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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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