Did God Get All That He Purchased

Welcome

3007-11-21T00:08:00.000-08:00

I greet you all in the precious name of Jesus.
This blog wont start till i get the whole template edited how i would like it to be... But soon, i promise.
I will want to share good old fashioned biblical Christianity... Not the watered down impostor that America has embraced...And do i dare to say which satan has deceived many into believing and holding close to their still sinful hearts... O' how many of these professing "christians" have been mislead down that wide pathway to hell... How can i say such a thing right? I am being very judgemental right? Maybe even legalistic you may say. But THE LORD JESUS (and not i) said these things in Matt 7:13-23 (KJV):

"13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me , ye that work iniquity."

So you see... Just because you call Jesus Lord don't mean that you are saved... Just because you said a prayer inviting Jesus in your heart don't mean that you are saved... Just because you do good things don't mean that you are saved... Just because you go to church don't mean that you are saved... Just because your a preacher, pastor, minister, etc. don't mean that you are saved... There is much more to it than that, much more.
I long to see a return to biblical Christianity... to see the church that we read about in the New Testament... Where is it???
Lets get back to the Bible and what IT teaches, instead of someone who spends more time preaching and teaching than reading and learning the very Word of God.

Until next time...Read and "study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth". II Tim. 2:15

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

TESTIMONY.......

2008-12-21T14:04:00.000-08:00

I recently wrote to a fellow brother in the Lord and for the first time I actually started to write out my testimony like i never have before... It was a great time for me... The Lord was able to use it a great deal. Being able to look back and to "remember therefore from whence thou art fallen"... and to see all those times that the Lord was doing things and watching over me, it also was convicting as i looked back and seen how in certain areas and times that i was more excited about God, more zealous for Him, and more grateful towards Him than what i was being... so i was also able to "repent, and do the first works". It was an awesome time of refreshing and i have drawn back closer to the Lord because of it.
I would encourage all to set some time to the side for some detailed writing out of your testimony, and when you do i would say to make sure its a few hours that you set aside. Now remember, i didn't sit down and plan to write out my testimony, i sat down to write a letter to a brother i had recently met. I prayed and than began to write... i finally got to bed at 5:30 in the morning. I just couldn't stop, God was there, He was involved and had His way there that night... and truth be told.... that's the only reason that any good came out of it.
I am posting the testimony part of that letter. Now its quite long so you may want to print it out and read it later... or however you choose. Also, this testimony i have labeled part I because i plan to write more this is not where the testimony ends... far from it in fact. So plan on seeing part II
sometime soon. Until then, enjoy and keep your eyes on Jesus.

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

MY TESTIMONY (PART I)

First, let me just share with you a little about me… I was not raised in a Christian home nor even any thing close to what could be called “normal” or “positive”… I was raised in and around the real “biker” lifestyle. My parents are still to this day very little different than they were when I was growing up, and now think that I am some crazy religious nut that has been brainwashed.
I was locked up for the very first time when I was nine years old and continued down that path (which I had chosen) for the next16 years. I was in and out of programs, lock up facilities, juvenile detention centers, youth correction facilities, homes, juvenile probation and parole. A life of running away from home, the police and the probation officers, crime, drugs, gangs… the list is endless it seems. I was about 16 when things started to get more serious I began dealing drugs and dealing with people that were deep into things… I became one of the leaders of the gang I belonged to and I spiraled out of control. At the age of 17 I found myself sitting in a jail cell with the adults. I was facing a lot of time in state prison for stealing a truck and running two people down with it. It was a miracle that neither man died and when I went to court I ended up with a mandatory minimum 5 year and 10 month sentence, with no possibility whatsoever of seeing the so-called “free” world before then.
As I went into the state penitentiary I went in already knowing the rules of prison life and I determined in myself that I was going to survive and be a man that was to be respected… I was 5’4 , 95 lbs. blond hair and blue eyes… without going into great detail I will say this, I had gained the respect of the most respected convicts inside those prison walls and I gained it quicker then most people did. However I had already knew some of the well feared and respected men that was there. I began to get involved with the drug business and contraband business inside I also began to recruit people into the gang I was a member of, starting it up inside the prison. I became even more known and respected. I ended up getting busted for drugs and due to this they added more time onto my prison sentence. I really didn’t care anyway because I didn’t think that I was ever going to get out anyway. After awhile I was approached by another gang they wanted me to join with them. After some thought I had agreed . I quickly rose to a position of authority and became one of the leaders. When this happened I was once again “determined”… determined to have the most feared and respected gang. I quickly accomplished this goal and got more attention then I really wanted. The guards came down on me and the gang pretty hard, I was placed in max custody until I was to be released from prison because the administration had deemed me to be a threat to the safety and security of the facility, to the guards and the other inmates. Max custody is basically a 23 hour a day lock down in a single person cell, when you come out of that cell you are handcuffed behind your back and lead around with what they call a “leash”. 16 months later I was finally released from prison. I served a total of 7 years and was now 24 years old.
My first thought was to stay out, I mean I never thought I would get out but since I did I thought I should try to live something of a “normal” life. So I decided to move down to Georgia where my mom and sisters were. A fresh new start where no one knew me… I could start over. I got a job, got my own place, a car, a girlfriend and even a drivers license. However, within 3 months of being out of prison I found myself once again sitting behind bars. Georgia quickly decided they did not want someone like me in their state and placed me into federal custody. 6 months later I was released … in Oregon. I quickly got back into everything. I was right back into my old life. Nothing had changed… except I was far more worse than I was when I was a teenager. I was in and out of jail, and involved with serious people and crimes. One day I ran into an old friend of mine (Jason). We knew each other when we were teenagers, and we were even in prison together and now here we were again. We sat down and made some plans to rob some others drug dealers at gunpoint. We planed it for the up coming Friday night. All day Friday I was unable to get a hold of him, it was very weird and frustrating we both had cell phones and had been in contact throughout the week… I kept trying his phone over and over the closer that it got to evening… but never got a hold of him. A few days later I ran into a mutual friend and asked him if he heard from or seen Jason. He then proceeded to tell me how Jason met up with his little brother Friday and they went to go rod some drug dealers, there was a shootout and they were both killed. We decided to meet up later to go find them and take revenge. However, before we ever met up I was riding with someone, we got pulled over and the police found my gun underneath my seat. Back to jail I went and this time I knew that I would be going back to prison. They take guns and ex-convicts (especially ones like myself) very seriously. I was looking at another 5 years at least.
Well, I began to get myself comfortable… one day a Hispanic fellow comes up to me and asks me to draw him a card for his mother, he said that he would like me to draw a pair of praying hands with a rosary wrapped around them. I had no idea that drawing this card would change the course of my life forever. I went out to the bookshelf and grabbed a stack of religious magazines. I was only looking for a pair of praying hands to draw, so I was flipping through those pages as fast as I could, I mean I had a big stack to go through and I really didn’t care for anything that was in them…. However, I slowed down and a article caught my attention, it seemed pretty interesting, so I decided to check it out. I read a little… then a little more… and a little more till the article was finished…. Then I browsed for more articles that interested me, and I read those as well. Eventually I went back to the bookshelf grabbed some books and flipped through them reading here and there…. I began to see that my idea of “friendship” and “brotherhood” within the gangs and the lifestyle was all wrong. We didn’t really love or respect each other, we didn’t really care for each other… or at least the ways we showed it was completely wrong and hypocritical. We call someone “brother” and do things for and with them that doesn’t help them but hurt them, things that send them to prison or back to prison, things that cost them their very lives, and all the while we think we are actually helping our “friend”, or “brother” … it was all fake, nothing real and honorable about it like I thought. I was not “respectable”, I was not a “stand up guy” and neither were my so-called “friends” and “brothers”, we were all hypocrites, liars, fakes, and actual enemies of the very people that we thought we cared about and considered “friends” and “brothers”. We ’re not helping each other… we’re destroying each other in the name of loyalty, love, honor, and every other noble trait that we could think of to abuse and misuse.
I also began to see why my move to Georgia was all wrong and didn’t work for me… I realized that it didn’t matter where I went, I could have gone to Mexico, Canada, Alaska or even Hong Kong for that matter, and none of those places would have changed my out come because they could not change me. It would not have mattered where I went because it would still be the same old me and I surely couldn’t get away from him.
As I began to realize these things, to grasp them, to fully understand them, I couldn’t help but realize that my entire life was worthless. Everything… then I began to think about that Friday, that Friday that me and Jason were going to rob those drug dealers… I was supposed to be there, why couldn’t I get a hold of him that day? I should be dead, what happened? Then I remembered a few different times in my life when I should have died… accidents, shootings, fights, prison events, etc…. Then I knew the answer…. God! He intervened, he had to, there’s no other explanation. Just too much to be a coincidence. And of course once I understood this… I couldn’t help but ask myself another question… WHY? ……Then it was back to the bookshelf I went, this time it was to grab a Bible.
I would read and read… I couldn’t wait to get back to my cell and read my Bible… so eventually I went to one of the church services… of course I was lead through the old sinners prayer and told that I was saved…
The more I read, prayed and developed a relationship with Jesus the more that I began to realize that a lot of things had to change. I was convicted of the things that would come out of my mouth, the words I would use, the conversations that I would have … I tried so hard to stop , failure after failure… eventually, I learned how to get the strength I needed from the Lord and not myself, because my strength just wasn’t good enough. This was my first steps taken as a new baby.
One day I was sitting in a church service and something came across the pulpit that I knew was wrong. I went back to my cell and studied and studied till I found all the scriptural proof that I needed to prove to myself that what was said was wrong and un-biblical. With this freshly received knowledge I sat back on my jail bed with a smile… mission accomplished. My smile quickly faded when the Lord quickly corrected me…. “mission NOT accomplished”. What do you mean Lord??? And I tell you what brother I’ve never been so scared and nervous in my life as when the Lord impressed it upon me that I was to take all that I had just received and correct the false teaching. O how I began to come up with so many excuses and reasons that I couldn’t and wouldn’t preach… God very graciously and lovingly told me that I would. I didn’t want to preach, couldn’t preach, and that I would just talk to the guy at the next church service. The whole week I was shaky, He wouldn’t leave me alone about it. I would beg Him to leave me alone, it wasn’t for me. Well Sunday came, I was so nervous, I prayed that they would cancel church services. However they didn’t, it seemed to come earlier then normal actually… so there I sat in the front row as always, next to a fellow brother that I would always sit next to. I leaned over and I whispered to him that God had put something on my heart to share but that I couldn’t do it, he just smiled and said not to worry about it. We started to sing and I began to pray something like this: “God, I cant do this, there’s no way I have the strength or courage to even walk up to the pulpit, the only way that I could go up there is if I was pushed up there or something. Please forgive me.” once the singing was done and the service started, the preacher shared for about 5-10 minutes then opened the pulpit for anyone that may have something to share, and the brother sitting next to me gently placed his hand on my back and literally pushed me up out of my seat towards the pulpit in such a way that I would have been far more embarrassed to quickly sit back down than to go to the pulpit, so to the pulpit I went. Afterwards I felt something that I can not explain to you, I knew that the Father was pleased with me because I was fulfilling His will for my life… and that’s when I knew what the Lord had called me to do for Him. I began to preach in the jail every service.
Then a brother came up to me and told me that he had a word from the Lord for me, that I was not going to go back to prison if I took my case all the way, that I would be released. This was a hard one for me to believe at first, I mean I was just caught with a gun, I’m guilty and if I go to court rather than plead guilty then they’ll give me more time then normal. However, I decided to trust the Lord after all the same brother that God used to push me out of my seat that day was the same one telling me this. So I did as I was told, and trusted the Lord. I even made arrangements for my release. Court came and I was given a break, they let me go.
Now that I’m getting out I don’t know what to do, where to go, or anything. I was just in jail for 4-5 months and was coming out different… I fell quickly. I was in a sinful relationship with a married but separated woman… ended up around drugs and I went down fast. In and out of jail again, back to the old me again… once I tried to turn back to God, but I stayed in the sinful relationship and I couldn’t draw close to God.
Then one day there was a big incident and I was being chased by the cops, I was caught and I sat in the hospital for 2 days before going back to jail. The court brought back the gun charge that they had released me on just a few months earlier plus the new charges that I was coming in with. There was no way that I was getting out of prison this time. I knew the court had had enough. So I sat in my cell waiting.
The funny thing is that my cell was right in front of the sign up sheet to go to church services. I would look at that sheet and feel such shame and guilt. I wanted to sign up to go to the service, but I didn’t want anyone to see me, I mean I preached in the pulpit, I was one looked to at times for help with bible studies, prayer and so fourth… I couldn’t show my face in there again. Eventually I signed up… but I didn’t go. Did that a few times and then finally I went. I wept the entire time I was there, and when I got back to my cell I spent the night getting right with my God.
I began to draw nigh to my Lord, and He began to show me all my errors. He began to teach me His ways, and a deeper understanding of His word. I was moved… I was able to see the Lord do so much in the jail before I was to go back into prison (I ended up getting a 2 year prison sentence). There was so much that He allowed me to be apart of. The unit I was in was dramatically changed before I left it. to see almost the entire unit in a circle holding hands and praying together, bible studies…. Things that you don’t usually see in jail, especially in front of everyone for all eyes to see.
There’s a intake center, which is where you go before you go into the actual prison. When I got there I began to realize and remember the reputation that I had built within the penitentiary. Everyone would know who I am, they would not be happy with me or the change that had taken place with me. What would happen to me? Would I get beat up? Would I be strong enough not to fight ? Would they kill me? Would I have the courage to stand for Christ? There in intake I took it all and placed it before the Lord and as I did that I came to a point where I said my Lord died for me and I will die for Him if I must. As it turned out no one ever messed with me, I give all praise to God because that’s not the way that someone like me that ends up turning their back on that lifestyle gets treated. Gods hand of protection was upon me. The Lord strengthened me and even though I wavered and often times would fall or stray off my path… I learned so much. I began to preach again and started bible studies and prayer meetings… but as I read my bible more and more, I started to get confused... What the bible said and what the "Christians" said and did didn't go together... I became ashamed of the "Christian" label due to how much it has been abused, watered down, misrepresented, etc... It's not what we read about in the bible. Churches that claim the name of Christ are so radically different than what we see in the New Testament that it made me ashamed to call myself a "Christian". When asked I would say "Yes, but NOT what the world has taught you to believe a "Christian" is!!!" I stopped going into the TV. room and began to encourage other “Christians” to do the same. To spend more time with their Bibles then working out or reading some magazine or novel. To stop doing the things that God hates and to give their lives to Him fully… I was quickly branded a “legalist”, my time in the pulpit was shortened and then ceased. I went through a time of discouragement… but God pulled me out of it. Eventually I was sent to another prison as I gained a lower custody status. And it was there that God began to move and work as He did when I was in the jail.
I got out in the last week of March 2006... And my walk has been full of ups and downs, failures and disappointments (and not me disappointed with God but Him disappointed with me), rising and falling, walking crawling, running, stumbling, sitting and standing. But God is good and faithful… even when I am not. And my relationship with God is stronger then it has ever been and it grows stronger with each passing day. The relationship that I have with my God can always be better, stronger and closer… but where I’m at with Him today is a place that I have never been before and I know that it will be deeper tomorrow. But its all because of Him, His greatness, His love, His mercy and kindness because I certainly don’t deserve any of it or a relationship with Him… He is definitely better to me than I deserve. I now have a wife that The Great God has provided for me and he blessed us with a baby girl on Feb. 12, 2007 we named her Heaven Leigh Lynn Frost. And then He decided to bless us again with a baby boy on Dec. 22, 2007 and we named him Elias Stephen Daniel Frost… but that’s not the end because He has decided to bless us even again and we are expecting another little boy around the middle of January. God has blessed us so much… the blessings cant be numbered. I deserve the flames of hell for all eternity… and I would serve Him all the days of my life even if I were to go to hell in the end because He is worthy.

The Truth Concerning Atheism

2008-04-06T18:52:00.000-07:00

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

THATS MY KING!!!

2008-04-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

This is from a compilation that i really liked, however the music it had with it... well, i didn't think really went with the words. But i wanted to share the words with you all, so here they are. Hope you like......

My King was born King.
The Bible says He’s a Seven Way King.
He’s the King of the Jews – that’s a racial King.
He’s the King of Israel – that’s a National King.
He’s the King of righteousness.
He’s the King of the ages.
He’s the King of Heaven.
He’s the King of glory.
He’s the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords.

Now that’s my King.

Well I wonder if you know Him. Do you know Him?
Don’t try to mislead me. Do you know my King?

David said the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament show His handiwork.

My King is the only one whom there are no means of measure can define His limitless love.
No far seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shore of supplies.
No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.
Well, well, He’s enduringly strong.
He’s entirely sincere.
He’s eternally steadfast.
He’s immortally graceful.
He’s imperially powerful.
He’s impartially merciful.
That’s my King.

He’s God’s Son.
He’s the sinner’s saviour.
He’s the centrepiece of civilization.
He stands alone in Himself.
He’s honest.
He’s unique.
He’s unparalleled.
He’s unprecedented.
He’s supreme.
He’s pre-eminent.
Well, He’s the grandest idea in literature.
He’s the highest personality in philosophy.
He’s the supreme problem in high criticism.
He’s the fundamental doctrine of proved theology.
He’s the carnal necessity of spiritual religion.
That’s my King.

He’s the miracle of the age.
He’s the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him.
Well, He’s the only one able to supply all of our needs simultaneously.
He supplies strength for the weak.
He’s available for the tempted and the tried.
He sympathizes and He saves.
He’s a strong God and He guides.
He heals the sick.
He cleanses the lepers.
He forgives sinners.
He discharged debtors.
He delivers the captives.
He defends the feeble.
He blesses the young.
He serves the unfortunate.
He regards the aged.
He rewards the diligent and He beautifies the meek.

Do you know Him?

Well, my King is a King of knowledge.
He’s the wellspring of wisdom.
He’s the doorway of deliverance.
He’s the pathway of peace.
He’s the roadway of righteousness.
He’s the highway of holiness.
He’s the gateway of glory.
He’s the master of the mighty.
He’s the captain of the conquerors.
He’s the head of the heroes.
He’s the leader of the legislatures.
He’s the overseer of the overcomers.
He’s the governor of governors.
He’s the prince of princes.
He’s the King of kings and He’s the Lord of lords.

That’s my King. Yeah. Yeah.
That’s my King. My King, yeah.

His office is manifold.
His promise is sure.
His light is matchless.
His goodness is limitless.
His mercy is everlasting.
His love never changes.
His Word is enough.
His grace is sufficient.
His reign is righteous.
His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

Well. I wish I could describe Him to you, but He’s indescribable. He’s indescribable. Yes.
He’s incomprehensible.
He’s invincible.
He’s irresistible.

I’m coming to tell you, the heavens of heavens cannot contain Him, let alone a man explaining Him.
You can’t get Him out of your mind.
You can’t get Him off of your hands.
You can’t outlive Him and you can’t live without Him.

Well, Pharisees couldn’t stand Him, but they found out they couldn’t stop Him.
Pilot couldn’t find any fault in Him.
The witnesses couldn’t get their testimonies to agree.
Herod couldn’t kill Him.
Death couldn’t handle Him and the grave couldn’t hold Him.
That’s my King. Yeah.

He always has been and He always will be.
I’m talking about He had no predecessor and He’ll have no successor.
There’s nobody before Him and there’ll be nobody after Him.
You can’t impeach Him and He’s not going to resign.
That’s my King!
That’s my King!

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

Letter of admonishment

2008-04-04T23:03:00.000-07:00

I am posting a letter that i felt lead to write to a church that is close by me... After i wrote it i felt that the principles in it would be good for the blog. So heres that letter:

I greet you in the precious name of Jesus,

I would like to share biblical Christianity... Not the watered down impostor that America has embraced...And do i dare to say which satan has deceived many into believing and holding close to their still sinful hearts... O' how many of these professing "christians" have been mislead down that wide pathway to hell... How can i say such a thing right? I am being very judgmental right? Maybe even legalistic you may say… But I want to look at what the word of God says… Not what I say.
You see, writing this letter to you is a very dangerous thing, WHY? Well another preacher put it like this… its very dangerous for me because the word of God says that false teachers will undergo greater condemnation. You see, if what I write to you in this letter is not true then I am in great trouble and have every right to write these very words with fear and trembling, because I will stand before God Guilty and condemned… BUT… if what I write to you is true then YOU are the one with cause for fear and trembling, and your problem will not be with me but it will be with God and His word. So you must make a decision: am I a false teacher or am I writing you the truth… And if I am writing you the truth, then nothing else matters except conforming your life to that truth.

Lets look at what THE LORD JESUS (and not I) said in Matt 7:13-27 (KJV):

Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

So you see... Just because you call Jesus Lord don't mean that you are saved... Just because you said a prayer inviting Jesus in your heart don't mean that you are saved... Just because you do good things don't mean that you are saved... Just because you go to church don't mean that you are saved... Just because your a preacher, pastor, minister, etc. don't mean that you are saved... There is much more to it than that, much more.
I long to see a return to biblical Christianity... to see the church that we read about in the New Testament... Where is it???
Lets get back to the Bible and what IT teaches, instead of someone who spends more time preaching and teaching than reading and learning the very Word of God.

I mean… Do we today have a better understanding of the teachings of Jesus Christ than the apostles did? He left them to start His Church, don’t you think that they knew how He wants it to be, and how He wants it to be ran and how He wants it to be built and how He wants it to be governed? He (Jesus) spent 3 years straight with them, praying, teaching and leading them… for what? To start His church and give ALL an example of how to live and how to represent Him and His church.
I’d like for us to look at a verse:
(KJV) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2Ti 3:16

Did the apostles write and teach things that God wanted them to teach, preach, and write? Or did they teach, preach, and write their own words? If their own words, then the New Testament is not inspired by God and therefore should be taken out of that book that we call “The HOLY Bible” because there is nothing HOLY about it, if its not from God … BUT, if the things that they teached, preached, and wrote is in fact the things that God wanted them to, then the New Testament IS inspired by GOD, and IS in fact HOLY, and IS in fact the word of God and should in fact be obeyed, because in obeying it you are in fact obeying GOD… Likewise, if you do not do the things that it teaches, your not disobeying customs and traditions of men, you are in fact DISOBEYING GOD!!!

I agree with your very own Monika Nikolova when she said: “Blessings always follow Obedience. The Bible says that if you obey you will eat the good of the land. It is so true, when we obey God, he always blesses us.“ in one of the blogs that she posted. I have listened to quite a few sermons preached from the Plainview Mennonite Church pulpit, and I see that obedience to the word of God is something that is encouraged from that pulpit… But, the bible says: (KJV) They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Tit 1:16

I would like to see God glorified by you, and by Plainview Mennonite Church, and by every single person that professes the great and beautiful name of my precious Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, that is my hearts desire with this letter and I write it from a heart filled with love for my GOD first and foremost, and for you as well.

The Bible says: (KJV) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:22

WHY?

(KJV) (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Rom 2:13
I want to see you receive all the blessings from my God and the Bible says that God gives the Holy Spirit to those that obey Him, therefore if you do not obey Him the scripture would imply that He will not give the Holy Spirit to you… If there was not this guideline then the Holy Spirit would be for them that even disobey God…(KJV) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Acts 5:32

I want to see you grow, and I want to see you filled with the Spirit of God… I want to see my Jesus get all the glory that He can from your life and mine and the only way that He can do that is through our obedience to His word.

Now, I feel lead by God and by Love to bring to your attention a few things where the word of God is not being obeyed by Plainview Mennonite Church…

1.) In 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Paul says that women are to remain silent within the assembly:
(KJV) Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

In 1 Timothy 2:11-12 Paul says that women are not allowed to speak in the assembly. When a women has a question she is to ask her husband at home in private. In Paul’s letter to young Timothy he again makes it a point to mention that women are to obey their husbands and learn in quietness.
(KJV) Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

2.) Also Jesus said: (KJV) But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Mat 5:28
And Brother Paul also said: Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. 1Co 8:13
Why then do you not encourage your women in what Brother Paul said: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 1Ti 2:9
That way weak men (Christian and non-Christian alike) are not sinning in their heart every time a “Christian” women walks by. Because if we men were all honest (even us preachers) we can struggle when women pass us by and their very presence is a temptation used (by satan) to attack us. Do we want our sisters to be used by our enemy to cause others to sin and stumble?

These 2 things are the major things that at first glance go against the word of God… And I also felt lead to tell you this scripture as well:
Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
What that has to do with you is between you and God.

Brethren, I do not count you as an enemy, the bible says: “And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” 2Th 3:14-15
That word “admonish” in the original Greek is “noutheteo” to put in mind, that is, (by implication) to caution or reprove gently: - admonish, warn.

Please notice that I bring scripture to admonish you… and not opinion.

Again I love you and want to see you be all that you can be… IN CHRIST. Please understand, I am not putting down women, there is a lot that God does through women and there is a lot that God uses them for… But there is also things that are not for them, and for the men of God only… Seek Him, obey Him in all things, not because that’s what saves you… but because He saved you. His word is true, and is always good. May God bless you.

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS

Women Preachers???

2008-04-03T23:34:00.000-07:00

I thought that i would include a link that is kinda like a study of some of what my letter said... in case you wanted a more in depth thing concerning women preachers.

http://www.biblestudyguide.org/articles/women-preachers.htm

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

Update...

2008-02-23T20:09:00.001-08:00

Greetings in the great and mighty name of the Lord Jesus , grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to whom be glory for ever and ever.
First let my ask for every ones forgiveness… I had said that I wanted to out something at least once a week, and I have not been faithful in that. There are many things that have taken place in I and my family’s life.

1.) The birth of our son (Elias Stephen Daniel Frost) took place on December 22nd, 2007 (see photo above) ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE TO GOD!!! AMEN!!!
2.) There has been waves of sickness flowing threw our house (please pray for us).
3.) I recently took a trip to Ephrata P.A. for a leadership conference (lasted 5 days). But I took my family and we stayed with a very dear family in Christ for about 2 weeks. O’ what a blessing that was.
4.) …and many other little miscellaneous tid-bits.

So as you all can see, things have been quite busy with me and my family, and there has been very little free time to much of anything really. Things are still a little busy, but I really have felt the conviction of remaining silent all this time, so here I am explaining myself and asking for every ones forgiveness for my unfaithfulness.
Also… one brother told me that subscribed to my blog to hear what I had to say, not to hear what I had to say about what someone else had to say. I will be putting a poll on the blog site that I wish everyone would participate in. I will be asking the question of what you all would like… me to share the things that are on my heart, or to examine sermons on biblical truth, or both, or if you have any other ideas … feel free to email me. I want to know what you all think because it’s you who will be reading that which I write.
Well I think that I will go ahead and close this up for now, I will post again when time permits. Hopefully that will be soon. Until then, keep your eyes on the Lord Jesus.

RESPECTFULLY,

A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric

The Matter Of CHRISTIAN Commitment-- Part I

2007-12-06T15:58:00.000-08:00

First and foremost, I must say that to God all glory is due ... from the message preached by brother David, this blog and whatever falls upon it from my own hand.
Let me just share with you that I sit in a hospital room writing these words on paper... I'll type them on the computer when I get home (hopefully tonight or tomorrow, God willing). What am I doing in the hospital??? Well, my wife is having some problems with the pregnancy. Our un-born son (Elias Stephen Daniel Frost) is expected to be born on Dec. 26th... However, due to some problems he just may come a little sooner than expected... we'll soon see. The problem lies not with him but with Nicole (that's my wife)... They say that her liver, kidneys and blood pressure is not all that great right now, plus she has preaclampcia (don't know how to spell it).
I'll keep you all updated on that whole situation... but for now lets get into the first topic for this blog.
Well, if you have not yet heard the sermon "Did God Get All That He Purchased" By: David Gibbs, then I would strongly recommend that you download it here:

It's in four parts because that's the way it uploaded from my computer. I tried to find it somewhere else on the net and couldn't find it anywhere. I thought it fitting to get this blog site going with a close look at the sermon that this blog site is named after... Just so everyone gets a clear understanding of the title.
I think that the best way to do this analization would be to do it in four parts being that the sermon uploaded and must be downloaded in four sections. Not to mention the fact that there is a great deal to look at when we consider the entire message, therefore it would be the best to break it down and look at it in parts.
The first section of the sermon is about 15-16 minutes long and the very first thing that brother David brings up is the matter of "Christian commitment"... So I have titled this analysis "The Matter Of CHRISTIAN Commitment"

David says that America has a large number of Christians... He says the problem is Gods people not doing what Gods book says Gods people are supposed to do. However, I would word it very differently:
"American has a large number of people that profess to be Christians", However that's all it is-lip service. Lets look at Titus 1:16 "They profess that they know God;but in works they deny him..." And let me tell you dear friend being a Christian is much more then saying "Lord Lord" to Jesus, it's much more then saying your a Christian-- Jesus Christ Himself said: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord,Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 7:21)
So you see, being a Christian is much more than saying a prayer and asking God to save you...it's much more than just believing... the bible says that the devils also believe (James 2:19). Being a Christian is a lifestyle... being a Christian is being a doer... Jesus said : "he that DOETH the will of my Father ". Jesus also said: "whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them..." (Matthew 7:24) and James 1:22 says: " But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." We then look at Romans 2:13 which says: "(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified." You see dear friend just going to church and hearing a someone preach and read the Word doesn't do you any good if you are not a DOER!!!
So when brother David said that the problem is Gods people not doing what Gods book says Gods people are supposed to do... I say NO... You are NOT Gods people if you are not doing what Gods book says to do. Because, Gods people DO what Gods book says to DO, that's what makes them Gods people. And if your not doing what Gods book says to DO... Then I am afraid that you are NOT Gods people and you are NOT born-again and saved.
O' but brother Eric, doesn't the bible say: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9) ??? And I say unto you YES it does say that AMEN to that verse... THAT'S HOW WE ARE SAVED... Now lets look at a question that that very same bible presents to us in James chapter 2 verse 14: "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" Guess what my friend, that same bible again has the answer... (it has ALL the answers that you need by the way, you just got to look for them). So lets look in that same chapter of that same book and we will find the answer in verse 17-20: "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
I would encourage you to read the whole second chapter of James if you think that faith alone can save you, and any man who tells you that (even if he stands behind a pulpit... Where most of the damage is done to Christianity by the way) is a lire and will have his part in the lake that burns with everlasting and unquenchable fire if he does not repent of such heresy.
So, I agree with brother David that there is a problem in America when it comes to Christianity, but it does not lie people that are truly Gods people, it lies with the people that say they are Gods people (Christian) when they in fact are not. They mislead many, they do great damage to the Kingdom of God and they take many on that wide path to hell with them. Consider these words of the Lord Jesus Christ: "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." (Matthew 7:13-15)
So, is it a matter of "Christian" commitment? Or is it a matter of commitment for the professing christian?

STOP professing with only your mouths people! STOP saying you KNOW Christ, STOP saying that you are born-again and STOP saying that you are saved if you are not a DOER of the Word... STOP LYING!!! REPENT and turn to Jesus, quit playing around with God, He is not playing around with you. "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
If you are saved, then beloved brother God purchased you... HE BOUGHT YOU!!! He gave His only Son for you. Jesus said: "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required..." (Luke 12:48) Jesus also said: " For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son..." (John 3:16). God GAVE his only begotten son... How much did He give to save you then? How much is Gods only Son? How much then is required of them that are saved? Them that He GAVE His only Son for?
If you are saved, then beloved brother God purchased you... HE BOUGHT YOU!!! Don't you for one second ever forget that you were BOUGHT... And if you were bought, then someone payed for you, and if someone payed for you, then you had a price tag hanging from your sinful and dead toe:
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 7:1)
"Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
(Romans 1:29-32)
We are all worthy of death due to our sin... It's a debt that each and everyone of us owe weather we like it or not... But there is GOOD NEWS and that's that the Lord Jesus paid it all! The bible says: "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5:21). There is a song that says "I will sing of my redeemer, and His wondrous love to me; on the cruel cross He suffered, from the curse to set me free. Sing, O sing of my redeemer! with His blood He purchased me; on the cross He sealed my pardon, paid the debt and made me free". Consider the price that was paid for you, consider that well known verse " For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son..." (John 3:16). And as you read that verse or any other, don't you dare read it casually, like you may read your morning newspaper.... No-no-no, think about the words that you are reading... Are you reading just a book? Are you reading a fairytale? A pretty good story? I mean, what do you think you are reading here? Do you not know what the bible is? Do you not know that its TRUTH? Do you not know that it is much more than pages filled with just words? Come on, what do the scriptures say? What do they mean? Are we reading just storeys here, maybe some suggestions on some things??? Or are we reading THE WORD OF GOD? THE WORDS OF LIFE? Do you not know that the bible is a way of life for those of us that are in fact CHRISTIANS? It tells us everything that we need to know, it tells us the truth and we live by that truth, AND WITHOUT COMPROMISE!!!
Have you ever thought about the fact that He (Jesus) knew it all was coming... look at Him praying in the garden of Gethsemane: "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." (Matthew 26:39).
That's the commitment that Gods people must have... He could have fled, instead He prayed... He KNEW they were coming. He could have ran away and avoided being arrested... Don't you see, He chose to pay the price for you because He loves you!
He layed down His life and so must we also... Romans 6:6 says: "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him..." that "Him" is Jesus. Then we read in II Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away..." And of course one of my favorite's: "If ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:1-3), "Mortify therefore..." (Colossians 3:5), "And have put on the new man..." (Colossians 3:10). I could go on and on with verses like that... but I'm sure you get the point.
Dear Friend, if you are born again... if you are really saved... If you are A CHRISTIAN than the bible says "ye are not your own"(I Corinthians 6:19), The life you now live is something new and different, the life you now live you now live in Christ.
I John says in chapter 2 verse 6: " He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
Who was Brother John talking about here? He's talking about Jesus my friend... He's saying when you walk... not just talk!, but when YOU walk, you should walk the way that JESUS walked. When people look at you... let me ask you... Do they see you? DO THEY? or do they see Christ in you, Do they see you WALKING like HIM... what do they see when they look at your walk, when they look at your life... Better yet, what do you see? Because, you can fool those around you...but whats the truth friend? What does God see? Because He sees it all, you cant hide your inner thought from Him, you cant hide whats in you heart from Him...
Did He get all that He purchased? Did He? Have you layed your life down? Have you died to self? " And whosoever doth not bear not his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple."(Luke 14:27)
Are you bearing your cross? Are you? hold on before you answer..
first lets consider the cross... what does it represent? What happens at a cross? DEATH! The cross signifies sacrifice... Have you sacrificed your life? That's the cross my friend! Do you think that your not to sacrifice your life? Brother Paul wrote: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..." (Romans 12:1-2)
The cross isn't a fan thing , its not flowery beds of ease... its bloody, its not pleasant, its a sacrifice, its painful its death friend... Are you bearing your cross?
You cant expect God to save you if you don't give up yourself... But you want to be you, you don't want to die to self and you want to hold to who you are, but what you fail to somehow realize is that's who caused the death of Christ, and that's who causes you the consequences of burning in hell eternally if you don't put pit him to death... He must die my friend, just like Jesus had to die-- CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM!!! That's what they shouted for the Lord Jesus and that's what I shout for you. CRUCIFY HIM!!! (See Romans 6:6, Galations 2:20 & 5:24 & 6:14).
Let me leave you with this... When you got on your knees and cried out to God to save your soul, when you accepted the Lord, WHEN HE PURCHASED YOU-- Did He get His moneys worth? Did He get what He payed for when He bought you?... Or have you robbed Him?

Until next time, I pray that you strongly consider the CHRISTIAN life... And count the cost because you weren't cheap to buy, nor is it cheap to follow Him.

RESPECTFULLY,
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS,
Eric