Sadly, this phrase has been woven into the very fabric of our society today. When a man has no fear of GOD, he is prepared for any crime. Total depravity is not too strong a term to describe such human wickedness. Evil people who have no fear of GOD, in reality have no affection for others, all they care about is their own satisfaction.
As I was reading Habakkuk during my morning quiet time, I was given some insight I have not considered before. The phrase, ”The more things change, the more they stay the same,'' came to my mind. Jeremiah and Habakkuk were contemporaries living in Judaea just before and during the time when Babylon took them away. While Jeremiah taught that wickedness in God's own people has doomed them, Habakkuk preached about the corruption that had infested the government of their day. His opening verse gives us all we need to know about how evil the government of the Southern tribe of Judah had become.
by Chuck Ness
An ominous feeling came over me while I was in my morning quiet time of reading the Scriptures. I pray it’s just a feeling of human despair, but it seems so much more. What has happened around the World in the last few Months is similar to what was happening around the World in the mid 1930's. OH how I feel the Lord has truly turned away from us.
It is without a doubt there are many Christians in America who are not ready for the next chapter of the end. Like in the days after King Josiah of Judah died, so too are the days for America today. While not all the people were evil then, it's a fact that the vast majority did not follow God. So too are the people of America today. The vast majority of Americans do not follow Christ. Even most who call Him Lord do not follow His ways, they are more carnal than spiritual. God wants us 24/7, not just on Sunday morning for a few hours.
by Chuck Ness
We must all remember to live as an example to others, so that the World can see what the Grace of God can do through the sacrifice of His Son. Then we will be more successful at winning the hearts and minds of the lost. If possible, we are to use HIS words to bolster our example, but we must use them Scripturally.
All Christians know that our Spirit is in a constant battle with our flesh. I myself desire to be an example so others can see HIS light through me, yet my flesh is constantly getting angry over the rise of Satan's power in the World.
by Chuck Ness
Plain and simple. If a Christian is true to their faith, by putting their faith in God and Only God through Christ, then God will lead them to do what is right,. and the right thing to do is to Homeschool. In 99% of the World, the government's education system is anti-Christian. So why are you sending your child to be indoctrinated against you and your GOD? I specifically blame pastors who fail to educate the flock as to the importance of homeschooling.
Yet as a response, many will say to me,
Not every person, Christian or not, has the education themselves to properly home school.
As we watch the way the Democrats attack every good thing, while upholding and rewarding all evil, it is natural to desire the day they fall. Yet when that day comes, and it surely will, remember not to celebrate nor rejoice. Instead consider what Solomon wrote in Proverb 24:17-18;
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him
Proverbs 24:17-18
So if you truly pray for the wicked to meet justice from God, then let God do it, but do not do as they do my rejoicing. For by doing so, you are telling God you are no better than they are. It is a fearful thing to be judged by the Righteous GOD.
Psalm 1:5-6 tells us that only the ungodly will stand in the judgement before GOD'
So on the day of judgment, for their evil, GOD will punishment them greatly and eternaly. For as Jesus tells us,Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalm 1:5-6
“The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Matthew 13:41-43
They will be separated from GOD for eternity, if they never repent of their evil. So do not rejoice when the day of their punishment comes, because you cannot understand the damnation they have cursed themselves to face. Instead pity them, for their punishment will never end.
We are not to be as Jonah was, who hated the Ninevites so much that he didn't even want them to hear GOD's message to repent and be saved. The prophet was angry at their repentance because he would rather see them destroyed. So he refused to share the truth with the Ninivites, and instead headed into the opposite direction. When God finally got him to Ninevah, he admitted his sin and repented.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Jonah 4:1-2
Jonah knew from the start that God was gracious and merciful. He realized that if the people of Nineveh repented, God would spare them. There are many reasons for Jonah's hatred for the Nineveh and why he would rather see then destroyed. After all, Nineveh was the capitol of the Assyrian Empire, the Assyrian’s were a heartless, cruel, and evil people; they were great enemies of Israel. Jonah had no love for them, yet GOD wanted to show compassion to them by giving them a chance to repent.
This is why Jesus calls us to be vessels of compassion, and to pray for our enemies to be saved,
Jesus told us in “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
Matthew 5:44-47
Maybe, just maybe some of these many evil people who are in a position of power today will repent, and be used by GOD to turn what is meant for evil into good. However, even if they don't repent, we are called to be the lantern of Christ, so He can shine HIS light of truth and compassion on all. If they do not repent, then when the day comes for their fall, remember to let it be. Then you will be assured they will feel the full punishment of GOD for their evil, lest He remove HIS wrath and they escape their punishment here on earth. So bless them, it will be like pouring hot coals upon their heads.
I pray that those who have ears to hear will hear His voice and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen
The topic of slavery is usually accompanied by bitter feelings and condemnation for Americas past. Like America, many civilizations have used slavery as a means of providing labor. Samarian drawings on clay tablets dating back to 4000 BC show captives taken in battle being tied, whipped, and forced to work. Then there are ancient papyrus manuscripts from 2100 BC that record the ownership of slaves by private citizens in Egypt. The earliest mention of slavery in the Bible would be Genesis 9:25 when Noah cursed the descendants of Canaan. From Abraham on down we read of the men in the Bible owning slaves and the Israelites themselves becoming slaves, but never do we read of God condemning slavery. We do read of Him telling Moses how to treat slaves in Exodus chapter 21, but neither God nor Jesus ever condemned the practice.
I created a new chart that lists 23 women from the Scriptures. There are more than 23 women I could cover, but I took the 23 I felt were more recognizable to most Christians. Now, we all know who these women are, and their stories. From Eve to Mary, these women have had as great an impact on mankind as the men. Three, or maybe 4, are not known for their love of the One true GOD, while the others are remembered for their strength and courage in the face of adversity.
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