Post by Les Brewer on Oct 16, 2012 12:15:33 GMT
John Wolf
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the pastor's desk...
Good morning friends and family! May God bless each of you today,with health,happiness and prosperity!
Jeremiah 17:5-8,"Thus says the LORD:Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength.Whose heart departs from the LORD.For he shall be like a shrub in the desert.And shall not see when good comes.But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land which is not inhabited."......... Pause for reflection a moment.............And now the rest of the story!....."Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,and whose hope is in the LORD.For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,which spreads out it's roots by the river,and will not fear when heat comes;but it's leaf will be green,and will not be anxious in the year of drought,nor will cease from yielding fruit."
Jeremiah,the prophet of God,of the land of Israel,known as the weeping prophet,in my estimation,had much to weep over.Israel had fallen far away from Jehovah God.They had forsaken the only hope there ever was for Israel to recover,and once again prosper as a nation blessed of God.America is faring no better! Jeremiah wept over the ungodliness of the nation he loved so much.He preached in Israel for more than forty years,warning Israel of the impending doom that awaited her if she did not turn back to God.
I can't help but wonder if America realizes what time it is,in her history as well! I won't say that there are no God fearing,Born Again Christians left in the nation,but I will say that the ratio of true Christians to unbelievers and worshipers of false gods,is at an all time low.Much the same scenario as the nation of Israel,in Jeremiah's day.We all love freedom,myself included.One of our greatest freedoms that we enjoy,is the freedom of religion.I too,believe,that a person is free to worship the God of the Bible,or tree stumps if that is what a person wants to do.
So what is the difference,you might ask? Reason and logic,if we haven't taken leave of these two prized possessions,tells us,that there can only be one true God.All the rest must,by reasonable deduction and logic be untrue or false! Besides the fact that wooden,stone or metal images made by the hands of men,common sense should tell anyone that they have no life in them.Yet millions in this country,on any given day,will work their fingers to the bone,to get more of them.Yes,that's right,material possessions can become so important to us that they become a god to us.
Jesus Christ,Son of the Living God,not made by the imagination of mere men,but the absolute Sovereign and Creator of the universe,is alive today.There is more proof,both in the secular world and in the Christian world,that He was in fact God manifested in the flesh,was crucified for the sins of the world,and rose from the dead for our justification,than any person in past or recent history.America was founded on the principles of the Scriptures,most of our laws are found and rooted in Old Testament laws. Our judicial system is based on the O.T. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence,53 professed a belief in a Supreme Being. Of those 56 men,29 were ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We as Americans,must stop putting our trust in men more than we trust the God of the Bible,Jesus Christ.America,come back to God! Repent of the wickedness of trusting men.Men who do not even love God,men of corrupt minds have taken control of the American way of life,and through a systematic,diabolical scheme have purposed in their hearts to destroy America.These men and women are in both houses of Congress,they can be found from the Statehouse to the White House. They are both Republican,Democrat and Independent. America,the prophet Jeremiah said it best in verse 13 of chapter 17,"O LORD,the hope of Israel (America can be inserted here),all who forsake You shall be ashamed...Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth (dirt),because they have forsaken the LORD,the Fountain of Living Waters."
We are at a critical time in the history of this nation......let's be facebook people of the Living God.Seek His face and read His book,and let's bring America back from the edge......May God bless this nation once more for the righteous that still live here,however many that may be!.......Love to all,pastor,John.
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the pastor's desk...
Good morning friends and family! May God bless each of you today,with health,happiness and prosperity!
Jeremiah 17:5-8,"Thus says the LORD:Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength.Whose heart departs from the LORD.For he shall be like a shrub in the desert.And shall not see when good comes.But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land which is not inhabited."......... Pause for reflection a moment.............And now the rest of the story!....."Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,and whose hope is in the LORD.For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,which spreads out it's roots by the river,and will not fear when heat comes;but it's leaf will be green,and will not be anxious in the year of drought,nor will cease from yielding fruit."
Jeremiah,the prophet of God,of the land of Israel,known as the weeping prophet,in my estimation,had much to weep over.Israel had fallen far away from Jehovah God.They had forsaken the only hope there ever was for Israel to recover,and once again prosper as a nation blessed of God.America is faring no better! Jeremiah wept over the ungodliness of the nation he loved so much.He preached in Israel for more than forty years,warning Israel of the impending doom that awaited her if she did not turn back to God.
I can't help but wonder if America realizes what time it is,in her history as well! I won't say that there are no God fearing,Born Again Christians left in the nation,but I will say that the ratio of true Christians to unbelievers and worshipers of false gods,is at an all time low.Much the same scenario as the nation of Israel,in Jeremiah's day.We all love freedom,myself included.One of our greatest freedoms that we enjoy,is the freedom of religion.I too,believe,that a person is free to worship the God of the Bible,or tree stumps if that is what a person wants to do.
So what is the difference,you might ask? Reason and logic,if we haven't taken leave of these two prized possessions,tells us,that there can only be one true God.All the rest must,by reasonable deduction and logic be untrue or false! Besides the fact that wooden,stone or metal images made by the hands of men,common sense should tell anyone that they have no life in them.Yet millions in this country,on any given day,will work their fingers to the bone,to get more of them.Yes,that's right,material possessions can become so important to us that they become a god to us.
Jesus Christ,Son of the Living God,not made by the imagination of mere men,but the absolute Sovereign and Creator of the universe,is alive today.There is more proof,both in the secular world and in the Christian world,that He was in fact God manifested in the flesh,was crucified for the sins of the world,and rose from the dead for our justification,than any person in past or recent history.America was founded on the principles of the Scriptures,most of our laws are found and rooted in Old Testament laws. Our judicial system is based on the O.T. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence,53 professed a belief in a Supreme Being. Of those 56 men,29 were ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We as Americans,must stop putting our trust in men more than we trust the God of the Bible,Jesus Christ.America,come back to God! Repent of the wickedness of trusting men.Men who do not even love God,men of corrupt minds have taken control of the American way of life,and through a systematic,diabolical scheme have purposed in their hearts to destroy America.These men and women are in both houses of Congress,they can be found from the Statehouse to the White House. They are both Republican,Democrat and Independent. America,the prophet Jeremiah said it best in verse 13 of chapter 17,"O LORD,the hope of Israel (America can be inserted here),all who forsake You shall be ashamed...Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth (dirt),because they have forsaken the LORD,the Fountain of Living Waters."
We are at a critical time in the history of this nation......let's be facebook people of the Living God.Seek His face and read His book,and let's bring America back from the edge......May God bless this nation once more for the righteous that still live here,however many that may be!.......Love to all,pastor,John.
