EXAMINATION TIME . . .

Where did it all start? What has happened to true Christianity? Has the real thing been mostly replaced by a counterfeit? Why is so much that is false being accepted in 'the church of man’ today? and has God departed and left them to themselves? I fear for many that might well be true. There has been a series of events that were instigated by men who started to use techniques and methods that have in truth: no scriptural foundation. Insofar as "the falling away from the Faith," we could go as far back as the days of the apostle Paul: he clearly warned that this would be so. But let's just briefly look at the tremendous and catastrophic errors that have been incorporated into the 20th century church and that has left us mostly with a dead, distorted, deceived form of Christianity and religion.
ONE THING COMES TO MIND FIRST: the start of and proliferation of many denominations. Manmade divisions between Christians to keep the church from being one in spirit and truth. Paul wrote about this in 1 Corinthians 3:1-10. Please read it when you have time. Then there is another big problem: those who claim to be Christians too often don’t even read the scriptures but follow only a pastor, a priest, or certain teachers that they hear. They may know a little of the scriptures but not enough to keep them from the deceiver and distortions of sound, saving, BIBLICAL truth. The Roman Catholic church has often aided this lacking within the body of Christ by prohibiting the common people from owning Bibles, killing those who would translate it into the common language of the people and encouraging people to only listen to the teachings and interpretations of the Roman church and its dogmas. So the blind were leading the blind and the people began to fall more and more into the same ditch.
Then came the “heroes” and the crusaders who coined the phrase, “sinners prayer”. These preachers started to use what I call gimmick-techniques to water down the way of receiving a true regeneration experience. They would preach to large crowds and invite them to “receive Jesus.” Many would walk forward and pray "a sinner's prayer". Then they would be spoken to and given the "assurance" that they were eternally “saved”. It’s true that there would be some follow up and some further counselling but many did not receive that benefit nor any kind of real discipleship. Many went on in life thinking they were now “born again” AND THEY WERE NOT. I have heard it said by others that these preachers lead more people to hell than could be numbered. A prayer does not save anyone unless it is from the heart of truth, with repentance and a real commitment to Jesus as SAVIOUR and LORD. This happens in the heart not just by repeating a prayer. Yes, some did get genuinely saved, others were stumbled and deceived and fell away. And all the while the church applauded while more and more deceived, unregenerated people entered the churches in droves. They learned to talk the talk and even some looked real but the heart and spirit was still dead in sin. Did this really happen? It most certainly did! And today we are reaping the fruits of it. The tares are greatly and prolifically sown among the wheat and it seems much of the time that there are more tares than wheat. The tares are also a major influence on ‘the church’ from within. That's the way it’s done. And what will be the end of all this?

Psalm 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed,
what can the righteous do?

Now here’s another point. I just quoted from the KJV Bible. In some writings if I had quoted from other versions of the Bible I would need permission because those versions are copyrighted. A copyrighted Bible is the work of man and not of God. God has free domain on any revelation He gives to man. He doesn’t copyright or charge for His ministry to humanity whether it be music, teaching, seminars, healing, preaching or the scriptures. Ahha! Enter another BIG DECEPTION. Charging for ministry. So now you’re a big name evangelist or singer or teacher and since you have the numbers that follow your ministry, you now write a book and be sure to copyright it and charge full price. Worse! you charge in advance for your concerts or seminars or 'ministry.' ! Then you make full use of the world’s business methods to promote your ministry and make merchandise of the gospel, - your gospel, - which usually has some truth with a hint or mixture of error. Now you become a well respected church authority, a leader of the blind leading the blind. That’s why most people can’t see that selling ministry is against the teaching of scriptures. Oh well, just go on. Do it your way. Do it the world's way and then wonder why there is so much deception in the churches today.
And speaking of doing it the world's way, what ever happened to the music of God and His Church? In days of old the church mostly sang the Psalms. Then came Issac Watts and other hymn writers: but their music was always based on scripture and had words and music that truly edified, encouraged and was always genuine in giving glory to God and His Word. But much of contemporary ‘christian’ music is now so aberrated and carnal and worldly that it literally sounds like the world, looks like the world, ministers to the emotions or soulish side of man and (to anyone who knows scripture), they will know that often even the lyrics are not scriptural or theologically sound. The number 1 popular ‘christian’ song of the ‘christian radio station,’ FEBC, here in Cebu , Phillipines (and in many other parts of the world) was for a long time called, “STUBBORN LOVE’ by Amy Grant. In this song she sings how she is just God’s faithless friend, and how God "embraces the worst in her." Really? This song was #1 for years. "And My people love it so." Thank God the radio station stopped playing it when I called and explained it all and enlightened them in love to the truth. However, now in today's "anything goes" churches it has gotten (in many ways) even worse. They think, "but what can we do? it is what the youth want so never mind what it sounds like or what it says, it’s so popular: play it." "After all, (they reason), these musicians surely must be sincere and they make money on the sale of their overpriced CD's and DVD's." ! And thus the rock musicans are now the leaders in the music of the ‘christian world’ as the blind lead the blind. I guess they just can’t see or hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. I wondered why Jesus often said, ‘Let those with ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ I thought we all had ears. Forgive me if you can’t hear, - then this message isn’t for you. But thank God and the blessed Holy Spirit if you can hear the truth regarding the many corrupted and ungodly forms of ‘christian music’ that is all over the churches and ministries today. Some of them actually sound like they are 'torch-songs' or rock concerts out of a honky-tonk bar.

And now we can go on to the awful fact of men promoted by men and receiving honour from one another. Promoted by big business methods and ‘christian tv,’ by the sales of their DVD’s, their CD’s, books, tapes etc. etc. But please let me ask you this very important question: is it not true that we (who are called into minitry) were always supposed to be supported in ministry by freewill tithes and offerings and not by sales-techniques and Wallstreet promoters? So that’s why there has been such an infiltration of blind, proud profit-oriented leaders who got so big they promoted themselves and men helped them and promoted them, ... not God and not GOD'S ways. And thus the blind sheep followed and only a pitiful, pitiful few ever spoke up.

Then entered the prosperity gospel, which is not truly the gospel at all, ... and it all got worse. Again the sheep must have closed their Bible and blindly followed false teachers. It’s so clear in the inspired writings of Paul and Peter that if someone teaches "that gain is godliness" we are "to turn away from them." Instead, (and in many instances) these men became the most sought after teachers. And what’s worse: the people of God listened with itching ears and bought into the lie. ‘Give to my ministry and you will be blessed like Abraham.’ The people of God, I say, GAVE. But they gave so that these teachers could live in luxury beyond measure as they promoted various false teachings. So who is at fault? The false teacher? The people? The pastors who should warn and educate the people? You decide. It sure isn’t God to be blamed.
The add to all this the new, "now" 'in thing’ of the ‘seeker-friendly church' which (often) teaches of God’s love for all without repentance. As a matter of fact you can have any God you want and still make heaven. That’s what some of them are saying if you believe them instead of the teachings of the Bible. Please see these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axxlXy6bLH0

BILLY GRAHAM Denying Scripture
01:52 From: mikejmon333
Views: 152,126

And thru all this time there has been (for the most part) a tremendous lack of sound, balanced teaching and preaching on holiness, repentance, sanctification, the cross, and death to the self-life. There has also been a great lack of personal discipleship as many churches and pastors were taught over and over again to believe "bigger was somehow better." Thus, a great lack of true reverence and fear of the Lord while men and ministries became the object of glory and celebrity, and GOD was simply used as a means to achieve these ends. Who’s fault is it? You decide. I believe we all need to fall on our faces and weep and weep and weep in repentance over how we have allowed the deceivers and the self-promoters steal the church.

Then (perhaps worst of all) there came 'the laughing revival' when (in truth) we should have been crying and weeping over the backslidden church that was no longer salt and light in the world. Do I believe in holy laughter? Yes, in it’s place but not in a church service and I don’t believe in people barking like dogs, crowing like roosters, or roaring like lions. What happened to, “let everything be done decently and in order”? And now, what has the church come to? Todd Bentley? I am so horrified I can’t even speak of this as 10,000 a night fill this so-called 'revival meeting.' Just watch the clips of this "revival" for yourself and if you have any heart for the true faith as once delivered to the saints, you will surely weep. Just look at these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqJaJzHdGaI
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9Ay4QAtW8&feature=user

Todd Bentley's Violent "Ministry" (WOTMR) [2of2]
11:00
Views: 7,916

and here are their "praise-warfare dances" that some people think are "so anointed" ... take a look for yourself: this is what they promote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93398rf6DcU&feature=related

Now I know full well that God is well able to defend Himself but I CAN HARDLY ENDURE THE DECEPTION AND BORDERLINE BLASPHEMY I SEE IN THESE THINGS. Truly, any true child of God is literally in shock by this show that is being promoted by Steve Hill and GOD TV and others.
A number of years ago, God gave me the impression that His judgement has come to His house in the form of great deception. He is just and righteous and is blinding the eyes of people who love to follow the flesh and the pernicious ways of man instead of His holiness and the way of the Holy Spirit. Jesus warned us and the writings of Paul warn us again and again in scripture. Anyone who can read can find the warnings all over the Bible: "FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE BRETHREN AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE, ... and they will deceive many! If it were possible they would even deceive the very elect. Take heed! Jesus said it very clearly.
He said, ‘Behold, I have told you before’. Before it all started Jesus warned us. So then those that get deceived will be without excuse. And the question is what will you do? WHO WILL YOU FOLLOW? JESUS. ... OR? ARE YOU LISTENING ? and can you hear this at all ? ~ Lynne Young-Hummel

Len & Lynne Hummel
Clearlight Christian Ministries

Are there still pastors & bishops, evangelists, teachers, prophets, and the offices ORDAINED OF GOD to minister and exhort? Yes. Should we EXAMINE any declared prophetic word for *its spirit* and for any definite contradictions to the whole counsel of GOD'S WORD? of course we should. ... but should We be judgemental and be quick to declare them "false." ? definitely not. GOD STILL SPEAKS to and thru His servants. beware of persecuting them.

First of all, let me say that this is *not* a "thus saith the LORD" and
"it is thus written in stone" kind of prophetic word. I am presenting here
the insight of my prophetic-soul and what I see now developing as the very possible scenario that will engulf the entire world.

What we are seeing coming to fruition before our very eyes is the end of
this dispensation of grace to the gentile nations, the rescuing and full
redemption *and restoration* of Remnant Israel, and the refining and
beautification of the Bride of Messiah-Yeshua: The Church *and* the elect
of Abraham's seed. - THE GROUP that constitutes The Eternal Body of Messiah: A Living, Eternal Being [of many members/vessels] which exists in Time and Eternity: in both Heaven and on/in earth.

OK. Here is what I see as the current prophetic scenario as it now develops:

* Obama [a nominal 'christian' and a closet-Muslim] is elected President of the United States. He is sworn in with his hand over the Koran, ... or possible with his hand over BOTH the Bible and the Koran.

* This seals the judgement and fall of America, ... and the anguish and repentance of the real remnant of Christians who truly love Jesus in the U.S.

* Pope Benedict continues a flurry of ecumenical activity and is soon succeeded by "the last Pope" of the Roman church, - which is none other than what the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ refers to as, "the false prophet."

* America falls as a world economic and military power, ... and is reconstituted as the Union of the United States of North America.
[Note: EITHER America is brought to utter ruin and is destroyed, ... or she arises as "a mountain made without hands" and "the rod of iron" which OPPOSES the antichrist beast which arises out of the EU and UN] ... time will tell.

* The meteoric rise to power of a person who is soon hailed as "a political and diplomatic genius" and as even "the muslim-jewish-christian mahdi-messiah" who [amazingly and *seemingly*] solves the Israeli-PLO-Hamas-Iranian conflict.

* satan solidifies his 'world-kingdom' via the EU, the UN, and the established unity of "ecuMENical world religions of peace and love and brotherhood."

* GOD SENDS a strong delusion upon the entire earth. "deep darkness covers the whole earth."

* THE REMNANT ARISES IN SUPERNATURAL POWER. *Romans 8:14-23*

More later.

The meaning of the word 'Vatican'...

The crest of the Vatican; the pagan babylonian god 'Marduk'...

In the Vatican-museum the crest of the Vatican is the oldest and central piece of their collection. Underneath you can see a photo of this 'icon of the Vatican'...

The crest of the Vatican: 'the serpent-dragon'; it represents the pagan god Marduk from Babylon; Roman Emperor Heliogabalus introduced it to the Roman Empire in the 3rd Century. Just before the Vatican had been formally established by Emperor Constantinus in the early 4th Century with the crest of Marduk. Clearly, the Vatican is the priesthood of Marduk!

Knowing the meaning of the word 'Vatican' no one will be surprised that the crest of the Vatican is 'a serpent-dragon', because that is exactly what the word 'vatican' says it means ánd what our Bible says in Revelation 12:9 'the dragon, the old serpent called devil or satan...'.
Of course there are many more ways to find out the true nature of 'the vatican'...!

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Vatican: deception of the highest kind!

Like a true cameleon the opponent of God knows his way through the world and how to deceive mankind not to worship and honour the only true God, but honouring him as god instead. Of course the king of liars and murderers is also very satisfied in keeping people away from God. The devil wants to take as many people as possible with him in his downfall.
In a 'christian-sham-appearance' the lord of darkness speaks through the mouth of the one that calls himself 'replacer of God on Earth':
Fili Vicarus Dei...

Every sincere Christians knows, that only one is the true Comforter of Men and our advisor on this Earth: The Holy Spirit of GOD and no-one else!
Both Vatican and pope go against God's Commandments

The Vaticaan has erased and altered a number of the Commandments of God [read Exodus chapter 20], for instance:
the 4th (Sabbath-) Commandment and the 2nd (Not to make or worship statues-) Commandment.
Instead of the 4th 'Sabbath-Commandment' the pope introduced 'the Sunday'; the holy-day of the trinity-sungod also known under names as: 'Baal, Astarte and Tammuz' or Isis, Horus and Seth (='IHS')
Instead of the 2nd Commandment the pope introduced the making and worshipping and veneration of statues from saints and pagan gods...
Instead of the 1st Commandment the Vatican appoints 'a replacer of God on Earth [=Fili Vicarus Dei]...the pope...

The Roman-catholic-church: pagan and idolatrous Babylon in progress.

To get a clear view on what is really going on in the Roman-catholic-church-system, some supplementary information is needed in order to see what is basically and actually going on in front of everyone. Names, rites, symbols and legends can explain a lot...

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Global names of the Babylon-trinity-sungod...

Babylonian sungod-worshipping already exists for thousands of years; to be more exact from right after Noah ended his journey as we told in 'The origin of the trinity' till this moment on. All over the world the sungods are worshipped still. In Masonry, in Buddhism, in Hinduism, Islam, nature-religions and New Age.
The trinity - of which the Trinity has 'spinned-off'- is very famous under the names 'Baal', 'Astarte' and 'Tammuz' of which Baal is 'the Father-God', Astarte is 'the Mother-God' and Tammuz is 'the Son- and reincarnation of Baal'.
Baal is also known as:
Horus [eye in pyramide], Moloch [god of the dead], Buddh, Bel, Bal, Belus, Abir of Aber [=winged-one], Janus or Chaos [in Rome], Kronus [=with horn], knous of Nebrod.
Astarte is also known as:
Isis, Cybele (the goddess with 12 stars; celibacy and shaved head requiered for her priests] Eternal Virgin, Venus (goddess of Love) Laksjmi, Ariadne, Rhea, Goddess or Queen of heaven/the heavens, Goddess of fortresses

Tammuz is also known as:
Daggon [=fish-god], Seth, White Centaur, Ninus (=son), Bacchus, Dyonisses, Cupid, Hercules, Osiris, Son of Aethiops, Kissos

Baby Tammuz in the Vatican-museum
More photo's and explanations on Babylonian-paganism in the churches and world:
http://historical.benabraham.com

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Babylonic idolatry in the Roman-catholic church

Mary is worshipped as
'Queen of heaven(s)'= Astarte Mary is worshipped as 'Eternal Virgin' = Astarte Celibacy: priests of Cybele: shaved their heads and kept'celibacy' voor their Goddess = Astarte

Cybele with episcopal 'daggon-hat'...
Daggon-hats [=hats of priests] symbolise 'Daggon' = Tammuz
The Sunday = Holy day of the trinity-sungod (IHS) = Isis, Horus, Seth
Easter comes from the name 'Astarte' = keeping holy time for Astarte
Easter-egg comes from the Chaldean-word 'Egg' of which the legends ay Astarte would have come after the great flood... gekomen
Eucharist = 'to propitiate' = bringing a sacrifice; which is not the same as 'thé Evening Supper', because The Evening Supper is done in rememberance of the crucifiction of Jesus; we do not 'propitiate' anyone nor are we sacrificing 'real meat' of the body of Jesus nor can we 'propitiate' God with perpetual offerings in any way. Jesus already offered himself for sins and Jesus has risen from the dead and is alive now.
Who would be propitiated with a perpetual offering of Jesus?... Only the devil himself would be propitiated!
Also 'the solar-wheel' (round window with spokes), the letters 'IHS' , the hostie-plate with solar-imaging, statues and portraits of
Moloch in church and on church-altars, etc. All mentioned pagan gods, their symbols and rites are found in the Roman-catholic churches; and not in those churches, clothes of priests and in their rites alone...!
Also these pagan rituals and symbols are used in Buddhism [=god Buddh = Baal], Hindu-ism, New Age, Wicca and Masonry; always the same rituals, the same symbols, statues, pictures and titles and stories occur...
In short: Babylon is not dead, but very alive still !!!

http://www.sign2god.com/folders/vaticaan/vaticaan-en.html

Now according to the Vatican curator:
"The Vatican Hill takes it name from the Latin word Vaticanus, a vaticiniis ferendis, in allusion to the oracles, or Vaticinia, which were anciently delivered here."
Sources: Compendious Description of the Museums of Ancient Sculpture, Greek and Roman, in the Vatican Palace, by Cav. H. J. Massi, First Curator of the Vatican Museums and Galleries, Paleographer and Professor of the Italian and French Languages, Rome, Third Edition, 1889,
Title page, page 7.
Compendious Description of the Museums of Ancient Sculpture, Greek and Roman, in the Vatican Palace, by Cav. H. J. Massi, First Curator of the Vatican Museums and Galleries, Paleographer and Professor of Languages, Rome, Sixth Edition, 1901,Title page, page 5.

Aulus Gellius, writing in the 2nd century, also said the word Vatican was derived from the word vaticinia, or prophecies, in his Attic Nights, book 16, chapter 17.
Source: The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, translated into English by the Rev. William Beloe, Volume III, London, 1795, Title page, page 247, page 248.

Research the word Vatican in many Latin - English / English - Latin dictionaries, or encyclopedias, and you will likely find that Vatican City and St. Peter's Basilica of the Roman Catholic Church were built upon what was called in Latin vaticanus mons or vaticanus collis. The words mons and collis mean hill or mountain. You will also find in the dictionaries that the words vatic / vates / vatis all relate to prophecy as shown here:
Source: The New College Latin and English Dictionary, revised and enlarged, by John C. Traupman, Ph.D., published and copyrighted by Bantam Books, 1995, ISBN 0-553-57301-2, page 437.

Note that there are five words listed above containing vatic, and all relate to prophecy. The word vatic and its association to prophecy can even be found in a standard English dictionary:

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online Source: Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary, Home and Office Edition, published in 1995 by Longmeadow Press, Copyright 1988 by Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-681-20227-0, page 458.

And here is what you would find in a Latin - English dictionary for the suffix -anus:
Source: The New College Latin and English Dictionary, revised and enlarged, by John C. Traupman, Ph.D., published and copyrighted by Bantam Books, 1995, ISBN 0-553-57301-2, page 60.

Vaticanus then is a combination of Vatic + anus, just as Romanus is a combination of Rome + anus. Therefore, vaticanus collis or vaticanus mons mean "the prophetic hill or mountain", which can be rephrased as the hill or mountain of prophecy. The word Vatican is just a shortened form of the word Vaticanus, just like Claudian is a shortened form of Claudianus, as shown above. This association of the Vatican with prophecy is even confirmed by this recent Catholic book:
Where does the word "Vatican" come from and what does it mean?
The word derives from the Latin vates, which means "tellers of the future." This name was the name given to a hillside on the west bank of the Tiber River in Rome because daily lineups of fortunetellers used to hawk their "wares" there to passersby on the street.
In the fourteenth century, when the papacy was returned to Rome from Avignon (France), the present-day Vatican became the residence of the popes, and the word came to refer to the enclave in the middle of Rome that had become the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities, by Nino Lo Bello, Liguori Publications, Copyright 1998, ISBN 0-7648-0171-6, page 135.

The Apostate Church

Rev 17:1 ... Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

The Vatican City is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and since the Lateran Concordat of 1929 it is also an independent country, the epitome of Church and State combined. The full formal diplomatic title in Italian is STATO DELLA CITTÁ DEL VATICANO, as shown on the coin below from the pontificate of Pope Pius the 12th, which means:
The City-State of Prophecy

More at:

http://biblelight.net/vatican.htm

http://www.christian-faith.net/RK/Vatican/Vatican.htm

Word History: The origin of the word Vatican is shrouded in as much mystery as the place itself. It was used simply as the name of a hill in Rome, Mons Vaticanus "the Vatican Hill". The Latin word vaticinor means "foretell, prophesy" from vatis "poet, teacher, oracle". This suggests that the original hill was the location of an oracle, a place where high priests communicated with the Roman gods. Thus the name reflects a long history of contact with spiritual powers.

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/Vatican

http://www.geocities.com/propheticangel2001/vatican.htm

Jezebel
Now note this passage in Revelation 2:
Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Rev 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Rev 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Rev 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

In prophecy a woman represents a church, and Jezebel here represents the apostate church, who has taught corrupted doctrine, which is described as fornication, just as in Revelation 17:

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Now, pay close attention to this ...
The apostate church in Revelation 2:20 (Jezebel) calls herself a prophetess ... so by her own admission she is linked with prophecy!

THE U IN JES*U*S

Before U were thought of or time had begun,
God stuck U in the name of His Son.

And each time U pray, you'll see it's true,
You can't spell out JesUs and not include U.

You're a pretty big part of His wonderful name,
For U, He was born; that's why He came.

And His great love for U is the reason He died.
It even takes U to spell crUcified.

Isn't it thrilling and splendidly grand
He rose from the dead, with U in His plan?

The stones split away, the gold trUmpet blew,
and this word resUrrection is spelled with a U.

When JesUs left earth at His upward ascension,
He felt there was one thing He just had to mention.

"Go into the world and tell them it's true
That I love them all - Just like I love U."

So many great people are spelled with a U,
Don't they have a right to know JesUs too?

It all depends now on what U will do,
He'd like them to know,
But it all starts with U.
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JESUS is our EVERYTHING. - truly our LIFE
and our Salvation. ... u & i are to learn to
serve HIM as The King and LORD above all !
u is even found in YeshUa !
~ from Mr.& Mrs.Anonymous
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Wise and Wonderful Is The Jesus i love.
He does not condemn or control.
But He is strong to require the Right.
Strong to lead and guide and correct…
O thank GOD He cares to correct
And protect and deliver us
From our sometimes foolish and wrongful ways!
He chastens in love,
He wounds; He binds up our wounds;
He comforts and heals, … then shows a better way.

Why stray from a Shepherd
Who loves your soul as no other?
Foolish heart, - return to your first Love.
He awaits even now
With loving, wounded, outstretched hands…

~ lch 2/2008 ~

most
live life
without awareness
or significance
except to add to the world’s sorrow,
brutality and ceaseless, mindless vanity.
why is this?
why? this seeming incapacity
to think, inquire, or see beyond
the mere grasp and gasp of the moment?
why? so many weeds and tares;
yet so little wheat, … (and even less fruit)
without the rot within
of pride or arrogance or vanity
and the self-seeking of sin.
Why?
When and how does a man become human
and something truly above the animal. ?
Something, you see, [please hear me]
something must stir, - must awaken deep within:
to connect with a noble longing and desire . . .

~ lch 2/2008 ~
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OUR GOAL

GOD is in the business of changing the face of the world.

Let me be very clear. This change is His job, not ours. Our goal is not to make our faces radiant. Not even Jesus did that. Matthew says, "Jesus'
appearance was changed." not "Jesus changed his appearance."
Moses didn't even know his face was shining. (Exodus 34:29).
Our goal is not to conjure up some fake, frozen expression. Our goal is simply to stand before GOD with a prepared and willing heart and then let GOD do His work.

And He does. He wipes away the tears. He mops away the perspiration. He
softens our furrowed brows. He touches our cheeks. He changes our faces
as we worship and SEEK HIM.

~ excerpt from the book, JUST LIKE JESUS,
page 395, GRACE FOR THE MOMENT,
December 30.

Shalom and GOD bless
Len Hummel
Clearlight Christian Ministries
* Jeremiah 9:23-26 *
* Philippians 1:6, & 9-11 *

UNLOCK THE PRISON DOORS OF PRIDE:
Dealing With the root-wrongs of everything:
How to Heal the Church,...and your own life as well.

As a missionary and a Christian minister I have noticed that there are a lot of people and churches going through trials. There is disunity, divisions, bad testimonies through compromise and sin. So I pray and seek God for answers and how to help bring healing and victory to those who are truly born of God’s Spirit.
I believe that every wrong attitude of heart starts with PRIDE! Those attitudes include; hatred, anger, unforgiveness, jealousy, envy, resentment, independent spirit and rebellion, lack of love and offensive actions such as: fighting, divisions, slander and gossip, also compromise and every kind sin. I believe the root problem of all of these things is pride.

1 Peter 5:5-7 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another and be clothed with humility, for
“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:6-10 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

To quote one of the short proverbs from my husband’s little book, Wisdom for the Wise: “Be humble … or you’ll stumble.”

There are so many warnings in scripture against pride. Let me quote for you just a few:

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction. And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low. But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

If you want trials, problems and situations that bring you shame, and lots of trouble: just keep your pride. If you are a Christian you will be humbled through God’s Fatherly chastening process till you repent of the pride and the attitudes it has caused in you.

Hebrews 12:5-6 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord. Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him. For whom the Lord loves He chastens. And scourges every son whom He receives.”

It is far better to humble yourself than to require God to chasten the pride out of you. However, sometimes pride will only go out through chastening and/or the Refiner’s Fire. That’s because pride blinds the heart and we often can not see ourselves honestly. We can usually see the faults in others a lot faster than we see our own. It is also pride which inspires the judging of others, often harshly or unfairly.

Whatever you do if you are being chastened, GIVE IN TO GOD! Don’t harden your heart and rebel. YEILD! SUBMIT!

It is far better to be honest-hearted about yourself and simply ask sincerely, ‘God, help me to see myself as You see me. Help me to see myself as others see me and give me a true and balanced view of myself. In Jesus’ name.’ God will answer that prayer.

I have found that there is very little true discipling going on inside most of the churches of today. There are worship services, seminars, Bible study groups and even care groups, that should provide deeper discipling. However, true discipling requires that the student or follower is willing to be accountable and teachable, which requires humility. When I was a very young Christian I was privileged to live with my pastor and his wife and child. I was subject to them and began to be truly discipled. That was 32 years ago. Today the attitude of new converts is often very different. There is little conviction of sin and thus little understanding of the need to change and be discipled in the truths that will bring the virtues of humility and the formation of true Christian character. As a missionary and teacher I find it so hard to disciple new converts. Few and far between are the humble that want someone to make them accountable, teachable, and correctable.

Jesus said, Mark 10:15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.

Sometimes, true enough, people criticize us and we might get a little defensive. It’s easy to get defensive, especially if we have pride, but even if the critics are wrong we need to ask, ‘Is there any truth in this criticism?’ And remember: faithful, loving, caring critics are a gift from God.

Now remember the sin of satan, above all else, was pride and rebellion. When you have pride you also will have rebellion in your heart. It caused Lucifer, to be cast out of heaven, and made him God’s enemy and ours. GOD HATES PRIDE!

Proverbs 8: 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.

In the book of Daniel it tells of the pride of a king named Nebuchadnezzar. He lost his senses for seven years and lived like an animal who ate grass, - all because of pride and self exaltation. At the end of seven years God restored him and here is what he learned from the experience:

Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

Today, we should seek to understand this very clearly: God is cleansing His people and purifying those that are His true children.
We should pray often the powerful, searching prayer of Psalm 139:23+24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
He will search our hearts and does so whether we ask or not. But it is always best if we ask Him to do so *by willing invitation.* He simply won’t endure pride in His children, in His church, or in His bride. The world is destroying itself by way of war, greed, power struggles, hatred, violence, jealousies and all the horrible fruits of pride. GOD WON’T TOLORATE PRIDE TO REIGN AND RULE IN HIS TRUE CHURCH. It has brought such division and compromise and deception and scandals and reproach to the name Christian and Christianity. IT MUST STOP! WILL IT STOP WITH YOU ?

Face it. Plead with God to make you an overcomer of this UGLY and DEADLY SIN.

I will share a few lines from a prayer book by Beth Moore. It is a powerful poem worth reading carefully…

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His servant & friend,
Lynne S. Young Hummel

O LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY...

(this was an essay my wife wrote just the other day while meditating on the Word of GOD. I would like to share it here because it has such a vital message regarding *rightly praying* according to the instructions of Jesus Himself) . . .

Has God changed the way to pray? Why do we hear so many Christians praying without specificly using THE NAME OF JESUS, while others address their prayers to Jesus and not to the Father. Do we need to relearn the proper way to address the Godhead in prayer?

Some people may think this is unimportant. They may say God knows my heart. Yes, scripture says He knows what you will ask before you even ask it. [Matthew 6:8] However, there is a proper and BIBLICAL way to approach God and a VERY IMPORTANT WAY to finish prayer. Except for those emergency times when all you can perhaps manage to utter is a 'HELP ME' prayer, we should follow the simple directives of scripture as given in the Bible.

I will also remind you that the day we live in is a day of much deception and compromising of the ways of God and the Word of God. We now have a politically correct 'god', which is not the GOD of the Bible. This 'god' could accommodate any religion or philosophy. This is what I call the 'mush god' or the 'whoever-you-are-god'. For this reason we should go back to the clear and unmistakable directives of scripture and be careful to make it clear Who is our GOD AND THROUGH WHOSE NAME WILL HE RECEIVE and HONOR our PRAYERS TO HIM.

For quite some time now and in the last few years I often hear Christian teachers, leaders, pastors, etc. who pray and never mention the name of JESUS. They may end the prayer with a simple 'AMEN' or IN THE STRONG NAME OF CHRIST. Well, Christ is not His name, It is only His title. HIS NAME IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Is it important? YES ! Very. There are many 'christ's'.
Matthew 24:24 "For there shall arise false Christs."

When a leader is praying publicly it is especially important to say His name in ending prayer so the hearer will really know who you have addressed and through whom the prayer will be accepted. We are to pray to the God and Father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. So I would say to end a prayer properly and to rightly acknowledge the one we actually address and the one Who is the only one to bring us into God's presence with our request we need to say, 'we pray in the name of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.'

This is not some kind of legalism. It is a clear Biblical exhortation and instruction IN WHOSE NAME we are to pray. GOD has not changed in what He has taught and instructed us in these very important matters relating to prayer and RIGHTLY RELATING to GOD Himself. God's people are taking too many liberties and thus getting away from true prayer and (too often) into 'a FORM of GODLINESS BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF' [II Tim. 3:1-5]. There is POWER in HIS NAME: The Name above all other names. I do believe that this is a very important issue that needs to be addressed. Even as I write this the enemy has tried greatly to hinder me from finishing this message, but to God be the glory, the enemy's deception is now exposed.

Father, GOD. I pray in JESUS' NAME that everyone who reads this message will consider what is said and adjust their prayers, publicly or privately, to be powerful and honoring to You in every way, according to Your Word. I ask thisin the mighty and most precious Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

* Predestinated, elect Christians.

* CHRISTIANS in varying degrees of carnality and/or ignorance.

and

* The rejecters, the tares, the goats, ... those covered by the indictment in Romans 1:18-32.

GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

HE IS ALSO THE REFINER'S FIRE, *and* GREAT MERCY ... for His own.

Blessed be the Name of the LORD Yeshua, and the Fire of His Holiness.

THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM...
(Proverbs 9:1, and Psalm 15:1-5)

1) INTEGRITY.Being a man or woman who can be trusted to do what is right in ANY circumstance.

2) Fear and Reverance for GOD & His Laws, Principles, and Decrees.

3) LOYALTY & ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING: to Government & Authority.

4) KINDNESS & MERCY, - *coupled with* wisdom, discernment, and love for Truth.

5) GRACE for the oppressed and the (truly) repentant.

6) KNOW what is subject to change, ... and what is not.
And always act accordingly.

7) HUMILITY that never inflates or exalts "self," - but always highly esteems and honors GOD, - The King and Ruler and Judge of all.

and add to this: fearlessness. ... fearing only GOD: which is always true courage and true wisdom combined.

REMEMBER always Who & What GOD IS, ... and that you are nothing apart from HIS Life and Good Grace.

GOD Is The Supreme Being, ... and The Moral Center of the Universe. Morality *always* involves and revolves around *right relationship/s*.

A PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH . . .

O LORD, we pray today for our brothers and sisters who live with trauma and fear; they live with daily hardships because they are Christians in a world that hates Christ.

O LORD, deliver our persecuted brothers and sisters whose lives are daily
under threat, and those who are in prison, branded "apostate" and
sentenced to death because of their testimony for Jesus.

O LORD, rebuild the shattered lives of our persecuted brothers and
sisters; they struggle to maintain faith, hope and grace to forgive,
as satan attacks their hearts and minds and bodies.

O LORD, enlighten those who through ignorance, blindness, demonic
interference and sin have set themselves against Your Church,
and yet are merely sinners in need of the Saviour.

We pray to You, the only living GOD, the Sovereign Almighty GOD for Whom nothing is impossible. We ask that You, the GOD of all Peace,
[Hebrews 13:20] will intervene in the conflicts in this world.
We especially pray that You will "frustrate the ways of the wicked"
[Psalm 146:9] and disrupt, expose, and destroy terror networks and immoral
social traditions, for the sake of Your Kingdom and Glory, O LORD.

Dear LORD, by Your Holy Spirit embolden and compel Your Church to preach the whole Gospel. May conviction of sin abound, may righteousness spring up, may persecutors of the Church be transformed into preachers of the Gospel [Galations 1:23], and may liberty fill the earth that all who see it may rejoice in THE LORD Yeshua, our Saviour and King. Amen.