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	<title>Comments on: Lie #2: &#8216;God is huge and unapproachable, and He wants you to labor, struggle and live in guilt.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Debra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is confusing, The first part was correct thinking of our LORD and Saviour JESUS, but then you lost me. Who and what are you searching for?  What will of God are you wishing to share? Take care and question everything being extremely careful to ask the Father for bread and not a serpent.  We have an enemy out for our destruction.  Stay at the cross my friend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is confusing, The first part was correct thinking of our LORD and Saviour JESUS, but then you lost me. Who and what are you searching for?  What will of God are you wishing to share? Take care and question everything being extremely careful to ask the Father for bread and not a serpent.  We have an enemy out for our destruction.  Stay at the cross my friend.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear James Flood

What you say is what I was told by the messenger from God.  I was told the person whom I was praying to was not Our Omnipotent and Omniscient God.  I was told Jesus was my Saviour who is King Over all the Earth and who Is The Son of The Living God.

I was told to take off my shoes before entering the presence of the True God of all Creation.  Moses was told to cast his sandals from off his feet Exodus 3:4. God&#039;s name was told to me Yhaouvah&#039;nissi-jirey the meaning of God&#039;s name was explained to me.  The meaning of nissi is found in Exodus 17:15 (because a hand is against the throne of Yhaouvah). And the meaning of Yhaouvah&#039;jirey is in Genesis 22:14 where the messenger explained this to refer to the Ransom Sacrifice of His Precious Son Jesus who died on behalf of my sins and the sins of the whole world.  I love my God, His Son and all the prophets.  And I am grateful to My Lord Jesus Christ for his love and appreciate what he has done on my behalf and for the whole world of mankind who will benefit.

However I am disturbed and saddened because I have been searching for the persons who I have been directed to write to and have not to date been successful in contacting.

Please if it is not you who has been contacted to carry out the Will of Our Heavenly Father please pray for me and for God&#039;s Kingdom to be established over the earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear James Flood</p>
<p>What you say is what I was told by the messenger from God.  I was told the person whom I was praying to was not Our Omnipotent and Omniscient God.  I was told Jesus was my Saviour who is King Over all the Earth and who Is The Son of The Living God.</p>
<p>I was told to take off my shoes before entering the presence of the True God of all Creation.  Moses was told to cast his sandals from off his feet Exodus 3:4. God&#8217;s name was told to me Yhaouvah&#8217;nissi-jirey the meaning of God&#8217;s name was explained to me.  The meaning of nissi is found in Exodus 17:15 (because a hand is against the throne of Yhaouvah). And the meaning of Yhaouvah&#8217;jirey is in Genesis 22:14 where the messenger explained this to refer to the Ransom Sacrifice of His Precious Son Jesus who died on behalf of my sins and the sins of the whole world.  I love my God, His Son and all the prophets.  And I am grateful to My Lord Jesus Christ for his love and appreciate what he has done on my behalf and for the whole world of mankind who will benefit.</p>
<p>However I am disturbed and saddened because I have been searching for the persons who I have been directed to write to and have not to date been successful in contacting.</p>
<p>Please if it is not you who has been contacted to carry out the Will of Our Heavenly Father please pray for me and for God&#8217;s Kingdom to be established over the earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Pete, Jim Brechtel, Perry or others.

1st question: Is it your belief that Jesus is God?  

2nd question: Jeremiah 23:32 gives warning of false dreams and false prophets. But Joel 2:28 says that in the last days old men will dream dreams and young men will prophesy. Acts 2:17 also reveals that in the last days God will pour out his spirit on all sorts of flesh and the prophesy in Joel is hence validated by the disciple Luke&#039;s writing as in the book of Acts. 

I was spoken to by a messenger from heaven but no one I have contacted is able to believe.  Everyone I have spoken to has a closed mind on the matter although what I have been told is written in scripture.

I was told two persons will be directed by God through dreams to carry out his work in this time.

These people will be instructed on how God purposes to judge the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Pete, Jim Brechtel, Perry or others.</p>
<p>1st question: Is it your belief that Jesus is God?  </p>
<p>2nd question: Jeremiah 23:32 gives warning of false dreams and false prophets. But Joel 2:28 says that in the last days old men will dream dreams and young men will prophesy. Acts 2:17 also reveals that in the last days God will pour out his spirit on all sorts of flesh and the prophesy in Joel is hence validated by the disciple Luke&#8217;s writing as in the book of Acts. </p>
<p>I was spoken to by a messenger from heaven but no one I have contacted is able to believe.  Everyone I have spoken to has a closed mind on the matter although what I have been told is written in scripture.</p>
<p>I was told two persons will be directed by God through dreams to carry out his work in this time.</p>
<p>These people will be instructed on how God purposes to judge the world.</p>
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		<title>By: Pete Hodge</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete Hodge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s face it, the church is full of hypocrites. Of course it is. But then, so is the world outside the church. Let&#039;s see, this weekend we have celebrated Christmas. What is Christmas? Well, the common view is that it is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus.(Actually, as a Bible believing Christian (Not JW) I do not subscribe to the notion that Jesus was born on December 25th.) But, how many non believers have had their booze, eaten far too much, gave gifts, put up decorations? That&#039;s right, millions. If that isn&#039;t hypocrisy, what is?

So, the point, are there pedophiles in the church? NO. Are there pedophiles in some religious bodies, quite possibly. Just as there are homosexuals and lesbians. There can be no practicing homosexuals or lesbians in the church, but most certainly in relgious bodies.

As for the non existence of God, as Aigars B suggests, then the whole weight of history goes against him. Rather, the more science seeks to disprove God, the more evidence is revealed that shows He must exist. Of course, you aren&#039;t going to hear about that in the media.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s face it, the church is full of hypocrites. Of course it is. But then, so is the world outside the church. Let&#8217;s see, this weekend we have celebrated Christmas. What is Christmas? Well, the common view is that it is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus.(Actually, as a Bible believing Christian (Not JW) I do not subscribe to the notion that Jesus was born on December 25th.) But, how many non believers have had their booze, eaten far too much, gave gifts, put up decorations? That&#8217;s right, millions. If that isn&#8217;t hypocrisy, what is?</p>
<p>So, the point, are there pedophiles in the church? NO. Are there pedophiles in some religious bodies, quite possibly. Just as there are homosexuals and lesbians. There can be no practicing homosexuals or lesbians in the church, but most certainly in relgious bodies.</p>
<p>As for the non existence of God, as Aigars B suggests, then the whole weight of history goes against him. Rather, the more science seeks to disprove God, the more evidence is revealed that shows He must exist. Of course, you aren&#8217;t going to hear about that in the media.</p>
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		<title>By: perrymarshall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;there are pedophiles in churches, because sexuality is oppressed&quot;

Really? You honestly believe that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;there are pedophiles in churches, because sexuality is oppressed&#8221;</p>
<p>Really? You honestly believe that?</p>
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		<title>By: Aigars B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aigars B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God does not exist - there is no evidence for this idea. If there would be that thing, it would be all over the news. There is love, there is hate, there is power, there are stars, there are bugs, there is Monsanto, there are pedophiles in churches, because sexuality is oppressed, the representative of god (pope) is driving in tank, because god does not provide security services.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God does not exist &#8211; there is no evidence for this idea. If there would be that thing, it would be all over the news. There is love, there is hate, there is power, there are stars, there are bugs, there is Monsanto, there are pedophiles in churches, because sexuality is oppressed, the representative of god (pope) is driving in tank, because god does not provide security services.</p>
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		<title>By: darrell evans</title>
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		<dc:creator>darrell evans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Perry et al; 

  To my own personal views, do I allude to, when I say that all religious types of “Christian” sects are an attempt to copy the catholic (adj.) church our Lord Jesus said He was going to build, since Martin Luther’s Reformation and William Tyndale‘s English version of the Bible; “So every ploughman can read scripture for himself.“ got published after His crusifiction at Calvary. It is however, Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), who was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat, who is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular Middle English, rather than French or Latin, but it was Tyndale who really made it a ligitmate language when he transscribed the Bible from latin into Old English, to become England&#039;s Great Bible, the King JamesVersion...

  I believe all of this was done through the teachings within them through the “Holy Ghost” and they then became fearless in the face of any threats because they were powered from within by our Lord Jesus in the form of the Holy Ghost. I also believe they knew what a veiled threat it would be for this work to be hidden by evil bent human overlords, and therefore His strength in His perseverance in completing His work as far as he (Tyndale) was able. Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent. So to my way of seeing things Tyndale was the under creator of the Words new ( Pure ) language that was to become an Ocean Language fed by many linguistic  tributaries to today and is still developing, so that our Lord Jesus‘ name will be known in that “Pure” language world wide in English for us to praise Him with.

  Luther’s Reformation Theology was in many ways (though not all) synonymous with &quot;Biblical Theology.&quot; That is to say, MOST of the doctrines that the Reformed Church held were grounded solidly in the laws of God. This is in stark contrast to the many unbiblical doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, that sadly have invaded Protestant Churches in modern times all of which encourage their “Flocks“ to break every Law, precept and doctrine of our Lord Jesus. Matthews 6:1-6 state clearly, that Fasting, Tithing, and Prayer are all prejudicially done in “Secret”, a sin they cause all of their “Flock” to commit. Just how is a person supposed to tithe in secret if he is solicited for a tithing? Or if they deduct it from their taxes? The same goes with fasting and prayer, all done in secret.  And in my view, being that Christianity is all “Spiritual” in Gods nature, then God should, and does, provide us with everything we need to survive on earth, ( even though some of us seem to think it&#039;s themselves that did it, because they will have no other gods before them ), and so we do not, thank You Lord Jesus, have to resort to “Simony” to, (Ahem,) balance the financial “Books”, that those so called church sect’s covet so much.
 
 For when men are determined to have rule over God&#039;s word, they take the obvious and make it abstruse or ambiguous. And when you join up, then you find you have been shorn because you see things happening that shouldn’t be happening so now you want to back out. Matthews 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Matthews 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Nevertheless, it was by the Spirit of God that the Reformation faithful of Luther’s and Tyndale&#039;s time could discern that the Church was not built upon shaky human traditions sanctioned by men in the laity, but upon the solid Rock of the scriptures in their “hearts“, where the Holy Ghost Teaches us. Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy Shield and Buckler. Exodus 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon a Rock: 1Corenthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

 For what authority could be higher than God&#039;s very own inerrant word? Therefore, no obfuscating clever words of nullification could obscure from the faithful this simple truth, which was that; “God&#039;s “Word” reigns supreme!”.

 A simple question deserves a simple answer and our Lord Jesus always comes up with simple answers to complex problems. Matthews 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. God&#039;s Word alone, understood in light of Itself, &quot;is&quot; the ultimate authority for God’s Church, the catholic Church He said He would build, and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. 

 The first duty of a witness is to testify to what they have personally have seen. And while Reformed theology is at its core, unwavering in its teachings of the doctrines of Grace alone, it is nonetheless &#039;evangelical&#039; Christianity, holding to the superiority of the preaching of the gospel message of salvation over Church public praying, tithing, rituals, penance, ostentatious ceremony, and in other words, “Simony.”.

 Reformed theology according to our Lord Jesus, ( as He threw the money changers out of the temple), gives no provision for human merit, nor any atonement by man that would make God his debtor. Our Lord and Master is the “Boss of bosses”. Basic to true Biblical faith is the doctrine of inerrancy of the Word of God, and ultimate authority of Scripture, rather than leaders, over His Church.  Matthews 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. It is self evident that following God, by necessity, entails following God&#039;s Word, rather than the words of men. Romans 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

 Biblical theology is anchored in the belief that sinners are saved from death and given the gift of eternal life through faith in the &#039;finished&#039; work of Jesus Christ. Ecclesiastes 3 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before Him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be, hath already been; ( It is finished!) and God requireth that which is past. So, &quot;finished&quot; means that nothing else is required to receive it. He who has the “Fear of the Lord” is complete and needs nothing more.” 

 The warnings to heed this are plethora in scripture; Colossians 2:8-10  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are COMPLETE in Him, which is the head of all principality and power: 2Chronicals 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.  Psalm 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto Me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His Commandments: His praise endureth for ever. Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

If a person professes and believes that they are “Christian“, why do so many who do so, live in fear? Psalm 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall “Teach” you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

This is a &quot;Spiritual&quot; war we are seeing before us these days and they should be quite aware of that!

Matthew 10:1 ¶ And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 
Matthew 10:16-22 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour, what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for My name&#039;s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

Revelation 3:9-13 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

 Ephesians 6:10 -11&quot;Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.&quot; 

2Chronicals 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 

Amen! Thank You Lord Jesus!

God bless you all, in and through our Lord Jesus the Christ!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Perry et al; </p>
<p>  To my own personal views, do I allude to, when I say that all religious types of “Christian” sects are an attempt to copy the catholic (adj.) church our Lord Jesus said He was going to build, since Martin Luther’s Reformation and William Tyndale‘s English version of the Bible; “So every ploughman can read scripture for himself.“ got published after His crusifiction at Calvary. It is however, Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), who was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat, who is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular Middle English, rather than French or Latin, but it was Tyndale who really made it a ligitmate language when he transscribed the Bible from latin into Old English, to become England&#8217;s Great Bible, the King JamesVersion&#8230;</p>
<p>  I believe all of this was done through the teachings within them through the “Holy Ghost” and they then became fearless in the face of any threats because they were powered from within by our Lord Jesus in the form of the Holy Ghost. I also believe they knew what a veiled threat it would be for this work to be hidden by evil bent human overlords, and therefore His strength in His perseverance in completing His work as far as he (Tyndale) was able. Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent. So to my way of seeing things Tyndale was the under creator of the Words new ( Pure ) language that was to become an Ocean Language fed by many linguistic  tributaries to today and is still developing, so that our Lord Jesus‘ name will be known in that “Pure” language world wide in English for us to praise Him with.</p>
<p>  Luther’s Reformation Theology was in many ways (though not all) synonymous with &#8220;Biblical Theology.&#8221; That is to say, MOST of the doctrines that the Reformed Church held were grounded solidly in the laws of God. This is in stark contrast to the many unbiblical doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, that sadly have invaded Protestant Churches in modern times all of which encourage their “Flocks“ to break every Law, precept and doctrine of our Lord Jesus. Matthews 6:1-6 state clearly, that Fasting, Tithing, and Prayer are all prejudicially done in “Secret”, a sin they cause all of their “Flock” to commit. Just how is a person supposed to tithe in secret if he is solicited for a tithing? Or if they deduct it from their taxes? The same goes with fasting and prayer, all done in secret.  And in my view, being that Christianity is all “Spiritual” in Gods nature, then God should, and does, provide us with everything we need to survive on earth, ( even though some of us seem to think it&#8217;s themselves that did it, because they will have no other gods before them ), and so we do not, thank You Lord Jesus, have to resort to “Simony” to, (Ahem,) balance the financial “Books”, that those so called church sect’s covet so much.</p>
<p> For when men are determined to have rule over God&#8217;s word, they take the obvious and make it abstruse or ambiguous. And when you join up, then you find you have been shorn because you see things happening that shouldn’t be happening so now you want to back out. Matthews 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Matthews 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.<br />
Nevertheless, it was by the Spirit of God that the Reformation faithful of Luther’s and Tyndale&#8217;s time could discern that the Church was not built upon shaky human traditions sanctioned by men in the laity, but upon the solid Rock of the scriptures in their “hearts“, where the Holy Ghost Teaches us. Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy Shield and Buckler. Exodus 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon a Rock: 1Corenthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.</p>
<p> For what authority could be higher than God&#8217;s very own inerrant word? Therefore, no obfuscating clever words of nullification could obscure from the faithful this simple truth, which was that; “God&#8217;s “Word” reigns supreme!”.</p>
<p> A simple question deserves a simple answer and our Lord Jesus always comes up with simple answers to complex problems. Matthews 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. God&#8217;s Word alone, understood in light of Itself, &#8220;is&#8221; the ultimate authority for God’s Church, the catholic Church He said He would build, and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. </p>
<p> The first duty of a witness is to testify to what they have personally have seen. And while Reformed theology is at its core, unwavering in its teachings of the doctrines of Grace alone, it is nonetheless &#8216;evangelical&#8217; Christianity, holding to the superiority of the preaching of the gospel message of salvation over Church public praying, tithing, rituals, penance, ostentatious ceremony, and in other words, “Simony.”.</p>
<p> Reformed theology according to our Lord Jesus, ( as He threw the money changers out of the temple), gives no provision for human merit, nor any atonement by man that would make God his debtor. Our Lord and Master is the “Boss of bosses”. Basic to true Biblical faith is the doctrine of inerrancy of the Word of God, and ultimate authority of Scripture, rather than leaders, over His Church.  Matthews 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. It is self evident that following God, by necessity, entails following God&#8217;s Word, rather than the words of men. Romans 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.</p>
<p> Biblical theology is anchored in the belief that sinners are saved from death and given the gift of eternal life through faith in the &#8216;finished&#8217; work of Jesus Christ. Ecclesiastes 3 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before Him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be, hath already been; ( It is finished!) and God requireth that which is past. So, &#8220;finished&#8221; means that nothing else is required to receive it. He who has the “Fear of the Lord” is complete and needs nothing more.” </p>
<p> The warnings to heed this are plethora in scripture; Colossians 2:8-10  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are COMPLETE in Him, which is the head of all principality and power: 2Chronicals 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.  Psalm 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto Me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His Commandments: His praise endureth for ever. Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.</p>
<p>If a person professes and believes that they are “Christian“, why do so many who do so, live in fear? Psalm 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall “Teach” you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.</p>
<p>This is a &#8220;Spiritual&#8221; war we are seeing before us these days and they should be quite aware of that!</p>
<p>Matthew 10:1 ¶ And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.<br />
Matthew 10:16-22 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour, what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for My name&#8217;s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. </p>
<p>Revelation 3:9-13 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.</p>
<p> Ephesians 6:10 -11&#8243;Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.&#8221; </p>
<p>2Chronicals 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. </p>
<p>Amen! Thank You Lord Jesus!</p>
<p>God bless you all, in and through our Lord Jesus the Christ!</p>
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		<title>By: darrell evans</title>
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		<dc:creator>darrell evans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Perry et al and God bless you all;

 I am of the opinion that we are a Christian Nation, and I fear I will see a rise again from our Christian brothers and sisters to sing that old world war II song; “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!”

We have to be patient and wait on the Lord to do what He will do. This is a spiritual war that’s been going on since time begun, and now we are the ones that are privy to see it end. 

However, not with guns will it end, but with our consolidated prayers to our Lord God Jesus Christ, He will end it! Amen!

The following is a letter I got while I was surfing the net, as I asked our Lord Jesus to show me how this last war will start and end and this is where I was led, so I will share it with you.

Letter starts…
JERUSALEM - The new Palestinian prime minister understands that terror against Israel must stop for peacemaking to go forward, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday. Israelis told Powell they want to see terror groups dismantled By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer, (May 11th 2003) 

The above cut and paste article of a few words is from a well known newspaper. Many wonder when this violence will end. We have seen that world&#039;s great leaders are finding new map for peace for Israel and Palestine. Great map&#039;s are been stretched out. Great words have been spoken off. Great plans are been created and recreated. But still there is no peace. I can see a tunnel and the darkness in it and the light is yet to be seen as we move forward for peace.

Let us read and feel the Word in the book of Exodus 14:14; &quot;The Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace&quot; 

 If we will hold our quiet for a while, and then slowly and surely think what the Word is saying, it just excites my inner heart to my bones and my outer skin. What an awesome Lord we serve. He is the avenger, He is the warrior and I hold my peace. Let us meditate on the next verse 15, and feel what the Word says, &quot;And the Lord said to Moses, &quot;Why do you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.&quot; We can see here that the Lord God almighty is telling the people of Israel through Moses the chosen leader, as they are about to cross the Red sea, to stop crying and have faith in ME. I may rewrite these words in this way. 

“Come on my people move forward, and I will show the enemies My Power and Might. And I am with you. “

 It is of great excitement to meditate on the next verse 16, as it reads this way &quot;But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground and through the midst of the sea. &quot; 

 The Lord is not only asking them to stop crying but He is commanding Moses the chosen leader to rise his faith and stretch out his hands as an action of faith, to divide the sea, so that they may walk the dry land in peace in the midst of the sea which is the storm and death. As we can later read and feel that these seas and the strong east wind which was friendly to the Israelis was a death to the following armies of Pharaoh. The Lord&#039;s great Might was revealed to all.

 When I read these loving Words of Jesus in the gospel of John verse 27, I don&#039;t have to doubt about my peace. The Word says it this way, &quot;Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.&quot; 

Yes we have troubling hearts that hold no life giving water and hence no peace. Jesus is the life giving water, and the Bread from heaven, and the awesome Peace Maker and the Peace Giver. In the midst of sea and storm in our life let us search for Him and keep our hearts closer to Him, so that we are not troubled and we can cross the dry ground to the other side with ease. Let’s, allow the Master to take control of our destiny. 

We each have a personal aim or agenda in our individual lives, let us stretch our aims with prayers and lovingly share what we have been gifted with by His Will.. If we have gifted hands let us stretch those hands to bring healing to others. If we have gifted voice, let us stretch our voice, so that it will comfort the ears of the sorrowful heart and bring life to their heart forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord using us as His instrument..

John 14:30-31 &quot;I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in Me.&quot; &quot;But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.&quot;

 What a wonderful and joyful Truth from our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is saying that, I am sent by God the Father, and I am sent to do the work He has told Me to do, so that the Father will be Glorified with the Son. Those who has seen the Son has seen the Father. Jesus spoke the Word with great authority and power with signs and wonders. This was not well taken by the Pharisees and Sadducees of those times, and it is the same in the present time.

 In the very near future we can see new world leaders taking some important positions through their new pledge and promises for a better peaceable world. Let me tell you beloved ones of our Lord Jesus Christ, their plans are going to be a total disaster. All eyes will be at Jerusalem with great hatred. 

Why?

 Well Jerusalem is the great city and throne that God our Father and Creator has chosen for His manifestation.

 The Jews along with the Christians are the chosen tree that God will stand with, in these last days. Israel is the nation that God has chosen as a table to serve the Lord&#039;s Supper. God&#039;s eyes are always on Israel and His people. Satan, who tempted the first Adam through Eve in the Garden of Eden in Iraq, has raised his ugly head for false peace propaganda. Satan loves to be the false peace maker rising from Iraq&#039;s garden. Iraq a cradle of civilization known to all mankind, had one strong hold broken with bunker bombers, but another will rise up. Have you heard of the wall lizard in homes, that when you cut its tail, it will grow back? There is no use cutting off the tail. It needs to be destroyed completely, if the tail harms you. The God of Israel, tells me in the Book of Deuteronomy that I am the head and not the tail. The coming Anti Christ is a tail.

Peace follows in accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior and following His teachings. We must be His disciples which is the high standard God wants of us. 
Holiness is very important if we are to see that Light in the dark tunnel. Are we a holy Christian or just in the organization of dark tunnels to inflict and experience wrong motives, not knowing whom to pray to and what to pray where to pray and when to pray. The word of God says, watch and pray, so that the tempter the Devil will not make his false peace with us. Today in the world all the five star entertainment gives false hope and peace. I pray that Israel and all the nations in the world need the bright and morning star, and His name is Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Truly Jesus Christ is the Matchless Peace.

Letter End.

God bless all of you with His Peace and Joy my beloved friends in Jesus Christ.

Your humble friend, through our Lord Jesus Christ, darrell</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Perry et al and God bless you all;</p>
<p> I am of the opinion that we are a Christian Nation, and I fear I will see a rise again from our Christian brothers and sisters to sing that old world war II song; “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!”</p>
<p>We have to be patient and wait on the Lord to do what He will do. This is a spiritual war that’s been going on since time begun, and now we are the ones that are privy to see it end. </p>
<p>However, not with guns will it end, but with our consolidated prayers to our Lord God Jesus Christ, He will end it! Amen!</p>
<p>The following is a letter I got while I was surfing the net, as I asked our Lord Jesus to show me how this last war will start and end and this is where I was led, so I will share it with you.</p>
<p>Letter starts…<br />
JERUSALEM &#8211; The new Palestinian prime minister understands that terror against Israel must stop for peacemaking to go forward, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday. Israelis told Powell they want to see terror groups dismantled By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer, (May 11th 2003) </p>
<p>The above cut and paste article of a few words is from a well known newspaper. Many wonder when this violence will end. We have seen that world&#8217;s great leaders are finding new map for peace for Israel and Palestine. Great map&#8217;s are been stretched out. Great words have been spoken off. Great plans are been created and recreated. But still there is no peace. I can see a tunnel and the darkness in it and the light is yet to be seen as we move forward for peace.</p>
<p>Let us read and feel the Word in the book of Exodus 14:14; &#8220;The Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace&#8221; </p>
<p> If we will hold our quiet for a while, and then slowly and surely think what the Word is saying, it just excites my inner heart to my bones and my outer skin. What an awesome Lord we serve. He is the avenger, He is the warrior and I hold my peace. Let us meditate on the next verse 15, and feel what the Word says, &#8220;And the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Why do you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.&#8221; We can see here that the Lord God almighty is telling the people of Israel through Moses the chosen leader, as they are about to cross the Red sea, to stop crying and have faith in ME. I may rewrite these words in this way. </p>
<p>“Come on my people move forward, and I will show the enemies My Power and Might. And I am with you. “</p>
<p> It is of great excitement to meditate on the next verse 16, as it reads this way &#8220;But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground and through the midst of the sea. &#8221; </p>
<p> The Lord is not only asking them to stop crying but He is commanding Moses the chosen leader to rise his faith and stretch out his hands as an action of faith, to divide the sea, so that they may walk the dry land in peace in the midst of the sea which is the storm and death. As we can later read and feel that these seas and the strong east wind which was friendly to the Israelis was a death to the following armies of Pharaoh. The Lord&#8217;s great Might was revealed to all.</p>
<p> When I read these loving Words of Jesus in the gospel of John verse 27, I don&#8217;t have to doubt about my peace. The Word says it this way, &#8220;Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.&#8221; </p>
<p>Yes we have troubling hearts that hold no life giving water and hence no peace. Jesus is the life giving water, and the Bread from heaven, and the awesome Peace Maker and the Peace Giver. In the midst of sea and storm in our life let us search for Him and keep our hearts closer to Him, so that we are not troubled and we can cross the dry ground to the other side with ease. Let’s, allow the Master to take control of our destiny. </p>
<p>We each have a personal aim or agenda in our individual lives, let us stretch our aims with prayers and lovingly share what we have been gifted with by His Will.. If we have gifted hands let us stretch those hands to bring healing to others. If we have gifted voice, let us stretch our voice, so that it will comfort the ears of the sorrowful heart and bring life to their heart forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord using us as His instrument..</p>
<p>John 14:30-31 &#8220;I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in Me.&#8221; &#8220;But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.&#8221;</p>
<p> What a wonderful and joyful Truth from our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is saying that, I am sent by God the Father, and I am sent to do the work He has told Me to do, so that the Father will be Glorified with the Son. Those who has seen the Son has seen the Father. Jesus spoke the Word with great authority and power with signs and wonders. This was not well taken by the Pharisees and Sadducees of those times, and it is the same in the present time.</p>
<p> In the very near future we can see new world leaders taking some important positions through their new pledge and promises for a better peaceable world. Let me tell you beloved ones of our Lord Jesus Christ, their plans are going to be a total disaster. All eyes will be at Jerusalem with great hatred. </p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p> Well Jerusalem is the great city and throne that God our Father and Creator has chosen for His manifestation.</p>
<p> The Jews along with the Christians are the chosen tree that God will stand with, in these last days. Israel is the nation that God has chosen as a table to serve the Lord&#8217;s Supper. God&#8217;s eyes are always on Israel and His people. Satan, who tempted the first Adam through Eve in the Garden of Eden in Iraq, has raised his ugly head for false peace propaganda. Satan loves to be the false peace maker rising from Iraq&#8217;s garden. Iraq a cradle of civilization known to all mankind, had one strong hold broken with bunker bombers, but another will rise up. Have you heard of the wall lizard in homes, that when you cut its tail, it will grow back? There is no use cutting off the tail. It needs to be destroyed completely, if the tail harms you. The God of Israel, tells me in the Book of Deuteronomy that I am the head and not the tail. The coming Anti Christ is a tail.</p>
<p>Peace follows in accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior and following His teachings. We must be His disciples which is the high standard God wants of us.<br />
Holiness is very important if we are to see that Light in the dark tunnel. Are we a holy Christian or just in the organization of dark tunnels to inflict and experience wrong motives, not knowing whom to pray to and what to pray where to pray and when to pray. The word of God says, watch and pray, so that the tempter the Devil will not make his false peace with us. Today in the world all the five star entertainment gives false hope and peace. I pray that Israel and all the nations in the world need the bright and morning star, and His name is Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Truly Jesus Christ is the Matchless Peace.</p>
<p>Letter End.</p>
<p>God bless all of you with His Peace and Joy my beloved friends in Jesus Christ.</p>
<p>Your humble friend, through our Lord Jesus Christ, darrell</p>
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		<title>By: perrymarshall</title>
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		<dc:creator>perrymarshall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I knew you were advocating Watchtower theology from the start of this conversation, and your reluctance to admit that is telling. The Jehovah&#039;s witnesses are very close to the only sect that espouses the views that you&#039;re espousing. They painstakingly re-wrote the New Testament so as to conform to these views.

In order to make your argument work, you have to do the same. You have to take a whole list of words in the New Testament and explain to me why dozens of translations picked a deeply misleading word. Such as &quot;worship.&quot; The reason that a plain reading of virtually every other Bible in existence supports a Trinitarian view is that scripture&#039;s intent is Trinitarian.

And yes, a person reading the Bible for the first time, with no prior theological commitments, will in fact get the impression that Jesus is God. 

John 20:  26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

 28 Thomas said to him, &lt;strong&gt;“My Lord and my God!”&lt;/strong&gt;

 
Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says,

  &lt;strong&gt; “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;&lt;/strong&gt;
   a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. 

I could go on but at that point we&#039;d just be going around in circles.

The Jehovah&#039;s witnesses predicted the end of the world how many times during the 20th century and none of the predictions came true?

My friend, God is going to save a lot more than 144,000. You can step off of that treadmill and into freedom. The Word was with God and the Word was God and He can usher you into freedom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew you were advocating Watchtower theology from the start of this conversation, and your reluctance to admit that is telling. The Jehovah&#8217;s witnesses are very close to the only sect that espouses the views that you&#8217;re espousing. They painstakingly re-wrote the New Testament so as to conform to these views.</p>
<p>In order to make your argument work, you have to do the same. You have to take a whole list of words in the New Testament and explain to me why dozens of translations picked a deeply misleading word. Such as &#8220;worship.&#8221; The reason that a plain reading of virtually every other Bible in existence supports a Trinitarian view is that scripture&#8217;s intent is Trinitarian.</p>
<p>And yes, a person reading the Bible for the first time, with no prior theological commitments, will in fact get the impression that Jesus is God. </p>
<p>John 20:  26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”</p>
<p> 28 Thomas said to him, <strong>“My Lord and my God!”</strong></p>
<p>Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says,</p>
<p>  <strong> “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;</strong><br />
   a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. </p>
<p>I could go on but at that point we&#8217;d just be going around in circles.</p>
<p>The Jehovah&#8217;s witnesses predicted the end of the world how many times during the 20th century and none of the predictions came true?</p>
<p>My friend, God is going to save a lot more than 144,000. You can step off of that treadmill and into freedom. The Word was with God and the Word was God and He can usher you into freedom.</p>
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		<title>By: Pete Hodge</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete Hodge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lie #2: ‘God is huge and unapproachable, and He wants you to labor, struggle and live in guilt.’

Where on earth do you find such nonsense from? God is far from being unapproachable. The Bible says of Him, &quot;Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.&quot; Jesus was once asked , &quot;Show us the Father (God)&quot; He then added, &quot;If you have seen Me you have seen the Father (God).&quot;

In another place Jesus says &quot;Come unto Me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.&quot; And as for living in guilt, the whole idea is that God removes guilt from us.

Your &#039;Lie 2&#039; is typical of one who has no idea of the real message of the Bible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lie #2: ‘God is huge and unapproachable, and He wants you to labor, struggle and live in guilt.’</p>
<p>Where on earth do you find such nonsense from? God is far from being unapproachable. The Bible says of Him, &#8220;Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.&#8221; Jesus was once asked , &#8220;Show us the Father (God)&#8221; He then added, &#8220;If you have seen Me you have seen the Father (God).&#8221;</p>
<p>In another place Jesus says &#8220;Come unto Me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.&#8221; And as for living in guilt, the whole idea is that God removes guilt from us.</p>
<p>Your &#8216;Lie 2&#8242; is typical of one who has no idea of the real message of the Bible.</p>
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