Romans 8:26 - God's Promise To Help Us Pray

Romans 8:26-28, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

I cherish this promise from God. I am reminded of this Scripture passage often. In Romans 8:26 God promises that “the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” The good LORD knows that we cannot see what goes on in the spiritual world (Ephesians 6:10-12). When Daniel prayed, he later learned from the angel sent to help him, that demonic forces hindered Daniel's answer to prayer. ...

Daniel 10:12-13, “Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”

This passage of Scripture teaches us that when we pray, the spiritual gears start turning. You're never wasting your time when you pray. If you believe that the King James Bible is verbally (Word for Word) inspired by God, then you must concede that God cares about you (1st Peter 5:7-8). You must concede that God is faithful (1st Corinthians 1:9). You must concede that God is good to all (Psalms 145:9).

Saints Walk By Faith, Not By Sight

I used to get frustrated when I prayed because I didn't see visible results right away. But then I read one day in the Word of God from 2nd Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” If we pray and look for results, we are walking by sight. That simply doesn't work friend. It disturbs me when I read about stuff like this—heathens putting God on trial. ...

Prayers Don't Help Heart Surgery Patients; Some Fare Worse When Prayed For 

Harvard University | April 3, 2006 

So far, two studies found that third-party prayers bestow benefits, but two others concluded that there are no benefits. Now, the largest study to date, covering 1,800 people who underwent coronary bypass surgery at six different hospitals, supported the latter research.

Many — if not most people — believe that prayer will help you through a medical crisis such as heart bypass surgery. If a large group of people outside yourself, your family, and your friends joined in intercessory prayer, that should be even more helpful, so such reasoning goes.

Researchers have been trying to prove this and even to measure the effect. So far, two studies found that third-party prayers bestow benefits, but two others concluded that there are no benefits. Now, the largest study to date, covering 1,800 people who underwent coronary bypass surgery at six different hospitals, supported the latter research.

Not only that, but patients who knew that others were praying for them fared worse than those who did not receive such spiritual support, or who did but were not aware of it. SOURCE

Do you really think that you can test God like you would a engine's horsepower? Dear reader, God is not a vending machine or an ATM where you insert some cash or a card, push some buttons, and get a response. The heathen people who did this test clearly do not have any faith in God. They do not fear their Creator. People with faith don't need to test God.

My mother used to say that God works in mysterious ways. That is, they are mysterious to us because God thinks and works differently than we do. Isaiah 55:8-9, “ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” The most foolish and vain thing you will ever do is to attempt to figure out God. Don't bother trying dear friend, because the LORD's ways are beyond human understanding. The Holy Bible is full of amazing true stories of how God beautifully worked from behind the scenes in ways that no one suspected. The intriguing stories of Joseph, Moses and Esther are perfect examples.

Jesus told us in Mark 11:22b, “Have faith in God.” That's good enough for me. The Word of God says we walk by FAITH as God's redeemed children, not by SIGHT as the world does. I have heard fools all my life challenge God, demanding some type of visible proof before they will believe the Holy Bible. But dear reader, the only evidence they will ever receive from God is the same evidence that was given to the rich's man's five living brothers....

Luke 16:28-31, “For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”

Pray And Then Just Trust The Good And Faithful Lord

When I pray these days, I just make my requests known unto God and then I forget about them. Whether God answers in an obvious visible way, or He quietly works behind the scenes, or not at all, is none of my business. My simple part is to trust the Lord and lean not upon my own understanding. Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” I think most of us pass over that part about not leaning “unto thine own understanding,” which is why so many people get discouraged when they pray and things don't happen the way they want.

Learn to simply pray and then wait upon the LORD. Did you know that “God” is not mentioned even one time in the entire book of Esther? It's true. Neither will you find the word “Lord.” Yet, throughout all ten chapters we beautifully see the mighty omnipotent, omnipresent, omnisapient, omnibenevolent and omniscient hand of God at work in the lives of His dear saints. The lesson is this: When you cannot see the HAND of God at work, trust the great HEART of God.

God has made a wonderful promise in Romans 8:26 that the indwelling Holy Spirit (which every born again believer has living inside their body, soul and spirit) maketh INTERCESSION for us. God cares more than you or I could ever comprehend. Since we live in a fallen world, we have to suffer like everyone else does (Romans 5:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11). Sometimes good things happen to bad people, and vise versa. Life is not fair! Life is a veil of tears. But dear reader, God is fair. God is faithful. God is just. I cannot explain it in lieu of this world's horrific suffering, but I believe the inspired Word of God.

I have confirmed from various sources the tragic fact, that every day in this broken world approximately 25,000 people die of starvation or related issues due to a lack of proper nutrition. That's 25,000 deaths each and every single day! The country of India is the second largest producer of food on the planet, and yet India is the third leading country with deaths from starvation. Go figure! The causes are greedy, poverty, lack of infrastructure, logistics and corruption, to name but a few reasons. So sad! That is not God's fault. The LORD is not to blame for the evil ways of mankind. The haves don't care about the have nots, just like in the United States today. Homelessness and poverty is an epidemic across America.

I find great comfort in knowing that the Holy Spirit is constantly looking out for me, praying on my behalf to the heavenly Father. Romans 8:26b plainly says “for we know not what we should pray for as we ought.” The Bible doesn't say that some saints don't know what to pray for, it says NONE of us know what to pray for. How can we since we cannot see the unseen world? I'll be the first to admit that I sure don't know what to ask Go for, and that is what prayer is, asking. This passage goes perfectly with another Scripture passage...

Philippians 4:6-7, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

When you trust God because of WHO HE IS, instead of focusing upon prayer as some type of beneficial therapy as the heathen world does (Matthew 6:7-8), only then will you begin to blindly trust the faithful LORD in all situations. Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” The only way that you can claim the peace of God WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING is you'll have to trust that God is wise, caring and powerful enough to handle your prayer requests.

Forget about focusing on your prayer life, and instead start focusing on God's goodness and faithfulness to keep His promises.

God's Promise Of Peace For Those Who Trust Him

Isaiah 26:3-4, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”

The Hebrew word for “stayed” in Isaiah 26:3 is samak which means “to lean upon or take hold.” Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

The inspired Holy Bible promises peace to those who trust upon the Lord. John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” The world's peace is rooted in money, acceptance by peers and security. But these things are only temporal. The peace that Jesus gives transcends the material world. That is why Paul and Silas could sing spiritual hymns while shackled in ankle irons and chains in prison awaiting execution.

God's Promise To Always Preserve The Earth

Ecclesiastes 1:4, “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”

I hear countless people on social media worrying (inspired by such popular movies as Deep Impact and Armageddon) about an asteroid ending life on earth (aka, "E. L. E." - an Extinction Level Event), et cetera. The child of God fully understands that God is in ultimate control and we have nothing to fear. The inspired Word of God promises that the earth will exist forever.

God's Promise To Send Strong Delusion

2nd Thessalonians 2:8-12, “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.”

I humbly believe that this passage of Scripture means God doesn't want anyone getting saved after the fact, that is, after they know what the truth is. When they were living for the pleasures of sin, they refused to heed the Gospel to be saved; but when the Tribulation comes and the truth becomes quite evident, it will be too late for them. God promises to send STRONG DELUSION to ensure that those wicked sinners don't get saved.

Please don't misunderstand, God does want sinners to get saved. 2nd Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

This interesting passage of Scripture reveals God's mindset in salvation. The LORD wants every human being to come JUST AS I AM without one plea, as a guilty needy sinner deserving of eternal damnation in Hell, to be saved through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Salvation is simply a matter of believing that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross.

The inspired King James Bible warns that love for sinning hinders a person from getting saved. God's wants us to acknowledge THE TRUTH (which is repentance) to admit that we are a SINNER and Jesus is the only SAVIOR. Many preachers make the fatal mistake of thinking that being willing to turn away from your sins is the antithesis of John 3:20, “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” This verse plainly tells us that a person's love for sinning prevents that individual from coming to the light of the truth of the Gospel to be saved. This is why Jesus said in John 5:40, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Jesus did not say “ye cannot,” He said “ye will not come.”

What every corrupt neo-evangelical and neo-fundamentalist pastor ignores is John 3:21, “But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” Carefully notice that the Bible doesn't say, “But he that is willing to turn from his sin” cometh to the light. No. The Bible doesn't say, “But he that repents of his sin” cometh to the light. Nope. The Bible doesn't say, “But he that follows Christ cometh to the light.” No. The Bible simply says, “But he that doeth truth cometh to the light.” The opposite of doing evil is not turning from it; the opposite of doing evil is doing truth (that is, obeying the truth of the Gospel by believing it).

2nd Timothy 2:25, “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.” I love that phrase—REPENTANCE TO THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TRUTH!!! That is what repentance is dear reader—to simply acknowledge THE TRUTH that you are a guilty SINNER, and Jesus is the only SAVIOR. Repentance means to change your mind—that’s what believing is. In salvation, you have turned from your sin of unbelief to trust Christ.

Now is the time to get saved dear friend while you still can. The LORD frowns upon those who refuse to heed the Gospel in fair weather. If you wait until the Rapture comes, and you are left behind, you may find yourself out of luck. The Scripture warns that God is going to send STRONG DELUSION, and the Bible tells us exactly why. It is because when those sinners had the opportunity to get saved, they chose their sinful lifestyles over cometh to the truth of the Gospel to be saved. The problem was never that they needed to turn away from their sinning. No Sir! That is the counterfeit plan of salvation that most churches are propagating today.

The issue is that they refused to repent TOWARD GOD (Acts 20:21), to simply admit that they were guilty needy sinners and believe upon the name of the only begotten Son of God, the Christ (John 20:31). I am alarmed that I increasingly hear bad preachers embellishing the Greek meaning of the noun (metanoia) “repent” in the New Testament. The word just means “a change of mind,” nothing more. It doesn't mean “a change of mind resulting in a change of behavior,” which is what they wickedly teach at Pensacola Christian College (PCC).

In fact, the Greek word metanoia (repent) doesn't even tell us what to change our mind about. So, we need supplemental information! That extra information can only be determined by a particular Scripture passage. For example: I quoted 2nd Timothy 2:25 to you a moment ago. Here it is again. 2nd Timothy 2:25, “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.” In this text the Bible makes it clear that we are to change our mind to acknowledge “the truth.” The Greek word for “acknowledge” is epignosis which means “recognition, that is, full discernment.” No man can believe the truth to be saved until he first has and accepts the truth. Bible repentance is changing our mind to accept (or recognize) the truth that we are a SINNER and Jesus is the SAVIOR. This has nothing to do with reformation or turning from your sinful ways to get to Heaven. Reformation (a change of behavior) is a work of the indwelling Holy Spirit in the growth of an obedient believer (i.e., sanctification and discipleship, not salvation and sonship).

The Father's Promise To Save Them That Believe

John 3:14-16, “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. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

I love this passage of inspired Scripture. Here is the Old Testament story, so that you will understand these Bible verses in John chapter three...

Numbers 21:4-9, “And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?  for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.  And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”

So, we learn that the Jews began to whine and complain. They moaned like big babies for lack of bread and water. After all that God had done for them, they still doubted Him. I mean, the LORD parted the Red Sea right before their very eyes, and they walked across the sea bed on dry ground, seeing the walls of water held back on each side. They saw the entire Egyptian army drowned in the Red Sea when they pursued the Jews. Yet, after beholding these mighty miracles of almighty God, they complained in doubt instead of trusting in faith that God would take care of them. Dear reader, how much do you complain? Do you trust God when things are looking bleak? Do we thank God in every thing?

Jesus Himself uses this illustration from Numbers 21:4-9 to picture getting saved. Due to their complaining, God sent deadly serpents with fiery bites to hurt the people. Although the Bible doesn't tell us the exact number of Hebrews that died, we read in verse 6 that “much people of Israel died.” It is estimated that there were about 600,000 Jews wandering in the Wilderness. I humbly believe the death toll was in the thousands. In response to his prayer, God told Moses to fabricate a serpent made from brass, and to elevate that serpent upon on a tall pole, and instruct the people to LOOK to the serpent and LIVE.

Jesus used this illustration as a beautiful picture of how to be saved. Just as the victims bitten by deadly snakes LOOKED to the brass serpent to LIVE, even so must we guilty sinners LOOK TO JESUS TO LIVE. Isaiah 45:22, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” The Jews were healed when they LOOKED. Dear reader, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of familiarizing yourself with these Bible passages, because in these truths we see the simplicity of God's plan of salvation. LOOK AND LIVE!!!

John 3:14-16, “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. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

God the Father promises to save any sinner who BELIEVES IN CHRIST.

In nearly every church, rescue mission, military chapel, ministry and Bible college today a counterfeit plan of salvation is being preached.

Here is some of the heretical nonsense that you'll hear in religious circles today:

1. Give your life to Christ
2. Repent of your sins
3. Be willing to turn from sin
4. Invite Jesus into your heart
5. Become a Christ follower
6. Live a lifestyle of repentance
7. Run the race faithfully until the end
8. Endure in holiness until the end
9. Surrender to obey God's will for your life
10. Accept Jesus as your “Lord”
11. Get water baptized
12. Confess the name of Jesus publicly
13. Pray a sinner's prayer
14. Live a changed life
15. Exchange all that you are for all that Christ is, a trade of sorts
16. Become a disciple of Jesus
17. Do many wonderful works in Jesus' name
18. Preach in Jesus' name
19. Serve God diligently
20. Live the Christian life

NONE of these aforementioned things are required to get to Heaven. You may do all of these things and yet never be born again at all, and still miss Heaven.

John 3:3b, 'YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN'!

The only way to be saved is to LOOK TO THE LAMB OF GOD. John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” LOOK AND LIVE dear reader!

God's Promise To Provide For His Children

Philippians 4:19, “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

I remember back in 2016 when Pastor Clarence Sexton (1948-2023) was hounding his members at Temple Baptist Church in Tennessee for $1,000,000 in donations to renovate Crown College. I love Pastor Steven Anderson's sermon titled, "The Bible College Scam."

I don't like it when money becomes such a big issue to covetous pastors that they're continually hounding their people for more, more, more. If your ministry projects are so overly zealous as a pastor, that you have to constantly pressure the saints to “give until it hurts,” you're being unethical and need to back off and get realistic in your plans.

The churches are shrinking while the Bible colleges are growing. I've seen churches where the spirit of the service was killed by a pastor constantly browbeating church members for more money. I love how Faithful Word Baptist Church handles God's money. They don't save any money, they invest all of it each year into their soulwinning ministries. Damn the torpedoes! I've heard Pastor Anderson sarcastically sing, “We'll rent 'til Jesus comes.” I love it!

Jesus Warned No Man Can Serve Two Masters

I love the following passage spoken by Christ Himself, in which He explains that no Christian can pursue money and still at the same time please God...

Matthew 6:24-34, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

The reason why 99% of so-called “ministries” today are shallow, dead, doctrinally corrupt and couldn't care less about individual people is because they are serving their bellies (Romans 16:17-18). I'm talking about the cesspool of iniquity at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) and their damnable Lordship Salvation heresy. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

PCC takes in a disgusting $175,000,000 per year. That's blood money! That's filthy lucre! At PCC the cult system always comes first, but individual people do not matter. They have the letter of the law that killeth, but they do not have the Holy Spirit who giveth life. PCC is a deadly religious cult that I cannot warn you enough to please avoid at all cost.

God has promised to take care of His saints. You don't have to sell out like PCC to the love of money (1st Timothy 6:8-11). You may not become wealthy financially, but God will always provide food and raiment. Philippians 4:19, “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

The Promise Of The Second Death

Revelation 21:7-8, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 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.”

The inspired Holy Bible warns that whosoever dies in their sins without having received Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for their sins, will burn in Hell forever. This is a PROMISE from God. Please do not make the grave error of thinking that our divine Creator, whose very existence is love, will led you slide at the Great White Throne of Judgment.

God's holiness demands justice, and no amount of His unfeigned love can help you on Judgment Day if you reject His only escape plan, which is through childlike faith in the sacrifice of His only begotten Son 2,000 years ago on Calvary's cross. Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt of sin we could not pay. Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” It was God's unconditional love for all humanity that compelled Him to send His only begotten Son into the cruel world, to die a criminal's death on a cross, so that we could freely be saved.

My heart break when I think about where Christ-rejecters are today. Fools like Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (1921-1999), who was an avowed atheist. Creepy singer David Bowie (1947-2016), who died in his Christless Buddhist faith and was given a Buddhist funeral at his own request. Apple founder, Steve Jobs (1955-2011) died in his Buddhist faith. I could name thousands of fools. I didn't call them fools, Jesus Himself did in Luke 24:25, “Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.”

Dear reader, only a fool is slow to believe the inspired King James Bible. It is God's inspired, eternally preserved, innerant, infallible, holy and incorruptible, pure Words! Jesus said you are a FOOL if you are even slow to believe all that the Word of God proclaims! But you say, “Do you mean to tell me that you actually think a whale swallowed Jonah?” Yes, and I believe Jonah could have swallowed the whale if God deemed it so! There is nothing too hard for God to do!

Astronomers recently discovered using the amazing James Webb Space Telescope, which uses infrared technology operating at near absolute zero temperatures,  that there are at least 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the observable universe! And if that isn't astounding enough, thousands of engineers and scientists are now developing the successor to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which will be called the Habitable Worlds Observation, which is slated to launch in Mat of 2027. In fact, scientists are working on all kinds of future ideas for further space exploration, to learn the secrets of God's amazing universe!

Dear reader, have you been born again? You will never be asked a more important question. It matters not how rich or poor you are in this earthly lifetime. You may be a plumber, or flipping burgers at McDonald's, or a multi-millionaire Hollywood actor, or a successful billionaire businessman, it matters not. Jesus warned in John 3:3b, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” You do have a choice to make, and your eternal happiness and wellbeing 100% depend upon your final decision. What will you do with Jesus Christ? Do you think Jesus was a liar, lunatic or Lord?

By “Lord” I do not mean if you are willing to serve and surrender to obey Him to forsake your sins. That is the Satanic lie of Lordship Salvation which has crept into most church cults today. By “Lord” (Greek: curious), I mean do you believe that Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh? Do you think that Jesus is God's only begotten Son? John 20:31, “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.”

God PROMISES eternal life to any admitted guilty sinner who by faith (taking God at His recorded Word in the Holy Bible), accepts Christ's sacrificial death on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then miraculously resurrected from the dead three days later. This is “the gospel“” according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6. Anybody who believes (relies upon, trusts) this “Gospel” (which word means “GOOD NEWS”) is instantly, irrevocably and forever saved and secure in the arms of the everlasting Father. Deuteronomy 33:27, “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.”

Oh friend, listen to me, the Bible warns that there is a literal physical place called Hell. And there is a literal physical place called Heaven. When Jesus raised up from the dead, He did so in a physical body and was seen by over 500 saints at once time (1st Corinthians 15:6). Jesus physically appears to His disciples after He arose from the grave. And finally, Jesus physically ascended into the air, escorted by angels, and was seen leaving this earth in a visible physical body. There is no reason to speculate that Jesus became a spirit as He ascended into the clouds and perhaps even outer space.

I think it is safe to say that there was a miracle involved, considering that there is no oxygen in outer space and the temperature drops to absolute zero once in deep space (-459.6° F). Just to travel to the nearest star (other than our solar system's own sun), which is Alpha Centauri takes 4.34 light years (that's 25,800,000,000,000 miles). That's just the nearest star next to our own sun. When you look up into the evening sky, the stars you are seeing are an average of 2,000 lightyears away (that's 11,760,000,000,000,000 miles). Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

Please don't end up in the Lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. You may not believe that touching a hot glowing stove burner will hurt you, but I assure you that it will. You may not think that dropping a plugged in 115 volt electric hairdryer or radio into your bathtub will electrocute you, but it absolutely will. If God allows war, pain, torture and inexplicable suffering in this earthly lifetime, what makes you think that He won't in the afterlife?

Revelation 21:7-8, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 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.”

To overcome simply means to get born again. We know this, from comparing Scripture with Scripture, which is the proper way to interpret the inspired Holy Scripture. 1st John 5:4-5, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” Do you believe dear friend that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, the Christ, God almighty in the flesh? Your eternal destiny depends  upon it.

John 8:24, “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” If you have a more expensive quality Bible, the pronoun he is in italics, meaning that it was added by the 54 King James translators for clarity in the English language. Those 54 translators were so honest in their work that they left it up to you dear reader to determine what God meant. So, what Jesus literally said is, “for if ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins.” That is very interesting. John 8:58, “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” Exodus 3:14, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Jesus was claiming to be God. Don't ever believe any liar who says that Jesus never claimed to be God, because He sure did!

Hell is a literal physical place. If you die in your sins without Christ, you will burn in the Lake of Fire ever without rest, day and night. You won't be given one drop of water (Luke 16:24). If you foolishly think that the story Jesus told in Luke 16:19-31 about the Rich Man And Lazarus, you are greatly mistaken friend. Jesus never called this a parable, which He did when telling parables. Also, Jesus uses proper nouns in this story for Lazars and Moses, which Christ never did when telling parables. Luke 16:19-31 is a literal account of something that happened. Jesus said in John 14:2b, “if it were not so, I would have told you.” Jesus said what He meant, and He meant what He said. If Christ did otherwise, He would have been a wicked deceiver! Hell is a very real place of torment, pain, regret, misery and fire. The great news is that if you are reading this it is still not too late for you to be saved.

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He That Feareth God Shall Come Forth Of Them All

Ecclesiastes 7:17-18, “Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.”

I was listening this morning to Alexander Scourby (1913-1985) read the precious book of Psalms. Ironically, I chose my main text passage of Scripture from Ecclesiastes 7:18b, “he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.” I love that promise from the LORD!

We are living in a wicked world. The world has always been full of wickedness (1st John 5:19). As I listened to the Psalms this morning, the following passages burned within my heart as I heard them read to me. I couldn't help but think about all the violent protesters in Minneapolis, which according to the media are being financially backed by ungodly communists, foreign billionaires and subversive groups. You couldn't make this stuff up. Truth is stranger than fiction. When I read the following passages, I am reminded of the wicked Democrats, law breakers, violent protesters in the United States...

Psalms 7:9-11, “Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.  My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.”

Tragically, Renee Good and Alex Pretti died this month because of their own folly, violently impeding, interfering and resisting law enforcement. They went looking for trouble and they found it (go type “FAFO” in an internet search if you don't know what it means)...

Psalms 7:15-16, “He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.”

I feel sorry for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but I do not feel any sympathy for them because they deliberately committed felonies by impeding, interfering and resisting God-ordained higher powers (federal agents). If you read and believe Romans 13:1-4 as a Christian, then you cannot side with the violent protesters. ...

Romans 13:1-2, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

We have a serious problem with lack of respect for authority in the United States. That is why there are so many divorces nowadays, because wives refuse to submit to their husbands as unto the Lord (Ephesians 5:22). That is why churches everywhere have become religious cults, because men have usurped authority instead of obeying the inspired Word of God. I love this sermon by Pastor Lester Roloff (1914-1982) titled: 'Running Short On Authority.' The Holy Bible, and NOT the pastor, is the only legitimate authority in a local church. The only power a pastor has is the power of influence as he follows God's inspired Words.

Wicked people dig their own graves (so to speak)...

Psalms 9:15-20, “The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.”

Scumbag criminal politician Iilan Omar and her wicked crooked husband should be going to prison for financial fraud. I hope justice will be done! We've seen so much corruption, fraud and stealing of taxpayer money by the evil Clinton and Bush crime families, along with incompetent fools like Barack Obama and Joe Biden (all losers, liars and loathsome criminals). God sees it all, which is my only comfort. Ecclesiastes 5:8 PROMISES that God will bring them all to justice. NO ONE shall escape the LORD's righteous judgment, scrutiny and wrath!!!

Psalms 10:8-11, “He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.”

Wicked Iilan Omar and her vile husband, and hundreds more crooked Somalians, wickedly stole $9,000,000,000 FROM THE POOR in Minnesota! One of the methods Somalis use to scam taxpayers is fake interpretation services. Heads need to roll! God won't allow any of the criminal perpetrators to escape accountability. They stole from the poor!

God absolutely hates the anarchy that is happening in Minneapolis. One I.C.E. agent had his finger bitten off by a violent protester. I love the last part of verse 7, which PROMISES that God always sees the upright. God sees the evil, but He also sees the good. Moreover, the LORD's countenance is toward (pleased with as a proud Father) His saints who walk in faith...

Psalms 11:5-7, “The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”

Dear reader, God is to be greatly feared...

Psalms 76:7, “Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?”

Time Is Running Out For Free Climber Alex Honnold

I watched Alex Honnold climb the tallest building in Taiwan this week, the Taipei 101. Wow, I sure admire that guy! Yet, tragically, Alex is an avowed atheist. According to Romans 1:20 he is also a bold-faced liar, because the Bible says everyone KNOWS there is a God. Unless Alex has searched out every facet of the universe, through all time, neither he or anybody else can honestly say that God does not exist. ...

Romans 1:20-21, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

Oh foolish Alex! I promise you he'll believe in God 2 seconds after he leaves this earthly body someday. There are no atheists in Hell! ...

Psalms 33:8, “Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.”

Getting saved is a matter of gratitude toward God, or the lack thereof. The Bible says “when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful.” I am humbly thankful to my Creator for the many blessings in my life. God is good and faithful at all times!

On page 139 of his book, “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” Pastor John Cumming (1807-1881) makes a brilliant observation concerning professed atheists...

Atheism is folly as much as wickedness. But suffer me, before I show this, to say, that it is absolutely impossible that any man can be an atheist, in the strict sense of that word. All that any can say is this: “No spot that I have searched does reveal a God; every organization I have examined does not show traces of wisdom, goodness, and design:” but that individual cannot say; “There is no God;” because he cannot say, “I have soared to the farthest star, I have descended to the deepest mines, I have swept all space, and searched all time, and in the realms of infinite space I have not detected any traces of a God.” In other words, to be able to say, “There is no God,” you must yourself assume to be God, which is a reductio ad absurdum, an utter and a complete absurdity.

SOURCE: “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” p. 139; by Rev. John Cumming, D.D.; New York: Published by Carlton & Lanahan; 200 Mulberry-Street; 1868

What a brilliant observation! How can any man claim to be an atheist unless he has traveled to the farthest place in the universe? The nearest star to the earth (after our own sun) is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light-years away (28,200,000,000,000 miles away!). That means when you look up at the stars at night, you're looking at least 4.37 years into the past! Most of the evening star's light is thousands and millions of years old, even billions!

This is just one star, being the closest to earth besides our own sun, which is 93,000,000,000 miles away. My friend, the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that there are at least 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies in the universe. And each of those galaxies contains BILLIONS of stars! There are an estimated 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (200 sextillion) stars in the observable universe, which is more stars than grains of sand upon the earth! God is more than amazing! This great Creator sacrificed His only begotten Son on a cross 2,000 years ago FOR YOU dear reader, and for all humanity. Hebrews 2:3, “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.” Truthfully I tell you, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:1-7). Have you been born again dear reader?

Ecclesiastes 7:17-18, “Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.”

God's Promise Of Bible Preaching To Change Lives

Titus 1:1-4, “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”

I heard this tremendous needful sermon today by Pastor Steven Anderson titled, “Fools For Christ's Sake.” Here is the video of the sermon on Rumble. I hope you will listen to it. Ecclesiastes 12:9, “And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.” God has given us pastors and preachers to teach us. Jeremiah 3:15, “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Fools For Christ's Sake

Tragically, in these modern times more than ever pastors have had a wicked tendency to become corrupt, brutish (lacking good sense) and stupid. Unfortunately, most pastors are not preachers. Churches are born, they live, they decay and they die, just like human beings do. Preaching is the heart of a church. Without Bible preaching a church is merely a social club. Most Baptist churches today function as social clubs, fun centers and retirement communities; not obeying The Great Commission to go out into the highways and hedges to preach the Gospel to lost sinners. Sadly, ninety-nine percent of churches today are lukewarm or dead, and many others are religious cults that preach a counterfeit plan of salvation.

We all need Bible preaching every day to help us think and live right. I heard this sermon today and felt compelled to share it with everyone. Pastor Anderson preaches the truth that divorce is a sin, and there are no biblical grounds for divorce. We live in an ungodly culture today that praises ungodly women who divorce their husbands, but the Bible calls it wickedness (Jeremiah 3:20). Even if you are married to a bad wife or husband, God commands you to tough it out and stay married to that person, no matter what.

 

Going to church is worthless if there is no Bible preaching. Peaching is truth set on fire.

Infamous Quotes By Atheists And Scoffers

Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words SHALL NOT pass away.”

God promised that the inspired Holy Bible will remain forever. The words of some mortal infidel sinners will never negate what almighty God has said and promised.

Romans 1:22, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” Read for yourself the foolish statements of the heathen world...

“Christianity is such a silly religion.” —Gore Vidal

What saith the Scripture?

1st Corinthians 1:18, “For the preaching of the cross is TO THEM THAT PERISH foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

Here's another quote...

“The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.” —Robert Ingersoll

What saith the Scripture?

1st Corinthians 2:14, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

Quote...

“...It would be more consistent that we call the Bible the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.” —Thomas Paine

What saith the Scripture?

Isaiah 5:20, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

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“Christians are losers.” —Ted Turner

What saith the Scripture?

Romans 8:37, “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”

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“If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.” —Voltaire

What saith the Scripture?

Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words SHALL NOT pass away.”

Look what wicked Voltaire said about Bible inspiration...

“The Bible is not the inspired, inerrant and 100% historically true words of God. ... If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man’s belief in the Bible.” —Voltaire (French philosopher and former unbeliever 1694-1778 - He now knows better [in Hell])

Please don't miss this! By attacking Bible inspiration, hellbound atheist (Voltaire) plainly revealed how important it is to believe that we have an inspired Holy Bible today. Jesus said that His Words were spirit and life (John 6:63). Jesus' words today in 2025 still have the power of the Holy Spirit and they still give life. I refuse to believe that the omnipotent Creator of the universe and beyond is incapable to preserving His perfectly inspired Words for every generation. Why would God give us an imperfect, flawed and unreliable Bible? No way, I won't succumb to such lies. God promised in Psalms 12:6-7 to preserve His “pure words” unto every generation. God has kept His solemn promise.

If you are a scoffer or an atheist, you have NOT defeated the word of God with your big words and ideas, you have condemned yourself! Repent while you have hope or you will perish. When you die, it will be everlasting too late.

The wrath of God is hanging over your head like a storm cloud. It's there when you lay down, when you wake up, when you are working, having lunch with friends, going on a trip; everywhere you go, that wrath goes with you (Psalm 7:11). John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

The Lord PROMISED that His Words would never pass away. Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words SHALL NOT pass away.” If all Bible translations today are inferior, imperfect, flawed and less reliable than the original autographs, then God is a liar. The Lord promised that His Words would NOT pass away. That means somewhere on this planet God's inspired perfect Words still exists today. I believe the KING JAMES BIBLE to be that inspired, infallible, inerrant, holy, trustworthy and preserved Word of God.

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Five Different Types Of Crowns

1st Corinthians 3:8-9, “Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.”

The inspired Holy Bible promises five different types of crowns to the Christian believer—to those who are faithful to resist temptation, to those who preach the truth and feed Jesus' sheep, to those whose faith endure through suffering, to those who look for the glorious appearing of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ, and to those who trust in God's grace alone for eternal life. Every believer will receive at least one crown!

1. Crown of Righteousness

2nd Timothy 4:8, “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

This is a crown for every person who loves the appearing of Jesus Christ like Timothy. A crown for those ready and waiting for Jesus Christ coming. Righteousness is only by faith.

Romans 3:24, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”

Galatians 5:5, “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.”

Crown of Righteousness is a crown for every righteous person through grace by faith.

Salvation is by grace alone through faith and every person in Jesus Christ is justified and righteous, and waiting for the final salvation when Jesus appears. The crown of righteousness is for every saved person.

2. Incorruptible Crown

1st Corinthians 9:25, “And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”

Incorruptible crown is a crown for people who brought their body unto subjection, disciplined their body and had self-control.

1st Corinthians 9:24–25, “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”

1st Corinthians 9:26–27, “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

Paul uses the word ‘temperate’ meaning self – control and he explains that it is through keeping the body into subjection that you receive an incorruptible crown.

3. Crown of Life

James 1:12, “Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

Revelation 2:10, “Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”

Crown of life is a crown for people who have patiently endured trials, testing and persecution. It is for the people who bravely confront persecution for Jesus Christ even to the point of death.

4. Crown of Glory

1st Peter 5:2–4, “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.”

Crown of glory is a crown for every person who feeds the flock; – the pastors, apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers, ministers and every person carrying out the great commission.

It is a crown for the Peter's, Paul's, John's and every God’s servant preaching the Gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

This is the crown I am fighting for, remaining strong in faith and preaching the gospel no matter what comes my way as I strongly guard my crown. My heart rejoices when I remember the great reward awaiting me in heaven; the crown of Glory.

5. Crown of Rejoicing

1st Thessalonians 2:19, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”

The Crown of rejoicing will be our crown where, 

Revelation 21:4, “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

It is a crown for every saint; every saved person. Salvation is by grace alone through faith!
There are people who will have more than one type of crowns in Heaven. Which is, or which are, your crowns?