April 25, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (S2oJ)

The Saying for the Week

It’s easy to fail, that is why I do not worry about it.

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April 23, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Faith is…

Much has been written about faith—what it is and how to have more of it in one’s life. However, with all that has been said and written about faith, people still struggle with the question, ‘How do I succeed in getting faith to work for me?’

Faith is definitely not believing more or trusting more. This line of thinking has been used in abundance, in ignorance, and in the judgment of others. Faith is not believing better or deeper or more sincere. Rather it is simply responding to God’s will. Whenever you respond to what God wants, is asking of you, or in answering His voice, God calls you a person of faith.

Faith works and is embedded in these three terms: responding, relying upon, and repenting. The best example of what Jesus calls faith is found in Luke 17:5 and the following verses. “He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’? Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So, you also, when you have done everything, you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ” NIV

Here are the principles in this teaching: one, you either have faith or you do not, (it only takes a mustard seed of faith to do anything); two, you have to be caring for others—if you do not care about others and willing to be a servant you will not be called; three you take on the responsibility to always in every situation to serve God (whatever God wants that is what you do): four, you consider yourself an unworthy servant and what you did in Christ is and was never for your glory or honor.

So, you want to have more faith (or see your faith work in every situation) one must respond to what God wants/His will, totally rely upon God in everything (you are the servant and God is the master), and last, of all, you are a nobody—you do not get any honor, recognition, or reward. Faith is all about God and what God wants to do—you need only to respond to God through obedience, humility, and praise to Him alone. This is our faith, and this is how it works.

So, let’s stop worrying if we have enough faith but rather respond to what God wants and do it in humility. It only takes an ounce of faith to produce a ton of results. (There are many more stories of faith in both the Old and New Testaments, but they all teach the same truth.)

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April 18, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Saying for the Week

If you always worry, what people think about you,

you will never have the courage to do what God asks of you.

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April 18, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Saying for the Week

If you always worry, what people think about you,

you will never have the courage to do what God asks of you.

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April 15, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

God & Government Series

G & G #2 ‘On the Sidelines’

“A message for Good Friday”

Have you ever wondered why there was so much rejoicing about Christ entering Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–11) before His death? It was as if Jewish people were rejoicing that Christ was about to be killed. His disciples knew that He could be killed shortly because the Jewish leadership hated Jesus and wanted Him killed.

It was those that were in political leadership and power that became Christ’s enemies; it was the government that was jealous and despised His authority and influence over the masses. Government desires Christianity to stay on the sidelines when it comes to influence, the identification of truth, and the power of the Gospel. Government wants ‘no competition’, it only wants control of people and people to serve its purposes.

As it was in Jesus’s day, so it is today. Yes, some governments give the appearance that they are religious but that is never the case. It is people that become religious not governments. Governments need only protect the right of individuals to serve and love God, the creator of all things.

In these last days, governments do not want religious people telling their government what to do. Before Christ comes back all people who love Christ will be persecuted and killed in many places. The more one becomes like Jesus, the more you will be persecuted. This is a truth in Scripture and has been demonstrated time and time again in history.

Want Jesus, begin to accept persecution, it is inevitable. Once the Church loses its voice and accepts ‘sitting on the sidelines’ will be the day, God removes its candlestick from heaven. Our light must shine in the darkness, and we must be hated by all men.

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April 17, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (S2oJ)

Easter Sundays Saying for the Week by S2oJ

This saying should be posted every Easter Sunday on every billboard in every nation.

God had to give up His Son for His Love to reach all humanity

and the Holy Spirit to live in each of us.

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April 13, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Saying for the Week

This saying should be posted in every doorway leading into each church and at every entrance to every religious meeting in America!

Leave Your Ego at the Front Door and Your Sins at the Altar

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April 4, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

God & Government

G & G Series #1 Putin

Much too often I see the Church trying to save their nation, while not praying or crying out for the Kingdom of God on earth. History has accounts of religious people trying to justify their goals and give spiritual importance to ‘claiming territories’ on this earth all in the name of God as if their government is second in line to the Kingdom of God.

A good example of this is presently taking place in Europe. Russia invading Ukraine and Putin’s justification for this action borders on this line of thinking. Putin thinks he is morally justified in invading Ukrainian territory. In fact, Putin thinks he is morally superior to anyone who is not following Russian tradition or philosophy. (Note: any leader no matter how important or irrelevant they are, who thinks or demonstrates that he or she or the sexually neutral are morally better than anyone else serves Satan and worships the beast. It makes no difference how religious or non-religious the person is but only that they are better than others.)

Whenever any government promotes its laws or tradition over God’s government there will be some sort of judgment coming upon that country. Any government that leaves God behind, His rules and judgment, that government will not only have problems but will promote its collapse.

There is no doubt in my mind or spirit that Putin worships the ‘Image of the Beast’ as spoken of in the book, The Revelation of Saint John the Divine (Revelation 13:15, “And he (Satan) had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause to be killed as many as would not worship the image of the beast”).

Just like so many previous rules and dictators (Caesar, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, and others), all have one thing in common—their allegiance to the Beast. Their thirst for power and complete loyalty comes from the beast. When one worships the beast then one has no conscience and killing becomes natural and without remorse.

Jesus said such rulers would be present in this world in the last days and indeed His words are true and will be fulfilled. Let us recognize the actions of the beast and his dominion in governments in this world, and ‘call out’ the works of Satan whenever we recognize his influence on the leaders of this world.

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April 4, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

God & Government

G & G Series #1 Putin

Much too often I see the Church trying to save their nation, while not praying or crying out for the Kingdom of God on earth. History has accounts of religious people trying to justify their goals and give spiritual importance to ‘claiming territories’ on this earth all in the name of God as if their government is second in line to the Kingdom of God.

A good example of this is presently taking place in Europe. Russia invading Ukraine and Putin’s justification for this action borders on this line of thinking. Putin thinks he is morally justified in invading Ukrainian territory. In fact, Putin thinks he is morally superior to anyone who is not following Russian tradition or philosophy. (Note: any leader no matter how important or irrelevant they are, who thinks or demonstrates that he or she or the sexually neutral are morally better than anyone else serves Satan and worships the beast. It makes no difference how religious or non-religious the person is but only that they are better than others.)

Whenever any government promotes its laws or tradition over God’s government there will be some sort of judgment coming upon that country. Any government that leaves God behind, His rules and judgment, that government will not only have problems but will promote its collapse.

There is no doubt in my mind or spirit that Putin worships the ‘Image of the Beast’ as spoken of in the book, The Revelation of Saint John the Divine (Revelation 13:15, “And he (Satan) had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause to be killed as many as would not worship the image of the beast”).

Just like so many previous rules and dictators (Caesar, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, and others), all have one thing in common—their allegiance to the Beast. Their thirst for power and complete loyalty comes from the beast. When one worships the beast then one has no conscience and killing becomes natural and without remorse.

Jesus said such rulers would be present in this world in the last days and indeed His words are true and will be fulfilled. Let us recognize the actions of the beast and his dominion in governments in this world, and ‘call out’ the works of Satan whenever we recognize his influence on the leaders of this world.

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Alonna D. Wentland, Business Manager/Owner

(661) 248-1009

www.battleofthebooks.org

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March 5, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Conclusion: Silence = Surrender

Final article from Phillip

Much of American culture has been consumed by the grip of political correctness with regard to homosexuality and related issues. Any public expression of disagreement with any aspect of the homosexual movement, or with homosexuality itself, is met with accusations of homophobia and verbal gay-bashing. The relentless quest by gay activists is a non-stop crusade for acceptance and to gain society’s stamp of approval on homosexual behavior. Even within the Church, the right to withhold affirmation and the right to believe that homosexuality is not on a moral par with heterosexuality remains under constant bombardment. The strategy of shifting the debate about homosexuality away from religious beliefs and psychology by pro-gay activists to the realms of human rights and social justice has been and continues to be nothing short of genius. Equally within the realm of genius has been the relentless pro-gay camp campaign and strategy of portraying homosexuality as a condition and not a problem. This component of the strategic pro-gay agenda has evolved to same-sex attraction not needing to be fixed but rather to the mode of acceptance and approval. One might think with all the accomplishments of gay activists they would be satisfied especially with the achievement of same-sex marriage now being legal throughout America. Not so. Now the focused push of the gay agenda is a demand for all individuals and institutions to publicly state whether you are for full and unequivocal social and legal equality for LGBT people, or are you against it, with your position and answer to be made known publicly. In other words, neutrality, "love the sinner but hate the sin, avoiding the subject entirely, or "polite acceptance" will no longer be acceptable or tolerated. Personally, I remain extremely concerned that most Christians still do not understand what has happened and what is coming. Tragically, much of the Church has become desensitized by the bombardment and constant flooding of homosexual imagery through homosexual-related messages, media, and people sharing their stories about "gay is good." It is an undeniable fact that homosexual imagery has influenced many into thinking that it is just another part of life. We, the Church, are continuing to pay a very high price due to our reluctance, and sometimes fear, in not talking about and educating ourselves on the subject of homosexuality leaving the culture to teach our children and adults in terms of what to think and believe. With far too many Christians having mostly ignored the extremely detailed and strategic pro-gay manifesto, how is it we are surprised by the effectiveness of their propaganda and relentless campaign? For far too long, we, the Church have been in the defense mode, bobbing and weaving just to fend off the impact of the gay rights movement. Herein lies a personal, and I believe justified concern. Even at this late hour of the pro-gay campaign, most Christians are still failing to see the reality of what has happened and what is on its way. To date, many individual Christians and churches have been bombarded by unprecedented pressure, both legally and socially, to capitulate to the "gay is good" notion. While it certainly remains possible to resist any notion or theology that flies in the face of God’s Word that homosexual practice, in any form and to any degree, is acceptable to God, Christian ethics and conduct, resistance will no longer occur without paying a high price. A time of intense testing is underway. Standing upon and remaining faithful to the Truth and Authority of Scripture regarding God’s intent for human sexuality, is going to cost. Sadly, there will be those choosing to deny the Truth and Authority of Scripture regarding homosexual practice to avoid any and all conflict. Consciously choosing to avoid, set aside, dismiss, or avoid God’s Word regarding homosexual practice will bring into clarity… "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits." (1 Timothy 4:1) The faithful to and for God must indeed count the cost of remaining faithful and unwavering to His Word. The days forward will require strength and resolve as continued heat and pressure will continue and intensify. Indeed, there are deep, critical, and vital issues before us today with raging political theological currents doing their utmost to submerge the Church. Clearly, real, and vital issues about the healing and transformation of sexual brokenness have and continue to sharply divide with many lives hanging in the balance. We, the Church, will not serve humanity, unity, or the cause of Christ Jesus by ignoring the differences that exist or by sticking our heads in the sand. We must not allow emotion or the present political climate to dictate to the Church what we believe nor what we do to further God’s Kingdom. The time is very, very near where many must decide whether or not they will continue to travel the narrow road with Jesus. Neutrality will no longer be acceptable or tolerated.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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