Kol ha'Mashiach

- 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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- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and COVID-19 – Pastors, Take Note!
  
  Posted at 8:16 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on April 17, 2020
  Every Christian, it seems, is spouting off 2 Chronicles 7:14, as if is the cure for all of our problems. It is – if you read it right, and take it in context.
  
  Tonight, I was fired up – and I had a mini Bible Study with my wife (and not social distancing either – we were two feet from each other) – about this very verse.
  
  We turned to 2 Chronicles, chapter 6, which is the set-up for chapter 7. Here, Solomon is dedicating the newly constructed Temple to God. In his prayer of dedication, which was made in front of the entire nation of Israel – he went point by point.
  
  Starting in verse 22 of chapter 6: “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.”
  
  This is where Solomon recognizes – and stresses God’s faithfulness – God judges sin, and rewards righteousness…
  
  Verse 24: “If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.”
  
  If the people are given over to an enemy because they’ve sinned – and then turn and repent, Solomon is asking God to forgive their sin.
  
  Verse 26: “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.”
  
  Solomon starts getting specific now. Here, he addressed drought. A common occurrence in Israel. Israel is a desert nation, rain falls in the fall and winter months, and if they don’t get enough – drought sets in.
  
  God promised that if the people didn’t follow the law back then – there would be judgement. This was one of them. Solomon asked God that if they repent, that God teach them how they are to behave – and bring rain.
  
  Verse 28: “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind, that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.”
  
  Now, he addresses famine, infestations and disease – again, repentance first, then heal the land. Solomon understood this. (Unfortunately, he forgot this later in his life).
  
  Do you see how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is being set up?
  
  Verse 32 addresses those who are not Israelites, but converts – grafted into the vine – so to speak: “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house, hear from heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.”
  
  The same rules for the Israelites, go for the foreigner – in other words, repent of sin to the one and only God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the sin is forgiven.
  
  Verse 36, it seems, foretells the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people – and the seventy year capativity: “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you. Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.”
  
  Why do I go into this expository look into 2 Chronicles 6 and 7?
  
  What does 2 Chronicles 7:12-14 say? First, you can’t have verse 14, without beginning in verse 12:
  
  “Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
  
  This is God answering Solomon’s prayer – and it’s the beginning of the answer. God addresses each items that Solomon asked for, with a caveat:
  - Humble themselves – get on their knees and prostrate themselves, lowering themselves before a HOLY GOD,
  - Pray – Ask for forgiveness in a deep, humble and heartfelt way,
  - Seek God’s Face – Look for God’s guidance for corrective behavior,
  - Turn from their wicked ways – Total REPENTANCE.
  There’s the key – REPENTANCE.
  
  The Hebrew word for Repent is “shuv” (שׁוּב) – meaning to “turn back” or “return” – and the act of repentance is “teshuvah” (תשובה) – meaning “turning back to God” is what Solomon stipulated, and what a Holy God requires.
  
  Pastors, I said in my title “Take Note” – how many of you are preaching sin and repentance in your sermons? Not many of you. Of the pastors I know, I can count on one hand, ones that pound home repentance before a Holy God.
  
  Yet, y’all spout off 2 Chronicles 7:14 as if it’s come sort of cure-all… just ask God to heal our land, and like some sort of genie in a bottle – our problems will be taken care of.
  
  How many of you are preaching against the sin of same-sex marriage, homosexuality and transgenderism? I mean really railing against it? I think I’ve heard one pastor, other than myself do so.
  
  How many of you are preaching against the sin of abortion? The murder of unborn children? I think I’ve heard three, other than myself, do so.
  
  Here we are – a people – in this world – doing the same things that was done in Abraham and Lot’s day – men sleeping with men, and women sleeping with women – and sacrificing our babies to the god of Molech!
  
  No wonder God’s allowed this COVID-19 to be unleashed in the world! He’s pissed – and I don’t blame Him. And His Pastors aren’t doing much about it either!
  
  We talk about revival – repentance starts with Self-Revival. If pastors want to start revival – they need to examine themselves first – and repent for their own failures – and then get out there, at whatever the cost to his reputation, and start preaching Heaven and Hell, Sin and Repentance!
  
  We have a state representative here in our area of Pennsylvania – who is also a pastor of a local church. He doesn’t like abortion, but won’t lift a finger in Harrisburg (our capital) to get it restricted. He doesn’t support same sex marriage (he claims), yet again, he won’t lift a finger to keep men out of women’s bathrooms (and vice versa). It makes me think: What the heck is he preaching to his church?
  
  This clown is up for re-election. If he holds the same positions as he did back then – I will have no choice but to actively work to see that he’s defeated. (See my blog post when he ran two years ago here).
  
  And don’t be blaming it on the separation of church and state either! You either believe that there’s a Holy and Just God that cannot stand – and will judge – sin, or you don’t. You can’t serve a Holy God – and government – two masters.
  
  So, what’s it gonna be pastors? Are we gonna start doing our jobs, or answer to a Holy God as to why we didn’t.
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- Passover or Easter? Which Is It?
  
  Posted at 11:43 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on April 3, 2020
  A number of friends and colleagues have had this discussion for a long time now – Should we really be celebrating Easter, given its origins?
  
  Personally, I don’t celebrate Easter. I don’t call it “Resurrection Sunday” either – this is a name that Protestant ministers have given it to shed the guilt of the pagan origins of the day. As a Messianic Jew – I celebrate the Passover, as biblically, this is when Christ was crucified, died, was buried, and resurrected.
  
  I’ll explain:
  
  Jews were not so good about recording dates of birth (that’s why the date of Jesus’ birth was never recorded), but deaths were. There is plenty of evidence in the Bible, especially in the 19th chapter of John, of when He was crucified. One example is John 19:31:
  
  Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. (John 19:31 ESV)
  
  The “day of Preparation” – and there’s only one – is the day prior to Passover. On that day, the house is cleared of all “chametz” – yeast or yeast-containing products such as bread. Everyone would look in every corner, making darned sure that there was no bread or yeast in the home. Food would be prepared for the next two days, as Passover – on whatever day it falls – is a “Shabbat” – a sabbath. No work is done on Passover. If it falls on a Wednesday – it’s a sabbath.
  
  Jesus was crucified on Preparation Day – the day before Passover, that much is clear – not on “Good Friday”. This is the year 2020 – and Passover falls on Wednesday, April 8. So the proper date of remembering His death would be Tuesday, April 7.
  
  Now, referring back to John 19:31, the bodies had to be removed and buried before Passover – sundown that night – as days run from sunrise to sunset – therefore, they had to be removed in a hurry – before sunset.
  
  Jesus remained in the grave three days according to scripture. The typical Good Friday/Easter Sunday scenario has a little math problem there – it’s only TWO days (Saturday and Sunday). Here’s how it really happened (and in keeping with God’s commanded holidays, that we’re to keep for all time.)…
  
  Passover is day 1
  
  The day after Passover is the Feast of Unleavened Bread – where Jesus’ body did not decompose in the grave – day 2.
  
  The day after that is the Feast of First Fruits – when God gave His First Fruit to us – His resurrected Son – day 3.
  
  Looking at our calendar this year:
  - Crucified on April 7
  - In the grave on Passover, April 8
  - Still in the grave, and not decomposing on the Feast of Unleavened Bread – April 9
  - Arose from the grave on the Feast of First Fruits – April 10
  How ironic – we’re celebrating Jesus’ resurrection on “Good Friday” this year.
  
  How messed up the Vatican is – to force the pagan holiday of “Ishtar” (pronounced Easter) on the Christian world. Back in the 320’s AD, this was done to get the pagans converted to Christianity – Constantine, the monarch at that time, “legalized” Christianity – and this was a way to get the pagans “on board” – to them, Jesus was just another “god” – one of many.
  
  Tammuz – the son of Ishtar, was said to have been killed by a wild boar (does “ham dinner for Easter sound familiar?) and was raised from the dead on Easter.
  
  This is the short version – you can research the whole thing online. You might want to start here, with this short (15 minute) video.
  
  “But it’s only another day – remember the death, burial and resurrection of Christ,” people say. Wrong! When paganism and idolatry are introduced – which Easter is full of idolatry and paganism – God is not pleased.
  
  Today, we see God closing our houses of worship! They will be closed on Easter – do you think this is coincidental?
  
  Heck no! It’s not!
  
  God said in Exodus 12:14, “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.” When He says we keep it as a statute forever, He means FOREVER!
  
  Passover, in the days of the Hebrew Bible – was a time of salvation. The Israelites were “saved” from the evil Egyptians. Today, Passover is also a time of Salvation – a time where Jesus died for our sins – and by his resurrection, “saved” mankind from eternal damnation from their sins – if they only repent, and accept Him as their savior.
  
  Today, there are many who could care less about the real meaning of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. To them, it’s about chocolate bunnies, jelly beans and the Easter Bunny.
  
  We, human beings, of all races and nationalities, had better get things right with God. He’s put a shot across the bow with this Coronavirus (read my previous blog post here), time is short – you’re not promised tomorrow.
  
  Time to shed this pagan Easter thing, and celebrate your salvation correctly – Passover.
  
  And if you still are in need of salvation, find a true, bible-believing church – contact that pastor – and ask him to help you. Better yet, fall to your knees right now and tell God, that “I’m a sinner – and I need Your forgiveness, I need to turn from my wicked ways. Please Jesus, come into my life, and wash me whiter than snow, and clean from my heart all wickedness in there. I give my life to You. I give all that I have to You. You, Jesus, are first in my life. Thank You for saving me. Amen”
  
  If you prayed that with sincerity of heart – you believe that He died for your sins, and rose again on the third day to give you eternal life – welcome to the family! They’re having a party in Heaven for another soul saved!
  
  Again, you’re not promised tomorrow. If you find yourself on death’s door – where will you be? Being welcomed home to Heaven, or the depths of Hell?
  
  It’s your choice. It’s your eternity.
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- The Chinese/Wuhan Coronavirus, and Your Faith
  
  Posted at 11:31 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on April 1, 2020
  I saw a post on Facebook the other day that had me thinking… could this pandemic be judgement – or at least a “shot across the bow”?
  
  I mean, almost everything that humans hold dear, has been taken from them.
  
  No concerts, no movies at the theater, no shows at venues, many have lost their jobs and income stream, schools are closed, even churches are doing services online.
  
  It got me thinking – all of these things are idols, that many hold highest in their lives. Musicians and actors are idolized – many are speaking out politically against our leadership and in support of what God has deemed abominable – such as homosexuality, transgenderism and abortion.
  
  Money – the root of all evil has been an idol for many – for millenia. The more, the better.
  
  Schools have been conditioning our kids on everything abominable – such as drag queen story hour to show that transgenderism and homosexuality is “normal” – which it is not. They have instituted – at least here in the USA, the Common Core curricula, which has decimated the math and science that we all grew up with.
  
  Think of it – it’s all been taken away.
  
  Could God have allowed it to be taken away – because He’s sick and tired of the sin in this nation – and all of these things being held above Him? If so, we richly deserve it.
  
  God and the Bible has been taken out of schools – and the home – so now parents are being forced to parent their kids, including teaching and disciplining them. I have a caregiver who has several kids at home, and she said that she’s tearing down all of the Common Core garbage of “estimating correct answers” – and teaching them how to add, subtract, multiply and divide to get the correct answer. And she’s disciplining them with chores to be done before she gets home – holding them accountable for what’s been assigned. Something sorely lacking today – because we’ve molly-coddled these kids.
  
  We’re being forced to be with our families every day. What an opportunity to teach our kids about the Bible, get into God’s Word in a meaningful way – and teach our kids morality and what’s right.
  
  Get the spring cleaning (or fall cleaning, if down under the equator) done – get the kids involved! It’s great family time together, and it teaches kids a sense of responsibility – again, something sorely lacking today.
  
  Yes, God’s taken your cinema, your shows and your concerts, because you’ve held actors, singers and musicians as your idols;
  
  Yes, God’s taken your money and tanked the market, because you held the almighty dollar, euro or whatever currency as your god, and not God;
  
  Yes, God’s closed the schools, because they took Him away and substituted a curriculum that ran contrary to His Word.
  
  And yes, God’s closed the churches because people are indifferent to God – they find dealing with God to be in the way of their plans. Did you know that the NFL is the biggest competitor to church? The NFL and other sports are gods to some people.
  
  God’s sick of it – and I don’t blame Him one iota! He’s been gracious and patient, this could have been done a long time ago. Mike Lindell of the MyPillow corporation was correct the other day when he spoke at the White House – we were given grace in November of 2016 – we were given a chance to get things right with the Lord.
  
  Are we doing it? No! We’re squandering this chance!
  
  God’s put a shot across the bow – get things right, or He’ll close down more than this!
  
  A pastor friend did a sermon last Sunday. and I was privileged enough to be able to watch it – it was on humility – a key component to 2 Chronicles 7:14. To put it into context, let’s include verse 13 as well:
  
  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  (2 Chronicles 7:13-14 ESV)
  
  Solomon just finished building the Temple in Jerusalem – and he prayed, dedicating it to God. God heard that prayer and said this to Solomon. In other words, there will be times of trouble, times of drought, times of famine, times of sickness, disease and plague – but if His people, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek God wholeheartedly, and repent of their sins – THEN, and only then, will God hear from Heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  
  There are a great many people today – a lot in government – who are puffing themselves up and not humbling themselves down. Many pay “lip service” to The Almighty – Nancy Pelosi comes to mind – but she’s far from humble. At least our president, with his faults, gives glory where it belongs – and seeks God’s guidance and wisdom – this is why he wins – he seeks God’s guidance and wisdom.
  
  Therefore, my fellow members of the human race – it’s time to humble ourselves, and pray, and seek after God’s guidance and wisdom – and repent of our sin and turn from our wicked and deceitful ways – and let God heal our land.
  
  Otherwise, I see the current crisis as a foreshadow to the Rapture – the End of the Church Age.
  
  Let’s get right with God!
  
  Do it today – you’re not promised tomorrow!
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- Are You Lukewarm?
  
  Posted at 1:26 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on February 10, 2020
  My wife Jeannie and I, have for the past several weeks and months, have been noticing the lack of Christian discipline – calling out sin when it needs to be called out – by those who call themselves “Christians”.
  
  To be honest, it’s been really ticking us off!
  
  So here goes — some Christian discipline to those of you who may need it. Don’t think this applies to you? Read on, and if the Holy Spirit convicts you, you need it.
  
  Let’s start with what God says about the “lukewarm church:
  
  “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” (Revelation 3:15-19)
  
  These, my friends, are the words of God Himself. Let’s look at some Greek here:
  
  The word “spit” in verse 16, is actually the word emeó, which does not mean spit, it means vomit. The King James uses the term “spew”.
  
  Why such horrible descriptive language? Well, God was describing the Church at Laodicea. Six miles from Laodicea, hot springs at Hierapolis brought water that became lukewarm by the time it reached Laodicea. It was contaminated with many minerals, impossible to drink and nauseating. The Laodiceans were lukewarm in spiritual fervor and good works; their lack of commitment is revolting to the Lord, who would have them go one way or the other.
  
  The Laodiceans were supposedly Christians, but they weren’t on fire for their faith – they could care less how they – or anyone else behaved.
  
  How sad.
  
  Let’s look at the ninth chapter of the Book of Ezra.
  
  Some background first. After the seventy years of captivity, God in all of His goodness, releases the people back to Israel as promised to Daniel. Ezra is sent to teach this new generation how to live, and the law of the land.
  
  When Ezra gets to Israel he finds that the people did what they were banished for in the first place – intermarrying, and thus, worshiping idols and the gods of their new spouse, instead of the God of Israel.
  
  Ezra, to say the least, was extremely angry. Ezra 9:3 states:
  
  As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.
  
  The Hebrew word for “appalled” in this verse is שָׁמֵם (shamem, pronounced shah-MEM), which means desolated, devastated, laid waste,
  
  Think of the worst thing that can come from the human body – then fill a room with it. Vile, disgusting, horrible – sounds a little like the Church at Laodicea in Revelation 3. That’s how Ezra felt when he saw this.
  
  And if Ezra felt this way, can you imagine how God felt?
  
  He was embarrassed to even pray for the people: Verse 6:
  
  “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.”
  
  This is exactly how Jeannie and I are feeling about the sin in this nation and the world today – we’re sickened by it.
  - The corruption in our government
  - The killing of the unborn through abortion
  - The desecration of biblical marriage through homosexuality
  - Transgenderism
  - Worshiping idols
  - False teaching in our churches
  I could go on and on – and so could many of you.
  
  But so many so-called “christians” don’t see anything wrong with this behavior. They think that if two men want to commit sodomy, then so be it. If two women want to marry and commit unnatural acts with each other – that’s okay. If a man wants to mutilate his body and “become a woman” – then that’s his right.
  
  In the words of the late Jack Van Impe – BUNK!
  
  Men are men; women are women; God doesn’t make mistakes – and sex was made to be enjoyed between men and women, properly joined in biblical marriage.
  
  Remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? There were men who were sleeping with other men! God destroyed those cities with fire and brimstone. Do you think the AIDS virus was some mutation? No! It was a warning shot from God to get things right down here!
  
  We have people in government who are so corrupt; that to even hear their names so sickens us that we want to scream. Their deeds are well documented – and yet they still walk free. The deeds of the Clintons and their “foundation” are well documented – these people belong in prison. The deeds of the Biden family are now coming home to roost – will any of them see the inside of a prison cell? Probably not.
  
  Government offiicials of BOTH PARTIES, are equally culplable! Congresses of both parties have raided Social Security and Medicare – monies that we paid into as insurance for retirement and old age – to feed their pet projects or to service government debt. This is theft – pure and simple. Trillions of dollars have been stolen from us who paid into this system, just to have it taken away by thieves in Washington – yes, I said THIEVES. Most of these people should be thrown in prison, and a whole new crop installed.
  
  Why aren’t Christians standing up and saying ENOUGH! to sin? Are you afraid of offending your fellow man? Are you afraid of being called names, like “homophobe” or “racist” or some such other word?
  
  If Jesus acted in this way – there would be no salvation.
  
  In John chapter 4, we find the Samaritan woman at the well. Do you honestly think that Jesus landed there by accident? No! He asked her for a drink – to which she obliged. They started having a discussion – something not done – a man and a woman alone. It was a theological discussion. Jesus knew she was sinning – and he called her out on it. Verses 16-18:
  
  Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
  
  What he said to her was that she’s been married five times, and she was “test driving” potential number 6! How did He know that? She was astounded, and from that encounter, became the town evangelist telling all who would listen: “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” And in verse 30, They went out of the town and were coming to him.
  
  In John chapter 8, we find the woman caught in the act of adultery. Although we can see that this was a “set up” to trap Jesus, it was still a sin on the woman’s – and the man’s – part.
  
  After the pharisees dropped their rocks and left, in verses 10 and 11:
  
  Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
  
  Jesus called out the sin, and told her not to do it again.
  
  In both cases, Jesus wasn’t afraid to tell others of their sin – and neither should we!
  
  “But,” people say, “who are you to judge me?”
  
  I’m not judging YOU – I’m calling out your BEHAVIOR!
  
  The first rule of management – and parenting – is to deal with someone’s actions – their behavior – not the person. This is what Jesus did – he dealt with the behavior.
  
  Yes, God loves us. But God is also HOLY – and He cannot dwell where there is unholiness. The circular actions of “Sin … ask forgiveness, then do the same sin again – then ask forgiveness” – because you think that because you’re saved, you can get away with that? You’re sorely mistaken!
  
  1 Corinthians 5:17 says “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” When you become saved, you become a new creation! This means that if you’re unmarried and cohabitating with someone of the opposite gender (there are only TWO genders, after all) – you need to get married, or split up, it’s that simple. If you’re in any sin, you need to repent and ask God to get you right.
  
  There are many people today who were in the homosexual lifestyle, who are living godly lives today, many with spouses and kids – who have shed that sinful lifestyle (it’s not a choice).
  
  I wish I had my voice – I’d give my right arm to stand up in front a joint session of Congress, and deliver a hellfire and brimstone sermon about their evils – exhorting them to repent – and turn from their wicked ways. For until they – and the people of this nation do, God will be hard pressed to heal this land (2 Chronicles 7:14).
  
  So Christian, don’t be afraid to call out sin – yes love them. To call out sin is to hopefully love them into Heaven.
  
  To not to do so, is to love them straight to Hell – and you will answer to the Lord God for that one day – and you don’t want that.
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- Evangelism: 10 Seconds in …
  
  Posted at 12:15 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on October 16, 2019
  I have a wonderful, Christian doctor – and I had an appointment with him yesterday. He shared with me the topic of their office Bible Study, which I found extremely profound.
  
  If you could spend ten seconds in Hell, how would that affect your life?
  
  My answer was quick, I would want to get more urgent in my evangelism – more than it is now.
  
  You see, you would find the torment, the smell of fire and brimstone, the agony and anguish that people there are going through – and any believer would want to warn others.
  
  It reminds me of the story of Lazarus in Luke 16, starting in verse 19 – and if your Bible isn’t handy, here it is:
  
  “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’” (Luke 16:19-31)
  
  There is no greater example than this parable – where Jesus gives us a glimpse of Hell. There is eternal torment and flame from which you cannot get any reprieve. The rich man was in Hell, and screams, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.” But the response is given simply in verse 25, “Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.”
  
  When we’re giving the gospel of Yeshua ha’Mashiach – Jesus, the Messiah and Savior – we’re giving these people a chance to repent, and save themselves from this misery. We’re to evangelize, that’s our job as believers. If we are given the opportunity, and we don’t fulfill it, we’ll be held accountable.
  
  In verses 27 through 31, we see the rich man imploring Abraham to tell his five brothers so that they too, won’t have endure Hell, but Abraham tells him that they have to be led by the Spirit , not from someone from the dead.
  
  We plant seeds – we tell our story, we use our testimony – the best tool you have in your evangelistic toolkit – to tell how God worked in our lives. How we were destined for Hell, until God got hold of us.
  
  It’s the job of the Holy Spirit to convict to salvation.
  
  On the converse side, if you could spend ten seconds in Heaven, how would that affect your testimony?
  
  You would see all of the good things there – the comfort, the peace of being in the presence of Christ, the worship of the King.
  
  In the same parable in Luke 16, we also get a glimpse of Heaven.
  
  It says that Lazarus was comforted and now has all of the good things that he didn’t have when he was alive. This, of course, is a metaphor to show that he was miserable here in the world, but now he wasn’t – but the rich man, who had everything one could want here in this world – was now utterly miserable.
  
  Ten seconds in Heaven would show you the comfort and contentment that believers will experience. You can add that to your witness.
  
  To be honest – I see the end times just around the corner. Current events show Ezekiel 38/39 coming for fruition and getting set up before our very eyes.
  
  We need to be evangelizing in earnest.
  
  What are you doing today, to get the Word out?
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- The Condition of this Nation, and Repentance
  
  Posted at 6:48 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on October 9, 2019
  Today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. As a Messianic Jew, I recognize Yom Kippur for what it means to Christians – the final, Great White Throne Judgement.
  
  Starting on Rosh ha’Shanana – the Feast of Trumpets, and continuing ten days unti; Yom Kippur – this period is known as the “Days of Awe”. During this time, Jews are to perform acts of repentance with others they’ve harmed here on earth. Then on Yom Kippur, they spend all day fasting and abstaining of all things pleasurable, and asking God’s forgiveness for sins committed against God.
  
  Well, as I look around this nation, yes, even the world, there’s not a whole lot of repenting going on.
  
  There’s so much corruption in our governments – that to root it out, every single person would need to be fired, and replaced. This goes for the US Congress as well. All 435 House seats, and I believe 33 Senate seats are up for grabs in 2020. Church, it’s time to clean house of those who are harming this nation.
  
  The president needs to start vetting those who he surrounds himself with. There are a few rats in the White House, and they need to be weeded out and tossed out, with security clearances pulled. If that includes the Vice President – and I’ve heard stories – then get rid of him too. If he truly is a believer in the Risen Christ – he needs to repent.
  
  I use that term Repent a lot – but what do I mean by it?
  
  The term is derived from the Hebrew word Teshuvah (teh-shu-VAH), which means “to turn”. Christians constantly refer to 2 Chronicles 7:14, for God to heal our land. There are conditions which need to be met before God will hear from Heaven and heal our land. Let’s look at the text:
  
  …if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  
  First, the verse is a continuation from verse 13, where God is confirming to Solomon that the Temple he just finished is now a house of prayer – and He was telling Solomon that when the people go astray – and when He allows bad things to happen, to get their attention, that they have a place to come – the Temple.
  
  Second, he lays down the conditions in verse 14, the people must:
  1. Humble themselves – this includes everyone, everywhere. This includes all believers – including pastors and laypeople – everyone. My wife and I have devotional time each day and we’ve been studying A. W. Tozer on Leadership, and today’s is appropriate here.”If this is a fairly accurate view of things, what can we say then when Christian men vie with one another for place and position? What can we answer when we see them hungrily seeking for praise and honor? How can we excuse that passion for publicity which is so glaringly evident among Christian leaders? What about political ambition in Church circles? What about the fevered palm that is stretched out for more and bigger “love offerings”? What about the shameless egotism among Christians? How can we explain the gross man-worship that habitually blows up one and another popular leader to the size of a colossus? What about the obsequious hand kissing of moneyed men by those purporting to be sound preachers of the gospel?
    “There is only one answer to these questions; it is simply that in these manifestations we see the world and nothing but the world. No passionate profession of love for ‘souls’ can change evil into good. These are the very sins that crucified Jesus.” (The Pursuit of Man, A. W. Tozer, page 126).
    
    This describes many pastors and leaders today – but also translates into the personal lives of many leaders – not in the church – such as government leaders. All for power and money,
    
    So, we must humble ourselves.
  2. Next, we absolutely must pray – and seek God’s face. I truly believe that Evangelical Christians all over the world, are praying for restoration of our lands. But is praying enough? Is it enough to bring the revival required to turn a nation around?
    It’s required – absolutely, but in this prayer, we need to repent of our own sin, and the sins of this nation.
    
    Show God that it sickens you, and that you repent of the wholesale slaughter of almost 63,000,000 babies since 1973, in the US alone! This is Worship to Molech and God hates idol worship – and the murder of innocents.
    
    Show God that you love everyone, but you cannot compromise your faith by condoning same-sex relationship, let alone marriage, or transgenderism. Boys are Boys, Girls are Girls – one has a “stem on the apple” – the other doesn’t, God made male and female to “complement” one another – they fit together – for the reproduction of the species. Anything else is of Satan, and God finds it an abomination. It must be repented of – personally, and as a nation.
  3. We must turn from our wicked ways. THIS — this is Teshuvah. This is where Jesus came up with the phrase “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit” in Matthew 12:33.
    
    We show that we’ve repented by never doing the wrong things again.
    
    – If we’re a thief, we’ve given back what we’ve stolen and vow to never do it again – and show it through your actions.
    
    – If we’re battling sexual sin, we break that sin, whether it be homosexuality, adultery, transgenderism, fornication – whatever, it must be broken, and you must turn from that sinful behavior, and show it through your actions.
    
    – If you’re an unmarried couple (of the opposite sex) living together in a sexual relationship – you must get this right. If you’re committed to each other – get married! If there are children involved – staying unmarried sends a lousy testimony to them – that it’s OK to “test drive” before committing – Get married or break it off!This list is by no means exhaustive – you get the point. In order for God to know you’re serious about repentance, you must TURN FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS.
  4. THEN, AND ONLY THEN – will God hear from heaven, and heal our land.
  See much repenting and turning going on in the world today? How about our nation, the United States?
  
  Our president, who I truly believe was elected through an act of God through the prayers of the believers – is being attacked day and night by demonic forces of the opposing party – and even some in his own party – who have no problem sacrificing children at the altar of Moloech (abortion), or legalize and give legitimacy to sexual practices as in the days of Lot (homosexuality).
  
  They’re doing everything possible to destroy this man, because he’s exposing the corruption in government. He’s upsetting the apple cart – and drying up the cash stream that makes politicians rich.
  
  Did you ever stop to think how someone who makes $195,000 a year, has two homes (one in their home district, and one in Washington DC), ends up with a net worth in the millions? Think about that! There is corruption somewhere, and it’s being exposed.
  
  If we want revival, if we want change, it’s up to Evangelical Christians to take back the country we helped found. We were founded on Judeo-Christian principles as laid out in the Old and New Testaments. If you want your land healed – 2 Chronicles 7:14 gives the roadmap – but be prepared to meet all of the conditions laid out.
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- Is President Trump Saved?
  
  Posted at 7:58 pm by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 11, 2019
  I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff online by so-called “believers” trashing our president, besmirching his character, denigrating him because of his past.
  
  Scripture I shared in a post yesterday, applies here as well – 1 Corinthians 6:9-11:
  
  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  
  Every one of you has a past – so do I. None of us wants our past aired in public – because there’s probably something in there that is very embarrassing, am I right?
  
  I know I am!
  
  None of us deserves salvation! Every one of us deserves to spend eternity in Hell! None of us are “good people” – the prophet Jeremiah writes:
  
  The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
  
  Every unsaved person on this earth has a deceitful heart and is wicked and evil at our core. Of course, if you are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, this has been blotted out and have been given a new heart.
  
  A priest can’t give you a new heart, the pope can’t either, baptism – infant or immersion — doesn’t cut it. Confession, praying to saints doesn’t cut it either.
  
  YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!
  
  This means getting down on your knees – and praying to Almighty God Himself, asking Jesus to come into your heart, and repenting – turning – from your sin, and believing it with everything you have.
  
  A prayer like this:
  
  Dear God,
  I’m a sinner, and I need a savior.
  I know that the only way to eternal life with You, is through the shed blood of Your Son, Jesus.
  I believe that He died for my sins.
  I believe that He rose on the third day.
  I believe that one day, that He will come again to take us home to Heaven.
  Please come into my heart dear Jesus – save me, wash me whiter than snow.
  Please forgive my sin – past, present and future.
  Live in me, and help me to walk in Your ways.
  Thank You for saving me.
  In Jesus’ Name,
  Amen
  
  If you prayed that – or even your own words – with sincerity of heart, that you believe with all of your heart, you’re saved – Welcome to the Family of Believers.
  
  I have it on good authority – including the pastor who was present when our president prayed a prayer similar to this – that means he’s saved!
  
  To those who question his salvation – who are you to question his salvation? You can’t! That’s between him and God. Y’all need to be paying more attention to your own hearts than the salvation of others!
  
  I truly believe the man is saved – and that’s why God is blessing him with the wisdom to run this country, and to outmaneuver his enemies – just as David did, just as Nehemiah did! They’re coming at him – but through God-given wisdom and the strength of God, he’s swatting the enemies away – and will continue to do so.
  
  America – we are enjoying one last taste of blessing, but it could all come to an end very quickly, if we don’t wise up and start doing what is right in God’s eyes. Judgement is just around the corner, and it’s not pretty. You’re getting a taste of it now.
  
  I’ve given you the roadmap to salvation here – you now have no excuse.
  
  Get saved today!
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- Are You A Rebel Or A Worshiper?
  
  Posted at 11:44 am by Rev. Joseph Geiser, on June 9, 2019
  I wrote this on Facebook this morning, and I’ve been asked to allow people to share it, so here it is, as a shareable post.
  
  We don’t get saved so that we won’t smoke, or drink, or sleep with people not our spouse, or practice homosexuality – but once we are saved, we won’t WANT to partake of these practices.
  
  Each of these deface our bodies, which after we are saved, are God’s Temple – the Holy Spirit LIVES in there! Do you want Him choking on your smoke? Do you want Him dealing with the effects of the alcohol you drink? Do you want Him grieved at the sin that you’re committing? I think not!
  
  Tozer writes in “Whatever Happened To Worship” the following:
  
  Sometimes evangelical Christians seem to be fuzzy and uncertain about the nature of God and His purposes in creation and redemption. In such instances, the preachers often are to blame. There are still preachers and teachers who say that Christ died so we would not drink and not smoke and not go to the theater.
  
  No wonder people are confused! No wonder they fall into the habit of backsliding when such things are held up as the reason for salvation.
  
  Jesus was born of a virgin, suffered under Pontius Pilate, died on the cross and rose from the grave to make worshipers out of rebels!
  
  Yes, Paul writes in 1 Corinthians, chapter 6,
  
  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” (vv. 9-11)
  
  That’s the point – you once did these things, but now that you’ve been washed, sanctified and justified by the blood of Christ, you don’t want to do that anymore!
  
  You were once a rebel – now you’re a worshiper!
  
  So, if you’ve returned to this life, you’re a backslider, and you need to knock it off, with the help of Christ. Because if you don’t, you’re a lousy testimony for Christ, and a crummy example for others
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