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<p>Over the past week or so, there has been a lot of talk about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012" target="_blank">Kony 2012 and the Invisible Children</a>.</p>
<p>Well before I started shouting &#8220;<em>Kill Kony</em>&#8221; like a majority of the people that just go with the flow, I decided I would do some digging before standing on the rooftop (writing about it).</p>
<p>Truthfully, I&#8217;ve never heard anything about <em>Kony </em>or these <em>invisible kids</em> until recently when Justin Bieber said he watched the <em>Kony &amp; The Invisible Kids</em> documentary.</p>
<p>Next thing you know, all these celebrities do as they usually do and become unofficial spokespersons for &#8220;un-researched&#8221; causes.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m not saying this Kony thing is false but after seeing the video below, I got to thinking <em>&#8220;why if all this happened many years ago, are they just telling us about it?&#8221;<span id="more-353"></span></em></p>
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<p>Now what worries me is why this video that shows the man that might be hated as much as <a title="Osama Bin Laden Died How Many Times? Someone Is Lying!" href="http://truthbydefault.com/osama-bin-laden-died-times-lying/">Osama Bin Laden</a>, only has a little over 40k views while the documentary has well in the 70 millions.</p>
<p><strong>Shouldn&#8217;t people want to hear both sides; that is only fair right?</strong></p>
<h2>What&#8217;s Their Angle With Kony 2012?</h2>
<p>As you know we are getting close to the end times spoken of in numerous scriptures; mainly in Matthew 24.</p>
<p>We can also look to <strong>2 Thessalonians 2:3</strong> for guidance in these times since they seem to describe what&#8217;s happening right before our eyes in the world.</p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>3</strong> Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Before the return of our saviour, many will fall away from the word. You did hear what he says they are (were) fighting for at the end of the video right?</p>
<p>The 10 Commandments is what I heard.</p>
<p>Today, anyone who fights to uphold the laws of God will be hated and our saviour warned us of this in<strong> John 15:18, 19</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>18</strong> If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>19</strong> If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>I know you&#8217;re wondering what does the 10 commandments have to do with Kony.</p>
<p>You saw in the interview that he said it was all a lie; and I for one don&#8217;t doubt his claims simply because I know when the media promotes something as much as they&#8217;ve promoted this <em>Kony 2012</em>, 9 times out of 10 (maybe 10 out of 10), it&#8217;s a bold faced lie.</p>
<p>They count on our stupidity to believe everything they say and not research.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve been through this exact same routine many times over with the most recent being the &#8220;killing&#8221; of Osama Bin Laden.</p>
<p><strong>Some more you may be delusional about are:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Undeniable Video Proof That 9/11 Was Planned &amp; Was An Inside Job… See For Yourself" href="http://truthbydefault.com/happened-september-9-11/">September 9/11</a></li>
<li>Us Invading Iraq</li>
<li>The JFK Assassination</li>
<li>The Tea Party</li>
<li>Soveirgn Citizens (they aren&#8217;t really terrorists like the media wants you to believe)</li>
<li>Using natural cures over medication</li>
</ul>
<p>You may not be aware but most the huge issues going on in the media are well thought out lies that with a little research and an open mind, you&#8217;d be left with your mouth open with shock and disgust.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also a fact that most issues, when boiled down, are <strong>ALL ABOUT MONEY.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What did our saviour tell us about the love of money?</strong> For the answer, we only need to look at <strong>1 Timothy 6:9-12</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>9</strong> But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>10 For the love of money is the root of all evil</strong>: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>11</strong> But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>12</strong> Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.</em></p></blockquote>
<h2>That&#8217;s Not It&#8230; There&#8217;s more!</h2>
<p>Now we know that most issues like this involve money.</p>
<p>After watching these videos, I decided to do a little digging on Urganda and what do you know; they have an &#8220;unknown&#8221; stash of oil that has brought their poor country a chance for much wealth; and now attention.</p>
<p>The only problem they&#8217;ve run into is funding the infrastructure to get started as a nation that produces oil. You can read more on this here: <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201203120080.html" target="_blank">Uganda: Where Will Money for Oil Infrastructure Come From?</a></p>
<p>This news has created the potential to bring millions if not billions to the country. Wonder who&#8217;s going to &#8220;help&#8221; them? Are we going to &#8220;help&#8221; them like we &#8220;helped&#8221; Iraq?</p>
<p><strong>Now what do we have?</strong> A war against ONE man named Kony in a country that has a huge stash of OIL; and he said that he&#8217;s trying to keep the 10 commandments alive.</p>
<p>I bet they can&#8217;t wait to get over there and start searching for this so-called &#8220;terrorist&#8221;.</p>
<h2>Put It All Together&#8230;</h2>
<p>To understand how this all adds up,<strong> Ephesians 6:10-17</strong> sums it all up.</p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>10</strong> Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>11</strong> Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>12</strong> <strong>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood</strong>, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>13</strong> Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>14</strong> Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>15</strong> And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>16</strong> Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>17</strong> And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:</em></p></blockquote>
<p>We are told that <strong>we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against the rulers of the darkness</strong> of this world.</p>
<p>This is war with satan himself; the ruler of this world.</p>
<p><strong>These governments are all after oil and money</strong> and we are told what comes from loving money. satan is strategically using their love of money to bring about an amount of evil this world has never seen before.</p>
<p>He doesn&#8217;t care about them or their oil; he is making war with any and everyone that is spreading the love and word of God.</p>
<p>satan is just a selfish sinner who is scared to burn alone and he and his angels know they have a short time left which is evident in <strong>Matthew 8:28, 29</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>28</strong> And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>29</strong> And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?</em></p></blockquote>
<p>satan and his angels know their time is short and they don&#8217;t care how you DON&#8217;T get the word and make it into the Kingdom of Heaven; as long as you don&#8217;t make it.</p>
<h2>The Truth And To Close&#8230;.</h2>
<p>I for one, don&#8217;t know all the truth about this <strong>Kony 2012 documentary</strong> but I do know just like every other huge event of our time, there are a lot of lies involved.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why you should focus on <strong>studying the truth and you&#8217;ll know when a lie comes</strong>.</p>
<p>This <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kony 2012</span> event is yet another clever scheme by satan to take our attention away from what&#8217;s important;<strong> our salvation</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>We must focus on what&#8217;s important because we don&#8217;t have long. </strong></p>
<p>While you&#8217;re here, you should watch this video from a young lady who lives in Urganda where all this &#8220;tragedy&#8221; is taking place.</p>
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<p>Please don&#8217;t be gullible like the rest of the world. <strong>Do your research before choosing a cause</strong>.</p>
<p>My cause has already shown me what&#8217;s true.</p>
<p>That cause is the word of God and I&#8217;m riding for him until the wheels fall off; wheels being the flesh and I get to meet my heavenly father that has showed me nothing but love and compassion my entire life.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading and God bless. If you have any insight on this matter, please enlighten us; or if you agree or disagree, I would love to hear what you have to say.</p>
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<p>Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve seen a surge in the amount of images of what Jesus or as I like to call him, our Saviour, looks like.</p>
<p>Some are of an african guy with dreads and most are of a Caucasian guy with long stringy blonde hair. In fact, there are many different versions of the &#8220;white Jesus&#8221;.</p>
<p>If there are so many different pictures of our saviour, how are we to know him from, say a guy on the corner who is dressed in all white with long stringy blonde hair?</p>
<h2>He Warned Us&#8230;</h2>
<p>Our savior warned us in <strong>Matthew 24:4,5</strong> that many would come in his name and announce themselves as the Messiah.</p>
<p>He firmly says &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t be deceived</em>&#8221; in verse 4.</p>
<p>satan is known as the great deceiver (&#8220;deceived the whole world&#8221; <strong>rev. 12: 9</strong>). It&#8217;s what he does best. He&#8217;s been doing it since the beginning of creation when he deceived Eve aka Chavvah, into eating of the tree of good and evil.</p>
<p>He is most famous for deceiving the angels (known as the fallen) into joining his losing team.</p>
<p>If he can deceive the angels; sons of our heavenly father; who are we? Without his truth and spirit, we are NOTHING&#8230;</p>
<h2>Imagine This&#8230;</h2>
<p><span id="more-346"></span>We know that satan is not just a deceiver but a <strong>master deceiver.</strong> He is the father of lies and deceit.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s apparent by what happened in Genesis that he can also assume different forms.</p>
<p><strong>With that being said, imagine if satan (or who he gives power to) appears as the image of who we all know as Jesus today.</strong></p>
<p>Could you imagine how powerful that would be?</p>
<p>Someone who you&#8217;ve worshipped all your life as your saviour is standing in front of you; if people cried for Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Elvis and many more, what do you think is going to happen when they see their saviour standing in front of them?</p>
<p>Someone brought to my attention another point. Being that satan has so much power to deceive those that don&#8217;t have our father&#8217;s spirit, <strong>what if in every persons own eyes, he appeared as the image of Jesus or their saviour they were familiar with?</strong></p>
<p>If they worship the black Jesus, he would appear to them as the black Jesus with dreads; the white Jesus would appear as the white Jesus to those that worship his image. He may even appear as the Virgin Mary to the catholics.</p>
<p>Remember we aren&#8217;t just dealing with some regular guy with a few tricks up his sleeves.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re dealing with the master deceiver.</p>
<p>My Thoughts On This&#8230;</p>
<p>I believe he is going to look like whoever you want him to look like and if you bow to him (which will be hard not to do) then you&#8217;re in direct disobedience against our father in heaven.</p>
<h2>What does our true Saviour have to say?</h2>
<p>First off he told us not to be deceived. In <strong>Matthew 24:23</strong>, our Messiah tells us that if a man has to tell us that our Saviour is &#8220;here or there&#8221;, don&#8217;t believe it.</p>
<p>In <strong>verse 24</strong>, he says:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>many false messiahs shall come in his name showing great signs and wonders; signs so POWERFUL that they would DECEIVE the very elect IF IT WERE POSSIBLE</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>If we don&#8217;t study the scriptures, then we can easily be deceived.</strong></p>
<p>If a man has to tell us that our messiah has come for us then <strong>IT IS A LIE</strong>; no matter if it&#8217;s a friend, a family member or your local pastor. <strong>What did the one who&#8217;s coming to save us say?</strong></p>
<p>He later describes his coming in <strong>Matthew 24:29 &#8211; 31</strong>. He says that</p>
<blockquote><p><em>after the tribulation, we shall see the sign of Son of Man in heaven</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>In <strong>1 Thessalonians 4:16</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;For the Messiah himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the rum of our Heavenly Father, and those that died in his name shall rise first.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>In<strong> verse 17</strong> it says how those that remain shall then be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet with the Messiah in the air and shall be with him forever.</p>
<p>satan&#8217;s whole existence is filled with him trying to imitate our heavenly father. He wants to be like him and has fooled quite a few people but this is where it stops.</p>
<h2>What Are We Supposed To Look For?</h2>
<p><strong>We aren&#8217;t supposed to be looking for an image but for an EVENT and a SOUND</strong>. His coming is represented by the voice of the archangel and him riding on clouds out of heaven.</p>
<p>This is later magnified in <strong>Revelations 6:14</strong> where it says:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>the heaven departed like a scroll as it was rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Can&#8217;t tell me that&#8217;s not going to be recognizable.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let someone talk you into believing in some secret rapture where the Messiah is going to secretly take up his people before the tribulation.</p>
<p><strong>If so, show me in scripture where it says this and I&#8217;ll be more than happy to change this.</strong></p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>He warned us what would happen in the end times and even told us what we were suppose to look and listen for.</p>
<p>I have a strong feeling that this secret rapture that many are waiting for is going to be what we were warned about in <strong>Matthew 24.</strong></p>
<p>People are going run to whoever is behind it and who knows what will happen next.</p>
<p><strong>This is what comes from not reading the word for yourself</strong>. The problem with most supposes followers today is they go by what they were told.</p>
<p>Even when I wasn&#8217;t as strong minded about the word as I am now, I wouldn&#8217;t just believe anything that sounded good.</p>
<p>My friend who kept me in his prayers to eventually develop a love for the word, said that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s likes about me.</p>
<p>He would tell me something and I would always disagree and then follow up with &#8220;show me&#8221;. Of course he would always have the word with him so he could do just that.</p>
<p>I challenge you to read the word for yourself.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t just believe what a pastor tells you. Many of today&#8217;s pastors are wolves in sheep&#8217;s clothing.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s even worse is they&#8217;re preaching to people with itchy ears as the word calls them (<strong>2 Timothy 4:3</strong>); meaning they will accept anything that sounds good to them.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t just believe what I say. Pray for understanding and read the Word. If you seek truth, he will give it to you. I prayed for wisdom and almost immediately I began seeing things in a whole new light.</p>
<p>To end this post, I asked what does Jesus look like; or better yet, what will our Messiah look like? The answer is, no one knows and we aren&#8217;t supposed to be looking for an image of a man.</p>
<p>This is why I never quite understood people getting tattoos of a face which they have no idea who it belongs to. Even churches have this image plastered on their walls.</p>
<p>If you have a specific image of our Messiah burned into your memory, I suggest forgetting it because if you see him in a manner that doesn&#8217;t line up with the word, then you are in trouble if you don&#8217;t have the truth in you.</p>
<p>I want to thank you for reading this post. If you have any questions, feedback or just want to say hi, please feel free comment.</p>
<p><strong>Have a blessed day&#8230;</strong></p>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>Would You Know Our Saviour If He Was In Front Of You? Over the last few years, I&amp;#8217;ve seen a surge in the amount of images of what Jesus or as I like to call him, our Saviour, looks like. Some are of an african guy with dreads and most are of a Caucasian guy [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://truthbydefault.com/what-did-jesus-look-like/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Is That Really Worshipping The Image Of The Beast?</title><link>http://truthbydefault.com/worshipping-the-image-of-the-beast/</link><category>Bible Prophecy</category><category>Image of the Beast</category><category>Judgement Day</category><category>Return of Christ</category><category>666</category><category>catholic</category><category>image of the beast</category><category>number of a man</category><category>pope</category><category>the beast</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dennis</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://truthbydefault.com/?p=341</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">~ WARNING ~</span></h1>
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<p>I want to start off by saying don&#8217;t just believe anything I say. Get your bible and study the word for yourself. Ask God to guide you to the truth as he told us if you seek, you will find. Please know that the Word of God is a mystery which is part of the reason why atheist just don&#8217;t get it. Let them believe what they believe and we know what we know.</p>
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<p>Here are some books that I found interesting.. They give some insight into why the world is in such disarray around religion. It&#8217;s supposedly coming from a Jesuit priest that decided to break away from the Catholic church after questioning a priest about John chapter 2 and some practices that were meant to divide the body of Christ.</p>
<p><a href="http://truthbydefault.com/downloads/reading-material/"> Check out free ebooks here</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve heard rumors about this guy not being who he says he is and so on.. With so much out there, who knows what to believe outside of the true Word of God.</p>
<p>I believe in reading and and doing thorough research..</p>
<p>What he said made a lot of sense as to why 99% of Churches today participate in Catholic rituals without their knowledge.. God tells us his people parish due to lack of knowledge. Read your bibles people&#8230;</p>
<p>I was reading Revelations yesterday and it said that the the beast would be the number of a man (666) and would have the power to change laws and times. They changed Sabbath worship to Sunday and have countless laws that are completely against the word of God. Worst part is they openly admit that they changed it and even lie and say they wrote the bible with the Holy Ghost&#8230; Why would you completely go against something you wrote?</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 389px"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z-DEoN3ydt4/S3V9vlXu5XI/AAAAAAAABDU/yWsNPnLIDXk/s400/Pope+Benedict+and+Cardinals+-+Purple+and+Scarlet.jpg" alt="" width="379" height="275" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Looks like purple and scarlet to me... Coincidence? I doubt it</p></div>
<p>Revelations also says they adorn themselves in purple in scarlet.. and lots of gold.. Plus the mentioning of 7 horns which, correct me if I&#8217;m wrong, mean the 7 hills in Rome that surround the church.<span id="more-341"></span></p>
<p>God lets us know that whoever takes on the mark of the beast upon their foreheads or in their hands, will be cast in the lake of fire (<strong>rev 14:9</strong>). This is preceeded by letting us know that whoever worships the image of the beast, will suffer the same fate.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 444px"><img src="http://www.pacinst.com/efh/chapter11/666.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="442" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This was written on the Pope&#39;s crown</p></div>
<p>Being that the supposed beast (Catholic church; Pope) has changed the laws and times and 99% of todays Christians are participating in Catholic traditions (Sunday worship &amp; forgetting the sabbath, Easter, Christmas), are most Christians worshiping the image of the beast?</p>
<p>What&#8217;s even worse is when I bring this knowledge to people, they want to stick to what they know or were taught rather than the word of God. I too wanted to go about life living the way I was brought up but the truth is the truth&#8230; No way around it..</p>
<p>Paul warned us in <strong>Colossians 2:8</strong> Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.</p>
<p>Jesus, out of his own mouth, talking to the jews, told them in <strong>Matthew 15:9</strong> But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.</p>
<p>Are we doing as the Jews that killed Jesus? Are most of todays Christians going after the traditions of men and only following Christ with their mouths; not their heart?</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://www.rosary.name/misc/images/black-rosary/st-benedict-rosary-with-black-rosary-beads.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="404" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hip hop got us wearing these rosary beads thinking it&#39;s cool. These days, being cool will get your burned; for eternity.</p></div>
<p>Ask yourself this: If you&#8217;re doing like the majority of the world (Go to church every sunday, pay tithes, saying the sabbath doesn&#8217;t matter, wearing rosary beads), wouldn&#8217;t that sorta go against what Jesus said in <strong>Matthew 7:13, 14</strong>?</p>
<p>13 Enter ye in at the strait (this means NARROW, not a straight line) 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.</p>
<p>If we go by todays teachings, there are way more than a few that will be making it.</p>
<p>&#8220;God doesn&#8217;t care what day we worship on!&#8221; is what I hear 10 times out of 10. Jesus tells us if we keep not the commandments, the love of the father is not in him.</p>
<p>He also tells us in <strong>John 14:15</strong>, if we love him, keep his commandments&#8230;</p>
<p>My goal with this is to get your to read your bibles. Realize the lies we&#8217;ve been fed all our lives. Study the truth and you&#8217;ll know when a lie comes.</p>
<p>I could never follow preachers like Joel Olstene, Creflow Dollar, The Pope, Eddie Long or TD Jakes and many more who are obviously what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 7:15. Bible says judge them by their fruits.</p>
<p>This is a matter of eternal life or eternal torment.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get mad at me&#8230; Read your bibles and be mad at yourself for believing a lie&#8230;</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t have long..</p>
<p><strong>Matthew 24</strong> tells us so.. &#8220;<span style="color: #ff0000;">Beginning of sorrows</span>&#8221;</p>
<p>3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?<br />
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Take heed that no man deceive you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">5</span> For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">6</span> And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">7</span> For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">8</span> All these are the beginning of sorrows.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">9</span> Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name&#8217;s sake.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">10</span> And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">11</span> And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">12</span> And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">13</span> But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">14</span> And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">15</span> When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">16</span> Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">17</span> Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">18</span> Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">19</span> And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">20</span> But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">21</span> For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">22</span> And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect&#8217;s sake those days shall be shortened.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">23</span> Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">24</span> For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">25</span> Behold, I have told you before.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">26</span> Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">27</span> For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">28</span> For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">29</span> Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">30</span> And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">31</span> And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">32</span> Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">33</span> So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">34</span> Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">35</span> Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">36</span> But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">37</span> But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">38</span> For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">39</span> And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">40</span> Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">41</span> Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">42</span> Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">43</span> But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">44</span> Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.</span></p>
<p>God Bless and please stay in your word&#8230;</p>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>~ WARNING ~ ====================================== I want to start off by saying don&amp;#8217;t just believe anything I say. Get your bible and study the word for yourself. Ask God to guide you to the truth as he told us if you seek, you will find. Please know that the Word of God is a mystery which [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://truthbydefault.com/worshipping-the-image-of-the-beast/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">7</slash:comments></item><item><title>I Hate To Break This To You But I Have To Out Of Love… (Video)</title><link>http://truthbydefault.com/i-hate-to-break-this-to-you-but-i-have-to-out-of-love/</link><category>False Prophets</category><category>Fornication</category><category>Nailed To The Cross</category><category>Only God Can Judge Me</category><category>Sabbath Truth</category><category>Sin</category><category>Straight Truth</category><category>antichrist</category><category>bible truth</category><category>end of days</category><category>fake pastors</category><category>false prophets</category><category>heaven</category><category>john 3 16</category><category>lake of fire</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dennis</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:40:45 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://truthbydefault.com/?p=329</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>After the passing away of my mother, I realized something horrible about this world. They don&#8217;t care about you or your feelings. I learned that there is no love like a mother; there&#8217;s one greater but none equal.</p>
<p>My mom raised me to be ready for this world but I didn&#8217;t know simply because I was a teenager and wanted to have fun. No matter how mad I got because she wouldn&#8217;t allow me to do as the world did, she stood her ground. She would always and I mean always back it up with &#8220;Son I do this because I love you&#8221;.</p>
<p>After every beating; after all punishments; they were all followed by &#8220;<em>I love you</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>It seems in such a crazy world that we&#8217;ve lost sight of what love is. My mom loved me enough to not allow me to do what I wanted to do knowing I was not going to agree with it.</p>
<p>Would she have loved me if she allowed me to do what I wanted?</p>
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<p>Love is knowing what&#8217;s good for someone and then telling them; which is why I had to write this message.</p>
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<p>The huge problem I see is with the churches telling people who all they have to do is have faith and they&#8217;ll make it into the kingdom of God. I was just on YouTube and saw a comment from some guy saying there would be murderers, stealers, fornicators etc. in heaven; contrary to the word of God. That&#8217;s what propelled me to write this post.</p>
<p>The people of this world are being lied to; thinking as long as they get a few tattoos of who we know as Jesus, wear a cross (which really means the complete opposite of what most think), read a few scriptures here and there and pray sometimes, they&#8217;ll make it into the Kingdom of God.</p>
<p>We look at it almost like God needs us in his Kingdom. Best believe he&#8217;s doing us a favor and we take it for granted.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;m getting at is NO SINNER will make it into the Kingdom of Heaven; and before you start turning to Ephesians, let&#8217;s break some things down.</p>
<h1><img class="alignleft" title="seek gods truth" src="http://www.goddiscussion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/seeking-truth.jpg" alt="" width="256" height="233" />We&#8217;re Saved Through Grace? Right?</h1>
<p>I noticed that many people just shout out scriptures but don&#8217;t even know what they mean. I was once like this. Let&#8217;s look at the definition of grace first and get some understanding.</p>
<p><em><strong>Grace</strong></em>: <strong>1</strong>. A disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill. <strong>2. </strong>Mercy; clemency. <strong>3. </strong>Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people. <strong>4. </strong>The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God. <strong>5. </strong>An excellence or power granted by God.</p>
<p>Ok so we can basically see that is favor that God did for us; that being stated in <strong>John 3:16</strong>:</p>
<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
<p>That was the gift we were given and according to <strong>Titus 2:11</strong>, it is available to ALL MEN.</p>
<p><strong>11.</strong> For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,<br />
<strong>12. </strong>teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,<br />
<strong>13.</strong> looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,<br />
<strong>14.</strong> who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself <em>His</em> own special people, zealous for good works.</p>
<p>I went past 11 a bit to show you what God expects for those that take this gift but we&#8217;ll get deeper into that in a bit.</p>
<p>So how is one to obtain this FREE gift of salvation that was given to us by the death of Christ on the cross? How are we truly saved?</p>
<p><strong>Ephesians 2:8-10</strong> says it plain as day</p>
<p><strong>8.</strong> For by grace are ye saved through <strong>faith</strong>; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:<br />
<strong>9.</strong> Not of works, lest any man should boast.</p>
<h1>So All I Have To Do Is Have Faith? Right?</h1>
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Faith in what? Let&#8217;s first break down how serious faith is. The definition of faith is</p>
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<p><strong>1</strong>. confidence or trust in a person or thing</p>
<p>Think about what we are doing. This is why people think were crazy. We believe in God who we never seen. We believe in Jesus who we&#8217;ve never seen. We believe in his works that are only words in a book in some eyes but we have no real proof that they existed.</p>
<p>So why do we believe what we believe? Because we have the upmost faith that God is real and I for one, have experienced the power and blessings of God&#8217;s love. I have no doubt in my heart. That&#8217;s faith.</p>
<p>So what exactly are we having faith in? It&#8217;s more than just Christ dying for our sins.</p>
<p>Way before Jesus came, God gave us His laws; otherwise known as the 10 commandments. These laws were written with the FINGER of God and given to Moses on Mt. Sinai.</p>
<p>While going through the wilderness, the children of Israel were so ungrateful and sinned like nobody&#8217;s business. They broke the commandments and needed a way to be forgiven.</p>
<p>This is where God told Moses to write (handwritten) down certain rules and statutes that must be obeyed in order to be forgiven for breaking the 10 commandments. They had drink offerings, meat offerings, holydays to partake in, new moons and sabbath days (plural; not the sabbath DAY; 4th commandment).</p>
<p>Now I don&#8217;t want to go into the commandments but if you&#8217;d like to read more on <a href="http://truthbydefault.com/is-sunday-or-saturday-the-day-of-the-lord/">how the laws of God and laws of Moses are 2 different laws</a> backed with plenty of scripture, check out that post by clicking the link.</p>
<p>Now those laws were tough to keep. My guess is God wanted to show them how much he loved them by making it 10x easier on them. Jesus was the PERFECT sacrifice, so there was no more killing of lambs and bulls in order to be forgiven of sins. Drink and bread offerings were done away with because Jesus was the bread of life and we drink of his blood. (figuratively of course)</p>
<p>Basically all the strenuous rituals that had to be performed in order to be forgiven of sins were nailed to the cross. (Colossians 2:16). Not the 10 commandments. In <strong>1 Timothy 1:9</strong> were told:</p>
<p><strong>9</strong> Knowing this, that <strong>the law</strong> is not made for a righteous man, but for the <em>lawless</em> and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,<br />
<strong>10</strong> For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;</p>
<p>The word &#8220;Is&#8221; is present tense. If the 10 commandments were done away with then Paul would have said was.</p>
<p>Now we are having total faith that Jesus died for our sins and in saying that, we no longer have to participate in the rituals that came with getting forgiveness. The Jews didn&#8217;t believe Jesus was the chosen one which was why Peter in<strong> Acts 15:10,11</strong> asked them why they were trying to do something that they, neither their fathers, could do; meaning keep the laws of Moses&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>10.</strong> Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?<br />
<strong>11.</strong> But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.</p>
<h1>Is just believing enough?</h1>
<p>No. If so, Jesus would have been wrong when in Matthew 7:14, he said:</p>
<p><strong>14.</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and <strong>few there be that find it</strong>.</span></p>
<p>He said that few would find it. Mostly everyone and their mother believes that Jesus died for their sins. The key is not taking grace for granted. I love the way grace is broken down on another site so I decided to use it.</p>
<blockquote><p>You work 40 hours this week and you get paid $1000.00. After you get your check you have to go to the bank. Maybe you have to drive 10 miles to get there. After you get there on a Friday evening around 5:00 p.m., the place is swamped. You then wait in line for 45 minutes to get to the teller. She requires you to endorse the check and provide her with some form of photo ID before she will cash your check. After all that effort, don’t you think the check should be worth more? Look at all the effort you put forth to get it cashed. Probably at least an hours worth of your time, maybe spent in a hot car, waiting in the drive through. What if she decided you didn’t look enough like your gorgeous picture on your drivers license and refuses to cash your check unless you came back during lobby hours? It still doesn’t increase the value of your check does it? No matter how many banks you go to, how many lines you wait in, how many times you sign your name and show your ID, the check will never increase in value, irregardless of the amount of work you put forth to cash it. The work to obtain that check has already been expended. <strong><em>-GodGlorified.com</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Truth is, Christ performed the work for our salvation. His death, His suffering, His blood earned the Grace (check) for us. No matter how you live, you have grace waiting for you. He died for us all.</p>
<h1>But&#8230;</h1>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">The problem that most &#8220;Christians&#8221; have is they&#8217;ve been taught they do not have to go to the bank, wait in line, endorse the check and provide ID to exchange grace for salvation!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">If you were to receive a $10,000,000.00 check, it will have no actual value until it is endorsed and cashed. Unfortunately, most people of today are carrying around the &#8220;<em>check</em>&#8221; of Grace without activating it by obeying God’s word.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: left;" align="justify">So exactly how do you get God&#8217;s grace?</h1>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">By having faith and believing in him according to <strong>John 3:16</strong>. If you truly believe in someone, you&#8217;ll follow everything they do. We are supposed to walk as Jesus did out of love; which is why the Law was put in our heart. You can read this in <strong>Matthew 22:36-40</strong> where Jesus told us the 2 greatest commandments.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify"><strong>36.</strong> Master, which is the great commandment in the law?<br />
<strong>37.</strong> Jesus said unto him, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</span><br />
<strong>38.</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">This is the first and great commandment.</span><br />
<strong>39.</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.</span><br />
<strong>40.</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.</span></p>
<p>Now logically if you look at the 10 commandments of God, you&#8217;ll see that the first 4 consist of loving God and the last 6 consist solely of loving your neighbor. This can be later affirmed in John 14:13 where Jesus says:</p>
<p><strong>15.</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">If ye love me, <strong>keep my commandments.</strong></span></p>
<p>Also in <strong>1 John 5:3</strong> where John says:</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> For this is the love of God, that we <strong>keep his commandments</strong>: and his commandments are not grievous (meaning causing grief).</p>
<p>Those scriptures were after Christs death for those that say the commandments of God were just old testament law.</p>
<h1><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/man%20thinking%20hard.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="315" />Think About This</h1>
<p>Earlier in <strong>1 Timothy 1:9</strong>, we see where it says &#8220;<strong>the law</strong> is not made for a righteous man (those that keep his law), but for the <em>lawless</em> and disobedient&#8221;.</p>
<p>If there were no commandments to keep, this would be a lawless society. We wouldn&#8217;t need forgiveness with no rules in place to be broken. The commandments were made to distinguish those that love him with their hearts from those that just love him in words.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s sad that many will read this and still think that they have a one way ticket to the Kingdom of God. The bible is very specific in who will not make it. In <strong>Galatians 5:19-21</strong> were told:</p>
<p><strong>19.</strong> Now the works of the <strong>flesh</strong> are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,<br />
<strong>20.</strong> Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,<br />
<strong>21.</strong> Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that <strong>they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God</strong>.</p>
<p>This is also backed up by <strong>1 Corinthians 6:9-11</strong></p>
<p><strong>9.</strong> Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (<a title="Is Homosexuality Wrong In God’s Eyes?" href="http://truthbydefault.com/homosexuality-wrong-in-gods-eyes/" target="_blank">men acting as women</a>), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,<br />
<strong>10.</strong> Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.<br />
<strong>11.</strong> And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.</p>
<p>The bible is clear as day in stating who will not make it into the Kingdom of God and it is also clear on who will make it. In <strong>Galatians 5:22-26</strong></p>
<p><strong>22.</strong> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,<br />
<strong>23.</strong> Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.<br />
<strong>24.</strong> And they that are Christ&#8217;s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.<br />
<strong>25.</strong> If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.<br />
<strong>26.</strong> Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.</p>
<p>There is no law because they keep it in their heart doing it out of love for God. Please don&#8217;t follow behind the other sheep being lead to slaughter thinking all they have to do is simply believe.</p>
<p>Listening to pastors telling them all they have to do is pay tithe, come to church and believe. You can&#8217;t buy salvation; you can&#8217;t buy your way into heaven.  Our salvation was already paid for by the blood of Jesus.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s there waiting for you and all you have to do is receive it.</p>
<h1>In Conclusion</h1>
<p>My mom made sure I grew up in a home with rules and laws. No matter how much I wanted to go against them, I had to keep them; or surfer the consequences. She prepared me for a world that would go in a completely different direction.</p>
<p>A world of lawlessness where many would do their own will instead of the will of God; simply because it seems fun. We were told that FEW will make it into the Kingdom; Not many as they would like you to believe. It&#8217;s a fact that many love the ways of the world rather than the ways of God; even some self-proclaimed followers of Christ.</p>
<p>In <strong>1 John 2:15-17</strong>, were told:</p>
<p><strong>15.</strong> Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.<br />
<strong>16.</strong> For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.<br />
<strong>17.</strong> And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.</p>
<p>Now what&#8217;s really disturbing is most people die without hearing this truth and contrary to what many believe, no one goes to heaven right after death. There are many strictures to back this up but if you think logically, in <strong>1 Thessalonians 4:16</strong>, it says that when Jesus comes back, the <strong>dead in Christ shall rise first</strong>. I&#8217;ll do a detailed post on this soon.</p>
<p>Saying the dead are looking over us is contrary to <strong>Ecclesiastes 9:5</strong> where it says the dead know nothing.</p>
<p>If their already there with Jesus, then how are they going to rise? Now those that died in their sins&#8230; Well I&#8217;m not 100% sure on when and where they&#8217;ll be judged or if they&#8217;ll have a chance to hear the true word of God but there is mention of a 1000 year millennial reign of Christ where satan will be bound and thrown into the bottomless pit. (revelation 20:1).</p>
<p>This is something I want to do more study on before I speak on it. I suggest you do your own study. Read all this and get knowledge for yourself. Don&#8217;t just believe what i tell you. I could be wrong in some of my teaching but trust that every Word of God is true.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m bringing you this very important information out of love. Whether or not you listen to these words is on you. If I call you my brother or sister and you come to me in your sins and I don&#8217;t try to steer you in the right direction, I don&#8217;t love you.</p>
<p>If my mom would have let me do what I wanted, she wouldn&#8217;t have loved me.</p>
<p>My mom showed me the way and when I got older, I didn&#8217;t depart. I realized what she taught me was the right way and went right back to it.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m not perfect. None of us are. That doesn&#8217;t mean we run around here sinning thinking were protected just because we believe Jesus died for our sins. We are expected to make a change after receiving the holy spirit.</p>
<p>The things of this world; their almost impossible to stay away from if you don&#8217;t have God&#8217;s spirit. Sex and the love of money are going to be the main reasons for a lot of people burning in the lake of fire. I&#8217;ve been on both sides of the fences and one thing I can say from the side where the grass is greener is it&#8217;s a lot easier to sleep at night knowing you&#8217;re truly protected by God&#8217;s grace and mercy.</p>
<p>Not because you gave your 10% this week and last week. Not because you had the nicest outfit in church. Not just because you fed the homeless.</p>
<p>But because you love God. With your heart and not just your mouth.</p>
<p>It begins with fear of God. The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. Knowing that I was <a title="Your Not Selling Your Soul, but Are You Destroying It? I Was Until…" href="http://truthbydefault.com/destroying-your-soul/" target="_blank">destroying my soul forced me to flee fornication</a>. You have to want change and this doesn&#8217;t begin with a church. It begins in your home asking God in prayer to deliver you and show you truth.</p>
<p>If you seek truth, he will show it to you. I&#8217;m certain that&#8217;s part of the reason you&#8217;ve read (or listened to) this whole post. You&#8217;re seeking truth.</p>
<p>Bible says seek and you shall find. After you begin to get the truth, a whole new world will be opened up to you. You&#8217;ll see things in the world for what they really are. How clubbing is contrary to what you should be doing. Not going into that but see for yourself what I&#8217;m talking about.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll see friends not want to hang around you because you&#8217;ve changed; or the other way around.</p>
<p>Either way, you&#8217;ll get a totally transformed mind thanks to the Holy Spirit. Start at home and let God direct your paths in the way you need to go.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve shown you with the Word of God what grace is, what faith is and how we are able to get our gift given from God, our father.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s now on you to collect that gift. Will you take it?</p>
<p>Please share this with your friend and family. Help get the truth out because these churches are leading a mass of people straight to the lake of fire with their false teachings and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1).</p>
<p>Also, this video below is a big reason why I wrote this post. Please watch, share and enjoy. thank you and God bless.</p>
<p><a title="Contact Me" href="http://truthbydefault.com/contact-me/" target="_blank">Go here if you would like to personally contact me</a>.</p>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>After the passing away of my mother, I realized something horrible about this world. They don&amp;#8217;t care about you or your feelings. I learned that there is no love like a mother; there&amp;#8217;s one greater but none equal. My mom raised me to be ready for this world but I didn&amp;#8217;t know simply because I [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://truthbydefault.com/i-hate-to-break-this-to-you-but-i-have-to-out-of-love/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments></item><item><title>*Biblical Proof* The 10 Commandments Were Not Done Away With… The Law Was</title><link>http://truthbydefault.com/biblical-proof-the-10-commandments-were-not-done-away-with-the-law-was/</link><category>Nailed To The Cross</category><category>Sabbath Truth</category><category>Straight Truth</category><category>Sunday Worship</category><category>10 commandments</category><category>2:16</category><category>against us</category><category>christ</category><category>commandments</category><category>handwritten ordinances</category><category>jesus</category><category>sins</category><category>ten</category><category>the law</category><category>what was nailed to the cross</category><category>who died for our sins</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dennis</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:16:48 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://truthbydefault.com/?p=315</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve done a lot of study over the past year. Most for myself to gain knowledge and wisdom; a lot of it was to be able to battle with the devil as he reeks havoc on this world.</p>
<p>One of my biggest studies was/is were the &#8220;finger written&#8221; (not handwritten) 10 commandment laws that God gave Moses done away with, with the coming of Christ our saviour?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve already broken down on a previous post on <a title="Which Day Is The Sabbath Day Of The Lord? Is It Really Sunday Or Saturday?" href="http://truthbydefault.com/is-sunday-or-saturday-the-day-of-the-lord/">how the laws of God and laws of Moses are 2 different laws</a>; with one being the law that you keep in order to stay away from sin (10 commandments) and the other being the law you keep when you sin against the 10 commandments (hand written by Moses).</p>
<p>Well this morning I came across the greatest evidence I&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of reading. Pure evidence of just what Christ did away with and why he did away with it.</p>
<p>If you are a true follower of Christ and plan on making it into God&#8217;s kingdom, it is important that you at least read this as it&#8217;s only the word of God. Pray before reading it and ask that God show you truth and guide you in your decisions with his Holy Spirit.</p>
<p>No where in these scriptures will you find anything about the 10 commandments being done away with.</p>
<p>Read for yourself in <strong>Hebrews chapters 7 &#8211; 10</strong>. You can read further but those chapters pretty much cover everything that was done away with.</p>
<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to <a href="http://truthbydefault.com/contact-me/">contact anytime me here.</a></p>
<p>I decided to not put scripture here because I don&#8217;t want you to believe me. Read it for yourself. Never just believe what someone told you. Always read the Word for yourself.</p>
<p>If this was practiced more often, we wouldn&#8217;t have a whole world in bondage. I&#8217;ll explain the on a later post.</p>
<p>Thanks and God bless</p>
<p>PS. <strong>Remember Hebrews 7 &#8211; 10</strong></p>
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<p>God promises us if we seek the truth, we will find it. He also asks us once we find it or if we hear his voice, to not harden our hearts or refuse to hear it (Psalm 95:7,8). Please read everything to get wisdom and understanding.</p>
<p>If you are getting that feeling like this guy doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s talking about, read Hebrews 4. Pray to God for wisdom and understanding.</p>
<p>Recently I got into an intense text and email debate with a man that studies the bible and knows the bible like the back of his hand. At one point, this amazed me how he could quote scripture at the blink of an eye.</p>
<p>We were talking about a few things. The 10 commandments (exodes 20) and who were they for; What was nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:14); are Jews subject to different LAWS than us who are considered Gentiles and the main concern was are we suppose to or required to keep the Sabbath.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m not running around telling people &#8220;oh your wrong for going to church on Sunday&#8221; or &#8220;your going to hell for not keeping the Sabbath&#8221;. I would dead wrong and not doing the will of God if I did this. One close friend, even though we don&#8217;t see eye to eye on this exact matter, told me to tell the truth but at the same time, do it out of love.</p>
<p>This may plant a seed in some eventually opening their eyes to the truth in which God will show them if they continue to seek it.</p>
<p>Most preachers will say it doesn&#8217;t matter what day we praise the Lord. As long as we praise him he&#8217;s happy.</p>
<p>Do you ever wonder why most of us go to church or praise the Lord on Sunday rather than the seventh day which he specifically told us to do with the 4th commandment?</p>
<p>Sad thing is, most followers of Christ don&#8217;t; most of us just do what were taught from youth.</p>
<p>Even I&#8217;m guilty of this. I grew up not celebrating pagan holidays (christmas, halloween, valentines day, easter) and keeping the Sabbath; after 18 years of doing so, why start celebrating them now?</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t until I started doing bible studies and deep study about these subjects that I was able to understand why my mom forbade these holidays from being celebrated and the keeping of the sabbath or the seventh day of rest.</p>
<p>Now we believe diligently in keeping the 10 commandments. Were not perfect so sin is expected but as followers  of Christ, we are expected to be (Matthew 5:48).</p>
<p>Lets just say I&#8217;m glad Jesus died for my sins and I hope you are too. I&#8217;ll touch more on that later because Christ dying for our sins plays a HUGE role in the Laws that God gave us.</p>
<h1>Whats are Laws?</h1>
<p>The definition of law is &#8220;<em>a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to observe</em>&#8220;. A better definition is &#8220;<em>the revelation of the will of God set forth in the Old Testament</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>In the old testament in Exodes 20, Moses was given the <strong>10 commandments</strong> on Mt. Sinai. These were:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://sewhttkr.home.comcast.net/~sewhttkr/bibleWS/bibleWS/29_commandments2.gif" alt="" width="476" height="294" />These were written on a tablet of stone. They were <strong>Laws</strong> that were put in place to distinguish what was sin and what was not.</p>
<p>If you killed a man, you sinned by breaking the 6th commandment. If you did work on the Sabbath, you broke the 4th commandment and so on; According to God, not me.</p>
<h1>How Could They Be Forgiven If Without Christ?</h1>
<p>Now as you should know, those times were before Christ died on the cross to grant us forgiveness for our sins.</p>
<p>After all God had done for the children of Israel, they still refused to keep his commandments (Nehemiah 9:16). Bible says they hardened their necks to his commandments.</p>
<p>Israel just wouldn&#8217;t stop sinning. In the beginning, God made it clear that sins could be forgiven through the shedding of blood or sacrificing of an animal.</p>
<p>In saying that, <strong>God commanded Moses to write his own Laws.</strong></p>
<h1>Here&#8217;s Where The Confusion Takes Place</h1>
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Many and I mean a lot, think that <strong>ALL LAW</strong> in the bible is the same. Well my friend;<strong> It&#8217;s not.</strong></p>
<p>There was the <strong>Moral Law</strong> or the <strong>10 commandments</strong> &amp; there was <strong>Moses&#8217; Law</strong> or the <strong>ceremonial laws.</strong> The 10 Commandments came into effect in exodes 20. Moses&#8217; Law didn&#8217;t come into effect until AFTER .</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s proof from the WORD that they are in deed separate. My guess is that the children of Israel were so disobedient that they needed more rules but it&#8217;s clear as day that they had more rules.</p>
<p>In <strong>Exodes 24:3-8 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.<br />
<strong>4</strong> And <strong>Moses wrote all the words of the Lord</strong>, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.<br />
<strong>5</strong> And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which <strong>offered burnt offerings</strong>, and sacrificed <strong>peace offerings</strong> of oxen unto the Lord.<br />
<strong>6</strong> And Moses took half of the <strong>blood</strong>, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.<br />
<strong>7</strong> And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.<br />
<strong>8</strong> And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.,</p></blockquote>
<p>That was the first acknolegement of Moses in his <strong>HANDWRITING</strong> (remember that word), writing in a book what the Lord commanded him to.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s gets deeper in Deuteronomy 31:9-25. I&#8217;m only going to put verse 9 but I advise you to click the link and read the full verse for yourself. Seek truth for yourself; don&#8217;t just take my word for it. That&#8217;s how we get in this situation.</p>
<p>In <strong>Deuteronomy 31:9</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>And<strong> Moses wrote this law</strong>, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.</p></blockquote>
<h3>What law? The Law of Moses. It gets deeper&#8230;</h3>
<p>Later in <strong>Deuteronomy 31:24-27</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>24</strong> And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of <strong>writing the words of this law in a book</strong>, until they were finished,<br />
<strong>25</strong> That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,<br />
<strong>26 Take this book of the law</strong>, and<strong> put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God</strong>, that it may be there for a witness against thee.<br />
<strong>27</strong> For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?</p></blockquote>
<p>This establishes that there were 2 laws; <strong>Moses&#8217; Law</strong> &amp;<strong> God&#8217;s Law</strong>. God&#8217;s Laws (10 Commandments) were inside the Ark of the Covenant and the Laws Of Moses were in the <strong>SIDE</strong> of the Ark. if they were the same, they would have been inside together&#8230;</p>
<p>Now&#8230;</p>
<h1>What did Moses Law consist of?</h1>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-293" title="the laws of moses" src="http://truthbydefault.com/wp-content/uploads/images.jpeg" alt="" width="239" height="211" />Moses Law is often called the <strong>Ceremonial Law</strong> because it consisted of ceremonial <strong>SABBATHS</strong>. These were on specific dates that were to be kept in order to be forgiven for sins.</p>
<p>Read exodes 40 on up through Leviticus and you&#8217;ll get understanding for what those Laws were and what they were for. You&#8217;ll then understand why Jesus became the <strong>PERFECT SACRIFICE</strong> Hebrew 9:28; Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29.</p>
<ul>
<li>Burnt offerings of <strong>LAMBS</strong> &amp; Bulls for peace &amp; forgiveness = Jesus because the perfect sacrifice</li>
<li>Had to wash in the Laver to become clean = Sins are forgiven at the alter of repentance and washed away or remitted in baptism acts 22:16, 1 peter 3:20-21</li>
<li>Circumcision = through faith in Christ we are circumcised by the cutting away of the flesh (sin) out our lives.</li>
<li>Meat offerings, drink offerings etc&#8230;</li>
</ul>
<div>Could you imagine having to kill lambs and bulls to be forgiven for your sins?</div>
<p><strong>Do you think it would be against us?</strong></p>
<h1>Well What About Colossians 2:16?</h1>
<p>This brings me to my next point.. the most misinterpretted verse, I believe, within in the bible.</p>
<p><strong>Colossians 2:16</strong> but lets start from <strong>verse 6</strong> to get some more understanding..</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>6</strong> As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:<br />
<strong>7</strong> Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.<br />
<strong>8</strong> Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit (false doctrine), after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.<br />
<strong>9</strong> For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.<br />
<strong>10</strong> And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:<br />
<strong>11</strong> In whom also ye are <strong>circumcised</strong> with the <strong>circumcision made without hands</strong>, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the<strong> circumcision of Christ:</strong><br />
<strong>12</strong> <strong>Buried with him in baptism</strong>, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.<br />
<strong>13</strong> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having <strong>forgiven you all trespasses</strong>;<br />
<strong>14</strong> Blotting out the <strong>HANDWRITING</strong> of ordinances that was against us, which was <strong>CONTRARY</strong> to us, and took it out of the way, <strong>nailing it to his cross</strong>;<br />
<strong>15</strong> And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.<br />
<strong>16</strong> Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath DAYS: (not day)<br />
<strong>17</strong> Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now.. <strong>Is Handwriting the same as finger writing?</strong> The 10 Commandments were clearly written with the FINGER of God (God is VERY specific in what he says Exodus 31:18, Deuteronomy 9:10</p>
<p>If that&#8217;s not enough for you, remember from above, the<strong> Laws of Moses were written in a book? </strong>As you know, the <strong>10 commandments were written on stone</strong>.</p>
<h3>2 separate things.</h3>
<p>Now I don&#8217;t know about you, but if I had to kill a lamb every time I made a mistake, that would be against me in these days and times and would be contrary simply because Jesus is the LAMB OF GOD. He was the last and final sacrifice.</p>
<p>After he died for our sins, there was no need to take part in these ceremonies which were set in place for us to gain forgiveness for our sins.</p>
<p><strong>Moses&#8217; law</strong>, as you see in <strong>Leviticus</strong>, was a lot of sacrificing, ceremonies etc; Which were for Israel breaking the 10 commandments.</p>
<p><strong>God gave us the Commandments because of sin</strong>. The <strong>laws of Moses</strong> were given to us, as you read through Leviticus, to <strong>parden us for our sins or breaking of the 10 commandments</strong>.</p>
<p>Thats why it&#8217;s REFERRED to as the 1st and the 2nd law.. Thats for those that want to be technical. The bible doesn&#8217;t say 1st &amp; 2nd but it does separate God&#8217;s law or 10 commandments from Moses Law (in the verses I gave you above and many more).</p>
<p>Because of there being so many ceremonies, they&#8217;re often referred to as <strong>Ceremonial Laws</strong> but in the bible, their refered to as the <strong>Laws Of Moses</strong> (Joshua 8:30)</p>
<p>The Jews didn&#8217;t believe that Jesus was their saviour which is why they kept the<strong> laws of moses&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Matt 8:4, 19:7-8 are verses where Jesus specifically said the <strong>commands of Moses</strong>.</p>
<p>If no separate law, then what was <strong>Joshua 1:7-8</strong> talking about?</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>7</strong> Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the <strong>law, which Moses my servant commanded</strong> thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.<br />
<strong>8</strong> This <strong>book of the law</strong> shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Joshua 8:30</strong> specifically says <strong>BOOK of the Laws of Moses</strong> and commanded that they make a peace offering into the lord&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Lev 19</strong> tells exactly how a peace offering is suppose to go down. There are countless other verses but these should do and if you need more, just do some thorough research.</p>
<h1>Seek And You Shall Find</h1>
<p>Until you can understand that the <strong>Laws of Moses</strong> and the <strong>Laws of God</strong> are logically and Biblically 2 separate laws, then you&#8217;ll never understand.</p>
<p>If they were equal or the same, thinking logically, why were they in separate compartments in the ark?</p>
<p>Now&#8230;.</p>
<h1>Some Things Commonly Mistaken:</h1>
<p>I did a lot of study on the verse about the rich man.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew 19:</strong><strong>16</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?<br />
<strong>17</strong> And he said unto him, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, <strong>keep the commandments.</strong></span><br />
<strong>18</strong> He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,</span><br />
<strong>19</strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0909; font-family: inherit;">Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy </span><span style="color: #cc0909; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, sans-seif;">neighbor</span><span style="color: #cc0909; font-family: inherit;"> as thyself.<br />
</span><strong>20</strong> The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?<br />
<strong>21</strong> Jesus said unto him, <span style="color: #ff0000;">If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.</span><br />
<strong>22</strong> But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now I was asking myself, why wouldn&#8217;t Jesus tell him to keep the sabbath? Many, say because we don&#8217;t have to keep it. Were not under the law. Jesus did away with the laws.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what I thought. So does that mean we can make idols, have other gods and take Gods name in Vain (which I&#8217;m studying to find out the true name of God)?</p>
<p>No.. I would hope not and it doesn&#8217;t, thank God. Jesus was basing this scripture off of what he told his <span style="color: #000000;">deciples when they asked which was the first commandment.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In<strong> Mark 12:29</strong></span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>29</strong><span style="color: #cc0909;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0909;">The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:<br />
</span><strong>30</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.</span><br />
<strong>31</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;">And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>He gave the RICH MAN who he doesn&#8217;t say is a jew or gentile (because it doesn&#8217;t matter; we are all one in the body of Christ Gal 3:28). Also real quick, all throughout Galations, it keeps saying <strong>THE LAW</strong>&#8230; Now the main one that caught my attention was<strong> Gal 3:23</strong> where he says</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, sans-seif;">&#8220;</span>before faith came, we were kept under <strong>the law</strong> (showing burden or struggle), shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>So what exactly is FAITH?</strong> According to <strong>Acts 13:38</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>38</strong> Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:<br />
<strong>39</strong> And by <strong>him</strong> (Jesus) all that <strong>believe (</strong>having faith<strong>)</strong> are justified from all things, from which ye <strong>could not be justified by the law of Moses</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now after that good word was preached, we go down a few verses to <strong>42</strong> where the <strong>GENTILES</strong> besought (begged) that these words might be preached to them the <strong>next sabbath</strong> (meaning they were being taught on the Sabbath).</p>
<p>What happened the next Sabbath? <strong>Verse 44</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>44</strong> And the <strong>next sabbath day</strong> came almost the <strong>whole city together</strong> to hear the <strong>word of God</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now this is in the <strong>NEW TESTAMENT</strong> after Jesus died. These were the Acts of the apostles&#8230; Which takes us back to <strong>Matthew 19</strong>. After the rich man said that he kept all the last 6 commandants or the 2nd commandment as Jesus called it, he told him to sell all his possessions, give the money to the poor and then <strong>FOLLOW HIM.</strong></p>
<p>If you follow someone you do what they do? Logically thinking right? Now Jesus preached, healed, anointed etc  on the Sabbath. All good works unto the Lord. All God asked us to do is REST. That&#8217;s it. In case were not in agreement what Jesus did:</p>
<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<p>Mark 1:21, 2:24, 4:16-20,</p>
<p>Luke 4:16-20, 6:1-5, 6:6-11, 13:10-17,13:18-21, 14:1-6</p>
<p><strong>and after Jesus died, HIS FOLLOWERS did as he did</strong></p>
<p>Acts 13:14, 16:13</p>
<p>So if the rich guy would have followed Jesus, he would have been doing the same thing that Jesus was doing. <strong>Keeping the Sabbath</strong>..</p>
<p>Why? Because according to <strong>Mark 2:24</strong>, Jesus said, &#8221;<strong>Son of Man is Lord, Also of the Sabbath.</strong>&#8221; Would you be the leader of something you don&#8217;t keep? thinking Logically&#8230;.</p>
<h1>What Are Your Views Now?</h1>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="confused about keeping the sabbath" src="http://www.oswebdesign.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Confused_customer1.gif" alt="" width="298" height="197" />Now I&#8217;m hoping this is enough to open your eyes. I&#8217;ve heard many say there isn&#8217;t scripture to back up Jesus not doing away with the sabbath. Well show me a scripture where Jesus says clear as day that we no longer have to keep the sabbath.</p>
<p>Its crazy that of all the commandments, the <strong>Sabbath day</strong> seems to be the only one that EVERYONE has problem with. No one argues murdering, stealing or adultery. They just jump straight to the Sabbath showing all types of scriptures to back up Jesus doing away with <strong>THE LAW;</strong> Even making it seem like it&#8217;s a sin to keep the Sabbath.</p>
<p>I asked God to please give me knowledge on this subject and he has. He&#8217;s opened my eyes to what the Sabbath is for. Am I perfect and do I keep it perfect? No. I would be lying if I said I did. I&#8217;m doing a lot better than before. At first it was a bit much but as my love grows for God, I find that the Sabbath is a great time for us to separate from the world.</p>
<p>Thats why he said he put his laws in our hearts. So we would do them out of love. Jesus died for us out of love. A love that we&#8217;ll never deserve and all he asks us to do is <strong>LOVE HIM</strong> which is <strong>John 14:15</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;if you love me, <strong>KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS</strong>&#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>He tells us to seek the truth and we shall find. I seeked it and I&#8217;m glad of what I found because not only did it allow me to get a great understanding for the Sabbath; it enabled me to create this amazing blog post.</p>
<p>Man changed the Sabbath in the 1500&#8242;s. The catholic church did this and it stuck. In a short time, the catholic church is going to make it mandatory for us to worship on Sunday. Do you think God will be pleased with us following<strong> traditions of man</strong> rather than his <strong>Commandments</strong>? We do say we love him&#8230;</p>
<h1>So What Are We To Do On The Sabbath?</h1>
<p>In <strong>Isaiah 58:13, 14</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>13</strong> If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:<br />
<strong>14</strong> Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s just a day of rest. Resting from our own pleasures and taking pleasure in getting to know our savior. Even if (it&#8217;s not) Sunday was the Sabbath, no one rests on that day. They treat the day of rest just like any other day of the week.</p>
<p>Now please don&#8217;t get <strong>taking a rest</strong> confused with <strong>worship</strong>. He&#8217;s not saying you can&#8217;t worship on Sunday. You can very well worship God every single day of the week. it&#8217;s what you do on the Sabbath that counts.</p>
<p>He tells us if we love him, we&#8217;ll keep his commandments. Not one; not some; but all. In <strong>James 2:10</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>10</strong> For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and <strong>yet offend in one point</strong>, he is guilty of all.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can&#8217;t half step it and keep some. Now will your name not be in the book of life for not remembering the Sabbath day to keep it holy?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know; that&#8217;s not my call. If you love Christ, you will do what he says, that&#8217;s how I feel. You heard what he has to say about the Sabbath, scripture after scripture in this post. Do you want place your eternity on the table and take a chance on being wrong?</p>
<p>You get to judgement day and stand before the Lord and hear the most heart wrenching phrase that can ever be uttered&#8230;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"> I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.</span></h3>
<p>I for one will not take that chance and for something that he gave us out of love? I strongly suggest you build a closer relationship with God if you don&#8217;t see the truth after reading this entire post. Everything within this post is inspired by scripture; the Word of God.</p>
<p>Humble yourself and ask God to guide you. I pray that you have the vail removed from your eyes. It&#8217;s your choice whether or not you keep the Sabbath.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m required, one I receive the truth, to spread the truth. I pray you spread the truth after receiving.</p>
<p><strong>God Bless</strong></p>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>Is Sunday Or Saturday The Sabbath Of the Lord? God promises us if we seek the truth, we will find it. He also asks us once we find it or if we hear his voice, to not harden our hearts or refuse to hear it (Psalm 95:7,8). Please read everything to get wisdom and understanding. [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://truthbydefault.com/is-sunday-or-saturday-the-day-of-the-lord/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">6</slash:comments></item><item><title>Is Homosexuality Wrong In God’s Eyes?</title><link>http://truthbydefault.com/homosexuality-wrong-in-gods-eyes/</link><category>everything</category><category>Homosexuality</category><category>Straight Truth</category><category>end time</category><category>god</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>in god we trust</category><category>sins</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dennis</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:35:42 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://truthbydefault.com/?p=85</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>This is one of the touchiest subjects that hangs in the balance of our society today. I may lose some followers for this and may gain some but at the end of the day, it&#8217;s the truth.</p>
<p>With homosexuality being at an all time high and gay rights being a force stronger than many on earth, many just decide to keep quiet because they feel its ok as long as their not participating in it. I use to feel like this until I started really getting into the Word of God.</p>
<p>Do you realize how homosexuality has skyrocketed over the last decade? How it has become the new &#8220;it&#8221; factor.</p>
<p>Have you ever seen a situation where a child, usually a baby, is completely terrified by someone new? Whether a friend or a new &#8220;<em>separation after fornication</em>&#8221; partner, that&#8217;s when the parent tells them to come around a bit more and the baby will get use to them.</p>
<p>Do you realize how the media is pushing homosexuality? From Nick Minaj &#8220;boynking&#8221; chicks to movies like &#8220;<em>Broke Back Mountain</em>&#8221; being a top box office movie.</p>
<p>Everything is used. Late night shows, reality shows, cable shows, regular tv shows, cartoons, music, books, news, internet; pretty much anything that calls for the eyes or the ears to be used is a medium for this process.</p>
<p>I watch tv and its like 3 out of 5 shows have either a gay couple or a gay scene. The more we see it, the more were use to it. Just like the baby.</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s this process called?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s called <strong>desensitization</strong>. We&#8217;re all being <em>desensitized</em>. Definition is<strong> to make indifferent, unaware, or the like, in feeling</strong>. Basically to make you get use to it.</p>
<p>Now the president has passed a law making it illegal to talk about or physically do harm to gays.</p>
<p>See <strong>I personally have nothing against gays. I most surely don&#8217;t hate them and don&#8217;t condone violence to anyone at all.</strong> It does disgust me though that a man would want another man or a woman would want another woman but that&#8217;s just my opinion. Nothing more.</p>
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<h1>What does God have to say?</h1>
<p><span id="more-85"></span><br />
You&#8217;d think with our country putting &#8220;<em>In God We Trust</em>&#8221; on everything involving everything, we&#8217;d want to try to please God as much as possible right?</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll get into that later. Right now, let&#8217;s get into exactly what God has to say. I was at bible study the other day and came across a verse that I had never seen before. It not only gives you a view of how God sees homosexuality; it also gives his views on incest and humans having sexual relations with animals.</p>
<p>In<strong> Leviticus 18:22 KJV</strong>, God lets us know</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The definition of abomination is:</p>
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<li>a person or thing that is disgusting</li>
<li>an action that is vicious, vile, etc.</li>
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<p>From that verse alone, we see that God is absolutely disgusted with homosexuality. Doesn&#8217;t say he hates them though. Talk about that later.</p>
<p>Now I know that most people, for some strange reason feel that when Christ, our savior came, he abolished the old testament. I don&#8217;t know where they get that from but for just those people, lets go to the new testament.</p>
<p>In the book of <strong>Romans 1:26-32 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.<br />
26 For this cause God gave them up unto <strong>vile</strong> affections: for even their <strong>women did change the natural use into that which is against nature</strong>:<br />
27 And likewise also the men,<strong> leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly</strong> (shameful), and receiving in themselves that recompense (<strong>penalty</strong>) of their error which was meet (due).<br />
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;<br />
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,<br />
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,<br />
31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, <strong>without natural affection</strong>, implacable, unmerciful:<br />
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that <strong>they which commit such things are worthy of death</strong>, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them</p></blockquote>
<p>In this one scripture in the new testament, we see that God is not pleased at all with many acts; one being homosexuality.</p>
<p>One thing I caught in that is where it says <strong>they receive in themselves the PENALTY of their error which is due</strong>. Is it just me or does AIDS seem like a penalty? Also as of recent, there has been talk of a new condition discovered that only affects gay men.</p>
<p>Some will say that AIDS affects everyone and not just gay people. True, but is it not true that a lot of these sicknesses are spread from men trying to stay on the DL (down-low)?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not here to debate where AIDS comes from. I for one, know it was created in a lab.</p>
<p>Not only is God disgusted with it (he called it shameful); he says they <strong>DESERVE</strong> death and those that agree with it deserve death also but wait!</p>
<p>This is where most people get God confused and mistake his love for ruthless hate. He&#8217;s not attacking homosexuals. In God&#8217;s eyes, NO sin is greater than the other. He puts homosexuality in the same verses with murder, fornication, covetousness and many others as you see above.</p>
<p>At your job, you may feel that you <strong>DESERVE</strong> a raise but that doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;ll get one.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not his will that anyone should suffer the fate of burning in the lake of fire for eternity (2 Peter 3:9).</p>
<h1>So Why all the hate?</h1>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="hate" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B7DuslW4WZ8/S8eEIcw_3dI/AAAAAAAAANw/Gza4M_bNYlE/s1600/god-hates-you.jpg" alt="" width="266" height="277" />One thing I&#8217;ve noticed in many gays is the rebellion against God. This is sometimes followed by absolute hatred for God. I get the feeling they think God hates them but thats so not true.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re probably going to be shocked by my next statement but God loved Hitler (who was a homosexual). Christ died on the cross so you, me and even Hitler might have a chance at eternal life through repentance and the washing away of sins.</p>
<p>The beautiful thing about God is he lets us choose what we want to do. No where in the bible will you find God telling us to do this or burn in hell. That&#8217;s not his style.</p>
<p>He loves us too much for that and proved it by allowing his only begotten son to die for our sins (John 3:16)</p>
<h1>So Where&#8217;s All The Confusion Coming From?</h1>
<p>I&#8217;ve watched a few YouTube videos with people saying God hates gays and condemning them to hell. It&#8217;s sad that they would announce themselves as followers of Christ because God is all about love; Not hate. It shows that they are not reading the Word like they&#8217;re suppose to. Sounds like they&#8217;re just following the path that&#8217;s been laid out for them.</p>
<p>They hated Christ, but he still showed them love and compassion; and he had more reason to hate them than anyone.</p>
<p>People see these groups and automatically mix them in the pot with all followers of Christ; now they look at all (REAL) Christians as gay bashers when that is not the case.</p>
<p>All they do is make us look bad. That and the fact that there are so many supposed followers of Christ that are on different paths headed for the same God.</p>
<h1>But God Has Changed His Mind Due To The Times Right?</h1>
<p>I&#8217;ve heard quite a few people say God must have changed because there are so many people that are not just gay, but sinners, murderers and so on. All those people can&#8217;t possibly be sent to the lake of fire on judgement day right?</p>
<p>God clearly states in <strong>Malicia 3:6 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>For <em>I</em> am the Lord, <em>I</em> <em>change</em> <em>not</em>;</p></blockquote>
<p>If that isn&#8217;t enough, it&#8217;s later stated in the new testament in <strong>James 1:17 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness (change), neither shadow of turning.</p></blockquote>
<p>Plain and simple, God doesn&#8217;t change his mind. What he says is forever; including the 10 commandments which we&#8217;ll get into in another post.</p>
<p>The beautiful thing about God is he&#8217;s not forcing you to live for him. You are free as ever to live as you want and no true Christian will hate you for that. Us coming to you should be out of love; just like Christ died for us out of love.</p>
<p>God lets it be known in the verses I listed above the consequences of living outside of his will and the end judgement is stated in <strong>Revelation 21:7, 8 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.<br />
<strong>8</strong> But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the <strong>lake which burns with fire and brimstone</strong>, which is the second death.</p></blockquote>
<p>And this lake of fire is not just going to burn you a little and you&#8217;re dead; no it&#8217;s going to be pain and torment for eternity. It was made for the devil and those that follow him will suffer the same fate as he will in <strong>Revelation 20:7 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>10</strong> And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be<strong> tormented day and night for ever and ever</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<h1>In Conclusion</h1>
<p>There are a select group of people that are totally against homosexuality and show it by pure hatred. I can assure you that they are not true followers of Christ.</p>
<p>In God&#8217;s eyes, no sin is greater than the other. He looks at murderers, fornicators, adulterers and so on, all the same. As long as they stay in their sin, they will burn (according to him; not me).</p>
<p>If I was to completely go against keeping the Sabbath, because I know the truth, I would be looked at worst than anyone. It&#8217;s like a dog returning to his vomit. Once you&#8217;ve been exposed to the truth, why go back to a lie? That&#8217;s the one sin that infuriates God; when you go against his commandments knowingly.</p>
<p>I know many non-believers feel that God is wrong and all this and that but I challenge you to seek his spirit. I promise you&#8217;ll never be the same. You&#8217;ll see life in a whole new light and if you seek the truth, you will find it; he promises this.</p>
<p>God lets us know in Hosea 4:6 KJV</p>
<blockquote><p>My people are destroyed for <em>lack </em><em>of </em><em>knowledge</em>: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.</p></blockquote>
<p>We are all God&#8217;s people and he loves each and everyone of us the same but he is stern in his statement when he says he will forget those that have forgotten him and his laws.</p>
<p>I beg of you to build a relationship with God as soon as possible because we don&#8217;t have long. If you&#8217;re counting on making it into the kingdom simply off of grace, you are terribly mislead. No sinner will make it into the kingdom unless you follow what Peter states in <strong>Acts 2:38 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Then Peter said unto them, <strong><em>Repent</em>, and be baptized</strong> every one of you in the name of Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.</p></blockquote>
<p>Christ is the ONLY way to be saved. There are no multiple ways into the Kingdom of Heaven. This is made clear in<strong> John 14:6 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>6</strong> Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now is the time more than ever to build a relationship with Christ. He wants you to. As stated above, <strong>it&#8217;s not his will that any should perish</strong> but due to many running from knowledge, it is almost inevitable.</p>
<p>Unless you build a true relationship with Christ, you will not make it. I would have been in that same boat if I didn&#8217;t have my eyes opened due to the love and prayers of others and of course the seeking of truth.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s funny how in a nation where we have &#8220;<em>In God We Trust</em>&#8221; on everything, we tend to stray completely opposite of God&#8217;s teachings. Makes me wonder what god is this nation putting their trust in. Marinate on that. Remember; it&#8217;s printed on ALL money and what did God tell us about money?</p>
<p>In <strong>1 Timothy 6:10 KJV</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>For the <em>love</em> <em>of</em> <em>money</em> is the root of all evil</p></blockquote>
<p>I thank God I am where I am today and I pray that every person that reads builds a stronger relationship with God.</p>
<p>For help seeking freedom from same sex attraction &amp; homosexuality (men, women &amp; teens), I recommend you check out <a href="http://www.exgaygodsway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ex-Gay, God&#8217;s Way</a></p>
<p><strong>God bless </strong></p>
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<p>They TOLD us via the amazing media channels that a group of AK-47 carrying desert dwellers that lived in caves snuck into the United States, hi-jacked planes and for a number of hours, flew around until finally they crashed into the Twin Towers; and for some odd reason, a building named Building 7, fell down a few blocks away; even though it didn&#8217;t get hit with a missile; I mean plane.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to go into detail on just what happened on 9/11 because I know it was a lie and all the video proof you, I and and anyone with sense needs is <a href="http://truthbydefault.com/happened-september-9-11/" target="_blank">right here</a>.</p>
<p>Now the front man for this whole &#8220;attack&#8221; became Bin Laden. We immediately began looking for him but the most advanced military force in the world (at the time) could not find ONE man.</p>
<p>Why is that? Could it be that he was dead the whole time and they just wanted to keep us thinking they had a reason to invade a country that did nothing to us?</p>
<p>According to a Fox News (yea; they&#8217;re a top news outlet&#8230; LOL), in a report on their site, Bin Laden died (for the first time) in 2001. Here&#8217;s what it said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the <em>Pakistan Observer</em> reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead,&#8221; the source said.</p>
<p>Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.</p>
<p>About 30 close associates of bin Laden in Al Qaeda, including his most trusted and personal bodyguards, his family members and some &#8220;Taliban friends,&#8221; attended the funeral rites. A volley of bullets was also fired to pay final tribute to the &#8220;great leader.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Taliban source who claims to have seen bin Laden&#8217;s face before burial said &#8220;he looked pale &#8230; but calm, relaxed and confident.&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked whether bin Laden had any feelings of remorse before death, the source vehemently said &#8220;no.&#8221; Instead, he said, bin Laden was proud that he succeeded in his mission of igniting awareness amongst Muslims about hegemonistic designs and conspiracies of &#8220;pagans&#8221; against Islam. Bin Laden, he said, held the view that the sacrifice of a few hundred people in Afghanistan was nothing, as those who laid their lives in creating an atmosphere of resistance will be adequately rewarded by Almighty Allah.</p>
<p>When asked where bin Laden was buried, the source said, &#8220;I am sure that like other places in Tora Bora, that particular place too must have vanished.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>You can read that report for yourself at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html</p>
<p>(mind you he was being treated in a MILITARY hospital and they couldn&#8217;t find him?? lol)</p>
<p><strong>Now for the Second Death report</strong> which came in 2007. According to a Benazir Bhutto, in an interview, Osama Bin Laden was murdered. Truthfully, she didin&#8217;t say when but she said he was murdered.</p>
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<p>When Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan to take a stand for democratic government, 3 million Pakistanis greeted her at the airport.</p>
<p>She was murdered on the 27th of December in 2007.</p>
<p>Now for the 3rd Death report which came in 2011. This has to be the biggest hoax since&#8230; Well 9/11 I guess.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the official report from Nytimes.com</p>
<blockquote><p>In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Obama declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that American military and C.I.A. operatives had finally cornered Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, who had eluded them for nearly a decade. American officials said Bin Laden resisted and was shot in the head. He was later buried at sea.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/asia/osama-bin-laden-is-killed.html</p>
<p>So my question is why did they decide to burry him at sea? Why not put it out in the news for the world to see like they did with Saddam Hussein?</p>
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<p>That FAKE picture that was going around was thought to be proof but later said to just be proof that the government knows how to use photoshop.</p>
<p>So if Bin Laden died way back in 2001, then where did the Bin Laden we saw in all those videos on th news come from?</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="b" src="http://endthelie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bin-laden-fake-videos.jpg" alt="" width="456" height="250" />Well looks like they hired some actors over the years to play the part.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know but I truthfully don&#8217;t believe Osama Bin Laden died in 2011. I believe he&#8217;s been gone for a while but that&#8217;s just my opinion.. Not really that important; just thought I&#8217;d mention.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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<p>After the craziness of <strong>Black Friday</strong>, everyone gets all jolly and spends money; some spending money they don&#8217;t have or won&#8217;t have for the next couple years.</p>
<p>People actually go broke to take part in something that they don&#8217;t know anything about; but that it&#8217;s time to get a tree, decorate it with stuff and put a star on the top; followed by wrapping presents and putting them under the tree and LYING to kids making them think that a fat guy in a red suit (why red) brought them.</p>
<p>The only way, supposedly, the kids can get these presents is if their good in which Santa Clause will JUDGE them and DECIDE if they are worthy of these GIFTS. <strong>Sound familiar?</strong></p>
<p>Anyways, we&#8217;re warned of this ritual in <strong>Jeremiah 10:2 &#8211; 5</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>2</strong> Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. <strong>3</strong>For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. <strong>4</strong>They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. <strong>5</strong>They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now I know what most people have to say because I&#8217;ve heard it all. &#8220;<em>Oh it&#8217;s for the kids</em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>it&#8217;s the happiest time of the year</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p><strong>Is it wrong to keep it?</strong> YES.</p>
<p><strong>Why?</strong> Because it&#8217;s a pagan holiday instituted by satan to make people think they&#8217;re paying homage to Christ.</p>
<p><strong>Do you have to stop keeping Christmas?</strong><span id="more-268"></span></p>
<p>No. It&#8217;s up to you but God tells us that there would be times when man would choose their traditions over his commandments and statutes.</p>
<div><strong>Colossians 2:8 KJV</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, <strong>after the tradition of <em>men</em></strong>, after the rudiments of the world, <strong>and not after Christ</strong>.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Watch this video that explains everything about the TRUE birth of Christ our Savior and the truth about christmas; from where Santa came from to how christmas was a celebration of murder, human sacrifices and homosexuality. This is no joke. Video is only 35 minutes long. <strong>If you can&#8217;t give 35 minutes to learning the truth then how much do you really love Christ?</strong></p>
<p><strong>1 John 2:15-17 (KJV) </strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em>15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.</em></p></blockquote>
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