Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright Hebrews 12:15-16 (KJV) Taken out of context anyone can read anything into the Bible. Haters of God do this all the time, and even those wolves that hide among the brethren in secret.(bad pastors) I'm on my break at work,  so I must respond clearly and quickly. Lets began with slavery,  how the bible uses the word slavery may have remarkably different meanings and intents. 1.   In one instant slave mean indentured servant.This is not as we perceive slavery today where people are beaten and the actual property of another person. That is a completely new European concept of slave.   But for the Jews slaves were part of a successful and functioning society. Many slaves had homes, and property of their own. A...

The Truth About God and Divorce He saith unto them,   Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.   Matthews 19.8(KJV) Does God Hate divorce? In a single word YES! Because divorce is a sin, but so is murder, and adultery, and covetousness, and homosexuality. Yet, God has not weighed one sin greater than another, no matter how we humanly perceive them the wages of all sin is death. But the word of God deals with our heart more than it does our hands. Let me explain if I may. Divorce has always been a way of life, The bible records divorce as far back as the exodus from Egypt. and the reason for divorce is imperfect people make imperfect decisions. Yet we must understand that from the very beginning when God put Adam under a deep sleep ( Genesis 2:21-24 ) to right now, God has always hated divorce.  So I think it both foolish and an insult to everyone’s intelligence for me to try to...

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14(KJV) As we mark the 12 th anniversary of the attack on the United States, we must have a spiritual resilient attitude. We must see the author of this most horrific crime and set our hearts against him with extreme malice.  But before we go out killing Taliban or trying to resurrect Osama Bin Laden, it is imperative that we realize they are not the enemy. The United States and its imperial regime was the subject of the Taliban’s anger, it was the Christ Jesus. Currently we are the last great power that claims the Name of Jesus is there any wonder that the real enemy of our savior has attacked the people of the United States.( John 15:19-21 )  The present condition of American religiosity is developed in poor doctrine and a water down ...

If the Son therefore shall make you  free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36) Question: I have remarried am I in a continual state of adultery? If you are not remarried than seek God for your answer, this is your life both natural, and spiritual. Let God led you; you will I know His will. The Bible says that God gives us the desires of our heart ( Psalm 37:4 ) and if we learn to praise Him, and Worship Him, not for what He can give us, But because He is; then He will give us the desire of our hearts. Though it must be clearly understood that it was not our praises or worship or anything that we did earned us the desires of our heart. No God knows them better than we do. I think of His blessing I this way. “God gives us the very thing we would ask for if we knew what He knows” Now it make no difference that we do not deserve them in anyway but because He is a gracious and loving God, and it is His good pleasure to give us the Kingdom. ( Luke 12:32 )Therefore, we need ...

Last night my daughter asked me had I heard about the pastor that said women in his congregation should not wear weaves.  (actually this is not what he said but you know how the new gets) “Yes I did” I answered “So what you think of that?”  She asked. I knew that she was probing me for a biblical answer to this problem.  So I began, “If there is a problem with his request than maybe they should leave the church. If they feel that his requirement is greater than their love for God, then turn from God. There are a number of things they can do, but though he may be dealing with some control issues, but I don’t think he is out of line in setting a standard for the congregation.”  I base my answer on two points, the first of which is my personal pet peeve 1.      We are called to give God our very best We live in a world that has lost its Christian worldview, even many churches have lost the power that come in celebration of works. Now I...

There is a lot of misunderstanding about these two phrases “T he Kingdom of God ” and “ The Kingdom of Heaven ”, so we must look to scripture to find an answer. The phrase “kingdom of God” occurs 68 times in 10 different New Testament books, while “kingdo m of heaven” occurs only 32 times, and only in the Gospel of Matthew. Since Matthew is part of the synoptic Gospel it must without error fit in with both The Gospel of Luke and The Gospel of Mark. (The rest of the New Testament as well) From this alone we can know that the two phrases are the same. When we look at parallel accounts of the same events in the other two synoptic gospels we see that Mark and Luke uses “ Kingdom of God ” where Matthew used “ Kingdom of Heaven ” Lets allow scripture to make this clear to you. Let’s compare two passages in the gospel of Mark and Luke Mark 4:11 “ And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all th...

Series 5 Prayer 2 ( Biblical Prayers for Today) I indirectly addressed this prayer several times, the most notable was in my post  Defending the Great Name of God through Prayer. In that post the purpose was to show how we have a responsibility to defend the Name of God. That particular post more than any other was met with a lot of resistance, I think because it asks the lay Christian to come out of his comfort zone and actively engage the devices of Satan in battle, through prayer. I am  not sure why Christians, who are supposed to be praying people refuse to pray the will of God with such dogged resistance. However that was that post. The Victory Prayer of King HezeKiah Today we turn our attention more to the details of this   prayer and how to apply it life today . However before we can do this we must get some base information about the circumstance. Who is Sennacerib?   King Sennacherib (suh-na-kruh-rib) was an Assyria King from  aro...