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This latest nonsense out of the UK: advertising the non existence of God. There’s a fool around every corner these days it seems. By fool I mean the Biblical definition of fool: “A fool says in his heart there is no God”.

Now the advertising is making it’s way across the US and Canada, which means the Biblical “fool” is on the march; spreading his foolishness into the hearts and minds of humanity. The soil is ready to receive the foolishness, I’m afraid. I just hope the church is ready when the religion of atheism lets humanity come crashing down to humiliating defeat when the reality of the existence of the almighty sets in and atheism is shown for the foolishness it really is. Read the whole story here…

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Does God Hate Religion?

I have spent an excess of fifteen thousand hours studying the Bible and I must admit I still have some unanswered questions. Questions like: is there life on other planets? The Bible is strangely silent on the extra terrestrial debate. I’d like to believe there are other created beings on a planet somewhere out there in the vast expanses of space who weren’t such a monumental disappointment to the Almighty. I lean, however, toward not only a young earth but a young universe. This is the creation story summed up in one sentence:

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:11

You see there that not only was the earth created in six days, but heaven as well. That doesn’t do away completely with the E.T. possibility but it sure gives evolutionists pause for thought.
With all of this uncertainty over peripheral issues, I have come to some conclusions as well. One of those conclusions is that God hates religion. That’s right. In fact I dare say there is nothing He despises more. Religion is responsible for the majority of wars that have ever been waged on this planet. Religion has sent more people to hell than any other reason. Religion starves children to death every year. Religion keeps women in horrific bondage and robs men of the privilege of having the God given wealth available to them. God hates religion.
What does He want? You! He wants a personal, one on one, dynamic relationship with you! You can’t earn it. You can’t buy it. It’s not for sale. It has already been paid for. Nothing you do; no religious act could ever move God to think any higher or place any more value on you than He does right now. Worshipping cows and rats and the moon and stars will only earn you a spot in the “Time Wasted Hall of Fame”. The price has already been paid. No more crawling on hands and knees on broken glass is required. That price has been paid. Prayers that are said as obligatory mantras are wasted words spoken to no one who cares. Don’t even bother.
Are you serious about a relationship with God? Do you want to continue doing it your way? Are you happy with your religion? Your fire insurance? That insurance policy expired two thousand years ago when the price was paid in full and God no longer counted your sins against you. To think that you need to keep making payments against your debt is really saying that God isn’t good enough. The price He paid for your sin was not enough according to you. He paid it so that He could have a relationship with you. He wishes to be close to you. To love you like His own child. Put down your religions. Stop slapping God in the face. He deserves more than that, don’t you think?

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Romans 4:6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is Todd Bentley a Saint?

How does the Bible define a Saint? According to Roman Catholic tradition, they must have performed at least three verifiable miracles with preferably a fourth thrown in for good measure. Oh, and they must also be dead. I believe the person must also be a baptized member of the Roman Catholic church so I am still in the running.

The Bible paints a little different picture of sainthood.  It declares that if you are a member of the born-again church of Jesus Christ, then you are a saint. That is the only qualification.

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Psalms 50:5

What Sacrifice? Jesus, of course. The final sacrifice. The new testament refers to the receivers of the epistles directly as “Saints”.

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7

¶Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians 1:1

¶Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:1

¶Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Philippians 1:1

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:2

So, we see here that the saints are simply those who put their hope and trust in the Lord, Jesus Christ. I ask you the same question I asked at the beginning of the article; Is Todd Bentley a saint? The answer is an overwhelming “YES”! Right? If you don’t see it then close your eyes and go back to sleep. The rest of you keep reading.

If Todd Bentley has put his faith in Jesus Christ, then he is a saint, like him or not. Yes, he has ugly tattoos and a loud voice and claims to hear from angels and so on. I understand how the more religious saints out there could get their phylacteries in a knot over it.

I have followed Todd Bentley for many years. Even back when he was a regular on Dick and Joan Dewert’s Miracle Channel. He never waivered from his confession. As far as Saint Todd getting revelation from angels, I think, perhaps, you should read the following before you judge the saint too harshly. You see friend, Todd is in very good company:

 

Revelation 1:1  ¶The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 2:1  ¶Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 2:8  ¶And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelation 2:12  ¶And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation 2:18  ¶And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Revelation 3:1  ¶And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Revelation 3:7  ¶And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation 3:14  ¶And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Revelation 5:2  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

Revelation 7:2  And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Revelation 8:3  And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation 8:5  And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:7  ¶The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Revelation 8:8  And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Revelation 8:10  And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
Revelation 8:12  And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Revelation 8:13  And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation 9:1  ¶And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 9:11  And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Revelation 9:13  ¶And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Revelation 9:14  Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Revelation 10:1  ¶And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Revelation 10:5  And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Revelation 10:7  But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation 10:8  ¶And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Revelation 10:9  And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation 11:1  ¶And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 14:6  ¶And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Revelation 14:8  And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 14:9  And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:15  And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation 14:17  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Revelation 10:9  And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation 11:1  ¶And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 14:6  ¶And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Revelation 14:8  And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 14:9  And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:15  And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation 14:17  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Revelation 14:18  And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Revelation 14:19  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Revelation 16:3  And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Revelation 16:4  And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
Revelation 16:5  And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Revelation 16:8  ¶And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Revelation 16:10  And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Revelation 16:12  ¶And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation 16:17  ¶And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

Revelation 17:7  ¶And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 18:1  ¶And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Revelation 18:21  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation 19:17  And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Revelation 20:1  ¶And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 21:17  And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Revelation 22:6  ¶And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
Revelation 22:8  And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Revelation 22:16  I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

WOW! All these angels talking and showing stuff to John! I guess angels really do talk to people. John got most of the book of Revelation from angels. Not to mention the angels outside the empty tomb of Jesus, the angel that led Peter out of prison, etc. Have mercy on Saint Todd. God used him to do some mighty miracles. Rejoice with him. Mourn the loss of his marriage. Love him as you were commanded by Almighty God. If you don’t, it is you who’s faith is in question, friend. Not Todd Bentley’s

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 13:34

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 12:10

¶For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Galatians 5:13

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:22

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:8