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Hello! I was wondering about something. You know, sometimes when you drink a cup of tea or a soda, the ice in it melts when you leave it to sit for a while. When you take a drink of that same cup, it taste watery because the ice has melted. It becomes a diluted drink. Watered down.

I would like to make an analogy of this with the Bible and gas.

You know, gas prices are on the rise and there are people who are worried about it. Let me share with you, there is NO need to worry for those who are Believers because our Father, God, will take care of us.  Not worrying at all does not mean we should go on about our lives acting like an idiot. No! We need to be alert, be in the know of information and facts.

Recently, I just learned something new about gas. Ethanol. Ethanol is another kind of fuel energy that can make vehciles operate. Ethanol are mostly made from corn. It is cheaper to make and can give us an opportunity to rely on things made in America than from other countries for oil and so on. But, unfortunately, there is a negative side to ethanol. Ethanol in cars causes it to have less fuel effienciency. The MPG will become lower than normal. That’s the negative side to using ethanol in your vehicles.

Many gas stations out there are mixing ethanol to the gas. Up to 10% of ethanol can be used in all kinds of cars. It will not cause any problems. Some vehicles can use up to 85% of ethanol but there are not many vehicles that have that kind of flexibility, which is called flex-fuel.

Anyway, when regular cars fill up their tank with gas that has 10% of ethanol mixed in it, your car’s MPG will reduce, no doubt about that. Now, the question is, how much of MPG is reduced? There are people who are complaining about this on the internet and it is a personal experience of mine too. I’ve noticed that the MPG in my vehicles have lowered from about 5% to 10%. Some of us might think this is not a big deal at the moment but if we think about the long run, it all adds up and it is a large amount of gas wasted.

http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/06/01/ethanol-blended-gas-lower-mileage/Ethanol is indeed a lot cheaper to make and to have it mixed with gas should bring the prices of gas to a lower rate but that’s not happening. The gas prices are the same, maybe some will have 1 or 2 cents off. Don’t think that because it is 1 or 2 cents cheaper, it is a great deal and you run off to fill up your gas tank with gas that is mixed with ethanol. The real result of this is that you LOSE money. You are spending money on gas and your car is using more gas and losing MPG.This is what I call watered down gas.

This is what I would suggest you to do. Some areas require that all gas stations mix their gas with 10% ethanol. Some areas have a choice of mixing ethanol or not. If the area that you live in does not require gas stations to mix 10% ethanol in their gas, you need to find out which gas station does NOT have 10% ethanol in their gas. When you find out the gas stations that use 100% gas, buy gas from that company. You will really save money by doing it that way than buying gas that has 10% ethanol mixed in it. The area that I live in has two gas stations that does not mix ethanol in their gas. I buy gas from these two gas stations. Unfortunately many of the gas stations in my area have mixed 10% ethanol in their gas.

Now, the watering down things makes a difference. The drink that you have with melted ice doesn’t taste as good as before the ice was melted. The gas with ethanol does not work as good as gas without ethanol. This is the same with God’s Word. It is being watered down.

God’s Word has been watered down because of man-made traditions and ideas. Jesus has warned us in Matthew 15:3. Jesus says, “Why have you forsaken God’s commandments for the sake of man traditions?”

“And He answered to them, “Why do you yourselves trangress the Commandments of God for the sake of your traditions?” -Matthew 15:3

I realize that some man-made traditions that are being passed down sounds good. They seem right but in reality, they are probably not right. Here are some examples of man-made traditions that men have invented that may sound good but in reality, they aren’t. It’s messed up.

Men have said, “God is full of love and full of grace. God forgives all, no matter what you do, God knows and he forgives you.” Is this true? Let’s see what the scriptures say.

“What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.” -Romans 6:15

In Romans 6:15, Paul wrote saying that God is graceful but that does NOT mean we can continue to sin. He uses a real strong word, “God forbid!” This scritpure contradicts with the saying that men have created, “God is love and full of grace. We can go ahead and do what we want to do. It’s OK. God will forgive us. It’s not a big deal.” Yikes.

Another example here, people like to say that their eyes have freedom. They can look anywhere. The ”Look but don’t touch” saying. If I see a pretty woman, I’m just looking at her but I’m not touching her. It’s no big deal. It’s OK. Now, this does sound good. God made women so it’s ok for me to look at them lustfully. But what does Jesus say about this? He says in Matthew chapter 5 that if anyone looks at a woman lustfully, ‘my my, she’s a pretty lady’, he has already committed adultery in his heart.

“But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” -Matthew 5:28

Whoa! I’m sure many of us don’t want to commit adultery with our wives but even looking at a woman lustfully causes us to do so. Is the man made tradition “Look but don’t touch” correct? No, it isn’t.

 Another example that people tend to say, “I’m sick, everyone gets sick and die. That’s normal and part of life. That’s the way it is.” Hmm… in fact God says “No”. We are healed by Jesus’s stripes and suffering. That is for us so that we can be healed.

“…And by His stripes, we are healed.” -Isaiah 53:5

Now, it does sound good that “everybody gets sick and die” but God says the opposite of it. Weight the two; man made traditions and God’s Word. God’s Words are the TRUTH. We ARE healed.

It is very often that we hear different sayings, opinions, thoughts, and so on. What can we do about it? We can believe and take value of men’s tradition or we can take responsibility and stand up. We begin to seek the Truth and make sure it lines with the Word by checking to see if it matches God’s Words, God’s Truth, and God’s Will.

God’s Word is very powerful and valuable. We must cherish it and not allow it to become watered down. Cherish that valuable Thing that has been given to us.

Have a blessed day and, hey, be a blessing to God.

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Is your mind new? When someone is a born again Christian, converts their old life to God, and is baptized, his spiritual being is new. God has given him a new spiritual being.  The outer body is the same. He looks the same and nothing is different on the outside. This outer body can make us want to do something that we ought not to do. The outer body is also called “flesh” or “carnal”.  Now, for your mind, your thoughts, and your perspective on some things can either follow your new spiritual being or your flesh body.

I would like for us to look into what our job is when it comes to dealing with our mind.

The first point I would like to make: BEING SAVED (born again) DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET.

Being saved does not mean that you automatically have the right thoughts, right mindset, and right perspective on things. We can see an example in Matthew chapter 16. It talks about Peter and his thought process. In this chapter, Jesus brought His disciples to Him and asked them, “Who do people say I am?” Some of the disciples responded saying, “Some say You are Elijah, some say You are John the Baptist, and so on.” But Peter responded to Jesus saying, “You are the Son of God, the Christ.” Jesus looked at Peter and said, “Yes, you are right.”

Peter’s response of who Jesus is was a revelation from God. It was not Peter’s own thought process. This was when Jesus told Peter that He would build His church on Peter, the rock.  This is a big honor. It is a very nice compliment Jesus made of Peter. Then shortly after that, Jesus began to explain to His disciples what will happen to Him in Jerusalem. Jesus explained that He would be beaten and crucified but in three days He would rise back to life.  Peter heard Jesus and didn’t like what he heard. Peter took Jesus aside and rebuked Him saying, “This will not happen. You will live!” Jesus did not respond to Peter by saying, “Aww…You care for me and want me to live…sweet.” No, not at all did Jesus respond like this. Instead, Jesus said to Peter very sternly, “This is the devil talking, get behind Me!” Jesus did not accept what Peter had to say because it was not from God, but rather from the devil. Read the scriptures.

“Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16)… “Jesus said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” (Matthew 16:23)

This story shows us that even though Peter did understand God’s revelation that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He will save us. Peter understood that! But at the same time, Peter had a different perspective on the fact that Jesus would be beaten and killed. Peter told Jesus, “No way! You won’t die!” That thought process was not from God. This shows that even being saved (Peter believed in Jesus and that He was the Messiah.) will not automatically make our thoughts correct. We have to work in making our thoughts line up with God. I’ll talk more about that in a while.

There is another story in Acts chapter 8 where a man whose name was Simon and he was a leader in his town or village.  Simon used evil spirits, such as fortune telling and that kind of thing, to keep his “popularity”. He was a con man. But when certain missionaries came to his village to witness to the people in Simon’s town about Jesus Christ, Simon heard the message and was touched by it. He believed in the Messiah and was baptized and began to follow the disciples. Simon watched closely as to how the disciples of Jesus taught and performed. When the disciples began to use the power of the Holy Spirit and laying hands on people. It was making a huge impact on the people in the village. Simon saw that the power that the disciples were using was nothing like Simon had known. Simon wanted that power so he told the disciples that he would pay them some money to have that Holy Spirit power like the disciples had and begin laying his hands on people.  The disciples saw that Simon had a wrong heart. His motive was not genuine and was not of God’s.

“Simon himself believed and when he was baptized, he continued with Phillip, beholding the miracles and signs which were done…” (Acts 8:13) “when Simon saw that through the laying on the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money” (Acts 8:18)

This chapter, again, shows that being saved and being baptized does not mean that your mind is automatically right. It is our job to make it become right.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RENEW OUR MINDS.

It is our responsibility to renew our minds. The word “renew” tells us that we have to change our mentality everyday, keeping our focus on God and making our perspective in the likes of God’s view. This is also by not always believing what we see and hear in this world. Our views need to be like God’s.

“Do not be comformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God’s.” -Romans 12:2

Romans chapter 12 tells us not to become like the world. Our mind needs to be renewed, renewed, renewed, renewed, and renewed. Why is it necessary to renew our minds? So that we can show what is good, acceptable and perfect will of God’s.  To do this, it requires that we renew our minds. This is our part. There is another verse in Ephesians I’d like to share.

“Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God- truly righteous and holy.” -Ephesians 4:23-24

The Spirit that you have inside your body that was given to you by God, let that spirit renew your thoughts, your attitudes, and your perspective. The new spirit that you have is something that you, yourself, need to “put on” so that you can be the same as God- righteous and holy.

In both of the verses, in Romans and in Ephesians, it shows that we have an ACTIVE role, not PASSIVE role. An active role means it is something that we must do on our part. A passive role means “sitting back and doing nothing” thinking that your mind will automatically be changed for you.  We have a responsibility, a job to do and that is renewing our minds as a Believer.  It is your responsibility to renew your minds.

TIPS ON RENEWING YOUR MIND:

Now, TIPS, how do we renew our minds? Here are some things that I would like to share with you that works for me. Please do not be limited to the things that I share. There are many more but the ones that I share are just a couple.

Phillipians chapter 4 explains what we should ponder on and what things should run in our minds. Maybe you’re thinking about how high the gas prices are, or how the Hollywood stars are horrible, thier adulteries, and many more–whatever it is. The Phillipians verse tells us what we ought to have in our minds.

“Dear brothers and sisters, fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” -Phillippians 4:8

What is TRUE, HONORABLE, RIGHT, PURE, LOVELY, and ADMIRABLE are the things that we should allow our minds to think about. Doing this will help your thought process change to what is of God’s. It will become like God’s thoughts, views, and perspective. If you think on negative things or on things that are of the world’s, this will hinder your good thoughts and attitude on life.

Another important pointers would be such as: Who are you hang out with? What kind of people are your friends? What kind of conversations are you having with people? What kind of shows are you watching on TV? What are you letting your eyes see, ears hear, and allowing it to enter your mind? What are you “absorbing” into your mind? These are important pointers.

“Don’t team up with unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?” -2 Corinthians 6:14

2 Corinthians verse tells us we should not team up with unbelievers because it is unheard for righteous to mingle with wickedness and light to mingle with darkness. Righteous and Light are different things from wickedness and darkness. They cannot mix. This is the same for our lives as a Believer. We should not mix our life with people of “good times” who do not desire to know and do God’s will in thier lives. Please do not misunderstand me. I do not mean in a way where we “shut out” those people. We must love them and share our love with them. We must witness to them and so on, after all, we live in the same planet as them. My point was how we spend our time with them– is it a lot? What do we do with our free time? Is it with them? To spend so much time and free time with unbelievers isn’t really a good idea.

1 Corinthians 15 makes an emphasis on this concept. It tells us not to think that it is “a no big deal” and that the unbelievers will have no effect on us. The verse warns us not to be decieved. It will make an effect on us. People that take pleasure in what is not good will have an influence on how you think, your attitudes, your tendencies,  or how you process your thoughts. We have to step up and be strong to take care of ourselves.

“Do not be decieved: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” -1 Corinthians 15:33

Last tip here, if you need help….ask God. Who is a better person to ask for help than God? He is a God who created you. God has said, “If any of you lack wisdom, saying to yourself, “I need wisdom”, go ahead and ask God for it.” God is not a God who practices favoritism. He is not selective on who to give wisdom and who to refuse to give wisdom to. God will gladly give to anyone whoever asks Him in faith. So, go ahead and ask God in faith for wisdom!

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting…”-James 1:5-6

I would like to close this with a quote that I like. “A mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.” This quote is right. If our mind will follow our spirit, our mind will be good. We will be able to be in line with God. Our sprit needs to be the leader and the mind follows. When that is done, your thought process will be of God’s. But if your mind is a master saying to you, “I know how it is done, I’ve seen so many things and I have experiences, etc etc.” Your spiritual being will not be a master, but instead will be behind. Allowing your mind to be a master is not a good. Let’s make it our goal to make our mind a wonderful servant which will then lead you into a position that would be pleasing to God.

Have a good day and be a blessing to other people!  

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HEAVENLY FINANCES 101

I would like to share God’s perspective on financing, not worldly or secular, even from those who are very familiar with stocks, interests, and such. God, the Creator, should be the One to know something about financing.

Let’s see what He says. :-) I will present 5 facts.

FACT #1: 90% is greater than 100% or 90% > 100%

This mathematical statement does not make sense, but God says it is a perfect formula. When we give God our 10%, tithe (or more), God can do much more with our remaining 90% than we can do with our 100% ourselves.

This very much applies to my personal life. When I do my budget, including the cost of food, mortgage, car payment, et-cetera, it doesn’t match my income and I don’t understand how I am able to be financially alright, BUT I know God takes care of us through many different ways because we give Him His tithes back.

This 90% vs. 100% statement is very true. As stated in the Bible, God dares us to trust Him and test Him in that regard. This is the only place I know of where the Bible says to test Him.

Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Malachi 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

10% of what we have, we give it back to God and then God will open the windows of heaven and pour out His blessings upon us. Not only will God do this, He will also destroy our enemies that tries to mess up with our finances.

Wow, that’s amazing… what more can we ask for? Now, how does God open the windows of heaven? There are many different methods; by using other people, other family members, by job promotions, by miracles, and many other more. “How” isn’t the point, the point is that God will take care of your 90% better than you can with your own 100%.  

FACT #2: Multiplication is easier than addition

Many elementary and middle school students will disagree with this statement. They will say that addition is easier than multiplication but to God, it’s not. God loves to multiply your blessings than adding them. In KJV, the word “-fold” means blessings multiplied.

In Matthew chapter 13, God says that those who understands His Word and follows it will receive blessings, understanding, improvement in fruits, characteristics, and et cetera. These blessings will multiply, not add. It is not 1 + 3= 4. God multiplies with 100, 60, and 30. The total with mulitplication exceeds faster than addition. It is quite obvious.

Matthew 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

2 Cor 9:10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness…

God chose to use the word mulitply! Wow, what an awesome plan He has for us, for those who have relationship with God, who is a God loves to mulitply.
 

FACT #3:

Statement A: people have needs,

Statement B: God desires to meet His people’s needs,

Conclusion: God meets the needs of His people.

Bonus: According to His riches.

This statement uses logic. Like for example, all desserts are sweet. All sweets are delicious. Therefore, all desserts are delicious. This is the same principality that is applied. We have needs. God loves to meet His children’s needs. Therefore, God will meet His children’s needs. The bonus is, where is the need coming from? “According to His riches and glory.” God’s riches and glory, not ours.

Now, what are our needs? They are like bills to pay, shelter, food, transportations, and etc. These are not luxury, they are needs. Those are what God will meet. They’re needs.

According to His riches…ok, let’s back up a bit. Let’s say you meet someone who has $50 dollars in his bank account and that’s all he has. He tells you that he will meet all of your needs. What will you think of him? Will you actually trust what he said to you knowing that he has only $50 dollars? Will he actually be able to meet all of your needs? He will have already spent $50 dollars within a day or two when he tries to help you out. Will you feel good that this person is meeting your needs? No.

Now, let’s look at God’s. What’s God’s source? What’s His supply? God has a WHOLE lotta–unlimited supply and the whole earth belongs to Him. He says, “I will meet your needs according to my riches and glory.”

This is a good way to visualize how God will meet your needs. God will NEVER run out of supply!

Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Another verse here that shows God’s emotion of how God desires us to be successful.

3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

FACT #4: Receiving is directly proportional to giving

Basically this means if you are stingy with how you give, you will recieve a small amount. If you give abundantly, you will receive abundantly. This is a basic concept of sowing and reaping.  Maybe you will ask, “What/Where/Who do I give to?” Give to whatever God has called you to give to; to his Work, to His Church, to His Missionaries, to His servants, and to anything that glorifies God. This is considered “giving”.

This is the same thing with farming. When you plant three seeds and when harvest comes, you will only reap from three plants. Or, you can plant thousands of seeds and when harvest come, you will reap from thousands of plants. This is a basic concept, this is the same principality with God’s money.  God’s view is when you give abundantly, He will bless you abundantly.

2 Cor 9:6 he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously so that blessings may come to someone else will also himself reap generously and with blessings.

FACT #5: worrying will not help.

This is probably the most important one. Worrying WILL NOT HELP YOU. Being stressful about how you will pay this, that, or whatever….WILL NOT HELP YOU. I want to make myself clear, I do not mean that you ought to just sit down and do nothing, not caring about anything and not doing your part. No, you must do your part.

Worrying is out of your control. Worrying and getting all stressed up is “no good”. The Luke 12 verse is one of my favorites.

Luke 12:25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

Luke 12:25 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span? can you grow taller or live longer by worrying?

You will not grow taller by worrying. nor will you live longer! So why bother worrying?

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

God wants to take care of you in every way. God wants you to be part of His family sharing with you His provisions and taking care of your finances. All you have to do is….let Him!

What more can I ask for? Whoo! Praise God! Have a good day!

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This vlog will be about the passover. a Messanic Passover seder. The Messanic passover seder considers Jesus as the passover lamb. This means that the Passover Lamb has already been slain, once and for all. Jesus is our passover lamb as He was crucified on Passover and his signs were that he would resurrect after three days and three nights, on the third day, after three days. The Messiah has been resurrected.

“As you know, the Passover is two days away–and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” - Matthew 26:2.

“And He (Jesus) said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” -Luke 22:15

At the beginning of the seder, people gather this evening to observe and remember Passover, God’s deliverance of His people. God delivered Israel from the bondage of slavery and He commanded us to observe this holiday. We are not to celebrate in vain, but to give thanks to Him and to recognize an even greater Passover and deliverance. Through the death of the foretold Messiah-Yeshua, we too will be passed over from death and released from the bondage of sin.

Jesus made a command and told us to do the passover to remember Jesus. “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19)

We will now begin reading the Haggadah, which means “the telling”. I will do a VERY short form of it. I don’t have 2 hours! The seder plate has different foods on it. Here’s a picture of it. Parsley, salt water, lamb shank bone, charoset (a mixture of apple, spice, nuts, etc), Horseradish.  (some have more on thier dishes but this is as far as I will go.)

There are also 4 cups of “wine” (juice) that represents different things. Jesus’ first miracle was turning water to wine. During the Passover Seder we will drink four glasses of wine: The Cup of Sanctification, the Cup of Plagues, The Cup of Redemption and the Cup of Praise. Santification means cleansing of yeast. Yeast is compared to sin. Plague is of the plagues the Egyptians experienced. It is compared to our trials and tribulations, God will take us out of it. Redemption symbolizes the blood of the lamb that saved the Israelites.  Jesus is our redemption. We are saved by His blood. Praise is given to God for delivering the Israelites, and we give Jesus praise for salvation is given to us.

Parsley is dipped in salt water as a rememberance of the Israelite’s pain and tears. We will have painful circumstances in our lives, but we know God will always free us from our tribulations. 

Matzo crackers (demostration). “Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast–as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. [8] Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.”-1 Corinthians 5:6-8

 The stripes represents Jesus’s beating as its purpose is to HEAL us. The holes in the cracker represents the holes in Jesus’ body.  It is broken into three pieces - God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.

The cracker that represents Jesus is hidden and the children have to find it. Some rabbis will try to negotiate with kids for a price as did Judas. Some Rabbi will pay a price for the cracker to show the price that Jesus paid for our sins.

I will tell the story of Passover.  (VERY short version). Israelites moved to Egypt because there was a famine. Joseph was a Hebrew ruler of Egypt next to the Pharoah. Hundreds of years later, a new Pharoah didn’t know Joseph and feared that there was a LARGE number of Israelites in Egypt and that they may overtake Egypt so he made them all slaves.  A baby named Moses was born and his mother gave him away because the king ordered that all males Hebrews are to be killed. The baby ended up in the Pharoah’s daughter’s hand and Moses grew up to be wise and smart. One day he ran away from Egypt and God appeared to him and said he must deliver the Israelites. Moses returned to Egypt and demanded that the Israelites be freed. Pharoah didn’t listen and as a result, Egypt faced many plagues.  God said He would strike down every first born-humans and animals unless there was a lamb blood over the doorpost and threshold. God instructed that the Hebrews do this and to He will pass over.

Different plages came before the passover:  Blood!  Frogs! Gnats! Wild Beasts! Disease to Livestock! Boils! Hail! Locusts! Darkness! Death of the Firstborn. People dip their hands on the salt water and let a drop fall in the bowl. This is the time that Judas was identified as the betrayer.  “And while they were eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.” They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely not I, Lord? Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.” -Matthew 26:21-23

The shank bone reminds us of the lamb whose blood marked the doors of the Israelites. We know that Yeshua was our final blood atonement so that we would be freed from the bondage of sin and we would be passed over from death.

There is a cup of Elijah. People will open the door to let Elijah in. The door passover to  Messianic redemption. “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” -Revelations 3:20

 There is a new covenant. God has made a new covernant with us all. We are all called  to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and might, and to treat others with kindness.  Seek a relationship with God, not a “religion”.

(picture of Messiah on a white horse!)

See you next year in Jerusalem!

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Hi! I would like to talk about David and Goliath. Basically almost everyone knows the story of David and Goliath. You can read about that in 1 Samuel 17.  David was a young Israelite boy, who was a shepherd for his father, Jesse. Jesse had other sons that were at war against the Philistines. Jesse sent David to the war camp to give food and ‘morale boost’ for his brothers. When David arrived at the war camp, he heard a man, who was a giant, that called for a fighter. The giant is over 9 feet tall. It was common back in those days, there were groups of people with that height but it’s rare nowdays. In Bulgaria, the tallest man stands at 9 feet. Goliath was his name and he was a champion. Goliath kept telling the Israelites to send up a fighter. Goliath wore an armor that was full of copper from head to toe. If Goliath is able to kill the fighter, the Israelites would forever be their servants. If the fighter is able to kill Goliath, the Philistines would be their servants.

A lot of Israelites were afraid– terrified!!! They were mumbling saying, “Gosh, WHO can kill this giant!? We’re grasshoppers!!!” David did NOT have that mentality. David said, “Who is this uncircumcized man that we should be afraid of? This is the armies of God.“ -1 Samuel 17:26.

 The height didn’t bother David at all. David saw that the giant was uncircumcised. The point of David saying that is because David had a mentality that God is with him. God had made a covenant with the Israelites. God does not break promises. Never. We break promises. We tend to be unstable while God is always stable. Even the Israelites soliders were circumcised– they HAVE a covenant with God but they forgot about it- their mentality is shifted off.

We have a covenant with God through Jesus Christ. Jesus circumcises our heart. “In him you were also circumcised,  in the putting off of the sinful nature,   not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ,”- Colossians 2:11

Many times we get terrified over situations. We have to fix our mentality– Who is the  supreme divine being we made our covenant with? David made a covenant with God- the Almighty. Goliath chose to worship another ‘diety’ therefore God was not with him. It was Goliath’s decision.

Now back to David, David didn’t need an armor when he declared that he’d be the fighter. He had on a shepherd outfit and a stick. He walked up to King Saul and said, “I’ll do it.”King Saul said, “David! You are only a kid! You’ve never been at war!” David said, “I’ve killed a bear and a lion before when they tried to attack my sheep.“ 

King Saul allowed David to walk up to Goliath and when Goliath saw David, he was quick to make jokes. “Ha! What!? You Israelites send me a boy! What am I? A dog? Haha!” And I can imagine a lot more jokes! David didn’t let that bother him. He picked up a rock and got his sling and said outloud, “You come against me with your armor but I come against you with the Lord God of Israel. God is with me and I will kill you.” David started the sling about and the rock hit Goliath right in the head. He just stumbled about and died. David cut his head. The Philistines lost. The Israelites were overjoyed! They began taking over the Philistines.

The David mentality is what I keep close to me towards things, situations, life, money, and etc. God is with me. I have a covenant with God. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” -Romans 8:31.  NOTHING can be against us. I mean, NOTHING. We have to STAY with God– be in Him so He can work with us just like He worked with David. If anyone tells me that “some situations just don’t work out, that’s life. Accept it”. I’m not going to believe it. I didn’t make a covenant with people. I made covenant with the Living God.  

All battles you face here on Earth can be overcomed– and when you overcome them, God is glorified in this. Just like Jesus explained when he talks of us being the branch of the vine. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit;  apart from me you can do nothing.If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me  and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory,  that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” –John 15:5-8

Jesus makes very clear that apart from God, we can do nothing. Failures after failures. Unsolved problems after unsolved problems. But if we are with Him, –remember Jesus also said ‘and MY WORDS remain in you”—so yes, studying the Bible has a main KEY in how you can live your life. Jesus goes on to say, “ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory,  that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. “ God wants you to be full of joy—- Imagine the hearts of the Israelites when they realized that the champions of the Phillistines is dead and that everyone had run away. They were full of JOY!  That’s what God wants us to have. FULL of Joy. That we can say “YEAHHHH!”

I encourage you all to remember your covenant with God, if you already have it, and to overcome your situation— your struggles and problems are uncircumcised. You’re circumcised! Speak against the problem and acknowledge God in everything you do and He will bring you all the way through!

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Maybe some of you in the recent past have been seeing vlogs that talk about some people in the Bible and their lifestyle. I’ve seen some of them, not all but enough to know that the information isn’t correct. I’ve also seen other people respond in correction.

Jesus warrned us that there will be people who wear sheep suits but really are mean wolves.  Matthew chapter 7 is a very strong chapter. “Watch out for false prophets.  They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. -Matthew 7:15

Jesus warns us to not buy things hook, line, and sinker. Fish gulliable eat. It is very important to go back to the Bible and divide it properly. Many people do pick one verse and try to twist it to justify their lifestyle. They have the wrong motive, wrong heart, and wrong intentions. The motive is selfish– just to justify THEIR actions.

How can we tell the difference between good christians and people who wear a sheep suit? Jesus explains in the same chapter. “By their fruit you will recognize them.” -Matthew 7: 16 Jesus explains more in that same chapter about fruits. It’s how the person acts and says. “Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” –Matthew 7:16-18.

Let me elaborate a bit more on the fruit part. When we accept Christ as our savior, we have the fruits of the Spirit which is shared in Galatians. “But the fruit of the Spirit is   love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  meekness, temperance:  against such there is no law.  And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and  lusts.  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying  one another. “ Galatians 5:22-26.

These fruits influences everything we do, the way we say, and the way we rationalize things. If we have a relationship with God, our fruits will grow. God is a good Spirit, and Him in me helps me produce good fruits. If I am a person that has God’s spirit living in me, I will naturally flow and show good fruits with good intentions and motives. I will want to be a servant to you rather than being arrogant and expect to be served at. Really, watch how people act, what they say, and how they rationalize things. The Holy spirit has given us a gift- discerning of the Spirit- I can tell which one is a wolf in a sheep suit and there are times when I’m not sure and I will go ahead and get to know the person some more. There are a lot of “wolves” out there. It is our responsibility to be on the watch-out.

Does this mean that you’re better off not having anything to do with Bible? No. There’s truth and freedom with God. The Truth is what we need to hold onto. You are responsible in what you see and take. Like Jesus said, watch their fruits. We have a responsibility. We can’t just sit down and buy things that people tell us.  Christians with the fruit of the Spirit will want to serve God 100%. Their desire is to glorify God and they want to help others. That’s another thing we can look into a person. Are they able to Walk the walk like Jesus did?

Now, I will talk about how we ought to respond to those kind of people, “wolves in a sheep suit”. Jesus says this, “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.” -Matthew 7:6.

Wisdom, Words of advices, Thoughtfulnesses, Words of Encouraging, Truth, and whatever is good and holy are considered valuable. When someone shares with me words of Wisdom, I am always grateful that they helped me understand more. My eyes and my mind is enlightened. It’s of great value. When someone shares with me thoughtful and encouraging words, it makes me feel inspired.  Pearls are of great value and Jesus knows that all things that are good are with value. People in a sheep suit will not regard Scriptures and Wisdom as great value. They will take what you shared, trample on it and when it’s done and they will turn around and chew you out. It’s like walking into a pack of wolves.

Does this mean at all times we should not answer those people? No. Let’s see what Proverbs says (one of my husband’s favorite verses.) I have two here and read both. “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. -Proverbs 26:4

and another one just right after this verse: Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.” –Proverbs 26:5

Huh!? You’re in a no win situation here. Don’t answer a fool or you’ll be like him. Answer a fool lest he think he’s wise in his own eyes. Dododo??? Ah, Thank God for the Bible. It is filled with understanding.

Jesus tells us, “For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.” –Luke 12:12. I don’t treat everyone the same. Sometimes I meet a person and I notice that the person isn’t saying the right thing, I approach to help them gain wisdom. People can realize and say, “Oh, wow, thank you.” and change fast. Some will, some won’t. Sometimes I meet people and they talk talk talk and I say nothing. Sometimes I will go as far as I can– give it my all. Depending on the person and what the Holy Spirit tells me.

I commend those who were brave to stand up and speak the Truth against follies and I encourage those who created vlogs sharing information that isn’t true to re-examine what you said….with integrity.

Have a great day!

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Easter is not a Biblical Holiday. Shock!? Yes, it’s true.

2,000 years before Jesus was born, there was a festival that was known in Babylon. The Babylonians worshipped a god named Tammuz who was brought back to the underworld by his father, Ishtar, pronounced “EASTER”. The eggs in the festival celebrated fertility. Ishtar was also the god of spring and his wife’s name was Venus who carried eggs to bring fertilitzation. The hare, bunny, was a symbol in the festival that was in respect for Tammuz’s favorite animal. Pagans worshipped bunnies to honor Tammuz and they brought baskets to the gods. All this was practiced every year by the Babylonians around the same time as Passover.  Isthar, or Easter, in other words is a pagan fertility bunny god.

It has converted to become an American holiday that the Christians have adopted. This concept is the same with Christmas.  The celebration of Easter was once forbidden in America until perhaps 200 years ago. A law was passed to allow Americans celebrate “Ishtar”. (I might have the years wrong but it was against the law to celebrate Easter– bunny, egg, baskets, etc– in America at one point.)

Now, all this, it is real funny to see Christian parents lie and cover up to children and tell them the Easter, “Isthar” Bunny, is coming on Sunday morning with candies. The children put their basket and go to bed excitely waiting for the bunny to show up and fill their baskets with candies and gifts. Unbeknowingly to them, they are livening up the traditions of the god Ishtar.

The Catholic Church, the same thing with Christmas, wanted more congregation– so they adopted the pagan’s holiday as a compromise. Since Isthar was resurrected on a Sunday, the Catholic Church changed and declared that Jesus resurrected on a Sunday. Easter is revolved around the Catholic church’s traditions such as Ash Wednesday and Lent. Neither has been mentioned in the Bible nor was it a commandment to celebrate it. The word Easter is used ONCE in the Bible In Acts 12:4. You can look in your bible. The greek word for that word “Easter” is pascha. What Pascha really means is Passover. Some say the Catholic church changed the Passover term to Easter. I really don’t know exactly how the word Easter ended up in KJV but other translation such as NKJV and etc put back the correct word. Passover.

So, Easter absolutely has nothing to do with Jesus’s death nor his resurrection but, instead, is a pagan festival worshipping the gods.

The early Christians, INCLUDING Jesus always celebrated Passover. It is a ceremony with different rituals and food. If you haven’t been to a Messanic Passover, I encourage you to try to attend one. It is a beautiful ceremony. This year’s Passover does not fall on the same weekend as Easter. Passover is always followed by the Jewish Calendar and will be on April 20th. It was God’s desire that His children celebrate Passover forever. He wanted the story of the Exodus be told to all generations.

“So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.” -Exodus 12:17

And Jesus says to do so in the New Covenant.

“And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” -Luke 22:17

Now, about Jesus’ death, the Jews asked Jesus for a sign that He is the Messiah. Jesus says that the sign would be that he would die and resurrect after three days and three nights.  SPECIFICALLY He said THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. If Jesus resurrected 2 days and 1 night. HE IS NOT THE MESSIAH. That’s another god…. I am looking for the Messiah that died and rose after 3 days and 3 nights.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -Matthew 12:4

The Catholic church, which many many Christian church have mistakenly followed says Jesus died on a Friday (Good Friday) and resurrected on a Sunday.  That’s 1 day and TWO nights.  It’s half filled. That’s false Messiah– I’m not interested in any false Messiah who cannot FULFIL 100% 3 days and 3 nights.If He was not in the ground three days and three nights, then He is a liar and not truly the Son of God. God forbid Jesus knew there was 12 hours in a day (John 11:9-10). He’s not dumb. Easter tradition denies the gospel and the very sign that Jesus Christ gave of His identity as the Son of God.

What many people do not know is that Jesus is our Passover lamb. I will share the story of the Jesus’ death. You will see scriptures appear as a caption. I encourage you to go to your bible and read the scriptures. I do not have much time to share ALL the scriptures. Remember, the Jewish Calendar, according to God, a new day starts at sunset, not midnight.

1) Wednesday sunset, (new day) Jesus ate the Passover with His disciples on the evening of the fourteenth by Moses’ law (Ex 12:6-8; Matt 26:17-20; Mark 14:12-17; Luke 22:7-15).

2) Wednesday morning, group say crucify him. Pilates beat him and the crucifixion began at 9:00 AM, and Jesus died after the darkness ended at 3:00 PM (Matthew 27:45-50; Mark 15:25,33-37; Luke 23:44-49).

3) Before sunset on Wednesday, Jesus was buried hurriedly as the preparation day ended and the high Sabbath day was about to begin (Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14,31,42).

In Leviticus , there is a day of Sabbath (not SATURDAY), and that is during the week of Passover. Thursday of this week was a Sabbath and the Jews stayed home.

4) Thursday, The women who followed Jesus rested the high Sabbath day of the Passover before buying and preparing their spices (Mark 16:1 cp Exodus 12:16).

5) Friday afternoon, The women bought their spices and prepared them on the regular workday between the two Sabbaths days this week (Mark 16:1 cp Luke 23:55-56).

6) Saturday (Sabbath), The women rested during the weekly Sabbath day after buying and preparing their spices the previous workday (Luke 23:55-56 cp Exodus 20:10).

7) Sabbath evening, Jesus rose from the dead as the weekly Sabbath ended – three days and three nights after burial – as prophesied (Matthew 12:39-40; Mark 8:31).

Sunday morning, While it was still dark, the morning of the first day of the week, the women found the tomb already empty (Matt 28:1-6; Luke 24:1-3; John 20:1).

The gospel record of Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection prove His identifying sign of three days and three nights (Matthew 12:39-40). Anyone holding to a Friday crucifixion and/or a Sunday morning resurrection is denying the very sign Jesus gave to prove He was the Son of God.

Ask yourself. Do you know who you are worshipping? Easter, the false Messiah or Passover, the TRUE MESSIAH.

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Hi!

ACIM- A Course In Miracles A vlogger, deafmomof3 mentions it. There is a link on the video and you can watch her vlog to get an understanding of what I will share. I want to elaborate some more.  ACIM really parellels with the Bible. It has pretty much stolen the concept from the Bible. ACIM also has removed God, Jesus, and everything related to those two. ACIM’s concept and way of life is so much similiar to the Bible. Satan is always at work everyday trying blend and confuse the Bible, in other words, throw God out of the picture and have people begin to serve him in unknowingly. Make no mistake that ACIM has stolen a lot of concept from the Bible. I will prove it to you with scriptures.

1) ACIM shares that we must say over and over again about something until it is conceived into our minds, hearts, and so on. The Bible teaches that. There is power in the Word and what you say to yourself.

“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” –Proverbs 18:21

Also, we have faith. I am not talking about religional practice, “My religion faith is…” I am talking about the substance of something that is hoped for in our minds as explained in this scripture.

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” –Hebrews 11:1.

You have to say things to make it conceive in your mind, heart, and body. This is for everything in life with God such as your salvation, your joy, your peace, your finances, your prosperity, etc.  An example from the Bible is Abraham. Abraham, for example, his name was Abram. His wife was barren and God told him he would be father to many nations. God changed his name to Abraham, which means “Father of many nations.” Abram was not even a father yet he called himself “Abraham”. People even called him Abraham. They kept saying over and over and over again, “Father of many nation.” That concept was conceived in Abraham’s mind that his wife would bear him a child. 

Satan realizes that this is an effective way to live your life. God gave us an instruction on how to live your life abundantly . Satan just wants you to serve him, so he scratches off “God and Jesus”.

2) ACIM says it s a mind training thing. The Bible teaches that. Many times we see God tell us, “Renew your mind!” Mind is a powerful thing–

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.” –Romans 12:2.

Often we see in the Bible where God pinpoints different mindsets, “A doubleminded, a reprobate mind, a peverted mind, a humble mind, a sound mind, and etc”
 
3) ACIM encourages people to get together and have a small “therapy group” discuss and encourage one another. The Bible teaches that.

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”-Hebrews 10:25.

We are supposed to get together as often as we can to encourage one another– help other overcome their barriers, help them rise and see their victory. “Fight the fight of faith.” And Paul compares himself to a runner– we must be in training daily– train train train train train. PRACTICE. 

4) ACIM says that Salvation comes from yourself-within. Salvation is a gift to mankind from God, BUT we ourselves can take it and preserve it or we can throw it away. God did not make us a robot. We have freewill. We freely accepted Christ as our savior, and we can freely throw it away.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” –Matthew 7:21 
 
5) ACIM says not to hold onto the old wooden cross. I’m not sure what exactly it means but if it means about standing by the cross or holding onto a rosary. This is what the Bible taught.

“Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,”-Hebrews 6:1.”

Go beyond the cross. Often people lay down by the cross thinking “I’m a no good sinner, saved by grace.” The Bible encourages us to move on– mature– grow up. Now, if it is about rosaries, rosaries is a form of idolatry and the Bible says to flee from idolatry.   
 
6) ACIM says we are Light of the World– Fact. Jesus said that to us.

“You are the light of the world.” –Matthew 5:14

We are also the salt of the world. (Matthew 5:13). 

What Jesus is saying is that we should be such a light of the world that the unbelievers, when they look at Christians will say, “Look at those Christians! Something about them– I want what they have- they look so vibrant– so happy.”  That’s what we are supposed to be. “Light of the World”. ACIM understands that concept and they removed Jesus from the picture.  

7) ACIM says that we are gods within ourselves. The Bible does teach that concept.

“Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’?” –John 10:34.

We have creative powers in our tongue. If we say we are “sick” then we are sick. If we say again and again that we are poor, then we are poor. The same thing goes for many things. We have creative power in our tongues just as God does and that was given to us by Him. Plus, Christ is God in flesh so when we accept Christ, we have Christ in us. Don’t forget the Holy Spirit being in us. We are gods. We can do miracles and power within our body and around us. This concept is a little complicated and not quite popular among many to discuss but when it is studied properly, the concept becomes clearer.

Jesus gave us a lot of instructions on how to lead a good and abundant life. ACIM understands that concept but unfortunately it is common that many Christians don’t understand that concept–it is taught in the Bible.

ACIM does not believe in a God. Now, they cannot prevent themselves from dying and when they die– who will raise them back to life? There has to be a supreme divine to raise one back to life. Ask yourself that question if you don’t know who God is. Who will raise you back to life?

Have a great week!

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Perfection is often mentioned in the Bible. Perhaps the most notable one was
uttered by Jesus in Matthew 5:48. Is it possible to be perfect in the eyes
of God? Sure! An analogy of a student taking a test and getting a perfect
score is used in this vlog.

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A Christian Example: Jesus or Job?  People say Job suffered. He was an innocent man.  People say that we ought to accept however our lives turns out because we are like Job. People say that Job is an example we, as a christian ought to follow. Do you want to be like Job or do you want to be like what Jesus said we are? Check out all three vlogs and find out who you would like to follow!