Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. (1 Chr 29:15)

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. (Isa 8:19,20)
A Chilling Encounter With The Spiritually Blind
King Asa's End of Life Departure From The Faith
The Kindness and Sternness of God [AUDIO]
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He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that HIS SOUL WAS NOT LEFT IN HELL , neither his flesh did see corruption. (Acts 2:31, KJV)The ESV (a much better Bible translation) reads:
he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (Acts 2:31)The foregoing example is, in part, how JWs argue to deny eternal conscious torment for the wicked dead. Part of this confusion was created from the KJV, which has translated different Greek terms all as "hell".
Like it or not, the terrifying eternal conscious fiery torment is the scriptural teaching. Rev. 20:10 is most clear on that point.
Sodom and Gomorrah is another example of conscious eternal torment, that is, their ongoing punishment of eternal fire (Jude 1:7) and this too - "I am in agony in this fire." (Luke 16:24)
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me,
I will come forth as GOLD. (Job 23:10)
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Mat 24:6)
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. (John 12:48)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim 3:16,17)Read the New Testament FOR YOURSELF and change accordingly. Your SOUL depends on it. Also note that the real Jesus of the Bible cannot be separated from his word.
Jesus = the word of God (Rev. 19:13) = God in the flesh = the truth (Jn. 14:6).
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The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. THERE WERE ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN ON FOOT, besides women and children. (Exo 12:37)Only 2 men entered the promise land, and Moses (leader and law giver) and Aaron (the one and only high priest) were BOTH EXCLUDED!
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, YOU WILL NOT BRING THIS COMMUNITY INTO THE LAND I GIVE THEM." (Num. 20:12)
Moses did enter heaven, for he appeared at the Mt. of Transfiguration (Mt. 17:1-5). This Christian life is NOT an easy downhill slide into Paradise!
Yet you have a FEW people in Sardis who have NOT soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. (Rev 3:4)
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! (1 Cor 10:12)
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Jerub-Baal [Gideon] son of Joash went back home to live. He had seventy sons of his own , for he had many wives. (Judg 8:29, 30)
Now there were in Samaria seventy sons of the house of Ahab .... (2 Ki 10:1)
In both cases, all 70 of those sons were murdered at the same time. Gideon's sons were murdered by Abimelech (over POWER) - Judges 9 and Ahab's sons were killed because they were Baal idolaters - 2 Kings 10.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. THE GREAT STREET OF THE CITY WAS OF PURE GOLD, LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS. (Rev 21:21)Underneath the city's walls [of jasper which is green in color] are 12 foundations made of different solid precious stones:
The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. (Rev 21:19,20)Those precious stones are DIFFERENT IN COLOR. Hence, together, they are multi-colored, yet above them is the TRANSPARENT great street implying a multi-colored street from the foundations and walls, plus the pearl gates. Furthermore, crystal clear water from God's throne (the water of life) is flowing down the great street!
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Rev 22:1,2)IMAGINE the beauty of paradise, plus the relaxing sound of flowing water, but it is RESERVED ONLY FOR THE PURE IN HEART (Mt. 5:8; Heb. 12:14)! Make EVERY EFFORT to get in (Luke 13:23,24).
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To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground BECAUSE OF YOU; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. (Gen 3:17,18)
But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household BECAUSE OF Abram's wife Sarai. (Gen 12:17)The foregoing will also help you to learn how to study the Bible for yourself.
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God's judgments come in different ways and at different times. Unlike with Ananias and Sapphira (who were struck dead instantly for lying), with the MURDEROUS Abimelech, judgment occurred 3 years later:
AFTER ABIMELECH HAD GOVERNED ISRAEL THREE YEARS, God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who acted treacherously against Abimelech. God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal's seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. (Judg 9:22-24)The above occurrence is another Bible mystery, as is God sending "an evil spirit" there.
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... They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; (Mat 23:5)Jesus and his apostles were dressed in ORDINARY CLOTHES of their day, showing a spiritual leader should not have a collar or special clothing recognized as religious or setting him apart as a religious leader.
Taking the Scissors to The Full Gospel of Grace
Testimony of a Former 5 Point Calvinist
Mary's FALSE Fifteen Promises Of The Rosary
Christian Answers To Your Questions
Heavenly Treasures [AUDIO]
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The Apostle John wrote of Jesus BEFORE his Incarnation (his coming to earth in the flesh):"He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them." Isaiah said this because HE SAW JESUS' GLORY AND SPOKE ABOUT HIM . (John 12:40,41)John was referring to what Isaiah wrote here:
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." (Isa 6:1-5)Also, just like what John referred to in 12:40:
He said, "Go and tell this people: "'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." (Isa 6:9,10)**Again, John stated Isaiah saw JESUS' GLORY and Isaiah saw the LORD (YHWH) the King, but it was NOT the father (Jn. 5:37; 6:46). Also, JESUS is the "King of kings" (Rev. 17:14; 19:16). This is more proof that Jesus is YHWH, the King Almighty. Even more clear and direct are these scriptures:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. He was with God in the beginning. THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:1-3)
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you THE ETERNAL LIFE, WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER AND HAS APPEARED TO US. (1 John 1:2)Before earth, Jesus was call the "word," who created everything and was both God and eternal life. That truth means Jesus is not Michael the archangel or any other created being.
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And HE DIED FOR ALL, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. (2 Cor 5:15)The third point of Calvinism is 'Limited Atonement', which means (according to that FALSE theology) Jesus did NOT die for everyone! However, besides the clarity of 1 John 2:2 and Rom. 5:6, the above scripture also refutes it.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. (Rom 5:6)
To say Jesus did not die for everyone is to say those who go to hell are not ungodly.
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Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again. The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar." "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking." So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful. When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels. Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor." And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night." Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD, (Gen 24:15-26)
Islam generates pedophiles with their child brides. In fact, Muhammad was a pedophile himself. BTW, Islam rejects Isaac as the son of promise in favor of Ishmael.
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**AFTER getting "born again", the Christian is in an ongoing battle to stay PURE. Spiritual death remains an ever-present possible danger. Hence, everyday is important, especially when the saint resists sin unto death. We are told:
... do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. (1 Tim 5:22)
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OSAS clearly reeks with a license to sin in various ways, yet the above-mentioned, abominable sin - that EVEN PAGANS would not tolerate - is allowed under the mythological OSAS. That is what they think grace is!
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It was their FREE WILL, while "dead", to repent [turn away from their sins] or not. That choice on man's part, at that time, affects his salvation, and it is clearly demonstrated with the DEAD AND LOST prodigal, who got saved again when he came to his senses and repented:
For this son of mine was DEAD and is alive AGAIN; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate. (Luke 15:24)Reject all 5 points of Calvinism, especially OSAS.
The 5th point of Calvinism (which is OSAS) is often called eternal security or 'the perseverance of the saints' in Calvinistic parlance. In essence, among other things, they distort the following Bible truth (by reversing and switching the condition and the main clause).
TRUE: == > He that endures to the end will be saved. (Mt. 10:22)
FALSE: == > He that is saved will endure to the end. (Nowhere in Scripture)
Demons are very slick, and their 'doctrines of demons' are tricky.
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While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." (Acts 7:59)Catholics are wrong, but so are all who deny the deity of Christ. Stephen CALLED ON (or prayed to) the Lord Jesus; the same Greek term understood as PRAYER in 1 Peter 1:17 and which, in Scripture, is only given to God. Moreover, prayer itself is a form of 'worship' (Mt. 6:7).
Since you call on a Father who judges each one's work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. (1 Pet. 1:17)
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So then, each of us will GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD. (Rom 14:12)Imagine that future point of recounting your earthly life, before God who KNOWS EVERYTHING, including all our own motives. **NOW is the time to adjust and PREPARE for that time. MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT FOR GOD.
To Believe In The Lord Jesus vs WORTHLESS Counterfeits
Alcoholic Risks His Life For Beer
You Can't See God's FACE and Live
The Power of Prayer is Miraculous
Hell in the Bible [AUDIO]
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David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, "Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, O LORD, is the GREATNESS and the POWER and the GLORY and the MAJESTY and the SPLENDOR, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. WEALTH and HONOR come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. (1 Chr 29:10-13)It is to your advantage to praise God. In fact, you can praise God as you read that passage to him. Praise/worship passages are seen also in Revelation:
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and WORSHIPED GOD, SAYING: "AMEN! PRAISE AND GLORY AND WISDOM AND THANKS AND HONOR AND POWER AND STRENGTH BE TO OUR GOD FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN!" (Rev 7:11,12)
In a loud voice they sang: "WORTHY IS THE LAMB, WHO WAS SLAIN, TO RECEIVE POWER AND WEALTH AND WISDOM AND STRENGTH AND HONOR AND GLORY AND PRAISE!" Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "TO HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND TO THE LAMB BE PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY AND POWER, FOR EVER AND EVER!" The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped. (Rev 5:12-14)
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He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. He came to that which was his own, but HIS OWN DID NOT RECEIVE HIM. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- (John 1:10-12)PONDER THAT sad reality that happened to GOD IN THE FLESH from his own creation - amazing.
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Moreover, three years after he was initially exposed in 1988 for being with a prostitute (accompanied by the well-known TV acknowledgment of it that he had 'sinned'), he was caught a second time in 1991 in California! The second prostitute was Rosemary Garcia, who was in a car with Swaggart, when the police pulled him over and gave him 3 traffic tickets [https://www.kcra.com/article/jimmy-swaggart-scandal/65267482].
People acquainted with his ministry were both devastated and perplexed over the first exposure in 1988, and many don't seem aware of this second incident. ONLY God knows the spiritual damages done by his hypocritical life, which overshadowed and dwarfed his preaching and singing.
Scripture cites the qualifications for spiritual leadership to be: (1) of godly character and (2) able to refute those who oppose sound doctrine (1 Tim. 3; Tit. 1; 1 Pet. 5). Despite Swaggart's charisma, his musical talents and preaching abilities, he was HIGHLY UNFIT FOR THE POSITION HE HELD, AND HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE. The worldwide, collateral damage by his immorality is staggering and includes casting evil suspicion on ALL preachers.
POSSIBLE ANSWER: Finally, the reason so many were saved and blessed by the Word of God, sung and preached by Swaggart, is because of the latent power in God's living word itself. Consider the following: (1) Jonah's heart was not right when he preached to the Ninevites, yet a MASSIVE number of people repented (Jonah 3:10-4:11). (2) While Paul was in prison and in chain, some preached Christ there with the UNGODLY MOTIVE OF STIRRING UP TROUBLE FOR PAUL. Paul stated,
The former preach Christ out of SELFISH AMBITION, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether FROM FALSE MOTIVES or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice," (Phil 1:17,18). Read the whole context (Phil. 1:12-18).
Jimmy Swaggart's race is forever over. He died on July 1, 2025.
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...We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as INDEED THERE ARE MANY "GODS" AND MANY "LORDS"), YET FOR US THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, THE FATHER, FROM WHOM ALL THINGS CAME AND FOR WHOM WE LIVE; AND THERE IS BUT ONE LORD, JESUS CHRIST, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (1 Cor 8:4-6)The KEY is the Lord Jesus Christ (and his blood). Upon sincere heart-felt repentance, one is set free from any and all sin addictions, including alcoholism:
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin - because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. (Rom 6:6,7)
So if the Son sets you **free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36)** Set free means set free from sin addictions. The set free "WERE" [past tense as shown in1 Cor. 6:11] **FORMERLY the things listed in 1 Cor. 6:9-10, including "drunkards".
** You were taught, with regard to your FORMER way of life, to put off your OLD SELF which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; (Eph. 4:22)
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Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. (Jude 5, ESV)First they were SAVED [by Jesus]; then the same were DESTROYED. That point equals NO OSAS.
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Come near me and listen to this: "From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there." And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, with his Spirit. (Isa 48:16)
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But, brothers, when we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of OUR INTENSE LONGING WE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO SEE YOU. FOR WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU--CERTAINLY I, PAUL, DID, AGAIN AND AGAIN--BUT SATAN STOPPED US. For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? (1 Th 2:17-19)That is clear proof how the devil can interfere with the godly, but NOTE: the devil wanted to keep Paul and his godly co-laborers away from NEW CHRISTIANS, who are the most vulnerable to danger.
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Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; LIVE AS SERVANTS OF GOD. (1 Pet 2:16)That too hints at the real Christian life and is clearly demonstrated by Paul's life, as shown in the Book of Acts.
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