Kol ha'Mashiach

- God Has No Political Party – He Hates Sin and Loves Righteousness
  
  Posted at 12:24 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on August 6, 2020
  I’ve always said that one cannot be a true, born-again Christian, and vote for a Democrat – and I still believe that. It’s just that I’ve been looking at various news reports, and becoming ill at the notion of all of the corrupt people in this nation – of every political stripe, that I needed to revise this statement a bit.
  
  Why did I originally say that a true, born-again Christian cannot vote for a Democrat? Because of what the Democrat party stands for – pure and simple. One cannot be a true, born-again Christian, and support:
  - Abortion – at any time, for any reason.
  - Same-sex marriage – God forbids it.
  - Transgenderism – God finds it abhorrent (Deuteronomy 22:5)
  And any number of other things that are “planks in their platform”.
  
  If we have a Democrat in power, we pray for them to make wise decisions, and to run this nation properly.
  
  But sin doesn’t align itself with a political party – there’s enough of it to go around.
  
  I think of something I shared on Facebook a year ago, from A. W. Tozer, and I’d like to share that here, because it’s appropriate:
  
  “Sin is a disease. It is lawlessness. It is rebellion. It is transgression—but it is also a wasting of the most precious of all treasures on earth. The man who dies out of Christ is said to be lost, and hardly a word in the English tongue expresses his condition with greater accuracy. He has squandered a rare fortune and at the last he stands for a fleeting moment and looks around, a moral fool, a wastrel who has lost in one overwhelming and irrecoverable loss, his soul, his life, his peace, his total mysterious personality, his dear and everlasting all!
  
  “Oh, how can we get men and women around us to realize that God Almighty, before the beginning of the world, loved them, and thought about them, planning redemption and salvation and forgiveness?
  
  “Christian brethren, why are we not more faithful and serious in proclaiming God’s great eternal concerns?
  
  “How is this world all around us ever to learn that God is all in all unless we are faithful in our witness?
  
  “In a time when everything in the world seems to be vanity, God is depending on us to proclaim that He is the great Reality, and that only He can give meaning to all other realities.”
  
  Yes, a lot of the sin we see today, can be laid at the feet of members of the Democrat party, but we can lay quite a bit of blame at the feet of members of the Republican party, and those who align themselves as “Independent” as well.
  
  God says that we are to be good stewards of the blessings He bestows on us. This nation has been one of the most blessed in the world – yet we’ve dug a twenty-two trillion dollar hole in our checking account! This is a deficit that our kids, grandkids and great grandkids will be digging out of. And it was brought about by the reckless spending of Republicans and Democrats alike.
  
  Luke 16 is probably one of the best examples of how Jesus dealt with corruption – the parable of the unjust steward. Verses 1-7:
  
  He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures (about 875 gallons or about 3,200 liters) of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures (between 1,000 and 1,200 bushels) of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
  
  What was going on here? A manager of the rich man’s assets and accounts was squandering the rich man’s money. The rich man – his employer – found out about it and demanded that an accounting be made – and fired the manager.
  
  The manager, in his final days on the job, instead of outright stealing assets, lowered the bills of those owing money by significant amounts – with the hopes that when he became unemployed, that these people would have mercy on him. In other words, I’ll scratch your back – you scratch mine. It was dishonest and corrupt.
  
  Jesus then pivots to the moral of the parable – verses 10-13:
  
  “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
  
  The person who can be trusted with a little, can be trusted with more – but the one who is dishonest with a little, will take what he can.
  
  Isn’t this true in our federal – and many of our state governments today – and over the last several decades?
  
  Our federal government has spent their way to oblivion and back – and cheated the American people out of a lot of their hard-earned money. The congress of the United States – both republican and democrat – has taken monies from the Social Security Trust Fund – money taken through levies on our paychecks, and used this money to plug holes in their deficit spending. This was money to be used for retirement, and if it was invested wisely, would more than cover retirees and disabled people for years to come… but no… they had to rob Peter (us, the taxpayer) to pay Paul (their bills). That’s sinful!
  
  There are states who do not have an income tax, or sales tax, or both – and are better managed than those who levy exorbitant taxes on their residents. It’s no wonder that people are fleeing New York, New Jersey and California – for Florida and Texas. That’s wonderful, as long as they leave their liberal ways behind.
  
  Congresspeople and Senators are more moved by lobbyists and their constituents. Ever ask yourself how members of congress are richer when they leave office (if they ever do, but that’s another subject) – than when they entered? Lobbyists are one answer.
  
  I think that the only politician that is in office today, that has had a decrease in their net worth, is the president. He’s not taken a paycheck – donating it to various government department budgets.
  
  Can they (federal and state governments) be trusted with the tax money taken from us each year? According to this parable – no.
  
  There are democrats (albeit not many) who believe that abortion is wrong – but they believe that men can carry on with men, and women with women. God says no!
  
  But preacher, “love is love – God tells us to love everyone” – that doesn’t include “intimate love”. That’s reserved for marriage between a man and a woman.
  
  There are republicans that believe the same way – it’s wrong.
  
  As I stated earlier – this nation has been blessed beyond measure, because of the way God was at the very center of it. The nation was created under Judeo-Christian principles. The Magna Carta is the inspiration for our Declaration of Independence and Constitution – all of which are based on Judeo-Christian principles.
  
  Until the 1960’s – it seems that God was at the center of every town square. One wasn’t ridiculed, or worse, for being a Christian. But today, you have godless leaders at the state level who will think nothing of shutting down a church for a virus that’s no worse than a bad cold, if treated early, with the right medication – Hydroxychloroquine, Zithromycin and Zinc. The writer of Hebrews put it plainly:
  
  And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:24-25)
  
  We are to gather together, and worship the Lord our God, and sing praises to His name. But as it’s stated in the prophetic of the Bible – the last days will be filled with godlessness. Men who profess to be godly, like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, are no more than Republicans in name only – they use the title when it suits them, but it really means nothing to them. Being a Republican used to mean godly – republicans stood for godly principles. They were against slavery, for equal rights for minorities, they were for law and order and sound fiscal management (a/k/a: good stewardship).
  
  What happened to them? Many succumbed to Satan, evil, and sin. They were more interested in “what was in it for them” – then what was best for their constituents – the citizens of this nation.
  
  It’s no wonder that God seems to have taken his hand off this nation! What ever happened to living in the FEAR OF THE LORD? There’s no fear anymore – and where’s there’s no fear – respect and awe – of God, He takes His hand of favor away.
  
  I put the blame squarely at the feet of the American Church. With few exceptions, it’s dead or on life support. Pastors and Elders are more concerned with tax exemption – the ability for parishioners to deduct offerings from income taxes – and tax exemption from other taxes for the church (this improving financial footing) – and losing the ability to call out politicians for their corruption from the pulpit. Senator Johnson (yes, the former president was a senator in the 1950’s) came up with the Johnson Amendment – to squelch political speech by non-profits in return for favorable tax treatment. This insulated political figures from being held accountable by the church – as the church did before the 1950’s.
  
  It’s time for fire and brimstone to rain down from the pulpits, and if the pastors can’t call out the sin going on in this nation and government, then step aside and get someone who can.
  
  Christians – you’re in the army now. The warfare is real. Gird your armor – stand and fight for your faith. For one day, if you don’t – you’ll find your first amendment right to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom to assemble at church – taken from you, right from under your nose.
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- God’s Giving You A Snapshot (Part 2)
  
  Posted at 8:26 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on August 1, 2020
  On July 2, I wrote a post about how these days are a snapshot of what it will be like during the Tribulation Period (God’s Giving You A Snapshot, to read it, click here) – that period between the Rapture of the Church, and the Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Christ.
  
  I spoke, for example, how the churches were shut – just like the Tribulation Period – when the church is gone for all intents and purposes – as it’s the end of the church age.
  
  Today, I’d like to speak of the Antichrist – and I truly believe that he’s among us today.
  
  What does it say in Revelation 13, about the Antichrist?
  
  Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. (Revelation 13:17-17)
  
  What do we have today, that is mandatory to buy and sell? What do merchants need to sell anything? What do we need to get into a store?
  
  That’s right – a mask.
  
  Now – this is not the “mark of the beast” – but God is giving us a picture of what it will be like to have something required of you, by a government, in order to purchase anything – or to sell anything.
  
  You don’t want to take that mark! If you’re left behind, it will be tempting to take that mark, because you’ll be hungry, or you’ll need money and need to work – you won’t be able to without the mark, just as you’re not able to now (in most cases).
  
  Governor Newsome of California has ordered churches shut yet again. If they open, there can be no more than 10 people and no singing or standing. Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Church in Sun Valley, California, has told the governor, in no uncertain terms, that the church will follow God, not man, in this case – and their elders concurred. See their statement here (Click here), and see a video of John MacArthur regarding this here (Click here).
  
  Pastors need to wake the heck up!
  
  God is showing us that the end of the Church Age – the Rapture of His Church – is very near. The signs are all around us. We need to be evangelizing like never before, Every sermon needs to center on salvation and evangelism with an altar call at the end of every service.
  
  Why evangelism? Because God’s people are all called to be ministers – even though they may not be called to be pastors. Everyone – and I mean everyone – has a responsibility to be spreading the Gospel.
  
  “But pastor, I might get made fun of…” or “What could I say to someone else?”
  
  Well, to that first one, I say “boo hoo – cry me a river!” – the Apostle Paul languished in prison for years for Christ! Eleven of the Twelve Disciples were crucified for Christ! And you’re worried about a few mean words? How many missionaries have given their very lives in the work of evangelism? And you’re worried about a little persecution? You get no sympathy from me!
  
  As for the second one – you have mouth, and a testimony! Use both! What has God done in your life to bring you to a point of humility, a point where there was no place to look, but up? You never know – that other person may be in a similar situation. God allows us to go through trials to show us how to trust Him – and to use these to tell others!
  
  In my case, I have no voice – so I write. God’s been bugging me to write for the last week – and I’ve been putting it off. You don’t do this – because God just piles it up until your mind is scrambled with His Words to you, and you have no place to look, but up – “God, I repent for not doing this earlier – where do you want me to start, and please guide me through it.”
  
  You’re seeing the first part of that right now. More will be coming.
  
  You see, we get busy in our lives – and Satan just loves that. In my case, doctor’s appointments, the grass needs cut, the dog needs to go to the groomers, we need to pick up some things at the drug store – all of these things took precedence over what God wanted – and that won’t happen again – and never let it happen to you.
  
  God is first and foremost in our lives – we must remember that. Every time God gives you the opportunity to be a witness – take it.
  
  In my case, I have a caregiver that comes each morning to help me (and give my wife a break) – she helps me get ready for the day, get breakfast, feed and walk our dog, Micah. My wife and I truly believe that God puts them here, to hear the Word of God, and for a witness. One of these caregivers gave her heart to the Lord at our dining room table.
  
  Many of you know – but some may not – I have advanced Parkinson’s Disease with Traumatic Brain Injuries from falls. I have trouble walking and speaking – even typing this is a challenge as the dexterity in my fingers is just not there. If it weren’t for the Holy Spirit giving me these words to say, the TBI itself would prevent me from putting together a coherent message. If I can evangelize – so can you!
  
  Yes, these posts are God’s messages to you, not mine.
  
  So pastors – wake up and smell the coffee! Stop trying to be politically correct and start preaching right and wrong! There is so much wrongdoing in the nation – and the world – today, and we as Christians must stand up against it.
  
  Pastors – stop dealing with Black Lives Matter – and start dealing with “Every Spiritual Life – and Every Eternal Life – Matters!”
  
  Your job isn’t social justice, it’s not ensuring that your collection plate is full and that there are butts in seats. Your one job is to shepherd your local flock, and to preach the gospel – and the rest will fall into place. Yes, we help our fellow man – but not at the expense of God. His will comes first and foremost. We take a knee for no one – we kneel for God, not for any man!
  
  People of the Body of Christ – you may not be a pastor, but you are a minister! You must fulfill the Great Commission:
  
  Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20)
  
  You don’t have to be a pastor to fulfill the Great Commission – as a wonderful preacher I admire and respect – who used to live and preach around here – put it: “God gave you a mouth – Use It!”
  
  Couldn’t have said it any plainer myself.
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- Are You Living for God or Living for the World?
  
  Posted at 12:12 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on July 18, 2020
  Today, I’m going to start with Scripture:
  
  The Lord upholds all who are falling
  and raises up all who are bowed down.
  The eyes of all look to you,
  and you give them their food in due season.
  You open your hand;
  you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  The Lord is righteous in all his ways
  and kind in all his works.
  The Lord is near to all who call on him,
  to all who call on him in truth.
  He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
  he also hears their cry and saves them.
  The Lord preserves all who love him,
  but all the wicked he will destroy.
  My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
  and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
  
  Psalm 145:14-21
  
  So, as I asked in the title of this message, are you living for God, or living for the world?
  
  You can’t do both. James 4:3-5 states clearly that “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, ‘He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us’?”
  
  I woke up today, extremely irritated in my spirit. During our devotions this morning, I was thinking of all of the lawlessness going on in the world. I was thinking of the lawless government leaders in Washington DC – and in our case, our state capital, Harrisburg, PA. I was watching Portland, Oregon continue to be looted, and it took federal law enforcement in unmarked vehicles, to detain and arrest these individuals. I’m watching in cities around the country, where police officers, who are sworn to uphold the law, call in sick or outright retire, because they will not put their lives on the line, for a city government that won’t back them up.
  
  We have “woke” companies and television networks, bowing to organizations like Black Lives Matter – this is madness! If I see another “support Black Lives Matter” PSA on television, I’m gonna scream.
  
  EVERY LIFE MATTERS – I don’t care the color of your skin, I don’t care whether you’re straight, gay, or whatever, I don’t care the country you come from, or whether you’re native to the USA – your life matters.
  
  All physical life (born and unborn) matters – I wouldn’t want to see anyone hurt or killed. Yet today, if you say this, you could be torn to shreds, physically, in the streets by mobs of unsaved people.
  
  All spiritual life matters – 2 Peter 3:9 states that “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” – God wants all to repent, and turn away from their sin, and come to salvation in Christ Jesus, but God also has a promise, Jesus is coming again – and soon. Verse 10 of 2 Peter, is clear, “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.”
  
  This would be the Great White Throne Judgement. If you’re not truly saved, you don’t want to be judged here, because there’s no defense attorney, there’s no technicalities, there’s no witness you could produce that will save you. You’re either saved (your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life) through the blood of Christ – or you’re going to suffer eternally in the Lake of Fire.
  
  Let’s go back to our initial scripture in Psalms, shall we?
  
  Verse 14: “The Lord upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down.”
  
  This goes straight to pride – and the root of all evil stems from pride. Proverbs 16:18 is probably the best known scripture on pride:
  
  Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  
  But there are other areas that show that pride leads to sin, which then lead to downfall.
  - 2 Chronicles 26 shows King Uzziah’s pride, which led to his destruction.
  - 2 Chronicles 32 shows King Hezekiah with a heart full of pride. He became very sick, and after repentance to God, only then was he healed.
  - Psalm 31:23: “Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.”
  - Isaiah 2:17: “And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.”
  - And a word to those in high places and authority – Isaiah 13:11: “I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.”
  These are but a few examples of how pride is dealt with by God.
  
  The LORD upholds those who are humble to Him, and raises up those who humble themselves to Him.
  
  But fast-forward to verse 20: “The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.”
  
  Yes, if you love the Lord with all your heart, if you’ve given your life to Christ and repented – turned from your sin and your wicked ways, and asked forgiveness, then God will preserve you. If not – your destruction and everlasting suffering in Hell awaits.
  
  As a believer, you are a new creation – your old self has passed away. The Apostle Paul said as much when he said to the church at Corinth, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” All of this foolishness being done in the streets, the destruction, the vandalism, the hurting and killing of people, is being done by unbelievers.
  
  And if any claim to be believers – they aren’t showing it – the “fruit” that Jesus said we’d see from a believer, just isn’t there. So, are they truly saved? I’d be hard pressed to believe that they were.
  
  Believers are shining lights to the world. Jeannie and I pray each day that we are a shining light on this hill on which our home sits, and that we are witness to others.
  
  Believers love everyone. We hate sin, but we love people. We want people to repent of their sinful lifestyles and habits. Hating people doesn’t achieve that end – we love people to repentance. Remember, we don’t “save” anyone – we only plant seeds and water them – it’s the Holy Spirit convicts and brings that person to repentance.
  
  We can’t save someone hellbent on destruction of property, but we can be a witness to those in the world by our actions.
  
  That doesn’t mean being a doormat either. If anyone were to come to our home with the intent on hurting my wife or myself – or destroying our property, we are fully armed and are willing to protect ourselves and our families. God gave us what we have, and it’s our responsibility to be good stewards of what God has given us.
  
  See my posting on what God has to say about firearms and self defense here.
  
  So, I ask again – are you living for God, or the World?
  
  You gotta pick one.
  
  Your choice – your eternity.
  
  Choose wisely.
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- God Is Giving You A Snapshot
  
  Posted at 2:23 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on July 2, 2020
  What is the Rapture?
  
  It’s known as the Rapture of the Church – the end of the church age, and the beginning of the seven year period known as the Tribulation period, where the Antichrist will rule and reign over the earth in a one-world government.
  
  Well, guess what — God is giving us a snapshot of what that might look like – today.
  
  The church, as we know it, is gone.
  
  Missing going to church? Even if your church is now “open” – it’s just not the same. Everyone’s wearing masks, no one is hugging or shaking hands. It’s impersonal.
  
  Well, in the Tribulation, the church is gone. The building will still be there, but if the pastor was a believing man – he’s gone.
  
  If the pastor is still around – he’s probably repenting to the point where he’s not having services anyway – what’s the point? Actually, he should be repenting big-time, then working to get people saved because he now knows what lies ahead.
  
  Deadness of spirit
  
  A clip from a sermon by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) is very appropriate here:
  
  When God is present with power in any land, then there are always many awakened to a sense of sin and flocking to Christ. One godly minister, speaking of such a time, says, “There were tokens of God’s presence in almost every house. It was a time of joy in families, on account of salvation being brought to them. Parents were rejoicing over their children as newborn, husbands over their wives, and wives over their husbands. The town seemed to be full of the presence of God. It never was so full of love nor of joy, and yet never so full of distress, as it was then.” We have nothing of the kind with us. What a dismal contrast do most of our families present. How many families are there that do not have one living soul!
  
  That last sentence, describes today, to a tee. How many families are there, that don’t have one living soul – saved by the blood of Christ?
  
  During revival periods, entire towns would be gathered at the church – without reason, prostrate on the ground, in reverent awe of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit moved that much in the town.
  
  In Los Angeles, in 1909, on Azuza Street – a revival so large, that it reignited the Pentecostal movement.
  
  People are looking for revival today – and I would love to see it happen… but are God’s people waiting on the Holy Spirit to move? No – they’re more interested in who’s going to prison, and what corruption is being exposed.
  
  Yes, this is important – but what’s more important is, are these people being saved, or at least being told the gospel? Are they being prayed for?
  
  I think that if we were more in prayer for the offenders, than cheering on the “perp walks” – the Holy Spirit can move.
  
  Continuing on with M’Cheyne’s sermon…
  
  How much deadness is there among true Christians! In times of reviving, when God is present with power in any land, not only are unconverted persons awakened and made to flee to Christ, but those who were in Christ before, receive new measures of the Spirit. They undergo, as it were, a second new birth. They are brought into the palace of the King and say, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine” (Song of Sol. 1:2).
  
  A dear Christian in such a time says, “My wickedness, as I am in myself, has long appeared to me perfectly unspeakable-like an infinite deluge, or mountains over my head. I do not know how to express better what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite.” How little of this feeling there is among us! How few seem to feel sin as an infinite evil! How plain that God is a stranger in the land!
  
  How many of us can truly look at ourselves and say with a straight face, that we’re living for the Holy Spirit today?
  
  How many people have you shown the gospel today?
  
  How many people have you shown the love of Christ through your actions today?
  
  How did you start your day? Did you thank God for the new day He gave you? The day He gave you to serve Him? Did you pray for our nation, and the distress it’s going through? Did you pray for our leaders, for God to give them the wisdom to make decisions to govern His way?
  
  When was the last time you led your family in a devotional time?
  
  If you’re feeling a little queasy about these questions – good! Time to examine yourself.
  
  M’Cheyne finishes this portion with:
  
  The boldness of sinners in sin is great. As in Jeremiah’s day, so in ours; many seem as if their necks were made of iron and their foreheads were of brass (Isa. 48:4). When God is present with power, then open sinners, though they may remain unconverted, are often restrained. There is an awe of God in their spirits. It is not so amongst us. The flood-gates of sin are opened. “They proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it” (Isa. 3:9). Isn’t it, then, a time to cry, “Oh the hope of Israel and its Savior!”
  
  When the Holy Spirit is moving in a big way – even those who aren’t saved, are examining themselves and their actions.
  
  Is this happening today? No!
  
  Hoardes of lawless people are destroying property, taking sections of our cities hostage, and chanting for their respective causes – with sin being the end result of these protests.
  
  Signs of the times
  
  Let’s look at Matthew chapter 24, starting in verse 3, through verse 8:
  
  As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
  
  More of this picture is shown here – a lot from the last twelve months:
  
  How many false ministers are showing up on television – they’re out there in droves, fleecing unsuspecting sheep of their property, making outrageous claims.
  
  We’ve had wars – including world wars – but not like the one that’s coming. Ezekiel 38 and 39 tell of a great war that will include (using modern day countries), Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, Libya and Ethiopia.
  
  China, Russia, Iran and Turkey – are all making strategic, military alliances – and will strike against Israel from the north.
  
  Libya and Ethiopia will make alliances and strike from the south.
  
  The resulting war will take place on the plains of Meggido – it’s called Armageddon.
  
  But before this war occurs, God will take His people home, in the Rapture, and end the church age. Prophecy from Ezekiel 38 and 39 is being fulfilled before our very eyes.
  
  Nation is rising up against nation today. China is rising up against India, Taiwan, the United States and other nations — not just militarily, but also in cyberspace and in finance and trade.
  
  Look around the globe – are there any peaceful areas today, where there isn’t a nation threatening another? You’d be hard-pressed to find one.
  
  Famine and earthquakes have been around for a long time now – but both have increased with alarming frequency of late – especially the earthquakes
  
  Now, let’s look at verses 9-13 of Matthew 24:
  
  “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  
  Look around this nation – and the world. The name of Jesus used to be revered, and the Ten Commandments could be found in virtually every town square.
  
  Not anymore.
  
  God’s Word, and God Himself, is hated more in this nation – that was founded on the Judeo-Christian heritage – and around the world. In many parts of the world, including parts of Africa and the Middle East – and China – you can be killed for just professing Christ. In China, they’ll send you off to a camp, and harvest your organs for transplant into another person.
  
  We also see a falling away from the church, of many, who used to profess their love of Christ. Of late, there have been at least three, well known, worship leaders, who have publicly denounced their faith – and at least two, who have started homosexual relationships.
  
  It’s said that only about 25% of people who call themselves “Christian” – are truly “born again Christians”.
  
  Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
  
  What this means is simple – not as many people as you think, will be going to Heaven. Most will be on that broad road – to destruction, and that’s so sad.
  
  Verses 21-23 emphasize this – Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”
  
  There will be pastors and evangelists – left behind. Why? Because they were more interested in lining their pockets than the salvation of people.
  
  Are you beginning to see the picture?
  
  This is nothing, compared to what’s coming during those seven years. What you see today, is just a snapshot of the horrors to come.
  
  You don’t want to be here for this – trust me.
  
  I encourage you to listen to my four-part series on the End Times, which goes into the Tribulation in detail – in everyday language.
  
  I implore you – meet Jesus now, because you won’t want to live through this.
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- Thank You Roberts and Gorsuch – For Unleashing Satan Into The Church
  
  Posted at 10:21 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 20, 2020
  Of course, I’m being sarcastic here – about actually “thanking” justices Roberts and Gorsuch, for such a horrendous decision that affects Evangelical Christianity in such a huge way.
  
  In case you’re not from the United States – or living under a rock if you are – last week, our supreme court “legislated” that the word “sex” in the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, that prohibits discrimination on various basis – including “sex” – was to also include homosexuals and transgendered people.
  
  Its intended meaning in 1964 was “male” and “female”. We cannot discriminate against a person because of the sex which they were born. It was specifically intended to stop discrimination against women in the workplace, which was pervasive at the time.
  
  Why should we have our shorts tied in a knot over this?
  
  Simple – we have now lost the right to exclude what we hold as sinful, from the church.
  
  That candidate for pastor, that seems to be great – but you find out that his “partner” is the same sex – you can no longer exclude them, lest you be hauled before the governmental powers, or sued.
  
  And God forbid you find out after he’s hired that they’re gay – you cannot terminate his employment!
  
  That female volunteer that now “identifes” as a man? Can’t exclude them from serving!
  
  That man who “identifes” as a woman? You must let him use the woman’s restroom!
  
  This – is what I mean by unleashing Satan into the church!
  
  The authority in the church – the pastor, no longer has a say on how his church is run.
  
  It was bad enough, that denominations were ordaining women in direct violation of scripture, and certain denominations thumbing their noses at God and ordaining homosexuals and lesbians – now, it’s the “law of the land” – because two “justices” of the US supreme court were too shortsighted (at best) or too stupid (probably more accurate) to see the the consequences of their actions.
  
  Lawlessness in society today, can be boiled down to biblical lawlessness and idolatry. Our “rights” are given by God – and what God calls “abhorrent” – cannot be a “right”.
  
  Paul writes to the Romans – right off the bat, in chapter 1:
  
  For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. (Romans 1:26-27)
  
  In fact, starting in verse 18, through the end of the chapter, Paul describes in detail, God’s wrath on unrighteousness.
  
  Under the law in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), such acts pulled the death sentence – by stoning!
  
  And now, we’re legislating such behavior as legal and a protected class of people. This is outrageous!
  
  I, for one, reject this “legislation” from the bench – or any other legislation which takes away the right to protect my flock from the wolf, Satan. Every other pastor should be saying the same!
  
  There’s a higher – an Ultimate Supreme Court, and it has only one Supreme Justice, and that’s the one living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. If it comes down to following man’s law, or God’s law – God trumps man every time.
  
  If God says homosexuality and transgenderism is a sin – and man says it’s not – man loses. I will not bow my knee to man – any man! The US supreme court be damned! I report to the Ultimate Supreme Court in Heaven – and the Ultimate Justice – God – rules over all.
  
  These people may come into my church – to learn, and hopefully repent of their sinful lifestyle, but unless they truly repent and turn from their sinful lifestyle, and prove that they’ve done so, I will never permit them to serve in any capacity – not even a volunteer position, as it lets Satan into the church.
  
  Any crack in the armor is a weak spot that Satan can take advantage of – and I will not permit it.
  
  I call on Justices Roberts and Gorsuch to repent of their sinful decision – and I call on every Evangelical Christian leader and pastor, to lobby Congress to rectify this situation – and codify into law, the definition of “sex” as God made them – Male and Female (Genesis 1:27).
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- Hey, Where Are You?
  
  Posted at 8:14 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 13, 2020
  Imagine, your best friend – who’s been trying to get you to church and bending your ear about Jesus, and getting saved – suddenly stops posting on social media. Imagine that they’ve stopped calling and texting you. Imagine that they’re no longer home when you go over.
  
  That time, my friend, is not far off.
  
  There will come a time, when all of the warnings you’ve been hearing from your Christian friends – will be too late for you to act upon.
  
  One day, utter chaos will ensue:
  - Cars will collide, unoccupied
  - Trains and buses will crash, some without engineers and conductors, and drivers
  - Planes will come falling out of the sky, without pilots
  - Your friends – disappear, in an instant
  What is going on?
  
  Friend, you’ve been left behind.
  
  I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
  
  “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
  “O death, where is your victory?
  O death, where is your sting?”
  
  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:50-57)
  
  That’s the Apostle Paul teaching the people in the church at Corinth – exactly what will happen at the time of the Rapture of the Church.
  
  In 11/100 of a second, about the time it takes to blink your eye, every saved believer – from the Old Testament saints, to the time of the rapture, will be raised up to be with the Lord in the air. How do we know this? Paul gives more detail to us here:
  
  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
  
  At the time of the rapture of the church, all true believers who have died, will have their bodies resurrected from their graves – and those who are still alive will disappear and be resurrected immediately thereafter.
  
  And it will happen in the blink of an eye.
  
  What happens to the body? It is transformed into a glorified body – one that can never get sick, and cannot die. If you’re suffering like I am – I have advanced Parkinson’s Disease – it will be gone. No more sickness, no more death, no more crying, no more pain.
  
  If you are a believer, you will be gone from this earth, and be spending eternity in Heaven with the Lord.
  
  And this is where my little story started out. If you come looking for my wife and I, and find that we’re gone – and it’s been a few days, and we’ve not posted on social media for a few days – and it seems like we’ve dropped off the face of the earth – and the world is in utter chaos – don’t look for us, we’re not here.
  
  We’ve tried to warn you – we’ve given chance after chance. word after word, about salvation – and you either laughed, or procrastinated, or thought “I go to church”, or “I’m a good person” – none of this matters.
  
  For salvation, you need to repent of your sins, which means to confess to the Lord – not to some priest, he can do nothing for you – and repent of these sins, turn from them completely, and believe with all of your heart, that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior… then, and only then, are you’re saved.
  
  See, just saying the sinner’s prayer, without true repentance and belief, isn’t enough! Many people say the words, then go on living in their sinful ways. If this is you, you need to repent and be truly saved.
  
  “But I’ve never killed anyone, I’m a good person!” – Not good enough. True repentance and true belief in Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and the only guarantee that you won’t be left behind to endure the 7-year Tribulation period which follows.
  
  A priest can’t absolve you of sin – no matter what the catechism says. The BIBLE says differently.
  
  Buying a mass card for the dead will not get that person into Heaven – only if they truly believed in Jesus Christ as savior before they died, will they be in Heaven. You can’t buy your way into heaven. There’s nothing biblical about this.
  
  And as for Purgatory – the “halfway house” for those not “good enough for heaven, but not bad enough got hell” – there’s nothing in the bible about that either, and I defy anyone to show me in the texts – they can’t, because it’s not there.
  
  Oprah, and people like Joel Osteen say that there are multiple ways to heaven. Jesus says otherwise:
  
  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7)
  
  You can only get to heaven, through Jesus Christ – He said it to Thomas here – and it’s said for your benefit too.
  
  So, tell Oprah Winfrey to “go scratch” – better yet, tell her she needs to be “really saved”.
  
  So, if you come looking for us, and we’re not here – and haven’t been in a while – we’re probably in Heaven with our Heavenly Father. And if you’ve been left behind – you can’t say you weren’t warned.
  
  But it’s not too late – get on your knees right now, and tell God that you’re sorry for your sin, and that you repent of this sin – that you’ll turn from it. Tell God that you believe that He gave His only Son Jesus, to die on the cross for your sin, as the final sacrifice for it, and that you believe on Jesus as your savior, then invite Jesus into your heart, to dwell there forever.
  
  Friend, if you did that, with sincerity of heart, you won’t be looking for us, you’ll be with us.
  
  Now – Go and tell others, before it’s too late!
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- To Whom Are You Bowing?
  
  Posted at 4:22 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 10, 2020
  Let’s get one thing straight from the outset here, I bow down to no person, of any color, race, nationality, sex/gender, etc. The first and second commandment, found in Exodus 20:
  
  I bow to the one, living, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20:1-6)
  The Bible clear – we bow before our creator, and no one, or nothing else!
  But of course, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Jesus Christ, has been taken out of the town square today, and that’s what’s wrong with the world today – lawlessness and godlessness.
  We see this all over the Old and New Testaments. One great example is Solomon. Some say he’s saved, others – not so much. Why? Let’s look at 1 Kings, chapter 11, verses 4 through 8:
  For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
  He was faithful to the one, true, living God, then Satan and Solomon’s hormones got a hold of him – he started fooling around, and marrying women who did not worship God, to the point where he started erecting places of worship to these other gods, such as Ashtoreth – the goddess of fertility (yes, sex was, and is part of their ritual), and Molech, where the death of babies was – and is still – involved today. (Milcom is a variation on Molech, and Chemosh is a variation on Ashtoreth – different names for the same gods, in different countries/regions).
  What did God have to say about what Solomon was doing? Verses 9 through 13:
  And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”
  Yep – God was none too pleased. even after two warnings not to do this, Solomon went and did it anyway. He let his earthly desires (illicit sex) rule his heart, and not God’s desires – His Commandments.
  What does Jesus say? “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21).
  God wants us above all, to be obedient – and when we’re obedient, we’re doing God’s will.
  Today, we see lawlessness all over the place.
  This George Floyd issue – whatever you think about the man himself – no one, and I mean no one, has the right to murder another human being – and I don’t care the color of your skin, or your race.
  However, now you have celebrities, policemen, everyday people, and even members of congress – bowing down before people of color, because a police officer murdered a black man.
  No! This is wrong!
  No man or woman of any color, or race, or ethnicity, is superior to any other. To bow down in the name of making yourself subservient to another is idol worship.
  It’s no better than bowing down to Molech, offering your baby to the god of abortion – or bowing down to Ashtoreth – and committing fornication, or adultery.
  Let’s get something straight right now, and I cannot state it more strongly than this:
  ANYTHING, OR ANY ONE, THAT YOU HOLD IN HIGHER ESTEEM, THAN THE ONE HOLY, AND LIVING GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB – IS IDOL WORSHIP – AND MUST BE EXPUNGED FROM YOUR LIFE!
  If you’re living with someone who is not your legal spouse, you worshiping the idol of Ashtoreth. Sex is your idol – and God will have His way in that relationship. God tears them apart is one form or another. If you’re here – get it right, now!
  Same goes if you’re having sexual relations with anyone who is not your legal spouse! Stop it now, or be prepared for one nasty fall.
  Solomon fell from God’s grace, and although not during his natural lifetime, lost all but one tribe of the kingdom.
  (This is where the disagreement over whether Solomon was saved and in heaven comes in – I’m not taking a position over it here, one way or the other – that’s between Him and God. I would hope that he got things right with God, before he went to “sleep with his fathers”.)
  And there are a whole lot of people out there today who call themselves Christians, who are falling all over themselves, worshiping idols.
  Well guess what?
  That sports star who’s “taking that knee” – won’t get you into heaven.
  That celebrity who thinks that they know better than everyone else, can’t save you.
  Your perfect house and manicured lawn – doesn’t mean squat, without Christ in it.
  That girlfriend/boyfriend, who pleases you in sinful ways – is leading you to Hell.
  That great paying job? Money is the root of all evil. Use it wisely, and for God’s glory.
  And above all – the second part of the Greatest Commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.
  That means respect your differences. We respect those of a different skin color, race or ethnicity. We are all one in Christ Jesus.
  That does not mean that you have to tolerate their sin. We do not have to tolerate homosexuality, transgenderism, or anything else that God has deemed abominable in His sight. As Christians, we are to righteously judge sin, and call it out when we see it – with the end result being restoration to the Body of Christ and salvation of the lost.
  God will have His way in idol worship – and He will judge rightly. He will remove whatever idol you have – one way or another. If you do it willingly, it will go much better for you, but of if God removes it – it will hurt – and the longer you resist – the more it will hurt.
  Money? Imagine losing it all.
  Presitige? Imagine being at the bottom, having to climb up all over again.
  Living together? God will tear it apart.
  These are just but a few examples of how God can work – to establish His rightful place in your life.
  So, don’t bow down to another person – for any reason! They’re no better, and no worse, than you. Bow only to your Creator – who rightly deserves that honor and all of the praise.
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- Are You Being Obedient, or Just Going With The Crowd?
  
  Posted at 11:53 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 3, 2020
  A couple of years ago, I wrote about a local pastor who was getting into state politics. He’s running for reelection – I was rough on him back when he first ran, and will continue to be until he sees the errors of his ways.
  
  You see, when you get into politics, you change your worldview. You may personally be against what is acceptable to the law of the land, but you “tolerate it” so as not to upset the boat.
  
  Mark 7:6-13 is quite clear on this:
  
  And He (Jesus) said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
  
  “‘This people honors me with their lips,
  but their heart is far from me;
  in vain do they worship me,
  teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
  
  You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
  
  And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
  
  To interpret this to today, we see that abortion is legal, based on a 1973 Supreme Court Ruling in the United States. All evangelical Christians see abortion as the murder of an unborn life – with life beginning at conception.
  
  The sixth commandment states “Do not Murder.” In other words, do not take the life of another human being without cause. (It doesn’t say “Do not kill” – the Hebrew word in Exodus 20 is “murder” – there’s a big difference).
  
  To pastor a church and preach that we should not murder, and then not go into the state legislature with God’s word and work to get strict restrictions put into place – is being hypocritical. It’s trying to serve God and Man – and a pastor (or any other Christian) cannot do this – you must serve one or the other – you cannot serve both.
  
  And – if you serve man, you are an enemy of God – it’s as simple as that!
  
  You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4)
  
  The same holds true for any sin that God holds as abhorrent. In this state, marriage between two people of the same sex is permitted. Where in the Bible is this permitted? Yet this pastor, who serves in the state legislature, will not intervene and fight to overturn this abhorrent act.
  
  Makes me wonder where his elders stand on his “extracurricular activity”. Is he a pastor first, and a state legislator second – or vice versa? Who is it that he serves?
  
  Back in the times of the old testament – sacrifice was the way of remission of sin. But Samuel rebuked Saul in 1 Samuel 15 not obeying what God had told him to do. In verse 22, Samuel told Saul:
  
  Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
  as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
  and to listen than the fat of rams.
  
  When we become Christians, we are to obey God’s word – not twist it to fit our requirements. This pastor is not following God’s word – and using the customs of the day over the Word of God.
  
  Saul’s word was “sacrifice. Samuel’s word was “obedience.” No doubt the bleating of sheep and the lowing of the oxen were exciting. They would be looked upon as substantial proofs that something was being done, while on the other hand, the path of obedience seemed narrow, silent, lonely, and fruitless. Those pungent words of Samuel, “to obey is better than sacrifice,” teach us that it is better to stand on the pathway of obedience than to reach the most pleasing ends by breaking a plain law of the Word of God.
  
  This pastor, and others in the town, do a lot of good for the community. But this is all “corban” to God.
  
  If a mother asked a child to “clean up their room” and “do the laundry” for their chores, then came home to not find that done, but the lawn mowed – the mowing of the lawn is a good thing, but the child was not obedient! That’s not what the parent asked.
  
  The same goes for this pastor – he can do all the good he can in town, but if he’s not honoring God in the state legislature – that good he does in town, is all “corban” – and to God, it stinks. This pastor is not being obedient.
  
  This pastor – and others like him – have a decision to make. Either serve God (and be an enemy to man), or serve man (and be an enemy to God). You can’t do both.
  
  My counsel? Take your campaign posters out the window of your church office, and step down from your office and the campaign – repent of your sin, and concentrate on cleaning up the town in which you serve – which if you haven’t noticed, is a mess!’
  
  Time to be obedient!
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- The Kingdom of God, is Closer Than You Think!
  
  Posted at 12:40 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on May 19, 2020
  I’m in a quandary today. I’m hurting inside seeing all of the sin around us, and seeing the signs of Christ’s imminent return in the Rapture of the Church all around us in that sin.
  
  How many people need salvation?
  
  How many think they’re saved, but really aren’t?
  
  How many pastors are going to find themselves “left behind” to wonder, “Why didn’t you take me, Lord? Did I not teach in your name, did I not prophesy in your name? Why didn’t you take me?” Were they really saved to begin with? There are more than a few out there, I’m sure.
  
  Jesus was clear in Matthew 7:13-14:
  
  “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
  
  He’s describing the way to Heaven, and the number of people who will actually make it – aren’t as many as pastors would have us believe.
  
  The “narrow gate” is the narrow path that we all hear about – doing what is righteous and good in God’s eyes. The “wide gate” is for those who are not doing what is right in God’s eyes. A lot of people can get through the wide gate – but only a few, can get through the narrow gate.
  
  This leads me to believe that not everyone who shouts “Lord, Lord” – will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. In fact, Jesus tells us that too – in verse 21 of Matthew chapter 7, he said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
  
  So, what’s good and right in God’s eyes? What is the will of the Father?
  
  Salvation through the shed blood of Jesus – for the remission of sins. You can be forgiven of your sins. John wrote in chapter 3, verses 16-21:
  
  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
  
  Pastors stop after the first sentence – the rest of the passage is just as important, and this is where most “sinner’s prayers” fall short.
  
  When one prays the sinner’s prayer, if there’s not true repentance and true belief, then there’s no salvation. “Just repeat after me…” they say, but if you’re just mouthing the words to feel better, and you don’t truly believe – then you really need to question your salvation.
  
  The ONLY way to salvation, you must confess your belief that Jesus is LORD, and that He died for our sins, that he was raised from the dead on the third day, and you BELIEVE with all of your heart, you will be saved.
  
  You are NOT saved by baptism (infant baptism or otherwise), or by doing good works (you can’t earn your way to heaven), or by praying into heaven (there is no mention of reference of purgatory in the Bible). The purchase of Mass Cards (indulgences) don’t cut it either.
  
  Allah, Buddah, Mohammed can’t help you – nor any other god other than the True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Only HE can save you. Your works are nothing to God. In fact, the prophet Isaiah said as much:
  
  We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
  
  This is why Jesus said that not everyone who shouts “Lord, Lord” will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. There are a lot of pastors, priests and rabbis out there doing just this – trying to be pious, but they’re not saved – and if they’re not saved, they’ll be left behind at the great rapture of the Church.
  
  The Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans:
  
  But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. (Romans 10:8-10)
  
  Are you ready to meet Jesus when He comes? He could come in five minutes, an hour, tonight, tomorrow, He could come at any time – we don’t know when. You’re not promised tomorrow, and if you’re left behind, it will be a chaotic time for everyone.
  
  You think this Coronovirus garbage is bad? Look at the featured picture of this post. Cars, busses and trains crashing because drivers are gone. Imagine planes falling from the skies because their believing pilots are gone – along with some passengers.
  
  In the twinking of an eye. 11/100th of a second.
  
  I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:50-52)
  
  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
  
  So, I ask again, are you ready?
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- You Think You Have It Hard Now?
  
  Posted at 12:32 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on May 1, 2020
  People are protesting their state governments to allow businesses to open back up – and word has it that here in Pennsylvania, the Secretary of Education is talking about not allowing schools to open in the fall.
  
  This is getting downright ridiculous! The flu is deadlier than this COVID-19 virus – but they close the country down over COVID-19.
  
  Meanwhile, families are at home, parents are now being forced to educate their kids – and the majority of them are getting a real eyeful! The schools are now indoctrination centers for the next generation of kids.
  
  Sin is rampant in government – and government is spilling over into our schools – and parents can do nothing about it – until now.
  
  When we raised our kids, we instilled a sense of national pride in them. They said the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag, they knew the constitution and their basic rights enshrined in it.
  
  Ask many teenagers today about civics – I’d be willing to bet they couldn’t tell you who their congressperson or senators are. Free Speech and the first amendment – I can hear it now, “you’re a racist!” – or any number of “ists” – because they have no factual or compelling argument to make.
  
  On Facebook, when someone asked about schools not reopening, I replied with the following:
  
  One, it’s time for parents to figure out a way to homeschool their kids. Schools are nothing but indoctrination centers for the liberal agenda anyway. Kill off common core and sexual confusion, and bring sanity back to education, by bringing it home. You know the saying, “if you want a job done right, you do it yourself.” It applies here.
  
  Second, if this happens, then we demand that all school taxes rolled back. Buildings aren’t being air conditioned or heated. And most of these districts have rather large financial cushions that could be tapped to employ people.
  
  The governor and his minions are exceeding their authority, violating the US Constitution and or God-given, natural rights. It needs to stop, and needs to stop now.
  
  9 Thumbs Up, 4 Hearts, 1 Haha.
  
  The one “haha” came from this response – and my subsequent replies followed (Names removed):
  
  Reply: So why should we “figure out how to do it” maybe that’s something you wanna do but not me. So you choose that. Open school for the rest of us (which is majority) who don’t want to!
  
  Joseph Geiser: Funny, one would think that PARENTS would take responsibility for ensuring that their kids were educated and raised properly… To be productive and decent members of society. Lady, I’m retired, I’ve raised and educated my kids – if you want to offload your kids to the liberal indoctrination centers and let the government raise them, then don’t complain when you have socialists and communists for kids. I’m sick of parents making excuses for not parenting (which includes educating) their children, expecting others to do it for them.
  
  Reply: I have two adult children who are both products of the public school system, and they both vote conservative, are pro-life, pro-small gov, pro-fiscal responsibility, etc. The state educated them but I am the one who made sure they learned values (to include political values). Neither one is a socialist, neither is liberal. Believe it or not, there are many wonderful teachers in the public school system; not every one is trying to indoctrinate your kid.
  
  Joseph Geiser: Ma’am, we both have older children. Before they inflicted common core and sexual perversion on our kids. Our kids too, went to public schools, they had civics and are true patriots as well. They turned out great, but we instilled biblical morals into them. Kids today are not getting civics, most don’t know the Constitution and their basic rights, they are being told that they can be a girl if they want, or be a boy if they want, regardless of their birth gender. They’re being inflicted with drag Queen story hour as early as preschool and kindergarten. As for math, they’re not being taught how to find a CORRECT answer, that estimating is okay. Science – don’t even get me started there.
  
  My grand-kids are in public schools and I’ve seen what they’re being taught. If I would not lose my home, I’d stop paying school taxes, as they are teaching garbage. I’d love to see them in the Abeka curriculum – a solid academic curriculum in a biblical and godly presentation. They learn true math skills, long division, true science based on facts. The skill of estimating is good, but one needs you find a true and factual answers to problems.
  
  What I see in schools today is indoctrination, pure and simple. Kids need critical thinking skills to see past the crap being peddled in local, state and federal government today. Instead, they see “free stuff” – the government will take care of me. This isn’t critical thinking, it’s nanny state being peddled by government. Remember the words of Ronald Reagan, “the most terrifying words you can hear are, ‘we’re from the government and we’re here to take care of you.'” … or something to that effect.
  
  What I should have told her, is that we need God back in schools! We need discipline in the homes, God in schools and teachers that weren’t beholden to unions – and unions that weren’t beholden to progressive politics.
  
  Here’s what’s being taught as “normal” today:
  - “Who needs dating? We can just hook up and be happy!” This is called “fornication” and is sin! We need to be teaching our kids that this isn’t only sinful, it’s harmful to their health! Sexually transmitted diseases still run rampant today. Do you think that hooking up is pleasing to God? I don’t think so!
  - “Why get married? Who needs the aggravation of a ‘piece of paper’ if we truly love each other?” Really? Have you ever heard of the word commitment? That piece of paper you refer to is a contract – a binding agreement to commit to each other! In Judaism, they have what is called a “ketubah” – a marriage contract, which spells out in detail, the husband’s and wife’s duties. This is drawn up to show commitment between husband and wife. When two people just “live together” – either one can just move along whenever they wish. If there are children involved, then there may be a custodial fight – and child support orders with the separation, but there’s no sense of commitment in the biblical or legal sense.
  - “The gender I was born – isn’t necessarily my gender!” This is utter hogwash! Let me put it as succinctly as possible, “if there’s a stem on the apple, you’re a boy – and if not, you’re a girl.” Let me put it to you biblically: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27, emphasis, mine). There are only two genders – male and female. Don’t let Facebook and the rest of them lie to you and tell you there are 57 or some such ridiculous number of genders. Our creator said that there are TWO – and only TWO.
  - “I can change my (or my child’s) gender” Oh phlease! First, see above, secondly – our Creator doesn’t make mistakes! God knew you in your mother’s womb – you were wonderfully made. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. (Psalm 139:13-15). So, you may be able to mutilate yourself on the outside, but your DNA will always show your gender at birth – you can’t change that.
  - And parents – why mutilate your children? That’s child abuse of the highest order! “Well, my daughter acts like a boy!” Then she’s a tomboy! We’ve had tomboys throughout the ages, and they grow out of it! By the age of sixteen, they’re girls who are boy-crazy (a father’s worst nightmare), which, if they’re raised right, is healthy. Pumping them with hormones and mutilating their bodies isn’t! It’s destroying what God has created! Who are you to play God?
  - “I can marry anyone of the same gender, if we truly love each other!” Let’s turn again to the Bible: “And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, ‘This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:22-24), That last sentence, verse 24, a MAN shall leave his father and his mother, and hold fast to his WIFE (a WOMAN – v. 22) – this is biblical marriage. Same sex marriage is not biblical – and is sin, pure and simple.
  - “Homosexuality is normal” also “I was born this way” Homosexuality is not normal, nor is it biblical! In Genesis 2:24, when it was said that man and woman became “one flesh” – it meant sexually, in marriage – to procreate, multiply, to have children. God did not mean for men to be sleeping with other men – that’s called sodomy – named after the city of Sodom and Gomorrah, where men were doing this all the time, and you see how God judged them – to this day, there no traces of the cities.
  - Let me be a little graphic here, why would a man, place his manhood into the orifice of another man, from where he defecates? Think about that! It’s disgusting, and God finds it so disgusting, that he destroyed two cities over it.
  - And it’s not just the Old Testament – let’s look at the words of the Apostle Paul to the Romans: ” For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. (Romans 1:26-27). If you read the entire chapter, Paul’s telling how God starts giving up on people and giving then over to their sin – and judging them for it.
  - Do you really think that HIV/AIDS was something that just “came over” from Africa? No! It was initially spread by HOMOSEXUAL CONTACT! Then spread by heterosexual means by those who are bisexual. It was judgement!
  - “If we have sex, and I accidentally get pregnant, I can just get rid of the problem!” Really? Just “get rid” of the “problem” I’m sorry, but you’re sick!
  - 1) If you CHOOSE to have sexual relations, then you’ve already made your choice.
  - 2) You cannot CHOOSE to murder the life inside of you! You have no right to play God. God gives life, only God can take it away.
  - 3) Abortion is murder – and the sixth commandment states “You will not murder” – it doesn’t say “kill” – the Hebrew word תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח – (tray-SAH) is translated “murder” – the premeditated and intentional killing of another without just cause. Abortion is premeditated and certainly intentional. At six weeks gestation, there’s an audible heartbeat – THAT’S LIFE!
  - So no, you’re not “getting rid of the problem” – you’re committing premeditated and intentional murder of your child. You can’t do that!
  The Egyptians of Exodus committed atrocities against the Hebrews, worshiped idols and committed sins against God – God sent plagues, famines and pestilences as judgement. He scattered His people in Nebuchadnezzar’s day because of their sin – He judged – people repented. It’s all over the Bible!
  
  Today, we see this again! There’s rampant sin in our government in the form of corruption and lies by and in all levels. Our kids are being corrupted in schools because God was taken out, prayer was banned.
  
  God sent illegal immigrants from Africa into Europe like locusts – and devoured resources there – the same happened here in the Americas from our Southern Border. Do you think that this was a fluke? No! It was a warning shot from God that judgement’s coming.
  
  COVID-19 hit Europe first, then the USA and killed thousands. Do you think that this was a fluke? No! It was another warning shot across our bow from God that judgement’s coming.
  
  The late David Wilkerson had a prophecy that there would be a plague that would shut down New York City. Many think that this was a prophecy of the COVID-19 plague just experienced. The prophecy also is said to include a Third Great Awakening – a revival.
  
  Folks, if there’s going to be any kind of Revival, there had better be a great deal of repentance to a Holy God. I mean true repentance, and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Messiah and Savior. Without that, there can be no true revival.
  
  I truly believe that these are signs to believers that the Rapture is at hand, and that billions of people will be going home, and the seven-year tribulation will begin. Think of the chaos that will ensue – yeah, I can see a revival there, but the church age is gone now, and people will harden their hearts.
  
  You have time now – Now is the time. You don’t have tomorrow, let alone an hour or even five minutes from now. God can send Jesus to collect us in the air at any time – are you ready? If not, you need salvation now.
  
  Just pray:
  
  Dear God,
  I’m a sinner, I have sinned against you and deserve eternal damnation,
  I’m asking that you forgive my sins, wash me white as snow.
  Jesus, I’m asking that you come into my life, and help me to grow to be more like you.
  Holy Spirit, please help me to live a holy life each and every day
  Thank you for loving me, and forgiving me, and help me to overcome all of my sinful habits.
  In Jesus’ name,
  Amen
  
  If you prayed this with sincerity of heart – you REALLY meant it, not just paying lip service, then you’re saved. Welcome to the family. They’re celebrating in heaven!
  
  Now, go and find a bible-believing church that will take the time to disciple you in the ways of God. Speak with the pastor about your salvation, and ask him to help.
  
  Repent now.
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