The Devotional - USA03

Comment: The United States of America has the highest rate of incarceration within the civilized nations. Annually there are 2.5 million people in the prisons of our land. In Connecticut where I live there are over 12,000 men and women incarcerated at this time with sentences longer than 3 years. Another 3 to 5k are in jails for sentences of less than 3 years fluctuating rapidly. These numbers are a serious blight on any nation. People from the age of 1 day to the age of 90 plus, are victims of crime, crimes ranging from abuse to murder. Who are these plus 2.5 million criminals, the national crime charts providing this information claim that these criminals range in age from 6 years old to well into their 90’s. Some years ago I went as an EMT in my town to a place called the Joshua Home where children from the age of six to sixteen were incarcerated for crimes, even murder, where the boy of 7 years old informed the two of us that if he had a knife he would use it, it had just been taken from him by the State Police. He meant it too as you can see this sort of thing in the intent of the ones eyes.

Also let me point out something that may be foreign in our thinking. Sixty-five years ago our nation removed the Holy Bible from public education. Five years later our nation removed the Ten Commandments as well. Since that time (1950 and 1955) there has been an ever increasing advance to replace the Wisdom of God with the wisdom of the world, secular wisdom. I have volumes more to say about this, but will come later. Shall I blame the NATION? No! I blame “We the people” since we allowed this to happen, we should be ashamed!

Challenge: So here is a challenge to you regarding my comments. By the age of thirty-four everyone you know including you will have thought to commit some crime. And over ninety percent of these people will have done so. The remaining ten percent have not reached the age of six years old yet, but their day is coming. So just what is crime?

ALL CRIME is SIN – DO you know the Ten Commandments? It may be that you have heard of the fifth and sixth Commandments which reads like this in Exodus 20:13-14. (5) You shall not MURDER (6) You shall not steal. If these statements are true and they are, then we should read two of the final 10 verses of the Holy Bible. “Blessed are those who do His Commandments that they may have the RIGHT to the Tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But those outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practice a lie.” – Revelation 22:14-15. This statement alone includes all TEN Commandments.

Did you get that? Joyful will be those who DO His Commandments, they will have access to the everlasting tree of life, they also will enter heavens gates. BUT those who are outside are dogs (human but animalistic or brute beasts), sorcerers (including those who abuse drugs and alcohol). Sexually immoral (A major sin of lust and passion). Murderers, (murders that are premeditated ways to take one’s life including suicide) and if this is not enough, those who worship false gods and finally those who love to tell a lie which is their coveted conduct of life.

Humanly speaking we have all practiced, planned or participate in living in these things that keep us out of God’s Kingdom. Why because we fail to live according to the Commandment of God, we have as a nation; given up on godliness and traded His Righteousness for foolishness. Earlier in this conversation we saw that NO ONE can keep from committing crimes/SIN, even if we knew of the Ten Commandments we would still fail the Righteous Standards of God. Society today in our country is like living inside an unflushed public toilet. Sadly many of us today seem okay with that. So is it the Ten Commandments that are keeping us out of the Eternal City and away from the Tree of Life? In just the reading of Exodus 20:1-13 we would say, is there any hope? We are all doomed! We do have HOPE, but it will not be found in our filthy and foolish righteousness, Isaiah 64:6-7.

Blessed are those who DO His Word! Romans 10:4-13. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' "(that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, " 'Who will descend into the abyss?' "(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

The Devotional - USA02

The Devotional

Comment:

We have since the early 1950’s witnessed a major shift in national conservative thinking. Whether we understand this today some will consider irrelevant or just plain nonsense, yet let me be as blunt as I can without upsetting the “apple cart”. The United States of America is on the verge of “broad-minded suicide” or we could also say, national reformation leading to decay. This is being orchestrated by liberal minded people who regard life, liberty and happiness for this nation as a thing of the past. These people are not ignorant, their knowledge of what is being done to this Land has for the last sixty-five years of experience is refined and retuned. Having had many large failures and some very small victories, liberalism is now standing tall. Their wounds of the past have strengthened their mission. Now healed and with armor on an the smell of victory, these people who are sorcerers, sexually immoral, murderers, idol worshippers and those who love and practice lies are ready for war, they are at war. You say; how so? I say “thanks” “meaning to me your desire is to read more.”

Challenge: Various Scripture

Yesterday I took this quote from Wike-pedia – “Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the United States as of 2010, more people died of suicide than in car accidents. In 2010, the total number of suicide deaths in the United States was 38,364. Historically, suicide rates rise during times of financial stress and economic setbacks.” In italics, this is only part of the problem, young people make up 10 percent of those murderers from the age of 13 to 34. These young people take their life because they see no purpose in living. No one including their parents explained, “You shall not murder!” The report by this Center, while seeking to be meaningful to a liberal mind concludes. Suicide is a disease that can be control by revising government policies and plans of prevention.

I say “humbug!” Suicide is a SIN! You may say in your mind, “What sin is that?” Good question if you do not know the answer. It is pre-meditated MURDER, self-inflicted or in increasing numbers these days assisted thus you have two murderers vice one, so just think of it for a moment 38,000 people and more today have disobeyed the fifth Commandment of God, “You SHALL NOT murder!” Okay, so how do you control murder? Is there a pill or a doctor who can prevent SIN? Notice another scripture “Blessed are those who do His Commandments that they may have the RIGHT to the Tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But those outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practice a lie.” – Revelation 22:14-15.

I should type all of this out, but for the sake of time I will depend on your integrity of mind to search out these scriptures – Romans 1:16-17, I am not ashamed of the gospel (good news) of God, His gospel is the answer to all conditions of SIN. The gospel is the power that prevails over this SIN cursed world and the righteousness of God is revealed when faith overrides human reasoning, as it is written by God – “the justified (believers) shall live by faith!” Romans 1:18 – God’s wrath is revealed directly from heaven as He hardens the heart of all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who willingly suppress the TRUTH in behavioral patterns of ongoing SIN.

Romans 1:28-32 – Religion and human reasoning does not like to retain God as Thee Primary Authority of Life, even though in their heart they understand clearly that He is God, the LORD. So religion and human reasoning has a debased mind (lower in dignity or value). They did not chose to have this mind but since these institutions and individual chose this path over that promises of God, He gave them over to this lower path of life in that they now approve of what they KNOW to be wrong and deserving of death. Also they pat each other on the back saying that the pending judgment of God is a lie. Please reread Revelation 22:14-15.

The Devotional - USA01

The Devotional

Comment:

Reviewing books and epistles of the Living Word of God is and has been a joyful event in time each morning for me. Later if the LORD tarries I may return to this form of devotional writing. However these days I am increasingly aware of our national heritage, freedom and you and me as citizens of this land from coast to coast. First let me say that we are privileged to be citizens of one of the richest lands on the planet. I love the United States of America and as the song goes, “I am proud to be an American!” Yet in that statement lies the trouble as it should read, “I am proud to be a Citizen of the United States of America!” Until being satisfied with completing my burden over the USA I will continue to lament over our land that is untarnished in riches. However untarnished, yet tarnished with unprincipled men and women who for the sake of self-righteousness, have purposely ignored the Creator God to push this nation to the brink of decay. Decay like that of an apple or orange left to rot and finally implode!

Challenge: Various Scripture

Life! I have not met but a very few people who have not loved living! And even those who bark at being alive are very protective at staying alive. Yes I know that people commit suicide, but these people are tarnished by a society that has no plan or purpose for the future, and if you do not know it, the social climate of the nation is bad news for those who in one moment in time, willingly give up life for fear of facing tomorrow.

A quote from Wike-pedia – Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the United States as of 2010, more people died of suicide than in car accidents. In 2010, the total number of suicide deaths in the United States was 38,364. Historically, suicide rates rise during times of financial stress and economic setbacks. “I want us to see that the Centers for Disease Control published this report!”

The Second Commandment of God is: “You shall have no other gods before Me” Someone is saying, “Well I’ll do you one better, I have no gods including The God of the Bible”. These highlighted words are insufficient for the Second Commandment of God, yet it is all that is or was taught in times past. Here is the Commandment in full – “You shall have no other gods before Me, you shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that of earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth, you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments – Exodus 20:3-6.

Purpose in living life is found in the Commandments of God, we will be searching these over and over again for the next few days. It is my hope and prayer that many will see that God is not a killer or a destroyer of life; however mankind who are bent in doing evil which someone has said; “just what is evil, show it to me and I will seek to not be involved in it”. My answer – “go take a long and serious look in the mirror!” What we do and act upon as self-righteousness is evil. If you are lawless, you are clueless to the Law of God which are His commandments – 1 John 3:4-9, we will pick up on this thought tomorrow, if the LORD tarries!