The lie of the devil is summed up like this, "Satisfy your flesh and you will be happy."

 No where is the message more stated than in the clubs and bars around the world.  The neon/flashing lights, the dark atmosphere, the alcoholic drinks are so vividly displayed in various colors with adornments; everything looks 'cool' and 'free', and 'fun'.  "Drink, be merry, have a good time, there are no worries, live for today, do what feels good." But what's behind the bright lights and colorful cocktails is hidden, they don't display all the heart ache, pain, and suffering that comes with gratifying the flesh. "The wages of sin is death."  This truth is ignored and the lie is believed by so many as proven by the millions of addicts to drugs/alcohol, pornography, gambling, sex, food, lies, and money. If being rich and famous makes you happy, why are so many rich people killing themselves?  If taking God out of the schools, courts, and homes makes people happy, why is there a young girl or boy sexually/physically/emotionally/verbally abused every minute around the world? If following the worlds' recommendation for relationships (no need to marry, living together before marriage is good, monogamy is outdated-promiscuity is the way to go) works so well, Why is the divorce rate over 60%? Sexually transmitted diseases are an all time high? Millions of single men and women depressed and suicidal over breakups and feeling lonely or think they need can't survive without another person?

Drugs and alcohol are one of Satan's best tools for stealing souls.  "Take this, it will make you happy and feel good and take away all your problems." It seems like daily we get some new report about the epidemic of opiate abuse related deaths.  Why are young people who are born in the United States, Canada, countries that are supposedly rich and have every comfort known to man, taking substances that are killing themselves? What are they trying to escape from?

Why is America the land of the brave, the free, and the obese? There is a restaurant on nearly every block. There are reality shows on who can eat the most food. There are reality shows on food, cooking, cooking contests.  When you go to a restaurant your servings are four times a normal serving of food, and we eat the whole plate to include appetizers and desserts. Gluttony is now called, a "thyroid" problem.  Over eating is now called an, "impulse control" problem.
What ever the issue is-eating, drugs/alcohol/sexual immorality,  it all points to the same problem-sin. Living a sinful lifestyle is being enslaved to the darkness. A slave has no choice, they must obey their master and Satan is hard slave master.  He makes you eat the poison and when you throw it up he makes you eat the the vomit too.

As a counselor,I hear too often the desperate cries of the lost, they want to get off the roller coaster from hell, but they don't want to do it God's way. They want to stop doing the drugs, they even say they don't even like the drugs anymore but they can't stop; they don't like the way they make them feel, but they can't stop. They don't like the empty existence of just sleeping around with multiple partners, lonely, unloved, their bodies just used up like trash to be thrown away, but they can't stop; They want to stop gambling their life's savings, they don't like that they are homeless, they don't like that they are afraid, depressed, anxious, jealous, rejected, but they won't make the decisions they need to address their sinful lifestyles.  They don't understand what it means to be an enemy of God.  They basically want to learn how to be 'happy' living a life of sin.  They want the blessings of God but don't want to obey Him.

Unmarried couples living together, the girl is angry at her boyfriend for having sex with another girl. Why? They are not married, virtues like 'faithfulness, loyalty" don't come from the world.  The virtues of the world are survival of the fittest, there is no right or wrong, humans are just molecules, there is no such thing as monogamy. What they don't understand is that all humans are born with free will, the knowledge of good and evil.  Every human has a choice to accept or reject God. Every human is born with the capacity for good and evil. In relationships because we are born with knowledge of good, we expect our partners to be faithful, but this contradicts the worldly view.  What these people don't understand is they are wanting 1 Corinthian's 13 kind of love, but this kind of love is only for believers.  You are NOT going to get 'long suffering' 'unselfishness' 'bearing all things' in the world.  The world is selfish, self serving, self seeking.  It's perfectly normal to be unfaithful in ungodly relationships.  But they continue to engage in sinful relationships expecting different results, but end up with the same useless, unloving, hurtful engagements, they want to stop, but can't. Atheists believe you can have rules without God, but that does not any sense what so ever.  Either there are true right and wrongs or there aren't.

I will finish with the truth's of why we can't stop sinning without believing in God and His Son Jesus Christ:

• "For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, THAT THE LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL." Jesus's own words. John 3-17-19.
• Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, NOR CAN IT BE. Romans 8:7
• For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.  For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do...But I see another law in my members, warring against the law my mind, and bringing me into captivity  to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?  I thank God-through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:14-25.

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and the ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Salvation is a free gift from God, you can't work for it or buy because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.
1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real, He lived and died and rose from the grave.
2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.
3. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God
4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.
This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post: Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:7; John 3-17-19; Romans 7:14-25
references: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fentanyl-bc-deaths-november-tally-622-so-far-2016-1.3901731