" 2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me."
You see, even God knows all about this!
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Truth or Knowledge
Love of truth is far different from love of knowledge. Anyone can gather information to appear superior, but the love of truth will often make us look silly to the world.
1 Corinthians 8:1-2 "1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.…"
1 Corinthians 8:1-2 "1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.…"
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Cap and Trade, The Irrational Thinking of the Left
There is a bill going through the legislature in Oregon that would raise the cost of fuel putting some truckers out of business.
Cap and Trade is designed to limit the amount of emissions to reduce air pollution.
There would be expensive upgrades to trucks and machinery that would bankrupt many small companies if this legislation were allowed to pass.
The truckers would be hit the hardest because they would have to modify their trucks or buy new ones.
Those trucks cost between $80,000 to $180,000 to replace.
Filling up a big rig runs about $1450 for one fill up.
Most big rigs get between 4 and 7.5 miles per gallon.
The last thing we need to do is place more burdens on our truckers. They are the ones who haul all our goods to the stores where we shop. When their cost goes up they have to charge more and the stores have to pass it on to us.
If anyone thinks we are not affected by the cost of trucking, think again.
The liberals rarely think beyond the end of their noses. They think up all kinds of happy thoughts about restricting our use of the environment as though we are nothing more than renters of the earth and our land lord is the earth itself. They have designated themselves as the caretakers and rule makers for the earth.
Since the liberals are basing their thoughts on faulty science they often make irrational decisions that ruin rather than preserve.
The earth was made for man by God, we were not made for the earth to govern us. The environmental movement has done some good but often they go off the rails into irrational thinking because of their worship of the earth.
I am all for being good stewards of the resources of the earth, but there is a line we cannot cross that makes the earth more important than the people who live on it.
The Bible is clear the earth is wearing out and groaning but not because of the way man is dealing with the environment. The earth groans from the weight of sin upon it.
Isaiah 24:20
20 The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a shack,
For its transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, never to rise again.
Ezra 9:7
7 “Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day."
Romans 8:22-23 "22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.…"
Ungodly law makers will not understand that it is not the environment that is in danger, but those who perceive wrongly the problem. That problem being sin in the hearts of men who deny God while worshiping His creation instead of Him.
Romans 1:25 " 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. "
Cap and Trade is designed to limit the amount of emissions to reduce air pollution.
There would be expensive upgrades to trucks and machinery that would bankrupt many small companies if this legislation were allowed to pass.
The truckers would be hit the hardest because they would have to modify their trucks or buy new ones.
Those trucks cost between $80,000 to $180,000 to replace.
Filling up a big rig runs about $1450 for one fill up.
Most big rigs get between 4 and 7.5 miles per gallon.
The last thing we need to do is place more burdens on our truckers. They are the ones who haul all our goods to the stores where we shop. When their cost goes up they have to charge more and the stores have to pass it on to us.
If anyone thinks we are not affected by the cost of trucking, think again.
The liberals rarely think beyond the end of their noses. They think up all kinds of happy thoughts about restricting our use of the environment as though we are nothing more than renters of the earth and our land lord is the earth itself. They have designated themselves as the caretakers and rule makers for the earth.
Since the liberals are basing their thoughts on faulty science they often make irrational decisions that ruin rather than preserve.
The earth was made for man by God, we were not made for the earth to govern us. The environmental movement has done some good but often they go off the rails into irrational thinking because of their worship of the earth.
I am all for being good stewards of the resources of the earth, but there is a line we cannot cross that makes the earth more important than the people who live on it.
The Bible is clear the earth is wearing out and groaning but not because of the way man is dealing with the environment. The earth groans from the weight of sin upon it.
Isaiah 24:20
20 The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a shack,
For its transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, never to rise again.
Ezra 9:7
7 “Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day."
Romans 8:22-23 "22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.…"
Ungodly law makers will not understand that it is not the environment that is in danger, but those who perceive wrongly the problem. That problem being sin in the hearts of men who deny God while worshiping His creation instead of Him.
Romans 1:25 " 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. "
Friday, June 28, 2019
Famous Preachers Gone Apostate
I have decided not to quote any "famous" preachers anymore. Most preachers in our day who are popular are that way because they have compromised.
Its alright to listen to preachers as long as we evaluate what they say. Those who have "idols" in the form of popular preachers are not likely to appreciate criticism about those preachers.
In these last days of apostasy we need to be very careful to evaluate everything. Not only what the preacher says but who they have as their friends.
Our constant companions often say a lot about us. One cannot hang out with wolves continually and remain untainted by them.
331 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Many years ago I used to listen to some of the preachers I see today have compromised. Their popularity caused them to begin making unholy alliances with those who are violating scripture to keep crowds.
One clue that someone has compromised is when they have aligned themselves with the pope and other ecumenical preachers at conferences and other church venues as speakers.
Just recently I heard that Ravi Zacharius spoke at a Mormon church. His flattering words about the mormons was that they were brothers in Christ. NO THEY ARE NOT, unless one has a false Jesus. Because you see..........The Jesus of Mormonism is the brother of Satan. To have said equate a Mormon as a brother is the worst form of apostasy.
One of the clues of a false preacher is their tendency to be so "esoteric" (that is wisdom understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.), that the average person is unable to clearly repeat what they have said.
Those who are interested in appearing more knowledgeable than most others love their self exaltation. They are useless in bringing practical faith and wisdom to the average person. Intellectualism has been condemned by God because it brings pride making many false into apostasy.
1 Corinthians 8:1-2 "1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.…"
God's truths are very simple and understood easily by those who are filled with the Holy Spirit. Anyone who is born again will be able to understand the simple words of the Bible. There is no need for "special" education or high mindedness to be able to walk in the Spirit.
Those who seek knowledge to be superior are walking in pride. These are those who seek to become popular preachers who consistently deviate from God's word to fit into the world. Sometimes they start out well because the culture was still tolerating truth back in the day. However over time these same preachers begin to compromise to keep their popularity as the culture changed so did they.
Romans 12:2
"2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
I have had friends who "prided" themselves as intellectuals constantly following certain preachers as though they were gods. When anyone challenged the teaching or verbiage of their idol they became angry, so much so that they ended the friendship over it.
Let it be known that I have little tolerance for "intellectualism", seeing that it has little value in directing and influencing the Christian walk.
Philippians 2:3
"3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;"
Its alright to listen to preachers as long as we evaluate what they say. Those who have "idols" in the form of popular preachers are not likely to appreciate criticism about those preachers.
In these last days of apostasy we need to be very careful to evaluate everything. Not only what the preacher says but who they have as their friends.
Our constant companions often say a lot about us. One cannot hang out with wolves continually and remain untainted by them.
331 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Many years ago I used to listen to some of the preachers I see today have compromised. Their popularity caused them to begin making unholy alliances with those who are violating scripture to keep crowds.
One clue that someone has compromised is when they have aligned themselves with the pope and other ecumenical preachers at conferences and other church venues as speakers.
Just recently I heard that Ravi Zacharius spoke at a Mormon church. His flattering words about the mormons was that they were brothers in Christ. NO THEY ARE NOT, unless one has a false Jesus. Because you see..........The Jesus of Mormonism is the brother of Satan. To have said equate a Mormon as a brother is the worst form of apostasy.
One of the clues of a false preacher is their tendency to be so "esoteric" (that is wisdom understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.), that the average person is unable to clearly repeat what they have said.
Those who are interested in appearing more knowledgeable than most others love their self exaltation. They are useless in bringing practical faith and wisdom to the average person. Intellectualism has been condemned by God because it brings pride making many false into apostasy.
1 Corinthians 8:1-2 "1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.…"
God's truths are very simple and understood easily by those who are filled with the Holy Spirit. Anyone who is born again will be able to understand the simple words of the Bible. There is no need for "special" education or high mindedness to be able to walk in the Spirit.
Those who seek knowledge to be superior are walking in pride. These are those who seek to become popular preachers who consistently deviate from God's word to fit into the world. Sometimes they start out well because the culture was still tolerating truth back in the day. However over time these same preachers begin to compromise to keep their popularity as the culture changed so did they.
Romans 12:2
"2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
I have had friends who "prided" themselves as intellectuals constantly following certain preachers as though they were gods. When anyone challenged the teaching or verbiage of their idol they became angry, so much so that they ended the friendship over it.
Let it be known that I have little tolerance for "intellectualism", seeing that it has little value in directing and influencing the Christian walk.
Philippians 2:3
"3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;"
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Women in Warn Out Jeans and Warn Out Faith
Is anyone else tired of seeing women in warn out jeans?
It isn't bad enough that everyone is wearing worn out jeans but that they are wearing them in every venue!
It was bad enough when jeans were just "stone washed" looking a little like they had been washed too many times, but now they have holes in them, the sort of jeans we threw away after working all summer in the berry fields.
Is the world so rebellious that looking ugly is in fashion while dressing neatly is mocked?
There was a day when people wanted to leave their home dressed decently because they were going to be out among people. They respected others so they demonstrated that respect by wearing decent clothing in their presence.
I am convinced that all this laziness about appearance is one cog in the wheel of rebellion against God. In my teens I had a pair of paint jeans that I wore to help my Dad paint the house. I thought they were "cool" because there were color splotches all over them. I wore them to a family picnic one year and my father was aghast. Now we would see brand new jeans with frayed holes all over them, faded and worn out looking, someone paid $50 for these tattered and worn out garments.
Yep, I wore those jeans once to a family picnic but I was young and lacking fashion sense. I was also rebuked for it and embarrassed my parents.
Now we have all ages wearing these terrible torn up $50 jeans and thinking they are special for being in style.
Something is just not right!!! When we are young we do foolish things and then we grow up and do things differently. But now we have many defending everyone's right to be foolish causing most people to avoid growing up.
I do not condemn anyone who wears these jeans because in my opinion they are not necessarily rebelling, they are just caught up in the fashion of the day. What disturbs me is that these jeans that are in such bad taste are all the rage now and are a reflection of the rebellion against all of God's standards.
Those who follow the fashions will often have bad taste. The fashion industry has run wild with rebellion against good sense. It has always been that way to some degree but has escalated in the past 20 years.
The farther the culture gets from God the more extreme will be the fashions. I recall back in the 60's when the bikini bathing suite was first being marketed. The fashion industry had to hire prostitutes to model their bikini line because self respecting models would not do it.
Since the 60's the bathing suits have even gotten worse as well as other style that reveal too much to leave anything to imagination.
So many of the ways in these last days reflect the rebellion against God that would be called just style.
Isaiah 5:20
"20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
I recall looking at a "Picasso" painting in a museum one time thinking that this man was demented. His paintings reflected someone who might be possessed by devils. It struck me that the creations were so ugly, frightening and vulgar that only a tormented soul would paint such course obscene picture.
Nothing is merely just style or personal taste, everything reflects the inner heart.
Mark 7:19-21 "…19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) 20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. 21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,…"
When a culture no longer knows what "good taste" and beauty looks like we have lost our moral compass.
Not everyone has the same taste in clothing or painters but most people sure should be able to see beauty as apposed to ugliness. Just makes good horse sense to me.
Inner beauty is reflected in outer actions.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
I have noticed that the farther we get from godliness in our culture the worse the clothing styles become as well as other things such as art and architecture.
It isn't bad enough that everyone is wearing worn out jeans but that they are wearing them in every venue!
It was bad enough when jeans were just "stone washed" looking a little like they had been washed too many times, but now they have holes in them, the sort of jeans we threw away after working all summer in the berry fields.
Is the world so rebellious that looking ugly is in fashion while dressing neatly is mocked?
There was a day when people wanted to leave their home dressed decently because they were going to be out among people. They respected others so they demonstrated that respect by wearing decent clothing in their presence.
I am convinced that all this laziness about appearance is one cog in the wheel of rebellion against God. In my teens I had a pair of paint jeans that I wore to help my Dad paint the house. I thought they were "cool" because there were color splotches all over them. I wore them to a family picnic one year and my father was aghast. Now we would see brand new jeans with frayed holes all over them, faded and worn out looking, someone paid $50 for these tattered and worn out garments.
Yep, I wore those jeans once to a family picnic but I was young and lacking fashion sense. I was also rebuked for it and embarrassed my parents.
Now we have all ages wearing these terrible torn up $50 jeans and thinking they are special for being in style.
Something is just not right!!! When we are young we do foolish things and then we grow up and do things differently. But now we have many defending everyone's right to be foolish causing most people to avoid growing up.
I do not condemn anyone who wears these jeans because in my opinion they are not necessarily rebelling, they are just caught up in the fashion of the day. What disturbs me is that these jeans that are in such bad taste are all the rage now and are a reflection of the rebellion against all of God's standards.
Those who follow the fashions will often have bad taste. The fashion industry has run wild with rebellion against good sense. It has always been that way to some degree but has escalated in the past 20 years.
The farther the culture gets from God the more extreme will be the fashions. I recall back in the 60's when the bikini bathing suite was first being marketed. The fashion industry had to hire prostitutes to model their bikini line because self respecting models would not do it.
Since the 60's the bathing suits have even gotten worse as well as other style that reveal too much to leave anything to imagination.
So many of the ways in these last days reflect the rebellion against God that would be called just style.
Isaiah 5:20
"20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
I recall looking at a "Picasso" painting in a museum one time thinking that this man was demented. His paintings reflected someone who might be possessed by devils. It struck me that the creations were so ugly, frightening and vulgar that only a tormented soul would paint such course obscene picture.
Nothing is merely just style or personal taste, everything reflects the inner heart.
Mark 7:19-21 "…19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) 20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. 21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,…"
When a culture no longer knows what "good taste" and beauty looks like we have lost our moral compass.
Not everyone has the same taste in clothing or painters but most people sure should be able to see beauty as apposed to ugliness. Just makes good horse sense to me.
Inner beauty is reflected in outer actions.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
I have noticed that the farther we get from godliness in our culture the worse the clothing styles become as well as other things such as art and architecture.
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