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Its never good to be complacent. Merry Christmas to you and to all those you love. JAG []

My friend, cheer up. There is a far better eschatological system out here waiting for you -- its called Postmillennialism and this system rightly says that the Lord Jesus HAS ALREADY defeated Sin, Satan and Death and that the future of Jesus' Christian Church is nothing but Victory upon Victory. The Lord Jesus has already won the War For The World and now all we Christians have to do is work heartily at carrying out Jesus' Great Commission given at the end of Matthew chapter 28. In the Great Commission Jesus said that now He has been given ALL AUTHORITY both in Heaven and here on the earth -- So? So Jesus is NOT going to lose the war against evil. Neither is His Christian Church. NOTHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN (that God's Grace and Mercy cannot turn into something GOOD) The Lord Jesus is the Light of the World. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, And therefore He cannot be defeated and therefore He will not be defeated. God bless JAG[]

I wrote this today to my grandson Robert. Robert, I wanted you to have this magnificent work by Dr. William J. Bennett "America: The Last Best Hope" in your library. It was published in three separate volumes. This in the complete one volume edition. I make the bold and true statement that America can NOT be separated from the successful carrying out of Jesus' Great Commission in your lifetime of say 95 years and I think also long long after you have gone to be with the Lord (at age 96.) You are very much interested in the successful carrying out of Jesus' Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations and therefore you must be very much interested in the $$ funding engine (America) that powers it economically and with Christian foreign missionaries. There is no other country in the world of the 21st century that does what America does to empower and push forward and $$ fund Jesus' Great Commission. America alone is THE nation that does that. Not a single nation in Europe does this. Not a single nation in South America and Central America does this. Not a single nation in Asia or in Africa does this. America stands alone as THE great $$ funder of Jesus' Great Commission and as the supplier of Christian foreign missionaries and the $$ funder of Christian Organizations on the front lines of Helping In Jesus' Name -- organizations like Samaritan's Purse, Mercy Ships, Gideon's International, NickV Ministries, Joni & Friends, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Operation Heal Our Patriots, and the thousands of local Christian Churches all across America. Let us NEVER forget America's local churches - the web says there are approximately 350,000 local Christian congregations in America. America $$ funds these 350,000 local churches. This alone is a HUGE push-forward of Jesus' Great Commission to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations teaching them to obey the commands and truths that the Lord Jesus gave to the world in the four gospels. Look over the table of Contents. Spot read in this book. Look at the Index and see if you can find something that especially interest you. Or you can be a real trooper and read all 780 pages, Dr. Bennett titled his work "America: The Last Best Hope" because America IS The Last Best Hope. If America dies then the lights go out and the world returns to The Dark Ages. God Bless. Granddaddy December 2024 [] Thoughts?

Magnificent. And thanks to the Sovereign LORD for all His blessings to His people. JAG []

Overcoming Helene. By JAG September 28, 2024 I just finished looking at the devastation in Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee (on YouTube.) It was very bad for many people who lost everything they owned -- their homes and all their possessions. Several homes were on fire and burning up. And for those still in their homes to be without electricity for a long time is a very very sad experience for them to have to endure. Without power everything comes to a very unpleasant STOP. But . . . . . The Sovereign God has a good Plan (everything is "predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will" Ephesians 1:11) Everything will work out for the ultimate good of all of God's Elect - His people. Samaritan's Purse will be on the scene "Helping In Jesus' Name" and preaching the gospel --and helping with the cleanup and roof tarps and home rebuilding. We pray that the Sovereign Lord will be merciful to everybody touched by Helene and all those who are out there helping others. Now all is bad -- jobs will be created in many areas, eg. new home construction. First Responders demonstrated their heroics. And the large numbers of people that will volunteer to help others will demonstrate their compassion and kindness. In a real sense the Lord Jesus on The Cross and in His Resurrection has guaranteed that there will be no ultimate defeat for any of His Elect people who are now suffering because of Helene. This world is not our ultimate home. The Lord Jesus died on The Cross to give His people the gift of Eternal Life. "Our citizenship is in Heaven." Helene presents an opportunity to glorify the Sovereign God and to keep on and on and on and on doing good -- coming to the aid of those who are hurting. America will rebuild. There are tens of thousands of backhoes and dump trucks in America. America has boo coo numbers of construction companies with plenty of materials and plenty of money. America has a $ 22 Trillion dollar annual economy. America with the help of the Sovereign God will Rock & Roll on into Helene and eventually put it all back better than it was before. Victory in the Lord Jesus. JAG []

JAG Writes: The good news is that the Lord Jesus has already legally defeated Evil. He has already legally defeated Evil in The Courts of Heaven and the net results of His victory is that His Christian Church is now in the gradual incremental process of making disciples of all the nations. The Lord Jesus said that He would build His Christian Church and that the Gates Of Evil will not prevail against His Christian Church. So? So we Christians build our Christian Eschatology NOT on the current newspapers but rather we build our view of the future based on the clear teachings of the Bible the Word Of God. Victory! So now all we Christians have to do is fight the good fight and keep the faith. Then we will hear out Lord Jesus say to us "Well done thou good and faithful servant." The Lord Jesus is now King Of Kings and Lord of Lords. He said at the end of Matthew's gospel chapter 28 that all authority both in Heaven and here on Earth has been given to me -- and He said THEREFORE go and make disciples of all the nations teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. Its is utterly impossible for Evil to defeat the Plan of the Sovereign God. The Lord Jesus, "having disarmed the powers and authorities, He has made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by The Cross." Col. 2:15 "I was victorious and sat down with My Father on His throne."__ The Lord Jesus Revelation 3:21 I would very much like for all the atheists and agnostics to "come and be with us" as we His Christian Church are now in the process of making disciples of all the nations. Become a Christian today -- pray this simple prayer sincerely from your heart: "Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name. Amen." Best Regards. JAG []

You are correct. My mistake - we get a new nature. Best. JAG []

"I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world." The Lord Jesus John 12:47 Best. JAG []

(and maybe even saves you one day - don't you want to live forever?) "As Rousas John Rushdooney notes: The key to remedying the world situation is NOT revolution, nor any kind of resistance that works to subvert law and order. The key is regeneration, propagation of the gospel, and the conversion of men and nations to God's laws. This is [true] because evil men cannot produce a good society. The key to renewal is regeneration." Source: He Shall Have Dominion by Kenneth Gentry, page 82 __________________________________ Regeneration is mentioned in John 3:3 where the Lord Jesus said to a Jewish leader, "You must be born again." Regeneration changes your nature. You were dead in sin and your fallen human nature was dead -- but regeneration is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit where he makes you ALIVE and changes your nature so that NOW you CAN understand spiritual truths -- whereas before you were regenerated, spiritual truths were thought to be mere foolishness to you. The Lord Jesus will Christianize the world one person at a time. The Lord Jesus wins The War For The World as noted above. The Lord Jesus NOW has been given ALL authority both in Heaven and here and Earth -- see the ending of Matthew chapter 28 JAG []

Father Time is the mental weaponization of the passing of years and decades. What do you think a man, now age 70 , locked down on doing evil, will look like in 35 years? Father Time aka General Time will, in 35 years, (or sooner) turn that evil man into a sack of rotting flesh and bones and DEAD or AS GOOD AS DEAD. JAG []

Race Hatemongers Will Be No More. By JAG October 2023 America, 21st century, has many wicked mouths who love to stir up racial hate and keep hate alive as a tool to advance their evil political agenda. Ignore them as if they do not exist. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. (Who said that?) Do not give what is sacred to dogs. (Who said that?) And know that Father Time who is a fierce warrior-battlefield-general, will eventually eradicate them off the planet (aging). And know that Christianity eventually eradicates all racial hate out of the Universe -- -- and here is the Bible verse: "You [Lord Jesus] are worthy to open the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God." Revelation 5:9-10 " . . .FROM EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE AND NATION . . . " " . . .AND YOU HAVE MADE THEM TO BE A KINGDOM . . ." [with the Lord Jesus as the King.] Here ↑ is where the racists racial-hatemongers are defeated. JAG [] Thoughts?

Bojangles. Friday October 20, 2023. $24.21 At the pay window: "The lady in the car just ahead of you has paid for your food." That same thing happened to me previously I think about 4 - 5 months ago at the same Bojangles. That's about $50.00 to me from I guess total strangers. Ah, there are moments of human kindness everywhere throughout America each and every day. Ultimately in the end it is Love and Kindness and Compassion that wins the War For The World. YES of course . . . . . . . it was LOVE that fought and won World War 2 that saved God's people from the horrors of German Nazism and Italian Fascism and Japanese Imperialism -- HOWEVER . . . WAR cannot fix the world. WAR only has the power to stop evil. To STOP evil from STOPPING the proclamation of the gospel. The gospel is what fixes the world: The power of the: * Cross (defeated Sin so we can now be saved from Sin) * Resurrection (defeated Death so now we can be saved from Death and never die) * Ascension (the power of "I go to My Father") * Exaltation (the power of NOW being seated at the right hand of God Almighty who is a Warrior "The LORD is a Warrior" Exodus 15:3) THAT ↑ is what fixes the world. Yes indeed. It is LOVE that ultimately wins The War For The World. "Now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love." 1 Cor. 13:13 JAG Thoughts? []

Thanks for your comments. My view: it is clear to me that you have solved \this problem by assuming that Jesus is going to save many of them, you just leave it up in the air so you don't have to intellectually deal with it. Meanwhile our brothers and sisters are preaching all over the web THAT JESUS SENDS THEM TO AN ETERNAL HELL. See my new post just above on this issue. Best JAG []

Supplement to the article: What about those in non-Christian lands in say 1600 A.D. who died having never heard a single world of the gospel message? Is God good and just to abandon such persons to Gehenna? And does He actually do that? It is important to find a reasonable solution to the problems raised by these three questions because the notion that God consigns to Gehenna for all eternity all people (past, present, and future) who lived and died without ever hearing the gospel, characterizes God as unreasonable, mean-spirited and cruel (which He most certainly is not). Many who hold the view that God does do exactly that, have not paused to seriously consider what they so readily believe about the character of God. Akua Adisa was born in 1600 A.D. in Africa and he lived to an old age and died without ever hearing a single word of the gospel. Are you going to proclaim that God will consign Akua to sternal Hell and at the same time tell everybody that "God is love?" Remember, on the traditional view of Hell, when Akua has suffered in agony in Hell for 999 trillion (to the power of 500) years, he is no nearer to the end than when he first entered Hell. It is not possible to reconcile such as this with 1 John 4:8 "God is love." Thought Experiment: How long is an Eternity of agony in Hell? Let us say a sparrow is magically assigned the task of cutting the Earth in half and the sparrow is to fly by the Earth every 100 years and brush one of its wings against the ground surface of the Earth. How many years would it take the sparrow to cut the Earth in half? For argument's sake let us say it took in years 999 trillion to the power of 999 trillion. So? So Akua Adisa, after being in agony in Hell for as long as it took that sparrow to cut the Earth in half, would be no closer to the end of his agony than when he first entered Hell. Such as this is not possible to reconcile with 1 John 4:8 "God is love" or with the general character of God as presented in the Bible. We need a solution to this problem and a good start in finding one is God's Middle Knowledge as presented in this article. JAG []

Question: How is God good or just to abandon to Hell those who have never even heard the gospel? JAG Writes: Consider the following: First, we Bible believing Christians start with the true proclamation that God always does that which is right. This means that the God who always does what is right, world-wide and history-wide, is never going to abandon one of His elect to Gehenna, but will find a way to save them and give them the gift of eternal life as per John 3:16's "shall not perish but have eternal life." Second, we Bible believing Christians MUST stay within the confines of doctrinal orthodoxy and so we hold solid and fast to John 14:6 that correctly teaches: no man can come to the Father except through believing in the Lord Jesus as his Savior. Third, none of the above prevents us from considering the following: Eternal Now. With regard to God's knowledge there is no past. present and future. God sees everything in the Eternal NOW. God's Omniscience demands this position. God now knows all that can be known, God does not learn new information and new truths. So? So the Eternal NOW knowledge is God's reality. And God's reality IS REALITY. What YOU (we) can see is very limited and what YOU (we) can see IS NOT REALITY. God has Middle Knowledge -- what that means is that God sees and knows fully what every human being would choose to do under all possible sets of different circumstances. Let us take for an example a man named Akua Adisa, born in Africa in the year 1600 A.D. Akua lived and died never knowing a single word of the gospel message. God's Middle Knowledge knows precisely what Akua Adisa will choose to do in all possible sets of circumstances -- -- for example if Akua Adisa had been born in, say, South Carolina in the year 1990 A.D. and had traveled to hear Franklin Graham preach the gospel. How is this ↓ conclusion NOT compelling? If the Sovereign God knows that Akua Adisa would have accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior if he had been born in the year 1990 A.D. in South Carolina when he heard Franklin Graham preach the gospel then in God's reality Akua Adisa has accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior and has therefore fulfilled the requirements of John 14:6 no man can come to the Father except through faith in the Lord Jesus. Are we not compelled to reach this conclusion? Thoughts? __________________________ PS God's Omniscience demands we hold that God has what the philosophers call Middle Knowledge. JAG []

You're welcome. God bless. JAG [] `

The Gospel In A Nutshell: "2 Cor. 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. Let me unpack those 15 Greek words: He God made Jesus sin. What do you mean He made Jesus sin? Only in one sense: He treated Him as if He had committed every sin ever committed by every person who would believe though in fact Jesus committed none of them. Hanging on The Cross he was Holy, Harmless, and Undefiled. Hanging on The Cross He was the Spotless Lamb, He was never a split second a sinner. He was Holy God on The Cross, but God is treating Him -I'll put it more practically, as if He had lived my life. God punished Jesus for my sin, turns right around and treats me as if I had lived His life. That's the great doctrine of Substitution and on that doctrine turned the whole reformation of the Christian Church, that is the heart of the gospel and what you get is complete forgiveness covered by the righteousness of Jesus Christ. When God looks at The Cross He sees you and when He looks at you He sees Christ." __John MacArthur ______________ If you would like to see the video of the above text, go to YouTube and type into the search engine "John MacArthur shares the gospel in 1 minute Amazing video." The video is about 1 minute in length. The text above is a word for word reproduction of the video. JAG [] Thoughts? `

Yeah the grammar police have had a good time with the title of my OP on the squirrel wide web. JAG []

My view: If a Christian gets caught up in committing willful sins, he has got a big problem. How to deal with that? Pray to the Lord and BEG for His help daily to strengthen the will --- and tyhen read the Bible more devotionally. Best JAG []

What about the sins we do commit, being imperfect, as we live the Christian life? 1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Yes indeed! By His Grace and Mercy I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. []

I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. What about the sins we do commit, being imperfect, as we live the Christian life? 1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Yes indeed! By His Grace and Mercy I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. []

You, as a Christian, are in very good condition . . .. Legally. Very comforting thoughts here below: God "plays", so to speak, by His own rules. Rules that both unleash and limit His wrath. God would be totally justified in unleashing His wrath upon everybody because all we humans (before we were saved) are dead spiritually and therefore totally corrupt and deserve immediate DEATH -- BUT God has rules established by His nature. And He deals with us humans based on His rules. And one of His rules is that sin must be punished with DEATH. Another rule He has is that once sin has been punished with DEATH, that is ENOUGH, which means that He will NOT collect or require the payment AGAIN. So? So the good news is that Jesus has already paid it all. Jesus' DEATH on the Cross was a LEGAL event (as well aa a love event.) The Cross and The Resurrection has LEGAL ramifications before The Highest Court In The Universe. Now the Honor and the Integrity and the Holiness of The Judge Of All Mankind has been fully satisfied. God deals with humanity now in a LEGAL way. Saith the Holy Bible: "all are justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement through the shedding of His blood -- to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness . . . SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS" See Romans 3:21-28 So? So now "therefore being justified through faith [in Jesus] we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Romans 5:1 ". . . WE HAVE . . . PEACE WITH GOD . . ." The Sovereign God, by His own rules, has LEGALLY justified all of us who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. ♪ ♪ ♪ Jesus paid it all All to Him I owe Sin left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow ♪ ♪ ♪ Legally I am now NOT GUILTY before The Judge Of All Mankind sitting in The Highest Court In The Universe. "He [God] forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the charge of our LEGAL indebtedness, which stood against us, and condemned us, he has taken it away, nailing it to The Cross." Colossians 2:13-14 NIV I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. Thoughts? []

(The bold text was not intentional. I tried to get rid of the bold text but could not.) The women marrying themselves movement is growing. They even have a name for it: Sologamy. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/us/sologamy-self-marriage-women-cec/index.html JAG Writes: The sexual revolution that started in the 60's has not yet hit bottom-Sodom. But it will. Just give it time. It'll get there. Conservatives who warned about the slippery slope in the 60's were mocked and vilified -- but they were proven correct about the slippery slope -- once you eliminate the traditional definition of marriage and redefine it, then you are on the slippery slope and there are no longer any principled reasons against: polyamory polygamy 3 males and 1 female getting married (group marriage is coming for certain) 2 females and 2 males bestiality (humans having sex with animals and humans marrying their dogs) No? Well google "Legality of bestiality in Europe" and read what you pull up. For example, "Yes, In Finland you Can Have Sex With your Pet." So? So they have to start somewhere. And legalizing sex with your pet is Step #1 leading to the legalization of legally marrying your dog. And adding bestiality to the list of protected sexual orientation identity groups ("born this way, we didn't choose it") And how long do you think it'll be before a significant size identity group demands the right to go totally nude anywhere anytime they want to do that? They've already taken step #1 -- merely google : "where can you go nude in America" Once a nation arrives at the immoral place America now is, there are no taboos allowed anymore. One by one, the taboos you once thought were UNTHINKABLE will become celebrated as good morality and moral progress. JAG [] Thoughts?

Huge enormous Asteroids hitting the Earth (some big ones have hit the earth in the past.) Nukes (many are now in the hands of potentially dangerous lunatics) The San Andreas fault that the experts say has the potential to do major worldwide catastrophic damage. Viruses (there are viruses out there lurking that could kill 2 billion people under the right set of conditions and in just a few months too -- ot MORE than 2 billion Comets (huge comments hitting the earth and destroying thr planet. Nuclear war (they have already dropped two -- Nagasaki and Hiroshima -- so it lurks out there as a real possibility just as does the dangers of AI Economics -- the lunatics that run the 2st century could create a worldwide economic depression that would end up killing half the Earth's population Super volcanic eruptions -- the potential is there to destroy the Earth. My conclusion: I do not fear any of that up there because I know the Sovereign God is in total control of this world a nd that all things will unfold: "according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will." Ephesians 1:11 "Have faith in God."__The Lord Jesus Unbelievers have no such hope. JAG Thoughts? []

You, Me, Moses and Elijah. By JAG February 24, 2023 Getting Encouragement from Discouragement. We are not the only ones who, at times, get discouraged. Even the greatest heroes of the faith, sometimes, get despondent and even want to give up and die. Moses . . . . . .talking to God: "If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me -- if I have found favor in your eyes -- and do not let me face my own ruin."__Moses Numbers 11:15 {Read more Numbers chapter 11} Elijah . . . "went a days journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. I have had enough LORD, he said. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." 1 Kings 19:4 {Read more 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19} However . . . The Sovereign God, "the God who gives endurance and encouragement" {Romans 15:5} restored both Moses and Elijah to good hope, faith and encouragement . . . . . . and God will always do the same for us also -- when we get discouraged. Moses and Elijah, who at times became temporarily discouraged, were restored by God to great faith, vigor and courage. Moses was a great man and was in relation to the nation of Israel "sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God Himself." {Acts 7:35} Elijah was a great hero of the faith and the Sovereign God used him mightily to do the extraordinary. Lastly, these two great heroes of the faith were tremendously honored by the Sovereign God Himself when they met and talked with the Lord Jesus at His Transfiguration. Regarding the Lord Jesus at His Transfiguration: "the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lighting. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus." Luke 9:29-30 What a great honor for Moses and Elijah --men who in the past, and in a moment of human weakness, had wanted to give up and die -- now fully restored and greatly honored by God. "Have faith in God."__The Lord Jesus {Mark 11:22} JAG [] Thoughts?