KEYS TO A GODLY LIFE PART 6/12 - SUFFERING & PERSECUTION

THE DAWN OF GLORY SERIES:

PLEASE READ THE PASSAGE, THEN - WATCH THE BRIEF EXPOSITION FROM THE PLUMBLINE VIDEO:

1 Peter 3:13-22 (NASB)

13 Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, 15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; 16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the [i]spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. 21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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OUTRAGES OF THE WEEK, PART 2

Columbus, Texas High School track team
 disqualified for Christian gesture

Since the LORD died on the Cross, rose again and did away with the Old Covenant (which Israel still lives under) men and women have given their lives by the millions to testify about the Transforming Power of the Truth of Jesus Christ. Even before that, the evil one - Satan, has tried to stop the Truth of God from going forth as he attacked mankind right up front, from Genesis 3.

The two verifiable truths have existed for almost 6000 years of Creation now in direct conflict with each other. We, who are saved...and being sanctified into the Image of His Very Son, know the entire scenario because our worldview is vertical. The learned, the "edumakated", the elite, the media, the politicians, the pagans of the United Nations and others like them are uni-focused. This is so because their view is horizontal, as is their man-made "religions". Our vertical view includes the ability to see the horizontal and discern. Their horizontal view is earth based and not grounded in the Eternal. They can only see their worldview from the lens of their own spiritually lost ignorance. 

Oh, they will be offended that the Redeemed of the Lord, said so! How dare we, the people of "The Book" (The Bible) call the super rich of Academia, Hollywood, Politics, Media and Culture...how dare we call them "spiritually ignorant"? Well, how about "misinformed on purpose"? Therefore, with all of that in mind, let's take a look at the growing list of outrages against Christ and the children of God.

NOTE:

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Outrage #1 against God, happens as this world hurtles full speed into a collision with the Wrath of Christ at the Second Coming. A high school track team in Texas was disqualified because a runner raised his hands towards heaven at the finish line! 

Outrage #2 against God was discovered last week when word spread that the political civilians of the Pentagon have informed all US Armed Forces personnel they will be court-martialled for "proselytizing"! That means "evangelizing with a purpose"! Proselytizing will be in the eye of the beholder, so that even a US Chaplain who is seen talking to person knowingly not a christian, could be in big trouble! This has led an active commander of the Coast Guard Rear Admiral William D. Lee to say that nobody will tell him he does not have the right to share his faith!

ABORTION PILL NOW SOLD TO 15 YEAR OLD GIRLS!

Outrage #3 against God is the rule by the Food and Drug Administration to mandate the over the counter sale of the abortion pill to 15 year old girls! This unfettered sale to children is an abomination because there are severe health risks to females of any age, and even more so to someone so young. The National Organization for Women wants the sale of these things freely - no age limit! These people and their leaders and friends in high places are proving my point about spiritual ignorances. Here is their future, when they face the Lord on Judgment Day: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.(Mark 9:42)

Outrage #4 against God is the state of California now mailing out free condoms to kids as young as 12 years old! Their immorality is beyond imagination! It is not enough for their movie and music industry to corrupt our kids, but should they not repent and make peace with God, Mark 9:42 (above) applies to them too!