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An avatar that looks like Sarah Palin quotes Joseph Caryl, on the subject of the Salvation of Jesus the Christ!

“It more pleaseth the saints that they enjoy God, than that they enjoy salvation. False and carnal spirits will express a great deal of desire after salvation, for they like salvation, heaven, and glory well; but they never express any longing desire after God and Jesus Christ. They love salvation, but they care not for a Savior. Now that which faith pitcheth most upon is God Himself. He shall be my salvation. Let me have Him, and that is salvation enough!” (Joseph Caryl)

The Silent Voice of God

The world is going down the tube. Sin has become politically correct. People flock to religions which offer imaginary false gods, who will tolerate their sin, and deaden their conscience. No-one is immune, even me. There was a time when I would welcome all of this as a good thing, but I now have a problem. My spirit was brought to life by the living and true God, and the world now gives me a feeling of nausea, overlaid by a feeling of concern about inevitable doom of those not spiritually alive. Last rounds, ladies and gentlemen. it’s closing time.

All this time God screams at the world that it is fallen, and offers salvation in the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. The world is  not listening. Now many “acts of God” are needed to wake people up. How many floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, epidemics, famines, and wars must happen to make people see? Or maybe these things are just warnings to be recognized only by the elect of God?

What should I do? I share the Gospel but no-one believes it. Some say they believe it but it is obvious that they do not. Is it possible to be born again and have no desire to read the Bible, worship God, fellowship with the brothers and sisters in Christ?

There are two options to take. Stop caring about the result and just minister to the lost in obedience but without really knowing what will happen. The other is better but harder to find. I need to know what God is doing, and join in His work. I need to join Him in His work, and not improve on mine. I need to listen to the silent voice of God.

I am going on a retreat sometime in December, in Tagaytay, a tranquil place near Metro-Manila, Philippines, next to Taal volcano. I need to discern God’s will. That means being disconnected from the internet, TV, radio, books, entertainment, and even Study Bibles. Just God, the Bible, and me, for 5 days, alone. I really do not know what will happen. I am scared that nothing will happen. I am also scared that something might happen. Since this scary feeling can only come from Satan I am resolved to proceed with this plan. I leave it all to God. I really do not know what to do. I really am unable to commit the stupid mistake of recommending a solution to God. Please pray for me that I hear the silent voice of God, and obey what He says.

I took a walk in the woods with my son and his friend. I talk about my plans for a retreat and other random stuff. Here it is. Enjoy! Be strong in the Lord, who is coming soon! After all, it is written…

Was that the silent voice of God just then? I wish I knew for sure…

God bless,

George

Thoughts on Evangelism

I have been sharing the Gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, for over two years now, mainly on YouTube. I have no idea how many people were converted. Maybe none were. Were any changed? Yes, one person was changed. I was.

That one thing that I did not expect from evangelism was to be changed by it. A few weeks after I started sharing the Gospel, my interests started to change. I started to lose interest in movies and television. This was very odd, because I was a movie buff, and the type of person that turns the TV on the moment I arrive home. Now my DVD collection gathers dust and my TV is mostly used to display YouTube videos (I use a Sony Playstation to stream web content on my HD TV).

I wondered about this, and thought that the Lord wanted to protect me from the temptations that may come to me by sharing the Gospel in YouTube. Maybe Jesus does not like to watch TV and go to movies too, and after all, the whole point of accepting Jesus Christ is to be like Him. Frankly, there are no good movies being made anyway, and I would not be surprised if TV becomes as obscure as shortwave radio. The future is YouTube and other sources of web content.

Something odd happened recently. I used to post videos with licensed music, but the Holy Spirit told me to stop, and so I took them down. I thought my views would drop, but to my surprise, my views started to rise, and now my average views have tripled! I also discovered a lot of places where I can obtain freeware content.

Two years. 100 subscribers on YouTube. I know by now that it is not my work, but the Lord’s! What might be next? I never knew this could be so much fun!

God bless,

George

P.S. For those of you who might be interested in why I share the Gospel on YouTube, here is my YouTube video explaining why:

Prosperity Gospel is Satan’s doctrine

Prosperity gospel, which is widely proclaimed in the mass media all over the world, is Satan’s doctrine. We are told by God in His Word not to love the world. Compare the verses in Genesis with the verses in 1 John. Notice the similarities?

Gen 3:6 “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. “

1Jn 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Prosperity gospel basically says that if you are a follower of Christ, you will have prosperity, which is usually taken to mean, a lot of wealth and happiness, instead of poverty and persecution. Some people who believe in the prosperity gospel think that if you are rich, then this means that God is rewarding you for obeying Him. Another popular belief is that if you give to the church, then you will be rewarded with wealth (this assumes that blessings from God are mainly material, and that God will not bless Christians with persecution and suffering in order to strengthen their faith).

Do not be deceived by televangelists on TV. The video below illustrates the Biblical approach to giving:

God bless,
George

I was tagged on YouTube!

I was tagged by qswfeh2121. When you are tagged, you have a share 5 fun facts about yourself. So I made a video sharing 5 fun facts about me. I also tagged VVesss, aldrin051088, sumfamousperson17, impact360, and cjunk351.

Music is the opening theme song of the TV series “UFO”, which ran for 1 season in the ’70s and then was cancelled. I show the ending of their opening video at the end of this video. Here is the opening video of the series in full. This is the best TV opening of any TV series I have watched. It presents a lot of information very well in a short amount of time.

I hope you enjoy both videos!

God bless,

George