October 23, 2009

  • KJV ONLY Pastor burns Bibles, music, and Insp. books

    Pastor holding Bible/book burning on Halloween

    Can you say COOKOO this man is literally a pawn of satan and has no clue. He has been duped into burning perfectly good Bibles, and inspirational and Holy works. He is burning non KJV bibles, books by Mother Theresa, the Pope, Billy Graham, Rick Warren, etc as well as all types of music including Christian!!!! WOW who needs the devil when you get crazy off the deep end so called Christians to do his evil work.

    His church believes that only the KJV bible is the valid word of God and that it has the final authority…Last time I read  though John Ch 1 It said JESUS was the word of GOD…and Hello only GOD has the final authority. YES YES the bible is Good, and Holy but only JESUS embodies the fullness of the word. John Chapter 1 clearly says JESUS is the Living word of God made Flesh Ironically the very last chapter and Verse of John (Jn ch 21:25) also  is very clear that the whole world could not contain all the books that would need to be written of Jesus….So what is your FINAL authority?….a collection of God inspired words?…Holy but incomplete….OR JESUS The Word made flesh Himself who is the FULLENESS and COMPLETE word of God?…I know what my answer is!!!!

    JESUS… the one who was here long before the Bible and who will be here when the Bibles of this world are ashes and dust.

    HIS SITE: http://www.amazinggracebaptistchurchkjv.com/Download99.html

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569121,00.html?test=latestnews News article on this pastors halloween plans.

October 22, 2009

September 29, 2009

  • Closing my Xanga postsecret Harry Potter & Liberty Destroyed Here Comes Jesus

    lightning strikes liberty 

     I am seriously considering closing this site. 

     

    John 6:66 – 6:68
    66 After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him.
    67 Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”
    68

    Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life;

     

    postsecret HP an Jesus

    This a post secret card….NOT MINE…I have not read or seen a single Harry Potter movie. But I had the same fear when they first came out. That with the last one Jesus would come back….How weird is that?!?!? They have Harry Potter parties at my kids school  after a book is finished. SO many AR points too….Not to mention indoctrination of witchcraft, a blurring of lines between good and evil and sympathy for evil. Yes our children have been fed to the wolves by their own parents, media, school, teachers and all whom they have trusted. I can go into my church school or library and find copies of this book. It appalls me. Satan was very clever with this and all all those lusty vampires. Yes, our kids dream of evil vamps kissing them and of being witches. I work in a school setting it would amaze you what is in the books your kids read…there is not any kind of censorship like in movies. Some libraries will go through books and black out cuss words but its not like they don’t know what is there not to mention how much sex is in the books our young ones are reading. Jesus better come quick or they will all be lost.

    Romans 1: 28-32

    28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.
    29 They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
    30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
    31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
    32

    Though they know God’s decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them

     

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    Is this your sin? REPENT Time is Literally short!

    Self Indulgence/Personal gratification/Sloth/Laziness

    Self-Pity/Making Excuses/Gossip

    Abuse or abusive behavior/Hatred/Revenge/Accusing/Loathing

    Lust, Self-abuse, Fornication/Adultery/Lewd conduct/Foul Language

    Pride/Arrogance/Demanding behavior/Impatience/Aggressive Behavior

    Lying/Deceit/Hypocrisy/Dishonesty

    Unforgiveness/ Anger/Resentment/Blaming

    Fear/Anxiety/Depression/Excessive Sadness/Hopelessness/Infirmity

    Addictions to Alcohol, Drugs, Deviant Sexual or aberrant behaviors/Pornography/TV/Video games/Computers

    Control/Obsession/Compulsion

    Superiority (due to wealth, education, possessions, privilege, gifts & talents, physical beauty, etc.)

    Haughty spirit: Criticism, judgmental behavior, ridicule, humiliation, prejudice.

     

    Romans1 On the Wrath of God and Mans Lawlessness and How God allows man to follow his own desires.

    16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
    17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live.”
    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
    19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
    20 Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse;
    21 for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
    22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
    23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles.
    24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
    25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever! Amen.
    26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural,
    27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
    28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.
    29 They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
    30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
    31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
    32 Though they know God’s decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them

    Democrats…who are not pro-life…. are the oppressors they are the racists who seek to destroy the right to life.

    A Baby Saved is a Life EarnedBabies don't choose abortionMargaret Sanger on InfantsAbortion is RacistAbortion is Intolerant. Stop the Hate.Margaret Sanger on the Negro PopulationPETUPro-Choice Christians: giving Christ a bad name since 1973prolife1 Baby Choice Deut 3019 oppression

     

September 4, 2009

  • 9/11 America Jesus Sign of the Times

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    Thomas Burnett
    The widow of Flight 93 hero Thomas Burnett says her husband was a devout Catholic who had premonitions of the fate that met him and 44 others on the fateful day of September 11, 2001 — including a hunch his life would not be a long one and that his mission in life would somehow involve the White House.  Click on Todd’s picture to read the story.
    For another September 11 story click HERE
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    World Recent Earthquake Map
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September 1, 2009

  • Implanted Chip to Detect H1N1 Mark of Beast?

    Below is an Article on the VeriChip Technology to detect swine flu. Below that is a Prophecy concerning this very thing! As always I just report what I find. YOU NEED to PRAY for DISCERNMENT From GOD concerning all
    Prophecy and END-TIMES News. ~Charity
     
    News from Jerusalem New World Order News NWO Next step in H1N1 scare: Microchip implants

    Next step in H1N1 scare: Microchip implants

    Sunday, 23 August 2009 05:15 News from Jerusalem

    RFID chip swine flu

    Company developing under-the-skin devices to detect ‘bio-threats’

    A Florida-based company that boasts selling the world’s first and only federally approved radio microchip for implanting in humans is now turning its development branch toward “emergency preparedness,” hoping to produce an implant that can automatically detect in its host’s bloodstream the presence of swine flu or other viruses deemed a “bio-threat.”

    VeriChip Corporation currently sells a small, under-the-skin Radio Frequency Identification capsule, or RFID, that patients can opt to have implanted, containing a number computer-linked to their medical records, enabling doctors with a special reader to access the information even if the patient is unconscious or unidentified. The company boasts its microchip, roughly the size of a grain of rice, is the only such implant approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

    But VeriChip has also turned its attention to other uses for the technology, including microchips that be used to tag and log human remains after a disaster and implants the company hopes will be able to warn if their host is infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus, the H5N1 bird flu virus or other pandemic agents deemed to be a “bio-threat.”

    VeriChip is working with a Minnesota company, Receptors LLC, to develop the virus-detection technology.

    “As we continue to build on our partnership with Receptors, which started with the development of a glucose-sensing RFID implantable microchip, we are moving beyond patient identification to sensors that can detect and identify illnesses and viruses such as influenza,” said Scott R. Silverman, chairman of VeriChip, in a statement. “This is an exciting next step for the future of our healthcare division.”

    According to a joint white paper released earlier this year by both companies called “An Integrated Sensor System for the Detection of Bio-Threats from Pandemics to Emerging Diseases to Bio-Terrorism,” the research’s goal is to transform existing glucose-detection technology into pinpointing viruses instead, then couple it with an “in vivo” – meaning implanted inside a living organism – microchip that can alert others of the virus’ presence.

    The ultimate goal is to develop an implant that can also diagnose which virus is infecting the host.

    VeriChip has also announced earlier this month additional forays into emergency preparedness through its VeriTrace system.

    According to a statement, the company sold a VeriTrace system, including 1,000 RFID microchips, to Kentucky’s Green River District Health Department “for disaster preparedness and emergency management needs.”

    The company explains that VeriTrace, a separate system from its virus detection or patient records technology, was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, where it was used by the Federal Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team. The system includes the microchips, a Bluetooth handheld reader, a customized camera that receives both RFID scanned data and GPS data wirelessly and a web-based database for storing information and images captured during emergency response operations.

    The microchips are implanted in human remains following a disaster or, according to one report from the Katrina catastrophe, duct-taped to bones, in order to maintain detailed records, particularly in events that result in hundreds or thousands of fatalities.

    “This database ensures the precise collection, storage and inventory of all data and images related to remains and the associated evidentiary items,” the statement boasts. “This also allows the recreation of an accurate and complete reconstruction of a disaster setting, crime scene or similar setting where recreation is necessary.”

    Since Hurricane Katrina, the RFID Journal reports, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Hawaii Department of Health, the Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Response System and the medical examiner’s office in the Department of Heath in Erie County, N.Y, have also purchased the system. Earlier this year, VeriChip announced sales to Maryland’s Calvert Memorial Hospital and to Mercer and Atlantic counties in New Jersey.

    WND contacted VeriChip seeking information on its progress in developing the virus detection technology and other emergency preparedness microchip implants, but received no response.

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    An End-Time Vision…




    August 27, 2009
    Pastor Joh. W. Matutis

    While trying to prepare my message, the Lord showed me a vision.

    I saw a large pasture with very many sheep. All of a sudden, from every direction and from all over, came wolves upon the herd, mixing themselves amongst the sheep. Neither the shepherds nor the shepherd dogs (of utmost importance) sounded any alarm. They lay on the floor as if hypnotized. There was just a bit of panic within the herd. The sheep did notice that something was wrong, but they took no serious note of what was happening. They just continued grazing in a relaxed manner. The shepherds and the shepherd dogs on the other hand noticed nothing.

    As I observed closely, I saw the wolves, ( aggressive, attack mode, stealthy, sneak up on their prey) which had fangs like snakes in their mouths(snakes, serpent suggestions, lies told and believed, ready to poison the mind against god) tweak (pinch or prick) the sheep on their buttocks (behind, do not see it coming.)  These twitched briefly,(some saw it coming, but was to busy eating of the fruits of unrighteousness, to be aware of the consequences). and then continued their relaxed grazing(eating of the fruits of the senses, self indulgence, sensualism). After a short while, the wolves ran from the herd, withdrawing themselves again into the mountains up their attack to wait out the time to strike) , without having stolen a sheep or inflicted any visible harm on them. (For a short while things will be calm, and things will seem to be ok.)

    On seeing all these things, I thought to myself. ‘This is not at all possible, that wolves would come amongst sheep and not harm them. This is out of character!’ Then as the wolves left the sheep, I saw all of a sudden the leader of the wolf pack, together with his whole wolf followership on a high cliff. It was like a great beast; a monster. Then the wolves began to howl and yelp. The shepherd, shepherd dogs and all the sheep were terrified, shivering and shocked.

    And the leader of the pack began, like a demon, to speak with a deep human voice. “My dear shepherds, dogs and all my dear sheep. You now belong to us. We have you completely in our hands. We were amongst you, without your noticing anything. We worked amongst you in disguise (health alarm, scare tactics). We even inoculated you with a ‘serum’ that make s you now ours. You are all, as at now, bearing our ‘mark’. We have also inoculated you with our spirit and data(chip), without your having been aware. There is now no more escape for you. The whole flock is now under our control.”(hypnotized, without the will to resist.)

    I then said in my spirit “No! The Lord is my shepherd. I will have nothing to do with the devil and his demons. I will not have them as my shepherds.” Then spoke the leader of the wolf pack even further with a sneer on his face, saying “The sheep here ate and slept. Your bellies and welfare was more important to you.”(buying,and selling.)

    Now hear what this demon said to me very clearly: “We have now come to take revenge for our man of the Gadarenes. (See Matt 5:1-17) Back then, your Lord cast us out of him, and we had to flee into swine and spring into the abyss. Now though, we have recovered and are strong enough to leave our cursed dwellings again. We have therefore returned from the abyss to take revenge against him (Jesus) and his works.( to kill Christianity) These sheep all grazing here have been infected by our demons (political, economical, and spiritual insanity) from the abyss. They can no longer escape. They belong to us absolutely.” (They will turn from Christianity and follow another religion that will be harmful to them.)

    I was shocked!


    Here, God spoke to me saying ‘my son, every person will be asked to compulsorily take immunization against the swine flu in the next few days. This is a disguise. They will in the process be infected with demons (They will agree to follow that which is destructive thinking that is the way to go)  from the abyss; all who do not have my spirit and my seal upon them. Yes, it will be such that that they will receive a deadly spirit inoculated into them. This will allow the wolves do with them what they like.( follow the pack, or be killed)  Whoever does not follow them, antagonizes or stands against them in any way, will be eliminated at the touch of a (the control base of the chip, Computer generated) button.

    ‘For such will there be no more escape from them. Yes it is true, my son,’ says the Lord. ‘These cursed spirits will arise again out of the abyss and return through the “swine” to continue their mischief amongst the people who neither know nor follow me. I however, with my church will do same as then. We will depart from that area. So will those demons from the abyss exterminate one third of humanity.’ (they will kill the spirit of God in them, and they will go down into the pit of desolation)

    Then said the Lord to me further, ‘But you, my children, who follow me, must be bold and brave, and say NO! Do not allow yourselves to be pricked and inoculated. You must consistently trust me. I will take you with me to the other shore, and we20will continue there. For you my children, life goes on quite normally. You are my sheep. You hear my voice and follow me. And I send you as sheep amongst wolves( as it happens we must resist, through fear, to take the shot (chip). Warn all my children and all men of good will against this worldwide compulsory inoculation. It appears harmless. It is not!

    ‘It is more the return on the ancient demons of the abyss. Warn everyone! Even when you are termed “paranoid” and “terrorist”. ( those who cause harm, will blame the Christians, and Christians will be called terrorists for resisting the master plan of world domination or socialism) You are my children, and my people. You are holy. You should therefore have no other “stigma” in your bodies. Your body is a temple for my holy spirit, and not a secret dwelling for demons, which had been cast out by me, from which I delivered you,’ says the Lord.

    I am passing on this message as it was given me.

    Dear friends, we are right in the end times. Watch quite carefully, what happens to you and your children. The devil is, and remains a liar. And he has no good intentions. I was shaken, when God showed me this vision with the swine, in connection with the whole thing about immunization against swine flu.

    The believers are about to undergo the end times test, where will be shown, whether we have enough resistance power, enough to say NO. You are not defenseless. God gave you h is Holy Spirit and the whole armor (see Ephesians 6: 16-17). These you will now need and must soon make use of. If you are not yet a true child of God, repent! Be baptized and be filled the Holy Spirit, so that the seal of God will be upon your life (Ephesians 1:1,13, 4:30 and Revelations 7:3&4) and you cannot be touched for the devil.

    Do write me a few lines.
    I would like to keep praying for you.

    Pastor Joh.W.Matutis.

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    MANDATORY VACCINATIONS? TELL FEDS AND STATES TO ‘STICK IT’

     

    By: Devvy
    August 24, 2009
    © 2009 – NewsWithViews.com

    ……Additionally, there is great concern about the timing of this “coming pandemic.” It appears from this patent application that the H1N1 was on the list, August 28, 2007. The actual filing was, August 28, 2008; see page seven for list of viruses. The first cases of H1N1 were only reported a few months ago here in the US. Mexico, April 2009; Iraq in June, 2009; Tunesia in June 2009; Australia, June 19, 2009; Manilla shows May 2009; Turkey, May 2009 and so on. It is my understanding from my research that the ‘swine flu’ is a “new” Influenza A strain that only appeared earlier this year. If it’s so new, how come that patent for the H1N1 is dated back to August 2007?

    But, is this H1N1 vaccine safe? The CDC and other government officials are insisting it is safe. I believe nothing could be further from the truth.

    The tragedy is this dangerous and deadly cocktail is already being pumped into little babies, young children and pregnant women. Schools are being set up as ‘staging areas‘ (supported by National Guard) to force you and your child to take this deadly vaccine. See the links below to legally stop it…..

    Read the whole article here: http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd463.htm



     

August 4, 2009

  • Garabandal Message Warning Chastisement Miracle

     
    This is an E-mail I received. I like to keep up to date on the Garabandal situation as we anticipate the Warning, the Miracle and the coming Chastisement. You can click on the link below to read more about Our Lady’s messages concerning these imminent events. To Prepare Visit www.cukierski.net You can buy many rare sacramentals, like, Blessed candles and salt exorcism oils and Holy water.
    The Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
    Garabandal

    August 4th, 2009

    Year of the Priest

    Dear Friends,

    Pope Benedict XVI declared the Year for Priests to begin on June 19th, 2009 the day after the 44th Anniversary of the Second Message of Garabandal. He began the conclusion of his letter, “To the Most Holy Virgin I entrust this Year for Priests.”

    Our Holy Father exhorts the entire Church in this year to pray for the sanctification and renewal of the clergy and for the greater communion of priests with their bishop.

    In over two thousand recorded apparitions between 1961 and 1965, Our Lady taught the young visionaries of Garabandal to pray and offer sacrifices for priests and to obey lawful church authority. Through her personal instruction, Our Blessed Mother instilled in these children a sincere appreciation for the indelible nature and dignity of the priesthood drawn from the holy sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

    Very often through her related conversations, Our Lady revealed a preeminent love and concern for priests which was reflected in the conduct of the visionaries. In a 1990 interview, Conchita, the main visionary recounted, “Priests were the beloved children of the Virgin. In every apparition we noticed the Virgin would speak with special, very dear love about priests and I guess this was contagious; since the priests were the main objects of the Virgin’s love, they were also our most beloved persons.”

    Many authors on Garabandal believe that the events pertaining to Father Luis Andreu S.J. -his vision of the Miracle and related death- are meant to honor him as a worthy priest and single out his example of devout ministry for imitation by others.

     Father Joseph Pelletier A.A. believed the heavenly motivation for the apparitions was to address a profound calamity in the Church, the cause of which was a crisis in the priesthood. The Second Message of June 18th, 1965 contains the great warning of the “road to perdition” being tread by many priests. We have seen the fulfillment of this sad prediction in our time. We believe, with Fr. Pelletier, that the remedy for these errors is to be found in the Message of Garabandal.

    Today is the feast of Saint John Mary Vianney, universal patron of priests. In union with the Holy Father’s request, we encourage our readers to pray with renewed fervor for priests.

    You will find many relevant articles on our website- www.garabandal.us.  We have included the link below:

    Priesthood Page

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August 3, 2009

  • 120,000 Babies will die Today

    ABORTION will kill 120,000 Babies today
    Since opening this web page…
    babies have died from abortion

  • Dozens Christians Dead/wounded in Pakistan

    Yeshuaadvent

    The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

    I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.   (Revelation 19:11-16 NIV) 

     Christian Persecution in Pakistan Story posted by Fox News Aug 3, 2009

    Hundreds of armed supporters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Islamic militant group, burned dozens of Christian homes in Gojra over the weekend after allegations that a copy of the Koran had been defiled.

    Police and local officials said that at least eight people, including four women and a child, were killed in the fires. Two others died of gunshot wounds. Residents said that the casualties were much higher; one claimed that the number of dead could be in the dozens as many bodies were still buried under the rubble. Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities, said that 40 Christian homes were torched in rioting. He said there was no truth to allegations that a Koran had been defiled, and accused the police of ignoring his appeal to provide protection to Christians http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536238,00.html

    Some Scripture Verses of Christian Persecution and Being Delivered

    Psalm 37:32
     32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
           seeking their very lives;

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    Acts 9

    Saul’s Conversion

     1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

     5“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

       ”I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

     7The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. 8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. 9For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

     10In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”
          ”Yes, Lord,” he answered.

     11The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

     13“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem. 14And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

    Matthew 10

    Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

     1He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evilb]’>[b]drive out demons.  11“Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. 12As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

     17“Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

     21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

     24“A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub,d]’>[d]? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

     32“Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

     34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
       ” ‘a man against his father,
          a daughter against her mother,
       a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law –
        36a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’a]’>[a]water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?”

     18When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

    The Church in Antioch

     19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. 20Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

July 25, 2009

July 21, 2009

  • The REAL Mary Magdalen July 22 Feast Day

    St. Mary Magdalen: July 22 Feast Day

    Forgiven Much©
    The Forgiven Mary Magdalene washes
    Jesus’ feet with her tears.     By Keith Johnson
    Click image to go to artist gallery
     
    St. Mary Magdalene said to St. Mechtilde: “Whoever shall give God thanks for all the tears I shed upon the feet of Jesus, our most merciful God wil grant him through my intercession, remission of all his/her sins before death, and a great increase of love to God.”

    Prayer to St. Mary Magdalene

    O most merciful Jesus, I give Thee thanks for the work of piety which the blessed Mary Magdalene wrought on Thee, when she washed Thy feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head , and kissed them and anointed them with fragrant ointment; whereby she obtained from Thee such signal* grace that thou dist pour into her heart and soul so great a love of Thee; beseeching Thee that, by her merits and intercession Thou wouldst vouchsafe to me tears of true repentence and pour into my heart Thy divine love. Amen.

    The Story from St. Luke

    Luke 7:36ff One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

    She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment.

    Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him – that she is a sinner.”

    Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher,” he replied, “speak.”

    “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?”

    Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater debt.”

    And Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.” Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

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