Turmoil continues in China (Hong Kong) as protestors are still under siege within universities. Many nations are preferring not to take a strong stance in this situation. These riots have many implications, both within China, as well as the broader world at large. Hong Kong has been undergoing a series of changes, many of which the citizens of Hong Kong do not feel will benefit the people of Hong Kong, their fear is that communism will allow for harsh treatments which until now the citizens of the city of Hong Kong have been free from. This is what had started the rioting in the city, however the bill that they were fighting has since been withdrawn, and yet the riots continue, gaining support from all over the world. Here we see a people faced with the dilema of being forced to join a communist regime, in the form of mainland China, or trying to fight their way to gaining a democracy, and they are choosing the latter. For this reason they deserve far more open support than what they are receiving, both from within and without China, and more than that there lies a lesson to be learned from the many nations that are trying to lean towards a communist idealology, namely that the freedom of a democracy is worth dying for, than living under a corrupt comunist regime. The free people of the world should be aiding the riots in Hong Kong, not becuase rioting is the answer, but because they are fighting for freedom, freedom from a corruption that only those who have experienced it can truly understand, or those who have properly studied history. While a lot of direct open support can be difficult for any nation to do, some help aught to be sent to help those who only want freedom in their own nation. It is our job to help fight for freedom abroad, even when it may seem hard, freedom is the bases of our nation, and our ideaology.
Good is evil and evil is good
one thing that stands out to me now, more so than ever before is this ever increasing wickedness. People’s sense of right and wrong is becoming more eskewed than ever, and they are calling that which is good bad and that which is bad good, more so than any other time in history. Every time I open a news article, look at my social media and see how the current generation feels about so many things it becomes apparent that there is a spiritual wickedness taking hold of the world. From the murder of babies, to the epidemic of gender confusion, to the problems pertaining to the vaccination problems in the world. From there to the over sexulization of the world, and the dominating force of pedophilea, to the worship of self and the increased belief that each individual is a god to be worshipped. People no longer want to help each other, and others greed is so insatiable that they not only believe they are inclined to the possessions of others, but are willing to go to extremes to receive them, and want to be seen as a hero for such acts. Rioting, violence and murder are not only being forgiven, but are being encouraged. Drugs are being more and more legalized, and prisons are being emptied out, and not in the right way, for many of these criminals have not reformed, but will commit the same crimes and worse ones. Homelessness is increasing more and more each year, and the underlying causes are not being addressed, but instead the solution is one that will only make the problem worse. Sin is rampant all over the world, and those who press the agenda on others to commit greater sins are praised, whereas as those who want to good are mocked and laughed to scorn. Even Israel faces continous attacks from not only their neighboring enemies, but also from their supposed allies who are becoming political enemies. The world is getting darker, but we must not fret, for we are the light of the world, and we can make a difference, we must pray and turn back to God, and help others to do so as well, moving in love and the way of Jesus.
Amen.
Impeachment inquiry
Donald Trump is under an impeachment inquiry for allegedly pressuring a foreign country to investigate an American politician and his son, who were involved in a Ukrainian business, and if there were any illegal activites done. The very authenticity of the company is in question, and whether or not if it is a legal company, or if it was brought about via corruption, a common place occurence in that part of the world. In order to protect it’s investment, Burisma, the Ukrainian energy corporation, brought on powerful figures from the western world to serve as the board of directors, in order to attempt legitimacey. Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate this matter and look for any illegal activity. The Democratic party wants Burisma to succeed for a number of reasons, number 1; Ukraine having it’s own energy company adds pressure to Russia, and this is a large part of the democratic agenda since Putin will not work with many of the far left. Number 2; they want to protect Joe Biden and his bid for the presidency, and if they can impeach Trump then they will protect Biden and try to secure the election, but if Biden is guilty of wrong doing then not only will he not win the election, but may of the democratic candidates will also lose favor to the incumbent president. number 3; this impeachment inquiry is taking a lot of public attention, pulling away the focus from many other events that those in the far left leadership want to have ignored. All in all this impeachment process has truly been a sham, from trying to block Republicans from asking questions of the witnesses, to accusing the president of verbally attacking witnesses when he tries to defend himself. The American people need to stand beside their president now more than ever. Key witnesses have been changing their story, only critizing and claiming the president has committed some crime after another individual has come out and said it. This impeachment inquiry is less a process of defending America, as it has been a campaign to not only remove a president, but also to usher in those who seek tighter and more government control, and feel they are above the laws they swear to uphold. There is an agenda within these impeachments inquiries, far deeper than to defend America. Be watchful America, and look and see with more than just your eyes, listen with more than just your ears, there is a darkness behind this event be sure to stay informed and vigilant, lest we give away our nation.
Rain no more
Behold, for the day of the LORD draws near, soon he shall hold back the rains from off the Earth, for behold there is an ever decreasing rain each year, soon the LORD shall hold it off entirely. The LORD has dealt mercifully with us all, He has given us His son, and poured out His Spirit on the Earth, and we heeded Him not. We have eached of us turned from God, calling ourselves by His name, but we do not His works, and now we are paying the price for it. Our sons turn from God to worship satan and themselves, they say all around the Earth there is no God. How much longer will God abidde us in this way? Trun and repent all ye who doubt, and ye who know Him go forth and do the works of the LORD, pray for Go to be merciful with us, pray for Him to turn the hearts of the people back to Him. If we turn not unto Him in Spirit and in truth, then His wrath will surely be upon us. God desires mercy, not sacrifice. Watch the skies, see now that soon the rain shall be withheld, we all will suffer for the wickedness that has grown. Turn back unto the LORD, and He shall hold back His wrath, seek the LORD your God, and serve Him alone.
Amen.
Born again
Let us start with a look at John 3: 3-8, ”
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
When we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we begin a process of change in our lives, for the Spirit works in us to will and to do his good pleasure, God seeks to help us become more and more Christlike in our behavior. We know that we receive power when the Holy Spirit descends upon us, but there is more to it than simply receiving power. The Holy Spirit works and presses upon us, writing the law on our hearts. When a Christian receives the Holy Spirit they do not simply gain some supernatural force, but they are truly reborn. They find tehmselves changed, no longer desiring the same destructive and sinful behaviors of the past, but rather becoming more and more focused on the things of God. Now there are many Christians manongst the world today who deny the power of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, denying the some of the gifts that we receive, or even failing to understand what it is like when the Holy Spirit descends upon an individual. When you are baptized in the fire of the Holy Spirit God begins to live in you, and whether reading the old or the new testament the pattern remains that a change occurs to an individual when the Holy Spirit comes upon them, they are filled with power, it is no small thing to receive the Holy Spirit, and it is not something that one can say they are not sure of, beucase the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God, and this is a tremendous force that shapes us. For those who have not received the Holy Spirit, pray to God and seek out His Spirit that it may dwell in you, and that you may be born again. Even Jesus received the baptisim of the Holy Spirit before begining the work of the ministry. Jesus makes it clear how important it is that we recieve the Holy Spirit, for he is our comforter, and it is this Spirit that will help us when we are faced with persecutions, and it is the Holy Spirit that teaches us what to say. It is more than miracles and tongues, and it is certainly not a force that stopped being given after teh first apostolic church, but rather each believer is to receive the Holy Spirit. So seek God and ask to receive the Holy Spirit if you have not already received it.
Amen.
RFID
Since 2017 a growing number of organizations as well as nations have begun to implement microchipping the employees and the population. America has not only had businesses using the rfid chip in it’s employees, but now individuals are trying to voluntarily receive the rfid chip to be placed under their skin. Sweeden has fully implemented the use of it, and the U.K. and Australia have also begun to push the chip. To many Christians the rfid chip is reminescent of the mark of the beast, which those who would not receive it could not buy or sell. Now the rfid chip will store bank accounts, personal accounts, health records, and the rest of an individuals personal information, and be scanabale. Even for those who do not believe that the rfid chip is the mark of the beast, it is something that eery individual should be cautious of. Once the chip is inside of the skin there is no way of shutting it off, shich means that each individual will be trackable, not only can governments or businesses track each individual, they would be able to access all the information that is on the chip, meaning they could identify where you are, what you are buying and all other private information. This level of control and oversight will not benefit the general population, but will lead to a greater level of population control. Those who do not receive the chip will eventually not be able to work, buy goods or sell goods, and each individual who does receive it will not only not trust those who do not receive it, but even their own individual rights and freedoms will be taken and slowly stripped away. The dangers of microchipping people is far greater and outweighs the benefits of receiving such an identifier. Pay attention to all the things happening in the world today, study your history and research, think for yourselves and challenge naratives thrust upon you, especially when the narative strips away your individualism.
Now is the time for action
Any Christian who has read their Bible and knows the signs of the end times knows that it is getting closer and closer to the Lords return and to the coming judgement. Wars and rumors of wars, fires, Israel surrounded by enemies, the list goes on and on, and that means now is the time for men and women of God to pick up there Bibles, fall to their knees and begin to act like never before. While right now darkness abounds we can live up to our true calling and be the light in the darkness, God has given us a spirit that likes of which cannot be compared. We do not have a spirit of fear, but of fearlessness in the face of our enemy, but we must unite under a single banner, and follow that banner to war against spiritual and moral darkness, we must act and save those we love. Christian men and women it is time to take back not only our nation, but this world and to stave off the darkness awhile longer and save as many as can be saved. As long as we continue to burn God will hold back His judgement and we can save the lost, let us not give up on our fellow man yet but show them love and kindness, and fight with all we have.
Amen.
Focus on God
We are to follow the LORD our God, and to give him reverence, our love and our respect. As we live our lives we should be giving honor and glory to God in heaven, and He should be the one we seek when our lives are doing good, as well as in our times of need. God is always God, in good times and when our lives seem to be in utter turmoil it is imperative that we still worship and honor God, seeking Him and trusting in Him. Not relying on familiars or spirits, nor those who practice magic, soothe sayers, mediums and the like, for they are not of God, and seek not to do Him honor. Many people, especially when faced with tragedy seek some form of spiritual answers, though not always in God, but rather sometimes chasing after perverse systems and ideologies that vaunt themselves against God. Many people think that there is nothing wrong with magic or mysticism and that spirituality is in no wise opposed to God, but the truth is very little of what is out there in the world of mysticism or spirituality will lead you to God, only Christian spirituality will bring you there, and this will not be found consorting with demons and other spirits, or those who seek to speak with familiars. Instead when we have questions, or when we need help we should remember to come to God with a humble and contrite spirit that he may be glorified, and we can receive not only proper direction, but be blessed for relying on the one true God and the only God. We also must not rely on our own strength or wisdom, worshipping ourselves and thinking ourselves to be more than what we are. Many who oppose God in our modern times worship themselves, not pagan deities nor spirits, however we are not Gods, we are not descended of stars, we are formed from dust, and our bodies will return to dust but our spirits are eternal. “Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Isaiah 10:15 KJV. We are created by God, we are not gods, and we must remember our proper place in relation to God. We have been raised to a higher position thanks to Jesus Christ, but we are still created of God, and must not boast of ourselves, but focus on God and His place in our lives.
love your neighbor, in the modern world
One of the most talked about aspects of Christianity is to love your neighbor as yourself, this was a command that came from Jesus to those who would follow him. When asked who is our neighbor he told them of the good samaritan who helped take care of the man who was attacked by thieves. Paying for him to be cared for and provided for, Jesus then iterates his point that the Samaritan showed mercy to the man, and that this is the example to follow. The idea is to be compassionate, and many people nowadays would say that to show mercy or have compassion means sacrificing of yourself to give to others. I prefer to think of having mercy in a different way, I do not view mercy as meaning that I have to cause myself distress or make my life harder to help others, but that instead I put myself in positions to help others. That instead of lifting up those who are less fortunate I would have to take away from myself and others, but rahter that we have the chance to give to those less fortunate. To give from our abundance willingly, and not to make it to where we are just as unfortunate as others. To be like Peter who when entering the temple told the beggar “Money and gold have I none, but that which I have I give freely, in the name of Jesus Christ get up and walk.” I think of helping others to mean to follow the old proverb “give a man a fish you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish you feed him for the rest of his life.” People right now want to take wealth from the working middle class and offer it to those who cannot or do not work, and say that because we do not want these taxes we lack compassion, but this is not the case. Instead of offering free money, offer a solution that enables the middle class to not be forced to pay and therefore lack money themselves but instead let them help of their abundance willingly, and help those who cannot find work to find ways to provide for themselves. Even Paul would not eat for free, but insured some form of service was rendered by him and his companions, this is true mercy, to help those who are unable to provide for themselves to find a way, like the man at the temple who needed to be healed, or the man from the proverb who needed to be taught how to fish. Mercy is helping by your own willingness and your abundance to lift up those who need it, not to provide for those who cannot simply becuase they refuse to, and certainly not by taking away from those who have some, but not much. As a conservative who opposses programs such as forced healthcare to pay for those who cannot afford it, and other programs it is not a lack of compassion that deters me from these programs, but rather it is becuase of my compassion I oppose them. Too many people out there have the capacity to work, but becuase these programs enable them to not work they refuse to, causing individuals who do work to receive less of their own money, which prevents them from being able to help their nieghbors who may need it, in favor of those who simply refuse to work. I have seen this first hand on many occassions, and it is crippling the American economy, and taking away all wealth from the so called middle class.
Worship of angels
The Bible is filled with passeages detailing angels and the wonderous works they wrought. They are powerful messengers of God, who are to protect the Holy and elect of God, and without a doubt they deserve to be respected, their presence inspires awe and overwhelms when they are seen with our eyes, for they are far greater and more glorious than man, but this does not mean they should be worshipped or prayed too. Manasseh king of Judah and son of Hezekiah did the exact opposite of his father, he rebuilt the groves and made alters for Baal, and in second kings 21: 3 it says he “and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.” The only beings mentioned as heavenly host throughout the scriptures would be the angels, as all the false gods are claimed to be either false gods or idols, not heavenly beings. Worshipping heavens angels is in the same category as worshipping false gods because we are worshipping something other than God himself. While angels are very powerful and are messengers of God they are not God, and should not be worshipped, to worshio them is to commit idolatry and give God’s glory unto another. There is nothing wrong with having respect for God’s angels and if you receive angelic visitation (something rare in the times since Jesus since now we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us) it is ok to be awestruck by them, but to worship them and make idols of them asking them to bestow this or that upon you is to commit a sin. Many groups try even today to communicate and worship angels, thinking more of these powerful spiritual beings which are still a creation, than they do of the one who created them. If angels, who are but messengers of the king, are so powerful that one can lay waste to armies on Earth, how much more powerful and how much more worthy of praise and worship is the one who created and commands the host of heaven, trust then not in the creations, but in the one who has created all things, and Him only should we praise.