continuing works by J.J.

Entry #2 "Works by JJ"

Hello again,
You know how it is, life is tuff and you pray to God for wisdom to see your way out of the mess you are in and life goes on.
Did God answer? Is he ever going to answer you? The churches you go to infrequently only serve to remind you why you go infrequently…at least the vibes are good and the members mean well, even if the answers they give are empty of the wisdom you seek.
There’s got to be more to life than the daily grind… You know what I find interesting? All the gadgets of James Bond or Batman. When I was a kid of 11 or 12 yrs. Of age I tried making myself a batman utility belt. I even like survival gear, like what they sale at emergencyessentials.com…Swiss army knives, colloidal silver, MRE’s, (that’s “Meals Ready to Eat”, and first aid kits. I like to make a first aid kit and carry it with me in my backpack. Ready like Freddie, I like to say.
I still like gadgets and survival gear, but now with my views on the “End-Times” trials and tribulations period yet to devastate the world, my interest in these things is such that I’d spend thousands if I had it to spend. Not just for myself but for the “church”.
Yes the Church, that group of Born-Again believers that see The Way of God’s doctrine as I do, and move to prepare for the times ahead.
A lot of Christians don’t believe in the “End-Times” period of trials and tribulations because their church (denomination or not) has taught them to think we Christians well be raptured up into heaven before the poop hits the fan. Well, I don’t believe that, and I’ve heard tell that the whole scenario of a “pre-tribulation Rapture” was discovered to be a hoax perpetrated by a girl overseas who supposedly told of it while in a trance of spirit possession. Documented by a historian.
I had already come to the conclusion that the pre-tribulation rapture was a hoax before discovering that the book had been written; there are just too many instances where Jesus talks of the times to come and doesn’t declare it. And in order to believe it you have to accept a post-tribulation rapture too! Some churches go so far as to say there are three raptures.
But, whether you want to believe one way or the other is not what’s important…what is important is whether you are prepared to meet your God when the time comes.
I ask you: if you were to die will you go to heaven or hell? It’s not a guess or an assumption, you can know with a certainty! And here’s the good part, along with a more sure understanding of The Way of Love and Truth in the gospel good news is a more confident life, full of a view of reality that affects every person you see with the ability to know every persons inner being. This means you can know how to judge their worth as friends, advisors mates, or enemies.
Your future wife, should you get married, will also be seen as prudent or foolish; and if she wisely accepts your guidance in life, you will need to know how to teach her The Way of Love and Truth to make for a long and caring, loving, honest marriage.
The true Christian walks in knowledge, compassion, optimism, creativity, and love.
The reality of life reveals the needs in life. It’s not about walking around with your head in the clouds out of touch with your surroundings; it’s about enjoying life and demanding more from it. Friends need it, family needs it, lovers need it, businesses need it…and all can have it, “IF” they learn to accept it in Jesus.
It’s not hard, it’s not unreasonable, it’s not about believing in something you don’t know of; and it definitely IS NOT about going to church and becoming a zealot of blind faith and obedience to a list of Ten commandments. Where: you are expected to tithe, bible study, sing hymns, attend church regularly…etc. etc.
A true Christian lives much like everyone else; goes to work if he has a job, plays when he feels like playing, does what he chooses to do with no regrets, loves as he does, helps others when he can and is not bound to it, but above all he loves God and Jesus and has the attitude of gratitude and sees how it is that he can give the right word of advice to those living without a clue to the reality of life.
Here’s a small article for you to read and begin to learn how to walk as a Christian giant!
Later gator!
J.J.

The Error of Christianity
From
"Works by J.J."

According to the World Christian Encyclopedia there are over 34,000 different Christian doctrine teaching churches.
Are all of them wrong? Are all of them right? Are any of them right? Are any of them wrong? Does anyone know?
I know! And I know you think you know. Can anybody ever really know? I smile, I laugh. All the supposed great thinkers, all of the supposed great evangelists; I know, none of them really know.
It has been said that the odds of changing a person’s mind once they have already accepted a stand in their belief, is 9 to 1 against you, even if you can prove them wrong!!
Why is it that, “Blessed are the meek, (teachable) for they shall inherit the earth.”
Why is it that, “…he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sin?”
Where one sin in the unsaved soul is enough to condemn a person to hell’s fire, a covering of a multitude of sin must testify to the difficulty of the task.
Which of the churches shall cast out the believers and kill them thinking they do God service?
Which of the Christians will be the ones to hear the shout of the angel: “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues?”
Why are people all over the world looking for answers that the churches have not been able to answer to their satisfaction?
I know! And I know you think you know. I smile, I laugh…I’m sad. All the great thinkers, all of the supposed great evangelists; I know, none of them really know.
“In those days…I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
“In that day…shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is The Way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” Isa. 31:19-21
In these days we call the End-Times, we will be given pastors and teachers to teach us a message of the gospel that most of us will reject! A message called: “The Way.”
Jesus is The Way, the truth and the life…. Yet the churches are focusing on: The Truth of Jesus: The evangelical message of the gospel.
Like the Jews who focused on the letter of the law, (Rom. 7:6) we Christians are given the same admonition: “…as ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” (II Cor. 3:6)
The letter killeth and the spirit giveth life, yet in all of the thousands of Christian doctrines being taught, NOT ONE of them is teaching us The Way to knowing the life of the spirit other than the evangelistic way of confession and repentance.
Oh sure, we teach we need to be born-again…we teach no one can get to heaven except through Jesus, (which makes him the way, but not The Way!) We have taught, as best we knew how, the 3-fold message of the gospel as found in Luke 24: 46-47; His birth, death and resurrection, and of repentance and the forgiveness of sins. But of the six key gospel concepts: “faith, hope, love, believe, repentance and obedience;” all are taught according to the letter, not the spirit!!! Hence, they are not according to the “The Way” in Christ Jesus.
I know none of you know. And I know you think you know.
I attach no fault, no blame. God hid his teachers till these end-times for a reason. Praise God in his wisdom!!
But he made provision for the continuation of his gospel through his apostles and his prophets and through those who love God; and in the end times, through his teachers.
Between his, (Jesus) time and ours, The Way has been kept hidden, but we, that are born-again, are meant to be able to accept it when it gets taught. Why be meek, why be humble?
This is the main battle to be faced today: to be able to discern the truth of The Way, and accept it so that we can also accept it’s reward.
Pride, boasting, vanity, ego, closed minded, self-seeking… 9 to 1!!! Do you fear your churches ex-communication? Does your family tradition mean more to you? Is the teacher of ill repute?
Oh, that you could see the beauty of The Way…in the time just ahead when the anti-christ shall appear as an angel of righteousness, all who know The Way will know he’s a fake!
I know where I will stand, I know where most of you will stand…I smile…I laugh… I am sad… I cry.


In Him, J.J.