It’s all about posturing
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Which TAPR/POMO and QEs bailed him out.
That is not capitalism – using inside knowledge to suck from the govt tit (which is the taxpayer) to become more rich.
Morning Har,
Let me say one more time – I said that the Buffet situation was positioned to LOOK to the masses like it was capitalism at work.
Please don’t misunderstand. I think that it is a situation to prop up confidence. Most people, as I have also said many times in the past, are not as sophisticated as you and other contributors to this venue.
That is all that I am saying. Agree or disagree?
Best,
Big Al
Is Barack buddy Buffett betting on bank bailout
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/barack-buddy-buffett-betting-bank-bailout
Last week, when Buffett spoke with Obama and decided to invest in Bank of America, we learned that he is hosting another Obama fundraiser. This all sounds familiar.
Hi Al,
I am sorry Al but you are just too much of a nice guy and that is your problem. You are naive. Giving people confidence? Rather it is FALSE confidence. That is what it is. It is like a wife returning to her abusive husband thinking he will or has changed. Only to get butchered this time and no 911 call. Giving people a false sense of security is the worst thing you can do because it is deceiving. Deception is never good for the people being deceived. NEVER NEVER NEVER.
What did Jesus say.”The TRUTH say set you FREE.” Rest my case
By the way did yoy know that The European Union was originally the Treaty Of Rome signed in 1952. This is non other than the Rome Empire’s come back Propehesied in the Bible Revelation 17. Read and you will see mentioned a Woman riding a Beast.
Verse 17:3″…I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast…”
The woman is The Roman Catholic Church and the beast is Europe. Google Woman Riding beast and you will see that today Europe uses the Woman and the Beast as their LOGO.
One day I will give you a lesson on it showing you how the Woman is Rome. The woman is descibed as a great whore & MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Though I should throw that in.
Thank you God Bless We will be needing it more than ever soon
Joseph
Okay my friend (and I do mean that!),
What about the concept that with more confidence people will spend more and help grow the economy?
Regarding the Catholic Church, were you ever a Catholic?
I know an awful lot of fallen away Catholics, including my brothers-in-law.
Actually some of our best friends also fall into that category.
I was raised Russian Orthodox and joined the Catholic Church after Kathy and I had been married for a couple of years.
I don’t look at the Church the same way that a lot of people seem to. I view it as simply a way to be close to God. No more and no less.
As I have said numerous times in the past, I am equally comfortable in a Baptist Church, a Lutheran Church and/or a Catholic Church.
To me it’s not the various “secret handshakes” it is my PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
Keep your comments coming,
Big Al
Hi Al,
First of all Al you have swallowed the line about spending to improve the economy That is a lie. Spending is what got you guys in this big hole. You need to save money and invest. That is Austrian economics. Give Peter Schiff a call.
Secondly of course I was Catholic. My parents are Italian you cannot get more Catholic than that. Let me explain the Woman on the Beast. Google woman riding the beast and read Rev 17
Getting back to the Mystery Gods says he will explain it
Rev17:7 “….I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast than carrieth her, which had seven heads and ten horns.”
Rev 17:1 …”the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.”
go to rev17:15 “…The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are peoples and mutitudes and nations and tongues.” Meaning World wide organization
Rev 17:4 ” And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a gold cup in her hands ful of abominations and filtiness of her forinication.” Forinication is a religious comprimise. Look at the discription and think religious organization
Rev17;6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus…” This is what will happen in the future and of course lets not forget the Spanish Inquisition. About the future there is coming a time when you will not be able to buy or sell without a microchip implanted in your hand or forehead. if you refuse you will be executed. The Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Movement do not like true fundemental Christians and I have prove.
God forbids this Cor 6:14 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:…”
Go to Rev 13:16 ” And he causeth all. both small and great, rich and poor free and bond to receive a mark in their right hand or forehead, and that no man might buy or sell , save he that had the mark or the name of the beast…”
This will be a micro chip (THE MARK)
Next Execution for refusing Rev 20:4 “… I saw the souls of them that were beheded for the witness of Jesus….neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands:..”
The Woman is a City: Rev 17:18 “the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reign over the Kings of the earth.”
The city is ROME: Rev17:9″…The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”
Rome sits on SEVEN MOUNTAINS. Only Rio de Genero is the other city but Rio does not fit the description
Lastly in old Covenant(Testament) Daniel 2:28 God reveals the future empires of the world. At the time was the Babylonian Empior and God forcasted the Med and Persian Empire, Greek Empire, the Roman empire and in the last days the Roman Empior coming back.
Put all that together and you cannot deny that it is the Roman Empior with The Cathoolic Church at the helm
Sorry Al but I do not comprimise on the truth. Further more I do not want to face God if I have a chance to preach the truth and I don’t. Peoples blood will be on my hands if I remain quite. As much as it sounds far fetched this book as I said in the past is ahead of todays technoligy and is the only one that can predict the future. I chanellege anyone from anyother religious organization to show me ONE SINGLE PROPHESY. And do not give me that clown Nostrodameus because he has not made one accurate prediction. NOT ONE
25-30% of the Bible is Prophetical there is not only one but thousands
Thank you Lord Bless
Thanks Joseph,
That is more than a little interesting. To say the least!
Regard spending, I did not mean government spending. I meant consumer spending. Without an increase in consumer spending, there obviously can be no growth.
I will, by the way, spend some time going over the scripture you mentioned.
Thanks,
Big Al
Hi Al,
It is both government and consumer
Find a true God fearing little church and learn.
God says “My people are destroyed because forlack of Knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6
Very good Giuseppe. Only I’d like to offer one thought regarding marks and chips. Revelation is written in highly symbolic language and must be received as such. If you examine the immediate passages the word “mark” is found in revelation you will find a number of other terms that are only meant to symbolize something and not be taken in a wooden literal sense. In interpreting Scripture we must be consistent. Either the symbolic language in these passages is to be taken symbolically or it is to be taken literally. Worshipers of the beast and of the false prophet (papacy) will most likely not have a visible mark on the hand or forehead any more than true believers receive a mark in theirs as being identified with the people of God and worshiping Him.
Hi Greg,
Tell me something Greg how is it possible for this prophesy to work in today’s technoligy if it is not a microchip. Use common sense. Do not complicate issues and try to be a professor in languages. Jihn at the time wrote what he saw. In his vocabulary at the time he classified it as a mark. Micro Chip at the time di not exist and therefore the words did not exist. It is that simple. Further more it is the perfect system for the government. They will know how much money you also spend according to your income. Tell me now that this is not there goal. Lastly this will be your last chance to get saved after the rapture. people left behind will have to make a decision either refuse the mark, get killed and on your way to heaven if you did for Christ’s sake or go with the flow take the mark and on your way to hell.
Thank you Joe
HI Greg,
Interesting points.
Give me a little, if you would, information about the Pope being a false prophet.
Being raised Russian Orthodox, I do find the Catholic concept of the infallibility of the Pope to be a little hard to believe.
Remember that Jesus told Peter. “You are my rock and upon my rock I will build my Church.” Catholics view St Peter as being the first pope and I view St Peter as being a “rock of Jesus”.
I can go on and on about “organized” religion and my personal views but rather than do that at this point, I would like to hear your comments.
Best,
Big Al
I am a very strong believer in the importance of “a close and personal” relationship with God.
Al,
Just had somebody send me this scathing article on Obama. I think it’s a pretty accurate picture of the man in our White House. It’s amazing that alot of blacks label whites as racist who criticize Obama to any degree while Michelle said she was ashamed of America until her husband won the presidency. Talk about racism. Isn’t that a fine example from Obama’s wife? I’m just as critical of George Bush jr as well and I do not think Rick Perry is a good Ruplican choice for president. The only man qualified with the right character and fortitude to resist the New World Order and CFR/Tri-lats is Ron Paul who votes only for bills that are in keeping with our great U.S. Constitution.
Giuseppe thanks for sharing that information. I too have seen this and should refresh my memory about this. While the Roman Catholic church is corrupt I must say so are most Protestant churches as well. Neither follow the Bible and take it as seriously as they should but if the Bible is not the Word of God to be faithfully followed then to whom can we turn for truth? Jesus, said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no man comes to the Father but by me.” Jn 14:7 and Peter said to Jesus to whom shall we go; thou has the words of life. Amen and amen
Hi Carlton,
I did not mention the protestant churches because That was not the point for now. I agree with you of course. Let me add all these evangelists on TV. I would not want to be anywhere near them when God gets a hold of them. Billy Graham is included. He is in bed with all the religions of the world that is the way he organizes his event with their help. Let me add it is better to steal for a living than deceive people about the way to heaven and rob them of their souls. God will be more merciful on a materialistic thieve than a deceiving Soul robbing religious leader.Let me quote:
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. for ye devour widow’s houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”Mathew 23:14
People should read how and what Jesus spoke about it would terrify them. He spoke more about hell than heaven. People are in for a rude awakening after they die.
Finally use only the King James 1611 Bible. Anyone dares me to burn another version that is the NIV, Living Bible, or all the rest I would gladly burn them and send them to hell where they came from
Thank you Lord Bless Joe
Correction folks. I meant John 14:6. I’m not into the ecumenical movement so if Billy Graham has gone in that direction he’s gone astray in my opinion instead of coming out from among the many false churches and remaining separate.
I do not believe in a world church or national council of churches or world bank or United Nations. All of these are humanistic organizations that pay lip service to God but do not believe that Jesus is the only way, truth and life nor do they necessarily affirm the historic council of Chalcedon in 451.
And now a quote from my one of my mentors, a scholar par excellence, the late R.J. Rushdoony who authored over 30 books on history, education, politics, Biblical law, philosophy and theology and apologetics:
“Because of its indifference to its creedal basis in Biblical Christianity, western civilization is today facing death and is in a life and death struggle with humanism.
Today humanism is the creedal basis of the various democratic and socialistic movements. The clearer the humanism, as in Marxism, the more direct its use of power, because it operates in terms of a consistency of principle. The conservatives attempt to retain the political forms of the Christian West with no belief in Biblical Christianity. Apart from vague affirmations of liberty, they cannot defend their position philosophically. They therefore become fact finders: they try to oppose the humanists by documenting their cruelty, corruption, and abuse of office. If the facts carry any conviction to the people, they lead them only to exchange one set of radical humanists for reforming radical humanists. It is never their faith in the system which is shaken, but only in a form or representative of that system. The success of the subversives rests on their attack on the creed of the establishment, and its replacement by a new creed.
Then the foundations are provided, the general form of the building is determined. When the creed is accepted, the social order is determined. There can therefore be no reconstruction of the Christian civilization of the west except on Christian creedal foundations”
Finally, Giuseppe I use the KJV Bible and consider it a very good translation. My great great great great great (too many count) grandfather was John Overall who was one of the translators of the King James Bible but I used this version way before I discovered this interesting trivia from my grandmother. The Geneva Bible which was before the KJV is also suppose to be pretty good.
Wow You are a descendant from the orginal translators. Wow.
As for the Genava Bible I do not know it. If it is beofre the KJ1611 It might be worthy
But I believe it was another title. Cannot comment
Stick with the KJ1611 and if you must stand alone STAND
God Bless Joe
Giuseppe, I share much of your sentiment regarding the KJV (NKJV). The reason being it is based upon superior manuscripts, the Majority Text which includes the Textus Receptus. But it’s important to realize it did not come out of the blue. It was based upon its predecessors, the Coverdale, the Geneva, the Wycliffe, etc. translations. God has indeed been faithful to preserve His Word for His people throughout the centuries. The translations of the past century are based upon inferior manuscript schools and, to one degree or another, do great damage to the doctrines of the Bible, most egregiously the ones that pertain to the gospel.
Carlton, there will be no reconstruction of the Christian civilization because there has never been a truly Christian civilization. To have a truly Christian civilization you must build upon Scripture alone and no country or civilization has ever done that. And neither are we called to such a task. I suggest instead of following theonomists like the late Rushdoony or reconstructionists you read Gordon Clark’s A Christian View of Men and Things. Now there’s a Christian philosopher who had a truly biblical worldview.
I rarely hear someone speak the truth about one of the greatest if not the greatest false “Protestant” teachers in modern times. Only his greatest sin was preaching a false gospel, that of salvation by human will. God bless you brother.
Hi Carlton,
Great comments!
Regarding you comments regarding racism and Mrs. Obama’s prior comments, I agree with you complete and have stated that in the past on the program and in this venue.
Regarding your comments to Giuseppe, those are my exact thoughts and beliefs. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Thanks for your comments,
Big Al
Big Al,
Interesting angle on this. They “our leaders” are simply trying to control WHAT is controllable FOR them. Buffett buys paper assets like a mad man. Pres. Obama uses Irene to look like a leader. The problem is that the financial situation in this country is something they CANNOT handle. Classic case of Wizard of OZ – smoke and mirrors stuff. They WILL NOT tend to the crisis at hand because they simply dont KNOW WHAT TO DO. Meanwhile the average American goes back to Walmart…… watches mindless crap on TV and waits for the next celebrity wedding. Absolutely brutal!!
Marc
Hi Marc,
Honestly my friend, I could not agree with you more! That is what I was trying to get across.
Regarding mindless tv, I don’t know man. I don’t watch it.
Regarding celebrity weddings, sorry I don’t read People Magazine or the articles on them anywhere else.
I guess I am not a true American because I don’t recognize any of the contemporary tv or movie personalities.
All the best,
Big Al
Hi Al,
Appreciate your analysis of events, ie. Buffet, Obaaaama, and the accompanying motivations of these people as you see it. I don’t disagree. And your overall conclusion that “things are getting really bad” is right on target. And, of course, they will continue to get worse and worse, long term. Analyzing people’s motivation is an interesting exercise, often hard to nail down, but if a person’s statements, beliefs, past actions, associations, investment allocations, etc. are analyzed carefully, I think you can quite accurately determine what one’s motivations or intentions are. Good work.
Best,
Thanks much Mr. Castanheiro,
Please suggest that Joseph read this!
Best to all, (including Joseph who seriously has some great insights)
Big Al
Al: Your opening illustration from Grant Williams explains the posturing of US, European and Japanese “politicians” today.
Conjecture for a moment the people in the communities surrounding Vesuvius the months leading up to the great eruption. There were “Leaders” like today’s Politicians where the people would go to for assurance and confidence. Undoubtedly there were leaders at that time telling the people not to worry that things would return to normal once certain things had passed. Certainly there were some arguments about risks, or what was actually happening, but because most people did not want to leave or pack up and head out they were inclined to believe those who gave them assurance that everything would be fine. Now this is of course conjecture as few records remain of actual people who did leave where accounts were written about what had gone on in civil life the months before the eruption. It was during the reign of Nero when Vesuvius erupted, so we know the Roman Empire was already in a period of opulence which is fertile soil for the growth of complacency and excesses.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pompeii/a/PlinyPompeii.htm
Al: If you consider a comparison of those times during Romes many crisis to the US today, events, actions and public responses to what Buffet and or Obama are doing rhyme very well. Yes, you are absolutely correct to say the US is in deep trouble and so long as most of the people continue to believe that everything will work out to the greater good where things return to their perceived normal, the issues and problems which are causing this catastrophe will never be fixed.
Hi Clay,
Of course if we continue down this path it never will be fixed. Unfortunately, and I would like to be wrong, I don’t think that it ever will. I am pretty convinced that we are realizing the beginning stages of a major change in society on an international level. The tide, in my mind, is just too strong to reverse.
Best,
Big All
Boy Al. As much as I hate to agree with you.. I believe you have this one right…!
With Trader Rog saying BOA is going to “0” and then Buffett putting in 5B. in Prefered Stock. Not Common Stock, just shows you how bad BOA was off. By buying Prefered Stock Warren will probably get his money back should the bank go down. It is interesting that Trader Rog stated many months ago that BOA would be the fall bank for many of the other banks taking on their bad assets.
Thanks Brad C.
Roger has been pretty accurate with his predictions for as long as I have known him.
Best,
Big Al
Hi Al,
I think you hit the nail on the head when you said Obama “LOOKS like a leader”. It is all a big show and the media is doing everything they can to portray him in a positive light. The average American is too busy working and trying to put food on the table to notice or care what Warren Buffet does. Combine this with a failed school system that produces adults incapable of critical thinking and you have a country full of sheeples. Exactly why everyone listened to the ridiculous order to go back into the building on 911. It is difficult to wrap your head around the fact that our leaders are fake, our money is fake and most things we read in a newspaper or listen to on cable news is not the truth. Even some of our churches are misleading so it is important to read and study the bible to seek the truth youself. When the system crashes the people prepared and awake will survive.
HI Karen,
I truly hope that I am prepared and awake and that this venue is helping other people to also be in that position.
Best,
Big All
Hi Al
Not only are helping people become more aware of things, but it certainly gives me a place to vent and reflect on other views. I am very grateful for all you do.
Thanks!!
I really appreciate all your input.
Big Al
Confidence? I don’t think so Al.
Instead, another bait and switch con game coming to your neighbor from the Wall Street & government insiders who enrich themselves at the expense of honest investors. They keep begging the private investor to come back into the market (CNBC: “BUY, BUY, BUY, sis boom bah!) because there is no one left form them to cheat and swindle anymore except each other–them being the western banks and money (launderette) centers.
Yes, they brought liquidity and stability in the market thanks to the manipulations of the Fed (debauching the dollar, thereby robbing grandma of her life savings) and the Plunge Protection Team (buying the dips with an endless supply of money to re-inflate stocks and gov’t bonds), but they can never bring INTEGRITY to the markets–because you can’t give what you ain’t got.
HI Bill,
Not trying to do any “double speak” here.
I never spoke to the integrity of that confidence. All I said was I believe that these actions were an attempt to instill confidence.
Best,
Big Al
President Obama and Mr. Buffet have all of their eggs in one basket. meaning central banks, and fiat currencys, and paper equities and paper bonds. I do not want their paper for my retirement.. It’s just paper, and they are talking heads.
Al, I think many of your readers are more than just following gold and silver and the decline in the dollar and the world’s economy. With the constant denegration of gold by banks, all media and various government entities, it is difficult to have a positive view of a person such as Warren Buffet as he is the ultimate insider. We are mostly small time investors and seek any advantage we can get to create a really uptick in our wealth. it is difficult to think in positive terms with someone who has the hugh advantage like Warren Buffet.
Hi Larry,
Pretty hard to disagree with your comments!
Please keep them coming.
Best,
Big Al
Warren Buffett, hypocrite
That’s right: As Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson notes, the company openly admits that it owes back taxes since as long ago as 2002.
WOW! I’m worn out just reading all this, but delighted, and for all the Bible believing, fundamental born again Christians on this site– I applaud you for your knowledge of the Bible and willingness to take time to communicate it to others. That’s great, but lets PRAY that others will be drawn to God’s Word, read it… and come to know Jesus, as true Christianity is not a formal religion but a personal relationship with the Creator of ALL THINGS! (See Colossians 1). There is a big difference between knowing about Him and KNOWING HIM as one’s Lord– between believing intellectually, and believing-belonging to Him by being “born again” (means a spiritual birth by God’s supernatural power). When talking to Nicodemus, “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” It’s so important to understand and believe that He is who He said He is– the Son of God, and to believe what the Bible says about every individual– specifically about YOU, that NO ONE is able to come to God by one’s own efforts, that we are separated from God by our sin… “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one to his own way and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” –Isaiah 53:6. Also… “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” –Romans 3:23. And… “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. –Romans 6:23. And… “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins” –John 8:24.
The Bible makes clear that NO ONE can come to God by their own efforts… “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind have taken us away.” –Isaiah 64:6.
Therefore, Christ is given as our bridge to God, to cross over that huge divide between a Holy God and fallen man….”For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.” –I Peter 3:18. Also…”But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”–Romans 5:8. Therefore, one must first believe who Christ is and what he has done for us– for YOU, PERSONALLY! Please consider that it was YOUR SIN that nailed Him to that cross! When one believes this truth, he-she needs to confess it to God…”If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” –I John 1:9. Then, one needs to PERSONALLY RECEIVE Him (by faith) as their Lord… their God, (just pray and confess, then ask Him to come into your life as your Lord!)… “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” –John 1:12. Jesus said “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” –John 5:24. And again, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” –I John 5:13. So, to conclude, scripture assures us once we have received Him, that we can rest assured in His peace that we have been made right before God by the blood of Christ and we are now at peace with Him… “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” –Romans 5:1 and also, “My peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” — John 14:27. And again… “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” –Philippians 4:7. For any who read this and do not know Christ personally… He is inviting you to come into relationship with Him– to not only experience His love for YOU now, but to understand that this is just the beginning of the most delightful journey you could ever have, one which will last for all eternity and grow deeper and richer each and every day! This is what we were created to have… wonderful fellowship with our Creator as our best friend, our Redeemer and our God. Through Christ, the door is open to come into the presence of God the Father (“ABBA” as Romans chapter 8 describes Him, which means “daddy-father”). This is the kind of relationship we can have with Him, but only through and “in Christ”. Jesus is still offering His gift of salvation and eternal life to YOU, right now… “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” — Revelation 3:20.
If people really understood what our awesome Creator is offering, they would be breaking down the doors of Heaven to get to Him. I encourage everyone to spend time reading the Bible, as in it are the real treasures for this life and all eternity. There’s nothing human culture can offer that’s even close to the treasures of knowing Christ! 🙂
I prayerfully leave this for you to consider. May God richly Bless You all! Take care. –Lynn
I’m sorry to say but I’m a bit worn out reading your entry Lynn. Christianity is a religion, that which is found in sixty-six books with all their doctrine. Christianity in not a relationship with the Creator. Everyone has a relationship with the Creator by virtue of being created in God’s image, that being rationality. Of course, the relationship is one of alienation, hostility, and rebellion due to inheriting an evil nature from Adam, but a relationship none-the-less. Christianity – the teachings of the Bible – explain how to be reconciled to God through Christ. You either believe unto salvation and eternal life or you don’t. Most will not because most are not elect. God chooses, not man. God Bless.
Hey Greg you are way out there in left field. You have swallowed the lie about God chooses who lifes or dies. I do not have the time for searching scritputures but you are deceiving people and yourself. It is you who chooses if you accept Christ or not It is not God who chooses for you. And if you preach this lie you are dammed to hell for leading people astray. I strongly advise you to watch what to preach to people because your soul is also on the line. You are litterally playing with fire.
Joe
Joe,
It sounds like you not only will yourself to salvation but hold onto it that way well. Lots of luck. Just another false gospel of works whereby you cannot be saved.
“Literally playing with fire”? There you are again mistaking what literal language is and is not. If I were literally playing with fire I would not be able to type these words to you.
Hi Lynn,
I must admit I had tears in my eyes reading all this. I have not been to church since my near death trauma 2 1/.2 years ago. I was shot 6 times in the Philippines and I am having a hard time going back. I am well versed but struggling. Reading all you wrote made my eyes watery bringing back memories.
Thank you Joe
Good Morning Lynn H,
Thanks for this comment.
Reading it was a refreshing way to start my day.
God bless,
Big Al
Hi Lynn H, I must commend you on your entry. Unlike Greg, I found it refreshing, and done with the proper tone and compassion. We must, as you have done, always try to present the truth in love, without being rude, abrasive, or arrogant. Jesus loved people and the Scriptures note often throughout the NT that Jesus “had compassion” on the crowds that followed Him.
Greg, if I may make a point of clarity. Christianity is in a strict sense a religion, yes. That means it is a system of belief. But, unlike all other religions, that require works on the part of it’s adherents in order to earn or merit eternal life, Christianity results in the believer being drawn into an ever closer “relationship” with the Saviour, ie. “Sanctification”. I must beg to differ with you that everyone does NOT have a relationship with the Creator. Being made in the image of God doesn’t connote relationship, but instead means that we were created with the capacity to be in relationship with our Creator, once the issue of SIN is dealt with. Sin destroyed man’s relationship with his Creator. God can have No fellowship with sin, which is why it is absolutely necessary for one to have the Righteousness of Christ applied to his account through the new birth. By the way, belief is an action verb, requiring volitional choice on the part of the one believing. God is Sovereign, but man is reposible to respond to the Gospel in faith. God won’t do the believing for you, otherwise we are nothing more than robots, and what good is love if it is not voluntary or volitional. God’s Sovereignty and man’s responsibility are not mutually exclusive. This is where Calvinists completely go astray and miss the boat. I know. I was deeply entrenched in that dead-end dogma for a number of years until God, in His Grace and Mercy, finally brought me out and showed me the beauty and simplicity in Christ found in His Word. I wish the same for you in all sincerity.
Again, thank you Lynn H. Very well done.
I’m even more worn out reading your entry castanherio. You are thinking of relationship in a secular, subjective, and psychological sense, not objectively and legally as the Bible portrays it. Objectively and legally we are estranged from our creator, spiritually dead, unable to come to Christ, and condemned to hell. Call it a bad relationship, just as the devil and demons have with Him. We all hate Him by nature prior to regeneration which is a work of God, not man, and performed prior to faith, not after. And sanctification follows justification which follows belief in the gospel. But one will not believe unless he is first regenerated. And the only ones God regenerates are those whom He elects. From first to last He is the Savior (Romans 8:30).
It is not the subjective act of believing itself that saves, it is the object of faith that justifies, Christ’s righteousness. Faith is the instrument of justification, Christ is the substance or legal grounds.
You do not choose Christ, He chooses you. Read John 1:13 and Romans 9:16 more carefully. You might also read Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will too.
So far as Calvinism, you apparently didn’t learn your lessons very well. Calvin didn’t teach mutual exclusivity between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. And apparently you do not realize just how sovereign God is. He is more sovereign over the human heart than if we were just robots. Do I have to type out the countless verses that speak of Him causing men to think and believe and do certain things? To call God sovereign and then leave salvation up to the will of a dead sinner is about as illogical and unbiblical as it gets. Poor God, He can’t save anybody in that scenario. You need to repent of your Arminianism castanheiro.
Hi Castaheiro
Very well put. Yes Greg is a Calvinist. The ridiculous thought that God decides who he wishes to save by flipping a coin I presume?
Joe
No Joe, you are misrepresenting Calvinism. It is by His eternal good pleasure and glory that God saves anyone (Ephesians 1:3-12 Notice the words “chose”, “predestined”, “good pleasure of His will”, “purpose”, and “His glory”.) But it’s beginning to sound like you would rather pick and choose scriptures instead of believing the whole counsel of God.
castanheiro– THANK YOU for this beautifully explained entry! You said so many important things that I did not address, but I certainly couldn’t have done it better than you! Also, the things you’ve written about your experiences living in a third world country have meant a great deal to me. I encourage you to write a book about those things, and also give your testimony of accepting Christ and what God has done in your life, and explain the things you’ve written here as well. It will be a fascinating account and I for one, would enjoy reading it! I’m sure it would touch many hearts and lives… you have so much to share. Hope to meet you one day in the New World! 🙂 –Lynn
I’m travelling in Europe at the moment, so my news is filtered by my ability to translate TV and newspapers!
It is funny you should mention Versuvius, because Etna on Sicily is erupting rather magnificently at the moment.
On the US news-front, it appears that our scum president has ordered a stop to the investigation by the Attorney General’s office of the mis-selling of CDOs and generalised mortgage funds by banks and the mis-rating of same by the rating agencies. If this is so, since the amount of losses incurred by pension funds exceeds $6 trillion (Yes trillion with a T) when they book the real value, and this same amount is what the banks made by selling by misrepresentation, this, to me represents the most massive fraud cover-up in history. Why is it buried by US coverage (or rather non-coverage)?
It appears that Frau Merkel has no longer sufficient support to permit the bailout of Greece.
She has cancelled a planned trip to Russia due on Sept 7, in order to twist arms, etc., but it does not seem to have a high probability of success.!
German politicians have aligned behind austerity plans.
Italy, however, seems to be back-pedalling: since it is scrapping plans to introduce a 3% supplemental tax on incomes above approx $80K.
Good Morning cfs2000(David)
Trader Rog and I are going to do a Daily Editorial on this topic today.
Thanks,
Big Al
Bush the slaughterer was a born again christian,yet he initiated aggression all over the planet threatening everybody and killing directly or indirectly MILLIONS of people,poisoning innocent people with depleted uranium so they will have deformed babies for a long,long time going forward,and not a single word from churches,or other religious “christian” communities.
Keep your religious fantasies for yourselves,please….
And that goes for all organized religions,keep it private,do not threaten other people with “hell”,it is so tiresome to hear.
Good Morning KP,
Your point is well taken.
My comment is that people can claim to be religious and God fearing and be very wrong in their actions, etc. Very similar to my comment yesterday about the integrity of Buffet’s actions re: B of A. I can’t read his mind and I don’t know if he did it for good reasons or bad reasons.
Good people are found in all walks of life not just within the confines of Christianity. Don’t you agree?
Last comment (actually a question), how many people throughout history have been tortured and killed in the name of God. Were these actions really inspired by God? I don’t believe so.
Thanks for the comment.
Big Al
Your premise concerning Bush is incorrect. He isn’t born again. That should explain his killing which he will indeed face eternal judgment concerning. But not just him, you and I too for even whatever murderous thoughts we have had throughout our lifetime. Tootaloo.
To Know without knowing why, that is divine. To Know while knowing why, that is experience. One can choose which is better to have, but a wise one will have both.
Me own saying!..
Hi Clay,
Remember what Jesus said to Thomas.
Big Al
Truly Al. Matthew 8:8.
Great posts cfs.
Paul Craig Roberts explains conspiracy theories,the banks,US president’s role and effectiveness in a short interview on FSN-very enlightening as the US Asst Secretary of Treasury:
http://www.financialsense.com/financial-sense-newshour
I also listened to this. It was very informative.
Hi Greg,
I simply present what I believe the Bible clearly states. I will not argue with you in the blogosphere. I’m sure you’re a bright, intelligent person, so I hope that nothing I have said came across as a personal attack. We must be careful to stay on point and deal with the substance of the issue. I completely understand Justification and Sanctification, but every single point of Christian doctrine cannot be handled in 3 or 4 paragraphs. Let’s not skew the discussion by going to facetious arguements. Disingenuousity is unbecoming to a follower of the Cross.
I have worn myself out in the past many years trying to show the errors of modern Calvinistic thought to members of my extended family, who are trapped in it. I wish you the best. You are responsible for what you believe, and you are responsible to choose Christ or reject Him. Rejection of the Saviour is what sends people to hell, not God’s capricious and arbitrary “selection process”.
That is all from me on this topic.
Best to you,
Mr. Castanheiro,
You are absolutely correct.
Big Al
castanheiro,
No, you won’t argue because you have no argument. The truth I presented to you from God’s Word is a mighty fortress the walls of which you cannot scale. I couldn’t have been more on point as to what you addressed in my previous email to Lynn H. Your groundless aspersions are empty wind-blowing. Facetious arguments? “Disingenuousity”? Where are they but in your own imagination.
You are wearing yourself out with your family because they rightly believe the truth of God’s sovereignty in salvation and you are unable to shake them from it. Praise God.
We only love God and come to Him because He first loves us and draws us to Himself. No man is able to come otherwise (John 6:44). And if God draws you will come and nobody will snatch you out of His hand. God is sovereign in salvation, the Author and Finisher of the His people’s faith.
You impugn God’s Word by calling the doctrines of predestination and election “God’s capricious and arbitrary ‘selection process'”. This teaching is all over Scripture. You may simply whistle by it instead of coming to terms with it if you like, but that’s to your own hurt.
Hey Greg,
Galatians 1:8 &9 applies to us all. specially you
You had better be sure you are not preaching another gospel
Good luck with that Joe
Joe, if you think I’m preaching another gospel then you believe a false one because I am preaching the one from Scripture. I suggest you get out of Revelation and into Romans for awhile.
I have spent a lot of my adult life in Bhuddist,Muslim and Christian societies.
Life is all about the golden rule and kharma is instantaneous and forever more.
European,British and American Christian societies have dominated the world for 500 some years now and look at the job they have done.
Let’s get back to treating mankind as one and forget about our individual salvation priority.Our Christian based societies have screwed the world over everywhere conceivable for eternity and yet we feign and demand some exclusive salvation link? Hahhahhahaha
Hi Matt B,
I don’t disagree. It is all about the golden rule.
I happen to be a Christian, but I am not saying that I want to impose my beliefs on anyone else.
Big Al
Matt B,
“Life is all about the golden rule and kharma is instantaneous and forever more.”
How do you know this? And why would you want to place temporal matters ahead of eternal, i.e. salvation? Is the temporal worth missing the eternal?
To all interested:
Check out Ravi Zecharias at http://www.rzim.org, or you can catch some of his videos on youtube. He is the foremost, thinker, apologist, philosopher in the Christian world. He is from India and was born a member of the 5th caste. He is a most brilliant mind and speaks all over the world in the most influential universities. He is the only Christian to ever be invitied to speak at the Muslim univeristy in Cairo.
He is a modern day Paul. Check him and see what you think.
No, Ravi Zecharias is definitely not a modern day Paul and his apologetic is not based squarely upon Scripture. Just as the Bible is self-interpreting so it is self-defending. Ravi is an evidentialist and evidentialism is unbiblical. And does he hold to rationalistic arguments for the existence of God outside of Scripture, those that the RCC’s philosopher Thomas Aquinas held to? You need to read Gordon Clark whose philosophy and apologetic is far more biblical than Ravi’s.
Joe,
First off, I don’t use common sense which amounts to reasoning apart from divine revelation, I use Scripture and reason from there. Scripture is self-interpreting. Our imaginations are unnecessary and unhelpful in the process.
What else did John see that you are expecting a literal fulfillment of, a seven headed governing agency? An actual woman sitting on seven hills? Literal wine being poured from heaven? Must be pretty potent stuff if it’s the wrath of God. You are missing the point. It is not simply what John said but what he meant by what he said. You, along with the rest of pop prophetic Christianity are reading microchips into the text and supporting the notion with the logical fallacies of question-begging and asserting the consequent. By your logic the mark could be any number of things that didn’t exist then but do now. But that’s not how we interpret Scripture.
Don’t you realize how much surveillance the IRS alone has over our financial estates and how many microchips are used in various industries today? The challenge is to keep from worshiping man, the State, and the False Prophet, and remain faithful to God, not escaping microchips.
You, along with countless other contemporary professing Christians are grossly mistaken as to the nature and timing of the rapture along with the whole Biblical prophetic timeline. All believers meet with Christ in the air when He returns. Following that comes the destruction of the world, not another day of salvation for anybody. And decisions of whether or not to worship man and the State and Satan are made throughout time, not just at one point in the future. Revelation covers the entire inter-advental period, not just the future.
Al,
With all due respect, you have been given an awful lot of information about the pope and Roman Catholic Church already but are hardened against the truth. Regardless, Matthew 16:18:
First off, to consider Christ building His church upon one fallen mortal man or one ecclesiastical office is so contrary to Scripture as to be pathetic. So Matthew cannot mean that without Scripture contradicting itself which it cannot do.
The church is founded upon the Word of God, upon the faith of Christ and the gospel (Ephesians 2:20). It was the faith of Peter’s confession that was to be the church’s foundation, not Peter himself or any ecclesiastical authority he would hold, let alone one that was unbiblical.
If you truly desire more understanding of this verse and others the Roman Catholic Church uses to support their unscriptural fabrication of the papal office I suggest you read Henry Hudson’s Papal Power (http://www.trinitylectures.org/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=papal+power&osCsid=0smplf12pgp1luf2u5j06skji7&x=12&y=5). And Al, if you truly want a “‘close and personal’ relationship with God” believe the gospel of salvation in Christ’s righteousness alone and jettison your false hope of salvation by your own works. Otherwise, you remain in your sin and condemned to hell.
Okay,
I have never said that salvation comes by a person’s own works. That is crazy.
What I did say, and I firmly believe, is that you have to “walk the walk” if you are going to be a good Christian or whatever.
To me walking the walk means, among other things, living by the golden rule, “Love thy neighbor as you would love thyself.”
Best,
Big Al
Here’s your May 27th 8:13AM Daily Insights post:
“Regarding the Catholic Church, I need to stress that there are many things within their particular philosophy that I do not adhere to.
For example, I believe that earning your way into heaven is critical. It makes no sense to me that a person can knowingly be a real schmuck (to borrow a term from my Jewish friends) and than at the last possible moments say he/she is sorry. That, to me makes absolutely no sense. Working your way into heaven, realizing you made some very serious mistakes, seems reasonable. I would guess that there might be a way in the “next chapter” to do that. But, just saying you are sorry and doing nothing about it other than saying these words, does not make sense. If it did why would the Sermon on the Mount ever have occurred?”
Only someone who does not believe the gospel of Christ could possibly state such a thing.
Al, I missed responding to one more question of yours. Any teacher denying Christ is a false prophet and antichrist (1 John 2:22-23). How does the pope and RCC do this? By either supplementing or outright replacing the functions, offices, and responsibilities of the only one who is Mediator between God and Man, Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). Adding other mediators, intercessors, redeemers, and saviors into the mix is denying Christ who alone saves. By teaching contrary to Christ, what He Himself taught, and what the Word of God teaches in regards to salvation, the pope is a false prophet and an antichrist.
Hi Greg,
That is absolutely true.
I have never found in the Catholic Church any denial of Jesus.
I guess I am not a Catholic because I definitely do not believe that any human being would mediate between myself and God. Sorry, that is not in my belief system nor in my family’s.
Best,
Big Al
AL, they implicitly deny Christ by introducing other means of gaining access, favor, or salvation from God. If Christ is not your all in all as the Scriptures teach then He is nothing at all.
Find a sound church where the gospel is preached with all its attending biblical doctrines of grace. There may be some fairly decent Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the Lynden area that would serve you well in that respect.
Any church preaching another gospel is not for me Galatians 1:8 &9
Thank you very much
Greg,
While you and I can disagree about many things, let us disagree on the substance of the arguements and not resort to personal attacks. You would agree that this is certainly not how Christ engaged people. I choose not to argue, not that I don’t have an arguement, but simply that personal experience over many years has proved fruitless. Remember, whether you’re right or not, the manner and tone in which your message is delivered is of equal or greater importance. If you’re full of vitriol, arrogance, and rude, people will not hear what you have to say. We are called to be wise as serpents, but gentle as doves. You are anything but gentle. You’re blowing ahead full of your own steam and all puffed up with your own importance. You need to slow down, take a couple of full breaths, exhale slowly, and ask God to give you a loving and gentle spirit. Your message is being drowned out by your old nature. You’re doing damage to the name of Christ and hurting the cause of all of us Christians who are trying to give an accurate picture of Jesus Christ. Christ draws mankind to himself by His love, compassion, and mercy, not by being rude, angry and hostile. You are completely out of line. Calm down!
Personal attacks?! That’s laughable given this post of yours. Count up the abusive ad hominems. You’re probably going to run out of fingers.
Castanheiro you are just whining because you can’t answer the Biblical arguments I’ve given you. You’ve been taken down by yet another Calvinist.
Only Christ’s elect sheep are drawn to Himself, and that by the will of the Father (John 6:44) and the power of the Holy Spirit, not by trying to appeal to their wills which are enslaved to sin. Stop the Arminian nonsense already.
Hi Greg,
OK. You win.
…”only by pride cometh contention”
…”a soft answer turneth away wrath”
God Bless you my brother,
I didn’t win, God’s Word did. You cannot oppose the truth and expect to remain standing. It’s like a hammer that breaks the rocks.
Let’s see Buffett attended the big jobs plan that is to be announced next week.
If it is announced that foreclosed homes will be turned over to the govt to be rented out.
Who would that help? BAC. So Buffett would of been using inside knowledge to buy BAC before the govt takes more of the foreclosed off their balance sheet.
Let’s remember Buffett – owns Moody’s that rated the subprime crap which Goldman (which he owns) packaged up and sold all over the world from Wells (which he owns). So Buffett is the main reason we had the credit crisis.