“Every Knee will Bow!” – R. Nelson
BIBLE MEDITATION:
“ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11
ENCOURAGING WORD:
In this world in which we live therein lies so much controversy about standing, kneeling, and bowing and when it should be applied. Just like everything else in our world, right is becoming wrong and wrong is becoming right, good is bad and bad is good. Now days most people do not know the difference because of all the evil that has been permeating throughout our world during the last few decades. Today’s children do not have any idea what is right and what is wrong because there are so many conflicting messages that circulate throughout our society. The prophet Isaiah knew well in advance what would take place in the latter days as we read in Isaiah 5:20; “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” This verse is also describing what would happen in the last days just before the return of Jesus Christ.
As a result of all the disrespect that is shown these days by people that are supposed to be role models, we see the reality that there are very few good role models in the entertainment industry and the music industry if any at all. It is almost like they purposely go out of their way to disrespect all that is good and bring as much filth and violence as they can into everything that they do! The movie industry has hit an all-time low as to what they perpetrate as entertainment. All we see is sex, violence, vulgarity beyond anything that we could ever have imagined. They do every possible thing that they produce that God abhors. We also read in the scriptures where this is also prophesied in the last days. We read this in 2 Timothy 3: 1-5; “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” All these descriptions of what it will be like in the end days are at an all-time high right now and are growing darker and darker every day. You can continue to support this evil that has overtaken our society, or you can turn from all this evil and give your life to Jesus Christ. You can either bow to Him now or later. If you bow to Him now, it is by your will and you will be rewarded, but if you reject Jesus Christ, you will bow to Him later which will take place just before you are sent to your final destination. Either way, we will all eventually bow to Jesus Christ.
Now I get to the part that I despise the most. We are now surrounded by degenerates (having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type) that are refusing to stand for the American flag. They will kneel out of disrespect for our flag and to all the fallen soldiers that have died to give them the freedom to be the jerks that they are. It is because of all the fallen soldiers as well as those that have survived past wars that have made it possible for these ungrateful, egotistical people to make the insane amount of money that they make. Rich millionaire athletes and Hollywood actors and actresses do not have enough brains to blow their nose, but yet they are worshipped by those that think they are something great. The reason that they have rich life styles is because of all the grave yards that are full of women and men that have given their lives defending their freedoms for these decadent (marked by decay or decline) men and women who have been gifted by none other than the God of the universe for the talents that they have. I for one, will not support the NFL or any high-profile sporting event that does not show respect for those that paid the price so they could be where they are today. I am outraged and sick beyond words as you can tell. The most outrageous and despicable (so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation) is the fact that these same people that will kneel out of total disrespect for our nation but will not kneel to Jesus Christ, the only one who deserves kneeling. They will kneel to support evil and anything that goes against God but will not give any respect to the one that gave them all that they have in the first place. Philippians 2:10-11 “ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” My heart goes out deeply to all the young men and women that gave their lives for this country just to watch it deteriorate right before our eyes. We should stand for the flag and kneel to Jesus Christ, but it is obviously backwards as is the rest of the world.
Back on Memorial Day I decided to visit the cemetery where many of our brave men and women have been put to rest and once again I sat there with tears in my eyes at the lack of appreciation for those that were lying six feet underground. I sat there about an hour and in all that time, two people came to visit that same cemetery, one couple was honoring their father and one young man that was a war veteran gave tribute to every soldier that was buried in that area. I watched this young man as he stopped at every individual grave site, read the names of each soldier and what war that they served in. I just sat there and watch this young man as my heart continued to break more and more with each minute that passed imagining how each one of these soldiers died. As heart breaking as this is to me, I find a little bit of peace because these are the things that Jesus said would happen just before His return. I just pray that Jesus comes soon and that all these fallen soldiers are there so I can personally thank each one of them in the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
One more thing that need want to share, we will all eventually be judged by what we support and what we oppose. If you support anyone or anything that goes against God’s Word, then you are equally as guilty as that particular person or group. If you support people who are pro-choice, then you are as guilty as those that go through with it. Here is something to think about and I am sure this will upset a lot of people because it will hit their conscience. We all heard of Adolph Hitler and know about the barbaric actions that he took to eliminate the Jewish people. He was responsible for killing over six million Jews. We think that is horrible and it was, but we, as a nation have murdered about sixty-one million babies in the last few decades and we just shrug that off like…oh well. Putting Hitler in power is no worse than putting people in power who support the killing of millions of unborn babies. I believe that this will be the main reason why God will judge our country soon if we do not turn this horrible atrocity around, and fast. There are many other evil practices that are continuing to permeate our country, but none as evil as the murder of the most innocent form of life. God is not very happy, and His judgments will come soon if we continue to let this horrific law stand. The obvious connection that child sacrifice has with the modern practice of abortion is not hard to catch, and thus the parallels between Jezebel’s day and our own are instructive. Phrases like “sacrificing children in temples of Molech” or “on the altars of convenience” are used by pro-lifers of abortion clinics because the murder of one’s own offspring in order to bring benefit to a person’s life or to escape personal suffering is exactly what the motivation was behind child sacrifices of the ancient world. In the same way that the ancient world pleaded with the gods through child sacrifice to save them from the suffering of diseases, famine, or wars, so today’s culture pleads to Molech through abortion to “save” women from the suffering of poverty, “oppressed status,” or gender wars. True believers in child sacrifice who were mothers of that ancient time considered it difficult but necessary to sacrifice their babies, just as true believers in abortion today will sometimes admit the difficulty of their act while demanding it to be a necessary right to sacrifice their babies. “Safe, legal, and rare” has resulted in a universal sacrament. In the end, there is just no legitimate moral argument for murdering innocent children. And as in ancient Israel, the child sacrifice of abortion marks the beginning of the end of a civilization by the judgment of God. God has a lot to say about His love for the little children and here is one, Mark 10:12-13; “Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.” God has tolerated our abominable acts of abortion long enough and I am sure if we do not turn it around, judgement will come soon!
ACTION POINT:
If you want to support all the evil that is permeating through our world, that is your choice, but as I have said many times in the past, you will be held accountable for every decision that you make. You will bow to Jesus Christ eventually, and once again the decision that you have to make is this, will you bow your heart now when the choice is yours and the rewards are great or will you bow to Him later as you are being sentenced to eternity in the “lake of burning fire”? John 14:16 says, “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” With all the evil that is in our world today it will increasingly get harder and harder to do what is right unless you have been filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will eventually be taken up with all the born-again believers and the opportunity to be saved by grace will be lost. This may appear as a harsh message, but it is one of love for those that listen and take this advice to heart. Serve who you may, but for me, I will serve only Jesus Christ and what He stands for and here is a message of what Jesus said to me and all those that have decided to serve Him, John 15:18-19; “If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” So, you see, I don’t care what the world thinks of me, I do not serve the world, I serve Jesus Christ. My message may be bold, but one day and one day soon you will know how much I really care for you by sharing this message with you! “Written To the glory of God, Inspired by the Holy Spirit!”
From our Chaplin, R. Fritz
Every knee will Bow to Jesus Christ
We God will judge all. We also should be judging ourselves first before judging other people. Matthew 7:1-5; says, and this is Jesus speaking “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. We all are responsible for our actions and will be judged for what we do. The Lord woke me up this morning at 3 A.M. to talk to me about some things. What he showed me is how he looks at sin and “All” sin is unrighteous. Sin does not get a number 1-10 in the severity of it. God does not operate that way. If that is the case, we should not vote for anybody. There is “no” righteous candidate. When I hear candidates speak, and they lie, are we responsible for their lies, if we voted for them, The answer is no. I have went to churches where they told me who to vote for. That was their opinion. The thing I know about opinions is that everyone has one. The difference between mine and theirs is how much knowledge each person has. People want to pick out the sins they see and want to bring out and chose to leave out the other sin to justify their vote and voice. I ask the Lord for a bible verse to backup what he was saying. He gave me John 4:10; and it says They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So, when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” And he stooped down and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her,” Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?” She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” We fail to look at why people do things and we need to put ourselves in the other persons shoes. There are People who do not see it the way we do, we should pray for them. This is where the Holy Spirit shows us how we can help or answer their questions or explained how we overcome. People do not understand that if you have a relationship with Jesus Christ and are Born Again, the Lord will answer your question about who to vote for. I questioned what I was seeing and asked the Lord about the candidates. He explained to me what his stance was on the candidates months ago. Everybody thinks they know what God really wants because they refuse to ask him! To be obedient we need to know assuredly what the Lord wants us to do. If we are not asking him, we are doing what “we” think is right which could be wrong.
I am going to finish about water baptism that I started last week. If we go to Matthew 28:18-20; and this is Jesus speaking And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have “commanded” you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Jesus is saying “All” power is given to him everywhere so if he is saying that Who is Jesus? Jesus is saying he is God! What name is above all names? “JESUS”! This was a command baptizing them in 3 titles, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. If Jesus is God, who is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit? They are the name above “all” names, Jesus. Philippians 2:9-10; says Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Jesus commanded his disciples to baptize them in the name of the Father, name of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Peter knew who the 3 titles was, Jesus Christ. That was the name who he used to baptize in Acts 2:38; and says Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. This was a command and the gift from God of the Holy Ghost. Those that obey the command will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost indwelled in them. With the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, you will start to hear the Holy Ghost clearly. He will answer your questions before you even get them out of your mouth! People cannot understand the difference from the Holy Spirit coming upon you and it being indwelled in you. Obeying the Lord has many benefits and shows your Love for the Lord. John 14:15; says and this is Jesus speaking “If you love me, keep my commandments.”
We need to love all people. It is hard to love some people now with the things going on in this country. We need to see people in a better light because we do not always know what people are going through.