Good morning to all. Praise the Lord! I praise the Lord of heaven and earth just to be able to still be able to preach the word, the word of truth, the word of God and to be able to share with the whole world the Word which is Christ Jesus our Lord. We have been receiving many letters from all over the world, thanking The Church Ministries for extending permission to copy the messages because we have freely received and so we shall freely give (Matt 10:8) There is nothing for sale and we have nothing to advertise on this church site, only the bread of life and to share the love of God and the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There are so many men inspired by God, we are here to share and follow the marching orders of our beloved Jesus to go to all the world and preach the gospel or the good news. We welcome you all to our 80th Sunday Sermon, which I thank God He has provided for us to stay on line with all the costs and needs just to keep this site free, plus our prayer ministry has made a wonderful impact on so many lives.
I do not want to see The Church Ministries in the street. I have no idea what is going to happen only to have faith that the Lord will find me and The Church Ministries a place to live. I still want to stay in the Hilo area and I do not want to miss any Sunday world assemblies. They are far too important to so many people now and we are hoping for an answer soon. I do not want to ask hospice to help me move but I may have to. If the place is not clean I will not get back my deposit and I will need that money to move on. We have so much delicate equipment to move and it is mostly everything we need to start the mission downtown that I, through all the help of Hilo, have been collecting for this purpose.
Satan and his agents are really giving us the business over this whole moving issue. The congregation is spread out through the world and the local church I go to when I am able, is located in Hilo Town. The Church might be able to help us move, but my best friend, the Pastor, has been busy doing his second job. I am in havoc, but we have to have faith, obviously, and give it all to Our Mighty Lord. That Our Jesus will find a perfect home for me and The Church. Christ’s work is usually quiet and it happens according to His perfect timing, not ours.
Dear Heavenly Father, Please love us, please forgive us of our many sins, please forgive our weaknesses, please help this whole church and friends and family of The Church and anyone who has prayed or helped in so many other ways with phone calls and other rewards. Father, You are the key to every gift we receive, You are our life and breath, You are who we worship, You are who we praise, You are who we deeply love. Father, please help everyone that shares in this assembly and anyone who shares these words to others with all the distant assemblies. Father we need the anointing of the Holy Spirit, please grant us the peace and tranquility and the warmth of the Spirit, please Lord, we need the blessing, we need the shield to keep us from all evil, we need Your faith and Your hope to get through this new adventure. Please as we worship You this day. Please except us and hear our cry. You are everything to us and we are nothing without You. Please bring us Your peace and joy. In Jesus Name, Amen.
It is funny children are always running around asking questions of why? As we get older the why word becomes distant. Children all they have to think about if they wake up it is a sunny day and they can go out and play. We as adults, have the phone ringing, stacks of bills to look at, empty cupboards, some have eviction notices on their door and many are suffering pain when they wake up, some wake up under a bridge all cold and dirt in their eyes, some wake up looking for something to calm their nerves and may it be a pill or a bottle to just be normal. That is why Jesus teaches us to be as children, to go beyond fear and worry and go back to that childhood thinking nothing of that sunny day, that we can have fun playing. Again as adults, we are running off to that job or maybe that first job and cannot be late, because if they are late for the first job they will be late for the second or the third. Children wonder about everything, grown ups wonder about suffering, Christians give everything to The Lord.
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 KJV
But still the Christian gets that push or that nail driven into their hearts or their mind. They sit and wonder will I be able to do this or to finish that, and I going to have enough for the gas bill, and the insurance, how will I pay for all these things, and if anyone has credit cards they are sucked down to the level of an animal with all those phone calls from people that I think practice to be mean. Some are praising God they are able to give their children peanut butter and jelly in their children’s lunch box, with a full hope that tomorrow they will be making them possibly a ham and cheese sandwich, with an apple and banana. You see, the Christian adult has one thing, a word called hope and that hope is in Christ. Jesus left us many promises that we can rely on. The Christian trusts in the King of Kings. We understand that through faith and keeping the commandments that our lives will change always for good.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28 KJV
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15 KJV
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John15:10-20.KJV
We all know each of us, all that read, hear or get translated to in our minds we all know that our lives shift into so many patterns. Some of us are just plain suffering, some are hurting, some cannot even get up and put their clothes on and some are strong enough to work three jobs in a day, but as they wake, they face the dread of all those hours ahead, but we have Christ deep in our hearts, we face all hardships differently, we do not reach for that bottle to make us forget or take that pill, we know when hardships come they are not issued out by God, but the devil himself. We have something stronger and many of us forget our joy comes from a constant relationship with Jesus Christ. You see, when our lives are intertwined with Jesus, He will help us through any circumstances and low parts of our lives and adversity. Yes, we are at war and we are caught in a cosmic drama, the drama of life, over which path we take next, and what do we think in our minds. Satan has much control over this world and everything in it. Our God does have the final word and our Jesus is the Word that saves us from the tyranny of evil. Yes, we at times, focus on our sufferings and our families sufferings. Remember, always, no matter what, we are going through as we live with Christ. He will keep us level headed no matter how bad our circumstances are.
Boy I hate to leave this beautiful backyard, sorry, So where did this cosmic drama start? Well, I would say we look at prophecy, we turn to the book of Revelation.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7-9.
Is basically where it all began the story of Satan is well mapped out through the bible and he was an angel a beautiful angel created by God and his own pride and love for himself as he gazed at his own beauty, so as we lead one third of all the angels, and they too were thrown down to earth so that is where we get all the list of beings or spirits in Eph 6:12 these are demons,
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. Eph. 6:12 KJV
so there is one third of the angels with Satan in control, so think the devil and these demons are nothing, but a fantasy, but today you will know that all evil and sickness come from these dark forces and there is a war on this earth. We as Christians, still, hold the keys, because Jesus has the keys and Jesus lives in us and the Holy Spirit is our ultimate guidance and comfort. We know we are in the middle of this cosmic war but the thing is we may suffer and go through conscious pain as Satan and his demons wage war upon us. We are confidant of Gods protection, besides we have eternal life with God, so we fight a war here, we have a protection, but we have to fully understand these battles are not eliminated, it is our eternal protection of our soul that can never be separated.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 8:35-39. KJV
You see, it is the blood of the Lamb and our testimony that provides the needed protection against the attacks of the evil one. We have to understand that the testimony of the first century Christians turned into much of the Word of God, in turn the Word of God must become our testimony as we understand and the Word dwells in our hearts as we seek to live by the Word. Plus we also know John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. KJV
You see how important the scriptures are? Every word of the scripture is our lives. They are our life, just like Jesus is our life; Jesus is the word and our testimony.
We all have to get it through our minds that the more word of truth we speak and teach and share, the more the devil is out to kill us, we are like moving living targets to cast arrows, plant impure thoughts and make others do things to us unconsciously that hurt us in a particular way, like today for instance, I am walking back from the local store one of the last stores before you hit nothing but hi-way, and this is far from a city, I am praying to God and I am asking him to talk to me and I get ¾ of a slice of a fresh pizza thrown at me, and just scrapes my back like I got this big target on me, and what did I do, did I get upset no, I prayed for them, what kind of a person throws a piece of wet pizza at an old priest, that is sick. I could see if it was south LA then it would be a normal thing to expect but you see what I mean how the devil uses other people to hurt you. That is another reason why we are loosing 15,000 ministers/pastors a month. I have spoken this statistic before. Do you see now how heavy this war is? Some just give up, because they just cannot take it. Here I am, a simple preacher, living in constant pain and separation from the world and its lusts, and being under a war that most people would not even believe, because I preach the Christ, the first and last, what could possibly be more exciting then working for the living God? I would be empty not to share my views. God called me to spread the love God and the love of Christ and that is exactly what I am doing no matter what the circumstances that come.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. John 13:20 KJV.
We have to understand that Satan is out to make this world a dark place to exist in he wants to blind most of the population, Satan wants to turn our hearts into evil, he wants us to be living in fear and worry this is the tactics of his war. He wants us to live in confusion and suffering, he wants our testimony and our faith to be destroyed. He wants us to live in darkness.
“With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused. Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him. They don't care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways. Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed. But that isn't what you were taught when you learned about Christ. Since you have heard all about him and have learned the truth that is in Jesus, throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception. Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes. You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God's likeness--righteous, holy, and true. So put away all falsehood and "tell your neighbor the truth" because we belong to each other. And "don't sin by letting anger gain control over you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a mighty foothold to the Devil.” Eph. 4:17-27 NLT
We have a great light within us to shine.
Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him. Don't participate in the things these people do. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. Eph.5:3-9 NLT
Satan is a defeated foe and we cannot be fooled by his tricks and the wiles of his actions and we cannot be fooled into giving up. The word "wiles" comes from the Greek word "enduo" which means "the sly tricks, the beguiling trickery, to lure away." We must endure to the end and our endurance will become stronger.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 NASB
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12
We must understand that every descendant of the race of Adam is exposed to the attacks of the devil, he accomplishes this by throwing us into a state of confusion by wrestling and perverting the Word of God? To get man to revolt against God is to accomplish his purpose of bringing man back into confusion. You have to remember how God felt in Gen 6,
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Gen. 6:5-8 NASB
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Matt. 24:32-44 NIV
You see, Satan pulled off the trickery of Eve and Adam then spread to the rest of the world. You see he did it once and cause so much destruction and havoc already and he is trying to do it again. Why do people just think he is a myth? Even in context about a sinner and church discipline, we still have to remember this scripture
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2Cor.2:11
So let us not be tricked or persuaded by the devil. There is so much we can learn about the story in the word let us turn to Eze. 28:12-17
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Eze. 28:12-17 KJV
I really did not want to get into this section of the word but the spirit is leading me as read these words we do have a connection to Gen 3, where I did want to end up but there have been so many scholars and lay people wondering if these scriptures are the way Ezekiel meant it to be. The difference between the King of Tyre or is he talking about Satan, all points make me wonder why does not anyone have the same argument, being there is so much controversy over this chapter it has to be talking about Satan, because why would there be so much confusion or non agreement. We can look at this in two ways, either he is talking about the King of Tyre or is he talking about Satan. As we gaze at one version Ethbaal or Itobal was the prince or king of Tyre and because of pride he cleaned honors for himself as we know pride made Satan fall from heaven. We have to understand only The Lord can give us the wisdom from above to analyze these verses The Lord gives us also discernment to fully understand this riddle. This Prince of Tyre thought he was able to protect and lead his people by his own power and if he also thought he was equal to a heavenly being but how could he dwell in the garden of Eden only spiritually speaking so the spiritual pride can only lead to destruction and is of the devil and anyone who falls into this threshold will expect to perish.
We have to look at this constructively. An overstatement was a common way of speaking during and at this time, so we know in the basic three chapters of this prince of Tyre,, but as we gather the facts all these scriptures could not be an earthly made man. I feel all these points are targeting Lucifer. We are people who are scripture hungry and truth hungry that might be the possibility we are called the only Bible Truth Christian Church, we are searching for the truth of the bible, so let us break this down.
As we begin verse 12 we are talking about a lament. A lament is a suggestion of two ideas. 1 A musical of poetic? Or a song of sorrow Our second point is- A recognition of judgment, which seems to be primarily implied here. So we are dealing with two meanings so within the poetic language used be Ezekiel goes a bit far to the king of Tyre. When was he in Eden? Satan was. When was he anointed as a cherub? Satan was, when was he on the holy mount of God? Satan was, so, we must believe in our hearts the fall of wicked king of Tyre paralleled the fall of Satan from Heaven, or can this be used as a figurative language of literal. This is what we have to decide. Also, we have to bring about the nine stones V13 are listed remember the king is pictured as a fully clothed priest ordained V14 to guard Gods holy place. The nine stones are among the twelve worn by the priest but the Greek translation The Septuagint lists all twelve, which leads us to a point, why? In V14 the holy mountain of Gods according to Canaanite beliefs, the seat of the gods was in the mountains or the mountains of the north. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. (Psalm 48:2 KJV) this could also mean to the celebration of the Phoenician ritual, their patron god Melgart’s fiery resurrection, so this could also mean this king wanted to imitate Melgart.
As you read over plainly we can also look at this whole chapter that Satan himself became the spirit and climbed into the king who had motivated him to sin. So Satan may have inhabited the body of the king and Ezekiel is speaking as one man but the spirit of the man was Satan himself inside. The rest I leave to you, give me an email if you want to express a different view.
If you could see the office and how many bibles and a library of books that are open covering my desk and floor just for this information. Not to get off the discussion, I am so hurt that I have to pack all this up and don’t even know where to put anything. It is an awful shame, please pray for our church! Let us move over to Isa. 14:12-14.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isa. 14:12-14 KJV
"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' Isa. 14:12-14 NASB
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." Isa. 14:12-14 NIV
You, the bright morning star, have fallen from the sky! You brought down other nations; now you are brought down. You said to yourself, "I'll climb to heaven and place my throne above the highest stars. I'll sit there with the gods far away in the north. I'll be above the clouds, just like God Most High." Isa.14:12-14 CEV
12Wie bist du vom Himmel gefallen, du schöner Morgenstern! Wie bist du zur Erde gefällt, der du die Heiden schwächtest! (Isa 14:12) Even Luther’s transalation Morgenstern is morning star capitalized with the explanation point, in 1545
Even all the translations are so different on this scripture of the fall of Satan, many say the morning star? It hurts me, because in (Rev. 2:28) the morning star is Jesus Christ. Do you see how Satan has even blinded us in the scriptures! Christ is our only hope, the true light to those in darkness. It is so amazing how bad Satan has infiltrated the church and now the scriptures. How can Lucifer be called the morning star? In (Rev. 22:16) Jesus is the bright morning star. As we return to a general translation and description of others see the morning star meaning the planet Venus as a metaphor that describes the king of Babylon V4 the planet aspired to climb the highest point in the sky, just as the Assyrian king Sennacherib who conquered Babylon and called himself the king of Babylon deserved to rule the whole world. So as the light of Venus was put out by the rising sun the same measure of Sennacherib’s plans were also put out. Extinguished! Sennacherib means Sin (the god) has replaced my brother.
But now what about Luke 10:18 And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. NASB
Now in context:
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven." Luke 10:18-20 NASB
We have several views here the disciples were excited and had seen great results when they ministered in Jesus’ name and with His authority. They were astonished by the results and Jesus shared with their enthusiasm, but the most important thing is that their names were written in the book of life and this honor is much more important then any accomplishments. Even as we see miracles work right before our very eyes as we see God ‘s wonders work through us, we should never look at the work coming from ourselves, and the most important part is our heavenly citizenship. Also we need to add that Jesus may have been looking ahead when He could picture His victory over Satan at the cross plus some of the bibles revert back to Isa. 14, and also to John 12:31-32
"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.”And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." NASB
We also have to remember that the pride of Satan lead to all this evil we see, feel, and hear all over the earth today. We also have to examine the context when Jesus told them they had the power that they could tread on snakes and scorpions he also may be giving them also a lesson in pride and even with all these abilities they should never get prideful because this could be the same pride that lead to the downfall of Satan in the first place, so Jesus could have been giving them a warning in the same instance. We learn so much from our Lord Jesus, remember He is our King, and He went through so much just for us to be free of sin, and to have eternal life.
I am sorry this whole thing became unto this but we have to find the truth and share it with the rest of the world there is so much indifference that it is even hard to preach when you have a library and the internet for reference and we still have the Holy Spirit to guide us. We know that Satan is out to destroy Gods people, the devil means False Accuser, so maybe he and his demons have entered into more people then we ever expected. You know in your daily life people, your friends, or your family that have hurt you so much, just as the devil entered into Judas he can enter into anyone, including pastors, bible scholars, bible professors, doctors, lawyers and leadership and we are in for heap of trouble before the end finally comes. We just proved it to ourselves, just reading through the scriptures, why are there so many translations, we have the understanding about Luther making the first difference in translation and made a change and separation a new reformation but as Luther says the bible should be so simple that a mother should be able to teach and read it to her own child. One more thing before I wrap this up, remember that Satan means “the enemy of God” So my brothers and sisters keep up your discernment and be careful.
Dear Father,
How do we end this day? How can we still worship You and give You the proper thanksgiving for everything You have done for all of us. We need You close to us, we want You to be with us even after we leave this gathering. We need to stay in Your presence and in Your peace and your Agape love. We cherish You Lord and we so much want to hold You. We are up against such different forces, please guide us through the storms of life and bring us a sunny day. Renew our hearts and our inner souls, You are our life, hope and destiny as we walk through eternity. We love You all, thank You for Jesus and thank You for The Holy Spirit. We ask in faith and in spirit and truth. Please bless us all. In Jesus Name, Amen and Amen.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Rev. 22:16 KJV
