Even If One Were To Rise From The Dead, They Will Never Believe

   Some people will never be convinced of a case, even if all the evidence shows what is true. In Jesus' day, many refused to believe that He rose from the dead. They created a rumor saying that His disciples stole His body.

While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. Matthew 28:11-15 ESV

  If a person ends up in hell, he or she would want to make sure that their relatives do not end up there. There is a story in the Bible, in the book of Luke, which depicts such a story. It is about a rich man who was very self centered, who had a beggar who was sick and had sores all over his body. The beggar ate the crumbs from the table. 

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Over time, both the rich man and the beggar died. The beggar ended up with Abraham, safe in his arms, while the rich man was in the flames of hell. 

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The rich man was in torment, and wanted out, and called out to Abraham. But Abraham informed the rich man that he deserved to be in hell, and that there was a great gulf between him and Abraham that could never be crossed. So, when the rich man realized that he would always be in hell, he wanted his brothers to be warned about going there. 

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Abraham informed the rich man that his brothers had the Law and Moses. Then Abraham said something interesting. He said that if the brothers would not listen to Moses and the Prophets, the brothers would never be convinced even if One were to rise from the dead. 

  We know Jesus rose from the dead, yet, there were people who refused to believe it. Instead, they gave money to the soldiers who knew about the resurrection, and told them to tell people that Jesus' disciples stole His body while the soldiers were asleep. Now the soldiers had a temptation; were they going to take the money and spread the rumor, and save their lives, or, would they tell the truth of what really happened at the empty tomb?

  Ever since the Fall of Man, as described in Genesis 3, people have construed lies and many had followed those lies. The interesting part of this is that, rather than being just tricked into believing lies, they chose to believe the lie. In other words, the supposed case comes first. It may not even be a true case, but it goes with a narrative designed by someone or by a group, and the followers choose to follow the lie or rumor, even when evidence comes forth that the story is a lie. 

  The truth can be right in front of us, and we can choose to believe the lie instead. It just goes to show that maybe, just maybe, we really aren't seeking after the Truth after all. We are just going with what we want to believe, even though evidence shows that our treasured belief is not true. It is a heart issue. 

Why Would Customers Steal American Flags?

I was at Lowes yesterday, and the customers in front of me were buying an American flag. The cashier made the comment that she noticed that American flags had disappeared from the shelves. It appeared that people were stealing them. They were puzzled and angry that people who were patriotic would steal a flag.

But I had a different take. I told them that they were stealing the flags because they wanted to destroy them. The lights came on for them, as they had never thought of that before.

Friends, we are engaged in another great Civil War, only it is more like a cold civil war than the one fought in the 1860s.

People are openly defiant toward our country. Their actions reveal what is going on in their hearts. These people are so filled with hatred that it is infecting the whole country right now.

The two dividing issues really have to do with government. How much power should the government have? To what degree are we going to trust the government with? How big should the government be?

The whole idea of government is really based upon the ability for its citizens to have self-government. The government should not need to have a great amount of control over us. We should be the ones making our decisions and living out our belief systems. Government should not control our thinking and decision making. But that is what one group believes and is fighting for.

The issue centers around the subject of responsibility. Who is responsible for me? The liberal Left has decided that certain groups of people are 'victims', and therefore they are no longer responsible for their actions. The liberal Left seems to be skilled in creating victim groups for they know that if they can lead the people to believe that they are helpless victims, they (the liberal Left) will come to their rescue. Then those helpless victims will support the Democratic party with their votes. These citizens and the Democratic party will feed off each other.

The Bible tells us we are responsible for ourselves. It is not the government's responsibility to take care of us and do all our thinking and decision making. God created us with skills to develop. He wired each person a certain way, and that person, if in the right kind of environment, will develop those skills and make a living to provide for himself or herself and their families. This is how people thrive.

The liberal Left will remove the desires and ambitions of developing skills that can help and serve us for our lifetimes. Instead, the liberal Left will demote people who work hard and are successful in their jobs, and will take their money and use it for the government's benefit. So, the hard working person is really only living to serve the government, and the government in turn, will serve the victimized person by doing his or her thinking and decision making, and by paying all their bills. This form of government will keep the person dependent on them.

Anyway, sadly people in this country are either ignorant or naive to the fact that there is nothing for free. These people who tell us that they will fight for free education and health care, are only pipe dreaming. If this objective were possible, then someone else would have figured out a long time ago, how to make it work. It doesn't just happen on its own. It can't happen because it is impossible. Unless you want to steal from other people groups, which is unjust.

So, these groups of people who think they are victimized, are the angry, hateful ones, who burn and trash American flags. They want a new America. They want an America that offers everything for free. Isn't this what the Socialistic ideology is all about?


But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1 Timothy 5:8

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
But he that had received one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
After a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou delivered unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him who has ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that doesn't have shall be taken away even that which he has.
 And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.    Matthew 25:14-30

The Trojan Horse That's Being Invited To Enter The United States

  We all know the story of the Trojan Horse, how the people in the city welcomed it. It entered the city and then opened itself up with a bunch of traitors. We know how it ended.

  The city was deceived into thinking that the Trojan Horse was something nice, like a gift. They gladly opened the gates to the city and let him in. They were deceived, and they lost.

  Well, America has its own Trojan Horse. Only the betrayers are those who are leading authorities on the Liberal Left side. They are welcoming and encouraging this Trojan Horse, and are fighting for him to come in, using the legal system in a warped way. They are using the law to enable this Trojan Horse to enter. They are finding and making loopholes legally against the President who is trying to keep out the Trojan Horse.

  The Democratic party really, really wants illegal immigrants to come in. Not only will they use this to usurp the President's authority, but they will use to to make another large victim group that they will use to create a permanent underclass which will support this party with their votes. Once they get them in, they will raise our taxes to pay for their education and medical care as well as the other needs these people want. (Illegal immigrants have a higher priority to the liberal Left).

  You might be wondering why hordes of people are coming toward our country all of the sudden. How are these poor people going to afford this and why would they take the risk of coming here?

  There are unbelievable dangers in this trek, yet, these people have some motive for coming here. Is someone supporting them if they cooperate? I don't know, but, I did read where a news report was given, probably in the Honduras, and these people were promised money if they took the trip. But then the person supposedly responsible for paying them for making the trip denied this offer to them.

  I heard briefly that this is a global event. This is not just a bunch of people who are suddenly realizing that if they come to America, things will be better. This event obviously has been orchestrated by someone, most likely a Left winger, and maybe even a Democrat.

  Whatever this is, and whatever the original motives were, this is an open door for the drug trade and the sex slave trade to enter our country without being caught first.

  It's sad because the Democratic party used to be for the working person. They were very good on being concerned with jobs and the economy. A lot of people voted Democrat for that very reason. Their children and grandchildren also voted Democrat. It was passed down in the family.

  I have also heard that the Democratic party is the party of slavery, and those who started the KKK were all Democrats. So, there was a mixture there long ago.

  But today, what happened? I believe the Democratic party was hijacked by the liberal Left, and now it is a socialist/communist party, sadly. They are not concerned about the safety of the nation, nor are they concerned about people having jobs. The economy means nothing to them.

  So, they want these illegal immigrants to come and live here, at our expense, of courses. When these people come in, we will foot the bill for them. They are not victims, as the Democratic party would like you to believe. They are people created by God, in the image of God, for the purpose of glorifying God. They were designed to create a society where they live. But instead, the Democratic party wants you and me to believe that they are victims, and therefore, are not responsible for themselves.

   Don't let the Democrats fool you either. They complain about the supposed situation at the Border where parents and children are separated. The president actually took action to begin the process of stopping that. Those pictures they show of the children being separated or in foil (whatever that was about) were taken when Obama was president. Our current president has taken action and showed compassion with that, but you will not see anything of that on CNN, CBS, NBC, etc.

  The Liberal Left Democrats are not compassionate. They are actually full of hate. For anyone who can create and pass bills allowing babies that are unwanted to die, something is wrong. Something is broken with this system. These people are hypocrites at best.

  The difference between the story of the Trojan Horse, and us today, is that in America, there are many, many people who see through this dilemma. They know exactly what is going on and why. But there is an opposing party that is coming to the rescue of the Trojan Horse. The question is, which side will win?

  Do we want to listen and believe the hypocritical, hateful, lying party, or do we want to take action and do our part to do what is just and right?

Pray:
Salvation of lost people in America
God to raise up Godly, God-fearing people to run our country
The evil network in the top levels of government to unravel
The hidden works of darkness to be exposed
For God to raise up Godly judges to rule in our local court houses and in the Supreme Court
For God to render powerless, those who are opposing His will, who serve in the government today

I'm coming to bring Communism to you,
But you will never see it until I'm on
the inside doing my thing.
Picture attribute: By Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada - Replica of Trojan Horse - Canakkale Waterfront - Dardanelles - Turkey, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64144380