The game of life for the human soul

"Cares, riches and pleasures, all are used by satan in playing the game of life for the human soul." Christ's Object Lessons p.15 E.G.W.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:15,16

In the News-Atheist Richard Dawkins leaves door open for existence of God

"There was surprise when Prof Dawkins acknowledged that he was less than 100 per cent certain of his conviction that there is no creator.
The philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, who chaired the discussion, interjected: “Why don’t you call yourself an agnostic?” Prof Dawkins answered that he did.
An incredulous Sir Anthony replied: “You are described as the world’s most famous atheist.”
Prof Dawkins said that he was “6.9 out of seven” sure of his beliefs.
“I think the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very very low,” he added." The Telegraph

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 53:1 So has the fool who, on a scale of 7, says that there is a 6.9% chance God does not exist.

The Evidence hosted by Dwight Nelson

The Evidence, Faith For Today Television’s production hosted by Dwight Nelson, Senior Pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, brings a brand new opportunity to connect with friends and neighbors who need to re-ignite their enthusiasm about things spiritual, or to simply introduce them to a God who cares about every facet of their lives.
The Evidence is a half-hour news-magazine television show that investigates the possibility of God in all expressions. Through interviews with world-renown scientists who de-mystify the technologies of nature, and artists who illuminate the wonder of life, The Evidence bridges the gap between science and theology, between ritual and the human heart. It asserts that the idea of God, while not provable, is not irrational. Almost an introduction to God,The Evidence explores such fundamental questions as “Does God really exist?,” “Where did we come from?” and “Why are we here?” Studying not only the idea that God exists, but that amazing transforming power of spirituality in the lives of everyday people.
Dr. Nelson takes us on a weekly reconnaissance tracing evidence of God through the world’s cultures throughout history, virtually re-booting our spiritual consciousness with his fresh Judeo-Christian awareness replacing ambivalence with revitalized understanding and enthusiasm.
THE EVIDENCE PROGRAMS

The Evidence – Wednesday at 3:00 AM or Thursday at 9:30 PM Pacific Time

TBN has a digital network called The Church Channel (www.churchchannel.tv)
where they air the Evidence on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

Program Schedule

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Nationwide	Hope Channel	DirecTV Channel 368	Check www.hopetv.org
Nationwide	NRB Network	DirecTV Channel 378	Wednesday	12:30 am ET
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Arizona
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Georgia
Atlanta	Interfaith Broadcasting	Channel 57 (Comcast Ch. 2)	Sunday Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday	10:30 am 11:00 pm 10:30 am 2:30 am 3:00 am 10:30 am
New York
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Texas
Dallas	KJJM	Channel 34	Check Local Listings
Houston	GGAV-TV		Check Local Listings

A MIST that appears for a time

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:13,14 NIV

Creation Moment 2/29/2012 - Problems with some "dating" techniques

"There are various other radiometric dating methods used today to give ages of millions or billions of years for rocks. These techniques, unlike carbon dating, mostly use the relative concentrations of parent and daughter products in radioactive decay chains. For example, potassium-40 decays to argon-40; uranium-238 decays to lead-206 via other elements like radium; uranium-235 decays to lead-207; rubidium-87 decays to strontium-87; etc. These techniques are applied to igneous rocks, and are normally seen as giving the time since solidification.
The isotope concentrations can be measured very accurately, but isotope concentrations are not dates. To derive ages from such measurements, unprovable assumptions have to be made such as:

1. The starting conditions are known (for example, that there was no daughter isotope present at the start, or that we know how much was there).
2. Decay rates have always been constant.
3. Systems were closed or isolated so that no parent or daughter isotopes were lost or added." CA.net

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: Exodus 20:11

Apostasies

They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Let them alone:
they be blind leaders of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 15:13,14
"We shall have apostasies, we expect them." Letter 112, 1890 E.G.W.


Desmond Ford-Rebel against the Sanctuary

Roland Numbers-Rebel against health message of E.G.W.



Erv Taylor-Leading the push for Evolution in the Church

Dale Ratzlaff-Former SDA dedicated to leading others out of the Church

Have YOU seen HIM in the Sanctuary?

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Psalm 63:2

Have you seen Him in the Sanctuary? Have you seen Him between the Altar and Judgement Seat, between the Cross & the Mercy Seat? Where at the altar, for the morning & evening sacrifices offered up for those who might not be able to make it to offer their sacrifices for sins? Or at the end with the Mercy Seat of His judgement? Both ends of the sanctuary-dripping mercy....

The LORD is longsuffering,
and of great mercy,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
and by no means clearing the guilty, ...
Numbers 14:18

Transgender & "wounded in the stones"

"On the face of it, "Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders" (just out from University of Wisconsin Press) is the story of how Jay Ladin, the author and an English professor at Yeshiva University in New York City, transitioned into living as Joy Ladin. But it's Ladin's relationship with Judaism that anchors this book and makes it stand out.
What do you do when you're drawn to religion despite the fact that your religion wants to reform you, ...We get to listen in on her side of the conversation.
.... Ladin's 13-year-old son finally seems ready to accept that his father is transgender,....

At the same time, this memoir is also a tale of actualization. Ladin shares details of feminizing her appearance -- shaving her beard, growing out her hair, learning through trial-and-error how to apply makeup, shopping for affordable women's clothes, training her voice. She reveals the awkwardness as well as the thrill of learning, as a middle-aged woman who had previously been a married heterosexual man, how to date women. Her children still call her "Daddy," but they come to accept her, and her son becomes a LGBT ally at his high school.

As Ladin points out, the rabbis have interpreted circumcision as a procedure that "perfects" the penis. God deliberately left a little extra skin so that Jewish men could remove it and thereby perform a ritual in which their genitals become a physical sign of their true identity. "From a trans perspective," she writes, "this is a radical teaching. If an operation to alter genitalia is necessary to bring the male Jewish body into conformity with the Jewish soul, then God long ago acknowledged that medical intervention may be necessary for human beings to achieve their true identities." article by Leora Tanenbaum

But what does GOD say- He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Deuteronomy 23:1 If God takes it that serious about mutilation of your gender...How much more serious to VOLUNTARILY do it?

Press Toward the Mark

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

Creation Moment 2/28/2012 - 7th Day Darwinians Article by Clifford Goldstein

arely has there been a belief so ridiculous or contrary to the Scriptures that, once it becomes popular, some Christians haven't attempted to incorporate into the faith. In its long and often crude lust for cultural and intellectual correctness, the church has become what Jacques Ellul called "an empty bottle that the successive cultures fill with all kinds of things." Roman paganism, Platonism, Marxism, even Nazism have all had baptized aficionados struggling to cram these "things" into the bottle, now so warped and piecemeal it resembles a kaleidoscope image inspired by someone needing Prozac.
Of all the bizarre mismatches, though, none's worse than the attempt to harmonize evolution with Christianity. Evolution? Please! Nazism's a snugger fit.
Though raised on evolution, I one day found myself a born-again Christian who saw, immediately, an impossible conundrum between what I was taught my whole life and my new worldview. Within the first few days someone gave me the book The Genesis Flood, by Henry Morris, and for the first time I realized that the "proof" I was dogmatically given for evolution wasn't as solid as I had been led to believe from grade school through college. Over time, and after more reading, I was soon purged of all macroevolutionary presuppositions. In fact, if (heaven forbid) I ever lost my faith, I could never go back to evolution. Alien seeding or the Babylonian creation story seems more plausible than the standard scientific paradigm of origins.
"But," someone would say, "it's science." Exactly. And science is still only a human endeavor, and as such it comes burdened with all the prejudices, foibles, fears, and presuppositions of anything human. However much I respect science and stand in awe of its achievements, scientists can be as bigoted and dogmatic as historical critics (well, almost).
Now, it used to be that, for Adventists, evolutionary theory was a threat from without; as unbelievable as it seems, some among us have now accepted theistic evolution--the idea that God used the process of evolution, over millions of years, to create humanity.
These folks, though, don't worship the God of the Bible, for that God didn't use a long, protracted, and vicious dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-fittest paradigm--one that goes against everything He has taught us about love and self-sacrifice--and then lie to us about it by claiming He created life here in six days when He didn't. Plus, that God didn't ask us to keep the seventh day as a memorial, not to the six days of Creation as He explicitly told us in His Word, but to a brutal, hateful, merciless process that took millions of years.
What amazes me isn't so much that people can believe in evolution (after all, I used to), but that those who do still want to be Seventh-day Adventists. I can respect someone who, believing in evolutionary theory, rejects the Adventist Church entirely. I have no respect for those who think they can meld the two.
For anyone, especially our young people, struggling with these issues, I say: Keep seeking with a fervent and honest heart. As long as you stick to the Bible (and Ellen White's books and articles) you will not go wrong. For those among us who have already decided--despite the Bible and Ellen White--on evolution, there are plenty of other churches for you. Ours isn't one. And to those teaching in our schools who believe in evolution and yet take a paycheck from the Seventh-day Adventist Church, I say: If you honestly reject a literal six-day creation in favor of theistic macroevolution, fine; now turn that honesty into integrity and go somewhere where you won't have to cloak your views under the anfractuosities of language.
I speak, I believe, for millions of Seventh-day Adventists when I declare that whatever the age of the earth itself, we will never make room for anything other than a literal six-day creation for life here--never. And for those who want more, you'll have to fight us for every extra minute--much less your millions of mythological years beyond--of which the Word of God knows nothing and with its first verses utterly denies."
And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.  Genesis 1:5,9,13,19,23,31  2:2

Judge Not

Judge not, that ye be not judged. Matthew 7:1

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Romans 2:1,3

Creation Moment 2/27/2012 - BioLogos blames 7th Day Adventists for Creationism

BioLogos is an organization that pushes theistic evolution (evolution-but God did it). They are clearly an un-Biblical organization (& I would argue also not scientific). They posted an article by Giberson which claims that the Seventh Day Adventist Church is responsible for the Creationism.
His thesis is as follows:

1. Seventh-Day Adventism is wrong.
2. Young Earth Creationism came from Seventh-Day Adventism.
3. Therefore Young Earth Creationism is wrong.

Of course young earth creationism can be traced back to the turn of the century in such non-Adventist publications as "The Fundamentals" which gave us the term "fundamentalism" as opposed to the "modernist" movement at the turn of the last century. The modernists were trying to reinterpret scripture so as to fit with the secular world view. The fundamentalists were trying to defend scripture and not compromise.

But if BioLogos & Giberson want to "blame" my Church (SDA) for creationism-I say THANK YOU- we will take the credit........

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11

Transfiguration

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. Mark 9:2
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. Luke 9:29
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. Mark 9:3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Matthew 17:3
Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. Luke 9:31,32
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. Matthew 17:4 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. Mark 9:6
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. Luke 9:34
And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. Mark 9:7
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. Matthew 17:6
And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. Mark 9:8
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. Matthew 17:9

Here, at the Transfiguartion-Moses represents to us those who have tasted of death but will be ressurected at the end. ( For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ) Moses is the only human to be ressurected to Heaven before Christ- Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. Jude 9 Elijah represents those of us who are alive and remain at the end who will never taste of death. ( Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ) For Elijah never died - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:11

No Purgatory

Catholic Belief of Purgatory

There is NO such place as Purgatory: the place where Catholics believe we go to get "cleaned up" before they move onto heaven.
1st) We do not go to some place called"hell" and burn for eternity when we die
2nd) We do go go to heaven when we die
3rd) So thefre is NO purgatory either to get "cleaned up"

Here is how we are made righteouss (cleaned up) for heaven as it were;
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. Zechariah 3:4

Creation Moment 2/26/2012 - Examples of Evolutionary Dating Methods in Error

courtesy of Answers-in-Genesis,

Potassium-Argon Dates in Error

Where?	When did the event occur?	Date by radiometric dating
Mt. Etna basalt, Sicily	122 B.C.	330,000–170,000 years old
Mt. Etna basalt, Sicily	A.D 1972	490,000–210,000 years old
Mount St. Helens, Washington	A.D. 1980	300,000–400,000 years old
Hualalai basalt, Hawaii	A.D. 1800–1801	1.76–1.44 million years old

Radiometric dating has been shown to not work on rocks of known age. Yet most secular scientists and other old-earth supporters assume that radiometric dating does work on rocks of unknown age. This is quite an obvious inconsistency.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 & that "beginning" was about 6,000 or so years ago based on the Biblical record.

In the News-Pope’s Twitter followers jump 400 percent in a day

Pope’s Twitter followers jump 400 percent in a day

"The number of people following Pope Benedict XVI on Twitter has increased 400 percent over the last 24 hours.
On Feb. 23 his account had 2,500 subscribers, but today that figure is at more than 12,500 and is rising.
“It is quite incredible,” said Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, to EWTN News on Feb. 24.
“And not just the numbers who are now following the Pope’s Tweets but also the number who are then re-Tweeting his message to others. It’s great.”
 The dramatic upsurge in interest in the Pope’s Twitter presence coincided with the beginning of Lent on Feb. 22.
On that day, Vatican officials began Tweeting part of the Pope’s Lenten message, an innovation they will continue every day until Easter.

“The initiative puts the Pope in contact with the people of God and in particular with young people, because Pope2You was created mainly for young people.”
Wednesday’s message told followers; “Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works.” Today’s Tweet explained how Lent is “a time to renew our journey of faith, both as individuals and as a community, with the help of the word of God and the sacraments.”
Msgr. Tighe says his boss at the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, got it right when he said Twitter is like “a small mustard seed that once scattered grows into bushes where birds can rest.”
 The Lenten Twitter campaign is the latest attempt by the Vatican to make the most of social communications."EWTN News

...and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3

Let it Rain performed by Michael W. Smith

Let It Rain performed by Michael W. Smith
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WAmFtJiVc8k



And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee;

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Exodus 33:18-23

What the Lord thinks of You

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. Jeremiah 29:11,12

Creation Moment 2/25/2012 - Creator & Redeemer

Creator (made you physically)
& Redeemer (remade spiritually)
Thus saith the LORD,
thy redeemer,
and he that formed thee from the womb,
I am the LORD that maketh all things;
that stretcheth forth the heavens alone;
that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah 44:24

John MacLeod of the Free Scottish Presbyterian Church, Sunday & Tsunami

Pastor John MacLeod of the Free Scottish Presbyterian Church claimed after the 2004 south pacific tsunami, which killed over 200,000, that it was from God for not keeping Sunday (1st day of the week which he erroneously considers the "Lord's Day"). MacLeod said- "It has to be noted that the wave arrived on the Lord's Day, the day that God has set apart to be observed the world over by a holy resting from all employments and recreations that are lawful on other days. We cannot but fear that it found multitudes unprepared for the eternity into which they were ushered so suddenly and without warning."

Actually,  Pastor MacLeod, the Holy Day of God is the Sabbath-His 7th day.
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: Exodus 20:10

Jesus I'm an Open Book performed by Dallas Holm

Jesus I'm an Open Book performed by Dallas Holm
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6BT0Ss-uSA8?list=PLT70zxsi10M-wca0WK1yK9sRYwNnsL1LT

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:3

Pray for the Remnant

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) Jeremiah 42:2

Creation Moment 2/24/2012 - Little Green Men

"In 1967 astronomers were startled to discover radio pulses coming from outer space. "Our first thought," they said, was that "this was another intelligent race" trying to communicate with us. They labelled the signals "LGM," standing for Little Green Men.
But it turned out they had discovered a pulsar, a rotating star that mimics a radio beacon.
At the core of life is the DNA molecule. Geneticists tell us the structure of DNA is identical to a language. It acts like a code -- a molecular communication system within the cell. In other words, when geneticists probed the nucleus of the cell they came across something analogous to "John Loves Mary" or "Drink Coca-Cola."
Of course, DNA contains a lot more information than these simple phrases. The average DNA molecule contains as much information as a city library. So if "John Loves Mary" had to be written by an intelligent being, how much more the DNA code. " CS
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Psalm 139:14

GOD?

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:3,4

Creation Moment 2/23/2012 - Human Consciousness

"A person is a unity of body + mind/soul, the mind/soul being the immaterial part of you that is the real inner you. Chemicals alone cannot explain self-awareness, creativity, reasoning, emotions of love and hate, sensations of pleasure and pain, possessing and remembering experiences, and free will." BBS
....and did not one fashion us in the womb? Job 31:15

The Secrets of God

Wise advice from Puritan writer, Hermann Witsius, who said that we should "stop at the precise point beyond which divine revelation does not conduct" us... Apostles Creed vol. 1, p.143

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11:33

Beware the HERESY of the Word of Faith Movement (Name It & Claim It)

TBN (Trinity Broadcasting network) a major proponent of the WF

The Word of Faith Movement (WF for short) is a movement that uses repitition of Bible verses as a way to claim the promises of scripture. But you can mumble these verses all you want-that doesn't mean you will recieve. Recieving from God isn't based on repition of words. This movement is an offshoot of the charismatic/pentecostal movement. It mixes with the "prosperity gospel" movement.
When it comes to asking God for things- And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Luke 11:2

Some teach that Christ & the disciples were wealthy, such as Creflo Dollar teaches, http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/faithandvalues/stories/2006/10/18/1022SLJESUS.html .
But what does God's Word actually say-
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke 9:58

Some trace the movement back to Phineas Quimby and his new thought movement of the 19th century. That was based on mesmerism and the thought the divine dwells in each of us, even if that spirit is just an infinite intelligence we call "God".

This Word of Faith HERESY also claims that we are "Little gods".  For example, Creflo Dollar teaches:
Dollar: "If dogs get together, they produce what?"
Congregation: "Dogs!"
Dollar: "If cats get together, they produce what?"
Congregation: "Cats!"
Dollar: "So if the Godhead says 'Let us make man in our image', and everything produces after its own kind, then they produce what?"
Congregation: "Gods!"
Dollar: "Gods. Little "g" gods. You're not human. Only human part of you is this flesh you're wearing."

The big boy of the Word of Faith Movement is of course, the one & only Benny Hinn, who mixes Word of Faith, pentecostalism & the prosperity gospel better than any other charlatan out there these days. Hinn says "God came from heaven, became a man, made man into little gods, went back to heaven as a man".

Some who espouse the views of the Word of Faith Movement go further in HERESY claiming that Christ went to hell when He died (although "hell" doesn't exist yet-hell is the Lake of Fire in the end-once again-see how one false doctrine leads to others) and that He was "born again" while in hell. Even Kenneth Copeland teaches this.

Here is the basic 4-Step program for the HERESY of Word of Faith-"Say it, Do it, Receive it, and Tell it."

1. Step number one is "Say it." "Positive or negative, it is up to the individual. According to what the individual says, that shall he receive."
2. Step number two is "Do it." "Your action defeats you or puts you over. According to your action, you receive or you are kept from receiving."
3. Step number three is "Receive it." We are to plug into the "powerhouse of heaven." "Faith is the plug, praise God! Just plug in."
4. Step number four is "Tell it so others may believe." This final step might be considered the Faith movement's outreach program.

Then there is David Yonggi Cho, pastor in South Korea of a 700,000 member Full Gospel Yoido Church. He is a proponent of Word of Faith & mixes openly with the occult. He claims you can recieve anything by calling into this mystic 4th dimension.

So the BIG 3 ERRORS are:

#1: God is Obligated to Obey People's Words

 #2: God's Favor Results in Riches

#3: Humans are Little Gods

Beauty of Holiness performed by Steve Camp

Beauty of Holiness performed by Steve Camp
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fs7Q23zCCOY?list=PLT70zxsi10M9276xC1I9VQMFg5HQ8Iozs

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: Psalm 96:9

Thieves on the Cross & Us

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. Mark 15:27 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. John 19:18 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Luke 23:39-42

The thieves on the cross represent the two classes of people in the world:Saved and Lost

1)Both were guilty 2) Both could do nothing to save themselves 3) Both had the same opportunity to be saved ---- I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: Galatians 2:20

Creation moment 2/22/2012 - Polonium Halos & Creation

"Etched within Earth's foundation rocks — the granites — are beautiful microspheres of coloration, halos, produced by the radioactive decay of primordial polonium, which is known to have only a fleeting existence.
A speck of polonium in molten rock can be compared to an Alka-Seltzer dropped into a glass of water. The beginning of effervescence is equated to the moment that polonium atoms began to emit radiactive particles. In molten rock the traces of those radioactive particles would disappear as quickly as the Alka-Seltzer bubbles in water. But if the water were instantly frozen, the bubbles would be preserved. Likewise, polonium halos could have formed only if the rapidly "effervescing" specks of polonium had been instantly encased in solid rock.
An exceedingly large number of polonium halos are embedded in granites around the world. Just as frozen Alka-Seltzer bubbles would be clear evidence of the quick-freezing of the water, so are these many polonium halos undeniable evidence that a sea of primordial matter quickly "froze" into solid granite. The occurrence of these polonium halos, then, distinctly implies that our earth was formed in a very short time, in complete harmony with the biblical record of creation." Earth Science Associates
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Psalm 33:6,9

Divisive Heretics in the Church



Kicked out of the Church for Heresy-why was the pulpit at Loma Linda turned over to this man? (Desmond Ford)

A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; Titus 3:10

(Spectrum Magazine) Causing Divisions within the Church

OR in the NLT

If people are causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with them.

(Adventist Wheel website) Causing Divisions within the Church

 

OR in the WEB

A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject;

 

(Adventist Today website) Causing Divisions within the Church

 

Grace By Which I Stand performed by Keith Green

Grace By Which I Stand performed by Keith Green
https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-SCYP8xWL8?list=PLT70zxsi10M-kye2izS_60wQn7gya6vbn

That being justified by his grace,
we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7

Free Will vs. Universalism

Universalism is the notion that ALL will be saved in the end. But doesn't that fly in the face of Free Will granted to us by the Creator? Besides, if universalism were true, wouldn't God bed mean-why continue past the cross if at that point, all would be saved?

"God desires from all His creatures the service of love-service that springs from an appreciation of His character. He takes no pleasure in forced obedience and to all He grants freedom of will that they may render Him voluntary service." Patriarchs & Prophets p. 34 E.G.W.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Joshua 24:15

Search on your knees

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Psalm 119:148

"If you will search the scriptures on your knees, then you will know them..." 1888 Sermons p.75 E.G.W.

Anchor of the Soul

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,... Hebrews 6:19

Creation Moment 2/21/2012 - Evolution & the Holocaust



Hitler:Taking Evolution to its logical conclusion

The holocaust was Darwinian "survival of the fittest" on dispaly for the world to see. Eugenics (the idea of pushing "evolution" to its logical conclusion by helping weed out the weak and breed the more intelligent or strong ones in society) was the main culprit in the thinking that led to the Nazi nightmare for the Jews. Eugenics was very popular in Darwinian circles of academia at theturn of the last century. Even President Teddy Roosevelt gave speeches in favor of it and the British parliament fell one vote short of passing a eugenics law near the start of WW1. Francis Galton, who came up with eugenics, was a cousin of Charles Darwin and wanted to help push his theory of evolution along. Hitler said in relation to building a better society "‘we [the Nazis] must understand, and cooperate with science’(meaning evolution)." Hence his quest for the perfect race. Germany introduced compulsory sterilization laws headed by their top evolutionary scientists.



Eugenics:A part of Evolutionary Thinking



And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, Acts 17:26

Politically Correct gender friendly Bible stirs controversy

"That translation was criticized at the 2011 Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Phoenix. Church representatives there approved a resolution asking Nashville-based LifeWay Christian Resources — owned by the denomination — to take it off its shelves.

Critics said the translation, which was updated in 2011, is filled with errors when it comes to language about gender, using "brothers and sisters" instead of "brothers" and "they" instead of "he" for a single pronoun. That kind of approach undermines the authority of the Bible, they said." USA Today

But what does God say-Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

If God was a "HE" yesterday, He is a "HE" today too.....STOP this PC nonsense raising it's ugly, intolerant head in Christiandom.

Jews of antiquity and modern Christianity: a comparison

"When the Jews rejected Christ they rejected the foundation of their faith. ....the Christian world of today who claim faith in Christ, but reject the law of God are making the same mistake similar to that of the decieved Jews. They cannot understandingly call sinners to repentance, for they are unable to properly explain what they are to repent of." Signs of the Times 3/14/1878 E.G.W.
.....for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3:4

Creation Moment 2/20/2012 - Organic molecules on Pluto?

PLUTO

In a recent cable news story, it was stated that Pluto is absorbing more ultrviolet light than expected. The DECEPTIVE HEADLINE read "Hubble telescope spots complex organic molecules on surface of Pluto.” They insinuated that the building blocks of life are their in the organic compounds as a result...But not all carbon based compounds have a connection to living organisms. So the whole point of the story is "guesswork".
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; Isaiah 51:13

Arminianism: Is the Theology right?

Arminianism: A theological view expressed by Jacobus Arminius in the 16th century Netherlands.

 Unlimited atonement. Christ died for the entire world, not just the elect. However, Christ's atonement works only in those who choose to believe.

 I would have to agree

Natural inability. People cannot save themselves. The Holy Spirit causes a person to be born again.

It is the Holy Spirit who works upon our hearts to convert us

 Prevenient grace. Preparatory grace is given to everyone to enable them to respond to the gospel. However, a person may use their free will to accept or reject God's invitation to salvation.

Free Will is what it is all about

 Conditional perseverance. Believers receive all the grace they need to persevere to salvation, but again, they can exercise their free will, turn away from God.

 This is TRUE

I don't understand every nuance of "Arminianism", but on the surface it seems close to the truth compared to the other theories out there along the same subject matter.

Speaking of Free Will-

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 2 Peter 2:21

There is also Wesleyan Arminianism,(Wesley founded Methodism) which adds the following:

Christian perfection – According to Wesley's teaching, Christians could attain a state of practical perfection, meaning a lack of all voluntary sin by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, in this life. Christian perfection (or entire sanctification), according to Wesley, is "purity of intention, dedicating all the life to God" and "the mind which was in Christ, enabling us to walk as Christ walked." It is "loving God with all our heart, and our neighbor as ourselves". It is 'a restoration not only to the favour, but likewise to the image of God," our "being filled with the fullness of God".

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works Titus 2:14