Adam and Jesus
Just as one person [Adam] did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person [Jesus] did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man [Adam] said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man [Jesus] said yes to God and put many in the right. Romans 5:18-19 (MSG)
The Face of Our Lord and Savior - Jesus Christ
The book Heaven is for Real relates the story of a young boy, Colton Burpo, whom very nearly died as a result of a ruptured appendix. After recovery, he began to share vivid details about his visit to heaven. One of the details included meeting Jesus Christ in person. As the years passed, Colton viewed numerous paintings supposedly depicting The Lord Jesus. He always said they weren't right. That is, until he saw this one. According to Colton, this painting represents the face of our Lord and Savior.
The story of the girl who painted it is equally amazing. Her name is Akiane Kramarik. Watch the video below to learn more about her. She too claims to have had visions of heaven, but unlike Colton Burpo, she did not nearly die in order to receive them. Many are skeptical about near death experiences and visions from heaven. However, no one can deny Akiane's gifts from Our Heavenly Father.
God is real. Heaven is real. The Bible is the Word of God. It is all true. Anyone who does not understand, please, be introduced to the four spiritual laws. Jesus will take it from there. Praise His mercy.
Links-
Heaven is for Real: http://heavenisforreal.net/
Akiane's Gallery: http://www.akiane.com/store/
The Four Spiritual Laws -
Fill My House
I am a GOD that does not compromise. I am a GOD of light, in me, there is no darkness at all. I desire for you to be children of light without darkness or compromise. You are children of the day, not night. I see much darkness and compromise in the world today. I have sent you to change that. You are in the world, but you are not to be a part of worldly concepts.
There is darkness in your home (house). I am calling you to clean your home of anything not of ME. Cast it out -- (ANGER, CURSING, STRIFE, DISRESPECT). Clean your home so that you can live there with your family in peace and joy.
There is darkness in my temple (your heart). Remember there is a vacuum within you that only I can fill. Discard every spirit that is of the world -- (FEAR, GREED, UNFORGIVENESS, LUST, ENVY, HATE) and fill it with (JOY, PEACE, LOVE, HUMILITY, HOLINESS, MEEKNESS). I live within you and these are my gifts and the fruit of my HOLY SPIRIT.
There is darkness and much compromise in my church today. I am not a GOD of compromise. Remember you are a member and part of my church body. My church is my workmanship, created to do good works. Instead I see STRIFE, APATHY, BACKBITING, CRITICISM, ACCUSATIONS, DISCORD, LACK OF LOVE and LACK OF COOPERATION. Go back to My Word -- this is the foundation for my church (Ephesians 4, Galatians 6:1-10).
So I say to you this day. Fill your home, fill my temple, fill my house with the SUBSTANCE OF ME - The Great God. My substance is the Keys to the Kingdom (Matthew 16: 18-19). My substance is knowing ME and who I am - and knowing who you are in Me. My SUBSTANCE IS ETERNAL -- lasting forever. This is light. The things of this world are temporary -- lasting only a short time. This is darkness.
I am the vine. You are the branches. The fruit of the Spirit is a part of the vine. Walk attached to me. I will give you the gifts of the Spirit. These you are to give to others but the fruit is part of the vine and part of your walk with Me.
There is darkness in your home (house). I am calling you to clean your home of anything not of ME. Cast it out -- (ANGER, CURSING, STRIFE, DISRESPECT). Clean your home so that you can live there with your family in peace and joy.
There is darkness in my temple (your heart). Remember there is a vacuum within you that only I can fill. Discard every spirit that is of the world -- (FEAR, GREED, UNFORGIVENESS, LUST, ENVY, HATE) and fill it with (JOY, PEACE, LOVE, HUMILITY, HOLINESS, MEEKNESS). I live within you and these are my gifts and the fruit of my HOLY SPIRIT.
There is darkness and much compromise in my church today. I am not a GOD of compromise. Remember you are a member and part of my church body. My church is my workmanship, created to do good works. Instead I see STRIFE, APATHY, BACKBITING, CRITICISM, ACCUSATIONS, DISCORD, LACK OF LOVE and LACK OF COOPERATION. Go back to My Word -- this is the foundation for my church (Ephesians 4, Galatians 6:1-10).
So I say to you this day. Fill your home, fill my temple, fill my house with the SUBSTANCE OF ME - The Great God. My substance is the Keys to the Kingdom (Matthew 16: 18-19). My substance is knowing ME and who I am - and knowing who you are in Me. My SUBSTANCE IS ETERNAL -- lasting forever. This is light. The things of this world are temporary -- lasting only a short time. This is darkness.
I am the vine. You are the branches. The fruit of the Spirit is a part of the vine. Walk attached to me. I will give you the gifts of the Spirit. These you are to give to others but the fruit is part of the vine and part of your walk with Me.
This message was written by my friend, Gilbert Stockton of Du Quoin Illinois, and it is used with his permission. All glory is to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
What is the Perfect Law of Liberty, and How is This Cornerstone to Our Personal Liberty?
by David W. Allan
America is at a crossroads concerning this "perfect law of liberty." Understanding the answer to the above question is extremely important and is critical for "We the People" of this "Land of the Free," if we hope to perpetuate and protect our liberty. My good friend, Jim Noorlander, has helped me to understand the answer to this pivotal question. I share here some of his perspectives.
Many believe that liberty and freedom are the same; they are not. We will explain, and many say that our founding documents do not address moral law or the gospel of Jesus Christ. John Adams said, "Our Constitution is made only for a moral and religious people." Noah Webster, the founding father of American Scholarship and Education, and the author of the famous 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, proclaimed that "the principles of republican government have their origin in the Scriptures." And "God’s word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct."
We have the Apostle Paul’s clarion statement, "... where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (2 Corinthians 3:17) The Apostle James gives the promise: "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." (James 1:25)
We see this same message integrated into our founding documents. As we declared our independence from Great Britain, our founders said,
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. [These rights entitle us as a nation to] the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle [us],
The perfect law of liberty under Nature’s God, as defined above in the Scriptures, is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Inspired by the Scriptures our founders wrote our famous Constitution and its preamble; the preamble reads:
We the People of the United States, in Order to... secure the Blessings of Liberty... establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
In other words, to secure the blessings of liberty under Nature’s God (Jesus Christ), the Constitution was established so that the perfect law of liberty (the gospel of Jesus Christ) could be had among the people in this free and independent nation. Profoundly, there is no coercion. Moral agency is paramount in Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness and in the abundant life promised by Jesus Christ. (John 10:10)
As inferred from our founding documents and from the Scriptures, we qualify for the blessings of liberty and our rights from our Creator (Jesus Christ) as we:
keep the commandments; (Deut. 7:9)
ask for His guidance in humility; (2 Chron. 7:14)
and strive to do His will. (John 7:17; Hebrews 13:21)
The most important of the commandments are to love God and our neighbor as ourselves. (Matt. 22:37-40)
Noah Webster said that he sought to build an education system embodying "a love of virtue, patriotism, and religion [meaning the Bible]." Specifically, he stated, "...the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people."
As Jim Noorlander pointed out to me, we are the only nation proclaiming that our liberties and our rights are granted to us by our Creator (Nature’s God), which is the Lord Jesus Christ. How important then it is to learn about the religion of our Creator, which is true Christianity as taught by the Savior in the New Testament in the meridian of time. (John 1:1-14). This is the religion of our founders.
Others have spoken clearly on these issues as well:
Woodrow Wilson
Thus we see why we are at a crossroads in America. We can choose Christ and enjoy the protection of our rights along with the fruits of the Spirit (peace, love, joy, etc. Galatians 5:22-25) in the midst of the storms and challenges of life. Or, we can choose otherwise and be destroyed with Babylon the great, which will surely fall (Revelation 17 & 18). We are approaching a time of a great purging and preparing of a pure people (a true Zion society motivated by the pure love of Christ) to be part of the Bride to meet the Bridegroom at His glorious coming – the Great Day of the Lord. This is the most exciting and opportune time in the history of the earth. Let us choose Him, and He will teach us to love as He loves (even our enemies) and gain a fulness of joy and the greatest of all the gifts of God – Eternal Life. Look to God and live the abundant life He has promised here and hereafter. (John chapters 10 and 14 through 17)
Jesus said, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" (John 8:36) – free individually from sin and free as a nation as we worship Christ as the King of Heaven. Through Christ we were given this land of the free that the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the perfect law of liberty, may be shared among the people of this great nation,. And that furthermore, it may be shared with all the inhabitants of the earth (see Isaiah 2 & 11 and Matt. 28:19-20 & Mark 16:15-16). Living the gospel of Jesus Christ means to learn how to love as He loves as we exercise faith in Him and His teachings, to repent of all our sins, and to forgive all that we may be forgiven of all. As we are filled with His love, we will want to share His love. As the gospel goes to the world and they learn that "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) they will sing praises of rejoicing as they also learn that Jesus set the perfect example of love and service before us, and that He is "the way, the truth, and the life..." (John 14:6) In Him is the greatest of joy in this life and a fullness of joy in the world to come. (Psalms 16:11)
The pains that John the Revelator saw that the world would endure, as the wicked destroy the wicked and the Lord brings forth the "man child" called Zion, will be the worst this world has ever seen, but with the birth we will know not only that it was worth it, but will see the wisdom of the Lord in bringing forth the most glorious era ever (His millennial reign). We will feel to praise Him and to thank Him forever for it. (Rev.12:1-12)
Now is the time to hearken to the voice of the Son of God and to stand for the perfect law of liberty as was originally protected and projected by the sacred documents prepared by our founding fathers. The fullness of the gospel (the good news of Christ’s infinite redemptive powers) is at the heart of it all. Let us help all who will to come to know Him and our Holy Father, who is ever there to hear and answer our prayers. He and Jesus love us more than we know. Their promise is sure, that "The Righteous [are] lifted up" at His Coming.
In summary, what are the greatest truths we can learn and inculcate from the Bible to perpetuate liberty?
David W. Allan has authored over 100 papers in the field of precise time and frequency. He and his colleagues developed the Allan Variance which is at the heart of international time-keeping algorithms.
Photo credits: Liberty Bell, Ten Commandments, Freedom.
America is at a crossroads concerning this "perfect law of liberty." Understanding the answer to the above question is extremely important and is critical for "We the People" of this "Land of the Free," if we hope to perpetuate and protect our liberty. My good friend, Jim Noorlander, has helped me to understand the answer to this pivotal question. I share here some of his perspectives.
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| The Liberty Bell |
Many believe that liberty and freedom are the same; they are not. We will explain, and many say that our founding documents do not address moral law or the gospel of Jesus Christ. John Adams said, "Our Constitution is made only for a moral and religious people." Noah Webster, the founding father of American Scholarship and Education, and the author of the famous 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, proclaimed that "the principles of republican government have their origin in the Scriptures." And "God’s word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct."
We have the Apostle Paul’s clarion statement, "... where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (2 Corinthians 3:17) The Apostle James gives the promise: "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." (James 1:25)
We see this same message integrated into our founding documents. As we declared our independence from Great Britain, our founders said,
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. [These rights entitle us as a nation to] the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle [us],
The perfect law of liberty under Nature’s God, as defined above in the Scriptures, is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Inspired by the Scriptures our founders wrote our famous Constitution and its preamble; the preamble reads:
We the People of the United States, in Order to... secure the Blessings of Liberty... establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
In other words, to secure the blessings of liberty under Nature’s God (Jesus Christ), the Constitution was established so that the perfect law of liberty (the gospel of Jesus Christ) could be had among the people in this free and independent nation. Profoundly, there is no coercion. Moral agency is paramount in Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness and in the abundant life promised by Jesus Christ. (John 10:10)
As inferred from our founding documents and from the Scriptures, we qualify for the blessings of liberty and our rights from our Creator (Jesus Christ) as we:
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| The Ten Commandments |
ask for His guidance in humility; (2 Chron. 7:14)
and strive to do His will. (John 7:17; Hebrews 13:21)
The most important of the commandments are to love God and our neighbor as ourselves. (Matt. 22:37-40)
Noah Webster said that he sought to build an education system embodying "a love of virtue, patriotism, and religion [meaning the Bible]." Specifically, he stated, "...the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people."
As Jim Noorlander pointed out to me, we are the only nation proclaiming that our liberties and our rights are granted to us by our Creator (Nature’s God), which is the Lord Jesus Christ. How important then it is to learn about the religion of our Creator, which is true Christianity as taught by the Savior in the New Testament in the meridian of time. (John 1:1-14). This is the religion of our founders.
Others have spoken clearly on these issues as well:
Woodrow Wilson
The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually. It can be saved only by becoming permeated with the spirit of Christ and being made free and happy by the practices which spring out of that spirit.Ulysses S. Grant
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts on your heart and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book we are indebted for the progress made, and to this we look as our guide in the future.George Washington
There is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.There are two kinds of freedom: the false and the true.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
- The false is the freedom to "do our own thing" – to follow the natural man. The Apostle Paul says clearly that the "natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Cor. 2:14) Paul further relates that those following this false freedom path are the unrighteous, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind (homo-sexuals), thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners, liars, etc. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
- The true is the freedom to chose to live our lives consistent with the perfect law of liberty – the Gospel of Jesus Christ – to follow our conscience, which will lead us to Christ, who will help us to totally overcome the Fall (the natural man), and to "walk in newness of life... through Jesus Christ our Lord." This freedom (choice) through Christ leads to the greatest joy in this life and a fullness of joy in the life to come. This comes as we (by personal choice) "yield [ourselves to] God." (Rom. 6:1-13; John 15:11; 16:20-24)
Thus we see why we are at a crossroads in America. We can choose Christ and enjoy the protection of our rights along with the fruits of the Spirit (peace, love, joy, etc. Galatians 5:22-25) in the midst of the storms and challenges of life. Or, we can choose otherwise and be destroyed with Babylon the great, which will surely fall (Revelation 17 & 18). We are approaching a time of a great purging and preparing of a pure people (a true Zion society motivated by the pure love of Christ) to be part of the Bride to meet the Bridegroom at His glorious coming – the Great Day of the Lord. This is the most exciting and opportune time in the history of the earth. Let us choose Him, and He will teach us to love as He loves (even our enemies) and gain a fulness of joy and the greatest of all the gifts of God – Eternal Life. Look to God and live the abundant life He has promised here and hereafter. (John chapters 10 and 14 through 17)
The pains that John the Revelator saw that the world would endure, as the wicked destroy the wicked and the Lord brings forth the "man child" called Zion, will be the worst this world has ever seen, but with the birth we will know not only that it was worth it, but will see the wisdom of the Lord in bringing forth the most glorious era ever (His millennial reign). We will feel to praise Him and to thank Him forever for it. (Rev.12:1-12)
Now is the time to hearken to the voice of the Son of God and to stand for the perfect law of liberty as was originally protected and projected by the sacred documents prepared by our founding fathers. The fullness of the gospel (the good news of Christ’s infinite redemptive powers) is at the heart of it all. Let us help all who will to come to know Him and our Holy Father, who is ever there to hear and answer our prayers. He and Jesus love us more than we know. Their promise is sure, that "The Righteous [are] lifted up" at His Coming.
In summary, what are the greatest truths we can learn and inculcate from the Bible to perpetuate liberty?
- To learn to love (unselfishly) as Jesus loves (God and our neighbor), for those who love God, keep His commandments – knowing that they are opportunities for exaltation.
- To know that we are the "Offspring of God" and are of infinite worth; in this we gain a love and a respect for all of Father’s children.
- To utilize the gift of moral agency to choose to follow Him, and to perpetuate that gift to others and through inspired government. Choosing to follow Him leads to the greatest of all the gifts of God – Eternal Life and a fullness of joy
David W. Allan has authored over 100 papers in the field of precise time and frequency. He and his colleagues developed the Allan Variance which is at the heart of international time-keeping algorithms.
Photo credits: Liberty Bell, Ten Commandments, Freedom.
The Cross of Christ for Doctrine, Direction, Disposition, Discipline - Oswald Chambers
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Matthew 22:36-40)
Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."
Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." (John 8:11-12)
We Are Still Here - by Michael A. Youssef
Yes, we are still here. Yesterday was not the end of the world. As worshippers of Jesus, there is both sorrow and excitement in this realization. We experience sorrow because we are not face to face with Christ at this moment. On the other hand, we are excited because we still have an opportunity to share the Gospel message with those who have not heard or accepted the Truth of Christ. Some people were very concerned about the end of the world. There were even some Christians who were fearful. Although I had a little fun with it in my Open Letter to Harold Camping, the end of the world is a serious matter. We know there will be a day when Christ will return as a victorious and glorified King to judge the living and the dead. We don't know the actual day because Jesus said, "…no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). Every Christian should look forward with hope to that day. Christ's return should motivate us daily to wake-up, love the unlovable, comfort the hurting, and share the Gospel message. Everything that we do should be for the glory of God with the anticipation that one day Christ will return. I have a special message that I want to share with you "Working While Waiting." It is designed to give you Biblical insight into end times and encouragement for the days ahead. I am blessed to continue to passionately proclaim uncompromising Truth with you in this world as we anticipate Christ's return. In Christ,  Michael A. Youssef, Ph.D. www.leadingtheway.org | |||||||||
The Crown of Discipleship
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)
Update (9/5/2016): At the end of the video above, Oswald Chambers uses the word "bondslaves" in regard to the marvelous opportunity that exists in choosing to give all of oneself to Jesus Christ. The following link leads to a message that explains in great detail what it means to be a "bondslave" of The Lord Christ Jesus.
God's Iron Clad Guarantee To His Servants - by Jim Rich
Crucial promises from God - not guaranteed to all Christians... Do you qualify?
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