The devils ´s plows

The Devil´s Plows

http://schoenelblog2.blogspot.com.br/2012/03/les-charrues-du-diable.html
translated from the French by this blog´s author.

Pour la version originale en français cliquer ici:  Les Charrues du Diable 

This week, audiences flocked to theaters around the world to discoverThe Hunger Games, adapted from the bestseller by American writer Suzanne Collins. Like Twilight or Harry Potter , the saga is fascinating and teenage  fans stomped their feet impatiently.

 

Matthew 13: 24 Jesus proposed another parable, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 26 when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him: Sir, did you not sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather them? 29 No, he says, lest in pulling the weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together and until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the harvesters: First collect the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn, but gather the wheat into my barn.

36 Then he dismissed the crowd and entered the house. His disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 He replied: He who sows the good seed is the Son of man, 38 the field is the world, the good seed are the son of the kingdom, the tares are the son of the evil 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the angels. 40 However, as hard and that the tares cast into the fire, it will be the same at the end of the world. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity: 42 And shall cast them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear.

The time of spiritual plowing is back. Like Jesus who by the power of his Spirit plowed consciences to save humanity by his words of life and by offering himself as a propitiation for his enemies and so that those who believe in Him may have eternal life, behold, Satan also works the land of our consciousness by activating all the power of his diabolical spirit associated with the most modern techniques. The plow blades are in the ground and plow tirelessly increasingly infertile and dry soil, encroaching, then extending their path further and further, even into the field of the Lord, turning the good seed over and burying it deep underground, to make from it the manure for its weeds.

No sooner the days of mourning have ended after the massacre of three Jewish children in Toulouse, the same images are back with even more violence and cruelty. After having upset and moved an entire nation, these senseless killings are already forgotten to make way for yet more horror and atrocity, but pushing the vice and sadism to its height, because children will be massacred by other children.

The context is even more incredible when one compares it with the reality of the latest news. "Dignity prevailed" the press rendered its verdict Wednesday after the decision of the Qatari Al-Jazeera not to air the video of the Toulouse murders, although many editorialists worry that these images will be found on the internet. "In certain circumstances, the right to silence must take precedence over the right to information. The latter does not allow any and everything", says Yves Thréard in Le Figaro. "No need to think very long time indeed to understand that showing these images is equivalent to being an active accomplice of the terrorist and its ideology of death," added Jacques Guyon in La Charente libre (free). Yet it is with great promotional display that the massacre of children is going to invade the screens in France. Welcome to hell, the field of Satan.

The New York Times published an article last Sunday about the marketing strategy that Lionsgate which invested $ 45 million to promote the film which costs 80 million to make. The report demonstrates how to transform a film launch into an event: if you repeat endlessly that it is a cult film, chances are that it becomes one. The studio has totally flooded the youth: 80 000 posters available, cover pages of 50 magazines, 3,000 ads on billboards and bus shelters. And a virulent digital campaign: constant use of Facebook and Twitter, a YouTube channel, a blog on Tumbler, games for iPhone. The premiere was broadcast live stream on Yahoo. One of the members of the marketing team´s mission was to feed information to the fan´s blogs . The targeted public is clearly teenagers that are invited to watch a movie whose images pass through the lens of the eyes of the heroin, which makes it easy for children who look to identify with her.

The biggest challenge for the Lionsgate´s studio was to sell a film about the death of two dozen teens who compete in a game " A rule It was made ​​ never to say" 23 children end up being killed "but rather "only one will survive." In the scenario, each year twelve districts send, a boy and a girl by drawing lots. A terrible way to keep the population alive by killing only 23 innocent children. This game is built on the same principle as the roman arenas in Caesar's time. The gladiators are replaced by teenagers and there must remain only one. Their survival depends not on themselves, but largely on the intention that people have toward them. A reality TV Live, where nothing is protected, all blows are allowed.

The Hunger Games is the name of the film and is adapted from the bestseller by Suzanne Collins. Collins is the Meyer of Twilight. After Harry Potter and soon the end of the saga Twilight coming in November, we had to immediately retrieve  a franchise of literary success and project it onto the screen with still greater cruelty in the genre of blockbusters antichrists that transform wizards into saviors or vampires into nice teens. But do not be fooled, this is the inversion of the biblical values ​​that is sought by the adversary. While the Bible explicitly forbids involvement with magic or to abstain from eating blood, these films provide a means of enter the consciousness of a whole generation by inculcating the values ​​of the devil.e still greater cruelty in the genre of blockbusters antichrists that transform wizards into saviors or vampires into nice Somehow the mere fact of seeing the weeds grow and ripen is in itself a strong eschatological sign. Especially when the satanic marks are so obviously recognizable for those who are aware and awake as in the film Avatar:
http://schoenel.unblog.fr/2009/12/21/la-bataille-de-noel-avatar/

Again we find the great symbols that Satan seeks to impose on man, as the Liongate´s studio does, the lion being the symbol of Ishtar and the gate in English, which means the Ishtar Gate. An archer and a heroine warrior like the goddess, who must kill the children of the 12 other tribes, it's not even worth bothering to comment ... As the adversary knows that there is no more opposition against him, he can from now on appear in such an aggressive and visible manner, since the fire of the Spirit has all but died in the Western churches.

Clearly, this kind of movie or television series of the same ilk is saying much more about the spiritual state of a nation than any speech. We can put this in the same barrel as the victory at Eurovision Lordy, or to present the pope at prime time news as the leader of Christendom or the children preachers of Pentecostal churches in South America. But one day one more drop will fall into the barrel of perdition and it will be the final drop ....

Les charrues du Diable

Les charrues du Diable

http://schoenelblog2.blogspot.com.br/2012/03/les-charrues-du-diable.html

Cette semaine, les spectateurs se sont rués dans les cinémas du monde entier pour découvrir Hunger Game, adapté du best-seller de l'Américaine Suzanne Collins. A l'instar de Twilight ou Harry Potter, la saga passionne et les fans ados trépignaient d'impatience.

Matthieu 13 : 24 Jésus proposa une autre parabole, et il dit : Le royaume des cieux est semblable à un homme qui a semé une bonne semence dans son champ. 25 Mais, pendant que les gens dormaient, son ennemi vint, sema de l’ivraie parmi le blé, et s’en alla. 26 Lorsque l’herbe eut poussé et donné du fruit, l’ivraie parut aussi. 27 Les serviteurs du maître de la maison vinrent lui dire : Seigneur, n’as-tu pas semé une bonne semence dans ton champ ? D’où vient donc qu’il y a de l’ivraie ? 28 Il leur répondit : C’est un ennemi qui a fait cela. Et les serviteurs lui dirent : Veux-tu que nous allions l’arracher ? 29 Non, dit-il, de peur qu’en arrachant l’ivraie, vous ne déraciniez en même temps le blé. 30 Laissez croître ensemble l’un et l’autre jusqu’à la moisson, et, à l’époque de la moisson, je dirai aux moissonneurs: Arrachez d’abord l’ivraie, et liez-la en gerbes pour la brûler, mais amassez le blé dans mon grenier.

36 Alors il renvoya la foule, et entra dans la maison. Ses disciples s’approchèrent de lui, et dirent: Explique-nous la parabole de l’ivraie du champ. 37 Il répondit : Celui qui sème la bonne semence, c’est le Fils de l’homme ; 38 le champ, c’est le monde ; la bonne semence, ce sont les fils du royaume ; l’ivraie, ce sont les fils du malin ; 39 l’ennemi qui l’a semée, c’est le diable ; la moisson, c’est la fin du monde ; les moissonneurs, ce sont les anges. 40 Or, comme on arrache l’ivraie et qu’on la jette au feu, il en sera de même à la fin du monde. 41 Le Fils de l’homme enverra ses anges, qui arracheront de son royaume tous les scandales et ceux qui commettent l’iniquité: 42 et ils les jetteront dans la fournaise ardente, où il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents. 43 Alors les justes resplendiront comme le soleil dans le royaume de leur Père. Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre entende.

Le temps des charrues spirituelles est de retour. Comme Jésus par la puissance de son Esprit laboura les consciences afin de sauver l’humanité par ses paroles de vie et en s’offrant lui-même comme victime expiatoire pour ses ennemis et que ceux qui croient en lui est la vie éternelle, voilà que Satan travaille lui aussi la terre de notre conscience en y mettant toute la puissance de son esprit diabolique associée aux techniques les plus modernes. Les socs sont en terre et labourent inlassablement un sol toujours plus stérile et desséché, empiétant, puis prolongeant leurs sillons toujours plus loin, jusque dans le champ de l’Eternel. Retournant la bonne semence et l’enterrant profondément dans le sol, pour en faire le fumier de son ivraie.

A peine les jours de deuil se sont-ils achevés après le massacre de trois enfants juifs à Toulouse, que les mêmes images reviennent avec encore plus de violence et de cruauté. Après avoir bouleversé et ému toute une nation, ces meurtres gratuits sont déjà oubliés pour faire place à encore plus d’horreur et d’atrocité, mais en poussant le vice et le sadisme au paroxysme, car des enfants vont être massacrés par d’autres enfants.

Le contexte est encore plus incroyable quand on le confronte à la réalité de l’actualité du jour. "La dignité a prévalu" juge la presse mercredi après la décision de la chaîne qatarie Al-Jazeera de ne pas diffuser la vidéo des assassinats de Toulouse, même si beaucoup d'éditorialistes craignent que ces images se retrouvent sur internet. "En certaines circonstances, le droit au silence doit primer sur le droit à l'information. Ce dernier n'autorise pas tout", commente Yves Thréard dans Le Figaro. "Pas besoin de réfléchir bien longtemps en effet pour comprendre que montrer ces images équivaut à se faire le complice actif du terroriste et de son idéologie de mort", ajoute Jacques Guyon dans La Charente libre. Pourtant c’est avec formidable déploiement promotionnel, que le massacre d’enfants va envahir les écrans en France. Bienvenu en enfer, le champ de Satan.

Le New York Times publiait dimanche dernier un article sur la stratégie de vente de Lionsgate qui a mis 45 millions de dollars pour la promotion de ce film qui a coûté 80 millions à faire. Le reportage démontre comment faire d’un lancement de film un événement : si tu répètes sans arrêt que c’est un film-culte, il y a des chances que ça le devienne. Le studio a carrément inondé les jeunes : 80 000 affiches offertes, la couverture de 50  magazines, des annonces sur 3 000 panneaux et abri d’autobus. Et une campagne digitale virulente : utilisation constante de Facebook et Twitter, une chaîne YouTube, un blog sur Tumblr, des jeux pour iPhone. La première a été diffusée en live stream sur Yahoo. Une des membres de l’équipe de marketing avait même pour mission d’alimenter les blogs de fans. Le publique visé est clairement les adolescents, qu’ont invitent à voir un film dont les images passent par la vision de l’héroïne, ce qui permet aisément aux enfants qui le regardent de s’identifier à elle.

Le plus grand défi du studio Liongate était de vendre un film sur la mort de deux douzaines d’ados qui s’affrontent dans un jeu. « On s’est donné comme règle de ne jamais dire « 23 enfants se font tuer » mais plutôt « un seul survivra ». Dans le scénario, chaque année douze districts envoient en les tirants au sort, un garçon et une fille. Une manière atroce de laisser la population sauve en tuant seulement 23 enfants innocents. Ce jeu est construit sur le même principe des arènes aux temps de César. Les gladiateurs sont remplacés par des adolescents et il ne doit en rester qu’un. Leur survie dépend non pas d’eux-mêmes, mais en très grande partie à l’intention que porte les gens sur eux. Une télé réalité en direct, où rien n’est protégé, tous les coups sont permis.

Hunger Games est le nom du film et est adapté du best-seller de Suzanne Collins. Collins est la Meyer de Twilight. Après Harry Potter et bientôt la fin de la saga Twilight en novembre prochain, il fallait tout de suite récupérer une franchise littéraire à succès et la projeter sur les écrans avec toujours plus de cruauté. Dans la ligné des blockbusters antéchrists qui transforment les magiciens en sauveurs ou des vampires en aimables ados. Mais il ne faut pas s’y tromper, c’est bien l’inversion des valeurs bibliques qui est recherchées par l’adversaire. Alors que la Bible demande explicitement de ne pas avoir affaire à la magie ou de s’abstenir de manger du sang, par ces films on pénètre la conscience de toute une génération en lui inculquant les valeurs du diable.

D’une certaine manière le seul fait de voir pousser et murir l’ivraie est en soit un signe eschatologique fort. Surtout quand les marques sataniques sont tellement évidentes à voir pour qui sait les reconnaitre, comme dans le Film Avatar : http://schoenel.unblog.fr/2009/12/21/la-bataille-de-noel-avatar/

On retrouve les grands symboles que Satan cherche tant à imposer aux homme, comme le studio Liongate, le lion étant le symbole d’Ishtar et gate la porte en anglais, cela revient à dire la Porte d’Ishtar. Une héroïne guerrière et archère comme la déesse, qui doit tuer les enfants des 12 autres tribus, ce n’est même plus la peine de commenter… Comme l’adversaire sait qu’il n’y a plus d’opposition contre lui, il peut désormais s’afficher de cette manière grossière et tellement visible, puisque le feu de l’Esprit s’est éteint dans les églises occidentales.

Clairement, ce genre de film ou les séries télévisées du même acabit en disent bien plus long sur l’état spirituel d’une nation que n’importe quel discours. On peut mettre cela dans le même tonneau que la victoire de Lordy à l’Eurovision, que de présenter le pape au 20h comme le chef de la chrétienté ou les enfants prêcheurs des églises pentecôtistes sud-américaines. Mais un jour il tombera une goutte de plus dans le tonneau de la perdition et se sera la goutte de trop….

Christians In Name Only. Qs and As.

Christians In Name Only

http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher

Q. Who are the people you refer to as “Christians in name only” that will not be able to be saved during the tribulation? Do they think they are saved? And if so, then they would not have rejected Christ, would they? And if they are just putting on an act (so to speak) why would anyone do that?

A. Christians in name only are those who belong to a church but aren’t born again and don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus. They believe they’re saved because they’ve joined a particular church or denomination. They’ve never checked to see for themselves what it takes to be saved, but have blindly followed that their denomination has taught them.
I don’t think I said they would not be able to find salvation during the last 7 years. According to 2 Thes. 2:9-12 those who have firmly rejected the gospel message will not be able to accept the Lord later. But those who have been deceived into thinking they are already saved when they’re not will have another chance after the rapture.
As for those who are just putting on an act, there are some people who attend a church just to fit in, or because they think it’s the right thing to do, or to make social or business contacts. I imagine some of these have no idea of what it means to be saved, nor do they care, while others are cynical non-believers who are only interested in furthering their own interests.

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Receive The Holy Spirit Part 2 … The Gifts

Receive The Holy Spirit Part 2 … The Gifts

Table of contents for Receive The Holy Spirit

1. Receive The Holy Spirit
2. Receive The Holy Spirit Part 2 … The Gifts

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Last time we discovered that Pentecost was not the day the Disciples received the Holy Spirit, but instead it was a time when He came upon them with an unmistakable display of power (Acts 2:1-4). Remember, they had already performed miracles in the Lord’s name. When He sent the 12 out to preach to Israel, He gave them authority to heal the sick and drive out demons (Luke 9:1-6). After that He sent out 72 others to every town in Israel, Jewish and Gentile, and they were able to heal the sick and drive out demons too (Luke 10:9,17). But never before had anything like the events of Pentecost happened.

What Happened On Pentecost?

We begin this part of our study by looking at the effect speaking in tongues had on those in the presence of the disciples on Pentecost. Since this was the first time anything like this had happened, we should expect to find some defining characteristics for this supernatural ability. Theologians call this the Principle of First Mention. It’s based on the fact that when an important idea appears for the first time in the Bible, additional detail is often included in the passage to help us understand it.

For example, we find the first mention of cross in Matt. 10:38, where Jesus said, “anyone who does not take His cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” People sentenced to be crucified were required to carry their own cross to their execution, and we’ve all seen vivid enactments of the Lord doing just that. But He didn’t mean we all have to be crucified like He was. He meant that His followers must put their own plans for their life to death and seek to follow His plan for them instead.

With that we’ll pick up the narrative in Acts 2:7 to get the crowd’s reaction to their use of the gift of tongues.

Utterly amazed, they asked: “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs-we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” (Act 2:7-11)

When the Holy Spirit came upon the Disciples that morning, they were supernaturally empowered to speak to their audience in such a way that each one present understood them in his own native language. Their hearts were opened to Peter’s sermon, and about 3,000 were baptized into the faith.

Later on, when Paul described the gift of tongues, he said it’s complimented by the gift of interpretation implying that messages in tongues are meant to be understood, otherwise they serve no purpose. Paul taught that if there is no interpreter present then the person with the message is to remain silent. (1 Cor. 14:27-28) Without an interpretation, the message is meaningless.

By the testimony of these two examples, it’s clear that messages in tongues are meant to be understood and use of the gift is meant to be orderly, as a sign for unbelievers, just as it was at Pentecost. Uttering a phrase or sentence consisting of words no one on Earth can understand doesn’t meet either the Biblical definition of, or the Holy Spirit’s purpose for, the gift of tongues. But when the Holy Spirit empowers someone to share a message in a language he or she can’t speak, that person is exercising the gift of tongues. When someone translates such a message into a language that everyone can understand, he or she is using the gift of interpretation. At Pentecost no interpreters were needed because everyone heard the Gospel in his own language.

Gifts In 1 Cor. 12

As for spiritual gifts in general, the Bible makes it clear that every believer has at least one. These gifts are distributed by the Holy Spirit just as He determines, for the good of the body. (1 Cor. 12:7,11)

How the Holy Spirit distributes His gifts is hinted at in the words Paul used in listing them. The English word “another” appears eight times in 1 Cor. 12:8-10, but Paul alternated between two different Greek words when he wrote it. They both mean another, but allos means another of the same kind, while heteros means another of a similar but different kind. The way Paul used these two words is very instructive.

Using their different meanings, 1 Cor. 12:8-10 would read like this. (It will read more easily if I leave out the parts that say it’s all done by the same Spirit. I assume we already know that.)

“To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another (Greek allos, another of the same kind) the message of knowledge, to another (Greek heteros, another of a different kind than those given wisdom and knowledge) faith, to another (allos, same kind as those given faith) gifts of healing, to another (allos, same kind as faith) miraculous powers, to another (allos, same kind as faith) prophecy, to another (allos, same kind as faith) distinguishing between spirits, to another (heteros, of a different kind than either previous group) speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another (allos, same kind as those given tongues) the interpretation of tongues.

The way Paul alternated allos and heteros shows that he was separating believers into three groups. The first group gets the gifts of wisdom and knowledge; gifts for the second group include faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, and discernment; and the third has tongues and interpretation.

I don’t think we should necessarily understand this is as a set of hard and fast rules. For one thing, the Holy Spirit can come upon any of us at any time with the temporary power to do what needs to be done at the moment. And for another, He distributes His gifts just as He determines for the good of the body. But it does confirm that different people get different gifts and can help us understand why certain gifts seem to be more prevalent in some parts of the Church than in others.

Even if some of the details concerning these gifts are confusing, others are very clear. For instance, every born again believer was given at least one spiritual gift when we received the Holy Spirit to dwell within us. Our job is to use our gift(s) for the good of the body, following the Spirit’s prompting.

Also, the gift of tongues is not given to every believer and was never intended as evidence of a so-called baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Gifts In Romans 12

Some folks don’t realize there are other lists of gifts in the New Testament. One is in Romans 12 where Paul also gave us the procedure for discovering our gifts. First, we offer our lives totally to God, giving Him permission to accomplish His will in us. Next we stop conforming to the pattern of this world and its preoccupation with getting all this life has to offer, often at the expense of our heavenly calling. Then we let ourselves be transformed by the renewing of our mind. We do this by rejecting the secular world view and accepting the Biblical one in its place. By doing these things we’ll begin to understand God’s will for our life and how He’s gifted us to fulfill it. (Romans 12:1-2)

Then he listed 7 more gifts the Lord has made available, again as He has determined.

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. (Romans 12:6-8)

You can see from this passage that the Lord intends for us to use our gifts. As you let Him re-order your life around the area of your giftedness, you’ll be more effective in everything you do and experience higher levels of satisfaction and well-being than you’ve ever known. And you’ll have a greater impact for good on those around you. This is what the Lord meant by streams of living water flowing from with in us. (John 7:37-39)

Gifts In Ephesians 4

And there is still one more list from Paul. Speaking of Jesus, he said;

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-13)

The gift of prophecy is contained in all three lists, perhaps reflecting Paul’s view that we should be eager to prophesy (1 Cor. 14:39), and teaching appears twice. So the total of 21 includes 18 unique gifts. The list in Romans 12 is attributed to the Father, the one in Ephesians 4 to the Son, and the one in 1 Corinthians 12 to the Holy Spirit.

Our gifts were invested in us the moment we heard the Gospel of our salvation and believed it. Sadly, some believers are never told they have a spiritual gift and therefore don’t ever look for it. Others know about it but need some time to tune out the static of their secular lives sufficiently to hear the still small voice of the Holy Spirit within them. When they do they realize He’s been there all along, waiting to activate the gift He’s given them and provide guidance on its use.

Still others come to the Lord at a point in life that makes them especially attuned to the Holy Spirit’s voice and they immediately know with a clarity they can’t explain what their primary gift is and how they’re supposed to use it. For them it’s like having a tiger by the tail as their lives are radically transformed, and they realize things will never again be the same as they were before.

Depending on their gift they may start a Bible study or a prison ministry, visit the sick, or begin giving away their money. Often they do this to the utter amazement of friends and family, who marvel at the change in them.

The only difference in these three groups is the length of time it takes to be transformed and renewed. The Holy Spirit is the same for all of us. As Charles Stanley so aptly puts it, “It’s not how much of the Spirit is in you, it’s how much of you is on the Spirit.” Selah 04-03-20

Receive the Holy Spirit

Receive The Holy Spirit

Table of contents for Receive The Holy Spirit

1. Receive The Holy Spirit
2. Receive The Holy Spirit Part 2 … The Gifts

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

I’ve gotten a raft of comments on my comparison of John 20:22 with Acts 2:1-4 in my answer to a recent question. Some were more diplomatic than others in suggesting my understanding of these verses leaves something to be desired. So let’s take another look and see how these two passages are alike and how they’re different. We’ll take John 20:22 first, in the context of the passage.

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (John 20:19-23)

Some have suggested that Jesus was only pretending here, his breath meant to imitate the sound the Holy Spirit would make when He really came 50 days later, and not investing the disciples with the Holy Spirit. But Acts 2:2 says the sound of the Holy Spirit was much different. “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.” It’s like comparing the sound of blowing out birthday candles to the sound of a hurricane.

And the Greek word for receive in John 20:22 is lambano and means to take or lay hold of something in order to use it, or carry it away. It denotes permanence and possession. The same word is used in Acts 8:17 referring to the believers in Samaria when they finally realized they had received the Holy Spirit after Peter and John arrived. I don’t believe Jesus was pretending, any more than Peter and John were. I think the disciples who were present were receiving the Holy Spirit just like it says.

Jesus met with the disciples several times after that night, speaking with them about the Kingdom of God. (Acts 1:3)

On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 1:4-5)

The Greek word for baptize literally means to be temporarily immersed, usually in water. Jesus explained that while that was the case with John’s baptism, soon the disciples would be temporarily immersed in the Holy Spirit, giving them miraculous power.

So when they met together, they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:6-8)

This gift was not the receipt of the Holy Spirit, which had already happened, but the power to do miraculous works. Remember, He had previously told them the Holy Spirit had been with them and would be in them (John 14:17). This had been accomplished. Now He was saying the Holy Spirit would come upon them.

This is seen in the use of the Greek word “eperchomai” which is translated to come upon or come on. It means to over power someone, or take them over. The same Greek word described the 2 instances recorded in Acts of Gentiles speaking in tongues. In Acts 10:44 the Holy spirit came upon the Gentiles listening to Peter at Cornelius’ house. In Acts 19:6 the Holy Spirit came upon a group of Gentiles when Paul baptized them in the name of Jesus. I believe both of these events were temporary situations intended to show the Jewish leadership that the Holy Spirit could come upon Gentiles as well as Jews.

The Holy Spirit had also come upon men in Old Testament times, as with Balaam (Numbers 24:2), Saul (1 Sam. 11:6), Amasai (1 Chron. 12:18), Azariah (2 Chron. 15:1) and Zechariah (2 Chron 24:20).

Understanding the difference between receiving the Holy Spirit (lambano) and having Him come upon you (eperchomai) helps clear up some of the confusion surrounding these verses.

And Now For Acts 2

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:1-4)

The word for filled also means to be temporarily taken over. And men had been filled with the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament as well. Examples are Joseph (Genesis 41:38) when he interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, and Bezalel of the tribe of Judah who was given supernatural skill in designing and working the gold, silver, and bronze ornamentation for the tabernacle (Exodus 31:2-4).

Both Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist, were filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:41, 1:67) over 30 years before Pentecost. In addition people are also said to be filled with wrath (Luke 4:28), fear (Luke 5:26), wonder (Acts 3:10), etc. In every case the same Greek word is used. And in every case it describes a temporary condition.

So being filled with the Holy Spirit did not originate with Pentecost, nor did having Him come upon us. But don’t get the idea that temporary means it only happens once for a little while and then it’s gone for good. Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. But then he was filled again in Acts 4:8 and once more in Acts 4:31. Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 9:17 and again Acts 13:9. It can happen every time there’s a need.

Here’s the point I made in my answer. When we first come to faith the Holy Spirit is sealed within us as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance (Ephes. 1:13-14) and will remain there as long as we live on this Earth. The disciples experienced this on the evening of the Lord’s resurrection and ever since then every believer has had the same experience. But from time to time the Holy Spirit will come upon us and we will be temporarily filled with His power to perform a miracle on His behalf. Every believer can also experience this. It doesn’t require a special ceremony, and it doesn’t only happen in some churches. It can happen at any time to any believer who makes himself or herself available in faith. It has happened to me and it can happen to you. Selah 03-27-10

To Hell And Back?

To Hell And Back?
http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher

Q. I have recently read the book about a man who claims he went to hell for a brief time and it has disturbed me immensely. I find myself trying to find ways to bring hell into conversations with people so I can tell them about the perils that await them if they don’t choose Jesus as their Savior. Is there any way to truly know what happens to people who die without knowing Jesus? Could there be one moment in time between their last breath and stepping into eternity where they have one last chance to make a choice? If I am praying and praying for someone’s salvation, would God truly allow them to go to hell?

A. I haven’t read the book you’re referring to, but I don’t give much credence to books like this because of the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). In the story Jesus spoke of Abraham specifically refusing to send Lazarus back to warn the rich man’s brothers of what was in store for them if they didn’t change their ways. He said the Bible was all they needed. Why would such a story be in the Bible if God was later going to allow people to do what He had refused to do then?
Hebrews 9:27 says it is given for man to die once and after that to face judgment. To me that means that our opportunity to accept the Lord’s death as payment for our sins expires with our death.
God doesn’t “allow” anyone to go to Hell. He wants everyone to be saved (2 Peter 3:9) and He’s done everything possible to make it so, even giving His life in payment for our sins. But one thing He can’t do is force someone to go to Heaven against their will. Your prayers help immensely and will cause the Holy Spirit to exert a powerful influence on a person’s choices. But ultimately each of us has to make our own decision about Heaven or Hell.

One of God's judgments on people are false teachers

One of God's judgments on people are false teachers

"False teachers are God’s judgment on people who don’t want God, but in the name of religion plan on getting everything their carnal heart desires. That’s why a Joel Osteen is raised up. Those people who sit under him are not victims of him but he is the judgment of God upon them. And they want exactly what he wants, and it’s not God." ~ Paul Washer

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires.” 2 Timothy 4:3

Uma princesa em nossas vidas!

Terça-feira, 27 de março de 2012

Uma princesa em nossas vidas!

Quando ela era pequena,queria ser missionária, ´do tipo que cuida dos índios´ ela tinha mesmo uma amiguinha que era india e cuidava dela com muito carinho!

Ela cresceu e foi para Amazonia, fez curso superior de enfermagem e tornou-se a enfermeira chefe do hospital. Um trabalho de amor, finalmente ela estava cuidando dos índios como sonhou...
Ela era bela e cortejada, minha avó conta que numa época em que eram poucos os carros, a casa dela vivia ´enfeitada´ de carros dos pretendentes da moça de profundos olhos azuis e inteligencia incomum.

Mas ela sabia muito bem o que queria, e voltou seu coração para o pastor da bicicleta, que pregava com paixão e tinha um olhar cheio de doçura, um sorriso que cheio da alegria que só Deus pode dar!

Jamais se arrependeu, foram muito felizes por vinte e quatro anos quando ele se foi,
ao encontro do seu amor maior. Foram parceiros, a um ponto que não sabemos o que exatamente fez um e o que fez o outro, eram um time!

No dia do seu casamento ela não levou um buquê, levou uma biblia branca.Durante toda nossa vida testemunhamos seu amor pela Palavra. A lembrança mais constante que temos dela é sem dúvida com a Biblia na mão...
Uma mulher de oração, suas preces impregnaram nossas vidas permanentemente e nos acompanham tão de perto que muitas vezes ao melhorarmos de uma dor sabemos que ela orou. Ao recebermos uma benção temos certeza que ela estava orando.

Existe sempre uma luz nos olhos da minha mãe, um brilho de alegria, de esperança no Deus em quem confia. Um brilho de amor e admiração por nós que nem merecemos! Um brilho de gratidão a cada dia!

Homenagem a nossa querida mãe que completa 85 anos hoje!

Expor Kony 2012: Movimento de Juventude Falso Promove Presença Militar dos EUA em África

Expor Kony 2012: Movimento de Juventude Falso Promove Presença Militar dos EUA em África08/03/2012
Por Nilo Bowie:

Edward Bernays acreditava que a sociedade não pode ser confiável para tomar decisões racionais e informadas por conta própria, e que orientação da opinião pública era essencial numa sociedade democrática.
Não se esqueça de verificar nossa cobertura exclusiva de Kony a todo o caminho de volta em Outubro do ano passado.

Bernays fundou o Conselho de Relações Públicas e seu livro 1928, Propaganda cita a metodologia utilizada na aplicação da comunicação emocional eficaz. Ele descobriu que essa comunicação é capaz de manipular o inconsciente, em um esforço para produzir o efeito desejado - a saber, a capacidade de fabricar adesão social de massas em apoio aos produtos, candidatos políticos e movimentos sociais.

Quase um século depois de seu auge, a metodologia de Bernays é evidente em quase todas as formas de persuasão cívica e do consumidor. A plataforma de mídia social está sendo usada em novas formas inéditas, um exemplo é um novo documentário em linha sobre Resistência do Senhor Army (LRA), um extremista operacional grupo rebelde na África Central.
O documentário é inédito, não por seus atributos de ensino, mas por sua capacidade de usar a marca visual, merchandising e altamente potente comunicação emocional para influenciar o telespectador para apoiar as operações militares americanas no recurso rico da África Central, sob o pretexto de capturar o comandante do LRA, Joseph Kony.

Exército de Resistência do Senhor foi originalmente formada em 1987 no noroeste do Uganda por membros do grupo étnico acholi, que foram historicamente explorados como trabalhadores forçados pelos colonialistas britânicos e mais tarde relegado por grupos do país éticos dominantes se seguiram à independência. Juntamente com o Movimento Espírito Santo, o LRA representava o braço armado de uma facção da resistência com o objetivo de derrubar o governo do presidente de Uganda e atual aliado dos EUA militar, Yoweri Museveni.

O LRA foi originalmente formado para combater a marginalização ética, mas logo tornou-se dominado por Joseph Kony, um mensageiro auto-proclamado espiritual do Espírito Santo (Christian). Kony utilizou sua persona messiânica de liderar um movimento sincrético espiritual baseada em crenças tribais dos acholi e dogmas extremista cristão.

Alega-se que LRA procura estabelecer um Estado teocrático baseado nos Dez Mandamentos, no entanto a sua mitologia interior ideológica é amplamente desconhecido. Em um esforço para mobilizar uma resistência armada em grande escala, o LRA rotineiramente recrutado crianças-soldados e obrigou-os a cometer actos hediondos, como o canibalismo e mutilações nos outros que resistiram a aderir ao grupo rebelde durante a sua extensa campanha de 25 anos.

Kony 2012 é dirigido por Jason Russell e corre apenas 30 minutos, o vídeo recebeu mais de vinte milhões de visualizações no YouTube e Vimeo e é grupo de apoio nacional sobre Facebook se diz ganhar 4.000 membros a cada hora. O recurso altamente produzido é narrado da perspectiva de Russell e sua tentativa de explicar Exército de Resistência do Senhor para seu filho, Gavin.

O vídeo apresenta imagens da viagem de Russell de Uganda (antes de 2006, quando o LRA ainda estava operando na região) e introduz o espectador a Jacob, um menino ugandense que foi formalmente contratado pelo LRA como uma criança-soldado. Russell apresenta várias montagens de grupos de alunos eticamente diversos levantando os punhos no ar, ostentando Kony t-shirts, e cenas de comemoração de massa em resposta ao presidente Obama a assinatura do S. 1067: Exército de Resistência do Senhor Desarmamento e Norte do Uganda Recovery Act de 2009 .

O projecto permite que os EUA forças militares em Uganda, República Democrática do Congo, a República Central Africana e o sul do Sudão (no consentimento das nações) em busca de rebeldes do LRA.
[Nota do Editor: No ano passado, Obama autorizou o envio de alguns 100 forças de operações especiais em Uganda e nações vizinhas por força da legislação.]

O filme ainda defende a necessidade de apoio público para as operações militares dos Estados Unidos na região através de formas de activismo de rua, incentivando os telespectadores a comprar Kits de Acção ($ 30,00) e cartazes ($ 10,00) que caracterizam imagens de Joseph Kony.
Russell então metas específicas celebridades e políticos dos EUA e as pressões que eles endossam a campanha contra Kony. Talvez o mais absurdamente, Russell sugere que sem o apoio público de massa do público americano, os EUA iriam retirar a sua presença militar na região.

Esta é a campanha em grande escala primeiro a mobilizar mediaticas sociais ao apoio público agregado para o que seria controverso, a política dos EUA pró-intervenção estrangeira. A produção conta com muita carga e muitas vezes não relacionada a gatilhos emocionais, que em última análise, dependem do sentido de espectadores da compaixão em conjunto com a falta de informação prévia sobre o assunto para produzir um resultado desejado - explicitamente, a mitificação vilão de Kony e aceitação generalizada de presença dos EUA na África através de um arquipélago proposta do AFRICOM bases militares na região.

A produção tem como alvo uma faixa etária entre 13 e 21, e usa um nível de vocabulário académico apropriado para um público adulto jovem, com uma atenção limitada; o narrador em um ponto ainda insiste que a atenção do pagamento espectador. O espectador é incentivado a formar uma conexão emocional com Russell, como testemunhamos cenas independentes de nascimento de seu filho.

O espectador é, então, posteriormente, associado com o papel de Russell como uma educadora de seu filho, antes de passar a cenas de Russell alimentando a criança-soldado do Uganda, Jacob. Russell é mostrado profeticamente comprometendo-se a parar o LRA para o traumatizado e chorando o menino. O retrato íntimo de emoção nas cenas trabalhar para continuar a incitar uma resposta reacionária do espectador, para a conclusão predestinado sugerida na narrativa - uma mobilização em massa de apoio para os militares dos EUA em seus esforços para impedir fonte de Jacob do trauma. Bernays "seria fora de si.''

Kony 2012 é produzida como qualquer outra campanha de marketing elegante - em vez de estimular elementos de auto-satisfação como anunciantes faria para promover um produto, intervenção militar dos EUA se justifica para acabar com uma catástrofe humanitária atroz. O filme também toca em um tema subjacente do fardo do homem branco, uma noção que as pessoas de ascendência europeia herdarem uma qualidade de culpa para a inclinação dos seus antepassados ​​da escravidão e do colonialismo, exigindo uma resposta activista para finalmente corrigir a situação de "salvar a África."

Durante a guerra civil na Nigéria de 1967, meios de comunicação ocidentais utilizado com sucesso imagens de crianças famintas, pela primeira vez para reforçar o apoio público para a ajuda militar à República separatista de Biafra antes que as forças rebeldes foram derrotados. Este filme tenta supostamente de "mudar a conversação da nossa cultura", no entanto, continua a ser uma reforma altamente sofisticada de propaganda pró-militar política intervencionista estrangeiro, dependente de mensagens subliminares perigosas.

Além disso, o filme foi produzido por uma organização chamada Invisible Children, Inc., que têm sido criticados pelo Better Business Bureau para se recusar a fornecer as informações necessárias na avaliação da Mesa de padrões. Crianças Invisíveis, Inc. não revelou uma lista de patrocinadores (além das doações de estudantes americanos de ensino médio), e também ganharam uma nota baixa na prestação de contas da Charity Navigator porque eles não vão deixar as suas finanças se de uma auditoria independente.
Em uma declaração 2011 financeira, a organização revelou que apenas 31% de todos os fundos que recebem são usados ​​para fins de caridade, com a maioria alocado para despesas de viagem e os salários dos funcionários. Crianças Invisíveis tem também sido acusadas de fraude e manipulação do eleitor em um concurso de caridade recente patrocinado pelo Chase Bank e Facebook. O grupo de Co-Fundador e Presidente, Laren Poole dirigiu-se ao Tribunal Penal Internacional em 2009 ao lado de Aryeh Neier, presidente pró-guerra de George Soros 'Open Society Institute.

Crianças Invisíveis tem uma parceria com duas outras organizações, Resolver e Digitaria, para criar o LRA Crise Tracker, uma plataforma de crise mapeamento digital que as transmissões de ataques alegadamente cometidos pelo LRA. Em sua lista de patrocinadores corporativos, Resolver listas Human Rights Watch e do International Rescue Committee. Site Digitaria orgulha-se de clientes comerciais, como a CBS, FOX, MTV, ESPN, Adidas, NFL, Qualcomm, NBC, National Geographic, Hasbro e Warner Brothers.

Enquanto Kony 2012 com suas tentativas de retratarem-se como uma vertente indígena activista do movimento em trazer justiça para as crianças africanas, sua organização-mãe é afiliada com o escalão superior da mídia corporativa americana e uma rede de base financiados pela pró-guerra grupos da sociedade civil com uma longa história de fomentar a pró-EUA mudança de regime sob a bandeira da criação de instituições democráticas.
De acordo com Rastreador Crianças Invisíveis próprios Crise LRA, nem um único caso de actividade LRA tem sido relatada em Uganda desde 2006. O site registra noventa e oito mortes no ano passado, com a grande maioria ocorre na região nordeste Bangadi da República Democrática do Congo, um tri-fronteira território compartilhamento de extensão com a Central Africano República e o Sul do Sudão.

Desde dezembro de 2009, a região leste de Djemah CAR viu LRA atividade ocasional, a região Tambura ocidental do Sudão do Sul tem experimentado muito menos. O LRA está em operação há mais de duas décadas, e actualmente permanece em um estado extremamente debilitado, com cerca de 400 soldados. Devido à extrema instabilidade no norte da RDC, após décadas de insurgência de rebeldes ruandeses e / Uganda incursões militares na nação, continua a ser altamente improvável que os casos de violência na região podem ser suficientemente investigada antes de concluir envolvimento LRA.

O paradeiro de Joseph Kony são completamente desconhecidos, ele foi visto pela última vez no cruzamento entre o Sudão e o CAR em 2010, de acordo com relatos não confirmados. Os militares dos EUA actualmente tem cem policiais militares treinandos e supervisionando os militares de Uganda, em anti-LRA operações. Devido à ausência completa de actividade LRA no Uganda, torna-se viável que os EUA podem estar planejando outras operações em que os ricos recursos da RDC. Mais de seis milhões de cidadãos congoleses foram mortos na guerra desde 1996, em grande parte com a cumplicidade dos EUA.

Os regimes de Paul Kagame do Ruanda e Yoweri Museveni do Uganda têm ambos que receberam milhões em ajuda militar dos Estados Unidos. Desde o fracasso abominável da intervenção dos EUA 1993 na Somália, os EUA apoiaram-se nas forças armadas de Ruanda, Uganda e Etiópia para realizar os interesses dos EUA em proximidade.
Paul Kagame do Ruanda foi dado o reino livre de os EUA para conduzir operações militares dentro da RDC no conflito em curso étnica nessa região após o genocídio de Ruanda de 1994. Para Uganda participação na luta contra a Al Shabaab da Somália, Museveni recebe R $ 45 milhões de dólares em ajuda militar. Os EUA tem contribuído enormes somas de dinheiro para essas nações e agora está começando a consolidar a sua presença na região sob Barack Obama e AFRICOM, o Comando Africano dos Estados Unidos.

O LRA tem contribuído para menos de cem mortes não verificadas nos últimos doze meses. Considerando que os Estados Unidos ignoraram completamente os eventos na RDC e Ruanda que, colectivamente, resultou em quase sete milhões de mortes, a sua participação contra o Exército de Resistência do Senhor doente é completamente absurdo, por comparação.

Através AFRICOM, os Estados Unidos estão buscando uma posição no recurso incrivelmente rico bloco central Africano em uma manobra mais agregada a hegemonia regional sobre a China. RDC é uma das maiores regiões do mundo sem um governo que funcione com eficácia. Ele contém vastos depósitos de diamantes, cobalto, cobre, urânio, magnésio e zinco, enquanto a produção de mais de US $ 1 bilhão em ouro a cada ano. É inteiramente possível que os EUA podem aumentar consideravelmente a sua presença na RDC sob o pretexto de capturar Joseph Kony.

Os EUA podem continuar a mobilização de forças terrestres, além de o uso de drones predador e ataques com mísseis dirigidos, inevitavelmente matando civis. Em uma conferência de imprensa no Comité de Serviços Armados da Câmara em 13 de março de 2008, AFRICOM comandante, o general William Ward afirmou que o AFRICOM irá ampliar sua presença regional por "operando sob o princípio objectivo de teatro para combater o terrorismo".

Durante uma conferência AFRICOM realizada em Fort McNair em 18 de fevereiro de 2008, o vice-almirante Robert T. Moeller declarou abertamente princípio orientador AFRICOM como proteger "o livre fluxo dos recursos naturais da África para o mercado global", antes de citar a presença crescente da China na região como desafio para crimes americanos sobre interesses do Exército de Resistência do Senhor foram documentados no passado e são acções realmente desprezíveis.

Actualmente, as operações do LRA têm quase dissolvido e sua presença na República Democrática do Congo é difícil de verificar. Enquanto os cineastas por trás de guerra pró-Kony 2012 ingenuamente chamam para os militares dos EUA a afirmar o seu lugar no conflito, um fato independente encontrar missão seria muito mais eficaz na avaliação da gravidade da ameaça LRA nos dias de hoje.

Links: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx%...YyjVClfPiQ
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1067
http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/natio...gec1QUOmaQ
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22...BcsvP-2lEQ
http://www.internationalcriminaljustice....S55AjqyaGA
http://theresolve.org/our-partners&usg=A...XeM2K0LJQw
http://www.digitaria.com/our-work/all-cl...iHNRWyGrLg
http://www.lracrisistracker.com/sites/de...ALpNxthQRw
http://www.infowars.com/africa-open-for-...ZFzpNw-n6w
http://ushahidi.universaljurisdiction.or...VWcJ4Ced4w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...LV9szEu9Ag
http://www.infowars.com/africa-open-for-...ZFzpNw-n6w
http://www.lracrisistracker.com/&usg=ALk...gxeJOuB_6Q
http://nilebowie.blogspot.com/&usg=ALkJr...CZvxhMI4Lw

Triste...Com tudo isto é mais uma maneira de destruirem o continente Africano pouco a pouco. Este mundo já deu o que tinha a dar...!!!
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