Know Your Adversary!
Help us to remain "alert" to the schemes and plans of the "adversary"! It is important to say that we here at TCS do not view the "adversary" as the people themselves but as the "deceiver" that has captured the minds and hearts of the people. Please e-mail your stories and information to Manager@TidewaterCrossSection.com!
Repent Now
A Prophetic Word By Betty Heinbeck
Posted July 21, 2007 - For weeks and weeks now the Lord has continued to speak to me concerning his call to His people and to the nations – a call to repentance. He keeps saying to me to tell His people to repent. Then today He spoke this word to me:
“ My people – Repent! Repent now. Repent – you – yes all of you. Repent and seek My face. Seek My wisdom and begin to walk in the holiness of God. I am calling My people to purity and consecration to Me. Set yourself apart. Dedicate yourself and your life to Me and to My service.
“This is no time for excuses, no time for procrastination, no time for caring for the things of this world. There is no time for careless reluctance, for lazy idleness. It is now time for repentance as never before. Repent now. Repent fully.
“Ask Me. Ask Me to reveal all that is in your heart that separates you from Me. Ask Me to reveal all that is in your life, all that you have picked up and brought into your life and into your home that is not of Me. Ask Me and I will show you. I will tell you so that you can repent quickly and walk in obedience to Me and to My word.
“I am coming back for a pure people, a holy people, an obedient people. Repent now and be cleansed, make yourself pure and holy through your obedience in repentance and turning away from all that is worldly, all that is fleshly. Repent now. Come back into holiness. Lay aside every thing that holds you back from following Me with your whole heart. Cast off every thing – every thought, every word, every act that opposes My Word, all that opposes My character, all that works against your wholehearted obedience to Me. Cast it off. Repent, turn away from your sin and run after Me as hard as you can. Pursue Me. Pursue My Holiness. Pursue My wisdom. Pursue righteous. Run to Me, My children – now. Then you will be able to call the nations to repentance. You repent now and walk in holiness.
“There is trouble ahead and you will need to be close to Me – closer than ever. Be cleansed and made whole. Be purified and walk in holiness so that you are prepared for what is ahead. Those who follow Me closely – who dwell in My presence will find safety and protection from all danger. Those who are prepared with the oil of My Spirit will not walk in darkness or fear. Those who abide in the Almighty are safe.
“Repent and draw closer to Me.”
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Rev. 3:19
The Lord know those who are His,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” 2 Tim. 19
Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith…. Heb. 12: 1b-2
Because the Lord disciplines those He love, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son. Heb. 12:6
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place. Rev. 2:5
Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts, your double-minded. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:7-8, 10
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 Jn. 1:9
PPFA is the one that needs to get REAL!
By Julie Lucs
Posted June 20, 2007 - In May, Planned Parenthood of Virginia Beach kicked off its campaign for “REAL Sex Ed.” by holding a “Honk and Wave” campaign. (Source: Planned Parenthood, June 2007 Newsletter)
Their campaign is to stop abstinence only and return to the tried and true educational approach of “everything goes, if it feels good”. Really, is there anyone on this planet, including teenagers who don’t know what sex and a condom are? I bet many of them could give YOU an education. Someone needs to teach them how to use a condom properly, you say? Really, someone should teach them to read then, because the directions are ON THE PACKAGE!!!
Okay, all joking aside....here is some “REAL” instructions Planned Parenthood is not about to include as a part of their education:
1. Condom’s fail approximately 12 percent of the time, thus rendering this method ineffective against birth control and STD’s at that time. (Source: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US)
2. Condom’s not as effective as other methods in birth control. “Of 100 women whose partners use condoms, about 15 will become pregnant during the first year of typical use.” (Source: Planned Parenthood) Seriously, do you think those are good odds?
3. Life just get worse for everyone if a teenage girl becomes pregnant. “Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school. Teen mothers are more likely to end up on welfare (nearly 80 percent) The children of teenage mothers have lower birth weights, are more likely to perform poorly in school, and are at greater risk of abuse and neglect. The sons of teen mothers are 13 percent more likely to end up in prison while teen daughters are 22 percent more likely to become teen mothers themselves.” (Source: General Facts about Teen Pregnancy - TeenPregnancy.org)
4. In the US, 49% of the pregnancies concluding in 1994 were unintended; 54% of these ended in abortion. (Source: Unintended Pregnancy in US - Guttmacher Institute)
5. Condom’s will not effectively stop HIV. “Studies done by Georgetown Medical University and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., published in Nature, Sept. 1, 1988, show that latex gloves, made to much higher specifications than the condom, have pores 50 times larger than the 0.1 micron HIV virus.” (Source: Condom 'safe sex' theory full of holes – Diane Dew) Additionally, in a letter to The Washington Times, April 22, 1992, C.M. Roland, Editor of Rubber Chemistry Land Technology also stated, “Contrarily, the AIDS virus is only 0.1 micron (4 millionths of an inch) in size. Since this is a factor of 50 smaller than the voids inherent in rubber, the virus can readily pass through the condom should it find a passage.” (Source: Is Safe Sex Really Safe? - Gillis Triplett) Wow, those are even worse odds than keeping you from getting pregnant!
6. The most effective way to prevent pregnancy, exposure to HIV and STD’s, and all the other problems associated with out of wedlock sex is....ABSTINENCE!
These are just some of the statistics that are out there and if I wanted to do a more detailed search I bet I could come up with a whole lot more reasons to avoid teenage sex as well as sex out of wedlock in general!
And for those of you interested in the spiritual aspects of this whole dirty business. You know that old saying: “Not only do you have sex with the person you are actually with, but every person that person has been with”. Oooooooo yuck! So in addition to pregnancy, STD’s and HIV, if you have sex with someone you are also exposing yourself to their demonic inhabitants as well. So you will not only go home with a few ill gotten thrills, but those thrills will move in and keep on ‘thrilling’ you!
“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness (or evil spirits) through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.” Romans 1:24, King James (parenthetical emphasis mine)
God calls us as Christians to be holy, as He is holy. He has also asked us to “not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9
So don’t give up, the children of America need our support.
Please do not support Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) in anyway. Let them know you do not support their efforts by logging onto their website, reading their ‘take action’ portions of their newsletters and contacting those they have listed for you to contact and let those government representatives know: We do NOT support PPFA’S initiatives, we do support ‘Abstinence Education’ and we ask that you do not comply with their demands. (Source: Planned Parenthood, June 2007 Newsletter)
Part I - Are You Tax Exempt? Too Bad!
Excerpt: IRS Agent Says That Churches are Trapped
“The evidence as to what we are saying, though denied by most preachers, was made clear on January 24 this year in Tampa, Florida. IRS agent Melvin Blough testified in federal court that "once a church obtains the status of 501(c)(3) under the IRC they are trapped........”
Taken From: Internal Revenue Service: PASTORS MUST BE ORDAINED BY THE IRS
by Dr. Greg J. Dixon
The most prominent and successful certified public accountant firm in the nation today, that specializes in keeping churches out of trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, is now boldly saying to the pastors of America that they not only have to be "ordained by God, but also the IRS."
They also say that the IRS is dictating terms to the churches by declaring in clear and no uncertain terms that, "The government doesn't want your Bible, they want your checkbook!" In seminars all over the US, Chitwood and Chitwood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is repeating this startling announcement to pastors and church leaders. Without so much as a blush, Michael Chitwood, the main speaker, says, besides the above quotes, "Pastor, if you don't get your house in order, get ready, you are going to have a jail ministry" as he practically screams out to those present as to what pastors and church leaders must do to avoid jail time and the confiscation of church property by the federal government.
Besides giving the pastor his job description, which is based on the Roman Catholic model of worship and polity, the IRS is demanding many other things that are clearly designed to make the IRS Commissioner the new head of the churches in America Some of these demands are as follows: The church must collect a Federal ID (Social Security) number from visiting evangelists, missionaries, preachers and singers before they invite them to the pulpit. They must give a Form 1099 to any minister who receives up to $600 in a years time, which includes missionary support. If the ID is not received, the church leaders must withhold a jeopardy assessment of 39% on the spot and send it to the IRS. They must agree to the IRS definition of benevolence. They cannot deal in cash at any level, but must deposit all offerings into a checking account and write checks for every purpose. This means, of course, that the church, in order to conduct its ministry, has to have an Employer Identification Number which must be provided by the IRS by filing Form SS-4 which a true New Testament church could never do and remain obedient to her Lord. In fact, church leaders would have to misrepresent the church as a religious organization rather than a N.T. Church to do so. Other things that pastors and church leaders are required to do are to be an informer against their members and also to preach only IRS prescribed sermons. Also, all fund raising material must be submitted to the IRS for their approval.
The job description for pastors is a list of nine specific sacerdotal duties which again is a Roman Catholic definition meaning sacred. The Catholic church teaches that these sacraments, when administered by a priest, are essential to ones salvation. This is totally opposite to the Bible definition which states that baptism and communion are memorials of the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that they follow salvation. The nine duties are: baptisms, weddings, serving the Eucharist (the Catholic sacrament of communion), teaching , spiritual counseling, christenings or baby dedications, administration of church affairs and the regular conducting of worship services. If the pastor does a substantial number of these things, he will receive very lucrative tax breaks. This is in clear violation of the scriptures concerning the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes which the Lord Jesus said that He hates (Rev. 2:6, 2:15). It is the setting up of a privileged class of clergy with benefits from the state that lay members do not receive. Others who minister to the church in the area of music, youth, children, education and other areas of responsibility don't qualify.
This is consistent with what officials of the IRS told Attorney David Gibbs of the Christian Law Association (CLA) in 1984 when they said that their definition of church is "once per week adult worship." They said that they did not consider such ministries as Sunday school, Christian school, busses, youth camp, vacation Bible school, nursing home, etc., to fall within their definition of the word "church". This Gibbs/IRS meeting took place in Washington, DC at the time that the so called champion of Christian liberty was hammering out a compromise with the Dole Committee (Sen. Bob Dole-R-Kansas) in the US Senate to bring the churches into compliance with the FICA tax (social security) laws. This was the deal that would eventually cause the raid and seizure of the Baptist Temple 17 years later. It's too bad that Gibbs didn't sound the alarm at that time and call the Bible believing pastors together for a summit meeting to map out a strategy that could have possibly saved our churches and ministries. The unregistered church pastors tried, but unfortunately our words fell on deaf ears. The so called "big" preachers were too busy receiving their tax deductible gifts and building their empires to be concerned over the future of God's work. Now the enemies of Christ have sprung the trap and it is too late.
These requirements should be intolerable enough by just the fact that the IRS would even dare to suggest duties for pastors, but to impose under the penalty of imprisonment and confiscation of property the same responsibilities of Roman Catholic priests is nothing short of naked tyranny. Obviously, the inquisition has returned and the pastors and churches of America are not even aware that it has arrived. The raid and seizure of the property of the Baptist Temple is the direct result of the pastors and church refusing to bow down to this new wave of Catholic terror that has come upon our land. The issue in the Baptist Temple case isn't taxes as the IRS, with the help of the media, has led the people of Indianapolis and nation to believe. The issue is very simple. Will the churches of America bow down to the IRS in violation of the first commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," or will they bow down to the Lord Jesus Christ? Our Lord said, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matthew 6:24). The purge is now on as we hear of churches and ministries being closed on a regular basis. But there is still no evidence that the pastors have awakened from their stupor.
The benevolent requirements for churches are beyond atrocious. They are five in number: food, clothing, housing, medical emergencies and utilities. The church cannot help with transportation or auto repairs and a myriad of other things that churches have historically done on a regular basis. The church cannot make loans to the pastor, members, or others which churches have always done. Obviously, they want to make sure that the money lenders get their profits even from the poor. Can you imagine the government of the US limiting a church as to its duties in regarding charitable activity? There is no subject in the Bible that is nearer to the heart of God than charity. According to the apostle James, it is the test of pure religion (James 1:27). Paul the Apostle declares that charity is of higher value even than preaching and sacrifice (I Cor. 13:1-3). For the churches to debase such a high and noble service to Christ by submitting its administration to the wicked IRS is beyond belief. How will the preachers of America give an account of caving into this coercion by an abusive Bush administration who is continuing with the policies of those before him? How will church leaders face the Lord Jesus at the Judgment Seat of Christ when He asks them why they violated His clear commands concerning alms giving? He said, "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men, Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly." But now the churches are required to get the permission of the IRS before helping someone other than in the manner and purpose that they approve. Then records will have to be kept for the IRS so that the publicans can make sure that the church is in fact following their guidelines. And, of course, they expect church leaders to report this alms giving to the IRS so that they can even gouge the poor for more tribute. And all of this so the churches can keep their tax exemption and the people can get their precious tax deductions for their tithes and gifts. As James Dobson's organization said when challenged, "It's just good stewardship." Thievery, good stewardship? How sad.
It may be that the churches have now gone too far. When they begin building their dynasties on the backs of the poor our Lord, no doubt, will be swift in His removal of their candlestick. He said to the church at Ephesus , "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent" (Rev. 2:5)
All Churches Now Required to Join IRS Super Church
Two other developments concerning IRS control of churches has risen recently that should literally send shock waves through the religious community. First, while the churches are arguing doctrinal positions among themselves, and won't even spit on each other for the most part, the IRS has now developed its own super church. Independent Baptists in particular pride themselves in their anti-ecumenism. No fundamentalist preacher worth his salt would be caught dead at the local church federation meeting where he has to rub shoulders with a charismatic or liberal preacher. However, they don't think twice about paying a large fee to go to a Chitwood or CLA seminar and sit next to one of these religious outcasts to learn how to be a good IRS approved church and pastor.
It is now a fact that in order to get and keep the tax-exempt status a church must agree that all religions are equal. The new Application for Recognition of Exemption Form 1023 Schedule A for Churches (Rev. September 1998) demands a declaration to this effect with the following words at point #3: "Does the organization require prospective members to renounce other religious beliefs or their membership in other churches or religious orders to become members? Yes__ No__. If "Yes," describe."
It doesn't take much intelligence to figure out where they are going with this. In order to be considered a legal church (tax exempt) in America, the church or religious organization will have to declare that all religions are equal. They will also have to declare that they do not believe that their doctrinal position only results in converts to their faith having eternal life. They must renounce this narrow inclusivist position. Maybe we now know why Billy Graham, Robert Schuller, Pat Robertson, and other TV preachers have been making such fuzzy remarks about adherents of other religions, though sincere, going to heaven without receiving Christ. In that tax exemption is government subsidy, according to the Supreme Court in the Bob Jones University case, it is now clear that the US government will not support any religion that clings to the narrow minded belief that salvation is in Jesus Christ alone. Remember? "Come Shekels, Come Shackles." The world church isn't coming; it is already here, and the preachers don't have a clue as they go merrily along hand in hand with the Great Harlot to the wedding with the anti-Christ. (Rev. 17).
US Government Through the IRS Outlaws Preaching on Second Coming of Christ
One of the reasons the IRS gave to Texe Marr's Living Truth Ministries for removing their tax exempt status is as follows: "Much of the material you disseminate promises to address possible conspiracies or threats, either from individuals, groups or various agencies, against Christianity, freedom or other rights. This is evident from a review of your newsletters and order forms. The titles and promotional materials are designed to sensationalize and grab the readers attention. They usually imply that the works will expose certain prominent groups, individuals, politicians or government agencies as being part of or linked to some threat or conspiracy." One of the titles that the IRS gave as an example included "Bible Prophecy and The Conspiracy."
Any grade school child in Sunday School knows that you can't teach or write on Bible prophecy without dealing with the second coming of Jesus Christ. But just as the Russian pastors under communism were forbidden to speak on this subject, we are now coming to the same place in our beloved land. It is obvious that if one believes in the literal return of the Lord Jesus Christ that they will be considered a domestic terrorist. In that the Lord Jesus will destroy wicked government upon His return in great glory and break the back of Gentile world rule, this message isn't popular with the in-for-hells and the high-heeled-belles that run our country today. Of course, they don't believe that He is coming, but they believe that we who do will be involved in what they call self-fulfilled prophecies and try to hasten His coming by blowing up everything in sight. Further evidence of this type of anti-Christ thinking surfaced recently when a brochure put out by the FBI in Phoenix, Arizona, named "potential domestic terrorists" that law enforcement should be aware of. One of those groups is "Doomsday/Cult-Type." Obviously, this would include all Bible believing preachers and churches in America. We not only believe that there will be a literal doomsday, we believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will bring the doom when He comes (Rev. 6:12-17). It won't do any good to claim that your church is not a "cult". The IRS definition fits the average Bible believing church to a tee.
Many have asked if we can actually show them this in the law. Our answer is no, we can't because you won't find a specific law that says that you can't preach on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in America today. That's because they don't have to write a law to gain the same effect. All Congress has to do is to give an outlaw agency like the IRS a carte blanche privilege of making up their own so-called laws as they go along. The churches agreed to this when they signed their tax-exempt contract. They said that they would obey all laws, federal, state and local, presently and in the future. But they apparently didn't read the fine print. The new churches filing for tax exemption must agree to the following: "The Corporation or organization shall have no power to take any action that would be required for a tax exemption under Internal Revenue
Code Section 501(c)(3) and related regulations, rulings, and procedures." It is now the "procedure" of the IRS to refuse tax exempt status to those churches that will not agree that all religions are equal and who refuse to join through tax exemption, the world church. Also, preaching on Christ's coming is taboo.
For those churches which are foolish enough to believe that Sec. 508 of the IRS code allows an automatic exemption for churches, need to read it again. It doesn't say "exemption," it says, "...churches have a mandatory exception." The exception is from filing a Form 1023 to make application for not for profit status. Here is the kicker. Churches have to abide by the same rules that those that do file for this privilege. And if they do not, the IRS can, and most assuredly will, remove their tax exemption. The only thing missing is the annual Form 990 that other religious organizations have to file. When this is required, the churches will be under total control of the IRS with no wiggle room.
In the Baptist Temple court case, the church learned that a New Testament Church does not legally exist in the US today because there are no longer any First Amendment protections left. The genius of the First Amendment and various religious freedom clauses of the fifty states is that, for the first time in history, a N. T. Church could exist legally without having in the words of the IRS a "distinct legal existence." Now even a N.T. Church will be assigned by force the legal status of an association and will be expected to meet the same standards that the not for profits have to meet. But, they still won't have their God given right of a non-taxable status. This status is in contrast to an exempt status which is a privilege not a right.
IRS Agent Says That Churches are Trapped
The evidence as to what we are saying, though denied by most preachers, was made clear on January 24 this year in Tampa, Florida. IRS agent Melvin Blough testified in federal court that "once a church obtains the status of 501(c)(3) under the IRC they are trapped. The only way to be removed from a 501(c)(3) status is if the IRS chooses to remove the exemption. So if you dissolve the corporation and continue on as ABC church, an unincorporated church, you're still trapped in their web and under their control." He further testified that a church is automatically exempt under federal law without a 501(c)(3) designation. He also stated under oath that churches request the status just to get the governments stamp of approval. Even though Blough used the word "exemption" rather than "exception," he is essentially correct in his assessment of the plight of the churches of America. It is obvious that, regardless, the result is the same.
For more information on how to pastor a N.T. Church contact The Trumpet.
To contact Greg J. Dixon, log on to: IndianapolisBaptistTemple.com.
Allowing God to Minister
By Stan and Elizabeth Madrak
Posted April 12, 2007 - Faith always believes in change. Satan desires to trap us. We should desire to be sifted like wheat and let God shake everything that is not of HIM out of us. We are in the signs of the times and we are seeing more and more people being trapped by the devil. Hebrews 12:27 says we are in the signs of the times as in Luke 21st Chapter. Licentiousness, and laziness are not God's idea. We need to arise up bigger than our problems and not walk about in fear. Fear begins with negativism. God never does anything in our life except help us to grow! It is time to kick against the rocks in our path and get those rough spots out of our lives.
We have the robes of righteousness on our back and we can walk victoriously in JESUS! God did not put the word "defeat" in front of our path. Give God Praise for the Praise He has made in your life. But begin to focus your thoughts, your heart, and your very being on the victories in this year. I believe that this year will be one of the greatest years in your life. Do not let the enemy try to intimidate you but WIN in JESUS! satan only works through your five senses and affects your emotions which has the biggest effect on your life. If you learn not to walk by your five senses then you can Overcome these areas that have been and are being shaken. Remember the Spirit is first and then the physical. The only areas that satan will attack you in is your physical, emotions and financially.
We must begin to separate ourselves from old life styles and learn to Overcome. God has given us power over the enemy! Every evil spirit, every dumb spirit, every infirmity, every spirit of divination, every perverse spirit and spiritual blindness must fall by the wayside. Everything not of God must be shaken out of us! If we are going to walk victoriously in this year, we have to believe that we can Overcome.
Colossians 3:8 refers to the old way or the old man. We must put away anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language, and lies so as not to fall into those traps or fall into unrestrained spiritual hypocrisy. [DELIVERANCE is needed here.]
Unclean spirits give us unclean thoughts and actions. According to Mark 7:25 I believe the devil comes in at a very early age. Do not turn your back on the devil. Be wise and look at the situation. Do not be afraid to face your problems. You are made to be more than a conqueror and an Overcomer. In JESUS we WIN!
Let this year be your year of victory. We want to encourage you that no matter what you have been facing, your God is bigger than any problem. HE has made us to overcome every unclean spirit!"[CAST THOSE DUDES OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS!]
For more information concerning Stan and Elizabeth Madrack, please visit their website at www.DemonBuster.com!
Oregon Senate Passes SB 2
By David Crowe
Beloved of God,
"Sound the battle cry! Our culture is attacking your children, and you're in for a fight" , reads the headline in this afternoon's Focus On The Family email announcing tomorrow's nationwide radio broadcast. The brief email went on to say, "Popular culture is at war with your family, seeking to subvert your values and enslave your children to immorality."
Strong words? Hype? No. Nothing could more accurately describe today's [3/21/07] VOTE in the Oregon State Senate to give homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, cross dressers and transsexuals special rights.
The VOTE was 21 in favor, 7 opposed, with two Senators absent. All democrats voted in favor of the bill along with three Republicans; Frank Morse representing Albany and Corvallis, David Nelson of Pendleton, and Jackie Winters of Salem. All other Republicans VOTED in opposition.
How is this an attack on children?
Simply stated, granting protection to immoral behavior serves to elevate that behavior to acceptance, particularly in the eyes of the young, whose sense of right and wrong is based on what they observe in the adult world. To them, it is tantamount to approval, and therefore furthers the moral free fall our children are now exposed to on a daily basis.
We are "in for a fight"
The battle for our children, for our right to make moral distinctions, for what is taught in our schools and preached from our pulpits ... is again at our doorstep. It will not go away until we replace those who approve such things (Cf. Romans 1) with those who do not.
In the meantime, we have one more battle to fight to prevent this bill from becoming law in Oregon: the Oregon House of representatives. The bill now goes to the House, controlled by democrats who are sold out to Planned Parenthood and the sodomite community, those Michael Medved today said "embraced the pathetic" with "indiscriminate compassion."
Special Note from TCS: Legislative events that happen in other states like Oregon have a way of making legislation in other states. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has made it their mission to go after all the conservative issues that we hold sacred. It is with this in mind that TCS posted this particular piece of information. It is our DUTY as Christians to stay informed and I hope this has helped.
To read more from David Crowe, please visit his website at RestoreAmerica.org.
Healing - It's A Battle - Part I
By Stan and Elizabeth Madrak
The following has been written for those times you don't receive your healing instantly.
We have talked with many people who are sick in their bodies and are in need of healing from the Lord. For most people healing seems to be the hardest thing to receive from the Lord. My personal belief is that because it is something that we feel and see with our physical eyes - it is hardest to believe for. The Bible is filled with scriptures saying that healing is available for us.
Mark 16:17 states, "...and these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons..." Verse 18) "they will lay their hands on the sick and they will get well." According to these scriptures - you lay hands on - they get well! However, all of us at one time or another have been sick and had hands laid on and went home still sick.
As we seek the Lord more and more in this end time, we need the answers to these questions. Matthew 7:7,8 "Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and the [door] will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened."
Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood..." Through our experience and other's experiences in Deliverance (casting out demons), we have found that some demons do not come out until after many sessions of Deliverance. They are what we call the "cabbage" demons. For example: if you have a bad temper and you go through Deliverance, then you go home and a couple days later you still have a bad temper - you need more Deliverance. Like a head of cabbage, as you tear a leaf off, it is smaller but it is still cabbage. You tear off several more leaves. It is smaller but still cabbage. You get all leaves off until it is no longer a "head" of cabbage. That's how you would handle the temper or any other demon that appears to still be there. Cast it out. It becomes weaker. Keep casting it out until all of it comes out and you no longer have a bad temper. (note: not all demons are this way - some come out the first time it is cast out, in Jesus name).
So it is with healing. You may have to pray daily for your healing since it may be the demons that are keeping you from receiving your healing. You must understand that according to Ephesians 6;12 listed above, we are in a spiritual battle. Our sicknesses are a result of this battle. To win the battle and receive our healing and/or Deliverance we must fight for it. When the children of Israel went into the promised land - they had to fight their enemies and destroy them and cast them out. As the Lord was with them - so He is with us. Hebrews 13:5 "...for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] Read Joshua 1:5.
II Corinthians 10:3-4 "For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds." (note: Warfare and praying are different in that praying is worshipping God, lifting up our petitions and supplications. Warfare is taking up your weapons and fighting the enemy.)
The Lord has given us the following (to name a few) weapons to defeat the enemy and receive our Deliverance and/or healing.
1. Word of God (Sharper than any two-edged sword. Hebrews 4:12 also read Psalm 149:6 and Revelation 1:16)
2. Fasting (Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by fasting and prayer. Matthew 17:21 also read Isaiah 58:6)
3. Praying in the Spirit (Pray at all times in the Spirit. Ephesians 6:18)
4. Faith (According to the degree of faith apportioned by God. Romans 12:3 Shield of Faith Ephesians 6:16)
5. Deliverance - casting the demons out in Jesus Name. (Mark 16:17)
Ephesians 6 goes further and says: "Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger]..." Verse 13 and 14 tells us to "stand" after we have done al that God's Word requires just "stand." If you look this word up in the concordance, you will see that it is an active word, not passive. We are not to just sit around thinking that - I've prayed, fasted, cast the demons out - that's all I am to do. It means that as verse 14 says - tighten our belt of truth, put on the breastplate of righteousness and shod our feet in preparation to face the enemy, firm-footed, stable - grounded in God's word and your relationship with Jesus. Verse 16 says to lift up the shield of faith to quench the flaming missiles of the wicked one. Then we pray in the Spirit and speak the Word of God into our situation. This is not a passive way of "standing", it is standing, ready to do battle.
As we spend time (this time may be an hour, day, week, month or years), doing the warfare (praying in the Spirit, fasting, speaking the Word of God into out lives, and just believing that Jesus is our Healer) we will conquer this foe. Psalm 103:1-3 "Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my Soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name! Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits -- Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases."
Healing - Its a Battle - Part II
Below are more scriptures on healing: Proverbs 4:20-23 "My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life."
Proverbs 16:24 "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body."
Jeremiah 30:17 "For I will restore health to you, I will heal your wounds, says the Lord..."
III John 2 "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] our soul keeps well and prospers."
Luke 5:17 "...And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them."
Luke 8:36 "And those [also] who had seen it told them how he who had demons was restored [to health].
I Peter 2:34; James 5:16; Matthew 4:23,24; Mark 3:15; Matthew 8:8,13,16; 9:35; 10:8; Acts 10:38; 4:30; 28:27
Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for out guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole." This scripture says it all. Every sin, iniquity, guilt, condemnation, everything that bruises and wounds us, Jesus made provision for our healing and Deliverance when He gave His life for us. AMEN.
Let's pray this simple prayer: Father, forgive me for any sins or iniquities that I have committed or my ancestors committed that caused me to become sick. Come into my heart and cleanse me with your Blood Lord Jesus. "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise." Jeremiah 17:14
Example of Warfare: In Jesus Name, I cover myself in the Blood of Jesus. I bind the strongman in me and I pull down the strongholds in and over me (spirit, soul and body). I break the power of satan off of and out of me, in Jesus name. I bind the demons of infirmity, sickness, disease and death. I command them to come out of me, in Jesus name. I break all curses of witchcraft from any source and I return them to the senders and bind it to them, in Jesus name. I loose healing and health in me and I ask Lord, Jesus that you restore me spirit, soul and body. Thank you for healing me. I praise and bless your name Lord Jesus. (Now pray in the Spirit)
Names of demons to bind and cast out:
Death, sickness, disease, infirmity, (name of whatever disease or sickness you have). Blind and dumb spirits, bitterness, unforgiveness, cancer, hate, anger, anxiety, tension, stress, heart attack, high blood pressure, doorkeeper to healing, despair, despondency, discouragement, self pity, rejection, nervousness, mind control (be sure to circumcise all ungodly thoughts) torment, harassment, etc. As you start casting demons out, the Lord will give you names to cast out.
Father, In Jesus name, we ask that you fill us fuller with the Holy Spirit where the demons came out. We ask that you restore our health. Amen.
So fight the good fight of faith. Remember, it is a spiritual battle. Pray and do Warfare DAILY. Keep going until you see the fruit of your labor AND RECEIVE YOUR HEALING..
If you are sick in your body the following Scriptures will encourage you.
"If you wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you." Exodus 16:26.
"You shall serve the Lord your God; He shall bless your bread and water, and I will take sickness from your midst." Exodus 23:25.
"Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits -- Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] your diseases." Psalm 103:2,3.
"He sends forth His word and heals them and (DELIVERS) rescues them from the pit and destruction." Psalm 107:20 also read Matthew 8:8 and II Kings 20:4,5.
More reading: Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 8:16,17; 10:1; 14:14; Mark 6:12, 13, 18; Acts 5:16; 10:38; Hebrews 4:12; James 5:14, 15; 1 Peter 2:24; 3 John 1:2.
Remember that we have healings and miracles of healing, and healings with the casting OUT of demons. We always pray for healing and ask for a miracle of healing and cast OUT demons. Fasting is also a weapon of our warfare that we can use for healing.
Names of demons to cast OUT concerning sickness: Spirit of Infirmity; (name of the sickness); disease; discouragement; despondency; (name of the medicine); death; fear of death; fear of pain; sickness; hate; anger; bitterness; unforgiveness (you must forgive anyone that has hurt you); pain; torment; etc.
Break the curse of sickness that the doctors spoke over you when he diagnosed the sickness. Curse the sickness with the curse of the fig tree.
AND HE HEALED THEM
Matthew 4:23 - 24 "And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people. So the report of Him spread throughout all Syria, and they brought Him all who were sick, those afflicted with various diseases and torments, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, and paralyzed people, and He HEALED them."
Healed - Strong's Concordance - 2323 to wait upon menially, i.e. to adore (God) or to relieve (of disease) - cure, heal, worship.
JESUS DELIVERED (cast out demons), healed the people and performed miracles on the people. The people received from JESUS what they needed. Sometimes we do not have the discernment as to the cause of the problem. Sometimes we need demons cast out, sometimes healing, sometimes a miracle. Whatever the need, JESUS is there to "relieve" you of the problem so EXPECT HEALINGS, DELIVERANCE, MIRACLES.
Has anyone ever asked you why you don't go to all the hospitals to heal the sick? The right answer is found in Luke 4:25, 26, & 27, JESUS speaking, "But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed up for three years and six months, so that there came a great famine over all the land; 26) And yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the country of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. [I Kings 17:1, 8-16; 18:1.] 27) And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and yet not one of them was cleansed [by being healed]--but only Naaman the Syrian. [II Kings 5:1-14.]"
When JESUS sends you, they will be healed.
For more information concerning Stan and Elizabeth Madrack, please visit their website at www.DemonBuster.com!
Planned Parenthood “Pill Patrol”…coming to a pharmacy near you!
By Julie Lucas
Posted March 8, 2007 - Planned Parenthood Federation of America is taking applications to be the next “Pill Patrol” volunteer to go out and “survey” your local pharmacy.
“During the month of March, Planned Parenthood needs hundreds of volunteers to join its Pill Patrol and attempt to purchase emergency contraception at neighborhood Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, and Supervalue/Osco stores.”
Apparently these over the counter “emergency contraception” is not being made available upon request soon enough and Planned Parenthood is setting up its own “grassroots” campaign to put a stop to it!
“When Planned Parenthood confirms a report of a woman being denied access to emergency contraception, it will spring into action to make sure pharmacies fill women's prescriptions. Planned Parenthood will demand meetings with the offending pharmacy, apply public pressure through advertisements and national letter-writing campaigns, and bring to bear the power of the entire Planned Parenthood organization on behalf of women's health.”
Planned Parenthood uses this tactic in the guise of a “women’s health”, but truly aborting a potential human life is not looking after a “women’s health”. How many of these women will count down the days, months, years of that potential life, grieving over it’s possibility and not ever knowing?
God endowed women with the responsibility of being the keepers of the womb and we have failed miserably. May God forgive us all!
(Source: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, March 7, 2007 Newsletter)
Birth, crucifixition, resurrection and cloned???
By Julie Lucas
Posted March 6, 2007 - Sunday evening I took the opportunity (time I will never get back I might add) to watch “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” and I am even less persuaded (if that were at all possible) that it could be the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, than I was before.
Most of us who are Christians will agree that Jesus’ bones were not found in that bone box in Jerusalem, but what I want to discuss is the future of this ongoing controversy…where are we going with all of this?
We seem to be in the middle of an enthusiastic search to find out who Jesus was outside of the Christian Bible. What is written in scripture is just not enough for many. Some set out to discredit Him as only a man, while others, like myself, just want to know more about the man God chose to send as His Son and representative here on earth. If it is at all possible, we just want to know more.
Some search the Gnostic gospels, extra biblical texts (noncanonical literature), and archeological sites to name a few for just a glimpse of this man’s life and activities. We will search anything that can draw us closer to understanding the mystery of His life, death and resurrection. In practical terms, how does it really affect us? For some of us it is just almost impossible to except it on “faith” and that He died for our sins is not even a consideration for those who do not even know what sin is or even understand the need for redemption. For many that just make’s God an arrogant, pompous, ego-centric being, short on reality and long on judgments. If we even believe in a “higher” being at all. But then He sent His Son who lived life here on earth, with all its pit falls and short comings, only to be gruesomely beaten and killed on a cross.
The world since has been turned upside down and the strides we have made as a civilization in the past 2,000 years since His resurrection are nothing short of miraculous (a commentary for another time). Rumor has it He did it for us…but why would anyone do this for someone they didn’t even know, let alone for reasons we mere mortals can not even fathom. All of it really is a mystery; one that many wish could be explained away with science. But sadly for them it will only lead to more confusion, torment and misinformation.
“William Dever, an expert on near eastern archaeology and anthropology, who has worked with Israeli archeologists for five decades, said specialists have known about the ossuaries for years. ‘The fact that it's been ignored tells you something,’ said Dever, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona. ‘It would be amusing if it didn't mislead so many people.’ "(Source: CNN)
The direction in which this will take us can’t be good. What next? How long do you think it will take before someone is able to extract enough DNA from the bones of the “so called” Jesus and have him cloned? It’s really not that far out of an idea… Will we have to add another line to the “Apostles’ Creed”…born of a virgin, died on a cross, on the third day rose again, ascended into heaven and 2,000 years later cloned? Oh, brother…..
Larry King interview with James Cameron, director of “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”: James Cameron talks about what could be the tomb of Jesus ( 8:38) (CNN: Video)
(FYI: A good source to read Noncanonical Literature can found at Wesley.nnu.edu.)
Surprisingly, Jesus Tomb was NOT found in Mexico!
By Julie Lucas
Posted February 27, 2007 - In a bizarre Discovery Channel Documentary to be aired March 4 th called the “Lost Tomb of Jesus”, they claim through “DNA evidence alongside statistical conclusions made about the artifacts” found at the site in Jerusalem the tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth and his family. How do they know THAT?!? Does anyone have any DNA of Jesus? What are they talking about? (Source: Discovery Channel)
Of course, everyone knows Jesus married Mary Magdalene because we all read “The Da Vinci Code” and that had to be true since Hollywood made a movie out of it, and now we discover that Jesus had a son named Judah! What they fail to mention in this riveting documentary is that the name “Jesus” was a fairly common name around that time in history as was Mary and Judah......do I need to go on with this? (FYI: Catholic Encyclopedia)
This is just another assault on our faith. As with everything the secular media attempts to do, it ends up making Jesus just a man and the Bible a work of fiction. And just a man Jesus most definitely was not and the Bible is “gospel” truth… pun intended! Whether it is presented as an improbable hypothesis, as with Dan Browns novel, it will be made “historic” to be shown over and over in an attempt to give credence to skeptics.
All I can say is it is a good thing the archeologist weren’t looking for his tomb in Mexico...they’d still be trying to decide which “Jesus” they should pick!
The ACLU Proves (Again) They Are Determined to Destroy America!
By Julie Lucas
Posted February 16, 2007 - Prison Fellowship Ministries, a non-profit organization founded by former Nixon aide Chuck Colson and currently being lead by former Virginia Attorney General, Mark Early, has been under attack by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the judicial activists since June of last year. It is no secret that 67% of offenders let out of prison will be re-arrested and over 50% will be convicted and re-incarcerated within three years of their release. It is also no secret that those individuals who maintain an active role in Prison Fellowship and other prison ministries will be less likely to return to their previous life of crime. A 2002 study (Assessing the Impact of Religious Programs and Prison Industry on Recidivism, Texas Journal of Corrections, February 2002) found that of those attending a faith based program had only a 36% re-arrest and conviction rate versus the 70% in vocation-based programs nationwide. These programs are always voluntary and aside from the fellowship and positive environment, the inmates receive no financial or other incentive for participation.
So if being in a faith based program decreases crime and re-incarceration, why is the ACLU so bent on their destruction? It would seem that the ACLU and many of these judicial activists are making it their mission in life to take God out of everything regardless of its clear positive affect on society! The ACLU of course is doing this under the guise that it violates the First Amendment right against the “establishment of religion”, even knowing full well that these faith based programs are voluntary. They falsely use the term “separation of church and state” as described in a reply to the Danbury Baptist as penned by Thomas Jefferson, spurred along by their assumption that the general public knows nothing about the First Amendment or the aforementioned letter. (FYI: Letter to Danbury Baptists and First Amendment to the US Constitution)
So the only conclusion that I can draw from this assault on faith based programs for prisoner’s in this country is that they do not care about our personal safety or the rehabilitation of prisoners…they only care about kicking God out and putting their ego-centric “humanism” in power. This assault on our public safety and security has begun in Iowa because the ACLU assumes they will receive more sympathetic judgments based on the regions liberal judicial system. So far this seems to be the case. (Source: Lawyers Defend Christian Prison Program in Iowa - New York Times)
The ACLU and the liberal activists won’t stop there. If they win, which it looks likely that they will, this will set the precedent for the rest of the country, including Virginia.
So what can we informed Christians do about this? You can donate to Prison Fellowship to help off set legal costs, stay informed and maintain an active role in the political system. Ensuring only those that are elected will appoint judicial council that will look after our best interests and not motivated by their own destructive agenda.
So You Want To Be A Deliverance Minister?
By Stan and Elizabeth Madrak
Posted January 30. 2007 - I want to encourage all people who Believe and ACT on this message to continue in DELIVERANCE. It is a very rewarding ministry, even with all the attacks of the enemy. You will lose all your friends except those in DELIVERANCE, and your family will just tolerate you as long as you are teaching DELIVERANCE. It is all worth it though. When a known good Christian comes up to you and says, "Stan, guess what? I didn't go out and buy all the new porno books!" after having the porno demon cast OUT, you just want to cry in joy. When you add DELIVERANCE to your Spiritual Warfare, you won't believe what you have been missing.
Although Mark 16:17 calls THOSE THAT BELIEVE to be DEMONBUSTERS, (that means you), for some reason God has called some to take a stand to be full time DEMONBUSTERS. If you have been trying self DELIVERANCE, and can't seem to get relief (meaning the demon is still INSIDE of you), you need to find a DELIVERANCE ministry for help.
There are people who say they will do DELIVERANCE if someone ever needs it. There are some that do DELIVERANCE, but don't want their name on any kind of list. Then there are some who openly advertise that they are available at any time to help those who are desperate for help, and sincerely want to break free of their bonds caused by demons, and at no charge.
That's us! We have our NO DEMONS logo all over our vehicle and home, inside and out, with our phone number listed. We pass out NO DEMON calling cards everywhere we go (including fast food places). My baseball cap has a giant NO DEMONS logo on it. Since we do not ask for money, the motive is strictly to let people know that real help is available. And here you are, one of about forty million people who now have access to the Internet!
Unfortunately, this means that you are also advertising TO THE ENEMY. Just being a real Christian brings live fire from witches, warlocks, satanists, etc., with all their spells, voodoo, etc. As a DELIVERANCE Minister, we mostly operate behind enemy lines. On top of that, you have other "Christian ministries" badmouthing DELIVERANCE just like they did to JESUS when He was here in the flesh.
If you are considering a full time DELIVERANCE ministry, you must count the cost. Your family will not want to have anything to do with you, but will only tolerate your presence. You will lose all your so called "friends". The only people you will have close contact with are other DELIVERANCE ministers.
You are under constant attack from the enemy in every direction. Health, finances, etc. Almost everything you do, from having business cards made, running an add in the paper, to ordering something by phone turns out to me wrong or delayed one or two times. It's the devils way to let you know that he still has some say so in everyone's life. NO ONE SHOULD EVER SAY THAT THE DEVIL CANNOT MESS WITH THEM. You are just asking for it if you do.
This article is not to scare you off. We have been in this DELIVERANCE Ministry for almost nine years, and we would not give it up for anything. We know DELIVERANCE Ministries that have been DEMONBUSTERS for over twenty-five years. Many people get in to full time ministry, but drop out after a short time because they cannot handle all the attacks, whether physical or spiritual.
Some things that help is to pray IN TONGUES a lot, and do Spiritual Warfare often. When you send ALL CURSES back to the sender seven times daily, the enemy knows this (the demons apparently report to the sender), and there are fewer attacks. A sample attack would be a sharp pain in your body. If you act immediately and send it back, it disappears immediately in most cases.
You must get to the point in your walk with the Lord that you are willing to give it all up, no matter what happens, just to help others and do what JESUS commanded us to do in Mark 16:17. I know of no other ministry that is so fulfilling and rewarding. To see a person set free of some problem they have had for years and years is worth it all.
For more information concerning Stan and Elizabeth Madrack, please visit their website at www.DemonBuster.com!
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