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The account of Genesis is very brief and merely summarizes conversations and events. But filling in omitted gaps and details becomes somewhat more clear from what we learn from later passages, and from history.

In the creation chapter of Genesis 1, it is written that God instituted the evry first marriage in history:

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen. 2:24).

Notice that marriage came from the mind of God and naturally, as Creator, God instructed Adam and Eve in the right purpose and use of sex. It was He who made the male and female sex organs (verse 27), pronouncing them “very good” (verse 31) and there was no sense of shame between Adam and Eve in regard to their nakedness (Gen. 2:25).

Where did the concept of shame regarding nakedness come from? Notice that in the very next verse, Satan begins to discredit revelation (God’s teaching) as the fountain source of knowledge. And as soon Satan was done with the every first lie in history and Adam and Eve sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked, sewing fig leaves together to make themselves aprons (Gen. 2:7).

Something now had changed. A sense of shame came about them in regard to their nakedness. And when they heard the voice of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, both hid themselves from His presence.

Now God already knew what they had done, but their very words “I was naked and I hid myself” confirmed their sense of shame in the presence of God who asked:

“Who told you you were naked?” (verse 11)

This was a new attitude and God rightly asked who put this thought in their mind. Of course it was Satan, and not God! Remember, while God instructed them in the true and right knowledge of sex and marriage, they were naked. But nothing in all in what God taught them gave them any sense of shame towards sex. Satan had implanted this evil idea in the effort of making what God designed appear to be contaminated and degrading.

God clothed Adam and Eve

Now under what circumstances and why did God clothe Adam and Eve? During His first instructions to both after their creation, it was a situation of husband and wife. They were married by God and as long as they were the only two humans on earth – alone by themselves – God gave them no instructions to cover their bodies. It was not necessary because God is present everywhere – omnipresent – anyways. When a husband and wife today are alone in the privacy of their bedroom, God is invisibly present. But when other people (mankind) are introduced, then we read that God Himself clothed Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:20-21).

Yes, God made them coats of skins Himself. The word “clothed” here is inspired as “labash,” which means the donning of apparal or raiment. It implies the idea of adorning or decorating, rather than concealing or covering (hiding) a thing.

Shamefulness in hiding nakedness is implied in the word “kasah.” In the incident of Noah’s drunkenness, he apparently had been violated by Canaan, son of Ham. hem and Japheth, also sons of Noah, backed up with a garment on their shoulders, “and covered the nakedness”of their father (Gen. 9:23). Here, they were hiding, or concealing the result of a sinful act. Here also is the word “kasah” used for the act of covering.

Both labash and kasah imply the covering of nakedness, but the difference is that labash is of purpose and intent, adding attractiveness rather than adding shamefulness, while kasah implies concealing due to shame.

Public nudity though is not approved by God, who intended to keep men and women from exposing their pubic regions, except in the privacy of marriage. God designed sex for use only between a husband and wife whom God has joined in holy wedlock. He designed sex for righteous uses—and one of them is to bind husband and wife together in a loving relationship unshared with any other. The very privacy of this marriage relationship makes it sacred, makes husband and wife dear to each other in a special way never shared with another in adultery. This entire sacred relationship is greatly impaired, or destroyed, when shared with any other. That is why fornication and adultery are so harmful to their participants, and therefore capital sins.

The private, sexual act between a man and wife in marriage prevents temptation by others that could lead to sinful, wrong use in the carnal mind. Of course, mankind has long forgotten these instructions, and the filth and vulgarity in this age is something to behold. With the Internet today, you can view all kinds of nudity and perversion. But what’s wrong with that? Undue exposure of the female body is automatically lust-arousing to the carnal male mind.Young people can wreck their lives before even learning how to live. They’ll grow up and become addicted to lustful sex and never be able to understand the real beauty of a family. Solomon was told by his mother, “It’s not for kings to get into such slop as that.”  Perversion is all around us, and if we focus on it, we’ll give in to it, because it’s such a strong pull.
God does not condone public nudity, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality or other perversions because he wants us to focus on family. He wants sex between a loving husband and wife to hold that family together—to strengthen that union. It is a type of the family of God!

Why do we have shame?

Where did shame come from?

Shame originates in the Garden of Eden!  Eve brought shame into the world by breaking the commandment of God.  Once Eve broke the commandment of God, satan won the right to put thoughts directly into the brains of all human beings as a specie.  One of those thoughts is called shame.

Shame caused Adam and Eve to hide from the Lord, because they now had the ability to reason.  This ability to reason was a direct result of one human being__Eve__the woman who allowed thoughts to enter her brain from the demonic side of the spiritual world.  Eve had essentially allowed satan to have mental sex with her.

Up until this breakdown, human beings were locked into a marriage with God.  This means only God communicated with human beings.  Just as only God communicates with all other life on earth.  This made God our husband.  In the same way a man is a woman’s husband.  The intercourse between God and Mankind was mental, not physical.

Through these mental communications, God saved us from all human problems encountered.  He protected us, provided for us, and cherished us as His Bride, until the day the wife of the first prophet__Adam__ decided to break the only commandment God gave to His Bride, which was the Human Race.

Since shame entered the world, people have hid themselves from God.

“Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” ~Isaiah 59:1-2

Therefore, hiding from God proves a person suffers from being a sinner, which results in shame; but remember, the shame isn’t coming from God.  Shame is only coming from satan, which he gives people as a reward for doing what the devil wants a person to do.

Remember, the marriage to God.  Well in marriage, the wife is supposed to be faithful to her own husband.  Faithfulness is that characteristic of never having sex with another man until the husband has physically died.  If a wife has sex with another man outside the marriage, she is said to be an adulterer.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” ~James 4:4

The Apostle James called men and women adulterers, because all men and women are the wife of God.  When any singular person sleeps with another god, other than their husband God the Father, then that person is an adulterer fornicating with a god who is not their husband.

To be continued…

From Fox News:  Women’s rights groups were caught off-guard by the provision that passed the House and are now vowing to keep similar language out of the Senate bill. Hundreds of activists organized by Planned Parenthood and other groups rallied Wednesday, holding signs reading “Listen up senators: Women’s health is not negotiable.”

When is a child’s life not negotiable? The article further says, ‘The language passed by the House would forbid any health plan that receives federal subsidies from paying for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s life. A new government insurance plan couldn’t offer abortions, and women would have to purchase separate coverage for abortion services’.

I have to admit…in my 48 years on this earth and having lived in nearly half of our United States, I have never heard of insurance coverage for abortion. Not once. How ugly and revolting has our society become? Why would a woman have to have such a thing?

‘A woman’s right to choose’ is a hideous reminder of what man’s law has done to undo what God has for us. A choice for reproductive health has become cold blooded murder.

The Bible does not tell women one thing about reproductive health. But what it does teach is no sex before marriage and to submit to our own husbands. The simplicity of the Word of God makes this incredibly easy to understand….sex is for the marriage bed only.  There is no gray area, no maybes.

More and more Christian women are getting divorces and abortions and the stats are staggeringly close to those of the secular world. Why is that? Clearly because Christians are further away from the Word of God than ever before. And the Church won’t teach the truth because they fear they may insult and turn away future givers for having said the truth.

When is a child’s life not negotiable? Women are under the impression that they are successful when they can completely plan and rule everything; the man or men they may marry, having children AFTER they’re done having ‘a life’, buying cars and homes, having a career – it’s being taught to young girls that they are equal to men as well as being deserving of the things of the world in spite of Christian principles. Since the fall of man in Eden, women are not equal with men. Scripture clearly says ‘and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you*’. So, this being said, we as women are to have children with our husbands, not kill them. It has never been in the Plan of God to subject unsuspecting children to cold blooded murder while still in the womb.

Getting back to the healthcare bill amendment to limit abortions, it’s a good thing that there will be limitations to the deaths of babies, however, this does not stop the slaughter. This is not enough to only kill babies conceived from incest, rape or during a health issue. If that is okay, then would it have been acceptable to only kill 20% of the Holocaust victims at Auschwitz?

When is a child’s life not negotiable? A life is never negotiable. Abortion kills.

*Genesis 3:16

On Adultery and Hypocrisy in Christian Artists and Leaders

As long as the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has been in existence, there have been false converts, weak brethren, false apostles, as well as honest believers that make mistakes. We all have been sinners at one time, and we still fight against sin.

There are plenty of pastors with children by different women in “their” congregation, and plenty of Christian artists that don’t live what they sing.

Even King David himself slept with his neighbor’s wife, and then killed her husband. However, God had mercy on Him, because David confessed and forsook his sin. Even then, David reaped exactly what he sowed. His own daughter was raped by his own son, then one of his sons killed the other… Then the son that killed the other son tried to kill him and takeover the kingdom! And his baby died. David had a brutal family life because of what he allowed into his family (2^nd Samuel).

God is merciful and he will forgive you personally… (David was still considered  righteous, and a man after God’s own heart, because of his repentant heart and faith in God’s mercy) but you will still reap what you sow! That’s an Immutable Spiritual Law.

7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Galatians 6

Spirtual Law #2 – Confession and Exposure

Another scriptural promise that we should all be aware of is this: Whatever is done in secret will be seen in the light…

Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2: For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Luke 12:1

You CANNOT HIDE ANYTHING! It’s a spiritual principle! All sin is the result of believing a lie. One of the biggest and simplest lies satan tells you is that you are powerful enough to keep sin a secret. Its IMPOSSIBLE. The longer you delay confession the worse it gets for you.

This is why you must confess your sins. The bible says whoso hides their sins will not prosper or be successful at it or anything else… But whoso confess and forsakes shall have MERCY.

13: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Proverbs 28

This is why I personally try to catch my sins in the thought stage, before they turn into words and actions. I know that God isn’t just on the outside of me, He’s inside of me looking at the video screen playing in my mind! If I notice myself lusting, or even cursing or saying non-blessings in my head, I’ll confess it to God while its still in my head. Otherwise, I know that I will reap what I sow, and I will not be able to hide it. It will be shouted from the rooftops and airwaves. Another benefit of doing this is that it builds intimacy, closeness and openness with God.

Ministry and Music

Do we throw away the Psalms because David sinned? No. Even the chapters before Psalms 51 are still scripture.

Do we throw away Proverbs because Solomon didn’t obey them? No.

Its the same thing with Christian music… If its Word-based, then its anointed by God. The Word of God is anointed. It’s our job to obey it and live it.

I always judge music by the lyrics. If I hear about a Christian artist that has sinned, I simply pray that they are restored, and have peace and righteousness in their life. Yes, I do get disappointed… but that doesn’t mean their music was ungodly.

Some “gospel” music, you should definitely throw away… It is not truth-based. But you don’t have to discard truth. The truth is the truth.

Non Christians LOVE to see bold saints fall into sin, and they love to call them hypocrites, because they think it gives them an excuse not to love or believe in God at all.

BUT when judgment day comes, everyone will stand before God and be judged by God, and their own conscience will give witness that they are wicked without Christ’s mercy. There will be no excuses except the grace and mercy of Christ.

Instead of scoffing and laughing at Christians, professional sinners should tremble. Judgement only begins in the house of God (1 Peter), it doesn’t end there! When non-Christians see believers being exposed, they should not be haughty… They should actually fear God, and be careful to repent, because that means judgment is coming even harder and quicker for them! God always purifies HIS people first before the ungodly get theirs.

17: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18: And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

1 Peter 4

Hypocrite – definition

1. one who answers, an interpreter

2. an actor, stage player

3. a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite

A hypocrite is simply a person who is not true. They are actors in real life. Remember that Jesus said in Luke 12:1, the doctrine of the Pharisees was hypocrisy. They were actors and professional pretenders. They were pretending in real life!

Jesus promised that if you are a pretender… the truth will definitely come out. It’s a spiritual law.

Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2: For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Luke 12:1

So here is the option: you will either confess the sins, or it will be shouted from the housetops. Either way, there is nothing hidden. Exposure is inevitable! There is no need to gossip or spread rumors, because eventually, it will be heard in the light!

Judgmental?

Some people like to say that if you preach the Truth, you are being judgmental… and somehow that causes you to be a hypocrite. Please read this scripture aloud.

9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Cor 7

Well, is reading that scripture aloud judgmental? The issue is not the whether we can speak the Truth or not; the issue is: are we living the Truth, or being actors in real life? 

Now on to solutions…

How not to Be an Actor in the Kingdom

Avoid Pride in Real Practical Ways

Sin gets in under pride… We put artists and popular ministers on a pedestal, when they should be equal (not just theologically, but practically). They don’t have good accountability and fellowship. They are put on a pedestal and cannot have shoulder to shoulder fellowship with saints, because they are on a higher plane… and always by themselves on a plane. Keep a true Kingdom lifestyle of humility, fellowship, and brotherhood. Make yourself equal to the “lowest” brother in you know in a practical way.

Don’t Be Contentious

One evidence of pride is contention (Proverbs 13:10). A minister or artist is beefing with someone, or in strife, and that’s how satan gets in. Satan also gets into marriages by pride, then contention. If you feel like you are in a contentious fight with someone, humble yourself and let them win. Speak the truth and your belief and move on.

Travel with Your Wife

We need to do the simple things like travel with our wives. Peter and the other apostles who were married (1 Corinthians 9:5) did this. If you don’t have a wife, bring your teammate. The new Testament is full of lists of Paul’s teammates; most of them were NOT his peons, slaves, or armor-bearers… most were his co-laborers, co-apostles, and brothers. Jesus didn’t even start His ministry until he had a team. Ministry is TEAMwork!

Fast Weekly

People don’t really obey Christ Jesus’s command to fast that much. If you are heavy in ministry you need to be heavy in fasting. Even if you’re not doing a lot of preaching you should be fasting regularly as a part of the kingdom lifestyle as a regular believer. (Matthew 6, Matthew 9:15). Fasting is brutal for your flesh, it helps keep you disciplined, and it just simply multiplies the grace on your life.

Get Off the Stage
Go house-to-house, not just stage to stage. Teach your sphere of influence to live the lifestyle of the Kingdom of God. Teach whatever scriptures you learn on a weekly basis. Do bible studies. Throw house parties. Host prayer meetings. People need brotherhood, house-to-house fellowship, and lifestyle discipleship, not just stage-to-stage-to-stage-to-stage ministry. Those days are officially over. Stage-to-stage ministry alone leaves people empty and immature as professional spectators. And by itself, it keeps you an actor on a stage.

Keep it 50/50
Match your ministry-to-others time with your ministry-to-the-Lord time. If you are hosting a 3 hour event, first minister to the Lord in your closet for 3 hours. You can call it “50/50.” This will keep you balanced.

This world is corrupt, our sin nature is real, and the devil is on the attack. But our Faith is the Victory that overcomes the World! In the Blood of Jesus Victory is guaranteed.

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“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sin against his own body.

What? You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don’t you? You do not belong to yourself, which you have of God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Now concerning the things whereof you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

“The word “fornication” means any unlawful sexual intercourse including adultery. In the Bible the Greek definition of the word “fornication” means to commit illicit sexual intercourse. What constitutes unlawful sex? Whose laws do we live by? Worldly standards or laws many times do not always line up with the Word of God.
 
The founding fathers of the United States established many laws that were originally based on Christian standards and the laws of the Bible. However, through time the United States has drifted far from these standards and at the present our moral standards are shocking the world. However, immorality is not only found in the U.S. but is a world-wide epidemic. Societies throughout history and around the globe have embraced sexual standards that are called sins in the Bible.
 
Fornication is not just tolerated in our society but is actually being encouraged. The sin of fornication is being committed even among Christians, as many couples “live together” and have sex before marriage. The Bible tells us to flee this sin. They are living to please their own lust and selfish desires.

This type of life style is destructive and especially so for children whose parents are living a bad example before them. No wonder our children are confused about right and wrong when parents degrade the sanctity of marriage by living together out of wedlock. How can living together cause children to love and honor God when their parents break the laws of God before them because they are lustful? Young people today need to be taught to abstain from sexual intercourse and remain pure virgins before marriage.

The Bible declares these words in 1 Thessalonians 5:22-23: “Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Our lives as Christians are a living witness to others and we cannot break the laws of God without hindering others from coming to Christ. We must live our lives in purity before a sinful and wicked world. We should not be living according to their standards but according to God’s standard in the Bible.

No couple should live together outside the bonds of marriage. Many say they live together before marriage to see if they are compatible as they don’t want to divorce. This may sound like a justifiable reason for committing the sin of fornication, but in God’s eyes it is still sin.

Statistics however, show that those who live together before marriage are more likely to get a divorce than those who do not. Living together shows a total lack of trust in God and a failure to commit to Him the choosing of a mate.

Christians who are living in this situation are out of the will of God and need to repent and seek God as to whether this person is the right one for them. If it is God’s will for them to be together they should marry. Otherwise, they need to change their living arrangements.

As Christians, the goal of any relationship should be to cause the people in our lives to love and know the Lord better. Living together is shameful and selfish as the parties do not care what others think or how they might affect their families and others.

All prostitutes and pimps are fornicators. Couples who just “live together” according to the Bible, are committing the same sin that whores commit. Singles who “make love” fall into the same category. Just because society has accepted this type of living does not make it right. The Bible must be our standard of what is right and wrong.
 
We must change our standards if we do not want the wrath of God to fall on us. God hates sin but He loves the sinner. If anyone repents and calls on Jesus today He will help them to come out of any illicit relationship and heal them of all past hurts and even heal any disease that they may have contracted.

God gave us the laws in the Bible for our good. They are not meant to deny us any good thing but they are given so we can enjoy the proper sexual relationship in the proper time. If we obey the words of the Bible and “flee fornication” and glorify God in our bodies, the Lord will bless us beyond what we could believe.

Psalm 145:17-21: “The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.”

AMEN!!

A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. This is how the Scriptures say that two people are married. Many think that there is much more involved or that you have to buy into what the culture says about how to get married but the Scriptures are clear from the beginning and never waiver from this. When a man and women are joined together, they become one flesh (which is the Scriptures way of saying that you are married). This joining together happens through the sexual union of a man and a women and in this way only. It does not matter if the man and woman intend for this to be the result of their union. We are told in the New Testament that if a man has sex with a prostitute that he is one with her. This shows that sex is how the marriage union is created and how it is kept together. This is to say that the common idea of “premarital sex” is really a fabrication. The typical term for this is “fornication” but biblical scholars already have started translating this term as “sexual immorality” because they know that where it appears in Scripture, it does not refer to premarital sex but of immoral sex. There really is no such thing as premarital sex. When a man has sex with a women, the two are made one flesh whether this was their intention or not. Many are truly married who think of themselves as “dating” or “living together”. The church should always treat these people according to biblical wisdom and not let them cop-out of the relationship that they have created. We should consider these people married regardless of the lack of a governmental marriage contract. The government does not get to decide who is married. God alone binds people together; we cannot change this.

We also know that God only binds together men with women and does not bind men with men or women with women. People who participate in same-sex sexual acts are not bound together and this is immoral. It does not, however, matter much whether the government allows them to make contracts (although I think it would be better if they didn’t call these contracts “marriages” because that would be a lie). If the government wants to allow same-sex couples to be legally considered one, it shouldn’t matter much to the church because we know that same-sex couples are not actually one and that the government is wrong is about considering them one when it just isn’t true. We should not fight the government on this because it just isn’t worth it and we shouldn’t be afraid to call the government wrong. We know what marriage truly is and should teach that whenever possible, that is enough.

Sunday School | Jude 1:17-25 | Bro. Steve Dawson
“It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.  But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.”  -Jude 1:19-21
The apostles were concerned about people coming in the church and giving all the fulfillments of the world, but not giving any spiritual substance, causing the hearers to gain the whole world, but lose their soul.

Morning Worship | 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 | Pastor Steve Wainright
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”  -Romans 12:2
In chapters 1-4, Paul addressed the first problem of the church at Corinth: division caused by pride.  Now, he addresses sexual immorality.  Their sin was so bad that even unbelievers were appalled at it.  The members of the church at Corinth had become apathetic about the sins.  God never takes sin lightly.  (Revelation 2)

Evening Worship | “The Word of God” | Pastor Steve Wainright
“But the word of God increased and multiplied.”  -Acts 12:24
The Word of God was preeminent in Jerusalem.  (Acts 6)
The Word of God was predominant right outside of Judea.  (Acts 12)
The Word of God prevailed in Ephesus and the regions beyond.  (Acts 19)
These all fulfill Acts 1:8.

From time to time there comes to my attention a story that should scare the living Hell out of all those people that frequent the “meat markets” in search of the love of a lifetime….this is just such a story……and Damn!  I am so please to be a old guy and not have to worry about this type of stuff….

As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.”The high burden of STDs among teen girls reminds us that we can’t ignore this,” said study author Dr. Sami L. Gottlieb, from the division of sexually transmitted disease prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention.

For the study, Gottlieb’s team collected data on 838 teen girls aged 14 to 19. Using samples provided by the teens, the researchers looked for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis, herpes simplex virus type 2 and human papillomavirus (HPV).

The study authors found that 24.1 percent of the girls had one of these STDs and among girls who were sexually experienced, 37.7 percent had an STD. HPV was the most common infection (18.3 percent), followed by chlamydia (3.9 percent).

Moreover, in the year after having their first sexual experience and with only one sex partner, 19.2 percent of the teens developed an STD, Gottlieb’s group found.

To counter these problems, teens need to have early sex education, Gottlieb noted. “The vast majority of people have sex for the first time during their teenage years, so we need them to be prepared,” she said.

This study also makes a strong case for routine vaccination against HPV, as it is the most common sexually transmitted infection, Katz said. “Since HPV is often acquired so soon after the initiation of sexual activity, early vaccination is the way to go. I speak on this as the father of two young teenage daughters, both of whom have received the Gardasil vaccine,” he added.

Another report released by the CDC last week provided more statistics.

Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2008, followed by women aged 20 to 24, according to the annual federal report.

The researchers also found that black females continue to have a higher rate of STDs than any other racial or ethnic group.

Last year, there were about 1.2 million reported cases of chlamydia and nearly 337,000 reported cases of gonorrhea in the United States, according to the report.

Yep…a lot of this type of stuff could be prevented if there were a “real” program of sex ed in schools….but instead most states want to push some damn silly program like abstinence only….which has been a dismal failure from the get go…..so none of the recommendations will be met and the vicious cycles continues….and we have no one to blame but our own stupidity……the time to do something about this lack of knowledge and education is NOW…not after your Johnson falls off and you pee through a plastic tube……

(I wrote this last week but scheduled it to post today. It’s a response to Oprah’s show on Pornography)

Earlier this week I watched the Oprah Winfrey show and was greatly saddened that she decided to do a show on pornography. Sadly she featured a very famous porn star on her show! Even sadder is that many knew who this woman was, me included even though I have never looked at pornography (on purpose). I know that Oprah’s show is supposed to be informative and I guess there is some merit in knowing about this side of life, but more than that what really grieved me was the claim that pornography had gone “mainstream”. The emphasis of the show is that because of the easy access on the internet women are indulging in porn more than ever before. This show was clearly glamourized.

The interesting thing is that I had just watched another show and the emphasis was on the dangers of the sex industry. And that show reminded me of this ex-porn star who has a ministry to those in that industry and helps them to get out of it.

The truth of the matter is, it is what goes on behind the scenes that is what people need to focus on. While people are caught up in a world of fantasy while watching this stuff, the “actors and actresses” are being torn apart spiritually, mentally, emotionally and even physically.

This blog is a clarion call to any person who professes Christ and is addicted to porn (male or female) to let go of the addiction. And even if you’re not a Christian it’s important to know the TRUTH about pornography and porn stars.

Watching pornography is a sin. It destroy marriages and families. It’s not for educational purposes (a Christian once told me that). It’s on-screen fornication and or adultery and it’s detrimental to your spirit and your relationship with God.

I’ve enclosed a link to Shelley Lubbens website. She ministers to those in that industry. Warning though. It gives some slightly graphic descriptions of what goes on in that industry. But after you read it, you may throw out your tapes and block that junk from your computer.

 Job 31:1:

 1 “I made a covenant with my eyes
      not to look with lust at a young woman.

www.shelleylubben.com

This second link is to help people maintain integrity on the computer.

http://www.covenanteyes.com/

This third link is a sermon called Lust Lessons

http://sermon.net/prevailingwordm/sermonid/16658

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Strange as it may seem, Jesus Christ already had a wife! In Exodus 19 and 24, the LORD of the Old Testament, Jesus Christ Himself (I Cor. 10:4) made a covenant with ancient Israel at Mount Sinai. This covenant was a marriage agreement. Notice Jeremiah 3:14: here the LORD (Christ) commands His wife, “Turn, O backsliding children … for I am married unto you.”

But ancient Israel did not carry out her part of the marriage covenant. She was an unfaithful wife (Ezek. 16). God had made His righteous Law a part of that covenant. But because of sin, which is the transgression of that Law, God had to separate Himself from His wife (Isa. 50:1; 59:1-2). “And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce” (Jer. 3:8).

Though He put her away, the marriage covenant Christ anciently made with Israel was binding until death. Neither party was free to marry another (Matt. 19:3-9). However, Christ’s death on the stake freed Him from that marriage (Rom. 7:1-4).

Human marriages fail as a result of broken laws. Breaking laws again by allowing divorce and remarriage, contrary to God’s law, would only create more misery. To fully understand that God hates divorce, we have to prove and understand from the Bible that human marriage is a type of the coming future marriage to Jesus Christ. Look at what God says in Mat. 19:8:

“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so,” (Matt. 19:8)

He warns us to be very cautious in our thoughts and dealings with divorce, which is never an acceptable choice to God, not even for reason of adultery, addiction, spiritism, criminal or immoral conduct.

God’s Laws on Divorce Simplified

The laws of God concerning marriage and divorce are really quite simple. Jesus Christ explained them so that even a little child could understand them. “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” (Matt. 19:4-6).

Here Jesus Christ cut through a lot of chaff and human reasoning. He showed that man was created for marriage and what God had joined together should not be “put asunder.” Some people in Christ’s day did not like His answer. Men still don’t like this answer. But this law is the foundation of the marriage institution and it is the basis of family life. As Mr. Armstrong stated, this “is the Divine law on which the stability—or the fate of a nation rests!” (Ibid).

The intellectuals and lawyers of Christ’s time quizzed Christ a little further on this issue. Remember, they didn’t like His answer. “They said unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry” (Matt. 19:7-10).

This was a stinging answer from Christ. He said that Moses allowed them divorce because of the hardness of their carnal hearts. In other words, ancient Israel could not understand the spiritual dimension to God’s purpose for marriage or live by the spiritual laws concerning marriage. Jesus Christ was essentially putting God’s truth about marriage and divorce “back-on-track.”

Christ was very clear here that God never intended to allow divorce—“from the beginning it was not so!” Christ also stated that to separate what God had joined together and remarry another is committing adultery.

In these verses, Christ allowed an exception to God’s rule—“except it be for fornication.” Simple enough, right? No, we also need to know what the word “fornication” means.

The Porneia Controversy

What exactly does the word “fornication,” as used by Christ in Matt. 19 mean? This word in the Greek language is porneia. It does not mean adultery in marriage, nor does it give adultery as a reason for allowing a divorce. Granted, the Greek porneia has more than one meaning. So does the English word, “saw.” It may mean “did see,” or it may mean an instrument with jagged teeth for cutting through wood. We determine by its use in the sentence, in the context of that sentence, which meaning of the word applies. So it is in the case in which Jesus used the Greek word porneia. The translators of the King James Bible in 1611 knew that Jesus intended the definition “fornication” as an act prior to marriage.

Consider what Jesus said in Matthew 5:32, “But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”

Consider that! If in this case porneia should have been translated “adultery” instead of premarital fornication, then, in the English look how absurd would be Jesus’ statement. He would have said, whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of adultery, causeth her to commit adultery. In other words, he divorced her for the sin of adultery, and causes her to commit again the same act for which he divorced her. That would not make sense!

Further, same sentence (verse 32): “whosoever shall marry her” (that is put away for adultery) “committeth adultery.” He who would marry this particular divorced woman would be committing adultery only because she is still the wife of the man who divorced her! To say that Jesus gave adultery as grounds for divorce introduces confusion, and misrepresents what Jesus said to be ridiculous!

The simple fact is that the word “porneia” does describe premarital sexual relations—a capital sin. Jesus Christ used porneia to describe illicit sexual relations prior to marriage—only! He was not describing illicit sexual conduct after marriage.

Marriage not binding in case of premarital adultery

The only way that a man marrying a divorced woman commits adultery is if the woman is still the bound wife of the man who divorced her. But when Jesus gave the only grounds as premarital fornication, that can mean only that the marriage was not binding—God never bound that marriage in the first place. The woman had committed fornication prior to the marriage, had not told the man, and therefore he was defrauded—the marriage was never binding! Why? Because God knew, but the man did not. God never bound that marriage. The man was unknowingly defrauded. If she had told him, and he forgave her anyway, then the marriage would have been bound by God. In that case if he divorced her he did not do so legally in God’s sight, and he caused her, by marrying another, to commit adultery.

In both Matthew 5 and Matthew 19, both the translated English words ‘fornication” and “adultery” are mentioned. In the original Greek the word translated “fornication” was porneia, and a different Greek word was used for adultery, moicheia. If Jesus had meant “adultery” to be the only grounds for divorce and remarriage, he would have used the word moicheia instead of porneia. The very fact He did use the Greek porneia in the same sentence with moicheia shows definitely He did not intend porneia to mean adultery—unfaithfulness after marriage.

So, porneia does not mean adultery. Even God and Jesus Christ show us through the Bible that an adulterous act is not grounds for divorce.  “They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD” (Jer. 3:1). Ancient Israel played the harlot with God, and God actually encouraged Israel to return unto him.

A liberal ministry often fails to address two other scriptures related to the laws governing marriage and divorce. Paul wrote to the Romans, “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man” (Rom. 7:1-3). Paul shows here very clearly that only death can sever a marriage bound by God. In essence, if a man and a woman married and could live forever, then their marriage would be forever! Our marriage with Christ will be forever. Christ already is spirit. We will become spirit at the first resurrection. Because we will live eternally, our marriage will be eternal. Our human marriages must picture our marriage to Christ in faithfulness.

Paul also taught, “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife” (I Cor. 7:10-11). Paul explains here that if married people divorce, they must either reconcile with their mate or remain single.

Only two reasons for divorce

First, Jesus gave fornication (prior to marriage) as the grounds for nullifying a marriage. This clearly was a form of fraud. When discovered (in nearly all cases) immediately after marriage, it simply meant God, knowing of this fraud, had actually not bound the marriage—and what followed therefore was actually an annulment, not a divorce.

However this did not apply in cases of marriages by unconverted people. God never bound them anyway—they were bound by man’s law, and any divorce and/or remarriage would be according to man’s civil law. But the church would not apply this annulment if the couple had continued living together for a period of time. There could be other types of fraud—such as marriage enforced at the point of a gun.

The second cause for divorce is based on 1 Corinthians 7. Paul there speaks, verses 8-9, to the unmarried and widows. In verses 10-11 he speaks to the married. Beginning verse 12 he speaks to “the rest.” If a converted man has a wife…if she be pleased to live with him, he must not divorce her—he has no grounds for divorce and remarriage.

Likewise the woman in God’s Church, if she has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her despite her religion, she shall not leave him (verse 13).

But if the unbelieving one leaves—cuts off the marriage because of the Church member’s religion—let him or her depart. Now notice this! The believing Church member is not given grounds for breaking off the marriage. It is only IF the unbelieving one leaves—severs the marriage relationship—then and only then is the believer (Church member) no longer bound and free to obtain a divorce (verse 15).

This could occur in at least two ways. 1) The believing Church member has been newly converted, and the mate refuses to live with him or her because of the religion. 2) Both had been in the Church, but one falls away, turns bitter against the Church, refuses to live as husband or wife with the still loyal member. In this case the embittered one, leaving the Church, has become an unbeliever.

We must take special note of several facts:

“Fornication” or premarital sex is grounds for annulment, not divorce. With this understanding the only cases for allowable divorce and remarriage within God’s Church are: the case of an unconverted mate departing the marriage over religion; or the case of a member becoming an unbeliever and then departing the marriage. The converted mate is then free to remarry, but only within God’s Church. Why? See II Cor. 6:14:

“Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?”

Believers should not marry unbelievers, as this scripture shows. it creates confusion and disharmony.

We must remember that God hates “putting away.” If a Christian is already married to an unbelieving mate who is please to dwell with him, it would be a grave sin for a that member to manipulate an unconcerted mate to leave a marriage. Living with an unconcerted mate can be difficult at times, even if that mate is kind and supportive. But that is not a valid reason for “pushing” that mate out of a marriage.

Again, we must look at marriage to an unconverted mate from God’s perspective:

Now Paul gives an important reason for the converted mate continuing in the marriage, IF the unbelieving one is willing. Notice I Corinthians 7:14: “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now they are holy.”

To thoroughly understand this we need to go clear back to Adam and Eve. When God drove them out of the Garden of Eden, and with sword-flaming angels barred anyone from going back in—or having access to the tree of life (the Holy Spirit)—God said, in effect:

“You have made your decision. You have rebelled against me, denied me as your God, your Revealer of knowledge, your Ruler. Therefore I sentence you and the World that shall be born from you to 6,000 years of being CUT OFF from me—except for the VERY FEW I shall specially call into my service to prepare for the Kingdom of God.”

Jesus confirmed this when He said, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him” (John 6:44).

Now the nation of ancient Israel was specially called by God the Father for a special purpose—even though they were still cut off from receiving the Holy Spirit.

But the unconverted mate is put in a special category—not called necessarily to receiving the Holy Spirit or spiritual conversion—but simply NOT CUT OFF from God. They are free to seek God, if they will, and to become converted. They are placed in a special category, neither converted, or CALLED for God’s special duty in conversion—but, on the other hand, NOT actually CUTOFF—not in the category Jesus spoke of, saying no such unbeliever CAN come to Jesus, except by special call to salvation by God the Father. They are free to seek God and to seek conversion IF THEY WILL—not CUT OFF!…

If the husband or wife who is IN the Church divorces the unbelieving nonmember who is willing to continue the marriage, that Church member puts the unconcerted mate in the CUTOFF category—whereas such nonmember mate might have been saved for eternal life in God’s Kingdom.

We must never forget that the only way to fully understand the Bible on the issue of divorce and remarriage is by seeking God’s will.

Christ will soon marry again. Only this time He will marry a repentant, forgiven, sinless “spiritual Israel.” This is the New Testament Church soon to enter the Kingdom of God. Read Revelation 19:7: “The marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.”

And sweet dreams they were!  So sweet in fact that i woke early and extremely horny.  i lay on my back in bed and felt an intense longing both physical and emotional.  It was like withdrawal symptoms i guess.  my body was crying out to be used, my nipples were hard and proudly jutting through my pink satin PJ’s and i could not resist playing with them even though i know that Mistress Ana would not approve and that i shall be punished for having done so.  Of course, this made my physical arousal all the more intense but try as i might, playing with my nipples myself does not bring me to an orgasm.  It is not the same as when Mistress Ana does it obviously and the more i think of Her the more i miss Her and the more my nipples and indeed my whole body aches.  And so, i did not linger long.  Knowing that touching my nipples would only add to my fruitless arousal, i climbed out of bed and took myself off to the bathroom, but not for a cold shower!

No, this morning was hair removal morning.  i went over my whole body with the No-No, or at least those parts that i can reach.  i did my face again for i am determined now to try and gradually kill off my facial hair.  i am under no illusion that this will take a long time but all the better then to start now.  After the No-No, i shaved my face and then decided to run the razor over the rest of my body too for the No-No does not get all of the hairs.  The result was a very smoothly shaven roxie indeed!  Next, i showered and exfoliated vigorously.  Oh what heaven it was in the hot stinging shower with my freshly shaved body all pink and tingling by the time i had finished.  After toweling myself dry, i began applying body lotion all over.  The door to my room was closed but it did not stop my business partner from just walking in unannounced.  i don’t know who was the more surprised or embarrassed, him from seeing me naked or me from not being sure whether or not he saw the CB-2000 before i grabbed a towel or whether he noticed i was hairless or perhaps even noticed the bra and panties that were still draped over the chair from yesterday!  i pulled a towel quickly around my waist as my partner announced he would be gone for the day.  i was delighted to hear this and tried my level best to show no embarrassment or discomfort as i wished him a great day with his lady friend.

After he left, i finished applying moisturiser to my face and hands and then dressed entirely “en femme.”  i applied make up, put on my wig and dressed in the same purple bra as yesterday and clean purple lace panties.  i chose a summery dress to wear and then put on a little jewelery, a lovely lapis lazuli and silver necklace and my ladies watch which i discovered in my jewelery bag after all.  i chose a pair of 4″ stiletto heels in a maroon colour that matched the dress and for which i had a matching handbag and then, putting money in the handbag, decided to go out shopping.  First i went to the supermarket to get a few items i needed for lunch today and tomorrow.  Just fresh vegetables really but it felt terrific to be outside in the fresh air, my newly depilated legs cooled by the breeze.  i attracted no attention as i shopped, at least none that i noticed, and the girl at the checkout certainly gave me no second glance.

i walked by to the office/apartment and left the groceries and then went out again.  This time i caught a cab which took me down to Miraflores.  i wanted to just wander around the shops, not looking for anything in particular other than a bargain perhaps.  And i found two!  First, i found a pair of gorgeous sandals in  beautiful dark pink or cerise colour.  It is rare to find shoes my size here in Peru because most Peruvians are small.  But, there they were!  My size, the last pair and on sale for just 50 Peruvian Soles (about $18).  i simply couldn’t resist.  i know i am supposed to seek Mistresss Ana’s permission before i buy such things but they might have gone by the time i returned with permission and so i tried them, found they fit and bought them.  You can see them below as well as how well the match the dress i wore today.

But then there was a second bargain!  i wandered into the lingerie department of Falabella (a big department store) and found that they had two-piece satin baby-doll pyjama sets selling for just 30 soles ($10) so i bought two sets, one in red with black dots and the other a sort of snake-skin pattern with white lace trim as you can see.

Satisfied at this, i returned to the office/apartment, eager to try on the pyjamas and shoes.  All fit beautifully and i am so in love with the shoes, i still have them on now as i write, close to the end of the day.  Yes, it is late now, and my business partner has not yet returned but will do soon so i had best either look as if i am already in bed and asleep or change back into male mode.  i think i will go for the former and wear one of my new pyjama sets.  Oh what a wonderful all feminine day i have had.

Oh, one last thing, this evening Lady Dynah was online and we chatted for about an hour.  It was good to have a long chat with Her again, especially on video cam.  She has cut Her hair shorter which suits Her and makes Her look younger in my opinion.  We chatted about my business plans and opportunities perhaps for some of Her friends to invest and then moved on to some of the doubts that She has about the D/s lifestyle and reconciling it with Her strong Christian beliefs.  This is not a new discussion between us and i maintain that as long as both Domme and sub are consenting then each is doing the other a service and so it cannot be a sin.  But is it fornication?  While fornication is considered a sin, then any sexual activity, even within marriage, that is not aimed at procreation would also be a sin and we accept contraception so why should a strong D/s relationship be any different?  Both the Domme and the sub have a need and each satisfies that need in the other so it is a sort of symbiosis, a mutual benefit that does no one any harm and does the individuals a lot of good in satisfying innate physical and emotional needs.  As ever, we parted with Lady Dynah in agreement but then it is Sunday tomorrow and that might just see those doubts return.

No contact today with Goddess Joyce.  i had expected to get a phone call with instructions to go to the farmers market for Her but nothing.  i tried phoning Her but got no response so maybe baby Vincent is arriving or has arrived.  i will call again tomorrow.

Lou Dobbs billboard at US border scares mexicans to stay the hell home

The liberal mainstream media is just making things up again.  As we all know, Lou Dobbs, who has been bravely reporting on the growing mexican menace from behind enemy lines at the Communist News Network studies, finally had enough and walked away from his job.

Today, CNN affiliates are reporting a big fat lie that Lou Dobbs is

actually named Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, who for the last 48 years had been living illegally in the United States under the name Lou Dobbs.

And they are claiming he is being deported!!  This is NOT TRUE.

Lou Dobbs is an American Hero who understands immigration issues almost as well as Rep Tom Tancredo.   I can assure you that I have no love for CNN.  But I have personally gone to the Home of Lou Dobbs, knocked on its door, and shook the hand of Lou Dobbs, thanking him personally for truthfully describing the mexican issue in clear, economic principles.  It was Lou Dobbs who has made it clear for 5 years that mexico has no business in being in NAFTA because it exports only dangerous drugs, rapists, tortillas, and filthy short people that nobody can burn understand.

If it weren’t for the fact that Lou Dobbs is jooish, God would reserve a special place for him in Heaven.  However, Rep Tom Tancredo has a special place for Lou Dobbs in his administration, and plans to about Lou Dobbs to his cabinet as Director of Border Operations Secretary.

Don’t listen to the lies of leftist Gotcha reporters and cynical pajama-wearing interblog pundits.  They aren’t the real Americans like you and me.  Lou Dobbs left his job because he needs more time to work on the tyranny in the Whitehouse WHILE stopping the unchecked flow of brown mexicans across our southern borders.

Jesus protected by a sad US GI on day of His rendition and torture

The peaceful, loving relationship between the US soldier and Jesus is the basis upon which the US projects its devastatingly effective military power.  Our Military and all of Her operations are certified by an authority no less powerful and Perfect than the Provenance of God!  We  engage in battle with Our enemies equipped with Divine Certainty that, as Gen George W. Bush has said repeatedly, “Our crusade against Muslim terror and the demonic treachery of the muslim is a just one!“

[For anybody who has difficulty with this concept, and considers equally legitimate all monotheistic faiths of the Abrahamic tradition,  I need only remind you that Jesus uses the King James Bible and only the King James Bible to deliver His message.  There is no such thing as a King James Koran....and there never will be.  In other words, when Jesus had the chance to vote for who would be His People, Jesus voted for the Christian and against the muslim.

And I don’t have to remind you that the War against Muslim Atrocities is a borderless war.  Try as we do to contain the battlefield within the borders of their own pathetic, God-foresaken countries, skirmishes break out from time to time elsewhere, including sometimes within the peaceful Borders of our very own Dominion.  This simple fact of islamic treachery teaches us that Christians must remain vigilant no matter it they are in Turkinministan, Timbuktoo or Tuscaloosa.

Do we project our Power perfectly at all times?  Of course we do not.  We are only God-like, not God.  We are human and the only real failing of a true Christian is in trying to be as perfect as God and then falling short.  But every once in a while we make a mistake.

For example, a Christian US Marine is now being persecuted by the secularists in Florida for a minor case of mistaken identity.  He was on leave, peacefully, going about his business, removing some laundry from the trunk of his car in front of his own home in a peaceful neighborhood of like-minded Christians.  Because he was trained so well, he was aware this calming scene could be disrupted at any moment and was also on alert.

Inexplicably,  someone doing a PERFECT muslim imitation came running up from behind this soldier with an opium-crazed look on his face, screaming, “Allah akbar!  Allah akbar!” which literally translated means, “I am about to pull the cord on this here homicide bomb, Allah willing!”

Because he was a US Marine he was trained to recognize homicidal islamofascism in a blink of an eye and to do what any good Christian would do in a situation like that:  he grabbed the tire wrench from the trunk of his car and used it to repeatedly beat this savage pseudo-islamofascist mercilessly, to stop him from activating the bomb that any reasonable American would presume was wrapped around his chest, which would be used to harm any innocent Christian women and children who are nearby.

Once unconscious, it was determined that this muslim-wannabe was, in fact, not a typical muslim terrorist and was instead a member of some catholic-like mediterranean-based wiccan cult who had illegally immigrated into the US through our broken borders.  Further, he might just as well have been a deaf mute because he didn’t speak or hear a lick of English, a fact which might have led to some uncertainty about his true intentions.

Sadly, the Christian US Marine was subsequently arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder, and now suffers the worst sort of persecution imaginable: false imprisonment by the very same government he swore to defend with Honor until the last breath of his life.  He has become an enemy of the liberal state.

This incident proves many things.  First, it proves that after generations of removing God from our schools, our secular law enforcement culture apparently has lost any ability to tell the difference between justified defense from a homicidal maniac, and mistaken identity and is willing to persecute good Christians who might accidentally do the latter.

Second, to the degree this case might possibly represent unfortunate “collateral damage” in the war against muslims, it also proves the wisdom of Rep Tom Tancredo’s platform for insisting that English be the Official Language in the US.  To prevent further mishaps of this nature, as our next president, Rep Tom Tancredo will enact laws that ensure visitors to this Dominion can pass basic English proficiency tests before entering through Customs.  For their own safety.

Third, although it is true there are special places in Hell reserved for those who fall short of the Loving Expectations of God, this is not one of those cases.  Lance Cpl. Bruce can rest assured that Jesus will walk with him as he suffers through persecution from secularists who are not nearly as forgiving about mistaken cases of identity as is God….particularly when muslims are involved.

He was the only child of his father. His dad spent virtually all the resources he had in training and sending him to school in ensuring the soundness of his education. He was love by his parents. He was a cherished and promised child, full of hope and aspirations.

As a result of his parents love for him, he was sent to the United States (a supposed land flowing with milk and honey) to enjoy the full benefit of western civilization. Unfortunately! Sadly! And sorrowfully he got tempted, just once, and engaged in homosexual act and contacted AIDS and died a year later. Sad indeed!

Dear friends, there are devastating consequences associated with the sin of sexual immorality. Learn a lesson from the beloved young man in our story. Jesus Christ condemns sexual sins, in any form or shape. The Bible says in Matthew 7:21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication

*All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” In Galatians 5:19-21 the scripture say “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God .”

In our present day dispensation, sexual immorality involves fornication (sexual act between unmarried partners), Adultery (sexual act between married people), Homosexual (sexual act between same sex male) and Lesbianism (sexual act between same sex female).

This also includes pornography (in any form or shape) and masturbation. Jesus Christ went further to say that if you look at a woman to lust after her in your heart; you have already committed adultery with her in your heart, Matthew 5:27-28.

The consequences of sexual sins cannot be over emphasized:

1) It leads to present and eternal separation from God.

2) Sexual sins will make your worship and prayers unacceptable to God.

3) The guilt of the sin will hinder you from going boldly to God in prayers.

4) Sexual sins will open up doors for the devil to attack you on a daily basis.

5) Sexual sins will leave you completely unprotected by God.

6) Sexual sins will hinder your blessings from God.

7) Sexual sins might lead to your untimely death.

Sexual sins will take the glory of God away from you.

9) Sexual sins can expose you to diseases, such as AIDS, and pestilence and unwanted babies.

10) And finally, continuous rebellion in embarking in sexual sins will consequently land you in hell.

Jesus gave this last warning in Revelation 22:11-12 “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”

Dear friends, repent and give your life to Jesus Christ today, before it’s too late. He is the only one that can give you power to be delivered from the bondage of sexual immorality. Flee from sexual immorality and escape the impending consequences. Repent today, tomorrow might be too late.

Blessed are your eyes for reading this message. Please, don’t let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. We will meet in heaven if you do them.

Evangelist Godwin
USA
“Rejoice AlwaHoliness” <deeperlife2003@yahoo.comys”

One thing that makes the 21^st century such a good time to be alive is that there’s no sanctioned authority telling you to limit your time doing the horizontal mambo.

In this day and age, you can meet someone of the opposite sex (or even the same sex) at a bar, coffee shop, restaurant, whatever … and a few hours later you both can be lie-down dancing. There’s no medieval ruler over your shoulder threatening your castration if you take a possible mate away from him.

Nowadays if a woman wants to enjoy the company of a man, she can very well go out and enjoy the company of a man … or another woman … or a man and a woman … or four men and five women … or even 12 men and 8 women all at once inside a rainbow-colored Mini Cooper – anything goes – no government approval needed.

Nowadays, if a man wants to go out and hit that stick, he can hit that stick. And people don’t really care any which way from Tuesday whether his preference is for the “stick” or the “gash”.

That’s the beauty of the age in which we live … when it comes to sexual things we hold dear, we’re free to do what we please, because we’re human and we have needs.

For most, sexual needs are life’s Energizer battery. Without sex, much of the inspiration we have to move forward through life would be gone.

Why do people strive to be richer? Why do people strive to mob deep in an Escalade as opposed to an Escort? Because it is way more fun to jackhammer away on supple Cadillac leather than on itchy econo-car mouse-fir cloth.

Why do people strive to vacation in the French Riviera as opposed to “Mosquito Swamp” State Park? Because nobody in their right mind wants critters up their crotch … plus nothing kisses the ass better than the Mediterranean Sun.

Sex is such a vital part of human life, not just for its ability to bring new life into the world, but because it brings new life within us. Sex makes us happy.

So when I see people and organizations that try to get people to turn off their sexual urges, I scratch my head in confusion. Sometimes that confusion leads to my wanting to scratch off my scalp in pure anger.

Here we are living in the era of 21^st century sexual freedom, and then I see books trying to take us back to the 13^th century. I was visiting a friend in Pennsylvania a couple of weeks back and I was quite disturbed by a book I saw on her counter.

There are few things in this world that disturb me, but this book really took the cake – it was entitled, “Every Young Man’s Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation (The Every Man Series)”.

With sex being such an integral part of the human experience, I cannot imagine there are people out there encouraging the blockage of sexual feelings and thoughts. It’s as bad as someone writing a book discouraging exhalation, with a bonus section on how to avoid urination.

I just don’t understand how keeping the mind “pure” makes anyone happier. If anything, it would cause psychological damage just like plugging the penis tip during ejaculation causes urinary tract damage. Isn’t it possible that a book like this could cause a level of angst that would make men dangerous to women? There’s also an “Every Woman Series”. I worry that series could cause more young women to get pregnant.

There are not many things in this world that make me red hot, but when you tell the ice cube it’s not allowed to exist in a solid state, you’re just wasting your breath.

Books that say masturbation and sexual thoughts will send you straight to hell are creating an unnecessary a fear in young men and women. When I see people suffering it kills me, especially when the suffering is manufactured from the fundamentalist views of 13^th century-minded authors.

I further question these books’ effectiveness when I read their customer reviews. One Amazon.com customer commenting on Every Young man’s Battle reported the book delves into gritty details of sexual discovery. While that’s enough for me to want to buy a copy and make the pages stick together, I feel sorry for the innocent minds to which this book is targeted. Imagine the look on poor little Bobby’s face when he finds out “doggy style” has nothing to do with Scooby Doo. I’m not saying that’s what’s in the book, but it is a gritty sexual detail.

What it all boils down to is another instance where the peddling of family values backfires in the face of those who are so hell-bent on forcing their beliefs on others. To all you pushy, overbearing, hypocritical bastards: I dedicate my next hard-on to you, and I spooge in your general direction.

Beyonce made an Anthem  Calling all the Single Ladies in the beginning of her song, bringing them to attention, then telling the men in their lives, “if you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it”.   “Whoa uh oh!”  the problem with this advice is,  she is down with test driving the merchandise which cheapens it.   Let me let you in on a little secret… Guys and Gals,  pull up a chair and perk your little ears up.  When you want to get a car you test drive it, because it’s a car, and you use a car.  Notice I said USE,  you USE a car, I know the correct word is drive, and ride,  but I don’t want your minds to fall over in the gutter on me.  So how do you keep your sanity and stay holy in this world of Fornication, Masturbation, Pornography, Bisexuality, Homosexuality, Metrosxuality, Bicuriosity and everything else in between.  Oh I am so glad you asked.  You see The bible says that, “A man that findeth a wife findeth a good thing…”  OK Ladies so what is that telling you?  Number one,  if you are out hunting for Mr. Right then you are Wrong!  It’s Ok to make yourself available,  dress yourself up,  but don’t put yourself in situations that will simply get you in trouble.  As a minister I have heard several  excuses when someone ends up pregnant like….”I don’t know how this happenend”.  When I hear that I don’t know whether to give a short class on human sexuality, or chuckle at the vision in my head of the unlucky couple somehow slipping on a magically appearing patch of ice, and his and her pants simultaneously falling down and their genitals falling into each other as well.  What an amazing set of circumstances.  People ask me all the time,  “do you date?” and I answer,  “No”. But I also give them this explanation… As an unmarried woman,  my father, as long as he is living sits as the priest over my life,  if a man would like to date me,  then he must let his intentions be known to him.  We can talk on the phone but if he wishes to take me somewhere, my father must talk to him first.  Well Not long ago this happened, and after exchanging numbers I talked with this man for about a week on the phone then he asked me out so I gave him my fathers number.  Him being a Christian found that to be acceptable, so my father spoke with him,  and immediately told me to cut off all communications with him.  I asked him why, and my father told me that the man was married, and was going through a difficult divorce.  This information was not known to me,  but my father gave him a man to man talk, and  got that information out of him.  Now have I always submitted to my father this way?  No,  when I was in the military I wasted a lot of time dating knuckle heads who only wanted one thing and thankfully I wasn’t a whore but I still wasted a lot of time with them going to clubs and ruining my reputation drinking, smoking and crazy stuff like that.  So now I wait for the right man to come, and when he does I will once again let my father decide, and then we will court each other by spending very little time alone with each other instead I will bring my sister along as  a Chaperone or have other friends along.  I will invite him to church and we will meet in very public places like parks and restaurants.  This is what my brother and his wife did for about a year.  After that was done they stayed apart for about two weeks and fasted asking God for his guidance concerning marriage,  then they talked to their pastors.  Finally my brother asked her mother, and father for her hand in marriage, which is the proper biblical way to do it.  They have been married many years now and have had very few problems,  they did not practice premarital sex and they and I believe in the vows when it says to the groom “Now you may kiss the bride” .  Their is a reason for that folks.  If you save that special kiss and embrace, and all that goes with it for marriage,  it makes things go so much better.  It is a trick of the enemy to send people down the slippery slope of Pornography, fornication and masturbation before marriage because these three things alone are some of the biggest marriage killers.  They train you before your marriage to be intimate with only yourself,  and total strangers or vile images in your head.  When you are with your spouse,  your brain will not know  how to make love,  it will only know  how to do what is saw in the images that are seen in magazines and movies.  Your spouse can’t turn you on because he or she isn’t an acrobat and can’t stand on their head or have 50 climaxes.  Your spouse can’t compete with the man in the picture because he is not built like a horse.  If you practiced the sin of fornication or premarital sex with your spouse you are then tempted with adultery as fornication with others has created soul ties with other people which according to scripture…. you lay with them, you are one with them, then you are married and tied,  you have to ask God to divorce that person out of your marriage, or a constant comparison will occur in the bedroom. You will have a real tug of war on your hands,  your spouses soul  tie on your heart pulling one way, and the ties made previously to another, or several others pulling in the opposite direction, creating a deadly love triangle.  With the premarital sex,  the honey moon is a joke and a waste of money,  couples end up arguing the whole time due to the  guilt of wasting time, and money,  because they know they are doing nothing,  but what they been doing all along,  who do they think they fooling.  Then there is the abomination of bisexuality,  homosexuality and bicuriosity this is an abomination because the bible said it was.  He destroyed the civilizations of Sodom and Gomorrah because of that sin,  it goes against the very nature that God has set in place.  The bible said in the last days that men would be lovers of their own flesh instead of lovers of God (paraphrased).  God’s revulsion for sexual sin and homosexuality is repeated all throughout the book of Roman’s read it in your free time.  In conclusion,  I just want to say,  to all the singles in the struggle,    from one single to another,  just know that you are complete and whole if you have a personal and real relationship with God.  Having a mate will not complete you only complement you!

~Anointed

Though the TNIV remains my public reading English translation of choice, I’ve found myself spending more time with the NRSV (New Revised Standard Version) in private.

Last night I began another reading of Paul’s Letter to the Romans with hopes of reading all his Letters once again.

A question: Is the term fornication still in vogue for the Greek porneia?  I’ve noticed it time and time again in the NRSV (see Gal. 5:19).

I don’t think I’ve ever seen sexual immorality as in the more recent English translations (ESV, NET, TNIV). 

I have a feeling that fornication in the NRSV limitless the range of porneia.  Perhaps sexual immorality is to be preferred.

In all your getting, get understanding.

Well you learn something new everyday….

First of all, I am not writing this to condemn anyone. The bible said it is Satan who condemns. Romans Chapter 8 starts out saying that there is no condemnation for those who love God and are called according to his purpose. I want to make that clear before I go any further because this can be a sensitive subject. I certainly am not in the position to point fingers at anyone. Paul saids in the scriptures that what we tell others not to do, that very same thing we are capable of doing ourselves. This is true, everyone’s capable of commiting sin, it simply comes down to the choices you make. Although I have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus and practice walking circumspectly before the Lord everyday, this was not always the case until I got revelation from the word of God. My growth in being a student of the word is taking me from faith to faith and glory to glory.

The world saids fornication is okay and proper as a single person long as you wait out 90 days?? The bible said flee from forinciation
1 Corinthians 6: . 15
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

So we devise our own ways – we do have that option as God did give us a choice to choose life or death, blessings or cursing.
Proverbs 14: 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Worldy ideas are dangerous and deceptive. Practicing sin leads to eternal damnation. There is a culture today that opposes any truth that does not tickle the ears. The world has it’s own way which is against God’s word:
Romans 12:1 saids 1 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b] 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

I’ve talked with two men who live their lives for Christ (for real) and they told me about the word of God they are sharing with women addressing this very issue not of their own opinions but straight from the scriptures. As Jesus said, “I only speak as the Father instructs me.” Jesus said in John 14, the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me. Likewise, the words that we speak in ministry should not be of ourselves but straight from the word of God.

Minister Lamar Porter of Most High God Ministries – read his latest blog at http://www.mosthighgodministries.com

and Ringo4life – breakin down this lifestyle in his latest series on the 90 Day Rule made popular by Steve Harvey.

Now Ringo is a sharp shooter - his ministry approach is definitely not for the sensitive. However he speaks truth when it comes to the scriptures. I don’t want any of my sisters to feel condemned by his ministry. Remember the woman at the well in the bible – Jesus simply told her to go and sin no more, and also remember the adulterous woman who got caught and was about to be stoned to death and Jesus said he who is without sin cast the first stone. In other words when we look within ourselves, let us remember that we have the power to repent, and the blood of Jesus has the power to cleanse us and make us righteous through him.

Pastor Foster’s outstanding efforts for justice on behalf of victims of church sexual abuse reminds me of 1 Corinthians 6:18. “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” This is relevant because sexual sin is rarely committed at the drop of a hat, almost at random. Going out and committing adultery, fornication, or homosexuality is not like tripping and falling down the stairs. It isn’t something that you do suddenly when you “snap”, “crack under the pressure”, or somehow lose control of your faculties, your ability to think and reason clearly or restrain yourself. It is rarely a sin that “just happens on the spur of the moment”, the result of a situation that rapidly spiral out of control.

Now perhaps there are sins that probably can happen that way, maybe including even murder, but they DO NOT include sexual sins. Instead, the idea that “it just happened” or “it was beyond my control” is a convenient reassuring lie that we often find refuge in after the fact. Truthfully, the only time that this explanation is even plausible is when abuse of alcohol or drugs are involved, and in those cases, rather than being excuses for sinful sexual behavior, drug and alcohol abuse are sins themselves. Instead, sexual sins are almost always sins committed after a time or incident of temptation, and the comission of said sin is thus the result of the failure of the Christian to remove himself from the temptation.

Let us be honest here. We aren’t simply walking down the street minding our own business when some unclean spirit seizes us and unwillingly forces us to do dishonor our bodies and abuse the bodies of others with this type of sinful behavior. And we also aren’t these naive souls that find ourselves manipulated and overcome by the wiles of a tempter or seductress. Plainly speaking, if it isn’t rape, then it is sexual sin. If it isn’t violent coercion, then it is sexual sin.

So why does it happen so often, even amongst the clergy? The reason is that we are like David as opposed to being like Joseph. Now consider Joseph. When Potiphar’s wife made her advance and grabbed hold of him, he didn’t trust his ability to resist the temptation or negotiate the situation. No, Joseph got out of there, leaving his clothes behind! And Joseph, being a very wise person, almost certainly knew that his running naked away from Potiphar’s wife and leaving her holding his clothes would leave him with absolutely no defense whatsoever. He knew that running off in that manner would result in any charge made against him being believed, and that any legal standing or credibility that he might have had – and being a Hebrew slave in Egypt he really had none to begin with – would have been forfeited. So in leaving his clothes behind, he was really abandoning all that he had. He was giving up every right, every privilege, every consideration that the world had to offer him. And why did he do so? Because obedience to God’s law was worth all the rights, privileges and recourses that the world had to offer. Joseph was going to obey YHWH even if it cost him everything, including his very life! Make no mistake, either way Joseph was going to be in a hard position. He either had to put himself in the position where he had to resist the seducing charms of Potiphar’s wife, or put himself in a position where he would have no defense against a false charge of attempted sexual assault by that same wife. As the Bible narrative tells us, Joseph chose the latter, and willingly bore the consequences! As was evident from the time that Cain slew Abel and was made manifest in the most supreme and extreme example by the rejection and death of the SINLESS Jesus Christ on the cross, true righteousness in this wicked world always comes at a price, and it was a price that Joseph was willing to pay.

But instead of being like Joseph, we are like David. David watched Bathsheba bathe. He could have easily avoided doing so. Some blame this on David’s not going out to battle, but one doesn’t even have to go that far. David could have simply closed or averted his eyes and gotten away from there as fast as he could; gone back inside his house. Instead, he allowed viewing the body of another man’s wife to please him, and from there it was simply James 1:14-15, which reads “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” So where Joseph fled fornication, David gave a place to the devil, and with the latter you saw the result. David “took Bathsheba and laid with her”, and it is still my opinion that the Bible does not state that David’s relations with Bathsheba were consensual on her part, but instead used language similar to Absalom’s rape of Tamar and Shechem’s rape of Dinah. In that light the contrast between Joseph and David becomes even more stark: where the former fled consensual sin with Potiphar’s wife,  the latter appears to have forced himself on Uriah’s wife.

So why are we so often more likely to choose the path of David over the path of Joseph? It appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of another verse from James, that being 4:7’s “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Actually, that is 4:7b. 4:7a, which reads “Submit yourselves therefore to God” is often ignored and omitted, and 4:7b is often quoted in isolation, usually as sort of a “Christian cliche’”, which of course increases its potential to be misunderstood and misapplied.

We often interpret “resisting Satan” to placing ourselves in compromising and sinful situations. We think of ourselves as spiritual athletes or superheroes. We tell ourselves that there is some great merit in putting temptation before our face and resisting it, that it is some mark of spiritual maturity and upright character. We think that because we are Christians indwelt by the Holy Spirit, that it means that we can trust ourselves and that we can be trusted. And the feelings of attraction or tension that we might have? We tell ourselves that they don’t exist because we are born again, and born again Christians don’t have those problems! Or we tell ourselves that because we are so strong and mature and are experiencing such victory that we can handle them without acting on them. We can just sweep them under our emotional, mental and physical rugs, we tell us, and we further deceive ourselves by telling ourselves that God will make it stay there. After all, we delude ourselves because of bad theology and teachings: it’s His job! It is one of His promises! To be able to stare temptation right in the face hour after hour, day after day, week after week and year after year without falling is one of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit!

And Christians who reject this form of (let us call it what it is) NEEDLESS SELF-TORTURE, SELF-ABUSE AND SELF-ENDANGERMENT? We call them “legalists.” We call them “fundamentalists.” We even question their own salvation and Bible knowledge. We say “if they were REALLY saved, if they REALLY UNDERSTOOD GRACE, if they REALLY UNDERSTOOD VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIVING, if they REALLY HAD THE SELF-CONTROL THAT CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, then they wouldn’t need all these legalistic rules. They’d just trust themselves and each other, and above all trust God. Right?

Well, we see the result of this thinking. Having cast aside the rules designed to keep Christians pure as “old-fashioned”, “legalistic”,  “impediments to church growth” and “sexist”, we see that teen pregnancy, illegitimacy, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, divorce and pornography are huge problems in our churches, in some cases surpassing that of the general population, and that speaks nothing of the sex scandals among the clergy and other church leaders. And despite all this, we deceive ourselves as to the reasons why. Instead of separating from worldly practices and ideas, we tell ourselves that we can partake of those same practices, implement those same ideas and still not sin because we are Christians.

This is particularly absurd when the Bible itself explicitly calls it a lie. In a general sense, 1 John 1:8 says that any Christian who denies his capacity for sin deceives himself and rejects God’s truth. And in a specific sense, Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 promotes marriage as a way for Christians to avoid sexual sins. Again, 1 Corinthians 7 IS NOT DIRECTED AT UNBELIEVERS. Paul WAS NOT telling unbelievers to get married to avoid sexual sin! Paul was telling baptized, born again, Holy Spirit filled BELIEVERS to get married to avoid sexual sin! And of course, if avoiding fornication is an issue for single Christians, avoiding adultery is an issue for married ones. So if that was an issue for Christians in Paul’s time, what makes us think that it isn’t now? Is it because society has advanced? If so, in what way? Because we are so much more civilized thanks to our humanistic, rationalistic mindset that we are capable of more self-control than we could in Paul’s repressed, misogynistic social location? Such ideas are nonsense, a strong delusion.

So then, the mark of true Christian maturity is not to put temptation in your face so you can brag about how holy and righteous you are for not giving into it. Instead, the mark of true Christian maturity is to do whatever you can to avoid the temptation, and being willing to suffer the consequences. Again, consider Joseph. He was willing to go to prison – and he may well have been executed – over running away naked. But how many contemporary Christians are just as willing to turn down a situation at school, at work, or even at church that requires them to work long hours alone with an attractive member of the opposite sex? Or what about shunning the raunchy and prurient movies, TV shows and Internet websites, including those that may be harmless themselves but have racy advertiser content?

Again, that may sound anti-modern, antedeluvian, medieval, old-fashioned, legalistic, fundamentalist or whatever you want to call it. I call it not giving a place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27) and submitting yourself to God, of being more like Joseph and less like David. After all, what merit is there to imperiling yourself with temptation for its own sake? Does it make you a better witness for the gospel? Even if that were the case, when you contrast the high number of evangelical Christians who commit sexual sin (at least 60% and very likely higher) and the low number of Christians who actually evangelize (less than 10%) and being a better evangelist clearly isn’t the reason. Instead, being more like the world is the reason.

Also, let us have some consistency. Those of you who believe that you are such powerful, faithful bold victorious Christians that you can resist all this temptation, why limit it to that area? Expand your horizons. Go handle poisonous spiders and scorpions. Grab a rattlesnake by the tail. Make yourself a cocktail of household cleaners and drink it. Stand out in the middle of a freeway. Or take a boat out into deep water, the ocean or the middle of a swirling river, and step out and walk on water. You have faith, don’t you? You are a mature, strong Holy Spirit-filled Christian, aren’t you? Isn’t avoiding that behavior legalism? Fundamentalism? Old-fashioned? Is refusing to pick up a rattlesnake misunderstanding grace?

Of course, you won’t do that. Why? Because you value your life and health. And that is precisely the issue. You value your own safety and security over avoiding sin. You are much more willing to risk the chance that you might sin than you are to risk the chance that you might die. Therefore, you are willing to take a chance that you might sin and tell you that God will keep you from sinning, but you are unwilling to take the same chance with your life under the idea that God will save you from poison, drowning, or getting crushed by a car. But you might say “there’s no reason for doing those things.” Well, there was no reason for David to watch Bathsheba bathe, was it? The truth is that there is also no reason, no reason that will advance the kingdom of God, for Christians to sit around and unnecessarily tempt themselves with sin, and that is not just sexual sin but a great many other sins. But we actually have a Christian mainstream, an evangelical mainstream, that regards trying to separate from wickedness as sinful, hypocritical and Pharisaical, and the results are plainly exhibited before all. Many of the things that we tempt ourselves with we do so for no reason other than our own entertainment or to be like everyone else, and other times we do so because we are unwilling to make a real sacrifice to our lifestyles, to our comfort, to our aspirations. We don’t want to go to prison like Joseph. We don’t even want to miss out on a promotion, become a laughingstock at school, or be considered “extremist” by other churches. As a result of this carnality, this selfishness, we are much more willing to pollute our minds and bodies and offend God with our sin than we would ever be willing to put ourselves in harm’s way, and yes that does include put ourselves in harm’s way to actually spread the gospel. And the result is the Christian landscape in America that we see today.

Paul Washer does an excellent job of addressing this precise topic in the video below, which I really hope that you will view. In it he gives added emphasis to pastors who unnecessarily expose themselves to sexual sin, and that goes back to some of the topics that Pastor Foster regularly deals with on his site.

The anger can bee the silent killer and our religion orders “no anger”, Prophet peace bee upon him said: ”do not get angry”.  ….

New study

U.S. researchers said anger and other strong emotions can trigger potentially deadly heart rhythms in certain vulnerable people.

Previous studies have shown that earthquakes can increase rates of death from sudden cardiac arrest, in which the heart stops circulating blood.

“It’s definitely been shown in all different ways that when you put a whole population under a stressor that sudden death will increase,” said Dr. Rachel Lampert of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, whose study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

“Our study starts to look at how does this really affect the electrical system of the heart, these were people we know already had some vulnerability to arrhythmia ” Lampert said.

Patients in the study took part in an exercise in which they recounted a recent angry episode while Lampert’s team did a test called T-Wave Alternans that measures electrical instability in the heart.

Lampert said the team specifically asked questions to get people to relive the angry episode. “We found in the lab setting that yes, anger did increase this electrical instability in these patients,” she said.

Next, they followed patients for three years to see which patients later had a cardiac arrest and needed a shock from their implantable defibrillator. “The people who had the highest anger-induced electrical instability were 10 times more likely than everyone else to have an arrhythmia in follow-up,” she said. Lampert said the study suggests that anger can be deadly, at least for people who are already vulnerable to this type of electrical disturbance in the heart.

What about Islam?

As Muslims, here we can remember when a man came to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and ask him advice, Prophet said: ”do not get angry”. The man repeat asking advice again, Prophet said the same words :”do not get angry”. and in the third time it was the same answer. [Bukhari hadith].

No doubt, anger has serious effects on the heart, brain, mentality and human psychological state.

In Mecca, before Muhammad’s mission, anger was a favorite characteristic for strong and tuff people.

Prophet peace be upon him restrained Muslims from getting angry, He was shown angry only for Allah. It’s what I call ” positive anger”, anger for Allah.

Prophet Muhammad never get angry for a matter of our life such as money, food, buildings.. etc. unless that related to Allah Restraind affairs.

He never been indulgent in this case, anger here doesn’t hurt , because Allah will be with him and will support him with health and strength.

When human stay away of things which been forbidden by Allah ..such as Fornication, Drinking alcohols, smoking and other things which makes Allah angry.

When he see people commit these things and get angry cause he know that Allah get  angry for that , he will be more healthy and in equilibrium mode.

He do not get angry with people, he get angry with their deeds which are contrary of Allah orders.

We ask Allah to grant us patience, prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said: “nothing Allah grant man better than the patience.”

Allah also said in Quran: “Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose  width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the  righteous*   Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for God loves those who do good * And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their own souls, earnestly bring God to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins and  who can forgive sins except God?- and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in the wrong) they have done* For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers  flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who  work (and strive)!”[Surat Al-Imran verses 133-136].

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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel

www.kaheel7.com/eng

Source:

• www.foxnews.com

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The Scripture promises that if we have been raised with Christ, and seek those things which are above, we will appear with Him in the glory of His second appearing.   Romans 6:5 and Hebrew 9:28

Colossians 3: 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,

10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

The things listed here are not optional.  It is not for us to pick and choose.  We must “put off all these”. This basic to success in the Christian life.  Those who refuse will partake of the wrath of God reserved for the sons of disobedience.

We may feel totally inadequate to reach such a standard of conduct, but Jesus will help the weak to become strong.  He is making intercession for all who stumble and falter along the way.  He will help us get up and go on just as He did Peter.  Jesus prayed for Peter who was mightily used of God.  Luke 22:31-34 Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit are now making intercession for us according to the will of God.  Romans 8: 26, 27 & 34

I’m a 17-year-old girl, who lives in Minnesota, and I happen to be having a relationship with a 22-year-old guy. We’re not public about our relationship simply because too many people around us would look down upon it, because of the age difference, and would most likely do something to prevent it.

The two of us do have sex, not just intercourse either, and we both consent to it. The only people that know about our relationship, besides the two of us and of course all who read this, is a girl who only knows that him and I have just kissed.

This past night, this girl got mad at me for being friends with her boyfriend, so she figures the only way I’ll stop talking to him and her is if she “attacks” me by accusing me of trying to get this guy I’m with in trouble. She texts me to inform me that kissing is considered statutory rape. She is sadly mistaken. And even if kissing were some form of statutory rape, I am above the age of consent in the state of Minnesota, therefore, I’m able to have a physical relationship with this guy without him getting in trouble regardless of the five year age difference. The only trouble him and I could get into is fornication, which is a misdemeanor in the state of Minnesota. I’ll explain; any single man and single woman having sexual intercourse is considered fornication. Since him and I are not technically dating, this applies to us.

I swear, some people should really learn about things before they go running their mouth about it. This is a perfect example. I also posted some things regarding statutory rape directly from the source and then listed the source for more information. Enjoy!




In accordance with the FBI definition, statutory rape is characterized as non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is younger than the statutory age of consent. The actual ages for these laws vary greatly from state-to-state, as do the punishments for offenders. Many states do not use the actual term “statutory rape,” simply calling it rape or unlawful sexual penetration among a variety of other titles. These laws rarely apply only to intercourse, but rather to any type of sexual contact. Dating someone without sexual contact cannot be considered a form of statutory rape, and is almost never illegal. All states have an “age of consent,” or an age at which a person can legally consent to sexual activity and can then no longer be a victim of statutory rape. Some states also have laws that take into consideration the “age difference” between both people involved. In many states, the more years there are between the adult and the minor, the more serious the offense. All states have laws with special consideration and age restrictions where a relationship involves a person of authority over a minor; this includes but is not limited to, teachers, coaches, assistant coaches, or tutors. Generally, the age of consent is 18 in these situations and the penalties for violation of these laws are more severe. These laws change, and can vary depending on other circumstances.




The following laws are the ages for sexual consent in the United States only. The age of sexual consent is the age when the law says you can agree to have sex. This means that until you reach this age, you can not legally have sex with anyone, regardless of whether or not you or your parents consent. Sometimes the law is different if you are female or male. Some states also have different ages of consent for homosexual intercourse. As with any laws, these are subject to change. If you are younger than age 18, please check these laws in the state in which you reside.

These laws exist because some teens are not mature enough to know that their actions have consequences. The law makes sure that young people are not exploited by adults.

Statutory rape is the crime committed when an adult has sexual intercourse with someone under the legal age of sexual consent. If the crime is reported (even if your partner is your boyfriend/girlfriend), that person may be arrested, tried in a court of law and sent to jail.

Age of Sexual Consent in USA
State Age Law on Same-sex Intercourse?
Alabama 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Alaska 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Arizona 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Arkansas 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
California 18 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Colorado 17 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Connecticut 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
D.C. 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Delaware 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Florida 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Georgia 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Hawaii 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Idaho 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Illinois 17 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Indiana 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Iowa 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Kansas 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Kentucky 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Louisiana 17 no law on same-sex intercourse
Maine 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Maryland 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Massachusetts 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Michigan 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Minnesota 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Mississippi 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Missouri 17 no law on same-sex intercourse
Montana 16 f/18 m 18 f/f, 18 m/m
Nebraska 17 no law on same-sex intercourse
Nevada 16 16 f/m, 18 f/f, 18 m/m intercourse
New Hampshire 16 16 f/m, 18 f/f, 18 m/m intercourse
New Jersey 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
New Mexico 17 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
New York 17 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
North Carolina 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
North Dakota 18 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Ohio 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Oklahoma 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Oregon 18 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Pennsylvania 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Rhode Island 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
South Carolina 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
South Dakota 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Tennessee 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Texas 17 no law on same-sex intercourse
Utah 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Vermont 16 no law on same-sex intercourse
Virginia 18 no law on same-sex intercourse
Washington 16 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
West Virginia 16 16 f/m, 18 f/f, 18 m/m
Wisconsin 18 f/m, f/f, m/m intercourse
Wyoming 16 f/18m no law on same-sex intercourse




Sources:

• http://www.sexlaws.org/what_is_statutory_rape
• http://www.livestrong.com/article/12483-age-consensual-sex/
• http://www.moraloutrage.net/staticpages/index.php?page=Minnesota