Years ago homosexuals came out of the closet and since then they have banged a consistent drumbeat demanding tolerance which seeks to manipulate the coercive force of civil government to shove Christianity into the closet they vacated. Due to this tyrannical rebellion - and that's what it is - America is learning the hard way: we cannot make straight what God has called crooked. You cannot tolerate what God deems intolerable. You cannot continue to take moral wrongs and turn them into civil rights and survive as a people. Hate crimes legislation removes this vital distinction and enters this dangerous realm of thought crimes.

Spoken by Rusty Lee Thomas, 2009 at rally for Jesus is the Standard, Washington DC

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To be at peace with the world is to be at war against God; likewise, to be at war against the world is to be at peace with God.

This thought struck me while reading James 4:4 and other passages dealing with our behavior towards God and subtle love of the world. I am in no way espousing a war in the physical sense, as in
violence, but war in the sense of bringing everything into captivity, every argument, philosophy, affection, belief that opposes the authority and Lordship of Christ: hence a mortification of self and it's lust and a mortification from the trappings of the worlds vanity. There is no sanctification without mortification. Saints, every thought, desire, action and response is a neon sign whose side you are on in this world. Dare you join Christ with your wicked adulterous affairs? your soaking in television? your lust for power?

To Love God is to actively hate the world - the world represents the systems and darkness.


"Don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity (yes, hatred) toward God."

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap."


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He Delighteth In Mercy
Micah 7:18

Read Micah 7:1-20

This statement from God's prophet should raise a universal shout of 'Hallelujah' from the fallen sons of Adam. The God whom we have offended, the God whom we have blasphemed, the God whose law we have broken delights in mercy!

Wisdom and power, justice and truth, holiness and infinity are all attributes of God. I am sure he delights in them all. But here one attribute, as singled out by inspiration, gives delight to the eternal God - mercy! God delights to show mercy. It is both pleasant and essential to his being. He can no more cease to be merciful than he can cease to be just and holy.

This mercy which God delights to show unto men is in Christ. Read Micah's prophecy again. In the midst of great trial, Micah's heart was fixed upon Christ. As he anticipated the coming of Christ, he was comforted with this precious truth: 'He delighteth in mercy!' Micah looked for the mercy of God in Christ. And, if you hope to find mercy, you must seek it in Christ. Since Jesus Christ has suffered and died in the place of sinners, satisfying God's holy law and justice, God is both able and willing to be merciful to sinners! That is the good news of the gospel.

There is only one way to obtain this mercy. You must come to Christ by faith. Bow down at his feet, acknowledging his sovereign lordship. Confess your sin. Sue for mercy, saying, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.' And believe his Word. 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.'

Depth of mercy, can there be

Mercy still reserved for me?

Can my God his wrath forbear,

Me the chief of sinners spare?

Indeed he can and will for Christ's sake, because, 'he delighteth in mercy'.


Don Fortner
Freegrace.net


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Until His return

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