2 Cor 4:11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake

The gospel of prosperity boast big things based on this scripture
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3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

Yes this is indeed true about what GOD desires for us all but with the exception of a higher purpose in HIM.

The comfy position held by the prosperity crowd is shaken up and considered insignificant, in order for Jesus to show Himself strong in us who are chosen to suffer for His Name's sake.

2 Cor 4:11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Death is an ongoing process to the elect of GOD. Did you notice the word "constantly" in the above verse.
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 2 Cor 12:10 So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak in human strength, then am I [truly] strong able, powerful in divine strength.

And, by the way - Happy New year :)

Where are the devil's interest occupied ? It says it right here

Where are the devil's interest occupied ? It says it right here, the things of men.The natual and not the spiritual man. Huge difference:

Matt 16:23 But Jesus turned away from Peter and said to him, Get behind Me, Satan! You are in My way [an offense and a hindrance and a snare to Me]; for you are minding what partakes not of the nature and quality of God, but of men.

 This is why we are to walk (live) by means of the spirit and not the flesh in order to be instep with God and out of step with the world.
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Gal 5:16 But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).

Jesus , the reason for the season it is said - But did you miss Him when He came along???

Jesus , the reason for the season it is said - But did you miss Him when He came along???

Matt 25:43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.

Matt 25:45 "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'

I remember when a Pastor prayed for me during a time I was under financial duress. I was like hummmm , He could have slip me a fifty or something.

James 2:15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
 James 2:16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?


Here is a test for the season- 

Which behavior is an act of righteousness? Giving to those who have no needs or providing for those who have little or even nothing? 

What act does GOD approve, answer below:

2 Cor 9:9 as it is written, 
"HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, 
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER.

Giving another pair of gloves to your brother who already has four pair of gloves does not qualify as an act of righteousness/

Oh Lord Jesus, this is such foolishness

I remember visiting a friend being treated at a psychiatric facility .It was in the spring of 1986 We went to an open court area to talk and I began to share the inspired Word of GOD. Suddenly we were surrounded by several patients that were in the court yard as well. I was able to both share Jesus and pray. This was a most rewarding experience for me for certain. They were all so very grateful for the visit.

Mental illness often has roots in our spiritual condition but to the many mental health care professionals this is foolishness they would rather give pills.

1 Cor 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

Oh yes, I wonder what this fellow's prognosis would be in today's medical evaluations ?

Mark 5:1 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
Mark 5:2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
Mark 5:3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

Notice the pure act of foolishness by Jesus, that removed the demonic malaise that was tormenting  this man.

Mark 5:8 For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Like the Lord Jesus commands the unclean spirit to come out of this man I will follow His example and follow His foolish ways.

Mark 16:17 "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
 Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

The heinous acts of violence occurring world wide, can not and will nt be resolved through the wisdom of men but can be stopped only through the power of GOD

Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Oh Lord Jesus, this is such foolishness

1 Cor 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

If GOD is choosing one person over another, even before we are born then how does that square up with the GOD loves everybody crowd?

Read, Think & Question. - Rom 11:32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. 

Now for my controversial remark. If I have 100 dollars I may give you 50? but will I??? Same thing with GOD -


Rom 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION."

Like I said before, pray for the Lord to have mercy on us because unlike me and you GOD does have a choice. Here we are born into sin thinking we can chose God. you better pray He chooses you


Rom 9:11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

Going outside assumptions of current popular theology or the current doctrinal wind, and relying on the Bible as your sole truth may bring you into greater understanding of the ways and purposes of GOD.  Here is a Bible truth that gets little acknowledgement in most churches because it does not adhere to the secular view of fairness;

Rom 9:18 So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills.

Another Read, Think & Question moment.

1 Cor 2:15(a) But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things]

For many of you GOD's riddle is solved because the Holy Spirit intervened.

Here is a riddle that the devil and the secular world can not solve.

" The weakness of GOD is stronger than men and the foolishness of GOD is wiser than men" .

This divine truth written in the Holy Bible still to the present time confounds the world. and the devil because the world and the devil focus on and dwell in matters concerning men and not the things of GOD.

Matt 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's.

Man's interest and God's interest are most often  opposed to each other so what looks like defeat to men is in many cases victory with Jesus and what looks like a victory to men is often a failure in GOD. We can not obtain understanding of what makes a life victorious in Jesus without the intervention of the Holy Spirit. For many of you GOD's riddle is solved because the Holy Spirit intervened.

 What we've learned - what appears to men as weakness and defeat in our life is manifesting GOD's strength (victory) and what appears as nonsense and stupidity to men regarding our renewed mind contains the transcendent wisdom of GOD.


1 Cor 2:9 but just as it is written, 
"THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, 
AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, 
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
1 Cor 2:10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

A message from yours truly to all Gospel of Prosperity preachers

A message from yours truly to all Gospel of Prosperity preachers. The Bible clearly predicts the fate of your defiled riches:


James 5:3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire...

Why the need to live such an exorbitant lifestyle, the mansions and fancy cars? It is because you are covetous and covetousness comes out of lust. If you think that you are going to take money from the vulnerable and hopeless to feed a spirit of excess and then go to heaven then you are a fool because you are going to hell.

Luke 12:15 And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs.

Saying no to sin is possible

Saying no to sin is possible. In fact the remnant of GOD do not live a sinful lifestyle. Christians are often attacked with the argument that no one is perfect everybody sins. But this argument is misguided because we are talking about living a lifestyle without the propensity to sin and not perfection.

Excusing sin because we can not reach perfection is like telling a man why walk anymore since one day you slipped and fell. For the Christian sinning is the exception and not the rule but for sinners, sin rules.


‎1 John 3:6 No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains in communion with and in obedience to Him--deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him]

In the end and when the tally is all added up, unquestionably we know that GOD is just.

Before you look down on the brother or sister in humble unfortunate circumstances please consider their status in Christ Jesus, because their status is elevated in Him. I have said this before but I will say it again that perhaps this is how our Lord levels the playing field.

This is one of my favorite scriptures;

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?
Do not despise the poor in Christ because the poor in Christ are actually very rich.

To all the covetous people out there you have your reward and after this life you ain't got nothing coming.

 Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received [what is due you in] comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he 
is comforted here and you are in anguish.

In the end and when the tally is all added up, unquestionably we know that GOD is just.

Is 49:4(b)......Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD, And My reward with My God."

I find it amusing when someone tells me I can not force my religion on them

I find it amusing when someone tells me I can not force my religion on them. Why do I find this response amusing, because it is. It is like speeding doing 55 in a 25 MPH speed zone and you tell the police you can not force your speed limit laws on me.

Time for you to wake up, you are under our Governments laws and even more, you are under GOD's law. Next time you think there remains a choice while speeding or in obeying God reference this verse;


 Ps 24:1 The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, 
The world, and those who dwell in it.

Guess what? God has already forced Himself on you. Obey Him or suffer the consequences.

 - Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Whole doctrines have been wrongly built around tongues being the only evidence that you are filled with the Holy Spirit.

Most Pentecostals will tell you that speaking in tongues is the only evidence that you have received the Holy Spirit. Without speaking in tongues there is no evidence that you are filled with the Holy Spirit. This is not entirely true because you can and many have received the Holy Spirit without speaking in tongues.

The larger and more relevant issue is the tangible evidence of the power of the Holy Spirit manifesting in your living.

There is a considerable amount of confusion and outright madness on the subject of tongues. If you follow the Bible, as we all should, the confusion clears up on the subject of tongues. When the Bible talks about receiving the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, the event will be accompanied by prophecy and interpretation. Otherwise without the prophecy and interpretation they should be no public speaking in tongues.

Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues andprophesying.

Therein lies the confusion, I have been in many Charismatic and Pentecostal churches where many are just babbling in tongues randomly, without anyone giving prophecy. These kind of display oftongues are out of order.
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Here is a scripture that supports my claim that all who have the Holy Spirit do NOT speak in tongues;

1 Cor 12:30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?
 There is the verse directly from the Bible. Whole doctrines have been wrongly built around tongues being the only evidence that you are filled with the Holy Spirit.

 The Holy Spirit brings tremendous advantages. Here is additional evidence that you have been filled with the Holy Spirit.


Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

 Easy for me to see the more desirable evidence of the Holy Spirit is producing its fruit..

Talking to a Church Mother - I said to her, something sounds upside down

I had a conversation with one of the Mothers of the Church, she attends a large Baptist chuech in Cleveland, my home town. This dear saint has been faitful with tithes and offering for over 40 years.
And, one of her greatest fears is missing a tithe payment. The lady is retired and living on a fixed income and barely making ends meet. I said to her, something sounds upside down. At this point in your life the church should excuse you from tithing and provide you with supplemental income. But the church would not intiate such mercy, because they have no concept of what GOD means when He says I will have mercy and not sacrifice.

Anyone who is not ready and eager to despense mercy where needed does not know GOD. You have not the love of God in your heart, you are not saved.

Matt 12:7And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless


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I have a huge problem with hermeneutics . It leaves out the Holy Spirit. which translates - I want nothing to do with it.

I had an interesting encounter with some so called learned individuals. It was explained to me that interpretation of the Bible is done most effectively through the use of hermeneutics. I am familiar with the technique but I have a huge problem with its application. It leaves out the Holy Spirit.

 It is the Holy Spirit that distributes revelation knowledge and understanding of the Bible not some man contrived method. These people reject the leading of the Spirit in order to adhere to their deeply eroneous intellecturalism. I would take one single revelation from GOD Himself ratthan all the book knowledge in the world.

 At that time Jesus began to say, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [and I acknowledge openly and joyfully to Your honor], that You have hidden these things from the wise and clever and learned, and revealed them to babies [to the childish, untaught, and unskilled].
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 We can not talk about the Bible, GOD the Father and Christ Jesus  and then leave our the person of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit the church does not exist.  It is not the anointing that makes things happen in the earth for GOD it is solely the work of His Precious Holy Spirit.  When you hear people say the Lord is giving you a greater anointing they are WRONG!!! God has said no such thing because God does not talk like that. Instead God may say I am giving you a greater portion of His Spirit and that Spirit is the person of the Holy Spirit.

2 Kin 2:9
 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."

Since the Holy Spirit is GOD, then calling the work of GOD being from another source, is then taking credit away from GOD Himself.

Diminishing the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church for man made processes is also sinful, it is the practice of idolatry. It is the Holy Spirit that defines how the church is governed.
For example;

1 Cor 12:28
So God has appointed some in the church [for His own use]: first apostles (special messengers); second prophets (inspired preachers and expounders); third teachers; then wonder-workers; then those with ability to heal the sick; helpers; administrators; [speakers in] different (unknown) tongues.

Now who are you to change GOD's appointments.

Finally please realize it is the Hply Spirit that represents GOD in the earth and we are admonished , we are compelled to follow His lead.  

1 Cor 2:10 Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny].

I just realized that I have a huge problem with anyone at all that leaves out the GOD's Holy Spirit.  I want nothing to do with thise people.

Your shut off valve to salvation

To deny the work of the Holy Spirit among men is your shut off valve to salvation. Without the work of the Holy Spirit there is no salvation period. Your denial of the presence and operation of GOD in the earth is recognized in Heaven as the unforgivable or eternal sin.

Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--

The Bible warns us against people who have a form of Godliness but at the same time deny His power. We are warned to say away from such people. If the presence and work of the Holy Spirit is denied you have denied GOD Himself. 

Being Born Again is the work of the Holy Spirit.  Unless you are Born Again you are not saved. Therefore if you deny the operation of the Holy Spirit you can never be saved because you have just dismissed the only means we have for entrance into Heaven. This is why GOD calls blaspheme of the Holy Spirit an eternal sin.

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit

The woman was made for man and not the man for the woman so how can your views be as weighty as your husbands?

The word 'submissive' is very much a bad word in the minds of women who declare themselves strong personalities " I am a strong black woman". What this statement really means is that I will not submit to a man's authority in the home. Thoughts are, my views are as equally important as my husbands and should be respected. Trouble is this position is in conflict with the Bible. The woman was made for man and not the man for the woman, so how can your views be as weighty as your husbands?


 ‎1 Cor 11:3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Matriarchal leadership in the home is even more proof the Apostasy is with us . Because it is the exact opposite of what GOD determines to represent His authority in the home. Authority is not based on stature, intelligence, a strong personality or otherwise, or even wealth. Leadership GOD's way is based on appointment.

Cracks in our earthenware, the flesh is just a jar of clay, get over it.

Most of us from a human perspective and not from a spiritual perspective, hate for our vulnerable side to be exposed because we may be liable to harm. God exposes our vulnerable side on purpose for the express goal of making us invulnerable in HIM. Those things we deem makes us weak is really the source, the portal of GOD's power

You've been set up to receive a blessing because in our weaknesses His strength is perfected..

This phenomena causing and revealing our defects should not at all be surprising since the weaknesses are simply cracks in our earthenware, the flesh is just a jar of clay. No matter how much we dress up our earthen dwelling it still fails under pressure.

Oh the wisdom of GOD is unfathomable, His ways His purposes are beyond tracing out.

Just like God to put His Spirit is in a container not able to support it's contents and therefore the weakness of the container is exposed and the contents therefore revealed!! Emphasis is then on the CONTENTS and not on the vessel.


2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;


Yes one day our earthenware will be dismissed for a heavenly container, one suited to hold the contents for eternity!!!!  Aren't you glad about that!!!

 Oh  We Give YOU Praise Jesus!!!


2 Cor 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Cor 5:2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,

"He makes my feet like hinds' feet", - because of Jesus we always land on our feet.

‎2 Sam 22:34 "He makes my feet like hinds' feet, 
And sets me on my high places. hallelujah !!! 

It is so wonderful to have feet like the hind. No matter what mountains we face in life we remain sure footed .

There is no fear in the hind as he leaps across the difficult terrain. And like the hind, in the midst of all these things we are more than conquerors over the mountains in our lives. .
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Hab 3:19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!

Yes and Amen!!! These abilities are ours through the sacrfice  of our Lord Jesus on the cross and delivered to us through the precious Holy Spirit. No matter what the world throws at you, YOU WIN.


John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]


That's right my brothers and sisters because of Jesus we always land on our feet.

I realized that you can not obtain eternal life without going through the birth canal.

Perhaps my stand for Jesus is because I fear GOD so very much. Once I was complaining to the Lord about why I was in such a time of extreme pressure. In my way of thinking I could be doing so much better if the Lord would remove all this pressure from my life, I would be fine. In an instant of time, in a vision, GOD showed me what would happen if the pressure was removed. I then repented, I had no further complaint  I realized that you can not obtain eternal life without going through the birth canal.

Matt 7:14 But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it

With the Holy Spirit you eat the Bible up like candy.

One of the benefits of being filled with the Holy Spirit is that you are then enabled tp appreciate spiritual things. Without the Holy Spirit, spiritual things seem to be mere nonsense to you.

 1 Cor 2:14 But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.

When you are not spirit filled reading the Bible is a very laborous task and very difficult to understand but with the Holy Spirit you eat the Bible up like candy.

1 Cor 2:15 But the spiritual man tries all things,he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things..........

If you have trouble undersanding the Bible and or if  you have little desire to even read the Bible then chances are high that you are not spirit filled.

They call GOD the creator because they know not GOD and they think that description covers it all

Who is Jesus?


Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.
Col 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

When unsaved people talk about GOD that call Him the creator. They call GOD the creator because they know not GOD and they think that description covers it all. If they knew GOD then they would call the creator by His name. Jesus is the name of the creator, there is no one else. Yes the same Jesus who left heaven and came to earth to die on the cross for me and you.


Phil 2:6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,


Phil 2:7 But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.


Phil 2:8 And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!


Since we know Jesus we have the privilege of letting everyone else know as well.

No pain no gain

Perhaps my stand for Jesus is because i fear GOD so very much. Once I was complaining to the Lord about why I was in such a time of extreme pressure. In my way of thinking I could be doing so much better if the Lord would just remove all this pressure from my life, I would be fine. In an instant of time, in a vision, GOD showed me what would happen if the pressure was removed. I then repented, I had no further complaint.


Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."


The masses of people most unfortunately miss GOD. Most are seekers of pleasurable worldly pursuits. The will of GOD for your life will most likely be not pleasurable to the flesh. The spirit wars against the flesh and the flesh wars against the spirit as written in the Book of James. This is why the Bible also says , he who has suffered in his flesh has ceased from sin. Suffering in the flesh is the path to the Kingdom of GOD. No pain no gain. 


2 Cor 4:11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.


I love to reference the situation where Jesus rebuked Satan when Peter told the Lord , no way was He going to suffer in Jerusalem and die. Satan was able to speak through Peter because they shared the same mindset. No suffering in the flesh, instead feed the flesh although the flesh will never be satisfied. Feeding the flesh does not carry out the purposes of God but instead the purposes of man. Notice how our Lord Jesus responded.


Matt 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."

Did you answer the call? Or did you find other things in your life more important.

I got this question yesterday and although I have written this in a previous post it is worth repeating. What determines if a person is both called and then chosen? Because the Bible says many are called but few are chosen. The answer is a remarkably simple statement. In fact the answer is wrapped up in another question. Did you answer the call? Or did you find other things in your life more important. If you found nothing in your life more important than GOD's call then you are chosen.


Mark 8:35 "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.

Most of us are not chosen because we have far to many things going on in our worldly lives than to think about what Jesus wants us to do for HIM.

Are you intimidated by sinners so much that you even deny the scriptures when confronted by the world.

I remember watching Joel Osteen on the View. When asked by Whoopi Goldberg about the homosexual lifestyle Joel responded by saying homosexuality is not GOD's best for an individual. Instead of saying homosexuality is an abomination as the Bible says Joel compromised his faith in order not to offend. Saying being gay is not GODs best is a far cry from saying what it really is an abomination.

 Is the world so intimidating that we would rather go against the Bible than offend sinners. Have we become so cowardly in our faith???

If Joel chose to represent Jesus properly he would have used this Bible scripture:

Lev 18:22 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.



Another example of mainline preachers compromising the Bible would be an incident by TD Jakes. On a popular radio show a Muslim lady called in and asked Jakes are Muslims going to heaven. Instead of saying "There is no other name given among men whereby you might be saved other than the name of Jesus" Jakes misused scripture by saying Jesus said there are other sheep not of this fold I must bring in. Totally wrong application of scripture. All because he did not want to offend..

This was an opportunity for TD Jakes to declare the truth in the Gospel which is able to save our souls. But it was by passed in order not to be offensive to the radio show host and his callers.

Muslims do NOT consider Jesus to be deity. Without knowing that Jesus is the Christ you can not be saved. This is the answer Jakes should have given the caller.

 1 John 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.


What we are witness to in this day is the ushering in of the Apostasy (The Great Falling Away) This is why compromise, immorality and materialism is rampant in the Church. All these things must come to pass as prophesied in the Bible before the coming of the LORD.


 2 Thess 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,


The Apostasy is easily recognized in popular culture in and outside the church because right has become wrong and wrong has become right. Keep your spiritual eyes and ears open because the decline from embracing sound Biblical teaching will continue in the Church and the world around us.

The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them

When people follow false prophets they come under the same spirit of deception that the false prophet has obtained. Consider the following of Benny Hinn who made significant false prophecies in the past. One was that Fidel Castro would die in the 90s and the other was that the homosexual community would be destroyed by fire in the 90s. Yet Pastor Benny still maintains a huge following.

When notable ministries can clearly see the fallacy evident in Pastor Benny but yet no one brings him to task we have a real problem. Deception becomes infectious because it has not been held in check by the process of accountability. The "Church" has become an enabler of a platform for lies. Most mega church ministries including TBN provide this venue of deception..


Jer 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart

Do you want success in your life GOD's way. GOD's success will not be what the world calls success. Here is the key to real long lasting success that last for eternity.

Prov 16:3 Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed


‎1 John 2:15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 


You will never obtain the success found in Jesus alone while ou are having a love affair with the world.

2 Cor 6:17 So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor, 
2 Cor 6:18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. 

The abundant life is eternal and not subject to decay.

The abundant life is too often mistaken as satisfaction obtained through the enjoyment of material possessions. This is grossly untrue and neither should the abundant life ever be compared with anything that decays over time. Otherwise Jesus would not have said be content with the things that we have if the abundant life was found in things or possessions.

The abundant life is eternal and not subject to decay. The abundant life is the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus that has set us free from the law of sin and death. In Jesus is a water that springs up into eternal life and this water will replace your thirst for the things of this world, and this is the abundant life.


Do you want the abundant life? Then take a drink from Jesus - John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

Their DNA test came up positive - Satan you ARE the father!!

Hate the sin but love the sinner. Is that not what modern theology teaches us. But let me inject the Biblical view that grossly contradicts this current wind of doctrine adopted by many Christian assemblies!!!

John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

So what do you think about Jesus calling folks out like that? Would you say Jesus is being judgemental and not showing love. That is what religious people would say since they know not the scriptures. 

John 8:16 "But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

Based on the infallible Word of God there is a connection between the devil and the unrepentant sinner. Their DNA test came up positive- Satan you ARE the father!!

Matt 13:37 And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
Matt 13:38 and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
Matt 13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

Most of the prophecies we will be hearing in 2012 will be false, these preachers words will fall to the ground without bearing fruit.

In accordance with the The Gregorian calendar, introduced by a Catholic Pope in around 1600 AD we have entered the new year of 2012. I would suspect that many preachers will have already started making prophecies for 2012. Most of the prophecies we will be hearing in 2012 will be false, these preachers words will fall to the ground without bearing fruit. 

I have a prophecy for 2012, but I admit this is an easy one. When a woman is in labor the birth pangs only increase over time and in the very same way, using this analogy, birth pangs in the earth are increasing in 2012. See there, I told you the prediction was easy. Prophecies are out there for our taking when they line up with the infallible Holy Bible.  


 Mark 13:8 "For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 


More earthquakes, tornadoes,wars, famines and the like will be ongoing. No, I am not prophesying that you will get a new car and a new house in the new year or that this is your year for a great wealth transfer. Yes I know hearing that we are about to prosper sounds good to everybody for certain. In fact proclaiming such a report of financial blessings during church service will bring much applause and will help fill the offering plate. The prosperity message is indeed an intoxicating wine and will have some jumping the pews. BUT, if I made such a prophecy I would be lying because I have received no such revelation from GOD, I would be like a cloud that promises rain to water the harvest of the field yet the drought continues.  The Word of GOD describes such people that say these things this way; 


Jude 1:12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

There is much to say about the above verse. In fact it indeed deserves a more detailed study on its own. This referenced scripture is very descriptive concerning the manner in which the false prophet and teacher infiltrate the Christian community. 

Getting back on subject.- I am however, staying prayerful and watchful as the Bible gives instruction, in order that we may escape the final judgement that is surely coming. The prophecy for certain judgement is backed by Jesus Himself, because these are His Words!!! We can enter the arc of safety if we will heed His words, obey his words. By following the commands of the LORD we will avoid the horrors to come. 

Luke 21:33 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Luke 21:34 "Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Luke 21:35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

Luke 21:36 "But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.

This is a prophecy we can count on, it is already done!!! -  Will the fulfillment of this word occur in 2012? I don't know, but I do know the labor pains have long begun.


Rev 22:20
He who testifies to these things says,
Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.