Why church folk are conditioned for deception By Minister Speed

In a letter to the Christians at Thessalonica, Paul speaks of a future event he calls "the day of the Lord." He writes:

"We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition" (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3).

Some theologians believe the "day of the Lord" Paul refers to here is the final judgment. However, I believe with most scholars that Paul is speaking of Christ second coming. And Paul states that Jesus return will not take place until two things happen:

1. A great apostasy will occur. Many who once knew God will fall away from the truth of the gospel they've known.

2. The Antichrist, or man of sin, will be "revealed."

It should be obvious to every lover of Jesus that a "falling away" is already taking place. Many believers today, as well as Christians throughout the past few decades, have grown cold in their love for God. With that in mind, I’d like to focus on Paul’s second point - that the day of the Lord won’t come until the "man of sin is revealed."

Paul says the mystery is simply this: Satan is going to seduce masses into depths of lawlessness! The Greek word Paul uses for iniquity in this passage means, literally, lawlessness. Therefore, the mystery is one of lawlessness - meaning, multitudes are going to act without law or restraint.

Yet, this lawlessness is not simply a rebellion against the rule of man. It’s not about rebelling against civil authority, or about committing robbery, rape or murder. These things do provoke God’s wrath. But the mystery of lawlessness goes much deeper. It is an outright rejection of the truth that is in Christ - a casting aside of Gods holy word and commands. It is rebellion against the restraints of Holy Scripture!

The sad fact of the matter is, today's evangelical church is headed up by a group of frauds - fakes who present themselves as evangelicals and as the heirs of our evangelical faith, and who trade on the godly reputation of yesterday's evangelicalism, yet all the while they deny the very doctrines which empowered that church and made it what it was. It may be an indication of how close to the end we really are. 

The Bible says, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1).

The Lord's prophecy concerning the greatest end-time deception should warn us that things are not always as they seem. For a deception to be so seductive that even the very elect would take pause to wonder if it is of God, it would have to have all the earmarks of a true work of God. That means it would come in the name of Jesus, it would have a great deal of solid biblical truth, it would affirm the Gospel, and it would be a "good work." And signs and wonders would accompany it. Those who might recognize and expose the deception would be looked upon as divisive, hateful and deceived themselves. For the most part, the churches would go along with the deception.

What is the cause that leads people into apostasy?

Deuteronomy 18: 19-22, is the test of a prophet, and Deuteronomy 13:1-3, is also the test of a prophet, except the Deuteronomy 13 test of a prophet is God's testing of the hearts of the people as to whether they love him or not. Understanding the text correctly, it seems that it was a deliberate act of God to allow a false teacher into their midst. " 

“For the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (v. 3). God tested the hearts of His people as to whether they were sincere of their love towards Him, and by them going after other god's was indication to God of their insincerity. Does not God test the hearts of His people today?

What did God do with Israel when they went into apostasy? He removed His blessing by permitting other nations to bring them into captivity. This caused them to cry out and repent. Along with seeing God deliver them out of the hands of their oppressors was His awesome power in being able to do this. Even though God was always merciful to Israel, He was not tolerant with them compromising His commandments.

Exalting Man

Many false and apostate wolves’ days are claiming special knowledge with spiritual sounding verbiage that impresses the simple minded and the scholar alike. Many are very charismatic and very educated with great skills.

When these men and women are standing in the church preaching behind a podium I honestly believe that “professing” Christians are being conditioned to believe in a faith that sounds good but is in opposition to the truth and it’s all done in the name of truth. But is all truth God’s truth? God’s Word IS Truth and that is the ONLY Truth we should set our hope upon.

Whether a person demonstrates extraordinary talents or not leads us to label or categorize them in some way.  There comes a time when a man is gifted with awesome talents. Depending upon our personal admiration of their talents it could lead to idolizing them. Placing someone in the position of self exaltation can lead them to believe by popularity they are of greater exceptional quality than others. This in event incites prideful misconceptions with the possibility of delusions of grandiose. It’s the age old problem from the beginning of mankind; Eve lied to by the Serpent that she and Adam could be as god's knowing good and evil. (Genesis Chapter 3)

Prevalent in the church is how leaders are exalting themselves above their adherents. Jesus said, "Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." (Mat. 23:10-12). 

Some movements declare themselves progressively reaching godhood, and exercise intimidation over their flocks for not being at the place of spiritual growth where they are. This attitude of superiority is severely condemned in the New Testament. Christians are "one body" (1 Cor. 12) who should love one another (1 Cor. 13; 1 John). Spiritual gifts are for the Christian community rather than one's individual abuse, and should be exercised in humility rather than pride (Cor. 12, 14; Ephesians 4:11-16). 

Jesus warned His disciples to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. A little leaven, of unscriptural teachings, will eventually leaveneth the whole.

There is much abuse which goes on towards God's flock by the so called shepherds. Some of the flocks are so mesmerized by the charisma of these false teachers, even if warned; they continue to follow them unquestioningly. We are not without excuse about the possibility of false prophets. The Lord has warned us of such shepherds, and one need to withdraw from them upon realizing this.

Do not be intimidated by what they might have to say if after what you have become aware of and wanting to withdraw when the eyes of your understanding become enlightened. It is your God given right and choice. Please read Ezekiel Chapter 34 and John Chapter 10 for confirmation of this abuse.

In the 6000 years of mankind’s existence, the nature of man has not changed. The pride he had then is identical to the pride he has now. His sinful acts then are identical to his sinful acts today. Mankind is in need of the Savior, the Savior God made provision for through His Son Jesus Christ, from the time they fell into sin. God's mercy has been demonstrated all the way through the entire history of mankind, who was already providing a way out for man from his fallen state immediately after the fall. (Gen 3:15)

The Laodicean Church of today

Rev. 3:14-22 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodicean write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Much has been made of this passage, using it to point out what is happening today in the apostate churches around the world.  It is true that they believe they are rich in spiritual things when they are very poor.  It can be applied to this the 7^th and last church age which represent this Laodicean and 7^th church in the book of Revelation.

This is significant because, by in large, it is the true Church today that has allowed the movements and men mentioned above to infiltrate and take over the agenda for what is called "Christianity" today.  Many in the Church have allowed heretics and false prophets to fill the airwaves with their apostasy and bring the truth into disrepute.  

Most have not drawn a clear line in the sand among believers and non-believers so that they would be able to understand that the leadership of those movements do NOT represent true biblical Christianity.

Many have not contended for the Faith in order to preserve the truth.  A large part of the true Church is lukewarm, just as Laodicea was addressed by John as part of the true Church. It has sat back and allowed heresy to take a front seat in the representing Christ and His Church while thinking that we are rich and "have need of nothing".  

It has parked itself in expensive pews and sanctuaries and not responded to the all-out attack on the core doctrines of the Faith and lying in the name of God that is taking place in thousands of churches and movements worldwide.  

When does the Bible say about those who use the name of the Lord yet teach heresy and make false prophecies without repentance are our brothers in the Lord?

Galatians 2:4  And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject;

Yet much of the true Church, by remaining silent, has not rejected the heresy, but instead has allowed the influence of these false brethren into our churches.  Many use their methods and materials.  They read their books and sing their songs.  Most pray with them using their agendas on the National Day of Prayer.  

Many watch them on TV saying they can eat the meat and spit out the bones, while actually being brought into bondage by their brainwashing.  How is it that the true churches that remain believe they will be spared judgment for, in effect, being ashamed (Mark 8:38) to stand up for the name of Christ today?  

The fact is that many true churches and true believers have been taught not to judge by the very people who need to be judged!  

The book of John Chapter 24 verse 7 states “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”  This means we judge according to the word of God and yes, we are to judge or test the spirits to see if they are of God.

Many true biblical churches and individual Christians today think they are fine because they say they are saved when, in fact, they are disobeying the commands of the Lord, thus proving they do not really love Him (John 14:24, John 15:10).  They are actually "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked".  

What needs to happen is for true believers today to buy gold refined in the fire of standing for the truth (Ephesians 6:14) and being persecuted for it (2 Timothy 3:12).  This is EXACTLY what many discernment and apologetic ministries including this one have done and have had to stand ridicule from both the apostate churches and from true believers.  

Those who are born again and wear the white clothes need to stop dirtying them by consorting with apostates.  We can pray for them and try to pull them from the fire (Jude 1:23) when the Lord opens the door, but we must mark and avoid them (Romans 16:17) until they come to the Faith or return to it. 

Otherwise how can the world know what true Christianity is all about?  The true Church and true Christians need to ask for wisdom from God to open their blind eyes they have turned on what is happening to the cause of Christ before the world today.

True believers need to REPENT of this adultery with the world, the flesh, and those who serve the enemy (1 John 3:8) instead of the Gospel!  We all have a lot to overcome and so we must, by faith (1 John 5:4), be over comers.

The Great Apostasy

The change from the church of Philadelphia to the Church of Laodicea is what the Bible refers to as the “great falling away” or the great apostasy.  As I stated above we are in the last Church Age known as the Laodicean Church Age.  This church age will be marked by Great Apostasy, Prosperity, Spiritual Delusion, Lack of Repentance or Confession, and complete Lawlessness.

“Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12).

Historically, there has always been apostasy in Christendom. Therefore this great and final sign before the beginning of the Great Tribulation has to stand out from all the other heresies and cults of the last 2,000 years. As with the other signs of the times that Jesus gave, like birth pangs, the ultimate fulfillment will be an extreme case compared to the similar signs leading up to it. Jesus said that in this world we will have tribulation and indeed we have, but the Great Tribulation will be a global condition that makes all other crises in history pale by comparison.

Conditions in the world are gearing up for the time that God will pour out His wrath on a Christ-rejecting world. And the apostate church, in bed with the world, is also rising in power and global unity. God will allow them both to prosper and take root until the cup of His indignation is full and ready to be poured out. :” Revelation 14:10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb)”:

It is not my intention to paint the T.D Jakes, Preachers of L.A, or The Crefelo Dollar’s as apostates, but to sound a warning of the direction I see these false prophets taking away from the faith once and for all delivered to the saints. If they heed the warning, not only sounded by me but by many voices of concerned watchmen in the church, they still have time to repent and make a course correction before they are totally given over to believe a lie and be damned. If they have no love for the truth, the Bible says that is their fate.

 “They did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”                  (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

Time By Minister Speed

Time

The most valuable commodity in my earthly life is my TIME. It is worth more than silver, gold, or any precious gem.  It cannot be earned, it cannot be discovered, and time is most certainly something that must be spent. It determines my success and my failures. 

My TIME is a personal resource and only I can spend my TIME. The way I manage my TIME has an effect on every area of my life. I can never get more TIME and I can never recover the TIME I've spent.

In managing my TIME I've assess my life. I’m very careful with whom I spend my Time with because if I waste my Time It can never be returned to me. My Time on this Earth is my gift from God. He and He alone knows when my Time is up so If something adds to my life I keep it, but If it doesn't align with God’s will for me, I attempt to immediately eliminate it. This is not done out of arrogance or conceit.

This is done BECAUSE I REFUSE TO WASTE MY TIME!!!

America's Youth Don't Need Revival, They Need Obedience By Minister Speed

Youth Revival 

Key Scripture

1 John 1:5-7, 5 this then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.  6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:  7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

The word fellowship comes from the word Fellow, meaning related by blood, marriage, or union.  And Ship meaning we are all going in the same direction or the same destination.

Youth – is defined as the time period between adolescent and adulthood. That means you are not a child but you’re not an adult either.

Revival – In my new book A Declaration to the Spiritual Soldier I stated that “The word revive in one sense means to restore to consciousness or life, to bring back from a depressed, inactive or unused state, but for Christianity this word has become an old worn out and archaic idea. 

The Christian definition for revival is a term that generally refers to a specific period of increased spiritual interest, or a renewal in the life of an individual, church congregation, or many churches, either regionally or globally, bringing AGAIN into activity and prominence the worship and spiritual influence of God.”

If you look at the word revival as I just outlined it then you will see a complete degradation of the very instrument which gives the church its influence and power. This instrument is the power of the Holy Spirit.

Without the Holy Spirit you have Spiritual sleep, spiritual death.  This proves conclusively that if there is a need for revival, then there must be a cataclysmic failure of the church to move, operate, and be led under the auspices of the Holy Spirit.  There is a breakdown of capacity and ability to walk and fellowship with Jesus Christ.

That is why you hear cry for REVIVAL……

The YOUTH today are under severe attack.  They are being overwhelmed without resistance, restraint, strategy, or vision

I am going to speak on and call out by NAME 7 Major spiritual attacks that the youth of today are facing.  Keep in mind if there is an attack it is because there are demons present.  

Keep in mind I am not talking about the youth of the world, I am talking about the youth in the Church house today.  The world is getting exactly what it CHOOSES by rejecting God.

Rebellion–To DIS-Honor the parents, Filthy communication w Parent, Teachers and each other.  God’s word said Honor thy Mother and Father that thy days may be long upon the earth.  This is why children are dying before their parents like never before.  You must learn HONOR and INTEGRTY.

Suicide – This is the spirit of DEPRESSION AND DEMISE. Suicide is a permanent to a temporary problem and is a direct result of not having faith in and walking in fellowship with Christ.  Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst Youth in America today.

Fornication – This is not just having sex outside of marriage but the forsaking of God and following after or depending on other gods and idols.  You open a door within yourself to demonic activity which can move through 3 to 4 generations after you.  The CDC states that 53% of all high school students have had sex. I’m calling it out tonight.  Let’s take the kids gloves off and say that this is against God and you will reap the consequences.

Abortions - The callous murder of one’s own unborn child.  This is satanic child sacrifice.  There have been 60 million abortions since Roe vs. Wade in 1971.  60% of these abortions are from black females age 16 to 25.  A lot of them from Christian homes.

Drug/Alcohol Abuse – Drugs and alcohol are mind and mood altering substances. Biblically in the Greek, the word for drug use is Pharmakia which when translated into English mean sorcery or witchcraft.  This includes marijuana and cigarettes. All drugs are a Spirit.  A Stronghold.  That’s why it’s hard to break any addiction.

STD’s – According to the CDC, About 9 million youth ages 13 to 19 contracts an STD each year. 10K youth contract HIV on a yearly basis. Of those 53% high school youth having sex, 77% of them do so without birth control.  We have an epidemic on hour hands parents.  Today is your Wake-Up call!!!

The Spirit of entitlement – Youth today believes they are owed something or are privileged to it JUST BECAUSE.  They are selfish, self-centered, dishonest, and full of fear.   The main reason behind this is the Country, the State, the City, and the Households are all out of order.   Children now run their household.  Listen what you want is not a RIGHT but a PRIVILEGE.

I know that I’m going to step on some toes here with what I’m about to say, BUT These pestilence, diseases, mental illnesses, addictions, delusions, and deaths have always been allowed by God for sinful acts in the bible.  

They are judgments.  

They are not just happening by accidents.  The Bible plainly teaches that our choices bear consequences. Whatever a man sows, that’s what he reaps (Galatians 6:7-8). 

Righteousness brings blessing and sin brings judgment and consequences:

It’s time to UNDERSTAND who you are and where you are in this life.  Many times it’s the adults giving teenagers permission to walk in darkness because in error most adults believe the youth cannot live the lifestyle God call them to live.

Let’s go to Bible Doctrine and see what God has to say.

Mary was about 14 years old engaged to Joseph when God birth in her Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.  She was willing to face the embarrassment she knew she would face to make a stand for God.

David was a 15 year old boy who had slain a bear, a lion and then Goliath by faith in God.  David was a youth acting like a man. Today that lion, that bear and that Goliath represent the enemies in your life. Our enemies today are spiritual. You’re going to have to make strong stand 4 God and you’re going to have to make a real choice 4 God. To not choose God is to make a choice to stand for the enemy.

The 3 Hebrew boys were about 16 or 17 when they made a stand for God and decided they would rather die than reject Him.  You see whenever you make a stand for God in this world you will have to go through your fiery furnace. But you won’t have to walk alone because just like Jesus walk with them He will walk with you.  

Jesus said I will never leave you nor forsake you.  The word of God is not locked into the Ancient of days nor is it conditioned by man.  His word is both timely and timeless.

All of these were youths were at the age of accountability. Accountability is the age when you are responsible for answering the call of God.  It when you are accountable for what you do or what you don’t do.  This is why there has been an unholy attack in America on kids in the last 20 years. There are killings in school, kids murdering their parents, babies having babies, and homosexuality is a rampant reality amongst the youth today.

 It’s time to make a stand.  Just because your mother & father ARE Christians does not mean you are automatically a Christian.  God is calling you.  His word does not change.  Pick up the Holy Scriptures, read then apply them to your life.  Repent & stop practicing sin.  Just because your mother and father are not saved does not mean that has to be your fate.   Listen up, Ignorance of Gods law is no excuse.

I have children that I am responsible for.  I held my younger child’s hand when we cross the street because she didn't know any better, but I don’t hold my youths hand because they are supposed to know better and it would seem strange if they needed me to hold their hands just to get across the street.

It is the same way in fellow shipping with God in His spiritual kingdom.  Youth, you are responsible up in this church.  I want the youth here to listen up.  As believers, you are expected to grow like a child does. When you are young in your faith, God only expects for you to get the "milk".  There’s always more room to make mistakes because you're growing, learning, just like a child does.

If you can say that you've been a believer for x-amount of years and you're still making the same mistakes, you haven't grown as you should spiritually. 

Just imagine if my 13-year-old Son Kadesh was still wearing diapers and eating jars of Gerber baby food: wouldn't that seem strange? How much more, then, should we grow year to year, glory to glory in our walk with Christ?

Acts 2:17 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

1. Last Days begin when Jesus died on the cross over 2,000 yrs. ago.  We are in the Laster Last Days

2. God’s Spirit is available to anyone who receives and fellowship with Him.

3. Don’t get it twisted.  Fellowship in God’s Kingdom does not come in words or just deeds but in Power. You can come to the church house every day and not be in fellowship with God.  Just look at most of the youth in regular church service.  Texting, talking, stoned faced, no praise no worship.  NOTHING!!!!!

4. For too long the church has lived in old archaic traditions, treating youth as if they are not able. They are more than able.  They must… make a stand & A choice…NOW!!!

5. For too long the church house has been longing for revival, for a makeover.  God has instructed us to walk in the New Man on a daily basis.  God has commanded us to be new, to actually have nothing to do with the old man. 

2 Corinthians 5:17, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

That’s now, you’re new right now. New is a condition that exists now that has never existed before.  Stop crying out for revival and walk in Victory and Power.  Revival is not a New Testament word given to us.  Christ paid and finished it all!!!

His spirit is available to anyone. Today we are here for the purpose of you answering that calling. You see it’s already done.  It’s finish.  Jesus did it all.  It’s time to run the race now.  It’s time to take a stand and draw a line in the sand of your life and make a choice.

In closing, in the book of Joshua 24 verse 15 God spoke through Joshua and said, “Choose today whom you will serve”. 

Joshua was stating here that if serving God is troublesome, a burden, embarrassing, and not a pleasure and delight: if you have found a better master, and whose service will be more pleasant and profitable to you then make a choice.  But choose.

When it comes to me and my family, we shall serve the Lord.  Listen, God is saying here if this is something you choose not to do then I break fellowship with you and I give you your leave.

God is not obligated to bless you if you are not in order or fellowship with Him.  You cannot have fellowship with God and walk in darkness.  This is a lie and Satan not God is the Father of the lie. 

No man can serve 2 masters.  

To the Youth that are here tonight I charge you to choose Jesus Christ, walk in and acknowledge Him in all your ways. 

Amen

Chuck Smith Pastor at Calvary Chapel dies after cancer battle.

Chuck Smith, the evangelical pastor whose outreach to hippies in the 1960s helped transform worship styles in American Christianity and fueled the rise of the Calvary Chapel movement, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, after a battle with lung cancer. He was 86.

Diagnosed in 2011, Smith continued to preach and oversee administration at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa (California), where he’d been pastor since 1965. In 2012, he established a 21-member leadership council to oversee the Calvary Church Association, a fellowship of some 1,600 like-minded congregations in the United States and abroad.

Smith was known for expository preaching as he worked his way through the entire Bible, unpacking texts from Genesis through Revelation and offering commentary along the way.

Yet it was his openness to new cultural styles, including laid-back music and funky fashions of California’s early surfer scene, that helped him reach young idealists and inspire a trend toward seeker-sensitive congregations.

“He led a movement that translated traditional conservative Bible-based Christianity to a large segment of the baby boom generation’s counterculture,” says Brad Christerson, a Biola University sociologist who studies charismatic churches in California. “His impact can be seen in every church service that has electric guitar-driven worship, hip casually-dressed pastors, and 40-minute sermons consisting of verse-by-verse Bible expositions peppered with pop-culture references and counterculture slang.”

Born to a Bible-quoting mother and a salesman father who became a zealous convert in midlife, Smith grew up in Southern California, where he witnessed to the Gospel from a young age.

After Bible college training and a stint as a traveling evangelist, he sought a niche in Pentecostalism by pastoring several Church of the Foursquare Gospel congregations. But he confesses in Chuck Smith: A Memoir of Grace: “I just never succeeded” in that denominational environment.

He found his groove in the 1960s, when many evangelicals were frowning on the wild outfits, long hair and psychedelic music that were all the rage among young adults. One seminal moment came during his early days at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, where old guard trustees posted a sign in their renovated sanctuary: “no bare feet allowed.” Smith tore it down with a promise to reach young souls for Christ, even it meant throwing out new pews and carpeting and bringing in steel folding chairs.

“Lifestyle issues and morality issues were things that he would expect Christ would clean up in these folks lives,” said Larry Eskridge, associate director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College. “But the informality of these folks and the music they were fond of – he was willing to let that slide quite a bit.”

Smith never became a hippie, Eskridge said. But he nonetheless won a following as a non-judgmental father figure by welcoming a blend of pop music, poetry and aspiration to live like Jesus. Together with hippie Lonnie Frisbee, Smith helped propel the Jesus People Movement, with its embrace of Christ’s teachings and disavowal of institutional church trappings.

Smith also pioneered translations of Gospel teachings into 20th-century pop art forms. In 1971, he launched ! Music, a pioneering record label designed to promote the “Jesus music” that his young followers were producing on the California coast.

On a personal level it was the radio programming of Pastor Chuck that literally saved my life when I was hopeless addicted to alcohol back in the 90's.  I even had the privilege of attending Calvary Chapel Bellflower under Jeff George for a season.  Their approach to Bible Doctrine help solidify my relationship with Yeshua The Messiah which has lasted to this day.  

I am eternally grateful for pastor Chuck Smith and the world has truly lost a great man of God.  

Rest in peace my brother in Christ.....

The Rejection of God and parents by American Kids By Minister Speed

I've been hearing from a lot of parents whose teens are rejecting their faith.  The stories are all terrifically painful but are becoming a daily occurrence.  The sad fact is most children under the age of 30 have no God consciousness whatsoever.  

The sad part is America has turned into a soulless and spiritless bunch of atheist and agnostics who have turned away from the God of their forefathers and the children are paying the price.

American kids today are selfish, self-centered, sadistic, cruel, disrespectful, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, boastful, unforgiving, incredibly brutal and possess very little self-control whatsoever.  They feel entitled to everything, but they don’t want to work for any of it.  

They are absolutely addicted to entertainment, and they know very little about self-sacrifice.  Disciplining children is not considered to be “politically correct” in America today, and with each passing year these little hellions get even worse.  So what in the world is our country going to look like when all of these out of control kids grow up?

I wrote this blog to educated parents and those children willing to turn around and bring honor to their parents as God has commanded.  

The key scriptures are from the Book of Genesis Chapter 2/3.

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

God created man just as with His permission he gave your mother and father permission to create you.

:8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

God created a home for his child (Adam) to live in with every good thing that would nourish him, Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul.

9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Even in the midst of the home there will always be along with that which is good for food, that which is the knowledge of good and evil.  God will always give you a choice.  Behind every choice there is a reward or a self-imposed consequence.  God always gives you a choice.

Joshua 24:15 (KJV) 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Here Joshua is stating that is serving God is troublesome, a burden, weariness, and not a pleasure and delight: if you have found a better master, and whose service will be more pleasant and profitable to you then make a choice.  But as for me and those who dwell here under this roof, we shall serve the Lord.  If this is not something you choose not to do then I break fellowship with you and I give you your leave.  

LIGHT AND DARKNESS CANNOT FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER. 

Genesis 3:1, Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

The word serpent here in the Strong Concordance in the Hebrew language is Dragon.  In reading the bible we can see that Satan was presented from the beginning and came to Eve as she was the weaker vessel to kill, steal, and destroy her and then Adam. 

The first mistake eve made was what?  She listen to and then went further and starting speaking with Satan concerning the very things God had already said.  

He spoke the word that God had said Yea, hath God said, “Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? “  You see Satan knows the word (Bible) that God has spoken to you.  He understands the power inside of God’s word and He also knows who the weaker vessel in the house is.  Those are the ones like Eve who obviously already have a problem with the word spoken in the first place. 

In Genesis 2:9 we can see that as a good parent God provided everything that was needed.  9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.  If we use our Sanctified Imagination we get a glimpse of how weak minded and selfish Eve was.

 

You would think that “Every Tree” pleasant to sight and Taste would be good enough for her.  You would think that she would turn from A DRAGON which looks outright and obviously wrong for her and turn to her husband that God created for her, but No.  She engaged in a full blown conversation and in doing so had already been deceived because if you think that you can speak against the word of God and not engaged Satan the Dragon then you are already heading toward a speeding train wreck with horrific ending.

Again we see Eve’s mistake in verse 3 where she Mis Quote the word of God.  God said you must eat of the tree in order to receive the consequence of death.  Eve in her resentment stated God said she couldn't even touch it. I relate this to having thoughts of sin.  It’s one thing to think sin, but it’s another thing to fully participate in sin and think nothing is going to happen to you.  

While Jesus may save, the consequences of Sin are Life and Long lasting. 

The Wages of Sin Is Death!!!

Sin is a part of the human condition.  The bible says in Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen (or born) in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Sin is a result of Adam plain Rejecting of the word of God being tempted by his own wife who was beguiled by Satan. 

In Romans 5:12 it states “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

Again in Roman 6:23 it states “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

In Matthew 6:24 it states, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

The word mammon here is not just money but the demon of greed.  To always want more.  Like Eve to not be satisfied with all the good things God has stored up for us.

Since we now KNOW are sinners we now have a choice to make.  To serve God, or to serve Satan? You don’t make a choice with your mouth; rather you make a choice with your actions and thoughts. 

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

What you do in the flesh has the power to kill you spiritually and kill those who are yet present in your life.  It’s time to battle on or lay down.  What is your choice to be?  When sin enters in it usually comes like a small pimple.  If left untreated it spreads and becomes a spirit eating wound and then envelopes you completely.  

In the sport of football there is a saying.  Take the head and the body will follow.  This is a metaphor both physically and spiritually as the head (parents) of the household.  You are responsible. 

2 Corinthians states you must cast down the sinful imaginations, to bring those things into captivity and then be ready to seek revenge for the disobedient things you have done when you come through them. 

In other words, you should be mad "AT" hell for being made a fool of when you already know the truth of God.

How the Spirit of Disobedience works in man

Matt. 12:43-45, “Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 “Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. 45 “Then it goes, and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

You must confess, repent and engage the Holy Spirit or your fight is futile. The reason you keep doing the same thing and it gets worse has been spoke by God.  You must allow God to occupy your temple.  To not do so is to choose Satan.  Again you choose by your actions, thoughts, and behaviors.

Genesis 3: 4-6 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

This is the verse the Illuminati use to work against and reject God.  They believe that God has help the world in Captive and they willingly choose to follow Lucifer which means the Light Bearer hence Illuminate. 

Satan lies to a willing Eve and tells her she will be as gods knowing good and evil.  What he didn’t tell her was the consequences of such knowledge.  Again the wages of Sin is death. 

Satan lied and told her it would make her wise, but anything which goes against the knowledge of god is Insanity.  

The phrase to “eat of the fruit” means to partake in action.  To learn, to do, to go against what was taught.  We as parents have taught you the correct way in which you should walk. To go against that is to willingly eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil.  You are of the age of accountability and you will receive the wages of death.

Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

When it says there eyes were open it simply means they knew they were wrong and they knew they were in trouble.  They understood they had lost the protection of God’s covering. 

What they didn’t understand is because they still heard the voice of God they were still in a relationship with God. However they had broken fellowship with God. 

You see in a household when you sin, especially willingly, you break fellowship with the parents.  Over time this relationship can become so strained that the only thing a parent can do is to release that child out into the wicked world so it’s wickedness cannot hurt others that fellowship In the home.

This is the same way with God.  You cannot do what you want contrary to God’s word and expect to remain in fellowship with Him, but like the prodigal son who left and did despicable acts, the relationship remained so when he was willingly to come back the parent was there waiting.  

Remember this, sin is progressive in this world and evil is pervasive.  Many children are not making it back.

In verse 9 God calls to Adam, not Eve.  Eve was not accountable as God gave authority to Adam not Eve.  He asked where art thou?  We know that God knows all things so in using our sanctified imagination we can ascertain that what God really was asking was, what you have done?

You see like a good parent it was easy for God to see that they had no covering and were in disobedient as Adam testifies to by saying He was naked and afraid.  Question: why was Adam afraid?

 Because in Genesis 2:17 God said if you eat of that fruit you shall surely die.  They were experiencing God’s word coming true and it had to be terrifying for them to know the consequence.  

Many a Christian have experienced becoming drug addicts, life in prison, unwanted pregnancies and other diseases all because they have rejected the word of God.  Do not be deceived.  Your actions will reap consequences. 

Genesis 3:11 And he said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, the woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

In these verses we see God like a good parent asking questions to help them realize the seriousness of their situation.  And just like a child Adam begins to blame someone else for his action.  

The truth is if he had not eaten of the fruit the world would not be in the situation it is today.  No one can trick you, deceive you, persuade you, or even blackmail you into a thing if you haven’t done anything.  

It will be the same way when you face God.  Further on we see Eve play the blame game and not take accountability for her actions and states the Dragon beguiled her.  The word beguiled is related to words like entice, seduce, lure, and tempt.  

Satan is still doing this very thing today. 

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Like I said the consequences are permanent and everlasting.  For the woman God multiplied her (1) sorrow and her (2) conception.  These are two different things.  

Women have been in sorrow for thousands of years with broken hearts, divorces, false promises, as well as lower class citizens of mostly every country on the face of the earth. 

God also multiplied her sorrow in conception.  

I am sure God did not mean for all the pain and sorrow attach to bringing forth life, but because Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden which symbolized the Kingdom of God on Earth they received the consequence thereof.

For the man he wouldn't have the benefit of the garden anymore.  Life would be brutish, nasty, and short.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God created us to live eternally on Earth.  Through Jesus Christ we have the ability to live in God’s kingdom again eternally.  Many are making the choice to reject God and His Son, the very word of God and many again will reap the consequence of Eternal Damnation.  

The choice is yours.  God has never sent anyone to hell.  You send yourself!!