Godly Leadership, That Protects A People, Begins With A Right Relationship With God

2 Chronicles 34:1-33 

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Seek the Self-existent Creator, while you can still do so, that you might choose His only plan of salvation and be at eternal peace with the One True God.

Humanity Lusts For Religious Diversity, But, God Never Approved It

2 Chronicles 33:1-13

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

You, too, can discover and be at peace with the One True God of all Creation, for He desires a loving and joyful relationship with you. Here is His only plan of salvation for all eternity, so that you can walk with Him in His peace that passes all understanding.

The Real God Is Able To Deliver Those Who Trust In Him

2 Chronicles 32:19-21
19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

God created Mankind and gave Adam and Eve the Earth to tend. But the jealous and dissatisfied "covering cherub" Lucifer sought to become "as the most high God", so Lucifer became Satan and began attacking God and God's Word by tempting Eve, saying, "Yea, hath God said?" Since that first temptation and sin that humanity failed to fight off, the rest of humanity has joined Satan's attacks and continue to attack God and His Word, by our sin nature rebelling against God, by our own free will. Satan and human sin's many false gods, false religions, and false science create and spread lies about who God is and what kind of relationship the Eternal Self-existent One wants with humanity. Our sin nature and the devil blow a lot of smoke to dissuade us all from trusting God and His Word. But, those who choose to truly trust in God's Word and put it into practice continually find themselves able to resist the devil and to rest in God's promises and security, despite the ongoing attacks of evil. Our trust in our Creator, God's only Christ, helps us to realize that we are not the real objects of the lies and attacks, but that evil seeks to depose and replace God's pure, righteous, holy, loving, and merciful existence and ways, and having failed to depose God, the devil and his minions come after those of us who have repented of our own sin and called upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

God's promises never fail, even as Psalm 23 says that He shall take us "through the valley of the shadow of death", and that our choice is that we can "will" ourselves to "fear no evil".

Each of us must determine whether we will choose to serve our own sin, our flesh, the world, and Satan, or will we determine to choose God, God's Word, God's only Christ, and God's only salvation. As popular as it is, today, to blame other people and circumstances for our plights, God does not allow us to blame anyone else for our sinful choices.

Please, repent and trust God's Christ, before it is too late.

John 3:36

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

"...One Nation Under God...?"

 There is and has been much mischief going on, even since the Garden of Eden, that seeks to tear down all the good that God has done and that Humanity would follow. If we look up this link, we can see that those who trust in the LORD are going to have the better outcomes in eternity and usually in earthly life, than those who fight against God's Word and His ways. Whether high or low, great or small, we who trust in God's promises can be at peace with Him, abiding in Him and His joy, no matter what is happening around us. We can rely on His promises to guide us through every situation in life, no matter how threatening they appear.

2 Chronicles 32:1-8
1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Jesus said of His followers that we should and would endure the same kind of persecution and suffering as He lived through and died for. Yet, He promised to never leave or forsake us. He keeps that promise, even when we feel as if He is not there, when we look to our flesh and its weakness instead of looking to the Self-existent Eternal God of all, as we should be. Do not despair though the world and earthly things threaten. Look to the one and only Christ of God for God's only plan of salvation. Then and only then shall you be assured of eternal life and peace, even as I and others have trusted in Him and His promises that bring us His "peace that passeth all understanding". Only when all our citizens submit ourselves to the One True God and repent of our evils, shall we truly be "one nation under God" and able to truly ask for His protection and blessing. This is not just true of the USA, but of every nation and every people, for God is not just the God of the USA but of all humanity.

Evil Leaders and Evil Followers Are Both Responsible

People fight among themselves. Nation after nation wants supremacy. Society after society wants to be king of the hill. Many are all too eager to follow the temptations of Satan and the world, but, few seek the LORD, Self-existent and Eternal, the God of Creation, or His Christ. Many call upon many false gods and idols, but few believe on and trust in the One True God. Many are willing to try to pass off their own guilt onto those whom they follow.

While rejecting the One True God and His Christ has eternal consequences, there are also, frequently, earthly consequences for rejecting Him, whether people want to recognize or admit those consequences or not. We need to count the cost of our decisions, whether we be great or small in the eyes of the world. Too often those who lead lead their followers into destruction. Too often those looking for a leader choose to follow anyone who tickles their ears and promises anything the followers desire. We all put ourselves into these situations because we neglect to seek, follow, abide in, and test all things by the One True God and His Word.

2 Chronicles 28:19
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. 

The full context of this simple example shows us that the king practiced evil and that the people followed him, going against how God wanted them to live. They all were responsible for their personal and collective actions and the suffering that they earned and lived through. Today, it is politically expedient to claim some "diverse" point of cultural or emotional or sexual preference and then to point fingers at everyone else to try to force them to bow and worship that "diversity", without respect to what God wants or says. To diverge means to go in a direction away from the known or common direction or travel or discussion. All those who expound and worship divergence from God's way of doing things have promoted perverse ways, and have segregated themselves from God and His counsel. Whether leading or following the packs of people who resist God's Word, those have chosen to fight against what God says and by doing so damn their own actions.

Whether those in authority lead their constituents astray or the constituents pressure their leaders into doing ungodly things, both have the same consequences for having acted against the Word and will of God Almighty. Whether we be great or small in the world, when we shall face God, we shall give honest answer for all we've done and we cannot blame anyone but our own selves for our decision to act in any particular manner. Our lives and decisions are wholly accountable to God. He has shown every human being His Truth throughout Creation. Those who choose to reject God's Truth do so damn themselves.

You do NOT have to damn yourself, but, you can choose God's way. The choice is yours now and for eternity.

The Only Eternal Self-existent God Calls All To Repentance and Mercy

 Ask the God of all Creation to speak to your heart and mind about what He says in this passage, His warning to repent of our sin and turn to His ways.

2 Chronicles 28:6-15

6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. 

8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

From Genesis through Revelation, God has only one plan of salvation.

Our Lust For Diversity and Perversity Has Consequences

Humanity has a sinful penchant for lusting for diversity and perversity, but we try to deny any consequences that should naturally occur, once we have indulged our appetites. We must learn to judge ourselves and our appetites according to God's Law and not our own imaginations and inclinations, for there are always going to be eternal consequences even if we believe that we are getting away with our present sin. God's Word, the Bible, assures us of these things, despite how delusional and ignorant we try to be about His way of doing things, for we are eternally accountable to Him, our Creator, no matter what we temporally desire.

2 Chronicles 28:1-5
¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: 

²  For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 

³  Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 

⁴  He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 

⁵  Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 

We make the choice of where we shall spend eternity. We decide whether to repent and accept God's salvation or to despise it. There is no middle ground and human religion and religiosity are not pleasing to God. Either we accept His Christ or we damn ourselves.

Please, before it is too late for you and your life, choose Jesus Christ, our Creator, who made us in His image. Do not be deceived by the world and Satan, for he is the father of lies and all that seeks to fight against God.

The Degrading of American Society and Morality

 The following things are paraphrases of some wise words that I've read elsewhere, exposing the popular "political correctness" trends that are destroying us spiritually, morally, and socially.

• How is it, that,…if a male pretends to be a female, or visa versa, we are politically, and sometimes legally, required to pretend that that person’s gender confusion is not confusing and destructive for society?

• How is it that,...if males or females decide to have sexual relations with someone of their own sex, that the rest of us are now politically forced to endure or even praise that behavior, even though God says it is an abomination because that kind of sexual behavior undermines natural biological procreation on which families and society are naturally founded?

• How is it, that,…Russians influencing our elections is obviously a bad thing, but, why does our society justify felons, illegal aliens, and deceased voters being allowed to be counted as voters in our elections?

• How is it, that,…since the human brain isn’t fully formed until about 23 to 25 years of age, twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote and die for our country?

• How is it, that,…some folks want people who have never owned slaves to pay slavery reparations to people, or their families, who were never slaves? Why is it that society makes so much noise about slavery and hardly anyone says anything about the way the American Indians have been treated by our society, or the genocide of the race of giants that the Indians exterminated?

• How is it, that,…people who have never been to college should be taxed to pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees that are supposed to help the students earn so much more money than the people who didn’t go to college?

• How is it, that,…doctors, engineers, and other highly skilled people who want to immigrate to the US must patiently endure rigorous vetting processes, but illegals and criminals who violate our borders are welcomed in certain U.S. cities?

• How is it, that,…$5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not too expensive to care for people who don't eat right or care for themselves?

• How is it, that,…if you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country, some states allow you go to college for free?

• How is it that,...if most citizens cheat on taxes or lie to authorities we are held accountable and subject to punishments, but when we have allowed government or businesses to waste, squander, lie, or cheat, there is seldom any consequence for those high level offenders of the Law, for they are often promoted for their connivance?

• How is it, that,…though we see Socialist and Communist countries bankrupted and collapsing around the world, yet those dying political philosophies seem like attractive governmental blueprints to many of our citizens and politicians who refuse to admit reality?

• How is it, that,…some people are blamed or held responsible for things that happened before they were even born, while many other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now?

• How is it, that,...people increasingly reject the death penalty (even though God instituted it) and then the people complain about repetitive crimes, crowded prison conditions, and the egregious taxes and expenses to house criminals?

• How is it, that,…when criminals violate the rights of their victims, yet stopping or executing those criminals is often called a violation of THEIR rights?

• How is it, that,…messengers who point out social and political hypocrisy are often labeled as “hateful” or "racist"?

We are clearly living in an upside down world where right is called wrong and wrong is called right, where moral is called immoral and immoral is called moral, where good is called evil and evil is called good, where killing murderers is called wrong, but killing innocent unborn babies is called right.

Wake up America, our pride-swollen ship has hit an iceberg and is sinking fast. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely! Individually and collectively, we all need to repent of our sin and put our faith and practice in God’s Christ, for it is God’s only plan.

Isaiah 5:20  “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter”! 

Where Are Our Godly Leaders and Judges? If They Feared God, They Would Honor His Laws.

 2 Chronicles 19:4-7

⁴  And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
⁵ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 

⁶  And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 

⁷  Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 

God says that the fear of the LORD is a good and righteous and holy thing in which we should live and learn and prosper in Him. Don't allow the world and worldly people to steer you away from God's ways, for they will surely tell you that God's ways are wrong and their ways are right, even as God said that they would do in the 'last days'.

The choice is yours whether you choose the way of the world and eternal suffering or whether you choose God's Christ and His plan of eternal life.

What Does Luck Have To Do With Anything? Luck Doesn't Exist!

Tremendous numbers of people around the world believe in a superstition called "luck", instead of trusting the laws of probability or God's Word and intervention. They would rather give credit to something that doesn't exist, instead of giving God the credit and glory that He alone deserves for creating and overseeing all things. However, if one is willing to read the Bible, one can quickly see that there is no luck nor random chance, as humans usually think of these things. One quickly sees that God has put all things into motion according to His Laws and His Word, and that what He promises shall always happen in His timing.

2 Chronicles 18 is a great lesson and example for all of us. It's about two kings who were living life in contrast to one another and, yet, decided to go to war against a perceived common enemy. This fascinating historical account shows how these two kings fared, the one ignorantly trusting in chance, camouflage, and false gods, the other trusting in the Eternal Self-existent Almighty God who created all things (including humanity) for Himself, according to His ways. Read these Bible verses for yourself to learn which king survived the battle, historically, and why he survived, that you, too, might learn whether luck or the fulfillment of God's Word is the reality of this life.

When you see and accept God's truth in action, according to His Word, I urge you to repent and receive the only Christ that God has ever ordained and authorized to save us all from our sin. God bless you to select God's redemption before the end of your life, that you not choose to send yourself to eternal damnation.

God is the one who said that His plan is the only plan of salvation, and He alone is the only one who can guarantee it.

High Tech Social Media Creators Warn of Social Addiction and Chaos

I recently watched the Netflix “The Social Dilemma” documentary and discussion about social media that floods our computers and cell phones. Numerous people who have shaped how social media now works are interviewed in this documentary, saying that the algorithms that drive the social media apps are self-serving to addict users, glean as much personal info as possible, and to serve as means for the social media companies to sell as much targeted advertising as possible to the highest bidder, based on our personal info and our addiction time on their apps. 

I HIGHLY recommend watching this discussion and warning, as it raises extremely serious issues about the dysfunctional money-driven way that we, the social media so-called “account users”, are mined as products for our most private and intimate information, time, and attention. Those interviewed further warn us that our information is converted into targeted intermittent reinforcement techniques to become captivating and polarizing influences in our lives, our societies, and worldwide, because they make more money when people are polarized, tribalized, and at each other's throats socially, just as weapons manufacturers and dealers have known and fostered social discord for eons. 

In the documentary, former developers of these social media apps put great stress and urgency on how they, themselves, do not fully understand how the artificial intelligence (machine intelligence) successfully and selectively teaches itself to target the weakest, most addictive, and most divisive aspects of an individual media user's personality. The correlation between the advent of high tech social media and rapidly increasing social unrest, personal addiction to social media, suicide, and other societally dysfunctional behaviors are not random nor merely coincidental.

To paraphrase one speaker, if every user is fed different information to addict us to the media and maximize the monetary gain of the social app corporations, and each of us comes, thereby, to be so dysfunctionally influenced by artificial intelligence manipulated contrasting personal perceptions of what truth is supposed to be, without us having any real standard of truth, then we lose contact with any dominant apparent truth, which, in turn, breaks down all ability for us to truly communicate with anyone else, thus destroying the very fabric of responsible human social interaction, and especially blinding humanity to God's Truth.

https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/the-film/

Because of that worldly influence that strives to tear down Truth, I strenuously urge everyone, near and far, to test and prove all things, including what is on the internet, by the literal Word of God in the Bible, while the Bible is still available to us.

God bless you as you seek God’s truth.

Even Giants Fall To Determined Men

1 Chronicles 20:4-8
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. 

5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Over and over, in the Bible and history, IF we study them, we can see that bullies, giants, and sin all fall to those who determine to do the righteousness in which God tells humanity to abide. Those who rely on God's Word and truly believe on the LORD and His Christ, then desire to turn to God's Word and Christ, in repentance and faith, and are promised life eternal. That life with God and His only Christ, His only Savior, is an eternally blessed life of beauty, light, and joy, forever.

Without that repentance and faith, the rest, who deceive themselves by habitually enticing themselves with false religions and choosing to practice sin, fail to overcome sin's ravages. Those who have chosen this latter path of sin and its temporal fulfillments are promised eternal consciousness and eternal suffering in which they shall forever agonizingly regret their wasted lives.

Today, by God's mercy and grace, you can overcome your sin by turning to Jesus Christ, instead of remaining lost in sin and letting it weigh you down for eternity.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved."

Our Works, Our Denial, and Ignoring Truth Won't Save Us: Only God's Christ, Jesus, Can Do It

1 Chronicles 10:13-14
¹³  So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
¹⁴  And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. 

Worldly systems and philosophies of government and religions have never been a friend of God nor of His Word. Though there is much seeking after power and so-called spirituality, there is little seeking after what God says to us and wants of us. God has never been pleased with people going off to do "their own thing", instead of following what He has commanded. He tells us, ahead of time, what is good and evil. He tells us, ahead of time, the fruit and consequences of our choices, whether we choose to walk with Him or fight against Him. Even our neglect of Him, His Word, and His ways is a choice to attack His command. 

Luke 10:27

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

He tells us, in Romans Chapter One, that all the natural world and its laws of nature show us, inexcusably, that God is God and that all things point to our need to heed Him and draw close to Him.

Therefore, since He has already given us His Word in the Bible, let us seek the Almighty Self-existent Eternal God, our Creator, in and through His only begotten son, His only Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, who, alone, led a sinless perfect life that He, alone, could shed His sinless blood and die for our sin, and then that He raised Himself from the dead on the third day, as He promised, according to the Scripture. His only plan of salvation is that all of us can and must turn to Him alone, in "repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ", if we want to choose eternal life in God. Otherwise, we shall have chosen to die alone, forever, in conscious separation and torment. Please turn from your sin, now, and turn to God's only plan of salvation and He shall make you free from the bondage and burden of your sin and its eternal consequences. 

Idolatry Pretends to Know God, But Doesn't Trust the Only Real God

When God tells us to fear and respect and love Him, we prove our love and allegiance by what we do, not just by what we say. It is one thing to fear someone in awe and respect and quite another to fear them out of terror of harm. God wants us to fear Him the first way for that leads us away from having to dread what He can and shall do if we don't obey what He has already told humanity in the Bible. 

God has forbidden all idol worship, for idolatry of any kind proves that we are not in a right relationship with the Self-Existent One, the Eternal One, whether we worship self, things, or other people. Idols are anything we seek first, instead of taking our concerns and petitions directly to the One True God. 

2 Kings 17:41
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. 

Those people were afraid of God because they did not want to know Him personally. They put worldly things and religious behaviors ahead of seeking God, and they continued deceiving themselves into thinking and acting as if their idols were gods, even after they were repeatedly told God's truth. 

If you want peace and redemption from and with God Almighty, then please read His Word, the Bible. The Bible's books of John and Romans summarize many principles of what God wants for us and show us the way of His only plan of salvation.

Let the Pain of the Old Time Jews be a Lesson to Us

Dear friend, 
Please, take heed to the lesson that God sets before us about the behavior of the Jews of Israel, in the old days, how they rebelled against Him and His Word, to lust after, worship, and do those things that God forbids. In our own day, we, collectively, have far exceeded the sinful excesses of Sodom, Gomorrah, and all the evils of yesteryear, for, collectively, we have institutionalized and many times legalized the abominations that God hates. Please, repent of your own evils. Seek God's Light and God's salvation, before it is too late for you.

2 Kings 17:7-23
⁷  For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
⁸  And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
⁹  And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
¹⁰  And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
¹¹  And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
¹²  For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
¹³  Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
¹⁴  Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
¹⁵  And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
¹⁶  And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
¹⁷  And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
¹⁸  Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
¹⁹  Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
²⁰  And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
²¹  For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
²²  For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
²³  Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 

Each of us shall choose where we spend eternity, either by accepting God's Christ and repenting or by rejecting Him.

Did "Black Lives Matter"/BLM Only Wash Its Face with Website Changes?

There is much excitement and activity in the world, today, about humans being unjust with other humans, about other people’s past and present sins, and who “matters” more than others. This all must be put in the godly perspective that there is a rise and fall in life, through which each of us must proceed, no matter what our good or bad accomplishments (earthly or godly), or who takes notice of them. We must remember that God struck Moses’ sister Miriam with leprosy when she complained that Moses had married an Ethiopian woman. We must remember that God hates the sin of prejudicial self-interest, no matter what tint or shade of skin with which people are born.

There is only one human race, for we all got off the same Ark, all our present gene pool landed with Noah’s family of eight people. All the rest of the people in the world were destroyed by that great worldwide flood that submerged and drowned everything. So, all the uppity nose-in-the-air nonsense is wrong for any of us to practice. God made us all in His image. It is our personal and collective sin against God that we all should be hating, not hating each other. Instead of arguing with each other, we should be chastening ourselves about why we are resisting obedience to God’s Word, for it is His Word of Life to us. If we really choose to live God’s truth, then we shall love, cherish, and respect one another, seeking to help one another return to God’s ways when we see our brothers, our sisters, our youth, our elders, or our neighbors fall into sin.

I was reading in 2 Kings 11:21 through 2 Kings 12:21 about the rise and fall of a king who started at 7 years old, did a lot to serve the LORD righteously, and was murdered at 47. Though his life was cut off, he lived successfully, as God defines success in Joshua 1:8.

What shall be said about our lives at God’s Judgment, whether we live a short life or a hundred years? Have we even taken the time to read His Word and find out if we are on His side? Have we accepted or rejected His plan of salvation? (which we can read, here, in many languages)… We all shall give account to God for all of our thoughts, feelings, and actions in which we have engaged in this life. God’s perfect judgment shall prevail, so it is important that we look to His Word to see how we measure up, for He says we all fall short of Him and His ways because of our sinful natures and our self-indulgence.

We must all repent, and must turn to His way of salvation. Only from that foundation shall we remove the painful obstruction of sin from our own eyes, so that we can then “judge righteous judgment” as He commands us to do. Only then shall we begin to understand godly biblical knowledge by which to measure and challenge every sin that humanity commits. God only offers us Jesus Christ as God’s way for us to escape from eternal condemnation of all of our sin. Only the sinless blood of Christ paid for it all. By His bodily resurrection from death He proved Himself God over all things, able to perform every one of His written promises in His Word, the Bible.

God commands us to obey the people and rules in governmental authority over us, as long as they don’t violate God’s Word. Yes, there is a LOT of room for all of our human institutions to improve and draw nearer to God and His ways. We must remember that no human government or organization can act in harmony with God or properly serve our fellow man unless its objectives, actions, and judgments are based in God’s truth and Word. However, our citizenry has allowed our government to move away from godly government, even as we have moved away from godly living. We have all been guilty, at some point, of pointing sin-stained fingers at others.

The BLM movement is no exception. Now, or in the past, the Black Lives Matter movement, as many other groups, have publicly and in their websites stated that they seek to promote unholy relationships and activities that God says are abominations, even to the point of publishing in their websites that they seek to tear down the “nuclear family” as God defines family. Only a few weeks ago, BLM had several manifesto-like website comments, in their About and What We Believe links, including intentions to attack the nuclear family and to foster their promotion of unholy relationships and unholy actions. Their anti-family info (from their website) must have quickly spread across the internet, for it seems to have utterly disappeared.

Instead of continuing to, publicly, admit their formerly published hostile intents, they seem to have scrubbed and shortened the appearance of many areas of their public website, including their About and What We Believe links. Today, I could not relocate the formerly posted hostile comments. Either BLM mistakenly allowed some anti-God anti-family radical/s to gain access to their IT department and post misrepresentations of BLM goals and objectives, OR… BLM is now retreating from their former public attack on the nuclear family and hiding their true intents. IF some radical person/s posted those hostile comments and intents contrary to BLM policy and objectives, there has been no posting or no public apology on their website regarding the former hostile comments that sought the destruction of the nuclear family. Therefore, comparing their past and present website info, BLM appears to be a group that has no respect for God, His ways, or godly family structure.

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7

God bless you as you walk with Him according to His Word.

Sin: What Does It Mean? What Is It?

Today, in 2020, most of the world seldom uses the word "sin" or its equivalent, unless referring to things that we do not like someone else doing. Humanity seldom uses that word in reference to ourselves or our own actions. What does that word "sin" mean, that we are so selective about how we use it? What does God mean by it?

The origin of the word "sin", in English, goes way back, rooted in older languages that have influenced our modern American English, and yet, even then, it still referred to one's actions being morally off the mark and not in agreement with God's ways. In Spanish the word "sin" means without, though the Spanish word for sin is "pecado". The Spanish could very well say "sin justicia", "sin la bendición de Dios", or "sin santidad", meaning without righteousness, without the blessing of God, and without holiness, for those are all sinful states of action and being. Every time we go against what God says, whether in thought, word, or deed, we choose to sin against Him, and, in our sin we violate ourselves, for God designed us, made us, and gave us free will, that we should choose to live holy lives and walk with Him, rather than to serve our own fleshly lusts and fantacies.

Whether we say that sin is morally out of synch with God or without God's blessing, the sense and impact of the actions of sin are the same. God says, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”. God is speaking of His Law, not the willy-nilly laws of humanity that are contrary to the things that God has said.

God warns humanity, as He warned the Jews in Exodus, "...be sure your sin will find you out." He further tells us that, "...the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.", and that all who refuse to repent, the devil, sin, death, and hell itself shall be "...cast into the lake of fire..." at God's Final Judgment. There are few souls in this life, compared to the world's population, who are willing to speak honestly of these things, so I challenge the reader to take this seriously, for it is NOT an argumentative exercise nor a religious rant. God said this stuff and He is eternally serious about it, wanting to see you trust Him and what He has said. He's patient, but He's not going to wait forever for you to choose Him and His ways.

Anyone who wants to know God's remedy for our sin can know it with God's full assurance. Read God's solution in John and Romans. Trust God's one and only Savior, Jesus Christ, for God's plan of salvation is the only eternal plan that God ever made and approved for redeeming all of us who are willing to repent and turn to Him.

Innocent Bloodshed in USA: Are We REALLY Fighting for the Rights of Everyone?

Most citizens of the USA are not well-versed about the biology of a baby's life inside the child's mother, nor with what God's Bible says about when human life begins. The baby is a discrete human being, separated from the mother's body from the moment of conception, though the baby is reliant on the mother for protection and sustenance as it grows in her womb. The baby is not part of the mother's biological system, but has its own. The baby is not the property of the mother, but a uniquely formed human being.

Norma McCorvey (the real Jane Roe) spoke out about her role in the deceptive legal travesty that became the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is McCorvey's reported later legal deposition that admits the illegal deception that opened the door to more than 60 million babies being executed since Roe v. Wade was allowed by SCOTUS.

Proverbs 6:16-19
¹⁶  These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
¹⁷  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
¹⁸  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
¹⁹  A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 

Since God created this world and humanity, He has not approved of premeditated bloodshed of any innocent people, born or unborn. Just like Cain killing his brother Abel, for Cain's own selfish reasons, abortion is humanity violating God's realm. No matter how desperate the human situation, the deliberate killing of unborn babies is against biology and God. Yes, God has tolerated war and the execution of evildoers to stop the spread of sin, but too often, people fail to understand or accept God's definition of truth.

God is very concerned that people stop the slaughter of innocents, but He leaves the choice up to us, to see if we are going to continue to indulge our sins instead of doing things His way. We're all going to answer to Him for this ongoing nationwide infanticide.

In the USA, in 2020, there is little active interest or support for unborn children and their right to life. The great majority of our people are (with great focus on self-preservation) mainly living in fear or protesting virus related policies, plus all sorts of "politically correct" issues. Outside of the few who want to protect the rights of unborn babies, US citizens continue to fall into one of four major camps about the murder of our unborn children: they either ignore, don't care, may support, or even advocate the killing of unborn US children, while, in the pretense of righteousness and goodness, they have all their favorite "PC" topics and groups that they believe in or support. What a hypocritical way to live, to say one wants truth, equality, and righteousness, but yet refuse to be willing to publicly admit and call murder murder? Many people publicly exercise their energy, shouts, and anger, voicing their feelings about abuses toward people of certain skin colors or social backgrounds, among the living. However, when will those same argumentative people choose to direct their ferocity into a selfless fight against the murder of innocent unborn children?

The USA needs to repent! Here is God's way to make eternal peace with this and every contentious issue.

God Defines and Condemns All Sexually Deviant Behavior

As with God's damning of all sin, God is, likewise, wholly displeased with the practice of anything that He calls sexually deviant behavior. He is also NOT pleased with any persons or groups who promote any so-called "political correctness" by which they make excuses for anything that God calls sin. Every soul who practices or makes excuses for sin shall answer to God. Be assured that He accepts no excuse for the sin we choose in life, as He says below.

Romans 1:16-32 (King James Bible)
¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

¹⁷  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
¹⁸  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;    
¹⁹  Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
²⁰  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
²¹  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
²²  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
²⁴  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
²⁵  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
²⁶  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
²⁷  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
²⁸  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
²⁹  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
³⁰  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
³¹  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
³²  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 

God damns every sin. Yet, in His great merciful love of humanity, God has provided the one clear way, His only way of salvation from all of our sins. The choice is ours to make, whether we choose to repent of our sin and its eternal damnation where none can comfort or help us, or not; or whether we choose God's salvation and freedom. Please choose God's Way for it is the only way to agreement with God and to the only peace and eternal life that He offers to humanity. Reading John and Romans in His Bible can help you understand what God expects of you and why He is so interested in you. He once winked at the sinful bumbling of humanity, but now commands all humanity to repent, as He says in Acts 17: 30.

Return to God Almighty and His Only Savior

Throughout the Bible (God's written word) He continually tells humanity to turn from our sinful ways and return back to Him. He gave us the example of Israel and the Jews, that we might learn from their errors throughout history. He gave us His commands to point out our sinful ways and to prove to us that we cannot save ourselves, especially if we reject His Word, His ways, and His Savior.

Here's a specific example of God's warnings to Israel and to all humanity, that we might heed it and choose His salvation and His only way to eternal freedom.

1 Kings 9:6-9
⁶  But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
⁷  Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
⁸  And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
⁹  And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

Please choose God's only path of salvation for He alone loves you so much that He has made the only way to escape from the  eternal condemnation that you deserve for your sin (as we all deserve). His Savior came to set us all free from the burden and damnation of sin.

All Leaders and Rulers Need This

Do you want to be a real leader, in truth? Are you already in a position of leadership? 

Joshua 1:8
⁸  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 

2 Samuel 23:1-3
¹ Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 

²  The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
³  The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 

John 3:1-21
¹  There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 

²  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
³  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
⁵  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
⁶  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
⁷  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
⁸  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
⁹  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
¹⁰  Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
¹¹  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
¹²  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
¹³  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
¹⁴  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
¹⁵  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
¹⁶  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
¹⁷  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
¹⁸  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
¹⁹  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
²⁰  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
²¹  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.    

All who want to be leaders that please God Almighty must surrender their lives to Him, which can only be done in and through His Messiah, His Christ, Jesus.