Acts 28:26-27: “Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
I trust that you will take a moment and read this brief letter to help you understand something that may be invisible to you. When you were a child, you may have watched a TV program, “The Invisible Man”. In reality, there is an invisible world all around us. That may be hard for you to believe, but it is much more active than the world that you do see. I’m going to use the Word of God as the foundation on this subject.
Romans 1:20: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”
I could go on with many more Scriptures; but we know that the Bible says that the Father (God) is invisible and that no man has seen Him.
One might ask, “How does this invisible world around us affect the visible world?” This invisible world is very powerful and controls the world around us, or the world that you see. There are two major powers in this dimension: the Lord Jesus Christ, the creator of all things; and Satan, the prince and the power of the air. Do you realize there are more people in prison living in the invisible world than in the world that you see, touch, taste, hear, and smell? There are more murders, rapes, and robberies in this invisible world than what you read about in all the major cities around the world put together. When you see a crime or a benevolent act take place in this world, it is motivated by the spirit (invisible) world.
We will take a moment and compare these two dimensions, two worlds, visible and invisible, natural and spiritual. Now, I know that in this world we see that there are some men that are more dominate than others. We see this in the prisons, government, military, sports, etc. It is the same way in the invisible realm. You can take a man that we can see with our natural eyes, and he would seem to be a very masculine, a tough guy, and a macho man. But we could look at the same man in the spirit, and he would be a sissy or a wimp. Believe me, strength and masculinity is much more important in the spiritual dimension than it is in the natural. The Bible teaches us that a man needs to gird up the loins of his mind. I know you might have trouble understanding this, but I do have eyes to see into this invisible dimension. The purpose for me writing this letter to you is so that you can have your eyes opened to see in the spirit dimension or realm. You can get offended and throw this away, but nevertheless, it is still a fact. If there was a weak, feminine man in prison, we both know what would happen to him. It is the same way in the invisible dimension of the spirit.
II Corinthians 10:3-4: “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.”
If you notice, the above Scripture says our weapons are not carnal, which means they are not seen with your natural eyes. This is a spiritual warfare. We have to learn to see the invisible.
A man can have weapons and armor and be prepared for warfare. If he was going to go into battle or a war, he would want to be prepared and equipped for conflict. All of us are in a fight; the battle is for your soul.
Ephesians 6:13-17: “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
John 10:10: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
The Bible teaches us to put on the full armor of God. You and I know that if we don’t protect our homes and our belongings, the thief would come in and steal them. The Bible teaches us that Satan came to kill, steal, and destroy. So we have to protect our body, soul, and spirit.
II Timothy 2:26: “And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
You see, comparing these two dimensions, there are many people that are not in a natural prison, but they are being held captive in a spiritual prison. We see people that have eyes, and they may have what the doctors say is 20/20 vision, but the Lord Jesus says they are blind. You have another man that thinks he is free and does what he wants, but truly he is in prison and being held captive by Satan.
Luke 13:16: “And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”
I know that you make judgments of a man by how he carries himself or by his conduct. You don’t like a weak-minded or feminine man. But maybe if you could look in the mirror and see through the eyes of understanding, you may be alarmed. You might see one that can’t protect himself (a sissy) and every perverted thing that comes by will violate and plunder all your possession. I know that sounds strong and maybe offensive. You read in the Scripture above, that Satan takes them at his will into a snare (a trap) . So, maybe while you look at the frail little man, the wimp, the sissy, or however you would express it; maybe someone is seeing in the invisible realm and watching you as you are led around like a puppet on a string by every unclean demonic spirit.
There is one way and one way only to receive dominion in the spirit realm. There is only one way to receive power, and it is by the Lord Jesus Christ. Satan has blinded so many minds. Many times people would look down on a Christian, look at him or her as one that would be weak or frail. They are just fighting in another dimension. Do you have enough strength to fight against the powers of the spirit world? You can go on and continue to think that it has no effect on you. Look how a blind man would be so defenseless in the battle because he could not see the enemy. Now you are getting the idea; you are in a battle for your soul and Satan has blinded your eyes from seeing. We talk about being overpowered and violated. When we look into the natural realm, the one you see, if a man overpowers a woman and rapes her, she may bring forth a child from this violation. The man planted a seed (semen) in her. It is the same way in the invisible realm. You are the woman in the soul realm. Yes, I know you are the big tough guy and you don’t want to receive that, but nevertheless it is what the Bible teaches us. Jesus says that He is coming for His bride. That is His body, so I may be a man, but in the soul dimension, I’m the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ. So, even if you aren’t a Christian, you are, in the dimension of the soul realm, a woman, and every devil of hell wants to come by and have his way with you, hoping to reproduce his image in you. I will give you a few biblical references.
John 8:44: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
I John 3:8-10: “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”
So, we see by the above Scriptures that we are going to be of one of these powers, the power of darkness or the power of light. It said that His seed remaineth in you. It’s God’s seed in the womb of your heart which keeps you from sin. Again, comparing these two dimension or worlds, we see a man takes a woman to marry and he reproduces his image in her and brings forth a child. So we can see that God wants to reproduce His image in you, His bride, if you are born again. If not, Satan is going to reproduce his image in you. Yield yourself unto the Lord Jesus Christ, ask Him to cleanse you and make you whole. Then you can get your eyes opened into this invisible dimension and learn to walk in the invisible Spirit realm.
Romans 8:12-14: “Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
I am not going to encourage you into this battle, because you are already in it. I’m going to encourage you to learn how to fight, and not just fight, but how to win. I pray that you can get your eyes open to see who you are. Are you a child of the devil? If so, you are appointed to everlasting damnation. Are you a child of God? If so, you are predestinated into an abundant life in Christ. When a loose woman (harlot) in this world sleeps with many men and shows up expecting a child, she may say to one of the men, “I’m carrying your child.” The man might be a little apprehensive, but in many cases, when the child is born, it is obvious who the father is. If the woman and had an affair with we may say a man with a dark complexion, or a man with a light complexion, or we may say a Asian, African, Caucasian, Latino, etc., when the child is born, it will be obvious who is the father. So, whose spiritual child are you carrying? Is it the child of the devil? Or are you carrying the Christ child? You see, a child is considered the fruit of your womb.
The following Scriptures will help you to identify the father:
Galatians 5:19-21: “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Now, if you have committed yourself to these things, then you are carrying the child of the devil.
Galatians 5:22-25: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
If you committed your life to the things above, then you may be a son of God and carrying forth the heir to the throne of God.
Romans 6:17-23: “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
John 3:6-7: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.”
So according to the Word of God, we must be born again to enter into the kingdom of God. Born again, something birthed. Whose child are you carrying? The child is the heir to the throne.
I Timothy 2:15: “Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”
This is your salvation, to be married unto the Lord Jesus Christ. Bring forth His off-spring and you will find real and true eternal life. God bless you.
Thank you for taking time to read this.
Pastor Rob Coones
James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
I greet you in the name of Jesus. I would like to share with you a prayer to help encourage you in your own prayer life with your God and Savior Jesus Christ. I was in prayer late one night, or maybe I should say over in the real early morning hours. Many times in the night the Lord deals with me. I find myself praying or reading my Bible when everyone else is asleep and there are no interruptions. This particular night I found my spirit interceding with the Lord. I had a small book or teaching that the Lord had been dealing with me to write. So, I went to my computer to finish writing this booklet. I found my spirit was still interceding with God and the Lord had prompted me to open a new page and start typing what was flowing through my spirit. I questioned God as to why, but was obedient to His voice. I shared it with a brother in Christ the next day and He thought that it could help and encourage people in the Lord. So, my prayer is that this will help and encourage you in your walk with the Lord, and give you a desire to praise, love, pray, and sup with Him.
My prayer of gratitude to the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Most gracious Father, I thank you for your mercies and your grace. I know that I’m not worthy to enter into Your presence, except that You paid the way by Your bloodshed at Calvary. Thank You. I’m sorry for the weakness and unbelief that I have shown in My flesh. you have shown yourself To Me time and time again, and proven yourself To me over and over. I should be walking in the power and strength of the Holy Ghost, but I find failure in my flesh. God, I don’t want to speak and give strength to the enemy, but I’m speaking to You in my weakness, so I can draw strength from You.
I feel ashamed because You have never left me or forsaken me, You have always been there for me. Though I’ve been at death’s door, You added numbers to my days. When I look around me I see Your handy work and blessings, You are such an awesome God. I should be shouting from the roof tops of Your awesomeness; but I find despair in my heart. Why, O God, would I ever question You? Why would I ever doubt? There must be an enemy that lies within the members of my flesh that causes thoughts of unbelief and doubt. I find a peace that surpasses all understanding. I truly know in my heart that all things work together for my good because I love You. I would not even know what love is, except that You taught it to me by Your example on Calvary. I want to live and show the love You gave me. I want to be used for Your glory. I want to show and teach faith by example. O God, as I see the adversary move in against me, help me to stand like a good solider for Christ, let me not flinch in his sight. Strengthen me before him, Lord, as You strengthened the Son of Man’s hands in the garden of Gethsemane as He sought for heavenly strength. I know that You are no respecter of persons and You are the same yesterday, today, and forever.
As I petition the throne of grace by faith in Your finished works at Calvary, I ask You, Almighty God, to move in my midst against the enemy of my mind that tries to put unbelief in my thoughts. Teach me, God, to establish my thoughts, teach me to think on things that are above, teach me to walk the straight paths. O God, show Yourself through me, reveal Your love and Your ways in me, O God, use me to bring honor to Your name. Jesus, I know that I am inexcusable because You have proven Yourself over and over to me. God, I am going to stand by the power of Your Word. I know that in my weakness You will show Your strength, I know that the battle must be won in my thoughts, O God, give me the mind of Jesus Christ. I know, God, that without faith I cannot please You or know You. Fill my heart with faith. O God, in times past, You have given me the gift of faith to exercise authority over the adversary, Satan. I know You defeated him at Calvary and I know that You granted me the Holy Ghost with the power to conquer him today. O God, fill me with the power of the Holy Ghost. Equip me with the weapons of warfare so I can fight the good fight of faith. Lord, I feel so unworthy to petition Your throne because I see that my problems are nothing compared to the problems that I see, and have seen, around the world. I can truly testify and rejoice that I live in the house of plenty. I have truly seen the flood gates of heaven open up for me and You have poured out the abundance on me, both spiritually and naturally.
My gratitude and appreciation in words of expression seem so inadequate. God, let me show my appreciation by being an example. Let Your light so shine in me. Make a way when there seems to be no way. When it seems impossible, make it possible. I know Your Word is real, O God. I rejoice to know that You have given me sight to see beyond the veil. Thank You. I know that it is truly by Your mercies and kindness. Thank You seems cheap. It doesn’t express my heart; it doesn’t seem to satisfy this yearning in my soul. I find myself praying in words that can’t be uttered or understood in this language while trying to express my gratitude. Teach me, Lord, to pray, teach me to praise, teach me to love, teach me to expect the supernatural, teach me to believe, and teach me to never doubt. O God, I want to bring all Your promises to pass in my life. I want the people of this world to see that You are still alive and on the throne by expressing Yourself in my life. O God, fill me with Your Spirit; let me stay full of the Holy Ghost; let me be unmovable. Don’t let me be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. Anoint me with the power of Your Spirit. Let Your power equip me to walk beyond reproach. Help me to keep myself unspotted from this world. Let me have a good name within and without. Fill my heart with expectation.
Thank You, Lord. I love You, Jesus. Thank You for strength; thank You for power; thank You for life. O God, let me be a soul winner, let me bring a hope to the hopeless, let me be an example to fellow pastors and ministers. Make a way, O God, don’t let me fail; don’t let me get weary in well doing. Don’t let me have shipwrecked faith. O God, as I enter into Your presence with thanksgiving and praise in my heart, I just want to thank You. Lord, let me show the world the love I have for You. Let me show the world that it is possible to walk in perfection, let the perfection that You gave me before the world ever was be made manifest and made known in my life by example. Thank You, Lord, for my family. Thank You, Lord, for my home. Thank You, Lord, for transportation. I know there are so many people that don’t have the provisions that You have granted unto me. I truly have tried to share the things that You have given unto me, even sharing out of my own need. You have always supplied according to Your riches in glory. Thank You. I know You have given me everything that pertains to life, both natural and spiritual, and again I want to say, thank You. I love You, Lord Jesus. You are the one and only God; I know that there is none other besides You. You are my God, my provider, the lily of my valley, the bright and morning star, my deliverer, my healer, my Savior, my redeemer, my hope, and my trust. You are light to my path. Thank you.
I feel I have failed You but when I pray, You assure me and give me hope. When I feel weak and heavy laden; I pray, and You lighten my load. Thank You, Lord Jesus. When I feel unworthy and I pray, You encourage me and give me the strength to continue. When the pain in my body seems to overwhelm me and I pray, I find that Your grace is sufficient. Thank You. I’m sorry that I ever complained. Please forgive me. I have nothing to complain about. I am rich and blessed because of You. Thank You, Lord, You have given me everything; You’ve given me things that money cannot buy. You have given me things that the world will never see. Thank You, Lord. I’m sorry that I entertained unbelief in my thoughts. It makes me feel unclean, but then I pray and I find that You cleanse and refresh me. Thank You, Lord Jesus. I want to thank You for chastening, guiding, leading, and giving me strength. God, let me be a better dad, brother, and friend. Let me be an encourager to others, a strength to them that are weak, a light to them that are in darkness, and a hope to the hopeless. Thank You, Lord, for all the opportunities You have given me. Let me store away heavenly treasures. Let me look to the well-being of others; let me prefer others before myself. Teach me, O God, and lead me. Lord Jesus, thank You. I can’t say, “Amen,” because there is no end of my love and appreciation. I love You, Jesus.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, thank you for taking time to read this. I ask you to remember me in your prayers, pray that my endeavors for the Lord Jesus will flourish that we will win souls into His marvelous kingdom. Let me encourage you to press into the kingdom of God. Gird up your loins and fight the good fight of faith. Get into a church and strengthen the hands of the pastor by entering into the labors of the Lord with him. Pray without ceasing. Thanks again and may God bless you.
Pastor Rob Coones
I would like to share my observation of the times we are living in. I trust that this isn’t just a view of my own ideology or opinion of things, or from a denominational stand point, or even my personal conviction. I truly believe that this is a godly and a righteous judgment from the mind of our Lord Jesus Christ. I trust that you will take a brief moment and consider.
I would like to use the word ‘depreciation’ as the foundation of thought and expression of this writing. We often hear this word when we are referring to the weakening of the dollar and the loss of its power. I would like to use the same word to describe what I am observing in this day and hour of the religious community. I would like to start by saying that I would never speak against the body of Christ or God’s elect. But we have to know how to differentiate between the true elect or Christian and your average church goers. Believe me, the percentage of true, born-again believers in our churches would shock you. If I said ten percent of the people that profess Christianity are true, born-again, Spirit filled Christians; I think I would be speaking very graciously.
So, let us start with the title ‘Christian’. The meaning has been truly depreciated. You see, before the depreciation, the title ‘Christian’ used to mean someone that was Christ like, or a follower of Jesus; one that was obedient to the doctrine of Christ. They were a person that had morals, standards, and fruit of the Spirit of Christ. But now, the word has depreciated to merely being a church goer, one that has his name on the role of some church or religious organization. It has depreciated such that someone who has either rehearsed or said a prayer but has brought forth no fruit whatsoever is a Christian. Today, people use the title of Christian when they are homosexuals, drunks, whores, whore mongers, shacked up, liars, smokers, and idolaters. I could go on and on. We have lessened, weakened, depreciated, and watered down the expectation and the meaning of the title of Christian, to where it carries absolutely no value in this present day and hour. I’m sorry if this offends you, but friends, brothers, and sisters, my heart is grieved because of the condition of the so-called professing Christians.
The next title I would like to examine is pastor, bishop, evangelist, apostle, and minister. Again, I would never speak against God’s man, or God’s anointed. I have too much reverence for God and His people. We used to live in a country where the average man or woman, heathen or lay person, had respect and honored the man that carried this title. The Bible teaches us the qualifications for this office. But, again, the qualification for this title have depreciated and has caused the depreciation of respect and honor for the individuals that hold the title. A man that desires the title of pastor should realize first that there is a great expectation to be considered in qualifying for this office. The Bible teaches us that many are called but few are chosen. We have weakened and depreciated our expectation.
The Bible teaches us in I Timothy 3:1-7: “This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”
Now, if we use the above guide lines, we would see that many who call themselves pastors or ministers would have to step down or be removed. Today, many ministers don’t have a problem with social drinking or the putting away of wives. When you try to find one that has his children in order, don’t hold your breath! We have, again, depreciated the value of the title of pastor to the point it has no value, no respect, no anointing. We have made them nothing more than hirelings. I don’t teach or believe that just because some seminary school gives you a degree in Theology that you are qualified to be a pastor. I don’t think or believe that just because your daddy was a great, anointed preacher, this qualifies you to step into his office or to replace him like the ministry is some family run business. Many times, people have had great respect for their pastor and they think that their son will step up and walk in the same anointing and doctrine. Sorry to say, but most of the time they don’t; they bring in an intellectual mind of the ministry and a people pleasing ideology. A man of God needs to be led by the Spirit of God, not some deacon board. Just because a man knows how to produce church growth doesn’t mean he is called or qualified. We have depreciated the calling and qualifications into a business concept and run the ministry like it’s a large corporation.
Brothers and sisters, we have depreciated the phrase, or the event, of being Spirit-filled to nothing but an experience in a good revival or church service. We have depreciated this encounter to mere goose bumps, or to speaking in tongues, or the stammering of lips. Now, hear me out. I speak in tongues, but if that is all I get out of being Spirit filled, I might as well give up and quit. Please, give me just another moment to explain. If you and I devalue the infilling of the Holy Ghost or the baptism of the Holy Ghost to just an altar experience or speaking in tongues, then we have failed most miserably. Like the apostle Paul said, “I speak in tongues more than all of you.” If we reduce, diminish, or weaken this to a one-time experience, then we have failed and we are in gross error. The Lord Jesus told the disciples to go and tarry in Jerusalem; not until they speak in tongues, or get a goose bump, or until they ran around the church or shouted their hair down, or even until they danced in the altars; but to tarry there until they were endued with power. We have reduced this down to an altar experience. Let me tell you what the evidence of the Holy Ghost is: it is having the power to overcome the lust of this world, power to walk upright in righteousness, the power to discern good from evil, the power to bridle or harness your tongue, the power to keep your marriage, the power to make you an honest business man. It fills you with purity, holiness, godliness and righteousness. It is the power to suffer the wrong, swear to your own hurt, overcome selfishness, greed, idolatry, adultery, fornication, and pride. Brothers and sisters, when you get filled with the Holy Ghost, He walks with you, He guides you, He is always present in your time of need, and He will never leave you nor forsake you. He chastens you when your mind wavers. The Holy Ghost doesn’t just meet you when you go to church; He is in you, through you, always present, speaking to you, leading you, exhorting you. He is expressed as a fire burning in your bones.
Friends, we have taken the strength out of so many things. Repentance is one of the most important things to a child of God, but we have reduced and depreciated it to a little tear drop. Or maybe, “I’m sorry, please forgive me,” or to a little altar service in church during a good meeting with the preacher crying out against sin. Brothers and sisters, repentance is not just lip service. Repentance is to recognize the things in your life that are displeasing to God and turn away from them, put them behind you. Repentance is to go the other way. If you continue doing the same thing over and over again, it means that you have never repented from it. You are guilty in your sin and trespasses against God. We have turned so many things into a ceremony instead of a lifestyle change.
We say we love the Lord our God. We say we love our wife. Saints of God, we have destroyed the meaning of this action word and devalued, diminished, depreciated it until it carries no strength or meaning. The Bible says if we love God, that we will keep His commandments. Think about it. How many times have you said you love the Lord God but you don’t keep His commandments? The Word says His commandments are not grievous to us that are born again.
I Corinthians 13:4-8: “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” Brothers and sisters, let us turn back to our first love. We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren.
Murder has depreciated to a women’s right or choice to kill her unborn baby.
Homosexual, perversion, abomination, and effeminate have been depreciated to calling it a gay or an alternate lifestyle. They even stoop so low as to say that God made them that way. God have mercy.
We have depreciated rebellious, undisciplined children and call it ADHD. We prescribe medication instead of discipline. Don’t call it a disease. It is demon spirits of rebellion and the Bible says the rod of correction will drive it far from the child.
Being a drunkard or alcoholic used to be a sin. We have depreciated it to being just a disease.
Holiness has been depreciated down to being an invisible work of the heart that only God can see. What a lie out of hell! Holiness is in the spirit, soul and body; it changes the way we walk, talk, dress, work, and the way we worship the Lord our God Jesus Christ. Amen.
The President of the United States used to be the commander and chief of our armed forces, a man that we the people were proud to salute and look up to, a man, that our children could look up to and see morals, honesty and decency. They could desire and dream to be a man of honor and valor just like the president. But we have depreciated the highest office of our country and put men in office that don’t believe in our God. The office has been defiled with whoremongers, drunks, men that promote the murder of the innocent life of the unborn. They promote a religious order that has vowed to their god to destroy our nation and people. We have depreciated the standards and values of the Oval Office to such a low standard that it makes us a laughingstock to our neighbors around the world. We, the people, hold no respect or regards for this office any longer. It is a sign of the time. God help us.
The marriage covenant has been depreciated to nothing but a mutual agreement between a man and woman, or a contract that can be changed or annulled. Marriage is a vow to God. The value of marriage and the vow to God is so defiled in our day and hour that we have lost the family values and decencies in our homes. We are the bride of Christ and I’m thankful that my husband, the Lord Jesus Christ, still holds and cherishes the marriage covenant and won’t put me away or give me a writing of divorcement. A man or woman that puts a spouse away, doesn’t realize that the Lord may be putting them away as well.
Brothers and sisters, I could go on and speak about the change of standards, morals, expectation of schools, teachers, physicians, judges, principles, children and youth. We have depreciated the standard in every aspect of life. The youth of this day and hour use the perversion of television to set their standards and role models. Mothers and fathers sit at home with their children and watch television and wonder why their sons and daughters have turned into whores and whoremongers. We have depreciated the grace of God to a mere license to sin, instead of using it to grow in His grace and knowledge. We, the children of God, are the lights to this world and we know that gross darkness is taking over. Why? It is because the light is going out. Where does that leave you and me?
Pastor Rob Coones
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