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Acts 17
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Welcome to Issue number 12 of the Judgment is coming newsletter. May God bless you as you are encouraged and as you eagerly await the soon return of the Lord Jesus! The signs of impending judgment are all around us! It is a source of encouragement to the Christian as we know the Lord Jesus will very soon return!
I recently heard a very sad testimony from a Christian family. They previously attended a church and the leaders brought in CCM rock music and went to two services in the morning. The pastor was approached and asked if one of the two services could be traditional with no CCM rock music. The cold hearted pastor declined and informed them that they always had the option of leaving the church.
Can you imagine the trouble this godless pastor is in before God!
Here is what he has done:
1) He has brought in godless immoral CCM rock music into the church
2) God's people are offended by this evil music
3) When they complain, this evil pastor tells them to love it or leave!
4) This pastor has offended God's people and the Lord, yet he does not
care
As a result this pastor will face the judgment of God! He is nothing more than a false and evil shepherd who does not seek to please the Lord and to build up God's people. This evil pastor has nothing to look forward to but shame and punishment from the Lord.
I've said this many times and I need to say it again. If a man is a pastor it is a very serious position. The job of a pastor makes a man very accountable and responsible before the Lord. To dare to be a pastor and to offend and harm God's people is a very serious sin for a pastor to commit. A man who is not committed to serving the Lord and building up God's blood bought people should immediately step down from being a pastor. God will severely punish and judge a man who dares to be a pastor and hurts and leads astray His people.
Therefore, a pastor must take personal inventory and see where his goals lie. Is he committed to pleasing the Lord and does he desire that "well done my faithful servant" from the Lord? If this is true there will be no CCM rock music which is an offense to the Lord and God's people. A pastor will do verse by verse Bible study from the Bible. Use the KJV and not one of the perversions based on corrupted manuscripts like the NIV etc. There will be no evil trends like the Alpha course which denies sin and hell and presents a false gospel or ecumenicism with Romanism. Instead, the pastor will teach, teach, and teach from the Word of God. God's people will be build up and they will mature in Christ with a good pastor.
Here is an encouragement for pastors to teach, build up, and warn God's people:
Acts 20
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church
of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves
enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after them.
There will always be evil and false pastors who will come under the judgment of God. This judgment will fall here on earth as well as in eternity. Like I said: If you are not a faithful pastor then get out before it is too late for you! Here is warning from the Bible:
Ezek 22
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy
things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane,
neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the
clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am
profaned among them.
Ezek 44
11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at
the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall
slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they
shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and
caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I
lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they
shall bear their iniquity.
13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a
priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the
most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their a
bominations which they have committed.
God has given pastors a job do not DARE take it lightly! Pastors can cause God's blood bought people to fall into sin or lead them astray. Pastors will be judged on the stewardship of their charge of being a pastor. However, today many shameful pastors have literally committed abomination to God by their rejection of Biblical doctrine and acceptance of evil and gross compromise. Let me tell you that God is aware of this and will judge it! These evil pastors will answer here on earth and in eternity!
Jer 23
1: Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! saith the Lord.
2: Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that
feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and
have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your
doings, saith the Lord.
If you are a pastor and are not totally committed to pleasing the Lord, then step down from your position before it is too late and God judges you for your evil!
2 Tim 3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Here is something to think about: Self esteem is equal to: for men shall be lovers of their own selves.
Self esteem is nothing more than self love. In the last days men will be lovers of their own selves. This love of psychology and self esteem is nothing more that last days apostasy!
In a previous article, I listed God's "Top Ten list" of all time, the Ten Commandments. Now let's consider the third commandment on God's list: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7) Here is one of the most misunderstood of the commandments, one that can be so easily broken. One of the most common ways to take the Name of God in vain is through profanity.
Have you ever noticed how many who claim to be atheists invoke God's name quite regularly? "Oh my God!" or "Oh God!" Or by cursing. Look, God's last name is not damn. Such talk is clearly not a genuine call to the one true God, but is rather using the Name of God in a vain - that is, in an empty, frivolous and insincere - way. The Bible states clearly, "The LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain."
This is no idle threat but is simply a statement of fact. God is laying down an unchanging truth, not unlike the law of gravity. If you step off a 30-story building, you will fall to your death. That's not a threat, but a simple statement of fact. In the same way, if you take God's Name in vain, you will not be held guiltless or go unpunished. I shudder when I see people go out of their way to insult or blaspheme God.
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked." (Galatians 6:7) We must remember
the God is holy. If there is one thing we see repeatedly in Scripture it
is this fact. So we want to always have reverence and respect for
God's Holy Name. ...continued...
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It is a great sign of dis-respect to take the Lord's name in vain. He
is not a curse-word. One of the sins of our day is mockery and blasphemy
against God. Those who reject the Lord have no problem in using His name
as part of a curse word. It is interesting that false gods are not used
in curse words. Have you every heard someone swear using Buddah or
Mohammed? But God the Son, Second person of the Trinity, the Lord Jesus
is the target of all kinds of curse words!
Psalm 86
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee,
O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
(AP) This satellite image released by NASA shows the concentration of Arctic sea ice in 2005. Arctic sea...
Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.
Scientists point to the sudden and rapid melting as a sure sign of
man-made global warming. ...continued...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060913/D8K49EB00.html
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People need to worry more about the judgment of God than about the
arctic ice! There are many problems in the weather, on the sun, earthquakes,
pestilence, the oceans, and of course the melting ice caps. There will
be many more problems in the days ahead as this earth heads into a time
of Divine judgment!
Eccl 12
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
An image of Jesus is to appear in pint glasses in commercials this Christmas as part of a campaign to encourage young people back to the Church.
The poster will be accompanied by radio adverts
A poster will show his face emerging from the froth on the sides of an empty glass alongside the words "Where will you find him?".
It is part of an advertising campaign that aims to provoke debate
and boost numbers at a time when church attendance is in serious decline.
...continued...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/14/ujesus.xml
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One thing for sure, the Lord Jesus does not hang out in drunken immoral
bars! He does love to see the hellbound drunkard repent of his sins and
accept the gift of salvation. At that point the person will no longer
attend the bars nor will he be a drunkard!
It is sad that church attendance is declining. The reason is because pastors and congregations have rejected the Lord Jesus. I can assure you if a pastor loves the Lord and seeks to build up God's people using a good Bible, (KJV) then he will be blessed. God's people love verse by verse study of the Word of God! The church is not a place of entertainment with CCM rock music or occult books like Lord of the Rings or Narnia etc. Instead it is a place to train and learn about the Word of God! As God's people are faithfully fed the Word of God by a good pastor, they will grow and mature in Christ.
1 Peter 2
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,
and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby:
The airplanes did not a have true effect on the destruction of towers; they were needed to give an excuse for odd Orwellian wars at the same time when the USA is turned into a police nation, like the German Third Reich, to some extent. The towers took the impacts of crushing Boeing 767's. The towers were originally built to take impacts of Boeing 707's, which are approximately of the same size and was widely used in the 1970's.
Fires that kindled from the fuel in the planes were too shortlasting
and weak to be able to severely damage the structure of the skyscrapers.
Even in the extreme situation, the heat from a kerosene fire cannot threat
the durability of a steel trunk. With the temperature of carbohydrate fires
that reaches only 825 °C (approx. 1517 °F) steel weakens at 800 °C
(approx. 1470 °F) and melts at 1585 °C (approx. 2890 °F). In the skyscrapers
of the WTC the surroundings were not at all ideal as there were far too
many steel columns and they led heat away from the burning area. WTC 1
burned for 102 minutes and WTC 2 for 56 minutes only. A fire burning much
longer, from 10 to 20 hours, could slowly increase the burning temperature
down to perhaps 1100 °C (approx. 2010 °F). Provided there is more substance
to burn, such a fire will damage concrete and irons, but not severely
heavy steel constructions.
http://www.serendipity.li/wot/finn/5/soldier5.htm
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When those towers first came down the first impression was controlled
demolition. They fell perfectly in their place just like it would happen
in a planned demolition. After the event, the propaganda stories began
to fly and now there are all kinds of stories. Irregardless of which
one you believe, what has been the results of 911?
- destruction of the USA Constitution via Patriot acts 1 and 2
- spying on US citizens who are no longer protected by the Constitution
- torture now legalized and practiced. This destroys the Geneva Convention
which was used to protect prisoners during previous wars.
- An oppressive prison state is being setup
- People are taken to foreign countries and tortured
The list could go on but as you can see the main result of 911 is the loss of freedom. By scaring the people over terror bogeymen, the constitution has been destroyed and people have lost basic human rights which they will never gain back. What is the point of all this in light of Bible prophecy?
The world is heading toward Satan's New World Order or kingdom of the Antichrist. It is literally being setup all over the world. For example Britain is creating a huge DNA database and plans to keep "files" on everyone. Also, London is being a highly monitored city with camera's all over the place. The move toward the kingdom of the Antichrist is happening world-wide.
The kingdom of the Antichrist will be one of oppression and control. People will lose their basic human rights and will be expendable as the kingdom and leaders see fit. The good news is the Lord Jesus will completely destroy this evil kingdom!
Psalm 2
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have
them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
As you can see, Satan and his people will be allowed to setup their evil kingdom. It will be a short-lived kingdom which will be destroyed by God Himself! Consider this, yes the kingdom will be setup and those working toward that goal right now will enjoy great success. However, their kingdom will not last. During the 7 year tribulation period all the judgments of the book of Revelation will literally destroy Satan's kingdom.
Right now the next prophetic event is the rapture of the church. After the rapture, the Lord will no longer restrain evil and Satan will have the freedom to setup his short lived New World Order or kingdom of the Antichrist.
LISBON, September 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia does not see a reasonable
alternative to the creation of a new collective leader comprising key,
highly industrialized countries in the world, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said in an article published in the Portuguese newspaper
Diario de Noticias over his two-day visit in Lisbon that will begin
on Monday. ...continued... (c) ITAR-TASS. All rights reserved.
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The above call is really for the coming Antichrist. The world wants a
savior and they want nothing to do with the Lord Jesus. The Antichrist
will be a great world leader who will rule the entire world. His rise
to power will occur after the rapture of the church when the Lord
no longer restrains the devil. At that point, Satan will be free to
bring his Antichrist to power. Lost men will welcome this evil man
with open arms. The Antichrist will solve many world problems and be
loved, admired, and worshipped by many. He will continue until the
end of the 7 year tribulation period when the Lord Jesus destroys
the Antichrist and his evil kingdom! The Bible refers to the
Antichrist as - the beast.
Rev 13
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out
of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet
were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him?
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Pastor Marty Baker preaches that the Bible is the eternal and inviolate word of God. On other church matters, he's willing to change with the times.
Jeans are welcome at Stevens Creek Community Church, the 1,100-member evangelical congregation Baker founded 19 years ago. Sermons are available as podcasts, and the electric house band has been known to cover Aerosmith's "Dream On." A recent men's fellowship breakfast was devoted to discussing the spiritual wages of lunching at Hooters.
It is a bid for relevance in a nation charmed by pop culture and consumerism, and it is not an uncommon one. But Baker has waded further into the 21st century than most fishers of American souls, as evidenced one Wednesday night when churchgoer Josh Marshall stepped up to a curious machine in the church lobby.
It was one of Stevens Creek's three "Giving Kiosks": a sleek black pedestal topped with a computer screen, numeric keypad and magnetic-strip reader. Prompted by the on-screen instructions, Marshall performed a ritual more common in quickie marts than a house of God: He pulled out a bank card, swiped it and punched in some numbers.
The machine spat out a receipt. Marshall's $400 donation was routed to
church coffers before he had found his seat for evening worship.
...continued...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-holyatm28sep28,0,7916395.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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Many doctrine rejecting seeker sensitive churches seek to be "cool" and
trendy! Instead of solid Bible teaching the people get watered down
non-Biblical messages that make a person feel good even though he is on
the path to hell. Instead of respect for God, people come to church
dressed down in jeans and other casual wear and ready to listen to the
latest rock and roll music!
These churches seek to serve lost mankind and they do not preach the Gospel that saves. They avoid sin and hell as those topics are upsetting to lost people who are blindly walking toward the lake of fire - eternal hell!
Such pastors will pay a great price before God! Those pastors who chose not to remain faithful to the Lord Jesus will suffer judgment here on earth and in eternity!
1 Pet 4
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:
and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
Amos 8
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD:
I found the below which shows a typical blindness and ignorance of the Word of God:
Jay Leno, host of The Tonight Show, did a "man-on-the-street" type
interview in which he asked some young people questions about the
Bible. "Can you name one of the Ten Commandments?" he asked two
college-age women. One replied, "Freedom of speech?" Mr. Leno said
to the other, "Complete this sentence: Let him who is without sin..."
Her response was, "have a good time?" Jay Leno then turned to a
young man and asked, "Who, according to the Bible, was eaten by a
whale?" The confident answer was, "Pinocchio."
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Isn't the above very sad? People have rejected God, the Bible, and
God's people. Also, the Bible is now legally considered "hate"
literature. This amount of rejection of the Lord has results.
People are so dumb Biblically that they don't know who was in
the Garden of Eden. Others don't know the difference between
Moses and Noah. Of course blindness to the saving Gospel of the
Lord Jesus will result in that person perishing in their sins
forever.
God will allow people who reject Him to be blinded until the time they perish in hell! This ignorance of the Bible is a judgment from God on hard hearted people who have rejected Him!
2 Thess 2
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness
of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power
and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
At an unusual series of leadership meetings in 44 cities this fall, more than 6,000 pastors are hearing dire forecasts from some of the biggest names in the conservative evangelical movement.
Their alarm has been stoked by a highly suspect claim that if current
trends continue, only 4 percent of teenagers will be "Bible-believing
Christians" as adults. That would be a sharp decline compared with 35
percent of the current generation of baby boomers, and before that, 65
percent of the World War II generation. ...continued...
Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company
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This is no surprise. Many Evangelicals have rejected the Bible and
turned to a watered down form of the Gospel. Many Churches are nothing
more than social gatherings and entertainment centers. Instead of the
saving Gospel they are entertained with rock music or occult things
like Lord of the Rings and Narnia.
Have you ever heard the foolish argument: "We have to use rock music because it is the language the kids understand" I've heard that claim many times and it is right from the pit of hell. You see rock music brings no one to church. Instead, it leads people away from the Lord and back to the world. The above quote is evidence as young people are leaving churches! The Bible is the language for both the young and the old. Satan wants to get people away from that fact and sadly, he has succeeded in many churches.
What people want and need is the Bible the Word of God. It is sufficient for all ages. A pastor that uses the King James version and rejects the latest perversions like the NIV is able to teach sound doctrine from the Bible. God's people love verse by verse teaching of the Word of God. Yet most pastors just don't get it! They displease the Lord and drive people away from churches with their liberalism and rejection of sound Biblical doctrine.
Children are not impressed by compromise. When they grow old they will know they have heard a phony message of entertainment and compromise. As they grow older they will leave the church. This has happened to many churches today that are dead but once were alive with the Word of God. How did those churches die? People left because they were not getting fed with the Word of God. The pastor had another plan and he rejected the Lord and wanted nothing to do with solid Bible teaching!
Matt 7
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is
the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go
in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
How long will it be before Christianity becomes illegal in Britain? This is no longer the utterly absurd and offensive question that on first blush it would appear to be. An evangelical Christian campaigner, Stephen Green was arrested and charged last weekend with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.
So what was this behaviour? Merely trying peacefully to hand out leaflets at a gay rally in Cardiff. So what was printed on those leaflets that was so threatening, abusive or insulting that it attracted the full force of the law? Why, none other than the majestic words of the 1611 King James Bible.
The problem was that they were those bits of the Bible which forbid
homosexuality. The leaflets also urged homosexuals to "turn from your
sins and you will be saved". But to the secular priests of the human
rights culture, the only sin is to say that homosexuality is a sin.
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This warning needs to be repeated. Lost people hate the Bible and
want nothing to do with it! Laws are changing and rather than listen to
what God says in His Word, Christians will be jailed in the days ahead.
Under the antichrist, the Bible will be such a crime that it will merit
the death penalty! People who hate God, Biblical truth, and the light
have made their choice! Here is what the Bible says:
John 3
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not
is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to
the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has given homosexuals in his
state the rights of marriage, and has failed to fully protect school
children from the "gay" agenda, according to those assessing the
results of this year's state legislature.
One weblog contributor described much of the work turned in as "lesbolation," and many believe Schwarzenegger buckled under pressure from alternative lifestyle activists.
Schwarzenegger vetoed some pieces brought by lesbian lawmakers,
providing a nominal amount of protection for the millions of
Californians who hold to traditional values, but what he did sign
will cause massive damage, pro-family organizations said.
...continued...
http://www.wnd.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52278
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Laws are changing and Godly morality is being rejected. People want to do
whatever they wish and want nothing to do with the God or the Bible. As a
result the laws are changing to reflect the rejection of the Lord. This type
of action is to be expected in a society that is racing toward Divine judgment!
2 Tim 3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from
such turn away.
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Get the message out! Judgment is coming and it has already started! It is long past time to repent and get right with God! The Lord Jesus (second person of the Trinity and God in human flesh) is the Only Saviour. Come to Him today before it is too late for you!