29. April 2011 by PawBill.

 Did you return Jesus to the tomb after attending Easter Sunday’s Resurrection Service? 

The “Christian” religions of the world celebrated the empty tomb and their risen Savior, Jesus Christ, this past Easter weekend.  Overflow crowds were in attendance at my local church as I suspect they were in places of worship around the world.   

Can you imagine what the world would be like if standing room only crowds were in attendance at every church service?  “Talk about there being a chance for peace on earth” would be in the realm of possibility.   Of course, all Biblical Christians know true peace on earth will not be possible until Christ’s 2^nd coming. 

As we start a new week, have you returned Jesus to the empty tomb where you will keep Him until you resurrect Him again next Easter? Most Christians in name only have.  

Those who returned Jesus to the tomb might as well be worshiping a tree or worshiping the god of a “jihadist” in hope of meeting a harem of virgins at their death.  There is about as much of a chance, an improbability in actuality, of an afterlife in the heaven Jesus promised in any scenario without Jesus as your Savior. 

No matter what the circumstance of your Easter service attendance, if you felt the call to surrender your life to Jesus Christ and you did, Congratulations!  You have just made the most important decision of a lifetime.  Allow the Holy Spirit to transform your life and never return Jesus to the empty tomb again.  

As the old church hymn, “He Lives,” often moves my heart, I recite in my mind the first line and chorus as a testimony to my risen Savior, and I pray that you too may find Jesus and make Him the Lord of your life.  Wikipedia the hymn and listen to the words; hopefully, they will speak to you and your life will be transformed. 

“Have a blessed and peaceful journey as you let Christ reign in your heart,” is my prayer for you. 

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22. April 2011 by PawBill.

At this time of the year Christians around the world celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ—The Christian Messiah and Savior!  The world would be a much better place if Jesus was accepted as “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” (Revelation 19:16 NIV) but unfortunately, that will not be the case until His second coming.  You only need to tune in the daily news to hear firsthand accounts of the immorality, greed, and corruption that plague a Godless society in decline.  Yes, I am talking about The United States of America!

Judging by the hours of TV coverage being dedicated to the upcoming Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, I would say the wedding was of more importance, even to professing “Christians,” than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Which one is more important to you?  When even a Royal wedding is more important than the Message of the Cross, the world is indeed turned upside down and has forsaken the Truth of the Trinity of God—God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit—for the Antichrist’s promise of worldly “treasures and delights.”

Many Protestant religious ministers and “Christian Church” organizations no longer preach the “Shed Blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary.”  If you believe in the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ—His Virgin Birth, Death and Resurrection for the Sins of those who would believe—and you are not in a church that recognizes and proclaims the Message of the Cross, find yourself another Church that does.

Jesus will return soon. Are you ready?

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18. April 2011 by PawBill.

With the coming religious persecution that will be aimed at those who will stand and testify for Jesus Christ, I am renewing my dedication to defending and proclaiming Biblical Christianity.  When America’s own leaders grovel at the feet of Islam and promote the passage of a “hate speech” resolution by the United Nations, it is time for all Biblical Christians to take a stand for their religion and their God. 

Today it is imperative to show support for the Nation of Israel as they enhance their defenses in preparation for the onslaught of Islamic fundamentalism bent on “wiping every Jew from the face of the earth.”  As the God of the Bible warned, “Those nations that will not stand with Israel will not be blessed” (my paraphrasing).   

America’s current Presidential leadership has not demonstrated a moral and political willingness to stand with Israel against the evil of Islamofascism.  God will judge America if she does not stand and support Israel in her time of need.   

Are you willing to join with me?  If so, show your support by registering at: www.spirit.theindwelling.org or www.blog.northloopcottage.com.  As I have written in the past, no email or solicitations will be sent to you, and your email addresses will not be sold or distributed in any manner.   

“Biblical Christianity” and “Once Save, Always Saved” topics were recent posts at the spirit.indwelling site.  Please let me hear from you if you are interested in corresponding. Again, all correspondence is considered confidential and will never be shared with others. 

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18. April 2011 by PawBill.

The spiritual forces of darkness are at work in America and for that matter, throughout the world.  American has openly welcomed spiritual darkness by condemning the “Light” of the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ.  American Christians can “Talk the Talk” but they do not “Walk the Walk” as a Biblical Christian Nation. 

The religion of Islam is the force of darkness, and Biblical Christianity is the force of Light.  That is my opinion.  Read the literature and talk with true followers of each religion, and you will find the evidence overwhelmingly supportive of my belief.  To believe otherwise places you in the enemy’s camp—the enemy being Satan and the Antichrist; their deceptive spirits are already at work deceiving the souls and spirits of the biblically blind. 

Since most Americans no longer believe in God there is no longer a fear of God and His commandments; even most Christians cannot recite all of the Ten Commandments, much less keep them.  If man truly believed in the God of the Holy Bible, there would not be such a moral and intellectual void in America that is permeating all aspects of life. Consider if you will the following:  

• Abortion is considered a woman’s right to kill as a means of birth control.”  Satan delights in his successfulness at emotionally portraying abortion, with all its deceptions and lies, as “good and not evil.”

• Abstinence is the only sure means of birth control, but abstinence is a dangerous means, according to Planned Parenthood, of birth control; Planned Parenthood’s own literature emphatically states that, “they are committed to “fight dangerous ‘abstinence-only’ sex ed programs.

• Abstinence is also the only sure means of controlling sexually transmitted diseases (or infections). Planned Parenthood’s web site states, “more than half of us will get one some time in our lives.”  Why would an unmarried man and especially an unmarried woman want to risk their life by engaging in unprotected sexual practices?

• Sexual immorality, which is the root cause of unwanted pregnancies and disease, is considered a virtue of intellectual enlightenment and man’s freedom, and right, to engage in “physical, animalistic sexual gratifications of the flesh.”  Hollywood promotes, the ungodly accept, and Christians condone by their inactions all forms of immorality.

• The majority of America’s leaders, both Local, State and Federal, are habitual liars bent on self-promotion and greed with a lust for power and status. They are incapable of handling the “affairs of State” they were elected to Constitutionally uphold and defend.  Having been deceived in their humanistic and politically correct thinking, they and also many Americans, no longer know the Truth; that is, they can no longer distinguish between right and wrong as defined in the Holy Scriptures.

 My list could go “on-and-on” but why bother, I say to myself.  Man is not going to change and evil will continue to spread through the conscience and spirit of each man that has not been called by the God of the Bible to accept the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ.   These times were predicted and recorded thousands of years ago as a warning to man, but man has chosen to “go his own way.” After all, man thinks he knows best.  What foolishness! 

As Satan said to Eve in the Garden: “You will not surely die [if you eat the fruit God commanded that you not eat],” the serpent [Satan] said to the woman [Eve]}” Genesis 3:4 NIV, [comments mind]).  America has believed the message of Satan as Eve believed the words of Satan and is now paying for her adulterous immorality with other gods—the gods of money, status, religion, greed and etc. 

Have you accepted the Gospel Message, and have you received the promised indwelling of the Holy Spirit?  If not, I invite you to spend time reading and praying over the material presented at: www.spirit.theindwelling.org. 

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4. April 2011 by PawBill.

Biblical prophesies of end time events become clearer each and every day for “Biblical Christian” followers of the Trinity of God—God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  It is recorded that in the last days scoffers will come who do not have the Spirit of God but who will follow only their natural human (animalistic) tendencies and desires (paraphrased from 2 Peter 3:3 and Jude 1:17-19).  Attacks on Christians, the Holy Bible and the Laws of Morality (the Ten Commandments for instance) are daily occurrences perpetrated by those who deny the existence of God. 

For the Biblical Christian who believes in the second coming of Jesus Christ it is understood that a “falling away of false believers” will happen before the arrival of the Antichrist. “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths” (Titus 4:3-4 NIV). 

It is also understood by followers of Jesus Christ that in the time period of the last days people will prefer evil over good: “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them” (2 Timothy 3:2-5 NIV).  Look around; the words found in Timothy describe the majority of people presently living on planet earth.  Ask yourself why? 

Only the deceived will deny that the world is becoming as described in 2^nd  Timothy above.  Even now professing Christians of all denominations are denying the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  As it is written, “they have a form of godliness but deny its power,” see quote above.  Only the Biblical Christian who has Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and who are indwelled by the Holy Spirit will remain faithful.  As recorded in Matthew 24:24 NIV, “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.”  Have you been deceived? 

Can you bring yourself to acknowledge that men and women at all levels of society now choose to speak with a “forked tongue? As defined in Wikipedia, the phrase “speaks with a forked tongue” means to say one thing and mean another or, to be hypocritical, or act in a duplicitous manner. In the longstanding tradition of many Native American, “speaking with a forked tongue” has meant lying, and a person was no longer considered worthy of trust, once he had been shown to “speak with a forked tongue.”  

 In a similar light, followers of Islam may invoke the“Doctrine of Taqiyya” (conceal or lie about their religion) if they are under threat, persecution or compulsion, see Wikipedia for commentary.  Some claim President Obama practices this doctrine. What do you think? 

The Holy Bible does not condone lying.  As recorded in Deuteronomy 5:20 KJV,“Neither shall thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.”  To lie is to fight against God and His commandments.  Does your god condone lying?  Think about it! 

The vast majority of the world’s political leaders and network news providers have bought into the “distortion of truth” concept as they continually deny the ”real truth” of Islam hoping not to offend and suffer the raft of an Islamic Jihadist.  There will soon be a “New World Order” with a one world government, religion and economic system.  This world will exist without an Israel or a United States with its Republic, Constitution and Christian religion.  Does this sound far fetch?   

America elected a President whose agenda is pro-Islamic and anti-American. It can be confirmed by his own actions, words, policies, “anti-establishment” CZARS and the people he surrounds himself with.  Is this truth “you can believe” because you investigated for yourself or is this simply propaganda and spin for someone’s personal agenda that you just read or heard from someone else?   

You must wake up and make a choice.  What will it be: lies and deception or the truth?  It is time for you to examine all the facts and then decide: Will you follow Jesus Christ or will you follow the coming Antichrist and take his “mark?”

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