Sermon Preached at Salem during Witch Scare

This was preached at Salem in 1692. I have an ancestor on my

mothers side hung at Salem -- Martha Allen Carrier. Her last words were "I'd rather die than confess" then the rope snapped her neck. The executions and trials came to an end when ordered by the governor to stop as people realized they were not likely actual witches. Interesting to see what they were preaching from Scripture at Salem at the time.

"Occasioned by dreadfull Witchcraft broke out here a few weeks past, & one Member of this Church, & another of Salem upon publick examination by Civil Authority vehemently suspected for She-Witches, & upon it Committed.
6. John. 70.
Have not I chosen you twelve, & one of you is a Devil.
Our Lord Jesus Christ knows how many Devils there are in his Church, & who they are.

1. There are Devils as well as Saints in Christs Church.
2. Christ knows how many of these Devils there are.
3. Last: Christ Knows who these Devils are.

There are Devils as well as Saints in the Church of Christ: Here 3 things may be spoken to
1. Show you what is meant here by Devils
2. That there are such Devils in the Church
3. Last: That there are also true Saints in such Churches

1. What is meant here by Devils. One of you is a Devil. 

By Devil is ordinarily meant any wicked Angel or Spirit: 

Sometimes it is put for the Prince or head of the evil Spirits, or fallen

Angels. 

Sometimes it is used for vile & wicked persons, the worst of such, who for their villany & impiety do most resemble Devils & wicked Spirits. 

Thus Christ in our text calls Judas a Devil, for his great likeness to the Devil. One of you is a Devil i.e. a Devil for quality & disposition: not a Devil for Nature, for he was a man &c. but a Devil for likeness & operation. 8. Joh. 38. 41 44. Ye are of your Father the Devil.

2. There are such Devils in the Church: 

Not only sinners but notorious sinners; sinners more like to the Devil

than others. 

So here in Christs little Church. This also Christ teacheth us in the Parable of the Tares. 13. Matth. 38. Where Christ tells us that such are the Children of the wicked one. i.e. of the Devil.
Reason: Because Hypocrites are the very worst of men.

3. Last: There are also true Saints in the Church. 

The Church consists of good; & bad: as a Garden that has weeds as

well as flowers: & as a field that has Wheat as well as Tares. Hince the Gosple is compared to a net that taketh good & bad. 13. Matt. 47. 48. 49. 50. Here are good men to be found, yea ye very best; & here are bad men to be found, yea ye very worst: Such as Shall have the hightest seat in glory; & such also as shall be cast into the lowest & fiercest flames of misery. Saints & Devils. Like Jeremiahs Basket of figs. 24. Jer. 1-4.

Examine we our selves well, what we are: what we Church-members are: We are either Saints, or Devils, the scripture gives us no medium. The Apostle tells us we are to examine our selves. 2 Cor. 13. 5. Oh it is a dreadful thing to be a Devil, & yet to sit down at the Lords Table. 1 Cor. 10. 21."
The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris: 

Sermon March 27, 1692

Samuel Parris

Creation Moment 7/5/2024 - Baby Brains vs. AI

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Psalm 139:14

"A new study suggests that babies’ brains are not as immature as previously believed; instead, they utilize their period of postnatal

‘helplessness’ to develop foundational models similar to those that drive generative Artificial Intelligence.

The researchers used brain imaging and found that many systems in the human infant’s brain are already functioning and processing the rich streams of information from the senses. This contradicts the long-held belief that many infant brain systems are too immature to function.

The team then compared learning in humans with the latest machine learning models, where deep neural networks benefit from a ‘helpless’ period of pre-training.

“We propose that human infants similarly use the ‘helpless’ period in infancy to pre-train, learning powerful foundation models, which go on to underpin cognition in later life with high performance and rapid generalization. This is very similar to the powerful machine learning models that have led to the big breakthroughs in generative AI in recent years, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini,” Prof. Cusack explained.

The researchers say that future research on how babies learn could well inspire the next generation of AI models." 

SciTechDaily

A 4th of July reminder

"There is one principle which God has established for the nations which was referred to before, but which, when Christ came, was announced in its fullness. 

That principle is the total separation of religion and the State. 

Jesus in more than one place separated religion–the realm of God–entirely from the State–the realm of man. In one place: "Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's." (Mark 12:17) In another place, "My kingdom is not of this world." (John 18:36)

When the gospel first went forth,–the everlasting gospel to be preached to every nation and to every creature,–it went forth under just such a state of things as is directly opposed to this divine principle. 

Every man was compelled to be religious just as the Roman state said; and the state itself absorbed the individual with all his individuality. Yet the disciples of Christ preached everywhere in all that empire the principle that with religion or men's worship no government can of right have anything to do.

Finally came Protestantism announcing anew the principle to all the world that every man should worship as he pleased, and that religion should be separate from earthly government. Yet in not a single Protestant nation was the principle illustrated.

"The United States government not only announced to all the world a new order of things, but pledged itself forever to the new order of things, by placing on the national seal that declaration,"A New Order of Things," and "God has Favored the Undertaking." 

Of course God has favored the undertaking. 

Now this nation–the one of all the nations the most glorious, is the one that has been acknowledged as the enlightenment of all the nations, the one that has reached the highest place in the shortest time, of all that have ever been upon the earth.

Jefferson, Madison, and their noble fellow-workers for religious as well as civil freedom in this new nation, truthfully said:
"We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, 

can be directed only by reason and conviction, 

not by force or violence. 

The religion then of every man, must be left to the conviction and

conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him. We maintain, therefore, that in matters of religion no man's right is abridged by the institution of civil society, and that religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance." 

A.T. Jones

The Sabbath: "Satan's church" vs. "Body of Christ"

"Thus we see that in choosing the first day of the week as the substitute for the Sabbath of the Lord, Satan has moved man to assume a power that God Himself does not possess. 

This fact shows that Sunday as a rest-day is the mark of Satan's power, and not of the Lord's, for the work of Satan is to put himself in the place of God, and this he could do only by claiming greater power than the Lord. 

But Satan works through man. So as he is " the god of this world " (2 Corinthians 4:4), he works through the powers of the world ; therefore when worldly powers assume control of the affairs of the church and religion, the State Church thus formed is Satan's church, in direct opposition to the church which is the body of Christ." 

Present Truth

Creation Moment 7/4/2024 - Intricate Structures (of an Intricate Creation)

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2

"Jupiter’s upper atmosphere is composed of a neutral thermosphere and charged ionosphere. Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have spotted unexpected small-scale intensity features such as arcs, bands and spots in Jupiter’s low-latitude ionosphere in the region above the Great Red Spot.

Because Jupiter receives only 4% of the sunlight that is received on Earth, astronomers predicted this region to be homogeneous in nature.
University of Leicester astronomer Henrik Melin and his colleagues observed the Great Red Spot in July 2022 using the Integral Field Unit of Webb’s Near-InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec).

Their Early Release Science observations sought to investigate if this region was in fact dull, and the region above the iconic Great Red Spot was targeted for Webb’s observations.

They were surprised to discover that the upper atmosphere hosts a variety of intricate structures, including dark arcs and bright spots, across the entire field of view.

Although the light emitted from this region is driven by sunlight, the team suggests there must be another mechanism altering the shape and structure of the upper atmosphere.
“One way in which you can change this structure is by gravity waves — similar to waves crashing on a beach, creating ripples in the sand,” Dr. Melin said." 

SciNews

What do the Titles given by the Holy Spirit Mean?

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: 

Exodus 20:10

"Throughout the New Testament the seventh day of the week is called the Sabbath, and the first day of the week is known only by that

designation. 

Q: What does that signify? 

A: It means that those are the titles that the Holy Spirit designs that those days shall bear throughout all time. 

The Bible is the word of God, and when God gives a name to a thing, it means that the thing is just what He names it. So the seventh day is the Sabbath, and so it will always be, no matter what men may do."
Present Truth

Creation Moment 7/3/2024 - Proton Pumps

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm 139:14

"The properties of the transition metals are also uniquely fit for their participation in the electron transport chain, which is crucial to the process of cellular respiration. 

Briefly, the electron transport chain involves the flow of electrons through a respiratory chain. 

Electrons pass through three protein complexes that are embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane: 

NADH-Q oxidoreductase (Complex I); 

Q-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (Complex III); 

and cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV). 

Complex I, a large multi-subunit protein, is the enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from the reducing agent (electron donor) NADH to coenzyme Q. 

The electrons are relayed to cytochrome c at Complex III, and Complex IV transfers the electrons to oxygen, which is thus reduced to water. 

Complexes I, III, and IV serve as proton pumps, using the energy from electron transfer to transport protons from the matrix into the intermembrane space. 

The complexes utilize the energy given up by the flow of electrons. The inner mitochondrial membrane is impermeable to protons, leading to their accumulation in the intermembrane space.

Like water behind a dam, this build-up of protons stores potential energy. A chemical turbine called ATP synthase then facilitates the flow of protons down their concentration gradient from the inner membrane space to the matrix, using the energy released in the process to create ATP. 

Essential to this process is a unique property of the transition metal atoms, namely, their possessing different redox potentials — that is, their ability to accommodate varying numbers of electrons in their outermost shells. 

The extent to which the outer shell is full of electrons will determine the atom’s affinity for electrons (with a less full outer shell having a stronger affinity for electrons than one that is fuller). Furthermore, the redox potential (that is, the affinity for electrons) of the transition metals “can be fine-tuned by appropriate choice of ligands to encompass almost the entire biologically significant range of redox potentials.” 

This makes it possible to organize a chain of transition metal atoms, each with an increasing redox potential, in order for electrons to be drawn from one metal atom to the next in a series of discrete ordered steps. 

No other atoms, besides the transition metal atoms, have the properties needed to undertake this task. It is also noteworthy that no alternative mechanism has ever been employed in any known lifeform to generate the large quantities of ATP needed to sustain life." 

EN&V

Only 2 Religions on Earth

"CHRISTIANITY is the religion of Jesus Christ. 

Jesus Christ is the only manifestation of God. 

No man knoweth the Father "save the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him." Matt. 11:27. 

Therefore whatever religion is not the religion of Jesus Christ, is not the worship. of God, and must be heathenism. There are only two systems of religion in the world—Christianity and heathenism." 

E.J. Waggoner

Creation Moment 7/2/2024 - Target of Eugenicists

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Acts 17:26

"The eugenicists’ arrogant certainty that, because they had inherited money and power, they were genetically superior to the rest of the human race, found in Charles Darwin’s theories an ideal pretext and a program: to take the survival of the fittest and make it happen faster, by stopping the “unfit” from breeding. 

The goal, in Margaret Sanger’s own words, was “More Children from the Fit, Fewer from the Unfit.” Instead of seeing the poor as victims of injustice or targets for Christian charity, the materialism these elitists took from Darwin assured them that the poor were themselves the problem — that they were inferior, deficient and dangerous down to the marrow of their bones.

The targets of this campaign in America were poor people, the unemployed, non-English-speaking immigrants, but most of all African-Americans. This vulnerable population, composed largely of ex-slaves and their children, was identified in the 1880s as a “threat” to the “racial health” and progress of the United States, by followers of Francis Galton — first cousin of Charles Darwin, heir to a slave-trading fortune, and inventor of the “science” of eugenics. These people had been exploited for centuries as free labor, denied education for fear of fomenting rebellion, and excluded from most of the economy. Now the eugenicists blamed the victims, black Americans, for their desperate social conditions, claiming that they were the natural result of blacks’ “defective germ plasm."

JASON JONES & JOHN ZMIRAK

The Gospels are no Peter Pan story

"J. M. Barrie wrote the fictional story of Peter Pan, for example, he

set the account in late Victorian London. A thousand years from now, archaeologists will certainly find archaeological evidence confirming the existence of London and may even find ancient accounts of other writers describing the Peter Pan story. But the archaeological or manuscript support confirming a portion of Pan’s story would not guarantee the authenticity of the entire account. The true existence of London does not corroborate the true existence of Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell or the Lost Boys.

The Authors of the Gospels Claimed to Be Eyewitnesses

There is a difference between the authors of the Gospels and J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. 

Barrie never wrote his story as a true claim about history from the perspective of an eyewitness. Instead, he first introduced the

character of Peter Pan in a small section of The Little White Bird, a 1902 novel. He later adapted the character into a stage play for children and eventually the character appeared in a separate publication. All the while, Barrie never claimed to be writing true history as an eyewitness. 

The authors of the Gospels, on the other hand, repeatedly identified themselves as eyewitnesses:
2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

1 John 1:1,3

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life… we proclaim to you also.

John 21:24-25

This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.

The Authors of the Gospels Can Be Tested As Eyewitnesses
In the end, the authors themselves must be tested for their reliability. There is a four-part template we use to test eyewitnesses in any criminal trial or investigation. If we can determine a witness was actually present to see what they reported, can be corroborated by some form of external evidence, has been honest and accurate over time, and has no ulterior motive or bias to tell a lie, we can consider the witness to be reliable. 

If we apply this four part template to J. M. Barrie, he is quickly exposed as an author of fiction (this shouldn’t surprise us given the fact he never claimed to be an eyewitness). When we apply this investigative template to the authors of the Gospels, however, they survive remarkably as reliable witnesses, especially when compared to other accurate historians of antiquity.

The Authors of the Gospels Died As Eyewitnesses
J. M. Barrie and his publishers profited from the story of Peter Pan in a number of ways. The authors of the Gospels were not as fortunate. In fact, the eyewitnesses of the life of Jesus died for their claims

without ever recanting their testimony. They suffered persecution for these accounts, and although there is evidence second generation Christians were tortured and forced to recant (as described in Pliny the Younger’s letter to Emperor Trajan), there is absolutely no evidence the original eyewitnesses ever recanted in such a way. On the contrary, there are numerous accounts describing the martyrdom of the eyewitnesses. These authors never enjoyed the success of a stage play or successful publication. Instead, they suffered for their claims, yet held firm to their accounts in spite of the tremendous pressure to change their testimony.

The case for the reliability of the Gospels is built on far more than simple archaeological support. It is built instead on the cumulative case for the reliability of the gospel eyewitnesses. 

The archeological evidence is one small part of this collective case. The story of Peter Pan is a fictional claim, 

the story of Jesus is an historical claim." 

J.W. Wallace

Times of Anapsyxis SIMPLIFIED

"Creation was made for man,

--- and put in subjection to him.

--- Adam rebelled against his Maker, 

--- and nature rebelled against her rightful Lord. 

Sin entered Eden; and not only man, 

but all creation felt the wound, 

and received the wages of sin, which is death. 

-The Lord of creation dies, 

-and passes through death to the resurrection, 

-and to recovered immortality. 

Creation itself travels to incorruption by the same pathway with its Lord,-all creation must perish that it may be revived again incorruptible with its Lord, in the times of anapsyxis, or resuscitation, from the presence of the Lord." 

H.D. Ward

IN the NEWS - Outspoken Atheist Goes Viral After Publicly Coming to Realization About God

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke 15:7

"A once-outspoken atheist who previously argued against the existence of God did an about-face on social media on Monday, and explained she is trying to further her relationship with Him.

Freely Ashley of the outlet ThePublica acknowledged on the social media platform X that she had encountered a situation that had changed her mind and her heart.
Ashley explained a bit more about her feelings about God after coming across Him.
“I believe in God. This is very new. And scary,” she wrote. “Why is it scary? I’ve denied the existence of God since I could remember.”
“I’m not labeling myself as anything right now. I’m wearing the cross to remind myself there’s always an audience (God) and to act accordingly. I put it on about a month ago." 

WesternJournal

Shepherd's Rod HERESY ARCHIVES PAGE

And many false prophets shall rise, 

and shall deceive many. 

Matthew 24:11

*The Shepherd's Rod movement, started by a Bulgarian immigrant to America, started it in the early 1900's in California. It was a

movement where their calling was to supposedly be the Shepherd's Rod to smite the SDA Church into the (their) truth. They were kicked out of the Church along with their heretical teachings of Victor Houteff who claimed he was the continuation of the S.O.P. 

He formed the Church of the Davidian SDA's. From them split the Branch Davidian SDA's following Mr. Roden as Houteff's successor while those who stayed in the original church rejected Roden.

Then from the Branch Davidians split the 7 Sealers who followed David Koresh.

Two False Christs that merged: From 1st to last Decade of the 20th Century

Dig Deeper: Two False Christs that merged: From 1st to last Decade of the 20th Century

SDA Issues - WACO: How to Respond

Dig Deeper: SDA Issues - WACO: How to Respond (master1844-dc.blogspot.com)

2 More HERESIES of Davidian Cult

Dig Deeper: 2 More HERESIES of Davidian Cult (master1844-dc.blogspot.com)

Refuting Koresh on the 7 Seals SERIES PAGE

Dig Deeper: Refuting Koresh on the 7 Seals SERIES PAGE (master1844-dc.blogspot.com)

Houteff Heresy Sermon SERIES by Ismael Rodriguez

Dig Deeper: Houteff Heresy Sermon SERIES by Ismael Rodriguez (master1844-dc.blogspot.com)

YouTube Links

Book Collector finds an original Shepherd's Rod Book 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JBxemqhBGFM?si=z-O3Kvno6L_ga4fo

IN the NEWS - Slaughter of the Innocents in China

Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back. Proverbs 28:17 NIV

"China is being rocked by a series of shocking murders of little girls committed by boys as young as 12.
But, nearly as shocking is how the communist nation deals with juvenile killers — usually letting them go without jail time.

As China struggles to answer how to hold children accountable for heinous killings, the most notorious of which are committed against other kids, it’s often the parents of the victims who find themselves waiting for justice that might never come.

Gong Junli, whose 8-year-old daughter was brutally stabbed to death by a 13-year-old boy, is among the latest heartbroken parents waiting to see if the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) will sentence his child’s killer to prison.
--The boy then stabbed her multiple times and abandoned her body in a grove of poplar trees, officials said.
--Investigators noted that the 13-year-old allegedly prepared knives, blades, disposable gloves, plastic ropes and other tools for the murder, placing them in the woods where he invited the victim to play.
--Officials said the teen showed no remorse for the crime and spoke nonchalantly when questioned by police.

Junli’s surveillance camera captured the moment the young girl was lured away by the teenager, who had come to ask her to join him in the woods twice before.
--The grieving father told Red Star that the teenager had allegedly developed a hatred for women after being beaten and scolded by his mother, and had planned to kill her and female classmates with good grades before choosing the 8-year-old as his first victim.

Junli’s case is similar to one from last year, where a 4-year-old girl was killed by a boy under 12 years old who pushed her into a manure tank just 300 yards from her home in Hubei.
The SPC recently announced that it had handed down sentences against 12,000 minors in the first three months of 2024.

The court also acknowledged that it sentenced four minors aged between 12 and 14 to 10 to 15 years in prison in April, but did not say what their crimes were.
Along with the sentence, the court issued new guidelines on preventing juvenile crime, where it suggested that courts could hold parents and guardians responsible for their children’s actions." 

NYP

On the Streets of Babylon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg granted "sainthood" on the Streets

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4

It seems that "Ruth Bader Ginsburg was granted sainthood" on the Streets of Babylon...

"In a recent self-described “unabashed girl power sermon,” where all the worship for the service was replaced by renditions of Beyonce’s Run the World (Girls) and Survivor, impastor Jen

Strickland of Claremont United Church of Christ sought to call attention to women in the bible by heaping praise on the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah, and how their struggle to protect bodily autonomy is analogous to efforts today.
“I’ll start off with the bad news. The bad news is that “reproductive rights,” as it turns out, have been under attack since 1500BCE. The good news, I think, is that even in the midst of mind blowing tomfoolery, women of all ages have been around to save the day.”
Strickland says that the midwives exhibited “bravery and courage to tell such a bold lie to such power” by lying about "why we’re not killing the Jewish babies,” doing what they could to “subvert the system” and ultimately use “Pharaoh’s own racist and prejudice beliefs about the Hebrews” against him.
Strickland praises Moses mother, sister, and Pharoah daughter for all conspiring against Pharoah and his desire to dictate to the women when they can and can’t have babies, and the praises deceased former US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, one of the most vociferous defenders of abortion and “reproductive rights” the country has ever known, by concluding: "We must never forget that the women who have gone before us have paved the way for more equality and more freedom for all of us today. They found ways to subvert the system in order to improve life.
I also hope we all have appreciation for the more recent saints who have gone before us like Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And I hope that you find the same spirit of bravery and faith, and you can figure out how you will subvert the system, in your specific context, in your own special way." 

Protestia

Creation Moment 7/1/2024 - Where Scientific Study Should Lead

"While many people think science and the Bible conflict, Dr Buckland strongly disagrees, explaining:

"As I study science, geography is just the world’s complexity. All we scientists can do is discover what has already been created—or

manipulate, synthesize, or channel aspects of creation in order to problem-solve and propose theories on how things work. As Psalm 111:2 (Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.) implies, scientific study should naturally bring any honest person closer to God. Without God, there could be no scientific exploration."

Furthermore, scientific discoveries point to nature’s underlying regularity, created by the Divine Lawmaker." 

CMI

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