Decay and New Life

Decay and New Life!

2 Corinthians 4:7-18

“We always carry in our bodies the dying of YESHUA, so that the Life of YESHUA may be manifested in our bodies too. For we who are alive are always being handed over to death for YESHUA’s sake, So that YESHUA’s life also might be manifested in our mortal bodies. Thus death is at work in us but life in we. This is why we do not lose courage. Though our outer self is heading for decay, our inner self is being renewed daily. For our light and transient troubles are achieving for us an everlasting glory whose weight is beyond description. We concentrate not on what is seen but on what is not seen, since things seen are temporary, but things not seen are eternal.” 4:8-12, 16-18 CJB

Some of what is taught in the Church is that we should have divine health (never be sick or always be healed), be financially prosperous and always be at peace. These are lies! JESUS never said that we would live our lives like this. Both Old Testament and New Testament Saints prove this: while some for certain periods of their lives did have some or all of these things going for them, they also had sickness, poverty, rejection and despair.

JESUS said only one time during His ministry that, “I have come so that we might have life and have it in abundance.” JESUS said many times during His ministry that if we followed Him we would be persecuted, imprisoned and even murdered. JESUS told us to take up our cross daily and follow Him. JESUS told us that if we did not lose our life for Him we would lose it for eternity, but if we gave our life to Him we would save it for eternity.

Paul who wrote most of the New Testament and is considered the greatest evangelist and church planter in history did not live a healthy, financially prosperous and peaceful life in serving JESUS. Peter, James and John also told us that trials and tribulations were a normal part of the Christian life and along with Paul said that we should rejoice in our persecutions and tribulations allowing them to bring growth and humility.

JESUS said that He did not come to be served but to serve and to do the works of His Father. All of the Apostles called themselves slaves of JESUS.

If we listen to what others tell us the Bible says rather than studying the Bible for ourself than we can easily be persuaded to believe half truths and lies. Don’t just read some verses but actually study them, cross reference them with other verses. We should look up the meaning of words even if we think we know them. Study them in the full context of the writer’s message. Remember that none of the books of the Bible were written with chapter and verse divisions. They were written as complete thoughts and need to be read and studied that way.

JESUS said that The Father was sending His SPIRIT to remind us of everything JESUS said and to teach us what we need to know. If we ask and He will teach us as we read and study the Bible.

JESUS said a seed has to be planted and die before it can bring forth a new plant and fruitful harvest. Decay has to come before life, naturally and spiritually. JESUS’ teachings are clear if we do not die to ourself we will die eternally but if we die to ourself and live to Him we will live eternally.

When we stand before The Father or JESUS in judgment they will not ask us what so and so believed, they are going to judge us according to what we believed and how we lived. If we believed, lived and taught something that is not true because we did not take the time to actually study the Bible, we will be judged accordingly. Matthew 7:15-29 makes it very clear that some will actually be doing the works of the Kingdom but not be allowed in!

JESUS said that there is no prophet in gaining the whole world but losing our soul! Health, prosperity and wellbeing is what the world is seeking. Believers should be seeking obedience, service, humility and death to self through serving JESUS and doing the Works of The Father as He did.

Natural decay In JESUS brings eternal Life!

From 1600 Daily - The White House - May 14, 2020

From 1600 Daily - The White House - May 14, 2020

Nancy Pelosi’s left-wing wish list If House Democrats are focused on helping Americans get through this global pandemic safely, they sure have a funny way of showing it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s latest extravagant, $3 trillion spending proposal is Washington at its worst—and most predictable. While President Trump, governors of both parties, and frontline workers band together to fight this virus as one country, House Democrats see an opportunity to exploit this crisis to pass their partisan agenda. Millions of Americans are out of work. President Trump is trying to get them back on the job by safely reopening our country. Instead of helping him do it, here is what Democrats in Congress have decided is worth holding Coronavirus relief hostage for: ·  A BAN on information about low-cost health insurance. That’s right—House Democrats want to forbid the government from sharing any information with you about lower-cost health options such as association plans or short-term plans. Even as families try to cope with job and wage losses, Speaker Pelosi doesn’t want them to learn about options that are up to 60 percent cheaper than Obamacare.   ·  Mass voting by mail. A “Coronavirus relief” bill might seem like the wrong time and place to dictate how states run their elections. Democrats disagree.   ·  Stimulus checks for illegal aliens. Rather than protect American citizens by requiring a Social Security Number for taxpayer-funded stimulus, Pelosi’s bill would give illegal immigrants the ability to receive up to $1,200 in direct payouts.   ·  Bailouts… for government. Democrats want more than $1 trillion in cash for state and local governments, mostly in the form of unrestricted aid that doesn’t need to be used to offset Coronavirus costs. They also threw in a $25 billion bailout for the Post Office. The list goes on. At a moment when Americans most need Washington to look out for them and cut the partisan drama, Democrat leaders once again chose to put their far-left base first. MORE: “Democrats’ new $3 trillion Coronavirus spending wishlist is another embarrassing farce”

President Trump is protecting our national stockpile When the Coronavirus struck, President Trump knew that America needed to act quickly. He worked with Congress to secure $16 billion to build up our national stockpile with ventilators, masks, respirators, pharmaceuticals, and other critical supplies. As a result, America today has an abundant supply of ventilators, N95 respirators, and resources for testing—a crucial area where we now lead the world. But that’s only the start. President Trump knows that America’s long-term self-reliance depends on our supply chain. “Our goal for the future must be to have American medicine for American patients, American supplies for American hospitals, and American equipment for our great American heroes,” he says. “Now, both parties must unite to ensure the United States is truly an independent nation in every sense of the word.” Today, the President traveled to Pennsylvania, visiting a distribution center that’s played a key role in helping to restock America. Just since February, the Owens & Minor Distribution Center in Upper Macungie has deployed 1.75 million N95 respirators, 3.4 million gowns, 80 million gloves, and much more across our country. “You’re making America proud,” President Trump told them. President Trump: “We are reclaiming our heritage as a nation of manufacturers!”  WATCH: Our supply chains need to be HERE, not overseas

Evil verses Common Sense

Evil verses Common Sense

I just heard Gordon Robertson, commenting about the Supreme Court arguments about Nuns having to provide abortion as part of the health care benefits for their employees. He asked the question, “Have we lost our minds, have we lost our common sense?”

My answer is, “No!” those who require abortion to be provided for just any reason, no matter who pays for it, are evil. They have not lost their mind or their common sense – their evil hearts have overridden them so that they are not even aware of them.

The Bible calls this being hard hearted.

Study these verses in their context: Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 23:7, 27:19; Jeremiah 17:9, 24:7; Ezekiel 11:19, 18:31, 36:26; Matthew 6:21, 15:19; Mark 4:5; Acts 5:3; 1 John 3:17.

The Last Call To Evangelism!

The Last Call To Evangelism!

“I, YESHUA, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the Messianic communities. I Am the Root and Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star. The SPIRIT and the Bride say, ‘Come!’ Let anyone who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let anyone who is thirsty come – let anyone who wishes, take the Water of Life free of charge.” Revelation 22:16-17 CJB

I have always heard this passage taught as a prayer for CHRIST to return and establish His thousand year reign in Jerusalem to be followed by His eternal reign over the New Heavens and earth.

Today as I read this passage I realized it is CHRIST’s last call to Believers to evangelize the world with the Gospel of GOD’s salvation and eternal love. If the cannon of scripture is complete and The Revelation of JESUS CHRIST is the last book (given to us 60-65 years after His ascension); then this is JESUS’ last reminder to the Church of the commission He gave us after His resurrection and before His ascension.

JESUS’ last words to the Church are, “The One who is testifying to these things says, ‘Yes, I Am coming soon!’” Revelation 22:20a CJB

These words are a reminder to us that JESUS taught us to hold onto our trust (faith) in Him and to be doing the works of His Kingdom in the earth until He returns. We do not know when He will return and while He told us to know the times and seasons; He also told us not to become indifferent or lazy or prideful or self-important. We are to remain as He was, a humble, obedient, servant.

Trump is the Outsider! Thank GOD!

Got this from a friend on FB who got it from a friend. Really.

I googled every one of these and this is correct.

YES, CALIF GOV. GAVIN NEWSOME IS NANCY PELOSI'S NEPHEW.

IF YOU HAD A HUNCH THE NEWS SYSTEM WAS SOMEWHAT RIGGED AND YOU
COULDN'T PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, THIS MIGHT HELP YOU SOLVE THE PUZZLE.

ABC News executive producer Ian CAMERON is married to SUSAN RICE, Obama's former National Security Adviser.

CBS President DAVID RHODES is the brother of BEN RHODES, Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications.

ABC News correspondent CLAIRE SHIPMAN is married to former Obama White House Press Secretary JAY CARNEY.

ABC News and Univision reporter MATTHEW JAFFE is married to KATIE HOGAN, Obama's former Deputy Press Secretary .

ABC President BEN SHERWOOD is the brother of Obama's former Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood.

CNN President VIRGINIA MOSELEY is married to former Hillary Clinton's Deputy Secretary TOM NIDES .

Trump has been right all along. Fake News is generated by this incestuous relationship.

YA THINK THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIAS IN THE NEWS?
Now, do you still wonder why they hate Trump, he is the outsider!

No One Can Oblige Us To Commit Suicide by John Horvat II

No One Can Oblige Us to Commit Suicide

By John Horvat II

The USNS Comfort was rushed to New York City Harbor to help care for the tens of thousands of coronavirus patients that were expected to fill the city’s hospital beds. The floating military hospital added a full 1,000 beds to the system’s capacity.

The ship is now leaving, having been barely used. In New York City, the much-feared collapse of the health system never happened. Extra ventilators, like the hospital ship, are available for other places.

The ship’s stay in the hot zone and its departure are highly symbolic.

Across the country, hospitals prepared for Armageddon by clearing out space to deal with the expected waves of COVID-19 victims. Then, everywhere the health system was underwhelmed by an Armageddon that never came. Now, hospitals are laying off medical staff or even going bankrupt. The lack of patients and the canceling of elective surgeries seriously harmed them financially. People are dying because they postponed vital operations.

Something went seriously wrong with the models used to project the threat to public health. These models were not even close to reality. The most cited was released by a team from the Imperial College London led by Prof. Neil Ferguson. It was used by a large number of governments to impose extreme confinement measures on their citizens. These political leaders showed more faith and reverence for this model’s skewed projections than they accord to the Four Gospels. These London experts estimated 2.2 million Americans would die. Only a fraction of that number succumbed. The study’s principal author later admitted that the wild estimates were based on thousands of lines of undocumented code written 13 years ago to model flu pandemics. These initial models were not just miscalculations but guesstimates based on a poor application of science. A politicized media then ran with them.

No one has yet been called to accounts over this massive mistake. These scientists still have their jobs. The government leaders who rashly and unquestionably accepted and acted on their inflated numbers are still in office. Irresponsible media continues to whip up hysteria.

At the same time, political leaders smugly ignored doctors and scientists like Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University. Their studies and insights were quite close to accurate and estimated the lethality rate was close to that of the seasonal flu. Had they been given favorable hearing, it could have saved the hospital system a great deal of time and money. Their politically incorrect yet epidemiologically correct insights could have saved lives and trouble.

Not satisfied with their disastrous handling of the crisis in the medical field, government leaders doubled down and went for an encore in the economy and society-at-large. The wheels of industry and commerce came to a screeching halt in anticipation of the pandemic that would kill millions. A good portion of the world is still in some phase of lockdown. These decisions too were based on the same faulty models. They are triggering a meltdown.

Government actions should be based on real data and sound science. The continued implementation of extreme confinement measures based on these flawed guesstimate models is nothing but socio-political and economic suicide.

Vast stretches of America with few or no cases of the virus were treated with the same drastic rigor as New York City, the national hot spot. Vibrant businesses and operations were simplistically divided into just two groups: “essential” or “non-essential.” Who knows what questionable criteria informed this un-Solomonic decision seeing that in many states abortion mills, marijuana dispensaries and liquor stores were deemed “essential,” but not so churches and religious gatherings.

When integrated modern economies stop, whole supply chains also halt. Components of the process often cannot be repurposed. Massive amounts of goods and foodstuffs must be donated or thrown away.

The sheer scope of economic destruction is mind-boggling. In March and April, markets shed trillions of dollars in value. Important industries like hospitality and travel ground to a halt. Debt skyrocketed. Government spending ballooned out of all control. Tens of millions no longer have jobs and are collecting unemployment aid.

Worst of all, the business world, eager to reopen, is subject to the slow and cruel vagaries of the same politicians who landed them in their current fate. Many government leaders now extend the lockdowns in a vacuous attempt to save face and “prove” the closings were indeed needed. Other government officials are ideologues and care nothing for the economic calamity. They see the crisis as an opportunity to ram through their socialist and green agendas.

The great danger is not the virus but rather the bungling of its handling. It led to measures that are destroying the social and economic order. A do-whatever-it-takes attitude is burning the house down when a flashlight would have been sufficient to illuminate and find a solution to the problem.

One day, history will judge with great severity the guilt of all involved in creating the panic and hysteria informing this crisis. It will condemn harshly those who have openly and unashamedly used the crisis to pursue their subversive ideological goals. To varying degrees, each must bear some responsibility for this medical and economic calamity. They will share in the blame for those who will perish by illness, suicide, anxiety and other indirect causes of death wrought by the worldwide panic and everything it triggered.

The only way out of the crisis is to pull out of this suicidal course. Now. Immediately. No one can be obliged to commit suicide. Like the USNS Comfort, it is time to leave the New York harbor behind.

Mark 1 & Introduction

Mark 1

With Introduction

Many scholars believe that John Mark, the nephew of Barnabas and a son of one of the New Testament Mary’s is the author of this Gospel. Some believe that it was dictated by the Apostle Peter. It is believed to be the first of the Gospels written in the late 50’s or early 60’s.

1:1-8 “The beginning of the Good News of YESHUA the Messiah, the Son of GOD: It is written in the prophet Yesha’yahu (Isaiah),

‘See, I Am sending My messenger ahead of you;

He will prepare the way before You.’

‘The voice of someone calling out:

“In the desert prepare the way for ADONAI!

Make straight paths for Him!”’”

1:1-3 CJB (Malachi 3:1, Isaiah 40:3)

1:4-8 Mark introduces John The Baptist in the wilderness calling the Jewish people to a baptism in water for returning to GOD and repentance from sin. The people flock to him to be baptized and they wonder if he is the Messiah. John proclaims, “After me is coming someone who is more powerful than I – I’m not worthy even to bend down and untie His sandals. I have immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in The Ruach HaKodesh (The HOLY SPIRIT).” 1:7-8 CJB

1:9-13 Mark introduces JESUS of Nazareth in Galilee and describes His baptism by John in the Jordan river. “Immediately upon coming up out of the water, He saw Heaven torn open and The SPIRIT descending upon Him like a dove, then a voice came from Heaven, : ‘You are My Son, whom I Love; I Am well pleased with You.’” JESUS being filled by The HOLY SPIRIT and then driven by The SPIRIT into the wilderness where He was tempted for forty days by the adversary (the devil), that He was with wild animals and the angels took care of Him. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke it is recorded that JESUS did not eat during the forty days of testing.

1:14-15 After John The Baptist in arrested JESUS went through Galilee proclaiming the Good News from GOD:

“The time has come,

GOD’s Kingdom is near!

Turn to GOD from your sins

And believe the Good News!”

1:16-20 JESUS calls His first disciples Peter, Andrew, James and John, all while they are fishing or repairing their fishing nets. They all four left their trade and income at that point to follow JESUS. This condensed introduction of JESUS, John The Baptist and the first disciples is evidence that Mark was writing to Messianic Jews, they already knew the facts of JESUS’ birth and baptism, they did not need convincing.

1:21-28 Mark’s first ministry of JESUS is on the Sabbath in a synagogue, it is in Capernaum, “They were amazed at the way He taught, for He did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as One who had authority Himself.” Then a man in the synagogue that had a demonic spirit shouted, “What do You want with us. YESHUA from Natzeret (Nazareth)? Have you come to destroy us? I know who You are – The Holy One of GOD!” JESUS rebuked the unclean spirit saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” The unclean spirit threw the man into a convulsion and with a shriek left him. The people were amazed and began asking each other, “What is this? A new teaching, one with authority behind it! He gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!” Then the news about JESUS spread quickly throughout Galilee. JESUS introduces Himself as a teacher and minister of the authority of GOD but in Mark’s Gospel He often downplays His role as the Messiah to the general public.

1:29-34 JESUS, Peter, Andrew, James and John leave the synagogue and go to Peter’s home where his mother-in-law is sick with a fever, for a woman to be in bed with a fever it had to be very serious, JESUS takes her by the hand and lifts her from the bed healed of the fever so that she then begins to minister to them as she would as the head female of the household. Later, after sunset the town’s people bring their sick and those with unclean spirit to Peter’s house for JESUS to heal and set free.

1:35-39 “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, YESHUA got up, left, went away to a lonely spot and stayed there praying.” JESUS as the Son of Man needed to be in the presence of His Heavenly Father as the Son of GOD to be refreshed and strengthened for the Work of The Kingdom that He was here to do. How much more do we need to spend quite time alone with our Heavenly Father and His Word to refresh and strengthen ourselves for the Work of His Kingdom that He called us to.

1:40-45 “A man afflicted with tzara’at (leprosy) came to YESHUA and begged Him on his knees, ‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’” JESUS was moved and touching the man said, “I Am willing, be cleansed!” Instantly the man was cleansed and JESUS sent him away with the instructions not to tell anyone but to show himself to the priests and offer what Moses commanded for his cleansing. But the man went out and told everyone about what JESUS had done for him, so then JESUS could no longer go openly into the towns but stayed in the country, but the people still flocked to wherever He was. Touching is important in praying for others, James 5:14 tells us to lay hands and anoint with oil when praying for the sick. Only three times in the Gospels is someone healed or set free who were not in JESUS’ presence or touched by Him; the Centurion’s servant (Luke 7:1-10), the Syro-Phoenician’s daughter (Mark 7:24-30) and the nobleman’s son (John 4:46-54).

The anointing that was on JESUS as the Son of Man – The Son of GOD was unique and we should never claim it or try to duplicate it; but we should be sensitive to GOD’s SPIRIT and know His Word so that when He leads us we will obey as a faithful servant to do what He says, how He says, when He says and where He says to do it.