GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED THEM ALL

May 7, 2010

“Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.” —Matthew 12:15

What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we read not that he was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have met at his feet! What sickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet he was ready for every new shape of the monster evil, and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly from what quarter it might, he quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or the cold of dropsy; the lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the filth of leprosy, or the darkness of ophthalmia–all knew the power of his word, and fled at his command. In every corner of the field he was triumphant over evil, and received the homage of delivered captives. He came, he saw, he conquered everywhere. It is even so this morning. Whatever my own case may be, the beloved Physician can heal me; and whatever may be the state of others whom I may remember at this moment in prayer, I may have hope in Jesus that he will be able to heal them of their sins. My child, my friend, my dearest one, I can have hope for each, for all, when I remember the healing power of my Lord; and on my own account, however severe my struggle with sins and infirmities, I may yet be of good cheer. He who on earth walked the hospitals, still dispenses his grace, and works wonders among the sons of men: let me go to him at once in right earnest.

Let me praise him, this morning, as I remember how he wrought his spiritual cures, which bring him most renown. It was by taking upon himself our sicknesses. “By his stripes we are healed.” The Church on earth is full of souls healed by our beloved Physician; and the inhabitants of heaven itself confess that “He healed them all.” Come, then, my soul, publish abroad the virtue of his grace, and let it be “to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off.”

By Charles H. Spurgeon

It doesn’t surprise me that answersingenesis has chosen Charles Spurgeon’s “Evening and Morning” Devotional to share daily.  It’s my favorite too. -CR

http://www.answersingenesis.org/devotions/devotions.asp


FRANKLIN GRAHAM STANDS HIS GROUND

May 7, 2010

“I think people realize – many Christians – how we are losing our religious freedoms a little bit every day,” he said, “and if we don’t stand up and exercise the freedoms God has given us in this country, we will lose them.” -Franklin Graham, 2010 National Day of Prayer

I posted a recent commentary about the Rev. Billy Graham.  It was a difficult article to write but, after looking at several interviews that Mr. Graham did in later years, I came to the conclusion that his theology had changed.  I hope that I am wrong.  The only reason I posted such an article was to make a point about what I see happening in Christian circles nationwide.

I was happy to read this article.  It is from a very reliable source and states:

“In interview after interview, Franklin Graham has repeated his message that salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone, that the gospel of Christ is the only message that offers salvation, and that any belief system that leads persons away from that gospel is false and empty.”

According to this article Franklin Graham, Billy Graham’s son, has not wavered from his reliance on the truth of Scripture.  This gives me hope that maybe the previous article I posted was completely incorrect.

The article has the same message as the one made in my post about Mr. Graham’s father:  Christianity is under attack.

Chris Reimers

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2017/05/16/franklin-graham-christianity-under-attack-believers-should-engage-politics/325667001/


THE ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY – A SAD INDICTOR OF WHERE WE ARE

May 6, 2010

__________Attached is a recent story about a preacher in England who was arrested for preaching that homosexuality is a sin.  On the day that he was taken to jail, one of the people listening to him was the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender liason officer” for the local police department.

Some of you may be aware that I tried to contact every pastor in Garland County attempting to get them involved in signing a petition to get ACT 1 on the ballot of 2008.  Only 1 in 3 chose to get involved.  The Arkansas Family Council had done extensive work making sure that it was legal for churches to be involved in the petition drive.  The churches were informed of this fact.

The reason I spent so much of my time trying to get churches to sign petitions was because of my concern for the children being placed in foster and adoptive homes with homosexual couples.  I imagine the negative impact such an environment has on a young mind.

Of 100,000+ residents in Garland County, my guess is that 50,000 are old enough to vote and that 40,000 would call themselves Christian.  Sadly, only a little over 4,000 signatures were gathered in Garland County.  Many religious leaders, including elders and deacons in Garland County churches, turned down the opportunity to help protect young children.  IF THE CHURCHES WILL NOT PROTECT OUR KIDS, WHO WILL?

In spite of the poor showing in many counties in Arkansas by the churches, enough signatures were gathered to get ACT 1 on the ballot.  The people of Arkansas voted to approve the law 57% to 43%.

Just recently, ONE Arkansas judge ruled that the law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.  It remains to be seen if this one judge is going to overrule the will of the entire state.

I will admit that I was SHOCKED at the lack of participation by churches in ACT 1 petitioning.  I was SHOCKED at the lackadaisical attitude about the issue.  I am sure that many church goers would gladly have signed the petition if their church leaders had given them an opportunity.

Unfortunately, many church leaders were AFRAID OF OFFENDING THOSE SITTING IN THEIR PEWS.  Why bother going to church if the Bible is not the guidepost?

The good thing that came from the 2008 petition drive was that it became obvious where the men of God were.

I would be the first to say that we are to love all sinners.  I am a sinner, a truth that becomes more evident with age.

Fortunately, there is a way to have our sins forgiven.  We must tell God we are sorry by changing our behaviors. The Bible is clear that repentance is necessary for forgiveness.  Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “Go and sin no more.” This is true repentance.

Thus, we should love homosexuals, but not deny that their behavior is a sin.  Would we be loving them if we told them something other than the truth?

Chris Reimers

The story about the English preacher:

https://albertmohler.com/2010/05/04/its-getting-dangerous-out-there-a-preacher-is-arrested-in-britain


DON’T BELIEVE THAT THE JEWS ARE PLANNING ANOTHER TEMPLE? LOOK AT THIS.

May 6, 2010

I recently heard an interview with the man in charge of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem.  It’s pretty amazing stuff for those of us who believe the Bible tells us that the next Hebrew temple is inevitable. -CR

https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/article/update-building-third-temple


WHAT’S HAPPENING AT HOT SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?

May 4, 2010

I heard from three local residents yesterday.  One of the three doesn’t live in the Hot Springs School District, but she is very concerned with recent events occurring there.

I have written before of my concern about the “IB World Programme,” a United Nations sponsored curriculum, now being taught to “the crème of the crop” in four of the HSSD schools.  Information sent to me yesterday makes it clear that the I.B. curriculum isn’t the only problem in the Hot Springs Schools.

HSSD middle school employees are receiving training on gang violence.  Evidently, the situation is getting bad.  A former honor student is now locked in a psych facility because of panic attacks and flashbacks.  Certain thugs told this young man that “they’d get him” and they did.  Many of them laughed on March 12th as he was being strapped to an ambulance gurney shouting “leave me alone, please, please, just leave me alone.”

The young man has been diagnosed with PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder.

One citizen has stated that the bullies at the school have no respect for those in authority.  It seems that many kids who want to learn are being threatened and beaten by those who have been sent back into the school by the local courts.

My question is, “What is the Hot Springs School Board doing about this problem?”

I have taught at the Jr. High level and have taken knives from kids (IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL!).  When schools look the other way at fear and bullying going on in their hallways, the results usually spell disaster.

These reports, sadly, don’t surprise me.  How can a school that lacks the wisdom to see the intent of the I.B. “programme” deal with other issues properly?

I have seen in action the leadership of HSSD when they met with the citizens of Park Avenue regarding changes in the school located in their neighborhood.  The HSSD told concerned citizens in the Park Avenue area that they had no say when it came to the kind of school that would be put in their vicinity.

I have also heard recent reports of problems in the Park Avenue area where the HSSD told the residents there would be no ill effects resulting from moving kids who’ve had poor previous records into their neighborhood.

All of these problems have little to do with bad kids.  These problems are the result of poor adult leadership.

Local residents are asking concerned citizens who wish to find out more to attend the next HSSD school board meeting.

The meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month at 5:00 P.M.  That puts this month’s on the 18th.  If you plan on attending a meeting, call 624-3372 to verify time and date.  The meeting is held at the Jones Administrative building.

Chris Reimers

For more on the I.B. Programme, here’s a website published by a concerned American:

http://truthaboutib.com


FULL OF SONG

May 1, 2010

When sin is pardoned, our greatest sorrow is ended, and our truest pleasure begins. Such is the joy which the Lord bestows upon His reconciled ones, that it overflows and fills all nature with delight. The material world has latent music in it, and a renewed heart knows how to bring it out and make it vocal. Creation is the organ, and a gracious man finds out its keys, lays his hand thereon, and wakes the whole system of the universe to the harmony of praise. Mountains and hills, and other great objects, are, as it were, the bass of the chorus; while the trees of the wood, and all things that have life, take up the air of the melodious song.

When God’s Word is made to prosper among us and souls are saved, then everything seems full of song. When we hear the confessions of young believers and the testimonies of well-instructed saints, we are made so happy that we must praise the Lord, and then it seems as if rocks and hills and woods and fields echo our joy-notes and turn the world into an orchestra. Lord, on this happy May Day, lead me out into thy tuneful world as rich in praise as a lark in full song.

Written by Charles H. Spurgeon


GOOGLE “GEORGE WASHINGTON” – GET 74 MILLION HITS, GOOGLE “NEW WORLD ORDER” – GET 276 MILLION HITS

May 1, 2010

……..Have you ever read a good article with a poorly chosen title?  I stumbled on one about a popular “conspiracy theory.”  The article is balanced and informative.  The title doesn’t fit the piece well, but that’s O.K.  It’s hard to find a good article about the “New World Order,” a term our leaders have been using for years.  I didn’t know that Pres. Bush #1 used the term so frequently until fairly recently.

The Bible tells of a time ahead when there will be a consolidation of power.  One doesn’t need to listen hard these days to hear terms like “world constitution,” “one world community,” and “New World Order.”  The technology to create such an “Order” wasn’t available when Herbert Walker Bush used the term in his speeches.  It now is.

The thing that must be conquered to achieve such an “Order” is the resolve of the people.  For those, like myself, who believe that consolidation of power is eventually certain, the true battlefield lies in the willingness of man to give up his rights in exchange for certain promises.

The final terminology for the consolidation may not be “The New World Order,” however, this term certainly stirs the emotions of many, particularly those who see it described in the pages of scripture.

Read this article and decide upon your own title:

Chris Reimers

http://www.newswithviews.com/LeMieux/michael125.htm


RADICAL ISLAM IS ON THE MOVE

April 30, 2010

This week the Middle East took center stage in much of the news. There is no doubt that radical Islamists have big plans.  Words of war are in the wind.  I usually keep an eye on events surrounding Israel.  This week, everything seems amplified.

The Bible says that a Jewish Temple will be built on the Temple Mount.  Everyone has seen pictures, like the one above, of the Muslim building on the mount in Jerusalem.  Biblical prophecy has been 100% correct to this point.  I believe that unfulfilled prophecies, like the one about the next temple,  will be no different.

The radical Muslims will be turned back, at least enough to allow the Jews to build their temple.  At present, this prophecy seems impossible.  Israel is losing support from those who formerly had strong ties with the little country.  The story of America’s support of Israel is not yet complete, but the Obama administration has a very bad record to this point.

Will the temple be built next to the mosque currently on the mount?  I heard a recent interview with the man in charge of making the implements for the new Jewish temple.  That’s right.  The religious Jews are also planning.  In the interview, the head of the Temple Institute said that the temple will stand alone on the Temple Mount.  There will be no mosque. Is he correct?  I don’t know, but I lean towards his view.

The following statement was made this week by a Hindu who has lived through recent history; a story that everyone should know.

Chris Reimers

Brothers and Sisters: Shalom:

I feel privileged and honored for your giving me an opportunity to speak before you. I am really thankful to the organizers of this Rally. I am living in this country for the last 40 years. America has given me freedom of religion and liberty of expression. Unlike Islamic nations, the American government does not force its citizen to accept Islam or say they would be killed or driven out of that country if they do not.

Dear friends like many Jewish people I am also the victim of Islamic Jihad. I am the survivor of the Partition of India that took place in 1947. I was 17 years old when Islamists forced Hindus to divide British India into two parts in 1947 Hindu India and Islamic Pakistan.

I was living in that part of India which is now called Pakistan . Since I was a Hindu, my life was made miserable by Islamic police and Islamic militia. I was hounded out by Radical Islamists. Many of my friends and colleagues were singled out, chased and brutally killed. Thousands of Hindu and Sikh girls were gang raped by fanatic Islamists. More than 10 million Hindus and Sikhs were driven out of the region that is now called Pakistan .

In 1947, there were 23% Hindus living there in Pakistan . Today the Hindu population in Pakistan has been reduced to 1% in just 60 years. All the others have been ethnically cleansed.

The same thing happened in Bangladesh . The Hindu population has been reduced from 35% in 1947 to 9% in 2010. More than 400,000 Hindus were driven out in 1989 from Indian ruled Kashmir . These Hindus are living as refugees in their own country.

Today we Hindus are here to express our sympathy and support to Israelis who are surrounded by militant and fanatic Islamic nations armed with deadly weapons. Islamic nations want to wipe out Israel from the world map. Let me tell you, Israel is the frontier of the free World. Once we lose Israel , we lose the free world. I repeat, once we lose Israel , we lose the free world.

The cowardly and politically correct media and its apologists have no idea as to what they are dealing with. It is not just Jerusalem the Islamists are claiming; they are claiming Kashmir, Chechnya, Philippines, Sudan, Nigeria, Londonistan, Parts of France, Spain, Belgium, Holland and several other countries and eventually the whole world. They want all of us to surrender. They want to subjugate all of us. They want to plant the Islamic flag in London , They want to plant the Islamic flag at in Washington . They have openly stated that they want to establish the supremacy of Allah all over the USA , in India , in Israel and everywhere else. Dear Brothers and Sisters, we have to resolutely and unitedly face this menace of terrorism.

We both Hindus and Israelis are the oldest surviving civilizations. We both have been the victims of Islamic terrorism for more than a thousand year. Hence, we both are the natural allies.

At the moment Israeli is under attack by radical Islamists. Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East . It has every right to exist. We fully support Israel s right to exist as a free nation within its rightful borders.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

VIDEOS…

Of the speaker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M7tVeMhb5M

Other speakers at the same event:

http://thesilentmajority.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/we-stand-with-israel-rally-april-25-2010

J.R. Church reads an alarming letter about Islam’s influence in Europe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkSQOJeseGE

Mr. Obama’s latest plan to “exert his influence to establish a Palestinian state”:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1166413.html

Israel’s Temple Institute Website(Yes, the religious Jews are planning for the next Temple):

http://www.templeinstitute.org/main.htm

Latest polls of Jewish support of Mr. Obama:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137449

 


GIVING GOVERNMENT TOO MUCH CONTROL – A CARTOON MAKER KNEW THE COST IN 1948

April 30, 2010

Thanks for the submission J.B.

“What can a cartoon produced in 1948 teach us today???”

This question came with the e-mail that I received.  Our Constitution is only as good as our understanding of it.  The big blue hand at the end of the cartoon is what we’ll be facing if we don’t get together and decide that nothing comes without a cost. -CR

http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY&feature=player_embedded

(3+ million views)


OUR LAST FIVE PRESIDENTS – WHAT ARE THEIR RECORDS ON ABORTION?

April 30, 2010

The National Right to Life recently posted information about our last five presidents.  Mr. Obama’s record only goes back to 2009 but is a sad commentary on his beliefs about the 6th commandment.-CR

Here are records of recent president’s positions on abortion.