FROM PASTOR DEWEY MOEDE: As America continues to fall…..you must absorb God’s truth more than ever, or face hell. What will this country, America, look like in just 3 months from now? The America I know is falling fast. Where are God’s people? America may survive, if it does, it could be a Country I do not know, unless a GREAT AWAKENING OCCURS! NOT A HIGH SCHOOL PEP RALLY! The Church failed to carry out The Great Commission. Time to put away the pom poms ands throw out the candy cane sermons. Be Salt and light! Years and years ago the late great man of God, Chuck Colson said the American Church has ‘turned into a high school pep rally”. This downfall of America has been going on for years and years and now it has sped up big time.
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be
FGGAM WILL STAND STRONG FOR JESUS ALWAYS! You can stand for Christ in a secular culture
What does apostasy really mean?Feb 1, 2021 |
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| From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: I read in the New York Times and other articles about a movie entitled “Apostasy.” Several ministers have commented on it so it must have something to do with religion but what does apostasy really mean? — A.Q. A: The word apostasy is derived from two Greek words. Putting them together they mean “to stand away from” or “to abandon” one’s faith. The Biblical teaching about apostasy goes far deeper than that. It means to “fall away.” The Apostle Paul wrote about this to the church at Thessalonica. It affected every area of life. The word is so strong and so emphatic that it suggests a complete breakdown of morals, ethics and spirituality. The context indicates that the falling away refers not only to the abandonment of intellectual belief but also to an abandonment of morals and an abandonment of the love that is to characterize all Christians at all times. Paul wrote: “In latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy” (1 Timothy 4:1-2), and “for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires … they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth” (2 Timothy 4:3-4). The Bible says, “The whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19). The wicked one is none other than Satan. His purpose is to create an atmosphere of immorality. He is working through society’s obsession with sex, falsehood, and every other evil in the world, causing many to depart from the truth. If our minds and hearts are not filled with God’s truth, something else will take its place. Know the truth that comes from Jesus Christ, and His truth will set you free (John 8:32). ======== (This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.) (c)2021 BILLY GRAHAM DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC. |
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WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! HELLO AMERICA!!! YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR EVIL POLITICS! The China Church continues to grow while you are stuck in the mud!
American Family Association: ‘It Is Still Astonishing to See the Power of the Gospel Play Out in our World Today in an Oppressive Environment like Communist China’
TUPELO, Miss. — According to the Christian charity Open Doors, the prospect that China’s Christian community could reach a staggering 300 million people by 2030 has unnerved communist leaders who fear “they’ll have to share power” as the Church increases in size and influence. The Chinese Communist Party, led by President Xi Jinping, is becoming increasingly concerned about the Christian population’s growth and is cracking down on religion as a result.
“Even for those who already believe the Bible, it is still astonishing to see the power of the Gospel play out in our world today in an oppressive environment like Communist China,” stated Ed Vitagliano, executive vice president of the American Family Association (AFA, www.AFA.net).
Open Doors’ Director of Strategic Research, Ron Boyd-MacMillan, said, “And if it grows at the rate that it has done since 1980, and that’s about between 7 and 8 percent a year, then you’re looking at a group of people that will be 300 million strong, nearly by 2030. And, you know, the Chinese leadership, they really do long term planning, I mean, their economic plan goes to 2049, so this bothers them. Because I think if the Church continues to grow like that, then they’ll have to share power.”
“What has been happening in that nation over the last 70-plus years has been nothing short of miraculous. Christians in the free world should take great encouragement from the church in China and remember to preach the gospel to our own neighbors because we can––freely and without fear,” continued Vitagliano. “And let us not forget to pray for our brothers and sisters in China and elsewhere, as they endure tremendous pressure and persecution as they live faithful Christian lives and bear witness to the great love God has poured out to mankind through Jesus Christ.”
Open Doors ranks China at No. 17 on its World Watch List of 50 countries where Christians are most persecuted.
The policy of “Sinicizing” the Church — or merging it with Chinese identity — is being implemented across the country as the CCP relies strongly on Chinese cultural identity to stay in power by limiting whatever it perceives as a threat to its control on society.
Churches are being monitored and closed down across the country, whether they are underground or part of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, the officially sanctioned Protestant church in China. The government has also imposed a ban on the online sale of Bibles. Additionally, China uses high-tech surveillance to oppress and monitor believers.
For over 40 years, AFA has operated within the mission to inform, equip, and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American culture and give aid to the church here and abroad in its task of fulfilling the Great Commission. Find AFA Action Alerts here.
AFA—founded in 1977—has long been on the front lines of America’s culture war. Today, AFA is one of the largest and most effective pro-family organizations in the country, with nearly a million online supporters and approximately 160,000 subscribers to the AFA Journal, the ministry’s monthly magazine. In addition, AFA owns and operates nearly 200 radio stations across the country under the American Family Radio banner.
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