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When we first started this series, the ideal was that we were going to talk about wrathful deities. Almost from the beginning, I began to realize that first we really needed to recognize the possibilities of connection in Deity Practice. Our foundation really needed to be involved in what we can do in Deity Yoga before we step into dealing with dramatic things. We need to get into dealing with the way we want to be and discovering a continuity of being within ourselves.

So, we have kind of become progressively, through our talks here, more and more aware of the ways in which we are utilizing techniques of Deity Yoga to entrance us and keep us in a very limited scope of opportunities and options in our lives. Now we have begun to say, “Okay, now I can use the same techniques that I’m already using, that I’m already familiar with, and I can do it with something positive. I can do it with a sense of Wholeness. Or, in the sense of using Shiva, I can do it with a sense of change, within a Continuity of Wholeness.” This is really great stuff.

Then we took it a little bit further and said, “Don’t whisper. Don’t say this silently, but say it out loud.” Earlier, you mentioned doing it personally, and, yes, we need to get personally involved. We need to say out loud, “A sense of me, that I feel, is arising in the center of the circle as the Deity.” As I describe the actions of the Deity in the circle, in the ring of fire, I’m using the first person. I am saying, “I, as Shiva, am doing this. I am doing this. This is my experience. This is my expression.” This is making it progressively more and more involved with the depths of our psyches and with the depths of who we are.

Then we took it one step further. That is, to begin to realize that it is not just using the images or the mantra. Not only can you do this practice when you are sitting in a temple, facing the image or the statue, but you can actually take these songs and these mantras, and begin to sing them during your day as you are interacting with people. Use them as a reminder, as a physical action that aligns me with the qualities that I want to bring into being. It becomes something that you can actually live the quality of the Deity all the time.

Yogi Sean and Swami Ramanada have studied with Tagore, Krishnamurti and Ghandi. Together they created the Sadhana Society in the U.S.

Missional church is definitely a trendy title that is all over the place these days. The fact that we are obligated to compartmentalize churches, missional, has since the beginning of creation been somewhat weird to me. please, shouldnt all bodies of Christ be missional in their very character? why cant a church, at its very core, shoot to introduce their culture and neighborhood with the good news as a missionary would in a foreign country? Isnt that what the churches is instructed to do in the sending out by Jesus in Matthew 28:19? Our own local area deserves this brand of church. Churches in north Austin is slowly gravitating to what our Creator instructed in Holy Word.

The Son of God gives the charge in Acts 1:8 saying, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 explains this concept as, right before Jesus Christ leaves to go to Heaven, He sends the disciples on a journey that would launch right in their personal community. He begins with their area of Jerusalem, and then broadens the call to the outer parts of the creation.

As Christians, we are not urged to social clubs, but to be missional followers of Jesus who are aggressively going out and going to areas right where they are with the message of Jesus. We have gazed at this throughout history: God urges Abraham on a mission to leave his place of origin and his people and go to the city that God would show him (Gen. 12:1), God sends Moses on a story to save an enslaved people and lead them to joy (Exodus 3:8-10), God motivated Jesus on a journey to globe to restore all things to Himself through the cross (Colossians 1:20). And now God is sending believers on a mission to engage neighborhoods, cities, tribes, and even nations with the good news (Matt. 28:19 Mark 6:7 Luke 10:1 John 20:21 Acts 1:8). If we dont respond to this urge and continue to perceive the church buildings like a members only country club ” urging that people clean up their abilities, pay their dues, and walk to our church God will continue His journey without us.

by Neal Walters I first had interest in learning Hebrew in about 1990 when planning to go to Israel. Due to the Desert Storm and the Gulf War, the trip was postponed (I finally made it in 1996). So in the late 1980s, how does one go about learning Hebrew in the middle of Oklahoma? Via a language catalog (there was no internet then), I discovered the FSI courses. I had used FSI for Brazilian Portuguese, and thus ordered it for Hebrew. At least Portuguese used the same alphabet as English, but Hebrew required learning 22 new characters, and reading at first was very slow. Back then, the FSI course included a large book and about 24 cassette tapes (today, you can find the book in PDF and the tapes are often on MP3 files). The course was designed for instructor-lead classroom use, and was definitely not designed for home-study. To this day, I have never finished that course. Back then, Borders was building it’s first huge book stores in large cities. On a business trip, I visited one, and found a small selection of Hebrew books not normally found in other bookstores. The book that helped me master the alphabet was a “reader” that was full of practice exercises of reading short two to four letter syllables or words. Attending synagogue and learning some of the Hebrew prayers really accelerated my understanding of Hebrew. The music, along with the weekly repetition, clearly helps with the learning the words and phrases. Each week, I would pick a favorite tune, and go home and break down the words of that particular prayer. I used Menahem Mansoor’s “Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step” to get an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. A few years later, a friend taught Biblical Hebrew to a small group using Jacob Weingreen’s “A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew”. This is a very serious book, which we finished a couple of years later, doing one lesson every week or two. For Modern Hebrew, I remember using “Hugo Language Course: Hebrew in Three Months” and also Eliezar Tirkel’s “Every Hebrew”. Both came with a book and 3 or 4 cassettes. I like the Hugo course slightly better. Eventually, in 2005, I took two semesters of “online” modern Hebrew from college in Boston. We used the “Hebrew From Scratch” textbook, and met online with our professor once per week. In 2008, via the same school, I took “Introduction to Talmud” and began learning my first Aramaic. Unfortunately, I still can’t speak Hebrew as well as I would like. My journey is still continuing. By creating software, and teaching others, I continue to learn each and every day. Children and adults both learn Hebrew the fast and easy way with the multimedia Hebrew courses created by Neal Walters. You can see video demos of his courses at http://HebrewResources.com. Click here for other unique learn hebrew articles.

The Bible says that an unholy trinity will arise in the latter
days. This unholy trinity will be Satan, the Antichrist and the
False Prophet. Satan is called the Dragon in Revelations. He has
always wanted to be like God, if not God, and this will be his
one and only chance to actually “play God” in the last 7 years
on earth. Satan will take the role of God the Father, the
Antichrist will take the role of Jesus and the False Prophet
will take the role of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit’s job is to lead people to Jesus. In the same
way, the False Prophet will be the one to lead the world to
serve the Antichrist. He will be instrumental in arranging for
people to have the mark of the beast put on either their right
hands or their foreheads.

The 10 nation confederacy will be 10 nations that the Antichrist
and False Prophet will rule from. The consensus is that the 10
nation confederacy will be 10 nations from Europe. Right now,
there are 25 countries in what is called the European Union. By
the time the Antichrist gets ready to take center stage, there
can only be 10 countries left to fulfill Scripture.

I’m going to list the main verses from Scripture having to do
with the Antichrist, the False Prophet and the 10 nation
confederacy that they will rule from. Read these verses very
carefully! You are getting an incredible look into the future
from the Word of God as to what will becoming our way!

1. The Antichrist is called the Beast, the Lawless One, the Man
of Sin and the Son of Perdition in the following verses. The
first verse is right out of Revelations.

“Then I
stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out
of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns
ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name … and the
dragon gave him his power, his throne and great authority. I
saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded and his
deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed
the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to
the beast, and worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the
beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

And he was given a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies and he was given authority to continue for forty-two
months. Then he opened his mouth in blaspheming against God,
to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in
heaven. And it was granted to him to make war with the saints
and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every
tribe, tongue and nation. And all who dwell on the earth
will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book
of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
(Revelations 13:1-10)

Jesus is the Lamb. Notice
that Satan is the one who arranges to give full power to the
Antichrist to be able to rule with the power and authority that
he will have. This verse literally tells us that the Antichrist
will have full rule over the entire world for a short period of
time before Jesus finally comes back to defeat him.

2. The next verse tells you that the 10 horns mentioned in the
above verse are 10 kings - 10 nations that will give their
allegiance to the Antichrist.

“And the ten horns
which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdoms as
yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the
beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and
authority to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and
King of kings; and those who are with Him are called chosen and
faithful.” (Revelations 17:12-14)

3. The next
verse comes from the prophet Daniel out of the Old Testament.
Daniel was given very powerful dreams and visions as to what was
going to happen at the end of time. The first verse was a dream
given to him by God on the Antichrist. This verse also tells you
that the Antichrist will be a man!

“After this I saw
in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful
and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was
devouring, breaking in pieces and trampling the residue with its
feet. It was different from all the other beasts before it, and
it had ten horns. I was considering the horns, and there was
another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom
three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And
there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a
mouth speaking pompous words.” (Daniel 7:7-8)

Notice Daniel’s description of the Antichrist. He tells us that
this man will be the worst dictator the world has ever seen. He
will make Hitler look pale in comparison to what he is going to
do once he gets on center stage. He says this beast is different
than all the other beasts that have ever come before him and
that he will be terrible, dreadful and exceedingly strong!

The above verse also implies that 3 of the kingdoms under the
Antichrist may not at first go willingly under his rule. He will
have to subdue them to get their allegiance as will be shown in
the next verse.

4. The next verse from Daniel also interprets the 10 horns as
being 10 kingdoms. It goes on to say that the Antichrist will
subdue 3 of these kings. It also says that he will be allowed to
persecute the saints of God for three and half years. An Angel
from God is giving him this message.

Thus he
said: “The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth which
shall be different from all other kingdoms, and shall devour the
whole earth, trample it and break it in pieces. The ten horns
are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another
shall arise after them: He shall be different from the first
ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words
against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most
High, shall intend to change times and laws. Then the saints
shall be given into his hand for a time, and times and half a
time.” (Daniel 7:23-25)

A time = 1 year. Times = 2
years. Half a time = half a year. This comes to a total of three
and half years. The first verse from Revelations 13:1-10 -
states he will have authority to continue for 42 months which is
also three and half years.

5. The next verse from Daniel gives more information as to some
of the personality traits of the Antichrist. He will have fierce
features, understands sinister schemes, will be very cunning and
will be the epitome of conceit and arrogance.

“And
in the latter time of this kingdom, when the transgressors have
revealed their fullness, a king shall arise, having fierce
features, who understands sinister schemes. His power shall be
mighty, but not by his own power; He shall destroy fearfully and
shall prosper and thrive; He shall destroy the mighty, also the
holy people. Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to
prosper under his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his
heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even
rise against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken
without human hand.” (Daniel 8:23-26)

Notice the
last sentence. He will not be destroyed by any one man or nation
- but by Jesus Himself when He comes back for the 2nd time to
our earth. The description of what Jesus does with him will be
in the caption on the battle of Armageddon.

6. The next verse in Daniel gives some additional information on
this man. He may be gay as he has no desire for women. He also
may have some Jewish descent in him as it states he has no
“regard” for the God of his fathers.

“Then the
king shall do according to his own will; he shall exalt and
magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been
accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. He
shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above
them all.” (Daniel 1:36-37)

This man will end
up being the ultimate ego-maniac of all time!

7. The next verse out of John tells us that his name is
Antichrist.

“Little children, in the LAST HOUR;
and as you have heard that the ANTICHRIST is coming, even
now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the
last hour.” (1 John 2:18).

8. The next verse tells
us that he is also called the lawless one.

“The
coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan,
with all power, signs and lying wonders.” (2 Thessalonians
2:9)

9. The next verse shows that he is called
the man of sin and the son of perdition. This verse also tells
us that when he seats himself in the rebuilt Jewish Temple at
the halfway point in the Tribulation, he will literally
pronounce himself to be God!

“Let no one deceive
you by any means for that day will not come unless the falling
away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of
perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the
temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” (2 Thessalonians
2:3-4)

10. The next 2 verses are on the False
Prophet. The 1st verse tells exactly what this man is going to
do. The 2nd verse gives us his name - the False Prophet. The
Bible also calls him another beast.

“Then I saw
another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns
like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the
authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the
earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so
that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in
the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth
by these signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the
beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to
the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

He was granted power to give breath to the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause
as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be
killed. And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and slave, to receive the mark on their right hand or on
their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who
has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate
the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His
number is 666.” (Revelations 13:11-18)

“Then the beast was captured, and with him THE FALSE
PROPHET who worked signs in his presence, by which he
deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image.” (Revelations 19:20)

You will
also note that the Antichrist apparently receives some kind of
wound that should kill him. My guess is that there is probably
some kind of assassination attempt on his life. He miraculously
survives this wound and apparently receives a real healing -
obviously from Satan himself and this causes the entire world to
marvel at him and makes it easier for the rest of the world to
fall under his demonic spell and follow him.

Satan,
the Antichrist and the False Prophet will now set the stage for
what is called the 7 year Tribulation. THIS 7 TRIBULATION
PERIOD WILL BE THE WORST PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER
SEEN. JESUS HIMSELF TOLD THE APOSTLES THAT THERE NEVER HAS BEEN
A TIME OF TROUBLE THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY AS BAD AS THIS TIME
IS GOING TO BE AND THAT THERE WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER PERIOD
AS BAD AS THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE!

Just as God
gave His Son three and half years to walk with His power on this
earth, God is going to allow Satan, through the Antichrist, to
wreak as much havoc and destruction on this earth as he possibly
can in the last three and half years of the Tribulation.

Matthew 19: 26 “With God all things are possible.” Mark 9: 23
“All things are possible to him who believes.” In each of these
scriptures, we find the words, “all things are possible.” Things
that are possible to God are made equally possible to the one
who believes. All that is possible to God becomes equally
possible to us by faith. Faith is the key. The Greek stem for
faith is pist. It is used almost 600 times in the New Testament.
Hebrew 11:1 and 2 defines, “Faith.” Two things are written about
faith. First, faith is called substance. In Hebrews 1:3 we read
that Jesus is the exact representation of His Father’s nature or
(substance in the KJV). The Greek word hypostasis (hypo-under
and stasis-stationary or static) means that God is the
underlying reality of which Jesus Christ is the visible
expression. Second, faith is the evidence of things not seen
(Heb. 11:3, II Cor. 5:7). Ps 27:13 According to scriptures, the
thing that keeps us from despair is not what we can see with our
physical vision, but what we can believe with our hearts. In Heb
11:27 we read that in spite of all that Moses endured, he was
able to endure it because he was able to see the unseen. (John
11:39-40. 2 Cor. 4: 17-18). Affliction may serve a useful
purpose for believers. Afflictions form and strengthen our
character. They prepare us for eternal glory that lies ahead of
us. But the word “while” is key. The suffering serves us only
while we keep our eyes on the unseen. If we lose sight of the
unseen realm, get caught up in the world, we can no longer
receive the benefits that afflictions bring. Faith is NOW. Faith
is in the heart. It produces hope in the mind. (I Thess 5:8).
Hope is a confident expectation of good. Optimism. Romans 8: 28
speaks to the reality of faith in the heart, hope in the mind.
Many people who say they believe God will heal them are actually
saying I hope that God will heal me some time in the future.
That is not NOW faith (faith in the present tense always). Hope
is future tense always. The adversary is very successful in
making us believe in hope (something future) when we should be
standing in faith (that which is present tense). We confess,
“We’re okay because one day God will grant our requests.” No, we
believe NOW. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for…”
(Heb 11:1). I am to say this continually, “God has already
provided for my need; therefore, I receive the answer now.” The
manifestation comes when God wants it to come. But, I receive
now and my eyes are on the thing that I’m calling into existence
in Christ Jesus. Let me illustrate with a simple example. The
Bible has recorded the words, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall
not want…” (Psalms 23). Simply stated, the Lord was my
Provider before I was born. When I run short of something I need
in the natural, I call it forth in prayer. I have presently what
God has provided for me since the beginning of time. This is
faith released in the NOW. Until the manifestation comes, I
thank God for it. I presently have it. From the moment I asked,
it became mine. Until I receive in my experience, I keep my eye
on it in the spirit. I thank God for it in advance. I boast that
my God supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory. I
pray this helps you. Pastor T…….Keep the faith. Stay the
course. I believe that Jesus is on His way.

Do you suppose the expression ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’
originated with the flood?

For 120 years, Noah preached, “The sky is falling! The sky is
falling!” They laughed at Noah. Who had ever heard of rain?

It is not all that different, today. “The end is coming! The
end is coming!” But who, in this generation, has ever seen God’s
wrath? Besides, that is for the lost … right? That is not what
God said (Ep. 5:6).

The Bible was not written for the lost (1 Co. 2:14). God told
us whom He meant (II Ch. 7:14).

In Co. 3:6, God makes another reference to the children of
disobedience. Perhaps, He knew we would not get it the first
time? Not very many people survived the flood. They did not get
it either.

Instead of researching every instance of sin to make sure we
are covered, there is an easier solution. The opposite of
disobedience is obedience. God counts faith as obedience and
righteousness (Ro. 16:26, Ga. 3:6). Two for the price of one;
now, that is a pretty good deal!

You could do a thousand ‘do good’ deeds a day, obey the laws
like a robot, and God would not be impressed (Co. 2:20-21, Ro.
7:6).

What God wants most is the relationship; walking with Him,
talking with Him, listening for and believing Him (enough to
take whatever step of faith He provides in meeting your need).
All God ever wanted was a friend (Ja. 2:23). There is no wrath
for God’s friends (Ro.8:1), but a wonderful relationship instead
(II Co. 3:3, 17).

© by Joyce C. Lock

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This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact,
for non-profit ministering purposes.

Call no man Father
Matthew 23:5-23:10

Call no man Father . A look at deception and Consequences. The institution of the Christian religion was and is still based on the words of Jesus and the Holy Spirit directing men to put forth laws and statutes that are pleasing to the Father. Many have taken this law of Our Father in Heaven and made it to none effect upon this earth to millions. Some times men will say, “Its all in the interpretation.” But where in the Bible is it stated that, the Scripture is only open to private interpretation? This is a deception and misleading statement. In Matthew 23:5 we see Jesus rebuking the leadership of the Church for Vanity, lets read; Matthew 23:5-10 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. The stability of the House of Israel was not upon the minds of the religious leadership at this time. Leaders were trying, as is today, to enlarge their influence upon the congregations. Making laws and rules and changing the truth of the word of God into a lie. Not stopping for a moment to see the damage that they have done neither repenting of it. These men as some are today, cannot see clearly neither can they see any farther than their own ambition. Wanting to make a name for themselves in the annals of history, but what they fail to understand, history will neither remember them nor will any of the saints of God. Ask yourself a question, Why Did Jesus come to this earth? What was so important that He gave up, Glory for abuse, a mansion for a rock, Golden Garments for Rags, Honor for Dishonor? John 8:45-49 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. How many have been put down because they have told the truth? Mankind has gotten to the point that they would rather believe a lie instead of believing the truth. Mans truth is short lived and it is cankerous and moth eaten.
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? Why wont they believe the truth, message after message from the Word of God and many still reject the truth. Man has stated;” We have developed a Roadmap to Peace in the Middle East.” The facts state; U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia hit
An attack on the U.S. consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, left five non-American staff, four police and three extremists dead, U.S. and Saudi officials said after the three-hour long battle.
Suit against military policy on Gays, Gunfights rage in Baghdad streets. After escaping from the PA prison several months ago, Kamil returned to the Jenin region and significantly increased his involvement in Islamic Jihad activity. Kamil is responsible for both executing and directing explosive device attacks and shooting attacks against Israeli security forces operating in the Kabatya region. Kamil recruited a vast number of operatives to the Islamic Jihad infrastructure in the Jenin region.
Even after this man still calls others father. What have they done, have they delivered any from sin, have they saved a single soul, have they created anything from nothing, have they caused man to be at peace with each other, NO. They can do nothing. And what about them hearing the truth, Jesus said; He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. This was a harsh statement wasn’t it, but does this statement from Christ still hold true today? The answer is yes. Everything Jesus said and did was from the True Father in Heaven and not a man made doctrine of human fatherhood. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? {This was an example of Blaspheme of the Holy Ghost}
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
{Mat 23:12-13 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.}
[ABA’SED, pp. Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.] Jesus in this verse declares the state of the Priest and others that dared to exalt themselves above the level of servant to the people. Jesus stated that, he came to serve and not to be served. These last few verses are the most ignored verses in Scripture, Lets read;

“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.” Commandments from Jesus. Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. If this were not important to the association of man to God, Jesus would not have stated these commandments. Our relationship with The Father is based upon our acceptance of Him as, Father, Counselor, Teacher, King, Master, and Almighty God. But when we put man at the same level as God then there is a breakdown in our relationship with God. “Howbeit in vain” ” But in vain’ they do worship me! Is your worship of God in vain, does he hear your prayers and petitions or does He turn His back to a adulterous and gainsaying person? Are you calling a man Holy Father, who can neither answer prayers nor forgive sin? {But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.} these men were destined for Hell, are you? Its time to think and search the scriptures, its time to hear the truth before its too late.

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