SPEAKING IN TONGUES - HARMLESS? NO! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS - BEST VIDEO I'VE SEEEN

I've had a funny feeling that this "speaking in tongues" is somehow dangerous.  This video goes into how and why it is so dangerous.  It's addictive and like all addictions, it takes more and more to reach that "high of the flesh" and many end up in trances or convulsing for days, acting hysterically and many walking away when they find they can't do it.  I hear this all the time but it seems no one is listening.  Unless you've been abused by this movement Spiritually, you will never understand what this doctrine can do to a new believer.  It almost caused my husband to walk away from God.  Now he's carefully going to a Bible teaching church.  It is a prideful thing as I've been told I'm immature but I know something about the other 65 books, not just Acts.  My friend needs constant validation.  I can't give it because she preaches only baptism and tongues, she leaves off the Cross.  

FYI

I am starting 2 new blogs.  One is for Christian faith-based support with those with addictions of any type, be it drugs, (street or Rx), alcohol, cigarettes, porn, anything.  I welcome anyone, believer or not, so long as they agree to the rules.  Second is all about cults and while I won't speak evil of them, I will put up a prayer list for a chain to pray for them.  However, most are familiar with those.  What I am more worried about is cults like Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, New Age Spiritualism, things like that and everything I post will be backed up by scripture, not my POV.  Be ye not deceived.  I will share it as I do this one but it's up to you to read it.  However, I do ask for your help with it.  If you have info, I'd appreciate it.  God bless and good night.  See you guys tomorrow!

ARE WE IN THE LAST DAYS? BY PASTOR ROBERT BREAKER AT CLOUDCHURCH

Well worth watching!  It will help your sharing the Gospel!  Enjoy.

SHARE THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION NOW!

ADVICE TO NEW BELIEVERS

I've been "in love" and believed in Christ Jesus since I was 6.  All of my life, even when I was not living for Him, I felt His presence and His voice trying to bring me home.  I knew deep down I would "one day" but I can tell you this...it is ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD and DIVINE INTERVENTION that I lived long enough to get right with Him.  Doctors have told me I'm a miracle.  One said he didn't believe in God but I was causing him to rethink that because there was no medical, logical or reasonable reason why I should be alive.  One nurse told me that my potassium and calcium levels were so low they were inconsistent with life but instead of being dead, I was alert and talking.  She called me a miracle and then said 2 minutes later would have been too late.  I say no, God was not ready for me so 2 minutes or 2 hours, God was not letting me leave until I surrendered to Him.  Did my life get easier?  Not by a long shot.  I got deceived.  I got unknowingly involved in 2 very dangerous cults.  Because I'd been raised in the truth, I quickly spotted the lie but the problems it caused me was long lasting.  So, I want to try to help new Christians get a good start and not make the mistakes I did.

Do not order ANY booklets from churches on the internet.  They are all cults.  The only book you need is the Bible and it is quite sufficient to interpret itself.  However, for the newborn, that's not easy so here's what you need to get.  Get as big of a Bible dictionary and concordance that you can afford and a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance that gives the meanings of the original text.  You can order them on the internet at ABE.com for about $4.00.  Go to used bookstores or go online and find the biggest regular dictionary that is from 1973 or older.  Do not get a new one.  They do not contain the Biblical meanings.  I lost mine in the move so I have to find one but I recommend the New World Dictionary written in 1973.  For example, worship doesn't mean bowing down and kissing the ground people walk on.  It means "respect."  Jealousy only means God expects your exclusive loyalty.  He IS the only Living God and created you.  Not too much to ask.  

Don't go pastor shopping on YouTube.  Almost every day I post a sermon by J. Vernon McGee and you can go there and find hundreds of sermons by him.  He's dead now but was popular in the 80s and he is a Bible-preaching only pastor and he has an awesome series called "Through the Bible."  Listen to him because it's not end times preaching or preaching in light of today's events and God's Word is the same but even though he never claims to be a prophet, he said what was coming according to the Word of God and it either has or we see it close by.  Most importantly, he has the true Gospel message down pat.  We are saved by grace through faith and belief, not of works or ourselves.  He preaches death, burial, resurrection in body is our salvation.  Good works are a natural occurrence of the repentant heart.  However, it doesn't happen overnight.  I'm doing a new blog exclusive to false prophets and cults.  I also have some links so be careful of these new doctrines.  Before finding a church, especially a mega-church, make sure they tell the 100% truth of the Word of God.  I am literally no denomination.  I follow Jesus.  

Know the Gospel, use the KJV only but if you want, read the New KJV concurrently as it is a good resource if you get stuck on a verse and need some help.  Be sure to get a red letter Bible and mine is awesome.  It has stars by prophecies and the ones that have been fulfilled are solid but those for future events are just the shape.  It has awesome parallel verses and only costs $11 at the Dollar General.  

I'll have more to add but before getting into a church, especially a very large one, research the denomination and find out what that church teaches.  Make sure it is not a cult or cult-like.  I'll post more information over the weekend as I think of it but pray without ceasing.  Pray before giving money, choosing a church or what books are good to read.  I highly recommend Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost for His Highest" and his small booklet on the Sermon on the Mount.  The older the pastor, the more likely you'll get the truth.  Do a quick search on known false prophets and cults.  Praying and being rock solidly grounded in the Word of God is your primary objective as it will protect you from deception.  Please share with any new believer.  I wish someone had given me this info but no, I got deceived.  I don't want that for you.  I'm praying for you and if you want, we can form a group to fellowship together.  Let me know!

CAN A CHRISTIAN DRINK?

On Monday night, news broke that Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White had been charged with vandalism and public intoxication. On my Facebook wall, I posted the following comment: “This just in…and the gold medal for character enhancement, once again, goes to alcohol.”

For years, well-meaning, sincere Christians have debated the subject of drinking. Let me be clear by saying there isn’t a single verse in the Bible that says a Christian cannot have a drink; although the Bible clearly warns about the destructive and addictive nature of alcohol (Proverbs 20:1; 21:17; 23:29-35; Ephesians 5:18) and is very clear that drunkenness is always wrong (Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Peter 4:3; Habakkuk 2:15; 1 Corinthians 5:11).

The Bible is also clear that mature Christians should avoid causing others to stumble by drinking (Romans 14:21), and that leaders ought to avoid drinking alcohol (Proverbs 31:4-7) and cannot be given to drunkenness (1 Timothy 3:3, 8Titus 1:7.)

I have yet to hear from anyone who drinks how alcohol enhances anything or blesses anyone. Max Lucado said, “One thing for sure, I have never heard anyone say, ‘A beer makes me feel more Christlike… Fact of the matter is this: People don’t associate beer with Christian behavior.”1 I’ve yet to see how it improves someone’s testimony or makes anyone a more effective witness for Christ. Quite the contrary, like Shaun White mentioned above, or Richard Roberts, Oral Roberts’ son, who was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, driving under the influence, the result doesn’t enhance your testimony. Rather, it takes away from what testimony you had.

Recently, a friend of mine, former megachurch Pastor John Caldwell, wrote an article in Christian Standard magazine called To Drink or Not to Drink? Here’s the link to his article. John’s article explained why he has personally abstained from drinking alcohol and dealt with the bigger issue of the contemporary church becoming more and more like the world.

Not surprisingly, a number of people responded to John’s article and some called him to task for taking such a strong stand against drinking. In response to the responses, my good friend Ken Idleman, former President of Ozark Christian College and now Pastor of Crossroads Christian Church in Evansville, Ind., wrote these words, which are among the very best I’ve ever read on this issue. I asked Ken for his permission to share them here.

“OK, I am conscience bound to weigh in on this one… For a minute, forget about making a definitive case for or against ‘drinking’ from the Bible. Here’s the truth from logic and real life. No one starts out to be an alcoholic. Everyone begins with a defensive attitude saying, ‘I’m just a social drinker and there is nothing wrong with it!’ no one says, ‘It is my ambition that someday I want to lose my job, my health, my self-respect, my marriage and my family. Someday I want to be dependent on alcohol to get through my day.’ Yet, this is the destination at which several millions of people have arrived. Why do you suppose that is? It is because alcohol is promoted and elevated as a normal/sophisticated activity in life… It is also expensive, addictive and enslaving. People get hooked by America’s number one legal drug. And just like all illegal drugs, alcohol finds it way into the body, the bloodstream and the brain of the user/abuser.

I had two uncles whose lives were wrecked by alcohol. The exception you say? Hardly. It is not what they wanted when they dreamed of their futures when they were in their 20s. Praise God, they were wonderfully delivered in their 60s when the grace of God became real to them. And can you imagine it?… They got their lives back by becoming total abstainers by the power of the Holy Spirit!

One of my most memorable conversations in the state penitentiary in Jefferson City, Mo., was with a young man facing a 28-year prison sentence for the brutal sexual assault of his own 8-year-old daughter. I will never forget the image. The tears literally ran off his chin and splashed on his shoes as he gushed, ‘I guess I did it. I don’t know. I was drunk at the time.’

Listen, some of those who are defensive in response to Dr. Caldwell’s thoughtful and courageous article will want to revise their text if, in a few years, they discover that they were able to handle their drinking just fine, but their son or daughter could not. Answer honestly. Could you live with the knowledge that your dangerous exercise of Christian liberty factored into your children’s ruin? Or, if your loved one is killed some day in a head on collision by a driver under the influence who crossed the center line, will you still be defensive of drinking?

A good friend during my growing up years was the only child of social drinking parents. When his folks were away, he would go to the rathskeller [German for tavern] in the basement where he developed a taste for alcohol. I won’t bore you with the details. He is 65 today. A broken life, broken health, broken marriages, a broken relationship with his only son, a broken relationship with his only grandchild, a broken career and a broken spirit that…tragically…he tries daily to medicate with the alcohol that led him to this tragic destination.

Hey, thanks for indulging my rant. Like my friend John Caldwell, I confess to setting the bar high for Christian leadership [especially] when it comes to aesthetic holiness. Call me a ‘right-wing fundamentalist.’ Call me a ‘throw back to the days of the tent evangelists.’ Call me a ‘simpleton.’ Call me a ‘minimalist.’ But, if you do, go ahead and also call me a ‘watchman on the wall’ where the welfare of my family [children, in-laws, grandchildren] and my church family is concerned.”2

Personally, I’ve yet to have my first beer and have no desire to start now or to drink alcohol of any kind. At the same time, I don’t judge those who believe they have freedom in Christ to drink. But when asked, I always tell people I don’t believe it’s the best choice.

The bottom line is this: The question really isn’t CAN A CHRISTIAN DRINK? Rather, it is: SHOULD A CHRISTIAN DRINK?

© 2012. Barry L. Cameron

1 David Faust, Voices From The Hill, (Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary, 2003) 252.

2 John Caldwell, “To Drink or Not to Drink,” Christian Standard 11 August 2012, 18 September 2012.

ANGRY ATHEIST VS. LOVING CHRISTIAN

As Christians, I'm sure all of us have encountered extreme anger by unbelievers.  Why are they so angry?  Why do they care what we believe?  This has always baffled me.  I'm not happy that unbelief has taken over as the new faith-based "religion" because it is faith-based but their faith is in, of all things, MAN.  How many men (mankind) has let you down?  Everyone you know.  We all do.  But why the anger?  This is a good example of how we should act when sharing the Gospel and encounter anger and persecution.  Be an example of Christ Jesus, pray for them and do good for them.  Jesus said it would be like pouring hot coals on their head.  I have a problem with controlling my temper when God is mocked.  I sin!  I'm also praying about that and we are all a work in progress.  The best thing we can do is practice.  Show the fruits of the Spirit and no matter what, in the end you've pleased God and that is the most important thing.  One day your words may become very important to them one day.  All we can do is share and then let God supply the increase.  

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND SHARE THE GOSPEL BECAUSE I FEAR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.  I'VE BEEN LEERY OF SAYING WE'RE IN THE END TIMES AND WE MAY NOT BE BUT I'M CONVINCED THAT THIS WORLD IS COMING TO AN END SOON.  THINGS ARE NOT GETTING BETTER BUT WORSE AND WILL CONTINUE GETTING WORSE.   

THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION

THE POTTER AND THE CLAY: SERMON BY DR. J. VERNON McGEE

The Potter and the Clay...Enjoy!

God Bless, Be Filled with the Holy Spirit and Love Much in Christ Jesus by...

Sharing the Gospel of Salvation!

1st Corinthians 15:1-11

Ephesians 2:8-9

John 3:16-17

Acts 8:37

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THROUGH THE BIBLE PART SEVENTY-TWO

Sermon for today by Dr. McGee.  Awesome pastor to listen to if you want the truth.  I didn't share much last night because I take every other Thursday off and Sundays to be with my family.  I love my new church too.  So, I will share again tomorrow and a little on Sunday to get back on track.  However, Sundays are my days to enjoy the life God has given me.  Listen, share and be blessed!

God Bless and Much Love in Christ Jesus!

The Gospel of Salvation

First Corinthians 15:1-11

HEBREW WORD OF THE DAY

I  stand for Israel always.  So out of respect for their Sabbath worship, I must put this up before sunset.  Today's word may send Starbuck's police after me, lol, but safe from the PC police.  So far, no knocks at my door.

TEA....

I paid $14.00 for 2 glasses of tea in Times Square in NYC.  Not worth it.  If you want good tea, you need to come down south!

Shabbot Shalom!