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          ...and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13... And Jesus saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19... hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Corinthians 1:20... I have set before thee an open door. Revelation 3:8

          A Biblical Point Of View In Light Of Todays Politics, Conditions And Crises.

    Wed, May 27th - 6:24PM

    Time and Eternity - What Is To Be



    Monday, May 25, 2009

    In attempting to make a comparison of time and eternity, one finds there is no real comparison at all to be had. The chasm between them is actually so vast it practically defies description. Chronicling Biblical history from the creation of Adam and Eve to the end of the thousand year “millennial” reign of Christ, human existence on the earth is only about 7000 years. In light of the “foreverness” of eternity, this amounts to only a “brief moment” of time. In fact, any finite amount of time is negligible (nothing) next to an amount which is infinite.

    As humans bounded by and dwelling in time, we tend to only think and see things from our brief and narrow perspective. The wide majority of people on planet earth are totally enslaved to a subjective and earthly vantage point, which renders them completely oblivious to the realities of God’s Word and their own imperfect estate. They cannot see “outside the box” of this natural, time-governed world in which they exist. Another fact also is that they have absolutely no comprehension of their future abode in eternity.

    Time has a beginning and an end. Eternity, which is essentially timelessness, occupies the eternal span of forever. There is no beginning or end of eternity. Time is but “a grain of sand” cast into the eternal oceans of the world. It is not easy to comprehend such truths (to say the least), but they are factual and a reality.

    As a baby in its mother’s womb, it must be delivered forth in birth to begin its existence in time (this physical world). It cannot abide in the womb forever, but at the appointed time it must come forth to exist in time. So is the human soul and spirit. It cannot abide here in time forever, but it must be brought forth out of time to exist in eternity. Eternity is the final destination of every human being born on planet earth. There is no escaping our future destiny. At some point we must all exit time for the foreverness of eternity!

    In death (separation), the human soul and spirit are separated from the body and brought forth into eternity. Almighty God’s Word reveals to humanity the realities and truths of time and eternity. Sin (the spiritual and natural transgressions against the spiritual and natural laws of Almighty God our Creator) has “derailed” Adam’s fallen race (Rom. 5:12-19), and has made man unprepared and ill-equipped for his eternal destiny and habitation (Rom. 3:23). This is why Almighty God has made provision for us all in the Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and to provide us the proper attire - the righteousness of Jesus Christ - for the environment of eternity.

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16, 17)

    Although humanity has some sort of “faint grasp” of eternity (Ecclesiastes 3:11) and tries to prepare for it the best that they can, they are altogether oblivious to the righteous requirements and perfect demands of Almighty God. Too many people deceive themselves and try to provide this perfect righteousness in and by themselves (beings with a fallen, imperfect nature), which is utterly impossible. The required righteousness of Almighty God must be provided by God and transferred to Adam’s fallen descendants so that we may abide in God’s presence and live in His perfect and holy heaven (Rev 21:27).

    Those who receive God’s pardon, salvation and redemption found in Jesus Christ will receive His righteousness and eternal life (John 1:12; 10:27-28; Acts 4:12; 16:30-31). Those who reject God’s pardon and provision for their lost estate will die in their sins and be cast into God’s eternal “junk yard” and prison – the Lake of Fire (i.e., Hell). This is called the Second Death, which is an eternal separation from their Creator (John 3:36; 8:24; 10:26; Rev 20:11-15; 21:27; 22:11).

    My friend, let me ask you this very sobering and pertinent question. Do you posses the absolute perfection (righteousness) within yourself that is required to enter Almighty God’s heaven? The answer is a very obvious and sobering, “No, you do not.” How will you then enter into eternity and meet it's perfect and righteous demands?

    Almighty God has made provision for you in the Person of His Son, Jesus Christ. God’s Word states:

    For he (God) hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin (Christ); that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)

    For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Romans 10:4)

    But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.
    (1 Cor. 1:30)

    He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36)

    Will you take God at His Word today and put your trust and faith in Jesus Christ alone? He alone has all the remedies for your imperfect human condition. He alone will provide you with the perfect righteousness needed to secure your eternal future. Put your absolute trust in him today! You will never be the same!

    The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

    DJP I.F.


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    Wed, May 20th - 3:22PM

    A DAY TO REMEMBER!



    Wednesday, May 20, 2009

    WHEN? In at least 10 major wars, in 18+ conflict situations from the 1898 Spanish American War to the Persian Gulf War and even to the present War on Terrorism, which is like no other war.

    WHO? More than 670,000 lives in the 10 major wars given up for something of greater value, something having a more pressing claim.

    WHY? Not to aggressively seek to get or to gain what someone else has, whether it be land, power or wealth (see James 4:1-3), but to DEFEND our nation “and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America” which is being threatened from within and from without. God's Word opposes internationalism because a one world government opens the door to the total control of a society by a system which cannot and will not do right of and by itself. See Genesis 11:1-9 and Revelation chapters 17-18.

    GOD'S WORD teaches that nations are for restraining and maintaining a balance of power among nations for peaceful existence. A nation may be led to want or to possess what belongs to other nations, but they are hindered from such because of other nations. Each nation is able to maintain the God-given privilege of choosing God and His Word, of marriage, of family, of law and order. The nations, consisting of families, have the right to defend their territories.

    GEORGE WASHINGTON told his troops: “The time is near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human effort will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.”

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: “Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty.” DANIEL WEBSTER: “God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to defend it.” PATRICK HENRY: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?”

    PRINCIPLE: When those who know and remember fail to teach and to display to the following generation their rights, responsibilities and privileges, it is only a matter of time until they, by neglect, fail to appreciate and guard the freedoms American men and women have paid for with the loss of their lives and the loss of their limbs (Judges 2:7, 10, 11).

    As the nation of Israel had the right to choose life and blessing in their land and lives (Deut. 30:19-20) because of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ (Isaiah 53; Lev. 16-17), so we can choose Him and the resultant LIFE and BLESSING by an act of our own will: “But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons [children] of God, even to them that believe on His Name.” “He that hath the Son hath LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” John 1:12; 1 John 5:12.

    The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

    MBC I.F


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    Sun, May 17th - 9:45PM

    It Doesn't Matter, Does It?



    Saturday, May 16, 2009

    Ruins of a once great society...









    The Acceptable Conditions? 
    The present conditions produce unacceptable problems which are finding greater acceptance. We are living in an ever-expanding mental, moral and social swamp. We are working from a faulty foundation consisting of evolution (man is a meaningless accident of nature, evolved from what?), communism (man is matter in motion and nothing more) and psycho-babble (man is told over and over again that he is not to be blamed for his actions; that he is not responsible). The ever-expanding swamp is further encouraged by needles for drugs, condoms for sex, counseling for irresponsibility, abortion for eliminating the unwanted, euthanasia for removing the unneeded. Add to this the contamination of morality which makes for the approving of that which is wrong, attacking that which is right, abandoning historic, ethical common sense. Public laxity and apathy about the religious, educational, sexual, governmental realities does not encourage correcting our course. Such makes for frustrated and angry people who go to extreme ends to show the absence of a good societal foundation on which to stand. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy...” (2 Timothy 3:1-2).

    The Assured Consequences!
    These are the ingredients for troubled people in troubling times. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20). “We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!” (Jeremiah 8:15). The absence of TRUTH, the presence of ERROR, the absence of LIGHT, the power of Darkness: “He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:18-19).
    “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). Those who mock will someday be shocked.

    The Approved Choice
    What should a person do? Follow God's Word which is meant to bring you to the only God and only Saviour (Isaiah 43:11; 45:21-23). He alone can save your soul and satisfy your heart: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18).

    “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein” (Jeremiah 6:16).

    “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy seed may live: that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for HE IS THY LIFE, and the length of thy days” (Deuteronomy 30:19-20).

    “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).

    “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

    The Kingdom of heaven is at hand!

    MBC I.F.
    Posted with permission.


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    Wed, May 13th - 3:05PM

    Faith Is The Victory That Overcomes The World!



    Tuesday, May 12, 2009

    Faith Is The Victory That Overcomes The World!

    Daily bombardments from the world rattle and destroy the faith of the men and women of God. It is sad to say that many are now shipwrecked on the rocks of unbelief and self-pity. Satan in his attempt to overrule truth (reality), absolutes and the Eternal Person of God seeks to destroy the love and dedication of God's children. The Bible states:

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8), and: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12).

    The truth of the matter is that we are in a Great Spiritual War for the hearts, souls and minds of men. Many are oblivious to this fact. Satan, in his rebellion against Almighty God, seeks the ruin and destruction of anyone that practices the absolute truths of the Creator and His Word.

    There is adversity upon adversity, calamity upon calamity in this fallen world. There is no peace, no Utopia. To think otherwise is a delusion and a lie. Be not deceived! This is not our home. Jesus said, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33), and: exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22). The good news is that Christ will set up His Kingdom at His Second Coming to earth and establish His kingdom in righteousness (perfection). Then - and only then - will there be world peace.

    As we wait for His soon coming, looking into God’s Holy Word, the Bible repeatedly speaks of His great love for us. God's love, as defined therein, wants only the highest and best for the object of His love. The highest and best is the person of God and His will and way for each individual. God, who is infinite, gives all of His Eternal Person to finite man.

    David stated; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour (Psalm 8:4,5),

    Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered (Psalm 40:5).

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-39),

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

    God loves you!!! Don't let your own heart or Satan tell you otherwise!

    Passing through trials and adversities, it might seem to some that God is our enemy and that He doesn't care. Oh Beloved, this could not be further from the truth. Satan the slanderer loves it when we are deceived into thinking and believing this. But by faith in God and His Word, we can defeat this strategy of the enemy of our souls. The Bible states: For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:4,5).

    The victory is gained when a person puts his or her faith and trust in The Person of Almighty God. As believers in Christ, we can by faith get through the adversity and calamity that comes our way, knowing that God indeed loves us and has a plan to make us winners, not losers. Listen to this promise: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans 8:26). God has a wonderful plan for you!

    In these last days may we be strong and of good courage and have faith in Almighty God. May we see - with the eyes of faith - past this physical world into the very throne room of Heaven, and be more than a Conqueror in Christ.

    Remember, Beloved: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you [i.e., Christ], than he that is in the world [i.e., Satan and his minions] (1 John 4:4).

    The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

    DJP I.F.


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    Sun, May 10th - 9:03AM

    Mother's Day and the Virtuous Woman



    Sunday, May 10, 2009

    Mother's Day and the Virtuous Woman

    Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. (Proverbs 31:10-12, 25-31)


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    Wed, May 6th - 3:14PM

    God Sees, God Cares!



    Tuesday, May 5, 2009

    God Sees, God Cares!

    "He (GOD) appointeth the number of THE STARS; He calleth them all by their names. GREAT IS OUR LORD, and of great power: His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:4-5).

    There Really Is A God After All!
    He is an AWESOME GOD who finds His galaxies a very small expression of His great Person. God is beyond and bigger than His finite universe. Yet GOD CAN HEAR your cry, your whisper, your silent thought. GOD CAN SEE so small a tear: GOD CAN TACKLE so big a problem. "Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy" (Psalm 33:18).

    GOD IS HERE right now to reach each and every believing heart: “For God so loved the world, that HE GAVE His only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). “There is no other God apart from Me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me. Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:21-22). “Thus saith the LORD . . .I am the first, and I am the last, and beside ME there is no GOD...FEAR NOT, neither be afraid” (Isaiah 44:6,8).

    God Really Is After All
    He is OVER ALL, He is FOR ALL. God is not absent. God is only a step away. Believe and receive Christ Jesus with all your heart today, without delay. “But as many as RECEIVED HIM, to them gave HE power to become the children of God, even to them that BELIEVE ON HIS NAME” (John 1:12). “HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have ETERNAL LIFE” (1 John 5:12-13). “And this is LIFE ETERNAL, that they might KNOW THEE the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:3).

    The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

    MBC I.F.
    Posted with permission.


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    Sat, May 2nd - 8:55PM

    Dust in the Wind…



    Friday, May 1, 2009

    Dust in the Wind…

    The Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes is the tragic biography of Adam’s fallen race (i.e., humanity) told by the wisest of all men, King Solomon. King Solomon possessed it all: wisdom, brilliance, discernment, authority, prestige, riches/ wealth, property/ possessions, power, fame, women and glory. Amazingly, as he was reflecting on his life in his last days, he made this very sobering and tragic statement: “Vanity of vanities…all is vanity” (Eccl. 1:1-15, 12:7-8).

    In possessing all of this stature and achievement, it never satisfied the eternal void of his heart. All of it did not - and could not - yield peace and contentment. In the end, all his great achievements and pomp could not deliver him in the hour of his death. To Solomon, all indeed was truly dust in the wind...

    Dust in the Wind, the title of a song released by the group Kansas in the late 1970’s, is a melancholy piece regarding the terrible uncertainties and brevity of earthly existence. There is no certainty, no hope, no expectation, no solution and no deliverance. The song is painted with pessimistic colors and presents a bleak and tragic picture with absolute abandonment and no salvation to be found. All we are is dust in the wind….

    What the majority of humanity (and the song) greatly misses is that without Almighty God, our Creator and Sustainer, all is indeed an absolute tragedy and dust in the wind. My friend, that was never God’s plan and purpose for His creation (Rom. 5:12-21). It is Almighty God’s sincerest desire that all would come to the saving knowledge of His Son Jesus Christ and have Eternal Life. The Bible states:

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16-17)

    Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die…? (Ezekiel 33:11)

    For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. (Matt 18:11)

    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt 11:28-30)

    Jesus said, The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

    Your existence here in time does not have to end in vanity. Almighty God has a great future plan and purpose for your life.

    But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Cor. 2:9)

    Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. (John 11:25)

    And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (Rev. 22:5)

    Without Almighty God’s remedy for our sinful condition which is found only in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ, indeed all is truly vanity and dust in the wind.

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt 16:26)

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:11-15)

    In the end, Solomon fully comprehended that Almighty God was absolutly essential for the existence of man. To know Him is life eternal with great expectation and purpose!

    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Eccl. 12:13,14)

    Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? To know Him is to have Eternal Life and posses Eternal Hope. May it be your sincere desire to know the One that made it all possible for you to have all of God’s highest and best for your life - both here in time and also for eternity.

    The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

    DJP I.F.


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