If you would like to answer or discuss any of these, let's have some levity.
1.Is the family on front of the current Sunday School Quarterly Pentecostal?
2.Does the ABA really exist when it is not "in session?"
3.When will Michael Reese blog the account of fighting off a drunk who tried to take over his pulpit in the Wednesday night service (not at Promise Land btw)?
4.Can you recall the most memorable sermon you have ever heard?
5.How can a person's breath both WARM their hands and COOL their soup?
6.Did Isaiah have very big crowds as he prophecied naked for three years? (Isaiah 20)
7.If a visitor to your church turns in a visitor card, and on the back is written this message: "Bro. ____, I need a mind healing! Satan and his demons have been working on me for some time....Will you help me to call on them to evaporate?" Should you go home with him or just go eat lunch and watch the Dallas Cowboys?
That's enough for now.
Bro. Adrian <><
ABA National Meeting Comments
If you are attending the National Meeting, please feel free to post your comments/observations/updates/summaries here.
For those of us not attending, it would be nice to know what is going on.
After the meeting, if you would like to post your perceptions, let them fly.
God bless,
Brother Adrian
For those of us not attending, it would be nice to know what is going on.
After the meeting, if you would like to post your perceptions, let them fly.
God bless,
Brother Adrian
The Last Pope??????
I have hesitated to post this topic for fear that some may think I'm looney. But since most of you now know that I'm looney, I'll go ahead and post it.
I have never given much credence to Nostradamus-like prophecies. We know that Biblically, the test of a true prophet is 100% accuracy due to inspiration by God. Man, however, can predict many things and history has shown that either by accident, good guessing, or possibly by demonic powers, some of those "forecasts" have come true. (please don't throw your rocks yet)
St. Malachy was born in 1094 and was Catholic. According to the story, he went to Rome in 1139 and there he received a strange vision. (You are gripping the rock tighter, but hold it!)
St. Malachy's vision was a succession of 112 popes with their names or characteristics. He wrote these down and this document was stored away and not discovered again in the Roman Archives until 1590. Once discovered, it became common knowledge in Catholic leadership and may have even influenced some conclaves who were deciding on the next pope.
Here's the deal. Pope Benedict (the current pope) is Pope #111. St. Malachy's description of Pope #112 (the last) is as follows: "In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Petras Romanus (Peter The Roman), who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End."
If you want to see the actual list of prophesied popes, you can go to Wikipedia and type in "Prophecy of The Popes."
Now, since the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 I guess we can conclude that......
(Just throw comments please, not stones! :)
I have never given much credence to Nostradamus-like prophecies. We know that Biblically, the test of a true prophet is 100% accuracy due to inspiration by God. Man, however, can predict many things and history has shown that either by accident, good guessing, or possibly by demonic powers, some of those "forecasts" have come true. (please don't throw your rocks yet)
St. Malachy was born in 1094 and was Catholic. According to the story, he went to Rome in 1139 and there he received a strange vision. (You are gripping the rock tighter, but hold it!)
St. Malachy's vision was a succession of 112 popes with their names or characteristics. He wrote these down and this document was stored away and not discovered again in the Roman Archives until 1590. Once discovered, it became common knowledge in Catholic leadership and may have even influenced some conclaves who were deciding on the next pope.
Here's the deal. Pope Benedict (the current pope) is Pope #111. St. Malachy's description of Pope #112 (the last) is as follows: "In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Petras Romanus (Peter The Roman), who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End."
If you want to see the actual list of prophesied popes, you can go to Wikipedia and type in "Prophecy of The Popes."
Now, since the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 I guess we can conclude that......
(Just throw comments please, not stones! :)
Why Salvation Is Great
Message 6/7/09
Introduction
Christians have something that we often neglect and are unappreciative of.
May we as Christians be reminded of what we neglect today and may the lost receive God's great salvation today.
Text Hebrews 2:1-4 "how shall escape if we neglect so great salvation"
We use the term "great" loosely today...
The greatest thing, the greatest gift anyone could ever have is salvation.
This verse does not say "how shall we escape if we REJECT so great salvation"
It says neglect, which means to have little or nothing to do with.
This verse is often preached to the lost and if the lost are saved as a result, glory to God.
But the primary intent is to saved people. We can and often do neglect our salvation and are unappreciative of our wonderful God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Why is salvation great?
I.It Comes With a Great Price
I Tim.1:15 / Rom.6:23
Illustration: Roman soldiers sometimes used other forms of execution than crucifixion. One form was to die a dead, decomposing body to a convicted criminal. The dead person had often died of leprosy or some other terrible disease. The criminal had to eat, work, sleep and live with this dead body attached to them. Soon, they began to die a slow, agonizing death because of the body attached to them.
The Bible says that we have a body of death tied to us...it's called sin.
How much would that convicted criminal have paid to have the decomposing body taken off them. This is a powerful picture of the salvation, deliverance, and freedom that we have in Christ.
Why else is salvation great?
II. It Comes With Great Promises
I John 1:7 / I John 5:13 / Rev.21:3,4
III.It Comes With Great Blessings
Eph.3:8 / Heb.13:5,6
IV. It Takes Away Fear
Fear of death. Fear of hell. Fear of trouble. Fear of uncertainty.
Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
V.It Comes With a Great Inheritance
I Peter 1:3-5
VI.It Is Personal
Ps. 23 "The Lord is MY shepherd"
Rev.2:17 (white stone given with a new name in it which no one knows except you and God)
Salvation is also great because
VII.It Is Simple
Acts 16:30,31
There is no premium on intelligence and no penalty for ignorance.
Conclusion
Do we neglect our salvation? Are we unappreciative?
Ill. Robert Robinson was a preacher and hymn writer. During one phase of his life he drifted away from the Lord. He sat down on a train and a woman sat down near him. Within a few minutes, she showed him a song she had been reading. The tears began to stream down his face as he realized this was a song he wrote years before entitled "Come Thou Fount."
Part of the song read, "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart oh take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above."
Salvation is great for so many reasons. Will you reject it today?
Will you neglect it today?
Introduction
Christians have something that we often neglect and are unappreciative of.
May we as Christians be reminded of what we neglect today and may the lost receive God's great salvation today.
Text Hebrews 2:1-4 "how shall escape if we neglect so great salvation"
We use the term "great" loosely today...
The greatest thing, the greatest gift anyone could ever have is salvation.
This verse does not say "how shall we escape if we REJECT so great salvation"
It says neglect, which means to have little or nothing to do with.
This verse is often preached to the lost and if the lost are saved as a result, glory to God.
But the primary intent is to saved people. We can and often do neglect our salvation and are unappreciative of our wonderful God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Why is salvation great?
I.It Comes With a Great Price
I Tim.1:15 / Rom.6:23
Illustration: Roman soldiers sometimes used other forms of execution than crucifixion. One form was to die a dead, decomposing body to a convicted criminal. The dead person had often died of leprosy or some other terrible disease. The criminal had to eat, work, sleep and live with this dead body attached to them. Soon, they began to die a slow, agonizing death because of the body attached to them.
The Bible says that we have a body of death tied to us...it's called sin.
How much would that convicted criminal have paid to have the decomposing body taken off them. This is a powerful picture of the salvation, deliverance, and freedom that we have in Christ.
Why else is salvation great?
II. It Comes With Great Promises
I John 1:7 / I John 5:13 / Rev.21:3,4
III.It Comes With Great Blessings
Eph.3:8 / Heb.13:5,6
IV. It Takes Away Fear
Fear of death. Fear of hell. Fear of trouble. Fear of uncertainty.
Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
V.It Comes With a Great Inheritance
I Peter 1:3-5
VI.It Is Personal
Ps. 23 "The Lord is MY shepherd"
Rev.2:17 (white stone given with a new name in it which no one knows except you and God)
Salvation is also great because
VII.It Is Simple
Acts 16:30,31
There is no premium on intelligence and no penalty for ignorance.
Conclusion
Do we neglect our salvation? Are we unappreciative?
Ill. Robert Robinson was a preacher and hymn writer. During one phase of his life he drifted away from the Lord. He sat down on a train and a woman sat down near him. Within a few minutes, she showed him a song she had been reading. The tears began to stream down his face as he realized this was a song he wrote years before entitled "Come Thou Fount."
Part of the song read, "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart oh take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above."
Salvation is great for so many reasons. Will you reject it today?
Will you neglect it today?
Government Concerns
I usually blog Christian/Bible/Pastoral topics as these are most important to me. Lately, however, I have just wanted to sound off on government concerns.
I love my country. But my country has changed and is changing.
For example,
Homosexual marriage has been cleverly twisted into a civil rights issue. Same-sex marriages are now legal in certain states and will continue to expand. Failure to agree equates one as a bigot or one who practices discrimination.
Our President has ushered in socialism with the approval of Congress. This is not authorized by the Constitution nor does it have executive precedent. (We own 60% of GM. As a majority stockholder, I'll take a new car please.)
Our President now appeals "to Muslim friends" and kicked off his presidency with three prayers: Christian, Jewish and Muslim. He stated in Cairo that "in the trauma of 9/11, we abandoned our principles....etc." (sickening)
Historically, the Treasury Secretary has been responsible for overseeing the printing of the money. You know, making sure the twenties have a "2" and a "0" and that the bills can't be counterfeited easily. In the last year, however, the Treasury Secretary has been allowed to manage billions in assets, making his job of unparalleled importance. NO ONE discusses the constitutionality of this. Who knew who the Treasury Secretary was back in the 80's or 90's?
Unless you were bored while waiting at Sonic and scanned your $$ bills!
The federal government controls education. NOWHERE in the Constitution does the federal government have any listed power with regards to education. In fact, it states that powers not given to the federal gov't. are given respectively to states and individuals (amendments 9 & 10).
The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review for ANY law it wants to rule on. How did they get this power? They gave it to themselves with Marbury v. Madison in the late 1800's.
No one questions this power grab nor the absolute control of Appeals Courts throughout the country.
Congress is corrupt (nuff said).
The state of Texas so graciously says that I can carry a weapon if I have a "right to carry license." Thank you Texas for giving me permission to do something that the Constitution ALREADY SAYS I can do. "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
I could go on and on about permits for Bible studies in California, the squashing of abstinence education by the current administration, or the proposal of "smart energy" in our homes (you know, where the gov't. controls your thermostat out of concern for energy usage).
But I'll stop. I'm starting to depress myself.
I guess I'll just hang on to the middle verse in the Bible:
Psalm 118:8 "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."
I love my country. But my country has changed and is changing.
For example,
Homosexual marriage has been cleverly twisted into a civil rights issue. Same-sex marriages are now legal in certain states and will continue to expand. Failure to agree equates one as a bigot or one who practices discrimination.
Our President has ushered in socialism with the approval of Congress. This is not authorized by the Constitution nor does it have executive precedent. (We own 60% of GM. As a majority stockholder, I'll take a new car please.)
Our President now appeals "to Muslim friends" and kicked off his presidency with three prayers: Christian, Jewish and Muslim. He stated in Cairo that "in the trauma of 9/11, we abandoned our principles....etc." (sickening)
Historically, the Treasury Secretary has been responsible for overseeing the printing of the money. You know, making sure the twenties have a "2" and a "0" and that the bills can't be counterfeited easily. In the last year, however, the Treasury Secretary has been allowed to manage billions in assets, making his job of unparalleled importance. NO ONE discusses the constitutionality of this. Who knew who the Treasury Secretary was back in the 80's or 90's?
Unless you were bored while waiting at Sonic and scanned your $$ bills!
The federal government controls education. NOWHERE in the Constitution does the federal government have any listed power with regards to education. In fact, it states that powers not given to the federal gov't. are given respectively to states and individuals (amendments 9 & 10).
The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review for ANY law it wants to rule on. How did they get this power? They gave it to themselves with Marbury v. Madison in the late 1800's.
No one questions this power grab nor the absolute control of Appeals Courts throughout the country.
Congress is corrupt (nuff said).
The state of Texas so graciously says that I can carry a weapon if I have a "right to carry license." Thank you Texas for giving me permission to do something that the Constitution ALREADY SAYS I can do. "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
I could go on and on about permits for Bible studies in California, the squashing of abstinence education by the current administration, or the proposal of "smart energy" in our homes (you know, where the gov't. controls your thermostat out of concern for energy usage).
But I'll stop. I'm starting to depress myself.
I guess I'll just hang on to the middle verse in the Bible:
Psalm 118:8 "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."
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