GOD'S MORNING

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By now most people have read one of the many accounts in the news today of the Roman Catholic Church and her ongoing problem with child abuse and Pedophilia. It has been going on for so long, and been covered up and sanctioned by the “Church” for so long, that it is no longer vile, hateful and shocking to many people. The Pope has already said atheists will enter in, why not pedophiles too, and murders and rapists, idolaters and adulterers, fornicators, thieves, Sabbath breakers, liars, blasphemers, etc. They have already spoken great words against the Most High, worn out the saints of the Most High, and thought to change times and laws (Daniel 7:25), so why not do away with all Ten of God’s Commandments (Exodus 20:3-17), instead of just removing the 2nd and rewriting the 4th and 10th to suit their agenda. Jesus said: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, not abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, not covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians. 6:9-10. What people are not seeing or hearing is God’s loud cry to His people:

“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:1-4 

Jesus so clearly identifies her and her harlot daughters (apostate Protestantism) for us in Revelation 17:

“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters (people, nations, multitudes and tongues, Rev. 17:15):  With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication (spiritual adultery, paganism). So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour (colors of the bishops and cardinals of Rome), and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls (no explanation needed), having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication (Mass/transubstantiation): And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus (Inquisition and other persecutions of “Mother Church”, which resulted in the deaths of 50,000,000 plus “heretics” who chose to follow the Bible instead of the traditions, pagan rituals and laws of men): and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”

We are fast approaching the time of Christ’s return, and the warning is going out loud and clear for His people to come out of apostasy, whether it be the Roman Catholic Church or the false prophet of apostate Protestantism that has departed from truth and joined hands with the Papacy, the antichrist system, and the Roman Church/.Vatican Beast system. 

The warning He is giving the world today is contained in the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12. People need to heed this warning before it is too late and they find themselves in the lake of fire, where there is no need for them to go, except they rebel against God and His Word, and so choose it.

“Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’ (see Exodus 20:11 – this refers to the 4th Commandment). And another angel followed, saying, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’

Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.’

Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”

An Amazing Fact: On March 21, 2000, one of the largest icebergs ever seen broke free from the Antarctic’s Ross Ice Shelf. An image, taken from a polar satellite 435 miles up, alerted scientists and mariners to the iceberg’s birth. It is one of the largest ever seen at 183 miles long and 23 miles wide, with a surface area of 4,250 square miles. The biggest iceberg ever recorded was 208 miles long and 60 miles wide, a total of 12,000 square miles. That’s larger than the country of Belgium. Even more amazing, it was spotted floating in the South Pacific. It’s astounding how far from the Polar regions icebergs can wander. Icebergs from the Arctic north have reached as far south as the island of Bermuda, a journey of 2,500 miles. One iceberg from the Antarctic has reached almost as far north as Rio de Janeiro, a journey of 3,440 miles.

The tallest iceberg ever recorded was 550 feet high. That’s as tall as a 50-story building! But remember that only 10 percent of an iceberg’s mass is above water, meaning the bulk of this titan could have reached 4,000 feet deep. I have also read there is so much ice stored on the continent of Antarctica, that if you could cut it into huge ice cubes one mile thick you would end up with 6 million cubes. Should all of that ice melt, it would raise the sea level over the entire world by 260 feet. Ice on Antarctica is so heavy that over the years it has pushed the continent itself down several hundred feet.

Jesus warned us in the last days, because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. How can we have our hearts warmed and our first loved rekindled in a spiritually cold world? Perhaps it is found in the words of John the Baptist: “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Luke 3:16).

When we invite Christ into our hearts and are filled with the Holy Spirit, there is a warming of our lives from within that will melt away the cold clutches of sin on our hearts. Then we will have purpose and not float aimlessly like a drifting iceberg.

KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Matthew 24:12

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“An Amazing Fact: In 1874, Methodists in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, decided to construct a permanent church building. The homeless Christians found what they believed was the ideal site for their church, a perfect lot in the heart of town on its highest ground. But when they approached the owner of the lot, Sam Sadler, he did not want to waste his prime real estate for a church. Even after their offer was increased, Sadler flatly refused to sell the land.

Soon after, the Methodists accepted a gift of land a half mile away on some low-lying property. The members cheerfully began building a modest but sturdy structure on brick piers. Then something miraculous occurred that has been confirmed by scores of witnesses. On September 17, 1876, right after they dedicated the small church, a powerful hurricane began to brew. Rain fell and the wind blew until the rising water lifted the little Methodist Church from its foundation and began to carry it like Noah’s ark up the street. People awoke the next morning to witness an amazing sight—the entire church was floating down Oyster Creek Road.

A few good Samaritans saw the drifting church and tried to tie it off with ropes, but it broke its moorings and continued its journey as though it had a mind of its own. It went straight down the road to a corner, bumped into a general store, then took a sharp right turn and headed down that road for about two city blocks until it reached the corner of what is now Church Street. Then it took another turn to the left, crossed the Carawan Canal, and stopped.

The little church had settled exactly in the center of the property the members had originally requested for their house of worship, the parcel Sam Sadler had refused to sell for a church. After seeing the mighty work of Providence, Mr. Sadler, with trembling hands, gave the title deed for the land to the Methodist pastor. When the church was dedicated, it was called “Providence.” Today, a sign stands in front of the Providence Church, reminding visitors this was the church “Moved by the Hand of God.”

Just as God guided that floating church, He guides His people and His church today. “The Lord is your keeper …” (Psalm 121:5). He will carry us through any flood of trouble or persecution that we face.

KEY BIBLE TEXTS
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Psalms 93:4″

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By 1881, the church had acquired the lot where the members had originally wanted to build the sanctuary and the little church that God divinely guided to that site inspired the name, “Providence United Methodist Church.” The church’s membership had grown considerably by the 1900’s. In 1913, a brick sanctuary was built to replace the original frame structure.

Today, the small frame church sits behind the modern brick sanctuary of the Providence United Methodist Church on Main Street in Swan Quarter and serves as church classrooms.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-floating-church/

You can read the full article in the Washington Post here:

Washington Post – Weeping Mary Statue

It is interesting that the Catholic Church itself claims that it does not know whether it is from God, Satan or man. “Catholic Church officials do not seem so much concerned with why the statue of the Virgin Mary appears to be crying oily tears or where the tears may be coming from — God, Satan or man — but, Winder said, the diocese is monitoring the response from the community. ‘That, in all honesty, is what’s most important — that it’s prompted people maybe to be closer to God,’ the deacon said. ‘That’s what really matters.’” They go on later in the article to say: “If it’s not man-made,” he said, “that leaves two possible sources — Satan and God. All we can say at this point is what it is not.”

The Bible clearly warns us in these end times to not be deceived, and this is the very System we are being warned not to be deceived by. Any “church” that points to Satan as a possible source of light to prompt people to be closer to God, is as false a Christians Church as you can find. They are pointing people to another god, another Christ, another gospel, and the Bible warns us to “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” Revelation 18:4-5.

God does not want any to be lost. He is pleading for people to come out of the false systems of worship (apostate Roman Catholic and Protestant, as well as paganism, spiritualism, atheism, etc.) which will lead straight to destruction. He desires all to know and accept the truth of His great, unmerited gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, to repent and be saved. The signs and wonders are going to increase in Satan’s great final attempt to take as many to destruction with him as he can. Do not be deceived. Study your Bible, know what God says, do not follow any teachings of men that are not supported by the Word of God.

Thessalonians 2:3-12 (KJV) “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 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. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

This is an excellent Charles Spurgeon sermon on the personality of the Holy Spirit—a must hear for any Christian who has wondered about the identify of the third person of the Trinity, which I think if we are honest, is all of us.

Below are links to Huffington Post and LA Times articles reporting on the fact that Seventh-day Adventists live on average 10 years longer than other Americans, and compares them to long-living populations in other parts of the world, such as those blue zoners in Sardinia, Italy and Okinawa, Japan.

What Seventh-Day Adventists Get Right That Lengthens Their Life Expectancy By Ryan Buxton

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seventh-day-adventists-life-expectancy_n_5638098.html

Why Loma Linda residents live longer than the rest of us: They treat the body like a temple By Mary MacVean

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-blue-zone-loma-linda-20150711-story.html

My mother and I became involved with the Seventh-day Adventist Church for a number of reasons, the least important but still significant being their health message, which my diet was already inclined toward, but has become much more in line with over the past year and a half, and which my 86 year old mother is thriving on. We are not vegan, and may never completely give up eggs and dairy, although we use very infrequently now with salmonella egg scares and such. I prefer almond, cashew and coconut milk and vegan cheese is actually very good and has a much longer shelf-life than dairy cheese; and my mother, who loves ice cream, enjoys coconut or cashew milk ice cream just as much as the dairy version.

The first meal pictured above is black rice with black beans, corn and black sesame seeds, kale and tomato salad and oatloaf (with tomato sauce and melted cheese on top, like traditional meatloaf), which has become my new favorite to make up a big batch of and freeze as loaf and burgers—fiber, protein and nutrition packed, low-cost, quick to make and delicious for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The second meal is oatloaf with chickpea cheese scrambled eggs. I have started making my own vegan cheese using chickpeas and sunflower seeds, which are equally as good for you but significantly less expensive than cashews, which most vegan cheese recipes call for.

As great as their health message is, the primary reasons we joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church is: 1) they keep the Sabbath of the Bible, as God commanded us to keep it in Exodus 20:8-11; 2) they teach the truths the Holy Spirit had in recent time opened my eyes to see in the Bible, which were not being taught in other Churches we had attended (Methodist, Baptist, Bible, Non Denominational, Mega Evangelical and Community); and 3) the SDA Church has the most inspired Bible scholars and teachers I have ever experienced—especially in the area of Bible prophecy. They have an abundance (almost an embarrassment of riches) of powerful, spirit-filled preachers of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the end times messages contained in the Old and New Testaments, especially the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12, which is the God-given end time mission of the Church to preach to the world.

As someone who spends on average four-five hours a day studying God’s word, I could not bear to spend another hour in a lukewarm, milk preaching, Laodicean church. My mother had long ago become very disillusioned with the Methodist Church she had faithfully belonged to for over 50 years because of the apostasy that continued to creep in until the Church no longer bore any resemblance to the Church she had joined, been led to Christ in, and faithfully served—the one John Wesley had founded and would no longer recognize.

As I pursued my own study of the Bible, and God continued to shine more light on the truth of His his word, my search continued for a Church that preached Bible truth, and not traditions of men and politically correct and worldly doctrines of devils. Each time I would find one I thought could be home for us, some blatant errors would be preached and I would be on the search again.

Once the Holy Spirit revealed the Sabbath truth to me, I began prayerfully searching for a Sabbath-keeping Church that preached the meat of God’s word, and God led us straight to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, where we immediately knew we were home.

I knew nothing about the SDA Church except that I had known an elderly SDA man who used to visit me when I lived in Jamaica in the early 90’s. We would discuss the Bible, especially prophecy, but I thought he was strange because he kept telling me the Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday. It is funny now, but I used all the same arguments with him that I hear Sunday Christians try to use with me now that I know the Sabbath truth but it has not yet been revealed to them. These arguments include: 1) “I worship God every day”—which of course all Christians should do, but the Sabbath is a specific day sanctified and blessed by God for us to keep holy, do no secular work or focus on our personal stuff, and instead give glory to and commune with our Creator (who in six days made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, blessed and hallowed it)—of course worship and fellowship, caring for and visiting the sick, infirmed, imprisoned, walking in nature and enjoying God’s creation, etc. as Jesus did and showed us to do, is acceptable and encouraged). Jesus kept and taught us to keep the Sabbath, not legalistically, as did the scribes and Pharisees, but in love and devotion, as He created it to be kept. 2) “Jesus did away with that when He died.” Jesus actually kept the Sabbath while resting in the tomb and rose on the first day; and of course He kept it throughout His life and ministry. 3) “The Apostles did away with that after Jesus ascended to Heaven.” No where in the Bible will you find any scriptural evidence of this, and early Christians continued keeping the 4^th Commandment Sabbath until at least 331 AD, when Roman Emperor Constantine legislated the Venerable Day of the Sun to honor and worship the sun god. Then in 364 AD at the Council of Laodicea, the Roman Catholic Church adopted Sunday as their official day of worship—it is therefore an institution of Rome contrary to the commandment of God. 5) “We are no longer under the law so don’t have to keep the Ten Commandments at all.” Of all the great deceptions Satan has used to blind the end time Church and lead her into apostasy to prepare her to receive the mark of the beast that she might be lost, this is the greatest and most dreadful, Revelation 14:9-12. Once I realized where Sunday worship had actually come from—pagan sun worship, hence “Sunday”, decreed by Emperor Constantine in 321AD and then picked up and enforced by the Roman Catholic Church State, who openly boasts it is her change, and not contained anywhere in the Bible—I ran from it like the sin it is. Sin is transgression of the law, and that was a definite transgression. 6) “The sabbath is only for the Jews.” This can only be said by Christians who do not study their Bibles for themselves (which I was once guilty of myself). The Sabbath was created by God in the Book of Genesis 2:2-3, long before a Jew existed, and long before God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses, speaking them with His mouth and writing them with His own finger in stone, to evidence their permanence.

When the Holy Spirit revealed the truth of the Sabbath to me, I was shocked and then dismayed that I had heard the truth and rebelled against it, and had allowed the erroneous traditions of men to override the true word of God in my life. I just thank God He didn’t give up on getting through to me, and that I didn’t grieve away the Holy Spirit in the process. I have to say that keeping the Sabbath as God commanded is such an amazing blessing, as God intended it to be. To take a whole 24 hours to separate from the worldly and connect with the Holy does more to rejuvenate a person and solidify our relationship with our Creator than anything else could. I know in these end times, the Holy Spirit is working to get through to all Christians, as the call to “come out of her my people, that ye not be partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4) is given louder and more powerfully. If you feel the conviction, do not turn from it, no matter how inconvenient it might seem to be. God and our right relationship with Him is eternally more important than our earthly conveniences and traditions.

The Holy Spirit also led us to present truth ministries which we still listen to daily on Youtube and continue to be edified by, such as Greg at Bible Flock Box https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIR5QZdcEZgpeCCXIiCxRYg (Greg was the one who the Holy Spirit used to unquestioningly convict me of the Sabbath truth – watch his video “20 facts every Christian should know about the Sabbath” https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=20+things+every+christian+should+know+about+the+sabbath, along with all his other other short but scripture packed and truth filled videos – he is a truly spirit-filled young man.)

Excellent Teaching for those who have been deceived by the false doctrine of a pre-trib rapture, which is no where contained in the Bible, followed by Ten Facts About the Mark of the Beast, so you can avoid it.

Baptism is a something Jesus commanded his followers to do, as He did when He was baptized by John the Baptist “to fulfill all righteousness”. It is a ceremony entered into with forethought and  deliberation, after making an informed decision to repent of our sins and accept Jesus Christ as our Redeemer, Lord and Savior and to obey and follow Him—a decision no infant is capable of making. Matthew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Aside from the fact that it is not biblical, infant baptism can lead to child abuse, as this video of a priest in France slapping a baby who is crying evidences. Now many babies getting water dribbled on them might be likely to cry, but most spiritual leaders are not in the habit of striking them and holding their faces until they scream and their frantic parent has to snatch them away. It was reported that after this video went viral, the priest was suspended.

You can read the complete Newsweek article here if you video-catholic-priest-caught-violently-slapping-baby-during-baptism-stop-it-989009

An excellent documentary on the history of the Bible which every Christian and Catholic should watch, as well as those who question the accuracy of the Bible. It does confirm in my mind the importance of doing our study with the King James Version, even if we read the NKJV or other version.