LORDSHIP SALVATION

HEREIN LIES A FIERCE DEBATE IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TODAY...CAN YOU HAVE JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOUR AND NOT AS LORD? CAN A MAN OR WOMAN BE SAVED AND STILL LIVE IN OPEN REBELLION TO THE GOD THEY CLAIM TO LOVE AND BELONG TO? CAN A MAN LIVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT FOR HOLY LIVING, SACRIFICIAL SERVICE OR COMMUNION WITH GOD ALMIGHTY AND STILL GO TO HEAVEN TO LIVE FOREVER WITH CHRIST AND THE SAINTS? WHY DON'T WE LET THE LORD JESUS ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR US: "IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS". JOHN MADE IT VERY CLEAR IN HIS FIRST EPISTLE "IN THIS ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. HE THAT DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD." 1 JOHN 3:10 KJV
THE ANSWER EMPHATICALLY IS NO! THE SAME GRACE THAT SAVES A SINNER WILL KEEP HIM SECURE AND ENABLE HIM TO WALK HOLY BEFORE GOD ALMIGHTY. NO CHRISTIAN HAS EVER, OR EVER WILL BE PERFECT IN THE SENSE OF SINLESS PERFECTION, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE ALLOWS US TO FAIL (BY OUR OWN DECEITFUL HEARTS), IN ORDER TO CAUSE US TO FURTHER LEAN ON HIM AND HIM ALONE, BUT TO LIVE IN HABITUAL AND OPEN REBELLION TO GOD IS TO PROVE WHERE YOUR ALLEGIANCE LIES, ie THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL. SINNERS DO WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. THEY SIN BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. IT IS NOT UNTIL GOD BY HIS GRACE PLANTS FAITH IN THEIR WICKED HEARTS THAT THEY RECEIVE CHRIST'S NATURE AND ARE THEREBY ENABLED TO LIVE RIGHT. THIS IS NOT WORKS SALVATION AS SOME WOULD CLAIM, BUT SIMPLY THE BIBLE AND THE LORDSHIP SALVATION TAUGHT THEREIN.

RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

THE OPENING VERSES OF 1 KINGS 17 INTRODUCE TO US ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE CHARACTERS IN ALL THE BIBLE, ELIJAH. A MAN OF GOD WHO APPEARS ON THE SCENE OF ACTION READY TO DO BATTLE WITH ANY WHO OPPOSE HIS GOD. I IMAGINE THAT IN TODAY'S RELIGIOUS WORLD ELIJAH WOULD BE LABELLED HATEFUL AND INTOLERANT, MAYBE EVEN A HERETIC! BUT WITH THESE OPENING VERSES WE HAVE THE GREATEST OF ALL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MAN ELIJAH; HE SAID TO AHAB " I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS"! YOU MEAN HE ACTUALLY CARES MORE ABOUT GOD THAN THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS!!! HOW AWFUL! HOW RUDE! HOW HATEFUL FOR HIM TO DEFY THE LAW AND SPEAK TO THE KING THAT WAY! WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS! AND WHY DOES HE THINK HE REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD, RINGS THE SO FAMILIAR CRIES OF THOSE WHO WOULD ADVOCATE DOING NOTHING WHILE ISRAEL CONTINUED TO RUSH HEADLONG INTO SIN! IN THIS MODERN DAY IT IS NO DIFFERENT, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED BY FRIENDS, FORSAKEN BY FAMILY AND CHURCHES FOR BEING JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS. I STAND ON THE STREETS OF THIS NATION TO WARN SINNERS TO FLEE THE WRATH TO COME AND TO BE A VOICE FOR GOD'S HOLINESS IN THIS EVIL NATION. SCORN ME IF YOU WILL, LET ANOTHER FRIEND WAVE GOODBYE AND MOCK ALL WHO WOULD. STILL CHRIST IS EXALTED AS LORD OF ALL AND I AM HUMBLY THANKFUL TO BE USED OF GOD. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH THIS WORLD IN THE BEST WAY YOU KNOW HOW, I COMMEND YOU HOWEVER IF YOU ARE TO ASHAMED OR LAZY TO EVEN PRAY, WITNESS OR BE FAITHFUL TO A BIBLE PREACHING CHURCH.......GET BUSY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE OTHERS.

FOR THIS CAUSE GOD GAVE THEM UP TO VILE AFFECTIONS.........

SATURDAY THE 31ST FOUND A SMALL GROUP OF FAITHFUL MEN ONCE AGAIN PREACHING AGAINST THE WRETCHED SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY. AS WE ARRIVED I OVERHEARD ONE OF THE SODOMITES , WITH A SIGH , SAY "THEY ARE HERE EVERY YEAR!". MY HEART LEAPED FOR JOY THAT ,IF NOTHING ELSE, THE PERSEVERANCE OF GOD'S SERVANTS WAS BEING WITNESSED. HOWEVER I COULD NOT HELP TO FEEL THAT THE MAIN REASON THAT GOD HAD LEAD THE PREACHERS HERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR WAS TO SIMPLY ANNOUNCE JUDGMENT ON A SICK AND PERVERTED AMERICA. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS NATION! IN GOD'S NAME HAVE WE LOST OUR MINDS! TO HAVE CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HOLDING CELEBRATIONS FOR SODOMY! THE LEVEL OF DELUSION IS FRIGHTENING AND IT IS GETTING FAR WORSE. WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THESE DAYS AS IF THEY WOULD NEVER COME-AND NOW HERE WE ARE. WITH NEW HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE MOST SODOMITE FRIENDLY PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME, WE NOW GET TO SEE WHO IS REAL AND WHO IS FAKE. ARE WE REALLY WILLING TO RISK JAIL OR PRISON TO GLORIFY GOD WITH OUR STREET PREACHING MINISTRIES...........YES WE ARE! NO LAW OR PUNISHMENT CAN QUENCH THE WORD OF OUR GOD, AND GOD HELP US TO STAND THE TEST OF PERSECUTION. IF YOU SKEPTICS AND THOSE WHO CALL US HATEFUL AND INTOLERANT, COULD HAVE BEEN IN ATLANTA ON SATURDAY YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A REAL IDEA OF WHO IS REALLY HATEFUL! VULGARITY AND PERVERSION OF THE UNTHINKABLE SORT SPEWED FORTH FROM ALL AROUND THOSE WOULD WOULD DARE TO PREACH GOD'S WORD! WE WERE ASSAULTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD DID NOT RENDER EVIL FOR EVIL. THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES DO NOT LIE- http://www.warningsofwrath.com/ MY THANKS TO PASTOR RANDY BRYSON AND PASTOR BILLY BALL FOR THE INVITE TO PREACH WITH THEM IN ATLANTA.

God's gift to my family.

I write this newest post with the joyful news of the birth of our new baby boy! In addition to Gabrielle 8, Lilian 4 and Samuel 2, we now have Jeremiah Owen! Children are an heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is his reward.-Psalm 128:

THE GREATEST NEED OF THE CHURCH

THROUGHOUT THE 2000 YEARS OF THE CHURCHES EXISTENCE MANY GREAT CHURCHES HAVE STOOD OUT AS THOUGH THEY WERE PERFECTLY IN TUNE WITH THE HEART OF CHRIST. MANY HAVE WROUGHT WONDERFUL WORKS AND SEEN THE POWER OF REAL REVIVAL. THEY HAD DIFFERENT PASTORS WITH DIFFERENT STYLES OF PREACHING, DIFFERENT MUSIC AND SONGS, DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS BUT THEY ALL HAD ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR- A PASSIONATE BURDEN FOR THE LOST! THE CHURCH WHO IS FOLLOWING CHRIST CLOSELY ENOUGH WILL FEEL THE WARMTH OF HIS BEATING HEART, AND THE HEART OF CHRIST IS TO BRING THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. PROSPERITY AND POLLUTION HAVE DESTROYED THE FOCUS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOUR AND THE GREATEST NEED WE HAVE IS TO BEAR UP UNDER THE LOAD OF THE BURDEN OF THE LORD AND " WAFT IT ON THE ROLLING TIDE...JESUS SAVES, JESUS SAVES! TELL TO SINNERS FAR AND WIDE...JESUS SAVES,JESUS SAVES!

The Wicked of Noah's day.......still in HELL.

Hell......it's a word that is synonymous with torment and pain. Hell is the dwelling place of all lost souls who know not God and obeyed not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many things could be said about the horrors of Hell, fire, smoke, screaming, wailing, gnashing of teeth, darkness and far worse, the hopelessness of knowing that it is all ETERNAL! Yes dear sinner, the wicked of Noah's day still grope and claw at the wall of an ark that no longer exists. In their mind, their rejection of God's way of Salvation is fresh and very real. God said to get in the ark, and they would be saved, God now says, repent and believe the Gospel and you can be saved. Will you go God's way....or will you go to HELL.

STREET PREACHING IN HAYWOOD COUNTY,NC

I WAS HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ALLOWED BY GOD TO TAKE TO THE STREETS OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC TODAY. GOD PAVED THE WAY FOR THE GOSPEL AND MANY HEARTS WERE TOUCHED. IN THE PICTURES TO THE RIGHT ARE MYSELF AND BRO. JOSHUA MCELRATH IN TWO DIFFERENT CITIES(WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON). WE RAN INTO OPPOSITION EARLY IN THE TRIP WHEN THE MANAGER OF BEST BUY TRIED TO VIOLATE OUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PREACH AND HOLD SCRIPTURE SIGNS ON A PUBLIC SIDE WALK. HE WAS ANGRY, COWARDLY AND OBVIOUSLY CONVICTED BY WHAT WE WERE DOING SO HE THEN CALLED THE POLICE. GOD BE THANKED,THE WAYNESVILLE PD UPHELD OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS AND CHRISTIANS! THE MANAGER THEN TRIED TO HAVE OUR TRUCK TOWED AND WE WERE FORCED TO MOVE IT , BUT WE STAYED TO PRESENT THE GOSPEL UNTIL GOD SAID TO LEAVE. MY THANKS TO WPD FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND SUPPORT AS WE TRY TO REACH THE LOST IN OUR TOWNS AND IN OTHERS. MY SINCEREST THANKS ALSO TO BRO. MCELRATH FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO GET OUT ON THE STREETS AND FULFIL THE GREAT COMMISSION.