Without TRUE repentance there is no forgiveness of sin!

Without TRUE repentance there is no forgiveness of sin! Without true repentance there can be no true conversion! Without true repentance there can be no life in Christ! Without true repentance you will die in your sins! So why is repentance NOT being preached/taught today?

Many people today are offended by the truth of Gods word, they get offended by you preaching the truth! They get easily offended if you preach on repentance, holiness and hell. But those are the lukewarm and unbelievers because the true believers have the truth! True Christians hold on to the word of God, they believe the word of God and don't dismiss it! Jesus is coming back soon! Many don't believe that Christ is really coming! Many don't believe in hell. satan has many fooled, his time is short. Jesus said unless you repent you will perish. Christ taught repentance, he taught on hell. Christ said if your right hand offends you cut it off! What is Christ telling us? Christ is saying what ever is causing you to sin, get rid of it!!! (including your own hand if it causes you to sin, or your eye) why? because Christ knows its better to get rid of the thing(hand, arm, eye, etc) that is the cause for your sin so you may enter heaven! If your right hand is the blame, get rid of it, its better to eneter heaven blameless than to lose your own soul in hell. But many don't read the scriptures and take them seriously. I can tell you unless you take the bible seriously ((the whole word)) not some of the word, and unless you repent you will never see heaven! Christ said only a (((FEW))) will enter heaven. Many pastors don't preach the whole word to their congregation that's why when we bold brethren preach the whole counsel, the bold word, people get offended, why? because truth offends them? why? because its foreign to them, truth becomes a strange language to them because they know not the truth, for they hear not the truth! Truth is not being preached/taught today! Truth is what sets us FREE!

The RAREST thing we hear today is TRUTH! We barely hear sermons on Repentance, Holiness, Sin, Hell, Born Again, The Blood of Jesus, The Cross, The Wrath of God, Judgment, Sound Doctrine, To Deny Your Self and Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus, God is a Consuming Fire, The Fear of The Lord, God Hates Sin, True Repentance, True forgiveness, To Work Out Your Salvation with Fear and Trembling, etc.!

Today's Modern day preachers will teach/preach a modern day message, a message that will never point you to make change, or change the direction your going in, if your in sin, for most of today's modern day churches are run by satan! How will you know that you are in a place that is not teaching you the whole truth? Just listen to what is being preached in your church, if its only talk about blessings, and Gods got your back, without pointing you directly to the Cross, without pointing you directly to Jesus, without pointing you directly to repentance and to chase after holiness, to pursue a life of holiness and righteousness, then RUN FROM THAT CHURCH!

In Today's world SIN is accepted, but in Heaven NO sin is accepted!

If truth is not taught/preached, then we will end up with a lost generation, a generation that is on its way to HELL!

REPENTANCE, HOLINESS, AND TRUE CONVERSION (TRULY BEING BORN AGAIN) IS NEEDED TO ENTER HEAVEN! JESUS WARNS US IN Matthew ch 7: 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. JESUS WARNS US AGAIN IN Luke 13:24 (((Strive))) to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
SOUND DOCTRINE IS CRITICAL! WE MUST ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE! If your church is not teaching the truth found in Gods holy word, if they fail to bring sound doctrine then what your listening to is doctrines of demons/devils!

Repentance brings freedom! Repentance allows us to come into a real relationship with God through HIS one and only Son, Jesus Christ.

Jesus never said to live your best life now! Jesus never said it was going to be easy to live the Christian life! In fact living the Christian life is hard, but you must focus on the cost and the prize! Living your best life is NOT the Christian life! So if your living your best life now on earth, I urge you to REPENT and Believe the Gospel! Turn from your sins (repent) and turn to Christ!

Heaven awaits those who have truly repented! Heaven awaits those who love Jesus, those who are on fire for Jesus, those who are sold out for the kingdom of God, those who are sold out for the Lord Jesus Christ, and for those who loved and endured sound doctrine!
Hold fast to Christ word! Don't get deceived in the last days! Follow the true written word of the holy bible!
Jesus leads to everlasting life! satan leads many right to the gates of HELL!

In order to leave or depart from something you have to be apart of it initially.

In order to leave or depart from something you have to be apart of it initially. Many people start out following Christ, but that doesn't mean they will make it to heaven. Its how you finish (the race) in the end that will matter and determine if you were truly in the faith or have left or departed from the faith. True Christianity, to be truly saved, one must count the cost of following Jesus, one must pick up his or her Cross DAILY (not a one time thing) and follow the master Jesus Christ all his/her days of their life. You must endure to the end to be saved. Most do not realize what this means. To endure to the end you must be willing to forsake all your ways, sin, self, covetnesss, etc and follow only Christ, He is the only one that can take us to heaven! We must ENDURE sound doctrine, and not fall for the teachings of the doctrines of demons that is being heavily preached in these last days. We must endure persecution, trials and tribulation all for Christ. We must ENDURE THE FAITH, we must contend for the faith without compromise, slacking off, or getting lazy etc. We must take a bold stand for Christ and HIS TRUTH/HIS WORD over mans word/the worlds word. We must endure and be fully committed/devoted/sold out for Jesus Christ no matter what the cost! We must obey the master Jesus Christ, and follow HIS teachings/commands/His ways. We must be a sure doer of the word not only reading it or preaching it to others. Not only being a hearer of the word but being a doer of his word until the very end. We must endure what is coming to Christians, without turning away from Christ. Most people will fall away/depart from the faith, for they will not endure sound doctrine, they will not endure the words of the bible, they will not endure the life of Christ, they way He lived and the way He died. Most will not go to the extreme to follow Jesus. Most have a form of religion, they go to church every Sunday, they might read their bible once in a while, But they fail to get to know this Jesus they hear about for them self. Most have religion and not Christ. There's no intimacy with Christ! There's no time spent on your face hours in prayer, seeking the fathers face, seeking the fathers will. Most want the ticket to heaven (because its free) but they fail to know the truth, that their is a condition that Jesus made in order for anyone to go to heaven. Thy must take up their cross and follow Jesus. The Cross is painful! It's not a easy way of living. You must crucify your sinful ways/life and follow Jesus Christ. You must forsake your life and live for the one who dies for you, who ransomed you in HIS own life's blood. Heaven in much harder to get to than most think. Jesus never said it would be easy, in fact he said the way is narrow and few be that find eternal life. The falling away has begun. Many have departed from the faith. Jesus is soon to come back! Jesus cannot come back until the great falling away comes first! Its here people! Wake up and know the times and seasons we are living in. True followers of Jesus are hated for their faith, we are not liked and loved by the world. Jesus said if they hated me they will also hate you. The falling away that Jesus spoke of is definitely here. It takes more than reading something to understand, we need to Holy Spirit to illuminate the scriptures and make His word real to us. We have to have spiritual eyes and ears to hear what the spirit is saying to the churches in the last days. Christ could come at any moment! Are we fully committed to the work of the Lord? Are we really seeking the lost souls and telling them about Jesus Christ? Are we out there winning souls for Christ, while there is still time, while the door is still barely open? Are we not living in hypocrisy and living clean lives before Jesus? The world is going to hell, does anyone really care about the lost? Have we truly examined our own life in the light of scripture? Are we sure that we are saved and on the way to heaven? Jesus said in the last days deception would be rampant, sin would increase, many will have itching ears, they will follow doctrines of demons instead of the truth, and many will depart from the faith! I encourage us all to examine our life, ask your self are you still in love with Jesus like when you first felt you were on fire for Him? I exhort you to live a life of holiness, a life that is pleasing and acceptable to the Lord! I exhort you to know your bible and get on your face and pray before the Lord. Spend quality time/hours with the Lord. The spirit of the Lord is speaking to the end time Church. Its time for those who profess to love Jesus rise up in holiness and be doers of His word. If we are not doers we have fallen apostate, we have fallen away from HIS truth! We need to be close to our master Jesus and follow him tot he very end. When the Bridegroom Jesus returns, it will not take the Bride by surprise, as she was ready and waiting to go in with her Beloved Bridegroom for the marriage! For the apostate, the sleeping, the un ready, the fallen away they will be taken by surprise when Jesus comes, He will come upon them suddenly as a thief in the night! Be ready! Be watchful! Don't be sleeping in the last days. If you are not living your life fully dedicated/consecrated and sold out to Christ, you are only deceiving your self and are not worthy to be called his disciple. BE YE READY! THE BRIDEGROOM IS STANDING AT THE DOOR! BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!!!!!! JESUS WILL TAKE IN AND MARRY ONLY THOSE WISE VIRGINS! JESUS WILL MARRY THE CLEAN VIRGINS! THOSE WHO WERE FOUND READY! NOT LACKING! NOT SLACKING! NOT SLUMBERING! NOT SLEEPING! NOT FALLEN AWAY! NOT LOST HER OIL! NOT LOST HER LOVE/FIRE FOR HIM! AND NOT CHEATING ON HIM WITH OTHER LOVERS! THE BRIDE'S OIL WAS FILLED TO THE TOP! SHE WAS FOUND READY! HER LOVE FOR HER BRIDEGROOM WAS A FLAMING FIRE THAT HAS NOT GONE OUT! IF THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH OIL OF YOUR OWN? JESUS IS COMING! PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THE COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM! BE YE READY FOR THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH FOR A BRIDE WHO IS READY! ARE YOU THE FOOLISH VIRGIN JESUS TALKED ABOUT? OR ARE YOU ONE OF THE WISE VIRGINS, WHO WAS READY AND HAD OIL?

True followers of Jesus will stand against divorce and remarriage.

True followers of Jesus will stand against divorce and remarriage. 

CHRIST THE NARROWWAY, THE NARROW ROAD!

HELL HAS ENLARGED HER SELF!
HELL HAS MANY ENTRANCES! BUT HELL HAS NO EXITS!!!!!

A MUST HEAR MESSAGE! ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO CALL THEM SELF A BELIEVER!

FALSE churches/FALSE pastors WILL LEAD ALL THEIR FOLLOWERS STRAIGHT TO HELL! REPENT FROM FOLLOWING FALSE RELIGIONS, AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN! FOLLOW CHRIST ALONE FOR THERE TRULY IS NO OTHER WAY/ENRANCE INTO HEAVEN!

False churches are growing every where!
Signs you belong to a false church> When numbers (growing the audience) become more important than the numbers of souls being saved/won for the Lord! They teach you success rather than teach you to deny your self, to deny the lust of the world! They fail to mention sin, repentance, holiness, the fear of The Lord, Deny your self, take up your cross and follow Jesus. They fail to mention The Cross, The Blood, to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, they fail to mention Hell, Eternity, The Second Coming of Christ. They will teach you their own gospel, rather than give you the ONE AND ONLY TRUE, PURE GOSPEL!

IF YOUR PASTOR/church DOES NOT TREMBLE AT GOD'S WORD, THEN RUN FROM THAT PASTOR/church AND FIND OTHER BELIEVERS/THE CHURCH, WHO DO TREMBLE AT GOD'S WORD!

MANY TRUST IN THEIR CHURCH/PASTOR TO SAVE THEM! WHEN IN REALITY (((NONE))) OF THESE THINGS CAN SAVE THEM!

THERE IS ONLY (((ONE))) WHO WAS GIVEN POWER TO SAVE WICKED MEN FROM THEIR WRETCHED SINS! AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS JESUS CHRIST AND HIM ALONE!!!! YES, JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY APPOINTED SAVIOR!

JESUS WARNED US AHEAD OF TIME THAT THERE WOULD BE FALSE PROPHETS THAT WOULD ARISE AND GO OUT INTO THE WORLD! HOW TRUE THIS IS!

HOW DO YOU KNOW THE MAN YOU ARE LISTENING TO IS ACTUALLY GIVING YOU 100% TRUTH? MAN IS FAILABLE, YES, MAN WILL FAIL YOU! BUT JESUS WILL NEVER FAIL FOR HE IS THE TRUTH! ANYTHING OUT SIDE OF CHRIST IS NOT TRUTH FOR TRUTH IS FOUND IN CHRIST ALONE!

SO IF A MAN/PASTOR TEACHES YOU TO BE A SELFIE, HE IS A FALSE PROPHET! COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM!

CHRIST IS COMING FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIM ALONE!

IF THAT MAN IS TEACHING YOU SUCCESS AND GAIN, HE IS A FALSE PROPHET! JESUS SAID TO
DENY YOUR SELF! AND TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM!

IF A PASTOR IS MORE WORRIED ABOUT GROWING HIS church RATHER THAN FILLING UP GODS CHURCH, AND FILLING UP THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THEN THAT MAN IS NOT A MAN OF GOD!

TRUE PASTORS WILL BE SOUL WINNERS!

TRUE PASTORS WILL GIVE YOU THE TRUE WORD OF GOD, NOTHING MORE (NOTHING ADDED) AND NOTHING LESS (NOTHING TAKEN AWAY)!

There is a way that seems right to a man, but look again, it leads straight to HELL!

DON'T BE DECEIVED! MANY FALSE TEACHERS, FALSE PROPHETS HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD!

FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST AND HIM ALONE! THERE IS ONLY ONE NARROW WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE/CHRIST! BEWARE OF THE OTHER MILLION OF ROADS THAT LEAD STRAIGHT TO HELL!

There is a way that seems right to a man, but look again, it leads straight to HELL!

BEWARE OF THE FALSE RELIGIONS THAT ARE ON THE RISE!

JESUS WARNED ONLY A FEW WILL ENTER HEAVEN! STRAIGHT IS THE WAY! NARROW IS THE ROAD AND FEW BE THAT FIND IT! FEW ARE GOING TO HEAVEN! EVEN GOOD PEOPLE WILL BE IN HELL!

HELL HAS MANY ENTRANCES, BUT HELL HAS NO EXITS!

HEAVEN HAS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE AND THAT IS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST! NOT YOUR church, NOT YOUR PASTOR, NOT YOUR RELIGION!

THE WAY IS THROUGH CHRIST AND HIM ALONE! GET OFF ALL THE HIGHWAYS TO HELL AND GET ON THE NARROW ROAD THAT LEADS TO LIFE AND THAT IS CHRIST AND HIS HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN!

THE NARROW ROAD IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT IN THE END, BECAUSE IT WILL LEAD TO LIFE!!

CHRIST THE NARROWWAY, THE NARROW ROAD! THE BIBLE/JESUS SAID ONLY FEW WILL FIND IT!

ARE YOU ON THE ROAD/HIGHWAY OF FALSE RELIGION?
ARE YOU ON THE HIGHWAY/ROAD OF FOLLOWING THE MANY FALSE PROPHETS & MANY FALSE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE TODAY?
ARE YOU ON THE HIGHWAY OF SELF?
ARE YOU ON THE HIGHWAY OF THIS WORLD?
ARE YOU ON ONE OF THE MILLION ROADS THAT LEAD TO HELL?

WHICH ROAD ARE YOU ON?

THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, LOOK AGAIN, IT LEADS STRAIGHT TO HELL!

THERE IS AWAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN BUT IN THE END IT LEADS TO DEATH! (HELL)!

CHRIST IS THE ONLY ROAD/HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN! GET ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW! ALLOW JESUS CHRIST TO SHOW YOU THE WAY THROUGH HIM! JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY, THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN! COME OUT FROM ALL THE REST WHICH WILL ONLY LEAD YOU ASTRAY AND WILL LEAD YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL IN THE END!

NOTHING IS WORTH YOU DYING FOR TO GO TO HELL!

Is it really worth going to Hell for? Is SHE or IS HE???

Go and Sin NO MORE

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Unlawful Marriages

Acts 20:24 KJV

"But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24 KJV) 

John 14:23 KJV

"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." (John 14:23 KJV)

Lovingkindness

My Hope

...my hope is in thee." (Psa. 39:6-7 KJV)

"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee." (Psa. 39:6-7 KJV)

Phil. 1:20 KJV)

"According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death." (Phil. 1:20 KJV)

Redeemer

Gods Truth

Trust

Promises are Yes and Amen

Love Comes with Thorns

Mercy

Love One Another

Pray More

Miracles HAPPEN!!!

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WALKING WITH CHRIST IS EASY AND YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EVERYBODY, KEEP THIS IN MIND. JESUS SAID, YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. BUT HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END WILL BE SAVED{ MATTHEW 10:22 } HE NEVER SAID THAT WE WILL BE LOVED FOR FOLLOWING HIM, AND THAT IS WOULD BE EASY TO ENDURE TO THE END. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL DEAR BRETHREN, TO PRESS TOWARD THE GOAL FOR THE PRIZE OF THE UPWARD CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS{ PHILIPPIANS 3:14 } THERE IS NO GREATER PRIZE THAN THAT! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!

Promises Of God

One Man One Woman FOR LIFE!!

Only One Black Friday

No Hate

God Keeps His Promises

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

John 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. John 15:18 King James Bible
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. John 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. John 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 1 John 2:15 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. 1 John 2:16 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. 1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Ephesians 2:8-9King James Version (KJV)
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Amen

Gods Never CHANGES!

Go and Sin NO MORE!

Divorce /Remarriage

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Noqlkx4mUFQ

http://www.marriagedivorce.com/

http://www.marriagedivorce.com/

I like the elephant in the middle of the room and what it signifies

God Sees...

In Arkansas, where the couple married, the covenant marriage law allows for couples to agree up front that they will seek counseling before a divorce could be granted.

 What is sad in my opinion is that IF you are called by His name (being a Christian)
THIS SHOULD BE THE NORM!! A Covenant Marriage (1st ONLY) is a Vow before God and Witnesses.

"I signed their covenant marriage certificate," Derick's mom, Cathy, 57, told PEOPLE after the couple said their I Dos. "It was so special. But it wouldn't matter if they chose that type of marriage certificate or not, those two would still have a covenant marriage."

In Arkansas, where the couple married, the covenant marriage law allows for couples to agree up front that they will seek counseling before a divorce could be granted. It also offers more limited grounds for divorce – and increases the time that a separation has to be in place before a divorce can be granted.

http://www.people.com/article/jill-duggar-dillard-derick-covenant-marriage?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag

Permanency of marriage means that God created us to have one spouse until death do us part

Permanency of marriage means that God created us to have one spouse until death do us part; marriage between two who have no other living spouse. God joins in a marriage covenant, which is sacred, and survives even after divorce. It reflects the marriage vows which almost all take on their wedding day.

God's Word is very clear that there is no allowance for remarriage. Q & A

God's Word is very clear that there is no allowance for remarriage. If God's Word specifically states remarriage is adultery and not a marriage, then how do you get out of adultery? You leave it. Just like if two homosexuals were in a "marriage", they became saved, should they stay in their "marriage"? No. why? Because God calls homosexuality a sin and they have to leave it. You wouldn't expect them to stay in their 'marriage" would you? The same applies to those in remarriages that God calls adultery.

It was not biblical to divorce the first time so that means you were never allowed to divorce from your first Covenant marriage not ever. GOD HATES DIVORCE. So when the divorce took place let us say for adultery you may be given a divorce paper..........that's it, end of, nothing more, no more can you marry again, because you are still spiritually bound in a covenant marriage to the said husband or wife you married, Jesus said it was due to our hard hardheartedness, that a paper of divorce was given but it was not so when Moses was alive (Jesus cannot lie ever). So you were and are not permitted to remarry. This is the only permissible clause allowed for divorce........but wait what does the verse continue to say.... and anyone who marries a divorced person commits Adultery.......why because of your hard heart, you may have a paper of divorce BUT in Gods eyes you are legally bound to your first marriage that only is dissolved by death,

To remain in adultery is Unrighteous and to come out of adultery is Righteous. To remain in a marriage where you are the innocent party ie wife or husband and it is your husband or wife that is committing adultery and you want to remain married to them regardless of the sin they are committing by defiling themselves in acts of adultery through fornication you may win them back, just as Hosea was told by God to marry the harlot and he kept taking her back. Just like us we were all harlots prostituting ourselves with chasing after whatever made us feel good, whatever filled the Spiritual void in our lives. But now we are reconciled with Our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, we have seen the light, the scales are removed from our eyes, let us be forever pleasing in Our Fathers sight by obeying HIS WORD, Amen

Romans 7:2-3 says that when her covenant spouse dies, she is no longer an adulteress even though she is remarried. If the second spouse does not have a living covenant wife, then I personally would renew the vows. If the second spouse has a covenant living wife, then she can't be married to him, for it is adultery and it needs to be dissolved. 
Romans 7:2-3
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
His desire above all desires. His ordinations above all ordinations. God's court is the highest court. In His court, a marriage that takes place between one man and one woman, it being the first marriage for both, is not simply what we as people think is a "marriage", here on earth. In God's eyes, it is more than just a joining of two people legally. It is a bonding of two people, in all ways. It is a covenant meant for as long as our body is here on earth and alive, before we are reunited with Christ. God hates divorce, it isn't His will, ever. Divorce is only a divorce in God's eyes, if a covenant couple separate, physically, and have an earthly court issue a certificate of "divorce", and even so, God doesn't ordain it, thus He doesn't condone it, and as far as He's concerned, the two are still one flesh, they are still a married couple, because in His court, they were married, and in His court He has declared that only death ends their marriage. So, any other union between two people where one or both has had a divorce in an earthly court, while an earthly court may declare the new union a marriage, in God's eyes, in His court, it isn't a marriage, it's an adulterous union, it's two people joined together in sin. So "leaving" it, as you keep asking, assuming it to then be another divorce and thus another wrong, actually isn't so. The leaving isn't about committing the sin of divorce *again*, since in God's eyes it wasn't a true marriage, thus it's a leaving of the adulterous union, thus a leaving of sin, which of course is right. 

The couple in the adulterous union, (the ones who are married according to the earthly court not Gods) would need to have an earthly court give a certificate of divorce, dissolving the union legally, since to obey God also means doing things right according to the earthly courts, and since the earthly courts request legal proceedings for a marriage or a divorce, as public declarations, for all to know of the state between two people, then we who are about being obedient to the law, of people or of The Lord, must follow the rules accordingly. Just as we make a legal declaration of a union to someone, we make a legal declaration of a dissolution of a union. 

So to answer your question again, it's not more sin to divorce *again*, in an earthly court. It's more sin to continue to stay in such a union - a union that involves one or both in that union having been married prior to someone else, and one or both of their previous spouses are still alive. Because 1. God says He hates divorce (meaning one or both covenant spouses allowing their marriage to be declared no longer a marriage in an earthly court) 2. God says only death of one or both of the spouses in a covenant (meaning first) marriage, ends that marriage in God's eyes, and God is supreme, thus His will, His rules, reign above all, thus we adhere to Him, and His rules, above all other rules 3. God doesn't view any other unions as sacred, righteous/holy, covenants, He views them as corrupt, unrighteous/unholy, unions, because they are adultery, they are sin. 4. God is a God that is about mercy and grace, and forgiveness, and reconciliation, and restoration. Most people omit the reconciliation and restoration. God isn't just about mercy - not giving punishment that is deserved. He isn't just about grace - giving a reward that isn't deserved. He isn't just about forgiveness - not keeping an account of a sin, setting a person free of the condemnation of sin. He is about reconciliation - repairing the damage caused because of sin. Repairing that which is broken. Re-instituting things the way they were meant to be. God is about restoration - bringing back whatever was stolen or lost, whatever is missing. Which means, if covenant spouses have separated, or have divorced - if their union has been damaged and they are broken apart, God want's them reunited, and their relationship repaired. He wants those two to come back together, in all ways, and He can make it happen, and He wants to be the glue that holds it together that He is meant to be. God can restore whatever disappeared, whatever was taken away, whatever was lost from the union, that led to the divorce. He can re-instill the eros love, and the agape love, that is meant to exist between a husband and wife. He can re-instill the mental, emotional, physical, attraction. He can re-instill the affection. He can re-instill the faith, the trust. He can re-instill peace, and joy. He can re-instill faith, and dedication to each other. He can re-instill all that is meant to be in a marriage. He is that powerful, and it is His will. The problem is, people don't look to Him to make it happen. They don't believe in His supremacy His power, that He can do anything. They either forget He brought Lazarus and others back from the dead, or they don't realize that He can just as much bring a dead marriage to life. 

Too many people are just inviting God to their wedding ceremony. They aren't making Him the center of their marriage. The glue that binds them together and keeps them together, working perfectly, as they are meant to. And they also either don't remember He's also The Greatest Physician, The Greatest Counselor, or they don't believe their marriage is just as much something that in His eyes, is considered sick, and in need of His counsel, His healing touch, the medicine of His love, and His wisdom, His guidance. So instead of turning to Him to bring their marriage back to life, to save it, to make it good, they look at only what is possible in their human condition, they look only at the problems, the damages, the losses, and they let their thoughts and emotions lead them, instead of God. If they would realize that some things we can't do, and to let go, and give it to God to handle, and have faith, trust in Him, be patient, wait on Him, they would see transformations so miraculous, they would know for certain it was all God, and they would not only Praise Him, they would have a testimony so profound, to share with others, especially the lost, that not only is their God very much real, He is also as His word says, all powerful - nothing is impossible with Him. NOTHING.

A father’s influence carries on for generations.

For better or worse.....

A father’s influence carries on for generations. By faithfully investing in our children, we increase the chances that they will do the same with their children and their children's children, and so on. We are literally impacting lives for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Proverbs 29: 2 - When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule, the people groan.

Proverbs 29: 2 - When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule, the people groan.

Malachi 4: 5-6

It took only ONE GENERATION, from the enactment of UNILATERAL DIVORCE to this year's overruling of the results of dozens of constitutional coast-to-coast statewide referendums by activist Federal judges, to bring our democracy to the brink of extinction, with the U.S. Supreme Court passively allowing it to happen this month.

The last verse in the Old Testament reads: "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” Malachi 4: 5-6

His love protects us.

The Lord reaches us no matter what we undergo, wherever we are. His hands always carrying us. Be committed to stay in Jesus whatever will happen, nothing can snatch us away from Him. You know why?... because His love protects us.

Glory of the Lord

THE TRUTH OF TRUTHS.

ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH OF TRUTHS. THIS IS THE UNDENIABLE REALITY OF MAN'S HEART NEEDS, IS THE GENUINE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FAITH, THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE. NO OTHER AND NOBODY ELSE. HE IS THE ONLY MEDIATOR TO THE FATHER. UNDERSTANDABLE TRUTH... JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE... HE IS THE GRACE, HE IS THE SAVIOR, THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. AMEN

Revelation 3:11-13

Jesus Christ declared..." I AM COMING SOON. CONTINUE STRONG IN YOUR FAITH SO NO ONE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR CROWN. I WILL MAKE THOSE WHO WIN THE VICTORY PILLARS IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE IT. I WILL WRITE ON THEM THE NAME OF MY GOD AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, THE NEW JERUSALEM, THAT COMES DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD. I WILL ALSO WRITE ON THEM MY NEW NAME. EVERYONE WHO HAS EARS SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES." Revelation 3:11-13

THE DEFINITE AND ABSOLUTE TRUTH THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE ETERNITY WITH GOD. HALLELUJAH. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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Everything you want to know about Halloween

Everything you want to know about Halloween .... I am not telling anyone to celebrate anything.!!!! it's for learning purposes only ......Also known as All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, falls on the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (also known as All Saints', Hallowmas or Hallowtide) on 1 November and All Souls' Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on 31 October the full name of All Hallows' Eve (meaning the evening before All Hallows' Day).[57] Since the time of the primitive Church,[58] major feasts in the Christian Church (such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) had vigils which began the night before, as did the feast of All Hallows'.[59] These three days are collectively referred to as Hallowtide and are a time for honoring the saints and praying for the recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven . purgatory is a false teaching .!!!! . we also celebrate Memorial Day. to remember those who died Me·mo·ri·al Day
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a day on which those who died in active military service are remembered, traditionally observed on May 30 but now officially observed on the last Monday in May. All Saints was introduced in the year 609, but was originally celebrated on 13 May. In 835, it was switched to 1 November (the same date as Samhain) at the behest of Pope Gregory IV.[60] Some suggest this was due to Celtic influence, while others suggest it was a Germanic idea.[60] It is also suggested that the change was made on the "practical grounds that Rome in summer could not accommodate the great number of pilgrims who flocked to it", and perhaps because of public health considerations regarding Roman Fever – a disease that claimed a number of lives during the sultry summers of the region. I do not believe in the Catholic ways of pur·ga·to·ry
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All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast originally influenced by western European harvest festivals, and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain. Other scholars maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots. Halloween History and the Bible
by Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S.October 29, 2013
Layman
author-bodie-hodge In the United States (and other countries), Halloween has become one of the most popular unofficial holidays. On the up side, retail sales boost the economy around this holiday.1
Children in Halloween Costumes
On the down side, the holiday has become a time of increased crime in many places (especially arson and other acts of violence) on Halloween night as well as the night before. Even the author’s house was robbed one Halloween by forced entry. So, although the retail industry loves Halloween, many police officers and insurance companies dread it! Of course, there is also a tremendous amount of occult activity associated with this holiday.
Kids and even many adults love getting dressed up for Halloween. And they love the candy, of course. It’s just innocent fun, isn’t it—or is it? But let’s think carefully and biblically about the history, nature, and impact of the holiday.
When did this holiday begin and why? Was it of pagan origins or is there something more behind Halloween history? How should Christians view this day in general? To understand these questions further, we need to go back to the roots of Halloween.
When Did Modern-day Halloween Get Started?
In the early 1900s, the migrating Irish and Scots brought Halloween traditions to the United States. Over time, Halloween catapulted into mainstream culture.
The holiday, though, has roots reaching much further back. Some researchers claim that the holiday can be traced back about 2,000 years to the Celts of Europe, who occupied parts of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France.2 It was a pagan festival called “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) that celebrated more or less the honor of the dead and involved the offering of large sacrifices of crops and animals.3
Although no original written accounts of this festival exist today from the ancient Celts, there is some reference to it in Roman records from when the Romans conquered Celtic lands around AD 43. Under Roman rule, the day of Samhain was influenced by Roman festivals of the time. The first was called “Pomona,” which was a type of harvest festival, and the next was “Feralia,” the Roman day of the dead. Interestingly, both Feralia and Samhain were festivals of the dead and celebrated at the end of October.4
The Name “Halloween”
Around AD 600, Pope Boniface IV created All Saints’ Day, and Pope Gregory III later moved this holiday to November 1 in an effort to give a Christian alternative to this pagan celebration.5
Christians who did not want to celebrate pagan festivals celebrated something of positive spiritual value—in this case honoring the saints and martyrs. With the overwhelming expansion of Christianity in Europe, All Saint’s Day became the dominant holiday.6
In fact, the current name of “Halloween” originates from the day before All Saint’s Day, which was called “All Hallow Evening”; this name was shortened to “All Hallow’s Eve” or “All Hallow’s Even.” The name changed over time and became “Hallowe’en.”
A couple hundred years later, the Roman Church made November 2 All Souls Day to honor the dead. This may well have been influenced by the continued persistence of the day of the dead by the ancient Irish, Scots, and others in Europe. Standing against this, many Protestant Christians celebrate October 31 as Reformation Day in honor of reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others who spearheaded the Reformation in the 1500s.
Other Cultures Have a “Day of the Dead”
Although many affirm that Samhain was the origin of modern-day Halloween, it is significant to note how many cultures throughout the world have celebrated a “day of the dead” (often with sacrifices), occurring at the end of summer and fall. There seem to be too many parallels to call these similar celebrations a coincidence.
For example, in the Americas there is the Mexican Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos) that goes back to the ancient festival of the dead celebrated by Aztecs and the more-ancient Olmec. This was likely where the Guatemalans got their Day of the Dead.
Brazilians also celebrate Finados (Day of the Dead). Bolivia has the Day of the Skulls (Día de los Natitas).7
In Asia, there are similar festivals. For example, the Chinese celebrated the Ghost Festival, which was a day to pay homage to dead ancestors. The Japanese celebrated something similar called O-bon or merely Bon. Even Vietnam has a variant of the Ghost Festival called Tet Trung Nguyen. In Korea, there is Chuseok or Hankawi, in which deceased ancestors are ritualized. In Nepal, there is the cow pilgrimage called Gia Jatra to honor the recently deceased. In the Philippines, there is the Day of the Dead (Araw ng mga Patay), where tombs are cleaned and repainted. The list goes on and on (see reference 5).
The annual Jewish holiday of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is celebrated in the fall, usually September or October.8 But it is distinctly different in purpose. It is not in honor of the dead. Rather, it deals with soul searching, repentance, and is a time of great sacrifice for the sins of the people (Leviticus 23:27–28). So, there is some cross over, but God instituted this date.
Archbishop Ussher
Archbishop Ussher was the 17th century historian who compiled The Annals of the World, a history covering every major event from Creation to AD 70.
Though the origin of this date, specifically for the Israelites, can be traced to Moses, the day may well have been chosen by God going back to previous events, as famous Bible chronicler Archbishop Ussher pointed out (the approximate day Adam and Eve sinned, according to Ussher’s calculations, and God’s subsequent covering of their nakedness with animal skins).9
What Is the Original Source for Halloween?
It seems no coincidence that cultures all around the world in both present and ancient times have had a holiday when the dead were remembered and animals were sacrificed. We can make a pretty strong argument that this holiday goes back to a time when all the peoples lived together—and then they took this holiday to various parts of the world.
Otherwise, it seems strange and difficult to explain how these cultures developed celebrations that are so similar. This would likely push the true origin of “Halloween” and these other “days of the dead” to the time before the dispersion at Babel (Genesis 11), over 4,200 years ago, after which different early cultures began to vary in its practice.
Noah’s Ark
According to Archbishop Ussher, the time frame between these events was about 106 years, with the Flood ending in 2348 BC and the dispersion occurring about 2242 BC. In this time frame, Noah would have still been alive, and Noah’s sons, too. We are not given much information in Genesis about the wives of Noah or his three sons, but Noah’s son’s wives were busy having children after the Flood, producing a total of 16 grandsons for Noah. And then their children had children, and so on!
There have been several reasons suggested for so many cultures having a day of the dead. Consider these:
Were the days celebrated in honor of an ancestor or group of ancestors after they died? Perhaps the day was to celebrate at the time when a great patriarch or matriarch of a given family that left Babel finally died. The death of a great ancestor would happen to each culture sooner or later. But the odds of most of them dying in the late summer/fall is very low; therefore, it would be more difficult to explain the holidays all being at about that time.
Was it a harvest festival of grains and animals, which were prepared for winter, thereby signifying death? Then, later was this festival transformed spiritually to honor the dead? This might explain the sacrifice of animals and why the holidays occur in the fall. But it fails to address why each culture deviated toward a spiritual day of the dead. Also, this doesn’t make sense for cultures that are in the southern hemisphere, where September and October are spring, not harvest time.
Tower of Babel confusion
Did Noah’s wife die soon after the Flood and this day honored her? By the time Ham had fathered Canaan and sinned against Noah (which was before the dispersion at Babel), Noah’s wife is not mentioned and conspicuously absent, and Japheth and Shem (Noah’s sons) were left with the task of covering their father’s nakedness after he got drunk and lay uncovered in his tent (Genesis 9:20–27). One would suspect that Noah’s wife should have had this responsibility, but she is nowhere mentioned. Had Noah’s wife died fairly early prior to Babel, this well-known matriarch’s death would have been remembered by each culture after the dispersion at Babel. But there is no mention or reference to a great woman (rather than a multitude of ancestors), which would be expected if this were the case.10
Did Satan, the one who comes to kill and steal and destroy (John 10:10), move throughout all the pagan cultures after the dispersion to develop these days of the dead? Though this is possible, it seems Satan would almost have to have an omnipresence and omnipotence about him to do such a thing. And although Satan would like us to think he has these attributes of God, he doesn’t.
Was it a day to remember those who died in the Flood and a continuation of the sacrifices that Noah made after coming off the Ark? Because the celebrations call for the remembrance of the dead and have sacrifices, it is reminiscent of the large sacrifice that Noah and his family performed after the Flood. This would also explain why many other cultures have a variant of this regular sacrifice. When Noah and his family exited the Ark, they offered sacrifices to God (Genesis 8:18–9:1); of course, deviations in the manner of this sacrifice over the years and its meaning would have varied down through the ages. Based on the evidence, this seems to be the most likely explanation.
Other Christians in the past have recognized this connection. For example, Alfred Rehwinkel, a professor of theology at Concordia Seminary, realized that nations throughout the world had a similar day of the dead, and he directly related this to the Flood of Noah’s day.11 John Urquhart pointed this out as far back as 1931, soon after the holiday of Halloween gained prominence in the United States.12
Due to the many, varied accounts of celebrations of the day of the dead around the world, I would strongly suggest that its origin was a time when people groups were still gathered together or had closer ties. Is the event of Noah’s sacrifice where the day of the dead really originates? It is possible.
It was a time when there was a sacrifice to cover sins and a reminder why death reigns in this sin-cursed world. It was a spiritual time, a time when people remembered that a sudden disaster, the global Flood, took virtually the entire population because of sin. Consider Noah for a moment: he even lost brothers and sisters in the Flood—the grief would have been overwhelming (Genesis 5:30). Halloween’s roots could easily extend this far, but there should be no dogmatism about that being the case.
Why Sacrifices?
Proper sacrifices in the Bible were associated with sin and death. This goes back to the first sacrifice in Genesis 3:21 when the first two humans (Adam and Eve) sinned against God. The perfect creation that God had made was now marred with sin that deserved death (Genesis 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:4; Romans 5:12).
The Bible says that the punishment for sin is death (Romans 6:23; Hebrews 9:22). This is why we all die (return to dust)—we all sin (Genesis 3:19; Romans 3:23). Due to their sin, Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness. So, God made coats of animal skins to cover their nakedness. God sacrificed animals to cover this sin.
In a fashion similar to God, Abel offered sacrifices from his flocks (Genesis 4:4), and Noah did the same after the Flood. Later, the Israelites did this as well, giving sin offerings of lambs, doves, etc. as God commanded. But the blood of animals is not enough to remove sin; it is only enough to cover it temporarily (Hebrews 10:4). Finite animals could never really take the infinite punishment from an infinite God. These instances of sacrificing animals were foreshadowing Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God—who, as the perfect infinite sacrifice on the Cross (Hebrews 9:26, 10:12), fully paid for our sins so that everyone who trusts in Him will be saved and given eternal life (John 3:16–18).
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With most of the celebrations of the days of the dead, sacrifices are involved. This suggests that cultures around the world understood this concept of sacrificing to God to cover sins. A Christian should expect this, since all people groups have descended from those at Babel. So, logically, when people migrated to different parts of the world after God confused their language, they took the concept of sacrifice with them. Of course, their methods and meaning of sacrifice changed and varied over the years, and the true intent was lost.
This can be used as a tool for Christians to share the good news of Jesus Christ—by showing the true meaning of what sacrifices are and showing that Jesus was the final, perfect sacrifice, making sacrifices of animals no longer necessary. Sin and death (which sacrifice was a continual reminder of all the way back to Adam) have been conquered by the Son of God, and the free gift of salvation is now offered. If the days of the dead really have their roots in Noah’s sacrifices, then consider this: the Lord has even given the command to Christians to celebrate in remembrance of this final sacrifice—it is called the Lord’s Supper. Paul says:
And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” (1 Corinthians 11:24–25)
The Evils of Modern-day Halloween and What a Christian Can Do
It should be obvious from a Christian perspective that many modern practices of Halloween and days of the dead have evil intent (e.g., 1 Corinthians 10:20). There has been considerable paganism that has been associated with Halloween over the years. Even evil acts such as vandalism, fires, destructive pranks, pretending people are something they are not by dressing up (and particularly by the glorification of sensuality, death, and demons) are in strong opposition to the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:19–23). So, a word of caution must be given to Evangelicals who promote some of the questionable modern practices of Halloween.
If anything, an alternative in opposition to Halloween should be offered by Christians. Psalm 24:1 points out that everything belongs to the Lord. Therefore, there is no reason to let Satan have Halloween. It is not his day in the first place!
When Satan tried to tempt Jesus, he offered Jesus something that was not his to offer (Matthew 4:8—all the kingdoms of the world). Jesus obviously didn’t succumb because it wasn’t Satan’s to give, nor did Satan exercise any authority over Him. Many today believe that Halloween is Satan’s day and recommend staying away from it. But recognizing such a thing would be to disregard that Satan owns nothing and that all days belong to God. Christians can take this day and make better use of it, such as by celebrating Reformation Day, a harvest festival of praise for a God who provides, an extra day of the Lord’s Supper to remember Christ’s sacrifice to end animal sacrifices, and so on (Colossians 2:16–17).
So where do you go from here? Please encourage your pastors and elders to have some sort of church function to counter modern practices of Halloween. Of course, one of the only nice things that Halloween really has to offer could also be involved—sweet treats (in moderation of course)!
If a Christian alternative is not possible in your location, then take advantage of this opportunity to share with people the message of the gospel and how Jesus Christ has conquered death and the forgiveness that can only be found in God when you greet “trick or treaters.”
Calvary
Death is a terrible reality for all of us—not something to celebrate or treat as fun. Death is the punishment for sin. Since all of us are sinners (Romans 3:23), we must realize that death is coming. But God is a God of grace and mercy, and in His love He has offered a means of salvation through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who suffered and died the ultimate death in our place. All who repent and believe can receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
THE GOOD NEWS
Answers in Genesis and its Creation Museum seek to give glory and honor to God as Creator, and to affirm the truth of the biblical record of the real origin and history of the world and mankind.
Part of this real history is the bad news that the rebellion of the first man, Adam, against God’s command brought death, suffering, and separation from God into this world. We see the results all around us. All of Adam’s descendants are sinful from conception (Psalm 51:5) and have themselves entered into this rebellion (sin). They therefore cannot live with a holy God, but are condemned to separation from God. The Bible says that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) and that all are therefore subject to “everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” (2 Thessalonians 1:9).
But the good news is that God has done something about it. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
Jesus Christ the Creator, though totally sinless, suffered, on behalf of mankind, the penalty of mankind’s sin, which is death and separation from God. He did this to satisfy the righteous demands of the holiness and justice of God, His Father. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice; He died on a cross, but on the third day, He rose again, conquering death, so that all who truly believe in Him, repent of their sin, and trust in Him (rather than their own merit), are able to come back to God and live for eternity with their Creator.
Therefore: “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).
What a wonderful Savior—and what a wonderful salvation in Christ our Creator!
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Footnotes
I am hesitant to call this a holiday, since a holiday is a “Holy Day” and there is little, if anything, holy in today’s Halloween. But for the sake of this article, I will call it a holiday. Back
The Celts were descendants of Gomer and were often equated with ancient Gauls or Galatians. For more on this see the book Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors, Bodie Hodge, Master Books, Green Forest, AR, 2012. Back
Ancient Origins of Halloween, History.com (A&E Television Networks, 1996–2008). Back
Christine Nyholm, “Halloween Based on Ancient Beliefs.” Back
“Halloween,” Encyclopædia Britannica (Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008). Back
The modern definition and use of the term saint in the Roman Catholic Church was not instigated until 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. At this point, Catholics began their stage of proclaiming saints in a three-step procedure: Venerable, Blessed, and then a “Saint.” There is no reason to assume that before this, saints were different than the view of saints that Protestants held to. Even Luther used the term saints correctly in his 95 Theses and had no complaint toward its use. It wasn’t until after Luther that the word was redefined, and its use was corrupted. Back
“Day of the Dead,” Encyclopædia Britannica (Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008) and Wikipedia, “Day of the Dead.” Back
The date is the tenth day of the month of Tishri on the Jewish calendar. When translated to the current Gregorian calendar that we use today, it falls in September or October. The Jewish calendar has a 360-day year, with a leap month every few years to get it back to about 365 days per year. So, the date moves around on the Gregorian calendar. Back
James Ussher, The Annals of the World, translated by Larry and Marion Pierce (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003), p. 18. Back
I doubt that Noah’s death was the reason for the days of the dead since Noah lived for about 250 after the event at Babel if Ussher’s calculations are accurate. Though it is possible that news would have spread through the world about Noah’s death, it seems less likely so many years after the dispersion of Babel. Back
Alfred Rehwinkel, The Flood: In the Light of the Bible, Geology and Archaeology, 17th Printing (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1951), pp. 169–171. Back
John Urquhart, in Bible League Quarterly. October–December 1931, pp. 181–183. Back ...................... Mummers play .... Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.[65] The practice is said to have roots in the medieval practice of mumming, which is closely related to souling John Pymm writes that "many of the feast days associated with the presentation of mumming plays were celebrated by the Christian Church."[108] These feast days included All Hallows' Eve, Christmas, Twelfth Night and Shrove Tuesday.[109][110] Mumming, practised in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe,[111] involved masked persons in fancy dress who "paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence." Their "basic narrative framework is the story of St. George and the Seven Champions of Christendom."[112]
In Scotland and Ireland, guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom, and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money.[97] The practice of guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario reported children going "guising" around the neighborhood.[ Hallowed Be Thy Name, offers a religious perspective to the wearing of costumes on All Hallows' Eve, suggesting that by dressing up as creatures "who at one time caused us to fear and tremble", people are able to poke fun at Satan "whose kingdom has been plundered by our Saviour."............... Jack o' Lantern carving is thought to come from Ireland, where turnips, mangelwurzel or beets were used.[2][3] Jack-o'-lanterns originated with All Saints' Day (1 November)/All Souls' Day (2 November) and represented Christian souls in purgatory. the teaching of purgatory is false [4] Christopher Hill writes that "jack-o'-lanterns were carved out of turnips or squashes and were literally used as lanters to guide guisers on All Hallows' Eve."[5] Bettina Arnold writes that they were sometimes set on windowsills to scare away evil spirits away from someone's home .[6]
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Immigrants from Ireland and Scotland brought the tradition to North America. There, the pumpkin replaced the turnip as pumpkins were more readily available, bigger, and easier to carve. The application of the term to carved pumpkins in American English is first attested in 1834.[7] The carved pumpkin lantern association with Halloween is recorded in 1866.[8] In the United States, the carved pumpkin was first associated with the harvest season in general, long before it became an emblem of Halloween.[9] In 1900, an article on Thanksgiving entertaining recommended a lit jack-o'-lantern as part of the festivities.[9] The poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who was born in Massachusetts in 1807, wrote "The Pumpkin" (1850):[10]
“ Oh!—fruit loved of boyhood!—the old days recalling,
When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling!
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!
”
Cornish folklorist Dr. Thomas Quiller Couch (d. 1884) recorded the use of the term in a rhyme used in Polperro, Cornwall, in conjunction with Joan the Wad, the Cornish version of Will-o'-the-wisp. The people of Polperro regarded them both as pixies. The rhyme goes:[11]
Jack o' the lantern! Joan the wad,
Who tickled the maid and made her mad
Light me home, the weather's bad. folklore stories As the story goes, several centuries ago amongst the myriad of towns and villages in Ireland, there lived a drunkard known as "Stingy Jack". Jack was known throughout the land as a deceiver, manipulator and otherwise dreg of society. On a fateful night, the devil overheard the tale of Jack's evil deeds and silver tongue. Unconvinced (and envious) of the rumors, the devil went to find out for himself whether or not Jack lived up to his vile reputation.
Typical of Jack, he was drunk and wandering through the countryside at night when he came upon a body on his cobblestone path. The body with an eerie grimace on its face turned out to be the Devil. Jack realized somberly this was his end; the devil had finally come to collect his malevolent soul. Jack made a last request: he asked the devil to let him drink ale before he departed to hell. Finding no reason not to acquiesce the request, the devil took Jack to the local pub and supplied him with many alcoholic beverages. Upon quenching his thirst, Jack asked the devil to pay the tab on the ale, to the devil's surprise. Jack convinced the devil to metamorphose into a silver coin with which to pay the bartender (impressed upon by Jack's unyielding nefarious tactics). Shrewdly, Jack stuck the now transmogrified devil (coin) into his pocket, which also contained a crucifix. The crucifix's presence prevented the devil from escaping his form. This coerced the devil to agree to Jack's demand: in exchange for the devil's freedom, the devil had to spare Jack's soul for 10 years.
Ten years later to the date when Jack originally struck his deal, he found himself once again in the devil's presence. Same as the setting before, Jack happened upon the devil and seemingly accepted it was his time to go to hell for good. As the devil prepared to take him to the underworld, Jack asked if he could have one apple to feed his starving belly. Foolishly the devil once again agreed to this request. As the devil climbed up the branches of a nearby apple tree, Jack surrounded its base with crucifixes. and carved a cross into the tree The devil, frustrated at the fact that he been entrapped again, demanded his release. As Jack did before, he made a demand: that his soul never be taken by the devil into hell. The devil agreed and was set free.
Eventually the drinking and unstable lifestyle took its toll on Jack; he died the way he lived. As Jack's soul prepared to enter heaven through the gates of St. Peter he was stopped. Jack was told that because of his sinful lifestyle of deceitfulness and drinking, he was not allowed into heaven. The dreary Jack went before the Gates of Hell and begged for commission into underworld. The devil, fulfilling his obligation to Jack, could not take his soul. To warn others, he gave Jack an ember, marking him a denizen of the netherworld. From that day on until eternity's end, Jack is doomed to roam the world between the planes of good and evil, with only an ember inside a hollowed turnip ("turnip" actually referring to a large swede) to light his way............... Didn't the King James Bible when first printed contain the Apocrypha?
The following is from Sam Gipp's The Answer Book.
QUESTION: Didn't the King James Bible when first printed contain the Apocrypha?
ANSWER: Yes.
EXPLANATION: Many critics of the perfect Bible like to point out that the original King James had the Apocrypha in it as though that fact compromises its integrity. But several things must be examined to get the factual picture.
First, in the days in which our Bible was translated, the Apocrypha was accepted reading based on its historical value, though not accepted as Scripture by anyone outside of the Catholic church. The King James translators therefore placed it between the Old and New Testaments for its historical benefit to its readers. They did not integrate it into the Old Testament text as do the corrupt Alexandrian manuscnpts.
That they rejected the Apocrypha as divine is very obvious by the seven reasons which they gave for not incorporating it into the text. They are as follows:
1. Not one of them is in the Hebrew language, which was alone used by the inspired historians and poets of the Old Testament.
2. Not one of the writers lays any claim to inspiration.
3. These books were never acknowledged as sacred Scriptures by the Jewish Church, and therefore were never sanctioned by our Lord.
4. They were not allowed a place among the sacred books, during the first four centuries of the Christian Church.
5. They contain fabulous statements, and statements which contradict not only the canonical Scriptures, but themselves; as when, in the two Books of Maccabees, Antiochus Epiphanes is made to die three different deaths in as many different places.
6. The Apocrypha inculcates doctrines at variance with the Bible, such as prayers for the dead and sinless perfection.
7. It teaches immoral practices, such as lying, suicide, assassination and magical incantation.
If having the Apocrypha between the Testaments disqualifies it as authoritative, then the corrupt Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts from Alexandria, Egypt, must be totally worthless since their authors obviously didn't have the conviction of the King James translators and incorporated its books into the text of the Old Testament thus giving it authority with Scripture..... answers to my Catholic friends is a book. the Overview
When a pope dies, posters are put all over Italy urging people to pray for his soul. How long must he suffer in Purgatory? Why hasn't he, of all people, attained the salvation of his soul?
How can we know if Christ completely paid for our sins once and for all on the cross, or if the Mass renews His sacrifice and shortens the time we must suffer for our sins in Purgatory?
Why don't Protestants venerate images and pray to the saints?
In this book, Thomas Heinze gives clear answers to many of your most important questions. .... Basics: of Christianity. 1 Timothy 2:5 
King James Bible
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 John 5:7 King James Bible
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. God Is LOVE . . .
There is one, true God. He is the Creator and Savior, existing in three eternal, equal, divine
persons with different roles—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Is . . .
He is perfect God and perfect Man, fully human and fully divine. Jesus was born on earth
to a virgin, died to pay the penalty for our sins, rose from the dead, and will come again
someday.
Scripture Is . . .
The Old and New Testaments are the very Word of God. They are the perfect, final
authority for faith and life.
Salvation Is . . .
People are saved only by the free gift of God’s grace through faith in the person and work
of Jesus Christ. Nothing we do will earn salvation you must be born again of the water and the spirit or you will not see the kingdom of heaven. Romans 10:9 King James Bible
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1 John 1:9
King James Version (KJV)
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. .............................. What is baptism for the dead mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:29?
by Matt Slick ... be led by the Spirit on this difficult scripture. ..........King James Bible
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? Numerous explanations have been offered for this verse, ranging from the inane to the sophisticated. Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), in particular, has claimed that this verse supports their view of baptism for the dead. In their practice, individuals go to their local Mormon temple, dress appropriately for a baptism, representatively adopt the name of a person who has died, and then the Mormon is baptized in water for that deceased person. This way, the dead person has fulfilled the requirements of salvation in the afterworld and can enjoy further spiritual benefits in the spiritual realm.
But, the Mormons are incorrect. They have usurped this verse and taken it out of context. So, let's examine 1 Cor. 15 briefly so we can see what Paul is talking about when he mentions baptism for the dead.
In verses 1-19, the fact of Christ's resurrection is detailed by Paul. Beginning in verse 20 and going through verse 23, Paul speaks about the order of the resurrection. Christ was the first one raised - in a glorified body - and next will be those who are His at His return. Verses 24 - 29 then mention Christ's reign and the abolition of death. This is when this controversial verse occurs: Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? Just north of Corinth was a city named Eleusis. This was the location of a pagan religion where baptism in the sea was practiced to guarantee a good afterlife. This religion was mentioned by Homer in Hymn to Demeter 478-79.1 The Corinthians were known to be heavily influenced by other customs. After all, they were in a large economic area where a great many different people frequented. It is probable that the Corinthians were being influenced by the religious practices found at Eleusis where baptism for the dead was practiced. Paul used this example from the pagans in 1 Cor. 15:29, when he said, "...if the dead rise not why are they then baptized for the dead? Paul did not say we. This is significant because the Christian church was not practicing baptism for the dead, but the pagans were.
Paul's point was simple. The resurrection is a reality. It is going to happen when Jesus returns. Even the pagans believe in the resurrection, otherwise, why would they baptize for the dead?
However, some are not convinced by this argument and state that the word "they" is not in the Greek and, therefore, Paul is not speaking about the pagans. Let's take a look.
Literally, the verse is translated as "Since what will do the being immersed on behalf of the dead if wholly dead not are raised why also are they immersed on behalf of them."
The issue here is the word, "baptizontai" -- "they are baptized." It is the present, passive, indicative, 3rd person, plural. In other words, it is THEY ARE BEING BAPTIZED or, THEY ARE BAPTIZED.
I -- first person singular
you (singular) -- second person singular
he/she/it -- third person singular
we -- first person plural
you (plural) -- second person plural
they -- third person plural
It is the latter form, the third person plural (they) in which the verb "baptizo" is found. Therefore, the best translation is "THEY are baptized."...........Bible Knowledge Commentary on 1 Cor. 15:29.
2. The KJV renders it as, "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"
The NKJV, "Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?"
The NASB, "Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?" .......................ps........ 1 Corinthians 15:17 King James Bible
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.