Blog 13
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“How easy the Forgiveness”
“How easy the Forgiveness”
As of recently, I have had many people come to me who have known me throughout my Christian life, all with the same question. Each person having been offended repeatedly by someone they care about, wanted to know how I was able to forgive the wrongs done to me.
Please understand that what I am about to teach all of you is not a condoning of my actions; but rather a praise to God for teaching a simple principle to for giveness that worked for me. It is my hope and my prayer that this lesson will not only make it easy for any of you to forgive those who have hurt you, but also may bring some joy to being able to forgive anyone, at any time and do so with a measure of joy.
I was married to a very unforgiving and unrelenting woman, she not only continued to bring up my past and literally slap me in the face with it, but she was able to bring everyone around her into agreement that she was continuously the victim. I openly admit that my mistakes with her were by world standards, unforgivable and even I have to agree with this. She forgot however to forgive and to press forward, she would seek out anyone willing to listen to her cries and then verbally repeat my sin in their ears turning anyone I knew, against me. Though I made that single mistake once and never repeated it, by the time she was done drawing her colorful pictures, I had repeated this screw-up over a thousand times. I praise God for what He alone did, He put a question into the hearts of those she was repeatedly spewing this story to. Where was her proof, especially when time frames put me in full view of the people she was telling these things to and she was nowhere to be found. God not only put that question in their hearts, but He also showed He is true to His Word. Num 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
She was caught in an act of sin that actually destroy the testimonies of her lies or rather repeated tale-bearing.
Enough of this portion of the story, let’s move to the rest of the story and see just how great our God is! I had been very hurt by someone, God said I was to love, but the pain didn’t end with her, she had poisoned the mind of others against me. Through the things she spoke, her poison had spread through a portion of the body of Christ and in their religious attitudes, I was to be crucified. Imagine that, it wasn’t enough that Christ Himself was crucified for my sins and theirs; but like Christ they found it necessary to nail me to a cross as well. Though I was a brand spanking new Christian with almost no scripture to rely on, there was one scripture that stuck out in my mind and my heart; Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
There was also one scripture that I had just read that brought fear to my heart; Luk 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Without knowing it was right, according to the Word of God, I cried out, Lord help me find a way to forgive. God took me to scripture where He was on the cross; Luk 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
For that moment in time, His Word was able to help me forgive but; still being a new Christian and still being hammered by the same condemning words of poison, I found the power of the former scripture insufficient to hold up to the bombarment of the words and hatred I was feeling. I went to the Lord in prayer and I told Him exactly what I was going through and how hard it was for me to continue to be forgiving. He took me to another scripture in His Word; Mat 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Mat 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Admittedly, though Christ had taken me to the scriptures, it seemed to bear no difference, I struggled to forgive; but always to no avail and again I had to cry out. The Lord took me to a new place and did in me a new thing, that He might teach me how to forgive, that I should be able to forgive any offence placed before me or thrust upon me. God took me to a place where I got to hear profound words, words that would change the course of my life and the lives of others to come. These words were of the most simplest of value, but; these words would change the course of things for me, thus effecting those I would come around for the remainder of my life. Are you ready, here are those profound words; “ if you want to know the truth of Gods Word, then learn it from the original text”. Not the most exciting words to a simple mind; but these very words would soon become the salt for my logical analytical mind. What happened next, probably need not be spoken but I will anyway. It would seem that almost immediately, I would be bombasted with the same attack in a most relelntless fashion. Now some might say this is an action not of God, but this statement bears scrutiny, If God is all powerful and in charge of all things, then the attacks were an allowance of God and ordained of God to get me to dig into the original text or langauge. I can look back now and be very thankful for God’s intervention on my behalf, that I and others like myself would learn through the original language what God wanted for our lives. Again, I found myself in the position of crying out, Lord, it’s me again, help me, please! The Lord took me to another scripture and when He did, He also told me to look up these words in the Greek, that I might get a better picture. God knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what I found out would open all kinds of doors for me to be an overcomer and admittedly, I am. Mat 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Mat 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Mat 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Kindly note that after Jesus had spoken His calling, Peter jumped right in there in his pride and arrogance, ( his flesh ) to say Lord surely You won’t die. This action from Peter is know by the Greeks as, excuse my spelling, egkastramuthos, or rather, the voice of the ventriliquist. Now, I happen to be a teacher for puppeteering, so this caught my eye immediately, and immediately, I was able to find a way to forgive and continue to forgive inspite of any actions or words on the part of others. Actually if the truth be known, I find too many times I have to hide my face so those bringing the offence don’t become insulted or offended because I want to bust out laughing in their face(s). Anybody who has ever done any form of puppetry knows that the mouth on a puppet can’t work unless there is a hand up the butt of the puppet. The picture that comes to my mind everytime is satan’s hand up someone’s butt, causing that persons jaw to flap unrighteously.
It is my sincere hope that this will help all who struggle with unforgiveness. I wish also at this moment to bring some realization those those who have heard the statement, “with new levels come new devils”. This statement is so wrong in it’s context, it’s ridiculus, this statement would imply that there is more than one devil, according to the Word of God there can be only one, hios name is Lucifer. The devil or satan if you prefer has a higherarchy of order that follows the militeristic chain of command. One devilish commander and a bunch of minions, demons, and imps of varying ranks. Remember, if you are willing to study the Word of God in it’s original format, you too will learn you have as much and even more authority over the devils army than he does.
God bless you’all -
Truth is often hard
[b[i]]“Adam did it, Esau did it, even David did it”[/b]
Adam sold his inheritance when he chose to stand by Eve’s side and eat of the fruit, rather than believe that God could either redeem Eve or create a new Eve. Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Adam willingly, without being deceived ate of the fruit; could his mind have gone to the loss of Eve and he decided he wasn’t going to give up his companion meal ticket? The chances of this being true is more than likely as Adam’s every physical need was being met, either by Eve or through God’s provision. As is the same with all of us, we don’t look at God as being Jehovah Jiireh, our provider in all things and in all ways. We utterly miss the point that God is far wiser than any of us could ever be and He gives us only what we need, this is why the serpent was adamant when he said surely you won’t die but you’ll become as gods.
Esau also sold his inheritance for a morsel of food, here was a great hunter and yet this great hunter couldn’t capture his wants for food and was willing to sell it all. Gen 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Gen 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Here again we see the weakened state of the flesh and so in that weakened state of the flesh, we come to a place we tend to lean to our own understanding and fall in our foolishness. Here in this weakened state of the flesh is where we fall prey to a different and wrongful mindset. I’m suffering and THINK I’m about to die if I don’t get what I want, so where is God? God said, Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
If given the chance to prove itself in ALL areas, God’s Word is 100%, total, absolute, unadulterated, complete, and most assured TRUTH. This being said; therein lies the rest of the story; it is the only pure way and the only acceptable life. Jesus said, Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
There is sound reasoning for what He said and many of you can try this for yourselves, all you need is a stretch of sand. During Israel’s exodus from Egypt, they discovered if they walked in the tracks left by the carts or wagons, if you prefer, the sand beneath their feet was compacted and was much easier and less tiring to walk on. This is still true today, this act of walking in the compacted tracks was known as the narrow way or sandal-width. If you walk on compacted sand, it is much easier than walking through loose sand which remains loose and very mobile under your feet. This will cause you to trudge through while wearing you out at an expeditious rate. Thus, we find we have no peace and no power to press on, all because we squandered our strength going from point A to point B. Now in the midst of the battle, we’re fatigued and unable to fight the good fight, we become prey or food; 1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I am not telling you there is no room for error, Jesus reminded us that no man is good, that God alone is the only one that is good. So what do we do? In the title of this report is one more name, David, and David was as big a screw up as you or I, but David had a redeemable quality. This redeemable quality had to do with his heart; Act 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
David wasn’t always quick to repent because he sometimes got blinded by the light, the angel of light. When he took Bathsheba to bed because of the hunger of his flesh; 2Sa 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
He got her pregnant and then proceeded to try to get Uriah in a place where the pregnancy could be blamed on him being Bathsheba’s husband. When this didn’t happened according to the plans of man, David, he David had Uriah killed in battle. When the prophet Samuel warned him of his evil ways, David quickly repented and then willingly, though he didn’t like it, took his punishment from God, the Father. Every wrong action that David did required a chastening from God and David, being a man of God, took his punishment as a man and he learned all through his life to walk the narrow path that was set by God before him.
We, who claim we are Christians, need to walk in the meaning of the word Christian; to be Christ like. Jesus was also tempted as we were and are; Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
If Jesus, who was a man could do it, then what is holding us back?
We all that have read the fantastic story of Jesus in the wilderness, go through life missing the point. Jesus spoke the anchor of faith in response to satans attempts to tempt Him in that dry place, the place where only faith in God’s Word alone will stand. Even the most learned Christian misses the mark that Jesus placed before them. The devil, the angel of light, posed man’s deepest desire of man’s heart before the Lord, but the Lord wasn’t falling for it. Allow me to explain; man has an inerrant desire to be patted on the back and when fathers fail to meet that need, then sons become like Barjesus; son of the fathers of perdition. This act brings a young man from seeking his fathers’ attention and recognition to seeking the worlds by any means that will gain him notoriety. Jesus knew the Word, He was the Word, but even He had to learn the Word as a human, in other words, even Jesus studied to show Himself approved.
Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jesus did not sell His birthright for a simple morsel of food or the fulfillment of hungry flesh. Fulfillment of the flesh is relative to the lusts of the flesh, kindly take note of the word birthright. H1062 bekôrâh bekôrâh bek-o-raw', bek-o-raw'
Feminine of H1060; the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture: - birthright, firstborn (-ling). inheretance
We are His inheritance, He never gave up on us in spite of us and through the work of the Holy Spirit, we are better informed today than those of 100 years ago. We are also tempted in greater ways than those of 100 years ago, this act brought on by the very people who have sold their inheritance for a morsel of food to feed the flesh or the lusts of the flesh. Our nation’s leaders, our world leaders, our local leaders and even our church leaders have failed and fallen short of the mark. Some to their shame and even some to their death, all because they sold not only their souls, but also their inheritance for a morsel of fleshly want to everyone’s loss. These men and women, these leaders, treated God’s grace to go through as if it were grease that allowed them to slip slide away, away from God and away from their inheritance.
The questions every Christian should ask themselves is;
Am I leaning to my own understanding?
1) Am I falling prey to thelusts of the flesh?
2) Am I in want of what I don’t really need?
3) Am I willing to sell my eternal inheritance with Christ just because I want it my way?
4) This question, should really weigh heavy in the hearts of all.
5) If God’s ways are not my ways and my thoughts are not His thoughts, then what gives me the right to think I know God so well as to think God would or would not do something that corresponds to our narrow and limited mindset?
It is my hope and my prayer that all who will read this will take their eyes off others and begin to examine whether or not they’re in the faith and the Spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth:
“Some Will Come”
Act 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The simplest fact of the matter is; the Holy Spirit is the tell-tale sign to all things Christ-like. The heart of man is deceived from birth because from birth it is born in sin and where there is sin, sanctuary cannot exist. Amo 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
For those of you who do not understand this scripture, men could grab hold of the horns of the alter and cry out, sanctuary; and they were given sanctuary.
Unless a man lives in the backhills of Tennessee or some such backward hermit based place, all men have heard of God and His truth. There is no more excuse for the unrighteous sinfilled life that man has chosen. The proof is in the pudding and the best food I know is God’s Word. Now here is the end of unrighteous man; Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Rom 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Rom 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
They go against God at every turn, leaning to their own understanding inspite of God’s warning; Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
They trust in man who virtually has no power except the power of connivance, they believe in their own minds, they are smarter and wiser than the creator.
They say aloud, man has put a warning sign on this bottle of poison to protect me from ingesting this product that I should live. If that’s such a good thing, warning labels, then why do we ignore the warning labels on cigarettes and alcohol? Like our hearing, we’re selective about what and whom we choose to believe.
This is not entirely pointed toward the so called unsaved, this is also directed at the so called, self proclaimed Christians. We call ourselves Spirit-filled and yet we’re selective about what we believe and from whom we believe it. These so called Spirit-filled Christians have no more excuse before God than the unsaved who have heard about the goodness of God and the redemption He offers in love. The so called Spirit-filled Christian needs to look no further than him or herself to find fault with someone. How dare I say that? I dare and I dare boldly, The Word of God clearly states to study the Word of God that you might know the truth of God’s Word when someone is preaching it. You buy into the whimsical desire of misinterpretation because neither you nor the one(s) teaching the Word of God are truly Spirit-filled. If you or they were, then this simple scripture would prove the teaching true or false in a man’s heart. 1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Simply put: the Holy Spirit will teach you truth and no lie. What is amazing is the fact that we, as Christians, know that whom the Son, the very Word, sets free is free indeed; but we’re unwilling to admit, we are the ones all screwed up.
Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
1Jn 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Basically speaking, you lie (to yourselves) you die; Rom 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
If you mock God, no pity awaits you; Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Now this thought remains, a question for each so called Spirit-filled Christian. Are you walking the narrow road, are you loving everyone, are you giving as Christ commended, have you gotten off your over educated and started serving the Lord with your whole heart seeking the Kingdom of Heaven? If you can’t honestly say yes to each portion of this question, then you’re just renting space in the church building. Your salvation, though paid for by Christ, was never put into action.
Tit 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Tit 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Tit 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
You have turned the grace of God; Tit 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Into the grease of man, thinking and being deceived that you can slip slide your way into heaven. Dream on; if salvation were that greasy easy, then God’s Word never would have reminded you; Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Fear not; it is the hope and prayer of every truly Spirit-filled Christian that God would prepare a great fish for each of you so that you cannot run from the truth but are faced with it so that you will turn and repent of your wicked hurtful ways before the last line of the marriage vows are spoken, “ till death do you part”! Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Though we are unable to watch over you with physical eyes, we do however watch over you with spiritual eyes, forever covering you in prayer, that God’s will be done in your lives that He will gain your whole heart. -
God's vengeance
This is a messeage I recieved from someone on
Netlog, it took me by surprize.
"ur welcome
u like little girls too?"
People like this really peeve me to no end, I
promise each and every one of you, at my request
and the brothers and sisters in Christ who join in
this prayer of protection over the young people,
God will exact revenge over hurting His little
ones. These young people deserve a chance, but
you perverted sicko SOB's deserves to be severely
dealt with. I am asking for joint prayer from
each one of my brothers and sisters in Christ that
the Lord Jesus deal with this quickly and
effectively!
This was my direct response to this individual;
imagine if you will, someone actually caring
about these youth
not for selfish desires, but for their freedom and
theri joy
NOTE: the word their; it in no way incorporates
personal desires, I ask as many young men;
however they are reluctant to respond
affimatively
the world has gone to hell in a hand basket and
it's because of selfish, perverted individuals who
think it's ok to do bad things to young people
God will have His revenge when all is said and
done!
This request on my blog is the overall response
and I will see the destruction of these perverts
In Jesus Name
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!! -
Proud to be
“Proud to Be ( Who I Am )”
PROUD TO BE WHITE
Perhaps we should get rid of the term "racist" all together and just live our lives...
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from tv's Seinfeld. This
was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points.
Proud To Be White!
Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc And then there are just Americans.
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me "White boy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Caveman" ... and that's OK. But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink, you call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists
If we had any organization for only whites to "advance"
OUR lives we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber
of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that?
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American
pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships you know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges
in the US. Yet if there were "White colleges" THAT would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.
You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud.
But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists?
There is nothing improper about this. In America, we have the right to freedom of speech. You don't have to agree with this, it is stated as my opinion. And my opinion is a Constitutionally GUARANTEED right.
It would seem that ”We The People”, have gone by the wayside and our inalienable rights are gone. The values this country was established on, have come to the pendulum swing of no values, just political correctness, this in turn has made us prisoners in what used to be the greatest nation on earth. I really don’t care if you agree with my beliefs, that give me no right to murder you, but neither does it give you any different rights. We talk about political correctness to the destruction of our individual identities, as well as our corporate identity. A white man or someone who looks like a white man in this country is hated and despised for the actions of a few narrow and idiot minded people in the past. We stand judged and condemned and you don’t know who we are or anything about us, only that we are or may look white, therefore we’re instantly hated. This country was sought out for freedom of religion and it was Christians who sought it out and guaranteed that right to all. Today, being a Christian only makes a person a popular target because it’s an unpopular religion. It seems that the inalienable right to freedom of speech is only guaranteed to the peers with the biggest cry-baby mouths, those who go wah wah wah all the way, oh that’s right, this is their home now because they have no home otherwise. Virtually speaking, you came into my country and demanded equal rights only to refuse to give me my equal rights as my supposed equal. I shudder at the thought of calling you ladies and gentlemen, because you have and show no couth, no compassion, no understanding, and finally no intellectual thought with subtenant value! Why oh why would I say such a thing, because “ you people, “ have destroyed the moral value of this country with your wah wah wah got to have it my way crap.
I am half American Indian and half Italian from the Napoli province, but you look at me and call me white, to be politically correct, I am a Wopahoe. Strange as that seems, it’s another label to be hung on man to degrade him further. You judged me based on your complaint, if you look the part you must be the part, how much more wah wah wah stupid can you get?
I am a Christian, and proud to say that out loud to the world, using my inalienable right to freedom of speech, I say again, I am a Christian. You scream out in the name of justice, about religious or preferential bashing based on the big wah wah wah mouths of a few uneducated, self-sustantiating idiots. You corral all of us up in one big package and say we’re all like, like the bigoted idiots with the bigger mouths who can only show off their lack of intelligence and proper education of God’s Word. I am but one individual, but like Jesus the Christ who by the way was one individual, I will stand up for what is right, for the good and perfect will of God for my life. Let me re-emphasize the latter statement, “for my life”! I, one individual, have made a difference, by loving people, not just a select few but all people, not making improper judgment in someone else’s life without ever examining my own life, and doing my best to engage in demanding that everyone believe what I say, as if I were smarter than anyone else. God said in His Word, tell them the truth of my story, BUT; remember, it’s not your job to get them saved, only to tell them truth and let them make the choice. My inalienable rights say I’m allowed to do that, so why tell me it’s ok to be Muslim, or gay, or this and that activist; but I have no right to declare, I’m heterosexual and a God fearing Bible believing Christian. Trust this one thing, I, one individual, will stand up for my inalienable rights to my death and when I can stand no more and this body is buried in the dirt from which it came, others will be there to pick up this same cause and fight for the rights of all while destroying political correctness. It would be nice to say I hope I have not offended anyone, but the truth of the matter is this, I hope I have offended a whole lot of you. It is my hope that some of you so called Christians will get off your over-educated and serve God the way we were intended to by standing up for what is right, not through violence but through love; for love conquers all! -
“Answer my question”
God rolled the stone away; He rolled it away from an earthly tomb that held a spiritual being. The Spiritual being still seen as if in the flesh, touch Him and see what you’ll feel, this being has substance and sustenance. This being that laid it all down and gave up His own life, just for you. We celebrate resurrection Sunday as if it a special day, be not deceived, it’s not the day, but rather the act that was special. If we are to be like Jesus then something very special must take place, the stone must be rolled away from our hearts, an act that only the strength of God is able to complete. God gave us the freedom of choice to do, act, and receive, all that God is willing to give us; but will we do, act, and or receive? If you are one who holds this day in that spectacular special awe as if untouchable, then is your stone truly rolled away?
If you’re not doing, acting, and receiving to give to others as it was imparted to you. Maybe it’s time to remove your self as the guard of the tomb and let Almighty God and creator to remove the stone! All that we do, we do in the flesh and none of it rose up and went before the Lord. You just wasted your time, praise God, He can step in and out of time, so we don’t waste His time. In their Judas syndrome they have no hunger for rightness, no thirst for the presence of the Lord, a heart filled with betrayal for the Lord. To leave the stone in place is to say to God, I like the fact that I’m rotting in my cave of complacency. Worry, for you truly are a fool, God said in His Word, without the faith to step out and risk it all, I take no pleasure in you. If God cannot take pleasure in you then again, worry. He will spew you from His mouth.
If the only purpose in your life is to get all that you can from the Lord and His servants, then you’re the same thief that Judas was. Take, take, take, never ever giving back, never ever willing to offer any good thing to anyone, unless you’ll be noticed for your actions.
It is time, time to examine yourself, your motives, your thoughts, your actions, your heart, the very core of your being, look and see if any good thing is alive in you. If you can’t find life, if you can’t find compassion for others, if you can’t find His heart beating on the inside of you, you’re probably dead. If you can’t find His purpose, His will on earth as the consuming passion for your life, your heart is the cave and the stone, never rolled away.
My question is; have you let Him have His way, have you let Him roll the stone away. Are you dead or are you alive in Him?!?
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Jesus understands----------------NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Jesus is my Home Boy, He understands”
I have heard this expression and many others reflecting the same attitude, time and time again. My immediate thought regarding this statement is one of contempt, does any of you who have the audacity to say such a thing realize, you’re insulting Jesus. Yes, insulting the very person who laid down His life for you----------the same as saying Jesus paid the price for my sin so I can do as I want to. I get to screw around, cheat, lie, steal, fornicate, and yes I get to worship my own idol, “ME”.
What I am about to say is not an apology, it’s an “ism” that never should take place. We live in a world where values change daily and so does our respect for authority and God’s Word. We put God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit on a pedestal of degradation and Sinicism. We as a cripple minded people have made the triune being into a statue that holds no meaning and no value. I have a very close friend who owns a thaetre, where the Word of God is taught;but if you stand outside the theatre and listen you get to hear the strange comments. There is a painting in the window of this theatre, it is the face of Jesus, and it doesn’t matter what direction you look at it from, it’s looking right back at you. It’s a reminder to all that no matter what you do or where you go, the Lord sees you, but far to many look at it and remark how cute it is, foolish people. Like everything else in this disposable world, we throw the baby out with the bath water. This act alone makes us murderers and slaves to satan and yes even satan worshippers. How dare I say something like that? Easy and truthfully, Jesus said; Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
We willfully walk in sin and not out of ignorance either, there is no allotment for ignorance in God’s Word, it’s either His way, or the broad highway to hell; Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Husbands cheating on wives, wives cheating on husbands, both cheating on God in an act of adultery. Exo 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Doctors, practitioners; admittedly by description, their job is guess work and if it’s guess work, then we’re merely guinea pigs, but wrongfully treated guinea pigs. In laboratories, guinea pigs at least get paid for their efforts with food, water, and shelter; we on the other hand, pay for our privilege of being improperly diagnosed and often mistreated. Why, why does this go on; because we forgot the true healer.
Teachers, a sad lot all of them, they ,too think this is a disposable world and for the most part, if a child doesn’t get it, it’s either the child’s fault or the parents fault, but never ever is it the teachers fault. Not everyone learns at the same pace in the same way, but standards dictate if you can’t hack it their way, then you get thrown away. I’m not done with teachers, I have a very big bone to pick with Christian teachers. This particular lot is called on by God to teach truth, absolute truth, and nothing but God’s perfect and absolute truth and yet I and other’s like myself hear nasty teachings that include the ways of the world, allow arguing in class. There are even those teachers who allow cell phones in the classroom to remain on, phone calls on vibrate and texting go on all the time, allowing their students to remain distracted, never holding the student accountable, never bringing punishment. Now there’s a subject, in this United States of America, the place where I laid my life on the line for, you may not punish a child. You might hurt their delicate feelings, the children might think you don’t love them, just like Dr Spock’s son, he committed suicide, because his father refused to punish him, he believed his father didn’t love him! Guess what ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Spock’s son was absolutely correct, his own father didn’t love him enough to correct him. 1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
If his father had loved him, his father’s love would have cast out the sons fears and torments.
To the churches; as a whole, the church is the declination of the real Jesus. My son goes to a church for a God based program, other than that, we have no affiliation with this church. I have several Pastor friends that are involved in this God based program for young men, few of them have any other affiliation with this church. As we were walking down the halls of this church, the art work on the walls caught my eyes and raised a huge question in my spirit, the walls were anime art depicting Biblical times. I asked one of the other Pastors what he thought about it, his comment was something to the affect, it’s pretty cool; I said it reminded me of my cartoon comic book heroes. They were good growing up, but then I knew they were fake. The Pastor stopped and said he hadn’t thought about it, but that’s the way it was with him.
A true Christian has a real mentality of a real Jesus; quite frankly a true Christian is one who lives breathes and walks in the reverential fear of the Lord. You Pastors seeking large congregations and allowing the deluded word to be taught from behind the pulpit; beware! There are true Christians out there coming to face you off for your allowing distortion of the truth to enter the church. God has chosen those who have been beat up by prideful know it all Pastors and raised up by the Holy Spirit to get in your face and challenge you to tell the God spell truth of the matter. If you don’t change, then plant mistletoe in your back pocket and get ready to, well we all know what mistletoe is for!
It’s time for the body of Christ to stop their jerkin around and playin church, cuz the so called Big Guy up there is tired of the games.
Get real or get gone!
Either do it His Way, or there’s always room in Hell-oh, am I allowed to say that -
The James Gang
“The James Gang”
Sounds like a wild west drama, the notorious gang of train robbers le d by Jesse James cir 1847-1882. The James gang has been around since the Apostles walked their end of the known world. Imagine a man so full of the understanding of God’s Word, that he single-handedly wrote 1 book of 5 chapters that supported every book that Paul wrote. Paul was known to have penned 1/3 of the New Testament, and Paul didn’t play around when he wrote. Paul was concise, powerful, and direct with well chosen words to exalt and correct the body of Christ in that day. James is a man who is even more concise and to the point.
The world of Christians in today’s society have all but forgotten how to search a matter out and what it means to do so. Pro 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
As children of the living King, we ought in desire to please our Heavenly Father, want to search out how things are done that we make Daddy God pleased with us. We don’t though, why? For those who want to know, I’m going to tell you and for those that don’t want to know, that’s too bad because I’m still going to say. You can be like the Pharisees that stoned Stephen and plug your ears or cover your eyes, but like Jesus said, you already have your reward, your own personal plot in hell. Many would say at this point, where’s the love? I ask you ,when Jesus told the adulterous woman go and sin no more ,do you really think He said with an ooey gooey, lovey dovey, candy-coated smooth talking voice? To know the Lord is to know an understand the meaning of tough love and no where in tough love is there room for the ooey gooey, lovey dovey, candy-coated, golden throated, baby talking attitude of our general mind sets. Jesus said go and sin no more with power and authority and she knew it. Man has contrived all these ideal ways to handle their problems, each with their own perspectives and twists on the cause and effect of any individual’s life. Imagine that, 400,000 psycho babbling therapeutic ignoramuses, spewing personal suggestions off the tops of their heads and everyone forsaking the true cause of each individual problem. The problem being an unwillingness to admit their own individual guilt in wrong doing. (I E) it’s not their fault, it’s the society in which they were brought up. How about the; they were born that way and other such stupid statements. Come on people, get real, society little by little until it became society on the whole has done nothing but blow God and God’s ways off since the introduction of God to society. God created man in His image and likeness, but society thinks they’re smarter than God so they want to make God in man’s image and likeness. Then when all goes wrong, they want to blame God perverting every ounce of truth of God out there till they are at the point of attempting to abolish God and every thought regarding Him.
Here’s a clue, you will not and I repeat not ever change God, or will you ever get rid of God. Watch yourself, and please, please feel free to take that as a threat; Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Let’s step back to the original James gang; James made a powerful point here, Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
In the original text of this message, there was no room for pick and choose what part of God’s Word we’ll obey or throw out. James referred to the whole Word of God, Just like Jesus did in response to satan in the wilderness. Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Martin Luther called the book of James an epistle of straw because he initially didn’t like what it said about works. Apparently the original Martin Luther was not alone, but rather cloned. Today’s society has a multitude of Martin Luthers, because very few people who claim they’re Christians want to live the whole Word of God.
My attention at this point must slightly change direction and some of the blame. You preachers, pastors, and teachers, and the Holy Spirit will let you know for sure who you are, are a lot of the reason to blame. From many translations of the Bible, special words are left out, words like Jesus, the cross, and last but not least, the blood; but think this not the end. The big popular churches with the big popular preachers are just as guilty. They’re all so afraid of losing that almighty dollar, that they forget to not place any god before my God! That green paper god is worth more to even the so-called mightiest man or woman of God, that they not only forget the scriptures but even go so far as to deny them and then lie about it. They lie to themselves first, perfecting that lie in their mind so that they can substantiate that lie to their congregation. A word of warning, Jesus said if you ain’t walking the narrow road, you’re walking the broad road and we all know that road leads straight to hell.
I f the Bible publishers, if the pastors, preachers, teachers aren’t going to profess the whole Word of God, then we who will must live it. James told us to live the life and be the living epistle of God’s Word to the shame of others. God raised me to live His way and no other, if I can, having lived the life I lived, then it should be easy for the rest of you.
I’d rather meet you and greet you in Heaven as a permanent resident, then see you leaving Heaven on your way to hell, because you didn’t want to make the right choice. With Jesus, there are no excuses -
A Child's Hug
My friend Deputy Dawg sent this to me for my birthday present and ask me to share
A Baby's Hug ~
We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly sitting and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, 'Hi.' He pounded his fat baby hands on the high chair tray. His eyes were crinkled in laughter and his mouth was bared in a toothless grin, as he wriggled and giggled with merriment.
I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man whose pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicose it looked like a road map.
We were too far from him to smell, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists. 'Hi there, baby; hi there, big boy. I see ya, buster,' the man said to Erik.
My husband and I exchanged looks, 'What do we do?'
Erik continued to laugh and answer, 'Hi.'
Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby. Our meal came and the man began shouting from across the room, 'Do ya patty cake? Do you know peek-a-boo? Hey, look, he knows peek- a-boo.'
Nobody thought the old man was cute. He was obviously drunk.
My husband and I were embarrassed. We ate in silence; all except for Erik, who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skid-row bum, who in turn, reciprocated with his cute comments.
We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between me and the door. 'Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Erik,' I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I did, Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's 'pick-me-up' position. Before I could stop him, Erik had propelled himself from my arms to the man
Suddenly a very old smelly man and a very young baby consummated their love and kinship. Erik in an act of total trust, love, and submission laid his tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands full of grime, pain, and hard labor, cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back. No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time.
I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Erik in his arms and his eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, 'You take care of this baby.'
Somehow I managed, 'I will,' from a throat that contained a stone.
He pried Erik from his chest, lovingly and longingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man said, 'God bless you, ma'am, you've given me my Christmas gift.'
I said nothing more than a muttered thanks. With Erik in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Erik so tightly, and why I was saying, 'My God, my God, forgive me.'
I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. I felt it was God asking, 'Are you willing to share your son for a moment?' when He shared His for all eternity.
The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me, 'To enter the Kingdom of God , we must become as little children.'
If this has blessed you, please bless others by sending it on. Sometimes, it takes a child to remind us of what is really important. We must always remember who we are, where we came from and, most importantly, how we feel about others. The clothes on your back or the car that you drive or the house that you live in does not define you at all; it is how you treat your fellow man that identifies who you are.
This one is a keeper.
'It is better to be liked for the true you, than to be loved for who people think you are.....' -
When will we learn?!?
Because of the way we have been treated in our lives, it is so hard to believe that we can be loved and loved properly. The worst part of that mind-set is that God, even though perfect in every way, cannot love us any better. This leave a bitter taste in our mouth and even when we finally come to the conclusion that God loves us, we still look, wait, and listen for that shattering moment, when nothing goes the way we thought it should. Then whom do we blame, we blame the only one that ever truly loved us with the most perfect and proper way and approach. The fact of the matter is simple; we're the ones to blame for how things turn out, we're the ones we should point fingers at: we live and walk in the valley of Shechem, the place between the shoulders, the valley of choice. It has always been our choice to do or not to do, to want or not to want, to need or not to need, to accept or not to accept - this includes His way, His truth, and His life. We in our narrow minded, self-centered thinking, have this closed minded thought of whom God is because we live and think in a box, a small box that we put ourselves in through our choices.
We hear all the time, it's time to go outside the box in our thinking, but do we ever truly? No, for some strange reason, we choose to reason out our lives from the hurt heart mindset, never ever considering anything or anybody else past the scar tissue of our hearts. We throw the words around, "I love you" like we're basketball players during the pregame warmup and our words are the basketball. We operate from our bruises, cut wounds, heart-aches, and scar tissue --------- how far can you trust, how much can you give, how long will you endure, how far can you be stretched before you break and retract into that self protective shell you built? In a world filled with violence to the degree that we have become all to familiar with and numb to, we stop believing that there is hope. We walk around with the attitude that only the seen things can accomplish, but oh they fail us miserably. Ask yourself a question, when was the last time you looked to the heavens and said, if there is a God, HELP!!!! Even Christians don't cry out, our minds are so clouded with the I'm perfect and God and the world OWE ME!!!
We don't bother to humble ourselves enough to say "What can I do to help?"
John F. Kennedy during his presidency told Americans 'ask not what your country can do for you, but rather, what can I do for my country?" Kennedy had a clue, just slightly out of phase and misplaced, as he also became caught up in the lusts of the flesh.
Now I ask, can we as Christians stop our whining little pity parties long enough to ask God, what can I do for You, and then go do it? Or will we continue on our little self-centered, self-righjteous, self-important paths to destruction. Yes, I'm talking to everyone of you so called, self-proclaimed Christians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are called to love one another, bare one another's burdens, remain humble, caring, giving, bring deliverance and healing to a hurting world, BUT do we? For the most part, not at all, Jesus said, pick up your cross and carry it, He wasn't talking about the stick of wood you use to hold up your over-educated pompous ass, He was talking about the cross of Love unto forgiveness, healing to tearlessness, and deliverance to freedom! He was talking about setting the captives free unto redemption. He shed His Blood for you and me, if He's not a respecter of persons, what gives any of us the right to say wqho should be saved and who should not. His Word says plain and simple," I would that ALL should come to the saving grace and knowledge of our Lord jesus Christ.
For those Christians whom are doing all they can to show the Love of the
rd and be the light we were called to be, if I have offended you in any way--get over it--we're not called to carry offenses, just the burden of the cross. To those Christians who take this message to heart and are not offended, I say job well done. Now finally to those self-righteous, self-centered, self-impotartant, self-seeking, pompous assed, I put the money in the plate I should say where it goes self proclaimed Christians, get off your high horse! Not one of us has the right to think ourselves to be all that and a bag of chips. Instead of telling God what to do, try doing what God told you to do!!!