Homosexuality Of The Heart Is Still Sexual Immorality, According To Scripture

Ken Silva and Chris Rosebrough have been getting some heat for their confrontation of Jay Bakker's sin in regard to his pro-homosexuality. Here's the latest article.

Some "Christians" want to argue that being a homosexual in and of itself isn't wrong as long as the person is in a monogomous relationship or doesn't act on their feelings. This is diametrically opposed to the very words of Jesus:

Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

This referrs to inward righteousness, not merely outward righteousness, as Jesus goes on to call the Pharisees "white-washed tombstones" in Matt. 23. They looked clean on the outside but INSIDE they were dead, unclean, and corrupt.

Mat 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Jesus goes on:

Mat 5:27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
Mat 5:28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mat 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Mat 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

Notice that lusting after another in the HEART is called adultery by Jesus Christ.

This is SO bad, that is to say that the heart is so corrupt, vile, dead, full of sin, and vile, that God says TWICE that its better to cut off what causes you to sin than go to hell with your whole body.

Jer. 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jas 1:14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Psa 36:1 To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the LORD. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Can you cut out your heart? Answer: no. You need a righteousness that FAR SURPASSES that of the Pharisees. Who can have such righteousness?

Mat 12:33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Eze 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Psa 19:12 Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. (This is what is called "justification" where we find the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, who were unrighteous--see Romans 4).

So, who can cut out that which causes us to sin, as Jesus asked in Matt. 5?

Only God can (Matt. 12:33, John 1-3, Ezek. 36:26-27; Eph. 2:8-10;2Tim. 2:25; Acts 11:18; Rom. 4; Ps. 19:12; etc.).

The one who lusts after another, whether male or female, is still committing adultery in their heart, regardless of whether they actually commit sexual immorality with their bodies, according to God Himself.

Therefore, those who lust after someone of the same sex but doesn't "act on it" (that is pretty much impossible...I know of no homosexual who never actually experiments thus commiting the actual act itself), they are still in God's sight, GUILTY of sexual immorality. Silva has given Scripture that shows God condemns homosexuality, so I won't repeat them here; I've listed them in past posts myself.

God takes sin extreemly seriously. Why don't "Christians"? Remember 1Cor. 5 where God had the man who was sleeping with his step-mother, thrown out of the church until he repented. Recall Anaias and Sephira struck dead by God in the middle of church for lying to God and to the leaders on the price of a plot of land they sold. HE hasn't changed at all, from the OT to the NT. Why do so many "Christians think He has?

Palin And the Democrates

News : Excerpts (my comments in brackets):

The former Republican vice-presidential nominee and heroine to much of the GOP's base said in an interview she views the electorate as embattled and fatigued by nonstop partisanship, and she is eager to campaign for Republicans, independents and even Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and "energy independence."

[Does she not realize the electorate, and all politics are supposed to be partisan? Its a two-party system. ]

"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she said over lunch in her downtown office, 40 miles from her now-famous hometown of Wasilla — population 7,000 — where she began her political career.

"People are so tired of the partisan stuff — even my own son is not a Republican," said Mrs. Palin, who stunned the political world earlier this month with her decision to step down as governor July 26 with 18 months left in her term.

Both her son, Track, 20, an enlisted soldier serving in Iraq, and her husband, Todd, are registered as "nonpartisan" in Alaska.

[Again, politics is supposed to be partisan. This is basic American political science 101. The problem is that there is not ENOUGH partisanship, and THAT is why more people are opting out of a party, particularly from the GOP. The GOP is no different than the DNC whether by principles or by tactics. Palin's clueless.]

The governor, 45, said she shared former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's view that Republicans, now trailing Democrats and independents in registration in many states, should back moderate-to-conservative Democrats in congressional districts and states where Republicans stand almost no chance of winning.

[This IS the problem. Moderates are liberals. What's the point in having a party platform if the leaders and people don't hold to them?? And what's with this notion of voting for a Democrate if a Republican has no chance of winning???? Pragmatism is winning the day over principles and THAT is what is killing our society. Talk about playing politics! Do whatever it takes to claim a win? ]

The object would be to build a majority coalition that reflects what polls suggest is the current center-right tilt of the U.S. electorate as a whole.

The barrage of ethics complaints hasn't been totally partisan. A Republican activist named Andree McLeod has filed many of the complaints against Mrs. Palin.

"She put personal and partisan political interests before the state of Alaska," Mrs. McLeod told The Washington Times.

Mrs. McLeod said she became friends with Mrs. Palin in 2002 and later grew disillusioned when, in Mrs. McLeod's view, Mrs. Palin didn't live up to her ethics-in-office promises.

Mrs. McLeod said Mrs. Palin, before and during her campaign for vice president, used her gubernatorial communications staff to promote herself at state government expense rather than to promote Alaska. Regardless of whether elected officials in both parties do it, she said, "A rule is a rule, and politicians and their staff who violate a rule get punished. Why should Sarah Palin be any different?"

Another friend turned critic, Alaska Republican Chairman Randy Ruedrich, said Mrs. Palin worked assiduously with Democrats in the state legislature.

"Her Alaskan Democrat allies stood for rapid government growth, increased government spending and taxing energy to the maximum and definitely did not stand for limited government, spending restraint, strong national defense and energy independence," said Mr. Ruedrich, who described himself as an early mentor to Mrs. Palin.

At the mention of Mr. Ruedrich's name during the interview with the governor, the temperature in the room seemed to drop 20 degrees.

End quote.

She hates the politics of politics; the division of two parties. Wait, division is ok IF its on HER issues. She's a double-minded, unstable person. That's not an insult, its an observation. Its the type of person the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement attracks.

This is the woman who said, “Get beyond the ideal of abstinence,” the 44 year old, new grandmother said. “Hey, life happens.” –Governor Sarah Palin to Greta Van Susteren on Fox News Channel, 2-16-09 in reference to her teen daughter Bristol’s pregnancy."

I think that statement is clear enough: her principles are merely theories and she throws them out when its too hard to personally hold to them, which violates the whole notion of principles to begin with. Not only that, abstinence and women at home raising their children and running the home are not options according to Scripture: they are commands for ever Christian wife. So we see her unstability or double-mindedness on various isssues. The lastest is to suddenly quit in the middle of her term as governor of Alaska. So much for her work ethic and integrity. She's not fulfilling her term she promised to her voters.

Anyway, I say there isn't enough partisanship! But partisanship should be based on principles. I'd be for two parties: Liberals and Conservatives. Let the moderates figure out their home is with the Libs. =)

Academic studies

(Letters of John Newton)

Dear friend,I truly pity those who rise early and study late--with no higher prize and prospect in view, than the obtaining of academic honors! Such pursuits will before long appear (as they really are) as vain as the foolish games of children! May the Lord impress them with the noble ambition of living to and for Him. If these scholars, who are laboring for pebbles under the semblance of goodly pearls, had a discovery of the Pearl of great price--how quickly and gladly would they lay down their admired attainments, and become fools--that they might be truly wise! Their academic studies, if taken in the aggregate, are little better than splendid trifles!

Friend, what a snare have you escaped! You would have been nothing but a scholar--had not God visited your heart and enlightened you by His grace! Now I trust you account your former academic gains, but loss--compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus. What you have attained in the way of learning, will be useful to you--if sanctified, and chiefly so by the knowledge which you have of its insufficiency to any valuable purpose in the great concerns of life--knowing God and walking with Him!

T.D. Jakes to be inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame

T.D. Jakes to be inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame:

Quote:

The International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum has announced this year’s inductees, who will be honored at its thirteenth annual induction celebration and fundraiser in late October.
Announced by the non-profit organization’s founder, David Gough, this year’s inductees are T.D. Jakes, Bill Martin, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Myrna Summers, Wyatt T. Walker, and BeBe Winans.
Previous inductees have included Aretha Franklin, CeCe Winans, The Clark Sisters, Donnie McClurkin, and Fred Hammond.

"For over a decade, we have successfully achieved our goal – the furtherance of gospel music worldwide," commented Gough. "The awards event is our annual fund raising centerpiece, but our work to celebrate the contributions of influential individuals and groups, and to increase awareness of gospel music, takes place year-round."

This year's induction and awards celebration will be held at the Max M. Fisher Music Center on Saturday, October 31 – preceded by a Red Carpet Extravaganza with live entertainment and photo opportunities with gospel greats.

End quote.

At the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame, they have a link to its history and a chart (see "The Music Tree" a nd "The Gospel According to Brother Michael Tanner") demonstrating how this has nothing to do with the Gospel nor Christianity.

Making my point, he shows that this type of music is not of Christ Jesus nor the Gospel, but stems from pagan Africa. Moreover, the use of "Gospel" was the new name given to "spirituals" by T.A. Dorsey, a black song writer, businessman, and promoter:

"This distinctive style of religious music he insisted should be called "Gospel". He wanted to disassociate what he felt was a modern style of black religious music from the days of slavery and the distasteful nostalgia of antebellum South."

"There can be little doubt that shouting is a survival of the African "possession" by the gods... it is a sign of special favor from the spirit that it chooses to drive out the individual consciousness temporarily and use the body for its express..." -Zora Neal Hurston, The Sanctified Church

"All African music was naturally sacred and the concept of singing secular music was alien to them. Their music can be seen to satisfy four main functions in the fabric daily life, they are: religious, agricultural and sexual fertility, hunting, and war. In this regard African music has more in common with Native American music than European music since song was used as a means of being in harmony with nature and the cosmos. "

This is wrong on so many levels.

Most importantly, TD Jakes is a lost, unregenerate, dead deceiver. He has a false gospel and false god, neither which can save.

Jakes is a Oneness Pentecost who denies the Triune Godhead.
He also denies the Gospel of Jesus Christ (has a different Jesus) but holds to one of works--health and wealth prosperity junk.
Jakes also is a false teacher by lying about, even slandering, Ruth and Naomi, saying they were lesbians, as well as Jonathan and David.

Besides this, it should be clear that "Gospel Music" has NOTHING to do with the Gospel, as the example above and history shows. Furthermore, the whole awards, entertainment, fame, and red carpet also show this is nothing more than worldlings coveting fame and fortune in entertainment. This is not about the Gospel nor Jesus Christ. Do NOT think that anyone in this industry is Christian based on this style of music.

If you want to look at a biblical list of hall of famers, go to Hebrews 11. Rather than being applauded by the world, rather than little awards, rather than being listed among God-haters and loved by so many, here is what they were:

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Heb 11:2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Heb 11:14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
Heb 11:15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.
Heb 11:16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
Heb 11:25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
Heb 11:26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Heb 11:32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets--
Heb 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Heb 11:34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
Heb 11:35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
Heb 11:36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Heb 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--
Heb 11:38 of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,
Heb 11:40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Joh 15:18 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Getting the Gospel Right

There's a lot of "Christians" who somehow think that anyone and just about everyone is a Christian. Even Michael Jackson.

These are people who don't understand and therefore believe, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But if you don't believe in the ONLY Gospel that saves, then what's the alternative?It means all other "gospels" are unable to saved and those believing them are LOST.

John MacArthur deals with the necessity of getting the Gospel of Jesus right:

Excerpts:

I am amazed at some of the things that have been said and written in recent years about the gospel. I fear that in many circles a different message is replacing the good news of salvation. I'm not talking about the attacks on the gospel from liberal religion or the theology of the cults, but a skewed message that has sprouted from right within conservative evangelicalism.

I have a copy of a training film now being used internationally to teach Christians what they should and should not say when leading someone to Christ. A respected, conservative organization produced the film, but frankly, the warped view of the gospel it presents is appalling.

In the entire half-hour film, there is not one mention of the resurrection. It speaks of forgiveness without defining sin, and it talks of trusting Christ without describing faith. Incredibly, the film counsels believers never to speak to a non-Christian about the lordship of Christ, submission to Him, surrender of the will, forsaking one's sin, or obeying God. Those truths, according to the film, have no place in the gospel message but should be saved for later, after someone becomes a Christian.

That sentiment reflects a viewpoint that is rapidly gaining momentum within evangelicalism. A handful of outspoken and increasingly vocal teachers are popularizing it. To their credit, most of those men are motivated by a passion to keep the gospel of God's grace free from the influence of human works. Their desire, I'm sure, is to make clear the biblical truth that salvation may in no way be earned or obtained by man's effort. Their approach, however, has been to eliminate from the gospel message anything that sounds like a work of righteousness, and to speak only of believing the objective data. They have erased the biblical words repentance, obedience, and submission from the vocabulary of evangelicalism.

Such teaching has taken a heavy toll. Faith has become merely an intellectual exercise. Instead of calling men and women to surrender to Christ, modern evangelism asks them only to accept some basic facts about Him. A person can believe without obeying. Thus faith is robbed of any moral significance, and righteousness becomes optional.

Even the way we invite people to Christ reveals this shift. "Make a decision for Christ," we say. When was the last time you heard an evangelistic message that challenged sinners to repent and follow Christ? Yet isn't that the language Jesus Himself used (Matthew 4:17; Mark 8:34)?

Some say a person who refuses to obey Christ can still receive Him as Savior. They teach that the gift of eternal life is available by faith even to one who rejects the moral and spiritual demands of Christ. They accuse others of teaching "lordship salvation," implying that it is novel to suggest that submission is a characteristic of saving faith.Until relatively recently, however, no one would have dared suggest a person can be saved while stubbornly refusing to bow to Christ's authority. Nearly all the major biblical passages calling for saving faith refer to Jesus as lord (cf. Acts 2:21, 36; Romans 10:9-10).Is repentance from sin essential to salvation? Some say that turning from sin is a human work and therefore cannot be part of salvation.

To accommodate the biblical call to repentance, they redefine repentance as nothing more than a change of mind about who Jesus is.

Biblically, however, repentance is a total about face--turning away from sin and self and unto God (cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:9). That is no more a result of human effort than faith itself. Nor is it in any sense a pre-salvation work required to prepare a sinner for salvation. Real repentance is inseparable from faith and, like faith, is the work of God in a human heart. It is the response God inevitably generates in the heart of one He is redeeming.

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Ruth-Get-Rid-Of-Unwanted-Populations-By-Abortion-Ginsburg, Brought to you in part by John McCain

Ruth Ginsburg, brought to you by Republican Sen. John McCain:

News:

Quote:

In an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of."

I still think, although I was much too optimistic in the early days, that the possibility of stopping a pregnancy very early is significant. The morning-after pill will become more accessible and easier to take. So I think the side that wants to take the choice away from women and give it to the state, they're fighting a losing battle. Time is on the side of change.

Three years ago, Ginsburg received some embarrassing national attention when she napped on the bench during a court hearing.

"Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge," reported Gina Holland of the Associated Press.

"It's lucky for Ginsburg that the Supreme Court has so far refused to allow television in the courtroom, for her visit to the land of nod would have found its way onto late-night shows."

End quote.

Yet John McCain, the GOP's hope to beat out Obama, voted FOR this woman:

"... McCain voted to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Breyer to the Supreme Court. He also, as is his nature, conspired with Democrats in the Senate to block approval of Bush's most conservative jurists." - WND

Planned Parenthood, as many already figured, doesn't always report statutory rape, violating state law.

A Homeschooler's Wish List Regarding Socialization

A Homeschooler's Wish List Regarding Socialization

“My wife and I were concerned that our children
would miss out on the socialization available in the
public schools...so once a week we take our kids into
the bathroom, cuss at them, push them around, steal
their lunch money, and offer them drugs. That seems to
take care of it.”


1 Learn what the words "socialize" and "socialization"
mean, and use the one you really mean instead
of mixing them up. Socializing means hanging
out with other people for fun. Socialization
means having acquired the skills necessary to
do so successfully and pleasantly. Since we do
go out now and then to visit other human
beings on the planet (like when we are out
talking to you) one can safely assume we've got
a decent grasp of both concepts. How about
you?

2 Quit interrupting my home schooled kid at her dance
lesson, scout meeting, choir practice, baseball
game, art class, field trip, park day, music class,
4H club, and/or soccer lesson to ask her if she
ever gets to socialize.

3 Don't assume that every homeschooler you meet is
homeschooling in the same way as that one
odd homeschooler you know, or think you
know, or heard about, or saw on T.V. or
imagined.

4 We don't look horrified and start quizzing your kids
when we hear they're in public school. Please
stop doing so to our children when you hear
they are homeschooled.

5 Please don't ask my kids if they wouldn't rather go to
school unless you don't mind me asking your
kids if they wouldn't rather stay home.

6 Please stop asking us if homeschooling is legal. It is.
By asking, you seem to be implying we're
criminals. If we were, would we admit it?

RCC: Example of Greed Yet Points The Finger At Others

News:

Quote:

Today Benedict XVI issued his third encyclical focusing on the economy. It is widely seen as directed at G-8 leaders gathering in Italy this week.

Economy and finance, as instruments, can be used badly when those at the helm are motivated by purely selfish ends....

Right intention, transparency, and the search for positive results are mutually compatible and must never be detached from one another. If love is wise, it can find ways of working in accordance with provident and just expediency, as is illustrated in a significant way by much of the experience of credit unions.

End quote.

The photo that accompanies this piece is telling: two gold things on his desk, as an enormous painting hangs behind him.

Let's remember the selfishness of Rome:

The Vatican.

Need I say more?

Do you know what is in the palace? Priceless artifcats, several popemobiles. Gold. Silk. Marble.

Consider the transportation used by the Vatican Prophet: first class all the way.

Consider his dress: designer shoes and sunglasses; silk, jewels, gold, rubies.

Consider the Vatican Prophet's security: his own Swiss guard.

Consider Vatican City: it has its own bank.

Consider Vatican City issues its own coins.

Consider the Roman Catholic Church charges for Mass and Mass cards; prayer candles (no prayers can be offered without lighting a candle which one must purchase), indulgences, etc.

Now consider that the RCC has millions of dirt-poor parishoners worldwide, living in sqwaler conditions, their own dying every day as their surviving families try to come up with enough money for Mass so that their loved one doesn't spend eternity in "purgatory".

And the Vatican prophet dares to talk to the G8 about being selfish?? He ought to look in the mirror and sell all he has (Peter the Apostle had no silver or gold, but Christ alone) and help out a few million of their own parishoners before they point fingers at others.

Do you mourn like the world?

Well said:


Rachel Barkey (nee Sawer) went home to glory on the July 2nd 2009. She was the speaker at a Women’s event on the topic Death is not Dying, which has been an inspiration to many.

In light of the maddening near incessant coverage of the death of Michael Jackson, why not meditate rather on the death of our dear sister and the testimony she lefts behind? As Christians, we should be holy and separate from the world. I personally find it objectionable when Christians are in mourning over the death of Michael Jackson just like the world. [And don't give the nonsense that we should mourn because he is lost; I don't see many people mourning for the deaths of the multitudes of the lost that die every day without Christ!] . Being called to be separate from the world, we should have tastes and desires that are not of this world, and should treasure godliness above human *talent* and popularity.

I'd further add, if Christians really had a clue or believed about the reality of Hell, we would be declaring the biblical Gospel to the lost far more than what we do, IF we do. Instead, most are too busy being friends of the world to bother; others haven't a clue what the actual Gospel is and is not.

Why Did Christians Expect A Dead Man To Proclaim The Gospel To Muslims?

Regarding two stories of Ricky Warren applauding and helping the Muslims find their purpose, here and here, as well as Jan Markel's open letter to Warren here, I have only one thing to ask of professing Christians:

Why in the world are you disappointed or surprised that Ricky Warren did not share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to his Muslim audience?

He doesn't even share it with his own church!

Folks, wake up and realize, one must KNOW the Gospel in order to proclaim it and Ricky hasn't got it. He's a wolf who has removed his sheep's clothing. He isn't hiding anymore. Why should he? Because most Christians had expected spiritual things from a man who is dead, and gave him a free pass all the way up to now. I wonder if Al Mohler finally sees this huskster for who he really is? Or does he still think Warren is a Christian, much less an Evangelical? Can he still say with a straight face, "Representation is undoubtedly symbolic, but Rick Warren and Gene Robinson [COE and homosexual] represent radically divergent worldviews and incommensurate goals. They are not two very different representatives of one religion. They are instead two very symbolic representatives of two very different religions."?

He hasn't, nor will he, proclaim the Christ Jesus of Scripture. He is a disciple of Robert Schuller who did this YEARS ago. He's all about selling his books and PEACE plan, holding hands with the enemies of the cross, because he is like-minded with them.

Instead of pleading or rebuking Warren for not proclaiming the gospel, he himself needs to hear the Gospel. Sadly, he is deaf, blind, and dead and unless God opens his heart and ears, Warren will not hear and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Resurrected Lord.

Rom. 16: 17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

2Ti 3:4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Is. 8 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Gal 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

Mat 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Mat 7:17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.


1Co 2:1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1Co 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1Co 2:3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,
1Co 2:4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1Co 2:5 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Suffering for Christ or Consequences of Sin? Spurgeon Speaks

Spurgeon Speaks

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."—2 Timothy 2:12.

We must not imagine that we are suffering for Christ, and with Christ, if we are not in Christ. Beloved friend, are you trusting to Jesus only? If not, whatever you may have to mourn over on earth, you are not "suffering with Christ," and have no hope of reigning with Him in heaven.

Neither are we to conclude that all a Christian's sufferings are sufferings with Christ, for it is essential that he be called by God to suffer. If we are rash and imprudent, and run into positions for which neither providence nor grace has fitted us, we ought to question whether we are not rather sinning than communing with Jesus. If we let passion take the place of judgment, and self-will reign instead of Scriptural authority, we shall fight the Lord's battles with the devil's weapons, and if we cut our own fingers we must not be surprised.

Again, in troubles which come upon us as the result of sin, we must not dream that we are suffering with Christ. When Miriam spoke evil of Moses, and the leprosy polluted her, she was not suffering for God. Moreover, suffering which God accepts must have God's glory as its end. If I suffer that I may earn a name, or win applause, I shall get no other reward than that of the Pharisee. It is requisite also that love to Jesus, and love to His elect, be ever the mainspring of all our patience. We must manifest the Spirit of Christ in meekness, gentleness, and forgiveness.

Let us search and see if we truly suffer with Jesus. And if we do thus suffer, what is our "light affliction" compared with reigning with Him? Oh it is so blessed to be in the furnace with Christ, and such an honour to stand in the pillory with Him, that if there were no future reward, we might count ourselves happy in present honour; but when the recompense is so eternal, so infinitely more than we had any right to expect, shall we not take up the cross with alacrity, and go on our way rejoicing?

Look Upon Wicked Men As God Does

Thomas Brooks wrote:

Always look upon wicked men, under those names and notions which the Scripture describes them, such as: lions for their fierceness, bears for their cruelty, dragons for their hideousness, dogs for their filthiness, wolves for their subtleness, scorpions, vipers, thorns, briars, thistles, brambles, stubble, dirt, chaff, dust, dross, smoke, scum.

You may know well enough what is within them, by the apt names which the Holy Spirit has given them. By looking upon them under those names and notions that the Scripture sets them out by, may preserve the soul from frequenting their company and delighting in their society. Such monsters are wicked men—which should render their company to all who have tasted of the sweetness of divine love, a burden and not a delight.

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers." Psalm 1:1

Look At Our World, But Look to God and His Control!

Our world right now:

Honduras military taking over unconstitutional president.
N. Korea setting its nuclear missle sites close to US.
US unemployment rate more than doubles since Dec. 2008 under Obama.
Press close out from an Obama "townhall meeting" which had scripted questions AND audience members--even Helen Thomas, a liberal journalist of 40 years, was raking Robert Jovial Gibbs over this one, as was a CBS reporter (Gibbs always laughs with hautiness at the opposition and hard questions).
CA starts sending out IOU because it has no more money left.
US Government wants to decide what lightbulbs we will buy.
Obama still hasn't shown his Birth Certificate (versus certification which is totally different) or any transcripts of any of his schools. Transparency?
US Congress travels the world on tax-payers' money, but Americans can't afford to go themselves.
CapNTrade will tax Americans like never before, taking more freedoms away while we pay for it.
Socialism is being pushed in America while European countries are trying to get away from it.
People are killing themselves over the death of their pedaphile god, Michael Jackso, while "Christians" claim he went to heaven and mourn his death and celebrate his life.
Eastery Mysticism via the RCC is sweeping "evangelical" and "reformed" churches.
Sensual and sexual speech is hailed from church pulpits.
Christians are becoming restricted with their rights while Muslims and Atheists are given free reign.
Abortion marches on, even while Planned Parenthood admits secretly to breaking the law.
US Supreme Court Justice candidate overturned yet again, has no qualifications as judge, but is a racist and feminist activist.
American Soliders are involved in a huge battle with the non-existant (as the Dems kept saying back in 2002-2003) Taliban in Afgahnistan.
Michael Jackson's death trumps world and national news that actually impact our lives and our future.
Obama wants the government to take over healthcare as he has the financil and automotive industries.
Iran citizens protest their election and chaos reigns, people die.
Obama and Carter slam Israel, support terrorists/anti-semites. He dictates Israel, but hands-off policy for its enemies.
US political leaders continue to get caught in adultery.

I know this:

Psa 46:1 To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psa 46:2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
Psa 46:3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
Psa 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
Psa 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
Psa 46:6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. Psa 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psa 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.
Psa 46:9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
Psa 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

Psa 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! 8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.