EARTH'S GREATEST EVENT EVER

Most of us like to see a big event of one kind or another

once in a while to break the dulness of life.  Well, hang

on to your hat.  The biggest event this world has ever 

seen, or will see, will be taking place in a few short 

years.

Yes, you an I both will see it.  Everyone who has ever

lived on this earth is going to see it.

The Holy Bible has made hundreds of prophecies

and they have been being fulled in detail right on 

schedule.  And this one will be too.  It is about

Jesus Christ.

"BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS,

and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him;

and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him.  So

it is to be Amen."   

(Revelation 1:7 NASB). 

There will be two sides at this event a little like two teams

clashing to see who wins.  

One side will be those who are looking forward to the

coming of our Savior, Lord and King Jesus Christ.  That

is the time that he will reward his followers.

Notice the other side.  The entire rest of the world will

be in mourning.  Why?  They have rejected Jesus Christ

and now they are going to have to pay the price, a terrable

price.

We know who will win this event, Jesus.

I'm on his side.  Who's side are you on?

TODAY'S PROMISE

"My dear children, I am writing this to you

so that you will not sin.  But if anyone does

sin, we have a advocate who pleads our case

before the Father.  He is Jesus Christ, the one

who is truly righteous.  He himself is the sari-

fice that atones for our sins - and not only our

sins but the sins of all the world."

(1 John 2:1,2 NLT)

CAUTION

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CAUTION,

DANGER AHEAD

We have been being warned for several thousand

years of what is coming on this old world.  

The Holy Bible many years ago told us what people

would be like in our day and age.  And, just as it 

says, the people of this world are just like it said

they would be.

The Holy Bible told us many, many years ago that

in these end times there would be a one world

government.  And, if you pay any attention to the

news, you know that is being pushed for right now.

The Holy Bible told us that in these last days

this old planet earth would have the catastrophes

we are seeing today such as earth quakes, tsunamis,

famines etc.

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

The Bible also tells us that it is going to get 

much, much worse.

Anybody that has read the Bible knows that we

have to have a close PERSONAL relationship

to Jesus Christ - or we are not going to make it.

Closer to my point.

Those of us who do know God personally, He 

has told us that we have to "hang on" in these

last days.  He uses different terms such as;

endure, be victorious, over come etc.

One of the last times I read through what we

call the "New Testament" I watched for these

warnings.  Would you know that I found at least

fifteen such warnings to us who call ourselves

Christians.

My friend, this old world has a very rough

time coming.  We are exhorted by God Himself

to hang on to Jesus Christ for all we are worth.

Meet me in the sky when Jesus calls us all home.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"So humble yourselves before God.  Resist the 

devil and he will flee from you.  Come close

to God, and God will come close to you.  Wash

your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts,

for your loyalty is divided between God and 

the world."  

(James 4:7,8 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"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.

And the world passeth away, and the lust

thereof; but he that doth the will of God

abideth for ever."

(1 John 2:16,17 KJV)

  

WHERE IS YOUR LOVE?

You are not going to be taking it with you when
you die.  You will leave it all behind for the family
to squabble over and then squander.

If your love is for the things of this world, you
will loose it all and the things that could come
for you after death.

God through the Apostle Pauls said;

"For we have brought nothing into the world,
so we cannot take anything out of it either" 
(1 Timothy 6:7 NASB)    

We need to set our love on God and the things
of God.  When our love rests on Him and our
efforts are spent for Him, then our true reward
comes after death and is eternal.

Even old Socrates had some insight into chasing
after the things of the world when he said;

“He who is not contented with what he has,
 would not be contented with what he would 
like to have.” 
― Socrates

But even more importantly the very creator

of life and the universe, Jesus Christ warns

us;

"For what does it profit a man to gain the

whole world, and forfeit his soul?

For what will a man give in exchange for

his soul?  

(Mark 8:36,37 NASB)

"...for where your treasure is, 
there your heart will be also."
(Matthew 6:21 NASB) 

PREACHER, PREACHER, PREACHER

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Hey preacher.

Please help me.  You see I am not a very smart man.

I am just an old man living back here in the Ozark 

hills.  Why, I am so ignorant I do not even have a 

"Dr." in front of my name - what ever that means.

Preacher what I do not understand is this.  My 

impression is that your mandate is:

"Go into all the world and preach the 

gospel to all creation."

(Mark 16:15 NASB)

And it seems that the apostles and first Christians 

understood it to mean:

"And they went out and preached

everywhere,"

(Mark 16:20 NASB)

Please explain to me how,

Standing behind a pulpit,

In a building,

with the doors shut,

preaching to people who believe like you do,

Is going out and preaching the Gospel

to the whole world.

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD

The more I watch the news,
the better I like my idea.

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD

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If you live here on earth some where, politicians have

increased your taxes, and, restricted your freedoms in

some manner.

So, let's start there.

Have every politician pay a flat fee on EVERY word

they utter.  And, it is to come out of their own pocket.  Not

the working people's wages.

There would be enough income - taxes would not be necessary.

AND, they would cut down on their hot air which causes

Global Warming, just to save them their own money, 

plus the improved air quality.

Then, jail time for every lie they tell.

It would get to where you could trust them.

That would almost be heaven here on earth.

O Well! It's just a thought.
I have a dream too.

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"Disappointment:

God's way of dimming the glamour

of the world and deepening our ability

to enjoy Him. (Psalm 119:37) 

-Bill Gothard

O BOY. GOOD JUNK

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Last week I was donating some time at Fort Rock 

Family Camp.  Most of my time there is in maintenance,

you know "fixing stuff".   I was at the shop working when

one of the children from a family helping came to me 

wanting help to build a whistle.  She had picked out a 

piece of scrap tubing.  All I had to do was help her make

into a whistle. [Ha, ha, ha.]

We needed a piece of material to make the "fipple block"

with.  So, I pointed her at the scrap pile.  It is "fair game"

for anybody to use.  So with the help of her two smaller 

brothers they begin to dig in the scrap pile.  And I went 

back about my business.

Can you imagine my surprise when I came back out and

found that Lydia and each of her brothers had laid out

about a wheelbarrow load of scrap steel and old parts

 for each one of them.  Good stuff they had found in 

the scrap pile.  Three wheelbarrows of stuff.

But, their mother would not let them take all that good 

stuff home with them.

Just like you and me.  We spend a life time of  piling up 

a lot of "good junk" that we cannot take with 

us when we die and leave this old world.

One day every one of us is going to stand before

God in judgement whether we like it or not.

Consider his opinion on all this good "stuff" we

gather up for our selves.

"There is great gain in godliness with contentment;

for we brought nothing into the world, and we

cannot take anything out of the world, but if we

have food and clothing, with these we shall be

content.  But those who desire to be rich fall into

temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and 

hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and 

destruction.  For the love of money is the root of

all evils; it is through this craving that some have

wandered away from the faith and pierce their 

hearts with many pangs."

(1 Timothy 6:6-10 RSV)

THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME

Are you getting tired and feed up with this old
world and the condition it is in?

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If you are, and you have invited Jesus Christ 
to take control of your life - you can sing

Albert Edward Brumley's song. 

"This world is not my home I'm just a-passin' through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue

The angels beckon me from heaven's open door

And I can't feel at home in this world anymore"

Jesus Christ said to his followers,

"If you belonged to the world,

then the world would love you as its own.

But I chose you from this world, 

and you do not belong to it;

that is why the world hates you."

(John 15:19 GNT)

WHERE IS YOUR LOVE?

"Do not love the world or anything that belongs

to the world.  If you love the world, you do not

love the Father.  Everything that belongs to the

world - what the sinful self desires, what people

are so proud of - none of this comes from the 

Father; it all comes from the world.  The world

and everything in it that people desire is passing

away; but those who do the will of God live

forever."

(1 John 2:15 - 17 TEV)

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TODAY'S PROMISE

"I gave them the same glory you gave me,

so that they may be one,

just as you and I are one;

I in them and you in me,

so that they may be completely one,

in order that the world may know that

you sent me and that you love them

as you love me."

(John 17:22,23 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

LIVING LIKE AN ARMADILLO

Have you noticed how much people are like armadillos?

Armadillos have poor eyesight.  They often bump into things

and they spend their time running around with their nose to the

ground.  So, they eat; insects, grubs, ants, termites and worms.

Just like this guy.  He nearly ran into me.  I would have been

a real danger to him, if I had not been in a good mood.

Why! with my number ten boot I could have taught him who

pays the taxes on the property.

Just like the armadillo, God gave us two eyes.  But do we

use them?  There is real danger in this old world, and the 

world to come.  But most people ignore them while going

on grubbing around with things of this world.  And a diet of 

the things this world has to offer us - will send us to a Devil's

hell.

Jesus said, 

"You have eyes - can't you see?

You have ears - can't you hear?"

(Mark 8:18 GNT)

THE OTHER WORLD

No.  I am not a photographer.
At the very best I would only be a "Picture taker."

But I am an old man with a camera who likes to play.

I wanted to try infrared photography (Picture taking.)

So this old man bought an old camera and made a few changes

so it could take infrared pictures.

The scene above is at the Buffalo river with the 

camera in it's normal mode.  That is showing what 

your eyes can see.

The scene below is standing at the same spot with

the camera in infrared mode.  It is taking pictures of

light waves or rays that  your eyes cannot see.

They say that infrared is part of the invisible spectrum.

Do you realize that there is a whole world out there

that you cannot see?  And nobody else knew it existed

until the astronomer William Herschel discovered

infrared in 1800.

And did you know that there is a spiritual world out 

there that you cannot see either.

Believe it or not, God is.

And there is a devil

and a heaven

and a hell.

Just like most modern digital cameras have as filter over the

sensor to filter out infrared light.  God's enemy, the devil,

blinds the eyes of people to the fact that there is a 

 spiritual world.  And that the spiritual world is more

real and permanent that the visible world.

WHERE IS MY LOVE?

"Do not love the world or the things in the world.

If anyone loves the world,

the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world,

the lust of the flesh,

and the lust of the eyes,

and the pride of life,

is not of the Father,

but is of the world.

And the world passes away,

and the lust of it,

but he that does the will of God

abides for ever."

(1 John 2:15-17 AKJV)

WHERE IS MY LOVE?

"Love not the world, or the things that are in the world.

If any anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not

in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust

of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is

of the world.

And the world passes  away, and the lust of it; but he that

does the will of God abides for ever."

(1 John 2:15 - 17 AKJV)