ABORTION: DEFENDING THE DEFENSELESS

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Dr. George Gallant

Introduction

In 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled that abortion is legal in every state. This ruling has now set the groundwork in motion for the genocide of helpless citizens. The innocent child sentence to death because the mother hated this child by abortion, just because she wanted to live an immoral life. This ruling takes America one step closer to the murder of the elderly and incapacitated.
The United States stepped into a new epoch of murder when New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo celebrated killing these children up to the moment of birth. If this persists, then the United States can never say one more word of the abortion problem in China.
Vermont lawmakers have the desire to follow in the footsteps of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in their descent to the gates of hell. These Democrats are attempting to firm up the Roe v. Wade, the law of 1973, a ruling that resulted in 60 plus million murdered children to date. Reasonable people should stand and say no more murdering. This abortion law has killed more people than the lunatics shooting up schools, malls and theaters in America from 1973 until now, but people are closed mouth on this, why?
Now it will not be long before senior’s, and the disable citizens fall under this sentence of death. The murder of our seniors and disabled is coming just for convenience and making room for younger citizens who have little time to care for their parents or disabled family member.

The United States Court

In Exodus 20:13, it says,

13 You shall not murder (NASB).

The court is allowing this slaughter of the guiltless child to proceed without restraint. An innocent child is dying by the hand of those sworn to safeguard and protect them. The court and the mother of this child are both murderers.
Every individual involved in the murder of an innocent child will one day stand before God and must explain their action. What will they say, ‘the court said it was legal’? These comments will not endure as there is one rule of law, “You shall not murder.”

Medical Research

Even with the positive effect in the medical world by Embryonic Stem Cell Research, murder is still, the death of the child. This research will increase the abortion rate in America. Young women will allow themselves to become pregnant than abort their unwanted child. Research labs will pay big bucks, to continue in their abuse of an innocent child.

Abortion

Abortion is just a euphemism for legalized murder of the unborn child. Life once valued in America, now the innocent, unwanted child thrown away as garbage.
Amnesty groups become irrational in America when a convicted murderer faces execution. These same Amnesty groups are unemotional and silent with the extermination of the unborn child. Groups that advocate on behalf of the unwanted child, they become radicals and a hindrance to medical science. The cost is the child’s life the innocent party. If America continues to follow this path of arrogance, it will pay the price someday.
The real effect on either parent is of no interest to these healthcare professionals performing their slaughter; they call abortions. Their interest is money. These individuals have no guilt; to them, this is not a child but just tissue.

Wake Up America

Americans must wake up to this mass murder of thousands of innocent children happening every day. Americans complain of the forced abortions in China, yet, acts as if they are more sophisticated by allowing women to murder their child with the law backing this murder. These clinics are not informing the individual woman; there is a choice, is a form of forced abortion.

Human Rights

The United States has low marks on human rights with murder sanctioned as abortion.
Many Americans hate abortion with its denial of the fundamental rights granted under our laws.
Declaration of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

This denial of human rights by the child’s mother is terrifying.

The government and courts do not hear the outcry of people who hate abortion. They understand the abortion rights activists speak louder by saying that not having abortion rights is unconstitutional. Where in the Constitution is it written there is a right to abort an unwanted child? These wicked people think nothing of the Constitutional rights of the unborn person.
These murderers believe what is in the womb is not a person until birth. However, let a perpetrator murder a pregnant woman and her child dies, even though the woman scheduled an abortion for that day, the district attorney can and will charge the perpetrator with a double homicide. Upon conviction, the offender will end up on death row.
Even though the abortionist believes it is a blob until birth, but the court says no, sounds as if they support a double standard, does it not?

Abortion is Jihad Against a Child

Those that work in or for an abortion clinic or industries are murderers, this is no less a Jihad on the innocent. The Jihadist kill because someone does not believe as they do. The abortion worker is the same and having the crimson stain of the blood of the innocent on their hands.

Created by God

In Psalm 139:13-14, it says,

13 For thou formed my inward parts, thou knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! You know me right well (NASB).

Therefore, God created humanity in His image and likeness. Many distorted this picture by placing human life in the mother’s womb as just a blob.
In Genesis 1:26-28, it says,

26 Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle, and over the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the planet.
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God, He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth (NASB).

God gave the man the power to take the life of another person if he or she kills another person with at least two witnesses proving there was a murder. Dispatching someone in any other way is murder (e.g., Abortion), except in war, but even at that point killing an unarmed person is a war crime of murder. God says the murderer will pay the price one day for their sin.
In Genesis 9:5-6, it says,

5 I will require your lifeblood; from every beast, I will expect it. And from every man, from every man’s brother, I will compel the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, by a man he will have his blood shed, for in the image of God He made the man (NASB).

The murdering abortionist may think there is no God, but the time is coming when abortionist must defend their actions, but it will fall. Abortion is murder and the work of their father, Satan.

Conclusion

In 1 John 3:8, it says,

8 The one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil (NASB).

Satan and his demons believe there is a God, and yet the man in his egotistic pride says there is no God. The United States is shouting the exact thing by the allowing of abortion.
There is but one true God. A child’s life is not meaningless for it has value and worth.
In James 2:19, it says,

19 You believe God is one. You do well; so, do the demons and shudder (NASB).

Embryonic Stem Cell Research has caused the slaughter of innocent children by the millions, and more will follow. When one stands before God, and He asks what did you do to stop this insanity of the murder of my children, what will you say?

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The War on Christianity is Coming to You

War on Christianity

Never before in American history have Christians experienced the war on Christianity, of being hated for following Jesus Christ as they are today.
Jesus warned his disciples and explained why there exists a hatred for Christianity.

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’ – John 15:18-25

What Christians are experiencing in the world today is not so much a “war on Christianity” as it is rebellion against God, and thus a hatred toward anything that points to God or His Son Jesus… and by extension a hatred of Christ’s followers.
From the family house, to the church house, to the school house, to the court house, to the legislative house, to the Presidential house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the Law of God is being ignored or arrogantly deemed irrelevant in today’s society.  As a result we are witnessing a savagery of such incredible proportion that it boggles the mind.  Kids are killing kids.  Parents are killing kids.  Kids are killing parents.  We are euthanizing the old and aborting the young.
In recent decades, we have seen worldwide an escalating of this hatred of Christianity in the form of militant radical Islam. While this Islamic jihad has been exploding for years throughout the Middle East and Europe, it burst on the scene in America on September 11, 2001.
Many Islamic-dominated nations have adopted a fanatical, militant doctrine of persecution against all “infidels.”
 

Close U.S. ally, Saudi Arabia has no religious freedom, all citizens must adhere to Sunni Islam. Others are imprisoned, tortured, detained, etc. for engaging in other religious activities. Apostasy is punishable by death. There are no public worship services for non-Muslims. Anyone who does mission work or converts Muslims faces expulsion, jail, or execution.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States where 15 of the 19 hijackers were citizens of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi government has failed to implement a number of promised reforms related to promoting freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. The Saudi government persists in banning all forms of public religious expression other than that of the government’s own interpretation of one school of Sunni Islam; prohibits churches, synagogues, temples, and other non-Muslim places of worship; uses in its schools and posts online state textbooks that continue to espouse intolerance and incite violence; and periodically interferes with private religious practice.
The militant Islamic Government of Sudan severely restricts religious practice of all other types of religion and their restrictive Shari’ah law (Islamic law) attacks and threatens the Christian community. They are waging a self-described religious war against Christian, non-Muslim, and moderate Muslim persons by using torture, starvation, enslavement, and murder. They have violations of apostasy that could ultimately end up in the death penalty.
In Egypt (where the U.S. supported Arab Spring erupted that led to the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak), there continues to be serious problems of discrimination, intolerance, and other violations against religious minorities. Military and security forces are known to use excessive force and live ammunition targeting Coptic Christian demonstrators and places of worship resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. The government also continues to prosecute, convict, and imprison Egyptian citizens charged with blasphemy.

Fleeing Egypt, 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians were kidnapped by a Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and marched to a beach, forced to kneel and then beheaded.
In U.S. occupied Afghanistan, the constitution and other laws and policies restrict religious freedom and, in practice the government generally enforced legal restrictions. Non-Muslim minority groups, particularly Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs, continue to be targets of persecution and discrimination. Shia and Sunni Islamic clergy, as well as many citizens, interpreted conversion from Islam as contravening the tenets of Islam. Conversion, considered an act of apostasy and a crime against Islam, could be punishable by death if the convert did not recant.
In Iraq, the government continues to tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations. Religious sites and worshippers are targeted in violent attacks, often with impunity, and businesses viewed as “un – Islamic” are vandalized.
Iran has imprisoned Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-American pastor since 2012 allegedly for “threatening the national security of Iran.” At least 350 religious prisoners of conscience remain in Iranian prisons, including some 90 Christians.
In Pakistan, the government has declared those that who “insult” Mohammed will be put to death.
In Communist Laos more than 250 pastors and Christian workers have been arrested; more than 60 churches and Christian institutions have been shut down; and the government has forced many thousands of believers to sign documents to “renounce” their faith and belief in Christianity.
Hundreds of Christians, including women, children and the elderly, have been abducted in Syria by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northeastern Syria. Millions more Syrians have suffered the conflict in recent years. More than half of Syria’s pre-conflict population is now displaced or are regugees in neighboring countries. USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett said, “By the systematic targeting and massacre of primarily Sunni Muslims, the al-Assad regime created the environment in which ISIL could rise and spread, threatening the entire region and all religious communities that reject its violent religious ideology, with the smallest religious minority communities facing an existential threat.”
Other offenders of religious freedom according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom also include Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. The CPC watch list of countries considered borderline and many eventually end up with aggressive religious persecution include: Belarus, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Russia, Somalia, and Venezuela.
In more than 40 nations around the world, people are being persecuted simply because of their faith. Hundreds of men and women are in prison serving sentences that range from a few months to life. They are not criminals who have robbed or murdered other citizens but Christians who were put on trial for their faith in Christ and found guilty. Christians are beaten, tortured, imprisoned, and murdered by those who are hostile to their faith in Jesus Christ.

The Third Jihad – Radical Islam’s Vision for America
go to the following link: The THIRD JIHAD | RADICAL ISLAM's Vision for America

The Third Jihad is an in-depth documentary film that exposes the war the media is not telling you about. It reveals the enemy our government is too afraid to name.Driven by the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afganistan, tens of thousands have fled their homes and flooding Europe in the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. Nearly half a million migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe in 2015, according to the United Nations High Commissiner for Refugees. The vast majority are Muslims, but its small Christian community is one of the oldest in the world, making up an estimated 10 percent of the population before the outbreak of the Syrian unrest in 2011.
While the war on Christianity in America and persecution of Christians has not yet reached the feverish pitch of persecution as it has in other parts of the world, there is a battle being waged and the Antichrist forces are making progress. Executive orders have been signed by our President, labor camps have been setup, our government has stockpiled guns and ammo, and Christians have been put on the terrorist list. It wouold seem we are getting close to the day that here in American we will suffer extreme persecution.
Currently, there is still a Constitution in America that protects Christians and allows them to freely practice their faith. But, broiling beneath the surface, the same hatred of God that exists in other parts of the world is festering in all our institutions. Slowly, methodically, and incrementally the anti-God forces are working to remove that Constitutional barrier and replace it with the 10 Planks of Communism.
Forces within our government even use the so-called “war on terror” as a mechanism to actually support the enemies of our freedom. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Government has instituted numerous laws and regulations that strip Americans of the Constitutional rights and in some cases even paint Bible believing Christians as terrorists.

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…. And from such people turn away!

…all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned …” 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 12-14

It is important to recognize that those engaged in the war on Christianity, working for the dissolution of our society and breakdown of the family have a spiritual agenda. They are not merely attempting to dismantle the historic cultural values of this nation and move us toward a new world order. They also want to destroy Christianity and Bible-based religion. It is a clear part of their agenda, and they have already moved a long way in that direction.
“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” – Matt. 24:9
It was prophesied 2,000 years ago that Christians will be hated and ultimately handed over to be persecuted and put to death. The fulfillment of this prophecy began soon after Christ said it. Stephen was stoned (Acts 7:59); James was killed by Herod (Acts 12:2); and, the persecution under Nero took place before the destruction of Jerusalem, in which were put to death, with many others, Peter and Paul. Most of the apostles, it is believed, died by persecution. This prophecy was fulfilled then, and has been in all ages since.
Modernday Christians continue to witness the fulfillment of this prophecy even today. God hating zealots include people like Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinsky, George Soros, and the other politicos, European Royalty, world bankers and CEO’s of multinational corporations who are members of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberg group and the Trilateral Commission. Their stated plan is to have a one world government which is opposed to God and Christ.
Have you been discriminated against as a Christian? Check out the following links for help with legal matters. Christian Legal Society The Rutherford Institute The Becket Fund for Relgious Liberty.

                            

Storm Warning: The Coming Persecution of Christians and Traditionalists in America
by Don McAlvany, Donald S. McAlvany

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UNDERSTANDING THE WRATH OF A HOLY GOD

February 9, 2019

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The Wrath of God Is Revealed From Heaven (1)

By Mike Willis

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18).

We frequently hear sermons that emphasize the love and mercy of God, but today rarely do we hear anything about God's wrath. Modem denominationalism has either totally eliminated the doctrine of hell from its theology or hidden it in some remote corner. Several books, including one by Edward Fudge (The Fire That Consumes), have been published in recent years that take the position that the punishment of hell is annihilation, not endless torment. In a recent ad in the church news section of our local paper, a denomination advertised that it did not preach sermons on hell fire and brimstone. These things point us to the sad truth that some men want to hear nothing about the wrath of God. Nevertheless, Paul spoke about the wrath of God being revealed from heaven and we need to study what he says about it.

The Wrath of God

The Scriptures repeatedly speak about the wrath of God in such passages as the following:

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him (John 3:36).

For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience (Col. 3:6).

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb (Rev. 14:10).

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God (Rev. 14:19).

See also Revelation 15:1,7;16:1 or consult any concordance and look under entries about the wrath of God. We cannot faithfully proclaim the totality of God's revelation without speaking about his wrath.

God's Wrath Is Revealed

Not only does the Bible teach that wrath is a part of God's nature, it also tells us that God's wrath has been revealed from heaven against ungodliness and unrighteousness in men. Here are a number of ways that it has been revealed:

1. In the doctrine of Hell. The Lord Jesus spoke more about hell than any other person in the New Testament. He told us about a place of eternal torment (see Luke 16:19-31; Mark 9:43-48). Hell is a place of the righteous retribution of divine justice against wickedness (Rom. 2:8-9; 2 Thess. 1:7-9). It is a place of everlasting separation from the presence of God (see Luke 16:19-31). Surely, we can see the wrath of God revealed from heaven in the Bible doctrine of Hell.

2. In God's moral government of the world. The Bible records the Lord's dealing with men through the centuries. The basis of his moral government of the world is concisely stated in Proverbs 14:34 "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people" (Prov. 14:34). The prophet Jeremiah expressed it more completely in the following passage:

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them (Jer. 18:7-10).

The execution of God's moral government of the world is witnessed in the flood (Gen. 6-8), the destruction of the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18-19), the sending of Israel into Assyrian captivity (2 Kings 17:13-18) and Judah into Babylonian captivity, and the destruction of Jerusalem at the hand of the Romans in A.D. 70 (Matt. 21:33-43). All of these examples of God's destruction of cities and nations display God's wrath against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.

3. In the consequences and temporal results of sin. God's wrath against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men is also seen in sin's consequences. In the context of Romans 1, God's wrath is specifically shown in his "giving them up" (Rom. 1:24,28). In these verses, the Lord's "giving them up" was an abandonment of man to follow his sin to its ultimate conclusion to receive the pain and suffering that sin produces. This age old principle is witnessed in the Proverbs "the way of transgressors is hard" (13:15). God manifested his wrath toward ungodliness and unrighteousness by hedging in the way of sin with thorns and thistles.

Conclusion

We do men a grave injustice when we so emphasize the love and mercy of God that we neglect to preach about the wrath of God. Just as certainly as the Bible reveals the gospel of Jesus Christ, it also reveals the wrath of God.

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March 17, 1994
 

DO NOT SEEK A POLITICAL SAVIOR BY PUTTING YOUR POLITICS BEFORE YOUR FAITH

If Obama was Not the Political Savior, Neither is Trump By Dr. Michael L. Brown

May 31, 2016

 Eight years ago, massive crowds gathered to hear Barack Obama’s stirring message of hope and change. This young senator was not just a rising star, he was a superstar, and even overseas, crowds thronged to hear him.
Eight years later, rather than hope and change there is widespread pessimism and disgust, and the dramatic changes that have occurred under the Obama administration are, for the most part, negative and even destructive.
Now, a new star has risen, a quite unlikely one at that. The crowds are also thronging to hear him, and his followers are convinced that this man, their man, Donald Trump, will single-handedly make America great again. The political system is corrupt, say his loyal supporters, and America has become a shell of what she used to be, both nationally and internationally.
Donald Trump will save the day. Donald Trump knows how to get it done. Donald Trump will not back down. Donald Trump is the alpha male we need. Some even claim that God Himself has raised up Donald Trump for such a time as this.
Others firmly believe that Bernie Sanders is the man. We need nothing less than a revolution, they say, and he is the man to lead it! Bernie Sanders is also drawing crowds, and his supporters are equally passionate and devoted.
From a personal perspective, whoever our next president is, I will pray that he (or she) will be the greatest president we have ever had, just as I have prayed for Barack Obama (with evident disappointment).
And although I could not vote for Bernie or Hillary because of their militantly pro-abortion and pro-LGBT activist views, and although I have grave concerns about a Trump presidency, assuming that one of them will be our next president, that person will be my president. I will honor their authority, do my best to be of help in realizing our national goals, and speak out when I feel they are seriously wrong.
All that being said, my great concern is that we make the mistake of putting our trust in a political leader.
As one who endorsed Sen. Cruz and felt that he could have helped lead America in a righteous revolution, I constantly reminded myself, “Ted Cruz is not the answer. Only Jesus is the answer.” All the more do I say that when it comes to Trump or Bernie or Hillary.
Five years ago, in 2011, I wrote an article entitled “Don’t Put Your Trust in a Political Savior,” warning Americans of the danger of looking to a political leader to save the day.
One year later, as we approached the 2012 elections, I wrote these words: “If the elections were held today, I would vote for Mitt Romney rather than sit out the elections or cast a protest vote for a third party candidate. But I would do so with extremely limited hopes, and my very act of voting in November would be a reminder to me that I cannot expect the radical changes America needs to come from the White House.”
Today, when the crises surrounding us seem all the more intensified and when the world around us seems all the more unstable, it is all the more imperative that we do not put our trust in a man (or woman), exalting that person into quasi-divine status, looking to him or her as some kind of heroic deliverer.
Without a doubt, a good president can do much good and a bad president can do much damage, but there is only so much one individual can do — even the president of the United States — and we set ourselves up for failure and disappointment when we look to a human being as if that human being were some kind of super-being.
But that is what some people are doing.
In his victory speech in Bismarck, North Dakota, Trump said to his jubilant supporters, “Politicians have used you and stolen your votes. They have given you nothing. I will give you everything. I will give you what you’ve been looking for for 50 years. I’m the only one.”
Unfortunately, many of his supporters believe this, leading Brandon Morse to say on Redstate.com, “This Feels Less Like An Election and More Like the Establishment Of Religion.”
Let the voter beware.
Writing for The Federalist on May 28^th, M. G. Oprea penned an insightful article entitled, “What The Arab Spring Can Teach Us About America’s Populist Revolution.” The subtitle read, “‘A Rage For Order’ chronicles the dangers of political strongmen and popular revolts. Should Americans nervously eyeing Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders be asking if it can happen here?”
After summarizing what happened in the Arab world, where, in several countries, the Arab Spring became the Sharia Fall, she gave this word of warning: “It’s easy to look down on the people in these countries for their naïveté in believing that a single man could provide all the answers and being so easily carried from one extreme to the other. But, it would be unwise to throw the first stone at a time when this is truer in America than many of us are comfortable admitting.”
And, she added, “whenever a party, or a people, put their hopes in one man, the promises of democracy begin to fade into the background.”
We have lived through 8 years of political demagoguery and executive orders, and we surely do not need four (or, worse still, 8) more years of the same. And while we do our best to advocate for the candidate whom we feel is best suited to lead our nation, and while we may have very strong feelings about who that candidate is, the warning remains the same: By all means, work for and with the best candidate, but do not put your trust in a political savior.
Only Jesus is the Savior. Everyone else serves, for better or for worse.  Last but not least, do not put your absolute trust in any man or woman especially politicians.  Our absolute trust should be in GOD ALONE!

 Jeremiah 17:5-8 Living Bible (TLB)

⁵ The Lord says: Cursed is the man who puts his trust in mortal man and turns his heart away from God. ⁶ He is like a stunted shrub in the desert, with no hope for the future; he lives on the salt-encrusted plains in the barren wilderness; good times pass him by forever.
⁷ But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord his hope and confidence. ⁸ He is like a tree planted along a riverbank, with its roots reaching deep into the water—a tree not bothered by the heat nor worried by long months of drought. Its leaves stay green, and it goes right on producing all its luscious fruit.

 

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GOD'S SOVEREIGN WILL OVER U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

The Sovereignty of God’s Providence

 

by Jerry Bridges /
Read all the posts published to date in this 9-part series on God’s Providence from Cruciform’s good friend, the late Jerry Bridges. This was a teaching Jerry was presenting in the months leading up to his fatal heart attack in March, 2016.  

GOD’S PROVIDENCE, PART FOUR OF NINE

So far in this series we have defined God’s providence, distinguished it from miracles, and offered reasons why it can seem so mysterious. Now we will take a look at sovereignty as it pertains to our personal and collective plans.
The sovereignty of God means that He is in absolute control of every event and circumstance in His creation. As the Psalmist put it, “Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases” (Psalm 115:3). Whether person, family, tribe, or nation, God alone ultimately determines whether we will accomplish what we have planned. For a brief but powerful description of this, see James 4:13-16.

Centuries ago, Augustine said, “Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen; he either permits it to happen, or He brings it about himself.” This means that nothing in your life is so small or trivial as to escape the attention of His sovereign control; and nothing is so great as to be beyond His power to control it.

In Matthew 10:29-31, Jesus taught that there is no detail in His creation that is beyond God’s control. Even the little sparrow cannot fall to the ground apart from His will. Jesus spoke these words in the context of expecting persecution. Thus, even when a believer suffers the injustice of religious persecution, God is still in sovereign control of his or her life.

Think of the major political and military issues of our day, including the atrocities committed by the terrorist organization known as ISIS, and the danger of a nuclear warhead from Iran or North Korea. Even these are completely under God’s sovereign control.

Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful monarch in history up to his time. After being insane for seven years he was finally able to clearly learn this about the sovereignty of God: “All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, what have you done?” (Daniel 4:35)

In 1279, the Mongol empire established by Genghis Khan was the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. It included modern day Mongolia, China, Russia, and much of central Asia and Eastern Europe. It covered more than 12 million square miles and contained 25 percent of the world’s population. So why is present-day Mongolia less than 8 percent of its previous size? The empire was the origin point of the bubonic plague, known as the Black Death. Fleas that traveled on rats transmitted the disease, eventually killing one-third of the entire human population. With the Mongol empire already suffering internal divisions, the chaos created by the plague made political control impossible, and the empire collapsed.
Was God sovereign over the fleas? Yes. The rats? Yes. The plague? Yes. And the empire? Yes. From the tiniest to the greatest, God’s sovereignty extends over all.

This has been Part 4 of a 9-part series on God’s providence from Jerry Bridges.

Jerry Bridges (1929-2016) was the author of Who Am I? — Identity in Christ, as well as numerous other books, including The Pursuit of Holiness (which has sold more than 1.4 million copies), and the award-winning The Discipline of Grace and I Will Follow You, O God. He maintained an international speaking ministry and, from 1955 until his death, served in a variety of capacities with the Navigators.

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HOW TO OVERCOME SEXUAL TEMPTATION

10 Practical Ways to Battle Sexual Temptation

12:00PM EDT 6/6/2013 AllProDad.com Staff

 

Infidelity is a big cause for divorce in the United States. The causes for infidelity are varied and not just confined to sexual lust, but certainly lust is the starting point in most cases that later lead to adulterous sex.
This is the great conundrum of life for many men. Our DNA is pre-loaded with the strong instinct to feel attraction and desire, yet life and morality demand that we are able to control those instincts in proper balance. So how do we do that?
For the sake of our marriages, relationships or just spiritual well-being, we need to be able to find the answer. You are in a battle against sexual lust. Here is how you win:

1. Consistent prayer. Prayer is the act of communicating your thoughts, worries, hopes and dreams to God. Lift up the desires you are feeling and ask for help. God made you and knows you and can deliver you time and time again. Here are 10 Things to Pray for in Your Marriage.


2. Avoid pornography. Besides the obvious reason—that avoiding porn will help guard against lust—there are psychological reasons as well. Porn creates unrealistic expectations and desensitizes our minds toward our spouses. They can’t possibly live up to what is viewed, and would we even want them to? This pushes the focus of your sexual desires outside of the home and can only lead to paths of 
destruction. Here are 10 Ways to Fight Pornography.

3. Use social media with caution. The benefits of the age of social networks are many. The pitfalls are equally as great. We are reunited with people from our past and introduced to those who are new. Old sparks can be renewed or new ones can be lit. For a married man, this can be extremely perilous. Always remain alert to true intentions when using social media. Here are 10 Marital Principles for Social Media.

4. Consider the consequences. Fear is a great protector. While pondering the object of your desire, also ponder the consequences of action. Do you want to wind up in couples therapy? Could your lust lead to an STD or even an addiction? If you think of these things while your desires are at their peak, you will find them quickly receding to normal levels.

5. Question your intent. Most times when our minds wander sexually, we aren’t really seeking pure sex. We are seeking to replace something missing in our lives and our relationships. For each man, these things will be specific to his experiences. Figure out the root issue and work to correct it.

6. Practice sexual intimacy. Do you remember falling in love and the feeling that nobody in the world existed except the person you loved? The reason for that is the high level of intimacy that was shared while you were getting to know each other. While there is no reset button to start the marital relationship over, there are certainly plenty of ways to regain that level of intimacy. Improving communication, date nights, passionate kissing and thoughtful gestures are just a few examples. When our minds and hearts are occupied in the right place, sexual lust has little room to operate.

7. Avoid tempting situations. The last thing you want to do is find yourself alone with the object of your lustful desires. If contact with that person is a must, then make sure it is always in a public space and others are around. Do not paint yourself into a corner where further action is possible.

8. Choose your friends wisely. When battling lust, there are plenty of people we can find who will enable that to grow even more powerful. As men, we all have friends who are single and living that lifestyle, who are married but cheating, or who are just drawn to trouble. You can still be their friend, but by all means avoid joining them in their choices.

9. Keep high standards. To be a gentleman is a choice—a very good choice, and this world today needs a great many more. Despite the vast amount of temptations life throws our way, we should hold ourselves to the highest of moral standards. Self-discipline in all areas of life leads to positive results.

10. Harness your passion. In most cases, overwhelming sexual lust is really just a desire to release the deep passion inside of you that has nothing to do with sex. Instead, direct that passion in positive directions. Volunteer at a homeless shelter. Coach a youth sports team. Mentor troubled individuals. The satisfaction that comes from building and creating will defeat the destruction that comes from succumbing to the path of sexual lust and desire.

BETWEEN THE NEW YEARS

" OUR LORD AND OUR GOD. WE REJOICE IN YOU. WITHOUT YOUR HELP WE COULD NOT FACE UNAFRAID THE YEAR 2019 BEFORE US".

Thus says the Lord Jesus of Nazareth: I stand between the years. The Light of My Presence is flung across the year to come-the radiance of the Sun of Righteousness. Backward, over the past year, is my shadow thrown, hiding trouble and sorrow and disappointment.

  

       Dwell not on the past-only on the present. Only use the past as the trees use my Sunlight to absorb it, to make from it in after days the warming fire rays. So store only the blessings from me, Jesus the True Light of the World. Encourage yourselves by the thought of these.

      Bury every fear  of the future, of poverty for those dear to you, of suffering, of loss. Bury all thoughts of unkindness, and bitterness, all your dislikes,  your resentments, your sense of failure, your disappointments in others and in yourselves, your gloom, your despondency, and let us leave them all behind and buried, and go forward to a new and risen life. 

       Remember you must not see as the world sees. I hold the year 2019 in my hands-in trust for you. But I shall guide you only one day at a time. Leave the rest with me. You  must not anticipate the gift by fears or thoughts of the days that lie ahead.  And for each day I shall supply the wisdom and the strength you need to forge ahead.