Newt is Worried And So Am I

After hearing the Obama acceptance speech and reading some comments from bloggers around the country I can't help but feel that if he gets in, we will be in grave danger. We will literally be giving our freedoms away. I read one post last night where some liberal (blind Obama supporter) wrote that he agreed with Maxine Waters when she said, while grilling the president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister;

"And guess what this liberal would be all about; this liberal will be about socializing … uh, um..., "Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies. …"

Do you get what she's saying here??? She wants our inept and corrupt govt. to run American businesses!! And then you have Pelosi, Obama and other democrats running around trying to drum up support for the fairness doctrine. This will effectively squelch freedom of speech for anyone who has an opposing viewpoint to theirs. This will end most of talk radio - Rush, Hannity, et al.

It is just amazing to me how there can be so many mindless people on the left who are just willing to give up all their rights and freedoms to the government. Take a look at the video below and see what Newt has to say about America today. He is right on the money.




Just in case you think our security will be ok if Obama becomes president, check out what he plans to do with our military and nuclear weapons development if elected.



I'm telling you folks, pray hard that God will have mercy on our nation and prevent Obama from becoming president, or the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as we know it may be over.

God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 19

Conclusion

And here in part 19 we have the conclusion to the film The Gospel of John. What a great depiction of this great Gospel. I hope this film was a blessing to you and moved your heart.

If you are not a Christian, my prayer for you is that you would think very deeply on the teachings you witnessed here in this film. It is very important that you realize you're a sinner in the eyes of the Lord and you do need the Savior. If you should go to sleep tonight and have a heart attack, are you sure you know what would happen?? If you don't have Christ, you won't have life but eternal death and punishment.

Jesus said it Himself, "Truly, Truly I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

So how does one become born again? First and foremost you must realize that you are a sinner and have offended God by breaking His commandments. You then need to repent of all your sins - This means to turn completely 180 degrees in the opposite direction, and ask Jesus to forgive you. You need to move off of the throne of your heart and allow Jesus to take His rightful place there and you need to live your life for Christ. Is this easy? No not at all, especially in our culture today. However, the rewards are eternal!!

If you need to review this film a couple more times, by all means do so. You may also want to get a copy of God's Word, the Bible and follow along. The translations I recommend are the ESV, NASB, NKJV and KJV. Then pray for God to reveal Himself to you in this film so that you too may become born again into His kingdom.

God bless you all.

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 18

HE IS RISEN!!!

Here in part 18 is the greatest joy of all Christians everywhere. Christ defeats death and as a result, all those who repent of their sins and believe on Him will have eternal life.

Praise God

The Gospel of John - Part 17

THE CRUCIFIXION

Without a doubt, the greatest crime ever committed by man. But praise Jesus for allowing Himself to go through this for the sake of His elect.

The Gospel of John - Part 16

Part 16 begins in Chapter 18 with the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. From there He is brought before Annas who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas the High Priest. We also see Jesus' prophecy of Peter's denial come true.

Jesus is next brought before Pilate and Jesus makes one of His famous statements in verse 36, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews."

Chapter 19

Pilate then has Jesus flogged and the soldiers ridicule Him and put a crown of thorns on His head. Here we also see Pilate giving the crowd a choice to set one prisoner free. The crowd screams for Barabbas who was a murderer. Then they yell for Jesus to be crucified.

God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 15

Part 15 runs from John 16:16 - 18:7. It opens with Jesus telling His disciples that He will only be with them a little longer; that He is going to the Father. Jesus explains further that He has come from the Father and tells them in verse 33, "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

Chapter 17

Part 15 then moves into John 17, known as the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus. This is one of the great doctrinal chapters in all of Scripture. There is a vast amount of Reformed Doctrine in this prayer where we learn that Jesus did not come to save every person in the world but only those the Father chose out of the world.

Praying for His disciples, Jesus says in verse 9, "I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours." And again in verse 20 Jesus prays, "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word..."

Chapter 18

Part 15 concludes with Jesus and His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas bringing the Roman guards to arrest Him. And so begins the greatest crime in all of history.

God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 14

Part 14 encompasses all of chapter 14, all of chapter 15 and the beginning of chapter 16. There is a lot of theology in this section. Jesus has much to say about Himself and the Helper He is sending - the Holy Spirit.

Chapter 14

This chapter starts off with Jesus telling the disciples that He is the only way to heaven. This one statement alone is what makes Christianity so exclusive. It is why the world, with its self righteous doctrine of tolerance, hates Christians and calls us narrow minded. In verse 6 Jesus says, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Unfortunately many in the church today feel that since we are in the new covenant we don't have to worry about God's laws anymore. But Jesus disagrees as he says in verse 15, "If you love me , you will keep my commandments." So we are to keep His commandments, not to gain salvation, but if we are saved and truly love the Lord our desire should be to obey His word.

Chapter 15

In this very important chapter, Jesus makes another of His "I AM" statements. Here, in verse 5 He says, "I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."

Then in verse 12, Jesus reiterates His great commandment, for us to love one another.
We also see a bit of the doctrine of election here in verses 18-20 when Jesus tells His disciples, "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you; 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours."

Truly some great teaching from our Lord in this portion of Scripture.

Enjoy

Rob


He goes on to tell them that they will be persecuted saying

The Gospel of John - Part 13

Like part 12; part 13 follows the complete chapter of John 13. This is the famous story of the Last Supper. In this part we see Jesus wash the disciples feet. This lesson is to teach them, and all of us, that we are not to be proud and think we are above even the most menial tasks. If the King of the universe can do the lowliest task, such as washing His disciples feet, then we too should be willing to serve others at whatever cost. This is what is pleasing to the Lord.

Next we see Jesus expose who it is that is going to betray Him. After Judas leaves He gives the disciples a new commandment. He tells them, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples. If you love one another." - verses 34-35.

Part 13 ends with Jesus telling Peter, "Truly, Truly I say to you the rooster will not crow, till you have denied me three times."

God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 12

Part 12 is the entire chapter of John 12. Here in part 12 we see Mary anoint the feet of Jesus with oil and then wipe them clean with her hair in verses 1-8.

In the next scene we witness Jesus' Triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. When the people heard He was coming they met him with palm branches crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel." - verse 13. It is this passage of Scripture where we get out observance of Palm Sunday.

Later, Jesus tells Andrew and Philip, "Whoever loves his life will lose it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." - verse 25. Jesus it telling them that we must not hold onto, and be consumed by the temporal things of life in this world because they only lead to eternal death. Instead we must focus on following and serving Christ that we might share in His glory and obtain eternal life by His work.

Part 12 then concludes with Jesus telling the Jews that He came into the world as light and not to judge the world but to save it. - verses 44-50

God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 11

John 11:17-57 - Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. One of the greatest scenes in all of Scripture. Nothing more need be said.

Enjoy

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 10

Part 10 begins in Chapter 10:1 with Jesus reiterating to the Jews, two of His "I Am" statements. First, that He is the Door, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the Door of the sheep" - verse 7 and again in verse 9 He says, "I am the door. If anyone enters by me he will be saved..." Then in verse 11 Jesus tells the Jews, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."

Later Jesus is in the temple during the Feast of Dedication when he tells the Jews, "I and the Father are one." - verse 30. To the church today this doesn't mean much but what Jesus is saying here is that He is God. The Jews certainly knew what He meant because they picked up stones to stone Him for blasphemy.

Part ten then concludes with the beginning of the story of Lazarus which we'll see in the next part - part 11

Enjoy and God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 9

Here in part 9 we have the complete story of Jesus' healing of the blind man. If you're a TurningPoint member you're aware the Pastor David has been preaching through the Gospel of John. It wasn't long ago that he preached on this very passage.

If you recall, Jesus' disciples ask Him in John 9:2, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" We learned that the answer was neither; instead he was born blind so that, "the works of God might be displayed in him." - verse 3.

From there we see the Pharisees grill the blind man and try to get him to call Jesus a sinner because He healed him on the Sabbath. But the ex-blind man gets fed up with this and I believe is moved by God when he says to them in verses 30-33, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet He opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."

Enjoy this incredible passage of Scripture. God bless.

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 8

Part 8 takes place between John 8:9, where Jesus finishes up with the woman accused of adultery and ends in John 8:59 after declaring that He is "I AM"

This part is filled with so much deep theology I encourage you to watch it a couple of times and really meditate on what Jesus is saying. For example in verses 12-13 Jesus again confronts the Pharisees and tells them, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

Of course later, while speaking to the Jewish crowd He tells them, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."

And of course, probably one of the most famous parts of Scripture when Jesus tells the crowd that He is God - I AM!! verse 58

Enjoy this part and God Bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 7

Part 7 picks up at the end of Chapter 6 after many of Jesus' disciples desert Him. Here we see Jesus ask the Twelve if they want to leave also. Peter answers in verses 68-69, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life and we have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God."

Chapter 7

Opens with Jesus going secretly to the Feast of Booths. He begins teaching in the temple and is confronted by the Pharisees. In verse 19, Jesus accuses them saying, "Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"

Then we see the Pharisees send officers to arrest Jesus but because His time had not yet come they are unable arrest Him. At the end of Chapter 7 we see the Pharisees confronting the officers and asking why they did not arrest Jesus. The officers said, in verse 46, "No one ever spoke like this man!"

Chapter 8

Part 7 ends with the woman caught in adultery. The Pharisees bring her to Jesus to try to trap Him. They say that the law of Moses says she should be stoned to death. Jesus stops them cold when He says in verse 7, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

Enjoy

Rob