The Reliant, The Movie

The Reliant Official Novel Trailer from Philip Hunsaker on Vimeo.

There are Three Types of Death, Part 3

This blog article is part three of my four-part series on the types of death faced by each human being. To see my previous articles in this series click here.
 

Spiritual Death, Physical Death, Eternal Death

The eternal death is when anyone who has not received the Lord Jesus Christ into their heart, and is when whose name is not found written in the Lord’s Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire, eternally separated from God.

Some will ask if there is a literal heaven or a literal hell or lake of fire?  Yes, according to the Holy Bible.  “The Lord looks down from Heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God” (Psalms 14:2).  “And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man” (John 1:51).  “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:20).”

Is there a lake of fire or hell?  Yes. “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14, 15).

“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.  Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (I John 3:15, 16).

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:  And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:’” (Matthew 25:31-34, 41).

False teachers will deny the reality of the final judgment.  The Bible teaches in Hebrews 9:27, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”  Unbelievers will stand at the Great White Throne Judgment because they have not believed on or received the Lord Jesus Christ, and their names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life and they will have to face eternal death in the lake of Fire” (Revelation 20:11-15).

What if a person believed in God but not in The Lord Jesus Christ?  “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).  “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5); “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (The Lord Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” (I John 5:7).    

Do you want your name written in the Book of Life?  Then pray this simple prayer,  “God, I am sorry for my sin.  I turn from my sin right now.  I thank you for sending Jesus to die on the cross for my sin and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be my Lord, Savior, and Friend.”

The Whole Armor of God, Part 12C

Today I continue my series of articles commenting on the concept and principles involved in the Armor of God, which the apostle Paul described in the New Testament. This is the topic of the Sunday school lesson I am currently teaching. This week I post part three of a three-part discussion on Ephesians 6:18.

The Armor of God – Pray. Watch. Persevere.

The word “Perseverance” means progressing under difficulty.

Does life seem hard for you? Consider what some of the great men of the Bible have said.

Eliphaz, “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7).

Job, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble” (Job 14:1).

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage (Genesis 47:9).

God told Adam, “Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” (Genesis 3:17b-19).

Jesus, who is God in flesh, did not escape difficulty. Isaiah prophesied, “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted” (Isaiah 53:1-4).

We all encounter difficulty. What is important is to keep going even when all seems hopeless.

There is a God who rules over the universe. Mankind is the most important part of His creation, For He created Man in His own image. He gave His only begotten Son to die for all mankind and be the propitiation for their sins, yes, even yours! He loves each one of us individually.

With life so difficult we must rely on God to help us.

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37:23-25).

“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children , hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all” (Psalms 34:6-19).

King David of Israel wrote, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid (Psalm 27:1)?

We must remember that it is not by our power and ability that things are accomplished but by God working in us, around us, and through us.

Have yourself an al-Zawahiri Christmas!

Here is the YouTube description of the embedded video below, “A satirical new video from al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, about the true meaning of Christmas.” Hat tip goes to GlennBeckClips.com where I came across this video.

Imagine, Jesus Christ, God incarnate,  died for the likes of Osama Bin Laden, al-Zawarhiri,you and me too! That’s the real hope and change offered to this sinful world! 

In Tribute to Mom

Helen Kindig was at Forest Lawn Mausoleum and Cemetery when she was fourteen years of age. While there, she observed a statue of Jesus as a butterfly lighted on the statue. “How wonderful,” she thought. It reminded her of when the Spirit of God descended on Jesus like a dove after He was baptized by John in the Jordan River. She went home and knelt by a chair, repented of her sins, and invited Jesus into her heart. Just then the first broadcast of “The Haven of Rest” came on the radio.

She later got married to a godly man and changed her last name to Keiser. Her father asked their pastor Dr. Louis S. Bauman what kind of people the Keiser family were. He knew them when he lived in Ohio before moving to California. He said, “They are the salt of the earth.”

She wanted her children to know the same Jesus she had come to know and love. She wanted them to have eternal life and go to heaven. So she made sure all of her children went to Sunday school, church, and Vacation Bible School. And she lived a godly life in front of her family and friends and loved the Lord Jesus Christ. Her favorite song was “My Jesus I love thee, I know thou art mine.” These words are inscribed on her tombstone. She knew that without Jesus a person would be tormented by fire forever. She cried bitterly when Mary Kindig, her sister-in-law, died. For Mary was an atheist. She didn’t want that same destiny for her descendants.

There’s no doubt that Helen Keiser went to heaven when she died. This is because for a Christian “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” Solomon wrote that the living should remember that death is waiting for us all. The question is, “Do you have eternal life and are you going to heaven?”

If you want eternal life and to go to heaven, you can repent of your sin and invite Jesus into your heart right where you are today. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me of my evil and come into my heart.

Jesus said, “Whoever comes to me I will in nowise cast out.” “For all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Considering Haiti

Pat Robertson was criticized by the Reverend Al Sharpton and a talk show host for saying Haiti was a Voodoo country that had made a pact with the devil. As I recall the people of Haiti reconfirmed this pact a few years ago. Sharpton and others did not like the implication that the people of Haiti are the cause of their problems. Sharpton blamed the United States for Haiti’s problems because we had not given them enough money to help them.

Such speaking tells me that Sharpton and this talk show host, who I think was Rusty Humphries, do not know the Holy Bible or God as well as Pat Robertson does.

In God’s word, the Holy Bible, He clearly states, (Proverbs 14:34) “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Voodoo is certainly sin as is making a pact with the devil. Renewing that pact is also sin.

A nation’s lifestyle does affect how God deals with a nation and a people. (Psalms 107:33, 34) “He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.” (Ps 9:17)”The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Has Haiti been turned into hell?

U.S.A. Today had as one of its headlines, “Help and Pray.” They got it wrong. The people of Haiti need to repent of their sin and invite Jesus into their hearts and live in obedience to Jesus.

America needs to take note because we are going the way of Haiti. There are those who are turning the United States into a secular nation. That is a nation without God; a godless nation. We are not simply forgetting God but turning from God. President Obama says that the United States is 5% of the world’s population yet we consume 25% of the world’s resources. He wants to correct this disparity which would require shrinking the economy by 80% and taking America’s wealth and giving it to others. Rush Limbaugh said he wanted the President to fail and was criticized for it. Evidently the President’s supporters want the American economy to shrink by 80% also. I would say he is being successful at destroying the nation and its people. He did promise change and this is change.

Can you see America turning into hell?
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P.S. Pat Robertson is lamblasted by the opposition media for what he said about the possible cause of the devastation in Haiti. The same media says nothing about the outrageous claims made by actor Danny Glover, who claimed that the cause of the earthquake was the failure of the Coppenhagen Climate Summit! gj

How I Know Barack Hussein Obama is not a Christian, Part 4

This is the fourth in a series of articles offering evidence that our President is not a Christian, despite what he or anyone else may claim.

While running for the Presidency as a candidate, Barack Hussein Obama said that he would teach his girls what was proper but if his darling daughters made a ‘mistake’ he did not want them to be punished with a child or a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The implication was that an abortion would relieve the burden of an unwanted pregnancy, which he equates to an STD.

While in the state legislature in Illinois, Obama argued that those babies who were born alive, having survived an abortion attempt, should be allowed to die since the decision had already been made that they should die. Obama has surrounded himself with people who argue that a child is not a person until it is several years old. We can only believe that he is of the same mindset since he knows what they think and has appointed them to their positions. There are many clergy and church going people who believe abortion is acceptable.

One of the first things Barack Obama did when assuming office was to federally fund embryonic stem cell research. People who know nothing about Christianity and God’s word may consider that this is wonderful, but those who are Christians and know something about Christianity and God’s Word know that this is torture as well as murder.

God says in His Word, the Bible, that He hates the shedding of innocent blood and that it is an abomination to Him (Proverbs 6:17). Manasseh shed much innocent blood in Jerusalem (II Kings 2:16). So much so that God refused to forgive Judah for the sins they committed and brought Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon against Judah to destroy it (II Kings 34:3,4). Babylon was located where Iraq exists today.

God said to Israel, Do not let any of your children be burnt with fire for the idol Molech (Leviticus 18:21). God said that this is what the inhabitants of Canaan had done before them and the land was defiled (Leviticus 18:26,27). God promised that the land in which Israel was to live would spew them out of that land because their evil, if they did evil. They did do evil, and they were cast out of the land.

America, like Israel and Judah, has shed innocent blood (Psalms 106: 37, 38). They did it in the worship of Baal and Molech in sacrificing their children on altars to these pagan idols. We do it in worship to sex (Molech) and intellect (Baal). We call it abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and allowing an infant to die after a failed abortion.

God says, “You have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne unto me, and these have you sacrificed unto idols to be devoured (Ezekiel 16:20). You have slain My children. You have given birth to them to cause them to pass through the fire for these idols (Ezekiel 16:21).” By virtue of creation every person is the property of God. God says: “Behold all souls are mine. As the soul of the father is mine so also is the soul of the son mine. The soul that sins, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4).” President Obama shows absolutely no God consciousness! He is acting contrary to God’s Word.

If you want God consciousness you must repent of your sins and invite Jesus into our heart, for salvation from the consequences of your sins (Luke 24:46-48). When Jesus comes into your heart, you are saved, forgiven, made a new creature by the Holy Spirit, given eternal life and that makes one a Christian (Revelation 3:20; II Corinthians 5:17; I John 5:10-12; Romans 8:9).

A sample prayer in order to become a child of God and to have a right relationship with Him, is, “Lord Jesus Christ come into my heart and forgive me of my sins.” If you choose any other ‘path’ to God, then you will perish in eternity. Rejection of God’s only provision results in endless torment by fire. Choose Jesus, He is THE only Good Choice . . . !

How I Know Barack Hussein Obama is not a Christian, Part 3

This is the third in a series of articles offering evidence that our President is not a Christian, despite what he or anyone else may claim.

While running for the Presidency as a candidate, Barack Hussein Obama proudly made a seal for himself which has been promoted all over the country and the world. He proceeded to campaign all over the world in his own name. Those attending his speeches chanted “Obama”. People who know nothing about Christianity may consider this wonderful, but those who are Christians and know something about Christianity know that this is not so wonderful.

Jesus told the Jews “I receive not honor from men. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. I am come in My father’s name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name him you will receive (John 5:43).” Obama was received by the world and he came in his own name. Not the name of Jesus.

Many have preceded Obama who were well revered by the masses. These would include Adolph Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, Pol Pot, Stalin, and Fidel Castro. They proceeded to enslave the people they ruled and to murder millions. Do you really think Obama will act any differently when he gets the power? He already has said that babies who survive an abortion attempt should die anyway. He is a murderer at heart.

When Christian leaders speak, the people do not chant their names, they honor God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Billy Graham says, “Jesus Saves”, Oral Roberts says, “God is good, expect a miracle”, Kenneth Copeland says, “Jesus is Lord”, and the Apostle Paul writes, “I know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified”.

President Obama says, “Only government can get us out of this mess”. He has no God consciousness!

If you want God consciousness, if you want to know God, then you must repent of your sins and invite Jesus into our heart, for salvation from the consequences of our sins (Luke 24:46-48). When Jesus comes into your heart, you are saved, forgiven, made a new creature by the Holy Spirit, given eternal life and that makes one a Christian (Revelation 3:20; II Corinthians 5:17; I John 5:10-12; Romans 8:9).

A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ come into my heart and forgive me of my sins.” The alternative is to perish, which is to be tormented endlessly by fire separated from God.

How I Know Barack Hussein Obama is not a Christian, Part 2

This is the second in a series of articles offering evidence that our President is not a Christian, despite what he or anyone else may claim.

While running for the Presidency as a candidate, Barack Hussein Obama proudly announced to a German audience and everyone else while speaking at Frankfort, Germany that he was, “a citizen of the world”. People who know nothing about Christianity may consider this an honorable statement. However, those who are Christians and do know something about Christianity, understand that this is a despicable statement.

Jesus told Nicodemus, “Truly, truly I say unto you. Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).” In fact it is being born again that makes a person a Christian! Nothing else! When a person is born-again they are transferred from the power or kingdom of darkness, whose ruler is Satan, into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:13). Make no mistake, the ruler of the world is Satan (John 14:30).

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In going to church for twenty years, Barack Hussein Obama should have learned that whoever is a friend of the world is an enemy of God (James 4:4). “If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him (I John 2:15).” The Apostles were separated unto God from out of the world and were therefore no longer of the world (John 17:6). The world hated the Apostles because they were not of the world (John 17:14) nor is Jesus of this world. Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). When a person believes in Jesus, then they also are no longer of this world. The point is that a person cannot be a citizen of this world and at the same time also be a Christian.
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The god of this world is Satan (II Cor. 4:4; Matt. 4:8-10). A citizen of this world has as their god, Satan, and not the true God. Jesus did not pray for the world, but He did pray for the Apostles and for those who would believe on Him through the word of the Apostles (John 17:9,20). Jesus said, “In this world you shall have tribulation but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world (John 16:33).” Anyone who would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution (II Tim. 3:16). Christians are strangers and sojourners in this world (Psalm 39: 12) and overcome it by their faith (I John 5:4, 5).
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Perhaps you would rather be a Christian than be a citizen of this world, which is passing away (I John 2:17).

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You must repent of your sins and invite Jesus into your heart for salvation from the consequences of your sins (Luke 24:46-48). When Jesus comes into your heart, you are saved, forgiven, made a new creature by the Holy Spirit, given eternal life and that makes one a Christian (Revelation 3:20; II Corinthians 5:17; I John 5:10-12; Romans 8:9).
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A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ come into my heart and forgive me of my sins.” The alternative to being saved and brought into right relationship with God through Jesus is to perish, which results in being tormented endlessly by fire, and which is not A Good Choice . . .

Prayer is Important for Winning the Lost

How I Know Barack Hussein Obama is Not a Christian, Part 1

This is the first of a series of articles offering evidence that our President is not a Christian, despite what he or anyone else may claim.

While running for the Presidency as a candidate, when Barack Hussein Obama was asked if he was a Christian, he said “yes, I go to church once a week”. People who know nothing about Christianity may consider this a good answer; but those who are Christians and know something about Christianity know that this is an inadequate statement.

Jesus told Nicodemus, “Truly, truly I say unto you. Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).” It is being born again that makes a person a Christian! Nothing else!

Hopefully, by going to church one learns that they are a sinner separated from God by virtue of Adam and Eve disobeying God in the Garden of Eden and eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They obtained this knowledge of good and evil, but lost their intimate relationship with God and transferred from the kingdom of God into the kingdom of Satan. Hence forth, all their descendents were born separated from God and living in the kingdom of Satan; this includes Barack Hussein Obama, and it means that each person is in need of a savior.

God so loved each and every person In the world, that He sent his only begotten Son into the world so that each and every person who believed on Jesus would have eternal life and not perish (John 3:16).

With God as His Father, He, Jesus, was conceived sinless. With Mary as His mother, He was human. He lived a sinless life fulfilling the whole law of God (Hebrews 4:15). Thus, He was worthy to represent all of mankind before God. As for being Devine He was able to take all the sins of all mankind in His own body and receive the wrath of God against himself and still survive (I Peter 2:24; Luke 24:1-8).

We must therefore repent of our sins and invite Jesus into our heart for salvation, to free us from the consequences of our sins (Luke 24:46-48). Jesus comes into our heart, we are saved, forgiven, made a new creature by the Holy Spirit, given eternal life and that is what makes us a Christian (Revelation 3:20; II Corinthians 5:17; I John 5:10-12; Romans 8:9).

You can be a Christian if you so desire by repenting of your sins, and inviting Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ come into my heart and forgive me of my sins.” The alternative is to perish, which is to be tormented endlessly by fire.

To date, I have never heard Obama publicly confess Jesus as his Lord and Savior, but I do recall that he did have His statue covered (at Georgetown University) when he spoke in its presence.