“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.” (Hebrews 11:6) The word “seek” appears in KJV some 233 times. It is translated from the Greek word ekzeteo which means “to search out, investigate, worshipfully crave, seek after carefully.”
One of the most common expressions one hears in Christian circles, especially for reassurance when things aren’t going well, is that “God is in control, He’s still on the throne.” Christians comfort themselves with these words — but what do they mean?
The year 2012 is lining up as a uniquely pivotal year in many respects. Aside from the fact that some futurists are predicting world wide food and job riots by then, and the two most powerful thrones on Earth (US and UN) will be up for election, there is a never before seen confluence of signs in the heavens due to arrive then. In case you’ve been visiting another planet for the past couple of years, here they are.
The Church World Service aid agencies is warning that “immediate, massive intervention and assistance” are needed to prevent mass starvation in Kenya. A team from the humanitarian agency reported recently that many fields barren and cracked, dried out by the drought that is threatening a third of the east African country’s population, or about 10 million people.
Would you be surprised to learn that the world’s most successful pornographer isn’t Hugh Hefner or Larry Flynt? The chief pornographer is Satan. Actually, he’s behind the whole industry. All-out war has been declared on the family, the home, the nation, and your heart. There’s a cosmic battle taking place.
Gospel is a funny word. I heard a long time ago that it comes from a middle English term, God-spell (no, I didn’t see the musical). The idea is that people are captivated by God through faith and caught, as it were, in a spell…
The current financial collapse has the West hearing phrases not heard before: “exploding deficits†and “devastating inflation,†with the situation possibly getting “worse than the Great Depression.†In the end, the “magnitude of the debacle†may cause the situation to “fragment disastrously†on a global level.
When was the earth created? When did man appear? Can you trust only science—or is the Bible also a viable source? Evolutionists believe mankind, Earth and the entire cosmos are the result of the forces of evolution that began with a single event—the Big Bang—occurring billions of years ago.
No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts.
We are living at a time in which it is not only possible for a world dictator of unprecedented authority to emerge – the Antichrist – it is also inevitable.God’s Word states that only seven empires will exist in world history before Christ returns.
