Our place: August 2016

Monday, August 15, 2016

Sometimes believers are slow to understand what Jesus is saying. When Jesus told the disciples that He must suffer many things, be rejected by the elders, chief priest, and scribes, be killed and three days later rise again, Peter rebuked Him. Jesus said, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Mark 8:33. Peter's rebuke of Jesus was because of his still incomplete understanding of the true mission of the Messiah. Jesus said, "you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." He was not setting his mind on the things of God. How many believers and churches are like this? Their minds sees things from man's point of view and not God's. The Old Testament had predicted a Messiah would suffer for the sins of the people. See Isaiah 53. This message became the central focus for the early Church. See Acts 17:2-3. Jesus is the suffering Messiah. The Bible says if we believe in Him then we shall be forgiven for our sins and saved from the wrath to come.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

In 17th century

England at this time the Puritans gained control. Strict and literalistic, they had taught themselves Hebrew so that they could read the Bible in its original language. They even gave their children Hebrew names.

The Puritans, of course, would become the founders of America. If one looks at the names on the Mayflower Compact one will see that almost all 200 names there are biblical. There was even a vote taken whether the spoken language in the New World should be Hebrew or English. Many felt that since it was a type of entry into the “Promised Land” for them they wanted to speak the “Holy Tongue.”

This is why some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States have seals or mottos with Hebrew. Even though the Puritans were far from being lovers of the Jews, the fact that they had an affinity for Hebrew and the Bible allowed them to think on some level about religious freedoms for Jews. Later when the early settlers provided rules for religious freedom they included the Jews, even though there were so few Jews to avail themselves of those opportunities. Nevertheless, the United States was really the first country in the world that had rules where religious discrimination against Jews was not sanctioned.

How Vulnerable Is The U.S. Power Grid To A Terrorist Attack?

This is some scary stuff.Makes me wonder whats going to happen to the good ole U.S.A. The important problems have been ignored for years in America. The national debt is out of control, America is aborting babies by the millions each year. Abortion is nothing more than legalized murder. The threat of war is everywhere. Our government is rotten to the core and has been for decades. There is not enough money in America to take care of all the problems facing us. The storm is coming and it will hit hard unless America wakes up and allows God back in.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

“Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And He cried out, saying, ‘Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!'” Mark 1:23-24. Satan can show up anywhere, even in Church. 2 Corinthians 11:14 says, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” I wonder how many pastors have been attacked by demon possessed people who try to keep the pastor from being the spiritual leader that God appointed him to be. Always pray for your pastor because he is on the front line of a spiritual war.