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April 15, 2017 • 17:56 0

Why Are We Here?

One of the more enduring questions posed by man’s “big thinkers” is:

Why is man here?

Another similar question is “What is man’s purpose on earth?”

The purpose of man–and why he was created–is clearly set forth in God’s Word: the Bible.

But it is a purpose which proud men have resisted since the beginning.

“And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:”
—Jeremiah 32:38

The Bible makes clear, both in the Old and New Testament, that God is looking for a people to which He can be a God.

To that end, He set up the earth, created man and gave man the ability to NOT choose God.

By giving man free will (and surrounding him with a plethora of other, ungodly choices), He ensured that those few who DID choose God would be sincere in their choice.

God has made clear his aim to find a people for eternity throughout His Word.

Again, God states this in the Old Testament.

“And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
—Jeremiah 24:7

And God states this in the New Testament.

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”
—Hebrews 10:16

“and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people”
—Hebrews 8:10

God is looking for a people.
–from GOD’S PLAN: God is Looking for a People

Man was created so that a people who want to worship God can be chosen from among them.

Again, not a purpose or plan which proud men will promote.

Not a purpose or a plan which the big thinkers will promote.

Not a purpose or plan which the churches will promote.

Just the purpose which is clearly stated in the Bible.

Is the reader a proud one?

Or is the reader one who walks by faith?

Is your calling and election sure?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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January 29, 2017 • 11:00 0

God’s Purpose and the Demonic

GOD: Has always been looking for a people who want Him as their God.

Man will never tire of questioning authority, particularly the authority of God Word.

IF man chose to believe God’s Word, he would know God’s purpose for man, the earth and the place of man (and evil spirits) in such a world.

GOD’S PURPOSE

“And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:”
—Jeremiah 32:38

God’s express purpose in creating man and the world in which man lives: to find for himself a people to whom He can be their God.

And They Shall Be My People: God is Looking for a People

To that end, God created man,created the earth, gave man the ability to either accept OR reject God, surrounded man with a number of choices which were attractive but contrary to God, sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for man’s possible salvation and gave man a span of years in which to make a decision either for or against God and Jesus Christ.

As such, this present life is little more than a probationary period; a test: a time to determine where each person will spend the rest of eternity.

This Life is a Test: It is Only a Test

WHY did God go to all of this trouble?

In order to find a relatively few people who will freely choose Him over the blandishments of the world (money, power, knowledge, lusts, control, recognition, honors) in which they live.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
–1John 2:15-16

On the one hand are the things of the world: attractive, immediate and experienced by the senses. On the other hand is the Word of God: warning man what is good and what is evil. The good is usually deferred to the next life; the evil, can be immediately experienced NOW–though it will have judgments and penalties (health, stress, etc.) attached.

Man makes his choice and God will pass judgment on whether each person desires God or something else that is not God.

Making The Choice: God or Everything that is Not God

The end times will make the choice between God and everything that is NOT GOD stark and clear. No one will have any excuse for why they chose that which opposes God.

To help those few who make the choice for God, God sends His Holy Spirit to indwell each believer.

“as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
—2 Corinthians 6:16

So God’s overriding purpose is to find a people who will freely and sincerely worship Him as their God.

“For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.”
–Ezekiel 34:11

GOD’S PLAN: God is Looking for a People

THE DEMONIC

So where does the the demonic (demons, evil spirits, unclear spirits, familiar spriits) fit into God’s plan? After all, such spirits come from God Himself.

Where Do Evil Spirits Come From?

Utilizing the demonic is a shortcut which attempts to bypass God.

The Normalizing of Illegitimate Supernatural Power in the End Times

Accessing demonic power is another temptation offered by this world.

Those who access illegitimate supernatural power use it for selfish purposes; for their own ends. It is both an attraction and a snare.

And accessing such power comes with its own particular judgments and penalties.

Demonic power is merely another bad choice which is NOT GOD.

And the judgment for using such power is particularly fitting: because the user is deceived and believes this power to be a great benefit, he is very reluctant to give it up. Therefore, the very thing that is destroying him is the very thing he will, in his deceived state, most cling to.

God is looking for a people.

This people must value what they cannot see (faith) over this present world.

Such a people must be willing to undergo persecution and tribulation in this present world in exchange for an eternity of bliss.

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
–2Timothy 3:12

“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
–Acts 14:22

DOES the reader trifle with illegitimate supernatural power?

THERE is still time to change direction (repent) and place one’s trust in Almighty God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

End Time Rising: Running out of Time

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

THE GOSPEL

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
—2 Corinthians 4:3

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December 18, 2016 • 11:00 0

Universal Mystery Solved: WHY God Allows Suffering

TO ALL THOSE WHO CRY “WHY?”

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
—1 Corinthians 10:31

From time to time, various men, many posing as ‘men of God,’ put forth questions about what they consider to be the mysteries of the world.

Examples of such questions are

“WHY does God allow death?”

“WHY does God allow suffering?”

“HOW can God allow young children to die?”

These questions are made to appear as “paradoxes” or “mysteries.”

They are not mysteries however:when posed as sincere questions, they are markers. Markers which reveal a lack of faith in the person asking such questions.

Man was created for one specific purpose: to provide fellowship to God while exalting and glorifying Him as the Creator of all things.

(Oh, how this makes many men uncomfortable! They are uncomfortable with the idea of ANYTHING, including God, being higher than themselves.)

Since there can be no true fellowship with automatons, God created man with the ability to reject Him.

Since man has the ability to reject God, ALL who choose God do so without coercion. They choose God of their own free will through faith (putting their trust in that which is not yet seen).

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
—Hebrews 11:1

Throughout the Bible, God declares time and again that He is “looking for a people.” Specifically, He is looking for a people who choose Him over everything else this wicked world has to offer.

GOD’S PLAN: God is Looking for a People

ALL those who choose God will glorify Him. After all, He is the creator of all that is.

“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.”
—Psalm 29:2

Giving glory to the Lord is not natural with sinful man.

Man would much rather give glory, honor and exaltation to himself.

And the world offers that sort of exaltation and glory to man every day. And in America (and especially in the churches of America), man and his works are exalted and promoted EVERY SINGLE DAY.

To ALL those who choose God (God’s people), they know He loves them and works everything out to, not only their benefit, but to the greatest benefit of ALL who love the Lord.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
—Romans 8:28

The fake and fraudulent “men of God” who are always posing what they consider to be unanswerable “mysteries” operate from a lack of faith (Faith being necessary to become one of God’s people).

This world is merely the screening process to allow God to find His people.

“and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people”
—Hebrews 8:10

Those who rail against God; who make this screening process–this thing we call LIFE–the end-all goal of man’s existence operate in error and deceit.

Though the deceived will exalt and magnify this present life and this present world: This LIFE–this 50-80 year span of time–is merely the probationary period which determines where each person will spend eternity.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Man is encased in flesh, which is a suit of sin. He is placed in the middle of the world, which is the source of much sin. Man is given appetites, in themselves not a bad thing, BUT appetites uncontrolled turn into lusts.

Man is tempted by the trinkets and power of the demonic as well as by Satan. Man has his five senses to process information: touch, smell, hearing, taste and sight.

And these senses cry out to be indulged.

ANY who overcome all of the above and choose to place their trust in God (who they cannot see) and His future promises contained in His Word, make it through this snare called LIFE.

To ALL who turn their backs on what this present life offers and who live, not for this world, but for the next: their reward is eternal salvation and fellowship with their Creator.

(Their ‘reward’ in this life however is persecution and the hatred of the world. But throughout the slings and arrow of this world, God still gives His people PEACE.)

In return, they give God glory as the source of all in the universe.

Not a bad deal at all.

EVERYTHING in this life; EVERYTHING in this world is subordinate to the Lord identifying the ‘people of God‘ through the system he has set up.

Which is this present life in this present world.

And God’s people give Him glory continually for all things, including the snares of this pit which is called LIFE.

“that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.”
—1 Peter 4:11

Even though God’s people cannot see the promise except through faith, they can see it as though it were a material thing.

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”
—Hebrews 11:13

Faith is how God’s people walk every day.

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”
—2 Corinthians 5:7

And when one walks by faith, this world will pose many less “mysteries” than when one walked by sight.

THERE is still time to change direction (repent) and place one’s trust in Almighty God and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

End Time Rising: Running out of Time

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

THE GOSPEL

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
—2 Corinthians 4:3

[Portions of this piece appeared previously in Making The Choice: God or Everything that is Not God, End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 16, 2015 and End Times Prophecy Headlines: December 16, 2016]

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December 6, 2015 • 12:13 26

GOD’S PLAN: God is Looking for a People

GOD: Has always been looking for a people who want Him as their God.

A REASON FOR THE END TIMES:

GOD IS LOOKING FOR A PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE HIM

“And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:”
—Jeremiah 32:38

The Bible makes clear, both in the Old and New Testament, that God is looking for a people to which He can be a God.

To that end, He set up the earth, created man and gave man the ability to NOT choose God.

By giving man free will (and surrounding him with a plethora of other, ungodly choices), He ensured that those few who DID choose God would be sincere in their choice.

God has made clear his aim to find a people for eternity throughout His Word.

Again, God states this in the Old Testament.

“And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
—Jeremiah 24:7

And God states this in the New Testament.

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”
—Hebrews 10:16

“and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people”
—Hebrews 8:10

God is looking for a people.

He is looking for a people who freely choose Him when there are other, more carnal choices surrounding them. He is looking for a people who choose Him by faith, when the rewards of choosing God are afar off and not easily seen (at least to those using their physical eyesight).

“as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
—2 Corinthians 6:16

God is looking for a people.

He is looking for people who will choose Him over money, power, control, pleasure and other earthly delights.

The end times are made for making such choices: the earth will be filled with wickedness and evil men will never seem more frightening. YET, God promises protection and ultimate victory to all who choose Him instead of giving in to their fears.

God is looking for a people who choose Him BEFORE that choice becomes just the last best option still left to them.

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”
—John 4:23

God is looking for a people who see Him as their God, not a form of fire insurance to save them from a certain eternity in hell.

The consequences of choosing God and His Anointed, Jesus Christ, are eternal life and perpetual freedom from the worries of this present world, including sin.

“And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”
—Zechariah 8:8

The consequences of choosing another way, or of giving into the fear of evil men or of trusting to one’s self, or in placing one’s trust in the things which can be seen, heard or touched are eternal death and destruction.

God knows the counterfeit from the genuine.

God is looking for a people to call His own.

“Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
—Ezekiel 37:26-27

Choose wisely.

“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
—Revelation 21:3

There’s yet still time to choose God and Jesus Christ.

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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