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![]() ![]() I was born in 1955 on a day when the country puts up our stars and stripes in June. I am a red-blooded American male, father and grandfather, and have been married to my bride of 42 years. I am a military veteran of the Viet Nam era, although not a U.S Army combat veteran. After leaving military service I spent the next 27 years working for some of the largest corporations in America, generally in financial services in one way or another. ![]() ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- What Jesus said in († Luke 21:25-28) and things spoken about in other places is why we are addressing the many controversial things we began talking about in part one. Things are going to be seen with the eyes, events will happen that will be so astounding that some won’t believe their eyes, and situations will happen without any warning that are so life-threatening and shocking that some will literally be scared to death. This series of teachings are to inform you about those things that can terrify the unprepared—and 99% will be! But if you know about these things ahead of time ... ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- If you are not aware of the news, a recent development has triggered in my heart and spirit the need to talk about some things known to some and reveal other things unknown by most that are never talked about among Christians or even generally among non-Christians. The development I speak of is the revelation that massive structures exist under the plateau of pyramids in Egypt. What things are seen by deep underground radar penetrating mapping technology are at least many thousands of years old and (here is the first of many astounding statements you will hear:) are constructs that without a doubt predate † Genesis 1:2 ... ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- We each have unconscious default positions that just happen when we are faced with some unexpected issue in life. A default position is what you do automatically, usually without any thought or even a few microseconds of consideration about what else can or should be done. Such automatic reactions are not necessarily bad but some can be if it is the wrong thing to do in a specific or unique situation. Things happen and what we often do is immediately panic and react in ways that might just be totally wrong for our well-being or our survival. ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- I heard someone say once that “We have yet not seen how evil that evil can be!” I agree with that statement; by looking back, those of us that are especially over 50 can see how dramatic the moral decline of our country has become in our lifetime and that there has been a noticeable acceleration of wickedness in just the last 10 to 15 years. And I do not doubt that evil is just starting to get warmed-up! One only needs to compare what the Bible says about these last days with our daily news reports of peoples’ attitudes and behaviors right here in America. ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- We have taken a good look at the command of God to love Him above all others and to love others as we do ourselves (ex. Deuteronomy 6:4, 10:12, Mark 12:28-31). In today’s follow-up discussion we are going to more closely define what that love looks like as it is to be expressed through the mind, heart, words and actions of a believer that walks in biblical love. Why take the time? Because like the lawyer in the parable of the good Samaritan, we can easily try to set the conditions for what that love will be in us toward God and others, which will inevitably fall short of the what God requires. ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- “If you try and try and try to walk in the righteous ways of our holy God but consistently fail (you sin by lying, sexual issues, hatred, unforgiveness, envy, etc.) It Boils Down To This One Reason: You do not love God nor fear Him enough! There is the need for the work of the cross on your sinful nature to put an end to sinning but if you do not love God with your whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, you do not have the needed inspiration to seek the power of the cross to put an end to your habitual sinning. If we will go to the cross for the death of sinful nature it is because we love God—a lot.” ![]() PORTERVILLE, CA -- † Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ... Once we are born again from above, we must soon come to understand that we are to walk in love and to open the doors of our heart and mind to that prime directive of Heaven. You will recall something that I have said over the years of what the Apostle John’s has emphasized in his writings—and that is that “we are to stop sinning and if you get anything right, get love right.” Although it does not happen overnight in most lives, a walk of love is a command of God and is to happen; I believe it is to be our first focus as to the changes that are to take root in our lives and by love gives us victory over the very strong and competing worldly behaviors of our former lives. |
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