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Are we seeing the beginning of Revelation 13:16-17 _ what say you?

We inherited our sinful nature from Adam and Eve. That means we are sinful right down to the level of our DNA. There is no way we can change that. Paul tells us we have sinful flesh multiple times.

Romans 6: 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Romans 7: 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death

Romans 7: 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8: 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

This is found all throughout Paul's writings. There are many more but I figured this was enough to demonstrate the frequency of his comments on the flesh. It's why sin cannot be overcome in our own power, Only the power of God can overcome it and enable us to obey God. It's why the disciples lives changed so dramatically after Pentacost. They went from a group of self centered men interested only in being number one in the kingdom to a group of men willing to give their lives for the gospel. Paul's conversion tells us the same story. We went from being a murderer to a martyr for God when he met Jesus.

There is a genetic aspect to sin. I have no idea how it happened, but it did as the Bible so clearly tells us. It's why the redeemed are given new bodies at the 2nd coming. That takes away our built in disposition to sin.

This explains why we find excuses to not obey God. To overcome this we must surrender ourselves to the HS like Paul did, daily. It takes a daily dying to self to succeed in the Christian life. This is where the battle of the Christian life takes place, We either make God number one on our priority list and ourselves last on that list or we continue to lose out on the joy of the successful Christian life.

1Corinthians 15: 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Jesus tells us:

Revelation 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

We must partake of the bread and water of life daily.

Your thoughts on why John didn't enter the tomb upon arrival?
"So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie," John 20

The other day I saw in my mind briefly, a lovely open place, with all depths of field in focus, I overlooked a path from like 40 metres up, looking at a man part of the way to a gate, vast like clouds, of gold, leaning to the left, and with trunk like ridges in it and a gold on the left, and there was the path going through, with a man walking into it. I think the path was was white and maybe green on the sides. The place seemed vast and lovely, reminding me of the new subway in Sydney Australia, caverns 200 metres down, and tunnels for trains hundreds of metres into the distance.

I don't know if it is from God or my subconscious mind. I don't know what it means.

https://gottesdienst.podbean.com/e/gottesblog-apostolic-succession-in-the-roman-catholic-and-lutheran-churches-–-larry-beane/



Apostolic succession going all the way to Peter is an important part of Catholic teaching…..

How does watching anime help you in your life in the faith of Christ Jesus? For those who have accepted God in their life.

We have had threads where people express how certain things about anime discourages them. I learned and understand that there's balance regarding the matter. Stuff in anime can get you in idolatry or have worldly passion. I find that you have to cut off things that will hinder you spiritually. On the other side, there are things about anime that can help you. What those things are go many ways.

I have watched a lot throughout the years. In anime there's stuff that will make you go "Isn't that cute, but it's wrong!". This is where I try to control myself. There are things I have seen in anime that show the love of God. That do show forth goodness. That's how I gain confidence.

Is this law really necessary in California?

This word here translated “urge” is a word often translated as “encourage.” But the word “encourage” is not all about saying only what makes people feel good. The word primarily means to exhort (insist, spur, prod), to beseech (implore, beg, plead), to entreat (request), to admonish (reprove, caution, rebuke, warn), and to urge with a holy urging. But if you are one who is encouraging with this kind of encouragement, here in America you might be chided for being “negative,” and thus to be ignored.

But we are not to ignore such biblical urgings and strong encouragements and exhortations, nor should we minimize them as though they don’t matter, nor should we regard them as though they are recommended, but optional. But we need to make certain that the “urging” or “encouragement” is in true biblical context, and thus is of God, and not of human origin. For so many people today are taking Scriptures out of their context, and they are interpreting them in ways not consistent with the biblical context.

So, I am going to share here one of my real life parables. For the Lord gives me parables sometimes. So recently my ears stopped up and that hindered my ability to hear. I could not hear at all through the left ear, but the right ear was also hampered. So I got an appointment with a doctor yesterday morning and her nurse flushed my ears so that the wax buildup inside my ears came out and now I can hear. But the doctor gave me two prescriptions to take, and the Lord stopped me from taking drugs 15 years ago.

I was also diligent to look up the drugs to see what possible side effects that they might have, for I have a long history of rare side effects to any kind of drugs, even vitamins, and this is what I learned:

“A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including rash, itching/swelling (especially of the ear/face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing” (source: WebMD). And possible side effects of the other medication are dizziness, hives, headaches, nerve damage, taste changes, fast heartbeat, etc. And the thing of it is that I told her that Vitamin B12 caused my tongue to swell and my throat to close up.

So, what is my point here? Well, when the Lord changes our hearts and minds and we repent of (turn away from) our sins to follow Jesus with our lives, he opens up our ears to hear the truth and to discern the lies. And he does use other humans as his instruments to teach us the truth, but not all teach the truth, but many are deceiving and teaching lies. And so we must be people of discernment who test the spirits to see if they are of God or if they might have possible side effects that may do us spiritual harm.

In other words, it was a good thing that my ears were opened up so that I can hear. And it is a good thing when our spiritual ears are opened up so that we can hear the Lord speak truth to our hearts. But then we must be discerning about what truth we choose to take into our ears, so we must test what we hear, and what is recommended or prescribed for us in our walks of faith, to make certain that the counsel that we are receiving is biblical (in context) and that it is not something that will cause us spiritual harm.

So, not all encouragements and urgings that we may receive are in their true biblical context, and so we need to be people who study the Scriptures in their context, and who test what we hear against the Scriptures (in context) to make certain that what we are receiving is of God and not of human origin. For liars and lies abound in our day and time, and trickery, deception, manipulations, misimpressions, and all sorts of twisting of the Scriptures abound, too. So, learn to test what you hear.

So, when Paul urged the Christians to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which they had been called, and if we are to do likewise, then we need to understand what that is. For our walk has to do with how we live, with the things that we do and speak. And worthy is what is suitable, fitting, and appropriate to the calling to which we have been called, which is a call to holiness, righteousness, godliness, moral purity, honesty, faithfulness, obedience to our Lord’s commands, and the forsaking of our sins.

[Ps 139:13-16; Rom 1:6-7; Rom 8:8,28-29; 1 Co 1:9; 1 Co 12:1-31; 2 Co 5:9; Gal 5:13; Gal 6:8; Eph 1:3-4; Eph 5:10; Col 1:9-11; 1 Thess 4:1,7; 2 Tim 1:8-9; 1 Thess 2:4; 2 Tim 2:4; Heb 11:6; Heb 13:6; 1 Pet 1:14-16; 1 Pet 2:9; 2 Pet 1:3; 1 John 3:22]

And humility is the opposite of pride. But there is a false humility that is self-abased which can have as its source inverted pride which is still self-focused. For true humility is able to examine oneself in the eyes of the Lord, and in the eyes of the Scriptures, and to make an honest evaluation of oneself based on what the Scriptures teach, not thinking too lowly nor too highly of oneself, but in all fairness and honesty, giving God the glory for what he has done and for what he is doing in and through our lives.

And gentleness is not going soft on sin nor is it diluting the truth of the gospel so as not to offend others with the truth. Gentleness makes no compromises with truth and righteousness to make others feel good, either. For it means “meekness” which is “gentle strength,” i.e. “gentle force.” For it expresses power with reserve, like Jesus did, for he was meek, but he was not weak, and he made no compromises with truth and righteousness. But he spoke the truth to the people, but in love, which was tough love, too.

And patience is longsuffering, which is willing to suffer injustices for the sake of the gospel and for the sake of the salvation of human lives. Like God is patient, for he is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, and that is why Jesus Christ has not yet returned to judge the people of the earth, because he wants many more people to believe in him and to have the hope and the promise of eternal life with him. But he lets us know that we must obey him and not sin, or we will die in our sins.

And “love” is not all this “feel-good” stuff that so many are propagating today and calling it “the gospel” or “God’s grace.” For this word is “agape” which means to prefer what God prefers, which is what is holy, godly, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord. So the believer who loves with this kind of love will prefer to live through Christ, to embrace God’s will, to choose his choices, and to obey them in his power. And this love will speak the truth in love and not the lies to other people.

And unity of the Spirit is not of man, but of God. And I say this because much of what is being pushed today and called “unity” is not unity with God and with his Word and with his callings and his purposes. But it is unity with other human beings and their marketing schemes and goals and missions which are often flesh-driven. For the goal is to attract the people of the world to their gatherings, not to draw people spiritually to genuine repentance and obedient walks of faith. So make sure you are uniting with God.

Draw Me Close To You

Donnie McClurkin

Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend

You are my desire
And no one else will do
'Cause nothing else can take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace

Help me find a way
Bring me back to You
Bring me back, oh Jesus

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near

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JUDGES 4:4-5:31

In this reading, we read about Devorah and Jael, two women of God who played an important role in Israel's history. We read about many “men of God” but very few “women of God” but they are out there, and today, we have many women who are used mightily by God in ministry. Through Deborah and Jael, Sisera and his army were vanquished, just as Moshe was an example of a leader, Deborah was also a leader, and Jael, whose name in Hebrew “Yah-El” means “El (God) is YHVH (Yah) “his Holy Arm revealed” "Deborah" comes from "Dabar" (Word) and she was the Prophetess at that time, who gave "God's Word" to the people who came to seek counsel at that time. So, we had back then both men and women prophets, those who God spoke to in order to judge and give counsel to the people.

We also need to recognize Miriam, the sister of Moses, who led the praises and worship after Israel crossed the Sea of Reeds. Hadassah (Queen Esther) who intervened for the Jewish people in the time of King Ahasuerus and the evil Haman. We need to recognize also the women who followed Yeshua and served him throughout his ministry. There were also many women who followed Judah Ben Matityahu (Judah the Maccabee) when he and his army went out to fight against King Antiochus of Syria. They kept the "campfires burning".

If you are a woman and reading this Parashah, never say “Because I am a woman, God cannot use me” Yes, he can, there are ministries for women, mostly, women ministering to other women, reaching out to those who have been abused in marriages, victims of rape, assault, homeless women, etc. YOU, my sister, have a place in ministry. Venture out and discover what it is, just be available.

MATTHEW 26:1-75

This chapter deals with Yeshua's final days with his disciples on earth, His anointing by the generous woman who poured the “nard” perfume on him, the betrayal by “Y'hudah Ish Kariot” (Judas, the man from the region of Kariot) in every group of disciples, there are always a few who are “fakers” We have the final “Pesach” dinner with his disciples, and Kefa's denial.

It was at this final supper together, that Yeshua expressed himself through the bread and the wine. His body and blood. The original Passover back in Exodus only had roasted lambs or goats, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs. At the time of the last supper, cups of wine were added, as well as charoset (sweet mixture). All these have meaning. The unleavened bread = Yeshua, who is the Bread of Life. The cups of wine, the blood of our Savior which was shed for our sins. The bitter herbs, the bitterness of sin. The charoset (sweet mixture) the sweetness of our salvation and our new life with our LORD and Savior. The charoset is made in different ways depending on the culture. Most have ground nuts mixed with raisins and dates with wine.

Since Judas was the betrayer, he did not have a genuine relationship with Yeshua, and therefore, left the room and did not participate in the whole supper ceremony. Even so, Yeshua still loved him. He loves all people and wishes that all would come to repentance and accept him as LORD and Savior, but a true relationship can not be forced, only offered. In those 3 years with Yeshua, Judas learned nothing. Imagine those who have been exposed to the gospel for a lifetime, and still reject it, what a waste of life.

But there is a lot we can learn from this, Peter denied knowing Yeshua, out of fear, but Judas openly rejected him by identifying him with a kiss on the cheek. Both sins are forgivable, the only difference is that Peter confessed and received forgiveness, while Judas felt remorse, but did not cry out for forgiveness, but went out and committed suicide.

There is sin that leads to remorse and a “feeling sorry for oneself” and sin that leads to remorse, and from remorse to confession, and from confession to forgiveness, and from forgiveness to restored fellowship. How many readers out there have chosen the latter? We are all sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God, but confession of sins, and receiving forgiveness is something only you can do, I cannot do it for you. Yeshua receives ALL who come to him, no matter how evil you have been, nor what you have done, no sin is beyond forgiveness. Just ask, and turn from your sin, and forgiveness and restoration are yours.

Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby celebrated an Anglican liturgy this morning in the Catholic Basilica of St. Bartholomew, located on Tiber Island in Rome’s Tiber River.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the current archbishop of Canterbury thanked Pope Francis for allowing him to hold the service in this Catholic church.

The ceremony was included on the official calendar of activities held in Rome during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity that was published on the website of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

In a statement to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Father Angelo Romano, rector of St. Bartholomew Basilica in Rome, explained that the prefect for the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, requested for the Anglican liturgy to be held there.

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Happy Friday friends,

I’m feeling pretty much like the world could end at any time. That might seem a little bit dramatic, I’ll concede that up front.

And where I’m going with this is going to strike some of you as silly and overwrought.

But I’m mostly serious. Just hear me out.

I started the week ranting to the Mrs. about this shiny new breed of AI software that allowed a speech at Davos, delivered in Spanish by the Argentine president, to be seamlessly and simultaneously rendered into English, in his own voice and accent, with his mouth augmented to fluently fit the translation.

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How a Washington public school’s transgender secrecy policies drove an immigrant family out of the country

In June 2022, two Centennial Elementary School students in Olympia, Washington, disappeared. Their parents, Indian immigrants, had quietly driven them out of state, to Oregon, before they eventually decided to fly back to their former home country. No one in Olympia has seen the children since.

“My daughter mentioned that Tia had been gone from school for a couple of weeks,” said Jess Davis, whose daughter was a classmate of Tia’s, one of the family’s children. (I have changed most of the names in this report to respect requests for anonymity.) “We were at an ice cream social that our neighborhood has at the end of the school year, and I was thinking about them.” So she decided to text Tia’s mother to ask why they weren’t there. The mother “got back to me and said, ‘Sorry, we are out of town,’” Davis explained. Evidently, the family was still hiding and hadn’t yet left the country. The mother texted Davis again, “and said, ‘Can I call you?’ And she dumped it all out.”

Tia, who was ten, had apparently just gone through a social gender transition at school, encouraged by her teacher. Olympia School District is one of at least 1,000 districts nationwide that have enacted secrecy policies for kids who express gender dysphoria; so for months, Tia’s parents had no idea what had happened. When they finally learned of their child’s secret identity, they came into conflict with a public school system that had embraced gender ideology’s radical notion that parents who don’t unquestioningly affirm their child’s gender choices pose a danger to that child. Tia’s parents’ protests were, consequently, treated as illegitimate.

“Mrs. A [Tia’s teacher] is stalking my daughter,” Tia’s mother told Davis. “What is she going to do to my daughter?”

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Pray that Aaron is Miraculously healed of all sicknesses/injuries/ailments that his brain has, and may he live a long healthy life well into his 100s

The passage is as follows:

15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. 18And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! 20Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.


The trouble is, that verse 21 is manifestly false. Something over a million Jews were killed in the War of 66-73 AD - but about 6 millon Jews were killed in the Shoah, and the tyrannies of Stalin and Mao are reckoned to have killed 60 million & 90 million people respectively. Nor are these the only blood-lettings that can credibly be estimated to have killed more people than were killed in the Jewish War.

Clearly it would be wrong to underestimate the atrocious suffering undergone by the Jews during the Jewish war, but nothing can alter the fact that other calamities have killed far more people than the Jewish War did. WW2 Is estimated to have killed about 50 million people altogether; that enormous figure hardly supports the idea that the Jewish War was a period of suffering so great that it would never be equalled or surpassed.

So what do people think about that verse ?

The unnamed individual, who the memo only identifies as a member of the Somali terror group al-Shabaab, was released shortly after being caught illegally crossing the southern border near San Ysidro, California on March 13, 2023, according to the memo, which the DCNF is not publishing in order to protect the identity of a confidential source. The Terrorist Screening Center “deemed him a ‘mismatch'” after running his name through the terror watchlist, according to the memo, which was sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
However, on January 18, 2024, the Terrorist Screening Center “made a redetermination” that the individual was “a confirmed member of al-Shabaab” and was involved in the use, manufacture or transport of explosives or firearms, the memo states. Two days later, ICE nabbed the al-Shabaab member in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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I am having a really weird thing happen. Certain thoughts will trigger a very sharp "Prick" somewhere on my body. It feels like ive been stung. Something in my head tells me this prick means whatever I was thinking about is false and it is God letting me know its false. The issue is, these things are ACCURATE and are always right. Even when im not thinking about them, if "God" doesn't like something I think about, ill get one. And, I gotta admit they are starting to scare me.

Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be from God?

Notice how AP refuses to say the real beef in Germany, the Netherlands, India and now France is the matter of being dictated to by Monsanto, Gates and globalization. It's time for North American farmers to wake up before they too are pushed completely off their farms or absorbed by Corporatism. This corporate push has been going on since the 70's and is coming to it's pinnacle. The globalist plan as we are told every year at Davos is to control the world population by way of digital currency which can be manipulated or frozen, and food control, the two main weapons in their arsenal to keep the people subdued.

Ironically the elitists and media are saying it is the farmers who are a threat to the poor city folks with food blackmail when it is they themselves who boast the plan for everyone and of course present themselves as the victims instead of the farmers. The farmers want to feed all to make an independent living while the elites want to weaponize food. Watch how a few offended at the sound of tractors will try and control the narrative. A repeat of Canada a couple years ago . This is important and too few give it a thought, especially those in North America suckered into being too wrapped up in their petty local political fights with each other to see what is really going on. Actually it is actually these asleep who deserve what the globalists have planned. Without this background info, the article itself is useless propaganda.
France's protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a 'siege' over grievances

Are You Deceived?
People think they're saved, or hope they're saved, because they believe Jesus is the only begotten Son of God who died for their sins, but yet they are NOT saved! Why? Doesn't the Bible say just believe? Yes, but true saving belief will show fruits and requires repentance.

You think you can lust after girls, and talk all this foul nasty sex talk: this stuff's coming from your heart, and shows you ain't saved. Don't believe that, or think it's too harsh? What did Jesus say?
Matthew 15:18-20,
"But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man."

If your thoughts haven't changed, and your language hasn't changed, and you're still getting off on foul dirty jokes and sexual innuendos, you're still going to hell.

Ephesians 4:29-32
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Eph. 5:3-8
"But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light."

What's it say? Filthiness, foolish talking, and jesting. Prior to that it mentions corrupt communication out of your mouth, anger, clamour, and evil speaking. That includes talking about some girls body parts in a lustful way, or guys body parts, or homo joking. It's filthiness; it's coming from the heart, which is wicked and deceitful, and scripture says those who do such things won't inherit the kingdom of Christ and God. That means those who do this stuff are headed to hell, plain and simple.
It's not just the act of fornication and adultery and same sex that's sin: it's the mere thought of it in any lustful or lewd way. The practice of these things in any way, including porn, is a sign of an unregenerate, lost soul. God has called you to holiness, and without holiness no one shall see the Lord. (Heb 12:14)

Colossians 3:8-9, "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds..."
You know Revelation 21:8 says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death? This is serious stuff man: not to be fooled around with, as this:
Matthew 5:28, "I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

Take this following scripture at face value. It means what it says and says what it means:
Matthew 7:13-23,
" Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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.
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?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

So you see it's possible to "believe" in Jesus in a way, and not be saved. James says even the devils believe and they tremble. If you're to be saved you need saving faith and saving belief - and that's a faith and belief that manifests itself in actions: you will repent and turn from your sins; you should want nothing to do with sin any longer. Cry out to God for mercy and forgiveness, because if you're doing any of these things (And I did them all before myself), you're on that broad way that leads to destruction, and you seriously need to get on the narrow way that leads unto life.

"A trucker convoy of “patriots” is heading to the U.S. border with Mexico next week, as the standoff between Texas and the federal government intensifies."

The invasion of the US is being challenged. Many states also have sent help to Texas. Is this a good thing or bad thing? I would think that controlling who enters your house is a good thing. This does seem dangerous, however, since the Feds do not seem willing to back down. Civil war?

Ex-IRS contractor who leaked Trump’s tax returns sentenced to 5 years

WaPo said:

Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorized disclosure of income tax returns. Littlejohn, 38, admitted that he leaked Trump’s confidential tax information to the New York Times in 2019 and then replicated his work the next year, filtering the tax returns and financial data of thousands of wealthy Americans to ProPublica.

The news organizations published reports showing how Trump and the richest Americans for years paid little or no federal taxes. U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, who handed down Littlejohn’s sentence, emphasized at his plea hearing in October that “there will be serious consequences for this illegal act.” Regardless of Littlejohn’s motivations, the judge said, “people taking the law into their own hands is unacceptable.”

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Littleohn went to great lengths to accomplish this.

Good day, I'm asking for prayer for Dwayne St George to get a new job and everything associated with the job he has asked the Lord for. Thank you for all your prayer.

Peace in Christ.

He that shall endure unto the end…..that is, the END OF THE AGE, the same shall be saved.

Our mortal bodies are kept alive in this present evil age until the end of it without dying as we shall have His eternal (age-lasting) life keeping us standing in the here-and -now.

Mat 24:13-14 KJV
(13) But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
(14) And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

How do we keep living in our mortal bodies to the end of this age?

By our faith in Him….and our faith is active.

We keep the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord in this mortal body which keeps our mortal bodies alive until the end of this present evil age. We always bear about in this mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh….which keeps our mortal bodies standing here in this earth until the end of this age that we are living in now.

2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Our mortal bodies are dead because of sin….but the Spirit of Him that raised Jesus from the dead shall also make alive (quicken) our mortal bodies so that we may live in this earth until the end.

Rom 8:10-11 KJV
(10) And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
(11) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Those who endure until the end of this age in their mortal bodies (who have not died...shall not have slept) by faith shall at the end of this age (at the last trump) then be “changed”. We who are alive and remaining in this earth (as the others perish), shall then put on immortality. Then there is no chance of ever dying again. This "mortal" (subject to death) body shall then put on immortality. We, who do not "sleep" (in death of the mortal body) will then be changed at the end of this age/beginning of next age.

1Co 15:51-57 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Death is then swallowed up in victory. We shall have never died in this current age as the life of Jesus kept our mortal bodies alive UNTIL the end where our mortal bodies (which have never died) shall then be transformed into immortal bodies.

(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
(56) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

Thanks be to God which gives us the victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. We will have then cheated death so-to-speak by our Lord….keeping His daily sacrifice in our mortal bodies which kept our mortal bodies alive until the “even horizon”….the putting on of immortality at the last trump.

(57) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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