Making Resolutions :: By Nathele Graham 

Published on: by RR7 Category:General Articles, Ron & Nathele Graham

It’s that time of year again when people feel compelled to make some well-intentioned resolutions. Some people see this time of year as a time to give up a bad habit, such as smoking, while other’s want to be better stewards of their money. Making a resolution is easy, but keeping it takes commitment. A good resolution to keep is to study Scripture and apply it to your life. All Scripture is God-breathed and for our benefit.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

Many Christians read through their Bible each year, and that’s a good habit to get into. On the other hand, as you race to get all those scriptures read before next year, be sure you stop and study them. Memorize scriptures so you can bring them to mind in a time of need or if you’re witnessing to someone who wants to know more about your Christian faith. If you become familiar with passages that bring comfort, you’ll be able to bring peace to a friend who’s struggling, or help others in their walk with Jesus. As you study Scripture, look up the meaning of words in their original language. No matter what translation you use, our English Bible is merely a translation from the original languages. You’ll gain deeper understanding by knowing the definition of original words and phrases. A concordance is a good study tool.

Today, Christianity is being challenged, God is being mocked, and many laws are in place which legalize sin. Only Bible study will give you the knowledge to defend your faith and the courage to stand firm on God’s word. Only by studying Scripture will you have answers when your faith is challenged or if someone asks for answers to their quest for truth.

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15).

The world, which is under the influence of Satan, accepts many things that contradict God’s word. If you sanctify the Lord God in your heart, then you’ll have Scriptural truth to answer someone who claims that God’s OK with the particular sin they embrace. You may be accused of judging, but by studying God’s word, you can explain that you aren’t judging because God defines sin. Then you can open their eyes to God’s love and forgiveness. If you’ve studied Scripture, you’ll be able to help them repent and accept salvation through Christ.

As you study God’s word, examine your own life. We all struggle with sin, but we must recognize that sin and ask God to help us overcome it. James helps us see how to draw closer to God.

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded” (James 4:7-8).

It’s easy to recognize sin in others but justify our own sin. Anger, lust, and poor stewardship of our money are just a few things we justify. James says not to have double standards. Study Scripture and use it to draw closer to God. Remember, God hasn’t changed His mind about what is and isn’t sin. What was sin yesterday is sin today. He shed His blood to purchase your redemption from the wages of sin.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

Christ paid a huge price to save you. Don’t take that fact lightly.

When you study Scripture, you’ll probably learn things your pastor doesn’t teach. When God’s word differs from man’s interpretation, always believe Scripture.

“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7). 

You may have to change your mind about the “profane and old wives’ fables” you’ve been taught. For instance, many preachers teach that the reason God destroyed all flesh in the Flood is that Seth’s sons married Cain’s daughters. Scripture doesn’t say that. Satan uses that fable in order to make God look angry and vindictive. An honest study of Genesis chapter 6 reveals that the “sons of God” are the fallen angels, and the “daughters of men” are human women. This ungodly union produced the Nephilim, which had to be destroyed or all of humanity would be corrupted beyond redemption.

If you believe that God destroyed all flesh because one human married another human, then you’ll be confused about other passages. Jesus said the end times would be like the days of Noah. Satan is once again trying to corrupt the human genome by leading “scientists” to cross human DNA with animal DNA to create hybrids and many evil things. When a person is not fully human because of tampering with DNA, they cannot be saved because of the corruption. Jesus died to save humans, not hybrids. With the GMO foods, hybrid creatures, and now a vaccine that’s paving the way for the mark of the beast, if you don’t study and understand Scripture, you will be led astray by lies.

When people see the inner peace you have in these troubled times, they may ask questions. There are many questions on people’s minds these days, and the answer to many of these questions can be found in prophecy. This past year has been very trying, and people are confused, scared, and nervous about the future. Bible prophecy will give you answers when someone voices fear over this virus that’s shutting down the world, or the results of the fraud and dishonest liberal politicians in the American presidential election. If you’ve studied Scripture, you can explain about the signs of the times and why it’s important for every person to give their life to Jesus because the end of time is approaching quickly.

We can see the one world government falling into place, as well as the technology for the mark of the beast. If you don’t study Scripture, you’ll believe the lies that are being told by liberal lunatics who follow Satan, but you’ll find peace and assurance from God’s word that Christians won’t go through the seven years of tribulation.

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

Things will continue to become more Satanic as we move towards the Tribulation period, but Christians won’t see the horrors described in Revelation beginning in chapter 6.

A very common comment I hear is “things are changing,” and people feel that something’s about to happen. That “something” is prophecy being fulfilled. God gave us prophecy for our benefit.

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Peter 1:19-20).

Peter had witnessed amazing things as He walked with Jesus. In spite of what he saw, he placed prophecy above what he experienced, yet most preachers won’t teach on prophecy. In effect, that’s telling God that a large portion of His word doesn’t matter. The events happening around the world, especially in the Middle East, will make more sense when looked at through Bible prophecy.

Why is there such a fight over Israel’s right to exist? God gave that land to the Jewish people forever. Period. The UN, the USA, or any other political alliance you can name, has no right to take it away from them. Study Genesis chapter 13 to see that the land was given by God Almighty to Abraham’s seed forever. Abraham is the father of the nation of Israel. Prophecies in Ezekiel tell of the dry bones joining and coming to life. The dry bones represent Israel, and they began coming together when Israel was reestablished in their God-given land.

Ezekiel also tells of a war when all nations will come against Israel, and we see nations aligning today to fulfill that prophecy. Wars will continue, but Israel will be victorious; however, they must first recognize that Jesus Christ is their Messiah. We are living in the last days, and only Biblical prophecy will give you understanding of these crazy times.

Which brings us to the Rapture. Studying Scripture will reveal that not only is the pre-tribulation Rapture Scriptural but it’s on the very near horizon. This is first “pictured” in the book of Genesis. In your study of Genesis, you’ll come across a man named Enoch who was taken (Raptured) by God prior to the judgment of Noah’s flood (Genesis 5:24 and Hebrews 11:5). Enoch is a “picture” of the pre-tribulation Rapture. When you study Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians, you’ll see that Paul taught a pre-tribulation Rapture. Also, the letters that Jesus dictated to John, which are found in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation, spell out the history of Christianity throughout the ages. After the final letter, John saw a door open in Heaven.

“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Revelation 4:1). 

This is the Rapture. The rest of Revelation is what John saw happening after Christians are Raptured. He describes marvelous things in Heaven where Christians have been taken, but on earth it’s horrifying. God’s wrath will be poured out on earth during those final seven years. All those who haven’t accepted Christ for salvation will face harrowing times. This should inspire you to witness to others about the good news of salvation through Jesus. Only Christians will escape God’s wrath.

The most comforting of all subjects to study is salvation. God made it simple for us, but people have complicated it.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

What a wonderful promise! There’s nothing you can do to save yourself. Only grace from God accepted by faith brings salvation. There’s no other way to spend eternity in Heaven than through faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everyone is a sinner and falls short of God’s perfect standard, but Jesus shed His blood for the entire world. The question is, have you accepted His sacrifice?

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:23-26).

Have you placed your faith in Christ alone for salvation? Many people place their faith in works, such as doing good deeds. Some even believe that baptism equals salvation. Each person must make the choice to accept God’s free gift for themselves. If you were baptized as a baby, you didn’t make your own profession of faith, so you need to do that now. It has to be your own choice. You should be baptized because of obedience, and you should do good deeds as a way to glorify Christ, but only faith brings salvation. As you study Scripture, you’ll become more and more thankful for the price He paid to redeem you.

Of all the resolutions you can make, the one with the greatest rewards is to truly study His word and walk close to Him.

God bless you all,

Nathele Graham

twotug@embarqmail.com

www.straitandnarrowministry.com

ron@straitandnarrowministry.com

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World Government Looming :: By Daymond Duck

Published on: by RR7 Category:Daymond Duck, General Articles

People called globalists, the Global Elite, the Shadow Government, and various other names want to create and run a New World Order.

A New World Order implies the demise of the current world order.

The slogan of many globalists (including the Biden Administration, the UN, and Pope Francis) is “Build Back Better,” but to build back, the current world order must be destroyed first.

To Build Back Better implies a better world, but globalists are really trying to gain total control of everyone on earth (our religious system, our political system, our economic system; what we buy, what we sell, what we say, what we own, where we live, where we work, who we worship, and more).

In 2021, they will be seeking global approval to bring about their New World Order through the Davos Dialogues, the Great Reset, World Bank, IMF, G-7, and G-20 meetings.

Notice that all of these meetings are gatherings of elite globalists and not gatherings of people that have been elected by ordinary citizens.

At two meetings in 2019 (the UN and the World Economic Forum), Pres. Trump said, “The future does not belong to globalists. It belongs to patriots.”

Trump’s patriotism and nationalism are in direct opposition to the New World Order globalism.

I may be wrong, and if I am, I ask God to forgive me, but here is my opinion on some of the things that are happening:

  • The purpose of the election fraud (should I call it treason) is to remove Trump, bring down the current nationalist world order, and empower people to replace the current world order with the New World Order. It will take most of 2021 for “The Davos Dialogues” (Jan. 25-29), “The Great Reset” (May 18-21), the IMF, World Bank, and other meetings to be held, proposals to be adopted, dates set for new laws to go into effect, etc., but the inauguration of a president that intends to push this signifies that a world government is on the way.
  • The purpose of small business lockdowns is to impoverish owners and their employees to make them dependent upon government for a check so these people can be forced to obey the New World Order. If you do not think the U.S. government would do this to U.S. citizens, please explain why the first version of the recent stimulus bill proposed more money for pork projects (museums, Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt, Burma, Sudan, etc.) than it proposed for unemployed citizens in the U.S. Please explain why it proposed nothing for restaurant owners, Gym owners and others in the U.S.

Why aren’t American taxpayers put first? (Trump signed the bill but sent it back to Congress with instructions to cut the amount of pork and increase the benefits to U.S. citizens. Also, know that the trillions that are being spent on bailouts are setting the stage for hyper-inflation and an economic collapse during the Tribulation Period.)

  • The purpose of Church lockdowns is to weaken the Church and silence most of the opposition to world government.
  • The purpose of the Coronavirus is to initiate a program that will eventually be used to number and track everyone on earth. It is currently being used to desensitize people to the Mark of the Beast. When that is enacted, people will not be allowed to live the way they want to live. People will be forced to live the way the elite tell them to live or they will be removed from the earth. (The Mark of the Beast is a minimum of 3 ½ years from now).
  • The purpose of Climate Change is wealth redistribution (Your wealth, not the elite’s wealth. You won’t own anything, but they will be very rich) and support for a world government that says natural disasters are a global problem that needs a global solution.
  • The purpose of enticing multi-millionaire athletes to kneel during the national anthem, enticing rioters to destroy statues, etc., is to convince citizens that the U.S. is a bad nation and capitalism must be replaced.
  • The censorship, lying and deception of most of the media is because many of the rich, elite owners are part of the shadow government or, at the very least, are catering to it.
  • The purpose of abortion, the gay agenda, euthanasia, etc., is to slow population growth in the world.
  • The opposition to a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border is because the globalists want a borderless world.
  • The globalist desire to divide Israel is because they ignore or don’t believe the Bible (a big mistake).
  • God put Trump in office as a roadblock because the time had not arrived, but at some point in time, God will permit the globalists to establish and control a wicked world government for 7 years.
  • Trump was spied on, falsely accused of colluding with the Russians, impeached by the House, ridiculed by the media for four years, and some of his friends were prosecuted, but nothing has been done to Hillary, Obama, Biden, Comey, Brennan, or any of the Democrats. The U.S. government has three divisions: Executive, Judicial, and Legislative – and under a Biden administration, all of them will be corrupt. Even if the Republicans control the Senate, there are enough corrupt Republicans for the corruption to continue unabated.

My opinions can be summed up this way: It looks like a world government is looming (The reason is sin and the abandonment of God in America).

Here are some recent reports on current events:

One, on Dec. 23, 2020, it was reported that a subcommittee of the Georgia Standing Senate Judiciary Committee issued a report that says the election was “chaotic and any reported results must be viewed as untrustworthy.”

They called for the Legislature to carefully consider its obligations under the U.S. Constitution, for the governor and the entire General Assembly to convene, and if the majority of the General Assembly agrees with the subcommittee’s findings, they should rescind the certification of the election.

According to the article, the General Assembly can do this when there is evidence of election fraud.

I have not seen a report on what they will do.

Two, it has been reported that Ron Raffensperger, the brother of Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is employed by a Chinese government-owned company called Huawei Enterprise Storage Solutions.

Brad is an avid anti-Trumper, and some believe he has been heavily involved in Georgia’s apparent election fraud.

Three, The Trump Campaign has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on several election fraud issues before Jan. 6, 2020, the day that Congress counts and certifies the electoral votes.

The court responded by setting the hearing for Jan. 22, 2021, two days after Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021.

On Jan. 22, 2021, the court is expected to say the hearing is not necessary because the election is over and Biden has already been sworn in.

This is one more indication that the U.S. Supreme Court is controlled by the Shadow Government and is no longer serving in the best interests of the U.S. citizens.

What is the purpose of having a U.S. Supreme Court when the results are determined before a case is heard by judges doing things like this?

What is the purpose of having elections if they are not honest?

Why vote if corrupt individuals are going to be allowed to determine who wins.

Four, on Oct. 2019, Joe Biden said if he is elected, “No one in my family will have an office in the White House, will sit in on meetings as if they are a cabinet member, will, in fact, have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country.”

On Dec. 24, 2020, Fox News reported that a company solely owned by Hunter Biden (called Skaneateles) owns a 10% stake in a Chinese equity firm called Bohai Harvest RST (BHR).

Two days before this, the Wall Street Journal reported that one of BHR’s financiers is the Bank of China.

According to the report, Hunter says he is trying to sell his interest in the Chinese company, and Joe’s transition team will not discuss it.

Many believe a special counsel needs to be appointed to investigate this matter.

Five, on Dec. 23, 2020, a judge in Arizona refused a request by the Arizona State Senate to examine the voter machines in Maricopa County.

He will let them refile their case, but it will probably be too late to do anything by then.

Six, readers have sent me reports that say the building that was destroyed in the Nashville Christmas day bombing housed a shadow government super-computer system and election voting machines that were scheduled to be audited this week.

A second report said a Christmas Day fire destroyed a printing company in Rochester, New York, that is believed to have printed hundreds of thousands of fraudulent election ballots.

I cannot confirm some of the information in the articles, but if they are true, two disasters with ties to the election on the same day in different states looks suspicious.

Seven, concerning the prophesied growth of Israel at the end of the age, on Dec. 27, 2020, it was reported that Israel believes a Biden administration will oppose settlement construction on the West Bank, so Israel plans to approve more settlements before Biden is inaugurated.

Eight, on Dec. 22, 2020, Israel’s unity government led by Netanyahu and Gantz collapsed.

By law, another election must occur 90 days later (Mar. 23, 2021).

This will be Israel’s fourth election in less than two years.

Ultimately, the Messiah must occupy the Throne of David in Jerusalem and rule over Israel as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Nine, on Dec. 27, 2020, our Baptist Sunday School lesson was about a devout man named Simeon who was waiting for the day the Messiah would bring consolation (comfort) to Israel, and it was revealed to him that he would not die before he had seen the Messiah (Luke 2:25-26).

It occurred to me that Christians are waiting for the day the Messiah will bring consolation (comfort; the Rapture; I Thess. 4:13-18) to the Church, and it has been revealed that the generation that sees the return of Israel will not die before everything is fulfilled (Matt. 24:32-34).

Finally, God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

Prophecy Plus Ministries, Inc.

Daymond Duck

duck_daymond@yahoo.com