God In Exile
Posted on October 29, 2008 by pjmiller
EXCERPT
This spoke to my heart tonight. As I was reading it the scriptures in the 137th Psalm, which pertain to the Babylonian captivity, came to me. I don’t really know why…
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
Read here:
http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/god-in-exile/
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
I Am Ashamed
I Am Ashamed
Posted on October 25, 2008 by pjmiller
What must the body of Christ in other parts of the world be thinking, while watching and reading about the actions taking place here in America right now by the Church…a better question is what does our Lord think?
Yes I’m ashamed…
Read here:
http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/i-am-ashamed/
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Obama Attracting More Evangelical Voters
By Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter
Fri, Oct. 24 2008 05:13 PM EDT
http://christianpost.com/article/20081024/obama-attracting-more-evangelical-voters.htm
Posted on October 25, 2008 by pjmiller
What must the body of Christ in other parts of the world be thinking, while watching and reading about the actions taking place here in America right now by the Church…a better question is what does our Lord think?
Yes I’m ashamed…
Read here:
http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/i-am-ashamed/
__________________
Possibly Related
The Associated Press: Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama
24 Oct 2008 ... Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama. By ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL – Terrorist strikes on four American cities. ...
Obama Attracting More Evangelical Voters
By Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter
Fri, Oct. 24 2008 05:13 PM EDT
http://christianpost.com/article/20081024/obama-attracting-more-evangelical-voters.htm
Friday, October 24, 2008
Isaiah 3
Isaiah 3 (King James Version)
Isaiah 3
1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
18In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
21The rings, and nose jewels,
22The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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Matthew Henry Commentary
http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/isaiah/mh/isaiah3.htm
Isaiah 3
1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
18In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
21The rings, and nose jewels,
22The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
__________________________________________
Matthew Henry Commentary
http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/isaiah/mh/isaiah3.htm
Thursday, October 16, 2008
TEN SHEKELS and A SHIRT - An Extract--by Paris Reidhead.
NOTE: An extract from one of the most famous and hard-hitting
sermons of all time...
TEN SHEKELS and A SHIRT - An Extract
-by Paris Reidhead.
If you'll ask me why I went to Africa, I'll tell you I went primarily to improve on the justice of God.
I didn't think it was right for anybody to go to Hell without a chance to be saved. So I went to give poor sinners a chance to go to heaven. Now I haven't put it in so many words, but if you'll analyze what I just told you do you know what it is? Humanism.
That I was simply using the provisions of Jesus Christ as a means to improve upon human conditions of suffering and misery. And when I went to Africa, I discovered that they weren't poor, ignorant, little heathen running around in the woods looking for someone to tell them how to go to heaven. That they were MONSTERS of INIQUITY !!!
THEY WERE LIVING in UTTER AND TOTAL DEFIANCE of FAR MORE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD than I EVER DREAMED THEY HAD !
They deserved Hell! Because they utterly refused to walk in the light of their conscience, and the light of the law written upon their heart, and the testimony of nature, and the truth they knew! And when I found that out I assure you I was so angry with God that on one occasion in prayer I told Him it was a mighty fine little thing He'd done, sending me out there to reach these people that were waiting to be told how to go to heaven.
When I got there I found out they knew about heaven,and didn't want to go there, and that they loved their sin and wanted to stay in it.
I went out there motivated by humanism. I'd seen pictures of lepers, I'd seen pictures of ulcers, I'd seen pictures of native funerals, and I didn't want my fellow human beings to suffer in Hell eternally after such a miserable existence on earth. But it was there in Africa that God began to tear through THE OVERLAY OF THIS HUMANISM! And it was that day in my bedroom with the door locked that I Wrestled with God. For here was I, coming to grips with the fact that the people I thought were ignorant and wanted to know how to go to heaven and were saying "Someone come and teach us", actually didn't want to take time to talk with me or anybody else. They had no interest in the Bible and no interest in Christ, and they loved their sin and wanted to continue in it. And I was to that place at that time where I felt the whole thing was a sham and a mockery, and I had been sold a bill of goods! And I wanted to come home.
There alone in my bedroom AS I FACED GOD HONESTLY WITH WHAT MY HEART FELT, it seemed to me I heard Him say, "Yes, will not the Judge of all the earth do right? The heathen are lost.
And they're going to go to Hell, not because they haven't heard the gospel. They're going to go to Hell because they are sinners, WHO LOVE THEIR SIN! And because they deserve Hell. BUT, I didn't send you out there for them.
I didn't send you out there for their sakes." And I heard as clearly as I've ever heard, though it wasn't with a physical voice, but it was the echo of truth of the ages finding its' way into an open heart. I heard God say to my heart that day something like this, "I didn't send you to Africa for the sake of the heathen, I sent you to Africa for My sake.
They deserved Hell! But I LOVE THEM !!!
AND I ENDURED THE AGONIES of HELL FOR THEM !!!
I DIDN'T SEND you OUT THERE FOR THEM !!!
I SENT you OUT THERE FOR ME !
DO I NOT DESERVE the REWARD OF MY SUFFERING?
DON'T I DESERVE THOSE for WHOM I DIED?"
And it REVERSED IT ALL! AND CHANGED IT ALL! AND RIGHTED IT ALL! And I wasn't any
longer working for Micah and tens shekels and a shirt. BUT I WAS SERVING A LIVING GOD! I was there not for the sake of the heathen. I was there for the Savior that endured the agonies of Hell for me, who didn't deserve it. But He deserved them. Because He died for them.
Do you see?
Let me epitomize, let me summarize. Christianity says,
"The end of all being is the glory of God."
Humanism says,
"The end of all being is the happiness of man."
And one was born in Hell, the deification of man.
AND THE OTHER WAS BORN IN HEAVEN,
THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD! And one is Levite
serving Micah, and the other is a heart that's unworthy serving
the living God, because it's the highest honor in the universe.
--
YES! - You have permission to post these emails
to friends or other groups, blogs, boards, etc. Go for it!
See our website and discussion board-
http://www.revivalschool.com/
sermons of all time...
TEN SHEKELS and A SHIRT - An Extract
-by Paris Reidhead.
If you'll ask me why I went to Africa, I'll tell you I went primarily to improve on the justice of God.
I didn't think it was right for anybody to go to Hell without a chance to be saved. So I went to give poor sinners a chance to go to heaven. Now I haven't put it in so many words, but if you'll analyze what I just told you do you know what it is? Humanism.
That I was simply using the provisions of Jesus Christ as a means to improve upon human conditions of suffering and misery. And when I went to Africa, I discovered that they weren't poor, ignorant, little heathen running around in the woods looking for someone to tell them how to go to heaven. That they were MONSTERS of INIQUITY !!!
THEY WERE LIVING in UTTER AND TOTAL DEFIANCE of FAR MORE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD than I EVER DREAMED THEY HAD !
They deserved Hell! Because they utterly refused to walk in the light of their conscience, and the light of the law written upon their heart, and the testimony of nature, and the truth they knew! And when I found that out I assure you I was so angry with God that on one occasion in prayer I told Him it was a mighty fine little thing He'd done, sending me out there to reach these people that were waiting to be told how to go to heaven.
When I got there I found out they knew about heaven,and didn't want to go there, and that they loved their sin and wanted to stay in it.
I went out there motivated by humanism. I'd seen pictures of lepers, I'd seen pictures of ulcers, I'd seen pictures of native funerals, and I didn't want my fellow human beings to suffer in Hell eternally after such a miserable existence on earth. But it was there in Africa that God began to tear through THE OVERLAY OF THIS HUMANISM! And it was that day in my bedroom with the door locked that I Wrestled with God. For here was I, coming to grips with the fact that the people I thought were ignorant and wanted to know how to go to heaven and were saying "Someone come and teach us", actually didn't want to take time to talk with me or anybody else. They had no interest in the Bible and no interest in Christ, and they loved their sin and wanted to continue in it. And I was to that place at that time where I felt the whole thing was a sham and a mockery, and I had been sold a bill of goods! And I wanted to come home.
There alone in my bedroom AS I FACED GOD HONESTLY WITH WHAT MY HEART FELT, it seemed to me I heard Him say, "Yes, will not the Judge of all the earth do right? The heathen are lost.
And they're going to go to Hell, not because they haven't heard the gospel. They're going to go to Hell because they are sinners, WHO LOVE THEIR SIN! And because they deserve Hell. BUT, I didn't send you out there for them.
I didn't send you out there for their sakes." And I heard as clearly as I've ever heard, though it wasn't with a physical voice, but it was the echo of truth of the ages finding its' way into an open heart. I heard God say to my heart that day something like this, "I didn't send you to Africa for the sake of the heathen, I sent you to Africa for My sake.
They deserved Hell! But I LOVE THEM !!!
AND I ENDURED THE AGONIES of HELL FOR THEM !!!
I DIDN'T SEND you OUT THERE FOR THEM !!!
I SENT you OUT THERE FOR ME !
DO I NOT DESERVE the REWARD OF MY SUFFERING?
DON'T I DESERVE THOSE for WHOM I DIED?"
And it REVERSED IT ALL! AND CHANGED IT ALL! AND RIGHTED IT ALL! And I wasn't any
longer working for Micah and tens shekels and a shirt. BUT I WAS SERVING A LIVING GOD! I was there not for the sake of the heathen. I was there for the Savior that endured the agonies of Hell for me, who didn't deserve it. But He deserved them. Because He died for them.
Do you see?
Let me epitomize, let me summarize. Christianity says,
"The end of all being is the glory of God."
Humanism says,
"The end of all being is the happiness of man."
And one was born in Hell, the deification of man.
AND THE OTHER WAS BORN IN HEAVEN,
THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD! And one is Levite
serving Micah, and the other is a heart that's unworthy serving
the living God, because it's the highest honor in the universe.
--
YES! - You have permission to post these emails
to friends or other groups, blogs, boards, etc. Go for it!
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http://www.revivalschool.com/
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
I’m Running For President
Please do click on the 'television news coverage' on the post, and watch to the very end for a very important message.
I’m Running For President
http://pastorelrod.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/im-running-for-president/
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UPDATED
I have recieved a few emails about this, and it appears some did'nt get it.Please watch the film till the end and read the message. It's just a joke .........anyone can run for president! You just send them yours or your friend's name and the same film runs with your names as the candidate that's running for president.(read the instructions given at the end of the film)
I’m Running For President
http://pastorelrod.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/im-running-for-president/
___________________
UPDATED
I have recieved a few emails about this, and it appears some did'nt get it.Please watch the film till the end and read the message. It's just a joke .........anyone can run for president! You just send them yours or your friend's name and the same film runs with your names as the candidate that's running for president.(read the instructions given at the end of the film)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Man Who Seemed to Have It All, Now Has Nothing
(Thanks Bryan for sending this link)
The Man Who Seemed to Have It All, Now Has Nothing
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Two months ago, he seemed to have it all: the proverbial trophy wife, the fancy Manhattan digs, the even fancier Hamptons get-away.
Then it all went away. My buddy went bust.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434142,00.html
Friday, October 3, 2008
Did God Want You to Get That Mortgage?-TIME
(Thanks Bryan for sending this link)
TIME
Did God Want You to Get That Mortgage?
By David Van Biema Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
EXCERPT
Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That's what a scholar of the fast-growing brand of pentecostal Christianity believes. While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise — that God would "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life — had developed an additional, toxic expression during sub-prime boom. Walton says that this encouraged congregants who got dicey mortgages to believe "God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house." The results, he says, "were disastrous, because they pretty much turned parishioners into prey for greedy brokers."
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847053,00.html?cnn=yes
TIME
Did God Want You to Get That Mortgage?
By David Van Biema Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
EXCERPT
Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That's what a scholar of the fast-growing brand of pentecostal Christianity believes. While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise — that God would "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life — had developed an additional, toxic expression during sub-prime boom. Walton says that this encouraged congregants who got dicey mortgages to believe "God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house." The results, he says, "were disastrous, because they pretty much turned parishioners into prey for greedy brokers."
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847053,00.html?cnn=yes
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