What if?

"A spokesman for the US state department said: "We stand by our NATO ally Turkey and continue to call for an immediate end to this despicable offensive by the Assad regime, Russia and Iranian-backed forces. We are looking at options on how we can best support Turkey in this crisis"

.

Turkey and Russia are just testing the waters of our commitment to NATO's Article 5.

(Article 5 is the cornerstone of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and states that an attack on one member of NATO is an attack on all of its members. )

And FYI:

"Two Russian warships equipped with cruise missiles have passed through Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on their way to the Syrian coast."

Syria war: Alarm after 33 Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Idlib

Syria war: Turkish drone strikes 'kill 19 Syrian soldiers'

Acts 5:33-42

Acts 5:33-42

"When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

I have flat out looked people in the eyes and told them:

"These people are not fighting against me, 

they are fighting against the power that is in me. 

And they will fail."

I had verses 38 and 41 circled and underlined before brother Joe went back to them.

You don't have to tell me where the "meat" 

of the verses are I guess if thats what you wanna call it.

I just know...intrinsically 

It's crazy sometime.

But I love it.

I love you honey.

"I

 tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

It's just a kiss away

Kiss away, kiss away"

A few other things to.
Headin our way yo. :-).

I love you Lucy.

A

trillion dollars in wealth disappeared last week.

It just vanished.

Right into thin air.

Wall Street is wondering if the Fed can heal a coronavirus-stricken stock market that just saw $4.3 trillion in value vanish over the past 7 sessions

Know why?

That wealth.

 Vanished into thin air last week?

Because it was created

out of the thin air.

These corporation are borrowing $ at low rates

and then using it to purchase shares of themselves in order to drive their price up.

Because the increasing rise in the stocks price 

is greater than the cost of borrowing the $

Nothing of value.

Nothing tangible.

Is being created in this process.

Borrowing paper to buy paper because somebody says it'e worth something.

Then wondering why it all comes crashing down.

Tax cuts and stimulus will not replace lost economic activity.

It just won't.

Tax cuts and stimulus are to help get things going again.

You can't replace the lost economic activity.

New territory.

Guess what?

There is no answer.

Other  than to be ready spiritually.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?

    Or an image that teaches lies?

For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;

    he makes idols that cannot speak.

Deuteronomy 4:28

"There you will serve gods, 

the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Daniel 5:23

but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

Revelation 9:20

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

And this

one they particularly don't get:

Luke 18:29-30 

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”

I love you honey.

Then

it happens right on front of people 

and lifelong Christians

don't understand it.

It's just crazy to me they can't understand.

Scripture

I read in church yesterday.

Acts 5:33-42

When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

These twp pieces of scripture have always been important to me.

Had a special resonance to them, etc:

For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

This one too here lately...

Hebrews 11:8

"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, 

obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going."

Hey

sweetheart.

I love you baby.

"War

Children...

is just a shot away

it's just a shot away..."

Wait till regional wars start flaring up and then escalate 

into full blow global conflicts 

along with fighting the covid-19 at the same time.

And the economy?

What economy?

It's coming.

Times of tribulation.

It's all brewing.

It's not explained but one place.

We are at the start of the first woe and people are flipping out.

Best to get ready spiritually.

Keep telling everybody.

I love you honey.

Hey

baby.

I love you honey.

Submission is earned.

Never demanded.

Oh

and after the Locust are released from the bottomless pit?

Revelation 9:2-3

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:12-16

One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, 

Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Yep.

"It's just a shot away...
It's just a shot away..."

Locust in the Bible

Exodus 10:4

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

Exodus 10:12

And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

Exodus 10:13

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:14

And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Exodus 10:19

And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Deuteronomy 28:38

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Deuteronomy 28:42

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

1 Kings 8:37

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

2 Chronicles 6:28

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

2 Chronicles 7:13

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

Psalm 78:46

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Psalm 105:34

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

Psalm 109:23

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Proverbs 30:27

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Isaiah 33:4

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

Joel 1:4

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Joel 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Nahum 3:15

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Revelation 9:3 

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

10 topics 

LOCUST

GRASSHOPPER 

INSECTS 

PLAGUE Locusts (Exodus 10:1-20)

RED SEA The locusts which devastated Egypt destroyed in (Exodus 10:19)

CONVICTION » INSTANCES OF » The plague of locusts (Exodus 10:16,17)

STOICISM » Scripture analogies to » 

John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey 

(Matthew 3:4)

VISION Of John on the island of Patmos

The locusts (Revelation 9:3-11)

WIND West Took away the plague of locusts from the land of Egypt (Exodus 10:19)

SOLICITED ANSWERED For the plague of locusts (Exodus 10:16-20)

Psalm 32:2

Psalm 32:2

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, 

whose sins are covered. 

Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him, 

in whose spirit there is no deceit.

It's always been a kinda special verse to me.

While were

on the subject:

That's only the second time I ever saw "sagacity" used.

Besides myself :-).

The only other time I've seen this word used was in Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joel 2.

sa·gac·i·ty

/səˈɡasədē/

noun

the quality of being sagacious.

"a man of great political sagacity"

Similar:

wisdom

(deep) insight

intelligence

understanding

judgment

acuity

astuteness

insight

sense

canniness

sharpness

depth

profundity

profoundness

perceptiveness

penetration

perception

percipience

perspicuity

discernment

erudition

learning

knowledgeability

thoughtfulness

sapience

Opposite:

stupidity.

Come to think of it?

Kinda serendipitous all on it's own.

I love you honey. 

Yep

I firmly believe I hear the voice of God in popular music.

That is no big secret.

So yesterday?

I go to get lunch and I'm just sitting there smiling thinking bout things.

And then out of nowhere I was like oh yeah thats a great song...

Not my favorite band but that song and that record are very good.

And right then?

The lyrics?

"Cast in this unlikely role

Ill-equipped to act

With insufficient tact

One must put up barriers

To keep oneself intact"

I was like yep.

Tell me about it.

"Those who wish to be

Must put aside the alienation

Get on with the fascination

The real relation

The underlying theme"

"All the world's indeed a stage

And we are merely players

Performers and portrayers

Each another's audience

Outside the gilded cage"

And then?

Cause you know?

That wasn't serendipitous enough already?

(Just spelled serendipitous correctly, first attempt BTW :-).

Then next up we get:

You see the world through your cynical eyes

You're a troubled young man I can tell

You've got it all in the palm of your hand

But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest

And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it

You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it

Why must you be such an angry young man

When your future looks quite bright to me

How can there be such a sinister plan

That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man

You're fooling yourself if you don't believe it

You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it

Get up, get back on your feet

You're the one they can't beat and you know it

Come on, let's see what you've got

Just take your best shot and don't blow it

You're fooling yourself if you don't believe it

You're killing yourself if you don't believe it

Get up, get back on your feet

You're the one they can't beat and you know it

Come on, let's see what you've got

Just take your best shot and don't blow it

I'm just sitting there smiling.

Eating my lunch thinking...

Could there have been two more perfect songs for how I was feeling right then?

OH YEAH.

Damn...

Almost forgot about it.

Before all that?

"Oh, a storm is threat'ning

My very life today

If I don't get some shelter

Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away"

I was just like...

Smiling like crazy thinking...

Tell me about it brother...

Lived it.

Couple times.

There aint no storm right now honey :-).

All good baby.

But those aren't just lyrics.

That's real life...

People...

Getting through some shit

And sometimes not really knowing

Which way things are gonna turn out

good or bad

You know what I'm saying?

Lived through some shit storms in my life I'd just as soon never have seen.

Lots of us have.

Smooth seas dont make a good sailor right?

:-)

Those lyrics were just intense yesterday.

Hit me just right.

Back to my original point.

:-).

"I firmly believe I hear the voice of God in popular music.

That is no big secret."

Colossians 1:16-20 

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Hey

honey.

I love you baby.

Sermon Notes and some additions 2/23/2020

Brother Joe

New Chapel UMC

Lewisport, KY

2/23/2020

Psalms 24:3-4

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?

    Who may stand in his holy place?

4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

    who does not trust in an idol

    or swear by a false god.

Romans 12:2 

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Ambassadors of God/

Sent from Gods Kingdom.

Not from here.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you; but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming.

(I've always loved that verse because I just do not feel like I'm from this realm.

I just don't.

I haven't for a long time.

Probably never gonna again.)

Ezekiel 20:12 

Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.

Joshua and Caleb Entering the Promised Land

"Unlike Joshua and Caleb, the other Israelites followed the Lord's calling out from Egypt, but they did not follow Him into the land. Many Christians repeat this same error today. They have followed the Lord as He led them out of the spiritual death of sin and guilt. They are "out of Egypt." They are forgiven of their sins. They have new life in Christ. However, they do not follow the Lord on "into the land." They do not follow by faith into abundance of life. They do not follow the Lord in humble dependence for transformation, for fruitfulness, for a life of spiritual victory."

What Does The Word Holy Mean?

Root Word for Holy

The Hebrew word for holy is “qodesh” and means “apartness, set-apartness, separateness, sacredness” and I would add that it should also be “otherness, transcendent and totally other” because God is totally above His creation and His creatures, including us.  Holy has the idea of heaviness or weight of glory.  In the New Testament, the word for holy is “hagios” and means set apart, reverend, sacred, and worthy of veneration.”  This word applies to God because God Himself is totally other, separate, sacred, transcendent, reverend, and set apart from every created thing.  Since God is spirit this is why the Third Person of the Trinity is called the Holy Spirit.  He too is fully God and all three Persons of the Trinity are holy and have the weight of glory abounding in them.

If you follow the world?

You'll grow old.

If you follow Gods Kingdom?

You'll grown new.

I like that.

I'm not growing old honey.

I'm being transformed sweetheart.

Yeah

so...

Those few moments were coming to a close last Sunday.

And I was like you know...

turn it off please.

I got enough to work with here for a while.

I'll write it up.

No problem.

And he tells me:

"There is freedom in submission.
There is freedom,
in giving your will over to me."

And I was like yes.

Yes there is.

Most definitely.

And he asked:

"Do you know where this is going?

I said yep.

Pretty sure.

Abraham and Sarah right?

BINGO!

Jackpot.

Share that also.

Last one for a minute.

Almighty.

No problem.

Doing so.

Right now.

Revisiting

Yes, My Lord— The Story of Abraham and Sarah

Highlights

Sarah is commended twice by New Testament writers, once for her faith (Heb. 11:11) and once for her submission to her husband (1 Pet. 3:5, 6). The Apostle Peter went so far as to say she “obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.”

"faith and submission, actually go together."

Submission for a wife is basically faith that God is working through her husband to accomplish what is best for her. And that is the story of Sarah’s life with Abraham.

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you."

 “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going”

Sarah was not a weak, spineless, overly dependent, empty-headed woman. Her parents called her Sarai, and names had meaning in the ancient biblical world. Hers meant “princess.” It may have described her great beauty, which is referred to twice in the inspired record (Gen. 12:11, 14). It probably described, as well, her cultured upbringing, her fine education, her stately charm, and her gracious manner. When God changed her name to Sarah, he did not remove the princely connotation, but rather added the further dignity of motherhood. She is called in that context “a mother of nations” (Gen. 17:15-16).

Sarah was an intelligent and capable woman. But when she married Abraham she made a decision. She established as her mission in life the task of helping her husband fulfill God’s purposes for him. That was not weakness. It was God’s will for her life: true biblical submission. Some wives have been systematically sabotaging God’s plan for their husbands because they have not been willing to believe God and entrust themselves to His wisdom. They simply will not trust God to work through their husbands to accomplish what is best. They feel they must help God along by trying to dominate their husbands.

but by his side was Sarah, woman of submission and faith (Gen. 12:5). The days ahead would see her faith severely tested and her submissiveness sorely tried.

"Faith grows best under attack."

Let’s explore, secondly, the continuing struggles of faith. Faith grows best under attack. The person who prays for God to take away his problems may be asking for a sickly spiritual life. Sometimes our faith falters under the stress, but if we admit the failure and accept God’s forgiveness, even those failures can contribute to our spiritual growth. Abraham and Sarah are both commended for their great faith in Scripture, but their failures are recorded for our instruction and encouragement.

There was a famine in the land and Abraham decided to leave the place which God had promised him and flee into Egypt (Gen. 12:10). Had he consulted Sarah, she might have pointed out the foolishness of his decision, but like many men he moved ahead with his plans without considering the hardships he could cause her. Too many men refuse to ask advice from their wives. They think headship gives them the prerogative of doing whatever they please without talking it over with their wives and coming to a mutually acceptable agreement. They are afraid their wives might find cracks in their logic or expose their narrow-minded selfishness. So they barge ahead with their plans and the whole family suffers for it.

 but Sarah’s faith in God and submission to her husband are still beautifully illustrated in this Old Testament narrative. The true test of a wife’s submission may come when she knows her husband is making a mistake.

He never forsakes those who trust him

He never forsakes those who trust him. You would think the lesson of God’s sovereign care would have been so indelibly inscribed on Abraham’s soul after this experience that he would never compromise his wife again to protect himself. But he did. About twenty years later he did exactly the same thing with Abimelech, king of Gerar (Gen. 20:1-8). This shows how weak and faithless the faithful can be. There are probably some sins we think we will never commit again, but we must ever be watchful, for that is exactly where Satan will attack us.

It was obviously motivated by her love for Abraham and her desire for him to have that son. And sharing her husband with another woman would have been one of the most sacrificial things she could do. But it was not God’s way. It was another fleshly solution. And God’s ways are always best even when He is withholding what we think we need at the moment.

Too often we time-conscious earthlings resent His long delays and take matters into our own hands, usually to our great distress. If we could learn to keep trusting Him when our situation looks the bleakest, we would save ourselves much grief.

It’s hard for a wife to be in subjection to a jellyfish, a man who avoids issues, puts off decisions, and shirks his responsibilities. There is nothing to submit to, no leadership to follow. A wife cannot help her husband fulfill God’s goals for his life when she doesn’t even know what his goals are.

She was listening at the tent door and laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” (Gen. 18:12). Incidentally, this was how Peter knew she called him “lord.” The submission was there, but her faith was wavering. The struggles of faith are real and we all experience them. Satan’s darts of doubt seem to be flying in our direction much of the time, and we too may be tempted to snicker skeptically at the very thought of God solving our thorny problems.

“Why did Sarah laugh?” God asked quickly. “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?” (Gen. 18:13, 14). That poignant challenge pierced their faltering hearts, and faith was rekindled, strong and steadfast. There was that brief setback in Gerar (Gen. 20:1-8). But basically things were different from that moment on.

The life of faith is never free from obstacles. 

Healthy submission does not prohibit the expression of opinions. That is a sick submissiveness, usually motivated by a low self-esteem (“my opinions aren’t worth anything”), by a fear of unpleasant circumstances (“I want peace at any price”), or by the avoidance of responsibility (“let somebody else make the decision; I don’t want to get blamed”).

Sarah at least said what was on her mind. And furthermore, she was right!

God told Abraham to listen to Sarah and to do what she said (Gen. 21:12). Imagine that—even though Sarah got emotional, God wanted Abraham to heed her advice. He often wants to use wives to correct their husbands, to advise them, to mature them, to help them solve their problems and give them insight. 

Some husbands make their wives feel like ignoramuses, whose ideas are ridiculous and whose opinions are worthless. The husband who does that is the real ignoramus. He has missed out on God’s best for him. 

God wants him to listen to her—listen to her evaluation of the situation, listen to the changes she thinks should be made, listen when she tries to share her feelings and her needs—then do something constructive about it. One of the prevalent problems in Christian marriages today is that husbands are too proud to admit that there is anything wrong and too stubborn to do anything about it. God may want to enlighten them through their wives.

Sarah’s name does not appear in this chapter and we seldom mention her when we discuss it. But she certainly knew what was going on. She probably helped them prepare for the trip. She saw the wood, the fire, and the knife; she saw her son Isaac, and she saw Abraham, a look of agony etched on his weathered brow. But she saw no animal for the sacrifice. 

She watched them disappear over the horizon, and though her motherly heart was breaking, she uttered not one word of protest. It was probably her greatest display of faith in God and submission to her husband’s will and purpose.

Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear” (1 Pet. 3:5, 6). A Christian wife need not have any fear of submissiveness when her hope is in God. He will be faithful to His Word and use her obedience to accomplish what is best for her.

Sarah was one of those women whom King Lemuel spoke about, who did her husband good and not evil all the days of her life (Prov. 31:12). A woman can only be that kind of wife when she believes that nothing is too difficult for God, and when she believes that God can use even her husband’s mistakes to bring glory to Himself and blessing to their lives. And a man can only be worthy of such a submissive wife when he has learned to follow God’s directions rather than pursue his own selfish goals, He knows he has no superiority to warrant his position of leadership. It is given to him by God. So he accepts it as a sacred trust and discharges it in full submission to his Lord and unselfish consideration for his wife and what is best for her.

Yesterdays

train of thought continued.

False church.

Revelation 17:4-5

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. 5 The name written on her forehead was a mystery:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH

Revelation 18:12

“The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.

“They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’ The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn

Whore of Babylon

Evangelicals broadly support a habitually lying greedy narcissist?

It's not exactly what I read in my bible.

And no, I don't care if it's a popular opinion or not.

It's the correct one.

The fact of the matter is they wouldn't like this guy if he was their neighbor.

And?

Eventually,

He turns on everyone around him.

Always has.

Always will.

Never again

will evangelical leaders

get to criticize a politicians character.

Ever.

Brilliant.

Way to go guys.