tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947201630314305612024-03-13T06:03:14.839-07:00Accountability is the new authenticitySemper Paratus Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04460010570777155957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94720163031430561.post-59742628475065626432015-09-01T21:49:00.004-07:002015-09-01T21:49:54.400-07:00Is Christianity a Religion?<div class="page-info" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 0.85em/18.71px Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>"Pure <strong>religion</strong> and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." - James 1:27</em></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</em></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="background-color: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><strong>THE ANSWER IS NO... </strong></em></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="background-color: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><strong>CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION!</strong></em></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="background-color: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">“The difference between Christianity
and every other faith in the world is that all other religions are about man reaching
up to God. Christianity is God reaching down to man.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
<ul>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Religion is a system of beliefs or a code of moral conduct that judges (qualifies or disqualifies) a person based on their adherence and obedience to certain codes, rules, laws, traditions, or the performance of required acts.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Religion is the result when powers attempt to maintain, increase, or abuse their power over others. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Religion is the creation of man and is not the intention or design of God.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">When Jesus was on the
earth, religion was very rampant, as it is today. Jesus hated this!
When you practice religion, your relationship with God is degraded to a
mathematical formula. It was never intended to be a list of rules that
can be relegated to a checklist ( when selecting what religion you belong to on some form). We are talking
about love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">For example, the
Pharisees took the commandment to remember the Sabbath and added religion to it
by making that ridiculous rule about spitting on the ground. Jesus showed
his complete disregard for their rules when he repeatedly healed people on the
Sabbath. The Pharisees considered this “work”. </span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span> </h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">On one particular
occasion, He healed a blind man on the Sabbath by spitting on the ground,
making some mud, and rubbing it on the man’s eyes. Jesus was God.
He didn’t have to spit on the ground to heal the man. He was <u>making a
point</u> to the Pharisees and everyone watching him <u>that religion was wrong and not to think of your faith as a religion, but a personal relationship</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"></span></o:p></span></h2>
<ul>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Religion is about what man has to <b>DO</b> to be right with God. </em></span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em> <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Christianity is about what God has already <b>DONE</b> to provide us the opportunity to be right with Him. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Religion says you must <b>EARN</b> your salvation by doing good deeds or certain acts and not doing evil. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Christianity says all we need to do is <b>BELIEVE</b> that Christ has already paid the price for the evil we have done</em>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Christianity says we are all evil (filled with sin) and there is nothing we can do to earn the right to be saved. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
<li><h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Christianity says that God (in the form of Jesus Christ) stepped into our place and paid the awful price that had to be paid for us. He gave us the free gift of salvation if we choose to believe in Jesus. - <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 Pet 3:18<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></span></h2>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is no rhetoric or rituals that have to be
practiced. Believe that Jesus Christ came to earth and died for
your sins, accept his FREE GIFT, let God help you to love Him and love others.
That’s it! </span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span> </h2>
<h2 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the difference between religion and true Christianity. There is no checklist or list of rules that you must follow. It is ALL about your relationships, vertical and horizontal. </span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span> </h2>
<h2 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ref: </span><a href="https://philippians1v21.wordpress.com/why-believe-in-jesus/why-christianity-is-not-a-religion/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://philippians1v21.wordpress.com/why-believe-in-jesus/why-christianity-is-not-a-religion/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<h2 class="page-title" style="font-family: Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></h2>
</div>
Semper Paratus Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04460010570777155957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94720163031430561.post-52757044366256906512015-07-05T07:05:00.002-07:002015-07-05T07:05:31.173-07:00USA = GOD <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
...Even the day and year of our Nations' official birth was predicted!</h3>
<div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5496649976496610032" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586px;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Give some thought to this: <span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on </span><b style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">July 4, 1776</b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">. On </span><b style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">July 1, 1776</b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence...and the rest is history!</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">However, I suggest that nothing is left to coincidence or chance with God. His involvement is in and through "everything and in every detail."</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Numbers and timing is His autograph to HIStory and have critical and supernatural significance.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><b>Consider "July 4,1776."</b> Break the numbers down like this and God's hand writing can be seen again with just a few insightful observation.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">On this day and year of our historic beginning as new Nation, God's hand can be seen in the significance of the numbers.."</span><b><i><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">America was to be the <u>absolute single</u> nation, from all <u>four corners of the earth</u> to come and <u>take refuge</u> from tyranny in a <u>perfectly completed land</u>. A land that would withstand the diabolical devices of the usurper, provided her people keep the faith and honor the object of our worship...the Lord Jesus Christ (2 chron7:14)! </span></i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Awesome, isn't it? Happy Independence Day! </span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWNbrpUau8Fiuak0HsgPcGinQb5DsdCYVEPMrq-bKZoluRnJ8Sgqa7zoZ1Pdm66r0Pac_8Q6LiQmwoRqvnECjm7Oqrw4AO-ydqtxbi2mBe_7zzWCwmUjAwf6S8YFoefDRClvAdlVYYJ4/s1600/flags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #4d469c; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWNbrpUau8Fiuak0HsgPcGinQb5DsdCYVEPMrq-bKZoluRnJ8Sgqa7zoZ1Pdm66r0Pac_8Q6LiQmwoRqvnECjm7Oqrw4AO-ydqtxbi2mBe_7zzWCwmUjAwf6S8YFoefDRClvAdlVYYJ4/s200/flags.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NUMBER One</span>: is the number of <b><i>unity</i></b> or <b><i><u>absolute singleness</u></i></b>. Deut 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." God is one God in Three Person,but still "One" God.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NUMBER Four</span>: is the number in the Bible there said to be <b><i><u>four corners of the earth</u></i></b><u> </u>(Isaiah 11:2), there were four dominant kingdoms mentioned in Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 7:3), there are four seasons on the earth, there are four major directions on the earth (north, south, east, and west), and there were even four types of soil in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13). There were also four pillars in the Temple</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NUMBER Six</span>: is the number seen as representative of mankind since humans were created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:31). Mankind was commanded to work for six days that were given in the Fourth Commandment. The number six is also seen as a number of imperfection since man was created on it, six days is an imperfect week, and the perfect evil can be seen in the number of man, 666 (Revelation 13:18), a sort of unholy trinity. There were six cities of refuge given to the Levites for those who killed or caused great harm accidentally to others; <i><b>these were places for them to<u> take refuge</u></b></i> (Numbers 35:6). God established these cities so that family members would not retaliate against them for the harm they inflicted upon them by accident or not intentionally.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NUMBER Seven</span>: is the number of perfection since the earth was created in seven days, regardless of the fact that God rested on the seventh day. Rest is still doing something and the seventh day is a day of rest and we are told to work six days and rest on a seventh day. Seven is symbolic of a <b><i>totality of <u>perfection or completeness</u> </i></b>like the seven-day week. This pictures God’s complete and totally perfect judgment of the inhabitants of the earth, in particular those who are not under the atoning sacrifice of Jesus and have not had the wrath of God removed from them because of their rejecting Him as Savior. Even the Tribulation is said to last seven years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiaBHcz6QyO1Ay24k4Al04JJQWgVpWoU3xUC8k9oFXLWNNv4xqBI3AJeAgm_dOWTxtGrdUa0IHICUSj2Fc6S-Bxdd1r630jSRNGBfHKDCiL5e-X8yyBvPqUQlMiQa8OBybfzb5zG1SVc/s1600/theomath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4d469c; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiaBHcz6QyO1Ay24k4Al04JJQWgVpWoU3xUC8k9oFXLWNNv4xqBI3AJeAgm_dOWTxtGrdUa0IHICUSj2Fc6S-Bxdd1r630jSRNGBfHKDCiL5e-X8yyBvPqUQlMiQa8OBybfzb5zG1SVc/s400/theomath.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Semper Paratus Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04460010570777155957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94720163031430561.post-5590480706251020152015-07-03T11:06:00.000-07:002015-07-03T11:06:05.823-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ords are only that. Actions are accountable. Today I begin my journey in accountability. My actions are now shared publicly and on displayed for better or worse, but nevertheless, I am accountable; first to my God, then my incredibly patient wife, children and amazing fellow brothers and sisters in Christ whom I serve, and slew of friends and colleagues...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will use my voice and the empowering exposure afforded by technology to share from my humble viewpoint, all manners of life's lessons to put us in a position of being "Always Ready," which is the definition of the Greek phrase, Semper Paratus.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blogging will result in having to learn new skills, be sensitive to my surroundings, but mostly will be my own therapy and release. If any can find common ground and receive a blessing, then you're free to come along for the ride. Participate in life. Find ways to contribute and make a difference in this great, big world of our. <i>Time is short so here we go...</i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://www.hbcalameda.org/sites/default/files/images/boat1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.hbcalameda.org/sites/default/files/images/boat1.jpg" height="120" width="320" /></a></i></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Semper Paratus Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04460010570777155957noreply@blogger.com0