Category: Ministry



God gave us advice, sound instructions for this time on earth:

"when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads", when the earth looks bleak turn to God, put your faith and trust in him alone.

A great opportunity to grow under God.

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Luke 21:25-28 (Amplified Bible)

25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth [there will be] distress (trouble and anguish) of nations in bewilderment and perplexity without resources, left wanting, embarrassed, in doubt, not knowing which way to turn at the roaring (the echo) of the tossing of the sea,

26 Men swooning away or expiring with fear and dread and apprehension and expectation of the things that are coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken and caused to totter.

27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great
(transcendent and overwhelming) power and [all His kingly] glory (majesty and splendor).

28 Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near.

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There was a time in the Bible where God's people were pinned down surrounded by enemies, outnumbered perhaps 10 to 1 pressed by armies with weapons and a drive to kill them. Within hours closing in. One of the leaders under God within the cornered group spoke that trust is to be put into the Lord. He believed and spoke that God would deliver them.

He turned to God in a time of crisis. Spiritually on his knees. This is a time of need.

He turned to God. He listened to what God had to say. He followed God's instruction.

The enemy could be heard off in the distance, perhaps informants approximating head counts of the armies, weaponry report, movement. These men are coming to slit your throat and their running out of distance to do it.

One might have imagined, at the time, the only way deliverance would happen is if the Lord's Hand came down from a cloud and lifted them away. Or if the enemy was struck dead as they stood. Or a ball of fire consumed the enemy.

What God actually did was cause the enemy to fight against themselves, killing each other...they wanted blood, they got it.

When the various armies saw God's people come out and praise God they fell into confusion. They may have believed they were double crossed by one another. They began to kill each other. This is an example of the power of praise.

NOTE: God's people who experienced victory praised God BEFORE the victory manifested. They were still up against an overpowering army when they praised. They did NOT wait for the manifestation of victory to praise God like giving a tip like a waitress after you've eaten.

If there is no praise before the victory there is no faith in God to move. Praise after the victory is pure, but it is not based in faith, it is in thanksgiving.

Work your heart to a position of faith regardless of outside appearances and God will discard your mountain. Does this come natural? Nope.

It took God's people a few days to collect the loot that the enemy had
among them. The Bible told that the opposing armies where even wearing jewelry, which would have been very unusual for a soldier to be wearing his valuable jewelry to battle.

Pending doom to new found riches within a day.

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2 Chronicles 20:1-30 (Amplified Bible)

1 AFTER THIS, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and with them the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 It was told Jehoshaphat, A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Edom; and behold they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

3 Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.

4 And Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord [yearning for Him with all their desire].

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court

6 And said, O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In Your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand You.

7 Did not You, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

8 They dwelt in it and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying,

9 If evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You--for Your Name [and the symbol of Your presence] is in this house--and cry to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.

10 And now behold, the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they turned from and did not destroy--(A)

11 Behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.

12 O our God, will You not exercise judgment upon them? For we have no might to stand against this great company that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.

13 And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their children and their wives.

14 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

15 He said, Hearken, all Judah, you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

16 Tomorrow go down to them. Behold, they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the ravine before the Wilderness of Jeruel.

17 You shall not need to fight in this battle; take your positions, stand still, and see the deliverance of the Lord [Who is] with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Fear not nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping Him.

19 And some Levites of the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe and remain steadfast to His prophets and you shall prosper.

21 When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were [self-] slaughtered;

23 For [suspecting betrayal] the men of Ammon and Moab rose against those of Mount Seir, utterly destroying them. And when they had made an end of the men of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.

24 And when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped!

25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil, they found among them much cattle, goods, garments, and precious things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away, so much they were three days in gathering the spoil.

26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah. There they blessed the Lord. So the name of the place is still called the Valley of Beracah [blessing].

27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat leading them, to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

28 They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of the Lord.

29 And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.

Category: Ministry

I am so glad God is reaching out, because on our own we can do nothing of true value with regards to serving man or woman. But I believe through his power hearts will be softened and touched. The fact is, God loves all people. He is very excited about humans. I don't understand this but don't have to.

The truth is actually that God values no one person less than another. All and everyone is extremely "precious" to him. Like we love our children, or like you love the most important person in your life, God loves that way, a personal way, not simply just a general sense. The truth is, God will and does love and accept everyone EXACTLY as they are in the moment. He loves us with our faults. This is the truth. He does not turn his back for ANY reason, or give up on a person, reject a person - for ANY reason, those are human traits.

He does not condemn anyone, he is not the author of condemnation. Is one person condemned by God for having an abortion? Nope. Does God condemn someone for being in a homosexual relationship? Nope. Does he love anyone anymore or less due to their sin or sinning? Nope. Every single person falls short, none more than the other.

God gave us Jesus to die on the cross and rise again. God loves Jesus as much as you love the most important person in your life, he loves his son that much. But, he watched his son suffer very badly, not to brag, but to make a way for us, not so everyone can see how great he is, but because he wants us, he is jealous of our attention, and is thrilled when we come to him.

Again, I don't understand why, the creator is thrilled about me, it makes no sense to me considering all the awesome things he's done, creation, and the unbridled power he has, it is me that he is ecstatic about.

I remember one time God revealed himself to me in a very vivid way throughout several moments. It was life like so much life like you have never experienced, like the definition of the word "life" like you never knew existed before, the true definition, complete overflow, very alive alive alive . I was stunned how excited he was about me, shocking. But, the most shocking part was, his presence had zero pride, absolutely and totally humble. I could not get over that. I have more pride than God, meaning God is not at all boastful, a shock. Completely easy to be around. You would think he would be, this to me was the most amazing thing, in fact this is what I thought was the most powerful thing about him, that he had all that power, but completely lacked any evidence of condemnation or hierarchy whatsoever.

To me this is greater than creating the earth or the universe, how humble He is. God wins people with his warmth, he has an actual personality. I pray to God that anyone reading this may be touched by Him in a powerful way, honestly not because I want people to be like me, but because of the treasure I have found on the inside, I want others to experience that because it is God's will.

My point about God is, he won't - not accept any person who comes to him regardless of what they are doing or have done by the way of sin. In otherwords, if one who is a mass murderer goes to God and accepts his gift of salvation, through accepting Jesus in their heart and confessing that he is in fact the Son of God, then God will welcome that individual with joy no matter who it is. God will deal with what needs dealt with in that individual through grace, by making the person want to change whatever it is that they need to change in. It is correct that sin by its definition separates us form God in relationship, it is natural that it will in Christians as well, but when you repent you turn your back on that which separates you, or, that which hinders you it is forgiven instantly by God.

The blood of Jesus cleanses a person spiritually 100%, in otherwords, when we accept salvation our spirit becomes as pure as Jesus's, or perfect, without sin - spiritually.

Even though ones does that, they are still effected by sin in many ways: your mind, your happiness, your relationship with God, the ministry and fruit of the Holy Spirit and the fruit of it in your life...sin leads to death, however, committing sin of any kind before or after you have received salvation does not threaten your salvation or your trip to Heaven, once you accept Christ's gift it is a done deal and cannot be taken away.

Regarding sin of all types as spelled out in the Bible, it is horrible in that it destroys peoples lives, I hate it, I struggle with sin as we all do.

As I have come to Christ, I was far from perfect, and in a moment God embraced me. God is desiring to reveal himself in this blog. In no way shape or form am I attempting to minimize the effects of sin or try to show God as encouraging it whatsoever, very much the opposite. But rather, with Jesus the being the focus, the true power of his blood is washing away all defects and imparting his perfection within us for the sake of growing his Heavenly family. So, the point is, anyone can go to God through the acceptance of His Son and God will immediately welcome them with open arms. This is the power of the blood. The fact is, God projects himself into peoples lives who don't know him through grace and mercy, but if people have never had anyone attempt to explain who God is, then they may never know. God wants them to know.

God is an actual being, meaning he has a face and a body like us, he is not some hazy cloud of smoke. On earth Christ is the head and Christians are the body. We tap into the mind of Christ seeking his wisdom and we act according to his will.

As far as the universe, world, etc. - God spoke them into existence, this defies our normal understanding of course (this goes into the He's 'God and we're not' category).

How he created man, he created him out of soil/dirt then breathed life into him. This maybe difficult to understand to you, but is it also difficult to understand - where does the sky or universe end? It goes on and on forever? It has to, because if it ended at wall, whats behind the wall? There are many things we know about that are impossible to understand but we don't deny that there is a universe just because we don't understand everything about it, unless we are predisposed to.

But the Bible says He created us in His image, so we resemble God. God has a distinct personality, he is not just some inate vessel of emence power, but a knowable 'person'. The more difficult to understand is that God has three parts, the Father, Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the very Spirit of God. We too have a Spirit, it is of a fallen world, a fallen man's nature.

If you receive Jesus you receive His Spirit that comes inside you, lives within you - this is not something that is taken by faith alone, God's Spirit can be very decernable, meaning you know that something is going on, you can tell that it is there, it is recognizable and lives with you.

This is when God said in the Bible that He uses so-called 'foolish things of this world to confound the wise', meaning that many people think Christians are idiots, yet times when we are enjoying the presence of God we are very happy. The Holy Spirit makes you happy among other very good things.

The ministry of Jesus Christ after his death is evidenced by the Holy Spirit, meaning that is why the Christian movement has thrived and grown in a world that hates him, it is because people need something that fills a void, a comfort in a fallen world, and the Spirit provides this in a way that is undeniable and very appreciated.

This is why Jesus's ministry created a kingdom without buildings or a country border, but a kingdom of God living in us and through us in a fallen world. The Holy Spirit and receiving it upon receiving Christ is what keeps people seeking God through his written word, not our intellect or human understanding choosing a 'religion' - that would fall away and get old and frustrating using our imagination as a self made escape from life. No, what keeps people engaged is the relationship with God made possible by the death of Jesus through the Holy Spirit, and in my case this relationship means everything to me.

You can go to God asking him to assist you in faith. Meaning you can go to God with unbelief, but enough faith in Him to ask Him to help you along even in doubt of who he is, with faith enough to turn to him even in an issue that deals with He Himself, if you persists he will show you, this is where He says "seek and ye shall find", this means if you seek God it is impossible that you won't find him.

It is the hard heart which is the issue, which is understandable, we as people have been hurt and betrayed, so how are we now supposed to trust in somene we cannot see? God is aware of this and he operates through faith.

It is His will that you go to him. When the heart softens towards God he is able to manifest within us to a greater extent, which is very pleasing to him (and us!), like when a child of yours comes to you for a hug. It is not about intelect or our human understanding, it is way beyond that, our intelect and understanding fails us time and time again. It is supernatural, it is about yielding in your heart to the best of your ability to God and he will do the rest.

When Jesus died his body was put into a stone tomb (a hole in the side of a stone wall or mountain) and a huge rock covered the tomb. A huge rock was used because the Romans did not want anyone getting in there and removing his body, or causing any disturbance. There were also hundreds of heavily armed Roman guards guarding the tomb. Jesus's followers were not prepared to overtake that scene and remove his body. Nor did they have a motive, they saw him die and they gave him a proper jewsih 'burial'.

The Jews were threatened by Jesus because he was 'shaking' up their power structure. There were about 10,000 followers of Jesus among the Jews, quite large. They feared Jesus may take away their power and way of doing business basically. So the Jews in power had him killed by the Romans in order to quash a non-violent uprising. The Romans also did not want any trouble among the Jewish community. But the jewish 'high priests' had the biggest stake in Jesus's demise.

So they killed him to rid their populous of his message which was upturning their authority, but also, Jesus's death was a way for the high preists way to demonstrate to his followers that he is no Messiah (savior), he did not save himself, look at this defeated man on the cross you though was the Son of God! "He is nothing!" So it was important that Jesus's body remained in the tomb after his death to quiet-up the whole ordeal and bring things back down to 'normal'.

The reason the son of a 'no one' carpenter was able to rise in the eyes of the people was two things; #1 - miracles; #2 - his teaching. It was against status quo to put it mildy for people to stray form the priests (the temples were the social center of their society, so if you were banned form the temples you were basically a societal outcast...this was used as a form of collusion) and listen to some 'common man' within a cast society. The miracles which included many healings and his teaching planted deep seeds in people.

According to historians the Bible is considered to be within the highest form of accuracy rating available, independent historians don't necessarily claim that Jesus is the Messiah, but that the Bible is an accurate historical document.

If the powerful jewish leaders at the time could have found Jesus's body they would have. If the even more powerful Roman leaders could have found Jesus's body they would have. And don't think they didn't look. Jesus is the most famous and influential man in history of the world. He is also the most famous man who's body has never been found even though people have looked for it beginning the third day after his death up until today.

After being COMPLETELY demoralized, the followers of Jesus, after Jesus was seemingly humiliated and definitely brutalized on the cross, what hope would they have had that he was the Son of God? Perhaps not much. Confusion? Probably. Sorrowful...definitely.

But, when Jesus reappeared to many people and the word got out, they must have been reinvigorated, relieved, and joyous. After three days of heaviness, the one they put hope in was gone, but then without even considering it a possibility he was with them again. Many of the desciples and followers of Jesus preached the Gospel AFTER the death of Jesus to the point of being torchered and killed for preaching the Gospel. Why? Because they new he rose again.

These weren't out cast crazies, these were intelligent people, Paul's writing which was 100% inspired by the Holy Spirit is incredible, not written by some lunatic looking for an imaginary friend in the sky for grown-ups. He was convicted to the point of death for his knowledge of the risen Christ, willingly.

There is amazing wisdom in the Bible, simply look at Proverbs written by king Solomon of the Old Testament, simple and beautiful wisdom. Look at the skill Jesus used in dealing with people, the wisdom he had, the beauty of his personalty. The beauty of his message.

There is something that is absolutely radical worth considering, something that one may have never even though of, that is the consideration that the Bible is 100% true form cover to cover. The thought of that is just as radical today as it was two-thousand years ago.

If you are mad with the structure of salvation here on earth offered to us. You believe God is unjust, is it God or the devil who has earned your mistrust? Which one is held responsible for people going to hell?

If it is God that is responsible, then is he not also to be held responsible for all the goodness in ones life, and for life itself, and for dying on the cross for us to be able to spend eternity in Heaven? And, are you willing to take your rebellion to the level of delivering yourself into hell for an eternity due to the fact that you disapprove of (or better yet, don't fully comprehend) the game plan?

What is going to happen to you when you die? Will you plead your case against your perceived infractions committed by your creator. Would the knees begin to wobble just a little bit? Sort of like a computer you built from scratch, you power it on and the monitor has the screen saying "your an idiot, you built me wrong, and you designed this whole thing wrong". Who is smarter, the designer of the machine or the machine itself? Who is more just and compassionate, the designer of man or man himself. How can man supercede in God like characteristics such as compassion and seeking justice? Has an evil God created man that has evolved beyond the creators capability of loving? Logic must rein free even in the hearts of man.

II Corinthians 10: 5, "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;".

Or have you admittedly chosen another god? Perhaps none that you are aware of, unless your god is living by way of an 'anti-God' soul and heart, for many this is the case. But I contend to you that there is no awake human on earth that is a true "atheist", every man and woman has a god of some form. To many, a Godless existence can be a god for them. Rebellion can become a god. Whats behind the vast majority of passion that you have? What basic belief gets your blood moving like nothing else?...that is your god (or God).

But I guarantee this, if you were the last man on earth and there were no distractions and no one to associate with whatsoever, I bet you would spend alot of your "free time" seeking another. Seeking God. Seeking a friend, a father, a savior for 'right now', not necessarily for the after life, but for someone to bond with like never before, right now.

This world is full of temptation, none of which is form God. However, if we weren't given 'free will' then the drum beat complaint would be "why did this stupid God make us as robots, does he think we're so stupid that we wouldn't choose correctly?", and in that case also, the real meaning would be 'I don't like to have a God above me, my pride doesn't want anything higher than me...oh, and by the way, that pride is God's fault'...yet we are the ones claiming enlightenment...

Category: Ministry

This is what a blogger posted to me at a blog where I was talking down very directly all the cultural decay in our society by Liberals - abortion, homosexuality as positive, and false gods of all kinds:

"I have one serious question for you, that I'd hope you consider. Are you, yourself, a sinner? I know that the Bible answers this question. God knows that every person is a sinner. And you-you're a sinner. God also says that you should not judge others for their sin. And that you should only judge your own sin. Jesus was a friend to everyone, even a prostitute. If you are a real Christian, you should believe this. If you are a real Christian, you should be a friend to all. If you are a real Christian, you should stop these posts. They're horrible. I feel bad for you. I honestly feel bad for you, and I pray that God will have mercy on you (which he will). Like the Bible says, God forgives you for these sins. You embarrass me, you embarrass Christians around the world, and most importantly, you embarrass God."

Again, the above strain is suspect, but if it is sincere, this would represent a Christian who is angry at another Christian for speaking out against sin in our society. Below is my response:

God is incapable of being embarrassed. Yes, I am a sinner. I also would consider it a sin to sit back and embrace the will of the devil in our society.

God and the savior of the world, Jesus Christ, says for us not to judge others - 'why are you noticing the spec of dust in your brothers eye yet you don't notice the plank in your own eye'. Jesus was in fact a friend of the prostitute, he stuck up for her when the people wanted to stone her. The only begotten Son of God, Jesus, said to the crowd 'those without sin cast the first stone'.

Jesus obviously saw that it was unfit for this woman who had been subjected in life to this fallen world and led down a path that was destructive to her and imprisoned her in effect, that she should be stoned.

Also, I believe that Jesus saw into the hearts of the men who may have been holding stones in their hands already and saw men who had affairs on their wives themselves. A man who might have wanted to stone her to take out his anger on her because he was just dumped by a woman himself. Men who even were seeking 'justice', but who had lusted after another woman...even only in their hearts, even though they didn't do anything about that lust - according to Jesus's teaching it is the same as doing it.

So in effect, all these men were in the exact same standing regarding sin as this woman. The woman, who was a friend of God, was probably in a superior standing than her accusers.

In any event, it was Jesus's mercy that won over this woman to God. Jesus didn't judge her at all. In her day it was a harsh cast society - very traditional similar to the Middle East now. And Jesus was going hard core against the grain by befriending her. It is Jesus's mercy that wins over people still today.

God is not a wishy washy Dr. Phil as you would like him to be however. Why did Jesus give the Sermon on the Mount? Why did Jesus throw down the table of the money changers in the temple? Why in the Old Testament did God advise His people to stand up for themselves, to take land? Why does Jesus use the term enemy in referring to our cause in the New Testament? If there is an enemy who is it? It is the devil as the Bible says.

The question that our culture is facing right now is critical. What happens to all these children who are being exposed and shaped by the will of the enemy? The homosexual propaganda mafia where children have to emotionally and spiritually deal with people of the same sex arguing about wanting to get married. This would NEVER come up at anyones dinner table with their family had the perverted media not shoved it in our face night after night.

Having children being aware that they live in a society that could have aborted them and treat human life as a commodity coursens their development and coursens our society. Not to mention countless other perversions which is hoisted upon our youth.

So it is in fact a sin to sit back and watch all this happen to the current generation of children. It is in fact the perverted pop culture who is throwing the stones at the innocent, while you sit back and blame the ones sticking up for the innocent. You defend the stone throwers while passing jugement on me who is concerned and speaking out for the innocent. You are pious, but your position does not stand the test of legitimacy.

Jesus was a friend of the prostitute and the ones wanting to throw the stones were no better than her, in fact, they were worse off than her because the prostitute knew the Son of God. And I will also bet that she was no longer a prostitute after knowing the Son of God, surly she was delivered from that destructive lifestyle. The only question is, why as a self proclaimed referee of my comments, would you attempt to view my words intentions and heart under a microscope while the perverted pop-culture is dealing sin to the nations children? I am not a friend to all. First it is my duty to fend against the devil to those who are unknowing and vulnerable. I hate evil as God does.

So, I will not hug and kiss on the cheek with the cultural pornographers of this generation as you suggest while I see kids coming home from school with books titled "My Two Dads" and being taught evolution at school. Only to come home to see two grown men making-out under covers in a bed on MTV. While you sit back and judge my contempt for this. I wonder what you would score Jesus's outrage at the money changers, a failing grade?

The first order of business is protecting the vulnerable and innocent among us - the children, and I can worry about what the peanut gallery thinks of me later. Salvation for all is Jesus's mission. It is difficult to achieve salvation for all when you have the hard core committed rebels against God preaching demonic darkness within our culture day and night beginning with the politically malleable - kids.

So, there is a river that attempts to grow in width and suck in innocent and weak victims thereby drowning them and wisking them away from salvation. This river is the spiritual darkness that is this world as ruled by satan.

And in this fallen world there are people who hate God and side with satan. I have a great passion to combat this. I don't know what world you live in, but it sounds like peaches and cream and everything nice with special hugs for societal pimps. Special hugs for societal pimps is a good idea, but first SOMEONE must fight to stop the bleeding of the moral decay within this country that is the expressed wish of those I mention in this blog.

Salvation for all, but the critical issue is to pry satans hands off the throats of our kids to give the innocent a better chance at coming to salvation.

You should be embarrassed, but for reasons other than my posts. You confront me about judgement while attempting to deal out a harsh judgement about me.