Spiritual Discussions

Tonight we started a Spiritual Discussions group here at Harry Hunter Centre which Scott and I were leading for tonight. It was totally voluntary and 9 guys and girls turned up which was great for a start.

We didn't have anything really planned but knew that many of the guys had questions of God and spirituality floating around in their heads, and some of these questions were disturbing and frustrating them. Scott started off with a reading then opened it up for discussion, and question after question flowed from the 'clients' of Harry's.

What a night of discussion, ranging from what does it mean to let God in, to the big questions about Heaven and Hell, but I was so pumped with these guys thinking about it and asking the big questions!

Every Wednesday night we have chapel here on the sight of the centre and last week I gave a message on us being spiritual beings in a physical world. The culture here is there is no real response opportunity given, but sometimes a few questions will be given to the Officers throughout the week if required, but I opened up the meeting for prayer and a response if anyone wanted to. No one responded, but 3 guys hung around afterwards and stayed in their seats. One of them stayed and spoke to Scott and myself for at least an hour about what God was speaking to him.

Tonight another guy was telling us that he had given up on all the God stuff, but after the message I gave last week, he really wanted to give God another go! Awesome, Hallelujah! Most of the guys here have had hard lives and bad experiences of God through the church, but hearing some of the stories from here, even just tonight was unbelievable! The Spirit was really stirring, and I felt that God really spoke through me tonight, so hopefully some of these guys really start nurturing a relationship with God, and I believe they will, in Jesus Name!

Please just take a moment to pray for all the men and women here at Harry Hunter Centre in Western Australia - there is some amazing work happening and God is really moving. I'm leading and giving the message again this Wednesday night, so please also pray for that night, I feel God is wanting to use this weeks chapel again for His glory.

God, please open up Heaven and pour out Your blessings on this place as you have been doing and change lives for the better, give hope, joy and peace to all of those that are struggling here presently. Thanks God, we love You and serve You.

In Jesus Name we ask!

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

Matthew 21:22

Red hot and Committed??

I was reading some of Catherine Booth's book 'Practical Religion' the other day and found an interesting paragraph I'd like to share with you. The passage is found within the chapter entitled 'Hot Saints'.

Catherine wrote;

"WHY does God like people to be hot in His service? For the same reason that we like people to be hot in ours. We have no confidence in half-and-half, fase and-loose friends; milk-warm adherents who in times of danger wait to see which way the wind blows before they commit themselves to our views or interests; sevants who will serve us while at the same time they can serve themselves but the moment our interests and theirs appear to clash will leave us to our fate. We may use the half-hearted as far as they serve our purpose, but we have no confidence in them, no heart-fellowship with them, no joy over them. We would rather they were hot or cold out-and-out friends or foes." p109

Have you ever heard the saying, 'treat others how you would like them to treat you', how would God, then in return, treat those outlined above? Does God see you as trustworthy? Have you earnt God's trust?

I want to be red hot and consistant so on that day when I meet Him face to face He will smile at me! [Can you imagine that day you stand before Jesus and not being able to look Him in the eyes.. your heart just sinks knowing what's in store for you - your choices this very minute shapes that moment]

Decide today whether you are fully committed or fully not - THER IS NO IN-BETWEEN!

Saved or doomed! In or out! For God or against Him, headed for Heaven or headed for Hell - totally your choice, but you already knew that!

Know where you stand, and don't waver!

'I would thou wert cold or hot'

Revelation 3:15

Saved or un-saved?

We believe that our first parents were created in a state of innocency but, by their disobedience, they lost their purity and happiness; and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God

(Article 5 - Salvation Army doctrines)

Every man is regarded now as a sinner in need of salvation. Romans 3:23 says "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God". Since Adam and Eve disobeyed God (Genesis 3), man was destined to be separated from God. Disobedience to God separates us from Him, eternally not just here while we live on Earth.

Sin is more than the breaking of particular commands; it is inward opposition to the will of God. In so doing the sinner separates himself from God, the source of all true life [Handbook of Doctrine pg85 section VI]

If we haven't gone to God for forgiveness for this wrong we've done against Him, we will be punished by eternal separation from God, eternal damnation. If you want to be saved from this I'll explain how;

Everything has to be paid for, old school you had to bring something of great worth, so back before my day, that mostly was in the form of the best from your flock, ie, the best lamb without imperfections and sacrificed it in your place, otherwise you would pay by death - your life - eternal death.

Now this has been made redundant by one human sacrifice, one for all

"We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has, by His suffering and death, made an atonement for the whole world, so that whosoever may be saved"

(Article 6 - Salvation Army Doctrine)

It is God's will that all should be saved (1 Tim. 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 4:14) All men need the gospel and have a right to hear it.

It is my duty to take it to you!

All you have to do, is realise you have separated yourself from God, ask Him for forgiveness through His Son's sacrifice of dying in your place, and change your ways. God has made it that easy!

Once you've realised this rebellion from God, admit it to yourself, ask God for forgiveness from it, know you need to change your lifestyle and make the improvements based on God's Guidelines to Living a Full Life (better know as the Bible) and you will then be SAVED!

We use the term saved in a broad term, it means salvation from a range of things like sin itself, eternal punishment (Hell), spiritual oppression, and other things that sin or rebellion causes.

If you know you need to change some things in your life but not sure where to start, leave me a comment or email me at mapleback_simon@hotmail.com. Even if you have just changed your way and lined your life up with God, also please let me know.

Bless ya

"For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."

Romans 10:10

Transformation

Sunday night marked the first youth meeting of my home Corps for 2009, the first one that I haven't organised and led. My younger brother Sean has had the leadership passed onto him; he's a really capable and talented leader and I'm proud of his humility (slight punt on words!)

The worship was great, my bro had an unsaved work mate playing guitar and a new set up with a few new and upcoming band members. It was great that I could attend and participate in the worship, it's not often I get to do that.

So now my main points. Sean talked about Transformation and went hard without remorse telling us that with the power and love of God, what's stopping you from being transformed?

We had a time of sanctification and repentance followed by a time for healing where a younger girl wanted emotional healing that I was allowed the privilege to participate in. While praying for her, I felt quite a bad pain in my lower back, I had known that a bit over a year ago she was in a car accident that damaged the muscles in her lower back but hadn't heard about it for a while. I asked her about it and the past week it had really been painful and aggravated, so we prayed for healing and God moved and she was relieved from the pain.

I caught up with her tonight, and she's still relieved of the pain, she can still feel some tension but compared to the past week, it is a huge improvement. Praise God!

You know that every 2 seconds someone dies? How many of them have eternal life through knowing the grace of Jesus? Not many, a large majority of them will be held accountable for their disobedience to God; tell as many people today of Jesus' love and forgiveness.

God is so good, come to know Him today

"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Luke 5:32

Four Minutes

Was listening to Madonna's and Justin Timberlake's song the other day on the radio and a few things jumped out at me.

The first thing is how cool would it be if all disciples of Jesus joined in together for a global four minutes to save the world campaign - synchronise watches and go carry out the great commission. I know we should be doing this all the time anyway, but how bout a one off 4 minute hit on the world, all women, children and men evangelise at the same time, wonder what would happen?

The other thing was a couple of lines;

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions"

How many people have good intentions but never actually do something about them. Many people thing they're a good person, will help save the environment or sponsor a child someday or will repent of their wrong doings at a later date - good intentions will never give you an 'out of Hell free pass' - today is the day of salvation - don't wait till tomorrow - call on Jesus today, right now actually!!

Another line is;

"But if I die tonight, at least I can say I did what I wanted to do"

If you look at a time line of all eternity which our immortal souls will live for, find your life span on that timeline - tell me is it really worth it, doing what you want to do or do what you should do.. eternity is a long time - weigh it up!

So find Jesus' plan for your life today, good intentions will never get you anywhere, and doing what you want to do is selfish, there's a bigger world out there, a bigger Kingdom out there that you are invited to be a part of.

Take the opportunity today; wanna know more email me or comment me - don't miss out on the ride of your life - life the life you were born to live - find out how - ask your Creator!!

Bless ya

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:12-13

Sounds of Hell - WARNING - DISTURBING!

I found this video on you tube the other day.

I know many readers won't believe it and will say it's a hoax, but whether or not it is - we know Hell exists and even if it is a hoax, thinking it could be even similar or as simple as something we could make up, it's freaky. It will be worse than something we could ever imagine with a human brain!!

WARNING - This video might be disturbing to many viewers

Are you saved - Ask Jesus today to save you - it's free! The choice is yours.

"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Acts 2:21

"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

What are we doing?

There is quite a lot of discussion happening on the Salvo blogs lately. There was one comment on Marney Turners blog by an 'anon' which said;

"Do you see church as something passive, that you go to observe? or something in which you participate?

Is Christianity something you do or are?

Where is "the church" Mon thru Sat?

If baptism is by water can it not be by the Living Water and by the Holy Spirit?

Can a uniform not be a statement of commitment?

Can items of clothing be a constant reminder to the person wearing them of meeting a certain standard of behaviour?

As a friend of mine once said "I wont put a "fish" on my car because then I'd have to drive like a Christian" "

Some good questions to think about. Sure the 'church' has deviated from it's purpose many times, and still in many ways today, but is it really the church or people within the church? Yes, the people within the church are the church, but then I suppose then it can go into questioning whether the 'denomination' if it is correct or not, but that's another topic all together.

There are way too many people that call themselves 'Christians' but don't even know what God requires of them. Who would become a part of, or assosiate themselves with something they have no idea about, like becoming a lion tamer or a Free Mason for example without knowing what they actually do or what it actually means.

Christianity has much to answer for, or is it really people in the church that have much to answer for!? Back before the reformation of the church, the Catholic church became an entity that was all about controlling people in the name of 'God' which really was nothing like what God requires from His people - my God is a God of justice - that means people are liberated spiritually and even physically, not so you can do what you want sinfully, but so you are free from oppression and any form of slavery, etc.

I like the part of the above statement about a uniform being a statement of commitment. Many 'Soldiers' of the Salvation Army these days don't do more than observe 'church' and it just is a passive thing - uniform to them is something they just wear to just be a part of the 'club' and not for anything outside of the four walls of the church where it's true purpose lies; its funny that these people are slowly just wearing casual civilian clothes to worship, even footy club clothing I've noticed rather than their uniform.

Why did Salvationists wear uniform in the first place - because they wanted to show they were apart of the fight, were committed and wanted to be associated with this Army God had raised up, not just for it's Soldiers to club meetings to make themselves feel good and pat each other on the back saying 'you're doing a good job' but actually get out there save the dying and clothe the naked and snatch people out of the clutches of damnation on many levels.

What happened to that?? We lost the vision of eternal damnation. I'm sure forgot to study the Word and therefore the requirements of Salvation, became comfortable thinking that sitting in 'church' occasionally would give them a free pass into 'heaven'. I've had a few small envisions of hell and that 'encourages' me strongly to actually partake in our calling to save the lost! If you've lost your passion or your enthusiasm, read the Word more, pray more, ask God for a renewed passion for the lost, and even a vision of hell yourself - but as a warning - be ready for what you ask!!!

Arise Soldiers - enough is enough! - are you giving reason for God's enemies to blaspheme His Holy Name?? If so, stop calling yourself a Christian and associating yourself with God - you are doing the most damage to the Kingdom of God.

"I can't stand your religious meetings.

I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions.

I want nothing to do with your religion projects,

your pretentious slogans and goals.

I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes,

your public relations and image making.

I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music.

When was the last time you sang to me?

Do you know what I want?

I want justice—oceans of it.

I want fairness—rivers of it.

That's what I want. That's all I want. "

Amos 5:21-24

The most dangerous person alive?

If you were the most watched and therefore the most influential person on TV, would you stand up for what you believed to be true, or would you be blown around in the wind (James 1:6-8) to please people to make money (1 Timothy 6:10) - if worst comes to worst please don't deny Jesus!!

Watch some of these video's -



or these also



and this one explains the situation well in some detail from a Biblical view;





I think this is one great example of a false prophet the Bible warns us about - after all, Oprah claims she is a 'Christian' yet denies Jesus as the only way, teaches all the new age methods and has started up her own church.

Let's either pray for her, or pray her false teachings will now fail and people's eye's will be opened to the truth of Jesus.

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."

Matthew 7:15

Raising the dead

Have a read of this!

http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk/accounts/m/mccormack-ian-s1-all.php

Please join me in praying that by the end of the year we will see God's fullfilment of His word;

As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Matthew 10:7-8

Huge demons - do they exsist?

Some more about hell and demons - knowledge that's not necessary for your salvation, but good reasons to stay away from hell - therefore you might just want to be saved!!


"Some have asked me, does the Bible support demons that are 12 or 13 feel tall? On a tape series by Chuck Missler, he gives an explanation for the height of some of the demons I saw in hell. He speaks of the portion in the Book of Genesis that describes 'giants on the earth,' which came about as a result of the fallen angels that slept with women and bore children who were called 'mighty men' (Gen 6:2-4)

He also refers to Jude, which talks about angels (fallen) who didn't stay within their proper domain, but who left their abode and gave themselves over to sexual immorality. 'the remnant of the giants' is mentioned in Deuteronomy 3:11 where it specifically calls out a man whose iron bed was approx. 13.5 feet long.

I'm sure you have heard the story of David and Goliath. Goliath was over 9 feet tall, and he wasn't' alone. The Bible says that Goliath had four other brothers, all giants, and one even had 12 fingers and 12 toes (6 per hand and 6 per foot). (see 2 Sam 21:20!)

It is reasonable to conclude that the unusually large size of men was a direct result of contact with the fallen angels. The fallen angels themselves were probably also very large. These evil angels were cast down to hell as mentioned in Jude 6-7 and 2 Peter 2:4."

From "23 minutes in Hell" by Bill Wiese pp 125-126


I personally have heard of a few of my friends who have 'warrior' angels protecting them which are approx 10 feet tall also and these guys are bold in their faith - I wonder why?!!

In my street ministries I have come across such angels also. To explain before I go on, one of my strongest Spiritual gifts is discernment which allows me to 'see' into the spiritual realm.

One night we were in Werribee around the 'Volt' nightclub on street ministry and I sensed a huge demon in the upper corner inside the night club and it had a smaller demon with it that was trying to impress the larger demon and I knew some trouble was about to erupt. Within 2 minutes 2 guys came out punching the lights out of each other!!

Demons love causing trouble, but here I sensed the presence of a very large demon with a smaller one also - the smaller still being about a normal mans height, if not slightly larger.

Hell is filled with these terrible, huge, ugly, pure evil beings. Do you want to share your eternal accommodation with them?? If not, make sure you're right with God today.

"But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior"

Titus 3:4-6

Hell

An excerpt from '23 minutes in Hell' by Bill Wiese;

"I was horrified as I heard the screams of an untold multitude of people crying out in torment. It was absolutely deafeninig.. The terror-filled screams seemed to go right through me, penetrating my very being...

...Through the panic and the deafening noise, I struggled to gather my thoughts. I'm in hell! This is a real place, and I'm actually here! I frantically tried to understand, but it was just so inconceivable.

Not me, I'm a good person, I thought. The fear was so intense I couldn't bear it, but again, I couldn't die. I knew that most people up on the surface of the earth did not believe or even know that there was a whole world going on down here. They wouldn't beleive it. But here it existed, and it was all too real. This place was so terrifying, so intense, and so hostile that it would be impossible for me to exaggerate the horror.

...The darkness was not simple absence of light - it had a distincive evil prescence, a feeling of death, a penetrating evil.

I looked off to my right and could faintly see flames from afar off that dimly lit the skyline... The flames were intense, but the darkness seemed to swallow up the light...

One of the most painful thoughts I had was the realization that I could never get to my wife. She had no idea of my existence in this place. I would never, ever see her again." (pg 9-10)

Finally Jesus came and saved Bill Wiese from Hell and a part of their conversation went like this;

"I asked Him, 'Why didn't I know You when I was there?(in Hell)'

He said, 'I kept it from you'. In order for me to experinece the hopelessness of those souls in hell, the fact that I knew Jesus had to be hidden from my mind. If I knew Him there... I would have had the hope that He would rescue me.

To experience the feeling of being lost forever was by far the worst part of Hell. On Earth, we always have some form of hope. Even amidst the most direful situations, we have hope that we'll escape, even if it's only through death. But there you know positively there is no hope whatsoever; you will never get out. Your soul cannot die, and you are lost and in torment forever."

I know it might seem strange for some people to be reading of such a terrible place, but for me to know the people I know and love might go there, is too much!! I want them to go to the place of eternal love, hope and happiness.

Do you know Jesus, are you saved from this place? If not, call upon Jesus now! (Don't know how - leave a comment or email me NOW!!)

What a great thought that I'm saved from that place of torment. I'm saved!! Thank You Jesus.

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Acts 4:12

Are we running out of time?

I've been reading this amazing book entitled "23 minutes in Hell" where this guys has found himself in the flesh in Hell.

His experience and detail of Hell was amazingly horrid, but it made me think of the total opposite, about Heaven and it's going to be one amazingly beautiful place!! But I'm not here to blog about Hell today - I want to share with you about what Jesus said....

This guy only spent a short time in that place for Satan and his angels and was rescued by Jesus. I'll share with you some of the dialogue that this guy Bill Wiese had with Jesus, take note...

"My next thought was, 'why did you send me to this awful place?'.

Before I could ask the question, He answered. 'Because many people do not believe that hell truly exists' He told me. 'Even some of My own people do not believe that hell is real.' I was amazed to hear that some Christians do not believe that hell is real. I know many people think that when you die you are annihilated, or some that hell is just a state of mind. That surprises me, because the Bible informs us so thoroughly on the subject. It does not teach that you are simply annihilated. The teachings are very clear that hell is a place of eternal torment. " p33

I find it amazing that Jesus Himself said this! His own people, don't believe in Hell!! If they were His own people, then they would follow His teachings, wouldn't they?

It continues a bit later...

"Finally He said, 'Tell them I am coming very, very soon'. In my spirit I felt an urgency to warn as many people as possible, as time is running out. He sternly said it again: 'TELL THEM I AM COMING VERY, VERY SOON!' Repeating Himself tells me His coming truly is getting very, very close. Time is running out. We must get the truth out to people so they can know that there is a choice to make. Without Jesus as your Saviour, you will not be going to Heaven, and that is absolutely certain." p37-38

Well! What to say after that.

Make a new years resolution to tell as many people about Jesus and His freedom every day!

If you get a chance to read this book by Bill Weise, just to get a glimpse of what could await you if you don't know Jesus as your Saviour, you'll want to know Him!!

We have immortal souls that will live forever in one of two places, choose today where you spend eternity.

"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

What do you think - 2

Do you think you're a good person? Why?

Are you doing your bit? How do you weight it all up? How do you justify your beliefs?

You might just be the nicest person in hell? What is the deciding factor between being the nicest person in hell and the worst person in heaven?

What are you're thoughts??

"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved"

Acts 2:21

Empowerment through the Holy Spirit - say no to Satan!

I will be responsive to the Holy Spirit’s work and obedient to His leading in my life, growing in grace through worship, prayer, service and the reading of the Bible.

This is the first part of a soldiers covenant that we agree to uphold when signing our lives to serve God in the Salvation Army.

I was just watching a show which involved psychics to solve crimes, people are attracted to this, it is attractive - why?!

I believe people think it is something that makes you different - it gives you a supernatural power and people notice you if you are psychic.

This is something I don't like to talk about often, but I was once psychic, I was a medium!

I was once attracted to this when I was younger and basically wanted to have this special ability - I thought it would be cool and I would stand out of the crowd and I would become the centre of attention - somehow I started to develop the ability!

I didn't realise at the time, but I said yes to Satan!

It wasn't relaxing or as glamorous as it is made out to be. I couldn't rest, my heart was becoming strained - if I didn't pass on a 'message' from the 'dead person' they would make my heart strain Anytime during the night 'they' would wake you and keep bugging you. It freaked out all my work mates and it was always negative or scary stuff.

It came to the point I had to do something. One of my mates, Pete (see blog roll) prayed with me and discerned that it was demonic and we prayed through it for many hours until I was free from it - I was then baptised into the Holy Spirit which I then developed the Spiritual gift of Spiritual Discernment and it became very obvious to me that what I 'saw' as 'dead people' were really demons deceiving me through a demon oppressing me.

Always remember this... Satan's biggest lie - he doesn't exist!!

If Satan exists, God exists - so he and all his fallen angels pretend to be something else that diverts our attention from God!!

What do we want to see?... our dead relatives to say that one last goodbye we didn't get.... we need to learn to use every minute we have in the hear and now!!

So, back to the first statement - we as Soldiers need to be responsive to the Holy Spirit's work!! If we are, we find we get word's of prophecy - that is a million times better than a word of a psychic!!!!!!! We find we can receive the gift of Discernment of the spirits - a helpful gift - Satan can appear as an angel of light!!! Hence - psychics are evil, they are empowered by demons... they might be nice people, but read 2 Corinthians 11:14 which says;

"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."

Let the Holy Spirit reign freely in your life for the glory of God!! Why go through the demons when you can go through God!! Do you want to follow the 'real thing' or an imitation?!

Psychics (demons) or God (Holy Spirit)??

Jesus or Hell??

Work on Holiness, it is quite obviously the answer to everything!! (Thanks Stephen!!) You won't find any psychics with the baptism of the Holy Spirit - wonder why?! We have the power of the Holy Spirit, so why don't we use it like psychics 'flaunt' their abilities?? Satan is much pushier I suppose, God leaves it up to us, so let's step it up Soldiers of Holiness!!

Praise God, be responsive to the Holy Spirit, 'preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season' (2 Timothy 4:2), bring all the glory to God He deserves!! Praise you Jesus, the Name above every name!!

"Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy"

1 Corinthians 14:1

"For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy"

Revelation 19:10 d

Uniform

I found this on Blood and Fire (see right column) (and photo from thewarcollege.com) and thought it was a great excerpt of why the Salvation Army have our unique uniform wearing approach to salvation, being an obvious presence and how it opens up so many doors and opportunities.

Why a uniform?

Although uniform wearing is not compulsory for Salvation Army Soldiers, most soldiers still chose to be identified by the clothes that they wear to church. Elijah Cadman an early pioneer of the Salvation Army was the first Salvationist to don a uniform. He did it because he wanted the devil to know that he meant to "fight to the death".

The uniform has changed over the years to reflect modern trends and undoubtedly will change in the future. However, many Salvationists could not envisage carrying out their distinct mission without one. The uniform has made Salvationists vulnerable to approach from the needy. When worn by a soldier with an on-fire testimony it becomes a passport to countless opportunities for service.

Salvationists continue to ensure that their uniforms to link them with the unsaved and do not serve as a barrier between us and those we long to serve. Military soldiers have different uniforms for different types of combat. Salvationists too need to know when to keep uniforms on and when to take them off.

One thing that was mentioned at ACC was human trafficking along with sex trafficking and talking about going into brothels and places connected with them, and our uniform was a great 'door opener' where if we had no uniform it would be a totally awkward situation if we wanted to go in to make a network and get our 'foot in the door' if you understand what I mean!

Sure uniform takes many different forms these days, but still whether it's a shirt with a red shield on it or a high neck uniform, it still is the symbol of SALVATION and a great reminder we're ultimately after leading a person into a relationship with Jesus!!

Join the war, become a soldier!

Foolishness?

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those WHO ARE PERISHING, but to those who are being saved it is the power of God"

1 Corinthians 1:18

Is that you above - is the cross foolishness?? How I pity you - how do you feel knowing that if you died now you would be awaiting pain for all eternity!

How does that make you feel? Not necessarily in flames as traditionally portrayed but with things like sulphur burning in your bones, people without mercy ripping off your skin, people without law skewering you with hot metal and you can't die any more - you cant run or hide - you just have to put up with it - FOREVER!!

Have you ever made fun of a Christian? Why? Do you think it's foolish what they believe? Read the verse above again! Do you think it's foolish what they believe I ask again? If you answered yes - then how do you feel?

THERE IS A WAY OUT!!

Have you heard of John 3:16 - say it to yourself! Do you know the verses that come after it? Verse 17 & 18 says;

"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to SAVE the world through Him. Whoever believes in in Him is NOT CONDEMNED

but whoever DOES NOT believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of God's one and only Son"

Hallelujah! It's Jesus or Hell! Believe it!