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A Little Something for Everybody

Posted Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 7:40 AM

I caught the wrap up of the CMA'S one day this week, reason I caught the wrap up and not watch the show is I don't call a lot of today's music country. There are a few exceptions but that is not the point. Just because you are signed to a country label or whatever label you choose you are considered that genre regardless.

I put most of todays music under the label of Pop which is a wide genre, you could put a lot of todays churches in that same genre, they profess to be Godly but show no signs of Godliness, but because they have a church sign out front they are called Church and the members called Christian, I think not.

You have Rainbow churches who approve of homosexuality, churches that even put homosexuals into to Pastor and leadership roles, churches that approve of abortion and all other abominations that the Bible, which is God's word that plainly teaches the opposite.

Churches that offer smoking rooms for their best tithers in order to keep them,church leadership caught in compromising positions and they stay in leadership, that is so wrong!

I am not fussing on dress codes, though there should be a line drawn somewhere, music, though I question some of what today's churches call gospel music.

All denominations are at fault, Jesus must be worshiped in Spirit and Truth, not just anyway you want.

Some of the oldest brands of churches have so left the Word I don't see how they can call themselves churches, they may evolve, but remember God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, in other words he don't change as we do!

To leave a church for the churches mistakes is one thing, but to leave one because your toes got stepped on is another, I guess Church is like Baskin Robbins, if the flavor don't suit you, try another one.


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I think one problem we have today is that,in the past,some folks were told to take vanilla and like it,others offered chocolate and strawberry,too and some looked down their noses at anyone who preferred a flavor different to the one they liked.

Then,people started offering every flavor one could think of.

There were three different cones,four different bowls,hot sauces,cold sauces,nuts,candies, sprinkles,sugar-free,fat-free and non-dairy.

Now,we've got everything from the places that would shoot anyone of the tutti-fruitti or pistachio persuasion and send them to eternal torment to those who won't even hear of a vanilla life or tolerate those of the rocky road.

The way I heard it,the Church (big C) is supposed to be "whosoever will" and "Come as you are".

The fact that one won't leave unchanged is more promise than warning.

Some of "God's clubhouses" want everyone to be just like them.

Some potential members cafeteria-shop for places of worship so they can find one that matches their tastes-nothing less and nothing more.

Once,people gathered together to praise,honor and learn of God.

They sought the fellowship and support of those of like minds.

The objective wasn't to make God in our own image or to erase everything about the individual that made him or her unique and free.

Instead,we were to maximize our "family resemblance" to the Lord and,as a result,become more kin to one another and more truly ourselves than we could ever have been otherwise.

Somehow,the "exclusive" and the "anything goes" establishments seem to be empty-even if every seat in the house is taken.

The people who want everything to conform to their druthers seem to miss out on what's gained by our conforming ourselves to the the Father.

We know more about the "won'ts" of Man than the will of the Almighty.

We can avoid churches (little c) that we don't like or don't like us and declare that God couldn't be found there.

We can settle in to places that suit us down to the ground with OUR kind of people and know God is grateful to be allowed in our midst.

Or,we could go anywhere,anytime (even a non-church) and seek God or answer His call when He comes seeking us.

We can follow Him or stay put when He comes to us where we are.

We can let Him lead us to the place and people that He wants for us or we can ask Him to make Himself at home with us and transform it (and us) to meet His needs.

I guess it's o.k. to say yea and it's all right to say nay so long as God is given the deciding vote.

Otherwise,human judgement is about as reliable as a damaged clock.

It's not that it could never,ever be right.

But,so long as it's broken,it's likely to be incorrect more often than not.

-- Posted by quantumcat on Sun, Nov 15, 2009, at 4:01 PM

Michael,

What do you think of this Carrie Prejean debacle? This is the girl who opposed homosexuals getting married because she was a Christian. Do you have any more information to share regarding her wholesome videos, pictures and breast augmentations?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 12:09 PM

007,

Thanks for such an insightful and Christian viewpoint of avoiding the issue. It just reeks of intelligence.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 8:07 PM

Michael,

What do you think of this Carrie Prejean debacle? This is the girl who opposed homosexuals getting married because she was a Christian. Do you have any more information to share regarding her wholesome videos, pictures and breast augmentations?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 12:09 PM

So, what is your point? Her actions do not invalidate what the Bible says about homosexuality. Nor does it really invalidate her opinion. Because, her opinion is still biblically correct. What it does invalidate is her credibility as a spokesperson.

Hypocritical? Yes, that is one of the favorite charges leveled against Christians. However, I bet that if I could put your life under a magnifying glass, I am sure I could find hypocrisy in your life, as well as anyone who has ever uttered the word hypocrite. I an no exception, but, when I do find it in my life, whether through self examination, or when pointed out by others, I actively seek to eliminate the hypocrisy from my life. Not always an easy task.

Now, for her actions, as a brother in Christ I would advise her to first, repent, go before God and seek His forgiveness. Second, I would have her apologize to those who had put their trust in her and and ask for their forgiveness.

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Mon, Nov 16, 2009, at 11:27 PM

Something for everyone!

I posted last year that I was waiting for the false Prophet to appear with his One World Religion, then I would know that the beast was about to make his appearance and to watch for him.

Boy was I wrong! I was surfing the web for a song Saturday when I stumbled onto a lot of information by accident. A lot of it was on youtube also in videos.

Who is a terrorist now?

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Almost all American Citizens are terrorists, including preachers, protesters of abortions and homosexuals, constitutionalists, the Sovereign people and just about everyone who isn't a government employee. The list goes on and on, including even animal and other activists.

Find out if you are on the list which isn't suppose to be available to the public.

www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageI...

FEMA has their very own Police Force (under 40 USC 1315) armed with semi-automatic pistols.

The FEMA police, are all dressed in black combat fatigues, wear black body armor at all times, and carry .40 caliber semi-automatic pistols. They have badges and arm patches identifying them as "FEMA POLICE".

http://www.greaterthings.com/News/federa...

Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in Preparation For Martial Law:

Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach congregations to "obey the government" during seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and forced relocation.

The FEMA directors told the Pastors that attended that it was their job to help implement FEMA and Homeland Security directives in anticipation of any of these eventualities. The first directive was for Pastors to preach to their congregations Romans 13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into supporting him, in order to teach them to "obey the government" when martial law is declared.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIDNQNsU...

The precedent for mass gun confiscation in times of real or manufactured emergency was set during Hurricane Katrina when police and national guard patrols forced homeowners even in areas unaffected by the hurricane to hand over their legally owned firearms at gunpoint.

Closed Military Bases to be used as Civilian Concentration Camps/prisons/Forced Relocation Centers.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...

Just a sample of what I found to prove that even I can be shocked at what can be discovered.

Now for the Real Shocker! The first beast described in Revelation has already invaded the world.

Rev 13:1

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/...

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have been empowered by the governments which control it (led by the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Germany, France, Canada, and Italy -- the "Group of 7,"...Once Southern countries build up large external debts, as most have, they cannot get credit or cash anywhere else and are forced to go to these international institutions and accept whatever conditions are demanded of them.

The United States is Bankrupt just like all the other countries and is forced to do whatever the IMF demands. It is demanding a One World Order so the Bilderberg Group can become richer and more powerful.

Congress is forced to legislate according to the wishes of the "Beast". This means they must disarm the American people of their legal weapons, Homes and Property by Forced Inoculations and Forced Relocation of any and all persons who are or suspected of being a threat to this new World Order (Militias, Sovereign People, Constitutionalists and even Preachers and mainly Christians who will object to this One World Order).

I get emails that are looking for Police and Law Enforcement Officers, FBI, CIA and CSI agents everyday now. FEMA is going to need millions of Police Officers/Military for their Martial Law Forces to implement the new world order take over.

Once the New World Order has taken over...

the need for all the Congressmen, Politicians, Governors, Mayors, Preachers, CIA, FBI, CSI, Military Forces and Police will NO LONGER BE NEEDED, so they will be lead into captivity as well and many of them will be killed.

Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

After this, the 2 horned beast (a man) will come up out of the earth. This is the Beast with the number 666.

Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

This post is not up for Q&A. It is up FYI only. You want more proof or want to know more, look it up.

The Beast is already here. Watch the World news and read your paper. It will all start making sense.

The Beast has snuck up on all of us undetected, even God's elect didn't see this happening.

May God have mercy on all of us and bless each and everyone of his children, and send his angels to guard over us day and night and give us the patience to endure.

I have been accused of being from the devil, but the devil divided by himself could not stand. So whatever you do, Do Not believe me, research this for yourself then make your own decisions.

Liveforlight,

Above is the explanation you asked me for.

When the time comes, I could be imprisoned or even killed for typing this information, so this is a one time post, or a warning if you will.

Matthew 10:21

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.

Mark 13:12

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 12:14 AM

Midnight Rider,

I asked him his opinion. He stated how she was courageous to stand up as a Christian about homosexual marriage. And I am asking what his opinion of her now.

I agree, as a spokesperson she is unreal, I never said she was a hypocrite, you did.

In the Bible, it says un-natural acts, wouldn't breast augmentations be considered the same thing?

The main problem I had was that she called herself a Christian yet totally defy everything it stands to be. From the point she made the decision to call herself one all the way up to defending her weird ideals of right and wrong.

For Example: She says Breast Augmentation and Pornographic films is not a sin because it isn't in the Bible...

How can you even think that way? She argues times are different, but only what she deems so? You can't pick and choose what is right and wrong just because it is convenient on how it affects your lifestyle.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 1:10 PM

One world government, one world religion, one world economy, one world currency.

Seems that will be Socialism/Communism, Islam, Globalization, and Carbon Credits.

We are becoming an ignorant apathetic society of do nothings. No one wants to take responsibility for their actions but instead adopt the "in gold we trust motto" looking for nothing more that the economy to improve to bea ble to praise our leaders.

We all use our own logic and arrogance to justify just about anything we set our minds to. Sin is committed against Christ's sacrifice and called "grace". Evil works are done and called progress. Abortions are performed and called "choice" Homosexuaility is condoned and called "alternative lifestyles". Political correctness is labelled as being tolerant of others views on, religion, sexual orientation, etc. But is itself intolerant of anyone who does not fit a politically correct criteria.

True leadership, the kind that Christ brings, is what we need. The hearts of servants, strength of character and integrity in performing God's work.

Churches have become all about the numbers. I have heard preachers say "thank God I am forgiven for the sins I have committed and the ones that I will commit tomorrow". Whatever happen to "go and sin no more"? Someone once told me "hell will be full of preachers". The Scribes and Pharisees are evidence of a good start on that.

Unique_lies,

I do agree on some of your views about the banks and big money bringing in the one world order. The fact that you believe your life is threatend by voicing such information speaks well for you. Whether your info. is accurate or not is another matter, but you believe it is.

He who would keep his life will loose it. Do not be silent if you have the truth. Good works will bear themselves out in the fire.

God's name be exalted in all things!

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 3:47 PM

FUTURE FORECAST!

Cloudy with a chance of brimstone. Periods of SON shine, followed by SON for eternity.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 3:55 PM

Churches have become all about the numbers. I have heard preachers say "thank God I am forgiven for the sins I have committed and the ones that I will commit tomorrow". Whatever happen to "go and sin no more"?

Posted by Liveforlight on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 3:47 PM

The unobtainable challenge can still be there.

But reality follows behind it closely.

Perhaps these preachers you mentioned are wisely well aware of the fact we "all fall" so short even after salvation that it is uncomprehendable.

Perhaps they are wisely giving God thanks for the imputed righteousness of Christ and taking no glory for themselves and their unrighteousness.

What amazes me is the preachers of congregations that have members that lead prayer and use the beat to death memorized coined phrase...."Forgive us when we miss the mark" like it is something that rarely occurs. Get real. No one has even come close to hitting the mark on their best of best days. I believe we would do well just to see the mark to hit.

Peter still had problems 15-20 years after the resurrection neccessitating Paul's admonishment.

Paul had enough sense to even admonish his own self years later for his own sins.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 7:03 PM

Do you think the adulteress that Jesus told to go and sin no more was still forgiven next time she committed adultery?

If so, then it would seem that everyone on earth would get to heaven simply by believing in Christ no works needed at all.

Yet the Bible says the way is narrow and few enter in. Can a "forgiven" person go to hell?

Sometimes the truth is hard and the light causes us to squint. As Christian we should live and teach as Christ did. We should try to be like him, not Paul or Peter.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 4:15 AM

Yet the Bible says the way is narrow and few enter in. Can a "forgiven" person go to hell?

Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 4:15 AM

Yes indeed the way is narrow and few will enter.

Few if any will enter in with their own walk.

Many will enter in by Grace through Faith in the walk Christ took.

We are unrighteous where He is Righteous. Only by Grace through Faith can we have His Righteousness imputed onto us to cover our unrighteousness.

You asked....."Can a "forgiven" person go to hell?"

I say.....Only if Jesus lied in John 10

9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

I thank God for my Good Shepherd.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM

Sorry but this way of thinking has me pretty darn confused.

Let me get this straight... A Christian homosexual is not allowed to marry, but a Christian woman is allowed to morph her body into something it wasn't intended? And it is acceptable?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:18 AM

If so, then it would seem that everyone on earth would get to heaven simply by believing in Christ no works needed at all.

Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 4:15 AM

Liveforlight,

8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

No works needed.

No boasting.

Just pure thankfulness for the gift.

Pure thankfulness will however usually produce some good works as a byproduct.

The more we can see it as a free gift, the more thankful we will be.

The more thankful we are, the more good works will flow as the byproduct.

Everyone will understand, respect and appreciate the free gift to differing degrees therefore producing different levels of byproduct.

Good works are nothing more than the byproduct of the imputed Spirit of Grace burning in us.

If there is anything to boast of, it would be the Spirit of Grace pumped into us through the hose of Faith.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:29 AM

Evil Monkey,

What is a Christian homosexual?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:37 AM

Blessed Assurance,

Are you serious? It seems you can't answer the questions.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 9:46 AM

parkerbrothers preaches that if you are saved by the grace of God and accept Jesus Christ as Lord, you are saved and have eternal life and nothing you can do or say short of blaspheming the Holy Ghost can take your salvation away.

Then he preaches that if you are a saved homosexual you will not go to heaven because the path is narrow and straight and they are committing sin.

Now I am interested in how that applies to some but not all?

Does that mean a homosexual who is saved can NOT back slide and engage in a homosexual experience any more or they go to Hell, yet anyone else can sin over and over again and still go to heaven?

Sounds like parkerbrothers needs to do some more reading.

The bible tells us that when we die, we do NOT go to Heaven nor to Hell. We SLEEP until we are Resurrected back here on this earth. We live again for a short time then Christ destroys the evil and Judgment begins. So we are not even judged until after we have been Resurrected and lived a second time here on earth.

In the last chapter of the Bible, John tells us that the sinners will not be allowed in heaven, but outside the New City of jerusalem. And we thought all the sinners went to hell for an eternity. Sounds like some sinners may inherit the new earth, but not allowed in heaven.

Could this mean the people who are saved and have eternal life, yet continue to sin?

That's above my knowledge.

It just all depends on if their names are written in the Book of Life.

Rev 22:10-15 (New Living Bible)

10 Then he instructed me, "Do not seal up the prophetic words in this book, for the time is near.

11 Let the one who is doing harm continue to do harm; let the one who is vile continue to be vile; let the one who is righteous continue to live righteously; let the one who is holy continue to be holy."

12 "Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.

15 Outside the city are the dogs--the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:38 AM

I agree B.A.! We are not saved by our works. We are saved by grace. Everyone has sinned and needs God's grace to be saved. That does not mean you can continue in your sin.

Ridding ourselves of fleshly desires is "work".

Our works are poorly done and filthy compared to God's standards. No doubt about it.

It is like if I tell my son to do his homework (work) bring me the paper (works) and I will reward him. If he does it, he gets the reward.

When he brings me his paper it is poorly written, has numerous mistakes, and a ketchup stain on it. I say "good job son" you have done what I asked and I give him his reward.

I am not rewarding him because of his paper (works), it stinks and is barely legible. I am rewarding him for doing what I said. Carrying out my will, not his, he would rather play video games.

It is not his works that I love it is him. Had he not done what I told him I would have been angry with him and probably punished him. Someone else doing his homework is not the same. Someone else could help him do it correctly and neatly and that would be perfect.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:44 AM

What? Looks this isn't about needing paragraph after paragraph to avoid the issue. All I want is a simple answer. So I am going to simplify it as much as I can.

Why is Carrie's sin not viewed the same as the homosexual?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:53 AM

Unique-Lies,

You still hung up on parkrbrothers?

I have read their post with you in the past and did not understand them to be saying what you claim they do.

The chief thing I seen was them correcting you on your claim that a person (you used yourself as the example) lost their salvation by sinning once after Christ came into their (your) life. I believe you told them that your salvation lasted all of 10 minutes and your only hope now was to have your head cut off or something similar.

They were right on point when they insinuated you were in essence now relying on a third party for justification. Actually, there is no other way to look at your comments. You declared His Blood as insufficient to cover this new sin and are now in reliance of a third party you don't even know to provide "you" with the opportunity to justify "yourself" with "your" sacrafice of "your" head. Are you now possibly your own saviour?

Say what you want, but I think they understood the Gospel as it was meant to be.

By the way, I also take it as a compliment when you associate and insinuate I am one of them. I do think like them but look somewhat different.:)

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 12:54 PM

Why is Carrie's sin not viewed the same as the homosexual?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:53 AM

Is it not? Sin is sin right?

Whether it is murder, (no wait that's a commandment) or homosexuality. If one continues in it then they reap their reward for their works.

If they repent (change) Christ will cleanse them.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 1:15 PM

I agree B.A.! We are not saved by our works. We are saved by grace. Everyone has sinned and needs God's grace to be saved. That does not mean you can continue in your sin.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:44 AM

Liveforlight,

I do not think many would desire to continue in sin once they realize they are now free and released from bondage and they consider who their liberator was and what price he paid for them.

Can they continue to sin?

Not only can they, they most likely will to a diminishing degree as the flesh wars with the spirit.

But unlike before salvation, the sin they once enjoyed now becomes a burden. They have repented and the sin is viewed in opposite of it's pre-repentance position by the new person in Christ.

I think Paul done a wonderful job in Romans, especially Chapter 7 personally explaining this.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 1:38 PM

Why is Carrie's sin not viewed the same as the homosexual?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 10:53 AM

Evil Monkey,

Sin is sin.

Whose eyes are doing the viewing you mentioned in your question?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 1:42 PM

BA,

As a member of Christ who claims to know someone by someone else's understanding of their answers, you are no better than they are.

Why would you even try to know me from what someone else spoke about me, unless you and them are one like Jesus and God are one.

I asked you to explain what happens after we die and where we go and is there life after death and where is it and what happens etc., etc., etc. and you say absolutely nothing about the questions nor answer one of them yet stay on here and dog me because of what someone else said I said.

I know these answers even if you think they are (Gnostic Secrets of mine alone). God has hidden the true in his word and I have to thank him for doing such a great job.

I asked parkerbrothers the same questions and he done the same as you did. Absolutely nothing because he and you don't know the answers to these (as you put it some Gnostic Secret I have). What an answer that was to serious questions.

You answered them like the preachers do, with another question, another answer or ignore the questions altogether.

I like you have trouble putting into words my true thoughts but I did a much better job than you read from a third and fourth party poster.

If you and parkerbrothers and michaelbell can NOT understand what I am saying, how can you understand God's word which is much more complicated than mine. You only read what you want to read and repeat something that has nothing to do with the question or situation.

Even Liveforlife understands God's word better than you do, because he understands what he reads.

I have always said I willfully sinned after receiving Christ. That does not even sound like "sin once more" or "One more Sin". Can't you read either?

Here is a scripture for you:

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The only thing is, all the preachers preach that all sinners who do not believe in his only begotten son "shall not perish, but have everlasting life" also.

The bible does not say anything about sinners being tormented for an eternity in hell or anywhere else. That is just an assumed Unique-Lie, because we were taught that we go to hell and spend eternity in hell being tortured forever. What a big whopper that is.

You posted: I believe you told them that your salvation lasted all of 10 minutes and your only hope now was to have your head cut off or something similar.

-> If you read your bible, it says in the last days that many will be executed for His name sake. It also tells us that all the people who were and are beheaded for His name sake, will be in the First Resurrection and reign with Christ for 1,000 years and be Kings and Priests to God and Jesus.

I have no control over that. If it happens then God has chosen me, if not, God will reward me according to my "WORKS".

I told everyone, that when we willfully sin, our sin is no longer forgiven because we are trampling thru the blood of Christ that he gave for our sins.

I plainly expressed my belief that I was destined to go to hell because there was no other sacrifice. If I felt Jesus's Blood no longer took my sins away, it would be blasphemy for you or anyone else to even insinuate that I or anyone could be saved by any other sacrifice or event.

If I am beheaded in the last days, it would be by the grace of God and not by anything I do.

I have always taught on here that the churches are telling Unique-Lies to their congregations and been doing so for centuries. Only a very small hand full even think the way I do and only about certain subjects.

When I asked parkerbrothers and YOU to tell me why preachers tell their congregations just some of the Unique-Lies they do... Both of you said, "I don't know any preachers who think like you do."

I know they don't think like I do and that is what I am teaching, but you and parkerbrothers were NOT smart enough to answer the questions. You two only made up an answer that didn't apply to any of the questions. Then you want to tell everyone on this blog to listen to you because you bring peace and love as your true fruit, but talk about others as though they are of the devil.

You don't condemn the sinner only the sin, but then won't allow homosexuals and abortionists in your churches or life.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 2:21 PM

BA,

So what is Carrie's sin?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 3:20 PM

Liveforlight,

You posted: One world government, one world religion, one world economy, one world currency.

Seems that will be Socialism/Communism, Islam, Globalization, and Carbon Credits.

-> Exactly! Paul Harvey stated years ago that the United States was getting more and more like a Communist country than Russia.

You also posted: Churches have become all about the numbers. I have heard preachers say "thank God I am forgiven for the sins I have committed and the ones that I will commit tomorrow". Whatever happen to "go and sin no more"? Someone once told me "hell will be full of preachers". The Scribes and Pharisees are evidence of a good start on that.

-> Exactly! "go and sin no more" means just that. What part of that do people not understand?

If the preachers keep teaching Unique-Lies, they will end up in hell and will be taking their congregations with them.

I revealed that the first beast was risen up out of the sea already. Actually in 1995 or 1996. It has been kept quiet from us so the beast was able to rise without the people knowing it. I have been teaching that we have to watch what goes on on this earth, because if we don't, the beast will be taking your souls before we even know he is here.

Revelation tells us about these things to come just like other books in the bible. We must WATCH for him also. He is more like the one to come in the night and take all your valuables away. He won't have to wait until nightfall to come, however, Iraq was a good example of the thief coming in the night. With night vision equipment the beast can come at anytime, day or night.

I have known about the One World Order since the 1970's and what the government has done (to us) over the years... but I don't fully understand the concept of the One World Order. I know if we are going to have the Beast rule the world, it has to be a One World Order, however, how does this benefit the big corporations?

Right now it is making money hand over fist for big business and mainly financial institutions and at the same time making slave countries out of all the poor countries. When they join the IMF and borrow money, they are just getting deeper in debt, just as the U.S.A. is. All the whole world is indebted to the IMF and World Bank, but, if the people are forced into poverty, how does that help any business?

With a world that is in debt to the IMF and World Bank, how are they going to get more money from countries who have no money. They can only foreclose on property etc., making them richer in collateral but not money. Of course, there is no money involved because the IMF creates this money they loan out from thin air.

If FEMA forces "Relocation" of all people in the U.S., they are confiscating your land, property, bank accounts, cars and possessions and putting you in a camp some place where you will live under their rules just like in New Orleans.

What would be the purpose of the mark of the beast to buy and sell if we don't have any money, credit or collateral?

I am thinking that the beast will start everyone off with a new bank account that can only be used by people who accept the mark of the beast.

I have to wait until something else comes along to clear all this up for me.

I do know we will have a One World Order soon, but to what avail...?

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 3:24 PM

Evil Monkey,

You were the one mentioning and questioning her sin. I don't know about her nor have I followed any recent stories.

I was simply say sin is sin.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 5:26 PM

Carrie repented for those pics and as far as as the boob job goes, I see no harm in that, not that God's work needs improving.

-- Posted by michaelbell on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 5:33 PM

I plainly expressed my belief that I was destined to go to hell because there was no other sacrifice. If I felt Jesus's Blood no longer took my sins away, it would be blasphemy for you or anyone else to even insinuate that I or anyone could be saved by any other sacrifice or event.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 2:21 PM

Unique-Lies,

I do not believe you can be saved by any other sacrafice or event.

Actually no one insinuated that other than yourself when you said you were at the mercy of whoever "might" execute you.

I fully believe the Blood is sufficient to cover all man's sins. Both before justification and after justication, all during sanctification, up to glorification.

I do not see the Blood only being sufficient up to the first sin after justification and having to rely on an executioner to provide me with the opportunity to become justified a second time as you seem to believe.

Sorry, but we are entitled to have different opinions and beliefs.

Simply put, I am relying on the work of Christ to justify me.

You are relying on someone you don't even know to do something to you that you do not even know for sure will happen in time.

Think about it. Am I wrong in understanding your hope?

Is this the hope you wish everyone to have that reads your posts?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 5:47 PM

Here is a scripture for you:

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The only thing is, all the preachers preach that all sinners who do not believe in his only begotten son "shall not perish, but have everlasting life" also.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 2:21 PM

Unique-Lies,

I am going to have to give you the same ole answer I have before that you do not like to hear.

I personally have never heard a preacher say the thing you mentioned above.

Actually, I have always heard the exact opposite of it.

Where have you heard a preacher say those things?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 5:53 PM

The bible does not say anything about sinners being tormented for an eternity in hell or anywhere else. That is just an assumed Unique-Lie, because we were taught that we go to hell and spend eternity in hell being tortured forever. What a big whopper that is.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 2:21 PM

Unique-Lies,

I think alot of people are calling the below torment or torture. I look at it as such.

41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Perhaps you are thinking the fire will burn them up in a few minutes and the torture would be over.

I think the real torture that will burn is the fact of eternal seperation from the presence of God. That would be hell to me.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 6:08 PM

Carrie repented for those pics and as far as as the boob job goes, I see no harm in that, not that God's work needs improving.

-- Posted by michaelbell on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 5:33 PM

Really? Really? How did she repent after 7 porn tapes, and 100s of photos then breast augmentation? So a mere apology is all it takes? Really?

So let me get this straight, an so called "un-natural" act committed by a homosexual should be brimstone and fire, but a truly un-natural act of increasing one's breast size is completely condoned? That's some truly warped perceptions of reality.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 7:35 PM

Be careful that in the process of criticizing the "looksism" of the popular culture that we don't send a wrong message to people who have plastic surgery for medical reasons or just to feel better about their bodies.

As I understand it,some of the verses used to condemn wearing hair-dos,clothing,etc. of another gender (are you the opposite sex or am I?) concerned the practice of "cross-dressing" to tap into supernatural power.

Like children playing dress-up in their parents' clothes,today's people lighten their hair and skin if it's dark,darken it if light,get perms,use flat irons,wear contact lenses,pad and compress their bodies to look like something they're not.

An article in a plastic surgery trade publication described the need for patient counseling before,during and after each procedure.

Partly,this is because people have unrealistic expectations about what the surgery will do.

In part,it is because the people out in the waiting room can't always tell who is a "before" and who is an "after."

While medically warranted operations are similar about everywhere,there are trends and regional differences that dictate what people want when they come in for eyelid surgery,bodysculpting and the like.

One person may come in for augmentation as a 36 C.

Another with the same dimensions may want a reduction while still another will shop around until she gets two dirigibles or medicine balls implanted onto her chest.

For all we know,Carrie may be too one-sided for her tastes.

She may be like another popular celebrity who didn't go bigger or smaller but had augmentation done to make her firmer,more proportionate and less "cartoonish".

We,like her doctors,should hope that her mental and physical health are protected and that she doesn't fall victim of needing to resemble the "flavor-of-the-month" with the "right" body type,etc.

The right spirit makes all of us beautiful and God (like Randy Travis) wouldn't care if we had zits,wrinkles,gray hair,no hair,dimpled chin,cleft palate,missing teeth,Pepsodent smile,round eyes,slanted eyes,Roman noses,button noses,a body like Pam Grier or one like Pee Wee Herman.

When people started making cake mixes and such,customers complained that their carefully constructed products failed abysmally.

Even though they had every ingredient in the correct proportions and explicit instructions,the cakes were still a disaster.

It turned out that people couldn't be satisfied until they had tweaked or "improved" the product.

Their "little bit more" of this and less of that changed the results.

Finally,the dry mix and frozen food people redesigned their products to need SOMEthing from the consumer.

Then,all was well.

We are guilty of that syndrome in other areas of our lives,too.

We may know God's grace is sufficient but we want the right appearance,the right posessions,etc. to gild the lily.

Can we be right with God if we get our noses bobbed,our lips inflated,our feet bound,our necks stretched,our teeth filed to points,our scalps plugged,our earlobes pierced and skin inked?

Can we take growth hormone,make out bodies match our chromosones,laser away hair,port wine stains and vitiligo?

Maybe,these physical alterations are no better and no worse than the rituals,psychotherapy,etc. we try to improve ourselves.

Yes,diet,exercise,good grooming,prayer,education and all that can help us but we get away from God's message of grace and redemption when we forget that His objective in changing us is not to make us as unlike our true selves as possible but to reveal who and what we really are without sin to obscure our "family resemblance" to Him.

Whether we try to conform to dogma,lawbooks,Emily Post,House Beautiful or Muscle & Fitness,if we base our lives on arbitrary works instead of unchanging Love and Reason,we fall short of His design for us.

Let us seek the kingdom of God first then we'll have enough of the power and beauty that counts to be able to take or leave the kind the world offers.

The Man-made version isn't necessarily wrong or harmful but it isn't as effective as the Heavenly sort.

(Besides,insurance doesn't always cover upgrades of the flesh but those of the soul have already been paid for!)

-- Posted by quantumcat on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 7:41 PM

Evil Monkey,

You bring up a good point.

All I can think of about breast in the Bible is....19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

And of coarse all that can be found about homosexuality in the Bible does have brimstone and fire linked with it.

Maybe that is what triggers your thought about the differences between the two being warped perceptions of reality?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 7:52 PM

Really? Really? How did she repent after 7 porn tapes, and 100s of photos then breast augmentation? So a mere apology is all it takes? Really?

Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 7:35 PM

Evil Monkey,

There is a difference between an apology and repentance.

A repentance that is justifying comes at salvation. Repentance is a 180 degree turn of heart, mind and soul from finding pleasure in sin unto a disdain for the very same thing we once viewed as pleasureable and realizing it brings us death. Repentance is not about perfectly keeping the Law or never sinning again. Someone who has truly repented and had a change of heart will find no pleasure in discovering they have sinned. Repentance is neccassary in order to come to the point where we realize we are lost on our own and need an attonement for the sin that brings death. Once we have repented of our heart held original view of sin we are now ready to accept the free gift of God of Grace by Faith in His only acceptable attonement for this sin we now view as the death sentence.

Repentance is not being sorry for the sins we have committed and apologizing.

Repentance is the 180 degree change of heart, mind and soul that enables and now causes us to be sorry for what once we joyed over. Sorrow is in the 180 degree opposite direction of joy.

Only God can judge the heart to see if repentance of sin has occurred. We can only judge and discern if something is sin. We can not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another as to how it truly views the sin we may be perceiving and discerning.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 PM

"Repentance is the 180 degree change of heart, mind and soul that enables and now causes us to be sorry for what once we joyed over."

So therefore body is not part of that equation, and if so, Carrie needs to get her breasts de-augmented. Right? And she didn't repent, she blames everyone else for her problems. Look at the shows she has been on and what she says.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 9:50 PM

BA,

You posted: Think about it. Am I wrong in understanding your hope?

Yes! On one hand you say if anyone accepts Christ they are always saved and will go to heaven, yet you tell me that I am looking for some unknown executioner to send me to heaven.

I accepted Christ when I was 22 years old. I have always read my bible and lived a half way decent life.

That means I am still under his grace according to your beliefs, so if I am beheaded or just killed for believing in God and Christ then it is only better for me. I am not saying nor have I ever said there is any other way to God than through the son, Jesus Christ.

You Posted:

Only God can judge the heart to see if repentance of sin has occurred. We can only judge and discern if something is sin. We can not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another as to how it truly views the sin we may be perceiving and discerning.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 PM

My father will take care of me, good or bad and not for you to concern yourself. Let God judge me according to my WORKS!

I posted: The only thing is, all the preachers preach that all sinners who do not believe in his only begotten son "shall not perish, but have everlasting life" also.

I still stand by this.

Although they may not say the words "shall not perish" and "also", it still applies because they are saying these souls are in hell forever or tormented for an eternity. Evidently, they think a soul can not be destroyed by God.

They can not perish if they burn forever like preachers teach.

If you have never heard a preacher preach on Hell Fire and Damnation and an eternity where the sinner is thrown in hell and tormented by fire forever, you haven't been to church.

What preacher doesn't preach on Hell Fire and Damnation for an eternity? Or souls living forever in Hell?

You posted: I personally have never heard a preacher say the thing you mentioned above.

Actually, I have always heard the exact opposite of it.

Where have you heard a preacher say those things?

Does any of that ring a bell?????????????? What is the opposite of that, that you have always heard?

You posted: I think alot of people are calling the below torment or torture. I look at it as such.

41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Perhaps you are thinking the fire will burn them up in a few minutes and the torture would be over.

Matthew 13:36-43

explains what will take place on earth when Christ returns by comparing it to the tares and the wheat in the farmer's fields.

In verse 41 Christ sends his angels to gather up and throw the evil doers into a furnace.

Of course there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. No one will argue with that. However, BA, it doesn't say how long they burn, but it isn't long because Christ has other things He is going to do at the same time.

And as I have said several times, in the next verse, the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

These righteous shine in the kingdom of their father or the kingdom right here on earth as stated in verse 38... children of the kingdom and verse 41...shall gather out of his kingdom... When Christ returns, his kingdom is then on this earth.

So, the righteous don't go up into heaven just yet, nor were they in the earlier rapture, but left here on earth... that's right, the righteous are left here on the earth (at this time God's kingdom is here on earth) just as Matthew tells us.

Now please tell me where it says they are tormented or tortured forever.

Rev 14:9-11

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

It says "and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name".

This only applies to the people who worship the beast and his image and receives the mark of the beast. It doesn't say it is eternal or just while they are on earth because it id fire and brimstone not hell nor the lake of fire.

Eventually Hell is thrown into the lake of fire and that is the end of it and everyone who may be in it. The second beast and the false prophet are thrown alive into the lake of fire. AT judgment, everyone whose name is not written in the book of life is thrown into the lake of fire.

Nothing comes out of the lake of fire and it isn't spoken of any more.

You posted: I think the real torture that will burn is the fact of eternal seperation from the presence of God. That would be hell to me.

Yes, now I can agree with you on that. But even then, it ends with the Lake of Fire!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 11:44 PM

So therefore body is not part of that equation, and if so, Carrie needs to get her breasts de-augmented. Right? And she didn't repent, she blames everyone else for her problems. Look at the shows she has been on and what she says.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 9:50 PM

Midnight Rider,

I asked him his opinion. He stated how she was courageous to stand up as a Christian about homosexual marriage. And I am asking what his opinion of her now.

I agree, as a spokesperson she is unreal, I never said she was a hypocrite, you did.

In the Bible, it says un-natural acts, wouldn't breast augmentations be considered the same thing?

The main problem I had was that she called herself a Christian yet totally defy everything it stands to be. From the point she made the decision to call herself one all the way up to defending her weird ideals of right and wrong.

For Example: She says Breast Augmentation and Pornographic films is not a sin because it isn't in the Bible...

How can you even think that way? She argues times are different, but only what she deems so? You can't pick and choose what is right and wrong just because it is convenient on how it affects your lifestyle.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 1:10 PM

This and all your other posts on this subject are ridiculous. Lets start with your post where you stated untruthfully that she said pornography is not in the Bible. I challenge you to provide credible evidence of that. I have run searches and can find no where she has ever said that.

Now for your second comparison read your bible carefully and you will see that it is talking about men and women having unnatural relations with one another ie; homosexual behavior, not the changing of ones body. What a stretch!

Now, say these words out loud: "Two men having oral or anal sex" or, "two women having sex together to have a baby" Does that really sound natural to you Evil Monkey?

The bible clearly says that homosexuality is an abomination before God, and unless they repent and turn from the lifestyle they will be found guilty on judgment day. It is the refusal to repent and turn from the lifestyle that is condemning them-because they have refused to believe God's word, therefore, calling God a liar.

Now, is her breast augmentation a sin? That truly is a questionable issue, because no where in the bible is that directly addressed. And for you to compare her breast augmentation to homosexuality, saying it warrants the same punishment, would you also say that to the woman who has had the same procedure done after a double mastectomy? Or, would you say the same to parents who have had surgery performed on their child to correct a cleft palate?

As for the sex tapes she made, I am not sure, but I believe she made them all when she was a few years younger, and she has gone on record as saying it what the stupidest mistake in her life. So, I have to take her at her word that she has repented and turned from that sort of behavior.

So, this also provides a great illustration for the most mis-used verse in the bible, both non-christians and Christians alike: Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. Many take this to mean that we should not say this is sin, or that is sin. When, in fact, the bible clearly tells us to point out the sin in our brother's or sister's life. Luke 17:3-4 If you brother sins, rebuke him, and if repents, forgive him. And if sins against you seven times a day, and returns you seven times saying, "I repent", forgive him.

The kind of judgment warned about in Matthew 7:1 would be for you to say, I am not forgiving you because I don't believe you have repented. You are saying that you know the condition of that persons heart, when in fact you don't.

Has, she tried to blame others? Maybe so, I have not followed her that closely, but, even so, that is something that she will have to reconcile between her and God.

Can you honestly say that if your life was to be put under the same magnifying glass, that there would be no sin exposed? You have never uttered one bad word about someone? You have never told a lie? You have never lusted after anyone? You have always, everyday, every minute loved God with all your heart, with all your soul,with all your mind, and with all your strength? You have always loved your neighbor as you have loved yourself, even Michael Bell? Are you like the rich young ruler who would tell Jesus, I have kept all the commandments since I was a youth?

Finally, it is laughable that you, of all people want to impose biblical standards on her, when you have been on record numerous times saying that the we can't use the bible because it is not "complete". That sounds rather...

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 12:59 AM

So, unique,what do you do with Lazarus in Luke 16?

You also posted:

"Eventually Hell is thrown into the lake of fire and that is the end of it and everyone who may be in it. The second beast and the false prophet are thrown alive into the lake of fire. AT judgment, everyone whose name is not written in the book of life is thrown into the lake of fire.

Nothing comes out of the lake of fire and it isn't spoken of any more."

How does that prove that it is not eternal?

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:13 AM

You Posted:

Only God can judge the heart to see if repentance of sin has occurred. We can only judge and discern if something is sin. We can not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another as to how it truly views the sin we may be perceiving and discerning.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 PM

My father will take care of me, good or bad and not for you to concern yourself. Let God judge me according to my WORKS!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 11:44 PM

Unique-Lies,

Never had you in my thoughts when I posted that above.

It would help if you would read the salutation I post in an effort to keep someone as yourself from taking something personal.

Sorry, everything is not about you and your WORKS.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:06 AM

Can you honestly say that if your life was to be put under the same magnifying glass, that there would be no sin exposed? You have never uttered one bad word about someone? You have never told a lie? You have never lusted after anyone? You have always, everyday, every minute loved God with all your heart, with all your soul,with all your mind, and with all your strength? You have always loved your neighbor as you have loved yourself, even Michael Bell? Are you like the rich young ruler who would tell Jesus, I have kept all the commandments since I was a youth?

Posted by Midnight Rider on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:13 AM

Midnight Rider,

Refreshing to see someone post reality.

Reality is the fact that.. "we all fall short".

The Law is a great schoolmaster and you are wise in your use of it to make your point above. Especially when you asked... "You have always, everyday, every minute loved God with all your heart, with all your soul,with all your mind, and with all your strength?" That statement alone should stop all of us in our tracks and allow us to see just how far we all fall short in God's eyes.

Sadly though, there are numerous people who would stand there and say they have kept all the commandments since they were a youth.

Actually I remember reading about some in the bible who were be so foolish as to point out to Jesus all their wonderful works they have done in his name trying to justify themselves.

We have all drastically fallen so short.

We need attonement for this.

Not more wonderful works in his name but attonement.

That attonement can only be had by the shed Blood.

Only by Grace through Faith we can have the Righteousness of Christ imputed onto and covering our unrighteousness.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:45 AM

So, unique,what do you do with Lazarus in Luke 16?

Posted by Midnight Rider on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:13 AM

Not going to guarantee it, but I think he will quote... Unique 3892: 98-309 for you.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM

___YESTERDAY_______________________________

I am not saying nor have I ever said there is any other way to God than through the son, Jesus Christ.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 11:44 PM

___________________________________________

--------------------------------------------

________LAST YEAR____________________________

When I asked jesus to come into my life and take over, My life changed instantly. I knew Jesus had come into my life, body and soul.

I had to test this feeling. I felt like I couldn't sin. It was impossible to sin. So, what did I do?

I deliberately sinned to see if I could. I could.

Years later I read hebrews and realized that my Salvation lasted maybe 10 minutes.

That is why I teach as I do. To maybe prevent others from doing the same thing and going down the wrong path with me.

The only hope for me is being Martyred or living long enough to see the beast and his image and be able to just say no!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Aug 6, 2008, at 2:14 PM

_________________________________

What is your only Hope unique?

Can you now see why I try to stifle if not exterminate your false teachings of a 10 minute salvation and an executioner as an only hope.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 8:15 AM

__________ANOTHER LAST YEAR_______________

I know all about righteousness, sinning and salvation and just how simple it is to obtain it. I also know just how simple it is to lose your salvation also, which you refuse to believe.

SO you see... if you sin you are no longer a christian.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Oct 17, 2008, at 10:02 AM

Unique-Lies,

This is the false teaching that must stop.

You just thought parkerbros were rough on you for spreading lies and bewitching people with your false doctrines. I pick up where they left off.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 8:29 AM

"Now, is her breast augmentation a sin? That truly is a questionable issue, because no where in the bible is that directly addressed."

Neither is Pornos, or Nude photos, or bestiality, or drunk driving, or shooting people with a gun or homosexuality.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 11:47 AM

Midnight Rider,

You posted: So, unique,what do you do with Lazarus in Luke 16?

Personally, I don't do anything with Lazarus in Luke 16, because that Lazarus never existed. That was a parable Jesus made up while talking to the people to explain a couple things to them.

1). The good people don't go to the same place as the evil people go when they are judged. (Jesus didn't make up the two places on each side of the gorge. This was how the Jews thought Hell was, so Jesus used it in his example).

2). Jesus is rubbing Salvation in their noses. In other words, he is saying that if God's Son can't tell the world about hell and salvation and the world believe him, then neither would any human being be able to make the world believe.

3). There was no salvation for those in the old testament because only through Christ can anyone receive salvation, so these people all went to Hell, until Christ was crucified. At the time of this story, Christ was still alive, so He could not have been to Hell and given out any salvation yet.

Therefore everyone would hypothetically be in the same place in this hypothetical Hell because no one had been saved yet.

It was when He died on the cross that he went to hell and brought salvation to those who died before him. There was no other side across the gorge from hell nor Abraham sitting there. IT WAS JUST A PARABLE! A Hypothetical situation Jesus used in his lesson that day.

Acts 13:36-37

36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

However, in this hypothetical parable;

Hell and this other place were just across the gorge from each other so neither multitude could cross over to the other side.

Now visualize a big Cave in the center of the earth with a gorge between two different ledges. One is a raging, burning Hell. The roar of such flames would make it impossible for anyone to hear anyone from the other side of the gorge. The temperature of a Hell on the other side of the Gorge in the center of the earth would make both sides of the gorge hot as hell.

We must believe and obey the words of God but we must also not be gullible. This is where the Holy Spirit will help you, if you ask.

You posted: How does that prove that it is not eternal?

Matthew 10:28

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

God is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Nothing here about being tormented for an eternity. Destroyed to me means to annihilate not something to keep around forever.

also:

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;

God sent the angels to Hell, but not to burn nor be tormented, but to be locked up in gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment. No burning nor tormenting in this verse either AT best it would have been damp and cold. Just a waiting place until resurrection or judgment in the case of the angels.

If the angels or anyone else is locked up in hell only til judgment, why would he send them back to hell forever. And if the angels committed worse sins than man, why did they not be tormented and tortured in Hell? Because it just doesn't work that way. Hell and death are cast into the Lake of Fire. That is the "second Death"! A second death doesn't mean an eternal life but it does mean a second and final death.

(Revelation 20:13-15)

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The bible tells us that we sleep (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6) in our graves until we are resurrected, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

(Daniel 12:2)

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

In (Rev 22:14-15) we are told that God's children are allowed in the city but the sinners are outside and not allowed inside.

Does that sound like sinners are in the lake of Fire being Tormented and tortured for an eternity. Because we are all sinners and come short of the Glory of God, we may all be allowed to inherit the earth if we have committed minor sins everyday!

14"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 12:56 PM

BA,

You Posted:

Only God can judge the heart to see if repentance of sin has occurred. We can only judge and discern if something is sin. We can not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another as to how it truly views the sin we may be perceiving and discerning.

Then you posted to me: Unique-Lies,

Never had you in my thoughts when I posted that above.

It would help if you would read the salutation I post in an effort to keep someone as yourself from taking something personal.

Sorry, everything is not about you and your WORKS.

-> But it is:

I am no idiot by any means and understood you sent that to

Evil Monkey, but you were just voicing your "true Fruits". Or so I thought!

I could have gone further and quoted your other line in the same post: Repentance is not being sorry for the sins we have committed and apologizing.

You sure do have some soar fruit.

You can not post such a meaningful expression about not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another, then say that your words only apply to one person. You must mean then that you can and should judge everyone else, not only me but homosexuals and abortionists etc like you have judged every since you came on here.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:17 PM

Blessed Assurance,

You posted: Unique-Lies,

This is the false teaching that must stop.

You just thought parkerbros were rough on you for spreading lies and bewitching people with your false doctrines. I pick up where they left off.

-> You don't know what you are letting yourself into! Preach from your own heart and mind not from someone who has left the building...

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:25 PM

You don't know what you are letting yourself into! Preach from your own heart and mind not from someone who has left the building...

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:25

Unique,

My heart and mind agrees with their's and the Gospel they spoke of will never leave the building. I'm sorry, but I just can not let you falsely teach about a 10 minute salvation and an executioner as saviour without rebutting it until you either come to understand the Gospel or stop spreading your lies, preferably both.

You might as well grow to like me as I like you.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:50 PM

You can not post such a meaningful expression about not and should not attempt to judge the heart of another, then say that your words only apply to one person. You must mean then that you can and should judge everyone else, not only me but homosexuals and abortionists etc like you have judged every since you came on here.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:17 PM

???????????????

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:57 PM

Blessed Assurance,

You posted:

???????????????

That was the best and most accurate answer for YOU to give for all your disciples to read how you answer with your blasphemy!

Only one comment was answered by you

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 2:16 PM

Blessed Assurance,

You posted:

Repentance is not being sorry for the sins we have committed and apologizing.

Please explain this to your disciples!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 2:17 PM

BA,

You posted:

My heart and mind agrees with their's and the Gospel they spoke of will never leave the building. I'm sorry, but I just can not let you falsely teach about a 10 minute salvation and an executioner as saviour without rebutting it until you either come to understand the Gospel or stop spreading your lies, preferably both.

If I can not lose my Salvation, then you are blaspheming the holy spirit by telling everyone that I am of the devil and saying I can not lose my salvation. Not only that, but you are confusing your disciples by speaking with a forked tongue.

I say I can not be forgiven of some sins that I have committed and you say I can never lose what I once had by the grace of God, then say I am evil and spreading lies and bewitching the people with false doctrines given to me by the Holy Spirit.

I quote scriptures to prove what I say but you can only answer with stupid answers like ??????????????? or don't answer at all.

Is everyone listening to Blessed Assurance?

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 2:31 PM

BA,

Stop these false teachings that I teach by telling your disciples what they mean:

Hebrews 6:4-6 (King James Version)

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

2 Peter 2:20

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

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

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire

Matthew 12:43-45

43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 3:02 PM

Question:

God has known us in our mothers' wombs and even before the creation of the earth.

Yet,those who have willfully and knowingly rejected Him will hear "I never knew ye."

Not "I used to know you before you were lost.

Not "I knew you in an alternate timeline."

Never.

This would be a retroactive annihilation so thorough it would affect God Himself.

The Creator would have to UNmake and Uncreate.

That seems a good deal more involved than eternal angst,a lake of fire,the tortures of the damned or a prison locked from the inside.

This may sound like "Can God make a rock so heavy He can't lift it?" but shall He unravel Time itself so completely that an unsaved person NEVER EXISTED to be lost or forgotten?

The typical view of Hell may seem cruel or trite but oblivion,non-existence,most versions of re-incarnation and being "retconned" out of reality seem like the sort of evasion of life and responsibility that comes too easy to all of us.

A salvation that gets us *more* rather than less involved in life and is eternal even from today might be scarier to some people than roasting on the end of some infernal pitchfork.

Would that we would be fated to cast off corruption as one might a shed skin or eggshell and emerge larger,stronger and more beautiful as we matured out of one life and into the next.

-- Posted by quantumcat on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 3:17 PM

mikebell, you said you see no harm in her boob job? Really? Isn't the whole point to make men lust over her? How is that accomplishing any good works? Well, what about Chastity Bono turning herself into Chaz Bono? No harm in that either, I suppose.

-- Posted by countrymom on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:17 PM

Unique-Lies,

In reference to your most immediate above post you asked me about these (3) three different passages:

Hebrews 6:4-6

2 Peter 2:20-22

Matthew 12:43-45

With each one I will tell you what I know it is not referring to and then what I believe it is referring to.

Hebrews 6:4-6 - It is not referring to the loss of salvation. I believe it is referring to someone as an example of who has come right up to the edge of salvation, right up to the very threshold, most likely right at repentance of their works based justification mindset they were raised with, seen everything they could have including the working of the Holy Spirit, and fell back from the entrance door of Grace back into a works based self righteous religion.

As in most scriptures it helps to look at the entire chapter when trying to understand a couple of verses in each of them as you posted. Most times as in this case the very first verse of a chapter says a lot. Most times it will answer at least one of the who, what, when, where's that the questionable verses are about.

When I look at the first verse of Hebrews 6......... "1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,".......I can see "what" is being discussed as repented of. It is dead works. The subjects of the verses you quoted have been led to a state of repentance and right up to the threshold of faith toward God but they fall away from entering into perfection back into dead works.

It is impossible once they have been enlightened in such a way that they have literally tasted the original recipe sitting right on the tongue but rejected it and choose not to swallow it to bring them back to the table again. There is nothing left to show them once they have seen it all and rejected it. To let them taste the same thing again and reject the same thing again would be shame again.

2 Peter 2:20-22 - Likewise this is not about the loss of salvation. Even though it has been insinuated that the washed sow was a saved sow that became lost once she lay in the mud again that is not correct.

Again it helps to go get some who, what, when or where's answered by looking at the first verse of the chapter. When I look at the first verse of 2 Peter 2......."1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."...... I can see the who and a couple of the whats'. The who is not Christians but false prophets. One of the whats' is damnable heresies.

Even the verses you quoted have a lot of the answers in this case. Notice in verse 20 it mentions having a "knowledge" of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Then notice in verse 21 it says to have "known" the way of righteousness, and then to turn after having "known". Never does it say "accepted", it only mentions knowledge of. Knowledge of Jesus Christ will not save you. Acceptance of Jesus Christ as Saviour will deliver you.

The dog and the sow were a dog and sow before knowledge and remained a dog and sow after knowledge.

Matthew 12:43-45 - Again this is not a representation of lost man becoming saved and becoming lost again. Unfortunately with this instance the very first verse of the Chapter does not aswer a lot of who, what, when and where's for the verses you quoted. However, just a few verses before your quoted two verses I see a new topic being brought up....."38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee." Jesus gives them a couple of examples that show something greater comes after what has been before. Then he discusses your two verses and talks about an unclean spirit leaving but a seven times greater evil coming afterwards. I think you could understand this better is you stopped and realized the house never had a clean spirit in it. He found it just like he left it, empty. He did not come back to find it occupied by a clean spirit which would have had to been the case if your couple of verses represented the lost becoming saved and then back to lost again.

_______

More importantly than anything I must say that your couple of selected verses out of each chapter of three different books can not be viewed as the loss of salvation when put in the light of the entire rest of the Bible. Those few verses have to be in harmony with the Gospel.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:56 PM

Question:

God has known us in our mothers' wombs and even before the creation of the earth.

Yet,those who have willfully and knowingly rejected Him will hear "I never knew ye."

Not "I used to know you before you were lost.

Not "I knew you in an alternate timeline."

Never.

This would be a retroactive annihilation so thorough it would affect God Himself.

The Creator would have to UNmake and Uncreate.

-- Posted by quantumcat on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 3:17 PM

quantumcat,

It was the Son in the Godhead that said He never knew them.

They only rejected Him as Saviour in favor of their "own" works.

But you do bring up the interesting point of what was not said and that being...."I used to know you before you were lost."

He just plain and simply "never" knew these who had done so many wonderful works as means of their justification.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 8:10 PM

I say I can not be forgiven of some sins that I have committed and you say I can never lose what I once had by the grace of God, then say I am evil and spreading lies and bewitching the people with false doctrines given to me by the Holy Spirit.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 2:31 PM

Unique-Lies,

Even the great apostle Peter failed at times and let Satan use him even in the presence of Christ. I do not mean to convey you are evil yourself, but rather I believe you have allowed, perhaps even unaware, Satan to deceive you, rob you of your assurance, and even use you to aid and abett him in future robberies of assurance.

The Holy Spirit is not giving you false doctrines.

The one that can appear as an angel of light is.

Christ does not want His precious work to viewed as a 10 minute thrill ride.

Satan would love for you to present it that way.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 8:27 PM

quantumcat,

God has known us in our mothers' wombs and even before the creation of the earth.

Romans 8:28-29

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Ephesians 1:4

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (King James Version)

13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Yet,those who have willfully and knowingly rejected Him will hear "I never knew ye."

Not "I used to know you before you were lost.

Not "I knew you in an alternate timeline."

Never.

Matthew 7:21

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Even some of those who think they are God's children will be told never!

Matthew 7:22-23

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

This would be a retroactive annihilation so thorough it would affect God Himself.

The Creator would have to Unmake and Uncreate.

Genesis 6:6

6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

2 Peter 3:

3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.

Where did all that water come from...?

Genesis 1:6-8

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Psalms 104:5-6

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

God laid the foundation of the earth to never be removed (as some scientists proclaim), but did flood it over the mountain tops.

2 Peter 3:7

->> 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

-> That seems a good deal more involved than eternal angst, a lake of fire,the tortures of the damned or a prison locked from the inside.

It has already been decided by our Creator and father.

2 Peter 3:10-16

->>> 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

This may sound like "Can God make a rock so heavy He can't lift it?" but shall He unravel Time itself so completely that an unsaved person NEVER EXISTED to be lost or forgotten?

God could if He chose to, however, In the scriptures we are told that we will be Resurrected back here on this earth to live for a short while BEFORE we are Judged. At this time angels will be flying around preaching the word of God so every ear shall hear the word of God.

It is after this that the followers of Satan are destroyed by fire from heaven and Satan is thrown into the lake of fire with the false prophet and the beast and we are judged.

-> The typical view of Hell may seem cruel or trite but oblivion, non-existence, most versions of re-incarnation and being "retconned" out of reality seem like the sort of evasion of life and responsibility that comes too easy to all of us.

It would seem that way, but I only say what I believe the Holy Spirit has revealed to me in the scriptures. We must all read them for ourselves then make our decisions as to what the Holy Spirit is saying. I only bring old scriptures to light that have never been touched on as being answers to certain questions.

True. Some people don't worry about what the future holds for them. They will deal with it when it slaps them in the face.

-> Would that we would be fated to cast off corruption as one might a shed skin or eggshell and emerge larger,stronger and more beautiful as we matured out of one life and into the next.

Not sure! I can only say that when Jesus was Resurrected He still had the hole in his side where the Roman pierced Him, and the nail holes in His hands.

John 20:27

27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Remember, Jesus was flesh and blood at this time because He ate a piece of broiled fish saying a spirit could not do that.

Luke 24:36-43 (King James Version)

36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

Will we be Resurrected just as we are when we die? Not sure, but I think we are. Because our bodies may be decayed, we may have new flesh and no defects, but we won't be receiving all those new immortal bodies until we are judged and go to the New Heaven or New Earth.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 11:19 PM

BA,

I will use the New Living Translation to help you understand what Paul is saying;

Hebrews 6:1-6 (New Living Translation)

1 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.

2 You don't need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

4 For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened--those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,

5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come--

6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

It just doesn't get much plainer than that.

(Now this is just plain blasphemy to add to the scriptures like this)

It is impossible once they have been enlightened in such a way that they have literally tasted the original recipe sitting right on the tongue but rejected it and choose not to swallow it to bring them back to the table again. There is nothing left to show them once they have seen it all and rejected it. To let them taste the same thing again and reject the same thing again would be shame again.

[There is nothing in the bible saying anything about standing or sitting at the table and tasting with their tongues the original recipe but not swallowing it.]

2 Peter2:19-22 (again the New Living Translation)

19 They (meaning the false prophets) promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world (Not or no longer false prophets) by knowing (knowing means to accept Jesus Christ, "remember Jesus saying I don't KNOW You") our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again ("you are a slave to whatever controls you"), they are worse off than before.

21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.

22 They prove the truth of this proverb: "A dog returns to its vomit." And another says, "A washed pig returns to the mud."

And Matthew 12:38-45 (New Living Translation)

38 One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, "Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority."

39 But Jesus replied, "Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.

40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

41 "The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here--but you refuse to repent.

42 The queen of Sheba[a] will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here--but you refuse to listen.

43 "When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.

44 Then it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.' So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.

45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation."

Verses 39 to 45 is Jesus speaking.

When an evil spirit leaves a person it is because they resisted the devil or it was cast out by accepting Christ. They don't just leave a person for no reason. When we accept Christ, God lives within us so no demons are going to return as long as God is within us. If we turn from God, God will leave us in a heart beat leaving our shell empty, swept clean and in order. When the demon returns, he will see it is a clean empty place to bring 7 more demons more evil than it is.

AND THEY ENTER THE PERSON AND LIVE THERE!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 12:26 AM

IT WAS JUST A PARABLE! A Hypothetical situation Jesus used in his lesson that day.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 12:56 PM

Yes, I am well aware that it is a parable, but we all know that Jesus used the parables to teach important truths. So, are you saying that Jesus was just making up what it would be like to be in Hell?

Probably not, because you already admit that there is a lake of fire. But, you are denying the truth taught in order to hold on to your claim that hell is not eternal.

For all of the scripture you have quoted,to support your claims, you left out one very important verse that causes all of your human logic to crumble.It is found in Revelation 20:10:

"10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever".

Let me repeat that last sentence for emphasis "and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever". That sounds pretty eternal to me.

Let me anticipate one response you might make. Perhaps you will say that is only for the devil, the beast, and the false prophet. But, you have already shown us that all the unrighteous would be placed there.

Revelation 20:15: 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Now, God in His infinite power could possibly torment just those 3, but why would he cast all not found in the book of life into the same place?

God had revealed many things to us, but by all means has He revealed all things, nor is He under any obligation to do so.

I think that you have a lot of biblical knowledge, but you have spent too much time isolated unto yourself in that you only have your own perspective, a perspective in which you never seem to question the correctness of. You call out every preacher as teaching unique lies, and the implication of your posts is that God has only given you the correct interpretation of His word.

I know, you claim it is from all of the study you have done, but it is been study without critique. You should be obedient and listen to all of God's word: 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near

Iron sharpens iron. Pastors make mistakes, I know mine does, but I also know that he loves Jesus and wants others to know Jesus. And, he is willing to admit his mistakes-even when it comes to interpreting scripture. Because this written, don't think I am saying this with a waving finger pointed at your nose, but more as a loving brother with his arm around your shoulder telling you there is a possibility that you are wrong. You should be in a church somewhere, testing your knowledge,and maybe even helping to teach. God never gave His word to anyone to keep for themselves.

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 1:15 AM

"Now, is her breast augmentation a sin? That truly is a questionable issue, because no where in the bible is that directly addressed."

Neither is Pornos, or Nude photos, or bestiality, or drunk driving, or shooting people with a gun or homosexuality.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 11:47 AM

I knew that I should have elaborated further on the issue of being directly addressed.

It could be possibly be a sin, because she has altered her body, but it really is between her and God. I know that when I stand before God, He will probably burn up some of what I thought were "good works" but under the scrutiny of God, were really just things I did to please myself, or get praises of men.

As for all of the other things you have pointed out, there are direct references either to the behavior, or are guided by biblical principles. Just being drunk is a sin, shooting someone is murder (if you kill them), or it could be taking vengeance. Porn's only purpose is to illicit lust, homosexuality is also in the bible, but you refuse to believe it.

You have accused Carrie of picking and choosing what she wants to believe, yet you do the very same thing concerning God's word. (just like you have done with my questions, you have only answered part of it, even though I always try to address all of your questions). Even worse, you expect her to live by this standard, yet you refuse to live by the same standards. This causes me to worry for you. I worry because you have have taken something that God has said is true, and are openly defiantly denying it. I will pray that you will no longer be blinded to God's light. 2nd Corinthians 4:4-7

"4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ".

As long as you defend and support a lifestyle, (or any sin for that matter) that God has clearly stated as sin, you are blinded. I pray your eyes will be opened before it is too late.

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 1:55 AM

unique,

I believe you would do well to read the above posts by Midnight Rider and absorb it.

He pointed out something I have been trying to reach you with but have failed to do. I admittedly have a hard time conveying my thoughts in ways that you can understand.

He made the following two observations for you to look at that I understand and agree with:

(1) - For all of the scripture you have quoted,to support your claims, you left out one very important verse that causes all of your human logic to crumble.It is found in Revelation 20:10:

(2) - I think that you have a lot of biblical knowledge, but you have spent too much time isolated unto yourself in that you only have your own perspective, a perspective in which you never seem to question the correctness of. You call out every preacher as teaching unique lies, and the implication of your posts is that God has only given you the correct interpretation of His word.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 7:46 AM

Don't worry for me, I know exactly where I am going. Posting verses of the Bible relating to God's light does not make me believe that Homosexuality is wrong and Breast Augmentation is A-OK.

Saying I am unbeliever because I have a heart that accepts everyone is not fair and it is judgmental. Sorry I don't agree with that as well. Placing people within classes of sin is wrong as well.

I don't refuse to believe that homosexuality is in the Bible, It is in the Bible, but not in a negative light.

Ruth and Naomi

David and Jonathan

Daniel and Ashpenaz

Of course the word, Homosexual isn't in the Bible, just like pornos, video cameras and breast augmentations.

I accused Carrie of stating something that was false and using God's Word as a crutch when she knowingly did something that wasn't good.

Are these the questions you are referring to?

You have never uttered one bad word about someone? Only if it was honest and benefited them

You have never told a lie? Not on purpose.

You have never lusted after anyone?

Nope, when with my wife for 16 years.

You have always, everyday, every minute loved God with all your heart, with all your soul,with all your mind, and with all your strength?

It's impossible.

You have always loved your neighbor as you have loved yourself, even Michael Bell?

Absolutely, I even offered to help him move. I empathized on his plight. And I call him on occasion to see how he is doing. Called him a few days ago in fact but it goes to Verizon voice message stating he is out of service area.

Talk to Marvin Parker as well, we have a good relationship as well.

Are you like the rich young ruler who would tell Jesus, I have kept all the commandments since I was a youth?

Not rich, but Jesus died to remove the binds that bound us by the old laws.

I think the main question is, why is everyone so fascinated by what is right and wrong of what other people are doing and just worry about themselves? Is it not impossible to police 6 Billion people? I think always finding the bad in a class of people is not as Jesus would do. I honestly have never found him to be that way.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 8:13 AM

I think the main question is, why is everyone so fascinated by what is right and wrong of what other people are doing and just worry about themselves?

Posted by Evil Monkey on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 8:13 AM

You are the one that brought up Carrie Prajean. What was your fascination?

I don't refuse to believe that homosexuality is in the Bible, It is in the Bible, but not in a negative light.

Ruth and Naomi

David and Jonathan

Daniel and Ashpenaz

Posted by Evil Monkey on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 8:13 AM

Now, that really is a stretch. Quote chapter and verse that support your claims. I have already done so to support my claim on a previous blog, but I will do so again just to refresh your memory. Romans 1:24-27

Go here and pick any version you want and it says the same thing http://www.biblestudytools.com/hnv/roman...

I quoted 2 Corinthians in hopes that your eyes would be opened. I say this because all of the things you say about homosexuality, beastiality, pornography is exchanging a truth for a lie (Romans 1:25), and you are giving approval of those who practice them. Romans 1:32

Unless you say that calling sin a sin, no one that I know of on here "is always trying to find bad in a class of people" as you say. What is happening is that people are combating the lies that the great deceiver is spewing forth from those that he has deceived. You have never seen me express this in a hateful manner (and I am not saying that you have either)but, you must understand that Jesus told many people plainly that they were either living in sin (the woman at the well) or had sinful attitudes (the Pharisees come to mind).

I am a laymen who works with youth, adults, and college students, and my agenda with them is to help them to know and love Christ and to seek to Him on a daily basis. This issue (homosexuality) is a rare topic in my teaching.

However, when you or anyone else comes on a public forum and promotes this lifestyle I feel compelled to fight these lies,(and that is just what they are, lies) with the truth of God's word. I pray your eyes will be opened.

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 10:54 AM

Midnight Rider,

Wow! Now that is what I was hoping for... someone who could stand up and talk TO me about what I believe.

You are right when you said "I think that you have a lot of biblical knowledge, but you have spent too much time isolated unto yourself in that you only have your own perspective, a perspective in which you never seem to question the correctness of".

If the Holy Spirit gave me this information, then I would be a fool not to use it.

Noah was the only preacher who thought and taught the way he did. What would have happened if Noah listened to other preachers and lived according to their beliefs?

Until You or someone else can prove to me that the Holy Spirit isn't giving me this information, I must continue.

I have thrown some of the most outrageous teachings that I have been blessed to understand... out there for any and everyone to make a liar out of me.

Some of my teachings would be a blessing if I was wrong, but that never seems to be the solution. I have mixed feelings about Salvation, but as long as there are scriptures saying we can lose it, I must agree with the bible.

It is a pleasure to my heart when someone who knows the scriptures and doesn't have to change the words, stands up and tells me I am wrong or prove it. I was beginning to think everyone on here was just bored with me and BA.

I prove what I say with scriptures that BA changes to read something else in order to accuse me of teaching lies. That doesn't bother me because I not only know what he is doing, but everyone should be able to see what he/she is doing.

Back to eternal Hell...

I am going to say what you thought I would say. The ONLY ones to be Tormented and Tortured in the Lake of Fire FOREVER... IS the false prophet, beast and Satan. Those 3 are the only ones the bible says are tormented forever IN the Lake of Fire.

Death and Hell are thrown into the Lake of Fire at the Second Death. If Hell is a place where souls are tormented and tortured forever, why would it be thrown into the Lake of Fire? The Lake of Fire represents the end of Evil.

When Christ returns, He throws the beast and the false prophet into the Lake of Fire, but not Satan. He chains Satan up in the bottomless pit for 1,000 year as Christ reigns with His Saints who were beheaded for his name sake in the First Resurrection and those saints who were left to shine after the harvest of the world.

We hear no more from the beast or the false prophet because they went to the Lake of Fire. After Satan is released and goes out deceiving the nations (of Resurrected people) for a short time, the Lord sends fire down from Heaven to destroy them and Satan is thrown into the Lake of Fire where the false prophet and the beast are.

The bible says that these three will be torment forever, but nowhere does it say the souls of sinners do. In fact it says the soul of a sinner will Die.

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

This verse doesn't say the body, it says the soul and it DIES, it doesn't "live" forever in Hell nor in the Lake of Fire in Torment.

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

In this verse Matthews uses the word (or it is translated) to destroy. This would mean the same as kill the soul. Either way it doesn't live any more.

The main reason I feel that my interpretation is correct is because the bible tells us over and over again, that when we die we know nothing and do nothing. We "Sleep". That is our soul is put into a spiritual sleep until we are awaken at the Resurrection.

Now, if our soul "sleeps and we know nothing and can not do anything" then how can we be tormented in Hell? There is No Way... impossible!

God is a God of perfection. why would he want imperfect souls screaming in his ears from the Lake of Fire reminding him of their disobedience?

You posted:

You call out every preacher as teaching unique lies, and the implication of your posts is that God has only given you the correct interpretation of His word.

I like everyone else am a sinner. I may be putting out the most demonic information in the history of this world. I can only hope that it is what I have been instructed to give from the foundation of the earth or the beginning of time.

Since it is almost word for word to what the bible says, I have to believe it came from God. God speaks to us through His word, the bible. I do not hear voices, but I hear Him speak through His words.

Here is a thought for you... I believe that Judas was meant to betray Jesus. I believe it was his soul purpose here on earth to betray Jesus. I believe God put it in his heart to betray Jesus so the master plan of Christ being crucified would come into being.

I also believe that Judas will go to heaven just as any other saint will, not because of his betrayal, but because I believe he accepted Jesus when Jesus went to Hell.

-> I know, you claim it is from all of the study you have done, but it is been study without critique.

You are correct again. I have studied for several years and started to write a book, but as everyone can see, I am no writer. I thought about a website, but then I found this blog.

So.... I use this blog to the maximum to test what I think I know. So far I have shocked some people into reading some verses anyway. I have BA who insists that I teach anti-Christ material by posting whatever comes to her mind and has nothing to do with the verses. She makes up her on verses to explain what she doesn't want to believe.

I want people to prove me wrong, but they haven't been successful in doing that yet. Hopefully I am wrong about some things and hopefully I am right about most.

I don't get a lot of critiques here because I may scare them into posting to me. I love new people challenging me. Who knows, they just may be the one to change how I view some scriptures. But until then I must go with God's word as I hear it from God.

-> You should be in a church somewhere, testing your knowledge,and maybe even helping to teach. God never gave His word to anyone to keep for themselves.

Again I agree with you, however, since the churches don't teach what I teach, I would be barred from going if I questioned the church with all the Unique-Lies I believe they teach. I understand that Lies is a harsh word and they are only teaching what they have been taught by man in schools and colleges.

In our Free Country, no one will listen to you if you don't have a Doctor's Degree in the subject you want to teach about.

I look at it like Paul did.

Galatians 1:12

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

-> And, he is willing to admit his mistakes-even when it comes to interpreting scripture.

I will admit to making a mistake when one is pointed out. But if I do more research and find out I was right, I am coming back to let you know. That is what the truth is... bring the truth out.

-> don't think I am saying this with a waving finger pointed at your nose, but more as a loving brother...

I have the utmost respect for You AND your comments and concern and mainly your desire to voice what you need to tell me or ask.

I do not go to a church because I would just be an outcast and not accomplish anything.

I believe that most people think that when I post, I am speaking out against the bible, the word of God or that I do not believe Jesus Christ is the son of the Living God and was born in the flesh and blood and was also resurrected in the flesh and blood.

I am a strong believer in God and his word and his only begotten son. When I read from my King James Bible, if I don't fully understand what I am reading, I will go to the New International Version. If that doesn't help me, as a last resort I will go to the New Living Bible Translation. Between the three, or more if I need to, I usually have it figured out right. If not I don't teach on it.

It is just like this example:

I know now that when we die we sleep and know nothing and do nothing, so that helps me to understand a lot of other questions that may come up.

For instants:

I enjoy watching Ghost whisper, the Medium and Lisa Williams that Angel show and other shows depicting people coming back to life as someone else on TV. I will even shed a tear or two as I watch it unfold into a loving situation for the families.

However, I know the truth about mediums and after life and know that these things can not happen.

If we know nothing and do nothing, then we can not come back either as ourselves nor anyone else. The devil and his demons on the other hand can project themselves as anyone or anything making the loved ones think these people came back to watch over them or to guide them in life, not letting anything happen to them.

This is a Unique-Lie. These are demons making innocent people think this is from God and the afterlife. In reality, Satan is making these hurting people call on his demons as guardian angels and not turning to God as He demands that we do.

You see, if we are sleeping until we are Resurrected, how could we possibly come to our loved ones and comfort them. Impossible! They make it seem so real that it is very hard not to believe it, but God said to turn to him when we need something.

By believing these demons are our Loved ones, he has full control over these people and can cause them to curse God for their loved ones' death.

Thank you Midnight Rider for being interested enough to get involved and voice your opinion. I will go all out to explain what I feel the Holy Spirit has revealed to me.

I have just begun to talk about what I know. I am hoping to see more preachers on TV come around without me speaking to them. I would love to have them find it in their own relationship with God, lest they say I influenced them to believe the way they do.

I only speak out to let everyone who is interested see that there are other answers than just what has been taught for centuries by preachers who have learned it from man.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 1:02 PM

6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

It just doesn't get much plainer than that.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 12:26 AM

Unique-Lies,

Yes indeed, it doesn't get much plainer than that.

That is why I am scratching my head and wondering why you can not see it plainly.

Read the last part of the last sentence. These are ones who have "REJECTED" Christ. They are not ones who have sinned, realized the penalty of the sin, and accepted His sacfifice as sufficient attonement for their sins. Again, it is very plain. They have "Rejected" the Son of God.

Look closely also at the first part of that last sentence. It says.... "It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance". Notice where they were at when they turned and did another 180 degree turn. They had been brought all the way up to repentance, ready to accept Christ, but they repented again and turned another 180 degrees away from Christ.

There is literally no way to bring someone back to repentance once they have seen it all as these subjects had and rejected it.

What more could they be showed.

It is much like Abraham with Lazarus in his bosom said in Luke 16 when the rich man spoke in hell....

27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

I think the Hebrews text you quoted shows a similar truth that there comes a time when you can reject the work of Christ and its' full sufficiency for the last time.

Let me get back on point and say... There is a difference between sinning and rejecting Christ. The Hebrews text you quoted is not saying that once you sin after salvation you lose your salvation. It is saying that you can reject Christ after he has been revealed in sufficient light one too many times.

When you sin you are not rejecting Christ for what He is.

When you refuse the shed Blood to cover you for your sin you are though rejecting Christ for what He is.

Actually that rejection is nothing less than putting Him back on the cross in shame as a dead man instead of acknowledging Him as the risen and living Christ He is.

I am leaving for the weekend but would like to ask you to think about something.

Not yet fully understanding the Blood and the Cross his followers were in fear and dread locked behind closed doors when Jesus came to them after ressurrection. Think about the first word He said each time He came to them. What did he want for them?

He wants no less for you and I and all His followers.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 1:11 PM

Midnight Rider,

You asked me in an earlier post: So, unique,what do you do with Lazarus in Luke 16?

Here is my first thoughts on Luke 16:

I pictured Abraham as being in Hades in the center of the world and the rich man being in Hell.

The reason for my thinking, is because I was always told that Hell was used in the old testament but Hades was used in the new testament.

So I reasoned out that just maybe Hell still existed but Hades was created for the people who are followers of Christ since it never existed in the old testament.

Made perfect sence to me that since Christ was crucified, we needed a new place for all the Christians to go.

I began to think that Maybe this Hades was where the good people go to await their Resurrection and Hell was still available for the sinners.

This Hades could then be considered as a Paradise that Jesus spoke of. I milled this around in my brain for a year or two, but realized that the word Hades was not referring to the other side of the gorge where Abraham was. Hell was definitely on one side but the side Abraham was on was NOT named. So I knew that I could not just claim it as Hades like it was a free piece of Land I could name. The word Hades is just used in place of the word Hell in different translations. Hades is a Greek word used for Hell.

I decided to leave it as a Parable that Jesus used to explain how good people had a much better afterlife than the evil person.

So... I do not use it to describe where we go when we die. It has already been determined that we go to our graves to wait for his second coming.

That is how it works for me. I keep everything locked up in mind until it proves itself right or wrong.

Here is another tour into my brain. It is easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to heaven. I pondered on that one for years. No one every explained that parable to me. At least not until Paul Harvey told me the rest of the story!

Thing is I never dropped the verse and one day it was answered for me increasing my knowledge of God's word. That was back in the early 70's.

I just keep things in my mind as how I think they are until someone or something proves it right or changes it.

Okay, Tour is over, everyone out!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 2:30 PM

007,

I don't make anyone try to believe what I teach. I encourage everyone to think for themselves. Just maybe you can change how I believe, but you will have to.... huff... huffff...... pufff.. puff..... pufff... do better than that.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 2:57 PM

BA,

You posted:Let me get back on point and say... There is a difference between sinning and rejecting Christ.

Yes there is! Sinning is just sinning and can be forgiven However when you deliberately sin you are rejecting God who is living inside of you and He leaves your temple because it is no longer a righteous temple and you trample the blood of Christ. When you willfully sin you are refusing to accept his blood and doing what you want to do in spite of God and His command.

In two accounts Jesus told them "Peace be with you."

You have to remember that these disciples were human and just lost there Savior and feared for their lives also. Then all of a sudden Jesus appears to them in a locked room which was never opened for him. They were just that much more scared.

Jesus had to calm them down just to talk to them. All Jesus had to say was "Peace be with you" and it would have to be done because all Jesus has to do is speak and it is done.

Did he say "Peace be with you forever"? No. He just said "Peace be with you." Was it a salutation, a command to shut up or a demand that they always be at peace?

Basically He was just comforting their scared little bodies and telling them not to be afraid of him.

You see, the same thing will happen when He returns. Everyone will fear the Lord when they see him or so the Bible says they will. They will run into caves to hide them from the Lord. Only this time Jesus is not going to say "Peace be with you."

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 4:51 PM

"I also believe that Judas will go to heaven just as any other saint will, not because of his betrayal, but because I believe he accepted Jesus when Jesus went to Hell".

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 1:02 PM

I am sorry, but it is exactly a statement such as this that casts great doubt over your credibility as a teacher. Especially, in light of the words of Jesus. Here is the scripture in the 3 versions that you study, and it can not be more clear that Judas was doomed for destruction.

John 17:12

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept , and none of them is lost , but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.(King James Version)

While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. (New International Version)

During my time here, I have kept them safe. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold. (New Living Translation)

I see no salvation for Judas here.

Ok, your response that the lake of fire will only include the devil, the beast and the false prophet is incorrect. There will be others:

Revelations 14:9-11

9 Then a third angel followed them, shouting, "Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand 10 must drink the wine of God's wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God's cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. 11 The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.

So, we clearly see that anyone who worships the beast and his statue or accepts the mark on his forehead or hand will be tormented with burning sulfur, and the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest for anyone who worships the beast or receives his mark.

Now, it does not say that they are in the lake of fire, but, we are told that all whose name is not found in the book of life are cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15). Certainly, you would not claim any of their names will be found in the book of life, would you?

Again, God in His infinite power can do what He pleases, so, if chooses to have separate chambers in His lake of fire for only these people, then so be it. However, if these people are to be tormented day and night, for ever and ever, I have to believe that is also the fate for those who reject Christ. Even if they are not cast into the lake of fire, you have to agree that their torment is eternal.

Otherwise, why would Christ have to give his life as a sacrifice? What you teach just gives encouragement to those who say "I will just go to hell and party with all my friends." Now, from what you teach, they can add, "and when I am all partied out, I can go to sleep".

I really don't want to think that you are deliberately trying to teach false doctrine. I think you are very misguided in this and other teachings. That is why you need to be out among people to gain perspective. Even Noah did not isolate himself from everyone.

My pastor does not hold a Doctorate,nor a college degree, but he is very well studied and knows his scripture well. Even so, he has been known to make a mistake or two, but when his error is shown to him he is willing to admit and correct his error. He does not dig in and try to defend the error of his ways.

You do not have absolute knowledge, so you cannot say that all pastors at all churches are teaching lies. Certainly, there will be some things you disagree with, as we all do, but that is no reason to disassociate yourself, nor run from the church the first time you hear something you disagree with. The thing to do is pray over the problem and ask God to bring the solution to the problem-regardless of who made the error.

-- Posted by Midnight Rider on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 10:13 PM

007,

You posted:

Yea, no doubt, you've done acid and mushrooms, whether you knew it or not at the time.

And you got hold of the good stuff, the real good stuff.

I have never done any acid nor mushrooms, but I did get hold of the GOOD STUFF. The Word of God.

I use to be one of those Jesus freaks that walked around with a smile on my face ALL THE TIME!

I have gotten high off pot, beer, mixed drinks and even sex, but they were nothing compared to the high I got from accepting Christ.

When I was saved I got my highest high from reading God's word and discussing it with others and knowing I was saved.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 9:47 AM

I don't refuse to believe that homosexuality is in the Bible, It is in the Bible, but not in a negative light.

Ruth and Naomi

David and Jonathan

Daniel and Ashpenaz

Of course the word, Homosexual isn't in the Bible, just like pornos, video cameras and breast augmentations.

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 8:13 AM

Here are the scriptures. The word homosexual is there if you are using the NIV translation. There is not doubt that this behavior is condemned. I think these scriptures qualify as "negative light".

Lev 20:13 "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death."

1 Cor 6:9 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals"

1 Tim 1:9-10 "realizing the fact that (civil) law is not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers"

Rom 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error."

Sin is sin, do not try to defend sin, I can guarantee the defender of sin will loose.

-- Posted by Liveforlight on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 1:25 PM

Midnight Rider,

You posted:

I am sorry, but it is exactly a statement such as this that casts great doubt over your credibility as a teacher. Especially, in light of the words of Jesus.

Then there was this one:

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

John 21:22

22Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

Matthews 27:3-5

3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.

4 "I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man."

"What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."

5 Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

Acts 1:17-18

17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Judas was filled with remorse and repented and we all know what happens when we are filled with remorse and repent and accept Jesus Christ.

So after Judas went to hell and Jesus came down there the same day and spent three days in hell I would think that Judas begged for mercy from Jesus and accepted him.

Here is Something to think about:

Judas was a disciple for Jesus and got to know Jesus better than you and I. If he turned from Christ and sinned, (which he did) and can no longer be saved by the blood of Christ, Why does everyone call me a liar when I say you lose your salvation when you """""""Intentionally Sin""""""?

Actually, Judas and all the tyrants in the old testaments who murdered and raped and whatever, could have accepted Jesus in those three days Jesus was in Hell and be forgiven of all their sins.

I see no reason why Judas could not have been forgiven...unless what I have been teaching is the truth.

Jesus called Judas a devil and scriptures say that Judas went to his own place when he died, but Jesus had not shed his blood until Judas had already betrayed Jesus.

I know that Jesus's blood was able to give Judas Salvation if he wanted it. Did he want to be saved??? But it was there if he did.

You posted: Ok, your response that the lake of fire will only include the devil, the beast and the false prophet is incorrect. There will be others:

I did not say the devil, false prophet and the beast were the only ones to be thrown into the Lake of Fire. I said these three are the only ones that the bible says are tormented forever in the Lake of Fire.

Only the smoke of the torment of the sinners who were burnt by the fire and burning sulfur, in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb, rise for ever and ever.

This Harvest (Matthews 13:38-43) will be going on for a few days I'm sure, so these sinners will find no relief from the fire and burning sulfur day or night.

In Revelation 14:9-11 it is retelling the parable of the end time harvest read in Matthews 13:38-43.

Those who are not God's children are thrown into a firey furnace, also referred to as fire and brimstone from heaven. This is not the Lake of Fire nor Hell. It would have been simpler to just say thrown in Hell if that is where they went.

The soul of a sinner Dies. It Perishes. It is Destroyed, so it can not live on in relief or peace, day or night.

Also in Revelation 20:15 it say everyone whose name is not written in the Book of Life will be thrown into the Lake of Fire.

So you see I never said only the 3 would be cast in the lake of fire, but they would be the only 3 to be tormented in the Lake of Fire forever.

It is in chapter 20 of Revelations that we are told that Satan is released after the 1,000 years to go out and deceive the nations. The only nationals at this time would be the nations of the people who were just Resurrected.

Satan gathers them all together to battle. the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

As they surround the camp of the saints and the beloved city, fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

This is the only verse in the bible that I know of that tells us who is tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Then verse 15 says "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Nothing is said about torment or torture, only that they are cast into the Lake of Fire.

Revelation 20:14-15

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

In verses 14 and 15 nothing is said about an eternity of torment and suffering. since it has not been added to the verses applying to the Lake of Fire, I can not add torment and torture and suffering for ever and ever.

The closest the bible comes to saying it is in Revelation 14:10-11 which is worth repeating;

Revelation 14:10-11

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Nothing in this chapter at all about the Lake of Fire or Hell. These devil worshipers find no relief from the torment of the Fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

-> Certainly, you would not claim any of their names will be found in the book of life, would you?

No! Those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark do NOT have their names written in the Book of Life.

You posted: Again, God in His infinite power can do what He pleases, so, if chooses to have separate chambers in His lake of fire for only these people, then so be it. However, if these people are to be tormented day and night, for ever and ever, I have to believe that is also the fate for those who reject Christ.

These people are not to be tormented day and night for ever and ever. They are only tormented day and night in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb by the burning fire and brimstone, sulfur in some translations. Althou it says nothing about Hell or the lake of Fire in chapter 20, these people do go into the Lake of Fire as stated in chapter 21.

You posted: Even if they are not cast into the lake of fire, you have to agree that their torment is eternal.

I agree that they will be cast into the Lake of Fire because they don't have their names written in the Book of Life.

However, their torment is not having their names written in the Book of Life. I don't say eternal because John 3:16 says who so ever believeth shall not perish but have ever lasting life. The opposite of that would be "Perish" to not have ever lasting life in eternity.

You Posted: Otherwise, why would Christ have to give his life as a sacrifice?

1. Christ gave his life so we could be forgiven of our sins;

2. Christ died so we can not say God owns our Bodies and our Souls;

3. Christ died so we have the power over Satan to refuse him and resist him and his angels;

4. Christ died so we can be like him and do the miracles he did and even more;

5. Christ died so the whole world could be forgiven and not just the Jews;

6. Christ died so we would no longer be under the law but under God's command;

7. Christ died so anyone who believed in Him could have ever lasting life;

8. Christ died so His father would be Glorified in His Son Jesus Christ;

9. Christ died because he had to fulfill several prophesies;

10. Christ died because He LOVED ME before I was born.)

What you teach just gives encouragement to those who say "I will just go to hell and party with all my friends." Now, from what you teach, they can add, "and when I am all partied out, I can go to sleep".

-> That almost sounds like everyone saying, I will ask God to forgive me then go out and do it all over again and when I are ready, I will ask God again to for give me so I can start all over again with any sin I want to except blasphemy the holy ghost which I can not be forgiven for.

I am teaching that those who sin will never be allowed to go to heaven and will no doubt be miserable here on earth as well. When they die, they go to hell or their grave and sleep until they are Resurrected.

How does that sound like partying with their friends? I teach that the Bible says we all "Sleep" until we are Resurrected. That being the case we don't even need a hell unless God wants it to keep the souls separate from each other.

There is no parties or even talking or moving around when you die. You sleep in the ground of the earth. You know nothing and you do nothing, no matter if you are a saint or a sinner.

-> Keep in mind here that I never wrote nor translated the bible. I only read it and tell other where the verses are that I found so they can read them for themselves.

Do a search of "sleep" and "slept" and read all the verses online out of any bible you want to:

http://www.biblegateway.com

Read the story of Lazarus in John 11:1-44

Lazarus died in Bethany and his sisters Martha and Mary (the Mary who washed Jesus's feet with her hair) told Jesus that Lazarus was sick and wanted Jesus to come so he would not die.

Jesus purposely waited two days to leave and took two days to get there, so Lazarus had been dead for 4 days when Jesus raised him from the dead.

After during the 2 day, Jesus told his disciple that Lazarus had fallen asleep and he had to go and wake him. The disciples wondered why, because certainly he could wake up by himself. Jesus had to tell his disciples that Lazarus was actually dead and he had to go and wake him.

So Jesus himself has told us that when we die, we sleep until we are resurrected. Can't say that is a lie.

So we do "Sleep" when we die, not by our choice but by God's plan.

You posted: I really don't want to think that you are deliberately trying to teach false doctrine. I think you are very misguided in this and other teachings.

I teach what I read in the Bible and lead others to the same verses to read for themselves. If the bible teaches that we sleep when we die, then that is what I teach, not what churches teach which is: when you die, you go to heaven to be home with the father or in a better place now, or God has taken him home. Jesus said the heaven is mine and the earth belongs to man. We never came from heaven. We were not created in heaven but born on earth and return to the earth when we die. To make it more pleasant for us, God has allowed for us to sleep when we die so we won't be thinking thoughts about who came to our funeral or who didn't do this or that or I didn't get to say good by or the last thing I told him/her is...?

Noah taught for 500 years as a preacher and the only people he was able to convert over to God, was his 7 family members. The next 100 years he spent building the Ark and more than likely only had services with his family. After the 100 years, the flood came and all the sinners were gone.

Jesus told us that we didn't choose him, but he chose us and "Ordained us". So we don't need a certificate or diploma or license to teach his word. To have a church, you would need certain licenses as a non profit business or tax free business, etc..

You posted: You do not have absolute knowledge, so you cannot say that all pastors at all churches are teaching lies.

You are correct in stating that. I can only say that the preachers who teach anything against what the bible teaches is lying.

If a preacher tells you that you go to heaven when you die (or hell) then he is telling something that isn't in the bible. When the bible is talking about going to heaven and no more tears, etc., that is after we are judged, not before. That doesn't happen until a thousand years(+) after we die.

If they say they will be in the rapture and reign with Christ for a thousand years, they are not telling the truth. Those in the rapture stay with Chrisy forever. Those in the First Resurrection reign with Christ for a thousand years.

If a preacher teaches that when Christ returns the world will be a paradise, he is preaching lies.

If a preacher preaches that Armageddon is the "last battle between good and bad" he is preaching lies.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 3:00 PM

I can't even read all everything, its so much I can't even weed through all of it anymore. Really don't have time for it. Midnight Rider, if you responded, contact me via email or call 931-639-3603

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 3:56 PM

All I know for sure is America and the entire World will be under his judgement and his wrath except for those who have accepted the Son!

Churches need to preach more of this than the hot tub sermons they preach now!

-- Posted by michaelbell on Sun, Nov 22, 2009, at 8:03 AM

Mr. Bell,

I noticed in your above comment you said....."except those who have accepted the Son!"

Do you believe from your study of scripture that we that have accepted the Son will be spared the wrath to come mentioned in Revelation?

Do you want to run to Christ when he returns?

Or do you think you would want to run and hide in the caves when he returns?

I have thought about this a lot over the weekend and was wondering if you might share your thoughts on it.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 8:19 AM

If a preacher tells you that you go to heaven when you die (or hell) then he is telling something that isn't in the bible. When the bible is talking about going to heaven and no more tears, etc., that is after we are judged, not before. That doesn't happen until a thousand years(+) after we die.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 3:00 PM

Unique-Lies,

How do you reconcile that theory with all the souls that were in heaven very early in John's vision during the opening of the seals which were way before the millenium reign or the judgement?

How do you reconcile it with Paul's statements that to absent of the body is to be present with the Lord?

While at it how do you reconcile your soul sleep theory with John's vision of these souls already in heaven talking?

More importantly when Jesus descended to preach to the dead after the resurrection and before the ascension how did they understand if they were sleeping?

I personally do not feel like preachers are telling lies when they preach the opposite of your theories. I rather think you have been deceived into thinking like that.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 8:41 AM

I have gotten high off pot, beer, mixed drinks and even sex, but they were nothing compared to the high I got from accepting Christ.

When I was saved I got my highest high from reading God's word and discussing it with others and knowing I was saved.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 9:47 AM

Unique-Lies,

And this lasted 10 minutes?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 8:50 AM

The only hope for me is being Martyred or living long enough to see the beast and his image and be able to just say no!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Aug 6, 2008, at 2:14 PM

Unique-Lies,

What is your only hope?

From reading your statement above I gather it is a toss up between yourself and some executioner you do not even know of yet. I see no mention of Jesus Christ as your only hope. Why?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 9:03 AM

Huh! How bout that! A Preacher who doesn't use the scriptures. And when it does it only uses verse numbers so it's flock can not follow.

John sees the rapture of 144,000, the beast who came up out of the see, the false prophet, and the second beast, and John saw the two witnesses and the angels and the vials and the trumpets, but all those things had not happened yet. They were only visions of things to come. So why would you conjure up a story about people in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Psalm 115:17

17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;

Paul tells the Corinthians; "We WOULD RATHER BE" absent from the body and to be present with the Lord, but doesn't tell them "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord".

Then Paul goes on to say "Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

SO we see that we must wait until we appear before the judgment seat of Christ before we get this new immortal body.

This "Judgment Seat of Christ" shows up after the second Resurrection and Satan is released and he is thrown into the Lake of Fire and his followers are burned up by Fire from heaven. This Judgment is the second death. Then we get our "Heavenly Bodies".

You posted: More importantly when Jesus descended to preach to the dead after the resurrection and before the ascension how did they understand if they were sleeping?

I believe I read somewhere in the bible that Jesus could wake people up / raise the dead. I don't see any problems there!

Did you actually believe that Jesus can not raise those who have died or even wake them temporarily?

How do you reconcile your theory with John's vision of the future of these souls already in heaven talking, when the bible tells us that we sleep when we die?

You posted: I personally do not feel like preachers are telling lies when they preach the opposite of your theories. I rather think you have been deceived into thinking like that.

I will accept the knowledge of the Holy Spirit over all the preachers in this world. I know what happens now and in the future so I am happy with what I know.

You posted: From reading your statement above I gather it is a toss up between yourself and some executioner you do not even know of yet. I see no mention of Jesus Christ as your only hope. Why?

Because you chose to go into my past posts where I was asking for help to prove I was wrong and instead you have drug my past confessions out before everyone to discredit what I teach.

I am glad that God forgave me because I can see you can't.

One last thing; I posted in 2008:

The only hope for me is being Martyred or living long enough to see the beast and his image and be able to just say no!

If I am of the devil, I won't say no, but if I am still saved it is by the power of God's Glory that I will say No, then I will know I am saved and Hebrews was a lie.

At least I Fear my Lord.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 10:38 AM

Because you chose to go into my past posts where I was asking for help to prove I was wrong and instead you have drug my past confessions out before everyone to discredit what I teach.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 10:38 AM

Unique-Lies,

Your past confessions are the same as what you try to teach today. They need to be discredited at every opportunity before you possibly deceive others.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 11:16 AM

007,

Why keep trying?

For one I feel unique is not beyond hope.

Second, I do not want to see someone else fall into the same deception that has overtook unique.

It is a hard haze to bring someone out of once it has been allowed to settle in.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 11:20 AM

At least I Fear my Lord.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 10:38 AM

Unique-Lies,

Do you understand what "fear" is referring to in most if not all instances it is used in the Bible when addressing Christians?

It is not the type of English fear that makes you want to find a cave to hide in.

It is not the type of English fear that makes you have nightmares.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 11:26 AM

I am glad that God forgave me because I can see you can't.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 10:38 AM

Unique-Lies,

I'm a little unsure of what you are saying. Are you now saying that you understand and believe that God forgave you of all sins, both past, present and future? I hope so because that is correct if you are a child of God. From reading your most recent posts though in the last few weeks I still heard you claim that you had sins after salvation that were not forgiveable.

As far as me forgiving you, that was and is done before you ever even do anything worthy of needing forgiveness. The main thing is for you to realize God has forgiven all His Children.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 11:44 AM

You win!

I leave you with all your followers.

Like Paul, I have moved on past Salvation.

No one here can see anything past the salvation and their escape out of the trials and tribulations that God has promised to get you through but not out of.

It is a test of all the people on earth and God wants his people to go through it so He can be Glorified in his children. How can God show the world his Glory if he takes everyone out of the Trials and tribulation.

To all Christians and

To the Church in Philadelphia:

Revelation 3:10

10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

These trials and tribulation or you may want to call them the "abomination of desolation", begins with the beast long before the second coming of Christ.

Also we read that when God Resurrects all the people who were not here on earth during the Trials and Tribulation will be tested by Satan and his deceit for a short while then the Lord will destroy the evil and wicked who follow Satan and death and hell will give up the dead to be judged.

The lake of fire is the second death. and everyone whose name is not in the book of life is thrown into the lake of fire or their second and final death.

THEN We will receive our heavenly bodies and go to the New City of Jerusalem or inherit the New Earth. No where does it say we go to heaven. Only the New City of Jerusalem, for the old heaven is made new.

And an angel told John "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

This is NOT and NEVER WAS the "CHURCH"!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 1:03 PM

You win!

I leave you with all your followers.

Like Paul, I have moved on past Salvation.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 1:03 PM

Unique-Lies,

This is nothing about you or I winning or losing.

I have no followers. I am a follower. Christ has many of us as followers.

Paul did not move on past salvation to go to condemnation though as you seem to claim for yourself.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 2:43 PM

Unique,

What is your only hope today?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 2:53 PM

How can God show the world his Glory if he takes everyone out of the Trials and tribulation.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 1:03 PM

Unique-Lies,

I think His Glory will be center stage and beyond comprehension when He takes His adopted children out of the wrath to come.

How could He keep His promise if He allowed His children to be appointed to the wrath to come?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 3:02 PM

BA,

You posted: Paul did not move on past salvation to go to condemnation though as you seem to claim for yourself.

-> Hebrew 6:9

9 Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don't believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation.

So you see Paul was talking about condemnation and realized he was scaring the Hebrews so he made an excuse for his teaching of lost salvation, saying we don't believe this applies to you.

Paul knew it applies to anyone who turns from God because it is a rejection of Christ and His Blood.

You Posted:

What is your only hope today?

-> That you will be able to understand the words in the bible one day and then the Holy Spirit makes you understand their meaning.

You posted:

I think His Glory will be center stage and beyond comprehension when He takes His adopted children out of the wrath to come.

If God Raptures up His children, who will know it? Who will see it? With every Christian in Concentration Camps we won't know who has been taken or executed or just starved to death. No Glory for God there.

When Christ returns, all Christians will be in concentration camps or killed. If Christ raptures up all the Christians (or people who claim to be Christians) the Beast will be left standing scratching his head wondering where 75% of the world population went. That would make the beast upset because God would be preventing the beast from testing them to see if they are true Christians or not. No! No one will be Raptured up out of this. Look at the book of Job! God not only let Satan test Job, but enticed Satan to do so for His Glory.

You posted:

How could He keep His promise if He allowed His children to be appointed to the wrath to come?

First his promise was... Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

This means we must endure with patience right up to that hour. Then God will keep us from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

It doesn't say He is going to take us away from the hour but keep us from the hour. In other words, He will keep us safe in the hour of Trials, just as he did with Daniel, Abraham and even Abraham's son on the altar, Jonah and Noah, Moses and Joshuah, king David and all the other children who did His command.

If we are His children truly, then we can walk in the midst of it all and not be harmed. God will keep us from harm just as He promised and He will be Glorified in His Son and his children before all mankind.

If you think you can not survive such an event, then you better look into your heart again and see just where you stand with God.

Even I, condemned or not, know that God will keep his saints alive and safe during this hour of abomination of desolation.

And all of God's Children have to wait patiently with Faith the size of a mustard seed, until that hour cometh, that they will be safe as God promised.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Does God's children have the faith to endure until the end???

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 12:19 PM

When I asked jesus to come into my life and take over, My life changed instantly. I knew Jesus had come into my life, body and soul.

I had to test this feeling. I felt like I couldn't sin. It was impossible to sin. So, what did I do?

I deliberately sinned to see if I could. I could.

Years later I read hebrews and realized that my Salvation lasted maybe 10 minutes.

That is why I teach as I do. To maybe prevent others from doing the same thing and going down the wrong path with me.

The only hope for me is being Martyred or living long enough to see the beast and his image and be able to just say no!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Aug 6, 2008, at 2:14 PM

Unique-Lies,

That is the hope I was asking you about.

Is it the same today?

Sorry to have confused you about hope. It was not intentional.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 1:56 PM

If God Raptures up His children, who will know it? Who will see it? With every Christian in Concentration Camps we won't know who has been taken or executed or just starved to death. No Glory for God there.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 12:19 PM

Unique-Lies,

When God Raptures up His children who will not know it? Who will not see it?

Read your second sentence closely because that is where your answer is at.

Since there is no glory for God in the scenerio of your second sentence maybe it might be worth considering your scenerio is not going to happen.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 2:07 PM

First his promise was... Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

This means we must endure with patience right up to that hour. Then God will keep us from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

It doesn't say He is going to take us away from the hour but keep us from the hour. In other words, He will keep us safe in the hour of Trials, just as he did with Daniel, Abraham and even Abraham's son on the altar, Jonah and Noah, Moses and Joshuah, king David and all the other children who did His command.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 12:19 PM

Unique-Lies,

You play with words almost as good as Satan himself can.

I see the words in a different light.

The word you are playing with is "from".

If I keep my children "from" the fire I do not let them go "in" the fire.

Your above rambling was nothing other than an attempt to slyly turn the word "from" into the word "in". Actually you replaced it in your above post in the first and second sentence of your last paragraph I copied.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 2:22 PM

Unique,

Let me say I take notice of how you slowly slip and transition a word. Most of the times you do it, you will use the phrase..."in other words".

You did it earlier when you posted the following two sentences using your favorite transitional phrase between sentences:

..."It doesn't say He is going to take us away (from) the hour but keep us (from) the hour. In other words , He will keep us safe (in) the hour of Trials,"

When someone carefully reads what you post they can see how you smoothly try to change meanings of words to suit your theories.

Your above example shows how you try to change the meaning of the word "from" into the word "in".

Sly. I have to give it to you. Sly.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM

BA;

Revelation 3:10 (King James Version)

10 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.

So in your words you are saying that God will keep you "FROM" "the hour of temptation", which shall come upon all the world, "by Rapturing you up into heaven"?

The New Living Bible says:

10 "Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.

Here God is saying He will "Protect you from the great time". Does not say He is coming to take you home to be with the Lord for ever and ever.

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 9:06 PM

Unique-Lies,

I have other things to do today than repeat what we have discussed over and over.

You are free today to promote your 10 minute salvation and your apparrant great hope of execution as your only means of salvation now without me trying to stop your false doctrines and theories at first sight.

Enjoy it today while you can. I will be back at stifling and extinguishing "your" false theories tommorrow if the Good Lord wills.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 8:10 AM

Hey uniquelies, I will leave you something to consider and think on today though.

If your only hope is an executioner, whose side will he be on?

Will he be of Christ or of Satan?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 8:16 AM

BA,

Do not fear me, but Jesus Christ our Lord.

I have successfully taught what I came to teach. Everyone will have to read it for themselves in their own bible now or listen to someone else.

In spite of you, I have planted seed. We will see how many you pull up before He returns to harvest.

You have hidden the Truth of God's Word in your words.

I fully understand how the truth has been hidden from the world. The world didn't listen to him so the world will NOT listen to his disciples. A servant can not be greater than his master.

If this is what the bible says and the bible is the truth... what does the world believe and who keeps teaching what the world believes!

I have shared with everyone the knowledge given to me by the Holy Spirit revealing the past present and future events that happened and are about to unfold. I can do nothing by myself, but through Christ all things are possible.

If anyone has any questions have BA answer them for you. My job here is done. I have invaded your blogs with my prophesy and now I have nothing.

The world is Not ending soon so don't worry about any 2012 or any rapture just yet.

When it happens no one will know it. They will only see Jesus coming in the clouds and he is returning with Anger and revenge not LOVE and FORGIVENESS. The world won't be safe from Christ cause there is no place to hide from Him on earth.

In spite of BA, I have planted the seeds given to me. Do with it as you will. I leave everyone with this.

"I know that I know that I know that I know."

It does my heart good to know that the world does NOT believe me because it didn't believe Jesus first. If the world didn't believe Jesus it can't believe me either. I have tormented everyone long enough, according to what I have read in the posts.

The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Oh yeah, May everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too!

-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 1:19 PM

Hey uniquelies, I will leave you something to consider and think on today though.

If your only hope is an executioner, whose side will he be on?

Will he be of Christ or of Satan?

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 8:16 AM

Blessed Assurance,

I do believe you asked unique-lies the question that made him finally see that everyone seen through his deceptive practices.

-- Posted by somecommonsense on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 6:25 PM

The world didn't listen to him so the world will NOT listen to his disciples.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 1:19 PM

The "world" is of this "world" and they did not nor will they listen.

But however we are of the Spirit and listen to it and follow it, just like the multitudes too great to number have for centuries.

Today is Thanksgiving and we give thanks to God for His Gift that gives us Peace, Joy and Assurance.

Pray for those of the "world" who only have a fiery expectation of the wrath to come on them.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 8:45 AM

When it happens no one will know it. They will only see Jesus coming in the clouds and he is returning with Anger and revenge not LOVE and FORGIVENESS. The world won't be safe from Christ cause there is no place to hide from Him on earth.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 1:19 PM

Half of what uniques-lies posted is truth. Half is not truth.

_________

The "world" will not know it.

BUT....

Those of the Spirit will know it.

_________

He is coming with anger and revenge for those of the "world".

BUT.....

He is coming with love and forgiveness for those of His.

________

The "world" and those of it will not be safe from Christ.

BUT

The ones of the Spirit will be safe in the hand of Christ.

________

1 Thessalonians 5

1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Paul delivered this message to the Thessalonians right after he had just comforted them with his message on the rapture in Chapter 4. In the above 11 verses of Chapter 5 you see how Paul continues to make separation between "them" and "us".

In verse 4 "we" are told it will not come upon "us" brethren as a thief.

In verse 9 "we" are told "we" are not appointed to the wrath.

In verse 10 "we" are told, whether alive or dead, "we" will live together with Him.

In verse 11 "we" are told to be comforted.

Now that is the Good News that Paul and "us" were told to spread.

Give Thanks today for what was done for us almost 2000 years ago and pass a little of the Good News around the table today.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 9:38 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

-- Posted by michaelbell on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 10:03 AM

In spite of you, I have planted seed. We will see how many you pull up before He returns to harvest.

Posted by Unique-Lies on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 1:19 PM

I will not be pulling up the tares no matter how much I naturally and instinctively desire to. I was given different instructions.

25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

So be it. I will not be pulling the product of your seed.

-- Posted by Blessed Assurance on Fri, Nov 27, 2009, at 9:16 AM


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