The Cost of Our Freedom!

"Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.12 "People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, But they will not find it. [Amos 8:12}

As I was thinking this morning, the day after the Forth of July I was reminded of the price that was paid for our freedom that we as Americans share today, Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives, and people of all races all share in that liberty. God has shed His grace on America!

What a lot of people in this country fail to realize or do not know is the other great prices that were paid for people, not only in this country, but all over the other English speaking counties of this world. And that is the price paid for the Bible, that you read today. We must never take that for granted, because there was a price paid for the privilege we have today. We must never take it for granted!

During the 16th century a man by the name of William Tyndale who was a Englishman, translated the Bible into English while living in Germany. In the year 1525, he published The New Testament in English. But the church leaders, at that time, were not happy or in agreement with him and they angrily sought to destroy Tyndale and his translation of the scriptures. He was brought back to England and then he was burned at the stake. As Tyndale was dying, he said these last words: "Lord open the eyes of the King of England." His prayer was answered when the King of England. King James had the entire Bible published in English  a hundred years later. From there it was published in many other languages.

The English Bible became a reality because of Tyndale's sacrifice, which was at the price of his life’s blood. Let us not let our Bibles sit gathering dust, because dust on the Bible will doom your poor soul! When we consider the cost that was paid so we could read it in our language, let's all take full advantage of this precious gift. This taste of freedom that we enjoy 4th of July is only a taste of the real freedom we have in Jesus The Christ.

The American have repeatedly ignored and then rejected the Laws, warning, and messages that are found in the Word of God. They have allowed all kinds of sin to come into the church and have for the most part have excepted it. Now we have this new religion that is creeping into our churches, Chrislam, and if it goes unchecked will take over. The church and its people will get what they ask for and the true preachers of the gospel  will become silent. The church will not have anyone to challenge them and in the end people will cry out for God’s Word and just as Amos said to the people in his day, they will look for it and not find it! But those bought with His royal blood will, because it will be anchored in our hearts!

God Bless America

I wonder , as we celebrate the forth of July, how many people really stop and  think about what they are really celebrating. It is more than just a day  at the beach, watching fireworks, the barbecue, and the gathering of friends.  It is something that goes way beyond that. It is something that should go to the  very heart and soul of all Americans. As I write this my heart and soul cry  out to God for all His blessings on this nation and its rich history. The date, July 4, 1776, was not only a historic evet It was also the birth,  not just the birth of a nation, but an ideal, a way of life, and it is a ideal  that people around the world have draw a bead on and most have wanted  ever since. That idea and principle was found on God and His Word from  the very foundation of this country!  This ideal has become one of surpassing all other forms of government and  base everything by the Laws of God. The distinctive thing about this ideal  include self-government, liberty, and the pursuit of true freedom. It is true,  these things are not just common to America, but our founding fathers laid  out these great virtues in a way that no other group of people, before or after them has ever done, or, has since. Our fore fathers were Godly men  who trusted and obeyed the laws of God. Since the birth of this great nation, generation after generation of Americans  has been called to stand up as a beacon of light to the world, to fight evil and spread justice. We’ve had to fight evil and injustice around the world, as we  did in World War I and World War II, and at home, also. America has always  been, since it became a nation, a light and hope to the rest of the world. The ideal America stands for has been and always should be one of a free  people with the right to govern their own selfs. The Idea America has stood  for from one generation to another, has shined so brightly that people from  all across the face of the earth and around the world have struggled and  even died to come to America’s shores in the hope of finding freedom and opportunity, such as we have, and they could not find anywhere else. The founding fathers, of our country has paid a great price to give us, a  Declaration of Independence, a Constitution, and a Bill of Rights. Brave  young men have and continue to paid the price, for that, with their blood  and the giving of their lives on the battles fields both past and present. We, as, Americans, need to remember and keep the legacy that our founding fathers gave to us and that is to throw off the bonds of political correctness  and stand up, without fear for the values that made America that shining  city on a hill to the whole world. It is time to throw political correctness out the door and once again grab  Biblical Correctness as the right way to live. It has work for over two hundred years. It was good enough for our fathers and our mothers and it should be  for the rest of us! It is time for all true Americans to stand together united  as one voice against the evils such as the radical Islam terrorist, not as  African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Chinese-Americans,  Italian-Americans, but as Americans. United we stand, Divided we fall. This country has been blessed by God, so I say this, to whom much is given  much is required. We must remember if we lose our freedom to tyrants,  to people who want to change our form of government, to people that call  evil good and good evil, or our lives to terrorists all other causes, the we  have will become nothing, because they will not matter. Let us as Christians  and Americans go forth today into our churches and our nation with a passion, with determination to defend our country, the Holy Bible, and the values that made this country great, so we may be worthy of walking in our founding  fathers’ footsteps, To be called God's Children, and be deserving of the  honor of serving God and our nation and the values this nation was found  on for our children, and their children's children. God bless The United States  of America.

Zeal For Your House Has Eaten Me Up!

The is nothing wrong inherently with zeal. It is something that is inside of most Christians. The fact is, it is how the Christian uses that zeal that is in question. Do you remember when Jesus made a whip and cleansed the temple and when He did, His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten me up (John 2:17 ; Psalm 69:9) It is very easy for a Christian to be eaten up with zeal for the Lord and there is nothing wrong with that except when the zeal is less than righteous and upright. Zeal apart from knowledge can be damning. (Romans 10:2) Zeal without wisdom is dangerous. Zeal mixed with insensitivity is often very cruel, Whenever zeal disintegrates, compounds and turns into uncontrolled passion, it can be deadly. As Christians we must never let misguided zeal get the best of us. The zeal must be accompanied with love, because all things that we do as Christians must be done in love. Love is like the oil in the hub of a wheel, it keeps everything going

Blessed is the Nation Whose God is the Lord

Remember Patrick Henry and his famous quote: “ Give me liberty or give me death”Here is another quote from him: “It cannot be emphasized to strongly, or to often that this great nation was founded not of religionists, but by Christians, not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ”

Our forefathers had much to say about the Bible. These were people who through much time, tears,bloodshed, toil, and love of God in their hearts made this country great. Most people do not even know who these people are or what some of the quotes they said about this country. Listed here are some of our forefathers quotes for you to read:

[1] George Washington:“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible”

[2] Noah Webster:“Education is useless without the Bible”

[3] Patrick Henry:“The Bible is worth all other books that have ever been printed”

[4] Theodore Roosevelt:: “A  through knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college Education”

The news papers and TV in this country magnify the evil things in our country and overlook, or put aside the good and God given blessings that we have in this country. Every where that a person looks in this country we can see God and what our forefather had to say or thought! Here are some examples of this:

[1] At the top of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC you will see engraved, as you enter, a group of law givers. All of then are looking toward one man and that man is Moses and he is holding the ten commandments. When you enter the court room inside the supreme court you will find that the two oak doors have the ten commandments engraved on each lower position of the door. Inside the court room you can see the wall, just above, where the supreme court Judges sit, is again, a display of the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses. There is also Bible verses etched all over the federal buildings and monuments in our nations capital.

[2] Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer, the American citizen, since 1777. Fifty two of the fifty five founders of the constitution were members of the established Orthodox church in the thirteen colonies. The very first Supreme Court Judge, John Jay, said, “Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers”

[3] James Madison, who was the forth president of our country and also known as “The father of our constitution” said this: “We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self government, upon the capacity of each and everyone of us to govern ourselves, according to the Ten Commandment of God”

[4] Thomas Jefferson: our third president, worried about that the courts would over step their authority and instead of interpreting the law, would begin making law an oligarchy, which is rule of a few over many.

How has such a great nation such as ours gotten to the point that everything we have done since the start of this nation is now all wrong and unconstitutional ?

The Resurrection ........

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrectionat the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believethin me, though he were dead , yet shall he live : [John 11: 23,24,25]

Jesus was telling Martha, in these scriptures, that the Ressurection is not a philosophy or the study of some great academic thing or not even a doctrine or a law, but it is a person! And that person is Jesus The Christ.  Only He is the resurrection, the same way that He is The Way (The only way), The Truth (That is found through out the Scriptures), and The Life! (There is no other life, but in Him) [John 14:6] The true and clear meaning behind all this is this:  All the power of the Resurrection, all the power of life (forever) is present and is in this one person Jesus The Christ! It is not Allah and there is no way that a true follower of Christ will compromise this, but this is exactly what some in the church world is doing today by allowing a religion such as christizm to come into the doors of the church and into their heart! There is a way that seems right to man, but is it right? Brother and sisters in the Lord, stand fast your ground! Ony Jesus can satifiy the Longing in your soul and only Jesus can save your soul! As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord Give me that old time Religion, it was good enough for my mother and father, and it is good enough for me!

It is Warfare!!

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching . [Hebrews 10:25] It is amazing to read in the Bible how David had men massed around him until it was a mighty army. [ Hebrews 10:25] Our Lord and Savior is doing the same thing these last days. The only difference is the kinds of battles we're fighting. David and his men fought a physical warfare against the Philistines and some Canaanite tribes. While we are fighting a spiritual war against "...principalities, against powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." [Eph: 6:12] In the annual antelope migration in a National Park in Africa thousands of antelope, slowly move in groups across the plain. They are are always followed by stalking lions. But the lions never attack the herd – they just wait and watch for the stray antelope, who is either careless or thinks the grass is greener on the other side, he then separates himself from the main (larger) groups of animals. The separated and detached antelope will become the prey of the lions, very quickly, who attack that lone antelope with lightening speed and fury. In the day that we live in, spiritual warfare separation is just as dangerous, as our enemy roams like a roaring lion looking for separated brothers and sisters to prey upon. We all need real Christian relationship and a spiritual gathering for protection against Satan and his demons who is always and forever stalking the vulnerable Christian as prey. It's not enough for Christians to just simply go to church. We need to be in the body and community of believers (The church)(A body of believers), passively involved in loving, serving, praying, counseling, encouraging, admonishing, rejoicing, weeping, and forgiving as the family of God. To many believers are separated, and seriously assailable to the attacks of Satan. We need to strive everyday to not be one of them, because this is a very dangerous state to be in. In the Bible David's army was prospering and safe because they were together in mind heart and purpose. They were together in everything that they did. There was unity. The antelope, also endured and pulled through when they, as a body, stuck together as a single unit. Christians need to do the same thing unit. They need to find a spiritual church and be faithful to it.

What is there not to like about my Dad?

My dad was always a provider for our family. My family always had a place to live. food to eat, and guidance as we needed it. He was a kind of dad that did as he said and not a dad that was, do as I say and not as I do. He not only sent my brothers and sisters to church, he went with us! He saw that we went Sunday mornings, Sunday nights, Wednesday nights, to pray meetings in different homes, and to the camp meetings in the Summer.   He has been a minister of the Gospel for over fifty years and at 84 years old he still stands behind the Scared Desk and brings forth God's Word under the Anointing! His days are alway one of witnessing for the Lord, visiting nursing homes and telling the world about the Blessed Hope of our Savior. He still visits the sick with words of encouragement and hope. Remarkable for a 84 year old man!

Before he became a pastor he was in the bus ministry for the Church of God in Federalsburg and he went out into the highways, the back streets and into homes most people would not go and would not give up until the bus was packed every Sunday. He would not give up. His reasoning for all this is was: In the end only what you do for Christ will last"

But I will always remember him for this: He has never compromised the standard that is set forth in the word of God. He has never allowed false doctrine to take hold or even come into the church. He will speak out (always in love) and  in a heart beat against false doctines and how the world has come into the church. He has always said that the church must preach a well rounded Gospel, in love, because a preacher is not giving his flock the whole truth other wise.  In my opinion, he is one of the last of a line of preachers across our nation and around the world that still holds the banner high!

I try my best as the oldest child in our family to fill his shoes but I fall short. It is through him that I came to know Jesus as my personal Savior. It is because of his fatherly leadership that my whole family is saved and serves the Lord. What is not for me to love about my dad?