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1  Fellowship / What are you doing? / Re: I want to do a Bible Study. on: March 17, 2006, 02:25:48 PM
Hi Sister,

I am Pastor Fred Wilson. Good topic,How much do you love Jesus?
Another is, What is your relationship with God?

GOD BLESS YOU
2  Theology / Apologetics / WHAT IS HELL? on: March 17, 2006, 06:20:19 AM
According to the Bible,you have two options to choose from when it comes to deciding where you will spend your life after death. One option is heaven.The other is Hell.Interestingly enough,while there seems to be an increased belief in a place called hell,most people don't believe that hell is reserved for only the most hardened of criminals and other evil elements of our society.But God's Word judges people by a different set of criteria.You are not sent to hell for being a bad person any more than you are sent to heaven for being a good person.We all deserve to spend eternity in hell. (Romans 3:22-23).

While God clearly says that those who reject the salvation offered through his Son,Jesus Christ,will spend eternity in this place of torment,he repeatly gives each person ample opportunity to choose life-abundant life on earth and eternal life in heaven (2 Peter 3:9).If you haven't made that choice yet,or if you have decided and want a better understanding of what your nonbelieving friends will have to face,consider these facts about hell from the pages of Scripture.

1. What is Hell Like?--Hell is a place of unending,isolated torment (see Luke 16:19-31).
2. Who Will Go to Hell?--Those whose names do not appear in the Book of Life are destined to everlasting punishment (see Revelation 20:11-15).
3. What is the Worst Punishment of Hell?--Hell's worst punishment is everlasting separation from God's presence (see 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10).

GOD BLESS.
3  Theology / Apologetics / DO YOU BELIEVE IN DELIVERANCE? on: March 17, 2006, 05:53:12 AM
Psalms 91:3 says, Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence.

The Hebrew word for deliver is natsal, which means to snatch something or someone away from a captor, to defend a friend and strip him away from the enemy.

In luke 4:18, the word deliverance has a little different meaning than the above passage. It not only involves snatching someone away from the enemy,but also restoring that which was stolen by the enemy. Jesus stated-The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to set at liberty (free) those who are oppressed (bound);to proclaim the acceptable year (grace,favor,ability) of the Lord.

GOD BLESS
4  Theology / Apologetics / SEIZE YOUR DESTINY on: March 09, 2006, 06:12:09 AM
Watch your thoughts,for they become your words.
Choose your words,for they become actions.
Understand your actions,for they become habits.
Study your habits,for they will become your character.
Develop your character,for it becomes your destiny.

You are now determining your destiny. The choices you make today are shaping who you will become.

Though he had great ability,Samson also had a weak character that opened the door for Delilah to deceive him. He allowed Delilah to learn the source of his strength,and the ensuing bedroom barbershop affair left Samson powerless and pathetic. His last days were spent grinding grain for his enemies. He was mocked and ridiculed,and his eyes were gouged out because he ignored God's warnings.

David,too,had great ability. He was Israel's poet,prophet,and warrior statesman,but a weakness in his character allowed burning lust to drive him into Bathsheba's arms,producing an illegitimate child. Then he chose to commit cold-blooded murder. But David's two-minute warning came when the prophet Nathan pointed his bony forefinger in the ashamed face of King David and shouted in righteous fury. You are the man! (2 Samuel 12:7). Confronted with his sin,David had two choices--the same choices you and I have when faced with our transgressions--he could repent or flee.

David was no Judas! David was not an emotional coward! David was a man after God's own heart,so heeded the warning. David fell on his knees before the prophet and sobbed his confession of sin: Have mercy upon me,O God,according to Your lovingkindness;according to the multitude of Your tender mercies,blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,and cleanse me from my sin (Ps. 51:1-5).

Your Thoughts Impact Your Destiny!
Your Speech Impacts Your Destiny!

GOD BLESS
5  Theology / Apologetics / NO UNITY OF BODY WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF HEAD on: February 28, 2006, 08:21:23 PM
God is working towards recovering the oneness of the body.But for this to be accomplished there must first be the life of the Head,followed next by the authority of the Head.Without the life of the head there can be no body.Without the autority of the Head there can be no unity of the body.To maintain the oneness of the body we must let the life of the head rule.

God wishes us to obey His delegated authorities as well as Himself.All the members of the body should be subject to one another.When this is so,the body is one with itself and with the Head.As the authority of the head prevails,the will of God is done.Thus does the church become the kingdom of God.

GOD BLESS
6  Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / FINAL REBELLION AND DESTRUCTION OF SATAN on: February 28, 2006, 07:54:30 PM
Prophetic Scriptures Revelation 20

1, Opposing forces:
Satan,leading a great multitude from the nations of the earth,will surround the camp of the saints,the beloved city.
And when the thousand years are expired,Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth,Gog and Magog,to gather them together to battle the number of whom is as the sand of the sea (Revelation 20:7-8).

This war is not the same war of Gog and Magog as described in Ezekiel 38-39.In Ezekiel,Gog refers to the leader of Magog...Russia...who leads a confederation of nations from the North to attack Israel.

The name Gog and Magog,in (Revelation 20) is used symbolically to refer to the nations throughout the earth who are in rebellion against God and Christ.
After the thousand year reign of the saints with Christ upon the earth,Satan will be loosed,and will go into the nations to deceive and lead them in one final rebellion against God.

PURPOSE
God's purpose for this final rebellion is to completely eradicate every trace of sin and disobedience from the earth.Even during the Millennial reign of Christ with the saints,there are be those who will be deceived,and will rebel against God.After leading this final rebellion,Satan will be cast into the lake of fire.

BATTLEFIELD
And they went up on the breadth of the earth,and compassed the camp of the saints about,and the beloved city:and fire came down from God out of heaven,and devoured them (Revelation 20:9).

WHEN:
After the Millennial reign of Christ with His saints upon earth,and before the great white throne judgment,Satan will be loosed to lead this final rebellion.

MAJOR EVENTS:
The saints will not have to fight during this war.God will supernaturally intervene,and will rain down fire from heaven,defeating their enemies.

OUTCOME:
The great multitude who have rebelled against God,and have gathered together against the saints,will be devoured by the fire from heaven. (verse 9)
This will be Satan's final overthrow! He will be cast into the Lake of fire with the Antichrist and the false prophet.This is Satan,s final destination where he will be tormented day and night throughout eternity.

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,where the beast and the fals prophet are,and shall be tormented day and night for ever and evae (Revelation 20:10).

GOD BLESS.
7  Theology / Apologetics / ALL FEAR COMES FROM NOT TRUSTING GOD AND HIS WORD on: February 27, 2006, 06:10:55 AM
The Word says:
Philip 4:6-Be careful for nothing;but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

1 Thes.5:18-In every thing give thanks:for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Matthew 6:34-Take therefore no thought for the morrow:for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

We are so busy dragging the past around with us,and projecting it to the future,that we forget to occupy today. If our minds,spirits,and souls are filled with fear and confusion,projection and avoidance,we are no earthly good today. We are preoccupied with dragging this junk around,and projecting it into the future. That's why we need Prozac,Valium,and sleeping pills. That why we have ulcers.

Forget the past,forget the future.

LET GOD BE GOD TODAY IN YOUR LIFE.

GOD BLESS.
8  Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / THE FUTURE IS NOW on: February 27, 2006, 05:48:31 AM
We have come to the placr where officialdon demands that any sexual urge be permitted,regardless of it's effects on marriage,the home,children,the human body,and the increased misery and suicide rate it causes.To them,anything that contributes to reducing the population is good.The only sexually bad thing is the propagation of traditional moral values.Until that elite officialdom is changed-and there appears to be no way to make that happen,short of a national spiritual revival-we can have no hope of improvement.

In other words,the moral conditions spoken of in the book of Revelation are already here.We are already living in days like those of Noah and Lot-days our Lodr predicted would return just before His return to this earth.Morally speaking,nothing needs to happen before the Rapture,and any objective person assessing the rapidly declining moral standards of our day must admit that officialdom and millions of people worldwide are already living in Sodom-and Gomorrah-like conditions.

God Bless.
9  Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / HOMOSEXUALITY on: February 24, 2006, 06:41:56 AM
The sexual sins of Sodom and Gormorrah in Lot's time were so gross that men were driven with a passion not only for their own sex but even became disrespectful to the angels who visited Lot.
It is almost unbelievable in our day how those who reject the sexual laws of God have succeeded in making one of the basest of sexual sins-sodomy-respectable and even acceptable.Just a few years ago Hollywood stars kept their personal sex lives (which brought them to an early death) in the closet.But today homosexual are out and demanding their rights.What rights do they demand? The right to marry,the right to cohabit with the sex,the right to teach school,where they c ould influence young minds,the right to adopt children,the right to serve in the militarty-and the list goes on.

Even though their dangerous lifestyle can shorten their expec ted life span by as much as 50 percent,it is considered a hate crime to warn or sspeak out against it.And discrimination against homosexual in job selection or dismissal is a violation of the law.If you refuse to rent your home to a homosexual couple,you are a lawbreaker! The secular world has turned the sexual laws of God upside down.A few years ago American Pschological Association considered homosexual a mental deficiency;now the APA has endorsed it and proposed that their members no longer urge homosexuals to change their sexual lifestyle.

GOD BLESS
10  Theology / Apologetics / QUESTION on: February 22, 2006, 06:46:02 AM
Is tithing required under the New Covenant?

GOD BLESS
11  Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / THE TOP SEVEN SINS OF THE TRIBULATION on: February 22, 2006, 06:39:01 AM
A passage we just reviewed,Revelation 9:20-21,lists t5he top seven sins of the Tribulation:

1. Rebellion against God ("they did not repent")
2. Worship of demons
3. Idolatry
4. Murders
5. Sorceries (drugs)
6. Sexual immorality
7. Thefts

It is interesting to compare this list with the one given by the apostle Paul in Colossians 3:5-6,which mentions sexual immorality,impurity,lust,evil desires and greed,which is idolatry.Paul then reminds his readers,Because of these,the wrath of God is coming.

Is it ever!
We contend that even though these seven sins of the Tribulation will become rampant after the church has been raptured,already they are among the most dominant sins of our society.

REBELLION AGAINST GOD
Rebellion is a way of life today,both nationally and individually.Government,media,and education policy is relentlessly removing every vestige of our nation's heritage that relates to God,prayer,the Bible,and Christian values.

WORSHIP OF DEMONS
Twenty years ago Satan worship was scarcely heard of;today it is rampant.Satan worshipers are frequently on the evening news because of some satanic ritual that killed or maimed someone.Witchcraft,too,is becoming rampant,even respectable.

IDOLATRY
Unredeemed man always resists worshiping God by faith but demands aids to worship-things made with human hands,from pictures to images to relics and icons.No wonder Vladimir Lenin concluded that man is incurably religious.

MURDERS
One of the major social problems of our day is the rise in the murder rate.Many of the younger generation have no respect for human life;witness the increasing number of murders aged ten to eleven years old.The current violent crime rate-almost twenty-five thousand murders each year in America-is making this once Christian nation the murder capital of the world.

DRUGS
From the Greek word translated sorceries in the King James Bible we get the word pharmacy.Unfettered drug use will be common during the Tribulation.But even today,drug and alcohol use is skyrocketing out of control.

SEXUAL IMMORALITY
From the White House to the movie theater,it is accepted policy today to disregard sexual purity before marriage and sexual fidelity afterward.Many educators have all but abandoned teaching virtue;instead they have made a virtue out of homosexuality and lesbianism,which for centuries were called perversions and in the Bible are called an abomination and unnatural.

THEFTS
Gated communites and sercurity systems are becoming a way of life today.Why? Because of the rise in theft.I can remember the day when I never locked my doors and could leave my keys in my car.

GOD BLESS
12  Theology / Apologetics / DO I GIVE TO GOD FROM PURE MOTIVES? on: February 21, 2006, 09:32:48 PM
Read 1 Chronicles 29:2-9,Matthew 6:1-4,Matthew 26:6-13,Mark 11:15-17

If you give with pure motives,from your heart of love,as an act of worship,your offerings will be accepted by God,and He will reward you.You can give a million dollars,but if it is not given from the heart of love,it is not acceptable to God,and it profits you nothing.

God Bless
13  Theology / General Theology / ALL FEAR COMES FROM NOT TRUSTING GOD AND HIS WORD on: February 21, 2006, 08:12:04 PM
The Word says:

Be careful for nothing;but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philip.4:6

In every thing give thanks:for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thess.5:18

Take therefore no thought for the morrow:for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34

We are so busy dragging the past around with us,and projecting it to the future,that we forget to occupy today.If our minds,spirits,and souls are filled with fear and confusion,projection and avoidance,we are no earthly good today.We are preoccupied with dragging this junk around,and projecting it into the future.That's why we need Prozac,Valium,and sleeping pills.That's why we have ulcers.

Forget the past,forget the future.

Let God be God today in your life!

The evil of today is sufficient unto itself (Matthew 6:34).

Take therefore no thought for the marrow:for the marrow shall take thought for the things of itself.Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34

Your life hangs in the balance.Make sure you are in the right kingdom all the time.

GOD BLESS.
14  Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / Re: THE ANTICHRIST on: February 21, 2006, 07:36:48 PM
Jesus himself prophesied about such a person.He said,I have come in My Father's name,and you do not receive Me;if another comes in his name,him you will receive. Let me warn you personally to beware of such a leader of humanity who may emerge from Europe.He will turn out to be a great deceiver who will step forward with signs and wonders that will be so impressive that many will believe he is of God.He will gain a great following among those who are left,and many will believe he is a miracle worker.

The deceiver will promise strength and peace and security,but the Bible says he will speak out against the Most High and will wear down the saints of the Most High.That's why I warn you to beware now of a new leader with great charisma trying to take over the world during this terrible time of chaos and confusion.This person is known in the Bible as Antichrist.He will make many promises,but he will not keep them.you must trust in the promises of God Almighty through his Son,Jesus Christ.

Here are two trivia questions for you:

1. Who are the only two characters in the Bible named the son of perdition?
2. Who are the only two persons in the Bible whom Satan himself is thought to possess?

If to both questions you answered,Judas Iscariot and the Antichrist,you get a gold star.

GOD BLESS.
15  Welcome / About You! / PASTOR FRED WILSON on: February 21, 2006, 06:21:14 AM
I am a Pastor. I have Ministry called,NEW DIMENSION OF FAITH&WORSHIP MINISTRIES IN CANADA. God whats to do new thing in our lives. A new song,praise and worship Him. He has been so good to us.

Just love to talk about Jesus and His love.
User name God Sent.

God Bless You.
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