It is so true. I'm one of the fallen away. But !! I missed my God and Saviour so much. Its uphillnow, but I'm still reaching out. I am a terrible sinner, Pastor. I dont feel worthy. And yet, I love my Jesus. I'm always reaching for the hem of His robe. Please, pray for me. GOD Bless all y'all.
Hi Verna, your comment really touched my heart. I wanted to say that we're ALL terrible sinners... none of us are worthy, but praise GOD we are his children and therefore approved by the King! As a follower of Jesus Christ, may his grace and mercy pour all over you today, on this beautiful Sunday. Keep reaching for the hem of His robe.... he will forgive you over & over again. His blood is still the blood. Praying for you.💛
Hi Verna, Kari is right ya know…. as someone who has struggled with alcohol at different times in my life, I know what it is like to slip into discouragement. But even in the worst of times, I always reached for my Bible…. But then I learned that the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts when we believe, and wipes us clean by His righteousness in us forever! It is not an excuse, but it sure does help to know that He loves us that much, to give us His Holy Spirit and to seal our Salvation in Him. The Pastor that I spoke of this morning, Matthew Maher, shared as part of his sermon that he served 5 years in prison for taking a life as a result of drinking and driving. And yet he was forgiven in the courtroom by the son of the victim. God forgives us too, in fact He teaches us how, even to forgive ourselves. He does it over and over again because we are part of His family now, and He will never leave us. You are a Child of God. Me too. Jimmy Evans too. Kari too. And everyone else too. And we will all be together with Him one day soon. No more sorrow or tears. You are on the road! And you will make it because you have Jesus in your heart. That is His promise to you. 💖
Seek His word daily, pray daily and it becomes easier to be in His presences. We all stumble. Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man may fall SEVEN times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. Seek the Blood of Jesus!!
Oh Verna --I will pray for you now. I too have stumbled. My pride, rebellion, and desire to be esteemed set me on a crash course to despair. Graciously, God's love is as true today as it always was. He alone fought for me when all I could physically do is be still and silent. Even my prayers were hindered because of the unworthiness and confusion lies I had allowed the enemy to speak into me. Don't you dare listen to those lies. God says you are worth loving and YOU ARE! Now, I look back at that time and all I see is God's victory and YOU will also. Be encouraged here. These followers of Jesus are speaking life to you. Our human nature wars against the Holy Spirit that lives in us. God wins and you are covered with His grace. Lifting you up in prayer...
Verna, I have to agree with all these other ladies encouraging you to remember with Jesus there is NO condemnation. Look at the prodigal son, the Father ran to him down the road with welcoming arms when he saw he was coming back to him. I remember when I was going to a Baptist church years ago. I can't even remember how many times I rededicated my life to Jesus. lol 😂 All He asked was for us to acknowledge our sin and to remember that ALL our sins were forgiven when we asked Him into our heart... That included previous, current & future sins. I know I have been a back-slider more than once... and my grandmother would say the hardest part of forgiveness is forgiving yourself. Verna, I will pray for you if you will pray for me. ✝
Linda… I love your story! I also grew up Baptist and remember really being afraid I wasn’t saved as a young girl. Too many fire and brimstone messages I guess lol So my dad made me a beautiful marker of my spiritual birthday and still display it to this day as a reminder I’m a child of the King.💛
Thank you Linda. I'd be thrilled to pray for you. I'm so grateful for all the encouraging words and reminders. I was raised in the mormon church. It's a religion without a spirit of truth. It still messes with my heart and mind sometimes. God bless and keep you safe in His hands. 🙏🙏
Hi Verna...Your comment touched my heart, as well. We are ALL sinners...we have ALL sinned....that is what the cross is all about. On that cross Jesus took ALL of our sins and iniquities and made us whole. We were born into sin. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior he washes us clean. We also have an adversary, Satan....he is always telling us we are unworthy and bringing up things we have done....that is a lie from the pits of hell. There is NO COMDEMNATION in Christ Jesus. Verna you are the daughter of the most high God. When he looks at you he says "that is my daughter Verna in whom I am well pleased" I will keep you in my prayers!! In these dark times may we all continue to reach for the hem of his robe and share Jesus with a dark world! Big Hugs Verna!!
From what I’ve seen on the news lately, all of the shootings and murders that take place in ONE night (the numbers are up and climbing still), the sexual assaults in broad daylight, the perverted and racially charged teachings of the public and private school teachers ( teaching children to judge and dislike others based on their skin color and the so called sex Ed that they spew that totally goes against God’s design ) , dishonest evil journalism ( if you can even call it “journalism” anymore ) the greedy power hungry corrupt politicians that say that good is evil and what is evil is good ( unashamed and proud to do it in front of all kinds of TV cameras ).....
should I go on? ..... so, to me, it’s not really difficult to try and imagine it getting worse. Evil in general is picking up momentum, you can see it, hear it, and feel it.
As a Christian I know the rapture is coming very soon because my God’s Word never returns void. It will happen exactly as He has said will happen. And we see it happening now in real time. Very thankful for Godly men and women during this time to encourage us and pointing to the truth. It won’t be much longer now.
Pastor Jimmy it's never easy reading a post like this one exposing the truth about the severity of the rise in rebellion and immorality and rapid decline of faith. I about fell over when I heard the news Gov Cuomo's daughter declaring herself "demisexual" meaning everybody’s sexuality will be assumed fluid. You've written before about pansexuality, but this goes way beyond. As parents, we are facing a crisis beyond imagination for our children. Families need help! One subject you teach on the Tipping Point that has intrigued me is the supernatural return of Elijah.... the real life Elijah. I re-read your post on the dismantling of the family - https://endtimes.substack.com/p/dismantling-the-family-with-policy and it goes hand-in-hand with today's post. You've shared the scripture that Elijah will return before the rapture in Malachi 4:5-6. I would LOVE to request a part 2 series on the second coming of Elijah that prepares the way for the Lord by restoring family values. The end is near, so I can only assume Elijah is here now??? I believe this would be a powerful, encouraging post. :)
Kari, I believe the two witness will be a couple- a family. It says it Revelation 11 that there are two olive trees and two lampstands in verse 4. that makes 4 people - it can not be Elijah. it goes onto to chapter 12 and mentions a woman, I believe this woman is one of the olive trees and part of the two witnesses that goes into the earth to hide. Zechariah 4 gives us an explanation of who they are. They are people who are dwelling on this earth right now. Wait and see.
Yisrael interesting thoughts … I’ve never heard that before. I’ve always been taught two witnesses, but like you said we’ll wait and see. I love God’s mysteries.
There are TWO olive trees and TWO lampstands. These are the TWO witnesses which make up FOUR. I believe it is TWO couples. A man and wife. One is the lampstand and one is the oilve tree. John Garfield's book Seers and Doers helps explains we are the sons of God on earth and we will do greater things than Jesus in the End Times. Jesus said we would do greater things than He.
Ok, so I just watched Athey Creek Church service for today with Pastor Brett Meador on YouTube, the Church in Portland Oregon. He preached on Ezekiel 38 and 39. Come to find out I have an old friend who goes there. She commented that the Pastor has a laugh that will make you smile right along with him. So true! He did a great job teaching through that passage, really great! If anyone needs a little pick-me-up-today, this would be it! So happy that the Word is getting out!! We want the Church to know that Jesus is coming soon! These are exciting times!
Hey Kris, Morgan and I were touting Athey Creek in the comments on Jimmy’s last post. Yes friends please check out Brett’s teaching and spread the word. Anyone looking for in-depth, full on verse-by-verse teaching, with the truth and nothing but the truth will love it! Let’s support these teachers in prayer. These Godly men who are being so bold to teach the full truth of the scriptures right now need our prayers. And it is true about the smile:o)
Isn’t Athey so great! So glad you listened. Their pastor oozes Jesus out of his laugh and smile and messages. We are so blessed to have stumbled upon them. ❤️
Did ya’all hear the bluegrass Worship that went along with the sermon yesterday at Athey? What a treat!! And that big picnic/barbecue they had on their property yesterday afternoon? I woke up this morning practically smelling that barbecue…. I am happy for those Believers in Portland, to have such great Fellowship near by. They have had a very difficult year…. God is good. :)
Hi Kris Jodie & Morgan.... I also watched Brett at Athey Creek today. I have really enjoyed his teaching on Ezekiel. He is such a down to earth guy and I've always loved a sermon following the Word scripture by scripture. And when he made all heads bow and eyes closed, then asked for those who wanted to be saved to raise a hand or a wave and he counted several that did... Made me think of Church 30-40 yrs ago. It really blessed my heart. I like that guy. ❤
So sad, but True, and Blessings on this Sunday! And along those lines, a very encouraging sermon from last week about living as Christians, for the time we have left, in a post-Christian Culture, by Pastor Matthew Maher from NJ. He was guest speaker at Cornerstone Chapel Church in Leesburg Va. last week. His sermon is called, The Restraining Orders of God. It is flying around the Country right now. The PE teacher on National news who got suspended for not wanting to call his students by pronouns…. goes to Cornerstone Chapel Church. Senior Pastor Gary Hamrick from that Church also very good! Ken Starr was there midweek and Amir Tsarfati will also be there September 25 with his team for a one day Conference. Total Blessing! If the Lord does not return before, I have my tickets. Gotta keep living for Jesus with everything we got these end days, until the Lord returns! We need all the encouragement we can get. Thanks again Jimmy Evans!
I agree. They are kindred Spirits all right. They each have their own strengths but are both headed in the same direction for sure, with good sound Biblical teaching on the end times, and last days, which we are definitely in. Come to find out, there are a bunch of kindred Spirits out there who teach the Pretribulation position from the Bible. I like Jan Markell as well. Kind of nice to have a woman on the team, for one, and also she is from Minnesota, which, of course, am I. As I am not so much for social media, I am starting to find my way around. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing…. Like Linda said… we are all growing a bit here, in more ways than one. And encouragement sure helps to stay afloat. Until the Lord returns!
Kris... I always love reading your comments and learning from you! Your love for the Lord is contagious and your heart for learning more & more inspiring. I was born in Minnesota during an ice storm in 1967 ;)
Hi Kari, I should have guessed that we had something like that in common, as we have connected so naturally on these posts! And no wonder you are such an incredible encourager - it is in your Minnesota blood. When we moved out here to Virginia, that was one of the things I really missed about Minnesota-the friendly people! You fit the bill! Alas, I send a lot of my prayers to Minnesota these days, as I’m sure you do as well. The times are a changing….
Pastor Jimmy I would never of imagined I would see the world as it is today. Besides all the sin there seems to be a real meanness in people that scares me. It's evident that several generations after me must not of had discipline or consequences for bad behavior. It is sad that so many children today only have one parent, if that. The "family" today doesn't exist and that's probably the biggest reason for world we have today.... 😥
Pray for conviction, mine and all of ours, to reach out to the lost. My own SIL is lost and I pray and pray yet find it difficult to discuss Christ with him.
I believe the next shoe to drop will be "cancellation" of the Bible. While scripture was written FOR us, it wasn't written TO us and those who wish to twist the words of the Bible, especially as they relate to women and slavery will soon call for the Bible to be banned. Sound crazy or radical? So does everything else that's happened at breakneck speed of late. At the very least, believers will soon face even more persecution as bigots and racists. This will accelerate the rate at which the less-committed fall away.
I agree with you Scott. Considering that movies, music, books are streamed nowadays, versus physically owned, it won’t be long before Christian music, books, etc are “cancelled” from popular streaming services.
Dearest Verna, the outpouring of Aloha for you (and for each other) from this group of saints is both AMAZING & ENCOURAGING!!! Soooo CHRIST-like!!! What a Blessing to observe!
I LOVE THIS GROUP!!!
The examples they blessed you with are spot on and here is one more that I pray will bless you.
John 8: 1-12 The Adulteress
... who Jesus ministered to with such compassion, grace and wisdom.
When her accusers (religious leaders!) demanded that she be stoned to death according to "the Law of Moses" (OT), Jesus charged the seething hypocrites: "He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone." They ALL dropped their stones and walked away! Jesus asked her:
"Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?" She replied "No one Lord." ... and our Lord said to her...(and to ALL OF US): "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." Jesus then ended with:
"I am the Light of the World. He who FOLLOWS Me shall NOT walk in darkness, but has the Light of Life."
Jesus was thee ONLY one who could fulfill the Law of God because HE was the "sinless Lamb of God." Jesus also knows that we will stumble and fall, and if anybody is like me, I trip and fall much too much for my liking, let alone others around me! ..... and yet, our Heavenly Father, Abba (Daddy) Father will NEVER leave us nor forsake us... HE will NEVER abandon us, HIS children. 1 John 1:9 is our "Go to scripture" for forgiveness!
We Hawai'ians teach our keiki (kay-kee=children):
"ALOHA KEKAHI I KEKAHI"
which means "To Love one another, to have compassion for each other."
The Brothers & Sisters in CHRIST in this group have been raised right!!! : - )
Pastor Jimmy, you have created such a great group of fellow believers: I am learning so much from you and each individual; all with a different perspective, knowledge base and passion.
Evil (Darkness) will do what evil will do...The Word says so; but, The Light of the World, JESUS will have the Final Say!!! TY Lord!!!
In today’s world are we at all surprised. We’ve been flooded with information not wisdom. Unfortunately the masses can’t differentiate between the two.
The phrase “Falling away” , if you look it up in the Geneva manuscripts, means “caught up” or catching away... not falling away from the faith. Follow Pastor/Dr. Andy Woods who does an in depth teaching on the Rapture.
Thanks Susan for your insight.... I will have to agree with Pastor Jimmy on his interpretation of this phrase. I read the verse in several versions, and I believe the "falling away" that Paul predicted was the falling away/rebellion from faith. "Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first" 2 Thess 2:3ESV I loved Jimmy's post here - https://endtimes.substack.com/p/church-membership-at-an-all-time states "That glorious day, the return of Jesus, won’t arrive until the great falling away [rebellion] has happened. And it won’t happen until after the “son of perdition,” the Antichrist, is revealed and demands to be worshipped." It's my understanding that we are currently witnessing this massive rebellion all around us in the US & globally. We won't be raptured until all of this has happened. I'd love to know others thought about this too. Blessings💛
I did a blog on this on World Press showing why its, IMHO, Deprture from a standing on earth (The Church has a standing on this earth.) When Disquss stopped allowing saved posts, I had to save all my work, so I started this free blog, so I could have a back-up in case I had a computer crash. Anyway... https://wordpress.com/view/prophecyunvieled.home.blog
I did a blog on this a while back called is the "Falling Away" a false teaching" (UNDERSTANDING). The English word apostacy has become the dominate word in that passage, meaning a falling away of the faith, when nowhere in the passage was faith ever mentioned. When we take another look, the word apostasia came from two words "Apo" which meant separation, away from.
The first seven English translations actually had the word Departure, not falling away. The Latin Vulgate used the word Discessio which means departure also. So, why did the KJV use a "falling away" and implied that it was from the faith? Some think they were taking a shot at their rival, the RCC. I mean, both the Church of England and the RCC did some pretty bad stuff back in the day, so lets take that into account.
The Church indeed DAPARTS before the Day of the Lord comes.
My heart aches for those who, in their "wisdom" (for they believe it is we that are fools), easily dismiss Jesus and his suffering for us -thus they rush headlong to their second death: Quite possibly experiencing what Pastor Jimmy states as "hell on Earth" [tribulation] before then. So very sad.
The harvest is indeed white as snow, but workers are needed. I feel the time is indeed short, so NOW is the time to get in the game. Not all of us can go across the world, but most can go across the street. And if God has blessed us so, we can help fund those who can go and reap. And we can pray!
While none of us can do everything -or the same things- we CAN all do something! ( 1 Cor ch 12, 1 John 3:16-18, Isa 58:6ff )
Harry Potter is about Witchcraft to start with. Most people just don't realize it. As per shopping somewhere that supports homosexual, they will all have to answer themselves. Is not only a sin to be homosexual, or a cheater on ones spouse, but its a sin to advocate for such nonsense, but its not a sin t shop somewhere, where their corp. leaders advocate for such, I mean Disney World has done that for 25 years. They will soon have to answer, just don't go along to get along, if people say its OK around me they are in for a rude awakening. LOL.
Thank you, Pastor Jimmy.
It is so true. I'm one of the fallen away. But !! I missed my God and Saviour so much. Its uphillnow, but I'm still reaching out. I am a terrible sinner, Pastor. I dont feel worthy. And yet, I love my Jesus. I'm always reaching for the hem of His robe. Please, pray for me. GOD Bless all y'all.
Hi Verna, your comment really touched my heart. I wanted to say that we're ALL terrible sinners... none of us are worthy, but praise GOD we are his children and therefore approved by the King! As a follower of Jesus Christ, may his grace and mercy pour all over you today, on this beautiful Sunday. Keep reaching for the hem of His robe.... he will forgive you over & over again. His blood is still the blood. Praying for you.💛
Hi Verna, Kari is right ya know…. as someone who has struggled with alcohol at different times in my life, I know what it is like to slip into discouragement. But even in the worst of times, I always reached for my Bible…. But then I learned that the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts when we believe, and wipes us clean by His righteousness in us forever! It is not an excuse, but it sure does help to know that He loves us that much, to give us His Holy Spirit and to seal our Salvation in Him. The Pastor that I spoke of this morning, Matthew Maher, shared as part of his sermon that he served 5 years in prison for taking a life as a result of drinking and driving. And yet he was forgiven in the courtroom by the son of the victim. God forgives us too, in fact He teaches us how, even to forgive ourselves. He does it over and over again because we are part of His family now, and He will never leave us. You are a Child of God. Me too. Jimmy Evans too. Kari too. And everyone else too. And we will all be together with Him one day soon. No more sorrow or tears. You are on the road! And you will make it because you have Jesus in your heart. That is His promise to you. 💖
Wow, I didn't expect all of this kindness. God bless all y'all.
Beautiful words of hope & forgiveness! Love ya sister!
God Bless your heart . Thank you for your kindness. Always reaching. Praise God always !!
Seek His word daily, pray daily and it becomes easier to be in His presences. We all stumble. Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man may fall SEVEN times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. Seek the Blood of Jesus!!
Oh Verna --I will pray for you now. I too have stumbled. My pride, rebellion, and desire to be esteemed set me on a crash course to despair. Graciously, God's love is as true today as it always was. He alone fought for me when all I could physically do is be still and silent. Even my prayers were hindered because of the unworthiness and confusion lies I had allowed the enemy to speak into me. Don't you dare listen to those lies. God says you are worth loving and YOU ARE! Now, I look back at that time and all I see is God's victory and YOU will also. Be encouraged here. These followers of Jesus are speaking life to you. Our human nature wars against the Holy Spirit that lives in us. God wins and you are covered with His grace. Lifting you up in prayer...
Verna, I have to agree with all these other ladies encouraging you to remember with Jesus there is NO condemnation. Look at the prodigal son, the Father ran to him down the road with welcoming arms when he saw he was coming back to him. I remember when I was going to a Baptist church years ago. I can't even remember how many times I rededicated my life to Jesus. lol 😂 All He asked was for us to acknowledge our sin and to remember that ALL our sins were forgiven when we asked Him into our heart... That included previous, current & future sins. I know I have been a back-slider more than once... and my grandmother would say the hardest part of forgiveness is forgiving yourself. Verna, I will pray for you if you will pray for me. ✝
Linda… I love your story! I also grew up Baptist and remember really being afraid I wasn’t saved as a young girl. Too many fire and brimstone messages I guess lol So my dad made me a beautiful marker of my spiritual birthday and still display it to this day as a reminder I’m a child of the King.💛
Thank you Linda. I'd be thrilled to pray for you. I'm so grateful for all the encouraging words and reminders. I was raised in the mormon church. It's a religion without a spirit of truth. It still messes with my heart and mind sometimes. God bless and keep you safe in His hands. 🙏🙏
Hi Verna...Your comment touched my heart, as well. We are ALL sinners...we have ALL sinned....that is what the cross is all about. On that cross Jesus took ALL of our sins and iniquities and made us whole. We were born into sin. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior he washes us clean. We also have an adversary, Satan....he is always telling us we are unworthy and bringing up things we have done....that is a lie from the pits of hell. There is NO COMDEMNATION in Christ Jesus. Verna you are the daughter of the most high God. When he looks at you he says "that is my daughter Verna in whom I am well pleased" I will keep you in my prayers!! In these dark times may we all continue to reach for the hem of his robe and share Jesus with a dark world! Big Hugs Verna!!
Have mercy. Y'all are wonderful. My heart is full to bursting. Praise Jesus !! Thank you so much. Big Hugs to you. God Bless you
This what I love about this place… wraparound love right where we are.💛
Amen to that !! I had no idea. Wraparound love. Sounds like Jesus. Praise Jesus !! ✝️🙏
From what I’ve seen on the news lately, all of the shootings and murders that take place in ONE night (the numbers are up and climbing still), the sexual assaults in broad daylight, the perverted and racially charged teachings of the public and private school teachers ( teaching children to judge and dislike others based on their skin color and the so called sex Ed that they spew that totally goes against God’s design ) , dishonest evil journalism ( if you can even call it “journalism” anymore ) the greedy power hungry corrupt politicians that say that good is evil and what is evil is good ( unashamed and proud to do it in front of all kinds of TV cameras ).....
should I go on? ..... so, to me, it’s not really difficult to try and imagine it getting worse. Evil in general is picking up momentum, you can see it, hear it, and feel it.
As a Christian I know the rapture is coming very soon because my God’s Word never returns void. It will happen exactly as He has said will happen. And we see it happening now in real time. Very thankful for Godly men and women during this time to encourage us and pointing to the truth. It won’t be much longer now.
Pastor Jimmy it's never easy reading a post like this one exposing the truth about the severity of the rise in rebellion and immorality and rapid decline of faith. I about fell over when I heard the news Gov Cuomo's daughter declaring herself "demisexual" meaning everybody’s sexuality will be assumed fluid. You've written before about pansexuality, but this goes way beyond. As parents, we are facing a crisis beyond imagination for our children. Families need help! One subject you teach on the Tipping Point that has intrigued me is the supernatural return of Elijah.... the real life Elijah. I re-read your post on the dismantling of the family - https://endtimes.substack.com/p/dismantling-the-family-with-policy and it goes hand-in-hand with today's post. You've shared the scripture that Elijah will return before the rapture in Malachi 4:5-6. I would LOVE to request a part 2 series on the second coming of Elijah that prepares the way for the Lord by restoring family values. The end is near, so I can only assume Elijah is here now??? I believe this would be a powerful, encouraging post. :)
Kari, I believe the two witness will be a couple- a family. It says it Revelation 11 that there are two olive trees and two lampstands in verse 4. that makes 4 people - it can not be Elijah. it goes onto to chapter 12 and mentions a woman, I believe this woman is one of the olive trees and part of the two witnesses that goes into the earth to hide. Zechariah 4 gives us an explanation of who they are. They are people who are dwelling on this earth right now. Wait and see.
Yisrael interesting thoughts … I’ve never heard that before. I’ve always been taught two witnesses, but like you said we’ll wait and see. I love God’s mysteries.
There are TWO olive trees and TWO lampstands. These are the TWO witnesses which make up FOUR. I believe it is TWO couples. A man and wife. One is the lampstand and one is the oilve tree. John Garfield's book Seers and Doers helps explains we are the sons of God on earth and we will do greater things than Jesus in the End Times. Jesus said we would do greater things than He.
Ok, so I just watched Athey Creek Church service for today with Pastor Brett Meador on YouTube, the Church in Portland Oregon. He preached on Ezekiel 38 and 39. Come to find out I have an old friend who goes there. She commented that the Pastor has a laugh that will make you smile right along with him. So true! He did a great job teaching through that passage, really great! If anyone needs a little pick-me-up-today, this would be it! So happy that the Word is getting out!! We want the Church to know that Jesus is coming soon! These are exciting times!
Hey Kris, Morgan and I were touting Athey Creek in the comments on Jimmy’s last post. Yes friends please check out Brett’s teaching and spread the word. Anyone looking for in-depth, full on verse-by-verse teaching, with the truth and nothing but the truth will love it! Let’s support these teachers in prayer. These Godly men who are being so bold to teach the full truth of the scriptures right now need our prayers. And it is true about the smile:o)
Isn’t Athey so great! So glad you listened. Their pastor oozes Jesus out of his laugh and smile and messages. We are so blessed to have stumbled upon them. ❤️
Did ya’all hear the bluegrass Worship that went along with the sermon yesterday at Athey? What a treat!! And that big picnic/barbecue they had on their property yesterday afternoon? I woke up this morning practically smelling that barbecue…. I am happy for those Believers in Portland, to have such great Fellowship near by. They have had a very difficult year…. God is good. :)
Hi Kris Jodie & Morgan.... I also watched Brett at Athey Creek today. I have really enjoyed his teaching on Ezekiel. He is such a down to earth guy and I've always loved a sermon following the Word scripture by scripture. And when he made all heads bow and eyes closed, then asked for those who wanted to be saved to raise a hand or a wave and he counted several that did... Made me think of Church 30-40 yrs ago. It really blessed my heart. I like that guy. ❤
So sad, but True, and Blessings on this Sunday! And along those lines, a very encouraging sermon from last week about living as Christians, for the time we have left, in a post-Christian Culture, by Pastor Matthew Maher from NJ. He was guest speaker at Cornerstone Chapel Church in Leesburg Va. last week. His sermon is called, The Restraining Orders of God. It is flying around the Country right now. The PE teacher on National news who got suspended for not wanting to call his students by pronouns…. goes to Cornerstone Chapel Church. Senior Pastor Gary Hamrick from that Church also very good! Ken Starr was there midweek and Amir Tsarfati will also be there September 25 with his team for a one day Conference. Total Blessing! If the Lord does not return before, I have my tickets. Gotta keep living for Jesus with everything we got these end days, until the Lord returns! We need all the encouragement we can get. Thanks again Jimmy Evans!
I agree. They are kindred Spirits all right. They each have their own strengths but are both headed in the same direction for sure, with good sound Biblical teaching on the end times, and last days, which we are definitely in. Come to find out, there are a bunch of kindred Spirits out there who teach the Pretribulation position from the Bible. I like Jan Markell as well. Kind of nice to have a woman on the team, for one, and also she is from Minnesota, which, of course, am I. As I am not so much for social media, I am starting to find my way around. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing…. Like Linda said… we are all growing a bit here, in more ways than one. And encouragement sure helps to stay afloat. Until the Lord returns!
Kris... I always love reading your comments and learning from you! Your love for the Lord is contagious and your heart for learning more & more inspiring. I was born in Minnesota during an ice storm in 1967 ;)
Hi Kari, I should have guessed that we had something like that in common, as we have connected so naturally on these posts! And no wonder you are such an incredible encourager - it is in your Minnesota blood. When we moved out here to Virginia, that was one of the things I really missed about Minnesota-the friendly people! You fit the bill! Alas, I send a lot of my prayers to Minnesota these days, as I’m sure you do as well. The times are a changing….
You just made my day brighter☀️— I grew up in Chicago so now get to pray big for both states!
Pastor Jimmy I would never of imagined I would see the world as it is today. Besides all the sin there seems to be a real meanness in people that scares me. It's evident that several generations after me must not of had discipline or consequences for bad behavior. It is sad that so many children today only have one parent, if that. The "family" today doesn't exist and that's probably the biggest reason for world we have today.... 😥
Yes. It’s so sad.
I think that the "falling away" will be more extreme than what we see right now. However, what we see now is foreshadowing.
Pray for conviction, mine and all of ours, to reach out to the lost. My own SIL is lost and I pray and pray yet find it difficult to discuss Christ with him.
I believe the next shoe to drop will be "cancellation" of the Bible. While scripture was written FOR us, it wasn't written TO us and those who wish to twist the words of the Bible, especially as they relate to women and slavery will soon call for the Bible to be banned. Sound crazy or radical? So does everything else that's happened at breakneck speed of late. At the very least, believers will soon face even more persecution as bigots and racists. This will accelerate the rate at which the less-committed fall away.
I agree with you Scott. Considering that movies, music, books are streamed nowadays, versus physically owned, it won’t be long before Christian music, books, etc are “cancelled” from popular streaming services.
Even out kids raised in the word are seeing it as racest
I agree Scott.
WOW ohhh WOW!!!
Dearest Verna, the outpouring of Aloha for you (and for each other) from this group of saints is both AMAZING & ENCOURAGING!!! Soooo CHRIST-like!!! What a Blessing to observe!
I LOVE THIS GROUP!!!
The examples they blessed you with are spot on and here is one more that I pray will bless you.
John 8: 1-12 The Adulteress
... who Jesus ministered to with such compassion, grace and wisdom.
When her accusers (religious leaders!) demanded that she be stoned to death according to "the Law of Moses" (OT), Jesus charged the seething hypocrites: "He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone." They ALL dropped their stones and walked away! Jesus asked her:
"Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?" She replied "No one Lord." ... and our Lord said to her...(and to ALL OF US): "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." Jesus then ended with:
"I am the Light of the World. He who FOLLOWS Me shall NOT walk in darkness, but has the Light of Life."
Jesus was thee ONLY one who could fulfill the Law of God because HE was the "sinless Lamb of God." Jesus also knows that we will stumble and fall, and if anybody is like me, I trip and fall much too much for my liking, let alone others around me! ..... and yet, our Heavenly Father, Abba (Daddy) Father will NEVER leave us nor forsake us... HE will NEVER abandon us, HIS children. 1 John 1:9 is our "Go to scripture" for forgiveness!
We Hawai'ians teach our keiki (kay-kee=children):
"ALOHA KEKAHI I KEKAHI"
which means "To Love one another, to have compassion for each other."
The Brothers & Sisters in CHRIST in this group have been raised right!!! : - )
Pastor Jimmy, you have created such a great group of fellow believers: I am learning so much from you and each individual; all with a different perspective, knowledge base and passion.
Evil (Darkness) will do what evil will do...The Word says so; but, The Light of the World, JESUS will have the Final Say!!! TY Lord!!!
Aloha to you ALL!!!
matt (aka Mr Hawai'i LOL ; - )
I agree , I’m 52 and I have seen such a shift in the US in the last 20 years.
I’m holding onto Jesus He is my rock and His word is my guide book
In today’s world are we at all surprised. We’ve been flooded with information not wisdom. Unfortunately the masses can’t differentiate between the two.
The phrase “Falling away” , if you look it up in the Geneva manuscripts, means “caught up” or catching away... not falling away from the faith. Follow Pastor/Dr. Andy Woods who does an in depth teaching on the Rapture.
Thanks Susan for your insight.... I will have to agree with Pastor Jimmy on his interpretation of this phrase. I read the verse in several versions, and I believe the "falling away" that Paul predicted was the falling away/rebellion from faith. "Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first" 2 Thess 2:3ESV I loved Jimmy's post here - https://endtimes.substack.com/p/church-membership-at-an-all-time states "That glorious day, the return of Jesus, won’t arrive until the great falling away [rebellion] has happened. And it won’t happen until after the “son of perdition,” the Antichrist, is revealed and demands to be worshipped." It's my understanding that we are currently witnessing this massive rebellion all around us in the US & globally. We won't be raptured until all of this has happened. I'd love to know others thought about this too. Blessings💛
I did a blog on this on World Press showing why its, IMHO, Deprture from a standing on earth (The Church has a standing on this earth.) When Disquss stopped allowing saved posts, I had to save all my work, so I started this free blog, so I could have a back-up in case I had a computer crash. Anyway... https://wordpress.com/view/prophecyunvieled.home.blog
I did a blog on this a while back called is the "Falling Away" a false teaching" (UNDERSTANDING). The English word apostacy has become the dominate word in that passage, meaning a falling away of the faith, when nowhere in the passage was faith ever mentioned. When we take another look, the word apostasia came from two words "Apo" which meant separation, away from.
The first seven English translations actually had the word Departure, not falling away. The Latin Vulgate used the word Discessio which means departure also. So, why did the KJV use a "falling away" and implied that it was from the faith? Some think they were taking a shot at their rival, the RCC. I mean, both the Church of England and the RCC did some pretty bad stuff back in the day, so lets take that into account.
The Church indeed DAPARTS before the Day of the Lord comes.
Many Christians want the rapture to come first.
Here are some other interesting statistics from 2020 census information I saw a few minutes ago.
https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/
My heart aches for those who, in their "wisdom" (for they believe it is we that are fools), easily dismiss Jesus and his suffering for us -thus they rush headlong to their second death: Quite possibly experiencing what Pastor Jimmy states as "hell on Earth" [tribulation] before then. So very sad.
The harvest is indeed white as snow, but workers are needed. I feel the time is indeed short, so NOW is the time to get in the game. Not all of us can go across the world, but most can go across the street. And if God has blessed us so, we can help fund those who can go and reap. And we can pray!
While none of us can do everything -or the same things- we CAN all do something! ( 1 Cor ch 12, 1 John 3:16-18, Isa 58:6ff )
I’m noticing a lot of stores selling and supporting gay pride things. If I shop there, does that mean I’m in a way supporting it too?
Also watching movies like Harry Potter or Frozen?
Reminds me of what it says in Romans 1:28-32.
Harry Potter is about Witchcraft to start with. Most people just don't realize it. As per shopping somewhere that supports homosexual, they will all have to answer themselves. Is not only a sin to be homosexual, or a cheater on ones spouse, but its a sin to advocate for such nonsense, but its not a sin t shop somewhere, where their corp. leaders advocate for such, I mean Disney World has done that for 25 years. They will soon have to answer, just don't go along to get along, if people say its OK around me they are in for a rude awakening. LOL.