The Bible states that “God is not man that he should lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?” (Numbers 23:19).

If God says something, you can take it to the bank.

Once upon a time in America, it used to be that a man’s word was his bond; but that was a long time ago. People were ostracized for lying and cheating back then – at least in my neighborhood and among my family, friends and acquaintances. Most people believed in God, and many shuddered at the thought of his vengeance on such as knowingly and wantonly committing sin. Today, many young people hardly believe in this sovereign God, and some don’t even believe in God at all.

Today corruption is so common that people take such behavior for granted and find it hard to believe anything anyone says.

Politics in our country has opened a pandora’s box of corruption – big time. Teachers, professors, and some Christian denominations have caused young people to question morality and the existence of God.

With false teachings infiltrating and permeating Christianity through manmade cults on the internet and television, and with weird philosophies pervading our society, we are fast becoming a hate-filled, Godless society.

Amid this craziness, today’s youth are desperately seeking something to believe in and truth; and many are dying in search of it.

We have let them down. The gospel and other simple truths only found in the BIBLE are the only things that change lives and gives hope to those who are dying inwardly without absolute truth.

Our youth and the lost in our society must be told how and where to find truth. To do this, we must tell them to believe that Jesus Christ is who he claimed to be (God bearing witness, too, at his baptism), because without faith it is impossible to please God. We must “believe that He is and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” This can only be done through the Holy Spirit’s intervention when we repent and receive Christ’s forgiveness by asking for it and by receiving Him into our hearts and lives. Upon receiving Christ, we can learn about Him, His teachings and promises in the Holy Bible with spiritually opened eyes.

With things coming to a head, we must come to the realization that there is only one way to encounter truth. That is by knowing “truth incarnate” embodied in Christ Jesus and reading and studying the Bible on a regular basis. Only by Christ’s teachings can they hope to encounter God and find meaning for their lives. Jesus said, “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”

The benefits of knowing God’s word (the Bible) are endless. Below are just a few of them.

“I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me.”

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

“Ask and you shall receive – knock and it shall be opened to you.”

“God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted, but will with the temptation, make a way of escape that you will be able resist it.”

“Without faith it is impossible to please God. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.”

“The word of God is swift and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

I witness to my 431 Facebook friends daily, on things of a political and/ or spiritual nature. I do so by perusing the daily news on the internet and assimilating those things that are found to be informative to those seeking truth. I don’t relish having to warn them of things to come or the error of their ways since I am also a sinner saved by the grace of God. But I’m compelled to do so.

Recently, I had to eliminate a couple of people from my Facebook page who were trying to frustrate me with things that didn’t really matter as far as doctrine is concerned. Things like the word rapture not being found in scripture. Anyone who studies the Bible will soon learn that God doesn’t always spell things out in detail. But what does a person do with the “Thief in the night” passage or “in the twinkling of an eye” or “Come up hither?” Better yet, how about “Two will be lying in the bed, one taken and the other one left. Two will be in the field, one taken and the other one left?” Aren’t those passages self-explanatory?

Books:

Since I believe that politics and religion have much in common in shaping our society, I am looking forward to reading Judge Jeanine Pirro’s new book “Liars, Leakers, and Liberals.” (By the way, she was run off from the television show “The View” with a barrage of hate-filled expletives by Whoopi Goldberg.)

Movies:

Dinesh D’Souza has just wrapped a documentary titled “Death of a Nation.” The release date was Aug 3^rd of this year. I want to see this informative film.

Dr. Hayes Wicker gave an excellent sermon on this topic last Sunday. The title of his sermon was “Tooth Decay.” It can be seen on FBCN livestreaming on the internet. Just click on sermon of July 15. On  www.fbcn.org. It’s a humdinger!

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jtfilmmaker@yahoo.com and www.thepropheciesmovie.com or at dropzonedelta.com

 

During our sojourn through life, we often take everything for granted. The Creator of the universe is all but forgotten. There are those who even discount Him and believe we are here by chance and deserving of all that life has to offer. Others curse the God who made them for one reason or another. They can’t seem to grasp the enormity of it all. All too often we take God for granted as well.

Yet there are a few of us who even dare to love Him who made us and everything else; we can see, feel, hear or taste and seek His companionship.

When we stop to truly consider God’s bountiful blessings, we should love our heavenly father all the more. Consider life itself; what did we do to merit such a great experience as life? Light; sunlight; cool invigorating breezes; cool fresh water; warmth; feeling in your inward being; the feeling of touch; and  endorphins to give us the feeling of exhilaration and intense pleasure between our ears. It seems He thought of everything.

Fruits and nuts of various kinds, coffee, tea and manmade drinks of infinite tastes and textures; Vegetables; grain for bread and cereal; meat; poultry; fish of different textures and flavor. His blessings are endless. I could go on and on – but I think you get the picture.

Here are just a few of the many promises He’s made us…. Promises that only He can keep and exposes in the bible. So, “Let us hold on tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.”

“I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me.”

“Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”

“The Lord is our refuge – a very present help in times of trouble.”

“God is not a man, that He should lie, or a human being, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19).

Yes, “God is love;” but with the way things are going around the world, He probably couldn’t be more displeased with us. What with apostasy, hypocrisy, backsliding, backstabbing, contentious and stiff-necked people permeating human society, He has every right to be angry. All these things fall right in line with what the first book of Timothy says it will be like in the “last days.” The Bible also warns that in the final days a falling away from the church and its tenants will take place as well.

To make matters worse, we so-called civilized people spit in our loving God’s face concerning His gift of children who are made in His image and likeness. Thus, we kill God’s great gift while still in the womb and sell the parts! How utterly evil and ugly is that?

Even our teachers are setting our children on the path of self-destruction. Transgenderism and manmade philosophies rule the day. Amazingly, some of these teachers, professors and scholars still hold to Darwinism, a theory that has proven false time and again.

And so we go on our merry way hardly giving Him a second thought. We take all His blessings for granted. Many of us don’t even thank Him for our food.

Prayer is something we do when we have no alternative; and all too often it’s to beg for a non-essential. God knows what we have need of, and He will supply that need if we give Him first place in our lives – sometimes even supernaturally.

How often do we call out to God for direction? Instead, we have decided to go on our own way tenuously, and we do what we think is right. No wonder Jesus Christ had to die for our selfish sins. It was the only way for us to be forgiven and seek higher ground.

Paris France recently had a gay rights festival, and the street corners were painted with the stolen rainbow image to celebrate their perversion. Now the parliament has decided to let those signs stay on the corners of that city. (They will make a nice target for God’s wrath when He decides to act in his unbridled anger.) Surely, they will reap what they sow.

How long will God let people spit in his face and poke their fingers in his eye like they did at the crucifixion? Jesus pled for us once: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Today, the masses know what they are doing and have no idea of the severity of their actions. Surely God will give them their comeuppance – before they destroy society and bring us back into the dark ages and beyond – with the time of great tribulation…and soon.

Now, we may ask how God can bring such destruction upon the world; but mankind – by ungrateful behavior – has set the wheels in motion for the catastrophic events that will take place in the very near future.

BOOKS:

The book I just finished reading, “The Signature of God,” by Grant Jeffrey is full of good information concerning the infallible word of God.

NOTE:

Please pray for the Scott Matthews family here in Naples. He will be undergoing Neurosurgery on the disks in the neck portion of his spinal column in the coming days, and his wife Ashley is terminally ill with cancer. They have two small children. Both parents are in their thirties.

A group of us Christians on Facebook have been praying for the safe extraction of the boys trapped in the cave in Thailand since I first heard about it and put out the call. Thankfully, they have all now been rescued.

Continue to view FBCN Sunday services at 9:30 EST – livestreaming on the internet with senior pastor Dr. Hayes Wicker; and if you enjoy his sermon, drop him a line of encouragement.

YBIC

Jim Towers

Contact me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com – www.thepropheciesmovie.com or dropzonedelta.com