"As in the days of Noah"

Matthew 24:37-39 "37 For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be."

"Genesis 6:5 "5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. "

The soon coming tribulation will be just like this!

Excuses to Refuse Listening

God Will Judge it in Due Time

Often in our day of fantasy thinking narcissists will make up in their mind what they wish to believe about those they are jealous of or whom they hate for other reasons. Nothing has to be true, it just has to be what they want to believe.

We are encountering this more as the time marches toward the end-times tribulation.

Many people "say" things without evidence or proof merely to put the idea into minds in order to manipulate their thinking. The devil did this with Eve in the garden. He got her to question what God had told her, leaving doubts that He had told her the truth.

Narcissists do this very same thing now, it is the devil and his minions who place these thoughts into the minds of those who have no defense against him.

We see this in the news media and politics all the time. They use words that bring doubt into the minds of the hearers. Even if someone does a good thing they will frame it as bad because they hate their target enjoying an accomplishment.

Do not be unsettled because of this nonsense, the people who do these things will be dealt with by God in due time.

1 Peter 4:5 "5 but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. "

No one will get away with anything, perhaps for the moment but only for a short time. Pray they see their sin before they are judged and repent.

Trials are for Everyone!

People often use verse in the Bible to prove that God makes Christians wealthy. He takes care of His children but that does not mean a promise of wealth or even health.

3 John 2 "2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."

The soul is what is spoken of here not physical wealth or health.

God speaks about "prospering" in the context of Spiritual growth not financial. Jesus was poor and so were many of His followers. Financial wealth is not a sign God is blessing someone. Some of the most wicked people I have met and even famous ones are very wealthy but on their way to hell. Some of the godliest people I know are poor but have everything they need, God provides for them but they are not wealthy.

1 Corinthians 5:16-17 "16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!…"

Matthew 5:44-45 "…44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. "

Good and bad happens to everyone, it is not a measure of spirituality. Its a condition of living in the world, we have no special exemption from trials, in fact often we have more trials than those who are not saved.

John 16:33 "33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”"

Do not allow anyone to judge you based on your health or your finances, that is foolish and must be ignored and disregarded.

No matter what trial we are encountering, if we are born again it all has a purpose and it is all from God.

Narcissists and their Rude Joking

The narcissist often uses rude joking to insult people, when their target does not laugh they say they are too sensitive or have no sense of humor.

This is a favored tactic of the narcissist to demean once with the joke and then again when accusing them of being too sensitive or lacking a sense of humor. So the narcissist's rudeness is now the victim's fault.

If you have grown up in a family that loves to pick on one person because they are, as the narcissist sees it, the weaker person, they will continually mock the one they think they can dominate or manipulate to react in some way. The reaction of the target is food for the narcissist no matter what the reaction is, it will be twisted to look bad or stupid.

We know the narcissist means to do evil because when they see they have harmed someone their response is to harm further instead of apologizing for their own rudeness.

Something a target of the narcissist could say is,
"Cloaking your insults as a joke does not absolve you of your rudeness." This might be a good thing to say, then calmly walk away. The problem is that even saying this much is food for more fighting with the narcissist, that's why it is important to only say that not for the sake of the narcissist, but for the sake of others in the room to understand what is going on. It will have no effect on the narcissist, they will not listen and cannot learn to stop their behavior, it is a devilish soul sickness that they have no control over, it is the influence of the devil that controls them.

The narcissist is always looking for a fight, they start them and hope their target will engage so they can accuse them of something.

We are seeing this in families, politics, and every other venue in our culture where there are lurking narcissists.

Remember how the devil in the garden deceived Eve into disobeying God by making her question God's command not to eat of the fruit of the tree? The narcissist in the fashion of the devil's tactics attempts to lure their target into sin by making them question their own resolve to obey God.

The devil uses lies today through people who mean you harm but claim they are innocent. The claim that the target has done something wrong leaves the target wondering if they really did something foolish, thus causing insecurity in the devil's target.

1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"

The devil's purpose in using narcissists is to cause problems in believers. He wants us to respond badly to ruin our witness. When we know his tactics we can calmly speak and walk away. If the narcissist pursues, keep walking in silence until he gives up. Pray that God will deal with Him for you, this is the best response of all.

Proverbs 29:8-10 "…8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.…"

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?

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Marriage is a Picture of Salvation

God joins all marriages, even for the unsaved. Unsaved people are dead in their trespasses and sins, that is anything against God's Law, His principles in His Word. The unsaved are held accountable for all their sins because they have not trusted Christ. Divorce and remarriage is as much a sin against God for the unsaved as it is for the saved.

Mark 10:8-9…"8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Meaning of "let man not separate" is "no man can separate" what God has joined.

This is true of salvation too, when someone believes on the Lord Jesus Christ they will be saved and cannot become unsaved. They have become an entirely new person with a new character by the hand of Christ. He then comes to live in those He saves.

God will not save anyone who does not want to be saved, those who will not believe in Him as the only way to heaven, will not go there.

Christ comes to live in believers changing their character to the opposite of what it was before.

Ephesians 2:10 "10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."

Only those who have been changed into a new creation by Christ will be saved. God never forces anyone, it is their choice.

2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"

Do you want to be changed into the likeness of Christ by Him? There is only one way and that is to believe that He died to pay the price for your sin and desire for Him to change you. Its not words you say or things you do, it is a genuine sorrow over your sin and belief that Christ will change you if you ask Him.

We were dead in our sins without any ability to change ourselves. It is only Christ changing us that we can be a completely different person, our character is changed from a worldly perspective to a heavenly one.

Don't wait to ask Christ to cleanse you, we may not have tomorrow. Things are ramping up for the end times, Christ may take His church home any day, don't be left behind.

How to be Born Again

Many people who say they are Christians believe its just a matter of joining the group. They have no desire for Christ, even though they may wish to think of themselves as a good person for attending this "church club."

I heard a woman once said, "I go to church because that's what they do here in the South." She said nothing about God or Christ, only that its the thing to do here. That's where the social connections are, in the church.

If this is someone's understanding of church gatherings then they are not born again.

If attending a church gathering makes you feel safe in case life will bring some trials, then you are not born again.

Someone who becomes born again does so because they have realized they are sinful creatures on their way to hell. They want Christ because they desire to be cleansed of that sin and changed into an entirely different person by Christ when He comes to live in them.

No one will be born again until and unless they believe in Christ as the sacrifice for their sin. They must know first that they are sinners in need of saving.

Far too many people have attended churches to hear music and motivational speakers with big happy smiles and all kinds of lies about how good they are as human beings and how they deserve whatever they want in life. No one will be saved hearing messages like this that just build up pride in the hearer.

John 3:1-21
"3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony.
12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

1Cheryl Elaine Branch

He Orders Our Day!

May every born again believer seek the Lord today for everything! When I do this He even orders my day.

Psalm 90:12

12 

"So teach us to number our days,
That we may [a]present to You a heart of wisdom."

"12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

C.S. Lewis to be Avoided

So many things that are praised by Christians today are actually tools of the devil to desensitize believers to evil. Sadly too these very things are cloaked in Biblical language and cartoon form to entice children to be interested in the occult.

In "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", the author, C.S. Lewis, depicts the lion as Christ and the white witch as Satan.

In one of the scenes, the Lion went into a tent with the white witch to negotiate the price for sin. In other words, the devil and Christ were equal and the price that would be paid would also have to be agreed upon by the white witch too, thus making the witch equal to Christ.

This is blasphemy against God to place any credit at all on the devil for the price of sin. God the Father set the price for sin and Christ obeyed His Father.

2 Corinthians 5:21
21 God (the Father) made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God."

In the Lewis writings, he mixes every doctrine of every religion within the stories but hidden so well if the person watching doesn't know the doctrines of the other religions or even their own Bibles they will believe he has written Biblical things.

In the stories of Lewis is inculcated Catholicism, his favorite religion by his own testimony, as well as Mormonism, that is satan and Christ being brothers, a form of this in allowing the witch depicting Satan as having equal say in the price for sin. There is Greek mythology in the Centaur, who is half man and half horse. There is much magic and sorcery throughout Lewis's writings.

In the C.S. Lewis movies and in the books there is much sorcery and false doctrine that seem innocent enough, after all, they are just cartoons written for children.

By the way, Lewis's books were not an allegory, they were fantasy with much false doctrine. Pilgrims Progress was allegory directly relating the events of the Bible to what happened in the book. The two are vastly different in nature.

The writings of Lewis are best left alone. It is good to warn the people caught up in Lewis's writings of the cultic nature of them as well as the Calvinistic nature of Lewis's other books.

Lewis loved the Catholic religions, he said it was his favorite, enjoying the rituals of that religion he based much of what he wrote on that cult. This makes sense because many doctrines and beliefs in Calvinism come directly from the Catholic playbook.

Those who call themselves by a man's name, that is Calvinist, are defying Scripture and by doing so denying Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.…"

God made it clear that we were not to follow any man, especially a man who has written many cultic stories.

C.S. Lewis and Calvin both had deep ties to the Catholic church, even teaching doctrines of devils coming directly out of that system. I am a former Catholic, don't even try to come and convince me otherwise since I have known intimately what the Catholic church teaches far more than someone who has never been Catholic.

Those who are caught up in idol worship through their elevation of man need to stop it and focus on Christ alone. Anyone who will fight to defend a man when that man is exposed has an idol. This person needs to pray for discernment to see the truth and repent from following men.

Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."

Matthew 15:9
"In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

1 Corinthians 1:10-13
"I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?"

Galatians 1:9
"As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed."

And, finally, I follow Christ and Him alone, I will never follow the writings of any man. I often read things written by men if I believe they are godly men, but I will be able to discern what is from God and what is not and I will never be angry at anyone for pointing out an error written by any man. All men must be scrutinized through the Word of God. Never hold someone in such high regard that he cannot be criticized. If you are angry over someone's criticism of a man then you have an idol to be repented of, do it quickly!

Anyone who speaks more about a man than they do about Christ must rethink their focus, idolatry is condemned by God.

John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow ME (Jesus Christ).

Jeremiah 17:5
"Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord."

John 8:12
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Remaining Friends with the Unsaved

God told us to evangelize our family and friends but He never said we should remain as close friends. Here are some principles from the Word that warn us about keeping close friends who do not love the Lord.

Amos 3:3 "3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"

The answer is no because we become like those who are our close friends.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34 "at did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"

The problem I see often is the excuse to be friends with unbelievers to evangelize them is not completely honest. The truth is that if we speak of God frequently in our walk the unbeliever will become weary of hearing it and go away. I suggest that to maintain friends with an unbeliever we must remain silent about God.

How can we not speak frequently about our Lord Whom we love above everyone and everything else in the world?

What good is our testimony if we never speak of Christ. It only makes the unbeliever comfortable in their own sinful life. "Lifestyle evangelism" is a lie. That being just living for Christ is enough without saying anything.

Romans 10:14 "How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?"

We are not called to be "friends" with unbelievers, we are called to speak the truth of Christ to them, if they do not listen we are to remove ourselves. We can always be available if they want to come and find out more. They know where we live and what we believe.

Matthew 10:14 "Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet."

James 4:4 "You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."

Our modern Christianity claims that if we just hang around non-believers a lot eventually they will want to hear. This could not be farther from the truth.

I believe there are many people using the excuse about evangelizing their unsaved friends to remain friends with those who do not love God. They enjoy the company of their friend more than they love God. If they loved their friend they would evangelize them. The believer would speak of their Lord often because He is everything to them.

I hear believers all the time using filthy or crude words, its because their constant companions are unbelievers more than righteous Christ-followers. This is strong evidence that non-believers influence our ways if we have them as our constant companions. God said this was true in 1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Where Does Our Security Lie?

Our security now is not based on pretending everything will be all right in this world of chaos and evil. Our security is in knowing Christ, depending on Him every day as we seek to honor Him by obedience to His principles.

The greatest worship we can offer God is our "reasonable service." That is to serve Him the way He wants to be served.

So many people think they can make up their own way and God is suppose to love it and bless it. However, if our way is not what God told us to do then we are out of His will even if it seems like a good deed.

God is more about our obedience to Him than all our selfishly concocted ideas of what we an do our own way.

Jeremiah 6:20 "“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the [a]sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”"

Isaiah 1:11-16 "“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
12 “When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
13 “Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
14 “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 “So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,"

All the good deeds of this culture are to glorify self. We know this because those who do them make sure everyone knows about it. Feeling special about self is far more important to most Christians today than seeking God for His Will.

If you would like to test this simply tell the truth of the Word of God to a cultural Christian and watch them become agitated even rage when exposed. They are sweetness and light when they are being validated and praised but turn into angry vengeful monsters when told perhaps they ought to evaluate their own heart to see if their motives are pure. The phrase you will hear is "don't judge me." In modern terms what they are really saying is "don't tell me what to do."

The "don't tell me" generation does not tolerate correction, rebuke or admonishment to seek the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"

God clearly commanded the church to keep one another accountable every single day.

Hebrews 3:12-14 "12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.…"

The "don't judge" mantra comes out of a generation that will not listen to correction in violation of God's own word. We are living in the end times in which it is considered unkind and rude to correct anyone at any time.

In our day the one who corrects to help bring people to the truth is the one who is chastised while their character is maligned. That's alright, they did it to the apostles and to Christ too, why should we escape it?!!!

We must obey God and do it anyway always according to the principles of the Bible. What others do with it is not on us, their response is on them.

May the Lord make us strong in these difficult times and may He bring people to us who want to hear the truth and would be encouraged themselves by our boldness in Christ to become bold too.

The Tipping Point

When a nation reaches the "tipping point" of sin there is no returning. We as a nation are at the tipping point. A good illustration of this is what my husband says now, that is if you tip a coffee cup on its edge as it tips just a little more it will fall over, there is no way to stop it, the cup is going to fall.

I wonder sometimes how a believer could look at the evil in this nation and still think God is going to save it or bless it. He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for less that what is happening now in America. He also flooded the world because of less than what is happening right now.

Our sins as a nation are utterly monstrous but so many have lived in it all their lives and it feels normal to them. They don't like it much but they still think God will not judge it.

We have all been brainwashed that America is special above all the nations, our pride is way over the top!!!

Our sin of abortion alone is enough that we must be punished even if we were to repent. When someone kills someone in our culture they go to jail for the rest of their life or are executed whether or not they are repentant, they still must be punished.

The pride of this nation is an entitlement mentality, believing God has an obligation to save us or that He thought we were more special than other nations.

Like a spoiled child who has been arrested, our country says; "my Daddy will get me out of this", but God will not continue to bless a nation that is so prideful and entitled. In fact, He will remove whatever blessings we have had.

As usual for a spoiled child, the nation will whine and cry about their punishment but never become sorry for what they have done.

Raging Insanity of our Times

Copied and pasted: from Carole Cellos Mancuso

Not my words...but I am feeling the same..

"I never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America, at least not the one I have known all my life. I have never wished to live anywhere else. This is my home and I was privileged to be born here.

But today I woke up and as I had my morning coffee I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same. I have been confused by the hostility of family and friends. I look at people I have known all my life so filled with hate that they will agree with opinions that if they were in their right minds they would never express as their own. It's absolutely unbelievable. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.....then I saw this and I think that it's pretty close to describing how I feel.

I'm not starting a fight, but it is something to think about. This may open up a ton of outraged comments by some. Many who will argue how "wrong" this post is. My suggestion, save your time and effort! You're not changing the reality of what we are living by trying to somehow justify this insanity.

Nevertheless, I couldn't resist because we are becoming the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!

• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.

And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it's racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China. We are clearly living in an upside down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right, where darkness is light and light is now darkness.

Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast. There's only one life boat that can save you, and that is Jesus Christ. You can either get in or go down with the ship into the deep dark sea of eternal death. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely!
Don’t waste your time trying to debate me! This is my opinion and you have yours so keep on scrolling!
Very accurate and disturbing.....but TRUE !
2You and Carole Cellos Mancuso

Response by Gwendolyn Wehage in the following:

Remember the words of God in 2 Timothy 3:1-5
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."

In the very first verse we see the words "difficult times", this in the original language means; "ragingly insane times." This is what we are seeing right now every day.

Nothing anymore makes good sense. There was a day when the "crazy fringe" was frowned upon by everyone, now the rational people are the fringe and the irrational people are the majority.

Did you know that pagan religions speak in tongues in their worship?

https://www.facebook.com/notes/nehemiah-ryan/7-reasons-why-speakingpraying-in-tongues-is-wrong/254857519113/

Those Who Escape the Wrath of God

Job escaped the wrath of God because God counted him as righteous and for the sake of Abraham since he was Abraham's nephew. The rest of the cities of the plains, as well as Sodom and Gomorrah, were destroyed because they were wicked.

Noah and his family was saved from the flood because he was a righteous man who obeyed God. The rest of the world was destroyed because of their wickedness.

Ezekiel 18:20 "20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him."

The born again believers will be taken in the rapture before the wrath of God because they are counted as righteous because of Christ.

Hebrews 13:8 "8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

Ezekiel 18:20

 "20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him."

Job 21:14

"“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways."

Only Christ Can Save You

Our country will not be saved, no president or anyone will help us. The country has spiritual wickedness now that passes the tipping point. The only thing left is for people to trust in Christ before the rapture.

Ephesians 6:11-13 "…11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world's darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.…"

One cannot put on the armor if they do not have Jesus Christ living in them. Jesus Chris is the armor, He is our strength and our defender. He is the very essence of His Word the Bible.

Those who are not walking with Christ listening to His voice will be powerless and helpless against the wiles of the devil. Those who are like this will not hear the voice of God and will not have the strength to stand in the face of difficulties. They will even believe the lies and tricks of the devil believing they know the truth but they are deceived.

Mark 4:19
"but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful."

For those who walk with Christ, we have been rescued already.

Colossians 1:13
"He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,"

Who do you want to be master over you? The devil who wants to destroy you or Christ Who has offered you great safety and goodness with the promise of an amazing eternity in perfection and beauty, most of all His great love.

Also keep in mind that you are mastered by someone, either the devil or Christ, no one is their own person completely controlling their own life. If Christ is not in charge of your life then the devil is for sure.

Jesus Christ loved us so much that He died for the world that whoever wants Him will be saved.

The devil hates Christ and us so much that he wants the worship of him as he and his followers will be thrown into hell to burn.

Why would anyone choose the devil over Christ? Makes no sense!

God Joins All Marriages

God joins all marriages, even for the unsaved. Unsaved people are dead in their trespasses and sins, that is anything against God's Law, His principles in His Word. The unsaved are held accountable for all their sins because they have not trusted Christ. Divorce and remarriage is as much a sin against God for the unsaved as it is for the saved.

Wicked people have been saying "don't judge" since the time of Lot.

Genesis 19:1-11
"Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
2 And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.”
3 Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
5 and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”
6 But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,
7 and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.
8 Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.”
9 But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said,


“THIS ONE CAME IN AS AN ALIEN, AND ALREADY IS ACTING LIKE A JUDGE; now we will treat you worse than them.”

So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door.
10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
11 They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway."

The wicked men of the city were so rebellious they continued to clamor for the door to get the visitors even after they were struck blind by God. This ought to tell us just how wicked and stubborn these men of Sodom were.

The wicked men of Sodom accused Lot of "judging them" for standing against evil. The same thing happens to Christians today. Those who judge are those who are standing against righteous judgment. They judge the righteous man of doing something wrong when they are only doing what God is calling them to do.

Whenever you stand against evil in our day and all down through history, you can see and expect the rebellious people to accuse you of judging while they are judging that you should not judge anything. They are hypocrites only attempting to intimidate those who love righteousness. Do not listen to the wicked when they come after you to stop discerning right from wrong. Ignore them they are to be disregarded for what they are, that is rebellious.

Think about it!!!!

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America's Demise

I am convinced we will be seeing a dictator soon. But that's just me, I could be wrong. I don't care anymore who rules us, it will be who God chooses and maybe not what we want. People are stubborn and refuse to see their need for Christ, all they care about is the comfort of their country while they are on earth. They don't know our life here is very short, our real life is in eternity, forever! Its either heaven or hell, this life is just a time to make that choice.

I rejoice at testimonials of people coming to Christ, however most of them I hear about are in other countries. America has such a false view of what being born again is they are comfortable thinking they are safe. The people of the United States are proud and self-willed, resistant to the Word of the Bible even while quoting them they do not obey them. In fact, there is far more scripture being twisted to fit their life than they use to correct themselves or others.

Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many [a]miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"

James 4:14
"Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."

Psalm 90:10-14
"The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days."

Ephesians 5:15-17
"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is."

My hope is that America will repent, but unless it happens soon we are going to be severely punished for rejecting Christ in all our institutions and venues.

If you feel you are not able to worship and pray at home then you have a wrong view of Christianity. Noah had no gathering to attend except his own family. Lot had the same problem. We are living in the days just like Noah and Lot in which there are few others who love and obey the Lord.

Matthew 24:27-39 "37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Noah preached 120 years and no one would listen, there was not one repentant convert in all those years.

Genesis 6 describes the days of Lot, read it to have a glimpse of what is happening now.

If you have been living a ritualistic, superficial Christianity based on rules and appearances, now is a good time to repent asking God to show you His heart and then begin reading His Word.

Hirelings in the Churches

Church attendees need to forget about having a pastor and allow all the men in the group to teach and preach. That way the "pastor" does not become the idol of those who will not read their Bibles. If every believer read their own Bible and sought the Holy Spirit they would all have something to share in the gathering.

There is no model in the Bible of a man from a distant city "candidating" for a position in the local church. All those who are elders are taken from within the local gathering, everyone will know their life. There will be a proven testimony of godliness for the ones who are chosen as elders and those who choose them will be led by the Holy Spirit, they are not chosen on the basis of their "education."

1 Corinthians 14:28-30 "29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should hold his peace.…"

1 Corinthians 14:26 "26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church. "

Romans 12:6-8 "6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness."

The one-man pastor system was not given by God. According to the scriptures, there should be several men who are called elders who preach and teach in the church gathering. The one-man pastor system came out of Catholicism and has led to pew sitters who do and say nothing during the gathering. The pew people do not participate and believe without question their paid pastor. God calls them hirelings!

John 10:12-13
"He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep."

Most pastors today rely on their seminary training to carry them without depending on the Holy Spirit. Most seminaries today have serious errors in their teachings, even some have unsaved profs teaching the students.

The hirelings are more interested in keeping their job and being popular than they are in bringing truth to the people. Even if the hireling is not thinking consciously these things they are motivated by them.

Most hirelings set themselves up as "experts" as though no one has the right to question or rebuke them. They resist correction and even drive out those who are godly who attempt to bring everything back to scripture.

Remarriage After Divorce is not a Marriage

Remarriage after Divorce is not a marriage, it is adultery and remains adultery until the couple stops living together.

In the matter of a pastor who divorced his wife to marry a secretary! If this pastor remained pastor of the church after doing this that will tell us the apostasy of the people who still attend there.

That second marriage on the part of the pastor is not a marriage it is adultery. When God makes two people one in marriage it cannot be severed by anyone, not even a judge. The marriage of the second person is not marriage and remains adultery until the man leaves the second woman.

My guess is that many people remained in that church even after he began committing adultery in a new marriage? In our day church members even attend the wedding of this adulterous affair.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 "10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not [b]divorce his wife."

The reason the divorced person must remain single is that in God's eyes she/he is still married to the first husband.