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“The New Year, Where Jesus Is
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M argaret I saacs
“ Oh, Lord God In Heaven!" How
often have these words been said,
especially during this special season;
but there are few that are aware that
the Lord God is also here on earth in
the person o f the H oly Spirit. This
Spirit who does all things for the
glorification o f Jesus, the Christ. I f
this w orld’s population could be­
lieve that Jesus is here in the Holy
Spirit, what a very different place
this world would be.
We pray for “ things” which never
satisfy nor give peace. Canker and
ruin follow our “ gimmie” prayers,
and through our ignorance, we b lame
God.
We pray for love among men, but
refuse to acknowledge that spiritual
love is neither sexual nor limited.
We pray for peace, while we plan
and implement the destruction o f
places and people and governments
and nations
We give with one hand and take
away with the other, accord ing to our
desire for w orldly gratification.
We place lim its on our love, our
peace, our faith, our compassion, our
mercy, our hope; We lim it our ambi­
tion to serve mankind by hour selec­
tiveness; and our selfish desire to
give aid only to those who can assist
us in achieving our earthly goals.
How quickly we forget ( i f we have
really ever known) that God is in us,
over us, around us, under us, and
among us; waiting with infinite pa­
tience for us to acknowledge Him as
master and savior in all seasons. So
simple is the solution to mankind’ s
woes, that it escapes many who pro­
fess to be spiritual. We cry, Why
God? He stands and pleads. Try G od!
Our base nature grabs us in a hard
grip, when we are faced with any­
thing we deem a threat to our ambi­
tion; to our social standing; to our
wealth; and our trust departs and
leaves us suspicious, m alicious,
proud, angry and hateful. We in our
ignorance, rely upon our inadequate
selves; foolishly thinking we are gods
unto ourselves. We refuse to acknowl­
edge our shortcomings; adamantly
ignoring the certain fact that we can­
not change nor hinder the visit o f the
death angel. Ignoring the fact that we
cannot give life; we seek control o f
nature, situations and circumstanc­
es, by hastening death. We eliminate
life before birth, attempting to main­
ta in c o n tro l o ve r o u r d esired
lifestyles; denying the planned and
sanctioned life giving way o f God.
We foolishly expend our energies in
futile attempts to be gods.
Nevertheless, tnere are occasions
when men allo w G od ’s spirit to shine
through; then, the poor are fed; the
homeless are sheltered; the sick are
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Ephesians 6: For we wrestle not
with flesh or blood. The devil is not
flesh nor blood. I f it does not have
flesh, w ill it be something like a Bone
Head? Flesh is muscle. And the heart
is cardiac muscle.
W ithout flesh, then it won’t have a
heart-Heartless! Without blood, how
can it exist? Does it consist o f any­
thing? Was it bom? Hmm... In order
to be bom, our mothers must have
flesh and blood. Other wise, how can
the mother nourish the fetus in the
womb? I f the devil is not bom, then
it does not have beginnings on Earth
as human beings have. Without such
beginnings as we have, how can it
exist?
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I he answer was given to me by the
Vatican Embassy in Washington, DC
According to the Vatican Embassy,
the devil is just a spirit. The devil is
a fallen angel. And angels are spirits.
And spirits are immaterial, incorpo­
real. It has NO body parts as human
beings have. In contrast, Jesus Christ
was bom in flesh and Blood. Since
He was bom, then He had a begin­
ning on Earth as a Corporeal Human
Being with Body Parts. In turn, the
Omnipotent Omnipresent Holy Spir­
it Who proceeds from God the Father
and the Son Jesus Christ can be Felt
because Jesus, the Divine Human
Being Who has Body Parts, abides in
us. 1 Corinthians 2:16: But we do
have the M ind o f Christ. 1 Corinthians
The love w ith in each o f us must
shine fo rth and connect w ith the
love in others, thereby, fo rm in g
a strong chain w hich cannot be
broken by the w him s o f dou ble-
tongued, false, selfish, unreliab le
men, w ho are e asily recognized
by the fru its they bear.
In this new year is where Jesus is;
where He has always been since the
beginning o f time. We would be wise
to extend this Christmas Spirit into
this newyear to assure that our bless­
ings continue, our seed prosper and
our Souls inherit eternal salvation
and peace. May we allow the Spirit
o f God to grant to us a happy, pros­
perous and blessed New Year.
C A L L T O A D V E R T I S E W IT H
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10: A ll ate the same spiritual meat/
food and all drank the same spiritual
drink, The drank from the Spiritual
rock that went with them; and that
Rock was Christ.
Hollywoodland Media had been
identified by someone in the Vatican
Embassy as the beast like a lamb.
That is in accordance to Daniel 8:20
the Ram’ s Identity. The beast is a
deceiver. And it spoke as a dragon,
which is the Devil, the great deceiv­
er. Spoke as itself, eh? Moreover,
Great Babylon, according to Revela­
tions 18, has become a habitation o f
devils--> a city o f fallen angels, evil
spirits which are incorporeal.
I f the T V is mute, can the evil
spirit manifest its voice? Ifth e T V is
off, can it manifest itself on the TV?
I f it cannot, then can it manifest itself
at any latitude, longitude, altitude,
depth, underground, on the ground,
over ground, below sea level, at sea
level, above sea level? I f it cannot
manifest itself behind or in front o f
the camera, then the devils are ex­
tremely lame spirits! Is that why they
say Bye Bye Birdie!? How can it
threaten anyone anymore? In Ezekiel
28, it was said. And you (refers to
Satan) wi II be no more. Thanks. Have
anice week. Pointer: Don’t be scared.
Why should we be scared o f a noth­
ing? Devils cannot occupy people
whose bodies are filled with the Holy
Spirit Who can be felt.
J ourney
Happy 10th
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March 6-10,1996
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OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY III
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Pastor James Coleman
RO M ANS (Bible Study Elective)
D r Jim Williams
W O RLD M ISSIO N III (Cultural Perspective)
Elizabeth Nance
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w ith in to shine fo rth and the earth
is a g a in b le sse d . M a n k in d ’ s
blessings fo r the new year are
dependent upon his a b ility to
acknow ledge his need fo r a God
o f m ercy and peace and love.
We must, independently, believe
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difference in this world, apart from
organized charities and government
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N EW T E S T A M E N T SURVEY III
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Kathleen Watkins
Equipping The Saints I, (Continuation)
Greg and Ginger Hicks
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