John;

This homosexual thing sweeping the country is bad.  If they gain power, and we are [faithful to Jesus] and do not bow to that spirit, we will have to be in caves to have a place to live.  Christianity will bow to the money when that foul spirit gets in power.  Maybe some of God’s people will get out of that ABOMINATION.

I never considered the beast being that way?  Somehow I saw him in way like Hitler, but wiser.

Wendell

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He WILL be wiser than Hitler, Wendell, and he will hate the Jews more than Hitler did.  And, as the angel told Daniel, he “will not regard the love of women.”

It is coming, Wendell.  God has warned us all.  May God help us learn, in these easy days, to trust God and walk in His shadow.  The saints who are saved in the end will be those who develop their spiritual senses to discern the voice of God in a world filled with mad voices, and who become expert in following the guidance of the Spirit.

Pastor John

What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

Pastor John

RE:  Romans 6:3-4:    Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

These well-known verses from Rom 6 take on a new life in the light of the parable about the “manner of the Jews” (from a recent NT class).  We are raised “just as Christ was” so that “we too” might have the new life.  Jesus was raised and got “unwrapped” from the binding burial cloths.  It is intended to be the same for us.  It is interesting that the “might walk” is subjunctive.  It is possible, the potential to do it is available but WHO will do it?

I like how the ESV does it.

3  Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4  We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

When God says something it changes the view of most anything!  What a weekend!  I really feel less and less a part of this planet.  Who of those who once knew me could know me now?  This is the only way to be a stranger.  There were things said and done that were from out of this world and will take you right out of this world.

What you said about becoming food others can eat!  My, my, my, my, MY!  Words of eternal life!

Funny thing, you get “wrapped up, tied up, tangled up in Jesus” and the truth is you are unwrapped, untied and disentangled from this world!

Damien

Bro. John:

From Jenny’s email:  “When I read this I thought how those with His spirit are His temple, so we must keep it clean, and not let it become a dwelling place of all those things mentioned.”

It reminded me of what the Lord told me right after He cleansed and restored “my temple” in 2006.  I remember the feeling of such peace that came after He touched me.  I asked Him what that feeling was and He told me: “That’s the feeling of a clean temple”. Praise God!

Not many nights had passed after he had touched me, that I awoke with instructions from the Spirit on how to keep my temple clean.  I was amazed at the love that I felt from Jesus that he was still caring that I should know and understand how to stay clean and holy before him.  As you said about the Law, this came as God’s kind of thinking and God’s kind of judgment.  It was not a “suggestion” on how to live from now on.  It was the Father’s thinking and it is the mind of Christ and his Father right now today.

11/28/06 “Seven things to be careful of:”

Proverbs 6

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

1.       A proud look

2.       A lying tongue

3.       Hands that shed innocent blood

4.       An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations

5.       Feet that be swift in running to mischief

6.       A false witness that speaketh lies

7.       He that soweth discord among brethren.

We have a very good God.  We are never without His instruction on how to live if our desire is a clean holy temple, but it always requires obedience to His will.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. (I love this!)

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Bro. John, the Law truly IS holy and prophetic, for it will guide us our entire life in righteousness if we heed it.  But just as in Proverbs 6, it warns us of the consequences if we do not listen.

We serve an amazing God who has given us a life filled with commandment and law and reproofs of instruction!  Riches!  My, my!   I feel right now what the Spirit woke me with this past week:

“Blessed be the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

Sandy 🙂

I loved the email you sent out about the beauty of holiness.  The boys and I looked up Scriptures about the bride.  They are wonderful!  Here are two that stood out to us:

(Donna)

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.” Isaiah 61:10

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that heareth say, Come.  And let him that is athirst come.  And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Rev. 22:12-17

Donna

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That last verse says much, but one thing it does not make clear is that those words are a matter of the heart.  If we are in a condition to be saved, our hearts are praying that prayer and saying those words.  But merely uttering the words, “Come, Lord Jesus” does not mean we are a part of the bride of Christ.  Just the opposite is the case.  Being in the spiritual condition that makes us his bride causes us to pray, from the heart, “Come, Lord Jesus!”

As the author of Hebrews said, Jesus is coming back only for those sincerely looking for his appearing.  These are the persecuted folk, those who really are “strangers and pilgrims” here and want to go home.

jdc

John,

I wanted to share part of my testimony from last week that went with the “Free Indeed” blog.

After work last Tuesday night, I was thinking of that blog message.  I was feeling like I really needed some time with the Lord, to be filled up and refreshed and renewed.  I was telling the Lord about it and remembered one time how you had asked James and me to do you a favor and please “stay prayed up” while you were gone out of town to deal with something.  I was in the car on my way to pick up James from work, and I asked the Lord if he would help me get prayed up that night (Tuesday night).  It went with the blog because I know that it is only the holy ghost and being filled with it that will keep us from preferring our former ways.

After we got home, and I had my work done for the night, I went to our spare bedroom, intending to do some homework, but wanting at some point to practice some songs.  (Amy had sent that email out about bringing songs for Wednesday night.)

Jesus answered my prayer and met me there.  Instead of doing my homework, I started practicing songs.  The spirit fell on me and just continued, I’m guessing a couple of hours.  (MMMMMMM:)!  Praise Jesus!)  The songs that I sang Wednesday were the result of that time that the Lord blessed me like that.  I could feel the spirit in them when I was singing them and thought they might be for Wednesday night.  (Got to the meeting Wednesday night and Donna’s testimony and song led right into the “all things”, so I knew.)And I am thankful.

Anyway, I wanted to share this with folks because we all need each others’ testimonies…and to keep it stirred up in us too.

Love,

Lyn

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Wonderful, Lyn.  And thanks for helping!

jdc

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