The Roman's Road to Salvation!

God Loves You! God wants You to know him and have Eternal Life.

Romans 5:8 - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Sin separates us from God. God's Peace and Eternal Life are lost because of our sins.

Romans 5:12 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned;

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

God has provided the gift of Eternal Life. This Life is found in His Son, Jesus Christ.

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

You can have this Life! This Life is made possible through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Romans 5:21 - That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:10 - For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

WHAT TO PRAY - Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins. I now trust Him as Saviour and will follow Him as the Lord of my Life."

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

The Spiritual Temperature of Connecticut and New England

The Secular, Liberal, Socialistic Hartford Courant ran a front page story earlier last year, declaring with some glee that "Many of Us Are Unsure About God."The Hartford Courant is well known for its liberal slant and anti-biblical bias. This front page story was not placed there by accident. It was placed smack dab on the front page to move forward a secular agenda here in Connecticut. A national poll released in June of last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows that New England States were the most reprobate of all the United States. The Hartford Courant's poll conducted on their web site after this story was released confirms such a result about Connecticut and the Courant's readers. Although the facts are true, there is a deeper meaning. Polls usually serve one purpose. That purpose is to manufacture a story, create news and move an action line. In this case, the front page results were used to move the agenda (which is to continually remove Almighty God and His absolutes out of the Public Square) and to push for a secular, socialistic, liberal state."

In the last 50 years Connecticut has become one of the most liberal and socialistic states in the union, along with our New England neighbors and as a result we have been reaping the social consequence for decades. Under such conditions this environment is a perfect breeding ground for Connecticut's residents to have such a Godless outlook. Expect 2009 to surpass last years secular, godless, liberal agenda and to "snow ball" as this new year progresses. Look out Believers of the Bible and of Almighty God, Conservatives and those of you who dare challenge the State's liberal status quo. You better believe they are going to becoming after us and our freedoms.

New England at one time was a beacon of light in the founding of this nation. Bible Truths, Absolutes and Morality dominated and help contain the fallen nature of man. They helped to establish this great nation. . Our faith upon God and His Word gave great liberty and hope to individuals, and sent the message to the Monarchical powers at the time: "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"

As time passed, Almighty God and Biblical Absolutes were gradually abandoned and replaced with with Human Reason and Humanistic Philosophy, Darwinian Evolution and Freudian Psychology, Godless Secularism and Political Correctness, and Religion without Rightness. So here we have arrived, at a point in this long declension, and thus declared by this front page story. Also mentioned in the piece was that among the majority of the polled, Ecumenicalism (i.e., seeking to achieve unity by diluting or deleting truth) was sought as the means of salvation along with a socialistic and liberal view of Christianity. However, Jesus said, Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. ( Matthew 7:13,14)

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)

Bible believing Christians know and experience all too often the Bible rejecting attitude that is prevalent in this state and practically all of New England. It exists in our “mainstream” Media, Newspapers, Politicians and yes, even so-called "Churches." Satan's main goal is to destroy the Brilliant Light of The Glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ, God's Word and Witness, Moral Absolutes, etc., and replace it with his own godless system. It seems today as if he has already accomplished it.

Jesus said, Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:13-16)

May it be our passion and desire today to allow Almighty God's Word and Absolutes to burn mightily in our hearts that our lives would be a burning light to those in Connecticut, New England and The World that many in these last days would come to know the God of Truth. Thy Kingdom Come! Even so come Lord Jesus!!! (Revelation 22:20)

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

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Dr. J. Vernon McGee

The Wisdom of this World vs. The Wisdom of Almighty God

A Dr. McGee Quote
If the wisdom of this world in which we are living in is making any sense to you today, then I'll choose the foolishness of The Cross!

(1 Cor. 1:18-31)

John Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. Dr. McGee remarked, "When I was born and the doctor gave me the customary whack, my mother said that I let out a yell that could be heard on all four borders of Texas!" His Creator well knew that he would need a powerful voice to deliver a powerful message.

As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. It was there that he received his greatest compliment: "It was from a country boy wearing high buttoned, yellow shoes. After a morning service he came to speak to me. He groped for words, then blurted out, 'I never knew Jesus was so wonderful!'

He started to say more but choked up and hurried out of the church. As I watched him stride across the field, I prayed, 'Oh, God, help me to always preach so that it can be said, I never knew Jesus was so wonderful.'"After completing his education (earning his A.B. from Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee; his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas), and after pastoring Presbyterian churches in Decatur, GA, Nashville, TN, and Cleburne, TX, he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, where he accepted a call to the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. He recalls this period as the happiest in his life, with a young family and a young congregation whom he loved.

Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic, Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970. There he began a daily radio broadcast called "High Noon Bible Class" on a single station.

Dr. McGee began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Today the program airs on over 400 stations each day in the United States and Canada, is heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.

During his last few years, failing health demanded the cancellation of many speaking engagements. This was extremely distressing to him. There was no recurrence of an earlier bout with cancer during this time, only a weakening heart. Back in 1965, after radical surgery, the doctors had given him 6 months to live. The Lord gave him 23 years.

Dr. McGee and the Board of Directors planned in advance how the program would continue in the event of Dr. McGee's homegoing. The message would remain the same and the "voice" of Thru the Bible Radio would continue to be Dr. McGee, through the use of the taped 5-year program, except for those foreign language broadcasts, where the producers use the printed 5-volume Bible study to translate and produce the program.

On the morning of December 1, 1988, a few minutes after a visit with the then Associate Director of Thru the Bible, alert and in conversation centered around his concern for the continuance of the radio ministry, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Savior.

If you'd like to know more about Dr. McGee, you might be interested in our hardback book The Whole Word for the Whole World: The Life and Ministry of J. Vernon McGee.

Dr. J. Vernon McGee

of Thru The Bible Ministries

...and may I say.... A Man of God and a blessed encouragement to the Ignorant Fishermen.

To Almighty God be the Glory!

DJP I.F.

In Light of the Conservative Convention

The CPAC Convention was held these last few days, firing up the Conservative base in light of our nation’s current socialistic and entitlement mentality (i.e., the “narcissistic crisis”). A variety of conservative speakers were on tap, and the commencing address was given by none other than the true leader of the Conservative movement, The Doctor of Democracy and America’s Real Anchorman: Rush Limbaugh.

For the last 20 years Rush has blazed the trail for the New Media via talk radio and set in motion a conservative media movement challenging that of the established “Drive-By” Media and the Liberal, Socialistic “Left.” As Americans, we owe a great debt of gratitude and praise for his fearless, never-ending pursuit of the truth over all these years.

As I listened to Rush I couldn’t help getting fired up. He was throwing out that delicious “red meat” that we conservatives love and believe in with all our hearts, but as he went on I couldn’t help but see the current reality inlight of the rhetoric and Rushtillian optimism.

In our human existence here in time, conservative values and morality are truly the best ideology for living here on planet earth. These values help to restrain the unbridled passions (i.e., Fallen Nature) of humanity and include personal accountability, individual responsibility, charity and caring for the well being of our fellow man.

As we have arrived in the day which now exists, these conservative principles have helped us to achieve the status of the greatest nation on earth. We were founded on the bedrock of a Judean/ Christian heritage from which all conservative values spring forth. Our founding Fathers comprehended how crucial our godly heritage would be in light of the freedoms that we posses. John Adams made the following statements:

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion (Christianity). Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”

“Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion (Christianity) and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, they may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies.”

John Adams and our founding fathers knew that once a firm reliance and sense of accountability to Almighty God dissipated, the door would be open to abandon our Constitution, and the resulting vacuum would bring in a Fascist state of tyranny.

It is not my place to reject the optimism and hope that was presented at the CPAC convention. God knows, we conservatives need it in light of the nation’s present conditions. As a student of history, however, such optimism is delusional in light of the realities at hand and the times in which we live.

Global tyranny exist today in such forms as European Socialism, Islamic Fascism and Terrorism, the Putin and Chavez Dictatorships, South and Central America Socialistic Communism, African Dictatorial Fascist Governments, Red China aggression, etc. Now in our own beloved country of these United States of America, we face the absolute erosion of the once prevalent Judean/Christian values and moral compass that guided us in our last 300 years. Since the 1960’s we have never recovered socially, and all the conservative ideals in the world will not stop the decay and erosion which has taken place. Now in our country led by President Obama and the Left-controlled House and Senate, what remains seems ready to disintegrate right before our eyes. When this is done absolutely nothing will be salvageable. (See Chart) Such an environment as exists at present has in the past empowered tyrants like Mussolini, Hitler, Mao and Stalin. This trend is a historical fact, and we can expect our county is certainly no different. Optimism and great expectations in the light of a nation adrift with a culture of subjectivism and narcissism is a delusion. Wake up CPAC Americans! We are hoping for the best as we are about to head right off a mile-high waterfall and perish in our good intentions.

The Conservative ideology in no way can ever change and correct the fallen nature of humanity. All that conservative values can do is contain that which will one day succumb to the heart desires and passions of fallen man. The bottom line is that our hope can only be found in the reality and truth of Almighty God and His Saving remedy for humanity.

This writer is not saying that we shouldn’t fight to preserve this once great country, to write our legislators and to voice our opinions while we still have time to do so. We should with all our might, but the reality is that there is no Utopia - Conservative or Liberal - that will bring human peace. That is the absolute hardest reality for men to swallow (conservative or liberal) and it is commonly rejected. When this reality is rejected the only thing left is to create an optimistic delusion found in both liberal and conservative camps.

In light of our present conditions at hand, in a similar situation at the brink of national apathy, unbelieving rejection and demise of the nation of Israel, Jesus made this profound statement to whosoevers that would listen to Him:

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).

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12).

In these last days, Almighty God calls out to whosoevers that will have an ear to hear. Our hope and expectations are not found in us or in political ideologies, but in the Faithful and Trustworthy Person of Almighty God.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me (Rev 3:20).

As the days draw nigh and the Kingdom of God is at hand, may your only expectations be found in the wonderful promises and precious truths of Almighty God. In Him alone is found the consolation we need to get us through. Do you know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, as taught by Almighty God through His Word? If not, put your trust in Him today.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil (Proverbs 3:5-7).

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.
Special thanks to BEL I.F.

THE BALLAD OF J.VERNON MCGEE

HE WAS BORN IN TEXAS IN 1904, ON A SNOWY COLD SUMMER'S DAY.
AND HE LET OUT A YELL FROM THAT BIRTH’N ROOM AND THEY ALL KNEW HE’D SOMETHING TO SAY.

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NOW HE GREW UP IN SNYDER AND HE TRAPPED HIS WAY AROUND, AND HE DRANK JIPP WATER FROM A WELL.
AND AT 14 HE LOST HIS DEAR O’L PA AND HAD TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES BY HIMSELF.
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(CHORUS)
HE’LL BE A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WILL BE ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FORTH THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFY OF JESUS CHRIST.
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THOUGH TOUGH WAS HIS LIFE AND DIRECTION HE LACKED, HE PICKED COTTON AND BANKED TO MAKE HIS WAY.
THEN ONE EARLY MORN, HE HEARD THE OLD, OLD SONG AND BECAME A NEW CREATION THAT DAY.
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NOW HE HEARD THE GOSPEL CALL, THE CALL TO PREACH THE WORD AND HE KNEW THE GOOD LORD HAD A PLAN... AMEN!
AS HE STUDIED FOR THE MINISTRY, THE LORD LED HIM ALONG.
BY GOD'S GRACE HE WAXED STRONG AND TOOK HIS STANDS.
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(CHORUS)
HE’LL BE A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WILL BE ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FORTH THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFY OF JESUS CHRIST.

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WELL THE BIBLE BUS IT ROLLS AND IT STILL ROLLS ON TODAY AND THERE IS MANY WHO HAVE COME TO TRUST THE LORD... AMEN!
AND IN A 100 DIFFERENT TONGUES YOU CAN HEAR J. VERNON SAY,
“MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU MY BELOVED”.
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HE WAS A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WAS ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FOR THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFIED OF JESUS CHRIST.

This ballad was written in light of Dr. McGee's blessed ministry on our lives. He being dead yet speaketh! We play this ballad all the time with an Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin.

DJP I.F.

The Trojan Horse

World Net Daily has done it again and is also on the cutting edge informing the world. As I was making the rounds on my favorite news web sites, I saw the title on WND - Stimulus to ban religious worship. As I started to read the piece I was amazed to find what also was stuffed into this big pork sandwich called the “Stimulus Bill”. This “Stimulus Bill” was written totally for and by the Socialist Left Democratic Party of America. The ingredients of this bill are 93 % pork and 7% stimulus. This Stimulus Bill is none other then a Trojan horse full of bureaucracy and a leftist leaning agenda to dramatically change the course of the United States of America forever. What is most alarming is that this bill will most likely pass. We as a nation are on the precipice of absolute social change and full blown secular socialism. Our leaders in Washington are seeking more and more power. This bill is an absolute abomination to all that our founding Fathers held so dear and fought so hard to preserve. At the core of our Founders ideal was the Freedom of Religious practice. Our country was founded on these very Judean/Christian values, everything that the Left hates and despises.

Deceive, Deceive, Deceive

Thank God today for the New Media, Talk Radio and the Internet to sound out the warning cry. The New Media some what holds back the endless flood of the Leftist Main Steam Media and Washington elitism. 25 years ago many of these facts would have been absolutely suppressed by the Liberal Main Stream Media and we would be left with out a voice. The name Stimulus is a euphemism to conceal the true nature of this bill. This bill is a Trojan horse to deceive the American people and it’s multitudes of apathetic, social program, depended addicts which live on Uncle Sam’s Plantation.

Alarming Subtlety

Sen. DeMint on the floor of the house today informed American’s about an alarming provision in this Trojan horse that would limit religious expression of students on university campuses that have accepted government funds. This subtle move by the Left to destroy the biblical teaching and sharing of Almighty God’s Word any were Government funds are giving is an absolute outrage. Many of the Universities in America started off with a strong Christian and Biblical foundation. Yale, Harvard, Princeton to name a few. Be not alarmed, these things must be.

The Word of God warns of the global mood and it’s leaders in the last days before Christ’s return to earth.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived (2 Tim 3:12, 13).

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 3:1-70).

As America moves ever more leftward to a secular socialistic nation, may our voices be heard in Washington doing all we can to fight the power. The reality of the situation though is this - May we place your hope, trust and expectations only in Almighty God in these last days of America and of this world. May our eyes ever be looking unto the Lord and not too man for guidance and leadership. God has a great plan for all who put their trust in Him! (Proverbs 3:5-7)

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

WHAT DO YOU VALUE?

What a person finds important, of value, is vitally connected to what one's society finds important. The safety of a nation is surely related to what it values. Good and healthy values maintain the existence of a nation. “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34).

As our nation abandons its historic healthy foundation, it will be unable to survive the tests of rightness and reality. It is only solid ground that offers support to the good and bad. A nation that has little or no place for moral rightness, traditional family structure, etc., cannot last. It is within a healthy society that things not so healthy and even worse can exist and have a place and hope for a good recovery. As we are indifferent to and even vote for the losing of healthy values then we are left with unhealthy values. Such unhealthy conditions are like the flea finding no good home in the dead cat.

As we abandon God-honoring family structure and moral standards, we assure the present and future generation of much trouble. Our present needs, wants and wrongs have no refuge apart from a safe moral and family environment. Failed marriages, even the absence of legal marriages, make for troubled and troublesome young people. A people away from God's good order are like a train off its tracks. Neither shall rightly advance.

The God-ordered values of MARRIAGE (Genesis 2:24; Hebrews 13:4), FAMILY, DISCIPLINE, MORAL RIGHTNESS, WORK, LAW AND ORDER, RESPECT, DECENCY, etc., are always safe and sure standards.

God's Values Do Not Change
“For I am the LORD, I CHANGE NOT; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts” (Malachi 3:6-7). “The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD” (Psalm 33:11-12).

God's Values Allow For Grace
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should PERISH, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise PERISH” (Luke 13:3,5). “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” (John 3:16).

God's Values Set the Standard For Our Values
“He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him...He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings” (John 14:21,23,24). “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether” (Psalm 19:7,8,9).

Our values must realistically line up with God's RIGHTNESS. God's RIGHTNESS is put on display in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ whom God values. Our values need to line up with God's. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is to value God's Rightness. “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Romans 10:4). “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10)

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

MBC I.F.
Posted with permission