Yesterday I filled the pulpit at our church and was in the book of Acts 8.  This is where it describes Phillip and the eunuch from Africa, who was seeking to know who the Lord was.

The eunuch was a man with great authority and took care of Queen Candaces treasury and must have heard about the God of Isreal and was willing to travel a great distance in order to find out who this God was.

As he was traveling in his chariot, the Lord told Phillip to go to him, Phillip did as the Lord told him and as he approached the eunuch, he heard him reading the book of Isaiah. And he asked him did he understand what he was reading?

The eunuch said no how could he unless someone explained it to him.

Phillip realized that those who have never accepted Jesus Christ as being the Son of God and believed in their hearts that he died on a cross, was buried in a tomb, and then rose from the dead on the third day cannot understand the bible.

Same is true today, if you have never been saved by accepting and believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, you can read the bible from now until the cows come home and you’ll never understand it.

Spiritually dead people cannot understand things that are spiritually alive, so they cannot understand the bible, they need someone who is spiritually alive to explain it to them.

Phillip who was spiritually alive, preached to the eunuch of who Jesus Christ was, and told him that he needed to accept him as the Son of God, and the eunuch believed and was saved.

Phillip didn’t use any tricks or miracles or anything else to win the eunuch to salvation, he simply told him who Christ is and the eunuch believed and was saved.

But todays a new day in the Christian church. I read in the Saturday paper that a church in Los Angela, Ca. was having a service for pets. You can take your pet there and they will have a service complete with prayers for their spirituality.

There is a growing belief among Christians that animals have souls, which the  bible in Genesis clearly states that only man was a three part being, body, soul and spirit. But mans spirit is dead to the things of God until he receives Christ as Savior, its at that point that our spirit becomes alive.

The belief that animals have spirits lies in paganism. If animals had spirits then Christ would have had to die for them also for salvation, we would have to win them for salvation and if we ate one we would be guilty of murder and eating a brother or sister in Christ!

God himself would be guilty of murder as he killed an animal in order to clothe Adam and Eve and ordered the murder of millions of animals for sacrifices.

Thats why its impossible for animals to have spirits and why God said that the earth was for humans use to survive and to care for.

These churches that are having animal blessings are leaving the Gospel of Jesus Christ and dabbling in paganism and false religion.

When churches are no longer are concerned with the salvation of human souls and become more concerned about making people feel good by lying to them that their pets can go to heaven, then that church has lost its way, and has sunk into paganism.

The direction that Americas churches have decided to go with pet blessings,  drama teams,  worship teams that are nothing more than pride filled showmen wanting attention,  shows us that you might as well stay home.

I went to a Baptist church in Alabama, I thought i was going to hear some good preaching and good southern gospel.

All I got was 7 people standing up front with their guitars and hands raised looking all pious singing tired old radio music, and the people (who have to stand) are bored to death and not even singing.

I thought what a waste of precious time, when we could have been singing songs that grabs our hearts because they focus on our Savior, his blood, death, and his glorious Resurrection!

And then to top it off, the preacher misinterpreted Rev. 13:1  by saying the person wasn’t John that was talking, it was the anti-christ!

Come on church!!!

Lets get back to preaching the Word Of God in Truth and in Clarity!!!!

Get away from your pagan direction,  your feel good worship times,  your positive thinking, politically correct phoony balony sermons,

AND GET BACK TO THE PREACHING OF GODS WORD THAT SAVES HUMAN SOULS!!!

Get your women out of the pulpit,  off the stage singing and  gyrating to music that are inflaming your mens lust instead of inflaming a passion for God.

Its no wonder the world is flocking to the church,  they get a fleshy show instead of salvation.

Shame on the church that continues to sink out of Gods sight.

If you listen to the conservative radio host, it makes you wonder if this country will last another day, you can get depressed listening to all of the doom and gloom. Terrorist attacking and killing people on our own land, but of course according to our president we’re not fighting terrorist, these are only man made disasters!

Political correctness is literally killing us, we can’t call terrorist,  terrorist, and a Muslim who kills 13 people a murderer because its not politically correct. We have to be sensitive toward those who want to kill us.  I can only take so much of the democrats selling us out, the immorality of our nation, cowardly government and military leadership, I want to scream!

Thats why I have to switch over and listen to some music or find a good sermon, but trying to find a good sermon is hard.

You can find good teachers, but not good preachers, and this is the difference.

A good teacher can tell other Christians how to live for Christ and how to apply scripture to your lives, and the radio is full of good teachers.

But a good preacher, will deliver the truth of the gospel with power, unashamed to say it the way it is, that brings people to the realization that they’re a sinner and need to be saved. You don’t find preachers on the radio.

What we need today, are some good preachers!

When you learn that China has issued personal identification cards RFID’s  (radio frequency identification devices) these are cards that have all of your personal information on them, everything about you is on that little computer chip that can be scanned, and your history comes up on a screen.

Other countries like India are also ordering these where they will be able to track every citizen. If you lose it you could be jailed, thats why they want to implant them.

The bible says that after the church is removed by the rapture that just 3 1/2 yrs into the tribulation everyone will be required to take the mark of the beast (perhaps an RFID) implant in your hand or forehead, and if you refuse to be marked, you won’t be able to buy or sell or be killed if you refuse.

If that happens just 3 1/2 yrs into the tribulation, and that technology is already here, then how close is the Lords return?

Thats why we need some good preachers, who will boldly proclaim the gospel and win sinners to Christ before its too late.

All of us need to be involved in winning others to Christ and boldly proclaim the truth of Gods Word because I believe we might be the generation that will be raptured.

Keep the faith and walk with the Lord, no matter what comes our way.

This Past Sunday I filled our pulpit at our church once again,   and I preached in the book of Acts on how God gave us a great church almost 2000 years ago.

And in this great church, he gave us great power. This power was used to preach the gospel and it was not only given to the Apostles, but to every christian since that time if we choose to use it.

Many people have misused this power by saying it was given to do miracles and healings.   But the only ones who could do miracles  and healings (outside of Christ)  was the Apostles. But even Paul at the end of his life couldn,t perform miraclesor heal anyone anymore as those gifts were being done away with as the bible was being completed.

Today miracles and healing does take place but only through prayer and Christ himself who chooses those whom he will heal. There has never been a person with these gifts since the time of the Apostles, theres been alot of fakers, but thats all they’ve been.

Others say that power was given to be able to speak in tongues, but again, tongues was given for only one reason, and that was to preach the gospel to another person in their native language by someone who couldn’t speak their language.

But again, as the scripture was completed and people learned how to interpret languages, the gift of tongues also died out. Todays use of tongues is an abuse of scripture and  leading people into a false belief.  It also appeals to the flesh and does not glorify God.

The power that was given in the book of acts was for one specific reason, and that was to preach the gospel to sinners to win them to salvation.

Second of all, God gave the church great grace. This grace was the ability to minister to each other as Christians. The word grace itself brings a calming effect on you when its said and thats exactly what grace does in your life it brings a calming effect because your being ministered to.

The early church cared for their own, and todays church needs to care for our own also, and care for the unsaved by bringing them to Christ and then minister to them and meet their needs.

You cannot minister to the unsaved until they are in the family of God.

And then there was Great Fear

The early church had a healthy fear of God, they understood he held the keys to life and death, heaven and hell and they understood their position in Christ. They were his children, God was their father and wanted to be obedient and serve their father who loved them.

They also understood that he would correct wayward children and his correction isn’t pleasant. But today there is little if any fear of God.

This is evidence by how immoral, sinful and hateful this world has become toward God.

Just listen to what people say or write about God and those who are his children, their hate has increased a hundred fold, and very boldly.

But scripture says that very soon, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Every person who hates the name of Jesus will stand in judgment before him, they will fall before him and confess that he is God, before he passes judgment on them and cast them to hell.

And then, there will be great persecution on the church. Those who hate the name of Jesus live everyday in guilt. The Bible says everyday Gods spirit convicts the world of their sin and the need of a Savior.

So everyday they wrench up their hatred trying to block out Gods calling them to repentance, since its God who they hate, their hatred is taken out on Christians.

So they remove prayer, bibles, ten commandments, nativity scenes, and now crosses, anything that might remind them of who it is they hate.

They infiltrate the church in order to change its message so they can try to stop their guilt. But even if every single Christian and symbol was to be removed, they would still not be able to stop the convicting power of the Holy Spirit.

And lastly, the Great Church was given great Joy!

Even in the mist of great persecution, there was great Joy.

No matter how much hatred the unsaved throws at us believers, no matter if they shut down our churches and remove every sign of Christianity, they can’t remove our joy.

That Joy is knowing that at our death, we will be in heaven for eternity enjoying Gods greatness for ever!

That is something this world will never be able to touch. And its something that they too could enjoy, if only they would stop blocking Gods call and accept him as their savior.

Don’t fear about tomorrow, hold onto Jesus, who has a place for you in heaven.

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As the days grow darker here in America, its my prayer that people will come to the light of Jesus Christ, that light is salvation. Christ went to the cross as a sacrifice for our sin, he was crucified, buried and then God the Father raised him from the dead on the third day.

He paid for our sins by the shedding of his blood for us, and because he was victorious over death, you and I can also be victorious over our sin.

By accepting Christ as our payment over sin, and believing in our hearts that Christ died, was buried and then rose from the dead you can be forgiven of your sin and be guaranteed a place in heaven for eternity.

Times growing short to make a decision, this country is fundamentally being destroyed on purpose and so the freedom and opportunity to hear the gospel and accept Christ may not be possible here in America in the near future.

Nows the time to accept Christ and be saved, you may think that there will always be churches in America, and thats true, but churches everywhere are abandoning the gospel and people are not being given the opportunity to be saved.

Many churches in America are becoming a social event, a dance hall or a bar, where anything but Christ is preached and the gospel is not given to save souls.

I see whats happening in this country with our new administration, and believe me, nothing good will come from it and the time to receive Christ may be shorter than we think.

I use to think that I feared for my childrens future, but that was false thinking, I don’t have to fear for their future, because all of them have proclaimed that they are saved, that they are children of God, so no matter what may happen their future is secure and they have a home in heaven waiting for them.

But do you?  Do you know if you can no longer hear the gospel and you die, where will you spend eternity?

The bible only gives us two choices, in heaven with Jesus Christ and the Father or in hell with Satan, thats your choice.

Some say God would never send anyone to hell,  no thats not true, he said if you deny him today, he will deny you before the Father, and in Revelation he says that if your name is not written in the book of life you will in NO WAY enter into heaven.

So he’s given us a choice,  to enter heaven by receiving Christ,  or choose to go to hell by rejecting Christ, but its our choice.

God is all about choice, he is an advocate of choice, choose him or not, its our choice.

Everyday he gives us choices, whats yours today?

Well I think its official,  our country is insane, well at least half of it the other half is standing here with our mouths hitting the ground in unbelief.

As we watch our country being ground into oblivion by constitution shredding, freedom hating, christian persecuting zealots. I fear what the future holds.

Attached to the war spending bill was another bill that got passed almost un-noticed,  gay hate crimes legislation, that expands their protection as minorities.

What this does is, if a crime is committed and the person is gay, transgendered or handicapped, its a harsher penalty

In other words, if you are a white, conservative, straight man, your life is not worth as much if a crime is committed against you.  If your murdered your killer might get a couple of years behind bars, but if your gay,  your killer will go to jail probably for life!!

And if your a Christian,  your killer might get to go to the Bahamas for vacation!!

Little does the public know that with this bill passing, your very thoughts and speech can now come under penalty of the law.

So a preacher of the gospel had better watch out preaching against homosexuality, because it can now be deemed hate speech and punishable by law. Of course there are many  (so called)  preachers and Christians who will never be affected by this because your not really of the gospel to begin with.

We look at whats going on and we think, this is stupid, why shouldn’t we be able to believe what we want?  Why can’t they just leave people alone?

The answer is quite simple really,  our government leaders are trying to create a utopia, a country where they can sin and sin to the ultimate degree and there is no one to stop them.

Its in sight and they’re fighting to attain it,   a country where they can do whatever feels good.

Sex with anyone, and with everyone,   abortion on demand,  equality for humans and animals since humans are not a higher intelligent being,  money distributed equally, and the list goes on.

But they have a problem,  anyone who loves God and his Son Jesus Christ,  the Bible and truth,  who loves freedom stand in their way.  Everytime they see someone or something that represents Gods truth, it causes them to feel guilt and shame.

The lives of our leaders are so filled with sin, that their guilty consciences drives them to madness, so they believe if they can silence their opposition, then they will be free of guilt. This is why they are always angry,  sin brings unhappiness, it brings shame and torchers the soul.

So they are endeavoring to get rid of  radio talk show host,  the sight of the Ten Commandments,  get rid of crosses, water down the bible to where its meaningless,  control the internet and get rid of bloggers who tell the truth.

Get rid of and stop anything that brings them the reality of their guilty sin soaked minds.

Why are so many Americans against Obamacare and the stimulus spending?  Because we would rather die than live in a country where we have no freedom and where the truth can no longer be proclaimed.

And I know our leadership would be more than eager to see that come to pass, then there would be no opposition to their goals of freedom   FROM   God and truth!

But no matter who they get out of their way,  their utopia will never be reached because there is still one who stands in their way, who they will never be able to be rid of.

The judge of this world, of sin and over their guilty lives, and that is Jesus Christ, and someday soon,  very soon,  every knee will bow before him and every tongue will proclaim that Jesus Christ is the Son of God!

Our Leadership of this country may achieve their goal of ridding this land of God and truth and everything that reminds them of it,  but they won’t be able to rid their minds of their guilt of sin.

Their guilty sin soaked minds and lives will haunt them,  no matter what they indulge in trying to find happiness, it will elude them.

There is but only one way to truly be free and happy and to have your soul at peace, and that is by accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and stop running from him.

Embrace truth instead of trying to bury it.

Embrace the cross instead of trying to erase it.

Embrace the Bible instead of watering it down.

Embrace Christ, and be free of guilt and shame.

Christians are constantly being pointed out as being filled with hate, but the truth is, we are the real lovers,  we would love to see everyone come to Christ, be forgiven of their sin and have a life of real joy.

I don’t want to see Obama, Pelosi, Reed or anyone else go to hell,  I want to see them come to Christ and their entire families come to Christ and have an eternity in heaven.

But they have a choice as we all do,  accept Christ or accept judgment.  But its our choice, Jesus won’t twist anyones arm,  he said that this world is condemned and anyone who loves this world is condemned with it.

But he provided a way out, God sent his son to die on a cross,  his death, paid for our sin, his resurrection paved our way to heaven.

We have a choice,  love the world and be condemned with it,  or love our Lord and be in heaven with him.

To me, its an easy choice,  we can see what kind of life our government is offering us, and its a horrible way of life.

Its my prayer that our leadership of this country and in some of our churches will choose Christ and the only path to real living.

A life in Christ, is a life worth living.