A LOST SOUL SPEAKS

John Bunyan the famous baptist preacher before his conversion attempted suicide and was given a vision of hell of which he recounts of a soul there speaking of hell: "Our miseries in this infernal dungeon are of two sorts; what we have lost, and what we undergo. And these I will name under their several heads. First then for what we have lost. Here we have likewise lost the company of saints and angels, and in their place have nothing but tormenting devils. Here we have lost heaven too. The seat of blessedness. There is a deep gulf betwixt us and heaven, so that we are shut out from thence forever. Those everlasting gates that let the blessed into happiness are now for ever shut against us here. To make our wretchedness far yet more wretched, we have lost the hope of ever being in a better state, which render our condition truly hopeless. The most miserable man upon earth still has hope. And therefore, it is a common proverb there that were it not for hope, the heart would break. Well may our hearts break then since we are both without hope and help. This is what we have lost; which, but to think on, is enough to fear and rend and gnaw upon our miserable souls forever. Yet, oh, that his were all! But we have sense of pain as well as loss. And having showed you what we have lost, I am trying to show you what we undergo. And first, we undergo variety of torments: we are tormented here a thousand, nay, ten thousand different ways. They that are most afflicted upon earth have seldom any more than one malady at a time. But should they have the plague, the gout, the stone, and fever at a time, how miserable would they think themselves? Yet all those are but like the biting of a flea to those intolerable, pungent pains that we endure. Here we have all the loathed variety of hell to grapple with. Here is a fire that is unquenchable to burn us with; a lake of burning brimstone ever choking us; eternal chain to tie us; here is utter darkness to affright us, and a worm of conscience that gnaws upon us everlastingly. And any one of these is worse to bear than all the torments mankind ever felt on earth."

"But as our torments here are various, so are they universal, too, afflicting each part of the body, tormenting the powers of the soul, which render what we suffer most un-sufferable. In those illnesses you men are seized with on earth, though some parts are afflicted, other parts are free. Although your body may be out of order, your head may yet be well; and though your head be ill, your vitals may be free; or though your vitals be affected, your arms and legs may still be clear. But here it is otherwise: each member of the soul and body is at once tormented. The eye is here tormented with the sight of the devil's who do appear in all the horrid shapes and black appearances that sin can give them. The ear is continually tormented with the loud yellings and continual outcries of the damned. The nostrils smothered with sulphurous flames; the tongue with burning blisters; and the whole body rolled in flames of liquid fire. And all the powers and faculties of our souls are here tormented. The imagination, with the thoughts of the present pain; the memory lost with reflecting on what a heaven we have lost, and of those opportunities we had of being saved. Our minds are here tormented with considering how vainly we have spent our precious time, and how we have abused it. Our understanding is tormented in the thoughts of our past pleasures, present pains, and future sorrows, which are to last for ever. And our consciences are tormented with a continual gnawing worm."

"Another thing that makes our misery awful is the extremity of our torments. The fire that burns us is so violent that all the water in the sea can never quench it. The pains we suffer here are so extreme that it is impossible they should be known by any one but those that feel them. Another part of our misery is the ceaselessness of our torments. As various, as universal, and as extremely violent as they are, they are continual, too. Nor have we the least rest from them. If there were any relaxation, it might be some allay. But this makes our condition so deplorable that there is no easing of our torments, but what we suffer now we must for ever suffer. The society or company we have here is another element in our misery. Tormenting devils and tormented souls are all our company; and dreadful shrieks and howlings, under the fierceness of our pain, and fearful oaths, is all our conversation. And here the torments of our fellow sufferers are so far from lessening our misery that they increase our pain. The place in which we suffer is another thing that increases our sufferings. It is the abstract of all misery, a prison, a dungeon, a bottomless pit, a lake of fire and brimstone, a furnace of fire that burns to eternity, the blackness of darkness for ever; and lastly, hell itself. And such a wretched place as this must needs increase our wretchedness. The cruelty of our tormentors is another thing that adds to our torments. Our tormentors are devils in whom there is no pity; but being tormented themselves, do yet take pleasure in tormenting us. All those particulars that I have reckoned up are very grievous; but that which makes them much more grievous is that they shall ever be so; and all our most intolerable sufferings shall last to all eternity. 'Depart from Me ye cursed into everlasting fires' is that which is perpetually sounding in my ears. Oh, that I could reverse that fatal sentence! Oh, that there was but a bare possibility of doing it! Thus have I showed you the miserable situation we are in, and shall be in forever."

In the prophet Jeremiah God said to the hell bound nation of Moab "I will weep for thee." Can we share God's tears for those that are walking in the vanity of their minds and apart from God. Weep Christian!

If you ask...

“If you ask for wealth, you may not get it, for it is a small and paltry thing which the Lord may not care to give you. But if you
ask for eternal life, you shall have it, for this is a great thing and God delights to give the greatest blessings to those who come
to Him by Christ Jesus, so that, what might seem to hinder should now encourage!”
...C. H. Spurgeon

Greatness and Goodness

“In the greatness of our troubles there may often be space for the greater display of the goodness of God!”
C. H. Spurgeon

I will not fear....

I will not fear, death because to be absent from the body is to be present with My Lord,
I will not fear injury,or sickness because ALL things work together for GOOD to those that love The Lord!
I will not even fear thousand dollar gas bills because I am not laying up treasure on this earth but in heaven where rust does not corrupt or the moth eat of it.
The Lord is able to see me though any trial and I will not look at circumstances but only look at Him, My Lord and Saviour.

The True Meaning of the Cross

Why?

How can we be right with God?

Decisionism

May the Lamb that was Slain Receive the Reward of His Suffering!

Is asking Jesus into your Heart the way to be Saved?

One of the most basic things that has amazed me for many years is the preaching of "Giving your heart to the Lord" or "Asking Jesus into your life" to become a Christian. Do we not realize that such a practice is found NOWHERE in the entire Bible? Is there ANY example of someone "asking Jesus into their heart" (or similar) to become a Christian in the book of Acts? NO - NOT EVEN ONE. The book of Acts is full of literally thousands of people becoming born-again Christians. And we are often told exactly what these people did. But there is no record of any of them doing anything like "asking Jesus into their heart" to be saved...READ MORE

Book of Remembrance

The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom...

Don't fear men who can kill you and after you are dead can do no more to you, but fear the one that after you are dead can cast you into the lake that burns forever....
This truth should make people tremble...Why do we say no to God? I would be asking myself that question if I were you.

The future belongs to those who belong to God. This is hope. ... W. T. Purkiser

Please Pray for the Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Workers Fighting the CA Fires

The Most...Prepare to Cry!

Let me re-introduce the Christ!

The Genealogy of Grace

Do you ever skip over all the genealogies in the bible? This one begat this one and this one begat that one and so on and so on...
I tend to do it myself.
Read this article by John MacArthur and it will give you a whole new perspective on all the begats:)
The Genealogy of Grace

Who is the Fourth Man?

In Genesis, He is the seed of the woman.
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus, He is our High Priest.
In Numbers, He in the Pillar of cloud buy day, and fire by night.
In Deuteronomy, He is the Prophet, like unto Moses.
In Joshua, He is the Captain of our Salvation.
In Judges, He is our Judge and Lawgiver.
In Ruth, He is our Kinsman-Redeemer.
In Samuel, He is our Trusted Prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles, He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra, He is our Faithful Scribe.
In Nehemiah, He is the Re-builder of the broken down walls.
In Esther, He is our Mordecai.
In Job, He is our Ever-Living Redeemer.
In Psalms, He is our Shepherd.
In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, He is our Wisdom.
In Song of Solomon, He is our Lover and Bridegroom.
In Isaiah, He is the Prince of Peace.
In Jeremiah, He is the Righteous Branch.
In Lamentations, He is the Weeping Prophet.
In Ezekiel, He is the Wonderful Four-Faced Man.
In Daniel, He is the Fourth Man in the Fire.
In Hosea, He is the Faithful Husband ever married to the backslider.
In Joel, He is the Baptizer with the Holy Spirit.
In Amos, He is our Burden Bearer.
In Obadiah, He is Mighty to Save.
In Jonah, He is our Foreign Missionary.
In Micah, He is the Messenger with Beautiful Feet.
In Nahum, He is the Avenger of God's Elect.
In Habakkuk, He is God's Evangelist.
In Zephaniah, He is our Saviour.
In Haggai, He is the Restorer of God's Lost Heritage.
In Zechariah, He is the Fountain open in the House of David.
In Malachi, He is the Sun of Righteousness, with Healing in His Wing.
In Matthew, He is the Messiah.
In Mark, He is the Wonder-Worker.
In Luke, He is the Son of Man.
In John, He is the Son of God.
In Acts, He is the Holy Ghost.
In Romans, He is our Justifier.
In Corinthians, He is our Sanctifier.
In Galatians, He is the Redeemer from the curse of the Law.
In Ephesians, He is the Christ of unsearchable riches.
In Philippians, He is the Supplier of all our needs.
In Colossians, He is the Fullness of the Godhead bodily.
In Thessalonians, He is our Soon-Coming King.
In Timothy, He is the Mediator between God and man.
In Titus, He is the Faithful Pastor.
In Philemon, He is the Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
In Hebrews, He is the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.
In James, He is our Great Physician.
In Peter, He is the Chief Shepherd.
In John, He is Love.
In Jude, He is the Lord, coming with ten thousand of His saints.
In Revelation, HE IS THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Ten Shekels and a Shirt

That's My King!!

This is America....

There is no sin [unchastity] which will sooner bring about a nation’s fall. If history teaches anything, it teaches that sensual indulgence is the surest way to national ruin. Society, in not condemning this sin, condemns itself.
~ F. B Meyer

The Church needs a mighty overhauling by divine Hands, that is, she needs the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire....Leonard Ravenhill...(Read More)

Do you really understand what Christ did for us?

We were born into sin because of the first sin committed by Eve and then Adam in the Garden of Eden. Hell was a place for satan and the fallen angels. It was not a place for man until he disobeyed God. Now because of our sinful nature we are children of disobedience. A just and Holy God MUST punish disobedience. There are many examples in the Old Testament. Many innocent animals died to cover our sin but Christ paid the price for our sin once and for all.
Christ became sin...he became all the vile, filthy, wretched, things that sinful man had ever been and ever would be, and God His Father poured out His wrath that was reserved for us onto His Son. Glory to the Lamb of God!!!

Isaiah 53

1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they[a] made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.

Is there a problem with a "Romantic Lover" Jesus?

ABOUT THE "ROMANCING JESUS" MOVEMENT:

What does the term "Passion for Jesus" mean to you? Would it surprise you to learn that whole Christian movements are now using it to mean a kind-of "eros" love for Jesus - a 'passion' for Him similar to what an earthly husband and wife have for each other? (-From the word "eros" we ultimately get the word 'erotic'). And what does the term "Intimacy with Jesus" mean to you? Would it surprise you to learn that many are now using it to mean sensual "romantic" encounters with Jesus - with Him as the Bridegroom and them as the 'Bride'?......(read more)

For Those That Love God

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
1 Corinthians 2:9

The Revival Hymn

What are we waiting for?

That world outside is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity it's waiting for a new Demonstration of Christianity!
...Leonard Ravenhill

Pray for Revival

Revival Conference
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 1:00 pm ET - Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 10:00 pm ET
Canton, OH

CONFERENCE VISION

"How long, Lord?" - Psalm 79:5

Will God send another great awakening? Can revival still change nations? There are over 10,000 conferences that happen every year in America. The "Revival Conference" is not to be just another conference but a honest, sincere, earnest plea for the desperate need of revival in North America. There is no cost to attend the event. There will be a minimal of materials sold. There will be no big bands. The conference will have the chief object to be God-glorifying. The speakers will come on their own accord trusting God for provision. There will be no emphasis on money during the event. A minimal amount of materials will be sold. The event will be a simple, apostolic, yearning for a genuine biblical revival in our day.

This conference is hosted by the ministry of sermonindex.net and is a inter-denominational event. The event will be hosted at the "Trinity Gospel Temple" venue which has been freely given to be used for this event. The conference is not officially affiliated with any denomination or specific church. There is no cost to attend the conference but it is asked that you pre-register to secure a seat for the event.

Jesus said " I am The Way The Truth and The Life and NO man comes to the Father but through me"

1 Samuel 2 Hannah’s Prayer

1 Samuel 2
Hannah’s Prayer
1 And Hannah prayed and said:

“My heart rejoices in the LORD;
My horn[a] is exalted in the LORD.
I smile at my enemies,
Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

2 “No one is holy like the LORD,
For there is none besides You,
Nor is there any rock like our God.

3 “Talk no more so very proudly;
Let no arrogance come from your mouth,
For the LORD is the God of knowledge;
And by Him actions are weighed.

4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken,
And those who stumbled are girded with strength.

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even the barren has borne seven,
And she who has many children has become feeble.

6 “The LORD kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings up.

7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich;
He brings low and lifts up.

8 He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.

“For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s,
And He has set the world upon them.

9 He will guard the feet of His saints,
But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail.

10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces;
From heaven He will thunder against them.
The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to His king,
And exalt the horn of His anointed.”

How do you know you are saved?

Casting Crowns "Praise YOU in this Storm"

Amazed!

Once you understand what wrenched beings we are and how much the devil has changed us from the perfect creation that God intended into what we are now, you become amazed at God's Grace.
We are nothing!
Disobedient children with a nature diametrically opposed to the Goodness of God.
When you understand the minute details that God put into motion so we would not have to suffer the punishment of satan, you come to understand that God is truly an awesome God!
He could have wiped the slate clean and started over. He could have destroyed his creation with the speaking of a word. In his loving kindness he gave us a way back to him.
His son Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) stood in our stead and took the punishment we deserved.
When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden God took an animal and killed it and used the skin to cover the sin that had been committed. I don't know why blood was needed but I do know that I am saved by the blood of Yeshua.
A free gift from God, I did nothing to deserve it and can do nothing to pay for it.
I am thankful that I won't have to spend eternity in the lake of fire with satan and his demons.
I can be forever present with God. I thank you Lord for making a way for me. You alone are worthy, there is none Good but you. Your mercies are new every morning.
Sin is slavery but Salvation is freedom! Thank you!!

How about you? are you sick of never feeling full? always hungry for something? can't get enough? What do you strive for? Food, clothes, possessions, drink, drugs, adventure, movies, books, cars, women, men, sex, relationships, sports, gambling, ...what is that thing you can't get enough of? What drives you? Do you ever feel a lasting satisfaction? How long before the good feeling of the last movie wears off? How long before you need another drink? How soon are you looking for the next book, the next partner, the next fix the next______________________?
There is only one book and that's God's word and if you call on him...REPENT (turn away, change your attitude) of your sin, ask forgiveness, believe that Yeshua paid your fine and trust in him, you can be free from that never ending hunger and thirst.
Ask God to call you, to set you on the path of righteousness. It's not dull! It's the biggest adventure you can ever go on. Trust Jesus!

Go here for more information on how to become free....
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Rapture

Want a worthy cause? Try this....

Hearth Cry Missionary

So often we give our money away to churches and organization and you wonder if the money God gave you stewartship over is going to the right places. I don't think you'll have to give it a second thought with this group.

Paul Washer....This is preaching!

Paul Washer Preaching at Youth Meeting

This is a Shockingly Powerful & Biblical message
preached to about 5,000 youth in a day when youth
are appealed to through shallow and worldly means.

At one point in this sermon the 5,000 Youth are
clapping and yelling BUT THEN the preacher makes
a comment that CHANGES THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE TO
WHERE YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP... As you
can imagine, the preacher was never invited back.

We believe the whole sermon will be a blessing
to many souls. For more info about Paul Washer
go to www.heartcrymissionary.com

Why Hate crime laws would ban Biblical Christianity

"...the real danger
of 'hate crime' laws is that
they criminalize thoughts and beliefs

.'"Prescription for tyranny

"...a school administrator
told the student: 'Leave your faith in the car'

when your beliefs might offend others."
'Leave your
faith in the car'

"Arlene Elshinnawy, 75, and
grandmother of three, was holding a sign: 'Truth is hate to those who hate the
truth,' before she was hauled off by police officers."

Christians in bull's-eye

"Practitioners of homosexual, cross-dressing, transvestism, and
transsexualism become federally-protected minority groups...."
Congress denying equal protection
"The notion of the
'hate crime' has now been
established in English law.
Thanks to the mullahs, anyone daring to subject the Muslim faith to the
same kind of harsh analysis brought to bear on Christianity or Judaism
could be convicted as a 'hate criminal.'"
The Menace of the Lobby

Read More....

Great is the Lord!

I proclaim the greatness of the Lord. Me who being born in sin, my innocence ripped from me at the age of 3 and I wallowed and lusted after the flesh. Lying, knowing that even as a child I should have proclaimed the sin. I am a filthy sinner, but for the Lord Jesus Christ I would still be wallowing in sin. The blood of Jesus Christ washed me clean and put in me a new heart. No longer a child of evil works but striving to be holy as God is Holy. I proclaim the Greatness of the Lord! Holy is His name! Praise be the wonderful King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

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Hollywood Blaphemy

Do you watch movies that take the name of the Lord in vain? I don't think I'll ever watch another movie or tv show that does.....
See this video..
Hollywood Blasphemy
Sometimes we let our guard down. Let things slide...take the easy path....we hear so much that our ears become numb to what's really being said. We see so much our eyes are blinded to what we are really seeing....
It's not worth it! I was taught a lesson today...Dear Lord I confess my sin, I repent of it and ask your forgiveness!

What is important to you?

The Many Faces of Idolatry

Virgina Tech

In the midst of heavy rain and heavy wind my Mother calls me to let me know that 30 people have been shot at Virginia Tech. We can't really get the news because the high winds and water have damaged the phone lines somehow.

I find out later that this was a case of domestic violence.



I ask the Father to please pour out his Holy Spirit on men, that they learn to love their wives and children, I ask that he pour out his Spirit on women that they love their children and husbands with the love of Christ, in the name of Yeshua.



My daughter-in-laws cousin just lost a baby because her husband decided he did not want any more children and beat her stomach till the baby died.

Our judicial system is very ineffective at dealing with these problems and in a lot of case add to the problem causing worse abuse and death.



As a victim of domestic violence from the age of 3 years old until age 36 my heart is heavy with grief for these people.



I did not understand when I was a child how someone I loved so much could beat me the way I was beat. I did not understand how a husband that I loved could do the same thing.

I do not understand now how women cannot love their children, how men can be joined to a woman and then abuse her, how women having the devotion and affection of a good husband cheat on them.

I know that it is the works and lies of satan, and there is no comfort in that knowledge.



Perfect love casts out all fear....Lord teach us to love perfectly.

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To God be the Glory

Great is he that is in me, than he that is in the world.

Perfect love, casts out all fear!

The Job Story Amplified

Have you ever read the story of Job? We are that story. satan is the ruler of this world, for now. We are under attack. We need to fight. Putting on the armor of God. Using the name of Jesus to repel and thward the plans of satan and his band of fallen angels every moment of every day.
Get rid of everything that does not glorify God. Pray the names of Jesus.
God destroyed all but 8 souls once because the hearts of men considered only evil all the time.
Take a look at what is going on. Greed, envy, lust, etc. etc. ad nausium...
Don't entertain these creatures. Stay out of the theaters and stop renting the horror movies. They are portals for satan and his horde to invade your life.
Be kind, gentle, loving, peaceful, helpful, trustworthy. Think on the wonderful things of God.
Remember GIGO (garbage in garbage out) well it works in reverse as well.
(Good in Good out).

Phl 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.

If it does not glorify God. Don't watch it, read it, listen to it, or have it in your life.

A Helper, Peace and the ruler of this world

John 14.... 25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I. 29 “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.