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WISDOM IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD!
PLEASE READ THIS!
WE GET HUNG UP ON A SYSTEM OF WORKS TO
REPLACE GOD’S GRACE, AND WE DO IT (MOSTLY)
WITH MONEY.
WE REALLY DON’T WANT GOD’S HEALING (FREE) SO
WHAT DO WE DO? GET MEDICAL CARE TREATMENT,
AND OF COURSE, PAY FOR IT WITH MEDICAL
INSURANCE, OR GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE!
WE DON’T WANT A COPY OF A STRADIVARIOUS. WE
WANT AN ORIGINAL. WHY? THE COPY IS AN EXACT
REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL. IF IT IS ABOUT THE
SOUND OF IT, THE “COPY” OF THE ORIGINAL
STRADIVARIOUS VIOLIN SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE
THE ORIGINAL, OH NO. WE WANT THE ORIGINAL
BECAUSE IT’S WORTH MORE. SEE WHAT I MEAN?
ITS ABOUT MONEY. ITS ABOUT FEEDING OUR PRIDE
BECAUSE MONEY FLOATS OUR BOAT THROUGH
LIFE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IN LIFE IS THAT WE WANT
EVERYTHING IN LIFE OUR WAY INSTEAD OF GOD’S
WAY, AND WE DO IT WITH MONEY. AND WHETHER
WE REALIZE OR NOT, OUR HEART IS IN REBELLION
AGAINST GOD, AND WITH MONEY, WE DON’T HAVE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD IN ALL OUR WAYS. WE CAN
HAVE ANYTHING WE WANT, ANY TIME WE WANT,
AND IT IS A REHASH OF GENESIS 3. IT IS A
CULMINATION OF WHAT THE SERPENT OFFERED
EVE, AND WHAT SATAN OFFFERED JESUS IN THE
WILDERNESS. “ALL THESE KINGDOMS WILL I GIVE
UNTO YOU IF YOU BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME”
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND. I AM NOT AGAINST MONEY,
AS LONG AS YOU DON’T USE IT TO FEED YOUR OWN
DESIRES INSTEAD OF “ACKNOWLEDGING HIM IN
ALL OUR WAYS.”

PEOPLE SAY “HOW CAN A LOVING GOD SEND PEOPLE
TO HELL?” IF WE WERE HONEST WITH OURSELVES,
WE WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE STATEMENT
IS JUST A LAME EXCUSE TO BLAME HIM FOR A
CHOICE WE ARE MAKING OURSELVES. WE HAVE NO
EXCUSE. WE HAVE MADE THE CHOICE OURSELVES,
IN A HUNDRED FORMS....MONEY, INSURANCE
COVERAGE, SECURITY PLANS, ALL TO GIVE US OUR
COMFORT ZONE, BECAUSE HIS PLAN IS
“POLITICALLY INCORRECT”.
THAT IS THE FALLACY OF THE “PROSPERITY
GOSPEL”. READ THE STORY OF LIESEL MATTHEWS.
SHE WAS “SARAH CREWE” IN “A LITTLE PRINCESS”,
THE 1995 REMAKE OF THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE
VERSION “THE LITTLE PRINCESS”.
TODAY, LIESEL MATTHEWS IS 35. SHE AND HER
HUSBAND ARE WORTH OVER ONE BILLION
DOLLARS. YET, INSTEAD OF BUYING A MANSION
OVERLOOKING THE CARIBBEAN, OR TAKING SEA
CRUISES AROUND THE WORLD, THEY HAVE CHOSEN
TO MOVE TO GHANA AFRICA AND POUR MILLIONS
OF THEIR OWN MONEY INTO MAKING THE COUNTRY
A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR THE PEOPLE.
TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HOW OUR LIFESTYLE LINES
UP WITH WHAT JESUS’ DISCIPLES WENT THROUGH.
IT SIMPLY DOESN’T FIT. IT GETS US OUT OF OUR
COMFORT ZONE. AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE DO
IT WITH MONEY! - WHETHER WE ARE WILLING TO
ADMIT IT OR NOT.

WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS PATH, AND WE HAVE NO
EXCUSE. DONT TELL ME ALL THESE ARGUMENTS
THAT THERE IS NO HELL. (VISIT “YOUTUBE.COM”
AND SEARCH “BILL WEISE”, IF YOU THINK THERE IS
NO HELL.
IF THOSE WHO CHOSE THEIR OWN LIFESTYLE
INSTEAD OF GOD, THEY WOULD BE “OUT OF THEIR
COMFORT ZONE” IF THEY WENT TO HEAVEN!
HOW IRONIC. IF GOD TOOK THEM TO HEAVEN, THEY
ACTUALLY WOULD BE TORMENTED FOREVER!
THEY WOULD NEVER ACCEPT GOD’S PLAN TO
WORSHIP HIM. AND YET WE HAVE A WHOLE MASS
OF HUMANITY THAT WANT IT THEIR WAY, AND
EXPECT GOD TO ACCOMADATE IT. THEY HAVE
LITERALLY SET THEMSELVES UP AS GOD!
DR. DAVID FILM
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I need help with a question.  

I have a son who just sees Christians as being a doormat.  People take advantage of them, cheat them (as people who have stolen $20,000 from me, ) and to him, all he sees is a lopsided Christian model where "we have to pray for them, and forgive them".  To him, we (as Christians) are just being naive and stupid, and have a mentality that "vengeance is God's" and He will repay, which makes as little sense as a screen door in a submarine.   I personally have no problem, as I have seen the devil steal $20,000  from me, and actually gave me back $142,000! (seven times what he stole).  But my son does not see that as a viable answer.  He thinks that to just "leave matters in God's hands" is just "lame" and lopsided, and the model has no accountability, and to him, people (even Christians, as this couple described claim to be) have a hayday stealing and lying and carrying on with this lifestyle, then attend church Sunday morning and seem to "get away with murder" as if nothing happened.  The whole model just makes no sense at all.  Can anyone give me a SATISFYING answer to this.  Christianity to him are just a bunch of churchgoers where they have a life of nothing more than "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof".

David Film

My Survival Against  All Odds
by Dr. David Film
This is at: Alturl.com/6ionj
     When I was twenty one, my mother died of cancer. Soon after, I went to see a friend of my mother’s. Her name was Annie. Annie was in the same labor room as my mother when I was about to be born. Annie was about to give birth as well, and she and my mother became good friends from then on. 

     Annie told me (at twenty one) that when my mother was in labor, she mentioned that she wanted a baby girl. She had three boys in a row, and did not want any more boys!  Back then, there were no tests to determine the sex of an unborn baby, so everyone’s hopes were up, including the doctors. For not only did my mother want a baby girl, but earlier in the pregnancy, she wanted an abortion, and the doctor talked her out of it. I can only speculate, but probably the reason she wanted no more children was because she was afraid it might be another boy,  and the doctor encouraged her, that it might be a girl.  

     In any case, when I was born, everyone’s hopes were dashed.  My mother went into a fit of depression, and just faced the wall.  Annie even had to nurse me until it was time to go home.  The doctor did the only thing he could do, commit me to God at birth.  To this day, he had no idea what that moment meant for the rest of my life. 

     Keep in mind that this all happened in NEW YORK CITY.  I will tell you why I am descriing all this in just a moment.  

     I had always sensed God’s hand on my life, that He somehow was in control of it, and had a plan for me, although I could not possibly understand how or why for years. But in the midst of this inner sense I had, my life was a history of persecution. All through school, my classmates zeroed in on me as an easy target to boost their own self image at my expense. Add to this my home life. My parents continually fought, with strife, contention, violence, and indescribable conditions.

     So why am I saying all this?   I just recently discovered that Mayor Cuomo of New York City passed a bill into law stating that AFTER 9 MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, when a mother GIVES BIRTH to a child, she has the OPTION, AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO IT, to decide whether or not SHE WANTS TO KEEP IT!!   I am not talking about giving it up for adoption.  I am talking abortion!   If  some law was passed like this in 1945, what would have happened to me?!!   Once we cross over the line of ABORTION AFTER BIRTH, where is it going to stop?

Dr. David Film
 

   I want to ask a sincere question.  Since 1988, I have written over 10,000 pages (which are in my cloud AltURL.com/ioiz6) mostly on the subject of deception and discernment.  I sincerely want to know what people think on the subject that ... people who think everything is fine in their relationship with God, but in reality, they are on their way to hell, yet don't even know it.

   About 15 years ago I bought a house from a woman in town that was about to lose it in a sheriff sale for back taxes.  Some time later, I discovered that a Pastor in town had his eye on it, and was going to buy it (for back taxes).  If it sold on the auction, the owner would not get one dime.  She would lose it completely.  I was determined NOT to do that.  I contend that there are subtle hints about our motives that come to a head in situations, yet we would not discern them otherwise.  1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?  I say IT DOESN'T!  If someone is waiting to buy a house out from under someone for back taxes, and cares not for that situation, I say they are not demonstrating agape love.  This same pastor cannot carry on a normal conversation without twisted, exaggerated, lies.  I can tell many other facts that I have questions about him.  

     Some years ago my family and I built a house.  Without going into detail, things fell apart in our marriage because of the "prosperity Gospel".  I was left by myself.  I did not build it for me.  Anyway, I sold it to a couple who I thought were decent Christians.  Long story short, they not only got $5,000 behind on payments, but also managed to "attach themselves" to my wife's divorce decree.  My wife signed a quit claim deed to the property, yet still felt that she was co-owner, and GAVE her half of it to these buyers.  They consequently reduced the amount they owed me by $20,000!  I did not want to sue.  I called their pastor to help mediate this.  He simply hung up on me.  

     I say we are living in a day and age of a false church.  I could cite many other examples.  

I would appreciate any thoughts on this.

David Film

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TO He will come 2040

You say that Wilkapedia states that the Romans took the Ark in 70 AD.   I am trying to find it.  Wilkpedia has 500 pages on the Ark of the covenant.  I checked the link you provided and read through TWICE and cannot find ANYTHING ABOUT the Ark of the Covenant.  Can you direct me to a page?  If the Romans took the Ark in 70 AD, this is new to me.  It has been missing since 586BC, until an amateur archeologist found it 20 years ago.

David Film

What you are about to read here is true.  Some facts you read below may cause you to go into denial.  Parts of what are covered, I have known for twenty years, and at first, I did not believe it.  To me, it was so far fetched, I could not wrap my brain around it.  But believe me, it is absolutely true.

The Ark of The Covenant
   Centuries ago, God raised up a man to lead the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage.  His name was Moses. 
During their time in the wilderness, God told them to build a Tabernacle.  One of the things in it was to be an Ark of the Covenant, where God was to reside.  
In time, when they lived in Israel, King Solomon built a Temple, and this Ark of the Covenant was placed in the “Holy of Holies”.

Why am I saying all this?  Every year, on “The Day of Atonement”, the High Priest was to sacrifice a lamb, and sprinkle blood at the east end of the “Mercy Seat” of the Ark.  This was to be a reminder each year of an “atonement” for the sins of the people.  But it was not to take away their sins, but to “cover” them until the next year when he would do it again. 

Anyway, this was a “picture” of a day which would eventually come when their Messiah would be sacrificed to shed His blood once and for all to “take away” the sins of the world.  That day (sometime in the future), His blood would be sprinkled on the west end of this Ark.  

The people of Israel knew (to an extent) about this through prophecies, etc., but did not know a lot of the details of how or when all this would happen.
In 586 BC, a king Nebuchadnezzar, (king of Babylon) conquered Jerusalem, and wanted this Ark of the Covenant, partly because it was made of solid gold.  He knew where it was in the Temple, but when he went to take it, it was gone.  King Solomon designed an ingenius apparatus to get it out of the Temple in the event some army - some day - might invade Jerusalem.  And sure enough that was exactly what happened.  So in 586 BC, the Ark was taken through a secret subterranian tunnel, and stored in a secret chamber.

For over 500 years, generations went by, and for all intents and purposes,  the Ark had simply disappeared.  History has a way of burying the past.  In fact, generations have a way of “disappearing” in Israel, because they would “bury” their past with a new city on top of the old.  Only escavations would reveal the past.  
The Christian world understands that the yearly “day of atonement” in Israel history was a “Type” of what was to come.  Their Messiah would someday come and would shed His blood once-and-for-all for the sins of mankind, but they didn’t know the details of how it would happen.  
    When Jesus came on the scene, the Jews recognized Him as a Prophet, but not their Messiah.  They were looking for a King Who would setup His Kingdom, and put an end to their suppression and bondage.  But God had a bigger plan.  
    When He was tried by Pilate and Herod (the political leaders of their day), He was despised and rejected by the religious leaders.  They wanted Him crucified.  So He was crucified at a place called “Mount Calvary”.  It was a place where people were often crucified.  

     But it was the farthest thing from anyone’s mind that over 500 years before, the Ark of the Covenant was in a subterranean tunnel 20 feet underground - EXACTLY under the Cross that Jesus was crucified on!  Not only that, but also:

1-The moment Jesus died, there was an earthquake directly under the Cross. (Mt. 27:54)
2-The soldier pierced His side, and blood gushed out. (Jn. 19:34)
3-The blood ran down the Cross, into the earthquake crevasse and 20 feet into the ground
4-The earthquake moved the cover of the Ark, so that blood would be dripped onto the WEST end of it!
5-The moment finally came when the Messiah finally satisfied the moment when His blood was the atonement for the sins of mankind.
    How do we know all this?  
1-An amateur geologist did escavations under the very location where Jesus was crucified.
2-He actually found the Ark of The Covenant 20 feet below.
3-He took samples of blood stains he found there to get analyzed at a lab in Israel.
4-They discovered under a microscope that the blood cells were STILL ALIVE.
5-He had them check the blood chromosome count.  It contained  24 chromosomes - 23 from the mother, and one “y” chromosome from the Father!
This happened in 1999, and can be verified.
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Email: FilmDavidB@Yahoo.com

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David Film

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I would like to know if anyone can help me:
1-September 23, 2017 was the 70th anniversary of Israel as a state.

(Hebrew Year 5777.)  

2-Matthew 24:34 says: "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."  He is referring to the entire chapter 24.

3-A generation in the Bible is 70 years. 

4-On September 23, 2017, Jupiter (The King planet) was in retrograde in Virgo for nine months.  Leo had twelve  stars.  All of these fulfilled Revelation 12:1 for the first time. Rev. 12:1 ¶ And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:   

5-All of this occurred exactly the same day!  September 23, 2017.  Does anyone feel that this is significant?  If so, explain it to me.

David Film

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I need help getting my sights straight.

There is a man in a local church here who has a drinking problem.

Again and again, he has been arrested for DUI, spent a lot of time in jail.

He has racked up fines, costs to bail him out, etc.  People and friends in church have spent literally thousands on him.

My Ex, (who divorced me 20 years ago) because she can't handle "living on the edge", as she puts it, goes to this church.  I am spending my waking hours trying to get the Gospel message out, yet they are all throwing money and feeling sorry for this guy, and making me out to be the villan, yet I live in the biggest house on the block, paid for and out of debt, doing fine, etc.  Yet this church would not give  me the time of day!  Is there something I am missing, or are we living in a day and age when white is black and black is white?

David Film

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 I'm going to tell you a little story that happened to me when I was 10 years old. I was in the sixth grade. We were all standing around the doorway to go somewhere and I  happened to reach into my pocket with my left hand. When I pulled my hand out, a crumpled dollar fell on the floor. I reached down to get it and as I did, the boy next to me reached down also.  He got it before I did.  I said to him "give me my dollar". He said "it's my dollar". I insisted that it was my dollar. This scenario went back and forth a few moments. The teacher said "what's going on." I insisted that it was my dollar. He insisted that it was his. He said "I swear to God it's my dollar". A student in the class looked at me and said "do you swear to God that it's your dollar Film?"  I never said another word. I simply clammed up. The fact was that it was my dollar.  But I would not swear to God. It is so ironic that everyone in the class that day believed a lie. Everyone in the class including the teacher believed  that it was his dollar because he swore to God.

That kid was the only one who knew the truth, and he was the one who lied!  I refused to swear to God. To this day I do not know where my love for God came from, but I would not swear to God.

Little did I know that was going to be my lot in life for people to believe lies about me.  Let God be true and every man a liar...  Today, as I tell this story, there are people I know who believe lies about me.  The homeschoolers in this town have blacklisted me because I am divorced.  Yet I never divorced my wife.  In fact the day after she served papers on me I tried to contest the divorce.  There is a Pastor (for one) who  spreads vicious lies about me behind my back.  The reason I know this is because it filters back to me.  But it is my lot in life.  And I count it all joy that I go through it all.  Today I have over 10,000 pages in the cloud.  Yet very few people read them.

Living on God’s Economy

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I think that of all the testimonies I have written, and the

stories that I have told, this one takes the cake.

About a year and a half ago, I was coming out of a fast

food restaurant with my van, and suddenly blacked out

without any warning. I do not remember anything that

happened, until I came to in the hospital. Needless to say,

the van was totaled and so I have not had any transportation

since.

.

The town where I live has a Senior Citizen Center, and

seniors can eat there free. Not only that, but also this town

has a taxi service and for those who eat at the center can

call the taxi any time and go anywhere in town free. It’s a

wonderful service and arrangement.

.

Anyway, I’ve been eating lunch each day there and recently

met a man and his wife. He told me a story of how

he had a house up the lake, and turned power of attorney

over to his son. Long story short, his son took it upon himself

to decide all the financial details about the man’s life.

Even though this man has money in the bank, he can’t

touch it, and must live on $150 per month. I found out

also that this man is musically talented and has written

over 100 songs. All of the music that he has written is written

out longhand.

.

My son bought me software some time ago, whereby I

can now simply speak into mic and the words come up on

the screen. Practically no more typing. For that reason I

could take something someone wrote longhand, recite it into

the mic, and transcribe onto my laptop, then format it any

way I want.

.

So as a labor of love - without charge - I have taken it

upon myself to take this man’s hundred pages of music, and

put it into print. This is not the first time I have preserved

someone’s legacy, and I imagine it will not be the last. But

thanks to my son buying me this software, I can make something

happen that would have never been possible before.

.

I want to tell you good advice if you want to know God’s

will for your life. Proverbs 3:5,6 says “Trust in the LORD

with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall

direct thy paths.” Again and again I have worked on peoples’

lifetime work and was able to format it into print or DVDs

or other media and create a legacy that would otherwise go

by the wayside. This one is no exception. Now as I said, I

am doing this project for him as a labor of love. It’s going to

be a massive project, and if I were to charge someone a

dollar amount, it would never happen. I won’t worry about

money. I don’t worry about where the money comes from.

I trust God for my finances. And God has an economy.

What He is saying in this situation is this: “David, as a result

of you doing a project like this, I’m going to give you

the desires of your heart.”

.

My son (the same one who bought me this software) and

I have been looking over the Internet for a vehicle. I have

poured over many, many vehicles for sale and found a few

options that we might go out and look at. For whatever

reason - and to this moment I do not know why - I decided

to go back over and look at them all over again. Wonder of

wonders, I came across a 1993 Plymouth Voyager. Most of

the vehicles are selling for around $1000 and up. Anything

less was not running - bad transmission - etc. This

one was in good running condition, and the selling for $500.

The owner JUST POSTED IT!

.

The next day, my other son and I went to look at it, and

bought it. Now as far as I’m concerned, as I look at money,

transactions and economy, I am saying to myself “here I

am willing to do a project for someone as a labor of love,

and find a $1000 Van for $500! Tonight, that van is parked

in front of my house. Between getting tags current, insurance,

and some things done to the van that needs work,

the total cost is around $1000, which is still a very good

deal.

.

My son has a heart of gold. He bought me this software

that I transcribe material on to the computer. I wanted to

borrow money from him to buy this vehicle. He will not

lend me the money. As a labor of love, he is giving me the

money!

.

This whole scenario is a win-win situation on all sides.

What happens? God gets the glory! I get the blessing!

My son gets the blessing for giving me the money! And I

feel that because of what I am doing as a labor of love for

this man who has written music that it is putting a whole

series of events into motion.

.

Now I have entitled this “Living on God’s Economy.”

If I had done everything that I do as a business, charging

X amount of dollars for projects I work on, everything

you read about here could never have happened. The reward

comes from doing something as a labor of love, and

God sets in motion a whole series of events, and all based

on love and giving! My God is alive, and He is on the throne!

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PS: If you want to know about this software mentioned above, email me.

Dr. David Film

FilmDavidB@Yahoo.com

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     One’s quest for truth will show him independence. Independence, that is, from vestures of concepts, mentalities, and machinery around them that want to control them - a system that is in the business of control, dependency, and putting him to sleep. If you only know how to get in your car and turn the key, you are totally dependent on the car dealer, the mechanic, the manufacturer, or anyone else that knows what to do if it doesn’t start. But if you have some background of auto mechanics and how they work (or why they don’t), you have become independent from others who want $50 an hour (or more) to fix it for you.
    So it is with everything around us - including a knowledge of the truth. If you know how a magician does his tricks, he can no longer keep you in the dark. You can watch from the rear of the audience at his fascinating illusion, and chuckle under your breath because you are one at least who has an edge on the crowd. It’s the same with economics, politics, technology and practically every aspect of life around us. It is also the same with things we can’t see - ways we think, opinions, philosophies and beliefs. And this is where the plot thickens, because I am going to cover a lot of asburd topics, and ask a lot of provoking questions. But the end result is to make you think.

    I cannot tell you what the truth is on any subject. My opinion is no better than the next person’s.  But I can tell you how to find it.  It is about humility.  It is about "teachableness".  It is about "forsaking".  It is about dying to self.  You have to be willing to walk away from those you have been associating with.  You have to count the cost of your reputation, career, friends, family, etc.  A professor in college said something I never forgot.  "Salvation is free, but it will cost you everything!" 

    What is more ironic is that he may have a list of degrees on the subject. But you know as well as I do that two people - both with PHD’s on some subject, may have come to totally opposite views on an idea or belief. Someone with a lifetime of education may come to a certain position on some subject. Yet someone else with the same background of studying behind them may see it differently.

    Then you find differing views from people in a Biblical background of studies, with education and studies in college and seminaries. Why? How can so many people from so many denominations and groups have totally differing views on doctrines and beliefs, yet all have had training in original languages and intense study in the Bible? “Their training is prejudicial”, you say. But they look at you as no less than arrogant. So let’s look use tools to help us find the truth.

      I know of individuals who are involved in ministry.  If they even entertained the idea of any theological persuasion different than their peers they would have to resign.   So they are "stuck in the theological mud", so to speak.  They have no choice, but to just "play along" and play their game, and make all the right clucking noises, like Chip and Dale trapped in a chicken barnyard!

           So you take a hard look at life, and your search for truth.  You start applying principles to life that we find in the Bible!  Matt. 19:29 "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."  Matt. 10:36 "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." I have been to churches all over the country for 50 years.  I have sat in Sunday School classes.  I have listened to preachers on TV, internet, etc.   And I cannot EVER remember anyone EVER quote those verses.  They are "politically incorrect."   But practice that principle, and you will find the truth..."and the truth shall make you free" John 8:32.
 

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     One’s quest for truth will show him independence. Independence, that is, from vestures of concepts, mentalities, and machinery around them that want to control them - a system that is in the business of control, dependency, and putting him to sleep. If you only know how to get in your car and turn the key, you are totally dependent on the car dealer, the mechanic, the manufacturer, or anyone else that knows what to do if it doesn’t start. But if you have some background of auto mechanics and how they work (or why they don’t), you have become independent from others who want $50 an hour (or more) to fix it for you.
    So it is with everything around us - including a knowledge of the truth. If you know how a magician does his tricks, he can no longer keep you in the dark. You can watch from the rear of the audience at his fascinating illusion, and chuckle under your breath because you are one at least who has an edge on the crowd. It’s the same with economics, politics, technology and practically every aspect of life around us. It is also the same with things we can’t see - ways we think, opinions, philosophies and beliefs. And this is where the plot thickens, because I am going to cover a lot of asburd topics, and ask a lot of provoking questions. But the end result is to make you think.

    I cannot tell you what the truth is on any subject. My opinion is no better than the next person’s.  But I can tell you how to find it.  It is about humility.  It is about "teachableness".  It is about "forsaking".  It is about dying to self.  You have to be willing to walk away from those you have been associating with.  You have to count the cost of your reputation, career, friends, family, etc.  A professor in college said something I never forgot.  "Salvation is free, but it will cost you everything!" 

    What is more ironic is that he may have a list of degrees on the subject. But you know as well as I do that two people - both with PHD’s on some subject, may have come to totally opposite views on an idea or belief. Someone with a lifetime of education may come to a certain position on some subject. Yet someone else with the same background of studying behind them may see it differently.

    Then you find differing views from people in a Biblical background of studies, with education and studies in college and seminaries. Why? How can so many people from so many denominations and groups have totally differing views on doctrines and beliefs, yet all have had training in original languages and intense study in the Bible? “Their training is prejudicial”, you say. But they look at you as no less than arrogant. So let’s look use tools to help us find the truth.

      I know of individuals who are involved in ministry.  If they even entertained the idea of any theological persuasion different than their peers they would have to resign.   So they are "stuck in the theological mud", so to speak.  They have no choice, but to just "play along" and play their game, and make all the right clucking noises, like Chip and Dale trapped in a chicken barnyard!

       So you take a hard look at life, and your search for truth.  You start applying principles to life that we find in the Bible!  Matt. 19:29 "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."  Matt. 10:36 "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." I have been to churches all over the country for 50 years.  I have sat in Sunday School classes.  I have listened to preachers on TV, internet, etc.   And I cannot EVER remember anyone EVER quote those verses.  They are "politically incorrect."   But practice that principle, and you will find the truth..."and the truth shall make you free" John 8:32.
 

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A Cashless Economy
    Allow me to propose a hypothetical scenario:  One day, you are notified by your bank that a new technology is being instituted to make your lifestyle simpler, more secure, and more efficient. You (and everyone else in town) are told to come down to the bank at your earliest convenience to turn in any cash, credit cards, etc. and instead receive an account number to be embedded in your forehead or right hand. 

     When it is your turn, you are asked to step up to receive this account number.  Just then, you say “Well now wait a minute!  I thought that when this time came, I would have to make a literal, conscious decision to reject Jesus Christ as my Savior!”  The man administering this process says to you, “Mr. Jones, where in the world did you get that idea.  We’re not asking you to renounce or give up anything.  We don’t care what religious preference you have, or if you have any at all.  What we are asking is just a simple procedure of receiving this account chip so that your life can be more convenient, theft-proof, counterfeit proof.  It is a foolproof system to put an end to drug dealers, counterfeiters, thieves and the like.”

   So you take another look at what you thought would be the scenario.  It is a process to make life more convenient, a cashless society that does away with counterfeiting.  It is a means of making transactions easier, where the store owner simply totals up the purchase and scans your account number, subtracts it from your credit balance, etc.   On the surface, you are given a choice whether to take this mark or not.  It is a simple economic measure - a simple process that just takes a moment.  But in reality, you really have no choice at all, because the fact is that if you do not take it, you will not be part of the cashless economic system.  You will not be able to buy a loaf of bread, buy gas at the pump, pay your monthly mortgage, car, or any other loan payment.  

Economical or Ecumenical?
   What seems to be a convenient choice with a simple economic measure on the surface is really total allegiance to the “system” in the truest sense of the word.  What we thought was going to be an act of  “Denying Christ” is just exactly that, only it is taking place through a “back door” economic, convenient act.  Although it is an economic decision on the surface, it is a RELIGIOUS decision in reality.  We are taking the final last step, not only of total allegiance to a system that is the culmination of Genesis 3, but also a blatant act of shaking our fist at God, essentially saying to Him “We don’t need You anymore.  We now have anything we want, any time we want, anywhere we want.  We now can have it all, and no longer have to lean You for anything!” (Read Prov. 3:4,5)

   The anti-christ is not going to force you to “give up” your faith in your religion or God (at least not at first). He will allow you to continue in your form of religion. In fact, he will welcome all religious faiths to come together in world unity!   You will be permitted to continue in your ‘’form of godliness” (but denying the power thereof). 

Spiritual Significance
   We are aware of the fact that we as believers in Jesus Christ become identified with Him in baptism.  The symbolism of death, burial and resurrection are portrayed in the act of Baptism.  In the same way, the children of Israel were “identified” in their trust in God to deliver them from Egypt:  “And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;” 1Cor 10:2".  The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land.  They were not “baptized” by water - they were “baptized” by identification.  The identification process is more than a system to “identify” us in a database - it is a choice we make to make a statement who we are going to “identify” ourselves with.

   One day I bought something at a retail store.  As the cashier wiped the product over the scanner, I mentioned to her about the circular  silhouette picture of a hand in the center of the gray pad.  “Do you know that’s predicted in the book of Revelation?”  She apparently knew what I was talking about, but replied that what is in Revelation is figurative, or “spiritual”.  She didn’t seem to think it was of any major concern.  The fact is, she was right - it IS spiritual.  What we find in Revelation about “taking the mark” talks about a “spiritual” conditioning process that demonstrates a literal principle.  The masses of humanity are being conditioned to accepting a mentality of subscribing to a system of putting their trust in “mammon” or “money”.  The sad part is that they are “buying” it.  

   All the time the point that the little circular logo on the pad at checkouts is “figurative”, the truth of the whole scenario goes right over their heads. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6. 

    Incidentally, the next time you visit a major retail outlet that have these circular gray pads with the logo I refer to above, take a close look at the way the hand is positioned on the logo.  It is a silhouette of an outstretched hand with the thumb facing right.  At first glance, it would appear to be the LEFT hand.  So you do a double take.  “Why is it illustrating the left hand, when Rev. 13:16-18 is speaking of the RIGHT hand?”

   But then it dawns on you (at least it did me), that the silhouette is a picture of the hand with the palm facing UP.  When people make purchases and they are to have their account number scanned, it WILL be on the back of their RIGHT hand.  Whoever designed the silhouette knew exactly what they were doing.  Upon reading this, you may say “Well, we have nothing to worry about if they inject these computer chips in our forearm.  It doesn’t fulfill what is predicted in Revelation (yet).  To that I say, all you are doing is stalling for time and grasping for straws.  You are like the guy who takes a ride down the Bright Trail of the Grand Canyon on a Jackass that wants to walk four inches from the outside edge.  “Let’s see how close we can get before falling off” you say.  When are we going to wake up and realize what is going on right under our noses.

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Judgment begins in the house of God
     There is quite a stir going on in Houston, Texas right now.  It seems that hurricane Andrew made a lot of people homeless.  Out of this something interesting happened.  There is one church in particular that has been in the news lately.  There were homeless people that needed help and the church wouldn't open their doors, saying that "the city didn't ask them to".  "I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat."  Well, no one asked me to help.  "I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink."  No one asked us to.  "I was naked and you clothed me not."  No one told us to.  That is lame!
     This situation with Lakewood Assembly of God in Houston, Texas brings out a very interesting point.  If we finally do something because of bad publicity, that is a pitiful reason to help people.   But it says something about someone's heart, maybe even our own heart.  If we have a lack of compassion to do anything, obviously there was no compassion there in the first place.  If we finally do something, we are only doing it for the wrong motives.   
     I am writing this to say that this town of Okmulgee has our own story to tell.  There is a lady that I knew whose granddaughter took her down to the local store to pay her electric bill.  She sat in the car while the granddaughter went in to pay the bill with her (grandmother's) money.  But instead she simply stuck the money in her pocket and came back out.  She never did pay the bill, but the grandmother didn't know it.  This went on for three months, until one day the grandmother found herself sitting in the dark on oxygen.  
    When I found out about this, I decided to do something about it.  Me and another person went half-and-half and paid her bill to get the lights back on.  Out of this I decided to start a ministry to help people with their utility bills. I went up and down streets in town and talk to merchants about helping to donate any amount to help with this cause.  Only one single person did anything to make it happen.  Only one.  I put free materials out in retail places to give away, asking to give any donation to help with the cause.  Nothing.
    This grandmother has since died, The granddaughter is now living in her house!   Now you know the rest of the story. 
 

Names and Titles 
of Jesus Christ
Based on a Compilation by Leonard Sheldrake

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Adam
Advocate
All & in All  
Almighty
Altogether Lovely One
Amen 
Anchor  
Ancient of Days  
Angel [of the Lord]  
Anointed
Apostle
Arm of the Lord
Author-and Finisher of faith 
Author 
Alpha & Omega 
Balm of Gilead 
Beginning
 -of the creation of God
 -and the end[ing
Begotten
 -First Begotten of the Dead
 -Only Begotten of the Father 
 -Begotten Son
Beloved 
Blessed and only Potentate
Branch
Bread
 -Bread from heaven
 -Bread of God 
 -Bread of life 
 -Living Bread 
 -True Bread 
Bridegroom  
Bright & Morning Star
Brightness of His (God's) glory 
Captain of their salvation 
Carpenter's son 
Chiefest among ten thousand 
 -C. Comer Stone 
 -C. Shepherd 
Child, 
 -Child Jesus
 -Holy Child Jesus 
 Chosen of God 
 Christ
 -Christ of God 
 -Jesus Christ 
 -Jesus Christ the righteous
 -His Son Jesus Christ
 -Our Saviour Jesus Christ
 -Christ Jesus [our Lord]
-Lord [and Saviour] Jesus Christ
 Comforter 
 Commander 
 Consolation of Israel 
 Corn of Wheat 
 Cornerstone 
 Counsellor
 Covert 
 Creator of all things 
 Daysman
 Dayspring from on high
 Day Star 
 Desire of all nations
 Door [of the sheepfold]
 Emmanuel 
End
End of the Law 
Express image of His (God's) person
Faithful Witness 
Faithful & True 
Father of Eternity 
Fellow of God
First & the Last
First begotten of the dead
Firstborn
 -Firstborn among many brethren 
 -Firstborn of every creature 
 -Firstborn from the dead 
 Firstfruits 
 Foundation
 Fountain 
 Forerunner
 Friend of sinners 
 Fulness of the Godhead 
 Gift of God
 Glory of God
 God 
 -Bread of God
 -Chosen of God 
 -Christ of God 
 -Gift of God
 -Glory of God 
 -God my Saviour 
 -the Mighty God 
 -my God
Good Master
 Governor
 Great High Priest
 Greater than Abraham
 John the Baptist 
 -Jonah
 -the temple 
 -Solomon
 Guide 
 Head
 -Head of all principality & power
-Head of the Body, the Church 
 -Head of every man 
 -Head of the corner
 Heir of all things 
 Helper 
 Hiding Place
 High Priest 
 Holy Child
 Holy One
 -Holy of God
 -Holy of Israel 
 Hope of Israel
 Horn of salvation 
 I AM 
-I am the Bread of Life 
-I am the Light of the World
-I am the Good Shepherd
-I am the Door
-I am the Resurrection & the Life 
-I am the True Vine 
-I am the Way
Image of the invisible God 
Intercessor
 Jehovah 
 Jesus 
 -Jesus Christ [the Son of God] 
 -Jesus [Christ] of Nazareth
 -Jesus the King
 Judge 
 Just One
KING 
 -King of the daughter of Zion 
 -King of glory
 -King of Israel 
 -King of the Jews 
 -King of kings 
 -King of peace 
 -King of righteousness 
 -King of saints 
 Kinsman 
 Lamb [of God 
 Last, see First.
Lawgiver 
 -Eternal L.
 -Word of L. 
Light
 -Great L. 
-L. to lighten Gentiles 
 -Lawgiver of men
-L. of the world 
 -True Lawgiver 
 Lion of the tribe of Judah 
 Lord [& Saviour]
 -Lord of [over] all 
 -Lord of both the dead 
       & the living
 -Lord of glory 
 -Lord of lords 
-One L. 
 -Lord of Peace 
-L. of the harvest
 -Lord of the Sabbath 
Man 
-Man of Sorrows 
-Man Christ Jesus 
-Second Man
-Son of Man
 Master
-Kurios 
 -Oikodespotes
 -Epistates 
Didaskalos 
 -Kathegetes
 -Rabbi 
 Merciful High Priest 
 Mercy Seat 
 Messiah 
 Mighty God 
Minister of the Sanctuary 
 Nazarene 
 Nobleman 
 Offering 
 Offspring of David 
Ointment poured forth 
 Omega. See Alpha & Omega.
Only begotten Son, see Son.
Passover
 Peace, our 
 Physician 
 Plant of Renown 
 Potentate, Blessed and only,  
 Potentate of Peace 
 Potentate of the  kings of the earth 
 Prophet 
 -Great Prophet 
 -Prophet of Nazareth 
 Propitiation
 Power of God 
 Priest 
 Quickening (life-giving) Spirit 
 Rabbi  
 Ransom
 Redeemer, Redemption
 Refuge 
 Resurrection & the Life 
-Righteous Judge
 Rock [of offence]
 Rod 
 Root
 -Root of David 
 -Root out of a dry ground 
 Rose of Sharon 
 Sacrifice 
 Same, the 
 Sanctification 
 Saviour [of the world]
 Second Man, see Man.
 Seed of Abraham 
 Seed
 -Seed of Abraham 
 -Seed of David 
 -Seed of the woman 
 Servant
 Shadow of a great Rock 
 Shepherd
 -Shepherd & Bishop of souls 
 -Chief Shepherd 
 -Good Shepherd 
 -Great Shepherd 
 Shiloh 
 Son 
 -of Abraham
 -Son of David
 -Son of (the living) God 
 -His dear Son 
       (or the Son of His love)
 -His own Son
 -My [Beloved] Son 
 -only begotten Son [of God] 
 -Son of the Blessed 
 -Son of the Highest 
 -Son of the Father 
 -Son of Joseph 
 -Son of Man 
 -Son of Mary 
 Star
 -Bright & Morning Star 
 Stone
 -Chief Corner Stone elect 
 -Living Stone. 
 -Son of stumbling
 Sun of Righteousness
 Surety 
Teacher 
 Tender Plant
 Testator 
 True Bread
 Truth
 Vine 
 Way, The 
 Wisdom [of God] 
 Wonderful 
 Word
 -Word. of God 
 -Word of Life 

Jesus in the Old Testament                  

Genesis - He is the Seed of the woman
Exodus - He is the Lamb of God for sinners slain
Leviticus - He is our High Priest
Numbers - He is the Star out of Jacob
Deuteronomy - He is the Prophet like unto Moses
Joshua - He is the Captian of the Lord's host
Judges - He is the Messenger of Jehovah
Ruth - He is our Kinsman Redeemer
I Samuel - He is the despised and rejected King
II Samuel - He is the trusted Prophet
I, II Kings - He is the reigning King
I, II Chronicles - He is the Lord and Lord and King of Kings
Ezra - He is the faithful Scribe
Nehemiah - he is the Rebuilder of broken walls
Esther - He is our Mordecai
Job - He is our risen and returning Redeemer
Psalms - He is the Leader of praise
Proverbs - He is our Wisdom
Ecclesiastes - He is the forgotten Wise Man
Song of Solomon - He is My Beloved
Isaiah - He is our Suffering Substitute
Jeremiah - He is the Lord of Righteousness
Lamentations - He is the Man of sorrows
Ezekiel - He is the Glory of God
Daniel - He is the Smiting Stone
Hosea - He is David's greater King
Joel - He is the Hope of His people
Amos - He is the Rescuer of Israel
Obadiah - He is the Deliverer upon Mt. Zion
Jonah - He is the Buried and Risen Savior
Micah - He is the Everlasting God
Nahum - He is our Stronghold in the day of wrath
Habbakuk - He is the Anchor of our faith
Zephaniah - He is in the midst for judgment and cleansing
Haggai - He is the Lord of presence and power
Zechariah - He is the Smitten Shepherd  

Malachi - He is the Son of Righteousness

Jesus in the New Testament
Matthew - He is the Messiah
Mark - He is the Servant
Luke - He is the Son of Man
John - He is the Son of God
Acts - He is the Ascended Lord
Romans - He is our Righteousness
I Corinthians - He is the First fruits from among the dead
II Corinthians - He is made sin for us
Galatians - He is the end of the law
Ephesians - He is our Armour
Philippians - He is the Supplier of every need
Colossians - He is the Fullness of the Godhead bodily
I Thessalonians - He is our Returning Lord
II Thessalonians - He is the world's returning Judge
I Timothy - He is the Mediator between God and men
II Timothy - He is the Bestower of crowns
Titus - He is our Great God and Savior
Philemon - He is the Father's Partner
Hebrews - He is the Blood of the everlasting Covenant
James - He is the Lord of Hosts
I Peter - He is the Theme of Old Testament prophecy
II Peter - He is the Long Suffering Saviour
I John - He is the Word of Life
II John - He is the Target of the antichrist
III John - He is the Personification of Truth
Jude - He is the Believer's security
Revelation - He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords

This is "True Note" card # 19.