Rev.1: 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.---Jesus is the Alpha and Omega- the Almighty! Daniel 11:33. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
100 days in office, coronated Messiah
Posted: April 25, 2009
7:13 pm Eastern
By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
On his 100th day in office, President Obama will be "crowned" in messianic imagery at New York City's Union Square.
Artist Michael D'Antuono's painting "The Truth" – featuring Obama with his arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns upon his head – will be unveiled on April 29 at the Square's South Plaza.
According to a statement released about the portrait, "The 30" x 54" acrylic painting on canvas depicts President Obama appearing much like Jesus Christ on the Cross: atop his head, a crown of thorns; behind him, the dark veil being lifted (or lowered) on the Presidential Seal. But is he revealing or concealing, and is he being crucified or glorified?"
Even the title of the piece, "The Truth," suggests a play on biblical themes, as Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
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"More than a presidential portrait," writes D'Antuono on a website touting the painting, "'The Truth' is a politically, religiously and socially-charged statement on our nation's current political climate and deep partisan divide that is sure to create a dialogue."
Like others in the news who have depicted Obama in Christ-like imagery, D'Antuono insists he isn't claiming the man is Messiah, but only inviting "individual interpretations."
"'The Truth,' like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder," claims the exhibit's press release.
D'Antuono even invites the public to email him with reactions to the piece, answering his posed question, "What's your truth?"
As WND has reported, D'Antuono follows others who have cast Obama in messianic imagery.
Clark's Obama sculpture, riding a donkey at the Iowa Capitol
In January, artist Matthew J. Clark paraded a sculpture of Obama riding a donkey and preceded by waving palm fronds, reminiscent of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem in the 21st chapter of Matthew as foretold by the prophet Zechariah: "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass."
Like D'Antuono, Clark was also unclear about whether his piece was proclaiming Obama to be the Christ or making some social commentary. Clark's website described the sculpture in vague terms:
"This project was inspired by my thoughts about 'icons' and religious symbols and whether they represent truth or merely represent," Clark's website reads. "The sculpture poses a question that relates to social conventions, metaphysics, and the collective response of society in reaction to fearful and uncertain times, but doesn't impose an answer. For me, it has much more to do with the general public as followers than any leader granted power."
Others, such as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, have been far clearer in their nearly religious adoration of Obama. As WND reported, Farrakhan declared last year that when Obama talks, "the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
Addressing a large crowd behind a podium with a Nation of Islam Saviour's Day 2008 sign, Farrakhan proclaimed, "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
Farrakhan pointed out that the man Nation of Islam followers refer to as "the Savior," Fard Muhammad, had a black father and a white mother, just as Obama did.
"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he said. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall."
Please follow the link by clicking on the title heading.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Whos Side is He On? Obama Wants to INCREASE Immigration!
The next paragraph is straight from Obamas web site "Organizing For America"
Improve Our Immigration System
Obama and Biden believe we must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.
This is the Immigration Gumball video that needs to be viewed again!
Improve Our Immigration System
Obama and Biden believe we must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.
This is the Immigration Gumball video that needs to be viewed again!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
New Video: Planned Parenthood Staff Urge Teen to Lie About Sex Abuse-Abortion
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 20, 2009
Memphis, TN (LifeNews.com) -- A new undercover videotape shows staff at a Tennessee Planned Parenthood abortion clinic urging a client to lie about her potential sexual abuse so she could get an abortion. A girl who said she is 14 and sexually abused by a 31-year-old man was told to hide the information from a judge.
The staff members at the nation's largest abortion business told the young woman to conceal the information so a judge would approve her request for an abortion without parental involvement, which is required by state law except in emergency cases.
Lila Rose, 20-year-old UCLA student who has headed up a project to expose Planned Parenthood employees who engage in sexual abuse coverup, released the video footage on Monday.
Rose went to the Planned Parenthood's Memphis Health Center undercover and told a counselor that a supposed boyfriend twice her age impregnated her and that she wanted an abortion without her parents knowing.
Tennessee Code 37-1-605 requires health professionals to report suspected cases of sexual abuse of minors to law enforcement immediately.
Instead of notifying officials about the apparent sexual abuse, a Planned Parenthood counselor tells Rose on camera that she doesn't want to continue the line of conversation about the sexual abuse.
"Look, if we keep this conversation I'm gonna have to talk to my manager and yeah, [your boyfriend]'s gonna get in trouble," the staffer says. "And please don't say that I told you this."
When Rose tells the counselor she thinks her boyfriend will get in trouble if her parents find out, the counselor advises Rose to lie about the man's age when speaking to a judge in order to obtain a bypass of Tennessee's parental consent law for abortion.
"Don't mention it. Just say you have a boyfriend 17 years old...whatever," the staffer says.
"The Planned Parenthood counselor hears about the abuse, says she should report it, decides to remain silent, then tells me to lie to the judge about a 31-year-old man." Rose tells LifeNews.com about what happened.
This isn't the first video to show problems at Planned Parenthood -- as other footage Rose has released exposed Planned Parenthood abortion centers in Indiana and Arizona. The footage has prompted state officials to open investigations and Planned Parenthood staff have been fired or resigned as a result.
"This is the sixth clinic we have recorded that manipulates the law and covers up sexual abuse. Planned Parenthood's abortion-first mentality makes it operate as an advocate for terrible crimes against children," Rose told LifeNews.com. "What more do authorities need to see before holding this organization accountable for its institutionalized indifference to statutory rape and sexual abuse of children?"
The first video Rose released showed a Bloomington, Indiana Planned Parenthood purposefully not telling state officials of a potential case of sexual abuse and staff members urging Rose to get a secret abortion in another state. That led to the firing of one staff member.
A second video, involving an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood, saw the same coverup and it resulted in one staff member resigning her position.
Rose sent the third video, where a Planned Parenthood nurse disregards the age difference and goes as far as cautioning Rose's colleague not to bring her "boyfriend" before the judicial hearing required in Arizona to waive parental consent for an abortion, to state and local officials.
After hearing the news, officials with Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona said they planned to investigate the matter.
Related web sites:
Live Action - http://www.LiveAction.org
New Video - http://liveaction.org/memphis
Buzz up!
LifeNews.com Editor
April 20, 2009
Memphis, TN (LifeNews.com) -- A new undercover videotape shows staff at a Tennessee Planned Parenthood abortion clinic urging a client to lie about her potential sexual abuse so she could get an abortion. A girl who said she is 14 and sexually abused by a 31-year-old man was told to hide the information from a judge.
The staff members at the nation's largest abortion business told the young woman to conceal the information so a judge would approve her request for an abortion without parental involvement, which is required by state law except in emergency cases.
Lila Rose, 20-year-old UCLA student who has headed up a project to expose Planned Parenthood employees who engage in sexual abuse coverup, released the video footage on Monday.
Rose went to the Planned Parenthood's Memphis Health Center undercover and told a counselor that a supposed boyfriend twice her age impregnated her and that she wanted an abortion without her parents knowing.
Tennessee Code 37-1-605 requires health professionals to report suspected cases of sexual abuse of minors to law enforcement immediately.
Instead of notifying officials about the apparent sexual abuse, a Planned Parenthood counselor tells Rose on camera that she doesn't want to continue the line of conversation about the sexual abuse.
"Look, if we keep this conversation I'm gonna have to talk to my manager and yeah, [your boyfriend]'s gonna get in trouble," the staffer says. "And please don't say that I told you this."
When Rose tells the counselor she thinks her boyfriend will get in trouble if her parents find out, the counselor advises Rose to lie about the man's age when speaking to a judge in order to obtain a bypass of Tennessee's parental consent law for abortion.
"Don't mention it. Just say you have a boyfriend 17 years old...whatever," the staffer says.
"The Planned Parenthood counselor hears about the abuse, says she should report it, decides to remain silent, then tells me to lie to the judge about a 31-year-old man." Rose tells LifeNews.com about what happened.
This isn't the first video to show problems at Planned Parenthood -- as other footage Rose has released exposed Planned Parenthood abortion centers in Indiana and Arizona. The footage has prompted state officials to open investigations and Planned Parenthood staff have been fired or resigned as a result.
"This is the sixth clinic we have recorded that manipulates the law and covers up sexual abuse. Planned Parenthood's abortion-first mentality makes it operate as an advocate for terrible crimes against children," Rose told LifeNews.com. "What more do authorities need to see before holding this organization accountable for its institutionalized indifference to statutory rape and sexual abuse of children?"
The first video Rose released showed a Bloomington, Indiana Planned Parenthood purposefully not telling state officials of a potential case of sexual abuse and staff members urging Rose to get a secret abortion in another state. That led to the firing of one staff member.
A second video, involving an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood, saw the same coverup and it resulted in one staff member resigning her position.
Rose sent the third video, where a Planned Parenthood nurse disregards the age difference and goes as far as cautioning Rose's colleague not to bring her "boyfriend" before the judicial hearing required in Arizona to waive parental consent for an abortion, to state and local officials.
After hearing the news, officials with Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona said they planned to investigate the matter.
Related web sites:
Live Action - http://www.LiveAction.org
New Video - http://liveaction.org/memphis
Buzz up!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Texas claims 10th Amendment Authority to restrict the US Government
81R5789 MMS-F
By: Creighton
H.C.R. No. 50
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people";
and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of
federal power as being that specifically granted by the
Constitution of the United States and no more; and
WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment
means that the federal government was created by the states
specifically to be an agent of the states; and
WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated
as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of
the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union
of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal
government may not usurp; and
WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says,
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government," and the Ninth Amendment states that
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people";
and
WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New
York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not
simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the
states; and
WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations
and some now pending from the present administration and from
congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise
enumerated and granted to the federal government by the
Constitution of the United States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal
government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective
immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these
constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that
directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal
penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation
or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
Now, I want to see Indiana, and all the rest follow suit!
By: Creighton
H.C.R. No. 50
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people";
and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of
federal power as being that specifically granted by the
Constitution of the United States and no more; and
WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment
means that the federal government was created by the states
specifically to be an agent of the states; and
WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated
as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of
the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union
of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal
government may not usurp; and
WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says,
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government," and the Ninth Amendment states that
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people";
and
WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New
York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not
simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the
states; and
WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations
and some now pending from the present administration and from
congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise
enumerated and granted to the federal government by the
Constitution of the United States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal
government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective
immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these
constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that
directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal
penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation
or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
Now, I want to see Indiana, and all the rest follow suit!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
HITLER'S ROLE IN NEW WORLD ORDER PLAN
This is from "The Cutting Edge"
This article will be the exception on The Cutting Edge, because it will not be based upon a current news article; rather, we will be teaching you facts about Adolf Hitler that you probably do not know. We will briefly discuss the role that Adolf Hitler played in the grand Plan of the New World Order. Then, we shall go on to the spiritual training Hitler received from the Master of the Thule Secret Society, Meister Dietrich Eckhart. This information is crucial to your understanding of the coming New World Order, because, in every way possible, Hitler was the perfect picture of the coming New Age Christ, the Antichrist. In other words, the coming Antichrist will be like Hitler in every way, and will rule in the same ways, carrying out the same goals against the same people.
For the rest of this important article, please follow the link by clicking on the title.
This article will be the exception on The Cutting Edge, because it will not be based upon a current news article; rather, we will be teaching you facts about Adolf Hitler that you probably do not know. We will briefly discuss the role that Adolf Hitler played in the grand Plan of the New World Order. Then, we shall go on to the spiritual training Hitler received from the Master of the Thule Secret Society, Meister Dietrich Eckhart. This information is crucial to your understanding of the coming New World Order, because, in every way possible, Hitler was the perfect picture of the coming New Age Christ, the Antichrist. In other words, the coming Antichrist will be like Hitler in every way, and will rule in the same ways, carrying out the same goals against the same people.
For the rest of this important article, please follow the link by clicking on the title.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Simon the Sorcerer
I think it's important to examine our beliefs about salvation against what the bible shows us. We are instructed in the word of God by sincere God-called people, who too often just teach what they were taught without critical examination. Let us critically examine this portion of scripture to determine if our thoughts align with the naked word of God.
Acts 8:
5. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8. And there was great joy in that city.
The people gave heed! Miracles were occurring, evil spirits being cast out... an obvious move of the power of the Holy Spirit is in evidence. Especially notice that there was great joy in that city! Is experiencing the joy of the presence of God the same as becoming a christian? No! Keep reading.
9. But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10. To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 12. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Simon was accustomed to being revered and feared. Simon became addicted to his position in the people's hearts and minds. Simon was all about Simon being looked up to. Now the people were being given a hope apart from Simon...he was being displaced in the hearts of men by the TRUE authority, Jesus Christ.
13. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Simon understood the message of the gospels facts, if not the understanding of the gospel's heart. (1 Cor. 15:1-4 explain that the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ) The story was irrefutable, and verifiable by the many witnesses alive during this time. Philip's power was more than his sorcery had afforded him, so he believed the apostle Philip's words, and demonstration of power, and submitted to the facts of the gospel as being true...and was baptized in the name of Jesus (vs.16)
14. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)17. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
OK, this is where we really have to put on our thinking caps.
The city had experienced a revival of truth! They had been delivered from the evil influence of the sorceries of Simon, and had repented and experienced great joy. The city had obeyed the baptism in water in the name of Jesus! ( the trinity formula was not introduced into the church until some 300 years later). Yet the word of God says that even though all these wonderful truths were done, they had still not received the baptism of the Holy Ghost!
Romans 10:16 says there is an obedience to the gospel, and all have not obeyed the gospel. If the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus...how do we obey that? On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached back to back messages. First he preached the gospel- the death burial and resurrection of Jesus, then when asked what the response to that truth was, he responded with ..."repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost...for the promise is for...even as many as the lord our God shall call.
And pay attention to these words:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
The people of Samaria had received the word as true. They had repended (died to self will, accepting Christ as their lord- the DEATH part of obedience to the gospel) They had been baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of their sins ( obeying the BURIAL part of obedience to the gospel...BTW, how were you baptized). There was an obvious lack of a physical manifestation of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Apparently belief and great joy is not the manifestation. Apparently the Holy Ghost is NOT instantaneous with believing, or accepting Jesus as your saviour as taught by most evangelicals, else why did Peter and John come to lay hands on them that they might receive the gift?
18. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19. Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Simon just couldn't give up the adulation of the masses, the power of his influence being displaced. Simon understood the story, and believed it. Simon was a real believer in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and understood that obedience to that gospel was needed. What Simon didn't understand was what repenance was. Simon never stopped wanting to keep his old life alive. He still wanted to be the center of attention, the object of peoples reverence. Simon didn't repent...he only believed! Simon was a baptized believer! Isn't that enough?
20. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Simon, you don't have any part in this new birth. Your are not a Christian...only a believer.
22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Simon, you are poisoned with bitterness over your loss of prestige, and influence over the people, and are in fact still in bondage to sin! Your believing hasn't saved you. Your heart is still the same. You have NOT been born again. John 3:3 says you must be born again. Being born again is not merely believing the truth. The devils believe, and tremble!
24. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Pray for yourself, Simon. Repent! Die to the desire to have the pre-imminence in peoples minds. Being born again consists of first dying to your own ownership over your life, giving total ownership to Jesus, who purchased the right with his own blood! Then you obey the burial by being baptized by watery immersion in the name of Jesus. If you don't accept the death of your own will first, baptism only gets you wet! Only the dead are buried with Christ in baptism. Col.2:12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
After you have died, and been buried, you may receive the resurrection, which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory. It is the receiving of the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 8:11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. This quickening is the resurrection power.
What was the manifestation that was missing in Samaria that let everyone know tht they had NOT been baptized by the Holy Ghost? On the day of Pentecost, all the believers who were baptized in the Spirit spoke in tongues. Acts 2:4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Lets look at another occurance:
Acts 10: 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47. Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
One more:
Acts 19:1. And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Are you "Born Again", or merely a baptized believer? Please click on the links found at the left titled "Roman Road to Salvation- in Perspective" and "The Tabernacle in the wilderness" for better understanding.
Acts 8:
5. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8. And there was great joy in that city.
The people gave heed! Miracles were occurring, evil spirits being cast out... an obvious move of the power of the Holy Spirit is in evidence. Especially notice that there was great joy in that city! Is experiencing the joy of the presence of God the same as becoming a christian? No! Keep reading.
9. But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10. To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 12. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Simon was accustomed to being revered and feared. Simon became addicted to his position in the people's hearts and minds. Simon was all about Simon being looked up to. Now the people were being given a hope apart from Simon...he was being displaced in the hearts of men by the TRUE authority, Jesus Christ.
13. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Simon understood the message of the gospels facts, if not the understanding of the gospel's heart. (1 Cor. 15:1-4 explain that the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ) The story was irrefutable, and verifiable by the many witnesses alive during this time. Philip's power was more than his sorcery had afforded him, so he believed the apostle Philip's words, and demonstration of power, and submitted to the facts of the gospel as being true...and was baptized in the name of Jesus (vs.16)
14. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)17. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
OK, this is where we really have to put on our thinking caps.
The city had experienced a revival of truth! They had been delivered from the evil influence of the sorceries of Simon, and had repented and experienced great joy. The city had obeyed the baptism in water in the name of Jesus! ( the trinity formula was not introduced into the church until some 300 years later). Yet the word of God says that even though all these wonderful truths were done, they had still not received the baptism of the Holy Ghost!
Romans 10:16 says there is an obedience to the gospel, and all have not obeyed the gospel. If the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus...how do we obey that? On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached back to back messages. First he preached the gospel- the death burial and resurrection of Jesus, then when asked what the response to that truth was, he responded with ..."repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost...for the promise is for...even as many as the lord our God shall call.
And pay attention to these words:
2Th 1:7 And to you
who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
The people of Samaria had received the word as true. They had repended (died to self will, accepting Christ as their lord- the DEATH part of obedience to the gospel) They had been baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of their sins ( obeying the BURIAL part of obedience to the gospel...BTW, how were you baptized). There was an obvious lack of a physical manifestation of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Apparently belief and great joy is not the manifestation. Apparently the Holy Ghost is NOT instantaneous with believing, or accepting Jesus as your saviour as taught by most evangelicals, else why did Peter and John come to lay hands on them that they might receive the gift?
18. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19. Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Simon just couldn't give up the adulation of the masses, the power of his influence being displaced. Simon understood the story, and believed it. Simon was a real believer in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and understood that obedience to that gospel was needed. What Simon didn't understand was what repenance was. Simon never stopped wanting to keep his old life alive. He still wanted to be the center of attention, the object of peoples reverence. Simon didn't repent...he only believed! Simon was a baptized believer! Isn't that enough?
20. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Simon, you don't have any part in this new birth. Your are not a Christian...only a believer.
22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Simon, you are poisoned with bitterness over your loss of prestige, and influence over the people, and are in fact still in bondage to sin! Your believing hasn't saved you. Your heart is still the same. You have NOT been born again. John 3:3 says you must be born again. Being born again is not merely believing the truth. The devils believe, and tremble!
24. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Pray for yourself, Simon. Repent! Die to the desire to have the pre-imminence in peoples minds. Being born again consists of first dying to your own ownership over your life, giving total ownership to Jesus, who purchased the right with his own blood! Then you obey the burial by being baptized by watery immersion in the name of Jesus. If you don't accept the death of your own will first, baptism only gets you wet! Only the dead are buried with Christ in baptism. Col.2:12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
After you have died, and been buried, you may receive the resurrection, which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory. It is the receiving of the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 8:11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. This quickening is the resurrection power.
What was the manifestation that was missing in Samaria that let everyone know tht they had NOT been baptized by the Holy Ghost? On the day of Pentecost, all the believers who were baptized in the Spirit spoke in tongues. Acts 2:4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Lets look at another occurance:
Acts 10: 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47. Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
One more:
Acts 19:1. And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Are you "Born Again", or merely a baptized believer? Please click on the links found at the left titled "Roman Road to Salvation- in Perspective" and "The Tabernacle in the wilderness" for better understanding.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Jews Portrayed as Blood Drinkers in an Antisemitic Drama Aired on Hamas TV
April 3, 2009 clip # 2073
Following are excerpts from a drama show presented at the Gaza Islamic University, during a festival commemorating Hamas founder Ahmad Yassin. The show aired on Al-Aqsa TV on April 3, 2009.
Jewish father: We Jews hate the Muslims. We love killing Muslims. We Jews love drinking the blood of Muslims and the blood of Arabs. Are you Arabs? Are you Muslims? I hate you. Yes, I hate you. I hate you in order to please God. In order to please God… In order to please God…
Shimon, his son: Dad, I don’t know how God could possibly be pleased with you when you stink so much. You haven’t taken a shower for two years, yet you talk about pleasing God.
Father: In order to please God…
Shimon, my son, I’d like to teach you something. You must hate the Muslims.
Shimon: Of course I hate them.
Father: You must drink from the blood of Muslims.
Shimon: But mix it with soda water.
Father: I talked to the rabbi, [who told me] you should hate the Muslims, so God will be pleased with you.
Shimon: Don’t worry, dad.
Father: Very well, my son. I also want to remind you that you must hate the Muslims.
Shimon: I do hate the Muslims!
Father: You must drink from the blood of Muslims.
Shimon: Okay, but just one cup, because I’m full.
Father: Very well, my son. God will be pleased with you. Come, my son, I want you to pray. Stand next to me and pray.
[…]
I’m telling you to stand next to me and pray.
Shimon: I’ll be back in a minute.
Father: Where are you going, son?
Shimon: To perform the ablution.
Father: What?!
Shimon: I’m going to perform the ablution. Didn’t you want to pray?
Father: Ablution is for Muslims. We don’t do it.
Shimon: They perform the ablution with water.
Father: We should wash our hands with the blood of Muslims.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Obama Begins Turnover of USA Sovereignty to International Body
By Sher Zieve Friday, April 3, 2009
Moving as quickly as he can to gut the USA and then divide its body parts amongst like-minded globalists, the USA’s Supreme Leader Barack Hussein Obama used the G-20 conference to begin his turnover of USA sovereignty to said internationalists and start the move toward a one-world government. Obama has signed off on international legislation—the Financial Stability Board—that would regulate ALL firms, including those within the USA and places them under the responsibility of an international governmental agency.
On FNC’s Greta Van Susteren’s program, author and columnist Dick Morris noted “literally from April 2nd of this year, that is, today, it’s a whole new world of financial regulation in which, essentially, ALL of the U.S. regulatory bodies and ALL U.S. companies are put under international regulation, international supervision. It really amounts to a global economic government.”
Called the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the pending international body’s legislation—which will of course override the US Constitution—states: “We agree to a framework of internationally agreed upon high standards. We will set up a financial stability board with a strengthened mandate to extend regulation and oversight to all systemically important financial institutions, instruments and markets”—including hedge funds, all—anything that they decide is important to the system—to endorse and implement tough new principles on paying (ph) compensation and to support sustainable compensation schemes and the corporate social responsibility of ALL firms.” The international community will now be able to determine the salaries and compensation of us all.
During this same conference, Obama officially announced the reduction in US nuclear weaponry, so that Iran will be more amenable to sitting down to talk with the US. In other words, he’s again announced to the world that the USA is no longer a threat to anyone—let alone terrorists. Never before in our soon to be short-lived history has the United States of America had this sort of a leader who has now announced—in no uncertain terms—that it is his plan and duty to dismantle and destroy the country he represents. He, his administration members and his Congress (with extraordinary assistance from most notably Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd and their friends) have devastated the US economy, are in the process of eliminating the First and Second Amendments—and the entire US Constitution—have ended free enterprise, established his national youth indoctrination—if not police—force (via the GIVE—Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education—Act) and have begun the process of taking over virtually all private companies.
In not yet 100 days, Obama and Company have almost destroyed this country. Under this constant and increasing onslaught and devastation from within—by our “leaders”—can the USA stand much longer? Seriously, can it?
Moving as quickly as he can to gut the USA and then divide its body parts amongst like-minded globalists, the USA’s Supreme Leader Barack Hussein Obama used the G-20 conference to begin his turnover of USA sovereignty to said internationalists and start the move toward a one-world government. Obama has signed off on international legislation—the Financial Stability Board—that would regulate ALL firms, including those within the USA and places them under the responsibility of an international governmental agency.
On FNC’s Greta Van Susteren’s program, author and columnist Dick Morris noted “literally from April 2nd of this year, that is, today, it’s a whole new world of financial regulation in which, essentially, ALL of the U.S. regulatory bodies and ALL U.S. companies are put under international regulation, international supervision. It really amounts to a global economic government.”
Called the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the pending international body’s legislation—which will of course override the US Constitution—states: “We agree to a framework of internationally agreed upon high standards. We will set up a financial stability board with a strengthened mandate to extend regulation and oversight to all systemically important financial institutions, instruments and markets”—including hedge funds, all—anything that they decide is important to the system—to endorse and implement tough new principles on paying (ph) compensation and to support sustainable compensation schemes and the corporate social responsibility of ALL firms.” The international community will now be able to determine the salaries and compensation of us all.
During this same conference, Obama officially announced the reduction in US nuclear weaponry, so that Iran will be more amenable to sitting down to talk with the US. In other words, he’s again announced to the world that the USA is no longer a threat to anyone—let alone terrorists. Never before in our soon to be short-lived history has the United States of America had this sort of a leader who has now announced—in no uncertain terms—that it is his plan and duty to dismantle and destroy the country he represents. He, his administration members and his Congress (with extraordinary assistance from most notably Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd and their friends) have devastated the US economy, are in the process of eliminating the First and Second Amendments—and the entire US Constitution—have ended free enterprise, established his national youth indoctrination—if not police—force (via the GIVE—Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education—Act) and have begun the process of taking over virtually all private companies.
In not yet 100 days, Obama and Company have almost destroyed this country. Under this constant and increasing onslaught and devastation from within—by our “leaders”—can the USA stand much longer? Seriously, can it?
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