Last week, we took a look at Psalm 32 and the importance of repentance in the life of the believer in Jesus Christ. We must acknowledge the sin that is in our life and repent or turn away from it and ask God for forgiveness. Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. God will forgive our sin when we have repented of the sin and have asked for forgiveness. Simply saying, “I’m sorry” without meaning it is not sufficient in God’s eyes. Quite a few years ago, Governor Neff of the State of Texas received an invitation to speak at one of the penitentiaries in that state. He spoke to the assembled prisoners, and afterward said that he would be around for a while to listen to anything any of the convicts might wish to tell him. He would take as much time as they wanted, and anything they would tell him would be kept in confidence. The convicts began to come, one at a time. One after another told him a story of how they had been unjustly sentenced, were innocent, and wished to get out. Finally one man came through who said to him, “Governor Neff, I do not want to take much of your time. I only want to say that I really did what they convicted me of. But I have been here a number of years. I believe I have paid my debt to society, and that, if I were to be released, I would be able to live an upright life and show myself worthy of your mercy.” This was the man whom Governor Neff pardoned.

Repentance must be a daily part of the believer’s life. Why? Sadly, because we sin daily. Charles Spurgeon said: A Christian must never leave off repenting, for I fear he never leaves off sinning. The sin in our lives should leave us broken-hearted about the sin. Sin never just affects the sinner alone – my sin affects my wife, my children, and most of all, it affects God. We must be broken-hearted about our sin because it was our sin that caused Jesus Christ to be nailed to the cross of Calvary. It was my sin that caused Him to suffer humiliation, beatings, and then death on the cross. Sin never affects me alone, because my sin cost my Saviour His life. The act of hating sin on my part is not enough, because that is not repentance. If I hate sin because of what God may do to me, that is not repentance. That is only a dislike of God’s justice. Instead, I must view my sin as offensive to God and His Son, Jesus Christ, and realize that I must be broken-hearted about the sin because of what Jesus Christ had to do for me on the rugged cross.

Repentance is to leave

The sin we loved before,

And show that we in earnest grieve

By doing so no more.

Psalm 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

What an interesting verse and so powerful! “For this shall everyone…” What is the “this?” The subject of verse 5: David’s sin and the need for repentance on David’s part. Note that it is the godly that will pray to God, why? Because the wicked do not realize their need for repentance and the godly do not view themselves as being godly. A godly man is like God, he hath the same judgment with God! he thinks of things as God doth; he hath a God-like disposition; he partakes of the divine nature. A godly man doth bear God’s name and image: godliness is Godlikeness (Thomas Watson). We can partake of the nature of God: 2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. We need to be sure we are not puffed up and think more of ourselves than is really there. We may think we can never be tempted by a particular sin, but that will be the sin that will be our downfall. Our pride will be our downfall every time. Proverb 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverb 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. We need to be humble in our heart and realize that it is not our strengths that God will use best to His glory, but it is our weaknesses that God uses to His greatest glory.

Psalm 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Those that are godly do not see themselves that way and they are quicker to humble themselves before God and pray to Him in repentance. Sadly, the Pharisees, who had access to God’s Word and to Jesus Christ, refused to humble themselves realize their sinful condition. They declared that they could see and that only showed their blindness. in a time when thou mayest be found – praise God that He may still be found! In other words, people can still come to Him for salvation, but a time is coming when He will not save. Let us look at the rest of the verse. in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. What event is David referring to? The worldwide flood and Noah’s Ark. J. Vernon McGee wrote: Noah was in the ark when the Flood came, and that flood which destroyed others simply lifted him up because he was in the ark. The waters of judgment could not reach Noah. There is going to be another time of great judgment coming upon the earth, but it will not be a flood of water: it will be fire. If people reject Jesus Christ enough times, then God will give them their desire and leave them alone.

Psalm 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Noah and his family and the animals entered the ark, God shut the door, and then seven days later the rains fells and the springs of the earth flowed. God is the shield for the believer in Jesus Christ. God will take the believer and protect the believer when times of trouble occur.

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

God will lead those that are willing to be led. God will also allow those that are determined to go their own way go. If that person is a child of His, then, like a loving Father, He will chasten them to bring them back. Look at verse 8 again and consider that in order to guided by God’s eye, you would have to be pretty close to Him. God will reveal things to us as we are ready for it and if we are willing to humble ourselves to be taught.

Psalm 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Some Christians are not willing to be obedient or follow God. God is comparing them to a horse or a mule which needs a bit and a bridle in order to be led in the direction God wants them. Think about Jonah for a moment – the whale was Jonah’s bit and bridle. People may have truly come to Jesus Christ for salvation but still insist on doing things their way without verifying it through the Bible. God will give them some slack, but if they persist, He will bridle them and draw them in.

Psalm 32:10-11 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. (11) Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

What a wonderful closing to this psalm! The believer – those that have trusted in Jesus Christ and His death, burial, and resurrection, shall have mercy all around them! Believers should be the happiest people on earth. We should always be glad in the Lord, even in the darkest of moments. And believers should rejoice as Paul wrote to the Thessalonians: 1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore.

In Christ I have believed,

And through the spotless Lamb

Grace and salvation have received:

In Him complete I am.

My sins, my crimson stains,

Are blotted out each one;

No condemnation now remains!

God views in me His Son.

Why does Zephaniah warn the people to be silent in the presence of the Lord God? Because the day of the Lord is as hand. The Day of the Lord is coming – referring directly to the Tribulation which is coming soon. The day of reckoning is coming when all accounts will be settled and God is the one who keeps the books. Note the next phrase:

Isaiah 1:11-15 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. (12) When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? (13) Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. (14) Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. (15) And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

The Israelites were not properly sacrificing to God or in a manner that was pleasing to Him. The sacrifices were made as vain oblations meaning they were done more to please the people that to please God. The motions of the sacrifices may have been technically correct, but the motivation behind the sacrifices was all self centered rather than God centered. And that problem continues today – while we do not perform animal sacrifices, believers actually have a more difficult sacrifice to perform: themselves.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. The believer’s body is to be a living sacrifice to God – meaning that we are to die to self daily – in other words, we are to set aside what we want on a daily basis for what God wants. That is called obedience to God.

Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. The believer must set aside their desires to follow the desires of God. The desires of the flesh must be cast away by the believer in order to become a living sacrifice for God. The form of praise toward God should please Him first, not us. And the praise toward God should not be just lip service: Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Our praise should be shown in our lives – we should not just say it, but we should show our praise and love of God in our actions. Hebrews 13:15-16 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. (16) But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

If God is not pleased with the sacrifice prepared by His children, He will, as seen in Zephaniah 1:7, prepare His own sacrifice.

Not Growing Old

They say that I am growing old;
I’ve heard them tell it times untold,
In language plain and bold–
But I’m not growing old.

This frail shell in which I dwell
Is growing old, I know full well–
But I am not the shell.

What if my hair is turning gray?
Gray hairs are honorable, they say.
What if my eyesight’s growing dim?
I still can see to follow Him
Who sacrificed His life for me
Upon the cross of Calvary.

What should I care if time’s old plow
Has left its furrows on my brow?
Another house, not made with hand,
Awaits me in the Glory Land.

What though I falter in my walk?
What though my tongue refuse to talk?
I still can tread the narrow way,
I still can watch and praise and pray.

My hearing may not be as keen
As in the past it may have been,
Still, I can hear my Saviour say,
In whispers soft, “This is the way.”

The outward man, do what I can
To lengthen out this life’s short span,
Shall perish, and return to dust,
As everything in nature must.

The inward man, the Scriptures say,
Is growing stronger every day.
Then how can I be growing old
When safe within my Saviour’s fold?

Ere long my soul shall fly away
And leave this tenement of clay;
This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise
To seize the “everlasting prize.”
I’ll meet you on the streets of gold,
And prove that I’m not growing old.

–John E. Roberts

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2 Cor. 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

What an important thing to remember: preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ – not the good news about me. The message our lives should show is about Him, not ourselves. When we do that, we show ourselves to be servants of Jesus Christ.

There was a young man, employed by a Sunday school board, was invited at the last minute to preach at a church in Nashville. On a sudden impulse he used as his text, “Thou shalt not steal.”

The next morning he stepped on the bus and handed the driver a dollar bill. The driver handed him back his change. He stood in the rear of the bus and counted the change. There was a dime too much. His first thought was, “The bus company will never miss this dime.” Then quickly came the realization that he could not keep money that did not belong to him. He made his way to the front and said to the driver, “You gave me too much change.” Imagine his surprise when the driver replied, “Yes, a dime too much. I gave it to you on purpose. You see, I heard your sermon yesterday, and I watched in my mirror as you counted your change. Had you kept the dime, I would never again have had any confidence in preaching.”

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

God commanded the light to shine out of the darkness – who is that light? Jesus Christ. Go to John chapter 1:

John 1:4-5 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (5) And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:9-11 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (10) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (11) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

God commanded the light to shine into our hearts because our hearts are the pits of darkness. When the born again believer has Jesus Christ as their Saviour, then they can show God’s light to others. A believer in Jesus Christ should not hide their light under a basket, but should show it to everyone. Is it easy to do that? Not always, but it gets easier the more you do it. Back to 2 Corinthians 4:6.

One day the light of the glory of God will shine everywhere and there will be no more darkness. Until that time, the born again believer needs to show the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone in deeds and words. Note that Paul is stating that they gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God. When we show Jesus Christ is present in our lives and we tell others about Him, we are giving others the ability to know God. This, of course, can only happen through the Holy Spirit, but if we are correctly walking with God, then the Holy Spirit will be guiding our actions and our words. Because of the light of Jesus Christ, Paul declares that he has renounced the hidden things of dishonesty (2 Cor. 4:2), is not walking in craftiness (4:2), or deceitfully handling the word of God (4:2).

Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

We see here three descriptions of the Lord: gracious, righteous, and merciful. God must be righteous before He can be gracious or merciful. Because God is holy, He has to be righteous. Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. If God was not holy, He would not be just or righteous, and His grace and mercy would only be given according to His whims or fancy. Because of His holiness, God cannot just forgive sin without a reason or repentance from the sinner. Sin cannot be forgiven by God if He is not sinless in the first place. God is the moral authority of everything. God is righteous ahead of everything. God is not going to forgive sin unless He is just and righteous first. He is righteous; He is holy; He is just, but He also wants to be merciful and cannot do anything that goes against His nature. Proverbs 17:15 tells us: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. That is exactly what God did: He justifies the wicked (those the believe in Jesus Christ) and condemned the just (Jesus Christ). That was the only way to pay my penalty for my sin – the death, burial, and resurrection of the sinless, unblemished Lamb of God. He took my place at the judgment seat and paid my penalty. Because Jesus Christ did that, He can now be merciful to those that come to Him. Note how grace and mercy are on either side of righteous in verse 5. It is as if God’s righteousness is flanked by the demonstrations of God’s Love.

Psalm 116:6, 7 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

The Lord takes care of those that come to Him is simplicity. Jesus Christ wants people to come to Him as little children and simply trust in Him. Matthew 18:3-4 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (4) Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Those that are secure in their wisdom and their religion do not believe that they need Him. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 9:12, 13 They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

God preserves the simple. God saves the lowly. God saves the humble in spirit. Jesus Christ calls for sinners to repent. He cannot call the “righteous” as He states in verse 13, because they do not realize their need for salvation. They do not realize that their sinner separates them from God. Instead, they believe that their good deeds will preserve them and make them righteous before God. Until they know otherwise, they are on their way to hell.

In Psalm 116:7, the writer states that his soul should return to its rest. That implies that his soul had been at rest before, but when? When he fully trusted on God. When we trust on God and in His promises, we will know rest and peace. But when we take our eyes off of God and start to look to worldly things, our rest and peace goes away. Our sins of the season please for a moment, but when that moment passes, we are left trying to fill a void that can only be filled by Jesus Christ. When the believer loses his rest or peace, they need to rush back to God to regain it and not look for rest or peace in TV, movies, music, or people.

Romans 8:5-6 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

True peace can only come from God. When we are in the miry clay of worldly pleasures and see that we have no peace, then we should immediately repent and cry out to God and He will bring us back to rest in Him. We can only know peace and rest when we are able to enjoy the bounty that God has given to us. As the Corinthians were told in 2 Corinthians 9, God provides a bounty to His children for them to enjoy and to share with others. God truly has been bountiful to each of believer, therefore we need to be thankful and giving. Why? Because of what is written in Psalm 116:8: For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. Amen. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Psalm 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Psalm 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Nathanael Hardy wrote: If you cast your eyes on Psalm 116:1, you find a profession of love – “I love the Lord”; if on the second, a promise of prayer – “I will call on the Lord”; if on the ninth, a resolve of walking – “I will walk before the Lord.” There are three things should be the object of a saint’s care, the devotion of the soul, profession of the mouth, and conversation of the life: that is the sweetest melody in God’s ears, when not only the voice sings, but the heartstrings keep tune, and the hand keepeth time.

The believer in Jesus Christ should love God with all of his heart, mind and soul; and call upon the Lord in prayer; and obediently walk with God as He wants us to walk with Him. Micah 6:8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? The believer should be calling upon the Lord God daily, whether we are in trouble or we are happy; whether we are in the valley or we are on the mountain top. Now consider that the Lord Jesus Christ sang these two verses the night before His death on the cross. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (2) Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Charles Spurgeon wrote this about verse two: Throughout all the days of my life I will address my prayer to God alone, and to him I will unceasingly pray. It is always wise to go where we are welcome and are well treated. The word “call” may imply praise as well as prayer: calling upon the name of the Lord is an expressive name for adoration of all kinds. When prayer is heard in our feebleness, and answered in the strength and greatness of God, we are strengthened in the habit of prayer, and confirmed in the resolve to make ceaseless intercession.

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

This verse looks ahead for Jesus Christ when He was going to be hanging from the Roman cross and He still sang these words before going to the Garden of Gethsemane. What a thought that is – to be singing of your upcoming death. On a human level we cannot fully comprehend doing that. He knew what he would have to endure on the cross after being beaten and mocked and Jesus Christ sang about it the night before the crucifixion. J. Vernon McGee wrote: Actually the sentence of death was upon us, but it became His sentence. He laid down His life for you and me.

Psalm 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

That is the cry of the believer before he or she is saved. They cry out to the Lord God and beg for salvation. Romans 10:8-13 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; (9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (11) For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (12) For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

The Lord God will incline His ear to those that sincerely call out to Him first for salvation, and then in prayer during the Christian walk.

Psalm 116:1-19 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (2) Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. (3) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. (4) Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (5) Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. (6) The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. (7) Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. (8) For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. (9) I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 116 is a fascinating psalm that looks ahead to the time of Jesus Christ. It is a Paschal Hallel which means that it was sung during Passover and the Hallel part means that it praises God. Psalm 116 is part of the Hallel psalms which often start with the phrase “Praise ye the Lord” which is what the word “hallelujah” means. Easton’s Bible Dictionary informs us: Praise, the name given to the group of Psalms (Ps. 113 – 118), which are preeminently psalms of praise. It is called “The Egyptian Hallel,” because it was chanted in the temple whilst the Passover lambs were being slain. It was chanted also on other festival occasions, as at Pentecost, the feast of Tabernacles, and the feast of Dedication. The Levites, standing before the altar, chanted it verse by verse, the people responding by repeating the verses or by intoned hallelujahs. It was also chanted in private families at the feast of Passover. This was probably the hymn which our Saviour and his disciples sung at the conclusion of the Passover supper kept by them in the upper room at Jerusalem (Mat_26:30; Mar_14:26).

What a thought that Jesus Christ likely sang this song the night before His crucifixion! This is a joyous psalm that glorifies God and I cannot wait to hear Jesus Christ sing in Heaven. We know that God sings because of Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. Jesus Christ would have sung with joy the night before the crucifixion as we see in Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Psalm 116 looks ahead to the deliverance of the believer during the Great Tribulation and it also speaks to us today. It is a psalm of comfort and joy for the believer in Jesus Christ. It can be outlined in this fashion: verses 1-5 – God hears; verses 6-13 – God helps; verses 14-19 – God is holy.

Psalm 116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

What a comforting thought that is: God hears my voice and my prayers. I pray and God hears me, especially when I cry out to Him. I love the Lord! How often have you told God that? I love Jesus Christ! How often have you told Him that? He is real and He loves us – why? Because He loves us. The Bible tells us that He loved us first long before we loved Him. 1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. The believer does not need to see Him in order to love God. Peter wrote in reference to Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:. John recorded these words of Jesus Christ in Revelation 3:9 …behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. What a blessed thought that God loves me and loves each of us that have called upon the name of Jesus Christ for salvation and repented of our sins.

By Dr David N Smeltz

Chaplain Vietnam Veterans of America State of Virginia

Missionary to Eastern Europe and Asia

Why would a person take the life of so many? What you will not hear on the media is the truth about the Moslem’s life and destiny.  When the Muslim is at odds with the world and his or her relationship is in conflict with  Allah, he must follow the Qur’an. Why did Major Hussan  attack his comrades? As you listen to the media you will hear the spin to blame what Major Hussan has done on (PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

If you will bear with me, as I would like to approach this from his religious belief. It is very clear he was living the Muslim life as he was the senior Muslim taking the place of the chaplain who led the fifty eight Muslims on base.  We know many veterans have taken their life due to the stress of war and stress of life.  

Tolerance is the key and what happens when you can no longer tolerate what you see and what you hear. The result is revolt or attack. The Qur’an teaches tolerance and peace. “109.1″:    Say: O unbelievers! “109.2″:    I do not serve that which you serve, “109.3″:    Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve: “109.4″:    Nor am I going to serve that which you serve, “109.5″:    Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve: “109.6″:    You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion. Those you cannot tolerate leave them as Allah will deal with them.

The Qur’an teaches believers to take up arms only in self-defense. Did Major Hussan feel he was defending what he believed?  Look at Qur’an 2:190-193  “2.190″:    And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits. “2.191″:    And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers. “2.192″:    But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. “2.193″:    And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.

Was Major Hussan defending his belief?  Was this act a act of Jihad. It is said he cried out Allah Akbar as he fired these hand guns at his comrades killing thirteen and wounding 28.  The Qur’an teaches there is nothing greater than a Jihad. This is a guarantee of going to paradise. “9.111″:    Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah’s way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.

A reference to this would be Umm Nidal, the mother of Hamas suicide attacker Muhammad Farhat, saw her son’s murderous death in the same way-as a great victory: Jihad is a (religious) commandment imposed upon us she explained.” We must instill this idea in our sons’ souls all the time. What you see every day, massacres, destruction, bombing of homes strengthened, in the souls of the sons and daughters of Islam. Allah is to be praised for the Jihads. The act of Major Hussan was a Jihad’s act. It was his final call to Allah whereby he would be guaranteed paradise. That is why he cried out “Allah Akbar.”

What America needs to know is this religion which is being approached as tolerate and good is not tolerate and good. As this religion grows in this country we will see more acts as what we witnessed yesterday.  When one speaks up as I have here I might be called a hate monger but my friends the truth will set you free. America is under attack by a religious polity who has all intentions to destroy the American way. Beware, this is just the beginning.

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I want to tell you of a strange and wonderful country, a country where there are no tears or heartaches, a country in which there is no sickness, pain or death. The people who live in this country never get tired. They carry no burdens and they never grow old. No one ever says goodbye, for separations are unknown, and there are no disappointments.

In the country of which I am speaking there is no sin, for no one ever does wrong. There are no accidents of any kind. You will travel for thousands of miles and never see a cemetery or meet a funeral procession. There are no undertakers and no morgues. You will never see crepe on the doors for no one ever dies. There they need no gravediggers and coffins are unknown. The clothes that are worn are bright and glistening and no one dresses in mourning.

It is a country where nothing ever spoils. The flowers never lose their fragrance and the leaves are always green. There are no thunderstorms, no erupting volcanoes, and no earthquakes. Upon those fair shores hurricanes and tidal waves never beat. There are no germs or fevers, no pestilence of any kind. The sun never shines and yet it is always light for there is no night there. It is never too hot and never too cold. The temperature is exactly right. No clouds ever darken the sky and harsh winds never blow.

There are no drunkards in this country for no one ever drinks. None are immoral; men as well as women are pure. There are no illegitimate babies. Prisons, jails and reformatories never darken the landscape. Doors have no locks and windows no bars for thieves and robbers never enter there. No lustful books are read, and as for unclean pictures, they are never seen. No taxes are paid and rents are unknown. It is a country free from war and bloodshed.

Yes, and let me tell you something else. There are no cripples to be seen anywhere; none are deformed or lame. Nor is anyone blind, deaf or dumb; h e n c e,  h o m e s  f o r incurables have never been built for all are healthy, all are well and strong. No beggars are seen on the streets for none are destitute and all have enough. Leprosy and cancer, palsy and tuberculosis are words that this country has never heard. No asylums are there for none are feeble-minded. Doctors are never needed and hospitals are unknown.

You ask me how I know all this? Have I been there? No, I have not yet had the privilege of visiting this wonderful country of which I speak, but others have. And One, at least, who has lived there for a long, long time, has come, and told me a great deal about it. He says it is called Heaven, and this is His description of it: “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.” Revelation 21:3,4.

Do you want to go there? Then why not get ready now? It isn’t difficult. All you have to do is open your heart to Jesus Christ, the Lord of the country, and ask Him to come in. Then, when the journey of life is ended, you too will go to this wonderful country and dwell there forevermore. Will you do it? Do it —NOW? “Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” John 14:6.

(Oswald J. Smith)

Many hundred years ago

They ventured to remark

That Noah had some carpenters

To help him build the Ark.

But sad to say on that last day

When Noah entered in,

Those carpenters were left outside

And perished in their sin.

How sad to think they may have

Helped to build the Ark so great,

Yet still they heeded not God’s Word

And awful was their fate.

Today the same sad fate exists

Among sons of men, they

Help to build the so-called church

Who are not born again.

They stay behind for sacrament,

They work, they sing, they pray;

Yet never have accepted Christ,

The Life, the Truth, the Way.

Another judgment day will come,

As sure as came the flood,

And only those will be secure

Who shelter ‘neath Christ’s blood.

(author unknown)

Romans 5:6  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom 5:7  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Rom 5:8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 5:9  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.