The American people have truly been shammed!

The American people have truly been duped, lied to, shammed and scammed!  And so have the rest of the world! ...Listen up folks, ...we haven't even begun to see the worst of it yet!

Sorry to have to tell you what you're probably already smart enough to figure out by now.  This world and it's riches are worthless!

I was just reading a blog and comments that someone posted about mortgage notes and the tangled web of who owns the loan....etc...  I'm not sure I even want to explain what it is she was saying about how they can't trace who owns what based on the unlicensed transferring and so forth.  "MERS"

Man, what a nightmare! There were quite a number of comments below her blog post as well. All of them going through the same mortgage problems.

I don't own any property myself.  No house or land.  And now, I have to say that I am glad that I don't have to deal with the stress that so many others are going through. The Bible says a few things about this:

This scripture is what I was thinking of as I read the peoples troubles they're having with the mortgage situation.

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -1Timothy 6:10    and...

"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." -1Timothy 6:7 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
By quoting these scriptures I am not trying to say that people who own homes have strayed from the faith.  All I am pointing out is the trouble that has come on the American people and the rest of the world.  There is no escaping this failure of the economy!  There is no way our government will ever be able to pull itself out of the economic doom that has snowballed beyond our worst realizations.

Because of the greediness of the human nature and those who throttle some form of power, we are now doomed to realize the consequences.  As the above scripture says, "for the love of money".

I know some people will try to say that I am being pessimistic. But I think it's time to face reality. The only bail out anyone is going to get, that is really worth something is God's bailout!  It is time to look around us and see that this is it folks!  The planned New World Order is here and is moving into official position over the entire planet!  There is no need to fret. There is no need to cry. There is only a need to repent of the foolish things of this world and turn our hearts 100%  toward our heavenly Father. Let's look to Him finally as the warnings of disaster and gloom hit the planet from all sides. Let us prepare for His soon catching away promised in His Word!

It is time for all of us to let go of the things of this world once and for all! Let go of the money and materialism. It has no eternal value anyway.

Many of the false churches are still preaching to their congregations about building wealth in this lifetime. What they are doing is setting up those people for a fall!  We need to open our eyes and be alert!  Many of the churches no longer preach the truth of God's Word. It's like many of them don't even really know God anymore. They have gone after signs and wonders and riches!

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." - Matthew 6:19-21

How to choose a denomination or church

There are many people around the world in various countries who are limited to what kind of Christian church they could attend.  Here in America, there are so many different churches and denominations that it can be challenging for someone who is a brand new Christian to figure out where to start.  

How do you pick a church?  Why are there so many different denominations?  These are questions that I will try to answer.  Hopefully by this, more understanding and wisdom can be applied so that it won't be such a stumbling block to people. 

When I first got saved 22 years ago, I came out of one religion, which claimed to be a "Christian" religion. But it was just that, a religion.  As a new believer in Christ, I was introduced to the concept of having a direct relationship to God through His Son Jesus Christ.  The old way in the religion, you had kind of a membership of sorts with the church, and relied on the church and their doctrine to save you. (which it didn't, I might add). 

Many Christians today are still relying on the "church" to do the saving for them.  They got saved, but they are still practicing religion according to denominational rules and cultural traditions, instead of according to the bible and the freedom of the Holy Spirit. 

It is not wrong to attend one of these churches as long as you realize that your personal relationship with God is between you and God. Not between you and the denominational church. 

On 6/2/2010 and 6/3/2010 I wrote two posts entitled:  God in a box  and  God outside the box.  You could find them in the blog archive on the right side of the page.  

In these two articles I wrote about this very thing of religion confining God to the boundaries of man-made denominational rules.  The only thing we should use as a denominational guideline is the Word of God.  Some churches have a lot of extra rules that are not in the bible.  Like no wearing hats to church, or jewelry. Or no dancing. Some church denominations don't believe in using musical instruments! These things are not the doctrines of the bible. They are man-made rules.  These rules restrict and confine the flow of the Holy Spirit in people putting burdens on them that the Lord did not intend! These false religions have the disguise of Christianity, but they are really a tool to trap new innocent Christians and bring them back into bondage.  Some new Christians were just washed clean by the blood of Jesus being set free from the bondages of sin, and they will go to a church that puts them under a new bondage of false rules!  These kinds of churches are religious and controlling. They seek to have power and control over people to get their money. They are not concerned at all with the individual believers development and growth in Christ.  

Different denominations started when men, in their fleshly arguing and disagreements decided to form their "own" church or religion. In their blindness, thinking they are free, they became proud and arrogant declaring others wrong and their selves better.  The bible says: 

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?" -James 4:1

"Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge." -James 4:11

 These scriptures in the book of James were written because God knew that human beings would be prone to making these errors of segregation.  In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed:

"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." -John 17:21

 Jesus prayed for unity among those who would believe in Him.  But a lot of what we've had in the churches is discord and division.  So it wasn't God who made the different denominations. It was the sinful flesh nature at work in men.

I believe though that God is in control, and He hasn't lost His people who are a part of these denominations and churches. Gods love is strong. And He didn't die on that cross in vain. So take heart! You may still attend these churches if you want to with the spiritual understanding of religion vs. relationship.

It is incredible how much God loves His people who live their whole lives in religious bondage!  If they were free, they would begin to experience His love on a much greater level than they do now.

When choosing a church remember that it is not the church that saves you! It was Jesus! Try to look for a church that you know believes in the Bible as God's true Word! This type of church will be humble and will always honor the bible by referring to it a lot during preaching, and will apply it to their own lives.

Another thing to remember is that as a believer in Christ, you are part of the church yourself! And your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit!  (1Corinthians 6:19)

You are needed by the rest of the church because you belong to Jesus. The church is not a building!

If you are looking for the right place to go to meet together with other believers in Christ, you should pray first and let His Holy Spirit lead you to where you should go.

I believe that God in these end times is leading His people out of the religious arena's and bondage burdening church buildings that restrict, and sending them to be salt and light in the world. People live their lives outside of the church buildings and dead denominations anyway. The life of the Spirit is where God is. God is with you if you believe in Him!

How to read the Bible

So in the previous article I made reference to 1Corinthians chapter 2 verse 14 which says that the natural man cannot receive or know the things of God because they are spiritually discerned.  Then I said that meant the flesh part of the intellect or the brain.  But I want to add also that the natural man in this scripture is referring to the sinful nature in humans. As long as people are living according to the sinful nature, they cannot understand the things of God. People are naturally accustomed to living their lives by doing what ever the sin nature tells them to do instead of listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

This relates to understanding the bible and how to read it. If sinful people are to ever read the bible and understand it, they must become born again.

The Holy Bible is not just any book. It is not like any other book in the world. It is a spiritual book. And therefore must be read with spiritual understanding. It's not as difficult as it may sound.

Many people have said that they tried to read the bible but they couldn't understand it. There are a few things we should understand first that will make bible reading easier and joyful.

The bible is almost like a written code. For people to understand it, they must have the proper code key that will help them break the code so they can understand it. This code key is the Holy Spirit!  If you really want to read and understand the bible you must have the indwelling Holy Spirit who will assist you in reading, and who will reveal the Word of God to you!  This is the main key. If you ever want to understand the bible. This one factor is the most important thing for you to have.

Remember, reading the bible is part of the relationship you have with God. It is not a religious ritual!

So now with your relationship with God, and the infilling of the Holy Spirit, you are equipped and ready to read.

Now don't try to read the bible like you would any book, like a text book or encyclopedia or something. It takes more than your brain to read this book. Remember the scripture reference and what I said earlier about the brain and the sinful nature not understanding God?  The bible is a spiritual book. So you want to read it with your heart(spirit).  In order to do that we must pray.  Praying is opening our heart to God and preparing ourself to be able to receive what it is that the Holy Spirit may want to teach us.  So pray first and ask God to help you to understand what it is that you are reading.  Believe that He hears your prayer. (Believing that He hears you is faith in action). And then He will hear and answer by revealing Himself to you as you read!

Another tip to reading the bible is the way you read it. By that I mean there are many different ways to read the bible.  Some read through from cover to cover in a year. Some will open it randomly and just read anything. Some will try to read a chapter a day. The best way is to do what you sense the Spirit of God is leading you to do.  I like to read by jumping around and connecting verses that relate to each other. And at other times I will just read a chapter at a time. Doing any of these is better than nothing at all.  Just pick it up and start reading.

If you have never read the bible before and don't know how to begin, try to start in the gospel of John.  The gospel of John in the New Testament is one of the easiest and most important books in the bible. Some other places to start reading is the other three gospels, Matthew, Mark, or Luke. And then Psalms and Proverbs. Or you could just start at the front in Genesis. If you start out in Genesis, it can be a long way to getting to the gospels which is the most important part for brand new Christians.

Another tip is, try not to cover a lot of chapters in a hurry so that you could say that you read it all. People that speed read the bible never develop a relationship with God. Sometimes you can sit down and read just one verse. Read it slow, read it over again and again. This procedure will plant the scripture deep in your spirit, grounding you in the Word of God, and building your spirit up strong. Read this way through a chapter until a verse seems to jump out at you. When this happens, you want to stop on that verse and begin to read it over and over. Dwell on that one verse. When a verse jumps out at you, that is God speaking to you through that verse. So you want to spend more time on it. This way of reading scripture will feed your spirit and is the best way to read. It's not just reading it but praying the scripture as you read. Remember the Lord is with you in this helping you understand it.

Now to summarize the most important things to knowing how to read the bible properly for understanding are:

1)  you must be born again according to scripture with the indwelling Holy Spirit.
2)  reading the bible is not ritual, it is working out a relationship with God. 
3)  read with an open heart not just with your brain. 
4)  you must pray and ask God to reveal Himself to you as you read.
5)  read slow and prayerfully to digest the Word.

What should be number 6 is, read the bible everyday. You will notice your progress and spiritual strength increasing. But if you slack off and stop reading, you will become weak in your spirit and more vulnerable to temptation.  Keep reading to keep out of spiritual problems. God bless you!  I hope this helps you to develop a better relationship with God!

An article post Coming Soon:  How to know which Bible version to choose  ...keep visiting this blog!

Knowledge

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children." -Hosea 4:6

Everybody is ignorant about something. I know that is a shocking statement and can be disagreeable when first read. But lets think about this. The truth is that no one, no human being knows everything. Even Einstein was a human being lacking knowledge about something! He had a high IQ, but his brain did not contain all of the knowledge of all of the books in every library in the world.

So then, neither do we. Some people have Masters degrees or Doctorates. Some are the best in their own field. But the same may be completely ignorant in another field.  For example, a rocket scientist may know nothing about brain surgery. Would you trust your surgery to a jet engine specialist?

This is not to mention whether those who have a Masters for example even are masters in their field. Or is the degree only a certificate of the completion of study in that field?  Once you have a Masters does that mean there is nothing in that particular field left for you to learn?

The day we stop learning is the day we die! I think there is always something to learn. No matter what degrees we may have that "prove" we know everything!  By this, many can become deceived into thinking that they know it all.

If we knew what it was that we didn't know, ...then we would know it. Therefore, we don't know what it is that we don't know!  Which means we are ignorant about something.  Even the FBI doesn't know everything. That's why they have to conduct investigations so they can find out and learn what it is they don't know.  We too, should investigate what it is that we don't know.

Ask yourself,  "What is it that God wants me to know?" By asking ourselves these types of questions we will uncover the knowledge He wants us to have.

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." -1Corinthians 2:14

The "natural man" spoken of in the above scripture is referring to the physical knowledge portion of the human, which is the brain and it's ability to learn. The scripture is saying that the knowledge we need of God is spiritual, not physical. It tells us that we need Gods spirit in order to know Him and His knowledge He has for us.  We need to be born of His Spirit.
                                                                                                                                                                      
Not to sound too gloomy by saying this, but I have to make a point. When our body dies and is buried in the grave it will rot.  The brain will rot with the rest of the body. And all the knowledge that was in our brains will rot with the brain.  Our certificates and degrees will be placed in some memorial box by our surviving families for dust collection. So, the only thing that will last is what we know spiritually!

We must know God and the spiritual stuff that He wants us to know! This can be accomplished by becoming born again and by reading and studying the Holy Bible. 

Please visit this site tomorrow for Part 2  of this article entitled:  How to read the Bible.

Praise be unto God!

All Praise and Glory be unto the one God, Holy and just!
All I want to do is praise Him for He is good! 

My God is good.  He is loving and full of compassion.  So I praise Him and glorify His name.

People are judgmental,  But God is good!

People are judgmental,  But God is kind!

People are judgmental,  But God is a forgiving God!

God is a forgiving and loving God!  He is everything we need!  He is merciful, gracious, loving and kind!

People are selfish,  But God cares!

People are hateful,  But God loves!
  
People are rude,  But God is a gentle and kind and caring God!

God is a good God! 

All praises be unto His name!  For He is Holy, and Just, and True!

Praise be unto God!

 

 Jesus Loves You!! How you can be saved:

Step 1)  God loves you!!   
"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 3:16

The bible says that there is only one way to get into heaven, and it is through Jesus Christ.

How do you get into heaven? In the Bible Jesus said that "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." -John 3:3 Well, what is being "born again"? And how do we do that? ...Read on further to find out:

Step 2)  Acknowledge to God that you have sinned.
This may come as a shock to some but the prerequisite to becoming a true Christian is that we first must be a sinner! The Bible says that Jesus Christ died for the sinners and for the ungodly. Romans 5:6-8
I'm not saying that you should go out and commit a bunch of sin. I am only stressing the fact that in order for a person to truly be saved they must humble themselves and admit to God that they have sinned.

"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." -James 4:6

This is the first step. God already knows that we have broken His rules, He just wants us to admit it.

"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." -1 John 1:10

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" -Romans 3:23

If a person doesn't think that they have sinned and they call their self a Christian, then they are lying!

"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:" -1John 1:6

It is not enough to be a "good" person!  Neither is it enough to join a denomination or a church! 

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;" -Isaiah 64:6

Step 3)  Our sin has separated us from God. 
"23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." -Romans 6:23

"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." -John 3:17

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." -Romans 5:8

Step 4)  Repent!
What do we do about this sin that has separated us from God?  We must repent! This means to turn to God with all of our heart, mind, and strength, and turn from the sinful lifestyle we were living in.
Then we put all of our trust in Him to save us!

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." -Acts 2:38

Step 5)  Believe and Receive!  
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." -Mark 1:15

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" -John 1:12

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." -Mark 16:16 

We also must believe the things that the bible says about Jesus.

"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." -John 7:38

This is what the scripture says:

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God born of a virgin. He suffered for us and died on a cross; shedding His blood to save us from our sins. Then after three days of being buried in a tomb, He came back to life because He is our God and savior. He physically rose from the grave. Then He ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty!

Step 6)  Pray! 
To accept Jesus as your personal savior, you can pray something like this:

Heavenly Father, I come before you in prayer acknowledging that I am a sinner. I confess to you that I am guilty. I am asking that you would please forgive me of all of my sins, and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.
I choose to believe in you now, and I repent and turn from my sin toward you with all of my heart. 
I believe that you love me and gave yourself for me on the cross so that I may be saved. 
I now accept what you did for me by suffering, shedding your blood, and dying on the cross. I believe you also rose from the grave to give me new life in you. 
I now believe in my heart that you do forgive me of all my sins, and I accept you Lord Jesus as my personal savior!  
Thank you Lord God for cleaning up my soul and for giving me eternal life through Jesus Christ your Son. Thank you for salvation! Thank you for your love! And, thank you for filling me with your precious Holy Spirit. 
In Jesus name I pray. Amen! 

Don't stop here. Now begin to develop a prayer life. Continue to pray to God all the time as much as you can now that you have started a new relationship with Him.  Also, you must begin reading the Holy Bible everyday so that your new spirit can begin to grow in Jesus Christ.

Another thing you can do is get baptized in a bible believing church.

Learn about communion and how to take it.

Forgive everyone who ever hurt you!

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:" -Matthew 6:14

Congratulations! And welcome to the true family of God! If you just accepted Jesus Christ by praying this prayer, you may email me if you want and let me know about it here:   WoTmin@gmail.com

How you can be saved

Today I added a new page entitled: "Jesus Loves You!! How you can be saved."

This new page is what this blog is all about.  To find it, just look on the right side under the "Pages" section for this title. I also added it right after this post, just above.

It will bless you!

New blog "quotes" feature added today!

Today I added a new feature to this WordofTruth blog!  A quotes section near the top of the page gives you a profound Christian quote every time you refresh the page!  The quotes are taken from various prominent Christian leaders and preachers, and a scripture from the bible.

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 3:16