The Lord is My Defence

 Psalm 94:22 "But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge."

The Lord is my defence,
What shall I do ,
A call for help is nothing new,
I wallow in dreams,
The Lord in my head,
I sleep with his sword beside my bed,
Coals of fire shall be on his head,
I will be blessed taking his stead,
No cursing nor strife,
No avenging my life,
I will keep the Word with all my might,,
No eye for eye,
No tooth for tooth,
The Lord is my defence,
What can I do?

The Gift of God to Men: Women

 For some bizarre reason in our culture, women have to look like complete whores to be beautiful. This is complete insanity! One area where the Bible massively contradicts modern society is in beauty standards.
 The Bible says in Proverbs 11:22 "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman without discretion." I rarely see any women or girls who show any discretion. But they all like to wear mini-skirts. Now it's one thing for the world to do this, but Christians are now starting to take on the world's dress code. If you want to see just how bad this is, just take a walk. You will almost always see some woman or girl dressed like a slut.
 Of course feminism teaches that women should just sleep around and act like it doesn't affect them. But God said that there is value in women. God instituted something called a dowry. Now before you get all feminist on me, the dowry isn't for the purpose of you buying a wife. A dowry shows that women have value. Jacob had to work 14 years for the woman he loved. Now I'm no womanizer, but I would think that a woman would like being worked and paid for instead of rented.
 1 Corinthians 11:9 says, "Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." God created women for men. Remember that Adam was first formed. When God saw that it was not good for men to be alone, then he made woman (for the man that was alone). Woman was the first gift that God gave to man. I thank God for women. A society with a bunch of men would be dirty, strong, and uncivilized. A society with a bunch of women would be clean, weak, and war. Yet God created us for one another so that society can be civilized, clean, strong, and peaceful. We are made for one another which is why we bond so easily (at times).
 It is a shame that society is so uncivilized. Fathers leave the home so the mother has to provide and put her children in an uncivilized public school raising an uncivilized generation. All starting with the father's absence. It is also a shame that Christian women are so provocative. Titus 2:4-5 says, "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed." The word that pops up after reading this is "housewife". A shunned word in our society, but a valued practice in God's eyes. I pray that I meet a Christian woman that obeys the Bible. I pray that my future children will meet godly young women. As our nation grows closer to hell and destruction, the men and women for some reason grow closer to switching roles. I will never switch roles, I will be a man, and I plan on marrying a woman. Not a feminist whore.

Real Revival

 Since May, me and my family have been going soul-winning in our neighbourhood. We have to have knocked at least 120 doors and gotten a total of about 20 people saved. We started out going once a week on Sundays. But now we go three times a week on Sundays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I can honestly say that soul-winning is one of the best things (given that it is a commandment) that a Christian can ever do. I absolutely love it. But for some reason, so many Christians don't. Many scriptures (Acts 20:20, Luke 10, Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 14:23) clearly command Christians to go soul-winning. However, Churches don't have time for soul-winning; Churches have more interest in "revival".
 For some odd reason, Churches want to mourn because we live in a sinful world; preach watered down sermons that don't touch on sin; invite people to church and call that soul-winning; vote republican, and then go home feeling "motivated" after each Sunday morning. This is not the ingredient to revival. The ingredient is for Pastors to preach hard against sin with the faithful King James Bible in their hands. Churches want to purposely bring in unrepentant fornicators, drunkards, and whores because they interpret the Church as being a hospital, when God said that Church is for Christians and cast out the unrepentant  fornicators (1 Corinthians 5). Church is not a hospital, it's a battle headquarters for Christians to fight against sin. Inviting someone to Church is not soul-winning. Since the Church is being geared towards the unsaved (the alter call), rather than towards believers, believers are not experiencing any teaching and growth. Every single sermon on Sunday is about Jesus; not that it's wrong. But 1 Timothy 4 commands Pastors to preach the Word in season and out of season. Jesus Christ is the Word of God (John 1:1). And the Word of God isn't just the four gospels.
 Pastors are to blame for the sin of our nation. They chose to be entrusted with preaching the Word of God. Luke 12:48 says "...For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." The Word of God is what created the world. The Word of God is what gave man breath. It's what created the stars, planets, and galaxies. The earth, sea, and beast. Through man it was written, through mouths it was preached. Pastors have that exact same Word as long as they have the King James Bible. They have been entrusted with much.
 Even though God is up in heaven wondering why Pastors are such wimps when they are supposed to be studying his word everyday, Pastors for some odd reason feel that what they are preaching is what God wants. They want to blame us for being lazy when they are crazy for thinking that they are anything like what God wants a prophet to be. Isaiah 58:1, and Ezekiel 6:11, and Matthew 14:1-5 are some scriptures that show how the prophets of that time were preaching. Trust me, they wouldn't dare use a glass pulpit. Notice that most of the time the Pastors or Prophets were preaching very negative sermons. Jesus preached more on hell than any other prophet. Jesus called the Pharisees  names like "vipers", "blind", "hypocrites". Jesus said they were white sepulchres full of dead bones. They were called "children of the Devil" in John 8:44. Jesus was not a motivational speaker. he was a hair-legged man who preached hard against sin. Jesus said in Luke 19:27, "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." Jesus was not a long-haired hippie who flocked around in a dress. If Pastors would read Revelation 19 they would know that. The reason why our nation is like it is today is because Pastors don't preach against sin. They welcome it. If Pastors preached against the faggots, then we wouldn't have this problem today. If they preached against abortion, we wouldn't have this problem today.
 We want to pretend that reprobates can get saved. HOMOSEXUALS CANNOT BE SAVED!!! READ ROMANS 1 AND LEVITICUS 20:13!!! We are ruining our testimony to thousands of Muslims for the sake of 1% of homosexuals. We are ruining our testimony to millions of Africans, for the sake of paedophiles. This is the kind of foolishness that happens when Pastors don't want to obey God.
 Since our leaders are sissies, that means that their flocks are going to be unprotected. They run the other way when they see the wolf. They don't stand and fight it (John 10:11-14). Christians today want to give 100% of their emotion to love not realizing that God commands us to hate. And God never said "love the sin, hate the sinner"; that's what Ghandi said.  God said that he hates the person too (Psalm 11:5, Psalm 5:5, Psalm 10:3, Hosea 9:14-17). The flock is growing weaker and weaker. While the Pastors are being destroyed by money and covetousness, the flock is being destroyed through laziness, and stupidity. Jeremiah 4:22 says,

 "For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

Hosea 4:6 says,
 
  " My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

 I'm sorry to break it to ya, but you learning about your salvation every Sunday isn't going to get you very far. If you want to teach salvation, go soul-winning like the Bible commands. It is a shame that there are many doctrines that will never be taught, and many scriptures that will always be ignored. But thank God that there are still Baptist Pastors that preach the truth regardless of what the Judas Iscariots say. I pray that one day I can become a Pastor so that I can preach the gospel to the unsaved and doctrine to the saved.
 God isn't sorry that his Word isn't politically correct. HE MADE IT THAT WAY!!! Jesus was hated, so we as Christians shouldn't expect any better treatment. Real Revival will happen when Christians stop being lazy. If our master was hated by the world and called Beelzebub, then I expect even worse being his servant. The truth is that Pastors are too effeminate to handle a real revival. They want to vote republican and pretend that God cares about politics. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Every time you win a soul to Christ, you are casting your vote for Jesus Christ. Every time you knock a door, your campaigning for the lamb. You want revival, STOP VOTING FOR JACKASSES AND ELEPHANTS AND VOTE FOR THE LAMB!!!!!!!!!!
                                                                                                    -God bless.

Daniel Capítulo 1: El Cerco

  Introducción: En tiempos como estos, cuando muchos cristianos están rechazando la Palabra de Dios y conformando a la cultura a causa de sus "delicias", estamos enfrentando un punto de inflexión en qué se significa realmente adoptar una postura. Daniel fue capturado y traído dentro del palacio del Rey Nabucodonosor en el año tercero del reino de Joacim, rey de Judá. Y durante este período de tiempo, él no sólo tenía que estar separado de sus padres, también tuvo que recordar lo que le enseñaron sus padres en cuanto a la Palabra de Dios. 
Versículos 1-2: " En el año tercero del reinado de Joacim rey de Judá, vino Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia a Jerusalén, y la sitió. Y el Señor entregó en sus manos a Joacim rey de Judá, y parte de los vasos de la casa de Dios, y los trajo a tierra de Sinar, a la casa de su dios; y metió los vasos en la casa del tesoro de su dios."

-Dase cuenta que la primera cosa que se ocurre después del cerco de Judá es que el templo de Dios está profanado. El rey quita los vasos y los mete en la casa del tesoro de su dios. En el Antiguo Testamento,  la casa de Dios fue el templo. Por supuesto en el Nuevo Testamento,  nuestro cuerpo es el templo dónde mora el Espíritu Santo.

-En 1 Corintios 6:19 lee, "¿O ignoráis que vuestro cuerpo es templo del Espíritu Santo que está en vosotros, el cual tenéis de Dios, y que no sois vuestros?"

-¿Ahora cómo se puede robar y profanar nuestro templo a nosotros? ¿Cómo puede nosotros estar ensuciados?

-Nuestro pecado es lo que nos ensucia. El pecado nos roba de la fruta que tenemos en Jesucristo. El pecado nos destroza.  El pecado es lo que detiene nuestro templo de estar firme en la principal piedra del ángulo. Fue a través del pecado de Judá que Dios trajo Babilonia para sitiar su tierra.

-El primer punto que quiero hacer es: En una Nación que Rechaza a Dios, Satanás siempre ataca al templo de Dios.

-Si Satanás puede destrozar el pueblo de Dios por medio del pecado o la persecución,  entonces él puede destrozar a una nación.  Dios mira a su pueblo (2 Crónicas 7:14) cuando mira a una nación.  Los Pastores que no están limpiando el templo del pecado, y no están sacando la basura fuera de las vidas de sus rebaños porque no están predicando fuerte contra el pecado. Dios siempre mira a su pueblo cuando examina la nación.  Si los Pastores no quieren predicar contra los adulterios; si no quieren predicar contra los fornicarios;    ¡Y si los Pastores no quieren predicar contra las sodomitas, entonces ellos son los culpables!  Dios no llamó al Rey Acab a predicar contra Jezabel,  llamó a Elías. Dios no llamó a Herodes a predicar contra los fariseos.  Llamó a Juan el Bautista. Dios nunca manda que los que yacen en tinieblas a arrepentir de sus pecados.  Manda a su pueblo (2 Crónicas7:14). Jeremías 10:21 es una profecía cumplida hoy en día.

" Porque los pastores se infatuaron, y no buscaron a Jehová; por tanto, no prosperaron, y todo su rebaño será dispersado."

-Y Jeremías 4:22 es mejor para referenciar a Cristianos hoy en día.

"Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me han conocido, son hijos ignorantes y sin entendimiento; son sabios para mal hacer, pero hacer el bien no lo saben"

-Como Cristianos,  nos ocupamos más de ver lo que pasa con los deportes, que evangelizar.  Nos preocupamos más de los teatros que las iglesias.  Nos importa más los políticos que los Pastores. Y finalmente nos inqietamos más de leer las revistas que dar nuestra atención a la palabra de Dios. Pide a un Cristiano cantar tres himnos. Pero él puede cantar treinta canciones de pop. Pídele si pueda memorizar versículos. Adivino que se puede memorizar los nombres de las atletas. Pídele a tu santo promedio si había leído la Biblia desde principio hasta el fin. Pídele entonces cuantas veces había leído la serie de los "Hunger Games". Estamos gente muy patética por llamarnos los niños del Dios todopoderoso.

-Al regresar al Daniel Capítulo 1

-Versículos 3-7 leen, "Y dijo el rey a Aspenaz, príncipe de sus eunucos, que trajese de los hijos de Israel, del linaje real de los príncipes,

muchachos en quienes no [hubiese] tacha alguna, y de buen parecer, e instruidos en toda sabiduría, y sabios en ciencia, y de buen entendimiento, e idóneos para estar en el palacio del rey; y que les enseñase las letras y la lengua de los caldeos.

Y el rey les señaló una porción para cada día de la comida del rey y del vino que él bebía; y que los criase tres años, para que al fin de ellos estuviesen delante del rey.

Y estaban entre ellos, de los hijos de Judá, Daniel, Ananías, Misael y Azarías;

a los cuales el príncipe de los eunucos puso nombres. A Daniel llamó Beltsasar; y a Ananías, Sadrac; y a Misael, Mesac; y a Azarías, Abed-nego."

-No es un error que la primera cosa que hace un gobierno malvado es perseguir los niños.  Hitler dijo, "dejame controlar los libros de texto y controlaré el estado". Y no es una equivocación que los niños están separados de sus padres.

-No me importa mucha de lo que opinas de este sujeto,  pero la verdad es que la escuela pública no es bíblica.  La Biblía enseña que es el trabajo de los padres para educar a sus niños.  Deuteronomio 4:9, Deuteronomio 6:6-25, Deuteronomio 11:19, y Proverbios 1:8 son escrituras que mandan que los padres educan sus hijos.
-Si es escuela cristiana,  pública, o privada, éstos no se encuentran en la Biblia. Entonces si no se ven en la Biblia,  entonces no debe ser algo de practicar. Es simplemente falso.

-Y Nebucodonosor sólo quería Daniel,  Azarías, Ananías, y Misael para su propósito. Básicamente versículo 4 que quiere chicos inteligentes.  Ahora, una cosa que es consistente en el libro de Daniel es que el Rey tiene mágicos,  astrólogos, o sabios (Daniel 2:10,12). El Rey confía en éstos para interpretar sus sueños (los cuál ninguno podía hacer) pero también para consejo. El Rey David pidió el consejo de Ahitofel (2 Samuel 16:23) y Herodes usaba los sabios para discernir dónde naciera Jesucristo (Mateo 2:7). Es obvio que la razón por qué un Rey tendría sabios es para sus propósitos. Proverbios 11:14 dice,

"Donde no hay consejo, el pueblo cae, mas en la multitud de consejeros hay seguridad. "

- Daniel fue traído al palacio para el Rey. Al igual que los adolescentes se integran en las universidades para el presidente. ¿Qué dice siempre Barack Obama?  "Necesitamos ingenieros, necesitamos científicos, necesitamos chicos dentro del colegio..." NASA está tratando colonizar otras planetas a causa de la mentira de "Global Warming". Es absurdo de pensar que nuestro gobierno está gastando miles de millones de dólares para impedir una mentira. Innecesario de decir, Obama quiere sus hijos para sus propósitos. Para su gobierno que quiere ser "Papí".

-Daniel resistía contra la sistema malvada en versiculos 8, y :11-15. Aunque Daniel fue obligado dentro de la sistema, fue bendecido por mantener los mandamientos de Dios.

-Mi punto segundo es: Un Nación que rechaza a Dios desea a educar los niños de sus ciudadanos.

-A través del preescolar,  guardería, y la escuela pública,  el gobierno es más interesado en separándote de tut niños. Especialmente el feminismo, ha contribuido mucho al deterioro de la familia creando ambientes inestables,  tensión entre la relación entre los padres y hijos, esposos y esposas, y en general una privación moral que se está estirando a través de la sociedad.  El gobierno quitó los 10 mandamientos hace mucho tiempo.  Ahora que el gobierno está en su casa por medio de su televisión,  los 10 mandamientos no se ven en tu casa ni siquiera en tu vida afuera. Humanismo secular,  evolución,  ateísmo,  panteísmo,  y materialismo son filosofías que contradicen completamente a las enseñanzas de la Biblia. 

-Las madres no siguen la enseñanza de ser una ama de casa. Ahora los padres son cobardes que llevan los vestidos en la casa. Y niños son más irrespetuoso que siempre.

-Al regresar a Daniel Capítulo 1

-Versiculos 8-9 leen, "Y Daniel propuso en su corazón no contaminarse con la porción de la comida del rey, ni con el vino que él bebía; pidió, por tanto, al príncipe de los eunucos que se [le permitiese] no contaminarse.

Y Dios puso a Daniel en gracia y en buena voluntad con el príncipe de los eunuco"

-Versículo 17 lee, "Y a estos cuatro muchachos Dios les dio conocimiento e inteligencia en todas las letras y sabiduría; mas Daniel tuvo entendimiento en toda visión y sueños."

-Versículo 20 lee, "Y en todo asunto de sabiduría e inteligencia que el rey les demandó, los halló diez veces mejores que todos los magos [y] astrólogos que [había] en todo su reino."

- Porque Daniel se propuso en su corazón que mantendría los mandamientos de Dios y no contaminarse con una cosa sucia, Dios obró en su vida, ablandando el corazón del príncipe de los eunucos.

-Dios les bendijo a Daniel y a sus compañeros con conocimiento, y sabiduría. Por escoger de obedecer a Dios antes que a los hombres,  Daniel fue premiado "en todo asunto de sabiduría e inteligencia..."

Mi tercero y último punto es: En una Nación que Rechaza a Dios,  No tenga miedo de defender la verdad.

-Si preguntas el Cristiano promedio de qué dice la Biblia sobre homosexuales,  él te contaría que "Dios manda que los amamos porque debemos amar todos". Si le preguntas qué dice la Biblia sobre odio, te contaría que "el odio es malo, Dios nunca dijo a odiar". Y si le preguntas cómo ser salvado,  le contaría que "todo que tienes que hacer es arrepentir de sus pecados y creer en Jesus.  Por supuesto,  todas estas respuestas son falsas.

Muchos santos son necios cuando se trata la Palabra de Dios.  Como dice Jeremías 4:22,

"Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me han conocido, [son] hijos ignorantes y sin entendimiento; [son] sabios para mal hacer, pero hacer el bien no lo saben."

-Nosotros buscamos la aprobación del mundo para la Palabra de Dios. Por eso tenemos la NVI, NTV,  NBLH, BLP,  RVC, TLA,  y varias otras. Daniel no arrepentió de la Palabra de Dios por los Babilonios malvados. Tenía integridad,  y no se retiró de la Palabra de Dios.

Hay los de Isaías, Jeremías,  y Daniel que niegan a retirarse de la Verdad: Pastor Roger Jiménez,  Pastor Steven Anderson,  Pastor David Berzins, y Pastor Donnie Romero.

-Entonces hay los de Balaam, y de Jezabel: Rick Warren,  Joel Osteen, Billy Graham, y Joyce Meyer.

-¿Vas a adoptar una postura con las profetas que ganan almas, o los que las destrozan? ¿Vas a adoptar una postura con los que predican la verdad,  o los cuales que profetizan mentiras? ¿Adoptarás postura con los que no temen la muerte, o los que sí la temen?¿Vas a estar con las profetas de Dios,  o las de Satanás?

-¿Estás con ellos que adoran la Baal de la sodomía, la Baal del amor de dinero, y la Baal del sueño Americano? ¿O estás con Elías? Yo escojo de estar con Elías.  Yo soy con Pastor Roger Jiménez
          -en honor de Verity Baptist Church.

Daniel Chapter 5: The Corruption of God's Vessels

Introduction: The Church is being corrupted today by nothing else than Satan. Many old scriptural practices are being done away with because the Church wants to be like the world. In this Chapter, I think that we can find the importance of God’s vessels, or the things that belong to God, and how they should never be changed or done away with. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Verse 1-6 reads, “Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.”  

-If there is anything that really irritates God, profaning his vessels is one of them. God in this section of the Chapter is upset with Belshazzar for falling into the same sin that his father fell into. We know that towards the end of chapter 4 that Nebuchadnezzar called upon the name of the Lord and was saved. Belshazzar, his son, was not so wise. Belshazzar fell into the same error as his father; pride. Belshazzar profaned God’s Holy Vessels and then praised the “….gods of gold, and the gods of silver, and the gods of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.”

-We see this today through the Bible. Bible scholars think that it’s ok for them to tamper with his Word. God promised in Psalm 12:6-7 that he would preserve his Word.

 “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”

-And not only is the word of God under attack through false perversions like the NIV, ESV, NLT, NKJV, and, NASB. But also God’s music. The hymns are being corrupted, and the Psalms are being forgotten. Contemporary Christian music is of Satan; enough said. God’s music is being perverted through Satan’s influence. God commands us to sing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. (Ephesians 5:18-19). And if you look at the music that God wrote, you’ll notice that it is completely different from the Worlds lyrics. Our music is to adhere to the Bible. It should not sound like the trash that Kirk Franklin, Andy Mineo, Justin Bieber, Lecrae, Lady Gaga, and 1D puts out.

(for more insight, check out my blogpost “Worldly Music in Light of the Bible”)

-One other thing that the World as well as Christians are corrupting is marriage. Now marriage is a Holy Vessel of God indeed, and it’s so disgusting how the World sees marriage. Two paedophiles or sodomites can now marry and adopt a child to molest and the world calls that a happy relationship? This is what is being corrupted the most. There will always be a remnant that uses the KJV Bible. There will always be a remnant that refuses to conform to the world’s music. But sodomy, paedophilia, homosexuality, or whatever you want to call it; is being shrugged down everybody’s throat through the media. Which is why you need to get rid of your hell-in-vision. I thought our rights are endowed by our creator? So why does the government believe that they have the right to decide what marriage is? THEY DON’T! The government is not our creator. Jesus Christ is our creator, so or rights don’t come from laws, they come from the Bible. To think that two faggots should get married is ridiculous. God commanded them in both Old and New Testament to be put to death (Romans 1:32, Leviticus 20:13) God doesn’t tolerate predators in any society. If our rights come from him, then I have the right not to have my children be molested.

Verse 7-17 reads, “The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.”

-It’s funny how when the world is being judged by God they always run to the world for help. King Belshazzar ran to magicians, astrologers, and the Chaldeans. Only Daniel was of the Lord. It’s also funny how Daniel was the King’s last option. His wife, not his counsellors, had to advise him to go to Daniel for the interpretation of the dream. King Belshazzar was not wise at all. He didn’t remember the example that his father left him. And he just flat our rejected God. Really think this thorough. Remember that throughout every generation God’s word is available (Psalm 100:5). And Daniel wrote the book of Daniel while he was in Babylon. Wouldn’t you think that Belshazzar would have grown up with some knowledge of the Lord God? I mean, his father became an animal because of God. Do you think his father wouldn’t tell him that? Do you think that Nebuchadnezzar would just never tell this to anyone at all including his son? King Belshazzar had his father’s testimony, Daniel’s testimony, and the scriptures that Daniel wrote. The word of God wasn’t oblivious to his mind. He knew where the temple was. He knew enough about his father to know that he desecrated the house of God (verses 2-3). How much more would he know of the later of his life, fresh to his memory?

-Look at verses 18-22

“O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.  And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;”

-The last five words clearly show that King Belshazzar knew all that his father had done and what God had done through his life.

- Belshazzar just despised the Word of God. Belshazzar did not learn from his father’s example.

• Proverbs 11:6 reads, “The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.”
• Proverbs 10:27 says, “The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”
• Proverbs 3:1-2 says, “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”

-King Belshazzar did not fear the Lord, and he certainly did not look to his father. For this cause, Belshazzar’s days were shortened.

Verses 23-31 reads, “But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”

-Pride is a big sin. It cost Nebuchadnezzar his honour and sanity and Belshazzar his life and soul. Pride is a gateway sin. It doesn’t stop. It went from King Nebuchadnezzar, to the wilderness, and to his son. Then from his son to his death. It is a sin that corrupts governments, desecrates Churches, and ruins families.

-Be not deceived, God is not mocked. If you chose to test God, he will test you (Galatians 6:7). Before honour comes humility. Do not take honour without taking humility (Proverbs 15:33). Honour your father and mother. God promised to prolong your days (Exodus 20:12). We see that God does not lie.

                                                                            -Take heed lest ye fall.

Daniel Chapter 4: The Error of Pride

  Introduction: Pride is one of the many sins that the leaders of our nation face today. And not only is it something that the rulers and governors struggle with, but also something that Americans struggle with in general; though it is not called pride, but entitlement. King Nebuchadnezzar as with many kings struggled with pride, which in the end was his error.

Verse 1-18 reads, “Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.  I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.”

-Now Chapter 4 begins with Nebuchadnezzar explaining his dream to Daniel. At this point Nebuchadnezzar relies on Daniel to interpret his dreams; calling him the “master of the magicians” or wise men.

-As we continue to read, we will find just how Daniel interprets the dream.

-We are going to pick up at verse 24.

Verse 24-28 reads, “This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.”

-Because King Nebuchadnezzar was such a beautiful tree that bore much fruit, this caused his heart to be exalted with pride. God is going to show Nebuchadnezzar just how futile he is.

-Moreover, even though the judgement is sure to come according to the Will of God, Daniel in verse 27 tries to get Nebuchadnezzar to repent from his pride. In verse 29 we see that Nebuchadnezzar probably hearkened unto the wisdom of Daniel because he postponed God’s judgement for a space of 12 months.  But in the end came sudden destruction.

Verse 29-33 says, “At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.”

-Of course, everything comes to pass as God said it would. And king Nebuchadnezzar is turned into the beast.

-The very fact that God chose to turn him into an animal (which has no more value than a tool) is just something that immediately must have an effect on the King’s pride level.

-At the end of Nebuchadnezzar’s humiliation, his eyes are opened and he gives glory to God; knowing that God is the one who sets up rulers, and brings them down to the dust. Nebuchadnezzar, because of his humility, was able to call upon the name of the Lord and get saved.

Verse 34-37 reads, “And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”

-It took Nebuchadnezzar turning into an insane animal for him to actually get saved. That’s how prideful he was. Imagine what it would take for “sinless” Donald Trump to get saved. Probably turning into an ant. And don’t even get me started with Hillary the murder. In the end though, we learn that pride is a big deterrent to getting saved. Many of today’s athletes, singers, actors, and politicians will never get saved. Not because they are reprobate (like Obama), but because they are their own God and think they don’t need Christ.

James 4:6 says, “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

Daniel Chapter 3: Persecution

Introduction: Today, Bible-Believing Christians are under fire for believing the truth. Pastors who actually believe what the Bible teaches regarding subjects such as homosexuality are under persecution. The world does not hate us because we have an opinion so-called. The world hates us Bible-Believing Christians because of the Word of God.

Verse 1-7 reads, “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”

-So King Nebuchadnezzar makes an image. And he makes a decree that says whenever you hear the music, you are to bow down and worship the image. 

-This goes with what America is doing today. They want you to bow down and worship their image of homosexuality. Their image of Hollywood. Their images of singers, actors, and athletes. America only tolerates one opinion. America doesn’t want the truth. Therefore, so many Americans are slaves to the media’s opinion. Slaves to the government’s story. If you have an opinion in America contrary to the government, you are “hateful”. King Nebuchadnezzar wanted his whole Kingdom to be united under one god. That god isn’t the true God. He, being lifted up with pride thought that he could just create a god, and command all people, nations, and languages to worship that image. He pictures the Antichrist superbly.

-But there is always a remnant that will not follow the world’s wisdom and its gods. That remnant is Bible-Believing Christians; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Verse 8-15 reads, “Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:  And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?”

-Notice that it wasn’t until someone accused the Jews for not worshipping the King’s false god, that there any persecution.

-Sounds a lot like how the sodomites accused Pastor Steven Anderson, and shut down his donations through PayPal. Sounds a lot like how the reprobates accused Pastor Roger Jimenez and shut down his YouTube Channel. These accusers were around from the beginning of time. Jesus was accused of blasphemy when he said that he was God. Paul was accused and persecuted because he preached against circumcision. Stephen was accused and martyred, because he preached the Word of God. These accusers have a Father. The devil.

-Just as the Pharisees claimed that they were so righteous when they presumptuously broke the ninth commandment “thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” for the sake of shutting up the truth. Even so also are these filthy reprobates claiming to be so “gay” when they are more likely to have STD’s. Have 50 years shaved off of their life just for being queer. And have been with over 500 partners on average. This doesn’t sound “gay” to me. Also given the fact that they are predators that molest children. These people are not “gay’, they are filthy disgusting animals. They break all the commandments just as the Pharisees in the days of Christ; just as the Catholic Priests in the Inquisition; for the sake of killing and persecuting the children of God. And their father, the devil, rejoices all the more as he sees his children abiding in his will.

Verse 16-23 reads, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.”

-Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were not effeminate men who compromised the truth. They didn’t even take a second thought at their answer. They didn’t have to think of what they were going to say, they already knew it. They were not “careful to answer” the King. They knew that they were going to stand for the truth without any shadow of doubt.

-Because these men chose to stand for the truth, the King was full of fury! He hated them not because they had an opinion, but because they would not submit to his authority, to his government, to his god.

-Christians today are not persecuted because they have their own point of view. We are persecuted because we have God’s point of view. And God said “thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

-That’s why we are being cast into the fire. That’s why we are being hunted down by the media, the government, the world. IT’S BECAUSE WE STAND FOR THE PERFECT LAW OF GOD!!!! AND THAT LAW SAYS KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS!!!!!

-Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego obeyed God, so they were thrown into the pit.

Verse 24-28 reads, “Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.  He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.  And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”

-You see, whenever Christians are going through persecution. Whether it be having your store shut down. Having your house burned down. And even being thrown into a pit of fire, God is always there. You see the world wants to put us in a pit of fire. The world wants to put us in hell. God won’t allow that. All they can do is give us hell on earth, and it’s ok because it’s worth an eternity with Jesus Christ.  I don’t fear death. I fear losing. I fear not being bold enough. I FEAR NOT STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTH BECAUSE I FEAR GOD!!!! And I Know that the labourer is worthy of his reward.

-Notice again that this is what it took for Nebuchadnezzar to turn his anger. It took him throwing men in a pit of hell until he actually saw the work of God. You see that’s what it takes for the world. The world isn’t going to listen to the gospel. The world hates the gospel. The world, like King Nebuchadnezzar seeks after a sign. Jesus said “a wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign”. You know how the World is going to realize that they have done wrong. It’s when the flood comes as in the days of Noah. As soon as he entered into the ark, sudden destruction came upon the world. As soon as we get to heaven, and the World beholds the Son of Man just as Nebuchadnezzar, then will they say to themselves “what have we done?” This world is going to hate Christians until the end.

Verse 29-30 says, “Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.”

-God always wins. And he will forever win. Even though the media wants you to think that we’ve lost, we will never back down. I will hate the sin and iniquity of this world until the day I die. I will not back down from the truth. The question still lies. Will you back down? Will you submit? Will bow your knee to Baal.

                                                  -I chose persecution