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Here is a paper I wrote concerning some studies I did concerning other religions and what effect it had on my beliefs. I thought it was interesting and it inspired me to do some serious examination of my faith just by writing it and I hope it does the same for you by reading it. As always, I welcome your comments and as you probably know by now, It's The Truth AnyHow and The Truth, It Is What It Is. Enjoy.

When I entered this course I had a pretty solid view of faith and my beliefs , so my expectations was to learn about other faiths and compare them to my own and maybe get a better understanding of people. My intent with this new understanding would be to use it to communicate to other who believes differently than me. This would help me tremendously since my profession calls for me to interact with people of different faiths and denominations. But this didn't happen exactly as I planned. I blame this unexpected result of what I gained from this class on my idea of what faith is and the method of how this course was taught.

See I use to think of myself as a believer in God coming from a Christian point of view. If it could be compared to politics, I would be considered an independent coming from a Republican point of view. The bible believing, devil stomping, spiritual version of a Bill Oreily if you would.

 

 

 

 

 

 I came to this conclusion because of several factors ( Oreily Factors, get it, lol). One of these factors is the fact that as a child I was raised as part of The Church of God In Christ organization. I married someone who was raised as part of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization (imagine our shock when we found out there wasn't any J's in the Hebrew language) .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another reason is that as an adult I have been a member of many different Christian organizations. I have gone from Baptist to Pentecostals to Holiness and then on to non-denominational.  In fact I would be so bold as to say I was a church hopper until my wife became secretary of a non-denominational organization of which we both became interactively involve in, with me becoming a minister and then on to assistant Pastor. I later became a pastor and founded Reigning Truth Ministries of which I am now a member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So with all this experience, I could boldly say my belief was accurate.

Now having this accurate belief in who I am, I based my faith on something that I learned from the bible. This lesson that I learned from the bible changed my perspective on things and it changed how I received information and ideas. This powerful lesson that forged my belief of what faith is can be found in the book of Hebrews chapter 11 verses 1, 3, and 6. It reads

"Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Heb 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

These verses changed me forever. What they showed me was what faith is and its power and how to use it. I don't have time to go into all of details of the transformation and every thing it entails but for the sake of understanding, I will give u some particulars.

I will first share this knowledge about faith. Everything that is, was, and shall be , at its core is made and continue to exist because of faith. It is an amazing fact that scientists cannot fully explain why atoms exist or how to they continue to exist without blowing up. It is some unexplainable force or power, I am told, that keeps this from happening, I believe this to be faith.

Next information I would share about faith is that faith cannot be seen no more than the wind can be seen. When an opposing point of view is brought to my attention I just simple explain to whomever that the results of faith can be seen but not faith itself (like the wind), if u can see it's not faith but a product of faith( like the wind), hence, the saying "faith without works is dead" (James 2:26).

 

 

Thirdly I will relay the fact that without faith I cannot please God and if that is the case ( and it is) than I need to know what faith is which brings up my fourth discovery about faith and that is its definition.

The definition of Faith is faith. Confuse?

 Don't worry I will explain. Faith, like God, cannot be define which is the reason humans give it so many names, like God. We call it things like confidence, trust, belief, loyalty, luck, magic, positive thinking, and the list goes on, like God.

(by the way, the word 'luck' has a root meaning of "being blessed by Lucifer or Loki" but that's another study yet still interesting when listening and compared to the video.)

  

 

Since faith cannot be define we call it whatever suits the situation at the time, like God. (I can prove it but I must move on). Now I may not be able to define faith but I can define the God pleasing faith. God pleasing faith knows that God exist and He rewards those who diligently seek him. Now what was translated 'diligently seek' is the Greek word 'ekzēteō

'. Ekzēteō  is better understood( especially for this paper)  in today's English as 'to seek out, i.e. investigate,'. So basically you are pleasing God with your faith when investigate Him, or anything associated with Him ( which is any and everything)and not just accepting and calling Him anything that  just suits the situation, like faith. Also because you are seeking him or looking for things that declare He is ( which is any and everything  if searched enough) you know He will reward  you or because of your searching you will be rewarded by Him.

This leads back to the subject of this paper. Because of how this class was taught, it caused me to investigate others faith. The method of having the class write papers which put us as a believer in that particular faith combined with the technique of having to defend /prove a thought that was not ours caused me to investigate my own beliefs weather I wanted to or not. I don't think the results would have been the same had you not used both techniques.

Now there is two more lessons from the bible that I must mention as I end this report. One is the principal of sowing and reaping which is its simplest form is 0+0=0 and 2 x10=20 and 5x10=50. In English that means the more you put in the more return you get. The next principal is called seed harvesting. This in its simplest form is 1 +2 does not = a or if you plant apples you will not harvest oranges , better said as every seed MUST produce after its own kind.

With those two added lessons from the bible I am simple saying that my faith GREW tremendously because I put a lot of God pleasing faith in and I got a lot of God pleasing faith in return. Thank you for allowing me to use my faith.

Below is a clip of a message I spoke about 3 years ago concerning faith, Selah and The Truth, It Is What It Is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTHING TO PROVE

PROVE  definition

to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.

 

to show (oneself) to have the character or ability expected of one, especially through one's actions.

 

It was sometime ago now but I can remember being a dishwasher at a Red Lobster restaurant.  I had just started this position and was very happy for the opportunity to earn some money.  At this point in my life, I had a lot of things going on. With no explanation I had just lost my job delivering office equipment. I had been recently been put on waivers by a professional  football team ( don't think I was giving a fair shake on that deal but no need crying over spilled milk.). I had recently gotten married to my beautiful wife Lynnelle(  by the way it was one of her brothers who hooked me up with the job at Red Lobster).I had recently separated from my beautiful wife Lynnelle (yes ,you read it right). I had recently reconcile with my beautiful wife Lynnelle (ah yep). I had a variety of individuals and organizations hounded me for money for stuff I didn't have a clue about. All of my so called friends was either missing in action. , didn't want to have nothing to do with me (why, I don't know) or I didn't want to have nothing to do with them. An Arena Football team wanted me to play for them (arena ball had only been out a couple years then) but didn't want to pay me until after training camp (which was 6 weeks) and needless to say I couldn't wait that long for money. Also to top all that, other professional football teams wanted me to try out but none wanted to buy out my contract.

Anyway as you can see I had a lot of drama to deal with and on the day I am thinking of, all of my drama was weighing on me heavy. The reason my mind was being flooded is that I had recently been inform by my beautiful wife Lynnelle that she was pregnant with our second child (and again, ah yep). So as I arrived at work I was not in the most pleasant of moods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I began my job and while I was working all these things was eating at my mind so I wasn't moving at the fastest pace. Also to add insult to injury, I was new so I was putting dishes in the wrong spot and things were getting backed up. Now as the night went on, things didn't get better, I was moving slow, dishes was getting backed up and the guy working the 'hole' (place where dishes are pushed to the back of the kitchen and usually your best dishwasher worked it) had gotten chewed out by the expo (cook who ran the kitchen) several times for not having plates to put food on. But I just continued through the motions, thinking about how am I going to provide for my family and life truly is unfair. I wanted to just quit my job and go drink down a case of beer , but I had just recently rededicated my life to Yah ( you thought I was going to say wife , didn't you) and I knew that was not right for me.

Now time went on and angrily yet quietly I continued going through the motions, and then all of a sudden a plate came flying across the dish room and hit beside me and broke. I looked down and another plate came flying at my head, I moved and it hit the wall and broke. I looked at the other dishwasher, he screamed at me in anger to move faster or he would hit me with a plate. Now I don't know how to be a coward and I could have wrapped this guy in a hot dog bun and ate him if I wanted to. He was around 5'8 180 pounds, I was 6'4 270lbs with very little body fat, and in great shape (that was a long time ago). At that time in my life, fighting was just another day at the stop light. I mean , I had fought some pretty tough dudes, I lost some and won some, and this guy was  not  someone who I would considered a threat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  But I needed this job so I looked at the expo and he laughed at me, didn't say anything and turned his back. Then I noticed something, the dishwasher and expo looked a lot alike. I walked away and began to ask some questions of other workers and found out the two of them was brothers. And not only was that but there a third brother who worked on the line and all three was prepared  to handled me for they were trying to get me to quit or to get fired.

Now with this new information, I went back to the dish room and cleaned up the glass and started working faster. Time with by and everyone thought it was over. I continued to work fast and started doing two and three people jobs all the while hearing coworkers talking about me and the incident. They began to say things loudly like I am afraid of the dishwasher and that I am a giant wimp. I heard a lot of stuff that night and didn't say anything. Finally the end the night came and it was time to put my plan in motion, see as I said earlier, I had rededicated my life to Yah and I was saved. But I wasn't that saved. I had a lot of issues and a whole lot of drama I wanted to take out on somebody. So while I was working as fast and hard as I can on the outside, I was formulating a plan on how to take them out.

So now it was closing time and I saw the dishwasher leave the 'hole' and walk into the wet box ( room sized walk in refrigerator) to cool off. It was now time to strike. I went in right behind him. He stopped and turned and immediately I lifted him off the ground and had him pinned up against the wall with his feet dangling in the air (yes it did look like something out of the movies). Then I said face to face, in a real quiet voice "what did you say to me jit (slang for little boy)." He began to yell,"Put me down! Put me down!" I told him to shut up," your brothers can't hear you and I am about to break your neck." The next thing that happened shocked me. He began to cry and tell me he was sorry. That had never happened to me before and I was stunned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I put him down and he began to explain how he was only trying to prove to his big brother (the expo) that he was responsible and could run the dish room so his brother would give him his truck. He kept explaining that he didn't mean for it to go that far and he just wanted to knock over a stack of dishes with the plate he threw and I wasn't suppose to know he threw it. He continued on about how bad he wanted the truck and a lot of other stuff I don't remember (this did happen a long time ago). Now I do remember thinking about how close this young man came to hurting me because he wanted to prove something and how I came close to hurting a young kid because I wanted to prove something. And it went further; I had been torturing myself in my mind because I wanted to prove something to my lovely wife Lynnelle.  A whole lot of bad could have happened, all because somebody was trying to prove something.

See as I think on this type of proving, I realize that it is pride in another form and we all know Pro 16:18  "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." I have discovered that the two 'prove' definitions at the top of the page is a good thing. Those type of 'proving' are for times and seasons and will happen most of the time by you just living the truth. But what I see more times than not, is what almost happened to me on that night, people getting hurt and making a whole bunch of bad decisions trying to prove their religion, politics, love, and  a whole host of other things. Trying to prove something and truly thinking that it is good when it is nothing but pride appearing as an angel of light (2Co 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.). Remember Pro 29:23  A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit .

Now I will end this walk down memory lane by telling you that I never forgot that night and the lesson I learned. I incorporated into everything I did. One example of this is that I never confronted anyone in a situation where they would be embarrass or found themselves pushed into a corner in front of others trying to prove themselves. It is amazing  the differences in response you get when you approach someone alone and relaxed than in front of their friends or people in general. And I also live my life by this verse when it comes to dealing with people:

Tit 3:9  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.(contentions= strife in debate; dispute; controversy and angry disagreement between people)

Oh in case you was wondering, the dishwasher, his brothers and I became great friends and in different years in my life, I can say each one was my best friend. They all have moved but I haven't forgotten them and maybe they still remember me.

Below is one of my favorite videos  of one of my favorite songs put to some of my favorite movie scenes by my son (the child who my lovely wife Lynnelle had announced that she was pregnant with). IT'S THE TRUTH ANYHOW or Is it? The Truth; It Is what It Is.

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a fictional story I wrote. In this story I was depicting myself as one of the children of Israel during the Exodus. My intent was to describe how I think one would feel in the midst of this situation and to describe what was going on around me during this massive exit. I thought it was interesting and something that would arouse thought in you and maybe a little more understanding and less criticism of the people of that time (I have heard so much it is almost sickening but that is another subject for another day). And I also hope that this would allow you to open your mind to how maybe you would see Yah and all He has done for you before 21st century's religious influence. Do events add up to how you think or not, let me know. Do you think you would have acted different or not, I am interested to know. What do u think? Oh and as usual IT'S THE TRUTH ANY HOW, or is it? Selah

 

 

THE RETURN OF ORDER

Finally! After all these days of missing, our Leader has returned, and not only has he returned but the word that is spreading like wildfire is he has commandments from our God. We will finally have order. We will finally know what God expects.

I remember about 40 days ago, I receive the news that Moses was going up into that terrifying, yet uniquely beautiful, cloud on top of Sinai. He was going in order to receive instructions from our God and that while he was gone, Aaron his brother of the Levite tribe was in charge. I can remember feeling terrified for Moses' safety and even more frightened for us if he doesn't return.

"Terrified", "frightened", "scared"… those words seem to describe how I have been feeling everyday since we were (as some say) 'delivered' (but I say) 'forced to leave'] from Egypt. Some hated being a slave and I didn't like it either but when I was a slave I can say I never felt uncertain nor afraid as to what the day may bring. There was always order to our lives. There is a certain type of security in being a slave that one never sees until one is free. Sort of like a teenage child who is eager to be on their own but finds out when that day comes that there are tons of responsibilities and decisions that need to be made that are not always easy nor pleasant and is sometimes downright frightening. These decisions are necessary to maintain order in ones life for without order, chaos reigns, and one cannot live in chaos.

 

But regardless of the fright that has happened in my life, I have never been as terrified as I was the day of the 'crossing'. I can remember it like it was yesterday. We were being chased (according to rumors) by the army of Egypt with Pharaoh himself leading the charge. Now if that wasn't scary enough, word came that we couldn't move any further for we were blocked by this huge body of water. Some say it was The Reed Sea others say it was The Red Sea; me, I am not good with directions and since I was in the middle of the exodus I couldn't see where we headed, so I do not know. But what I do know is that you could cut fear with a knife. The air was filled with doubt and dread. People were crying, some was yelling in anger and others were screaming in fear. Hundreds of people, herded like sheep, not knowing where they were headed, were fenced in with nowhere to go. I don't think there is a word to describe the feeling. Chaos reigned supreme.

 

 

Then in the midst of all of this confusion, all of a sudden I saw this huge light and it was coming from the rear of the group. This light shined so brightly that it seemingly turned night into day. So I looked to the rear and I saw this enormous pillar of what I thought was smoke and fire and at the same time I heard someone say "The angel of The Lord is blocking the army of Pharaoh, The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob fights for his children." If I wasn't scared before, I was nearly out of my mind now. I began to think, God is here, we all are going to die! I mean, He had just killed all the first born in Egypt and the only reason we were spared was because of 'the blood of the lamb' which we had applied to our door post and now there wasn't any blood around to protect me from Him. So my thinking was if Pharaoh wins, I die, if God wins, I die, either way I am dead. I was so confused. I remember thinking why would God bring us here to die? What did we do that was so wrong? The fear, mixed with all the chaos, began to overtake my being and I fell to my knees and I began to yell, "Where is Moses?! Moses knows what to do! Moses we need your help! Moses what do we do?!"And then the yell turned into sobs of just "Moses, Moses" over and over again.

 

Now if you can't believe that first part you will never believe what happened next. While I was laying on my face crying, out of nowhere I felt this breeze. Now at first I thought it was coming from the huge fire that was at the rear (by the way, I found out later, that what I thought was smoke was a cloud that kept us hidden in the dark from Pharaoh's army and the fire created a light for only us) but this breeze was cool and coming from the east. So I looked up and what seemed to be accompanying the wind was an overwhelming calm. Sort of like the calm before a storm but this calm was more in my soul for the breeze was getting stronger and louder. Next I stood up, but no longer full of terror but full of hope and a different kind of fear. This fear is what we call 'awe'. See what began to happen was that while I was getting up, in the midst of the loud wind I could hear a voice. And this voice was like the calm I was feeling, it was in my soul rather than in my ears. This voice began to communicate to me to move forward into the sea. Now normally I would have thought I was crazy and I was hearing things, but this voice was one of trusting and authority. It reminded me of Moses when he stood to speak, and even how unbelievable the things he would say were, you would trust him and believe they were possible. This was a voice of power and authority. A voice that you would respect and trust with your life. Like the voice of a father speaking to his child who is too young to doubt but believe that his dad will protect him from anything. Some call it faith, others said it was Moses, some even said it was the voice of God. Me, I don't know. But what I do know is that I wasn't the only one to hear it. It was heard throughout all of the freed ones. And we acted upon the voice… we began to move forward.

We walked and it was if we were in a dream, for we looked around and saw what seemed like a wall of glass on both sides of the freed ones, but it wasn't glass yet it was definitely a wall. We could see fish swimming in the wall and even gators and frogs could be seen swimming inside these walls. Some thought it was ice and even tried to touch these walls, others thought it was water being held back by the hand of God. I don't know, but what I do know is that we were walking on dry ground. For what seemed like an eternity we walked, hearts full of hope, eyes filled with wonder and nothing but the sound of the wind blowing as our song.
Finally, everyone made it to the other side and then I saw what looked like someone waking you up out of a wonderful dream. I heard a voice that pushed terror back into my heart. I heard someone scream, "Pharaoh is coming!" and it was as if we all rehearsed it, everyone began to look up. See, standing above us on a ledge were the elders and in front of them there was our leader Moses. We all saw it. Moses stretched forth his hand. In it was his rod which soon became a tool of terror. Those walls, those magnificent walls full of beauty, came crashing down in liquid form upon a mighty Egyptian army, destroying them all. And in that moment it became clear to all the freed ones, that Egypt had no more power over us and that now Moses will lead us to a new land.

 

 

 

Now today, Moses returns, and not a moment too soon. For in his absence, things have taken place that I know will not be pleasing to him. So once again, that old acquaintance 'fear' has returned. And I fear for my people. I fear for myself. But in the midst of this fear, there is a knowing. The knowing is, now that our leader is back, He will unite and lead us to the place that our God has commanded. Moses, welcome back, with you comes fear but also with you comes order. And I would rather have order mixed with fear than freedom combined with confusion; for in the latter there is no accountability.

Welcome home Leader, welcome home Order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a paper I wrote that I thought was interesting and thought provoking. In this paper I am answering the question, should there be a seperation of religion and state in today's western civilization. Check it out and tell me what you think, oh and at the end I put a clip of a movie that I think emphasize my point. Hope you enjoy and as always, "IT IS THE TRUTH ANYWAY" or "IS IT" . Selah

 

 

 

 

'NOW PRESENTING MR.CHURCH AND MISS STATE, MR AND MRS NATION'

 

I have learned a lot about different religions and as I think on what I have learned, I see one great similarity them all. That resemblance is that when you pluck away all the fluff and see through all the hype, all religions seems to be on a search for peace. Now just as great as the likeness lies a gaping difference. That difference is which path to take to get to this glorious tranquility.

Now I have been posed with a question, "should there be a separation of church and state. In order to even begin to touch this inquiry, I need to examine 'the state". As I look at the state and all its complexity, I began to notice a familiar pattern. It's the same pattern that religion lays out, which is to obtain and live in peace.

Peace" a calm and quiet state, free from disturbances or noise". Peace" a state of mental calm and serenity, with no anxiety." Peace "freedom from conflict or disagreement among people or groups of people." It is apparent that both church and state, preaches a road to peace.

Now having stated that, I believe that there is, should be, and always will be a "separation of church and state". The reason for this fact is quite simple. After you get off of the roller coaster and maze that 'the state' seems to insist you ride and regain your sense of discernment, it is easy to see the this so called 'state' is nothing but another form of religion itself . And just like all religions, even though they may be tolerant of others belief, every religion believes that its path or truth to peace is the best (else they wouldn't be on it).  This superiority belief in it self creates the separation just as the stoppage of the tide creates the seashore.

Religion "a set of strongly-held beliefs, values, and attitudes that somebody lives by", is the most powerful force in any organize society and any form of living that people use to decide their actions is just another form of this many headed dragon called religion. We here in western civilization have this delusion that we have evolved beyond the primitive notion of a 'deity' controlling our lives, not realizing that just as every society that has ever existed, we must believe in something that is bigger than life itself, something that transcends life therefore greater than death (for we know all must die), something that is able to keep us united as one people both now and after we have gone. For we know that there is security ( a form of peace) in unity. And as no matter how we phrase this 'something' it becomes a deity and governs our lives. I think a quote from Star Trek's Mr. Spock says it best "the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the one". To me that is church and state united but we called it nations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOMORROW = the day after today

 

I can remember years ago, well probably bout  6 or 7 years  now, I had just came off my yearly 40 day fast (oh and I was very happy) and my wife step to me about going on a cruise. So we agreed about the cruise and she informed me that she was going to try a new diet. Now the name of the diet isn't important but what happened next is. See I was all prayed up and was what I like to called "SUPER SPIRITUAL" being that I had been fasting 40 days and had crucified the flesh ( in my mind). So I knew I was not making a mistake when I heard in my spirit to go on this diet with her, but not just with her but to do the diet EXACTLY how the creator of it meant for it to be undertaken, no short cuts. So I did and lost almost 40 lbs in 2 weeks. Needless to say we went on the cruise happy (it was my family first one) and thinking we (my wife also lost a lot of weight) were super sexy and had our collage bodies back (we didn't, it only looked that way). The reason I bring this up is because this diet had now become a major part of my life. So when the vacation was over I continue to implement it into my routine.  Now I was doing great on this new way of living but I had hit a wall in my weight loss. So I, in my great wisdom, decided to start jogging to get over this wall. Now it is not weird for me to jog for I had been a jogger since high school up until my job wouldn't allow me for time sake. But I decided to make time to jog and I spoke these famous words "TOMORROW".  My exact words were "tomorrow I am going to start jogging home after work. I am sad to say," Tomorrow "never came. That night at work I had my famous slippage which caused ligament damage in my knee which in turn lead to polyarticular gout which led to me becoming disable and never being able to run again. Do you know how bad I regret not going for a run that night? Had I known that would be the last night I would ever be able to run, I probably would have ran til I past out.

 At the end of this blog, there is a clip of a message I did on 2-24-11 at Reigning Truth Ministries. In the clip I am speaking on the concept of time and mainly what we call tomorrow. I personally believe there is no tomorrow(blame it on Rocky 3) ( cleanest version i could find)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ran across this video on the internet. Don't know who this young man in the video is that is singing this song but it really touched my heart. I have heard the song 'Tomorrow' so many times that I can't count. The group that sings this song (The Winans) just happens to be my favorite group EVER (even though I am investigating illuminati signs in their video and other stuff that made me cry bout them, which I will probably post on this blog at a later date.) ! But no matter how many times I hear this song, it makes me think. Not just bout  salvation ( what we called getting saved), you know the drill, have you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus Christ…ect, which don't get me wrong is SUPER important, but more to what I believe what the message of the song is TRULY saying, 'did I give my LIFE to Yah TODAY'.

When you listen closely to the song , it ask you why wont you give your LIFE TODAY.  And this song compels me to examine my Life, in every thing I do and say, is if given to Yah (God for first time readers). I believe and I preach over and over again how we don't do every thing Yah tells us to do , when He tells us to do it, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, and what we end up doing is what the song suggest and say "TOMORROW'.

 It is a verse in the song that rings out so loud that it I hope it sticks in everyone who hears it, conscience and yells in our ear how dumb we are acting every time we conduct ourselves in this manner. That verse states "and who said, tomorrow will ever come for you , still you laugh and play and continue on to say, tomorrow…forget about tomorrow, wont you give your life today, oh please , don't just turn and walk away.." There are so many verses of scriptures that reminds us of the danger in doing what this verse suggest. The danger of not giving our entire LIVES to The Father and not doing what he says, when he says it , and the procrastination that takes over our mind and we become  'lazy butts'.

Luk 12:19  And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luk 12:20  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Luk 12:21  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

 

Mat 6:31  Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Mat 6:32  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Mat 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

 

Mat 16:24  Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mat 16:25  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Mat 16:26  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

 

I can go on and on with scriptures on the many things 'Tomorrow' address but I am sure when you listen to the song and think on the things that are said , it will move you to act and change some things you have been putting off and if you hadn't, really turn your life over to Yah. If you don't know how, I can help you, just drop a comment and I really believe that with the leading of Yahweh , we will move past religion and going through the motion and into the realness of His presence in our lives and everything we do and say.

 

Now below I have put 4 version of the song 'Tomorrow". One by the young man I started out talking about, the other is by 'The Winans" themselves live, and the next one is by the chipmunks ( because I like them) and the final one is how it was originally released by ' The Winans".

 

It's THE TRUTH ANYHOW, or IS IT?  Selah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the POWER POINT presentation presented at Reigning Truth Ministries on 2-13-11 by Elder Lynnelle during her Koinonia Class. It is very powerful and I am 100% sure that when you read it, this presentation will force you to think about what is entering into your mind.

Also attached to this blog is the blog to see the actual class itself so you can hear the teaching and all the commentary that goes with this presentation. The class is very powerful and it will change your life if you take heed.

The reason I am posting this, is the same reason I post all the other messages. It causes you to think and examine what you believe and what is true. Once you experience this entire presentation, you will understand and appreciate the power and presence of The Father in your Life, in all the ways He chooses to present himself. And as usual I am interested in your comments. What do you think?  ITS THE TRUTH ANYHOW! or IS IT? Selah.

 

 

Here is a paper I wrote focusing on the "ethics" of Jainism, how difficult would it be to be a Jain in the United States today with all of the temptations that are faced - particularly regarding sexual, environmental, and money matters. It was supposed to be like 250 words but as usual , I cant express myself in so few of words. The religion is so ridiculous that I could have wrote a book on its hypocritical rules of living. But I am posting it because I thought it was interesting, what do you think.

 

Jainism

Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state of supreme being is called Jina (Conqueror or Victor). Jainism, which its followers consider to have always existed, has prehistoric origins dating before 3000 BC, and before the beginning of Indo-Aryan culture.

 

 

 

CONQUEROR OR CONQUERED

 

As  I look at the religion of Jainism , the first thing that stands out to me is the name itself.  The name Jainism speaks of 'conquer' , 'conqueror ' or conquering, so it is no surprise as we start to learn of the 'faith' we see all sorts of principles that teaches one control and discipline. I know that it is impossible to be a conqueror of anything unless there is discipline which teaches one control. Now at first look this  type of lifestyle can seem very hard but this power can also set one free from any restraints that bound him , knowing that he is the conqueror and not the conquered. And as any psychologist or Spiritual Leader will tell you, freedom starts and ends in the mind.

So at first glance Jainism can be alluring with its promises of freedom through discipline.  It can be persuasive with its offer of eventual conqueror's power. It can be down right irresistible with its ancient message from "ford finders" who know the way. But that is at first glance. As we look closer at its application for living, taken from theoretically to actual compliance in every day life, we see a different Jainism. We see a 'belief' that seems more like it is running from life rather than conquering it. We discover a doctrine that looks as if it is hiding from the very truth that it proclaims to be. We learn of a creed that will only work in the less technical and scientifically deprive country in which it was birth.

Lets take a brief look at its 5 ethical recommendations and their application into our life for proof of what I believe is plainly seen to anyone who takes the time to investigate.

The first , Jains  ethic is Nonviolence which is really extreme nonviolence or extreme gentleness or harm  to absolutely nothing. O.k. anybody that has study two seconds of earth science know that the universe cannot exist without violence. There are countless reasons why some things must die and not only die but be destroyed. Here in America we know war is not a good thing but in today's hostile world it is necessary.  Sometimes in defending ones family , one must go to war and things must die ( viruses, something attacking the young, disease infected animals ect..). I can continue on discussing the impossibility of this part of Janis's first ethical teaching for pages to come but I want to mention what I consider is one of the biggest hypocritical part of this religion. No harm is taught but then in the same breath they defend suicide by saying that certain suicides are considered a holy death. Now if that was too happen over here in 'The Land Of The Free', the person who would have committed suicide would have also committed a crime. Not only whoever died would be wanted for crimes against whatever state the act was committed in but those individuals who help with the termination by allowing individuals to die in that so called holy but really horrific manner (starvation, drowning ) , would be charged with neglect of senior citizens or maybe even manslaughter. Also there are many occupations that are charged by law to help victims if they see or know something tortuous like starvation, or drowning is going on ( doctors, social workers, ministers, insurance worker, ect). So it would be very hard if not impossible to commit these "holy acts' of (according to their religion) permissible violence.

Ok the next point that is taught is non lying. Not just the telling of an untruth (which I don't have a problem with), but they add on exaggeration and so forth even in the form of jokes. Now we know it is almost impossible to communicate in America without exaggeration. For example, slang is in all parts of every day life. We use words like cool, sharp, kill , ect , which by no stretch of the imagination is used in  the original content of which it was meant. (that would be an untruth to the Janis). One more example , we all use colorful words when telling a funny or a casual conversation , with no attempts to deceive but only to express ourselves fully. I mean a simple saying like " I worked my pants off today" would be considered wrong. Talk about literalism.  This type of communication in America today would cause great confusion and cause the Janis to shunned by people and even the individual's education would be effected. Reading and traveling from one spot to another would be a tenuous task not to mentioned job opportunities, for even though they are known for their integrity in business, her in the 'Liberty Land' one must be able to promote oneself on face to face job interview, which would be tremendously hard without colorful language.   

The next ethical point is nonstealing. Now everyone knows that taking unpaid stuff  is wrong and things that aint yours isn't yours, but have you ever thought of parking in a space that someone is waiting for , or drinking a soda or drink out of the fridge that you didn't buy and don't know who did but you consume it without a bother to your conscience nor to anyone elses. There are some many things that we do over here in America that would seem and technically might be stealing but we don't enforce it  nor consider it wrong. Parking at a meter with time left and you didn't pay, reading an article and then write a paper on the same subject but using the author of the artcle idea. To a Jainis this would be a no-no and living like that in this country would cause him to miss so many opportunities in so many different areas for a morality that benefits no one but makes the Janis feel  important.

Now finally we come to the last of the ethics which is chastity. I actually thought I was going to agree with this one 100 percent , I mean the definition of the word itself is "no sex". But then I saw that it was ok to have married sex and I know that over in America, marriage is suppose to be for life, isn't that the direct opposite of what this religion stand for, I mean am I not suppose to be learning how not to be attached to this world and by doing that becoming a conqueror. Well that aint going to happen married because here we are suppose to be together for life, separation isn't an option.  So I read further and saw the cop out statement that sex is considered dangerous , but then in the next breath you read how it is allowed as long as you are not hurting others. I was like WHAT!! There is no way one can be free in the manner in which they teach, when you are constantly being filled and experiencing everything that they are saying you should resist. So earlier I said I saw the biggest hypocritical part of this religion in nonviolence, well this is fighting for number 1. It is nonsense to say you cant have sex at all  but then add its ok in marriage and its ok for anyone as long as you not hurting anyone. But I have to admit, this part of Jainism will fit perfectly in America, because that is just how a lot of Americans live their life. So it would be no conflict whatsoever.

Then the last of the 5 is nonattachment, which we can see from the evidence of the last 4 is impossible but the notion itself is contradictory because in order to be a Jain you must embrace Jainism. This as we can plainly see is a type of marriage or a covenant and as everyone knows if a marriage isn't anything else it is  an attachment.

So as we can see from what is clearly laid out before us that Jainism not only promises a way of living that is impossible to achieve but it seems that the conqueror gets conquered by the very system it claims will set one free.

 

     

Parnell Mccall the second thing that comes to mind is that what a person does shows the world who he is down with

Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

 

 

 

 

Now here is a clip of me, showing a video of what I consider a wolf in sheep's clothing.  Listen closely and see if you can here him say the exact opposite of the scripture above , and makes it sound so good and lovely, but yet the fruit he is producing is full of poison.

 

 

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12678117