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Study shows link between homosexuality and pedophil Study shows link between homosexuality and pedophilia By Interim Staff | September 2002 CLICK HERE A new study by Dr. Timothy J. Dailey and the Washington D.C.-based Family Research Council recently confirmed what police and psychiatrists have known for decades: a definitive link exists between male homosexuality and pedophilia. The report entitled Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse, shows that while homosexual men make up less than three per cent of the adult male population, they commit a disproportionate number (one third or more) of child sexual molestations. Dailey's report is being sent to parents, youth groups, school administrators, Catholic bishops, and religious organizations. Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse presents a number of controversial findings. The first is that a significant percentage of child sexual abuse victims are boys. The second finding of Dailey's report contradicts the "inaccurate but widely accepted claims of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey" that homosexuals comprise at least 10 per cent of the population. Based upon a study of three large data sets, the General Social Survey, the National Health and Social Life Survey, and the U.S. Census, "a recent study in demography estimates the number of exclusive male homosexuals in the general population at 2.5 per cent, and the number of exclusive lesbians at 1.4 per cent," writes Dailey. The FRC study also demonstrates, with a wealth of anecdotal evidence, that pedophile themes can be found throughout "mainstream" gay literature, including fiction anthologies such as: The Penguin Book on International Gay Writing, The Gay Canon: What Every Gay Man Should Read, and A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition. Interestingly, the late gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg was a pedophile, and wrote articles for publications associated with the North American Man-Boy Love Association. "I reread Collected Poems and Ginsberg's two subsequent collections, surprised by the pattern of reference to anal intercourse and to pederasty that emerged," writes Dailey. According to Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse, pedophiles have long existed as a subculture within the gay rights movement. Dailey quotes David Thorstad, a homosexual activist and founding member of NAMBLA, to demonstrate that by 1985, pedophilia had gained acceptance within the homosexual movement, as it was in that year that NAMBLA was admitted as a member in New York's council of Lesbian and Gay Organizations and the International Gay Association. In the words of Jim Kepner, at one time the curator of the International Gay and Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles: "A point I've been trying to make is that if we reject the boylovers in our midst today, we'd better stop waving the banner of the ancient Greeks, of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, Horatio Alger, and Shakespeare. We'd better stop claiming them as part of our history unless we are broadening our concept of what it means to be gay." The link between homosexuality and pedophilia is rejected by many mainstream research groups, which have even begun to view pedophilia in value-neutral terms. The American Psychiatric Association removed pedophilia from its list of sexual perversions in 1994, while in 1999 the American Psychological Association published a report, "A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples," which "claimed child sexual abuse could be harmless and beneficial," according to a 1999 WorldNetDaily column by noted researcher Dr. Judith Reisman. "None of this is news in the sense that this information (the link between pedophilia and homosexuality) was fundamentally proven a long time ago," Canada Family Action head Brian Rushfeldt told The Interim, "but I'm glad to see the FRC reiterating it, especially at a time when the Catholic church is struggling with the pedophile priest issue." Rushfeldt stresses that pedophiles come in both homosexual and heterosexual forms, but there are differences between the two that need to be understood. "Do you treat the cocaine addict the same way you treat the alcoholic? If a priest abuses young boys, that's a homosexual act, and we have to recognize it as such if we want to help him." Asked why the link exists in the first place, Rushfeldt, a former addiction counselor, says part of the answer lies in the availability of sex. "Sex addicts generally need instant gratification. They have a very low threshold for delaying gratification, and it's much easier to manipulate a young boy into having sex than it is to manipulate another man." He adds that homosexual pedophilia is influenced by other factors as well. "There's a distinct quality about male homosexuality that gay men tend to be attracted to young, good-looking guys. Another part of pedophilia's appeal is the power the pedophile feels in manipulating the boy. It's a combination of things." END OF ARTICLE

Without a border there is no country! Explaining the reason for Nazism, Communism, the open borders, America being a house divided on many issues, and recent race wars in the U.S. news, William Guy Car states... The Forces of Evil realize that in order to win undisputed control of the material assets of the world, and establish an Atheistic Materialistic Totalitarian Dictatorship, it is necessary to destroy all forms of constitutional government and organized religion. In order to do this the Force of Evil decided they must divide the peoples of the world against each other on various issues. Dating back into antiquity the Aryan and Semitic races were driven into enmity against each other to serve the secret ambitions of their atheistic-materialistic leaders. Had the people's of the Aryan and Semitic races remained steadfast to their belief in God, and faithful to His commandments, the Force of Evil could never have accomplished their evil purpose. SOURCE: PAWNS IN THE GAME, Chapter Two, page 11, by William Guy Carr, 1958. The Illuminati are relentlessly doing everything in their power to create tension, division and strife in the United States. Their goal is to divide and conquer. While the lying newsmedia focuses on petty crimes committed by our neighbors down the street, not a word is mentioned about the looting of $23.7 TRILLION taxpayer dollars by the criminal Federal Reserve bastards who own Wall Street. While your neighbor gets sentenced to 7-years prison for having 2 marijuana joints on his possession in his living room, the thieves in Washington who have bankrupted our nation have never even been indicted. It is injustice! The high treasonous crimes of the Clintons, the Bush Family, the Gores, Obama and many others. There needs to be a hundred trials, in a court of law, and then the convicted ought to hang in broad daylight for the public to watch. Please don't get sidetracked from the real issues; such as, fighting the New World Order, spending time with your family instead of working 2 jobs or overtime. Don't do it! Relax and let God help you find a better way. If you hate your job, look for another job and then quit the first job once you find a second job you like (perhaps doing something that you enjoy doing). If you like music, get a job at a music shop working in sales, building or designing. Inlaying is a much sought after skill and pays well. Anyone with a steady hand who is patient can do great wood inlay work. Don't let them drive you insane by getting you to pay for a bunch of things you don't need, like a new car and expensive furniture. The predatory ruling elite WILL continue to send American jobs overseas until we cannot survive anymore in society. It is criminal treason!!! Bad times are here! They're going to get MUCH WORSE, very soon in America. Are you prepared? It's a good idea to start moving away from the big cities and into small rural villages (at least 20-30 minutes drive from a major highway or road). There are still nice places to live to raise a family or retire, but not in any big city in America. Small is best with limited access to the outside world. Learn to grow your own garden and store seeds and storable foods. Illegal aliens also provide cheap labor for small companies. Many of America's small businesses simply cannot stay afloat anymore. As the value of the dollar continues to decrease, so will the profits of American companies continue to erode away. I read last year that hundreds of American auto-part companies would be facing bankruptcy because the price of coiled steel DOUBLED from $300 to $600 per ton. Most of our steel comes from China. China is witnessing a massive expansion of it's own cities and the demand for steel is high. So we pay more! Do you see the consequences of allowing our steel to be manufactured by foreign countries? America is very dependent upon other countries today, we have lost much of our sovereignty. As the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate, cheap immigrant workers will alleviate the conditions temporarily for a few years to come (another Washington smokescreen). Ultimately, most companies will go under financially, the small mom and pop businesses will disappear, replaced by the monopolizing mega corporations. Our taxes will have to sky-rocket, medical coverage will be dismal, personal bankruptcies will be denied by the courts, many people will lose their homes, our wages will be increasingly confiscated, many people will be forced to take legal drugs (to increase Pharmaceutical company profits), prisons will be filled to overcapacity, the crime rate will soar, Social Security will fail...the nightmare is just beginning. This science fiction is real. Corporations rule the world, and we are soon to become slaves in a police state. So while Bush is worried about "terrorists" 10,000 miles away, there are MILLIONS of illegals crossing the southern border of the U.S. every year. 'Com on, who are you kidding?

The 'Outnumbered' panel discussed Biden's admission on the border and Fetterman's take on the matter as voters prepare to head to the polls in New Hampshire with immigration policy being a key issue.

“In FLAMING FIRE taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.” —2nd Thessalonians 1:8,9 Hell's Inside the Earth In numerous places in the Word of God, we are told that hell is located “down.” There is no doubt that hell (Greek: Hades) is in the center of the earth. Few people realize that 95% of the earth's mass is molten rock. It is a FACT that the center of the earth is a smoldering abyss of lava, sulfuric (brimstone) to be exact. We are WARNED in Revelation 21:8 that the Lake of Fire will burn with FIRE and Brimstone (sulfur)... "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." —Revelation 21:8 When Korah and his followers rebelled against the Lord, He opened up the earth and swallowed them alive into the jaws of hell... "And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign." —Numbers 26:10 The Bible always makes reference to hell being located “down,” never up (Heaven is always up). "For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains." —Deuteronomy 32:22 "Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them." —Psalm 55:15 "Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." —Isaiah 14:15 "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell." —Luke 10:15 "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell..." —2nd Peter 2:4 The bottom line is that you don't want to go to hell, regardless of where it is located. Please read, Hell Inside the Earth. Hell and the Lake of Fire The Bible often mentions "death" and "hell" together... "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." —Revelation 20:13-15 The “dead” which are being delivered are ALL the Christ-rejecters throughout history. Every human being who fails to obey the Gospel of Christ will go to Hell (2nd Thessalonians 1:8). Hell (Hades) is like a jail cell, where the guilty temporarily await sentencing in court (2nd Peter 2:4). After being sentenced at the Great White Throne of Judgment (where all the world's unsaved will stand trial), the wicked will be PUNISHED in the Lake of Fire (Greek: Gehenna) for all eternity. “...punished with everlasting destruction...” (2nd Thessalonians 1:9). As read in the above Scriptures, the Bible teaches that "hell" will be cast into the Lake of Fire. "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" —Matthew 25:41. Notice the word “cursed.” Only cursed people go to hell. To die in one's sin without the Lord is to be cursed forever. It's so simple to be saved, yet the wicked flaunt their pride and wicked unbelief. If only people would believe the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, they would be forgiven and saved. “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (1st Timothy 2:4). Those who die in their sins will suffer EVERLASTING FIRE! (Matthew 25:41). The important thing is that you don't end up there. Religion is man trying to reach God through human effort; but Christianity is God trying to reach man by the sacrifice of His only begotten Son on the cross. Rock Singers Believe That Hell Has Fire Mick Jagger of Luciferian-worshipping group, “The Rolling Stones” sings in their song “SAINT OF ME” ... You'll never make a saint of me And could you stand the torture And could you stand the pain Could you put your faith in Jesus When you're burning in the flames And I do believe in miracles And I want to save my soul And I know that I'm a sinner I'm gonna die here in the cold I said yes, I said yeah I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah You'll never make a saint of me [emphasis added] The demonic Rock band “ACDC” is infamous for their song, “HIGHWAY TO HELL,” with the lyrics... Livin' easy, lovin' free, season ticket on a one-way ride Askin' nothin', leave me be, takin' everythin' in my stride Don't need reason, don't need rhyme Ain't nothing that I'd rather do Goin' down, party time, my friends are gonna be there too I'm on the highway to hell Highway to Hell I'm on the highway to hell Highway to Hell No stop signs, speed limit, nobody's gonna slow me down Like a wheel, gonna spin it, nobody's gonna mess me around Hey Satan, payin' my dues, playin' in a rockin' band Hey Mumma, look at me, I'm on my way to the promised land Oh, how Satan is a beautiful liar! You won't see your friends in Hell. There won't be a big party in Hell. You'll be screaming in the torments of molten brimstone (Revelation 21:8). The only promise that the wicked have is that God will punish them in flaming fire for all eternity (2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9; Revelation 20:15; 21:8). If your friends are in Hell when you get there—you won't be partying together, holding hands and singing campfire songs. You'll be tormented day-and-night forever (Revelation 14:11)! Hell is NOT the Grave Psalm 9:17 reads... “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” If the word "hell" in the Old Testament Hebrew (Sheol) only refers to the grave, then where do the righteous go? Psalm 9:17 would make absolutely no sense if BOTH the wicked and the righteous go to the same grave. God said that the wicked go to hell. If the righteous also go to hell, then Psalm 9:17 is nonsense. The truth is that "hell" (Sheol) in the Old Testament was a very broad term. Death was a big mystery back in the Old Testament. Today, we have the complete Word of God and have a much greater understanding of spiritual truths. "Hell" in the Old Testament referred to the UNKNOWN GRAVE. Sometimes "Sheol" (hell) simply meant grave, at other times it meant hell fire. All Sheol referred to in the Old Testament was to the realm of the unknown. The obvious implication in Psalm 9:17 is that the wicked will be PUNISHED. My friend, take a look at the above picture of the man buried 6-feet-deep in the earth. When you pass from this earthly life into eternity, your eternal destiny will be sealed forever. While you are still alive and breathing you have a choice. YOU HAVE A CHOICE! You can foolishly trust in yourself, or some sinful Catholic priest, or a sinful Lutheran minister, or your church, or your denomination, or the baptistry, or your good works, or yourself; or you can completely rest in the Gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ, Who died on a cross for your sins and mine, was buried, and then resurrected from the dead after three days for our justification. Jesus bodily ascended into Heaven and literally sprinkled His liquid blood upon the Mercy Seat in the presence of God the Father on our behalf (Hebrews 9:12,24; 12:24; 1st Peter 1:18-19). Hell Burns with Fire! We know that HELL HAS FIRE because Jesus Himself said it does... "if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." —Mark 9:47-48 Jesus clearly said in John 14:2 that he wouldn't mislead us... “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you...” Jesus said what He meant and meant what He said. Jesus referred to hell as a place of fire, torment, brimstone, weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, and everlasting punishment. Only a complete fool would try to discredit the plain teachings of the Word of God... HELL BURNS WITH FIRE! If God allows suffering and torment in this earthly world, then what makes you think that He won't allow suffering and torment for the wicked in eternity? Present suffering is evidence of future suffering if you die in your sins without Jesus Christ. "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" —Matthew 25:41 Although different aspects of Hell and the Lake of Fire can be debated, one Biblical TRUTH is certain, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that is, those who die in their sins will be punished in EVERLASTING FIRE! (John 8:24).

Margaret Sanger, the alcoholic and Demerol addict, who spawned the International Planned Parenthood Federation, was a proponent of forced eugenics, segregation, abortion, birth control and sexual immorality. Here are some of her quotes. "The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population…" Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Eugenics is … the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems. Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Birth control itself, often denounced as a violation of natural law, is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "The unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit,' [is] the greatest present menace to civilization… the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Our failure to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying… a dead weight of human waste… an ever-increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "The procreation of [the diseased, the feeble-minded and paupers] should be stopped." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "The marriage bed is the most degenerative influence in the social order..." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "[Our objective is] unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of unwanted children..." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "[Mandatory] sterilization for [the insane and feeble-minded] is the answer." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood "Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization." Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood, proposed the American Baby Code that states, "No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child… without a permit for parenthood". Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood, proposed the Population Congress with the aim, "...to give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization." "As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of areas in which we may find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know..." Faye Wattleton, Past-president of Planned Parenthood END

A Sad Story about Abortion Pastor calls abortion, "A minor concern." A U.S. News and World Report article (December 2003, The New Old-Time Religion, by Jay Tolson, pg. 42) quotes Lon Solomon, pastor of the McLean Bible Church near Tyson's Corner, Virginia (a megachurch that draws up to 10,000 people on Sundays) as stating... "Abortion and homosexuality are minor concerns in our church. The bell we beat is that we must know Jesus. We are offering people a different and better way to live than secular America offers." THE SAD FACTS: 1 out of every 67 deaths in the WORLD is an American abortion. 1 out every 4 deaths in America is an American abortion. Half of the deaths in the world are from abortions. Abortion is the leading cause of death in the world. It kills as many people as ALL of the other causes of death combined. We have lost more Americans through abortions than we did in all our wars (12 wars) combined. 64 Times More! The world kills more people through abortion than all of the deaths combined. 22 times as many! The D-Day Invasion of France (WWII) was the bloodiest in history. There were 53,714 allied soldiers killed in the "Battle of Normandy." Yet, our world kills more people than that in just 9 hours of abortions. That's right, just 9 hours! America has lost 589 soldiers in its first year of fighting the Iraqi war. The world, however, kills more people than that in just 6 minutes through abortion. That's right, just 6 minutes! Now, do you still think abortion is just a small problem that can be ignored?

Anton LaVey plainly teaches in 'The Satanic Bible' that the hand sign (with or without the thumb extended), is a gesture showing recognition and allegiance between members of Satanism and other unholy groups. Everywhere we turn these days we are seeing politicians, influential people, power figures, and celebrities and their fans flashing the Satanic hand sign. What does all this mean? It means that the appearance of the Antichrist (the Beast) is drawing near. The return of the Lord Jesus Christ is close at hand friend. Are you ready for the Rapture? You can see many more photos and learn more at: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%...

Proverbs 21:30, “There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.” THE PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY... THE BIBLE SAYS... SIGMUND FREUD Man: He is not responsible for his actions. He is a victim of other people in society. He battles the past and hurtful experiences in childhood. He is sick. Man: He is responsible for his sin. Yet, man wants to shift the blame to God, others, or Satan as Adam and Eve did. See: Genesis 3:12-13, Ezekiel 18:20, Galatians 6:5, Proverbs 9:12. Source of his problem: He struggles between his normal desires (id) and his conscience (superego), which his overly strict (mother/church) has created. He represses this deep inner struggle over what he feels and what society says is right. This man is poorly socialized. Source of his problem: Man is a sinner by nature and seeks to live selfishly to fulfill the lusts of his flesh and mind. Man is dead spiritually. See: Romans 5:12, Ephesians 2:1-3. Treatment: He must be taken back into his past to relive it through hypnosis, dream analysis and free association. This will allow the counselor to restructure the counselee's value system and relieve his conscience. He is now re-socialized. Treatment: Man only needs to be saved to experience this transforming power of God. This redemption is God's treatment for the root problems of man. See: Titus 2:11-3:5. Man can't change his past. He must stop looking back, and re-focus his attention on the present. Forgive and reconcile with others today. CARL ROGERS Man: Man is not a sinner, he is essentially good, he has all the resources he needs within himself to solve his own problems. Man: He is essentially sinful, selfish, and corrupt. He cannot save himself or solve his moral problems apart from obedience to God and His Word. See: Proverbs 30:12, Romans 3:10-13 Source of his problems: Man has failed to realize his full potential as a human being. He hasn't done what he personally values most. He doesn't see his personal worth and has little or no self-esteem. Source of his problems: Man has failed to come to Jesus Christ that he might have real life. See: John 5:40. Man has not esteemed Jesus to have any worth or meaning for his life, and so loses all meaning and purpose for his own existence. This was Solomon's perception after he had departed from the Lord. See: Ecclesiastes 2:1-23. Treatment: The client must solve his own problems. The counselor repeats and restates the client's feelings and thoughts to help him find his own answers. The counselor never tells the clients what is right or wrong or what to do. Treatment: A man must be born again and be obedient to the Word of God to find solutions to his problems. He must follow what God tells him to do. Man's values and morals must be reconstructed according to and in harmony with God's values and morals (Isaiah 55:6-9) (Mark 1:15). B.F. SKINNER Man: Man is just an animal. He is conditioned to act the way he does. He is a product of his environment and not responsible for his behavior. Man: Man has been created in the image and likeness of God. He has the mental, moral, and spiritual capacity for fellowship with God. He has the capacity for obedience by choice to follow the will of God. He also was created to have dominion over the animals. See: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:15-20. Source of his problems: He has not been trained properly. His behavior is conditioned by his bad environment. Source of his problems: He is controlled by sin and fallen short of the glory of God. See: Romans 7:14-18, Romans 3:23. Man's sinful nature is the fundamental reason for his bad behavior. Treatment: Man must be retrained. His environment must be rearranged to reprogram his responses through rewards and punishments. Treatment: Same as above, he must be born again. He must receive a new nature to enable him to live a new way because his environment will remain the same until Christ comes again. NEW AGE MYSTICISM Man: He is a spiritual being; that is, a god in his own universe. Man: He is a spiritual being created by God, yet he is not a god. He will die like all other created beings. See: Psalms 49:12, 103:14-16 Source of his problems: He is not in touch with his true godhood. He has relied on objective truth and not his experience. Source of his problems: He has failed to acknowledge his sin and his need for a Savior. He has rejected the objective truth of God's Word. See: Luke 18:9-13, Romans 1:25. Treatment: Reject the objective truth of the Bible. See that all religions are one. Realize your true potential as a god. Your experience is all important. Treatment: Acknowledge your sin and receive Jesus Christ as the Way, Truth, and Life. See: John 14:6. Man must bring his feelings, thoughts, and experience into obedience to the objective truth of God's Word. I. Is There Any Truth in Secular Psychology? Yes! This is why psychology is so widely accepted in the world today. Psychologists can make valid observations of human behavior. Yet it is their interpretation and application of these observations that many times are not Biblical and result in ungodly counsel. They have observed certain truths about man, but these truths are distorted because of man's rebellion against God. A. Is there any truth to Freud's teaching? Yes. 1. People do have great influence upon our lives, for good and evil (1 Cor. 15:33) (Prov. 12:26). Yet, they are not to blame for my life today. 2. People do struggle with their conscience (1 Tim. 1:5) (1 Tim. 1:18-19). Yet their conscience can be cleansed by the blood of Christ, not hypnosis. B. Is there any truth in Rogers' teaching? Yes. 1. He wanted people to make responsible personal decisions (Rom. 14:5). Yet, these choices must be in harmony with God's Word. 2. Counselors must be good listeners (Prov. 18:13). Yet they also must teach and encourage to action. C. Is there any truth in Skinner's teaching? Yes. 1. Changing your environment does help to change you (Prov. 5:8) (Prov. 22:24-25). Yet, you also need a change of nature. 2. Rewards and punishment of behavior is Biblical (Matt. 6:4) (Matt. 7:1-2). Yet again, man needs a change of nature to fully change his behavior. II. Why Can't You Mix Secular Psychology with Biblical Truth? A. You cannot do this because the basic beliefs about man are contradictory to Biblical truth. Freud says that man is not responsible, he is sick. Rogers says man is not a sinner, but essentially good. Skinner says man is just an animal with a bad environment. These beliefs will translate into contradictory counsel. B. If you did try to mix these human beliefs with divine truth, you would be adding to or undermining some Biblical truth. C. In doing so you would be misrepresenting the Lord Jesus Christ. This study was written by Pastor Steve Carr, Calvary Chapel, Arroyo Grande, CA. Proverbs 19:21, “There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.”

Luke 8:35, "Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid." We see in Luke 8:35 that even those possessed of demons come into their RIGHT MIND, and put their clothes back on, when they trustingly sit at the feet of Jesus Christ. Americans have lost their minds! Any society that murders its babies by abortion is mentally-ill. We've now quietly passed the 50,000,000 mark for babies murdered. Only a mentally-ill person would sincerely expect God to bless a nation as sinful, rebellious, arrogant, thankless and wicked as the United States of America. Mentally-ill people sell diced up baby parts. Americans are out of their minds! How do we show our appreciation to God for our freedoms? We teach our children that they originated from stardust, formed into slime and then somehow evolved from primitive mindless creatures into intelligent human beings. Only a complete idiot would even try to legitimize such nonsense. Only a mentally-ill person could believe that there's any truth to the bogus claims of evolutionists, especially considering that there's not even one credible shred of evidence to support it. The Bible makes more sense than any secular explanation for the origin of the universe... “In the beginning God” (Genesis 1:1a). Any society that legalizes porno, gives honor awards to pornographers and recognizes porno as a legitimate business is mentally-ill. Tragically, pornography has become a multibillion dollar lucrative industry in the United States. And now the sickos have made their filth accessible from your cellphone. A society which legalizes public nudity is mentally-ill. It would be a blessing if God cursed America, to wake us up! Only a mentally-ill society praises sexually suggestive music, sang by immoral freakish singers, who hate God and live wicked lives of whoredom and fornication. Madonna has been an icon and role model to tens-of-millions of America's daughters over the years, a sicko freak who published a book called, Sex, in which she is portrayed as receiving oral sex from a dog. Can you honestly tell me with a straight face that American society is not mentally-ill for praising and honoring such a person? Certainly, someone who pretends to receive oral sex from a dog is mentally-ill. Yet people walk around like idiots singing Madonna's hit song, LIKE A VIRGIN, all across America. You mean, like an idiot! I just typed in “Madonna honored” on Google and 362,000 webpages were found. I could list HUNDREDS of groups that have honored Madonna. May I ask, why? Madonna ought to be publicly reprimanded and shamed. Instead, Americans honor her wickedness by playing her music in nearly every workplace, store and public place. This is evil. I don't judge or condemn anyone, for the Bible condemns all of us as rotten, hell-deserving, guilty sinners. I am just saying that Americans who praise sick-minded people are sick-minded people. The naked crazy man in Luke chapter 8 found Jesus Christ, went and put some clothes back on, and then came in his RIGHT MIND and sat down at the feet of Jesus. Amen! When Peter was fishing naked and then saw Jesus, he immediately grabbed his fisherman's coat and jumped into the sea (John 21:7). Jesus is the cure for nudity. In America's mentally-ill society, people are going naked. We've got plenty of religion these days, but America needs Jesus Christ. People don't care anymore because their hearts are not right with God. As Christians we must look beyond the words and actions of people and consider what is going on in their heart. Because people have forsaken the God of the Bible, they have consequently lost their minds and have become mentally-ill. So don't be surprised when people act weird, don't care, trample upon your feelings, treat you like garbage, slander and persecute you and try to hurt you—they're mentally-ill as part of an entire society that has gone insane. Sin always brings a culture to ruin. America sat back as poor Terri Schiavo was tortured to death in Florida. If Terri had been a terrorist, mass-murderer or dog, she would have been protected by law against such insane cruelty. Terri's crime was simply being unable to feed herself, and so some mentally-ill judge sentenced her to death. Her family offered to freely take care of Terri in their own home, at no cost to anyone except themselves; yet, our insane American society said, “Crucify her!,” and they did. I was in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2008 to see a surgeon about my neck. While there I visited the Marriott hotel to hear some Hawaiian steel guitar. At the end of the performance, everybody began to sing GOD BLESS AMERICA. I was the only one not singing. I noticed a few people giving me dirty looks. I just couldn't sing the song and mean it, for I would have been a partaker of a mentally-ill society that actually expects God to bless this sinful, wicked, filthy, sicko, society that murders it's children; idolizes pornographers like Paris Hilton; allows homosexuals to get married and adopt children; takes God's name in vain in nearly every Hollywood movie produced; and even names one of its biggest cities “SIN CITY!” God bless America? Are you mentally-ill? I'm actually wondering if Steven Spielberg has ever made any movies that don't use God's name in vain—Independence Day, Jurassic Park, Deep Impact, Jaws... all curse in God's name. It's Hollywood's insignia, to blaspheme the God of the Bible and desecrate the Person of Jesus Christ, and no wonder, because Hollywood is predominantly Jewish and they HATE Jesus Christ. When I went for surgery in July of 2009, I was staying in Hollywood. I saw the big “Hollywood” sign against the mountains. I also saw Jewish temples all over the place. I love Jewish people, and I am NOT anti-Semite, God forbid; but most Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah. This is why Hollywood produces blasphemous movies like SAVED, starring the ever so shameful Mandy Moore. It's one of the sickest, most malicious movies to ever come out of Hollywood. It doesn't come as a big surprise that SAVED movie writer/director Brian Dannelly is a known Homosexual.1 I don't watch TV anymore. It's too corrupt. You can't even watch the news anymore without seeing some miniskirt-wearing-whore, hearing the Devil's Rock 'N' Roll music, seeing sex-perverted commercials, and hearing all sorts of slanderous gossip about people. It's heathendom! I hate the television! Christ-honoring believers call it “hellivision” for a good reason. I don't care who you are, you will always end up watching the programs that you shouldn't be watching. That's the inherent evil sin-nature of mankind. If you allow evil influences into your mind and heart, then they WILL spiritually hurt you. You may not realize it at the time, but it's happening. Images, sounds and ideas are being programmed into your mind for life. Any society that glamorizes and craves bloodthirsty violence on TV is mentally-ill. Something is very wrong with a society that craves every form of sin imaginable on the TV screen. Sad to say, most Americans are mentally-ill. So don't be surprised or upset when Americans act the way they do, they're mentally-ill.

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How Reagan Responded to "Mostly Peaceful" Protesters

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At the Teens4Truth Conference at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Nov. 18, 2017. Real people countering the lies that we are all being constantly told about the LGBT lifestyle.

I love people and do not intend to hurt nor offend anyone. I love Jesus Christ most of all, and it is God's love shed abroad in my heart that causes me to unconditionally love people. My ministry is to speak the truth, no matter how unpopular it may be. God knows my heart. If you are a murderer, homosexual, drunkard, adulterer, gambler, thief, abortionist, witch, or the worst sinner on the planet—I love you in the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not hate you and never would because of the love of God He has put in my heart. If I met you on the street I would say hello and be kind to you, regardless of who you are (or what you are). I would not say anything mean to you, nor would I criticize you if you admitted to being a homosexual, murderer or a witch. It is not my place to judge anyone, for only Jesus has the nail-scared hands and feet. Romans 14:10-12, James 4:12 and 5:9 tells us that God is our only Judge.

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Personal Soul Winning (How to do it) Value and Importance of Personal Work "One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith. unto him, We have found the Messias, .which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus .... The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me .... Philip findeth Nathanaeel, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth ...." -- John 1:40-43, 45. "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." -- Mark 16:15. THE WINNING of individuals by individuals in personal conversation is the main way to win souls. The New Testament type of Christianity has been so perverted and misshapen that now people generally consider Christian work to be primarily done in a church house, in formal services, conducted by preachers. The simple truth is that in New Testament times there were no church houses (not a single one mentioned in the New Testament). The public meetings were informal and more or less incidental to the main work of carrying the Gospel all over town, yes, all over the world, speaking to individuals. Seminary professors and others without much practical experience sometimes discuss the relative merits of personal soul winning and mass evangelism. The truth is that they are essential parts of the same thing. The right kind of gospel preaching sends Christians out to win souls, and bombards the hearts of sinners, dynamites the hard ground, and arouses the conscience, and makes a climate for personal soul winning. And the personal soul winning is best done, always, where there is plain Bible preaching, evangelistic preaching. No man who is against mass evangelism is ever a very good personal soul winner, and the greatest soul winners have been the best advocates of mass evangelism. Who ever did better personal soul-winning work than D. L. Moody and R. A. Torrey? And who ever developed personal soul winners like these great evangelists and other evangelists? In an evangelistic ministry of nearly forty years, and having seen tens of thousands of people come to Christ, I can say that personal contact, personal invitation, had a part in winning nine out of ten of all those I have seen come to Christ. The best gospel preaching and the best personal soulwinning effort go together. It is good to preach to great crowds the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But the simple truth is that many a lost sinner will never come to hear a sermon unless some Christian brings him, will not respond to the invitation unless some Christian encourages him to go forward and claim Christ, and would not know how to trust Christ and have the assurance of salvation if some personal worker did not show him from the Scriptures. D. L. Moody said that if he had to win one thousand souls in order to make sure of Heaven himself, he would certainly choose to risk it by personal soul winning without public preaching rather than to attempt it by public preaching without personal soul winning. Dr. Charles G. Trumbull, long-time editor of The Sunday School Times, after many years as editor of a magazine with an average circulation of a hundred thousand copies, after preaching for many years to good crowds, said that he felt sure he had won more souls to Christ in personal conversation than all those saved through his influence in other ways. I am saying that personal soul-winning effort with individuals is the main way to win souls. I. The Winning of Individuals by Individuals Is the Way Most Clearly Commanded in the Bible Let us examine the marching orders which Jesus Christ left for Christians, His "Great Commission" left to churches and individuals. Consider Mark 1.6:15, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." We generally think of "preaching the Gospel" as preaching a sermon to a crowd. But a little examination of this Scripture will show that that is not the principal meaning of the Great Commission. We read that Great Commission as if it read, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel in every church auditorium and to every congregation." But the Great Commission does not mention any auditorium and it does not mention congregations. No, the Lord Jesus here is talking about individuals. We are to preach the Gospel "to every creature," that is, to every individual. Christ did not die for congregations; He died for individuals. The Great Commission is not to preach the Gospel to congregations, but to individuals. I freely grant that it is a blessed thing to preach the Gospel to as many as we can, whether a Sunday School teacher talks to ten, or a preacher preaches to fifty in a rescue mission, or to a thousand in a great congregation, or to a million in a radio broadcast. But the only way that a group or congregation fulfills the Great Commission requirement is that in the Sunday School class, or in the rescue mission, or in the church congregation, or in the radio audience are poor lost individuals who need to hear the Gospel. And every preacher ought to remember that he is not preaching to a crowd, but to individuals. I think we preachers often have a wrong conception of the ministry to which we are called. We say, "God has called me to preach," by which we generally mean He has called us to prepare a sermon with a good outline and Bible truth and an exposition of Scriptures, and to preach this in a public address or sermon to a congregation. Now the call to preach may include preaching to a congregation, but that is not the primary meaning of the word as Jesus used it in the Great Commission. Actually we preachers are called to keep people out of Hell. We are called to get the Gospel to individuals. A preacher is doing exactly what Jesus commanded in the Great Commission when he talks to one poor sinner in his home, or on the street, or in the shop. And I say it with deep concern, I doubt if most of us preachers who preach formal sermons to congregations are really "preaching the Gospel to every creature" in the sense in which Jesus meant it. We are not called to preach sermons primarily. We are called to keep sinners out of Hell. In some cases sermons will help to do that. In other cases the individual contact is the only way we can get people saved. How to Do It: Practical Help "And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." -- Luke 14:23. MANY PEOPLE would like to win souls, but they have no practical knowledge of how to go about it. In a city-wide revival campaign one pastor who co-operated in the meeting, who believed the Bible and seemed in real sympathy with the preaching and objectives, wanted to win souls. But when I suggested that he go into the inquiry room to take the Bible and make clear to people how they could be sure they were saved, he shrank from it and plainly said he would not know how to go about it. So that he could have some part in the salvation of sinners, I had him stand by me, and when converts came forward, he led them to the inquiry room and came back for more. But it was pitiful to see a preacher who had no practical understanding of how to deal with people in soul winning. On another occasion I was in a revival service in a large Canadian church. A good many people came forward to take Christ as Saviour and I dealt with each one briefly as they came to take my hand at the pulpit. But then these new converts and the wayward Christians who were rededicating their lives went into an inquiry room for further instruction, and the assistant pastor was sent by the pastor into the inquiry room to make certain that these converts had really trusted Christ and knew their sins were forgiven. A little later when I went into the inquiry room to help and to check up, I found the assistant pastor, a college graduate and seminary graduate, going into great detail in a theological discussion on the fall of man, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, while the bewildered converts sat patiently listening to his harangue. He was a good man. He was fundamental in doctrine. But he knew nothing about how to deal with souls. Here I want to make some practical suggestions about the soul winner's person, personality, and plans for showing lost sinners that they need to be saved, showing them how to be saved, and getting them to claim the Saviour. I. The Preliminaries of Soul Winning We make here some brief suggestions that have proved helpful as people plan to win souls. 1. Pray earnestly before you go. Pray for God to guide you where to go and what to say. Pray particularly for the power of the Holy Spirit upon you. Remember, soul winning is a supernatural business and no one can do it without supernatural help. 2. When going among strangers, and from house to house particularly, it is often wise to go two by two. It was so when the Lord Jesus sent the apostles and the seventy. One paralytic man was "borne of four" to the Saviour. Usually, in dealing with one particular person, one person should do the talking while the other tries to see that there is no interruption. Sometimes he will play with the children or answer the doorbell or telephone. The fact that he is there will give courage and moral support to the worker who is speaking and will add weight to his testimony. Perhaps in the next visit the silent partner should take over. But to interrupt and both try to speak at the same time generally leads to a discussion and sometimes to argument that is not helpful. One person should do the talking, as a general rule. 3. Dr. Jack Hyles, in the little book, HOW TO BOOST YOUR CHURCH ATTENDANCE, says: "Be clean and neat." If a person is going to be a soul winner he must not be offensive to the people with whom he talks. It is a definite asset for a soul winner to be careful to bathe often, to avoid body odor. Teeth should be brushed, and breath should be tested. Carry mints in your pockets or some good flavored chewing gum which will help keep the breath from being offensive. One of the most damaging things in soul winning is the effect of halitosis. By all means, a soul winner should watch this carefully. The soul winner should also be neatly dressed. A lady should be dressed conservatively, and I think it is best for a man to at least wear a shirt with a tie. A good salesman tries to avoid baggy pants, dandruff, or an unshaven face. The soul winner ought to look like a respectable, trustworthy lady or gentleman. 4. The soul winner should always have his New Testament with him. Of course, the personal soul winner would expect to use the Bible, but a large and cumbersome Bible may frighten the people at whose door you stand. A New Testament in your pocket is unobtrusive, readily available, and usually all you will need in winning a soul. Generally it will be best to hold the Bible so that the one with whom you deal can read it easily. Point your finger to the verse as you read it to him, or sometimes you may ask him to read it. But Christians should avoid trying to make a big show of being religious. You do not come to appear like a preacher but as a Christian friend to do the man a favor. Sometimes the Scriptures you want to use may be available in a tract, but it will be more impressive if you show the one with whom you deal the verses in the New Testament. 5. Be pleasant, considerate, courteous. Don't be bossy. This is simply another way of saying that there ought to be a genuine, warm love in your heart for sinners, a compassion, a sympathetic understanding of people, and a liking for people. I have known people to try to win souls who did not even shake hands, who did not say even a pleasant "good morning." Sometimes people try to win a soul when they do not even know the man's full name, whether he is married, whether he has any children, where he works. I think that I was able to win a Catholic woman in Norfolk, Virginia, largely because I was attracted to her little three-year-old girl and made friends with the little one and took her in my arms. In Texas I won a hardened sinner because I came to see his new baby and was interested in the baby. One must love sinners and show it, be interested in what they are interested in. An Orthodox Jewish man kept me for two hours when he found that I talked with real interest to him about the Passover, about the dietary laws of Leviticus, about the offerings and priesthood of the New Testament and the meaning of circumcision. Sometimes because of company or a date or pressing duty, the one on whom you call cannot spend much time with you. Be kind. You might ask, "Could I come back to see you this afternoon?" or "If you like; I will call another time." 6. Stay on the main track. You come to talk to people about sin and the Saviour. I know one man who went out on visitation hoping to win souls, and he argued with a man for nearly an hour about the tobacco habit. Someone intended to call on some Catholics in an effort to win them to Christ, and asked me for literature proving that the mass was wrong, that the popes were not all good men, and literature to show that the papal infallibility was a false doctrine! When I talk to a Catholic, I never start out to show that Protestants are right and Catholics are wrong. Instead, when I speak to a man about his soul and he says, "Well, I am a Roman Catholic," I frequently say, "Yes, and it happens that I am a Baptist. But I know that many, many Baptists are not good Christians and I am sure you know some Catholics who are not good Christians." I suppose every Catholic will assent to that. Then I sometimes say, "Well, it is clear, then, that to be a member of a church, whether my church or your church or any other church, is not enough unless one is right with God in his heart." And every sensible person surely would agree to that. I have never had it challenged. Then I say, "Well, the important thing is whether or not you know your sins are forgiven, whether you have come to Christ and trusted Him personally and have assurance that He is your own personal Saviour." The simple truth is that one may be a Catholic and be saved (I fear that most Roman Catholics are not, but that is not the point). The important thing is not to deal with the differences between Catholics and Protesants, and not to show anybody that their convictions and rearing and traditions are wrong; the important thing is to bring every sinner to face the fact that he is a sinner who needs forgiveness, and to show him that Christ is ready to save him. I never say, "You are a sinner." Instead I say, "Of course, you know that we are all poor sinners, and Christ died to save sinners like you and me." In the first place, it is true that I needed the same Saviour as others do. It is also the courteous and considerate way to state the matter. Somebody says, "How shall I deal with a Jew?" Deal with him like a sinner; you and he both need the same Saviour, and so with loving and considerate heart you can tell him that you know the way one can have his sins forgiven and have peace in heart, and you would like, if he will allow you, to show him from the Scriptures how he can know. Stay on the main line. Don't argue about eternal security, about holiness, about the Second Coming, or worldly amusements, or habits. Don't argue over denominational differences. Keep the conversation on the simple plane that all of us, therefore including the friend to whom you are speaking, are sinners and need the Saviour, and show him that by the Scriptures. Stay on the main track. 7. The soul winner should largely control the conversation. Dr. Jack Hyles suggests that if the person with whom you are dealing brings in some other subject, asks questions as to where Cain got his wife or why God allows war or why there are so many denominations or about hypocrites in the church, you say something like this: "That is a good question. Remind me after a little bit and I will try to answer it, but first, let me tell you this ...." An unsaved woman who talked to D. L. Moody insisted that she saw no harm in the theater and the dance. D. L. Moody wisely said, "I promise to answer that to your satisfaction if you will first trust Christ as your Saviour." After she trusted Christ, she found the problem already solved in her heart. You are dealing with the most important subject in the world. You should have planned ahead of time some simple steps. I beg you, try to control the conversation and lead through the matter of the guilt of sin, the free salvation paid for by Jesus Christ, and the fact that this salvation may be had at once by personal faith in Christ. Then press for a decision. II. Simple Steps in Winning a Soul Using John, Chapter Three It is easy to show the plan of salvation. One simple, easy way to win a soul to Christ is by using certain verses in John,. chapter 3. The book of John is specially written to show people how to be saved. John 20:30, 31 says: "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." So there are more verses on the plan of salvation in the book of John than in any other book in the Bible. But one need not use many Scriptures nor go all through the Bible in winning a soul. In most cases a few verses near each other are sufficient. Do not make a hard job of showing that people are sinners, that they need to be saved, that Christ died for them, that one who trusts Christ will have everlasting life. Sometimes, indeed, the one you seek to win knows the essentials and simply needs to be urged to the decision to trust Christ here and now. In John, chapter 3, Jesus showed Nicodemus, a religious, moral man, that he was lost and needed to be saved, and showed him how to be saved. I suggest that you now look at John, chapter 3, and learn to use these simple steps in winning a soul. 1. Read verses 1 to 3. "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Now I would call attention to the fact that this man was a good moral man, one of the religious leaders and rulers of the Jews, evidently a member of the Sanhedrin. He is called a Pharisee, and Pharisees were the strictest religious sect among the Jews. And to this man, moral and religious and upright, Jesus plainly said, "Ye must be born again." 2. Now it is well to call attention to the insistent warning Jesus gives, that being born again, born from above, is an absolute necessity. Verse 3 says, "...Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." This refers not just to Nicodemus; no person can see the kingdom of God without being born again. In verse 5 Jesus said, "...Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." The water here evidently pictures the Word of God. "Born of the Spirit" means that the change must be worked in the heart by the Holy Spirit after one hears the Word. In verse 7 Jesus said, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." Jesus did not say that one merely ought to be born again, or that it would be wise for him to be born again. He said, "Ye must be born again." 3. Then call attention to verse 6: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." You might say to the sinner, "Perhaps you had a wonderfully good mother, as I did, and a good father by human standards. But our parents were human and frail and imperfect, and so we were born the same way. The reason we need to be born again is because we were born with a fallen nature in the first place, and so any fleshly birth then still means we must be born again to ever see God in peace." It is well here for you to stress that we are all sinners. Get the sinner to admit that he is not perfect, that he has fallen short in God's sight, that often when he means to do well, he does not do right, that when he makes resolutions, he sometimes breaks them. Do not leave the impression, "I am good and you are bad." No, make sure that you take the sympathetic, honest position that we are all sinners alike and need forgiveness alike, and that unless we come to get a new heart, there is no hope of Heaven. 4. Now, if the thing is not clear, it might be well to call attention to verse 8: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell were it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." How will one feel when he is born again? The Bible does not say. It is God who works the miracle of the new birth, and we do not need to understand it, but should simply turn the matter over to God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. 5. And now you are ready for verses 14 and 15. Jesus reminded Nicodemus that when the Israelites complained at God, fiery serpents came among the people and bit the people and much people died. But God told Moses to put a brazen snake on a pole and whoever looked to that brass snake would be healed. So Jesus told Nicodemus: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." That snake on a pole pictured Jesus bearing our sins on the cross. Those people looked at the brass snake and believed that God would heal them by looking, and so they were healed. 6. Now follow with John 3:16: "Far God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Now the soul winner can say, "Here God tells you expressly how to be born again. Do you admit that you are a sinner, that you need a new heart, that you want forgiveness? And you can see that God loves you. He gave His Son to die for you and for me and the whole world. Now 'whosoever,' anyone in the world -- you, me, anybody -- that believes in Christ or depends upon Christ or relies upon Christ for forgiveness and salvation will not perish, will not go to Hell, will not be lost forever, but he shall have 'everlasting life.'" You might illustrate faith by showing how a sick person relies upon the doctor and turns the case over to the doctor. Believing good things about the doctor does not do one any good unless he turns his case over to the doctor and risks him. One who has a lot of money and feels insecure about it takes it to the bank and deposits it. He trusts his money with the bank for safekeeping. He relies upon the bank because the bank has promised to keep it safely for him and is able to do it. Just so one needs to turn himself over to Jesus Christ, relying on Him, depending upon Him for salvation. One who trusts in Christ or relies upon Christ for salvation has everlasting life, according to the plain promise here. 7. Now I would go over that again with the sinner. "Do you understand that you are a sinner?" Doubtless he will say yes. "Do you believe that Christ died for your sins and mine on the cross, and wants to save you?" Doubtless he will say yes, that he understands that. Next, "Do you see, then, that if you rely upon Jesus Christ and turn your case over to Him, depending on Him to forgive you and give you everlasting life as He promised, that is all you are to do to obtain salvation?" Then you might say, "Then let us bow our heads and I will whisper a prayer and ask the Lord Jesus to forgive you and save you now." And then you may pray, and ask him if he will. After you pray a very simple, short prayer, then you might suggest words of suitable prayer for him. You might say, "Can you honestly repeat the words of this prayer as I give them to you? 'Lord, I confess that I am a poor sinner who needs saving.'" Let him repeat that. "I believe, Lord Jesus, that You died on the cross to pay for our sins and that You are willing to save me." And have him repeat that. "Lord Jesus, I ask You now to forgive my sins and save me." And have him repeat that. "Lord, the best I know I trust You now to forgive my sins; I give You my heart forever." Then ask him if he can repeat that. I do not believe one must pray aloud in order to be saved. Sometimes a timid person will pray silently. One is saved when he turns to the Lord and trusts the Lord. But sometimes the matter is much clearer in the mind of a sinner and the transaction is remembered as a definite transaction if he can express his faith in the words of a prayer. Besides, if he asks the Lord to forgive, then he always has extra promises like Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved," as an evidence that he has really been saved. 8. Once the person has asked Christ to forgive him and save him, I suggest that there be some open demonstration of his decision. I would say, "Now you have asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and save you. If you are ready to turn your case over to Him, ready to rely on Him to forgive your sins and save you as He promised to do, will you now take my hand and let this handshake be a sign between you and me and God that you now trust Christ as your own personal Saviour and give Him your heart forever? Will you do that?" If the sinner has been honest thus far, in most cases he will be ready to make that open profession of his faith in Christ. If a loved one is present who is already a Christian or if another worker is present, it is good for him to shake hands also with them. Sometimes if it is a child who has been saved and the mother or father is present, I might say, "isn't that wonderful! Now you have trusted Christ as your Saviour. If you are glad and you want your mother to be glad with you, come and put your arms around Mother's neck as a sign that you have taken Christ as your Saviour." Sometimes it is well to say, "The pastor is nearby; suppose we go and tell him that you have trusted Christ as your Saviour." Or it may be the mother or father or a wife or husband. At any rate, it is good for the one who has trusted Christ to commit himself as openly as possible. There is a special blessing for those who confess Christ openly, and assurance and joy often wait upon that public confession of Christ. 9. Now before you leave the person, there is one more thing that is important. The new convert ought to be assured by the Word of God that he now has everlasting life. So, often I turn to verse 18 in the same chapter of John and have the one who has now trusted Christ look on and read with me: "He that believeth on him is not condemned .... " Now you can say to the one who has trusted Christ, "Here we see that one who has trusted in Christ and relied on Him is not condemned, is not lost, is not going to Hell. Have you trusted Christ?" Usually he will say yes. "Then, since you have believed on Him and relied upon Him, are you condemned ?" And he can say, on the authority of the Scriptures, "No, I am not condemned anymore!" Then show him John 3:36: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." And again you may ask him, "Have you now trusted Christ or believed on Christ as your Saviour the best you know how, relying on Him to forgive you?" And he, of course, can answer yes. "Then what does the Bible say that you now have?" Have him look on the verse with you. Have him see for himself and then he can say, "The Bible says I have everlasting life!" And then you can say, "Now the way to know that you are saved is not because you feel a certain way, but because the Bible says that when you trust Christ you have everlasting life." You may put step nine before having the new convert go to tell others that he has trusted Christ, if that seems wise. This plan is simple; all the Scriptures are found in one chapter in the Bible, and God has helped me to win hundreds of souls from this chapter. And sometimes people are so ready that just on John 3:16 alone the matter of salvation can be made so clear that they can trust Christ at once. III. How to Win a Soul to Christ With a Few Verses in the Book of Romans Dr. Jack Hyles has used this plan and taught it to hundreds of others so that thousands have been won to Christ through using the Scriptures here suggested. I believe that it may make Christ's substitutionary death for our sins clearer than using some other steps. I found this method particularly useful in India among heathen people who know almost nothing about the Christian religion. And here, in a few moments, you can use a few Scriptures that make clear the whole matter of man's sin, man's condemnation, Christ's substitutionary death, and being justified by faith. First, Dr. Hyles says, "Make a map in your New Testament." Start with Romans 3:10 and on the margin by it in pencil, write 3:23, so that you have before you the next verse to turn to. By Romans 3:23, write 5:12 in the margin. Then by Romans 5:12, write 6:23. Then by Romans 6:23, write 5:8. Then in the margin by Romans 5:8, write 10:9-13. In starting to talk to the lost person about salvation, you might say, "The book of Romans has much to say about sin and salvation, and just a few verses here will make the whole matter clear as to why you need to be saved and how to be saved." Now you are ready to go through the Scriptures in order as you have them, stepping from one to another, following the map you have marked in your New Testament or Bible. 1. Have the one with whom you are dealing look at Romans 3:10. It is better to have him read it aloud if he will. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one." It is fair to ask him then, "Is there anyone really righteous in God's sight?" Then you might say, "Then I must admit that I am not righteous, because 'there is none righteous, no, not one.'" Then you might explain, "Of course, men are relatively good men or bad men in the sight of other men and by human standards, but in the sight of God who sees the heart, we are all sinners alike; there is none righteous. Now may I ask you then, according to the Scripture, are you righteous in God's sight?" The person will see that he cannot honestly claim to be righteous in view of that verse. 2. Now the next step in your Testament is Romans 3:23. Have him read it with you or read it aloud: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." And then you can say, "Of course, I must admit that I, too, have sinned. So has everybody else sinned. Now, looking at this verse, don't you think that you, too, would have to say that you have sinned the same as everybody else has, and that you have come short of the glory of God?" An honest inquirer, of course, will have to say, "Yes, I have sinned, too." 3. The next step is Romans 5:12: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Now is the time to make clear that sin came into the world when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, and since that time everybody else is sinful, "So death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." You can show the inquirer that that is why people die. And you can show him also that because of our sins, eternal death in the lake of fire is the proper judgment for all of us poor sinners. Sentence is already passed, the sentence of death on all men. I think there you might ask him, "Do you see then why all of us by nature are lost and need to be saved?" If he understands the Scripture, he will see that. 4. The next step is Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death; but. the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Now you can show that "the wages of sin is death"; that is, the normal result of our sins is eternal death. That is wages we have earned. That is strict justice. It is what we ought to get. But you can show him that "the gift of God is eternal life." Everyone who goes to Heaven must get salvation as a free gift. We do not deserve it. You can show him that all who go to Hell are simply getting what they deserve; they are getting the wages of sin. All who go to Heaven have to go as a gift of God through Jesus Christ. 5. The next step is Romans 5:8: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Here is a wonderful truth. As the sinner reads this Scripture, call his attention to the fact that because of His love for us, "while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Somebody had to die for sin. Either I must die for my own sins or someone else who is worthy and sinless must die for me. So because of His great love, Jesus Christ died in my place and died in the sinner's place. So you might say to the sinner, "Do you see that here is a debt you deserve to pay, but Jesus has paid it for you?" You may show him that on the cross the Father turned His face away and Jesus suffered all the agonies of a lost soul. God counted Jesus a sinner and let Him suffer like a criminal, so that He could forgive my sins and count me righteous for Jesus' sake. Thus you can show the sinner that Christ's love made it so his sins were all paid for and now he can accept that free salvation if he will. It is already bought and paid for. 6. The next step is Romans 10:9: "That if thou shalt confess with thit mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Now that Christ has died in the sinner's place and paid the sinner's debt, then all that is left is for the sinner to claim what Christ offers him. Jesus says, "I have redeemed you. I have paid the debt of sin. Will you take the forgiveness and salvation I have purchased for you by My suffering?" And the poor sinner can either say yes or no. He can accept it or reject it. If one believes in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, that means he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, the perfect, sinless sacrifice, and since He is raised from the dead, that proves He is able to save us. Now if one claims with his mouth this Saviour, believing that He is God's own Son, the atoning Saviour, he "shalt be saved." Then show verse 10, "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." It is in the heart where faith is, and the outward confession is simply an expression of what happened when the heart decided to trust in Jesus. Then you may dwell for a moment on verse 11: "For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." One who trusts in Christ will never be left embarrassed and disappointed. When one trusts in Christ, He saves him. Now verse 13 will be clear: "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Why not then have this convert bow his head and tell the Lord, "Lord, I ask You now to forgive me. I now believe that You do forgive me. I trust You to be my Saviour. I want to live for You beginning today." Then you may show from verse 13 that he who has honestly called on the Lord is saved, and he can know it because the Bible says so. IV. Shorter Methods to Win Souls With Single Well-Known Passages of Scripture The above two plans of using the third chapter of John and of using the Scripture verses in Romans to win a soul are thorough, and often that much attention and Scripture is needed. On the other hand, many people are ready to be saved in a shorter time. The main thing is that the worker have a heart that is warm and led by the Spirit of God so that he does not do shallow, superficial work. The sinner should know that he is a sinner who needs forgiveness. He should know that Christ alone can save, and he should definitely trust Christ as Saviour, and then he should be taught to claim the Saviour openly and to know that his sins are forgiven. But the Bible is full of the plan of salvation. 1. When I was a university student, one summer I won sixty-six people using Isaiah 55:6 and 7. "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he wilt abundantly pardon." You will note that these verses indicate an urgency to settle the matter at once since tomorrow He may not be near. Then verse 7 stresses the fact of sin, the need for an honest repentance, a heart turning away from sin and turning to Christ. The unrighteous man is to give up his own thoughts or plans about how to be. saved and take what God says. And then there is the sweet promise that if he returns to the Lord, He will have mercy on him and will abundantly pardon. There is very sweetly and simply the plan of salvation. 2. Isaiah 53:6 also states the Gospel very simply. "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." It says that all of us have sinned and are lost. It says that the heart of sin is our self-will, our wanting our own way. It says that Jesus Christ has borne all of our sins. An English preacher had preached in one of the outlying towns and then rushed to the railway station to catch the train back to London. One man deeply convicted of his sins followed the preacher to the station and there said, "I want to get saved. Please tell me how." The last train for London for the night was about to leave. Heavy duties made it imperative for the preacher to go. So he said to the earnest inquirer, "Do you have a Bible?" "Yes," said the lost man, "but I do not know where to read." "Turn to Isaiah 53:6. Have you got it?" "Yes, Isaiah 53:6." "Then," said the preacher, "come in at the first 'all' and come out at the last 'all' and you will be saved." And he stepped on to the departing train. What a strange way to be saved, the lost man thought. But he went home, opened his Bible, and discovered that the first word in the verse is "all" -- "All we like sheep have gone astray." "Well, I can come in there, for I have gone astray; I am a sinner," the sinner said to himself. But then his instructions were to "come out at the last 'all.'" And the last word of the verse. is "all" -- "The Lord hath laid on him [on Jesus] the iniquity of us all." Then the sinner thought, "And I am one of those whose iniquities were laid on Jesus. My sins are paid for! Well, I will come out there, and so I will be saved!" 3. Many a sinner has been saved by the simple Gospel in Numbers 21:5-9. There is the clear illustration that all are sinners, and the death that comes by sin is illustrated by the fiery serpents. There is the clear picture of Jesus on the cross being counted the serpent, a sinner. And there is the illustration of faith so that every poisoned person who looked at the brazen snake on a pole was healed. So a sinner may be aught to took and live. 4. Thousands have been won to Christ by John 5:24. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." "He that heareth my word.,.." You can say to the sinner, "You have heard it many times and you are hearing it now, are you not, as we read this?" Of course the sinner will agree to that. "And believeth on him that sent me .... " So you can say to the sinner, "Do you believe that God loved the world and gave His Son to save sinners? Then are you willing to risk that God and that Saviour today, and turn your case over to Them and rely upon Them?" Then you can show the plain statement that one who thus believes and trusts "hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." And that is a wonderful promise for assurance and certainty. 5. Many have been saved by the story of the publican and the Pharisee who went up into the temple to pray (Luke 18:10-14) The Pharisee, self-righteous, self-satisfied, was never saved. The poor publican who confessed his sinfulness and asked for mercy was saved and went down to his house justified. And so you might well ask the sinner to bow his head and make this prayer his prayer. You can teach him to pray, "God, be merciful to me a sinner, and save me for Jesus' sake." And then when he has prayed that prayer, you can ask him if he will here and now trust the Lord Jesus to do what He said He would do, and to manifest it either by taking your hand solemnly, or by going with you to tell the pastor or a friend, or by going forward in a public meeting. Whatever Scriptures you use, there are two or three things that must be involved. The sinner must know that he is a sinner, and wants to turn from sin and be forgiven. Then the sinner must know that God has promised to save those who trust in Christ, and he must be brought to personally trust Christ as his own Saviour. V. Certain Devices Are Helpful in Soul Winning In the case of the woman at Samaria in John, chapter 4, the Lord Jesus suggested, "Go, call thy husband." Thus He was led of the Spirit of God to bring out the fact that she had been married five times and was living in sin with a man to whom she was not married. In the case of the paralytic man borne of four given in Mark 2 and in the other Gospels, Jesus first said, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee," and then as an evidence and assurance of forgiveness of sins He healed the man's body. He evidently used the shame or public disgrace to win the woman taken in adultery to whom He said, "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more" (John 8:11). The spiritually-minded soul winner will find different devices to help illustrate the Gospel and to cause people to see that they are sinners and need salvation, and to give assurance of salvation when they trust the Saviour. 1. It is often wise to get the sinner to pray. We know, of course, that when the heart turns to Christ and trusts Him, one is saved, whether he consciously prays or not. But both public confession and prayer are used as the outward form or demonstration of faith. So "with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation," we read in Romans 10:10. The confession does not save, but it is a demonstration of saving faith. Likewise we are told in the same passage, verse 13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." But the following verse plainly says, "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?..." So when one calls on the Lord for mercy and forgiveness, he will be saved, because in his heart he has already believed that there is such a Saviour, that Jesus does save people who call upon Him. An honest heart calling upon Christ for mercy and forgiveness and salvation is a believing heart. Thus it is a little simpler and easier for many people to take a definite step of faith when they call upon the Lord for forgiveness. The dying thief prayed and was saved (Luke 23:39-43). The publican in the temple prayed and was saved (Luke 18:13,14). Three times in the Bible, in Joel 2:32, in Acts 2:21, and in Romans 10:13, we are told that "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Thus the one who calls in connection with his faith is likely to have more assurance. He has something clear-cut that he can remember. He can honestly say to himself, "The best I knew, I called on Jesus to save me and trusted Him to do it." Even when one is in a crowd, or when the sinner is timid and may not like to pray aloud, you can say, "God knows what is in your heart now, does He not ? If you in your heart ask Him to forgive you and want Him to save you now, He will know it, will He not?" Of course, every sensible sinner will know that that is true. "Then," you may say, "I will whisper a prayer softly as we stand here together and I will ask Jesus to come into your heart, forgive your sin, and save you this moment. Now as I pray, will you down in your heart say, 'Yes, Lord Jesus, I admit I am a sinner, I want You to forgive me. Please save me now.'" It is wise to try to see that there is a definite transaction in a choice of the will, a holy decision to trust Christ and claim Him, when the sinner turns to Christ. 2. For a similar reason it is important that there should be some way for the sinner to make his decision known. Years ago in a great tabernacle service in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I preached on "The Banquet Invitation," the great supper to which many were bidden and many made excuses. I said, "Who here tonight will say, 'Brother Rice, I want to be at that great supper. Please tell the Lord Jesus that I accept His invitation and thank Him. If He will have me, I will be His and will be at that great supper'?" I asked the question more or less as a rhetorical question to bring decision in the mind. But a young man who had just gotten home from the Navy and was heartsick over sin jumped to his feet and said, "I will, Brother Rice! I will!" I most often use the simple device of saying to the sinner, "If you are ready to take Christ as your own Saviour, relying on Him to forgive you and give you everlasting life, then let me suggest the way you can show it. As a sign between you and your friend here and God and me, would you be willing to shake hands with me, meaning, 'Lord Jesus, here and now I take You to be my own personal Saviour'? If you will, grip my hand." And as I indicated before, it is wise to get the convert to tell someone else. 3. Sometimes it is wise to use an object lesson to make clear that our sins are all laid on Jesus. Sometimes you may select a weight, a stone, a book, and say, "Let this represent your sins. Now you hold this weight in your hands. Now all your sins are on you. Now suppose we put this weight over in the hands of this other man. Let him represent Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us that Christ has borne our sins. Jesus suffered in our place. Ho was the substitute for us. Now your sins are all laid on Jesus. Then they are not charged to you but charged to Jesus. Jesus died for them, and you are not to be judged for these sins anymore!" Or you can illustrate the matter this way. A man has been sick, out of work, and cannot pay his grocery bills, and they have mounted up until he is in disgrace. But a friend who loves him goes to the store and pays the bill. All the grocery bills are marked paid and turned over to him. Thus the poor man does not owe that debt anymore. 4. It is important to give assurance of salvation. When I was saved, no one showed me the Scriptures so I would know that I had everlasting life. I asked my father if I could join the church and he implied that I was not old enough, that I had not been saved, and he took the matter no further. Years later I asked another preacher to pray for me and he said, "All right, I will, John, and you pray for yourself." But the matter could have been settled in five minutes with the Word of God. After three miserable years I was reading through the Gospel of John and came to John 3:36: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life .... " I said to myself, "Well, that is the only thing I know for sure that I did when I went forward to take Jesus." I saw that when I trusted Jesus, I got the whole thing settled. And I am not conscious that I have ever had a moment's doubt since that time that my sins are forgiven, that I am saved. VI. It Is Important to Follow Up the New Convert, Leading to Public Profession of Faith, Baptism, and Church Membership A few weeks ago my daughter was delivered at the hospital of a lovely baby boy, and the eight-pound, two-ounce boy was named for his proud grandfather, John Robert Rice, II. (His father is also a Rice.) But his parents did not leave the baby at the hospital! They brought him home and began elaborate care of the little fellow -- feeding, bathing, changing diapers. So when you have a soul born, do not leave the lamb for the wolves; do not leave the new convert without assurance of salvation and without leading him in the road for success and happiness in the Christian life. In the Great Commission the Lord Jesus said that when souls are saved, then we are to baptize them, "teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." 1. First, arrange if possible for a public profession of faith. I would explain simply that one who is on the Lord's side ought to say so. He has been all this time before without Christ and on Satan's side, and now he should make known publicly his grand decision and the transaction by which he is made now a child of God. I would teach the new convert Matthew 10:32: "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven." There is special joy in claiming Christ openly. And I would explain that that simply means that his decision ought to be made known in some simple way. The most logical way is for you to arrange to pick him up in your car or to meet him at some church service where he will be given an opportunity to come forward and let it be known that he is taking Christ as Saviour. You make the plans to take him to some such good Bible-preaching church. Sit by him in the services. Walk forward with him and tell the preacher, "My friend here has trusted Christ and wants you to know it and wants you to tell the people that he has been saved." 2. The new convert should be taught to be baptized. Jesus made much of this. It is in the Great Commission as expressed in Matthew 28:19 and 20, and in Mark 16:16. It was the universal practice of New Testament Christians that as soon as one was saved, he was taught to be baptized, often "the same hour of the night," as with the Philippian jailer and his family. And of course the young convert should be taught to attend some Bible-believing church where he will learn the Word of God and will find usefulness and fellowship. And he should be taught to start out to read his Bible through, reading daily, and to have a secret time of prayer every day and to get into soul-winning activities. Contacting Sword of the Lord This, and other booklets, can be obtained by contacting Sword of the Lord Publishers directly, please do not direct your queries to Roy Lister (me), though I will be happy to answer any questions regarding the subject matter of the material shown here. Sword of the Lord Publishers Po Box 1099 Murfreesboro Tennessee, 37133 U.S.A © Copyright 1969 by Sword of the Lord Publishers ISBN 0-87398-651-2

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Bind us together, Lord Bind us together With cords that cannot be broken Bind us together, Lord Bind us together Bind us together in Love There is only one God, There is only one King There is only one Body, That is why we sing. Fit for the glory of God, Purchased by His precious Blood Born with the right to be free Jesus the victory has won. We are the family of God We are the promise divine We are God's chosen desire We are the glorious new wine.

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Lord I'm just a baby Teach me how to talk Lord I'm just a baby Teach me how to walk My first word will be Daddy My first step to Your arms Lord I'm just a baby Let me have a baby's charm I'm still a baby Lord Jesus Even though the world says I'm a man You know that I want to grow up And with your help I know I can Lord I'm just a baby Tiny and afraid I cry when I get hungry And when I've disobeyed Please feed me 'till I'm older Then feed me when I'm old Lord I'm just a baby With a brand new thirsty soul I'm still a baby Lord Jesus Even though the world says I'm a man You know that I want to grow up And with your help I know I can Lord I'm just a baby With a brand new thirsty soul

Psalm 51:10-19 King James Version 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

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A famed psychic was dead wrong about the "death" of Amanda Berry. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on the backlash. "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." —1st John 4:1 Sylvia Browne is NO Christian! In these last days, Satan is working relentlessly to deceive the masses with every form of occult practice and witchcraft. Satan is the god of this world (2nd Corinthians 4:4) and promotes those who serve him. Sylvia Browne is one such individual, who is influencing millions of people for Satan with her damnable heresies and witchcraft. The following heresies are taken directly from her website. The exact link is http://www.sylvia.org/home/christ.cfm... "Christ lived and died upon this world; he is our Lord and the "Son of God" (as are we all). Novus believes that he brought God's word to mankind, and was martyred for it. We follow the principal teachings of Christ, namely: Love God with your whole heart. mind. and soul. Love thy neighbor as thyself. These above two thoughts form the basis for Christianity, and through them the entirety of heaven is open to you. We agree with Christ when he said (John 14:6): "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me." Since Christ equates himself to "the way, the truth, and the life," a logically equivalent statement is: "No one comes to the Father but through the way, and the truth, and the life." Hence, if you follow the teachings of Christ then the doors of heaven (the eternal Home) open. Do remember however, Novus feels that Christ's teachings are simply the two statements above. We do not hold that Christ was God, nor that he died for our "sins," nor that he rose from the dead." Clearly, Sylvia Browne is NO Christian. In the above quote she denies the deity of Christ, denies that Jesus died upon the cross for our sins, and denies that Jesus rose from the dead. The Word of God proclaims that Jesus Christ is God Almighty (John 1:1-3,14; John 10:33; Colossians 2:9; 1st Timothy 3:16; Revelation 1:8 --King James Bible). The Word of God teaches that Jesus Christ arose from the dead (John 19:11-16), and was seen by over 500 people (1st Corinthians 15:4-6). The Word of God clearly states that Jesus came to die upon the cross, shedding His blood for our sins (Luke 1:77; John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 2nd Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 1:14; Revelation 7:14). It is clear that Sylvia Browne is an unbeliever who does NOT believe the Word of God. In fact, 1st John 2:22 calls her an ANTI-Christ and a liar. From looking at Sylvia's website, you could easily get the impression that she is a Christian if you didn't know any better. On her main page it reads... "God love you - I do, Sylvia" Ironically, Sylvia Browne also professes to have a "love for God." "In April 1986, Sylvia Browne embarked upon the most important chapter of her life. She founded a spiritual organization called Society of Novus Spiritus. This decision was a natural extension of her love for God and for all of humanity." -SOURCE 1st John 3:18 states... "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." Sylvia Browne loves with her words, but not with the Truth of God's Word. She certainly is NO Christian. When Sylvia Browne speaks of the "spirit," she is speaking of a familiar spirit (a demonic spirit); not, the Holy Spirit of God. Jesus clearly said in John 4:24 that God can ONLY be worshipped in truth. This is why Jesus said that the people in Mark 7:7 were worshipping God in VAIN, because they were following the traditions of men instead of the commandments of God. Sylvia Browne Redefines God, as do all false prophets! The following quote is taken from Sylvia Browne's website, Society of Novus Spiritus: In April 1986, Sylvia Browne embarked upon the most important chapter of her life. She founded a spiritual organization called Society of Novus Spiritus. This decision was a natural extension of her love for God and for all of humanity. Novus is Sylvia's monument to God, a forum to express the joy and love that is God - with no fear, no guilt, no sin, no hell, and no Satan. Through Novus, Sylvia gives the world a means to understand God, Life, and the reason for Being. -SOURCE What a bunch of Satanic rubbish!!! Sylvia Browne claims that she is working to give the world "a means to understand God..." You've got to be kidding lady? How can you expect to understand God without His Word? You cannot! As with all false religions and Satanic counterfeits of the Truth, Sylvia Browne redefines God by twisting and distorting the Truth of God's Word (Romans 1:25) into meaningless mumbo-jumbo. The following quote is from an article exposing Sylvia Browne: "In Acts of the Apostles, (16:16-18) we read about how when the Apostle Paul was at Thyatira, he was constantly followed by a slave woman who had the gift of clairvoyance. She earned much money for her masters by giving "readings" and such. This gift immediately disappeared after the Apostle Paul expelled this evil spirit. Satan has become real good at hiding himself, his works, and his methods. He seeks to only enslave people to follow his lead and to rebel against God. He has to do this diabolical work with a certain amount of secrecy. But he is not adverse to using "sensationalism" such as clairvoyant medium writers John Edwards and Sylvia Browne. Sadly, he may have these people entirely hoodwinked themselves... Is it any surprise that the most "gifted" mediums can work with police and find dead bodies and murder victims? God knows for sure. But, just think for a moment; of course the the demon world knows exactly where these victims of foul play are buried." -SOURCE Sylvia Browne teaches the damnable lies of New Age, of Yin and Yang, of God being male and female. The following quote is taken from The Society of Novus Spiritus' (founded by Sylvia Browne), from an article titled "God the Female"... "Where the Father God maintains a constant loving force, the Mother God will actively take an interest in helping you and can change things around to make life better. Anytime we use the word "God," please understand that we imply both the Male and Female Gods. For together They made our world and are the loving Parents of humanity." -SOURCE What does the Bible have to say about God's gender? To begin with, Scripture contains almost 170 references to God as the “Father.” By necessity, one cannot be a father unless he is male. If what was meant to be communicated was that God chose to be revealed to man in a female form, then the word “mother” would have occurred in these places, not “father.” In the Old and New Testament both, masculine pronouns are used over and over again in reference to God. Jesus Christ referred to God as the Father several times, and in other cases used masculine pronouns in reference to God. In the Gospels alone, Christ uses the term “Father” in direct reference to God nearly 160 times. Of particular interest is Christ’s statement in John 10:30. He says here, “I and [my] Father are one.” Obviously Jesus Christ came in the form of a human man to die on the cross as payment for the sins of the world, and like God the Father, was revealed to mankind in a male form. Scripture records numerous other instances where Christ utilized masculine nouns and pronouns in reference to God. God is never referred to in the female gender in the Bible! -READ MORE. Sylvia Browne denies the Word of God... "Is the Bible the unaltered word of God? No. It simply cannot be, due to the centuries of social, political, language, and geographical changes." -SOURCE All what Sylvia Browne (the self-professed "psychic") teaches is admittedly NOT based upon the Word of God. Here's another quote from her website revealing the Satanic New Age agenda behind her philosophies... "Novus Spiritus stands in accord with all of today's religions. We feel that every church has fundamental Truth and we encourage each person to find a means of worship. Perhaps Novus will be yours. In addition, we find many people are joining Novus even though they are happy with their current faith. Our goal is to open each mind to the splendor of God, allowing the intellect to grasp the Divine." Whoa! What a lie! Miss Browne states that her "Novus Spiritus stands in accord with all of today's religions." That is simply NOT true; false religions perhaps, but not Christ-honoring churches who still abide by the teachings of the Word of God. The Devil is working relentlessly to CONFUSE people, doing everything in his Satanic power to blind people, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them" (2nd Corinthians 4:4). Please don't be deceived by the lies and occult witchery of Sylvia Browne--she is of the Devil. 2nd Corinthians 11:13,14 state, "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." Satan is a master deceiver and counterfeiter. Satan is so subtle and masterful at his trickery that he has led tens-of-millions of people to believe that New Agers such as John Edward, Sylvia Browne, Oprah Winfrey, Shirley MacLaine, and James Van Praagh are of God. They are NOT of God!!! Romans 1:25 warns us about unbelievers who, change "...the truth of God into a lie..." This is what the Devil's crowd does! They attempt to corrupt and pervert the Word of God. Of course, they can't corrupt the Word of God, because it is INCORRUPTIBLE, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." Let the heathen rage and imagine a vain thing, it makes no difference--God is still on His throne in Heaven!!! All the hordes of Hell cannot change the Truth; BUT, what Satan can do, and is doing, is to blind the masses of humanity into believing a lie. Have you believed a lie? "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." -2nd Thessalonians 2:9,10 Reincarnation is NOT Taught in the Word of God Reincarnation is a lie, nowhere found in the Bible. The Word of God is clear that we only have this one life to live, and then the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). Don't be fooled friend, there are no second chances once your dead (John 8:24). Here is some more of the insane reasoning which Sylvia Browne dishes out to her spiritual victims... "Are we to assume that God has no patience with us? Will He be upset if we are not perfect after one life? Would His anger condemn us to a burning hell because tying shoes took a month to learn? We think not, at least not a loving God. Reincarnation is the most reasonable concept to explain the inequities of life in light of an all loving God. The alternative, a God of hate, is simply not tenable. Reincarnation is accepted in the vast majority of religions. Even the Jewish mystical tradition, the Kabala, supports it." -SOURCE Sylvia Browne is dangerous! She foolishly logics that a God of love would never condemn anyone to Hell for being less than perfect. The truth is that God never sends anyone to Hell, we choose to go there by rejecting the Christ of the Bible as our personal Saviour. Ms. Browne reasons that a loving God would never send anyone to Hell. What Ms. Browne leaves out is the Biblical teachings that God is ALSO a holy God, and a righteous God, and a God of judgment. The entire perspective of Ms. Browne's opinion is from one of self-righteousness--that if we do our best, why would God condemn us to Hell for trying. However, Isaiah 64:6 teaches that even our self-righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God. James 2:10 declares that if we break even one of God's laws, then we might as well be guilty of all (because it only takes one sin to condemn us to Hell forever). The Bible plainly teaches in Ephesians 2:8,9, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Did you read that? Salvation is the "gift of God." Salvation is FREE, if you'll receive it by faith alone in Jesus Christ. Yet, Sylvia Browne would deceitfully lead you to believe that God will understand if you reject Christ as Saviour. 2nd Thessalonians 1:8 blows Ms. Browne's lies right out of the water, "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." Who are you going to believe, God, or Sylvia Browne? Psalm 118:8 gives us some good advice, "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." Romans 3:10,23 clearly states that we are ALL sinners. Romans 6:23 proclaims the death penalty upon all humanity because of our sins; thus, everyone eventually dies. The Word of God is very clear that God loves mankind, so much, that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to die for our sins (John 3:16). Sylvia Browne denies this Biblical truth. It is because we are sinners that we CANNOT enter into the kingdom of Heaven of our own merit or good will (1st Corinthians 6:9,10). This is why Jesus told His disciples that salvation was IMPOSSIBLE with man (Matthew 19:25,26). Salvation is of God; NOT man. Howbeit, no one is automatically saved! We must be born again (John 3:3). This can only happen when we realize our sinful condition (which Ms. Browne denies), and turn in faith to Jesus as our personal Saviour to forgive our sins (which Ms. Browne also denies). Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone; NOT in a religion, and not in the demonic doctrines of Sylvia Browne. It's Jesus or Hell, turn or burn! Sylvia Browne accuses God of being a "God of Hate" for sending Christ-rejecters to Hell. But wait a minute Ms. Browne, the Bible clearly states that ANYONE can be saved (Romans 10:13). "Whosoever" may come (John 3:16). The Word of God promises that all sinners who DIE IN THEIR SINS will burn in the Lake of Fire forever (Revelation 20:11-15). BUT, the Bible also promises eternal life and peace for ANYONE who will place their trust solely in Jesus Christ for salvation (Romans 5:1). So why is God "hateful" for sending someone to Hell, a person who willingly rejects the FREE gift of God (Romans 5:15)? John 10:1 clearly warns those who would try to enter into Heaven without going through the Door (which is Jesus Christ--John 10:9). God calls them "thieves" and "robbers." Who are you Ms. Browne to make such hateful allegations against the God of the universe, when He has lovingly provided a way of escape (a plan of redemption) for all humanity to be saved. Your thinking is demonic Ms. Browne. Yes, God is a loving God; but, He is also a holy God, and God's holiness DEMANDS justice! This is the reason why Jesus needed to come to this sin-cursed world to pay for our sins, because we cannot redeem ourselves! Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay. God is fair Ms. Browne, He offers the free gift of eternal life to anyone who will receive it, by faith in Christ alone. Your rationalization for reincarnation is based upon your disbelief and rejection of the plain teachings of the Word of God. Salvation is so simple, "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (2nd Corinthians 11:3). Sylvia Browne's mind has been corrupted by Satan, and she wants to corrupt yours as well. Sadly, millions of people may one day burn in Hell because of her lies and Satanic teachings. Ms. Browne may not acknowledge Satan's existence (as Wiccan witches don't either); but that certainly doesn't mean that the Devil doesn't exist. 1st Peter 5:8 warns us to be alert "...because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." Satan does exist! Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Psychic news: TV Psychic Misses Mark on Miners | January 6th, 2006 Controversial TV psychic Sylvia Browne made a major mistake about the West Virginia miners tragedy on a Tuesday night radio show... She was a guest on George Noory's live syndicated radio show, "Coast to Coast" at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday. She had the bad luck to be commenting on a developing news story - the mining disaster in West Virginia -- which took a surprise turn. That tragic twist - that the wrong announcement had been made about the miners' fates - turned out to be even worse for Browne. Just following the transcript of what occurred, it's clear the psychic had no idea what had happened to the miners, though she claimed to have been right on top of it First this: Browne: "No. I knew they were going to be found. I hate people that say something after the fact. It's just like I knew when the pope was dead." Later, after the bad news was announced. Browne: "Yeah, I didn't think - and see, I've been on the show with you, but I don't think there's any that are going to make it." You're doing a heck of a job, Browne. -SOURCE Allegations of Deception and Fraud The following quote is from WIKIPEDIA.COM... Recently, many skeptics have cited an incident involving Browne which occurred on the U.S. radio program Coast to Coast AM with George Noory as evidence for their allegations of deception and fraud. The incident, which was broadcast live on January 3, 2006, involved Sylvia Browne making her predictions for 2006. Browne and Noory were discussing the nature of her psychic premonitions, when Noory brought up the 2006 Sago Mine disaster. At this time it was believed, due to erroneous news reports, that twelve of the thirteen trapped miners had been found alive. A transcript of the conversation follows: Noory: Of course, this is after the fact, with the twelve or thirteen coal miners they found successfully. Browne: I know. Noory: Had you been on the program today, and had they not been found, would you have felt as if, because they had heard no sounds, that this was a very gloomy moment, and they might have all died? Browne: No, I knew they were going to be found. Uh, you know, I hate people who say something after the fact. It's just like I knew when the Pope was dead and I said it on, thank God I was on Montel's show, and I said, according to the time, it was 9-something and whatever Rome time was, and I said he's gone, and he was. In this segment of conversation, Browne clearly states that she "knew" the miners would be found alive. Whilst it is noted that Browne made no specific statement that this was a psychic premonition, this statement was presented as an example of her psychic abilities. A short while later in the program the news broke that the original reports were incorrect, and only one of the thirteen miners was alive. Browne was still with a clearly shocked Noory and the following conversation ensued: Noory: We're going to follow that story this hour when we're with you, Sylvia, taking phone calls and then... Browne: Right. Noory: For those of you who are with our affiliate stations, I will be live in that last hour of Coast to Coast... Browne: Yeah, I don't think there's, I don't think there's, I don't really think there's anybody alive. If there is, I think maybe only one, I just don't believe that there's... I haven't heard anything because I've been with you, but I just don't think they are alive. Noory: That's frustrating. Browne: It's terrible, isn't it? Noory: O.K, let's go the phones. Later in the program, Noory once again brought the issue up with Browne, in what many see as an attempt by Noory to allow Browne to correct her previous contradiction. Instead, they claim, Browne came out looking worse. Noory: Sylvia, with the accuracy rate that you have, and it is very high, of the few that you get wrong, do they sometimes become right, maybe later on? Browne: Yeah, but see I never... I didn't believe that they were alive Noory: What's that? The miners? Browne: Uhuh. Noory: Oh, okay. Browne: No, I think that they're... and see I've been on the show with you, so I don't know but I don't think that there's any that are gonna make it. Noory: Well, that's not a good situation. Browne: No. Noory: Thirteen were in there, they said one had died, 12 were alive. Browne: Well, there's 12 gone Noory: I think the misunderstanding for you was that I was telling you, after the fact, that they were alive. Had that story not broken while we were on the air... what do you think would have happened ? And that's where I think we threw a curve ball at you. Browne: Yeah, no, I just believed that they were gone. Noory: Well, I think unfortunately you may be right. This has been highlighted by many as a clear example of Browne's lack of psychic abilities, citing her sudden reversal of opinion when informed of the development. James Randi, one of the lead figures in skeptical thinking, wrote on his website "For anyone not familiar with the methods of these charlatans, this would appear to be a calamitous failure, a blow-out, a total screw-up - but not to anyone familiar with the callous likes of Sylvia Browne." -SOURCE Sylvia Browne and the Montel William's Show Psychic Sylvia Browne is seen by millions of viewers weekly, every Wednesday, on the Montel William's Show. It is tragic that so many people are glued to their televisions; but, are too lazy to study the Bible. You'd be surprised how many people form their opinions, beliefs, and convictions from no other source than the TV. Even worse, MANY people RELY upon the television to fill in the blanks in their thinking. Literally, many people look to TV land for the answers to life. Listen friend, if you don't purposely learn the Bible (God's Word), then you are going to be easy prey for the Devil. Satan's easiest target is the fool who doesn't accept the Bible as God's Word. The foundation of the Christian life is the Word of God. According to 1st Peter 1:23, the Bible is the incorruptible Seed by which we are "born again." Literally, without the Word of God, you cannot be born again. Salvation begins with hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and then believing upon that Gospel (good news) of Christ. Jesus Christ is the Saviour Who shed His precious blood to take away our sins (Colossians 1:14; 1st John 1:7). All Christ requires of us to be saved, is to believe upon Him apart from all else (John 14:6; Romans 10:13; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5). Sylvia Browne denies every fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith; yet, deceitfully, claims that her demonic teachings are "in accord with all of today's religions." No, they are not! Sylvia Browne's teachings are only in accord with the Wiccan witches, New Agers, and other New World Order occult groups. New Age is the religion of the end-time, a homogenization of hundreds of false religions, all which have no particular defined God; but rather, worship an assortment of demonic gods, all masquerades for Satan himself. These followers of Satan believe that there are various different paths to "the light"; but, the light is undefined. They ALL vehemently reject the Biblical teaching that Jesus Christ is God Almighty, and that Christ alone is the ONLY way to Heaven. Consider yourself warned, Sylvia Browne is a false prophet who teaches damnable heresies. No doubt, millions of people will follow her straight into the lake of Fire. How tragic! How sad! "For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you ... For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD." -Jeremiah 29:8