Saturday, October 10, 2020

Take That Hill! In God's Will!

 















"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Tim.2:3)!


"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" (Col 3:1)!
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (godly laud and praises) in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph 1:3)!

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4)!
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"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 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. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel" (Eph 6:10-19)!
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"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" (1Tim 6:12)!

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Plil. 4:13)!

"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place" (2 Cor. 2:14)!

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:57)!

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us (Romans 8:37)!

"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he (Christ) that is in you, than he (Satan) that is in the world (1 John 4:4)!
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"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Cor.10:31)!

Now Soldier of the Lord; Take that Hill! In God's Will! For Almighty God's glory!


To God Be the Glory!


The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!


DJP I.F.


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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate - Without Jesus' RIGHTEOUSNESS We Are All Zeros!












My dear friends, last night's 2020 VP Debate was based on two totally different ideologies. One based on the practice of Marxism, socialism, critical theory, lawlessness, victim status, lacentiousness, death and demonic gas lighting while the other was based on a belief in Almighty God, Life, morality, personal accountability and responsibility, law and order, prosperity, the America dream and America as founded. Two different world perspectives but only one which truly represents America. Whatever the result of the 2020 Presidential election, this election, nation and world are but a drop in the bucket in light of ETERNITY. Do your part as an American in the presence and fear of Almighty God, but know that this existence in time is but for a moment. The Day of the Lord and the Kingdom of God are truly at hand and that is where this world is heading at present at light speed (Isa. 11, Dan. 2:43-44, 7:12-14, 1 Thess. 5:1-6, 2 Thess. 2:3-12, 2 Tim. 3:1-7, Rev. 6-19)!

The Day of the Lord and Kingdom of God are truly at hand and that is where this world is heading at present at light speed!

Dear friends, try this experiment if you will. Multiply ALL of your worldly and godless delusions, aspirations, dreams and wants times the number zero and see what you come up with? For ALL that is done outside of  Almighty God's saving solution and RIGHTEOUSNESS for this world, in the end, will end up as absolute vanity and an ETERNAL zero in the light of ETERNITY (Rev. 20:11-15, 21:8, 22:11).

Almighty God's Word states;

God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6).

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth (John 17:17).

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever (Psalm 119:160).

Dear friend, do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? To know Him is to know REALITY. To know Him is to know ABSOLUTE TRUTH.  May you be sure that your "ideology" and "REALITY" is rooted in the absolute ETERNAL REALITY of Almighty God and His never-changing Word. Your whole ETERNITY depends on it! 2020 will come and go but he who adides in Almighty God's saving grace abides FOREVERMORE (John 3:16-17, 11:25-26, Rev. 21; 22:1-5)!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.


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The Death and Vanity of Eddie Van Halen - A Biblical Perspective









Dear friends, the death of Eddie Van Halen has absolutely rocked the music world and has hit millions upon millions of fans of all ages with sorrow, grief, and tears. To those of you who are not acquainted with Eddie Van Halen because you lived in a Christian upbringing, I cannot even begin to express to you what the music world and its millions of fans are feeling right now! Eddie Van Halen was an Arch Icon and a Mega hard rock guitarist vanguard on so many fronts of the music world since the mid-seventies! His name alone - when spoken of - meant superiority in all that is guitar and music! His playing, trendsetting ways, party lifestyle, and EXPONENTIAL influence in music, culture, society, and the music world was beyond massive and may I say... totally EXPONENTIAL! 

Eddie Van Halen was an Arch Icon and a Mega hard rock guitarist vanguard on so many fronts of the music world since the mid-seventies! His name alone - when spoken of - meant superiority in all that is guitar and music!

In the Christian world, Eddie Van Halen might be totally insignificant except for his manner of life outlived (Eph.2:1-2, 1 John 2:15-17); however, for someone like myself who was not raised in a bible believing home; but who was raised in the world who ate, drank, and lived this life till my ETERNAL salvation at 23, I am very very familiar with Eddie Van Halen, the music culture, its trendsetting ways in society and it's total rebellion against ALL that is Almighty God in RIGHTEOUSNESS (Rom. 1:18-32, Eph. 2:1-2)

The Lord Jesus PERFECTLY stated in light of ETERNITY and in light of Almighty God's ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS; 

"What shall it profit a man (gain) if he should gain the whole world and ETERNALLY lose his soul" Mark 8:36 

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matt. 6:19-21

My dear friends, if anyone ever came close to gaining the whole world in our day it would have been Eddie Van Halen! The fame, fortune, genius, luxury, industry respect, women, excess upon excess upon excesses; all in the end was ETERNAL vanity without an ETERNAL saving relationship to our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator! As far as we can see by words and actions; Eddie Van Halen publically demonstrated to all that he had absolutely no fear of Almighty God, nor an ETERNAL saving relationship to his ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator in RIGHTNESS (John 3:16-17; 36)! I have no pleasure in saying such things and I know that this biblical assessment of Eddie Van Halen will anger many; but it truly is a warning to all that we are just dust and vanity as we walk this world and all that is light and life is to be found in our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator alone (John 1:1-14; 11:25-26; 17:3)!

I know that this biblical assessment of Eddie Van Halen will anger many but it truly is a warning to all that we are just dust and vanity as we walk this world and all that is light and life is to be found in our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator alone!

The Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes is the tragic biography of Adam’s fallen race (i.e., humanity) told by the wisest of all men, King Solomon. King Solomon possessed it all: wisdom, brilliance, discernment, authority, prestige, riches/ wealth, property/ possessions, power, fame, women, and glory. Amazingly, as he was reflecting on his life in his last days, he made this very sobering and tragic statement: “Vanity of vanities…all is vanity” (Eccl. 1:1-15, 12:7-8).

In possessing all of this stature and achievement, it never satisfied the  ETERNAL void of his heart. All of it did not - and could not - yield peace and contentment. In the end, all of Solomon's great achievements and pomp could never deliver him in the hour of his death. To Solomon, all indeed was truly dust in the wind...

Dust in the Wind, the title of a song released by the group Kansas in the late 1970s, is a melancholy piece regarding the terrible uncertainties and brevity of earthly existence. There is no certainty, no hope, no expectation, no solution, and no deliverance. The song is painted with pessimistic colors and presents a bleak and tragic picture with absolute abandonment and no salvation to be found. All we are is dust in the wind….

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"All we are is dust in the wind..."

What the majority of humanity (and the song) greatly misses is that without Almighty God, our Creator and Sustainer and His righteousness, all is indeed an absolute tragedy, vanity and dust in the wind (Psalm 39:5). My friend, that was never God’s plan and purpose for His creation (Rom. 5:12-21). It is Almighty God’s sincerest desire that all would come to the saving knowledge of His Son Jesus Christ and have ETERNAL LIFE. The Bible states:

"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. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17)

"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die…?" (Ezekiel 33:11)

"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost" (Matt 18:11)

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matt 11:28-30)

Jesus said, "The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10)

Your existence here in time does not have to end in vanity. Almighty God has a great future plan and purpose for your life.


But as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him"(1 Cor. 2:9)

"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" (John 11:25)

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 22:5)

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Without Almighty God’s remedy for our sinful condition which is found only in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ, indeed all is truly vanity and dust in the wind.
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"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? " (Matt 16:26)

"Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah" (Psalm 39:5).

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"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev 20:11-15)

In the end, Solomon fully comprehended that Almighty God was absolutely essential for the existence of man. To know Him is life  ETERNAL with great expectation and purpose!

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil" (Eccl. 12:13,14)

Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? To know Him is to have  ETERNAL LIFE and possess  ETERNAL HOPE. May it be your sincere desire to know the One that made it all possible for you to have all of God’s highest and best for your life - both here in time and also for ETERNITY.

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.