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I am heart broken that many in America do not see the EVIL in our Country! They are blinded by Satan and politics. Many have made politicians gods…..or are drugged by such groups as QAnon..or other evil groups….or the read about conspiracies more than they read the Bible…We are paying a deep price for all this sinful behavior! What future do our children and grandchildren have in America? Americans even argue about wearing a mask to help their fellow Americans. We have lost over 500,000 to COVID, the most deaths of any Country in the world! SHAME! SHAME! NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!!! 2020 was the year from hell! GOD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE! Many are greatly responsible for this hell! We are a lost nation at this point. I am dumbfounded that many Americans are not STUNNED by the attack on our Capitol, those people of Satan wanted to hang Vice President Pence and murder others! They killed 5 people! I do not know if America will ever heal from this in my lifetime. We are a stinking mess! It is getting worse here, you can’t dress up a pig….
Many Pastors need to take off their rose colored glasses and start preaching heaven and hell!
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Is jealousy what motivates hatred and why is hatred so prevalent in the world today?Feb 23, 2021 |
 From the writings of the Rev. Billy GrahamQ: Is jealousy what motivates hatred and why is hatred so prevalent in the world today? — J.H.
A: Hatred abounds all over the world and often stems from jealousy. Satan’s hatred of God was due to jealousy. He wanted to be exulted instead of exulting the God of the ages. At no time in history was hatred on display more than during the time of Jesus on earth. Herod hated Him because of fear that the Baby Jesus would someday become King. Herod caused the slaughter of infant children in and around the village of Bethlehem so that the prophecy would not come to pass. Hate knows no bounds. It is in motion at every level. “Look out for Number One,” has become the motto of scores of people. To make good they kick anyone who threatens their way of life, no matter how dark. We are living in a world that hates. We have even seen violence prompted by hatred within church buildings. Hatred is carried out against those who desire more than anything to preach the love of the Lord Jesus Christ and demonstrate compassion for those who suffer. Hatred is a social cancer which gnaws at the vitals of our people. It threatens the freedom of worshiping Jesus Christ as witnessed on every continent. Hatred is rampant — a sign of the depravity of the human race. The Bible teaches hatred is sin. The Bible also teaches that God is a God of love (1 John 4:8). Love is a basic part of God’s nature. Whoever we are, whatever our circumstances — God loves us and He is waiting for each person to come to Him in repentance of sin. Rejection of Christ is hatred of Him. The greatest answer for life is to say an eternal “Yes” to Christ and His offer of eternal life. ======== (This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.) ©2021 Billy Graham Literary Trust. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. (c)2021 BILLY GRAHAM DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, INC. Sectarianism Is Sin |
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Those who know me already know that I have been praying for Church revival and a national Spiritual Awakening for many years. What you might not know is that it has been since approximately 1992; nearly 30 years.
A special friend asked me recently what keeps me going, what keeps me from giving up, my answer was, “It’s worth it to stick with it!” Beloved, when God calls you to something, no matter the difficulty attached to the task, it is worth it to see it to completion according to His design. I believe God wants His Church to be revived, but His Church needs to want revival more than anything else and be willing to pay the price to achieve revival.
Historically, Church revival and Spiritual Awakening in the Church region were almost simultaneous in timing. When Christians sincerely pray for revival with fervency and humble repentance becoming righteousness, God sincerely heals the land, beginning at the Church.
Here is where we come to a blockage. I fear we will not experience a national Spiritual Awakening until we experience a national Church revival. Can you see our problem? Do you sense the blockage? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters, we have been speaking often about the terrible divisions in America; it is true and oh so sad. However, I think America has a bigger problem that she is not even aware of, and I do not believe the Church has even the slightest idea based on what I see, hear and read about nearly every day.
The Church is in sinful behavior as a practice because the Church is terribly divided and it seems to not just enjoy it, it works hard to maintain the things that divide her. However, before one moves to the political differences which have become somewhat obvious, she is not yet even in unity biblically speaking either and that is much worse! The Church must have unity of purpose to God above everything else, even politics or our self importance as churches or denominations.
God calls the Church His Bride, not His Brides! Jesus prayed that the Church would be One, not many of various thoughts and beliefs! The evil one has us right where he has always wanted us; who do you think coined the phrase first, “Divide and conquer”?
“Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).
“Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous” (1 Peter 3:8).
“Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2).
“Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Colossians 3:14).
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133:1).
“Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you” (2 Corinthians 13:11).
“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” (Ephesians 4:1-6).
“That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 15:6).
Church, America is being destroyed from the inside therefore she must be saved from the inside. And the pathway is paved with a humbled, repented, unified Church seeking the Father’s face.
“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Church, lack of unity goes against God’s desires for His church. An intentional lack of unity is sin! How can we claim to be a people of the New Covenant if we refuse to be in covenant with one another? How can we experience koinonia with God yet refuse to experience the same between the various churches which make up His Church, His Bride? We claim to believe it, but we fail to live it out as though we truly believe it.
Church! Bride! We must finally and once and for all time get this right! Pray On! . . . together, in unity!
