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“Some people say that life is a cesspool of darkness and despair. Well, we in Van Halen are sailing through it on a yacht.” —David Lee Roth Ecclesiastes 8:12-13, “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked...” One of the most infamous Rock 'N' Roll band's of music history is VAN HALEN. What began in 1972 as a simple band in Pasadena, California quickly by 1977 became a worldwide phenomena in music history. Van Halen drew crowds as large as 500,000 fans at once in South America and around the world, with screeching guitars, thundering bass, glorifying sin, and praising Satan with their music. The band has sold 80,000,000 records worldwide as of 2007. The band says they're going strong and have no plans to stop rocking! One of their most popular songs (if not the most) is RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL from their 1978 album titled VAN HALEN. If you click the image above you can see how old and silly they are now 34 years later singing the same song. After 40-years VAN HALEN are still RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL. But their time is running out, judgment day is coming (Hebrews 9:27). In the song, you'll hear David Lee Roth at the beginning of the song call it a “benediction” (a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection). It certainly is a benediction to Satan, the god whom they serve. Life is so short and these men will be in the fires of Hell before too long. Death can happen at any moment. It is sad to see Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang, play bass in the band. Wolfgang is following his father into spiritual destruction. They are all pulling on the same rope as the Devil. They really don't believe that there's a Hell that burns with fire and brimstone. It's a big joke to them, like all the tens-of-millions of fans worldwide singing ACDC's HIGHWAY TO HELL. You have the choice to run with the Devil and travel the highway to Hell if you'd like, but you couldn't offer me all the wealth, pleasures and fame that this world has to offer in exchange for my soul's eternal happiness. I'll take Jesus Christ! Not surprisingly in this crazy world today, Alex Van Halen (the band's drummer) is an ordained minister and performed the wedding of his brother Eddie in 2009. Eddie and Alex Van Halen are both hellbound Roman Catholics. Just like Gene Simmons of the demonic Rock band, KISS, so also is David Lee Roth Jewish and a non-believer in Jesus Christ. Roth is known for his sense of humor, who stated “Some people say that life is a cesspool of darkness and despair. Well, we in Van Halen are sailing through it on a yacht.” Satan has rewarded the members of Van Halen for their loyalty and service. VAN HALEN has succeeded in ruining the lives of hundreds-of-millions of teenagers and families, leading them into sexual immorality, rebellion and lives without God. Numerous recent videos have emerged of the band doing interviews, performing in concert, TV shows... all happy, smiling and having fun... the time of their life! But the Bible says it shall not be well with the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:12-13). The sinful world receives their own... 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.” The world receives Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH (despite his profession that he is a born-again Christian) because Mr. Mustaine still performs heavy metal Rock music, produces satanic albums, and fellowships with blasphemous bands like SLAYER who curse the name of Jesus Christ. VAN HALEN is still singing today, but the artists are getting older. David Lee Roth (lead singer) is now 60 (born October 10, 1954). James 4:7-10, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” Satan is the god of this sinful world (2nd Corinthians 4:4) and as such demands allegiance from those who desire fame, fortune and power. In Luke 4:6 and 7, Satan said to Jesus... “All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Although Jesus declined Satan's offer, wicked men and women have been accepting Satan's offer throughout history, worshipping the Prince of Darkness. It's simple... if you want to be massively successful in this sinful world, then you've got to sell your soul to the Devil. It's no coincidence that our highest politicians are all going around flashing Satanic hand signs. How do you think they got into power? Please understand that my intent for writing and publishing this needful article is NOT to condemn nor criticize David Lee Roth, the Van Halen brothers, nor anyone else; but rather, to shed Biblical light upon the wickedness of Rock music of all types, and the occult-owned and controlled music industry that seeks to destroy the lives of youth everywhere. James 4:4 says that to befriend (assist) the sinful world is to be the enemy of God. I am God's friend, are you? Satan Wants To Destroy Your Life By the way, I read today that Kenney Chesney and Van Halen performed together in a 2006 convert. You see, Kenney Chesney is also working for Satan, and has sold his soul for fame and fortune. The entire music industry is controlled by occultists in secret societies (and this includes the mainstream Contemporary Christian Music industry). But there's a darker agenda at work here. The common man listens to Country music, but rebels listen to Rock music. By combining Country with Rock, Satan is attempting to lead common people into lives of gross rebellion against God. Communist dictator (and monster) Vladimir Lenin said the best revolutionary is a youth devoid of morals. That's the Illuminati's goal, that is, to destabilizes society and destroy the traditional family. Satan wants the children now, so that tomorrow he will have everyone. Satan wants to do this in order to overthrow society and enslave humanity. This is all leading into a New World Order (which is the Beast system of the coming Antichrist). The world knows about this, but they scoff and joke because that's what the Illuminati has indoctrinated them to do through media brainwashing. This is all social engineering folks! Van Halen's music glorifies prostitution, oral sex, violence, adultery and every form of sin. Van Halen sold their souls to the Devil as youths. This is why the occult-controlled music industry has Dolly Parton singing Led Zeppelin songs. This is why they had Johnny Cash sing satanist, Glen Danzig's song 13. The common man listens to Country music, including many churchgoers. But Rock music is for rebels, not the common man. So by promoting satanic Rock music to the general Country-music-listening-audience, the Illuminati are corrupting society, introducing people into satanic Rock music. It's all a part of the moral downfall of the United States, so that out of utter chaos and ruin can arise a New World Order (which is stated in Latin on the back of every U.S. one-dollar bill). This is why Miley Cyrus started out as Walt Disney's little innocent princess “Hannah Montana,” but now is the sleazy-slut-of-Sodom! This is why Taylor Swift started out as the good little girl, wearing dresses, but now she's the whore-of-Gomorra, Miley's twin sister of sin. Have you been deceived? Parents, Satan wants your child's innocence! Young people, the Devil wants to destroy you! Tell the Devil where he can go! Van Halen's good times will end the moment they die and pass into eternity. God will not be mocked. There is no Rock music in Heaven, or Hell. The Holy Bible warns that God will judge all men according to their works, whether good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14). Van Halen's songs glorify sin and the Devil, not the Lord Jesus Christ. The fans flashing satanic hand-signs say it all. Darkness cannot stand light and the Bible is that precious Light! Psalms 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." —Acts 26:18

James 1:7-8, “For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1:7 says don't expect anything from God if you are double-minded, that is... James 1:5-8, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” What does this passage of Scripture mean? What does God mean when he warns about asking for wisdom and then wavering in faith? Part of the answer is found in Job 28:28... Job 28:28, “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” Many people ask God for wisdom, but have no intentions of departing from evil. They have no fear of God as Romans 3:18 says. Psalms 111:10, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.” Wisdom is not head knowledge. Wisdom is how we live with the truth that we have. My friend, you will never truly obtain God's wisdom until your heart departs from evil (committing deliberate sins). That's the difference between sin and evil. Sin happens, but evil is planned. There are tens-of-millions of people who attend church on Sunday and then live in sin the rest of the week. Many men are quick to admit that they are sinful, while having absolutely no intentions of departing from sin. God's curse is upon America today because Christians are no longer living like Christians. As criminals takeover our nation, God's children are as foolish as can be, going along to get along. Our pastors are apostate, actually saying nice things about criminals and unknowingly supporting the Communist takeover of America. Most Christians don't realize that America is very much A COMMUNIST NATION! Wickedness abounds everywhere. People have become malicious, cut-throat, vindictive, hateful, having no compassion, cruel, liars, treacherous... just as 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 foretold. Truly, we are living in the Last Days. You Cannot Be Right With God And The World Many people want to be right with God while also being right with the world. It's impossible. If you're right with God, then you'll be wrong with the world (John 15:19). If you're right with the world, then you'll be wrong with God (James 4:4). This is what it means to be double-minded, that is, trying to be right with both God and the world at the same time. We find a shocking example of this apostasy in Jeremiah 7:9-10, “Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?” Can you imagine? They were stealing, murdering and committing adultery in the name of the Lord. They literally said it was God's will for them to do such evil things. This is America today. Homosexuals all over the country are saying that God made them gay, so homosexuality must be of God. They have changed the truth into a lie just as Romans 1:25 said they would. I am thinking of a popular radio host who says he loves God almost daily on his show, but then he plays occult Rock music by Led Zeppelin and ACDC (who boast of traveling the Highway To Hell). Something is wrong with that man's testimony and walk. If he truly loved God he would repent. He is double-minded. Every believer is double-minded at times. God wants us to be single-minded. The best thing you can do is just anchor yourself to the Words of God and hang on! As the World changes, you just remain anchored to the unchanging King James Bible! That's my plan! You can't go wrong in siding with God my friend. If We Don't Pray and Abide In The Scriptures, We Are Saying We Can Do It Alone Without God The Bible teaches in Revelation 3:15-17 that lukewarmness makes God wants to vomit. Carefully notice what God says in Verse 17... Revelation 3:15-16, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” In other words, they were a DEAD CHURCH. They had become indifferent in their prosperity. In their success they became failures, but they didn't know it yet. Oh, how this describes America today!!! Lukewarmness is nor spending time with God in daily prayer and Bible reading. How can God speak to us if we don't read and study the Scriptures. As you read and come across things you don't understand, then you study. Don't just continue reading and skipping over things that you don't understand. I have put together a Bible Study page to help others learn the Scriptures. Without God we are helpless and nothing. It's not the sermon that gets the job done, it's the depending on God. We cannot make it alone. The church of Laodicea had become complacent. They thought they had arrived. They thought because they were financially self-sufficient that they didn't need anything else. Is this not a perfect picture of most of America's churches today? Most churches today have plenty of money, spoiled with padded pews, plush carpeting and air-conditioning. Yet we are naked and poor in prayer. Our churches are wretched and miserable for our failure to stand against the sins of abortion, homosexuality, television, pornography and booze. Our churches today are totally blind to the blatant crimes in government, and the oppression of our nation. America's churches “knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” Thou knowest not! What a passage of Scripture. God says that the church of Laodicea didn't know they were naked, poor, miserable, wretched and blind. What was their great sin? THEY WERE LUKEWARM! They were half-on and half-off! They were trying to straddle-the-fence. They were trying to drive in the center-lane of the highway. In Biblical Christianity there is no middle ground. The ecumenical movement that seeks to unite churches by apostasy and error is straight out of the pits of Hell. It's better to be divided over truth than to be united by error. You're either God's friend or God's enemy (James 4:4). You Cannot Serve Mammon (Wealth) And God You either love God and serve Him, or you serve and love mammon (wealth). There is no middle ground. It is impossible to serve God and wealth (money). You can only serve one Master! A double-minded person foolishly THINKS they can serve both God and money, or God and the world, or God and the Devil, or God and self. It is impossible. A double-minded person Luke 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” I am thinking of a popular radio host who says he loves God almost daily on his show, but then he plays occult Rock music by Led Zeppelin and ACDC (they boast of traveling the Highway To Hell). Something is wrong with that man's testimony and walk. If he truly loved God he would repent. He is double-minded. He admits being as wicked as the day is long; yet, he allows it. God will not bless anyone who chooses to live with the frogs for another day as did Pharaoh. Every believer is double-minded at times. God wants us to have a single-eye (pure-hearted and single-minded). Some of the most miserable people are wealthy people without God. They have more money than they know what to do with. They can't take one penny of it with them into the grave. 1st Timothy 6:7 says we came into the world with nothing, and we'll leave out with nothing. 1st Timothy 6:7, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” Ah, but we can leave some things behind, that is, changed lives! And we can lay up treasures in Heaven through prayer, fasting, witnessing the gospel to others, and obeying God's Word. I speak this to Christians. only. The only way into Heaven is by being born-again. No amount of good works can merit a person Heaven. All your good could never in a billion years erase the sins that you have committed. Even one sin recorded in God's Books means you'll be condemned to Hell forever. Thankfully, the blood of Jesus washes our sins away.

I would have bought a new cell phone lol..

This is incredible! Don't think I would have been able to stay so calm.

“What we need in this generation, is for about 30,000 churches in the United States to go out of business, and just shut the doors, and let who mean business, get the power of God, and witness to this generation!” —SOURCE: Pastor Danny Castle, a quote from the awesome sermon, “How To Have Power With God!”

God is a good God. A faith must be tested. 1st Peter 1:7, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” Anyone can have faith in God during good health, prosperity and good times; but a faith is tested when there is tragedy, heartache and suffering... joy cometh in the morning. Psalms 30:5, “...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Even so, come, Lord Jesus! I sincerely ask for your continued prayers, whoever you may be. I need them much, for my health and this ministry. Most people can't even imagine what it's like to live with excruciating neck pain that never goes away, although I have better movements and worse moments. Last night and this morning have been horrible. I cried due to the physical pain. Most people think because they once had tennis elbow that they know what pain is. Many people would jump out a 10th story window if they had to endure constant gnawing pain. I have learned gradually over the years to deal with it, but it has never been easy. I think about the people in Revelation 16:10 who will gnaw their tongues for pain, because it helps me realize that it could always be worse. The gnawing pain is in the back of my neck (in the bony area) and radiates into my cheeks, gums, eyes (facial area). Pain is not something that you can show others, they cannot see what you feel inside your body (although when I close my eyes it's obvious that I am hurting). After awhile you can see the dragged-out look on my face from the pain, like I am very tired (and I am). I don't want to suffer like this anymore, but until the Lord returns or takes me home I must keep going. The doctors have utterly failed to help me. All my teeth feel like they're ready to fall out from sore gums. It all comes from my neck in back. My eyes hurt horrible, sore all around. My entire face feels like a giant toothache (I know it's killing you to look at it... lol). I only wish people could know what I'm going through, they'd cry, they really would. There's no where I can turn. People don't understand, they see that I think fine, so therefore they think I am. Pain cannot be seen. Ripping neck tension cannot be seen. A neurologist said it's a damaged spinal cord causing the tension, not my neck muscles, as evidenced by an EMG needle test. The Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Florida said there are at least 4 separate identifiable problems in my neck, and they don't know what's causing my afflictions. Since I've had two neck fusion surgeries already, the insurance won't pay for another surgery. I have cervical degenerative disk disease, which means my neck is falling apart. There are 5 disks and 7 neck bones. In my case, the alignment of my neck is crooked and so disks are slipping, bone spurs, stenosis (narrowing of the spinal cord canal), et cetera. Doctors have given-up hope on me getting any better. I had an EMG, NCV test, and MRI in August of 2011. I meet with the radiologist afterwards and he said I'd have to learn to live with the pain. I've already been told by an ortho-surgeon in May of 2011 that he doesn't think endoscopic surgery will help me. As I type I am overwhelmed in chronic pain and need to go lay down. I'm praying, but it appears that no one can really help me except the Great Physician (Philippians 3:21). One day at a time. Philippians 2:13, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” That is why this website is here, i.e., because God has done a work in my heart to will and to do of His good pleasure. Amen and amen! I ask for your earnest prayers for this ministry and me daily. This ministry is much bigger than me, it's about the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE (John 14:6)! HEAR YE HIM! “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). I love you all in the Lord, whoever you may be!

Messenger Elijah Muhammad Meet Elijah Muhammad (pictured above). He’s the founder of the Black Muslim Nation (religion). Elijah Muhammad was born in October of 1897 in Georgia to William and Marie Poole. He grew up poor with 7 brothers and 5 sisters. His father was a Baptist preacher. It’s hard to imagine Elijah Muhammad growing up in a Baptist home and then becoming a Muslim (one who adheres to the Islamic Faith), but he did. Genuine Muslims and Baptists believe each other are going straight to hell. Elijah Muhammad was a devout Muslim and believed that only Allah was God, not Jesus. The Black Muslims have an official web site at “Muhammad Speaks Website.” The following quotes are taken directly off their web sight: The following article was transcribed from a video-taped lecture of the 1973 "Savior's Day" Lecture given by Elijah Muhammad titled: A Savior Is Born, February 26, 1877—-“Brothers and Sisters, I'm so happy to see your smiling faces, who have come here from far and near to help us give thanks to Almighty God, Allah, Who came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, To Whom Praises is due Forever.” Elijah Muhammad met W. D. Fard in 1931 for the first time and believed that Mr. Fard was literally Allah incarnate, with a message for Elijah to spread to all nations. Here are Elijah’s own words: “In Detroit one day in the latter part of 1931, our leader met with Master W.D. Fard --THE SAVIOUR--Who was teaching among Blacks at 3208 Hasting Street. Our Leader immediately recognized the POWER of THE MESSAGE and THE MAN (MASTER W. D. FARD) Who said that He was God in Person. Our Leader, right away, accepted the Truth of the Message and the giver of the Message, seeking more insight, more wisdom, knowledge and more understanding.” Master Fard Muhammad Elijah Muhammad claimed that Mr. Fard had a black father who purposely married a white woman so their son would be white (to allow him to sneak into the U.S.A. unnoticed and liberate all blacks). Elijah believed that he was the last great prophet that Allah (W.D. Fard) would send before the end of the world. Here are Elijah Muhammad’s objectives: “I am doing all I can to make the so-called Negroes see that the white race and their religion (Christianity) are their open enemies, and to prove to them that they will never be anything but the devils' slaves and finally go to hell with them for believing and following them and their kind.” So it’s clear that one cannot be a Christian and a Black Muslim. Elijah Muhammad (as do all Muslims), rejects the deity of Christ (that He is God). They don’t believe Jesus was ever crucified, nor do they believe that Jesus can forgive sin. They say God has no Son. They claim Jesus was a prophet of Allah, no more. Both Islam (Muslims) and Black Muslims reject the Bible (Word of God) on the claim that it is distorted and corrupt, they claim the Quran (also Koran) as God’s only Word. The Quran is nothing more than an Anti-Jew, anti-Christian book filled with jumbled words and much contempt for Jesus Christ and His Word. It’s important to recognize that orthodox Muslims (followers of the Islamic religion) are not the same thing as Black Muslims. Nearly all Muslims reject Elijah Muhammad and his foolishness. Elijah was first a Muslim and then simply started his own false religion in addition. Muslims do not recognize Elijah Muhammad as anything except a nut. However, the two religions do have quite a bit in common—mainly that Elijah Muhammad was an Islamic Muslim. Elijah Muhammad foolishly claimed that the Bible prophesied of his coming in Deuteronomy 18:18 and Malachi 4:5. Let’s hear what this prophet says about white people: “The Yakub made devils were really pale white, with really blue eyes; which we think are the ugliest of colors for a human eye. They were called Caucasian.” According to Elijah Muhammad, Yakub was a black scientist that created the white race in a laboratory by separating one of his own black germs; hence, all white people came from a black man. Elijah adds, “The black nation is only fooling themselves to take the Caucasian race otherwise. This is what Jesus learned to their history, before He gave up His work of trying to convert the Jews or white race to the religion of Islam. The Holy Quran (Surah 49:13-15) throws a great light on the truth of the creation of this pale, white race of devils. Black people have a heart of gold, love and mercy. Such a heart, nature did not give to the white race.” Wow! This is religious science-fiction at it’s best folks. If you want to know the sickening truth, visit their site at muhammadspeks.com Beware, this is a hate site in our opinion. Muhammad was a racist, full of hate and resentment for all Christians and white people. This is wrong, and two wrongs don’t make a right! Racism is a sin, period! The Bible says, “For ALL HAVE SINNED…” (Romans 3:23). All men, of all races, of all religions are sinful and wicked. The Jews (whites) were enslaved for hundreds of years by the Egyptians, enduring cruel treatment and hard labor in the time of Moses. Elijah Muhammad is wrong to teach that white people are devils, WE ARE ALL DEVILS WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST! Elijah Muhammad had a strong influence over multitudes of blacks because of his message against the cruelty, killings and slavery which was inflicted upon them by many of the whites. He offered a message of hope. Sadly, he rejected Jesus Christ and led many multitudes down a wrong path to Islam (Allah worship). His influence is still great today even though he died in 1975. His foolish teachings concerning the white race are ludicrous and simply indicate the bitterness and anger he was never able to resolve in his own sinful heart. He was a man without Christ! Malcolm-X (or Malcolm Little) first converted to the Black Muslim religion while in prison. Upon his release in 1952, Malcolm-X became a minister of the Black Muslim religion. In 1963, he and Elijah Muhammad split up due to their differences. Malcolm converted over to orthodox Islam and denied his affiliation with Elijah Muhammad’s Black Muslim religion. Two years later in 1965, Malcolm-X was murdered. Louis Farrakhan is also a Black Muslim and is well known for organizing the “Million-Man March” in Washington D.C. He follows the unscriptural doctrines of Elijah Muhammad, as do all Black Muslims. Below is the death announcement of Messenger Elijah Muhammad: “On February 25, 1975, at the age of 78, Elijah Muhammad died in a Chicago hospital, reportedly, of congestive heart failure -- with no aid from white people, he left behind, an empire, estimated to be worth $60,000,000, which included LAND and cattle holdings in Michigan, Georgia and Alabama, along with grocery stores, restaurants, mosques, schools and newspapers, homes, clothing stores and many other things.” All this wealth and Elijah Muhammad couldn’t take a dime of it with him. He left this world at 78 without Jesus and went straight to hell-fire and damnation. He didn’t go to hell because of his sins, but for his unbelief in Jesus Christ. All Muslims (Islamic and Black) reject Jesus Christ as their Savior. They say they will accept the Jews and Christians—"If they reject Christ." Will you reject Jesus Christ, God’s son? Call on Jesus now, friend, to forgive your sins. “And hath made of ONE BLOOD all the nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK THE LORD…” (Acts 17:26,27).

This is funny, but my wife will have kill me if i did that lol..

If I Was President of the United States, this is how I'll will handle the rioters here in the States..

THERE is only one Gospel—only one true message of good news from heaven. But there are many substitutes offered in place of the Gospel. It was so in the beginning. It is so now. The apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians: "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel; which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." (Galatians1:6-9) THESE are intensely solemn words. They come bubbling up from the steaming heart of the indignant apostle in righteous wrath as he learns of pretentious carnal legalists deliberately seeking to mislead eternally-bound souls with a false message which could only, like a will-o-the-wisp, lead to ruin and destruction at last. He would have us know it is a fearfully wicked thing to trifle with the sacred heaven - sent message that has come to a needy world declaring the grace of God to poor lost sinners. WHAT then is this Gospel of which the apostle was so jealous? He tells us plainly in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4, "... I declare unto you the gospel... how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." Note carefully: The Gospel is God's wonderful story of His beloved Son. It is a message of grace to be received in faith. It is not a code of laws to be obeyed or good advice to be followed. It is not a system of ritual observances or a call to submit to certain ordinances. It does not set forth the claims of any human church organization, however venerable, nor does it exhort men to seek after experiences, however remarkable, though a blessed experience follows its acceptance. It simply sets forth Christ crucified and risen as the Savior of all who believe in Him. WHEN THE MORMON elder comes declaring that an angel revealed a gospel of salvation through a restored church and renewed ordinances, he is preaching another gospel, and angel and man are alike under the curse. WHEN THE LEGALIST comes insisting that salvation is by obedience to God's holy law (which in itself is just and good), he is preaching another gospel, for the Word of God declares, "By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in His sight." WHEN THE REVIVALIST comes promising salvation to those "who make a full surrender" of all that they have to God, and who "pay the price of full salvation," he is preaching another gospel, for the price was paid on Calvary's cross and the work that saves is finished. It was Christ Jesus who made the full surrender, when He yielded Himself unto death for us that we might be redeemed from the curse of the broken law and forever saved from the judgment to come upon all who refuse His grace. WHEN THE MODERNIST prates in glowing terms and honeyed phrases of salvation by character, salvation by altruism, salvation by ethical culture, he, too is proclaiming another gospel, for if character could have saved, Christ need not have died; if altruism would have fitted sinful men for heaven, the Lord Jesus would surely have told us so; if ethical culture could deliver from the wrath of God, what place would Gethsemane, Calvary and the Empty Tomb have in the Divine economy? WHEN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST (falsely so-called) denies the reality of sin, disease and death and lulls sinners to sleep by telling them that "God is all and all is God," even going so far as to declare the death of Christ was unreal, and His resurrection simply spiritual, and that the blood of Jesus was no more efficacious to cleanse from sins when shed upon the accursed tree than when it was flowing in His veins, he, or she, is promulgating another gospel, which is not another, for it is a baseless dream, a weird and blasphemous "error of mortal mind" that will leave its votaries at last without God and without hope. THE SOLEMN FACT IS THERE IS NO OTHER GOSPEL. Every pretended substitute is but a Satan-devised delusion meant to turn men away from the strait gate which alone leads into the narrow way, and make them contented as they crowd down the clear side of the broad way to eternal perdition. BEFORE there can really be another gospel there must be another savior and another Holy Spirit, and this can never be. Nor is any other gospel needed, for the grand old Gospel of the grace of God is all-sufficient to save "whosoever will," and has demonstrated its power throughout the centuries by transforming lost miserable sinners into happy joyous saints. Paul says, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith" (Romans 1:16,17). THE Gospel needs only to be preached in the power of the Holy Spirit to hold its own against every imitation and substitute that the mind of the natural man energized by Satan can devise. Like the Bible itself it is divinely inspired and, therefore, preeminently fitted for the needs of mankind... It convinces the mind and satisfies the heart, if men but take the place of repentant sinners and accept it by faith. It is the dynamic of God unto the deliverance of all who believe it. To refuse it is to be lost. To receive its message is to be saved. IT reveals the righteousness of God, making known how He "can be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus." Satan's false gospels all pretend to show how man can establish his own righteousness. The Gospel of Christ comes to unrighteous men and tells them of a righteousness that is divine which is imputed to all who believe. ANOTHER gospel—whatever its outward form—will always be found to center in something that man can be or do in order to obtain merit. The Gospel of God declares what Christ has done in order that the salvation purchased may be justly offered to sinners. ANOTHER gospel presupposes some strength, some ability to please God, in the natural man. God's Gospel declares that when "we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." ANOTHER gospel will land you in hell! God's Gospel, believed, will bring you safe to heaven. TURNING from every false hope, I beseech my unsaved reader to rest in what Scripture declares concerning Christ, and thus be able to sing in faith: "Upon a life I did not live, Upon a death I did not die, Another's life, Another's death I hang my whole eternity. None will ever be confounded who put their trust in Him." [Dr. Harry Ironside (1876-1951), a godly Fundamentalist author and teacher for many years, served as pastor of Chicago's Moody Memorial Church from 1930-1948]. END “Great truths that are stumbling blocks to the natural man are nevertheless the very foundations upon which the confidence of the spiritual man is built.” —Dr. Harry Ironside

"And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me." -Matthew 14:29,30 It is to our loss as believers, that so oftentimes we forget the simplest teachings of the Scriptures. Peter was able to walk on the water by faith, until he took his eyes off Jesus, looking at the storm's tempest instead. What a truth! So often we take our eyes off the Lord, because of troublesome co-workers, marital difficulties, rude people, unfair situations, life's problems, et cetera. The lesson is simple—keep your eyes on the Lord and you won't go under! When we find our self in these situations-frustrated, discouraged, and angry because of people—we need to focus our eyes once again upon the Word of God, i.e., the Lord Jesus Christ. It is quite easy to lose sight of one's Christian beliefs, when overshadowed with adversity and grief. It can be overwhelming at times. People can be so cruel. 2nd Timothy 3:1 warned us that "perilous times" would come, when people would be... lovers of their own selves. The majority of Americans today have become selfish, self-conscious, and self-centered. Sadly, America's Christians aren't much better. The Biblical account of Peter walking on the water to Jesus, is one of the first lessons which Sunday School children should learn, and a lesson which every adult Christian should never lose sight of. When we focus our thoughts upon the divine Truths of God's Word, we are able to withstand the attacks of Satan (Ephesians 6:13)... we are able to expose Satan's works of darkness (Ephesians 5:11)... we are able to look beyond the flesh and see the demonic spiritual forces at work (Ephesians 6:12). The Bible will keep us from sin, or sin will keep us from the Bible. In this dark midnight hour of apostasy, the need is great for God's children to shine as lights in this sinful world. If not us, who? If not here, where? If not now, when? The voice of the church is being drowned in ecumenical apostasy. Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss; From victory unto victory, His army shall He lead; 'Til every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. What will the burdens of this present life matter 100 years from now? What will today's frustrations, and the things that so often rob us of our joy, matter 100 years from now? They won't. All that will matter then is whether a person died in the Lord (i.e., a born-again Christian), or tragically in their sins. All that will matter then for the believer, is what we did for the Lord with our life, whether we obeyed the Word of God or not (Mark 10:29,30). Life is so short... "As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more" (Psalm 103:15-16). The people who persecute us, and try to ruin our day, can't take away our happiness in Heaven... "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you" (John 16:22). So often we take our eyes off the Lord because of people. Some people are enemies of the cross of Christ, who hate us without cause... "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 15:19). Some people are just miserable, and misery loves company. Whatever the reason, we must learn to take our eyes off people, and the circumstances, and look to Jesus Christ. When people are unforgiving, and tell us to go away, we need to place our eyes upon the Lord Jesus. When people hurt us, and become vindictive, we need to turn our eyes upon the Lord Jesus. When the burdens of this world weigh us down, and the walls feel like their fast closing in around us, we need to rest our eyes upon the Savior. Peter learned this lesson the hard way, as he was sinking into the depths of the sea; but then quickly turned his eyes once again upon the Lord. The lesson is so simple, and yet deeply profound—keep your eyes on Jesus! Peter did ok, until he took his eyes off the Lord, and instead focused upon the wind, rain, and waves. As a consequence, Peter began to sink into the deadly waves of the sea. Fortunately, Peter placed his eyes once again upon the Lord, and all was well. Life has it's many storms, and we mustn't allow ourselves to stoop to the level of carnally-minded people. We mustn't allow ourselves to place God on trial when things don't go the way we want in life. Keep your eyes on Jesus! So the next time you find yourself sinking into discouragement and/or depression, turn your eyes upon the Lord and remember that none of life's present burdens will matter 100 years from now. "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust." -Psalm 103:12-14

One of the delusions that we will clear up at the outset of this expose is the lie that leading Satanist’s do not believe in or truly worship the devil. First of all it should be understood that Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan viewed Satan as a true entity that he truly worshipped before his death. Anton LaVey deceived a lot of people who joined the Church of Satan by claiming that Satan only represented the repressed forces of nature but was not a real entity. In my interviews with former Charles Manson family member Susan Atkins, who is still in prison after being convicted of eight murders, Atkins blew the lid off of Anton’s lie. As a former associate of Anton LaVey’s, who danced for him and spent personal time with him before joining the Manson family, Atkins was privy to conversations with LaVey before he became popular. Atkins told me repeatedly that while LaVey promotes a watered down, palatable form of Satanism to the ignorant masses which he is deceiving, he acknowledged the exact opposite to her and to his inner core of Satanist in the church of Satan. Susan Atkins told me that LaVey told her emphatically while she was in his home that they truly worshipped Satan as a real entity and as the one who began the initial rebellion against God. Atkins also stated: “Anton told me that as a Satanist he does believe in the God of the Bible, but he refused to worship him, and made a conscious decision to worship Satan instead.” (Personal interview with Susan Atkins) We have pictures of Atkins with LaVey in his ritual chamber when she associated with the Church of Satan. LaVey was aware that few people were ignorant enough to truly turn their lives over to Satan, knowing that they would not only be allowing themselves to be deceived by their worst enemy but that they would spend eternity in the fiery torments of hell. LaVey therefore presented a seeker sensitive, user-friendly form of Satanism in the hope that it might appeal to the masses he was seeking to deceive. LaVey sought to put a spin on Satanism as a kinder and gentler form of Devil worship claiming that Satan merely represents a force in nature and that rather than Satanist’s sacrificing animals and little children they are animal activist who love children. All of this was done to garner unwitting recruits. For starters, one should never trust a Satanist. Satanist’s view lying to be among their highest virtues as do true Christians truth. LaVey and other Satanist serve the one who Jesus repudiated as “The father of lies”. (John 8:44) It would be just like the father of lies to cloak his religion in non-reality. Satan has long been about deception and has successfully deceived many recruits into believing that they are simply worshipping a symbol rather than a reality. Satan relishes in such ignorance. Atkins’ testimony that LaVey was deliberately duping Satanists in the outer circle is corroborated by evidence from LaVey’s own admissions. LaVey let his guard down when responding to other Satanist that considered him, “not extreme enough”. LaVey, while in a defensive mode, admitted that the image that he presented publicly was deceptive, declaring: “If they’re at all intelligent [other true Satanist] …they’ll realize that there’s only so much I can say publicly…I will not advance things in print which make my position untenable…How long would the Church of Satan have lasted if I hadn’t appeased and outraged in just the right combination? It required a certain amount of discretion and diplomacy to balance the outrage.” (Lucifer Rising, p. 133) Purposeful deception is needed among leading Satanist to enslave those who they recruit as unscrupulous and unsuspecting pawns who feel more comfortable believing Satan is a symbol for force. Few Satanists realize the evil intentions among the inner core of Satanists and how they view lower initiates as mere puppets to be used and later discarded. Those in the higher echelon of the movement are often aware of the nature of Satan and the demonic realm that they serve. Notwithstanding they are often bound and blinded on another level because they have become addicted to the power that Satan deceptively promises. Kenneth Anger, who was a cofounder of the Church of Satan with Anton LaVey, used a similar spin on Satanism, as did LaVey. Kenneth Anger stated in the 1960’s, in his film, Lucifer Rising, that, “Lucifer is the light god, not the devil,” (From the jacket of the film Lucifer Rising). This delusion that Lucifer is really the God of light and not Satan should not surprise us as God’s word warns that Satan himself “masquerades” as an “angel of light” to draw the unsuspecting into his evil web and that his agents do the same: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15) Years later, after Kenneth Anger had deceived multitudes of people into thinking they were worshipping the supposed “light god”, an entity that was not really Satan, Anger “confessed” that Lucifer whom he worships had always been the historical “Satan.” (Lucifer Rising, p. 47) It was too late though for many Satanists who had been deceived and long before died in their sin and are in hell right now. It is too late for the multitudes that are now cursing Satan, Anton LaVey and Kenneth Anger from the place of indescribable and horrific eternal torment. It is not to late though for the reader who may have been deceived by the same lie and yet still has a small window time to turn from Satan to Christ and be saved. It appears that Marilyn Manson is merely playing the same mind game with his fans as did LaVey and Anger. Besides following LaVey who deceived his followers, Manson admitted, “I’ve taken a lot of my inspiration from Kenneth Anger.” Sadly, while the leaders among Satanists realize that Satan is for real, many who swell the ranks of their churches have been duped into believing that they are in some nature religion. They are taught that either a real Satan does not exist or that hell will not be all that hot. This of coarse is sheer non-sense! Anton LaVey himself was severely deceived as he stated in his Satanic Bible that he would reign with Satan in hell. Anton now realizes he was the most deceived of all. The Scriptures are clear that Hell was created as a place of torment for Satan and his angels. (Matt 25:40-43) Moreover God’s Word declares that Satan will be stripped of his power and rendered “weak” and “covered with worms”. Satan will be rendered one of the weakest and most pathetic beings is the universe, an object of ridicule and scorn by those who were deceived by him. Those who have been deceived by him will marvel that this once powerful fallen angel has been rendered powerless and will mock him as a “carcass trodden under foot” in their torment. (Isaiah 14:9-19) So even leaders in the church of Satan who are deceiving their initiates are themselves deceived, believing that they will have some place of power in Hell. As the apostle Paul prophesied: “Evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Timothy 3:13) Richard Ramirez, known as the night Stalker, was deceived by Anton LaVey’s assertion in the satanic bible that Satanists could reign in hell. Ramirez believed that his human sacrifices to Satan would earn him a place of rulership in hell next to Jack the Ripper and other serial killers. (See our article on Ramirez) Further evidence of what leading Satanists really believe is proven by in admissions by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aquino of the United States Army. Aquino was a leader in Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan and said to be LaVey’s “second-in-command” before he broke off to begin his own satanic order called The Temple of Set. Aquino ended up taking several of LaVey’s followers with him. The Temple of Set would eventually attract the likes of Anton LaVey’s daughter Zeena LaVey. So rabid a Satanist is Aquino that he had the number 666 tatooed on his scalp. The Temple of Set proclaims that Set, another name for Satan, is a real entity and is a name for, “The oldest known form of the Prince of Darkness.” Aquino seems to have been under the conviction that society had become so jaded that many of those in the outer circle of Satanism were ready to worship Satan as a real entity. Aquino believed it was time for Satan to come out of the closet in all of his naked deformity. Aquino even took the more up front view of Satanism to the television airways where he virtually admitted that Satan is a real entity and that many are in the dark as to whom they are really worshipping, including millions of New Agers. On Oprah Winfrey, Aquino acknowledged that they are following the infernal being that orchestrated the initial rebellion against God, the creator of the universe. Aquino admitted to Winfrey and the television audience made up of millions that they are following Satan who initiated the original rebellion against God: “We believe that this quality [to oppose God’s natural order] in the human soul that makes it different from all other life forms…was deliberately inculcated in humanity in its distant evolutionary past by an active agency that is acting in defiance of the universal norm [God’s moral law]. And that agency has been caricatured…as Lucifer, as Satan, and in the greatest antiquity by the ancient Egyptians as Set.” Aquino went on to describe how they believe that they as Satanist are now becoming god’s. This was at the heart of Satan’s initial rebellion and now Aquino was parroting the essence of Satanism, which is a desire to usurp the true and living God’s authority and follow Satan into God realization. “We are not servants of some God,” declared Aquino; “we are our own god’s!” Oprah Winfrey appeared to be shocked to find out that this was exactly what she believed as a New Ager, failing to realize that the New Age movement has it roots in Crowleyan Satanism even as Aquino’s Satanism. We have already proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Crowley was not only a confessed Satanist but that he was the father of the Hippie movement from which popular New Age teachings first became entrenched in Western civilization. (See our expose on Aleister Crowley) Almost gasping for air, Winfrey declared in response to Aquino’s assertion: “Well, the way you explain this is very the way a lot of people who are into metaphysics now and the New Age movement and New Age thinking, they say the very same thing. Are you saying that it’s the same?” Aquino, without skipping a beat, said “Yes” to Winfrey question, implying that New Agers and Satanist are on the same wave length in their rebellion against God and in their quest to achieve god-hood as they follow in Satan’s footsteps. He only clarified that most New Agers are not aware that they have joined a satanic rebellion against God and that Satanists know what’s going on. Aquino stated: “Yes, except that I would say we [Satanists] have a more precise grasp…We would say that we understand what’s actually happening a little better than many New Agers.” Much to Aquino’s chagrin the Temple of Set would find out that even as debauched as the world has become most people are still smart enough not to knowingly serve Satan and end up spending eternity in hell. After bringing Satan out of the closet The Temple of Set failed to enlist the large amount of recruits they apparently hoped for. In their failure to acquire more recruits they changed their method of evangelism and returned to a formula more in keeping with that of the Church of Satan. Today the Temple of Set like the Church of Satan espouses a more palatable seeker sensitive form of Satanism so as not to scare off potential recruits. The result is that Satan is once again cloaked in ambiguity and the song remains the same as inner circle initiates are deceiving outer circle initiates. Winfrey was surprised that Aquino as a confessed Satanist would try to deny the hard facts of the evil behind Satanism when Aquino stated that they as Satanists have “nothing to do with evil,” she said: “It’s just difficult for me to understand that the devil is a good thing…that Satan isn’t evil, which is the opposite of what everybody in this world has been taught…” Winfrey went on to exclaim: “In every state of the nation authorities are investigating some form of what they call satanic activity…Children are telling the same stories about infants being murdered before their eyes in strange devil rituals. The list of bizarre stories goes on and on.” Not surprisingly Aquino tried unsuccessfully at this point to put another typical spin on Satanism by claiming that they are not into such things. Even as leading Satanists like to hide the fact that they are truly worshipping Satan so it is that they seek to deny that Satanists sacrifice humans including children. The truth of the matter is that Aleister Crowley, whom Aquino acknowledges, had an incredible influence on Aquino and the Temple of Set, not only taught his followers to engage in child sacrifice but admitted to sacrificing scores of children himself. We have fully documented this fact in our article on Crowley. After Aquino made the false claim that Satanist don’t really sacrifice children a law enforcement officer spoke up and stated: “To say that there are no bodies and that these [Satanists] are not committing crimes is the farthest from the truth…in every case that I’ve investigated, now extending over 200, I have found this particular book [The Satanic Bible].” At this point the investigator held up a satanic bible. In the satanic bible LaVey seeking “not advance things in print which make my position untenable” lest he find himself behind bars, stated that his followers were to commit human sacrifices by proxy: “We perform human sacrifices, by proxy you might say—the destruction of human beings who would, let’s say, create an antagonistic situation toward us—in the form of curse and hexes, not in actual blood rituals because certainly the destruction of a human being physically is illegal.” Note that the only reason LaVey concedes that he is not publicly advocating actual physical human sacrifice is because it is against the law, implying that if they could get away with it they would do it. In fact LaVey takes credit for the death of Jayne Mansfield’s and her boy friend and Lawyer Sam Brody, stating that it was a result of a ritual curse on Brody, and Mansfield happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. LaVey also believes that he was responsible for the Manson family murders. Manson was heavily influenced by the satanic cult known as the Process. The Process also acknowledged that Satan is a real entity. Their particular twisted spin in an effort to get unwitting recruits was not to pretend Satan was not a true entity but to claim that Satan was actually a Jesus loving devil. The Process claimed that they Jesus and Satan had reconciled and that all would work out well in the end for everyone including Satanists, because Jesus had supposedly forgiven the devil. Ridiculous as this spin was it proved successful in garnering more than a few recruits. The bodies have piled up and the idea that Satanism is not behind the death of countless multitudes of innocent people is a lie only believed by the incredibly naive. Manson who was a confessed Satanist was responsible of up to 35 murders if the admissions of some of his former followers are to believed. Charles Manson, whom Marilyn Manson cites as one of his preeminent inspirations and a brilliant philosopher, has stated, “Jesus Christ is for real and so is that other guy [i.e. Satan].” Charles Manson knows that Satan whom he serves is a real entity and has been more candid than has his follower Marilyn Manson. Son of Sam who was part of a Process coven made up of 22 Satanists and connected to several other satanic covens also murdered several people at the direction of the coven. We show his video taped admissions in our video They Sold Their Souls for Rock n Roll. (full length version) Richard Ramirez who followed the satanic bible and met with Anton LaVey before his satanic killing spree killed 20 people. Ramirez even went so far as to torture his victims and made some “swear to Satan.” Between Manson, Son of Sam and Richard Ramirez alone we have dozens of murders in the name of Satan. We could easily add to this list case after case that could easily fill a book but we have more than sufficiently made our case for those who will honestly look at the evidence! We have now seen conclusive evidence that the most influential and notorious satanic leaders have had a campaign to dupe their followers into becoming unwitting followers of Satan himself. We have seen not only their admissions but the deceptive web they have spun to prey on outer circle initiates. Dear reader, if you have been deceived by any of the aforementioned Satanists, we plead with you to recognize the magnitude of the deception at hand. We plead with you to recognize that which is obvious to all of us who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Jesus Christ promised that he would not cast away any that would come to Him. (John 6:37) Turn to him now before it is too late. Your life is very short and Satan is playing for keeps and your soul is his prey. Wake up and turn from these demonic parasites that prey upon your souls and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ who loves you and died for your sins so you would not have to go to hell. It is not by accident that you are reading this article. God is seeking to use this article to open your eyes to a deception that has deceived you for too long. Do not bet your soul on Satan, he is the ultimate loser! Don’t gamble, you will surely lose! The odds are too great, the stakes are too high and eternity is far too long. Cry out to God right now and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. If you do He will miraculously deliver you from demonic powers. He will deliver you from Hell and give you a new destiny. He will deliver you from the penalty of death and give you new Life. Hope to see you in heaven! END

"For this cause God gave them up unto vile [morally reprehensible] affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." —Romans 1:26-28 Tragically, America has gone apostate! Increasingly, more and more so-called "churches" are embracing The Homosexual Movement. The following information is quoted from About.com, from an article by Ramone Johnson, titled GAY FRIENDLY CHURCHES: Religion and Homosexuality Most of the oppression against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people (such as same-sex marriage and sodomy laws) comes from the church or religious organizations. This is a very difficult situation for religious glbtq [i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer] people who find themselves either continuing their spiritual life with churches that preach against their inclusion or having no home at all to nurture their spiritual needs. Gays seeking fellowship with their higher power don't have to journey alone. There are several religious organizations and churches within major denominations that are dedicated to fostering a welcoming environment for all people, including queers. Find an organization that best fits your religious needs. Find a Gay-Friendly Faith: SOURCE: http://gaylife.about.com/od/religion/a/gaychurch.htm First of all, may I say, the Word of God is 100% against homosexuality and all forms of sexual immorality. The author of the preceding quote, Mr. Johnson, fails to mention this. The "oppression" against homosexuals is not because of bigoted churches (as homosexuals would like everyone to believe); no, rather, it is because the Word of God condemns homosexuality as a vile sin. Christians are commanded in Ephesians 5:11 to "refute" (Greek: elencho, meaning "to expose") all works of darkness. Homosexuality is a work of darkness! 1st Corinthians 6:9 condemns homosexuals (i.e., the effeminate and abusers of themselves with mankind) to Hellfire. Homosexuals want to live in sin without any rebuke from God's Word; but as long as the church is in the world we will preach against the sin of homosexuality. Lutheran Church to Allow Gay and Lesbian Clergy (homosexuality is a sin, Romans 1:24-32) Homosexual and Lesbian Lutheran Ministers Honored by Satanic Lutheran Religion Presbyterian Church to Allow Gay and Lesbian Clergy (the true Church of Satan) Homosexuals have even stooped so low as to corrupt the Bible in an attempt to gain public acceptance. Romans 1:25 said they'd do this, "Who changed the truth of God into a lie..." We are told in Romans 1:28, "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." Homosexuals are trying to redefine the God of the Bible to fit their sinful lifestyle. Ramone Johnson is obviously not a Christian, and is pulling on the same rope as the Devil. Nobody a half-century ago would have imagined that churches would take in practicing gays. Can you imagine? These are signs of the times before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are living in dark times, as it was in the days of Noah. Homosexuality is NOT Acceptable to God Secondly, Mr. Johnson states that many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer people want to continue their "spiritual life" and seek fellowship with a "higher power," but don't feel welcomed at church. The truth is that no unrepentant sinner should feel welcomed at any church. This is why Paul scolded the church at Corinth. A man in the church was living in fornication and the pastor wasn't preaching against the sin of fornication (1st Corinthians 5:1,2). Preachers need to cry aloud against sin, taking an uncompromising Biblical stand against evil. God makes no apologies for His Word, so why should we? God doesn't water down His Word, so why should we? The notion that homosexuals won't be reached for Christ unless we accept them is absurd, unbiblical and downright insane! The Bible is the most offensive Book on the planet, because God takes an uncompromising stand against sin. The Truth of God's Word is intolerant. Homosexuals want to live in unrepentant sin, in rebellion against God's Word, and they don't want anyone telling them it's wrong. Homosexuality is evil. The Bible condemns all forms of sin. The issue is not just about homosexuality, but about sin in general. I don't condemn anyone; the Word of God condemns all of us. But if you come as a sinner to the cross of Jesus Christ for forgiveness, then you you can be freed from the curse of the Law... "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (Romans 8:1). God is right and gays are wrong! When a Church is Not a Church A church is not a church unless it's composed of genuine saved, born-again children of God. Most so-called "churches" today are nothing of the such. Eighteen-percent of the members of the Unitarian Universalist Church are professed atheists. That is NOT a genuine Biblical church! Gay-friendly churches are not Biblical churches! NO homosexual will ever be able to properly fellowship with God while simultaneous trying to justify the vile sin of homosexuality. You can't redefine God. You may fool yourself; but you cannot change the Truth of God's Word. Homosexuality is a despicable sin and nothing can change that. God does not hate homosexuals. If God did hate homosexuals, then He would have to hate all sinners. The Bible tells us in 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." Eternal life is a free gift from God, paid for with His own precious literal blood (Acts 20:28). God is willing to forgive anybody, and this certainly includes homosexuals; however, you cannot live in unrepentant sin and please God at the same time, even as a believer. Oh listen my friend, you cannot fool God. We read in Jeremiah 7:10... "Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?" You cannot live in unrepentant sin and honestly claim that God approves of such wickedness. Please read, God Calls You Heathens! You can go to a building that is called a "church"; BUT, you cannot be right with God unless you are obeying His Word. You can find many apostate sympathizers in churches today, who will tell you that homosexuality is nothing to be ashamed of; BUT, the Word of God condemns you, and you are in serious trouble with the Lord. Any so-called "church" that doesn't preach against homosexuality, but instead accepts them as honored church members, is NOT a Biblical church! Whereas 1st Corinthians 5:11 forbids us to even eat with a professed "Christian" who lives in unrepentant sin; today's apostate so-called "churches" embrace the wicked, promoting and honoring them in their sinfulness. 1st Corinthians 5:13 states, "But them that are without [i.e., non believers] God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person [i.e., the person who brings sin into the church]." Please don't misunderstand me—the church is a hospital for sinners, and all sinners are certainly welcome or else none of us could go to church, because we are all sinners deserving of Hellfire. However, this is quite different from the person who brings sin into the church, attempting to justify sin by perverting the Scriptures and leading others into sin as well. There are many homosexuals today who are operating within America's churches, pretending to be Christians who love the Lord; but they are wolves in sheep's clothing, haters of the God of the Bible, who teach damnable heresies and are leading others into sin. Shame on those professed Christians today who yoke together with the wicked. The mighty evangelist, Billy Sunday, never envisioned a day when professed Christians would march in support of pro-death abortion rallies, buy their children Harry Potter witchcraft books, embrace the homosexual movement, and even promote child sacrifice; but he saw apostasy working in America's churches 100 years ago... "It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back." —Billy Sunday, The Need for Revivals, From "Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message", by William T. Ellis, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1914 Thank God for men like Billy Sunday, who preached uncompromisingly against sin, and loved sinners with the unconditional love of God. The world is going to Hell. Where are the men of God today? Preachers are dime-a-dozen nowadays; but the world needs men who walk with God—hating sin enough to preach hard against it, and loving sinners enough to warn them of the fiery judgment to come in Hell (2nd Thessalonians 1:8,9). Homophobia verses Fear of God Mr. Johnson states: "I am committed to helping rid the world of homophobia, discrimination and hate by developing a better understanding, and in turn acceptance, of gay people." SOURCE: http://gaylife.about.com/mbiopage.htm This is the typical heathen attitude towards the Word of God today. Christ-honoring believers who take a Biblical stand against the woeful sin of homosexuality are unfairly labeled as "homophobic." Christians are wrongfully labeled as "hatemongers." We are accused of discrimination; BUT, the Word of God commands us not to eat with a homosexual who claims to be a Christian... "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." Jesus may have been a friend of sinners; but He didn't associate with professed Christians who lived in unrepentant sin. Jesus simply went to the lost to preach the Gospel to them; but He wasn't a friend of homosexuals who pervert the Bible, blaspheme the name of God, and parade their wickedness all around town. It is not Christians who are afraid of homosexuals; but rather, homosexuals who hate the Word of God... "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved" (John 3:20). Homosexuals hate the Bible because It condemns their wickedness. They even corrupt the Scriptures (Romans 1:25). The honest truth is that we should all be horrified by sin, i.e., "sinophobic." Sin destroys! I am not just homophobic—I'm adulterophobic, murderophobic, greedyophobic, boozeophobic, et cetera. We all must give individual account to God (Romans 10:14; 2nd Corinthians 5:10). 2nd Corinthians 5:11 states, "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord..." Psalm 6:1, "O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure." Hebrews 1:9 tells us that Jesus hated iniquity. God is angry over sin today! Psalm 7:11 tells us that God is angry with the wicked every day. John 3:36 warns that the "wrath of God" abideth upon all Christ-rejecters. Don't be fooled my friend, God hates sin more than you could possibly image. Yet, God loves humanity with an unconditional love like none other, for He sent His only begotten Son to pay for our sins. What a Savior! Homosexuals who accuse Christians of being "homophobic" have no fear of God... "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes" (Psalm 36:1). Christians aren't homophobic; we fear God as the Bible commands... "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). I am Godophobic, i.e., I fear the Lord as the Bible commands. We should allfear God... "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather FEAR HIM which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Mathew 10:28). Do you fear God? You will. Conclusion Gay-friendly churches are NOT Biblical churches and are thus rejected by God. We are seeing apostasy creep into all religious denominations today, including: Baha'i, Buddhist, Catholic, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Episcopal, Evangelical, Hindu (Vaishnavas), Jewish, Lutheran, Metropolitan Community Church, Muslim, Presbyterian, Quaker (Religious Society of Friends), Seventh-day Adventist, Southern Baptist, Unitarian, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, Unity, and many others. Woe unto America! Gay-friendly organizations are of the Devil! Homosexuality is a vile sin which brings the judgment of God (Romans 1:24-32). To befriend a lost sinner with the Gospel is Biblical; BUT it is sinful to accept the person of the wicked... "It is not good to accept the person of the wicked..." (Proverb 18:5). As the church becomes more worldly, so does the world become more churchy. As a result, our churches today are infested with Modernists who teach damnable heresies. These are imposters who must be exposed and rooted out of the church! Please do not be led astray from the plain and simple teachings of the Word of God—homosexuality is a sin and should NOT be tolerated within our churches. The term "gay-friendly church" means a church that NEVER preaches against homosexuality. It means a pastor who never offends a gay person in his sermon. This is heathendom. A genuine man of God will hate homosexuality with a passion, because God hates sin with a passion. Likewise, a genuine man of God will love homosexuals with an unconditional love, because God loves humanity with an unconditional love. There is a balance. A true man of God will tell the truth about the evils of homosexuals because he loves people. Gay-friendly churches only focus on God's love, forgiveness, and peace; but there can be no peace to the wicked... "There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked" (Isaiah 48:22). Gay-friendly churches ignore God's holiness which demands justice! Gay-friendly churches ignore the subject of God's judgment upon sinners, and the fiery Hell that awaits the wicked. Isaiah 3:11, "Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him." Psalm 9:17, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD." —Proverb 17:15

Nobody on Earth can ever LOVE you more than your PARENTS. I cry watching this the first time.

We need more hard-hitting, people-loving, truth-telling, soulwinning, Spirit-filled, King James Bible only, fiery preachers like Pastor Phil Kidd, who pulls no punches...

We need more hard-hitting, people-loving, truth-telling, soulwinning, Spirit-filled, King James Bible only, fiery preachers like Pastor Phil Kidd, who pulls no punches... “You know why I like the King James Bible? It'll knock the bark off you! It doesn't cut any corners. It tells it like it is, Brother! And whether you like it, lump it, bump it, or jump it; Brother, this Book, it doesn't change to fit your fancy! It's right; it's always been right! Hey, I want a Bible that'll tell it like it is! I want to live right, raise my family right, tell my grandkids how to live right! I've gotta have a Bible! I'm telling you, I am a King James man without an apology! And if you go to a church where they use, recommend, study, or quote out of anything else, you ought to get your family out of that mess, and get in a Bible-believing, fire-breathing, Baptist, church! Any preacher that'll use another Bible is a promoter of perverts! You tell 'em I said so!!

Revelation 3:1, “And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” We have a dead Christianity across America that is sitting around waiting for a tingle. Our main duty is soul-winning. Time spent in the Word of God ought to compel us to go win souls. Acts 1:8, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” The average church doesn't even have a scheduled time to go soul-winning. And if they do, it is only for an hour, and half of that time is spent chatting and planning where to eat afterwards. There is nothing worse than a so-called “church” that gathers around the Word, while the world goes to Hell... “Every truth that you learn—if it is in fact a truth—has with it, not only the opening of your eyes to a beauty, but opening your eyes to a duty! God says, 'You learn this, in order that you may do, this.'” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) The apostate Bob Jones University crowd down the street from me NEVER go soul-winning!!! They ought to remove the name “Baptist” from their church. Revelation 3:1, “And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” The Bob Jones camp have made a name for themselves in Micronesia, but God says they are “DEAD” spiritually. They are naked and wretched, but don't see it. Most people go to the church for the wrong reasons—children enrolled in the religious school, the second to none music program, I attended the church for a year in 2014 and never heard the term “soul-winning” one time. I never heard a single mention of the power of the Holy Spirit. I always referred to professed fellow brethren as “brother,” but they scorned the term. I was the only one calling anyone “brother.” In hindsight, I wonder if any of them are truly saved. No wonder our nation is going to Hell! ... “No truth stops at the learning of itself, there's a corresponding responsibility! ... Oh may God never let the day come when this church is a bunch of self-righteous, self-contented, deeper-lifers, so-called 'deeper-lifers,' sitting around learning more and more about the Word of God and doing less and less about what it says!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) It's called “playing church.” God pity Bob Jones University affiliated churches, where dozens of Bible versions are sanctioned and the King James Bible has competition, and soul-winning is made light of, and faithful believers like me (who believe that women ought not wear pants) are laughed at and mocked (I was mocked even by the senior pastor himself, called “old school”). BJU's female graduates wear skintight spandex in public, exposing their things and buttocks, looking sexy, not caring that they are contributing to the lustful war against men's souls. 1st 1st Peter 2:11, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” So when Bob Jones graduates walk down the street wearing their skintight spandex, it gives Satan the victory. The church hires them on staff. One female staff member in their school wears black leather pants in public. This is Christianity today in America, and it wreaks with sin. Certainly, I am a big sinner myself, as are all Christians, so I don't judge anyone. Someone needs to talk about the elephant in the living room. Dead Bible Colleges Produce Dead Preachers Beware of Bob Jones University and other dead Bible colleges, who support dozens of Alexandrian Bible versions, which causes confusion and divisiveness in the Body of Christ. BJU is a big part of the problem in America, destroying the life of our churches... “Fundamental churches all over this nation, are sending their preacher boys to schools that'll dry 'em up. I'm talking about fundamental schools!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) Please read my article titled, “The Big Problem Of Deeper Life Theological Seminary Professors.” Here's why churches are dying all over the world... “Churches die because they take the truth, but do not take the corresponding responsibility, that is always accompanying truth! They, for their eyes [are] open to beauty, and their eyes are not open to duty. So when a truth, does not have obedience to its accompanying obligation and responsibility, when that obligation is not carried out, you have a dead fundamental church! I call 'em 'the evangelical church.' I don't like the word 'evangelical,' I like the word FUN-DA-MENTAL CHURCH! Old-fashioned, hellfire, brimstone, hell-raising, barn-stormin', window-rattlin', shingle-pullin', hollerin', screamin', bellerin', preaching with conviction and courage and character, that teaches people to change what they do, once they change what they know!!!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) When I shared some sermons by Evangelist Phil Kidd with a few fellow professed Christians in the local church down the street, who employ several dozen BJU graduates on staff (in their 1,000 student religious school), I was reprimanded by the church pastors, who said that “due to cultural differences,” the local people wouldn't understand and would be offended. Uh, I thought truth always offends! Since when are we supposed to curtail the truth to appease sensitive people due to cultural differences? What apostasy! “So what's happened? We're sitting around learning synthetic truth instead of real truth.” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth). God deliver us from dead churches of religious people who are merely making a living, instead of genuinely caring about their neighbours and serving God. The local BJU crowd couldn't care less about me, refusing to even pray with me. They refused to meet with me. They refused to allow me to even visit their church. They refused to reach out to me, even when I sincerely reached out to them during a difficult time in my life. They are the worst kind of pastors, beholding the beauty but neglecting the duty!!! Dr. Jack Hyles is so right, and he has the shameful Bob Jones yuppie-type crowd pegged accurately, who want the truth of the beauty without the truth of the duty... “Do you know what depth is? Depth is the display of knowledge. Shallowness is the transfer of knowledge. ... What has happened to those churches? I'll tell you what's happened—we have put down the seeing of the duty, and just want to examine the beauty. So we examine the Word. You're not supposed to examine the Word, unless you obey the corresponding responsibility that your examination has accompanying it.” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) The Holy Bible warns against setting a brother at nought. Romans 14:10, “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” I'll tell you, I fully understand why 150,000 more people decide each week in the United States to never set foot in a church again. I loathe going to the churches I've been to. I do what I can to be helpful on a personal level, but it's not my place to clean someone else's house. I pray for the pastors and churches. I share solid Bible-preaching with them. (Sadly, when I share sermons with pastors, of all the believers that I share sermons with, pastors seem to appreciate it the least, go figure.) The local churches that I have visited on Guam are all dead. One pastor didn't even know if Jesus' blood is on the heavenly Mercy Seat or not. How did he ever graduate from a Bible college? You're not going to build a church going soul-winning an hour a week!!! Attitude is everything. I am used to getting the cold-shoulder from pastors. Some are in such a hurry that they refuse to even stop and take the time to look at me while I reach out to shake their hand. That is really bad! A pastor ought to love everyone, not hold grudges, harbor ill-feelings, “But the truth is, spiritually, most of us are not burning up enough calories. And there's a synthetic, hypocritically, so-called fundamentalism in America, that eats, and eats, and feeds on the Word, and feeds on the Word, and folks are weighing 400 pounds spiritually, but they've never given any energy to what they're learning.” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) Are you a mere storage tank for Bible truth, yet never using that energy to reach the lost for Christ? This old world's perishing without the Gospel, plunging toward Hell by the millions, while we sit in our little huddles, in our little Bible clubs, and Bible study groups in our living room. Truthfully, I win more people to the Lord in my sleep (because of my website ministry), than most pastors win to the Lord in an entire year. I say that with humility, for God gives the increase, not me, I am just A VOICE in cyberspace. Praise the Lord! I thank God for using a humble sinner like me to do great things for Him. It makes me happy to know that God is using me to get thousands of people saved. To God be the glory, great things He hath done. I have received so many precious e-mails from people who found Christ through my labors. It is not because I am something special; but rather, I am simply putting forth the simplicity of the Gospel. Romans 1:16 teaches that THE GOSPEL is the POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION to them that BELIEVE!!! I am just a voice. The Shameful Lukewarm 'Harvest Baptist Church' On Guam I do not hate the pastors and people are the “Harvest Baptist Church” (HBC) on Guam, even though they kicked me out in 2014 for telling THE TRUTH, that the modern Bible versions are corrupt. In particular I was reprimanded for sharing the truthful book by Dr. Al Lacy titled, “NIV: The Antichrist's Bible.” Well, it is the Antichrist's Bible!!! I was also reprimanded for passing out the truthful book, “I Never Knew You,” by Michael P. Bowen, which exposes Ray Comfort as a false prophet. Harvest promotes Ray Comfort, Paul Washer and John MacArthur's Lordship Salvation garbage! The pastors at Harvest Baptist Church in Barrigada literally called me and Dr. Jack Hyles, “a cult,” for exposing the Alexandrian-based Bible versions for being of the Devil. The church uses the “Easy-To-Read Version” (ERV) which is even worse than the “New International Version” (NIV). At least the NIV still refers to Christ as being born of a “virgin.” I believe in word-of-mouth, just as if you went to a bad restaurant. I loved my church family at Harvest and I thought they loved me, but I was mistaken about them. They use people to build their ministry, instead of using their ministry to build people. I was discarded like an old shoe, put outside the gate with Jesus, unwanted and forgotten about entirely. I remember on the evening that I was confronted by their pastors, in the church office, that afterwards I left in tears, knowing that I was losing my church. As a preacher, how could I not take a stand for what I knew in my heart to be right? I took a biblical stand for God and was despised and rejected, like the Lord Himself by His own! Since HBC officially uses two different Bibles (i.e., the King James Bible and the Easy-To-Read Version), and consequently has two different plans of salvation in their church (i.e., the Gospel and Calvinism, or Lordship Salvation), I figured that it was okay for me to share what I believed to be the truth of the two with others, but I was mistaken. You see, at Harvest you can be ecumenical and believe whatever you want, just so long as you don't take sides and raise a flag of exclusivity. I respectfully asked for permission from the senior pastor to give out Gospel tracts by Dr. Curtis Hutson, and he said it was okay; but the senior pastor distributes study materials by 5-point Calvinist (Mr. Lordship Salvation himself) John MacArthur to his congregation. So that tells me that the pastor is okay with both conflicting plans of salvation (i.e., the Gospel of free grace verses Calvinism). Folks, that is REALLY MESSED UP! Harvest is a very confusing church, having two official opposing Bible versions, and two conflicting plans of salvation. I feel sorry for that congregation. As time passed I missed my friends and church family at Harvest, so in desperation and loneliness I pleaded on three occasions in 2017 if I could return. I knew in my heart that I was much better off not going back, but my heart wanted to be there, part of a church FAMILY. I had learned many great things while I attended Harvest between 2013 and 2014, despite the doctrinal heresies that abound. Their pastors coldheartedly told me in 2017 to “go elsewhere.” They misinterpreted the Scriptures, using Paul's conflict with John Mark as justification to set me at nought, refusing to even allow me to simply attend church services, despite my promise to keep quiet and just attend services. That is how apostate the church is today. Do you know (if I wanted) that I could walk into any karaoke lounge on Guam (bars and night clubs), and they would openly welcome me; but I am rejected, shunned and turned away from attending the biggest Baptist church on Guam (5 minutes away from me), simply because I am telling THE TRUTH. Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” That is a heavy burden that I have had to bear, which has hurt so much in my soul. Romans 14:10, “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” It is tragic that any person (like me) should ever feel unloved by a church (Harvest Baptist Church). I once heard Evangelist Les Ollila (at Harvest Baptist Church of all places) make the following beautiful statement... “Church is a place where people should be able to hurt out loud. And I should be there to put my arms around those who are willing to hurt out loud.” —Evangelist Les Ollila, from the MP3 sermon, “The Judgment Seat Of Christ.” Sadly, the local Bob Jones University camp down the street from me on Guam violate this truth 100%. Nobody was hurting in 2013-2014 as much as me in their local Baptist church (which I attended for a year), yet they kicked me out over my rightful stand for the King James Bible (and my faithful stand against the Alexandrian perversions). I don't count to the BJU crowd, I'm just a cult member according to them, who stands for the inspiration of the King James Bible. Well I CARE even if the BJU crowd doesn't! I realized in time from listening to Pastor Jack Hyles and Dr. Peter Ruckman refute Bob Jones University's heretical position on the inspiration of the Word of God (learning that most of Harvest's staff and pastors are spiritually dysfunctional graduates of Bob Jones University), that BJU is the real problem. America's apostate Bible colleges are destroying the faith of young people in the inspiration of God's Word, and now sadly, Hyles-Anderson College has also bowed their knee to Baal, no longer upholding the inspiration of the blessed King James Bible since 2008, as was announced at Pastor's School that year. I am not biased for or against anyone, I am always on the side of TRUTH. If the shoe fits, wear it! To God be the glory, great things He hath done!!! To date, First Baptist Church of Hammond (FBCH) has arrogantly refused to go back to their original proper position when Pastor Jack Hyles was pastor (from 1959 to 2001 when he went to Heaven). You can hear Brother Hyles yourself in this monumental sermon preached in 1994 at FBCH titled, “THE BATTLE OF THE AGES,” in which he blasts BJU for making light on the verbal inspiration of the Bible. Any pastor who supports Bob Jones University today is NOT right with God and you cannot trust him!!! Any pastor who supports the Alexandrian-based Bible versions is NOT right with God and you cannot trust him!!! I speak THE TRUTH!!!!!!! “God has a special rebuke, again and again and again in the Bible, toward those people who keep their neutrality in the work of God!” —SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001), a quote from the needful and precious MP3 sermon titled: “Where Were You In The Battle?” A Big Reason Why People Quit Church The Sin of Pride Hinders Pastors from Being What God Wants Them to Be It burdens my heart that so many pastors are closed-minded and proud (yet in denial about it). I have shared fundamental sermons and books, with pastors who are doctrinally lacking, but I might as well have threw the materials in the garbage. I heard one Baptist pastor teaching a group of children to “invite Jesus into their heart.” So I kindly and respectfully gave him Pastor Max D. Younce's beautiful 24-part MP3 series titled “SO GREAT SALVATION,” which exposes the heresy of asking Jesus into your heart. You don't get saved by inviting Jesus into your heart, you get saved by BELIEVING THE GOSPEL! Sadly, that pastor still teaches children to invite Jesus into their heart. I did all I could. Although I pray for the pastor, he must humble himself to THE TRUTH before God can do a great work in his ministry work. Little children don't understand what it means to “invite Jesus into their heart.” A heart is a muscle that pumps blood 100,000 times per day. God will not bless a church that is unresponsive to the truth. What I see is that a lot of pastors are doing the best they can, but they just don't know how to grow their church. The wise pastor understands that he cannot do it alone. Psalms 127:1, “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” God can do amazing things through a small group of believers in a church, if the pastor will simply teach them HOW to do it! A pastor MUST teach his flock HOW to walk with God, HOW to labor for God, HOW to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit, and teach them HOW to be a diligent soul-warner. Pastors ought to motivate church members to invite everyone to church. “Church is caring about people that nobody else cares about!” —Pastor Danny Castle (a quote from the beautiful sermon titled, “Burden For The Bus Ministry.”) Every pastor is as an artist and his congregation a sculpture. A pastor shapes his people, by preaching the Word of God. But you can examine a hundred different churches, and you'll find massive differences in the spirit that prevails in the congregation. Why? It is because the pastor's personality, priorities and attitude directly affect the congregation. If the pastor is a hateful man toward other people, then the congregation will also become hateful. If the pastor is forgiving, then so also will the people become forgiving. If the pastor is zealous about soul-winning, then so also will the people become fervent soul-winners. Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001) was zealous about soul-winning, and built the greatest soul-winning church in history, since the New Testament Church. In Acts 2:41 we read that 3,000 people were saved in ONE DAY in an evangelistic crusade. The magnitude of a ministry is not determined by the size of it. I am merely one man with a laptop computer, and yet look at what God has done over the past 15 years through my labors for Christ. Literally, thousands of people have been saved, through simple childlike faith in the Gospel. God sees a man's heart, and decides whether or not to use that man based on what He sees. God knows that I am far from perfect, but He sees that I care, and that little things are important to me. Nothing hinders God from using a man more than pride. Pride manifests itself in how we treat others. Arrogance cannot be hid. The Holy Bible says that a man who hides hatred behind lying lips has seven abominations in his heart. If you don't like somebody, it will eventually manifest itself to that person. I decided in my heart long ago to love everyone. When I am alone at home, I refuse to harbor ill-feelings or hatred toward any other human being. And when I do feel a thought of anger toward someone who has hurt me, or doesn't like me, I immediately pray for them, bringing that thought into captivity unto obedience to Christ (2nd Corinthians 10:5). ... 2nd Corinthians 10:3-5, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” You'll never grow in the Lord, or be what God the Father intends for you to be, until you completely and regularly humble yourself before God, examining yourself, being HONEST with yourself and God. So many believers live shallow lives, going through the motions, playing church, never rising up to a higher level in their Christian life. The Bob Jones camp comes to mind. They sinfully hold grudges, against people like me. They are ungrateful toward others. They sinfully use and sanction dozens of Bible versions. They sinfully sanction and promote the ungodly ministry of Pastor John MacArthur, who teaches (and I quote: “There is no such thing as a childhood conversion”). Mr. MacArthur is a theological liar! Why would any pastor support such a man? It is because they are sinfully proud, not heeding warnings from other believers (like me), who have warned them. Instead, they choose rather to go along to get along with apostasy. I am leery of Baptist pastors who have shallow convictions. And I am even more leery of those stuff-shirt pastors, who have such strong convictions, that they despise and harbor ill-feelings towards brethren who don't live up to their standards. I choose to love everyone. I honestly think some paid religious people (full-time Christian workers), who have to be at church three times a week, resent and despise others who are not required to live that way. They have the wrong attitude. It shouldn't matter who goes to church, or doesn't. A proper attitude is that one is glad to be at the house of God, and if someone else doesn't come to church as much as you think they should, that is their loss. It is carnal to get upset in your heart, because someone else doesn't have to be at church. That is so shallow. You'd be surprised how many faithful churchgoers look down on, and despise, other believers who aren't as faithful. Again, I fully understand why 150,000 more people decide each week in the United States to never set foot in a church again. The article says that one-third of people quit church because of frustration over the church itself. Another one-third quit because they are too busy for church. I believe bad pastors are partly to blame for that. If a man's preaching is so shallow that his people would rather stay home and watch TV, that pastor needs to get right with God and learn how to preach! I feel sorry for paid church staff members, or people employed to work at the church's religious schools, who are required to attend church, and the preaching is so dead, shallow and BORING!!! I think a wise preacher touches upon many subjects, leaving no stone unturned. The churches are dead because the pastors are dead spiritually. Few men truly walk with God anymore, evidenced by their lack of mercy and truth. When you tell someone they cannot return to attend church services, who has a humble heart and a contrite spirit, that is a horrible lack of mercy. God sees that injustice. But what can we expect from the Bob Jones crowd, when they don't care about the truth? Their Alexandrian Bible PERversions stink with the stench of hellfire. I speak THE TRUTH without apology! Psalms 25:10, “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.” “What we need in this generation, is for about 30,000 churches in the United States to go out of business, and just shut the doors, and let who mean business, get the power of God, and witness to this generation!” —Pastor Danny Castle, a quote from the awesome sermon, “How To Have Power With God!” | MP3 Sermon. God Cannot Work THROUGH YOU Until He First Works ON YOU Oh my friend, if you ever truly want to be used by God, then you're going to have to suffer. There is no other way! I know what it is to suffer inexplicable emotional trauma and pain of soul; not for days, weeks, months, but several years. God doesn't just use anybody. God not only works THROUGH a man, but ON THAT MAN!!! If God cannot work ON YOU, then He will not work WITH YOU, FOR YOU, nor THROUGH YOU!!! ... “I'll guarantee you, all the chipping away of a lifetime, fades into oblivion, when God works THROUGH YOU. Everybody wants God to work THROUGH YOU, everybody wants God to work FOR YOU, everybody wants God to work WITH YOU; God's got to work ON YA first. It's not fun—tears, heartaches!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, P B P G I N F W M Y — Please Be Patient God Is Not Finished With Me Yet). One of the greatest sermons I've ever heard is titled, “Why Mama Was So Smart” (a classic MP3 sermon by Pastor Jack Hyles). If you are suffering, God will use that affliction so He can work THROUGH YOU. Philippians 2:13, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” If you want God to work THROUGH YOU, and FOR YOU, and WITH YOU as a co-labourer, then He must first work IN YOU. There will be tears. There will be sorrow. There will be frustration. There will be loneliness. There will be heartache and burdens. There will be decisions that you will have to make, when you feel like you're between a rock and a hard place, and where no matter which decision you make, it won't be easy. That is exactly what God did to the Hebrews in Moses' day. The Lord had delivered them out of bondage from Egypt. At first they were so glad, rejoicing greatly, thinking that life would be easy from that day forward. But God led them into a barren desert wilderness, with impossible conditions of draught, no food, scorpions, snakes and hardships. The Hebrews found themselves between two impossible extremes. They could either return to the bondage of the Egyptians, or they could push forward into the intolerable conditions of a barren desert wilderness. God did this on purpose according to Deuteronomy 8:2-3, to test them... Deuteronomy 8:2-3, “And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.” God gives us hard choices to make, putting us in impossible situations, where in tears we look the only way left to look, upward to Heaven to our heavenly Father. Only then, in that seemingly no-win situation, between a rock and a hard place, can God begin to greatly use your labors for Him through personal affliction. You'll never know that Jesus is all you need, until Jesus is all you have left. Children are very impressionable, but so still are adults! People don't know HOW to make the Christian life work for them. We're too proud folks. All of us! We're all too stinking proud. We need to humble ourselves, push away our pride and selfish ambitions, and care enough about others to simply reach out to them. Did you know that 90% of people come to church simply because somebody invited them? It is very true! Soul-winning is never an accident; but rather, a deliberate attempt to reach someone with the Gospel. I have never received, nor asked, for a single penny for all my hard work online since 2002. I wouldn't have it any other way. I do what I do for God, by faith, because I care and am investing in heavenly rewards. I sincerely wonder if the Bob Jones camp down the street from me would continue their work, if they didn't get paid anymore to do it. Truly, the love of money is the root of all evil. I guarantee you that 99% of religious workers would quit overnight if they money stopped! A salary is the biggest threat to the truth! Truth has grown stale in most churches. Entertainment is king these days! The Bible colleges are switching from training young women to be homemakers to training nurses. 1st Timothy 5:14-15 says women belong at home, not pursuing careers. If Coystal Hyles had been a nurse instead of a homemaker, there would be no Pastor Jack Hyles!!! Everyone has their priorities wrong nowadays, which is why the churches have become shady businesses, operating religious schools to educate the dead. “It is not truth unless it has a responsibility that accompanies it. And if you do not obey that responsibility, that truth will grow stale!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth) It really comes down to CARING. I care, I really do. Few Christians care these days. You show me a believer who doesn't express gratitude toward others, and I know that person doesn't walk in the Spirit. You show me a believer who doesn't care about the corruption of the Scriptures in the modern Bible versions, and I know that person doesn't walk in the Holy Spirit. So few believers walk in the Spirit of God Who indwells them. That is why our churches are dead. People sit, Sunday after Sunday, being taught a bunch of theological information, but never put it into action. They never lead a soul to Christ. They never make an eternal difference. Outside of the church walls, they are jerks, no different than the world. I don't want to be that kind of a phony believer, and am not!!! I treat people the way I want to be treated, with love and kindness and fairness. We need a whole new breed of preachers and churchgoers in America!!! I'll finish this article by repeating a precious quote from Dr. Jack Hyles, explaining why churches are dying all over the world... “Churches die because they take the truth, but do not take the corresponding responsibility, that is always accompanying truth! They, for their eyes [are] open to beauty, and their eyes are not open to duty. So when a truth, does not have obedience to its accompanying obligation and responsibility, when that obligation is not carried out, you have a dead fundamental church! I call 'em 'the evangelical church.' I don't like the word 'evangelical,' I like the word FUN-DA-MENTAL CHURCH! Old-fashioned, hellfire, brimstone, hell-raising, barn-stormin', window-rattlin', shingle-pullin', hollerin', screamin', bellerin', preaching with conviction and courage and character, that teaches people to change what they do, once they change what they know!!!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, Real Truth Verses Synthetic Truth)

The Old Time Religion! By Evangelist November 19, 1862-November 6, 1935. "I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world's heart for two thousand years." —Billy SUNDAY. INTRODUCTION Modern to the last minute Sunday's methods may be, but his message is unmistakably the "Old-time religion." He believes his beliefs without a question. There is no twilight zone in his intellectual processes; no mental reservation in his preaching. He is sure that man is lost without Christ, and that only by the acceptance of the Saviour can fallen humanity find salvation. He is as sure of hell as of heaven, and for all modernized varieties of religion he has only vials of scorn. In no single particular is Sunday's work more valuable than in its revelation of the power of positive conviction to attract and convert multitudes. The world wants faith. "Intolerant," cry the scholars of Sunday; but the hungry myriads accept him as their spiritual guide to peace, and joy, and righteousness. The world wants a religion with salvation in it; speculation does not interest the average man who seeks deliverance from sin in himself and in the world. He does not hope to be evoluted into holiness; he wants to be redeemed. "Modernists" sputter and fume and rail at Sunday and his work: but they cannot deny that he leads men and women into new lives of holiness, happiness and helpfulness. Churches are enlarged and righteousness is promoted, all by the old, blood-stained way of the Cross. The revivals which have followed the preaching of Evangelist Sunday are supplemental to the Book of the Acts. His theology is summed up in the words Peter used in referring to Jesus: "There is none other Name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." One of Sunday's favorite sayings is: "I don't know any more about theology than a jack-rabbit does about ping-pong, but I'm on the way to glory. That really does not fully express the evangelist's point. He was arguing that "theology bears the same relation to Christianity that botany does to flowers, or astronomy to the stars. Botany is rewritten, but the flowers remain the same. Theology changes (I have no objection to your new theology when it tries to make the truths of Christianity clearer), but Christianity abides. Nobody is kept out of heaven because he does not understand theology. It isn't theology that saves, but Christ; it is not the sawdust trail that saves, but Christ in the motive that makes you hit the trail. The Sermon "I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover. I believe that the man who magnifies the word of God in his preaching is the man whom God will honor. Why do such names stand out on the pages of history as Wesley, Whitefield, Finney and Martin Luther? Because of their fearless denunciation of all sin, and because they preach Jesus Christ without fear or favor. "But somebody says a revival is abnormal. You lie! Do you mean to tell me that the godless, card-playing conditions of the Church are normal? I say they are not, but it is the abnormal state. It is the sin-eaten, apathetic condition of the Church that is abnormal. It is the 'Dutch lunch' and beer party, card parties and the like, that are abnormal. I say that they lie when they say that a revival is an abnormal condition in the Church. "What we need is the good old-time kind of revival that will cause you to love your neighbors, and quit talking about them. A revival that will make you pay your debts, and have family prayers. Get that kind and then you will see that a revival means a very different condition from what people believe it does. "Christianity means a lot more than church membership. Many an old skin-flint is not fit for the balm of Gilead until you give him a fly blister and get after him with a currycomb. There are too many Sunday-school teachers who are godless card-players, beer, wine and champagne drinkers. No wonder the kids are going to the devil. No wonder your children grow up like cattle when you have no form of prayer in the home." THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SUNDAY What does converted mean? It means completely changed. Converted is not synonymous with reformed. Reforms are from without-conversion from within. Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do. Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, in your heart and confess him with your mouth and you will be saved. God is good. The plan of salvation is presented to you in two parts. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth. Many of you here probably do Believe. Why don't you confess? Now own up. The truth is that you have a yellow streak. Own up, business men, and business women, and all of you others. Isn't it so? Haven't you got a little saffron? Brave old Elijah ran like a scared deer when he heard old Jezebel had said she would have his head, and he beat it. And he ran to Beersheba and lay down under a juniper tree and cried to the Lord to let him die. The Lord answered his prayer, but not in the way he expected. If he had let him die he would have died with nothing but the wind moaning through the trees as his funeral dirge. But the Lord had something better for Elijah. He had a chariot of fire and it swooped down and carried him into glory without his ever seeing death. So he says he has something better for you--salvation if he can get you to see it. You've kept your church membership locked up. You've smiled at a smutty story. When God and the Church were scoffed at you never peeped, and when asked to stand up here you've sneaked out the back way and beat it. You're afraid and God despises a coward--a mutt. You cannot be converted by thinking so and sitting still. Maybe you're a drunkard, an adulterer, a prostitute, a liar; won't admit you are lost; are proud. Maybe you're even proud you're not proud, and Jesus has a time of it. Jesus said: "Come to me," not to the Church; to me, not to a creed; to me, not to a preacher; to me, not to an evangelist; to me, not to a priest; to me, not to a pope; "Come to me and I will give you rest." Faith in Jesus Christ saves you, not faith in the Church. You can join church, pay your share of the preacher's salary, attend the services, teach Sunday school, return thanks and do everything that would apparently stamp you as a Christian--even pray--but you won't ever be a Christian until you do what God tells you to do. That's the road, and that's the only one mapped out for you and for me. God treats all alike. He doesn't furnish one plan for the banker and another for the janitor who sweeps out the bank. He has the same plan for one that he has for another. It's the law--you may not approve of it, but that doesn't make any difference. Salvation a Personal Matter The first thing to remember about being saved is that salvation is a personal matter. "Seek ye the Lord"--that means every one must seek for himself. It won't do for the parent to seek for the children; it won't do for the children to seek for the parent. If you were sick all the medicine I might take wouldn't do you any good. Salvation is a personal matter that no one else can do for you; you must attend to it yourself. Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing--open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way--that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that. Some people have a deeper conviction of sin before they are converted than after they are converted. With some it is the other way. Some know when they are converted and others don't. Some people are emotional. Some are demonstrative. Some will cry easily. Some are cold and can't be moved to emotion. A man jumped up in a meeting and asked whether he could be saved when he hadn't shed a tear in forty years. Even as he spoke he began to shed tears. It's all a matter of how you're constituted. I am vehement, and I serve God with the same vehemence that I served the devil when I went down the line. Some of you say that in order to accept Jesus you must have different surroundings. You think you could do it better in some other place. You can be saved where you are as well as any place on earth. I say, "My watch doesn't run. It needs new surroundings. I'll put it in this other pocket, or I'll put it here, or here on these flowers." It doesn't need new surroundings. It needs a new mainspring; and that's what the sinner needs. You need a new heart, not a new suit. What can I do to keep out of hell? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." The Philippian jailer was converted. He had put the disciples into the stocks when they came to the prison, but after his conversion he stooped down and washed the blood from their stripes. Now, leave God out of the proposition for a minute. Never mind about the new birth--that's his business. Jesus Christ became a man, bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh. He died on the cross for us, so that we might escape the penalty pronounced on us. Now, never mind about anything but our part in salvation. Here it is: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." You say, "Mr. Sunday, the Church is full of hypocrites." So's hell. I say to you if you don't want to go to hell and live with that whole bunch forever, come into the Church, where you won't have to associate with them very long. There are no hypocrites in heaven. You say, "Mr. Sunday, I can be a Christian and go to heaven without joining a church." Yes, and you can go to Europe without getting on board a steamer. The swimmings good--but the sharks are laying for fellows who take that route. I don't believe you. If a man is truly saved he will hunt for a church right away. You say, "It's so mysterious. I don't understand." You'll be surprised to find out how little you know. You plant a seed in the ground--that's your part. You don't understand how it grows. How God makes that seed grow is mysterious to you. Some people think that they can't be converted unless they go down on their knees in the straw at a camp-meeting, unless they pray all hours of the night, and all nights of the week, while some old brother storms heaven in prayer. Some think a man must lose sleep, must come down the aisle with a haggard look, and he must froth at the mouth and dance and shout. Some get it that way, and they don't think that the work I do is genuine unless conversions are made in the same way that they have got religion. I want you to see what God put in black and white; that there can be a sound, thorough conversion in an instant; that man can be converted as quietly as the coming of day and never backslide. I do not find fault with the way other people get religion. What I want and preach is the fact that a man can be converted without any fuss. If a man wants to shout and clap his hands in joy over his wife's conversion, or if a wife wants to cry when her husband is converted, I am not going to turn the hose on them, or put them in a strait-jacket. When a man turns to God truly in conversion, I don't care what form his conversion takes. I wasn't converted that way, but I do not rush around and say, with gall and bitterness, that you are not saved because you did not get religion the way I did. If we all got religion in the same way, the devil might go to sleep with a regular Rip Van Winkle snooze and still be on the job. Look at Nicodemus. You could never get a man with the temperament of Nicodemus near a camp meeting, to kneel down in the straw, or to shout and sing. He was a quiet, thoughtful, honest, sincere and cautious man. He wanted to know the truth and he was willing to walk in the light when he found it. Look at the man at the pool of Bethesda. He was a big sinner and was in a lot of trouble which his sins had made for him. He had been in that condition for a long time. It didn't take him three minutes to say "Yes," when the Lord spoke to him. See how quietly he was converted. "And He Arose and Followed Him"! Matthew stood in the presence of Christ and he realized what it would be to be without Christ, to be without hope, and it brought him to a quick decision. "And he arose and followed him." How long did that conversion take? How long did it take him to accept Christ after he had made up his mind? And you tell me you can't make an instant decision to please God? The decision of Matthew proves that you can. While he was sitting at his desk he was not a disciple. The instant he arose he was. That move changed his attitude toward God. Then he ceased to do evil and commenced to do good. You can be converted just as quickly as Matthew was. God says: "Let the wicked man forsake his way." The instant that is done, no matter if the man has been a life-long sinner, he is safe. There is no need of struggling for hours--or for days-do it now. Who are you struggling with? Not God. God's mind was made up long before the foundations of the earth were laid. The plan of salvation was made long before there was any sin in the world. Electricity existed long before there was any car wheel for it to drive. "Let the wicked man forsake his way." When? Within a month, within a week, within a day, within an hour? No! Now! The instant you yield, God's plan of salvation is thrown into gear. You will be saved before you know it, like a child being born. Rising and following Christ switched Matthew from the broad to the narrow way. He must have counted the cost as he would have balanced his cash book. He put one side against the other. The life he was living led to all chance of gain. On the other side there was Jesus, and Jesus outweighs all else. He saw the balance turn as the tide of a battle turns and then it ended with his decision. The sinner died and the disciple was born. I believe that the reason the story of Matthew was written was to show how a man could be converted quickly and quietly. It didn't take him five or ten years to begin to do something--he got busy right away. You don't believe in quick conversions? There have been a dozen men of modern times who have been powers for God whose conversion was as quiet as Matthew's. Charles G. Finney never went to a camp meeting. He was out in the woods alone, praying, when he was converted. Sam Jones, a mighty man of God, was converted at the bedside of his dying father. Moody accepted Christ while waiting on a customer in a boot and shoe store. Dr. Chapman was converted as a boy in a Sunday school. All the other boys in the class had accepted Christ, and only Wilbur remained. The teacher turned to him and said, "And how about you, Wilbur?" He said, "I will," and he turned to Christ and has been one of his most powerful evangelists for many years. Gipsy Smith was converted in his father's tent. Torrey was an agnostic, and in comparing agnosticism, infidelity and Christianity, he found the scale tipped toward Christ. Luther was converted as he crawled up a flight of stairs in Rome. Seemingly the men who have moved the world for Christ have been converted in a quiet manner. The way to judge a tree is by its fruit. Judge a tree of quiet conversion in this way. Another lesson. When conversion compels people to forsake their previous calling, God gives them a better job. Luke said, "He left all." Little did he dream that his influence would be world-reaching and eternity-covering. His position as tax-collector seemed like a big job, but if was picking up pins compared to the job God gave him. Some of you may be holding back for fear of being put out of your job. If you do right God will see that you do not suffer. He has given plenty of promises, and if you plant your feet on them you can defy the poor-house. Trust in the Lord means that God will feed you. Following Christ you may discover a gold mine of ability that you never dreamed of possessing. There was a saloon-keeper, converted in a meeting at New Castle, who won hundreds of people to Christ by his testimony and his preaching. You do not need to be in the church before the voice comes to you; you don't need to be reading the Bible; you don't need to be rich or poor or learned. Wherever Christ comes follow. You may be converted while engaged in your daily business. Men cannot put up a wall and keep Jesus away. The still small voice will find you. At the Cross-roads Right where the two roads through life diverge God has put Calvary. There he put up a cross, the stumbling block over which the love of God said, "I'll touch the heart of man with the thought of father and son." He thought that would win the world to him, but for nineteen hundred years men have climbed the Mount of Calvary and trampled into the earth the tenderest teachings of God. You are on the devil's side. How are you going to cross over? So you cross the line and God won't issue any extradition papers. Some of you want to cross. If you believe, then say so, and step across. I'll bet there are hundreds that are on the edge of the line and many are standing straddling it. But that won't save you. You believe in your heart--confess him with your mouth. With his heart man believes and with his mouth he confesses. Then confess and receive salvation full, free, perfect and external. God will not grant any extradition papers. Get over the old line. A man isn't a soldier because he wears a uniform, or carries a gun, or carries a canteen. He is a soldier when he makes a definite enlistment. All of the others can be bought without enlisting. When a man becomes a soldier he goes out on muster day and takes an oath to defend his country. It's the oath that makes him a soldier. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile, but public definite enlistment for Christ makes you a Christian. "Oh," a woman said to me out in Iowa, "Mr. Sunday, I don't think I have to confess with my mouth." I said: "You're putting up your thought against God's." M-o-u-t-h doesn't spell intellect. It spells mouth and you must confess with your mouth. The mouth is the biggest part about most people, anyhow. What must I do? Philosophy doesn't answer it. Infidelity doesn't answer it. First, "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Believe on the, Lord. Lord--that's his kingly name. That's the name he reigns under. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus." It takes that kind of a confession. Give me a Saviour with a sympathetic eye to watch me so I shall not slander. Give me a Saviour with a strong arm to catch me if I stumble. Give me a Saviour that will hear my slightest moan. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. Christ is his resurrection name. He is sitting at the right hand of the Father interceding for us. Because of his divinity he understands God's side of it and because of his humanity he understands our side of if. Who is better qualified to be the mediator? He's a mediator. What is that? A lawyer is a mediator between the jury and the defendant. A retail merchant is a mediator between the wholesale dealer and the consumer. Therefore, Jesus Christ is the Mediator between God and man. Believe on the Lord. He's ruling today. Believe on the Lord Jesus. He died to save us. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the Mediator. Her majesty, Queen Victoria, was traveling in Scotland when a storm came up and she took refuge in a little hut of a Highlander. She stayed there for an hour and when she went the good wife said to her husband, "We'll tie a ribbon on that chair because her majesty has sat on it and no one else will ever sit on it." A friend of mine was there later and was going to sit in the chair when the man cried: "Nae, nae, mon. Dinna sit there. Her majesty spent an hour with us once and she sat on that chair and we tied a ribbon on it and no one else will ever sit on it." They were honored that her majesty had spent the hour with them. It brought unspeakable joy to them. It's great that Jesus Christ will sit on the throne of my heart, not for an hour, but here to sway his power forever and ever. "He Died for Me" In the war there was a band of guerillas--Quantrell's band--that had been ordered to be shot on sight. They had burned a town in Iowa and they had been caught. One long ditch was dug and they were lined up in front of it and blindfolded and tied, and just as the firing squad was ready to present arms a young man dashed through the bushes and cried, "Stop!" He told the commander of the firing squad that he was as guilty as any of the others, but he had escaped and had come of his own free will, and pointed to one man in the line and asked to take his place. "I'm single," he said, "while he has a wife and babies." The commander of that firing squad was an usher in one of the cities in which I held meetings, and he told me how the young fellow was blindfolded and bound and the guns rang out and he fell dead. Time went on and one day a man came upon another in a graveyard in Missouri weeping and shaping the grave into form. The first man asked who was buried there and the other said, "The best friend I ever had." Then he told how he had not gone far away but had come back and got the body of his friend after he had been shot and buried it; so he knew he had the right body. And he had brought a withered bouquet all the way from his home to put on the grave. He was poor then and could not afford anything costly, but he had placed a slab of wood on the pliable earth with these words on it: "He died for me." Major Whittle stood by the grave some time later and saw the same monument. If you go there now you will see something different. The man became rich and today there is a marble monument fifteen feet high and on it this inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIE LEE HE TOOK MY PLACE IN THE LINE HE DIED FOR ME Sacred to the memory of Jesus Christ. He took our place on the cross and gave his life that we might live, and go to heaven and reign with him. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, confess him with thy mouth, and thou shalt be saved and thy house." It is a great salvation that can reach down into the quagmire of filth, pull a young man out and send him out to hunt his mother and fill her days with sunshine. It is a great salvation, for it saves from great sin. The way to salvation is not Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vassar or Wellesley. Environment and culture can't put you into heaven without you accept Jesus Christ. It's great. I want to tell you that the way to heaven is a blood-stained way. No man has ever reached it without Jesus Christ and he never will.

"Only by pride cometh contention..." —Proverb 13:10 Proverb:8:13: The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. Proverb:11:2: When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverb:13:10: Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. Proverb:14:3: In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Proverb:16:18: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverb:29:23: A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. Mankind is wicked, filled with sinful pride. More people have chosen the road to hell because of pride than for any other reason. It is man's pride that causes him to adhere to traditions and false religions instead of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is pride that causes all the divorces. It is pride that causes people to live in sin. Pride destroys marriages, homes, business partnerships, churches, and anything else it comes in contact with. America is a land of sinful arrogant, stick-necked pride. America's women are the most rebellious, stubborn and feminist women on the planet. No wonder the divorce rate is increasingly sky-rocketing. It's become so bad that now more and more couples won't even get married. They simply live together until pride sets in and then move on to greener pastures to repeat the cycle. Psalms:10:4: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. It is man's pride that causes him not to seek after God. All evolutionists have sinful pride. All Christ-rejecters have sinful pride. Psalms:10:4: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. The wicked have no need for God, they despise God and all that is good. The world is a wicked place (1st John 5:19). Pride is worse than cancer, eating away all sense of moral reasoning and ethics. People filled with pride will stoop lower than low, hurting even their own spouse or family. It's horribly sad how people who once made their marriage vows can simply break them by divorcing. Divorce is a sin and God hates it. By the way, I don't care what anyone thinks...most divorces are the result of a proud wife. Too many wives in America are spoiled, refusing to deal with an overbearing husband. God created men to dominate, to conquer, to rightfully defend and protect what is his. A man by nature has a God-given desire to CONTROL what's his (his wife, his kids, his land, his money, etc.). Most women refuse to be controlled, they are rebellious! God hates rebellion. I'm not advocating spousal abuse, I'm simply saying a lot of women hate authority (especially if it's her husband). Though some women would like to blame this on an "authoritarian" type father, the truth is that we are all rebellious against God in our sinful hearts (Ephesians 2:2). Mankind by nature hates authority. No one likes to be told what to do, just like Eve in the garden of Eden. She "did her own thing" and God punished her for it. She caused Adam to also sin because he loved Eve and wanted to be with her. We are all rebellious by nature. You'll discover that women who hate their husbands also hate God. Say what you will, God did not create man and woman equal...the wife is the weaker vessel according to the Bible. Proverb:14:1: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. I've written this article with the divorce rate in mind. There is nothing in America which is more damning to our nation than divorce. The billions of dollars made by the lawyers, judges and legal system from divorces is so evil. I would never be part of a divorce. Divorce is a sin! Jesus never advocated divorce. Hebrews 13:5 promises that God will NEVER leave or forsake us...no matter what we do! What a wonderful Saviour. I'm glad that Jesus never leaves. I hate divorce, it is nothing more than wicked pride! For better, for worse; in sickness, as in health; 'til death do us part! The wedding vows are a PROMISE to God. Anyone can live with anybody if they can learn to be a nobody. Galatians 6:3, "For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself."

Mark 16:15, “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Jesus commanded His disciples to GO into all the world and PREACH THE GOSPEL. The key word is “Go.” Most churches today don't GO as the Bible commands. Rather, they sit or remain idle. They are as those unfaithful servants in Matthew 20:6 of whom Jesus said, “Why stand ye here all the day idle?” (Note: All Scripture references are only from the trustworthy King James Bible). The most important duty of every Christian is to go soulwinning. 2nd Corinthians 5:10-11, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men...” Every born-again believer has a responsibility to preach the Gospel, i.e., to share the Good News of Jesus Christ crucified with lost sinners so that they can be forgiven and spend eternity in Heaven. But what is the gospel? An alarming number of Christians are zealous to preach the gospel, but they don't even know what the gospel is. They are sincere, but they've never been taught. There is an apostate gospel in America that says to ask “Jesus into your heart” to be saved. That is a false gospel. There is another false gospel which says, “Make a full surrender to God. Amend your ways. Make a commitment to Christ” to be saved. No, no, that is not the gospel! The Bible defines the gospel in 1st Corinthians15:1-4... 1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” There you have it—the Biblical gospel (good news) is the DEATH, BURIAL and RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus Christ! The way to be saved is to acknowledge your guilt of sin and receive the gospel as payment for your sins. That is the good news... Jesus died, was buried and rose again three days later for our justification. Carefully notice that the Bible does NOT say to go into the world and make music. The Bible does NOT say to go into the world and start a business. The Bible does NOT say to go into the world and write books. No, rather, God's inspired Words instruct us to PREACH THE GOSPEL. We read in Romans 10:13-14, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” The great need of the hour in today's churches is preaching preachers who teach their flock to be soulwinners. Matthew 28:19-20 are commonly referred to as “The Great Commission.” “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Most believers fail to realize that there are two parts to The Great Commission: 1) Preaching the Gospel, and 2) Teaching new converts how to be soulwinners. The Lord wants us to go soulwinning and then teach those whom we have the privilege of leading to the Lord how to become soulwinners themselves. There is a Biblical mandate for each believer to go forth preaching the Gospel. We must give account to God for each day of our life (Romans 14:12). Throughout the Midwestern part of the United States, there's an egg company which prints Bible verses inside every carton of eggs. They are planting the Seed of God's Word into the hearts of people. Amen! There is something that each of us can do to influence others to receive Christ. Look what this man of God is doing to get the Gospel message out to the lost. Romans 10:17 tells us that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” We don't need to be eloquent in speech or a gifted writer or a theologian to get people saved, we just need to tell lost sinners that they need Christ's righteousness, because we have none of our own to offer God. This sin-cursed world has been lied to by false ministers to think that the only way to Heaven is to do good works and stop sinning. That is the same type of self-righteousness that Cain offered God, which God rejected (Genesis 4:1-5). Although God does not give anyone permission to sin, living a separated or surrendered life for God has nothing to do with salvation. The Bible proclaims in Romans 3:23a, “For all have sinned.” The Bible condemns all mankind, because we have all sinned. There are no good people (Romans 3:10-23). There are some good men as far as sinners go, but they are still sinful men deserving of Hell. No amount of self-righteousness can make up for the sins one commits. This is why Jesus lovingly paid our sin debt, because we could not. What a precious Savior! The Bible does NOT tell us to go into the world making religious music, or to make a career of singing or entertaining. These are falsehoods that some people claim as a “ministry” without preaching the Gospel. Many people nowadays have wrongfully slapped a “ministry” label on pursuits, activities and functions that are totally devoid of preaching the Gospel. Many pro-homosexual, pro-abortion and pro-feminist groups have falsely labeled their evil works as a “ministry.” They are sinister ministers of Satan. The Devil is a beautiful liar. Genuine Biblical ministries PREACH THE GOSPEL of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world in an effort to get people saved. What good does it profit a man if you feed him a bowl of soup and provide him some clothing, but fail to warn him concerning the wrath of God which abideth upon Christ-rejecters. John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” Oh, how this world needs Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Allah is a fraud. Buddha is a fake. Zoroaster is a phony. The Pope is a false prophet. The Virgin Mary did NOT remain a virgin. Muhammad is an imposter. Confucius died confused. The stone covering the entrance to Jesus' tomb was not rolled away to permit the Lord to exit; but rather, to show the world that Jesus had already risen from the dead. Jesus is alive evermore! Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, THE ALMIGHTY (Revelation 1:8). Amen! Whatever ministry you may be involved in, it is no work for God if you fail to PREACH THE GOSPEL. I wouldn't give you a dime for a Bible scholar who doesn't go soulwinning. I wouldn't give you a dime for a Gospel singer who doesn't attempt to win the audience to Christ by preaching the Gospel. To the same extent that God has given someone influence over people, to that same extent He will hold that individual accountable for PREACHING THE GOSPEL to lost sinners (Luke 12:48). America's theological seminaries are nothing more than spiritual cemeteries, filled with dried-up corpses who never go soulwinning, never pass out a Gospel tract, never shed a tear over lost souls. May God give us more Bible-believing, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-loving, Christians who PREACH THE GOSPEL.

This is a song written and sung by Evangelist Harold Leake, on the horrors of hell. Please take heed to the words. And consider what Jesus said about hell in Luke 16:19-31 and Mark 9:43-48 Any so called "Christian" who tells you there is no hell, HE IS A LIAR!