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Are You in the World or in the Word? :: By Nathele Graham

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Have you noticed how worldly Christians seem to be? Pink hair, tattoos, foul language, and vulgar dress seem to be the way many Christians live. Will any of those things send you to Hell? No, but they are an indication of your attitude. If you embrace the world, you will see nothing wrong with pridefully drawing attention to yourself by altering your appearance in shocking ways. I’ve heard of people who have split their tongue to look like a snake and have scales tattooed all over their body in order to look like a serpent. How sad it is to aspire to look like a serpent instead of desiring to let God’s light shine through you.

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well” (Psalm 139:14).

God created mankind with black, brown, auburn, or blonde hair, so why would you decide to have shocking pink hair? If you remember you’re “fearfully and wonderfully” made, your desire will be to be more like Jesus and less like the world.

We live in a fallen world, where most people choose to live in opposition to God. Christians need to choose to live for Jesus and glorify Him in all we do. We have to be in the world, but not of the world. We are pilgrims and just passing through this life, looking forward to a much better life in Heaven.

“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” (Philippians 3:20-21).

When we accept Christ for salvation, there should be a change within us. The ways of the world should have no hold on us. Our desire needs to be like Christ. After all, even though we are physically in this world, God sees us as already being with Him in Heaven.

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved:) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).

There are scars and bumps in our bodies that show that we’ve been beaten up in this world, but we don’t have to hold onto the evils of this world. If we reject worldly ways and dig into the study of Scripture, the things of this world will lose their hold on us. God’s mercy is beyond measure, and we need to appreciate His love for us.

There are addictions and habits that are difficult to let go of, but the more you study Scripture and try to emulate Jesus, the easier it is to get rid of worldly attitudes and ways. Anger, pride, addictions, and any other way of the world will loosen its grip on you.

“Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27).

In this verse, “conversation” is a political word. We understand the nations of the world, and if you live in one country and move to another one, you are under the laws and customs of the new country. In the same way, we live in this world but have “moved” to the Heavenly realms when we accept Christ for salvation and are now under the law of God.

The Apostle Paul had a lot of experience in how God can change a person. He was a really bad dude! He thought he was serving God by arresting Christians. After a supernatural encounter with Jesus, Paul’s life was completely changed. He no longer served the god of this world, Satan, but submitted his life to Christ. Because of that encounter, Christianity was spread to the Gentiles… most of whom lived in a pagan culture. Paul encouraged them, and us, to turn away from the sin and evil of this world and to understand that the Holy Spirit lives within us. We are sealed by His holy presence at the moment we truly believe. God did everything He could to bring us to salvation.

We just celebrated the birth of Christ – God incarnate – and in the course of time, we will soon celebrate His death, burial, and resurrection. If you have accepted His sacrifice for redemption, then it’s time to allow Him to change you from the inside.

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

Ponder that point for a bit. Corinth was slipping into a very liberal way of life. They had come to know Jesus but held onto many worldly ways. They accepted much sin into their congregation and were proud of their open-mindedness. Paul reminded them that they were special; they were indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and that made them, and us, the temple of God. When you live a worldly way of life, you defile the temple. The only way to know how to live a set-apart life unto God is to stay in the word, not in the world. I’m not talking about being saved by works, but when you sin… strike out in anger, or live opposed to God… you don’t honor God.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:1-2).

Study His word and submit to Him. It is reasonable to sacrifice your pride to God. Study His word and apply it to your life. Too often, we see what other people are doing wrong while missing the point that we can’t change others. We especially can’t change non-believers, but we can allow God to change us.

God loves us and wants the best for us. The closer we walk with Him, the less chance we have of grieving Him. The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Holy Trinity. He lives in us and will guide us if we allow it.

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

He will guide you to a deeper understanding of Scripture, but you have to study. As we are about to enter 2022, there are many things that can scare us: pestilence, tornadoes, earthquakes, war, hatred, and more. Study Scripture to find peace. Prophecy is an important part of Bible study, but very few pastors will attempt to teach about it. Since prophecy makes up a large part of Scripture, God wants us to know the future. Study it, and you will find that COVID is just part of the end-times scenario.

Keep your eyes turned to Israel because the end times are about Israel and God leading them back to a right fellowship. We tend to look at Scripture through the eyes of whatever nation we call home, and God loves all people in all nations. In spite of that, Israel is still God’s chosen people, and once Christians have been called Home in the Rapture, God’s attention will be turned back to Israel.

Understand that Christians will be called Home before the Great Tribulation, and looking at the signs of the times encourages us and tells us that we are getting very close to the Rapture. Watching the signs come about doesn’t make life easier, but understanding that none of the trouble in the world is a surprise to God brings peace.

In 2022, resolve to be in the word, not in the world. Live for Jesus and get rid of the sin and rebellion that makes your spirit strive with God.

God bless you all,

Nathele Graham

twotug@embarqmail.com
ron@straitandnarrowministry.com

Recommended prophecy sites:

www.raptureready.com
www.prophecyupdate.com
www.raptureforums.com

All original scripture is “theopneustos,” God-breathed.

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No Getting Out :: By Daymond Duck

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On Dec. 23, 2021, a reader sent me a link to a video (It is apparently a few weeks old) produced by Ryland Media in association with The Irish Inquiry.

In the video, a lady named Sara Haboubi is interviewing a woman named Melissa Ciummei Iconoclast, and it is titled “Great Reset passport to economic slavery.”

Here are some important points from the video.

  • The real purpose of so-called “Vaccine Passports” is not the vaccination history or medical records of the vaccinated.
  • The real purpose is getting the data that will be required of those that want to function in the future global society and entering the information into a global trackable system (creating a Global Passport, not a Vaccine Passport).
  • The dollar is a fiat currency (it’s not backed by gold, silver, etc.), every fiat currency in history has collapsed, the dollar will soon collapse, and the dollar will soon be replaced by a global digital currency.
  • Globalists are trying to get data on everyone on earth into the global system so they can monitor and control every aspect of each person’s finances (and therefore every aspect of each person’s behavior).
  • Children and students are future adults, so vaccinating them is about getting data on these future adults into the global system, not about protecting them from Covid (everyone, regardless of age, must be in the global system).
  • Globalists are using two tactics to get people into this global system: 1) Incentives for those that co-operate, and 2) Threats of punishment for those that do not co-operate.
  • Those that do not co-operate will receive less money, have their money seized, be denied health care, or whatever to force them to comply. (They will not be allowed to function outside the system. That is slavery.)
  • Businesses must be forced to comply with the system, so small businesses are being forced to close, and they will not be allowed to reopen unless they co-operate with the globalist agenda.
  • Globalists are not trying to fix the current economy; they are trying to keep it alive long enough to get the new global economic system up and running.
  • Those that get into the system (and put their children into the system) will be in it permanently (There will be no getting out).

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUpK7BE_48

Know that some articles and videos get banned before my articles get posted, but readers still use Google to find them.

Here are more stories that recently made the news.

One, on Dec. 22, 2021, it was reported that a group of prominent lawyers, medical people and others has filed a legal petition with the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting the prosecution for “crimes against humanity” of The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID; Dr. Anthony Fauci), Bill and Melinda Gates, The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO; Tedros Ghebreyesus), The Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF; Klaus Schwab), The Prime Min. of the UK (Boris Johnson), the CEOs of several pharmaceutical companies, and others.

According to the document, those being sued are responsible for the injury and or death of at least 395,049 people, blocking alternative safe treatments for Covid (Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, etc.), colluding to keep people from assembling and traveling, damaging the fertility of women, subjecting people to future side effects, harming people that have refused to be vaccinated (causing them to lose their jobs, go out of business), and more.

Two, concerning Covid vaccinations: on Dec. 24, 2021, everyone on the U.S. Navy ship “USS Milwaukee” was fully vaccinated, and the ship was scheduled to deploy to South America that day. Nevertheless, the ship’s deployment was paused because of an outbreak of Covid on the ship.

Three, on Dec. 19, 2021, the cruise ship Koningsdam left California on a cruise to Mexico with 1,035 fully vaccinated passengers and 874 fully vaccinated crew members on board. 2 days later, the crew members were tested for Covid, and 21 came out positive. Mexico refused to allow anyone to leave the ship.

(More: On Dec. 23, 2031, it was reported that 55 fully vaccinated crew members and passengers on the cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas have tested positive for Covid, and the ship has been denied entry to Curacao and Aruba.)

Four, concerning world government and the “Great Reset”: on Dec. 22, 2021, it was reported that the Rockefeller Foundation has released a report called “Reset the Table,” and it calls for a global central government to control the world’s food supply.

Globalists are claiming that Covid is causing millions of people to go hungry, and a global central government is needed to make the distribution of food more fair and equitable.

If globalists control the food, they will control who gets to eat, how much they get to eat, what they get to eat, etc. Those that don’t want to starve to death will be enslaved by the world government.

Five, concerning world government monitoring and controlling everything people do: on Dec. 26, 2021, a World Economic Forum (WEF) video was posted that says scientists are urging people to wash their clothes less frequently to protect the environment and help our planet.

According to the video:

  • Washing our clothes damages the environment by putting detergents and microfibers into waterways.
  • Washing our clothes too often wears them out faster and increases the amount of waste at landfills.
  • Jeans should be washed once a month, PJ’s once a week, underwear after every use; people should use a lower water temperature and shorter cycles.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/bizarre-world-economic-forum-video-orders-citizens-to-stop-washing-their-clothes-to-fight-climate-change/

Six, concerning perilous times with wars and rumors of wars (specifically the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine): on Dec. 23, 2021, Monte Judah presented information on his Messianic World Update that this writer has not seen anywhere else.

Here is a link to the update: https://www.messianicworldupdate.com/

In recent weeks, Russia has moved perhaps as many as 175,000 troops with equipment into position for a possible attack on Ukraine in early 2022.

Pres. Biden has called Pres. Putin and threatened severe sanctions if Putin doesn’t back off.

Approximately one week ago, Russia sent an official diplomatic message to the U.S., Ukraine, and NATO with a list of demands and an ultimatum to accept them within 20 days:

  • Ukraine must not be allowed to join NATO.
  • There must be no NATO troops or nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
  • Russia must be allowed to keep the Crimean Peninsula and the naval base on the Black Sea that it seized and annexed in 2014.

NATO immediately rejected Russia’s demands, but Pres. Biden said he will discuss them with Pres. Putin in early Jan. 2022 (call now set for Jan. 10, 2022).

NATO doesn’t believe Biden is reliable, so NATO will not take on Russia without strong action from Biden.

Russia believes Biden is weak and will cave, but Russia appears determined to attack Ukraine and is preparing for the war to go nuclear if Biden doesn’t meet Russia’s demands.

Pres. Putin has responded by giving his military leaders access to nuclear weapons (mobile nuclear weapons plus stationary nuclear weapons in silos).

Russia is also preparing burial sites for large numbers of people that could die from nuclear radiation (normal graves are not sufficient).

(More: Last weekend, Russia pulled back 10,000 troops, and there was speculation that Putin had changed his mind. On Dec. 27, 2021, it was reported that Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister said, “We are not bluffing.”)

Seven, also concerning perilous times with wars and rumors of wars (specifically the potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan): China appears to be waiting on the winter Olympics in China and to see what Biden does about Ukraine.

If Russia can get Biden to meet its demands on Ukraine, China believes they can force Biden to meet China’s demands on Taiwan.

Biden’s defeat and withdrawal in Afghanistan now seems to leave him with just two choices: Give up Ukraine and Taiwan or go to war with Russia and China in early 2022 (and he has cut the U.S. military’s budget, forced unvaccinated military personnel to resign, gone ‘woke,’ etc.).

Eight, God said He will multiply the Jews upon the mountains of Israel (the Golan Heights and more), cause the Jews to walk upon the mountains, and give the fruit on the mountains to the Jews at the end of the age (Ezek. 36:1-12).

On Dec. 26, 2021, the Israeli cabinet unanimously approved $317 million to build new Jewish communities (7,300 housing units), improve the infrastructure, improve crop production, and encourage Jews to move to the Golan Heights in the next 5 years.

Currently, about 27,000 Jews live on the Golan Heights, and the goal is to increase the Jewish population to about 100,000 Jews.

(Update: On Dec. 27, 2021, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Syria rejects Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights and will do everything it can to retake the area. This could play into the destruction of Damascus in one night.)

Nine, concerning the coming global hyperinflation and economic collapse early in the Tribulation Period: on Dec. 28, 2021, Glenn Beck released a video in which he says, “Almost one in five homes sold in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2021 was purchased by an investment firm, and many are paying tens of thousands of dollars over the asking price.”

Beck said, “Investors bought more than 90,000 homes, totaling more than $63 billion,” and he added that “nearly 77% were bought in an all-cash transaction.”

According to Beck, the reason investors are paying tens of thousands of dollars over the asking price is because they know what is coming, and they would rather own property than have money.

(More: Investors are buying entire communities, every house on a street; some realtors are buying many of the houses that are put up for sale. Some predict that people will be forced to rent houses in the near future because they will cost more than the average person can afford.)

(More: On Dec. 28, 2021, it was reported that home prices in the U.S. rose 18.4% between Oct. 2020 and Oct. 2021).

(More: On Dec. 29, 2021, it was reported that the price of gasoline is going up again. The current administration is deliberately hindering U.S. oil production in the name of protecting the environment from Climate Change despite the fact that the Bible clearly teaches that God—not them—controls the weather.)

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). 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.

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