Sound appealing? Would any church leader surround his church with a grave yard? Probably would not be a draw for big crowds? Most people here in America today want a grave yard placed out of their sight! In our mission work in India I discovered churches completely surrounded by grave yards? It seemed foolish at first until I spent a few years there and then it made sense! What the British did in India for 200 years was take the Gospel to the people! One of the problems faced there was Hindu’s and Muslim’s taking over a church, desecrating the altar and erecting a temple or mosque over it. This same problem going on in Britain and America today. So the British surrounded the churches with grave yards especially in remote area’s of India! Halloween would have been a big hit there! The Muslim’s and Hindu’s were fearful of grave yards so they left those churches alone! So the British protected their central worship centers while reaching out to the community in evangelism. We discovered this first hand because we rented out an old fellowship hall next to the grave yard and no one would attend our meetings! So we moved our location from the church and Hindu’s and Muslim’s began to attend services! The fear of death is a bondage to men! This is why Easter reminds us and confirms to believer’s in Christ that death has been conquered! He is risen! He who also promises us to raise us from the dead! As I used to walk through the grave yard on my way to worship services I was reminded of my mortality and that Christ who I serve defeated death for me! My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Blood and righteousness! Jesus is more than a man He is God! Only God could achieve the miracle of the resurrection from the dead! O’ death where is thy sting? O’ grave where is thy victory? The opposite of fear is love! For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son! Christ will return to judge the living and the dead! No one escapes! Accept the judgment Christ took for you on Calvary! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
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U.S. Constitution Original Intent!
If we are picking people to draw out of their own experience a ‘New” Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look for people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless! Judge Anthony Scalia. Comment: Looking at and interpreting our Constitution through a secular lens is like a sinner looking at the Bible and trying to figure out how he can keep his sin! Our Constitution is a Christian document! What our Founding Father’s realized is that without the Christian base the document would become insolvent! The eroding of our Constitution’s intent and purpose is proportional to the eroding of Christian values in American culture! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Look Outside The Box!
No one has to be taught to trust in themselves! No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God! Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves! Michael Horton Comment: All sin comes from within. Salvation comes externally independent of our existence! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
The Mafia Goes Presidential!
Who are the gang members? Rubio, Trump, Cruz and Bush! Who will get KO’d in the next round? The only reason Ben Carson is there is because they may need a Doctor in the house! Concussion protocol! Hillary will need a hit man for poor old Bernie! She need not look further than the Republican candidates! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Election Thoughts 2016
Does it matter who is in office? President Roosevelt was a Democrat when Japan attacked Pearl harbor. President Clinton was in office when the Twin Towers were attacked the first time. President Bush was in office when the Twin Towers got hit the second time on 9-11. Different ideologies were behind these attacks with destructive consequences. During the 1930’s America sold millions of tons of steel to Japan in the name of free trade and economic prosperity! Japan used the steel to build their military. All three of these American President’s failed to recognize the threats to America! President Lincoln a Republican recognized the threat of slavery to America! A civil war followed but he did not try to appease slavery! So the question to you as a voter do you recognize the threats to America and our existence? Then do the candidates for President recognize these threats and do they have a plan of action to defeat these threats? I see the two biggest threats to America are socialism and Islam! Both these ideologies are also threats to the world! Do you remember the former Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union? This laboratory experiment with socialism lasted 70 years then collapsed! History has shown us that as a people of a nation look to bigger and bigger government to solve their problems the whole economic system that it drains collapses! Greece would be our latest example! If you rob from the rich then eventually everyone becomes poor! Remember 2000 years ago Jesus said the poor will always be with you! The same is true today! The socialist ideology of today will eventually usher in the Anti-Christ! How and why? As socialist experiments fail individually in nation’s and with the final collapse of America then socialist will conclude that the only way it will work is if the whole world is under one government and one world leader! This is the path socialism is taking us down! Islam is the other big threat to America and the world! Our Constitutional freedom is threatened by Islam! Islam is a religion based on world conquest supported by the Quran! World conquest in the name of religion! Our current President Obama has promoted Islam! It is now being taught in our public schools and universities as legitimate! It is being protected by political correctness! This is simply hiding the truth! American withdrawal from the stage and our weakened military has let the bad actor’s on center stage! Russia, Iran, North Korea and China have increased their military power and influence around the world! Also remember Hillary Clinton has taken ten’s of millions of dollars in bribes from Islamic countries while she was Secretary of State? A few years ago this would have been a treasonable act? If she becomes President she will owe the Muslim’s a lot of favor’s! Do you remember from the Bible that the Anti-Christ will rule the world with His False prophet? This man will be the religious ruler of the world! Did you ever wonder what religion this would be? The Christians will be raptured at this time so who is left? How about Islam? One of two things are going to happen this election cycle? We are either going to strengthen Islam and socialism here and around the world or we are going to defeat it? We are either going to strengthen the bad actor’s on center stage or we are going to defeat them? The choice is yours! Choose this day who you will serve? Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Ted Cruz Cheats in Iowa!
The Ben Carson campaign has confirmed the Ted Cruz campaign spread rumors across Iowa just before voting on Monday night that Ben Carson has dropped out of the race so why not vote for Ted! They have recovered tweets and other data confirming the accusations! This dirty work represents the insider Washington tricks and deception that we are trying to get away from! I am asking American’s to reward Ben Carson as he is the honest Abe Lincoln of our generation! Support him and you will be rewarded by a true servant who is honest before God and the people! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse.
Rag Doll Election Cycle?
Remember the 1960’s era song by the Four Season’s? Remember the lyrics? She wore hand-me-downs. They laughed when she came into town. Called her “Rag Doll.” Such a pretty face she should have been dressed in lace. If I could change her sad rags into glad rags I would. My folk’s won’t let me because they say she is no good. I love you just the way you are. Though I love her so I can’t let her know. She is a ‘Rag Doll.” Comment: Every election cycle the politicians drag their rag doll out of the closet! Jesus name gets thrown around like a rag doll. Donald Trump went to church last week! Congregation members said it has been years since they have seen him? Remember when Obama said he was a Christian? After November Jesus will be thrown back under the bed for another four years! The Democratic contender’s are really mute on Jesus this election cycle mostly because they are pagan’s! In America we have to learn to endure the election process! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Judah Territory! Joshua Chapter 15
Is history important? Without it we have no reference for the future and the promises of God given to us! Without history there is no basis for predicting the future. It has been said that the only thing man has learned from history is that he has not learned from history! Each generation repeats the same errors! History therefore repeats itself. If you go to the ancient Biblical maps of the territory occupied by the twelve tribes of Israel you will find many fascinating facts. Here is just a sampler. Our Savior Jesus Christ was born from the Tribe of Judah. Judah was given territory after the conquest of Canaan. If you study this ancient map some very obvious things are there! The Red Sea completely borders Judah territory. So when Moses crossed the Red Sea with the millions of Jews escaping Egypt they entered the future territory of the Tribe of Judah! The birth of Jesus was in Bethlehem which is in Judah! Now this where it gets even more interesting! Our complete atonement at Calvary or Golgotha was located east of the Road to Bethany and Jericho which is just east of the Kidron Valley. The Romans liked to crucify people along major highways so the conquered population would be able to witness executions so they would not get any idea’s about overthrowing them! Another fascinating fact is the Mount of Olives where Jesus ascended to Heaven and where He promised to return at His second coming is on the eastern side of the city and in Judean territory! These are places of great historical events in Judah territory! God is consistent like the sunrise and the sunset! You can set your clock by His Prophetic calendar and His promises to you are as sure as history itself! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Holy Spirit Dwelling
All church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit, therefore those in who the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But the Spirit dwells in the whole Church, and therefore the whole Church is the seat of Church power! Charles Hodge (1797-1878) Comment: The question remains what do you do with His power? Do you use it to build His Kingdom or your own? Do you use Him to enrich others or to enrich ourselves? To give expecting nothing else in return? Do we sacrifice for others or do we sacrifice others for our own gain? To abuse His power results in a vacating of His Spirit in your life! Then you will try to fill that void with religion. Before you were saved self was on the throne. After you were saved Christ replaced you on the throne. However self will continually try to retake the throne! This is a constant battle! If others are more important than you then Christ is still on the throne in your life! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Book of Jasher? Joshua 10:13
The Book of Jasher is mentioned in the Book of Joshua and in 2 Samuel 1:18-27. Many believe the Book of Jasher was inserted because Joshua wanted to reference other sources to authenticate the event. The Book of Jasher is one of the apocalyptic Books. The Book of Jasher was left out of the canon of Scripture, however God directed the authors of Scripture to use passages from many extra-Biblical sources in composing His Word. The Book of Jasher contains 91 chapters. Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com