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PASS IT ON

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By Ken Blue

God gives us children to brighten our home

He gives us His Word, for us to pass on 

 

He shows us His love; He has made it known

We love Him `cause He loved and passed it on 

 

Friendship wins friendships, or we live alone

They who would have friendships must pass it on 

 

Pastors are the mentors; they set the tone 

Faithful and able men will pass it on

 

Whatever you are in the field or home 

Your life’s an open book; you pass it on

HAD ENOUGH BLACK EYES?

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Another Black Eye on Fundamentalism

Black Eye

By Ken Blue

“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.” Proverbs 20:17.

“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not… commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery?… For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you…” Romans 2:21-24.

Christianity and Fundamentalism have received another black eye from Hammond, IN. The scandalous reports over the past few decades would require more paper than the Obamas Health Care Program. In a sermon preached August 8th, the now ex-pastor at First Baptist of Hammond said, “And I’ll look at the person and say, who ya sleeping with? Your kid’s problem(s) isn’t, the, did you see how short her skirt is, no, the problem is, she takes her skirt, and everything else off. Your kids are coming to me and telling me they have sexual experiences in the hundreds; hundreds; hundreds.”  It is time we think about changing our name or changing our behavior. Fundamentalism is becoming a laughing stock. If you advertise your church as fundamental to the lost in your community, you will be laughed out of town.

[perfectpullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]The lost do not care that you are KJV, independent, fundamental, pre-millennial, and dispensational.[/perfectpullquote]

I, for one, embrace all the fundamentals of the faith for this dispensation. However, there is a world of difference between the fundamentals of the faith, and the mindset of most who embrace fundamentalism.  I have observed over the years that those who preach and talk most about standards, seldom have them. The lost, in your community, do not care that you are KJV, independent, fundamental, pre-millennial, and dispensational. If these words do not have a negative connotation to them, they certainly are a foreign tongue to the unsaved.

Also, these sins cannot be blamed on television, computers, or Facebook. The tool for those seeking an opportunity to sin is now the new cell phone. If we can’t control it, we must remove it.

We are not above a serious fall ourselves. 1 Corinthians 10:12. “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Many use the sins of believers as a justification to reject the gospel. We realize that this will not excuse them, but the damage is done just the same. May God help us not to give the cause of Christ another black eye.

ASTEROID CRASHES LIKELY GAVE EARTH ITS WATER

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Published July 14, 2012

 

 

 

Note: If you have not read a comic book or Mad Magazine lately, the following ought to suffice.  

This is a scientific (?)  guess how water arrived on planet earth. It was published on the Fox Web News.

 “Asteroids from the the inner solar system are the most likely source of the majority of Earth’s water, a new study suggests. The results contradict prevailing theories, which hold that most of our planet’s water originated in the outer solar system and was delivered by comets or asteroids that coalesced beyond Jupiter’s orbit, then migrated inward.

 “Our results provide important new constraints for the origin of volatiles in the inner solar system, including the Earth,” lead author Conel Alexander, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, said in a statement. “And they have important implications for the current models of the formation and orbital evolution of the planets and smaller objects in our solar system.”

The 86 chondrite samples’ deuterium content — which the team gleaned from clays, the remnants of water ice — suggest the meteorites’ parent bodies formed relatively close to the sun, perhaps in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Comets, by contrast, have much higher deuterium ratios. As a result, scientists think most of them were born in the solar system’s frigid outer reaches.

The isotopic composition of the bulk Earth appears to be more consistent with chondrites than with comets, researchers said. There are many different types of chondrites, and no single group is a perfect match. So our planet probably accreted its water and other volatiles from a variety of chondrite parent asteroids, they added.

The study appeared July 12 online in the journal Science. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/14/asteroid-crashes-likely-gave-earth-its-water/?intcmp=features#ixzz20fZgqdTt.

 If the above “probabilities” were used in describing biblical archeology, history, linguistics, prophecy, and inspiration, one would be laughed off the stage. We refrain, because we have heard this comedy many times. We wonder why the asteroids have stopped bringing the water. We sure could use it in the Midwest.

LET’S STUDY REVELATION #26

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Revelation

The Sealing of the 144,000 –

This Vision is on Earth

 

 

 

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“And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.  And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.  Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.”  (Revelation 7:1-8).

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his chapter is parenthetical and answers the question asked in chapter 6:17. The sealed ones are able to stand! John’s attention is now brought back to the earth where this scene takes place, prior to the Day of the Lord or before the opening of the first seal. The information here is part of the first looping parallelism; it takes us back to the beginning. The Tribulation is not underway prior to the sealing of the 144,000.

      The four angels standing at the four corners of the earth hold back the four winds so they cannot blow. These winds are symbolic of the judgment about to be unleashed under the seals, the trumpets, and the vials. (See Jeremiah 49:36; Daniel 7:2; 8:8.)  Not a leaf is disturbed while God’s servants are sealed for protection against the Beast and his armies.

      While the winds are restrained, another angel is summoned from the east with the seal of the Living God, with which he seals 144,000 of the twelve tribes of Israel. “East” speaks of those countries east of Jerusalem and is associated with the rising sun. The angel is sent by God from heaven to seal the 144,000. What the significance of it coming from the East is, we are not told. Perhaps it is the direction from which the Messiah will come.

      Chapter 14:1 tells us what the seal is. It is a seal of protection and ownership. It may be visible to man, although it need not be. The “locusts” of chapter 9:4 are able to identify those who have it.

      The sealed remnant cannot be killed. They will overcome all of Satan’s attacks and will be God’s mighty men during the Day of the Lord. If Luke 10:19 is to be taken literally, then it must apply to the 144,000. “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”   

      There are those who believe this remnant will preach the Gospel of the Kingdom throughout the earth and will perform miracles in Jesus’ name during that time. Like John the Baptist, they will be Christ’s forerunners who warn men of the wrath to come and to prepare for the King and His Kingdom.  If these survive the Day of the Lord and enter the Kingdom in natural bodies, we must assume that some women also are associated with them, or some other group. The Scriptures are unclear on this matter.

       Two of the original tribes are noticeably absent; they are Dan and Ephraim.Levi and Joseph take their place here. Most commentators believe these two tribes introduced idolatry into Israel and that is why they are not sealed (Deuteronomy 29:18-21). However, both tribes do enter the Tribulation and survive to have a possession in the Kingdom. (See Ezekiel 40:31, 46; 48:1-2, 32.) It is obvious that some, who are not sealed, will also survive the Tribulation and enter the Kingdom in their natural bodies. Women also must survive in order for the continued propagation of these twelve tribes.   

 

EXPLOIT! EXPLOIT! EXPLOIT!

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By Ken Blue

 

 

Americans are still in shock and disbelief that the young man, James E. Holmes with perfect grades and no history of mental illness, could have committed the horrific crimes of attempted genocide in a theater and at his home in Aurora, Co. The pundits and counselors are confident that he must be insane; to conclude otherwise would force one to admit that he was just plain evil. However, the word “evil” has some suggestion of morality or of right and wrong. To go there is getting too close to something that might suggest a moral standard giver like God. So, they choose shock and disbelief.

 The anti-gun liberals are quick to penalize all Americans by taking away another constructional right from them. They will exploit this crime until the last drop can be twisted from it too take guns from all Americans. This is their agenda. So, is there another solution that is sure to work that the liberals purposefully ignore?

The Bible has always had the correct answer to the crime of murder. We are aware that the anti-gun crowd is also anti-Bible. Well, we are against all those who exploit every crime to take away our constructional rights! What does the Bible say a nation should do to those who purposefully murder others? We shall see.

Exodus 20:13 “Thou shalt not kill.”

Exodus 21:12-14 “He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death…14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.”

Numbers 35:30 “Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”

Numbers 35:31 “Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.”

Romans 13:1,4 “ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God…4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.”

The purpose of the death penalty is the exercise of justice. It also rids the land of those who murder others, and it sends a message to all who would commit murder. If you murder someone you will pay with your own life. This will not stop all murder. However, those executed will not kill again, and most of those who consider it will have something to think about.

This verse is the heart of the whole matter.  Ecclesiastes 8:11 “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”