Genesis 6:5-8
January 31, 2011 at 5:59 pm | Posted in Bible Study | Leave a commentTags: abortion, adultery, America, angel, animal, ateasetees, Bible, blessing, blot, boat, bug, car, chaos, Christian, church, clothes, compromise, creation, crime, death, depravity, evil, evolution, faith, fallen, favor, flood, God, good, gospel, grace, grieve, hatred, heart, hell, holy, homosexuality, hope, house, idol, infidelity, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, justice, law, lewd, lie, life, Lord, love, marriage, material, mercy, money, murder, neighbor, Noah, pastor, peace, plant, pornography, prayer, rape, religion, repent, righteous, salvation, scripture, sin, sorry, spiritual, strive, technology, ten commandments, theft, truth, vileness, violence
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
This week, we pick up with Genesis chapter six. We’ve seen that things have gone downhill, but it seems like they just keep getting worse. Man has become violent. Whether you believe that the sons of God were the descendants of Seth or fallen angels, the result was vileness and violence. Things have gotten so bad that every thought of man’s heart was evil. Many people will read that and think, “Wow, that must have been a horrible time to live. Everyone was only thinking evil in their hearts continually”. The truth is, nothing has changed! Look around today in America alone. Pornography runs rampant and rakes in billions of dollars a year from men and women. Abortion, the legal right to kill your unborn (or almost born) child has become commonplace to many people. Homosexuality is a stain on our nation. Men committing lewd acts with other men, women committing the same acts with other women, in outright rebellion to God’s order of Creation. Marriages are torn apart by infidelity and adultery. Idols are raised almost on a daily basis as people try to find a “god” that will let them live exactly how they want to live. Evolution is touted as fact, even though there is little evidence (and the story continues to change), and few stop to realize that it’s a religion just like any other. Continue Reading Genesis 6:5-8…
Persecution Fridays: Laos
January 28, 2011 at 10:08 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, affidavit, America, arrest, ateasetees, Bible, calling, celebration, Christian, Christmas, church, compromise, custom, death, evangelism, faith, faithful, God, gospel, grace, gun, harsh, hell, holy, hope, interrogation, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, Khammaouan Provincial Prison, Laos, law, life, love, marriage, meal, meeting, mercy, money, murder, Muslim, Nakoon, pastor, Pastor Wanna, peace, persecution, police, prayer, re-education, recant, repent, salvation, scripture, secret, sin, ten commandments, tradition, truth
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Laos: Pastor Continues Meetings
On Jan. 4, 2011, at 7 p.m., district police arrested Pastor Wanna at his home in Nakoon Village, Laos. They also arrested 10 other believers as they ate a meal together in Pastor Wanna’s home, which also serves as a house church. The Christians asked that they be allowed to finish their meal, but their request was denied. The believers were taken away at gunpoint.
The next day, two of the men were released. The other believers, including two children ages 4 and 8, were taken to Khammaouan Provincial Prison. Authorities charged them with conducting a secret meeting without approval. Continue Reading Persecution Fridays: Laos…
Genesis 6:1-4
January 24, 2011 at 9:42 pm | Posted in Bible Study | Leave a commentTags: Abel, abortion, Abraham, Adam, America, angel, ateasetees, beautiful, Bible, Born Again, Cain, Christian, church, compromise, creation, death, descendant, die, Elohim, Enoch, evangelism, Eve, fairy tale, faith, Fall, fallen, fire, flesh, flood, forever, Genesis 6, giant, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, hope, Israel, Jesus, judgment, law, life, love, marriage, mercy, money, murder, Nephilim, Noah, pastor, patience, peace, prayer, preacher, present, rebel, repent, rib, righteousness, ruthless, salvation, Satan, scripture, serpent, Seth, Shem, sin, sober, sons of God, Spirit, ten commandments, today, tomorrow, truth, violent, world, wrath
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
This week, we begin to look at the events that led up to the Flood. Chapter six is pivotal in understanding the causes of the Flood as well as the state of man at the time of the Flood. Before we begin to look at those things, let’s take a look at what’s happened so far. First, God created the entire universe in six, twenty-four hour days. On the sixth day, God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed life into him. We also learned, from chapter two of Genesis, that God formed woman from the man’s rib. At the end of the second chapter, we see the first marriage. The man and the woman are now considered one flesh. We then see the dangers of not rightly understanding God’s word. God had told the man (and through him, the woman) that they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they did this, they would die. We saw the serpent (whom Satan had entered) tempt Eve by twisting the commands of God and causing her to misunderstand them and add to them. Because of this temptation, the woman ate of the forbidden fruit and encouraged the man to do so as well. Because of their sin, death entered the world. God showed them (and us) His mercy by not physically killing Adam and Eve on the spot. He killed an animal to replace their fig leaf coverings, thereby shedding the first blood for sin. He then commanded them to leave the garden of Eden. Continue Reading Genesis 6:1-4…
Persecution Fridays: Egypt
January 21, 2011 at 5:20 pm | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, action, Alexandria, America, Anba Kirolos, ateasetees, Bible, bishop, bomber, Christian, church, compromise, Coptic, court, death, discrimination, Egypt, evangelical, evangelism, faith, God, gospel, grace, guilty, harassment, healing, hell, holy, hope, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, killer, law, life, loss, love, marriage, mercy, minority, Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, money, murder, Muslim, Nag Hamadi, pastor, peace, prayer, premeditated, protest, recovery, repent, salvation, scripture, sentence, shooting, sin, strength, ten commandments, torture, trial, truth, unity
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Egypt: Killer Sentenced to Death
An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in January 2010. Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was found guilty of premeditated murder for his role in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Nag Hamadi, in southern Egypt. VOM assisted some of the Nag Hamadi victims with medical care and recovery.
The sentence was issued just two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 23 people at a Coptic church in Alexandria. AFP news agency reports that the bishop of Nag Hamadi, Anba Kirolos, said his congregation was “satisfied” with the ruling. Two other men are also on trial in connection with the 2010 shooting.
A VOM rescue team has been caring for several survivors of the Nag Hamadi shootings, like this 20-year-old man.The lack of action on the case had frustrated Egypt’s Coptic population, who feel more and more marginalized by the Muslim majority as anti-Christian sentiment against them grows. Copts often complain of discrimination and harassment, and protest that attacks against them go unpunished or result in light sentences. The harsh sentence against Hussein may indicate that the government is listening to the complaints from Copts, who make up about 10 percent of the population in Egypt. Evangelicals make up less than 4 percent.
Continue to pray for unity in Egypt. Pray for the physical healing of those injured in the church attacks, and pray for families who lost loved ones. Ask God to give strength to Christians suffering harassment, torture and ill treatment.
Persecution Fridays: Somalia
January 14, 2011 at 5:35 pm | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, America, ateasetees, Bible, Christian, church, compromise, death, evangelism, faith, fellowship, Galgadud, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, honor killing, hope, Israel, Jesus, judgment, law, life, love, marriage, mercy, money, murder, Nutra Mohamed Farah, pastor, peace, pistol, prayer, protection, repent, salvation, scripture, shot, sin, Somalia, ten commandments, testimony, torture, truth, village
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Somalia: Teenage Girl Shot
A 17-year-old girl who converted to Christianity from Islam was shot to death recently in an apparent “honor killing” in Somalia, according to Compass Direct News. Nurta Mohamed Farah, who had fled her village to live with relatives after her parents tortured her for leaving Islam, died on Nov. 25, according to the Compass Direct report.
“Area sources said they strongly suspected that the two unidentified men in Galgadud Region who shot her in the chest and head with a pistol were relatives or acting on their behest,” Compass reported. Pray that God will use Nurta’s testimony to draw non-believers into fellowship with him, and pray for the protection of all believers in Somalia.
Genesis 5:18-32
January 10, 2011 at 3:46 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: 969, abortion, account, add, America, ateasetees, Bible, Christian, church, compromise, curse, death, didn't die, Enoch, evangelism, faith, flood, gap, generation, Genesis, global, God, gospel, grace, hell, history, holy, hope, human, Israel, Jared, Jesus, judgment, law, life, love, marriage, mercy, Methuselah, millions, money, murder, Noah, pastor, peace, prayer, preach, prophet, repent, rest, salvation, scripture, sent, sin, Sinner, ten commandments, toil, truth, ungodly, worldwide
Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.” Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
This week, we will finish the study of Genesis 5 and our look at the generations of Adam. It is amazing that men lived for almost 1000 years before they died. It sort of makes me long for heaven… Continue Reading Genesis 5:18-32…
Newslinks 01/09/11
January 9, 2011 at 8:33 pm | Posted in Newslinks | Leave a commentTags: abortion, ad, Afghanistan, Allen West, America, apartment, appeals, appropriations, artichoke, Asia, ateasetees, atheist, attack, ban, Beth Moore, Bible, bill, birthright, blasphemy, border, Bush, candy, cartel, casualty, ceiling, Chick-fil-A, Christian, Christophobia, church, citizenship, commission, compromise, control, court, day of prayer, death, debt, defense, Democrat, dismissal, Dold, drug, ECFA, Egypt, electrolysis, episcopal, eric holder, evangelism, evangelize, extremist, faith, family, fasting, federal, Fitzpatrick, focus, food, Francis Chan, fuel, fully alive, funding, gallup, George Washington, global, God, GOP, gospel, government, governor, grace, hairstyle, Haiti, Harry Reid, health care, healthcare, hell, Hindu, HIV, holy, Homeland Security, homeschooling, homosexual, homosexuality, hope, Hoyer, India, inspection, intolerant, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Israel, Issa, Jesus, John Boehner, John Piper, judgment, justice, killer, kit, law, lawsuit, leader, lease, lesbian, life, lifelong, Louie Giglio, love, majority, marriage, mercy, Mexico, Michael Steele, Michele Bachmann, military, mind, misleading, money, murder, naive, national, New Hampshire, new year, Obama, oil, Pakistan, passion, pastor, peace, Pelosi, persecution, petroleum, Planned Parenthood, policy, pope, positive, prayer, Prop 8, prosperity, reagan, recall, recruit, reduction, regret, regulation, religion, repeal, repent, Republican, reserves, resolution, resurrection, RNC, safe sex, safety, salvation, scam, scripture, self, service, sin, sodomy, Speaker of the House, state, Steve King, stimulus, students, Ted Haggard, ten commandments, truth, unclear, Valley Forge, vicious, wall, welfare
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Passion to 22,000 Students: Be Free, Fully Alive in Jesus
People want to be here. That’s the sense you get when you come to the Passion 2011 conference that opened Saturday, New Year’s Day, with 22,000 students.
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Louie Giglio Surprises Passion Crowd with Haitian Family
Attendees of the Passion conference on Sunday heard about a family that survived the Haiti earthquake that destroyed their home and killed two family members. What the crowd did not expect was to see them walk out on stage. Continue Reading Newslinks 01/09/11…
Persecution Fridays: Algeria
January 8, 2011 at 2:14 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, Algeria, America, ateasetees, Bible, Christian, church, clergyman, compromise, death, evangelism, faith, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, hope, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, Kabylia, law, life, love, Mahmoud Yahou, marriage, martyr, mercy, money, murder, Muslim, pastor, peace, permit, persecution, prayer, prison, repent, salvation, scripture, sentence, sin, ten commandments, truth, worship
For more news on what’s really happening to Christians around the world go to the Voice of the Martyrs website: www.persecution.com
Algeria: Four Christians Sentenced
Four Christians were given suspended prison sentences recently for opening a place of worship without a license in the eastern region of Kabylia, Algeria, according to Asia News.
The Christians, a Protestant clergyman and three of his parishioners, were convicted under a controversial 2006 law. The law requires that anyone who wants to set up a place of worship, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, must obtain a permit indicating the name of the place of worship and the name of the pastor. Some believe this law violates Algeria’s constitution, and this is the first time the law has been enforced. Three of the men, Abdenour Raid, Nacer Mokrani and Idir Haoudj, received two-month prison sentences. The fourth, Pastor Mahmoud Yahou, was sentenced to three months in jail and fined almost $3,600 (U.S.) for illegally sheltering a foreigner.
Pray that God will encourage these believers, that the ministry of churches in Algeria will flourish and that the gospel will be preached throughout the nation.
Peace on Earth
January 8, 2011 at 2:11 am | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abortion, agenda, America, angel, answer, ateasetees, attitude, bells, best life now, Bible, bold, Bono, carbon, Catholic, chimes, Christian, Christmas, church, clique, comfort, compromise, Congress, darkness, death, Do They Know It's Christmastime At All, doom, double standard, dread, drugs, ESV, faith, false, family, fear, feed the world, food, George Michael, gift, glass, God, goodwill, gospel, gossip, grace, hell, help, holiday, holy, hope, image, Israel, Jehovah's Witness, Jesus, jet, joy, judgment, kindness, KJV, law, life, light, love, lyrics, marriage, material, memo, mercy, mission trip, money, moral, Mormon, murder, NASB, nation, need, Obama, office, pastor, peace, peace on earth, play, positive, prayer, preach, premise, problem, rain, rebel, reincarnation, repent, river, ruin, sale, salvation, scripture, sermon, sex, shade, sin, smile, socks, song, sovereign, squalor, sun, switch, tears, ten commandments, Textus Receptus, theology, thinking, toys, truth, U2, well-pleased, work, works, world, wretch
The Christmas season is winding down (for me it really isn’t over til after the new year) and, in an effort to keep from completely ruining your Christmas joy, I’ve held onto this until after the holiday was over. I also wanted to see what everyone said during the week leading up to Christmas. I have been thinking more (wait! don’t go yet…) and there have been a few loose threads that I’ve been following. Oddly enough, when I began to think about the threads, they all seem to be interconnected. I’m going to go through them and would love to hear your thoughts on these different topics.
One of the things that I’ve been thinking about comes from the songs that I’ve heard played over the Christmas holiday season. Things that talk about goodwill, peace on earth, and kindness. One that I heard very often throughout the weeks leading up to Christmas was the song Do They Know It’s Christmas Time At All. In case you haven’t heard it (although there are a number of remakes on Youtube), here is the original:
Get the Word out! 