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Trying To Impress Or Being Genuine

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“Trying To Impress Or Being Genuine?”
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

A few weeks ago, I had my 6 month dental cleaning checkup. As I prepared and flossed and brushed my teeth before going in, it brought back some funny memories of when I was a kid and how I prepared for my check ups. I wasn’t always great at taking care of my teeth as I liked to eat a lot of candy. I’m sure I didn’t brush twice a day and didn’t brush the best when I did brush. I also didn’t floss on a regular basis. The day of my dentist appts, I would usually brush my teeth really good and hoped that the dentist would be impressed.

As you can imagine, as they cleaned and examined my teeth, I would usually hear all the reports of what I wasn’t doing and how I needed to do it better. I thought by just brushing really hard before my dental appt, that would be good enough. Nope! Years later now with numerous cavities and crowns, I’ve learned that I really need to take better care of my teeth. My dental visits now are not as bad as they used to be, yet I often fear they will find something that is bad and needs fixed.

I think we treat our spiritual lives a lot like this. We don’t always take the greatest care of our walk with God. I think sometimes we feel like if we show up to church and put in some time, we look good to God and to others. Just like my quick brushing attempts before going to the dentist when I was younger, we often think we can impress God and pretend with Him, but we can’t.

We can sometimes fool other people for a period of time, but we never can fool God. I think He often shakes His head in sadness and heartbreak seeing what we do to try to make ourselves look good, but what He truly wants is us being honest and doing our best to be genuine.

Is our desire just to try to impress God and others when we show up Sunday for church and maybe for a small group bible study through the week to look good, or are we striving to take the time each day to grow closer to Him in a very intentional and genuine manner?

I know that I often fail in my attempts to be genuine with God and in being intentional in my walk with Him. He desires for all of us to be intentional and to truly desire time with Him. He wants our all and not just various times where we try to impress Him.

I hope and pray that our desire each day is to truly be genuine and intentional to grow in our faith.

Pastor Points AR-15-Style Rifle at Congregation While Preaching About ‘Spiritual Violence Toward Unbelief’

During his Sept. 28 sermon titled “Clearing the Room,” Dauphin County Pastor Philip Thornton wore an unloaded AR-15-style rifle and occasionally pointed it at congregants. “You have to overwhelm your enemy with a violent action of faith,” he preached. “You have to learn to isolate the voice of unbelief and deal with it.”

After some people raised concerns about the prop, Legacy Faith Church in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, said it was grateful for the attention. “We pray many more [people] will watch the message in its entirety and contextually learn how to defeat unbelief in their life,” the church said.

Dauphin County Pastor Assures Worshipers Rifle Isn’t Loaded

As seen on video posted to YouTube, Pastor Philip Thornton wore the rifle around his neck from the beginning of the Sept. 28 service. “This is for an illustration a little bit later, but I figured I [would] go ahead and get your nerves out,” he told worshipers. “It is not loaded. There’s nothing in it. Praise the Lord. So you understand, it’s an empty clip and it’s been cleared. So fear not, everybody.”

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Who was the president??


....In a Truth Social post Saturday evening, he claimed in all-caps that “the Biden FBI” supposedly “placed 274 agents into the crowd on January 6”.​
“What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT”, the post concluded.​
Obviously, the “Biden FBI” did not exist on January 6, nor did it exist in any of the weeks or months leading up to the attack on the Capitol, when dozens of police officers were injured responding to a violent mob numbering in the thousands as rioters stormed barricades, shattered windows, defaced the hallways of the Capitol complex and battled with law enforcement around the grounds.​
Some Republican senators and congressmen have also been confused as to who was president when:

The president’s allies in Congress have often been dinged by the press for erroneously attacking the Biden administration for events that transpired in 2020 and the start of 2021, such as Sen. Jim Banks — who just last week wrongly insisted that the 2020 U.S. Census was “prepared by the Biden administration”. Other Republicans, in their zeal to attack Democrats and support calls for a new census, have similarly forgotten who was president that year.​
The fact that Trump posted this conspiracy stuff in the wee hours of the morning, and he is so fuzzy on who was president, reminds me of my mother's behaviors as she succumbed to dementia. What does Trump expect others to do?

Behavior like that plus his imaginary 'facts' that he spews convinces me he has dementia. This week he said that he had brought in $17 trillion in planned investments. No.


President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that.​
“We have over $17 trillion being invested now in the United States,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. He added moments later, “We have more than $17 trillion in eight months.” On Friday, he said he thought the figure had “just cracked $18 trillion.”.....​
......The White House list doesn’t show that $8.8 trillion is “being invested now in the United States” or even that there have been $8.8 trillion in credible Trump-era commitments to make eventual investments in the US. Rather, the White House list includes:​
  • $600 billion from “EU firms” even though the European Union has made clear that this is merely an estimate of potential private investment, not an actual commitment
  • $600 billion from Saudi Arabia even though the Saudis’ vague $600 billion pledge encompasses both “investments and trade,” not simply Saudi investment in the US
  • $500 billion from India even though the two countries have said the $500 billion is a goal for “bilateral trade,” not Indian investment in the US.......

He just makes stuff up. My mom would do that when dementia set it. It is either he just makes stuff up or he is lying again.

Jordan says ICE agents ‘doing the Lord’s work’


Such a tragic situation created by letting in ten to twenty million people, so many unvetted, in one presidential term. So many resources wasted because ambitious people decided to break the laws of our country. Those resources could have been used to bring in more who love America in legally.

Bill Gates launches micro-patch implants to serve as "vaccination passport" for entry into public and commercial buildings

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The Gates Foundation has unveiled microneedle patch implants that deliver mRNA and leave a permanent quantum dot marking under your skin, essentially creating a biological vaccine passport.
Human testing has already begun, and reports suggest these patches could soon be required for entry into stores, gyms, travel, and more.
Convenience or control?
#GatesFoundation #VaccinePassport #QuantumDot #mRNA

"The beast forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666." (Revelation, 13:16-18)
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Jesusmarch

Shalom

The first Jesus March will take place here in Salzburg, Austria, on October 31st.

Can you please pray that God's will be done and that the Lord Jesus is glorified in Jesus' name?

We are also experiencing a lot of opposition. Can you please also pray that all evil is disempowered, disarmed, and exposed in Jesus' name?

Thank you for your prayers!

May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38; Job 42:10) and bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made...

Peace in Christ.

Beware of those who come forth to deceive us.

MANY have come supposedly in His name (in His authority.) They come in the name of Jesus and say that the Jesus that they are preaching is the Christ….and they deceive many. Yet, it is “another jesus” with “another spirit”….the spirit of the antichrist…. that is being preached and not Jesus the Christ. Their “another jesus” is a wild beast and not the Lamb slain. Those who serve "another jesus" are not keeping the daily sacrifice of our Lord....the Lamb slain.

Mat 24:4-5
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

(5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall deceive many.

They come forth as the “serpent” (they go upon their belly…that is, serving for their own belly) in order to deceive us through their subtilty…their all working…. to achieve a goal: to corrupt our minds from the simplicity that is in Christ in order to remove the keeping of the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord our of lives so that His life is never made manifest in the mortal flesh.

They set up the abomination (their external established church documents) of desolation for us to serve and keep rather than serving and keep the internal commandments of God which are written in our hearts and minds. Those who do are desolate of God’s glory as it has departed from that man-based (on their governing documents) church.

We are to die to the sin by the keeping of His death in our mortal bodies so that His life is made manifest there. 2nd Corinthians 4:11 .

That life is not being made manifest in this earth because of the many false prophets in the world who are leading many down the broad way to their destruction….destruction of the mortal body.

His life is being actively cut off from this earth because of this massive deception that we were warned about by Jesus who told us beforehand what would happen to His church.

2Co 11:3-4 KJV
(3) But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

The “another jesus” that they are preaching is of the antichrist (another spirit) and not the words of the true Christ in the Spirit of Truth.

(4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

The serpent goes upon his belly. The false prophets’ “god” is their belly….who are only minding earthly things (what to eat, what to drink, what to wear?. They only serve for their own belly…preaching themselves and are not serving the Lord Jesus Christ. Their end is destruction….destruction of the mortal body…and they are leading many down with them.

They are enemies of the cross of Christ for they are leading multitudes away from the keeping of His daily sacrifice so that the life of Jesus is never made manifest in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving.

Php 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

We are not to “eat” with them…with those who “go upon their belly” after earthly things If we fellowship with them, we are unclean. We must sanctify ourselves by being separate from them. We must come out from among them and be separate.

Lev 11:42-44 KJV
(42) Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
(43) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

(44) For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Do not “eat” with them….with those who call themselves “brothers” ….

1Co 5:9-11 KJV
(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
(10) Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

(11) But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

The massive deception that is going on is leading many to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil….judging others via their church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas (such as a “statement of faith”).

Gen 3:1-5
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

The woman adds her own commandment (“neither shall you touch it”) to God’s original commandment and presented it as though God had said it. How many church denominations do the same thing today with their added handwritings of the commandments of men?

(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Many are being deceived into believing and practicing THE lie which cuts off the life of Jesus from ever appearing in their mortal flesh which causes them to “perish” away to the grave. They do not keep His daily sacrifice when they are practicing the lie.

“You shall not surely die” – literal translation: “killing, you shall not die”. This is a “peace and safety” message that we are not to believe. We shall perish.

When we judge others using church handwritings as a basis for, we become judge, jury and executioner of others with our words. This should not be so.

(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die (killing, you shall not die)

We then think accordingly to the lie that we are doing these things in God’s name/authority: “For God does know.”

“You shall be as gods ”….that is, JUDGES (Elohim = judges) in God’s authority supposedly…knowing who or what is good and evil. That is what a judge does...judging what is good and evil per laws. Yet, we are told there is only One Lawgiver…One Judge. Your eyes shall be opened….you will be seen as wise supposedly for being a judge for God supposedly.

(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

“TOUCH NOT”….why be subject to church ordinances/dogmas? This is the same thing that the woman in the garden added to God’s commandment and then presented it as though God had said it.

We perish (you shall surely die) when we “use” them for judging others. Why be subject to the commandments and doctrines of men rather than being subject to God’s commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds?

Col 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

He that speaks evil of his brother judges his brother because he doesn’t adhere to his particular church handwritings of ordinances.

We are not judge of others as there is only One Lawgiver…One Judge.

We are not the Lawgiver. Our added church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas are not the law. We are not the Judge Himself. We are not as “gods” …as judges in His authority. We must not place ourselves in His position of Judge.

We are not a doers of the law of Christ when we judge others. This is lawlessness instead.

Jas 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Many do these things supposedly in His name….in His authority. They put themselves in His position of God as Judge of others. There is only One Judge. Who are we to judge others?

They “cast out devils” in His name/authority….judging others as evildoers (as “devils”) according to their own standards that they presume are God’s standards to keep and serve.

Mat 7:21-23 KJV
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

The life of Jesus never is made manifest in their mortal flesh. “Depart from me, you that work THE iniquity/lawlessness.” They perish….and all the while they thought they were doing these things in God’s authority.

(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work THE iniquity.

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Reflections on Dilexi Te, the first magisterial document of Leo XIV’s pontificate...

Drawing copiously from the writings of his predecessors, Pope Leo underscores the deep Christological continuity of the Church’s teaching on our obligation to see the face of Christ in the poor.

Pope Leo XIV’s first magisterial document of his papacy, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), has understandably generated a lot of interest. An apostolic exhortation is a fairly low-level document in terms of the classical criteria for adjudicating the authority of magisterial texts. Pope Leo has played his cards close to the vest during these first months of his papacy, doing and saying little that would generate much controversy, and so the level of interest in this—the first of his documents—is running almost at a fever pitch. And so it is not surprising that many Catholics from all sides of the ecclesial spectrum have submitted the new text to a detailed analysis to glean any hints of where Pope Leo intends to take the Church.

I think that has led many to overthink the text and to see in it more than it intends or portends. All in all, for reasons I will elucidate below, I think Dilexi Te, though a fine document that is at points both profound and beautiful, says very little that is new in the sense of a theological novelty, says hardly anything even mildly controversial, and is at pains to position itself as in total continuity with the Tradition. I liked the text, but I think those seeking a deeper insight into the mind of Pope Leo will come away empty-handed.

No new insights into the thought of Pope Leo

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Pastor dies 3 days after acquittal on ‘blasphemy’ charge; falsely imprisoned for 13 years

Zafar Bhatti, a Christian pastor in Pakistan who spent 13 years in prison on a false blasphemy conviction, died of cardiac arrest just three days after his acquittal. He had returned home after being cleared by a high court, but collapsed before his family could make arrangements for medical care.

Bhatti, 62, founder of the Jesus World Mission Church, was arrested in July 2012 in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, after a local cleric accused him of sending text messages that insulted the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was charged under Article 295(C) of Pakistan’s Penal Code, a provision that carries the death penalty for defiling the name of the Muslim prophet.

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Should Trump have been banned from running for president?

Do you think Donald Trump should've been banned from running for president?

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that Donald Trump was allowed to run for president again after everything that happened on January 6th, 2021. The Capitol riots weren’t just a random protest that got out of hand they were a direct result of months of Trump spreading lies about a “stolen” election and pressuring officials to overturn the results.


A sitting president encouraged his supporters to march on Congress during the certification of an election he lost, and people died because of it. That alone should’ve disqualified him from holding office again under the 14th Amendment (Section 3), which literally bans anyone who engaged in or incited an insurrection from serving in government.


On top of that, there are his criminal indictments... from trying to interfere in Georgia’s election results to mishandling classified documents. Any one of those cases would’ve ended most politicians’ careers, but somehow Trump’s using them as campaign fuel.

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Whether you’re left, right, or independent, how does this not set a terrifying precedent? If someone can try to overturn an election and still be allowed to run again, what’s stopping future leaders from doing the same — maybe more effectively next time?

It's dangerous to allow a man like hin to have power.

What do you think?should the courts or Congress have acted to enforce the insurrection clause?

God Worshiper or Law Worshiper?

Looking back to when I was a young Christian I believe I fell into worshiping the law rather than the law giver. Like the crippled man at the pool of siloam looking to the pool to "save" him, I looked at the law. It was a very stern master finally whipped me into dispair. It is too long of s story to share here but I came to the point of letting go of any kind of God concept and then I met the law giver and relized what He did to procure the gift He was offering me. This is how I have come to undestand where his law fits into His boundless Grace and unconditionsal love.

1. The Law’s True Purpose

Paul never said the law was bad — he said it had a specific role:

“Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
Galatians 3:24
The law reveals God’s holiness and our sinfulness — it drives us to God for mercy. But once faith comes, the believer’s relationship with the law changes:

“But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.”
Galatians 3:25
The law shows what righteousness looks like; Christ provides the power and forgiveness to live it.


2. Law-Keeping “by the Flesh” — Self-Righteousness

When Paul speaks of “the flesh,” he means human effort apart from God’s Spirit.

“For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”
Romans 10:3
That’s what Paul calls law-keeping by the flesh — obeying rules to earn favor, to prove oneself righteous, or to feel spiritually superior.

This was his own past error:

“As to righteousness which is in the law, blameless… but what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.”
Philippians 3:6–7
He had kept the letter of the law, but he didn’t yet know the heart of the Lawgiver. Once he met Christ, he saw that all his efforts without faith were empty.


3. Law-Keeping “by Faith” — Spirit-Empowered Obedience

When we come to God by faith, the Spirit enables us to walk in obedience from the inside out.

“That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:4
This is law-keeping by faith: not to earn salvation, but as the fruit of a heart transformed by grace. It’s what Jeremiah and Ezekiel foresaw when they spoke of the law written on the heart (Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 36:26–27).

The believer’s obedience flows from love, not fear:

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.”
Galatians 5:6

4. Worshiping God, Not the Law

Paul’s entire gospel defends worship of the Lawgiver rather than the law itself.

  • The law worshiper says, “I will prove my loyalty by keeping every command.”
  • The God worshiper says, “Because I love Him, I want to walk in His ways.”
Both might look outwardly obedient — but only one is inwardly free.

Paul put it beautifully:

“We… worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”
Philippians 3:3
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Must watch video--Former Israeli diplomat calls Trump 'a man of his word' amid Israel-Hamas peace deal

Video of interview of diplomat in regard to peace deal"

Trump was the right person for this negotiation, peace through strength.
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To Know Wisdom and Instruction

“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;
To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:1-7 NASB1995)

How do we know wisdom and instruction from the Lord? We know it by being in genuine biblical relationship with Jesus Christ via God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in the Lord whereby we die with him to sin and we now walk in holiness and righteousness in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in the power and wisdom of God. We know it by the Spirit of God now living within us teaching and instructing us in the ways of the Lord. And we know it by being diligent students of the Scriptures who study them in context.

Collectively, we who are of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus, in practice, are the church, the body of Christ, the children of God, with Jesus Christ as our head, Lord, and master. And we are to be followers of Christ who go with him wherever he sends us in doing all that he commands us that we must do as those who are of genuine biblical faith in the Lord. We are to be those who submit to the Lordship of Christ, who surrender to his will, and who live holy lives, pleasing to God, in his service daily.

Sadly, much of today’s church has wandered from the faith, and they have gone after the gods of this world, instead. They have partnered with the government and with the world in an unholy union, which God forbids, and they have turned the house of God, his church, into a marketplace to be marketed to the world just like any other business, which God also forbids. And they have altered and diluted the message of the gospel to make it more attractive to the world who they want to come to their gatherings.

As a result, many people are believing lies taught them in the name of God, and in the name of the Word of God, but taught out of their correct biblical context and twisted to say what they do not teach in the correct context. And they are believing that they can make a profession of faith in Jesus and now have all their sins forgiven, and be on their way to heaven, but without them surrendering their lives to Christ in dying with him to sin and in walks of obedience to his commands. So heaven is not their eternal destiny.

Thus, God is calling his church to return to him, to leave these ungodly and unholy unions with the government and with the world, and to abide by the Lord and his commandments, with Jesus Christ as the true head of his church. He is calling his wayward and adulterous church to come home to him in fellowship with him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, and to no longer go after the ways of this sinful world. And he is calling his church to now be seekers of truth and righteousness.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

And we learn in 1 John 1-3 that if we claim that we have fellowship with God, but yet we walk in darkness (sin), we are liars. If we claim that we know God, but we do not obey his commandments, in practice, we are liars. For it is not the one who claims he is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger


Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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To Know Wisdom and Instruction
An Original Work / October 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

World Domination, Tyranny, and Oppression

“Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.
Do not trust in oppression
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.” (Psalm 62:9-10 NASB1995)

I wondered what was meant by “men of low degree” so I looked it up on Bible Hub in their interlinear, and it says the word is “Adam” or “humankind,” meaning human, or human flesh. For in our flesh natures we are sinners by nature, born into sin in the image of Adam, the first man created by God, and the first man to sin against God. And without God, without God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, we are lost creatures still living in bondage to sin without hope of salvation from sin and without hope of eternal life with God.

And “men of rank” could be people of self-importance or other human beings who are being ranked higher than others because of who they are, or because of their popularity among the people, or because of their wealth or their positions of power and rank in religious institutions or in corporations or in the government. They are people of enormous influence over those who rank them as high up and who follow them because of their prestige. But many of them are not to be trusted. Many are very deceptive, in fact.

Basically what this is indicating is that we should not put our trust in human beings who are flesh, many of whom cannot be trusted to tell us the truth, and many who will deliberately and habitually lie to us with the full intention to deceive, to manipulate, and to convince us that they are the ones we should believe, and in whom we should place our trust. We should not look to any government heads or politicians or preachers or pastors of “church” congregations or the news media, etc., to tell us the truth and not the lies.

We are also not to put our trust in oppression (world domination, tyranny, dictatorship, totalitarianism, persecution, subjugation, authoritarianism). So please know the signs of these types of rules in world governments, for this is where we are now in the world. The powers that be in the world, once called “the shadow government,” but no longer in the shadows, I believe, are preparing us all, and they are getting us ready for the rule of “The Beast” and the one world totalitarian rule of government (see Revelation 13:1-18).

So, know what the Scriptures teach are the signs of these last days before the return of our Lord when this beast is moving into position to form this One World Order (tyrannical rule of law). And please don’t believe any humans in any positions of power and influence just because of who they are, or for their popularity, or because they are a Republican or a Democrat, or just because they say they believe in Jesus Christ. For so many of them are lying to us. Deception abounds! Test everyone! Pray for discernment!!

If you are on social media at all, or even on Christian discussion sites, please know that there is fakery everywhere. So much of what is being posted on these sites are absolute lies and fabrications, not to be trusted at face value only. So much is now AI generated, and thus is faked but made to look as though it is real. Just because you see it or read it or listen to it, it does not make it real, and it does not mean it is the truth. So much is Hollywood produced but made to look like it is really happening. Pray! Pray! Pray!

Basically, we need to be people of God who put our hope and trust in God alone and not in other human beings. For example, just because a doctor or a pastor says for you to do something, it doesn’t mean that it is for your good. Do the homework. Read the side effects of medications before you agree to using them. Many meds are worse for you than your illnesses. And read the Scriptures in their full and appropriate biblical context. Don’t trust a pastor to tell you the truth. Test all the spirits to see if they are of God.

And then look to God alone as your only hope and your only true source of truth and wisdom and direction. Look to him for your healing and for guidance in your decision making. Don’t just take the words of another human being who could be leading you in the wrong direction. Learn to test everything and to pray through everything and to seek God for your answers. Then let God be the only one who gets your absolute devotion and allegiance and loyalty and trust. For so many humans will steer you wrong.

Testing the Spirits: [Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-14; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1


As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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World Domination, Tyranny, and Oppression
An Original Work / October 11, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
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Is the way you worship important?

do you believe that God cares about how you worship him? should you kneel when you pray, should you be standing when you pray? Should you receive Holy Communion Every time you gather should you be baptised once or more than once? is it OK to dance while you're in church? is it OK to speak in tongues even if you had no idea what those tongues might mean and you don't know what you're saying?

cheque out your answers to see if they fit with what the Bible has to say. The Old Testament has a few things to say about worship so does The New testament.

Or do you not really care very much about what the Bible has to say on worship and you just go along with whatever your denomination says is good?

Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace plan is a big deal: All hostages coming home

Israel’s war in Gaza moved one step nearer to resolution on Wednesday, when Hamas and Israel both agreed to “the first phase” of President Donald Trump’s peace plan. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line,” Trump wrote Wednesday afternoon on Truth Social. “This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America.”

The agreement covers “all terms and mechanisms for implementing the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to stopping the war, releasing Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners, and allowing aid to enter,” said Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari.

While public pronouncements are light on details, Israeli officials expect the simultaneous release of all the living hostages within 72 hours, likely on Monday. The clock starts, and the ceasefire officially begins when the deal is ratified by the Israeli government.

Israel also insists on Hamas returning the bodies of all deceased hostages, although Hamas claims that will take longer to achieve, as some of the bodies are buried under rubble or lie behind the Israeli lines.

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Who thinks THIS is a good idea.

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings


I'm not even speaking in hyperbole, if this sticks, when America gets hit with the next virus...and it is just a matter of time, you guys are so truly and completely screwed.
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A Midrash over 2 Samuel 22:1-51 and John 20-21

2 SAM 22:1-51

YHVH is my ROCK (Tzuri) and my fortress, and my deliverer; “Elohei Tzuri” (My God) in whom I will take refuge.

My shield and horn of my salvation (YESHUATI.) (2 Sam) The Spirit of God is speaking, again, using the name ROCK and ELOHEI TZURI (the God who leads who is my righteousness). We see the name YESHUA…my “Hightower” (hey, that’s the name of the high school I worked at!) and my refuge. We take refuge in HIM because he has provided us with salvation, eternal life. A “Hightower” is a lookout tower in a fortress where the guards can see the enemy coming. Through Yeshua, the enemy has been beaten. He has been beaten by the “blood”.

Vs 32; “Who is God save YHVH and who is a ROCK save our God?” Again, the names TZUR-ELOHEINU (The ROCK our God) . Also, in Hosea 14, the prophet tells Israel,

“Return to YHVH your Elohim, for you have stumbled by
your wickedness… for the ways of YHVH are straight and the righteous walk in them!

(vs 9). The Prophet Micah also says, “He shall turn back, and have compassion on us, He shall trample upon our wickedness. And you shall throw all our sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19)

It is not surprising that this verse is read just a week before Yom Kippur. A Yom Kippur tradition is taking breadcrumbs and going to a flowing body of water, throwing the breadcrumbs into it. This tradition is known as “tashlich.” The breadcrumbs symbolize our sins, and the body of flowing water, the sea!

The prophet Joel says, “and you shall know that I AM in the midst of Israel and that I AM YHVH your ELOHIM, and there is no one else.” No wonder he speaks through his prophets, over and over again, telling his people to “love HIM” and to “Follow HIM” doing and keeping his commandments. Unfortunately, his people forgot all of that and later on, followed pagan gods, thus reaping the whirlwind! But just as a father will punish, but not abandon his son, neither will Adonai abandon HIS people and forget them. A loving father chastises yet continues to love.

JOHN 20:26-21:25

A very interesting reading, as Yeshua appears to his disciples after his resurrection, and meets them by the Sea of Galilee, or Tiberias, as it is sometimes called. Since he knew that they were fishermen, he decided to help them out again, since they caught no fish during the night.

“Throw your net over the right side of the boat,” Yeshua told them, and they caught 153 fish.

It was then that they realized, “It is Yeshua!” It is also interesting that the number “153” is symbolic as well. The words, “Ani Elohim” (I am God) in Hebrew gematria sum 153 (Ani = 61) (Elohim = 92) 61+92=153.

Yeshua also talks with Kefa (Peter), “Do you love me?” then…feed my lambs, shepherd my sheep, feed my sheep” three times he asked, “Do you love me?” The answer came back, feed and shepherd the lambs and the sheep.

What is the difference between a lamb and a sheep? A lamb is a very young sheep, up to one year old. So, what is Yeshua telling us here? If we love the LORD, then, as believers and followers, we are to teach and guide both young and old believers, believers who are at different stages in their spiritual walk.

If you want to be used by the LORD, just ask HIM for opportunities to share the Word and teach the Word. Some believers are willing to learn and be guided. There are also the “lost” yet have an open mind to listen to the Words of God, the Words of the “Lamb” of God who took the sins of the world upon himself to set us free!

I will be away from my PC for 3 weeks, going to South Florida to visit family and spend time at our Messianic congregation there. Pray for traveling mercies.

Mississippi School Homecoming Celebrations Turn Deadly as 8 People are Killed 20 Injured in Separate Shootings

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight people dead and many more injured, authorities said.

Six were killed in downtown Leland after a high school football homecoming game in the Mississippi Delta region on the state’s western edge, according to the county coroner. On the east side of the state, a pregnant woman was among the dead, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.

Some 20 people were injured in the gunfire after people gathered in the downtown area following the game...

Meanwhile, police in the small Mississippi town of Heidelberg in the eastern part of the state are investigating a shooting during that community’s homecoming weekend that left two people dead.

Both of them were killed on the school campus Friday night, Heidelberg Police Chief Cornell White said.


ICE Lodges Arrest Detainer for Convicted Child Rapist the Biden Administration Marked as a ‘Non-Enforcement’ Priority in Virginia

Mejia had been convicted on four separate occasions for traffic offenses, including driving without a license and driving on a suspended license three times.
Under the previous administration, an immigration judge terminated Mejia’s removal proceedings on July 25, 2023, after he was marked as a non-enforcement priority. This allowed him to indefinitely remain in the U.S. illegally. He entered the country illegally at an unknown data and location.

When will it end?
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Drunk Driver Criminal Illegal Alien Leaves Six Dead, Gavin Newsom Releases Serial Criminal

“This serial criminal killed six innocent souls. Governor Newsom has blood on his hands. This serial criminal should have never been released by California authorities,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Sanctuary policies protect the WORST OF THE WORST criminal illegal aliens. ICE will do everything in our power to remove this serial drunk driver, abuser, and drug user from our country.”

Their actions have consequences.

Christian singer Amy Grant wins court battle over church started by her grandfather

After a years-long legal dispute over a downtown Nashville church founded by her great-grandfather, six-time Grammy-winning Christian pop singer Amy Grant and her family members have finally won it back.

The church, Nashville Church of Christ, formerly Central Church of Christ, is located at 145 Rep. John Lewis Way and was founded by civic leader and businessman Andrew Mizell “A.M.” Burton in 1925. The church’s deed stipulates that if the church building ever stopped serving its originally intended purpose, the property should return to his estate.

In 2018, another businessman, Shawn Mathis, reportedly seized control of the church and its assets. He further renamed the church and claimed to have launched an online ministry, but didn’t hold church services on the premises, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Not coping, I need a response.

Hi everyone. Keep in mind that what may not be a big deal for you, might be a big deal for me. I don't know how to start this.

I've been going on-and-off to the parish that's closest to me even though I don't have an inclination to be a member. I thought that maybe with the attendance of a Faith Formation course, it might help, but I'm no longer wanting to attend the course. I'll get back to this in a bit.

There is a man who I've seen in my subconscious over the years there (but never paid close attention to), but something happened in me a few weeks ago when I unwittingly made eye contact with him and inadvertently smiled (it was reciprocated) and I've been under mental torture ever since. Ironically, we have never spoken to one another. As a result, I have gotten torn as to whether to keep going to this parish, even though I had been going on-and-off to this parish well before this problem ever began. I did not think he attended the 4:30 Mass and maybe he normally doesn't, but truth be told I have no idea and don't care to figure that one out.

I tried noticing his fingers and the last time I checked (very recently), there was no ring. I know some people don't wear rings even if they're married but that's at least some indication of whether they could be married or not. I was kind of relieved and thought maybe there was a chance. (Why did I say that to myself?)

Well, I went to 4:30 Mass today thinking, I haven't been seeing him before at this Mass, and I doubt he'll be here. Well - good grief, my heart sank today after I got Communion. Normally when I get Communion, I go back to my pew and immediately open the songbook to the Communion hymn being sung but today I didn't quite do that. While I did open up to the hymn, I wasn't continuously looking at the hymn like I do normally (that is, I tend to look at the hymn and don't look at the others getting Communion). Sigh - oh dear, well, I deviated from my usual behavior and looked up for a moment and he was getting Communion with a kid in his hand and my heart sank to the ground and I started getting the urge to cry. I made sure I controlled myself in Church even though the hymn being played was a song that automatically gives me the urge to cry ("I am the Bread of Life"). Not a great day to endure that hymn.

A part of me wrote him off right there but it didn't stop the urge to cry and I thought to myself, "I can't come back here. I'm not strong enough. It's easier to go here as far as location and good priests, but I'm not capable of seeing this man with a kid when I thought he could be available. I don't think I have it in me to try not to cry, again. I want to run back to the Cathedral or any other parish but here; I can't take this anymore. How much suffering can I handle? I'm already at my wits end."

My emotions are at war with my logic (do I have that, even?) in the sense that any modicum of desire I had to go the formation course is GONE, even if he were not going to it. I don't have the fortitude to jump into this when I'm feeling so raw from this letdown. OK, someone may say "Maybe he's an uncle to that kid, or widow." No, that's not how it works, he's most likely a dad and I tell myself he's not old enough to be a widow. I don't remember if there was a woman; I was so fixated on realizing he was carrying a kid, that I forgot to see if there was a woman - actually, I'm better off not remembering.

I know this might be a matter of limerence and that my life shouldn't revolve around someone who doesn't give a flying fig about me, but that doesn't change my mind. I've dealt with limerence in the past and the brain-rot I felt from it seems like an eternity until the limerence fades (the last one took literally years to fade).

I'd like to think that God is doing me a favor by helping me find this out now instead of later, but no, that's not helping me either. I technically have the right to go to that parish since I've gone there for literally years until this crap ensued, but - easier said than done. I also have some nostalgia for that parish. When I went to Catholic school ("for the education") from kindergarten to third grade, this was the parish whose school it was attached to (and still is). The Church gave my mom a funeral too. However, I'm struggling to care that this even matters when I'm suffering right now.
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A List/Outline of Major End-Times Biblical Prophecies

I hope this helps anyone looking for a list or brief outline. I tried capturing the major ones, but please feel free to add to and also to share this list with others. God bless everyone here! ❤


OLD TESTAMENT:

  • Psalm 2, 110 – Worldwide Rebellion Against God, Jesus’ Victory
  • Psalm 46 – End Time Events, but God is our Refuge!
  • Psalm 83 – Nations War Against Israel
  • Isaiah 2, 11, 24-27, 35, 65-66 – Apocalypse, Jesus’ Return, Restoration, New Kingdom
  • Jeremiah 30-31 – Jacob’s Trouble, Restoration, New Covenant
  • Ezekiel 36-37 -- Regathering of the Jewish Nation [Fulfilled in 1948]
  • Ezekiel 38-39 -- War (Gog & Magog), God Gives Israel Victory
  • Daniel 2 -- The Statue (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, and Iron Mixed with Clay)
  • Daniel 7 -- 4 Beasts (Lion w/ Eagle’s Wings, Bear, Leopard w/ 4 Wings & 4 Heads, Beast w/ 10 Horns)
  • Daniel 9, 10-11 -- 70 Weeks, Covenant, Abomination of Desolation, World Powers
  • Daniel 12 -- Time of Trouble, Resurrection & Judgement
  • Joel 2-3 -- War, Locusts, Outpouring of God’s Spirit
  • Zechariah 12-14 -- God Protects Jerusalem
  • Malachi 4 – Great & Dreadful Day of the Lord, Elijah Returns


NEW TESTAMENT:

  • Matthew 22, 24 -- Wedding Feast, Olivet Discourse, Signs of the Last Days, Fig Tree Generation
  • Matthew 25-26 -- Olivet Discourse, 10 Virgins, Final Judgement
  • Mark 13 -- Signs of the End Times
  • Luke 17, 21 -- Days of Noah, Coming Kingdom, Fig Tree Generation
  • John 14:1-7 -- Jesus Prepares a Place for Us & Will Return
  • Romans 11 – Fullness of the Gentiles, All Israel Will Be Saved
  • 1 Corinthians 15 – Resurrection of the Dead. Transformation, Last Trumpet
  • 1 Thessalonians 4 & 5 -- Caught up in the Clouds, Peace & Safety
  • 2 Thessalonians 2 -- Events Prior to 2nd Coming, Man of Lawlessness
  • 1 Timothy 4:1-2 -- People Turn From the Faith & Follow Deceptive Spirits
  • 2 Timothy 3 -- Terrible Times, Godless People
  • 2 Peter 3:1-13 -- Scoffers, Day of the Lord, Live Holy
  • 1 John 2:18 – Many Antichrists in the Last Hour
  • Jude 1:14-15 -- God’s Judgement


NEW TESTAMENT--REVELATION:

  • Rev. 1 -- 7 Churches, Vision of Son of Man (Jesus)
  • Rev. 2-3 -- Letters to the Churches
  • Rev. 4-5 -- God’s Throne in Heaven, 24 Elders
  • Rev. 6 -- The Seals, 4 Horsemen
  • Rev. 7 -- 4 Angels, 144K, Great Crowd
  • Rev. 8-9 -- 7th Seal, Trumpets, Wormwood.
  • Rev. 10 -- Angel & Small Scroll.
  • Rev. 11 -- Two Witnesses
  • Rev. 12 -- Woman & Dragon, 1260 days, War
  • Rev. 13 -- The Beasts, Christians Persecuted
  • Rev. 14 -- 144K, {{MARK OF THE BEAST}} ***DO NOT GET THE MARK!
  • Rev. 15-16 -- The Bowls of God’s Wrath
  • Rev. 17-18 -- The Beast & Judgement of Babylon
  • Rev. 19 -- Victory!!
  • Rev. 20 -- 1000 Years, Judgement of Satan
  • Rev. 21 -- New Jerusalem
  • Rev. 22 -- Tree of Life, Blessings
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