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Jesus Is Coming Again: Are You Ready?

Jesus Is Coming Again:  Are You Ready?

Key Scripture:

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

– John 14.3

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In these latter and late days, the rise of evil, the destruction of traditional values, and the erosion of what is right continues unabated. The sad fact is that people continue to go about their merry ways, never thinking of sudden destruction, never realizing that eternity is never more than one heartbeat, one breath away. Friends, Jesus is coming again: Are you ready for his return?

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Signs of the Times - The Bible is replete with verses that show exactly what this day and age in which we live...

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"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

– II Timothy 3.1~7

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“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

– II Timothy 3.13

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“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

– Romans 1.18~32

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We can see from these verses what we are seeing played out on our television screens and our daily newspapers.  People are in love with pleasure and with sin.  If it makes us feel good, we are going to do it and have it, and to the flames with anything or anyone that gets in the way of our good feelings.  If we want it, and we need it, then we are going to have it, and if anyone or anything tells us that its wrong, then we are just going to tune them out.  This is our world.  We have placed ourselves n the throne of God.  This is why abortions have continued unceasingly in the USA for going on 30 years to the tune of more than 50 million babies dead.  This is why the homosexual movement is gaining steam, gaining special rights, and gaining strength and clout not only in the world, but in the USA.  This is why single motherhood is on the rise despite clear and blatant studies showing that children are better off and more well rounded in their lives with two-parent, Mom-and-Dad homes.  This is why the consumption of alcohol, the viewing of pornography, divorce rates, teen pregnancies, and broken homes are not only skyrocketing in secular society, but in many cases, skyrocketing even higher in the church.

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Jesus Warned Us – Jesus time and time again clearly warns us in the Bible, his written, inerrant Word, that he is coming again:

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“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.  And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.  They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:  But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.  And the foolish said unto the wise, ‘Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.’  But the wise answered, saying, ‘Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.’  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’  But he answered and said, ‘Verily I say unto you, I know you not.’  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

– Matthew 25.1~13

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“And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‘Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.’”

– Matthew 24.4~14

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“And Jesus answering them began to say, ‘Take heed lest any man deceive you:  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.  But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.  And the gospel must first be published among all nations.  But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.  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.  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.’”

– Mark 13.5~13

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“And he said, ‘Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.  But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.’  Then said he unto them, ‘Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.  But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.  And it shall turn to you for a testimony.  Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.  And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.  But there shall not an hair of your head perish.  In your patience possess ye your souls.  And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.’”

– Luke 22.8~20

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Friends, we have no excuse if we are caught on the business end of Jesus’ return.  Time and time again he, personally, warned us, these four passages merely being the tip of the iceberg concerning Biblical warnings of Jesus’ return.  The Apostle Paul even goes further…

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“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

– Romans 1.18~21

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Right here the Apostle Paul is stating that people have no excuse because God’s glory is clear and easily seen.  When Jesus returns, people will be without excuse.  The signs of Christ’s imminent return is as clear as the peal of a bell on a Summer morning in plains of Kansas or the sun rising over the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky.  The Bible also says this…

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“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”

– Revelation 1.7

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“And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, ‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up  from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.’”

– Acts 1.10~11

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“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

– John 14.18

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Friends, Jesus Christ is coming back.  His written Word is clear.  The question is: Are you ready?

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The Bottom Line:  You Can Be Ready! – You don’t have to be left behind and left out in the darkness when Jesus returns:  you, too, can go with him when the trumpet sounds.  All you have to do is believe.  Ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and forgive you of your sins.  Ask him to repent and help you live a new life in Him!  If you call upon him, you will be saved…

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“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

– Acts2.21

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“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the scripture saith, ‘Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.’”

– Romans 10.9~11

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Trust in Jesus today!

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Conclusion:  Don’t Be Left Behind – After Jesus returns and takes his Church to heaven, this world will literally become hell on earth.  Every imaginable (and many unimaginable) horror will be unleashed upon this planet.   The Devil will be allowed to have full and complete control for a time of seven years, and it will be one of great horror and bloodshed.  Friend, you don’t want to be caught in this time.  Even if you happen to survive it, the Great White Throne Judgment awaits (see Revelation 20).  You may even become a Christian after Jesus returns, but if you live in that time and come to him, you will likely suffer horrifying and terribly wretched death at the hands of the antichrist and/or his minions.  Why not come to Jesus now?  Trust him today!  He’s coming again, very soon!

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Prayer – Father, we pray for our world.  We pray for Salvation.  Won’t you come to the one reading this article right now and help them to make that clincher decision, the decision to ask you for forgiveness and for you to come into their hearts and lives?  We pray it will be so for everyone who reads this, and we thank you for Jesus Christ, in whose Name above all names we pray, Amen.

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Verse to Remember:

“Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.”

– Revelation 22.7

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The Answer to the Question

The Answer to the Question

Recently I was asked a question by a coworker.  It was a question that wasn't the best for the time, place, and situation in which it was asked.  Here today, it is my wish to answer that question.

I work as a Teacher and Professor of English as a Second Language at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*s Language and Culture Institute here in Blacksburg, Virginia (better known as Virginia Tech LCI or VTLCI).  VTLCI has a policy that basically disallows religious expression or discussion initiated by the faculty and administration.  Even further, following having taken a group of Indonesian English Language Study Program (IELSP) scholars to three events hosted by my home church (even though there was no proselytization conducted) in the Fall - despite having been granted permission to do so by my immediate supervisor -  I was instructed by my Director and Associate director during a meeting with them not to discuss religion (specifically Christianity) even if I was asked a question concerning Christianity or anything Biblical.  Such has been my practice to direct students to either go to the administration with any kind of religious questions or to talk to me after class off of campus and LCI grounds.

Fast forward to this week.  On Tuesday of this week, one of my coworkers was talking to me prior to our first staff meeting of the term.  Here's what she said:

"Professor J, you seem to be pretty conservative in your views.  What do you think of Allah?"

I replied that Muslims followed him and saw him as their god.  

"No, that's not really what I mean.  What do you think of Allah?"

Not totally understanding what she was asking, I replied by asking what she meant.

"Do you think Allah is the same god that Christians follow."

My reply to this clarification:

"I choose to reserve the right not to answer because I wish to keep a good working environment with my coworkers."  I didn't mention that the Director andAssociate director had instructed me not to answer such questions.  I did mention that I did not usually discuss such things with my coworkers, simply because I like to have a good working relationship with the rest of the faculty and staff of LCI.  Many of my coworkers are liberally minded and some are agnostics.

As I*ve answered such, I have been thinking that perhaps I should have answered her question.....but then again, I WAS directed not to by the administration of LCI.  However, now that I am off of LCI's campus, and am on my own free time, here is my answer to my coworker (I don't know if she will read this, but all the same I feel I must answer this question):

I do not believe that Allah of the Muslims and of Islam is anything more than an idol, created by the minds and hands of men.  I believe that Mohammad was used and tricked by the Devil himself into creating a religion that could -- and eventually would -- compete with Jesus Christ.  In the 6th, 7th, and 8th Centuries A.D., Missionaries were winning the world or Jesus Christ, particularly North Africa and the Middle East, and in order to counter this the Devil had to create a plausible yet convincing religion that would sweep the world and be easily identifiable by those of the region.  Arabs have been able to be swayed by Islam because of its cultural association to ancient Arab traditions.  It has spread most convincingly to places of the world where the ideology of Mohammad and of the Arabs is easily identifiable.  

I also do not believe that the God of the Bible is the same as the god of the Qu*Ran.  Allah has no son:  the Qu*Ran and Islam both preach this.  The Bible points most clearly to God having a Son 9John 3.16~17 being the clearest and simplest verses).  The Qu*Ran speaks in one Sura about being at peace with Jews and Christians because they are people of "the book", then in other Suras and the Hadith declaring that Jews and Christians need to be destroyed along with others who disbelieve Islam and Mohammad.  The Bible preaches patience, peace, and turning the other cheek to our enemies, loving them and praying for them even when they are killing, just as Jesus did on the cross. While yes both the Qu*Ran and the Bible speak and preach of Jesus dying on the cross, the glaring and ultimate difference is, in Islam, Jesus did not rise.  He is still in his grave (somewhere; I am not aware if the Qu*Ran states a location) in Islam and according to Mohammad and the Suras he wrote and the Hadith written after his death.  The Bible clearly states time and again that Jesus is risen from the dead, and not only thus, but that he was seen above five hundred people over the span of forty days.  The Bible points to the location of the empty tomb as well as the cross and crucifixion site.  

This is the chasm of difference.

The whole fulcrum of this debate comes down to one question, asked by Jesus Himself:

"But whom do you say that I am?"  --Luke 9.20

Islam says that Jesus Christ isn't risen; The Bible declares him alive.

Islam says that Jesus was a great prophet, but not greater than Abraham or Mohammad; The Bible declares him God time and again.

Islam says that Jesus Christ died because he stood against the Jewish religious establishment; he Bible states that no man took Jesus* life, but that he have it up to save people form their sins.

Islam states that only good works can help someone get to heaven; The Bible says that Jesus is the only way, and that the only good work necessary to get to heaven is belief in Jesus Christ.

And this list could go on and on.  

The differences are clearly seen:  the God of the Bible is not the same as the god, Allah, of the Qu*Ran and of Islam.

And such is why I cannot agree with those who forward the idea that God is the same as in the Bible and in the Qu*Ran.  Read and listen to Cghrist's words himself:

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me." --John 14.6

Islam and the Qu*Ran state that the five pillars must be followed: prayer five times per day, reading the Qu*Ran, performing the Hajj, giving to charity, and belief that Allah is the only god and Mohammad is his prophet.

"Jesus answered and said unto them, 'This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.'" --John 6.29

Islam says that Allah is god.

"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, 'Dost thou believe on the Son of God?'  He answered and said, 'Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?'  And Jesus said unto him, 'Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.'  And he said, 'Lord, I believe.'  And he worshipped him."  --John 9.35~38

"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" --John 11.25~26

"If I tell you, ye will not believe:  And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.  Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God." --Luke 22.67~69

"I and my Father are one." --John 10.30

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost:  and these three are one." --1st John 5.7

So here is my answer to those who are paying attention:  I do not believe that Allah is the same as God as the Bible teaches.  I believe that Allah is a great deception and deceiver.  He offers no freedom, he offers no forgiveness, he asks for all and returns naught.  He restricts and demands fealty on pain of death.  Jesus Christ gives freedom:

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." --John 8.36

Jesus Christ offers eternal life:

"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.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." --John 3.16~17

Jesus offers the gift of eternal life freely:

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." --Romans 6.23 

"Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."  --Romans 3.22~26

"And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come.'  And let him that heareth say, 'Come.'  And let him that is athirst come.  And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." --Revelation 22.17

I know that what I post here today may be taken as hate, but please understand that it is not.  I hate nobody.  I hate what people do, I hate that people are enslaved to doctrine, belief, and faith that does naught but take away peace, but I hate no one.  Though I disagree with Islam, Mohammad, and Allah, it does not mean I hate the people who follow them.  Quite the contrary, actually.  And the reason I do not discuss these views with my students, my coworkers, and my administrators at my place of employment is because of the need for harmony in the workplace.  While these words may be taken as offensive, it is not my intent to be so or do so.  It is my wish to follow the Bible's woprds:

"Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.  Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.  If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." --Romans 12.16~18

"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord..." --Hebrews 12.14

Feel free to comment, debate, and rebut these views as the need arises, and thank you for taking the time to listen and read.

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A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

Key Verse:

"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."

--John 3.16

If you diedtoday, do you know where you would call your eternal home? Are you living a life that, should youperish in the next few moments, would not stand up to the scrutiny of God'srighteous judgment? Is your life void of peace, assurance, and hope? Are youstanding, it seems, on the edge of a precipice, where there is nothing to catchyou should you fall, or nothing to keep you from falling in the first place?Have you sought external things to satisfy something internal, yet findingnaught to fill that void in your life? There is another path, another road youcan take, but it is up to you to choose.

Born with a Serious Problem - Everyone who has ever lived has beenborn with a serious, life threatening problem. That problem is called"Sin". How did this happen, you ask? It came about because of thefirst two people who ever lived, Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were the first,created people that ever lived and were directly made from the earth by Godhimself (see Genesis chapters 1~2). God created Adam and Eve with somethingunique to the rest of the created world: the ability to make a moral choice.This is because God created Adam and Eve in his own image. Since God has theability to choose, he wanted us to have that same ability. Adam and Eve weretold in the beginning that they could eat from every tree that had been createdfor them, except for two - the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and theTree of Life. Unfortunately, Satan - who had been cast out of heaven because ofrebellion and was in the world before men were created - tempted Eve, then Adaminto eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. BecauseGod had told Adam and Eve not to eat of this tree, and they did anyway, sin hadentered into the world, along with death. Adam and Eve were forever cursed withsin. Now, what do Adam and Eve and their sin have to do with us? We are thedescendants of Adam and Eve. When their children began to populate the Earth,the problem of sin became inbred within us. Before they sinned, Adam and Evehad personal, close communion with God himself. After they sinned, thatrelationship was severed. Why? God will not continue in any place where sin hasreign. He will not have communion with anyone who has willful, known sin intheir lives.

Dead Men CannotChange -The problem with sin is that it leads to death. In fact, everyone who has beenborn into this world is essentially spiritually dead…

“As it iswritten, ‘There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh afterGod.’”

--Romans 3.10~11

“For all havesinned, and come short of the glory of God…”

--Romans 3.23

In fact, the Bible gives a pretty good descriptionof people in general:

“They are allgone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none thatdoeth good, no, not one.  Their throat isan open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of aspsis under their lips:  Whose mouth is fullof cursing and bitterness:  Their feetare swift to shed blood:  Destruction andmisery are in their ways:  And the way ofpeace have they not known:  There is nofear of God before their eyes.”

--Romans 3.12~18

“For men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady,highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form ofgodliness, but denying the power thereof…

--2^ndTimothy 3.2~5

This, folks, is how we look when we stand beforeGod.  We are naught but filthy, dirty,ugly sinners when we stand before him. Religions in the world -- including some that claim to be Christian --call on their followers to do good works before they can enter heaven.  However, here is how God views and reviewsour good works:

“But we are all as an unclean thing,and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf;and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.  And there is none that calleth upon thy name,that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face fromus, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.”

--Isaiah64.6~7

You see, folks, anything good we doaside from and apart from salvation is nothing but dirty laundry in God’s eyes.  In fact, without salvation we are deadspiritually.  This is what sin does:

“But every man istempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringethforth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”

--James 1.14~15

“Forthe wages of sin is death…”

--Romans 6.23

“And you, being dead in your sins…”

--Colossians2.13

“And you…who were dead in trespasses and sins…”

--Ephesians2.1

You see? Sin kills.  It kills physically, and it killsspiritually.  When we harbor sin, we areessentially harboring spiritual death. So long, friend, as you attempt to change your life apart from God, youwill simply fail time, and time, and time again.  Why? You are dead and dead men cannot change! Dead is dead is dead!

How to Get Spiritual Life - There is only one way to get spiritual life andto be raised from the dead…

“Jesussaith unto him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto theFather, but by me.’”

--John14.6

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

--John10.9

“Jesus said untoher, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though hewere dead, yet shall he live:  Andwhosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?’”

--John 11.25~26

Friends, Jesus Christ is the way tosalvation…the ONLY way.  Perhaps you are thinkingthat Jesus was just a good man, or simply a great teacher, or basically amisunderstood Rabbi.  The fact is, JesusChrist is God in the Flesh.  He was bornof a virgin, lived a life of sinless perfection, and he gave up his life(nobody took it from him) so that we might have eternal life.  On the third day, he rose again, and thenwent and ministered for the next forty days until he ascended into heaven.  While he was physically on earth, heperformed many miracles, taught many lessons, preached many sermons, and toldmany stories.  His teachings show the wayto eternal life!  He is the way toeternal life!  Here are the verses thatessentially sum up Jesus’ ministry and his plan of salvation:

“And as Moseslifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be liftedup:  That whosoever believeth in himshould not perish, but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world, that he gave hisonly begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.  For God sent not hisSon into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him mightbe saved.”

--John 3.14~17

This is what Jesus Christ is allabout.  He came to set us free from sin…

“Then said Jesusto those Jews which believed on him, ‘If ye continue in my word, then are ye mydisciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make youfree.’  They answered him, ‘We beAbraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shallbe made free?’  Jesus answered them,‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant ofsin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abidethever.  If the Son therefore shall makeyou free, ye shall be free indeed.’”

--John 8.31~36

Won’tMy Good Works Outweigh My Sins?  Many -- if not all -- religions in the world teachthis:  if I do enough good deeds, theywill one day outweigh my sins, and when God judges me, he will see all the goodthings I’ve done as a person and welcome me into heaven.  Unfortunately, this doctrine is a doctrine ofthe Devil.  As Isaiah 64.6 and 7 stateabove, our good works are basically dirty laundry in front of God; what thismeans is, you can live a life full of naught but good deeds, and they wouldnever add up to enough merit in order to have God allow you into heaven.  There really is only one “good work” and onealone that saves people from their sins:

“Then said they unto him, ‘What shall we do, that wemight work the works of God?’  Jesusanswered and said unto them, ‘This is the work of God, that ye believe on himwhom he hath sent.’”

--John 6.28~29

That’s it, folks: the only good work any of us will have that can get us into heaven issimply believing on Jesus Christ as Lordand Saviour.  You see?  We are allowed fellowship and will be allowedinto heaven simply by grace.  It is gracethrough faith which saves us by the power of Jesus’ shed blood upon the cross:

“For by grace areye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

--Ephesians 6.8~9

We all know what grace is: grace is getting what isgood, and forgiveness, rather than getting what we deserve.  Grace is simply God’s unmerited favor uponpeople and towards people.  It is Godgiving mercy and freedom instead of rightly giving us destruction anddeath.  This kind of grace is what JesusChrist brings to people.  His death onthe cross and his resurrection three days later is the example of hisgrace.  You see, friends?  We all deserve hell and damnation and eternalseparation from God because of sin.  Weare separated from God because of sin.  Ahigh wall existed between God and man because of sin.  Jesus Christ came to knock down that wall andgive us free and full access through the Father by grace through faith:

“That at that time ye were withoutChrist, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from thecovenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes werefar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.  For he is our peace, who hath made both one,and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolishedin his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he mightreconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmitythereby:  And came and preached peace toyou which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.  For through him we both have access by oneSpirit unto the Father.”

--Ephesians 2.12~18

It’s only through Jesus Christ that we can have oursins washed away, erased, eradicated, exterminated, and blotted out:

“Repentye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when thetimes of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.”

--Acts 3.19

Friends, Jesus Christ is the only way to have yoursins removed.  You can pray five timesper day, give alms, and perform the Hajj as Islam requires, but your sins willnot be blotted out.  You could read fromcover-to-cover the Hindu Vedas, giving a sacrifice to each and every one ofHindu’s 300 million gods, but you will never have your sins taken away.  You could follow the nine-fold path and theseven-fold way as Buddhism requires, giving alms at the various Buddhisttemples, but your sins will still be there. You can go to mass, confess your sins to a priest, say “Hail Mary”innumerable times, and perform penance after penance, but your sins will stillbe there to convict you.  Only bytrusting in the finished and completed work of Jesus Christ on the cross andHis shed blood will your sins be wiped clean. 

TheBottom Line - What sets this world’s religionsapart from true Christianity?  It’s JesusChrist.  There are many who want to saythat Jesus Christ was only a man, simply a great teacher, or a greatprophet.  But friends, these have noanswer for the Empty Tomb!  Yes, thereare those who propagate the lie that Jesus’ disciples stole his body -- thatthey hid Jesus’ dead from somewhere -- but such defies logic.  Not only was Jesus’ tomb sealed with anImperial Roman Seal; not only were there as many as twenty highly trained andfully armed and armored soldiers guarding his body; not only were the disciplesand followers of Jesus scattered to the wind and fearing for their own lives;but to a person, each and every one of Jesus followers suffered torturousdeaths, proclaiming Jesus Christ to be alive. How many people would die for something that they knew to be a lie?  How many would die for something that theyweren’t entirely sure of?  How many menand women would willingly be put through horrific torture and suffer painful,torturous deaths for something that they partly believed in?  Folks, Jesus is alive!  He is in the world today!  His tomb is empty, his cross is empty, andhis followers that truly know him know his Holy Ghost is leading and guiding!  Because he is alive, you, my friend, can knowhim and trust in him.

Conclusion - A few years ago, a car company ran aseries of ads claiming, “You Need a Car!” Well, friends, the simple fact is, You Need The Savior.  Not just “a” savior, not just “any” savior,and not simply “some” savior, but you need THE SAVIOUR, Jesus Christ.  The alternative to receiving Christ Jesus isa life here on this earth sans peace, sans true joy, sans understanding love,sans hope and eternal life…and if these weren7t enough, there is the Lake ofFire:

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that saton it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was foundno place for them.  And I saw the dead,small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another bookwas opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of thosethings which were written in the books, according to their works.  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 werejudged every man according to their works.  And death and hell were cast into the lake offire. This is the second death.  Andwhosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake offire.”

--Revelation 20.11~15

Friends, these verses are not here to frighten you,but are simply laid out as they are the truth. Jesus wants no one to go to the Lake of Fire: it was created for thedevil and his angels.  Jesus wants togive you eternal life:

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and willsup with him, and he with me.  To himthat overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I alsoovercame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

--Revelation 3.20~21

Won’t you come and accept Jesus Christ as yourpersonal Lord and Saviourtoday?  If you are willing and ready, allyou need to do is pray this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner!  I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you rightnow:  will you come into my heart andlife?  Will you forgive me of my awful sinsand cleanse my heart through your precious blood?  Please, Lord, won’t you come now?  I want to start anew and afresh with you asthe center and king of my life.  Will yousave me, Jesus, for your name’s sake?  Ipray these things in your Holy Name, Amen!”

If you have prayed this prayer and are serious, youare now a new creature in Christ Jesus:

“Thereforeif any man be in Christ, he is a newcreature: old things are passedaway; behold, all things are become new.”

--IICorinthians 5.17

The Bible promises that you will never be cast out,and that nobody can take your salvation away from you.  You now have new life in Jesus Christ!

Whatto Do Next - The first thingyou need to do is pray also for strength. This is because the Devil will come to you and whisper in your ear thatwhat just happened n your heart and life wasn’t real.  He will tell you that your salvation isn’tcomplete, that you need to do something else, and that salvation isimpossible.  When the Devil comes andsays this to you, you need to simply say, “Away from me, Satan, in the Name ofJesus Christ!  I am bought with a price!”  Follow these simple tips:

Pray every day! Make time to pray with God, between youand Him alone.  Prayer is like spiritualbreathing.  Just as physical breathingsustains life, so too does prayer sustain spiritual life.  Make time every day to pray, because God iswaiting to meet with you!  And feel freeto tell God anything that is on your heart. He wants you to do this!

Read the Bible Daily!  Many peoplethink that once they become a Christian, they must read huge amounts of thebible right away.  The best thing to dois to start off by reading just a few verses, say, no more than five or ten, inthe beginning.  Just as a baby doesn’tstart running right away, but doing small movements to develop muscles, so tooa new Christian needs to start slowly as well. Read small portions of the bible in the beginning, and start with theGospel of John:  it is the simplest viewof Jesus Christ.  After John, go onthrough the rest of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke….and let the LORD Guideyou.  Ask him to make the Scripturesclear to you, and he will!  Bible readingis spiritual food and water.  Just asphysical food gives strength to the body, so too does the Bible give food toyour soul.  Just as physical water bringslife to a body, so too does the written Word bring spiritual water to yourspirit.  Read the Bible every day!

Tell Others About what Jesus has done for you!  Don’t beashamed ot telling others about Jesus Christ! You never know who is waiting to hear what you have to say.  Will there be those who mock and laugh atyou?  Yes, but remember people did thesame to Jesus Christ.  Will peopledislike, hate, and even “unfriend” you and turn away from you?  Yes, sadly enough, but Jesus will bring newpeople into your life who will love you and befriend you…you may even havefamily members forsake you and disown you, but where those walk away, Jesus hasothers waiting in the wings to take up the slack.  Don’t be shy to talk to others about JesusChrist and what he has done for you!

Get to Church!  Find a Church whose foundation is the Bible,whose pastor preaches Jesus Christ Crucified and Risen, and who is led by theHoly Ghost.  Ask the LORD to help youfind a good church, and try to attend as often as you can.  Attending church will help your spiritualgrowth.

Seek Christian friends with whom to fellowship!  HavingChristian friends is important for your spiritual growth.  They will help you to be accountable, helplift you up when you are down, and will give you good guidance as you beginthis new walk, and in time you will be a blessing and a help to them.  Make time to meet with them regularly apartfrom Church.

Let God Lead You!  Many people leave the big things for God, andthen decide the little things for themselves, but it is important to ask God’sleadership even in the small things of life. A man once spoke about his trip and life in another country.  He didn’t have an alarm clock, and buying oneat the time of his arrival there was uneconomical.  He told of praying and asking god to wake himup in time for work every day, and God did! You can do the same thing or similarly. Let God lead you even in the small things, such as where to go to lunch,or where to shop:  you never know who youwill meet and be able to share your changed life with.

Andremember that all of this will help you to draw closer and grow in the grace ofJesus Christ.

If you have questions, please feel free to e-mailme:  blcfrenzy@gmail.com

Prayer- O LORD, we pray for those who see thisthat they will come to know you as LORD and Savior of their lives!  Draw those, O LORD, and may everyone whoreads this come to know you as Saviour and LORD.  Bring peace and joy to those who have nonetoday and we pray all of these things in the Name of Jesus Christ, our LORD andSaviour, Amen!

Verse to Remember:

ForGod sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the worldthrough him might be saved.

--John 3.17

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Simple Remedies

Simple Remedies

Key Scriptures:

“For even when we were with you, this we commandedyou, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.  For we hear that there are some which walkamong you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.  Now them that are such we command and exhortby or Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their ownbread.”¹

--II Thessalonians3.10~12

“Honour them that are widows indeed.”

--I Timothy 5.1

“But if any provide not for his own, andespecially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worsethan an infidel.”

--I Timothy 5.8

“If any man or woman that believeth have widows,let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relievethem that are widows indeed.”

--I Timothy 5.16

“Meats for the belly, and the belly formeats:  but God shall destroy both it andthem.  Now the body is not forfornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.  And God hath both raised up the Lord, andwill also raise us up by his power.  Knowye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?  shall I then take the members of Christ, andmake them members of an harlot?  Godforbid.  What?  know ye not that he which is joined to anharlot is one body?  For two, saith he,shall be one flesh.  But he that isjoined unto the Lord is one flesh.  Fleefornication.  Every sin that a man doethis without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his ownbody.”

--I Corinthians6.13~18

Recently, GeorgetownUniversity Law Student, Ms. Sandra Fluke, testified before congress concerningreproductive “rights” and birth control.  In hertestimony, Ms. Fluke all but demanded that the Federal Government pony upfederally subsidized and Taxpayer supplied funds (to the tune of $3000) for herbirth control and contraceptives.  Oneconservative blogger laid out a plan of action for Ms. Fluke and her mates (nopun intended) who wish to live a lifestyle of promiscuity:

Here are a few ways Ms. Fluke and her friends might get theircontraceptive costs down below that $3,000 level:

They could have men pay half. Modern men do half the parenting work orpay at least half the child support. Why shouldn't men pay for half of thecontraceptive costs?

Ms. Fluke and her friends could use condoms instead of prescriptionbirth control pills. One Georgetown student group reportedly handed out 4,500"free" condoms during one recent semester. Or the law students couldbuy condoms online at $40.25 for a package of 100. At about 40 cents a condom,the Georgetown students could have sex twice a day, 365 days a year, for allthree years of law school, for just $881 dollars.  

Ms. Fluke and her friends could go to Walmart or Target, whose lists ofinexpensive drugs include the oral contraceptive Tri-Sprintec priced at $4 fora 28-day supply. Total cost, assuming continuous use for three full years(including the summer after graduating law school or before starting): about$150.²

The Bible, though, makes things even clearer, andcan help Ms. Fluke get by even more cheaply and honestly.

A Sign of the Times

Ms. Fluke’s Testimony before congress included thefollowing statement:

Without insurance coverage, contraception can cost a woman over $3,000during law school. For a lot of students who, like me, are on public interestscholarships, that's practically an entire summer's salary. Forty percent offemale students at Georgetown Law report struggling financially as a result ofthis policy.³

It is a clear indication of the times that we areliving in that law students - or students of any kind, for that matter - musthave $3,000 worth of birth control and contraceptives.  The Apostle Paul wrote concerning such nearly2,000 years ago (and his writings read as freshly as do the stories from thisWall Street Journal story posted here):

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  for men shall be lovers of their own selves,covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, loversof pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denyingthe power thereof:  from such turn away.  For of this sort are they which creep intohouses and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with diverselusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of thetruth.  Now as Jannes and Jambreswithstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth:  men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerningthe fatih.  But they shall proceed nofurther:  for their folly shall bemanifest unto all men, as theirs also was…But evil men shall wax worse andworse, deceiving, and being deceived.”⁴

“For therein is therighteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:  as it is written, ‘The just shall live byfaith.’ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodlinessand unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because thatwhich may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it untothem.  For the invisible things of himfrom the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the thingsthat are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are withoutexcuse:  Because that, when they knewGod, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain intheir imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they becamefools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made liketo corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleannessthrough the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies betweenthemselves:  Who changed the truth of Godinto a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, whois blessed for ever. Amen.  For thiscause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did changethe natural use into that which is against nature:  And likewise also the men, leaving the naturaluse of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men workingthat which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of theirerror which was meet.  And even as theydid not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to areprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled withall unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; fullof envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters ofGod, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient toparents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,implacable, unmerciful:  Who knowing thejudgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, notonly do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”⁵

These verses can easily describe the day and agein which we live.  Like it or not, Ms.Fluke - by her own testimony - is very, very promiscuous if she really andtruly needs $3000 with of birth control and contraceptives.  And as the Scriptures above testify, again,such is the indication of what today’s youth and young people have become:  lovers of their own selves, lovers ofpleasures more than lovers of God, heady, and highminded, especially concerningtheir sexual exploits (recently, radio personality Rush Limbaugh has come underintense fire for calling Ms. Fluke a “slut” over the airwaves…but with suchdamning testimony from her own lips, can Mr. Limbaugh’s sobriquet not be toofar away from the mark concerning Ms. Fluke?). However, to help Ms. Fluke and her friends, some remedies will bepresented.

Remedy I - RETURN to GOD!

It’s really simple, friends:  to be freed from sin, it is essential thatpeople - including Ms. Fluke - return to God. And yes, as our keys speak, sex apart from marriage (called “fornication”throughout the Bible) is sin. 

“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom ofGod?  Be not deceived:  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, noradulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, northieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shallinherit the kingdom of God.”⁶

If we return to God, he promises to bless us, towash away our sins, and to restore us unto himself.  This includes everyone and anyone:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”⁷

“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’  And let him that heareth say, ‘Come.’  And let him that is athirst come.  and whosoever will, let him take the water oflife freely.”⁸

Ms. Fluke will not only save a bundle of dinero, but she will see her soulcleansed and saved form the eternal damnation of the Lake of Fire if she willturn to God.

Remedy II - Don’t Have Sex Until Marriage

Yet another simple, easy remedy that will save Ms.Fluke a lot of money.  In fact, if shewill but wait until marriage to have sex, she will likely be able to pay forher own wedding ceremony with her savings. She will also give her husband a great gift:  her own purity (and again, even if she hasalready given up her purity, God can and will forgive her and restore herspiritual purity).  Not only will shesave money form not getting contraceptives and birth control, but she won’teven need them.  Waiting until marriageto have sex enables Ms. Fluke and other young women (and men, too, for that matter)to better be prepared for a baby.  Ratherthan destroying her womb by having a baby aborted through risky and dangerousprocedures, she will actually do herself a service by waiting.

Remedy III - If You Aren’t Prepared for the Consequences, Don’t HaveSex!

This point and remedy in no way condones sex apartfrom marriage.  The best way, the onlyway, really, to be prepared for sex is to wait until after the wedding vows areexchanged.  Friends, it only makes senseto wait until such a time to have sex. If one is not prepared to bear the burden of the consequences of sexualintercourse, it is certainly best not to have sex at all.  There are many who will poo-poo this and theprevious remedy.  There are others whowill likely produce study after study that “prove abstinence doesn’t ‘work’”.  However, if we take some time and think aboutabstinence, we see that it works when it is tried, 100% of the time.  It prevents STDs, prevents abortions,prevents so-called ‘unwanted’ and ‘unexpected’ pregnancies, and prevents a hostof mental, emotional, psychological, and relational problems and difficultiesthat arise from sex before marriage.  Inmost cases, when it is tried, abstinence also prevents divorce (as holding onto purity until marriage tends to boost trust between spousesexponentially).  And there is a financialconsequence to this, as well:  waitingfor sex will, again, save that $3000 figure for later.

Remedy IV - If You’re Going to Have Sex, Pay For the ConsequencesYourself!

Ms. Fluke states in her testimony excerpt abovethat contraceptives account for forty percent of her and her friends’ incomesat Georgetown University.  A simpleremedy to this is for Ms. Fluke and her friends to get another job if she andthey are going to engage in sex.  One ofthe Scripture Keys for today states that if a person will not work, he or sheshould not eat (and the verses concerning widows are there to show that theBible does command people to help those who cannot help themselves).  The same is true for sex:  if a person will not work, he or she shouldnot have sex.  If Ms. Fluke is notwilling to go out and get a part-time job to support her sex habit(s), sheshould not be having sex in the first place. Ditto that for Ms. Fluke’s friends. Same for anyone and everyone else engaging in sex.  If one is not willing to go out and work andsupport himself or herself in his or her sexual practices, then it is best forpeople to not have sex.  The Bible speaksdirectly to this in the employment area, and it fits for sex, as well.

Remedy V - If it’s “My Body, My Choice” it Ought to Also be “My Payment”(Not the Taxpayers’)

We have heard adinfinetum, ad nauseam fromfeminist and “pro-‘choice’” groups how the government should stay out of thebedroom, stay out of a woman’s womb, and how “it’s MY Body!”  Okay. No problem.  If it is so, then itshould be the woman’s choice, as well, to foot the bill.  Whether it is via insurance, via free condomsat school or public health centers, or Planned Parenthood Clinics, if women aregoing to engage in sexual activity that could bring about a change in thehealth of a woman, it should be the woman’s duty to pay for it herself. Again,the Bible speaks to this.  Peoplethemselves should be responsible (and, yes, folks, one day, we will all be heldin account^9,10) for theirown actions, and if women want their bodies, their actions, and theiractivities with their bodies to be a private matter between themselves andthemselves alone, then so should the funding for said activities.  Forcing the American Taxpayer to foot thebill is simply forcing people to pay for a lifestyle choice in the vastmajority.

Concerning Medical Necessities

As Ms. Fluke testified, her “need” forcontraceptives is one concerning a lifestyle choice.  It is understood that there are women in thisworld who need birth control for medical needs and medical conditions.  As a friend recently said, Americans are notagainst helping people who have a genuine need. We spend billions of dollars a year trying to feed the hungry, clothethe naked, house the homeless, soothe the hurting, aid the sick, comfort thedying, help the destitute, befriend the lonely, and give to the needy.  Americans give more to charity, to the UnitedNations’ programs, and to aid organizations than any other nationcombined.  If there is a need for medicalbirth control and contraceptives, then by all means, let us stand up and becounted.  However, we need to have a cleardefinition of what is considered a “medical” condition.  We already have government “definitions” forwhat is a medically needed abortion (to save the life of the mother, inessence: this definition, however, is VERY broad), “medical” marijuana, “medical”euthanasia, and other questionable government-supported-and-controlled “medical”procedures.  Where there really is amedical need for birth control, let’s have a medical expert give us thedefinition, instead of a Judge or other government official or entity.

The Bottom Line - Ms. Fluke’s Testimony is One of Irresponsibility

This day and age, as described above, is becomeone of irresponsibility.  Since we havehad the sexual revolution, the entry of the drug culture, the failed war onpoverty, and the introduction of birth control and abortion on demand, we haveincreasingly become a culture that is bent on living irresponsibly.  We want our pleasure, our fun, ourexcitement, and our relaxation, but we want none of the consequences.  We don’t want God to rule our lives nor do wewant to be led in pathways of purity.  Wewant what we want right away, our way, and if anyone or anything stands in theway, it needs to go.  We are entitled tothis, after all, and someone else ought to pay for it, not use ourselves.  Friends, this irresponsibility that we saw ondisplay this month form Ms. Fluke is destructive, and of we go on blithelythinking that the Chickens won’t come home to roost, we need to thinkagain!  Greater and more ancientcivilizations fell simply because of such irresponsibility, both socially aswell as spiritually.  The Bible has thisto say:

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap.  For he that soweth to his flesh shall reapcorruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap lifeeverlasting.”¹¹

Conclusion - Seek God and Live!

Friends, the simplest remedy is this:  turn to God. Come to Jesus!  Try the Lord! His written Word is packed full of promises and the road toSalvation.  Friend, without God in yourlife, the ultimate consequence will be an eternity in the Lake of Fire, withoutthe presence of God, and everlasting flame, torment, and torture.  The Bible promises this.  But the Bible also promises that if you cometo Jesus Christ, he will receive you:

“…him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”¹²

Won’t you come to him today?  Seek him while he is calling you, while hemay be found!¹³  Today is the day of salvation!¹⁴  Don’t wait! Accept Jesus today!

Prayer

We thank thee, O LORD, for thy goodness and thygrace.  We pray for Sandra Fluke, forRush limbaugh, and for all of their friends and loved ones.  We pray for Salvation in Jesus’ Name forthem.  Help us all, O LORD, to seek yourremedy for sin, Jesus Christ!  We praythis in Jesus’ Precious Name, Amen!

Verse to Remember

“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committethfornication sinneth against his own body.”

--I Corinthians 6.18

  Endnotes 

1. All Scripture References are taken from TheAuthorized King James Version of the English Bible; London, England, the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; 1611

2. Ira Stoll; “Sandra Fluke’s Amazing Testimony”; TheWall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com) FederationFeature; March 9^th, 2012; paragraphs 6~8; Source Address:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204603004577269491399954950.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

3. Ibid., paragraph 4

4. Barbenjamin, Saul Paul; The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy; Imperial City ofRome, Province of Italia, Empire of Rome; 1^st Century, A.D.; Chapter3, Verses 1~9, 13

5. Paul; TheEpistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans; Corinth, Province of Achaia,Empire of Rome; 1^st Century, A.D.; Chapter 1, Verses 18~32

6. Paul; The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle tothe Corinthians; Philippi, Province of Macedonia, Empire of Rome; 1^stCentury, A.D.; Chapter 6, Verses 9~10

7. Barzebedee, John; The Gospel According to SaintJohn; Penal Colony of Patmos, Province of Asia, Empire of Rome; 1^stCentury, A.D.; Chapter 3, Verse 16

8. John; The Revelation of Saint John the Divine;Penal Colony of Patmos, Province of asia, Empire of Rome; 1^stCentury, A.D.; Chapter 22, Verse 17

9. “And it is appointed unto men once to die,but after this the judgment…” - Paul; The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews; Province of Italia,Empire of Rome; 1^st Century, A.D.; Chapter 9, Verse 27

10. “And I saw the dead, small and great, standbefore God:  and another book was opened,which is the book of life:  and the deadwere judged out of those things which were written in the books, according totheir works.” - John; Revelation,Chapter 20, Verse 10

11. Paul; TheEpistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians; Imperial City of Rome,Province of Italia, Empire of Rome; 1^st Century, A.D.; Chapter 6,Verses 7~8

12. John; St.John, Chapter 6, Verse 37

13. “Seek ye the Lord while hemay be found, call ye upon him while he is near:  Let the wicked forsake his way, and theunrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he willhave mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” -Baramoz, Isaiah; The Book of the ProphetIsaiah; Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah; 8^th Century, B.C.; Chapter55, Verses 6~7

14. “I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation haveI succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day ofsalvation.” - Paul; The SecondEpistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians; Philippi, Province of Macedonia,Empire of Rome; 1^st Century, A.D.; Chapter 6, Verse 2

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