23. December 2011 by PawBill.

As a Biblical Christian, I joyfully celebrate the virgin birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ during the Christmas Season.  If you are a Christian it is my prayer for you that in the coming New Year your faith will be rekindled and that you will allow the Holy Spirit, by relinquishing your self-will to Him, to indwell you and to give you the ”…peace of God that transcends all understanding…,” Philippians 4:7 NIV.  If you have not found this peace it can be found through repentance, belief and faith in the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the cleansing of your sins and through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

If you are not a Christian and you have no sure hope for an afterlife then it is my prayer that you will answer the voice of God if He is calling you and accept His offer of grace, forgiveness and salvation. You may have never heard His voice, but it is there in the silent moments of your inner thoughts at those times when you have pondered on the meaning and purpose of your life.  Answer that calling by acceptance, repentance and faith in the person of Jesus Christ for it is written, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved,” Acts 4:12 NIV. Surrender to Jesus Christ and allow the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to work His miracle of redemption in you.

Whether or not you choose to say Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday, I believe, is not a scriptural command of Jesus Christ and only serves as a distraction perpetrated by an anti-christian spirit to restrain those who do not know Jesus Christ as a personal savior from seeking Him.  If Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior you know the Truth and you have been “set free” to live a spiritual life in Jesus Christ.  If Jesus Christ is not your Lord and Savior, you can worship whatever you like, i.e., a tree, money, immorality and etc., as your spirit belongs to Satan, the god of this world to unrepentant man.

There is a decision that must be made in everyone’s life—You must surrender to Jesus or you must surrender to Satan.  There are no other options!  Completely remove God, Jesus and the Holy Scriptures from history and consider what life on earth would have become.   It is unimaginable but that is what the ungodly desire for this world through their reliance upon the human nature of man. 

It is up to you.  What will be your choice?  Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday!  It is my prayer that it will simply be, “Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.”

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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9. December 2011 by PawBill.

Can America Be Saved?

I see the starving children. I see the child prostitute. I see the plight of the American Negro.  I see America’s unemployed. I see America’s illiterate. I see the homeless. “I See, I See but I also hear the cries of the unborn as they are torn from their mother’s womb.”

But, what can I do?  I’m just one person among many that “see their faces and hear their cries” but do not know their names. Do they even have names? Someone should do something! But who is willing to help? Who can help?

I can’t help them.  I must provide for my own family.  It is not my fault. I work hard. What is mine is mine.  I did not cause their plight. Surely it is their fault.  Welfare will care for them if they can’t or won’t provide for themselves. I’ll close my eyes and ears and maybe they will go away.  Someone make them go away!

Wait, it will soon be Christmas day.  I know what I can do. I will give my spare change to the Salvation Army.  I will take a card from the church Christmas tree, and I will give a gift to the family named that has a Christmas need.  That’s what I’ll do.  Yes, I feel better now.  Even Jesus said, “You will always have the poor among you” John 12:8 NIV. What else can I do? We will always have the poor so why should I worry or care.

The Almighty Dollar cannot see people or their needs, but it is worshipped by those who have no other hope. “Look what I’ve earned,” say the influential and powerful; “Why should I share my reward.”  “If I only had money I could have the things I need,” say the poor, the downtrodden and the occupiers. “Why will the influential and powerful not share with us?”

Political parties offer solutions but America has no money. It has been thrown away and wasted. Maybe more can be printed. Perhaps the rich can pay more.  What’s another 5% to them?  The vast majority of people do not care about political parties, elections or the economy.  They just want jobs, more money, a hand out or their share.

Some are too busy watching mindless television to worry about political party antics or to plan for their future. Others work multiple jobs just to provide the bare necessities for their families but still do not have enough for the present much less the future.  Many know only what they are told and cast their lot with those whose promises are only flattering words that will never be fulfilled. There is ignorance in America.  There is also greed, jealousy, indifference, immorality and Godlessness.

Will there be anarchy and civil war between the “have’s” and the “have not’s?” Who are these people? Who sponsors or cares for them if they can’t or won’t care for themselves? Is anarchy and civil disobedience being promoted by the people’s government?  Can America be destroyed? What do the people want?  They don’t want God.  They don’t believe there is a God!  They don’t need a God! They only want their “rights,” their government’s provisions and their share.

What went wrong?  Did our Constitution fail us or did we fail ourselves? There must be blame.  Who will we blame?  We can’t blame ourselves.  Our forefathers warned of anarchy that would come when God was no longer welcomed in America.  Yes, America did ask God to leave.

For those who know how to be self sufficient, all will be well as anarchy plays out its hand.  For others, there will only be starvation and death at the hands of a government too big to care.  

There is no human answer.  The human spirit seeks only that which is right in their “own eyes.” The strong and intelligent will rule the weak just as it has always been.  It is clear to those who have discernment—God’s wisdom and knowledge found only in His Word and given only to those who believe—that humanity’s trust in materialistic gods is placed before the Almighty God.

The ancients knew of God but they were rebellious and chose not to obey God and keep His commandments. It is the same today.  There is no fear of God.  Life goes on and humans repeat the mistakes of their ancestors.

Is there hope?  Yes, there is hope but that hope can be found only in Jesus Christ.  Jesus promised to return one day and establish His kingdom on earth.   Will you be part of His kingdom? His kingdom is coming soon.

Does anyone care anymore? How about you? Do you “See” and “Hear” the cries of the lost and downtrodden souls in America? Do you even care?

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