- Assisted Suicide for the Elderly?

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Tired of life? Group calls for assisted suicide

Tuesday 09 February 2010

A group of older Dutch academics and politicians have launched a petition in support of assisted suicide for the over-70s.

They hope to attract over 40,000 signatures, enough to get the issue debated in parliament under citizens’ initiative legislation.

Under Dutch law, euthanasia can only be practised if the patient is suffering ‘unbearable pain’. The doctor must be convinced the patient is making an informed choice and a second doctor must also give his or her opinion.

But the new lobby group say people aged over 70 who are tired of life should also have the right to professional help in ending it.

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The group says the euthanasia would be carried out by specially trained nurses, psychologists or other professionals who would go through a careful process to make sure there is no pressure on the elderly person.

In an interview with the NRC, former minister and feminist Hédy d’Ancona (72) said the right to choose one’s time of death is a natural extension of her lifelong battle for emancipation.

And neurologist Dick Swaab said death should be straightforward. ‘ Throughout the animal kingdom, individuals are simply replaced, rather than patched up endlessly,’ the NRC quoted him as saying.

Lawyer Eugène Sutorius says in the Volkskrant there is no reason to assume assisted suicide for the elderly would be abused. ‘People said it would happen with the current euthanasia law, but it has not happened,’ he said.

Should the elderly have the right to assisted suicide? Take part in our poll

© DutchNews.nl

To view the Original Article  click HERE

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Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.
{1 Peter 5:7 – NLT}

Give your burdens to the LORD, and He will take care of you.
(Psalm 55:22 – NLT}

But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with …  cares of this life, and  (the Day of the Lord Jesus’ return)  come upon you suddenly like a trap
{Luke 21:34 – ESV}

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God
{Philippians 4:6 – BiBE}

Keep preaching the Good News saints, that Jesus forgives, saves, heals, delivers, and gives us peace and hope in this life.  The world in it’s current state of sadness, hopelessness, and anxiety about what tomorrow will bring, truly needs God’s Good News.

Luke 4:18-19  –
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because he has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed , to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

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- Iran warns of ‘deadly blow’ on February 11, 2010

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‘Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb. 11′

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the nation will deliver a harsh blow to the “global arrogance” on this year’s anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. “The Islamic Revolution opened a window to liberty for the human race, which was trapped in the dead ends of materialism,” Ahmadinejad said during a cabinet meeting on Sunday. “If the Islamic Revolution had not occurred, liberalism and Marxism would have crushed all human dignity in their power-seeking and money-grubbing claws. Nothing would have remained of human and spiritual principles,” he added. Ahmadinejad said that in the three decades of its history, the Islamic Revolution had inspired some great developments in the world. The Iranian president made the remarks as the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution approaches. Iranians are expected to pour into the streets on February 11 to celebrate the occasion in public rallies across the country, as they have done annually over the past three decades.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

To View the Original Article,  click HERE

Mark 13:7
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, DO NOT BE ALARMED.  Such things must happen, but THE END IS STILL TO COME.

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- CIA, FBI warns of terrorist attack in U.S.

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A terrorist attack on U.S. soil is certain, according to Leon Pannetta, the nation’s top security official. He warns Al Qaeda is ready to strike, and the nation must be prepared.   …

Panetta said this on Tuesday at the Senate Intelligence Committee’s annual threat assessment hearing. His warning is supported by FBI Director, Robert Mueller, acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Both agencies believe attacks will take place within the next three to six months. The failure to “connect the dots”, according to Panetta, on the failed attack that occurred on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit shows how some people will be able to get past security to find ways to cause terror.  ….

To read the Original Article in its entirety, click HERE

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Mark 13:7
When you hear of wars and RUMORS  of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come

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- Hebrews: does the Book of Hebrews teach “Once Saved Always Saved” or that “Holiness” in necessary for salvation?

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Does the Book of Hebrews teach that “Works” or “Holiness” is necessary for Salvation?

Or to be more exact,

that “Holiness” is a necessary outworking, proving one is actually “Saved”

Consider the following Scriptures:

Hebrews 4:14-16
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned. 16 So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need

My Note:  So many times, I’ve heard the above verses quoted to support sermons which state  we can come boldly and unafraid to the Throne of Grace AFTER sinning, for we won’t find judgment there, so come and confess your sins.  Although this is a Truth, I see this verse actually teaching that  Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, and so in our struggle to stay pure and not sin, or in order to live our life consistent with our profession that we are Christians and called to live “holy lives”, let us therefore come boldly to the Throne of Grace, asking God for help, Who won’t turn us away or say “Shame on you for needing help”, and God will give us grace to OVERCOME our temptation(s).

Hebrews 5:9 – 14
he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.  In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God’s word.  You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.  For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong.  But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Note:  I see these verses implying that the “lazy” Christian, or as commonly said in North America the “carnal” Christian, does not understand that “works” or “holiness” is a necessary outworking of a true conversion experience …  They have not trained their minds to distinguish between good and evil, or between living carnal, sinful lives versus “presenting their bodies as living sacrifices to God, which is our spiritual act of worship” (Romans 12:1).  Please, anyone, correct me if I am way off.

Hebrews 6:1 then goes on to continue the theme, (remember CONTEXT when we read passages) that “REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS” is an elementary teaching … or as I read this to mean, turning away from dead works / unholy living / living in the lusts of the flesh is elementary and basic Christianity 101 teaching!

Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened

Note:  I see this verse as showing that repentance from dead works and living according to the lusts of the flesh is necessary, or a “turning away from” dead works / lusts of the flesh IS an obvious state of life for the truly Born Again, and therefore to have to KEEP ON restoring someone to repentance is an impossibility …. the person isn’t accepting the  Truth that God desires “holy living” from the Born Again New Creation.   Again,  correct me if I am wrong.

Hebrews  10:26-31
For if we choose to go on SINNING (after) we learned the full truth, there  NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the ENEMIES OF GOD.  Anyone who violates the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”  HOW MUCH MORE SEVERE A PUNISHMENT do you think that person deserves who tramples on God’s Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace? … The Lord will judge his people.  It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

Hebrews  12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD

Hebrews 12:16-17
No one should be IMMORAL or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.  For you know that afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, HE WAS REJECTED

Hebrews 12:28-29
let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him  For our God is an all-consuming fire.

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As in my other Studies, and to be honest with all Scripture, let’s see if the Book of Hebrews  speaks of GRACE ALONE  without works, obedience, or “holiness”, as being the only condition for Salvation.

Consider the following Scriptures:

Hebrews 4:10
because the one who enters God’s rest has himself rested from his own works

Hebrews 7:19
since the law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God

Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins

Hebrews 9:12 & 14
but with his own blood he went into the Holy of Holies once for all and secured our eternal redemption ... how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God!

Note:  seems Hebrews 9:14 supports my statements that the Blood of Jesus cleanses and frees us to enable us to live FOR God (in holiness and good works), rather than just cleansing us so we can go on living any way we like/choose with our minds believing we will still see heaven at the end of such a selfish, sinful life

Hebrews  9:26
But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once for all to remove sin by his sacrifice

Hebrews  10:1, 10, 18
For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year … By God’s will we have been sanctified once for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah … now where there is forgiveness of these sins, there is no longer any offering for sin

Hebrews 11:6
Now without faith it is impossible to please God

End Note:  As I stated in an other Posts,  I do not believe the Blood of Christ has cleansed us from all sin, so that we can continue to live in the muck and filth and sin of the world while entertaining the notion that Heaven is our home when we die;

Rather, I believe the Blood of Christ has cleansed and freed us from all sin so that we can live righteously and holy as God has outlined and asked us to do in each New Testament Book …. living truly free from the stronghold of sin and able to live for and “serve the living God” (Hebrews 9:14).

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Does the Book of Hebrews uphold or teach the doctrine,  ”Once Saved Always Saved”?

Consider the following Scriptures:

Hebrews 2:1
For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away

Hebrews 3:6
and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice

Hebrews 3:12
See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God

Hebrews 3:14
because we are the Messiah’s partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end

Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it

Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of God’s word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, as long as they continue to crucify the Son of God to their own detriment by exposing him to public ridicule. For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God. However, if it continues to produce thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be burned.

Hebrews  10:26-27
For if we choose to go on sinning (after) we learned the full truth, there NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the ENEMIES of God

Hebrews 10:36-39
For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will you can receive what he has promised.  For in a “very little while the one who is coming will return – he will not delay; buy my righteous one will live by faith, and IF HE TURNS BACK my soul will take no pleasure in him.”  Now, we do not belong to those who TURN BACK and are DESTROYED, but to those who have faith and are saved.

Note:  Why do I continue to bring up the question of “Once Saved Always Saved”?  Because I believe if one believes they are eternally secure, regardless of how they live, then they could find themselves missing the Rapture and/or  missing Heaven altogether …. and my desire is that all will live godly lives and find themselves welcomed into Heaven and the presence of God.  (“Do not be DECEIVED, the one who practices righteousness is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil” — 1 John 3:7-8).

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Is the Coming of the Lord mentioned in the Book of Hebrews?

Hebrews 10:23-25
Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the  promise is faithful.  And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging  one another even more as you see the DAY OF THE LORD coming nearer.

Conclusion:

Please, brothers, “listen patiently to my encouraging message” (Hebrews 13:22)  as I try to spur the Body on to Good Works as I see the “Day of the Lord coming nearer” (Hebrews 10:25)

Grace and mercy to all who long for Christ’s appearing, and who desire to live their lives fully for Him.  Amen.

Are YOU saved AND rapture ready?

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All Scriptures in this Study were taken from the International Standard Version, as found on Bible.cc

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- Faith WITH Holiness?

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Jude 4:

… For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality …
(ESV)

or

… For certain men who condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you.  They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality …
(NIV)

This is to our shame, Church.

Remember 1 John 3:7-8

Little children, let no one DECEIVE  you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as He is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

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- Mercy killings. Are they ever justified?

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The Days are here, when one can murder another human and it can be called merciful, as seen in the below article obtained from the UK’s Daily Mail On Line.

‘Why was this loving mother ever put on trial?’ Judge’s anger as woman is cleared of attempted murder for helping her daughter die after 17 years of suffering

By COLIN FERNANDEZ
Last updated at 9:19 AM on 26th January 2010

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245930/Kay-Gilderdale-cleared-attempted-murder-daughter-Lynn.html#ixzz0e4xXDuB0

A mother cleared of attempting to murder her incurably ill daughter says that watching her die felt like ‘having her heart ripped out’.
Former nurse Kay Gilderdale, 55, wept after a jury found her not guilty – to cheers and applause from friends and relatives in the public gallery.
The trial judge questioned whether the week-long hearing should have been held at all since Mrs Gilderdale had already admitted assisting in her daughter Lynn’s suicide.

To read the Original Article in its entirety, click HERE

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But what does the Bible have to say about mercy killings?

Isaiah 50 reads:

7 … Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.  …

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.
And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
For all this His anger is not spent,
But His hand is still stretched out.
26 He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation,
And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
27 No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.
28 Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it seizes the prey
And carries it off with no one to deliver it.
30 And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

And Romans 1 reads:

18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.   …

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

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- Quote of the Day: Stanley Frodsham

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It is those who DO righteousness that are righteous. Many cover their sins by great theological words.

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- Prophecy re: last days iniquity and deception in the Church – by Stanley Frodsham

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The below is a long prophecy written by Stanley Frodsham, given in 1965.

A brief biography of Stanley Frodsham follows the prophecy.

Although long, this prophecy is worth reading in it’s entirety!

Here are a couple exerts, showing what you will read when you read the entire prophecy (exerts in random order) :

- There shall come deceivers among My people in increasing numbers, who shall speak forth the truth and shall gain the favor of the people. For the people shall examine the Scriptures and say, “What these men say is true.” Then when they have gained the hearts of the people, then and THEN ONLY shall they bring out these wrong doctrines. Therefore, I say that you should not give your hearts to men, nor hold people’s persons in admiration …

- I desire you to be firmly established in My Word and not in the personalities of men, that you will not be moved as so many shall be moved. I would keep you in the paths of righteousness. Take heed to yourselves and follow not the seducing spirits that are already manifesting themselves. Diligently inquire of Me when you hear something that you have not seen in the Word, and do not hold people’s persons in admiration, for it is by this very method that Satan will hold many of My people …

- Hearken diligently concerning these things, for in the last days shall come seducing spirits that shall turn many of My anointed ones away. Many shall fall through divers lusts, and because of sin abounding …
- My people must be diligently warned concerning the days that are ahead. Many shall turn after seducing spirits; many are already seducing My people. It is those who DO righteousness that are righteous. Many cover their sins by great theological words. But I warn you of seducing spirits who instruct My people in an evil way. Many of these I shall anoint, that they may purify and sift My people; for I would have a holy people …

- those who perform miracles and speak not righteousness are not of Me. I warn you with great intensity that I am going to judge My house and have a church without spot or wrinkle …

- Run not to this one nor to that one, for the Lord has so ordained that salvation is in Him and in Him alone. You shall not turn to this shepherd or to that one, for there shall be a great scattering upon the earth. Therefore look unto Him for He will indeed make these things clear to you …

- The truths that I have revealed to you must become a part of you — not just an experience, but a part of your very nature. Is it not written that I demand truth in the inward parts? It is the truth of the Lord expressed in your very being that shall hold you. Many shall experience the truth, but the truth must become a part of you, your very life.

Enjoy the entire prophecy below.
May God be glorified in our lives.

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Given by the Lord through Stanley Frodsham in 1965 at Elim Bible Institute:

“With great judgments will I plead with the population of this country.
Great darkness is coming upon the countries that have heard my gospel but no
longer walk in it. My wrath shall come upon them. The darkness shall be so
great, and the anguish so sore that men will cry out for death and shall not find it.
There shall be a lingering death, famine, and great catastrophes.
My wrath shall be manifested against all ungodliness. It shall come with
great intensity. You have known My love but have not known My wrath, My
severity. My judgments are literal and not a thing to be lightly passed over.
Realize the severity of My judgments and My intense anger against the sin in My
household. My judgments shall begin in My house. For I will cleanse My house
that it be not partaker of My wrath against the iniquities of the cities. Before I
visit the nations in judgment I will begin at My house. When I do cause My wrath
to come upon the cities of the world My people shall be separate. I desire a
people without spot or wrinkle, and such shall be preserved by Me in the time of
My wrath coming upon all iniquity and unrighteousness.
I am going to prepare you for the coming days by a hard path that will
cause you to cry out continually unto Me. For when the going is easy, men do not
seek Me, but rejoice in a temporary blessing. And when that blessing is removed
they so often turn this way and that way but do not come to Me. I am showing
you these things that you may seek Me continually and with great diligence. As
you seek Me, I will open up truths to you that you have not seen before; and these
very truths will be that which will enable you to stand in these last days. As you
are persecuted, reviled and rejected by your brethren then you will turn unto Me
with all your heart and seek Me for that spiritual life you have need of. And when
tribulation comes you will have that which will enable you to stand. For many
shall be tossed to and fro. Men’s hearts shall fail them because of trouble on
every hand. For these days shall be very terrible, the like of which has never been
seen before.
When I visit My people in mighty revival power, it is to prepare them for
the darkness ahead. With the glory shall come great darkness, for the glory is to
prepare My people for the darkness. I will enable My people to go through
because of the visitation of My Spirit. Take heed to yourselves lest you be puffed
up and think that you have arrived. Many shall be puffed up as in the olden days,
for many then received My message but they continued not in it. Did I not anoint
Jehu? Yet the things I desired were not accomplished in his life. Listen to the
messengers, but do not hold men’s persons in admiration. For many whom I
shall anoint mightily, with signs and miracles, shall become lifted up and shall
fall by the wayside. I do not this willingly; I have made provision that they might

stand. I call many into this ministry, and equip them; but remember that many
shall fall. They shall be like bright lights, and the people shall delight in them.
But they shall be taken over by deceiving spirits and shall lead many of My people
astray.
Hearken diligently concerning these things, for in the last days shall come
seducing spirits that shall turn many of My anointed ones away. Many shall fall
through divers lusts, and because of sin abounding But if you will seek Me
diligently I will put My Spirit within you When one shall turn to the right hand of
to the left you shall not turn with them, but keep your eyes wholly on the Lord.
The coming days are the most dangerous, difficult and dark, but there shall be a
mighty outpouring of My Spirit upon many cities, and many shall be destroyed.
My people must be diligently warned concerning the days that are ahead. Many
shall turn after seducing spirits; many are already seducing My people. It is
whose who DO righteousness that are righteous. Many cover their sins by great
theological words. But I warn you of seducing spirits who instruct My people in
an evil way. Many of these I shall anoint, that they may purify and sift My
people; for I would have a holy people.
Many shall come with seducing spirits and hold our lustful enticements.
You will find that after I have visited My people again, the way shall become more
and more narrow, and fewer shall walk there in. But be not deceived, the ways of
righteousness are My ways. For though Satan comes as an angel of light hearken
not to him; for those who perform miracles and speak not righteousness are not
of Me. I warn you with great intensity that I am going to judge My house and
have a church without spot or wrinkle when I come.
I desire to open your eyes and give you spiritual understanding, that you
may not be deceived but may walk with uprightness of heart before Me, loving
righteousness and hating every evil way. Look unto Me and I will make you to
perceive with the eyes of the Spirit the things that lurk in darkness, that are not
visible to the human eye. Let me lead you in this way that you may perceive the
powers of darkness and battle against them. It is not a battle against flesh and
blood; for if you battle in that way you accomplish nothing. But if you let Me take
over and battle against the powers of darkness then they are defeated, and then
liberation is brought to My people.
I warn you to search the Scriptures diligently these last days. For the
things that are written shall indeed be made manifest. There shall come
deceivers among My people in increasing numbers, who shall speak forth the
truth and shall gain the favor of the people. For the people shall examine the
Scriptures and say, “What these men say is true.” Then when they have gained
the hearts of the people, then and THEN ONLY shall they bring out these wrong
doctrines. Therefore, I say that you should not give your hearts to men, nor hold
people’s persons in admiration. For by these very persons shall Satan enter into
My people. WATCH FOR SEDUCERS. Do you think a seducer will brandish a
new heresy and flaunt it before the people? He will speak the words of

righteousness and truth, and will appear as a minister of light, declaring the
Word. The people’s hearts shall be won. Then, when the hearts are won, they
will bring out their doctrines, and the people shall be deceived. The people shall
say, “Did he not speak thus and thus? And did we not examine it from the Word?
Therefore he is a minister of righteousness.
This that he has now spoken we do not see in the Word, but it must be
right, for the other things he spoke were true.”
Be not deceived. For the deceiver will first work to gain the hearts of
many, and then shall bring forth his insidious doctrines. You cannot discern
those who are of Me and those who are not of Me when they start to preach. But
seek My constantly, and then when these doctrines are brought out you shall have
a witness in your heart that these are not of Me. Fear not, for I have warned you.
Many will be deceived. But if you walk in holiness and uprightness before the
Lord, your eyes shall be open and the Lord will protect you. If you will constantly
look unto the Lord you will know when the doctrine changes, and will not be
brought into it. If your heart is right I will keep you; and if you will look
constantly to Me I will uphold you.
The minister of righteousness shall be on this wise — his life shall agree
with the Word, and his lips shall give forth that which is wholly true, and it will be
no mixture. When the mixture appears then you will know he is not a minister of
righteousness. The deceivers speak first the truth and then error, to cover their
own sins which they love. Therefore I exhort and command you to study the
Scriptures relative to seducing spirits, for this is one of the great dangers of these
last days.
I desire you to be firmly established in My Word and not in the
personalities of men, that you will not be moved as so many shall be moved. I
would keep you in the paths of righteousness. Take heed to yourselves and follow
not the seducing spirits that are already manifesting themselves. Diligently
inquire of Me when you hear something that you have not seen in the Word, and
do not hold people’s persons in admiration, for it is by this very method that
Satan will hold many of My people.
I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly, that you
may triumph where I triumphed. On the cross I triumphed over all the power of
Satan; and I have called you to walk in the same path. It is when your life is on
the cross that you shall know the victory I have experienced. As you are on the
cross, and seated in Me, then you shall know the power of the resurrection.
When I come in My glory, the principalities and powers in the heavenly places
shall be utterly broken. Fear not, for I have given you power whereby you may
tread down the powers of darkness, and come forth victorious through every trial.
As you are on the cross then you are victorious. It was on the cross that I
triumphed over all the powers of the enemy. My life shall flow through you as
you enter into these precious truths. Look unto Me, and appropriate My life. As

your eyes and desires are toward Me, and you know what it is to be crucified with
Me, then you shall live, and your anointing shall increase. It was not in My life
that I walked upon the earth, but it was in My life when I was upon the cross that
I openly spoiled principalities and powers.
I am showing you truths that shall cause you to overcome, to have power
over the wicked one, truth that will liberate you and those round about you. You
shall know also the fellowship of My sufferings. There is no other way whereby
you may partake of this heavenly glory and reign with Me. “If we suffer with Him
we shall reign with Him.” I desire to make those truths real within you. As you
keep them before you, you will liberate many who are in bondage. You will have
revelation of those who are in darkness and will have the keys to liberate the
captives. Many seek to liberate, but they have not the keys. Upon the cross
continually you will know the power of My resurrection that you may also partake
of My glory. As you are willing to walk with Me and rejoice in your sufferings,
you shall partake of My glory. Look unto Me for you have need of power to
overcome the wicked one, and the bondages in other lives.
If you will indeed judge yourself you shall not be judged. As you seek My
face and desire to be cleansed by Me in all truth and sincerity of heart I will judge
you in the secret place, and the things that are in the secret place of your heart
shall not be made manifest to others. I will do it in the secret place and no man
shall know it. And the shame that shall be seen on many faces shall not be seen
on your face. Therefore in love and mercy I am instructing you. And therefore I
have said that if a man judge himself he shall not be judged. It is not My good
pleasure that the shame of My people be seen by all. How can I judge the world if
I judge not first My own house? Hearken unto these things I am telling you. If
you will not hearken unto Me thy shame shall be evident to all.
I would have you consider My life on earth — the anointing upon Me was
great and yet the temptations were great on every side; in one form and then in
another, offering Me first the glory of the kingdoms of the earth and then reviling
and persecuting Me. There will be great glory given to My people, and yet the
temptations shall be intensified from every side. Think not that with the glory
there shall be no temptations or persecutions. The glory of My church shall be
great, and so shall be the temptations from the enemy to turn My people from My
paths. I am warning you that when the glory shall be manifested, the temptations
shall be great, until very few that start shall finish. First there shall be offered
them great worldly possessions, and then great revilings and unbelief.
Consider your Lord, that as He walked so it shall be for you. There shall be
need of great intensity of purpose. At times everyone shall rise up against you,
simply to turn you from the course that I would put you in. It is written of Me
that I set My face as a flint to go to the direction My Father had prescribed for
Me. If you will finish the course the Lord has laid down for you, you will have to
set your face as a flint. With great determination you must walk in the course laid
down for you. Many of your loved ones and those who follow with you shall

persuade you and try to turn you from the course. With many words that seem
right in the natural will they speak to you. Did not Christ rebuke Peter who
would turn Him from the course God had prescribed?
Understand these two things and meditate upon them solemnly — the
persecution and the darkness shall be as great as the glory in order to try to turn
the elect and the anointed ones from the path the Lord has laid down for them.
Many shall start but few shall be able to finish because of the greatness of grace
that shall be needed to be able to endure unto the end. The temptations and the
persecution of your Lord was continuous. He was tempted by Satan in many
forms throughout His entire life and even to the cross when the ungodly cried
out, “If thou be the Christ come down from the cross.” Think not that there shall
be a time of no persecution, for it shall be from the time of your anointing until
the end. Difficulties, and great persecution to the end. The Lord must prepare
you to be an overcomer in all things, that you may be able to finish the course.
The persecution shall increase even as the anointing shall increase.
In paths of judgment and righteousness shall the Lord God lead His people
and bring them into that place which He has chosen for them. For the Lord has
chosen a place for His people, a place of righteousness and holiness where He
shall encamp round about them. And all who will be led of the Lord shall be
brought into this holy place. For the Lord delights to dwell in His people and to
manifest Himself through His people. The holiness of the Lord shall be
manifested through His people. Let the Lord lead you and He will lead you in
difficult places. He led His people of old through a place where no man dwelt,
where no man had passed through, in a place of great danger and in the shadow
of death. The Lord will indeed again lead His people through such places, and yet
He will bring them out into a place of great glory. Understand that the way
toward the glory is fraught with great danger and many shall fall to the right or to
the left, many shall camp on lesser ground. But the Lord has a place of holiness
and no unclean thing shall dwell among His people.
Put your trust in Him and He will bring you into a place of holiness. He
desires to bring His people into great glory — the like of which has never been
seen for what the Lord will do for those who put their trust in Him. It is a place
of darkness and great danger that separates His people into the place He would
have them walk in. He will protect them from the voices that would turn them
from His path. He will bring them through the dark places, and through the
treacherous paths, out into the light of His glory. He will rejoice greatly over His
beloved and cause you to be filled with joy unspeakable. He seeks to lead His
people into a new place of grace and glory where He will indeed encamp among
them. Put your trust in Him and He will surely bring you into this new place.
Fear not the days to come, but fear this only — that you shall walk in a
manner pleasing to the Lord. In this time I am ordering and setting up My
church and it shall indeed be pure, without spot or wrinkle. I will do work in My
beloved that has not been seen since the foundation of the world. I have shown

you these things that you may seek the Lord diligently with all your heart, and
that you may be a preserver of His people.
Run not to this one nor to that one, for the Lord has so ordained that
salvation is in Him and in Him alone. You shall not turn to this shepherd or to
that one, for there shall be a great scattering upon the earth. Therefore look unto
Him for He will indeed make these things clear to you. You shall not look here
nor there, for the wells that once had water shall be no more. But as you
diligently seek Him He shall increase your strength and your faith that He may be
able to prepare you for this time that is coming.
The truths that I have revealed to you must become a part of you — not just
an experience, but a part of your very nature. Is it not written that I demand
truth in the inward parts? It is the truth of the Lord expressed in your very being
that shall hold you. Many shall experience the truth, but the truth must become a
part of you, your very life. As men and women look upon you they will hear not
only the voice but see the expression of the truth. Many shall be overcome
because they are not constant in My ways, and because they have not permitted
the truths to become part of them. I am showing you these things that you may
be prepared, and having done all, to stand.”

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Brief Stanley Frodsham Biography:

Stanley Frodsham (1882-1969) was born in England. He became an early
leader in the Pentecostal Outpouring of the early 1900’s. For years he was the
editor and publisher of all of the Assemblies of God publications, earning the
affectionate title of “God’s Prophet with a Pen.” He ministered and knew early
Pentecostal giants such as Smith Wigglesworth, Howard Carter, WFP Burton, the
Jeffreys Brothers, and others. Brother Frodsham’s wedding ceremony was
performed by his friend, Smith Wigglesworth. Years later, Stanley
Frodsham wrote the first biography of Wigglesworth. He eventually separated
from the AOG and began ministering among independent Pentecostals.

To view the Original Article shown above,  in its Entirety, click HERE

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Ending Statement:

Remember Jude 4 which reads:

… For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality …
(ESV)

or

… For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality …
(NIV)

This is a shocking verse.  How can ungodly men “sneak” into our pulpits and congregations and preach, and seduce Believers into sinful behavior?

Answer:  Because Christians no longer read their Bibles.

They’ve been told from the pulpits that the Blood covers all sin and its legalism to preach holiness.

Please, get into your Bibles Christians.

Learn what the Epistles have to say about holiness and ‘works’ as well as  doctrine and order in a Church setting, versus listening to preachers who show up with feathers, angel dust, and gold teeth anointings who preach new revelations received from “angels”.

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- Limited Gov’t = More Personal Freedom – Ronald Reagan

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Quote of the Day:

“… man is not free unless government is limited.  There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as the Law of Physics:   As governtment expands, liberty contracts.”

- Ronald Reagan
January 11, 1989
Farewell Address to the Nation

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What is with my quotes regarding “Big Government meaning less freedom”?

I see the demise of the American’s freedoms as one of the signs of the End of the Times …

As the Governments of the world start to tighten their holds on their citizens, offering more Government programs, handouts and control, the world’s stage is being set for the eventual One World Dictator which the Apostle John predicted in Revelation 13:

11Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

The End is not yet, for the Church will be raptured before the revealing of the One World Dictator, that Man of Lawlessness as Paul called him in the letter to the Thessalonians, but the stage is being set. (1)

Could the Rapture of the Church be right around the corner?

Are all of the Signs of the End starting to appear?

Is the Earth truly groaning with Birth Pains at a more frequent and ‘harsher’ pace? (2)

All of my posts are trying to discern this question.

All I know is:
be ready Church!

Keep your heads looking up …. for our redemption is truly closer today than it was yesterday. (3)

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(1)  -  2 Thessalonians 2
3Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness^a is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but THE ONE WHO NOW HOLDS IT BACK WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TILL HE IS TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY.  8And THEN THE LAWLESS ONE WILL BE REVEALED,  whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

(2)  -  Mark 13:8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of BIRTH PAINS

(3)  -  Luke 21:28
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh

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- Tornadoes in Southern California?

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Strange weather.  Harsh weather.  Any resemblance to the Birth Pains Jesus said would happen near the time of His return? (Matthew 24:8)

Latest storm brings tornado-like winds, floods roads and causes small mudslides in foothill communities [updated]

January 21, 2010 |  4:00 pm

Ventura County fire officials said that they had received reports that a tornado touched down in the eastern end of the city of Ventura near North Bank Drive and Montgomery Avenue, downing power lines and causing damage to cars, outbuildings and agriculture, as well as toppling a tree into a home.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, but Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Bill Nash said officials are still assessing the damage.

“There is more than a mile-long path of destruction,” Nash said. “It’s a pretty serious situation.”

Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jack Richards said fire and law enforcement personnel were going house to house in two neighborhoods and an agricultural area.

Richards said police interviewed at least four witnesses who reported seeing a funnel cloud touch down. “It picked a Chrysler Sebring off the ground, it hovered for second and spun it around,” Richards said. “It hit a tree and blew out the rear and side windows.”

He said it also uprooted some trees. “It plucked them right out of the ground like a eyebrow,” Richards said. “It also tore the roofs off some sheds.”

The National Weather Service has not yet classified the winds in that area as a tornado. The agency said a tornado watch had been issued for eastern Riverside County.

Read Entire Original Article HERE

Romans 8 –

20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21thatⁱ the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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