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Peace,
Still we need to go on doing the right thing. We all have and obligation to share what we have received from the Lord, we can't just watch our friends and foes go to Hell unawares. Why do we need to tell our foes? Because God loves them too, He loves everybody. We are not here to condemn people, we are here to share God's love. When people tell us that we are crazy as hairy fish, we need to swallow our pride, and just go on with Our Heavenly Father's business. Words can't hurt us, they can only irritate our pride. What is pride? It's just a state of mind, it is unimportant. What is important , is that we obey Our Heavenly Father. Obedience is more important than offerings or presents. Our Father already has everything in the Universe, so He only wants our obedience. The Lord does not really need us, but He truly wants us to be His friends, because He loves us. Why He loves us I don't know, but no man would sacrifice his only Son just for fun. Since God took the time to hug me physically, He must love me. That is all I need to know, He was the only God who actually really did do something as I looked for the Meaning of Life. All the other so called god's remained in their books, they never even burped. The only secondary power I have encountered is satan's, but when He came around, I declined his offer. I could in an instance feel that he was up to no good, there was no love no positivity only death, alienation and a Hellish cold about him as his chilly eerie mist actually filled my room physically one lonely night in Helsinki. I didn't know the Lord back then, but I had speaks with Him. I don't think that I was on my way to Heaven at the time, but in His mercy the Lord taught me the difference between the Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of Death. In a way I guess I made my choice back then, even if I didn't understand much. I met the Lord for real two years later in 1975.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Speaking in tongues Most of us who are baptized in the Holy Spirit speak in "tongues", languages that we don't know. Sometimes they are ordinary languages and at other times Heavenly ones. I've noticed that my languages vary, sometimes I understand a word here and there, and at other times I understand the content of the prayer. Other times I just feel stupid, but God works through the prayers. :-) Free music!!! Download most of my CD/vinyl records here legally for free (more to come, there's so little time and so much music)! http://www.antell.com/waam.html --- To those who don't know the Lord Jesus, King of Kings. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are ONE. Nobody understands it, but it doesn't matter, that's just the way it is. Jesus is the only door to God. The Holy Spirit is our helper, who guides us on Earth, as we pray to God in Jesus name for guidance. When Jesus died for our sins, we became His heirs. So we stand to inherit everything from Jesus. Through Him we inherit he Kingdom of God. One for all and all for one, sound familiar? --- about the devil and his helpers.
...satan is not omnipresent, so he can't be everywhere at once. This must be a major bummer to him, since he has to rely on all sorts of demons (not all of them are that bright). Demons and evil spirits (fallen angels) of all kinds, can make us do all sorts of things that we don't really want to do. Mostly they will entice us to do things that God doesn't want us to do, like going to fortune tellers, magicians off all sorts, to read horoscopes, have sex outside the marriage, and everything that has to do with the occult is from the devil, even healing by crystals etc. satan can heal people also, and he does so when is serves his purpose. To be healed by the evil one is a curse. New age religions have nothing to do with God. They draw their powers from the darkness. Some evil spirits call themselves good spirits, I've even heard of evil spirits calling themselves the Holy Spirit. They will say just about anything in hopes of ruining our lives. I never listen to the evil spirits as they start to talk sometimes before I throw them out in Jesus name. I remember one saying in a trebly voice (like a Shell commercial) "we are powerful"...I just told him to shut up in Jesus name and leave, now! And just like my Mazda Sport they whoomed it out of there. Some evil spirits work through professed satan worshipers like, Marilyn Manson, Kiss, John 5, Sammy Davis Jr. Metallica and others. That's why I don't listen to their music, because I know that it is Anti Christ, against God. The members of these bands that I mentioned, will burn in the Sea of Fire, after Hell with their master satan, like rubbish on Judgment day, unless they receive Christ of course. Jesus is ready to reveal Himself and to save them at any given time, if they turn to Him instead. Isn't that an amazing love? I love God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, they mean everything to me. Never before have I met so much compassion in my life. I owe God my life, if He hadn't answered my prayers and revealed himself to me, I'd be dead like a door nail today. John Wayne and one of his daughters gave their lives to Christ just before he passed away! I heard one of his daughter's tell the story at the Crystal Cathedral once (I have it on a VHS). I used to watch his movies as a kid, I dunno why but I really liked that dude, it's going to be a blast meeting him in the next life :-) Check out god.tv http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/ The King James Version (not the New one) is a better translation, but NIV is easier to understand... New International Version (NIV) Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 477 - 2008 02 26 South Wartzor
Peace, Sin is like the dirty snow that falls heavily on the ground, Jesus is our skies, and the Holy Spirit is the ski-wax and our Goal is Heaven. When we reach Heaven we will receive our reward or be sent to place where the rest of the virgins are, who were too lazy, still just saved by grace. Because everyone who received Christ and did His will, will be saved.
Cybercrow © Ben Antell I'm still working too much so I can't write every day as yet. Hang in there, and thank you for your kind cheers!
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 476 - 2008 02 21 South Wartzor
Peace, Why doesn't God always answer prayer, or doesn't
He?
Because prayers are like seeds that the farmer plants.
He doesn't go out into the garden 15 minutes after he has planted the
crop, to see if it has popped up. How could it? It takes time for the
seed to grow, sure it's there, but he has to wait to see the result
of his work. It's just the same with prayer. Just because the Lord in
His mercy, sometimes answers right there on the spot, we can't always
expect the answer to come flying like a squirrel on fire. Sometimes
we have to wait, and pray diligently. If we say "just as I thought,
there's no miracle happening", then we curse the whole prayer in
our folly. We can't expect to see miracles with an attitude like that.
People can tell by the way we live our lives, if we
are on the level. Hbr 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 475 - 2008 02 19 South Wartzor
Peace,
Time sure goes by quickly. It feels not that long ago, since I was
a singer in a rock and roll band, belching our Johnny B Goode,
Honky Tonk women etc. I don't miss that part of my life for a
second.
Photo © Fred Skymberg I'm also grateful that I never fell for drugs, they are a menace. Even friends who have kicked the habit, still struggle with the slag. Their minds are like a Burma Railway Station, there is so much going on that there can be no real sense of direction. They listen but they don't hear, they read but they don't see, they
filter everything that they hear, and the end result is often a helter
skelter version of their own imagination. This is due to the fact that
everybody who has been into drugs, seems to be more or less Paranoid.
I do believe that they can be healed, because I have seen many miracles
in my time. I made an addition to yesterdays write about the Vatican.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Speaking in tongues Most of us who are baptized in the Holy Spirit speak in "tongues", languages that we don't know. Sometimes they are ordinary languages and at other times Heavenly ones. I've noticed that my languages vary, sometimes I understand a word here and there, and at other times I understand the content of the prayer. Other times I just feel stupid, but God works through the prayers. :-) Free music!!! Download most of my CD/vinyl records here legally for free (more to come, there's so little time and so much music)! http://www.antell.com/waam.html --- To those who don't know the Lord Jesus, King of Kings. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are ONE. Nobody understands it, but it doesn't matter, that's just the way it is. Jesus is the only door to God. The Holy Spirit is our helper, who guides us on Earth, as we pray to God in Jesus name for guidance. When Jesus died for our sins, we became His heirs. So we stand to inherit everything from Jesus. Through Him we inherit he Kingdom of God. One for all and all for one, sound familiar? --- about the devil and his helpers.
...satan is not omnipresent, so he can't be everywhere at once. This must be a major bummer to him, since he has to rely on all sorts of demons (not all of them are that bright). Demons and evil spirits (fallen angels) of all kinds, can make us do all sorts of things that we don't really want to do. Mostly they will entice us to do things that God doesn't want us to do, like going to fortune tellers, magicians off all sorts, to read horoscopes, have sex outside the marriage, and everything that has to do with the occult is from the devil, even healing by crystals etc. satan can heal people also, and he does so when is serves his purpose. To be healed by the evil one is a curse. New age religions have nothing to do with God. They draw their powers from the darkness. Some evil spirits call themselves good spirits, I've even heard of evil spirits calling themselves the Holy Spirit. They will say just about anything in hopes of ruining our lives. I never listen to the evil spirits as they start to talk sometimes before I throw them out in Jesus name. I remember one saying in a trebly voice (like a Shell commercial) "we are powerful"...I just told him to shut up in Jesus name and leave, now! And just like my Mazda Sport they whoomed it out of there. Some evil spirits work through professed satan worshipers like, Marilyn Manson, Kiss, John 5, Sammy Davis Jr. Metallica and others. That's why I don't listen to their music, because I know that it is Anti Christ, against God. The members of these bands that I mentioned, will burn in the Sea of Fire, after Hell with their master satan, like rubbish on Judgment day, unless they receive Christ of course. Jesus is ready to reveal Himself and to save them at any given time, if they turn to Him instead. Isn't that an amazing love? I love God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, they mean everything to me. Never before have I met so much compassion in my life. I owe God my life, if He hadn't answered my prayers and revealed himself to me, I'd be dead like a door nail today. John Wayne and one of his daughters gave their lives to Christ just before he passed away! I heard one of his daughter's tell the story at the Crystal Cathedral once (I have it on a VHS). I used to watch his movies as a kid, I dunno why but I really liked that dude, it's going to be a blast meeting him in the next life :-) Check out god.tv http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/ The King James Version (not the New one) is a better translation, but NIV is easier to understand... New International Version (NIV) Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 474 - 2008 02 18 South Wartzor
Peace, First I want to say that God loves our Catholic brothers
and sisters just as much as anyone else. However nowhere in the Scripture is it said that we should pray to
Mary, saints or angels. On the contrary we are told to worship the Lord
Jehovah alone. And to do so, we need to go through Jesus. Forgiveness. The only one who can forgive us our sins is Jesus Christ, because He
died in our place, for our sins. Jesus has already paid for our sins!
We don't deserve Grace, nobody in the whole Universe does and it isn't
possible to earn it. Confession. You can't commit a sin with the hindsight of later asking for forgiveness.
Only a religious fool could think like that, or a complete idiot. God
is not stupid, He sees our hearts, He knows exactly what we are about. If we want to be forgiven, we have to honestly approach the Throne
in Jesus' name. Then our heavenly Father will forgive us, based on the
fact that Jesus already has paid for our sins, and for no other reason. Maria does not want our prayers. I'm sure that she is terrified to know that some people actually pray
to her. Maria is nothing more than a woman, blessed sure, but still
only a woman. She is no more Holy than anybody else. Read you Bible
if you don't believe me, it's all there in black and white. Witchcraft.
Any person who is canonized to become a saint, is nothing more than
an idol. Anybody who can read, knows that God hates idols. If the Pope in his folly canonizes people to become saints, it only
proves that he doesn't know God's Word! Nor does he know the Lord. Leading people astray is serious business. Those of us who are teachers in one way or another will receive harsher sentences than others, that's why it's important to know what you are saying before you open your mouth. God will hold me accountable for every word I have written, so I'm certainly not going to muck about. Many argue that Hitler was a good Christian, because of the
fact that the Vatican was behind him all the way. Hitler was
a mass murderer and a tyrant, anybody who backed him up must have had
a very sinister agenda. To claim that Hitler was a Christian is ludicrous.
Further more Hitler was into Black Magic and he even held seances
in his castle in the mountains. Black Magic is communication with the
spirit world of satan, in other words it's for losers. Not to follow God's will is witchcraft!
By the way I edit my writes from time to time, so they kinda have a life of their own. A while ago I went through them all, so I have tried to make them more precise. I still have to go over them and delete more of the air here and there. Sometimes I make additional comments.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 473 - 2008 02 15 South Wartzor
Peace, Is there love in the church?
Hardly, sure we pat each other on the back, but do we really care? I don't think so, not for a minute...well perhaps for 60 seconds :-) Naturally I'm not talking about any specific church, just churches in general. The church I found a few years back (Kvevlax Missionskyrka) is actually pretty good. There is more warmth in it than I've experienced in 20 years of church going. Some of the members take God's calling very seriously, and many have received help through the work. The reason for this write is to perhaps jump start somebody somewhere, who has only been a pew warmer during their Christian walk. That's how many end up, waiting for others to do the work. What do we do when somebody needs help? We pray to God to help them :-) Most of us do NOTHING ourselves, we just sit there looking holy... I thought that we were supposed to help each other all that we can, and that the Lord would help us with the stuff that we can't handle ourselves.
photo © Benjamin Antell Some of us wait on the Lord to tell us IF He wants us to help somebody, as if everything was some Holy Quest. It's only natural to help people in need, but we're just so darn lazy in our comfort zone that we can't be bothered. How does God feel about it? I think that He is appalled to see how we live our lives selfishly, without giving our brothers and sisters a hand in their time of need. Sure we have more sympathy for each other than the "world" has, but is it enough? No way! We are supposed to be family, but then again not even "family" means much in today's society. God is the only one who truly loves. He sure proved that when He sent His only Son to die for the world. Jesus came and died for us, in our place, without no regard for Himself. What a loving and unselfish thing to do. Do we care? Very few of us seem to really understand anything of what went down...Jesus was beaten, tortured and killed for our sins! He was "totally innocent", and still He silently gave His life in our place. Think about it! He died for YOU... Who else would die for you? I'm pretty sure that nobody on our cursed Earth would give a damn about your sorry ass if the manure hit the fan, but Jesus did. He gave His life in your place! So what are you going to do about it?
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 472 - 2008 02 14 South Wartzor
Peace, The reason why I'm not writing daily at the moment is that I'm finishing a book that I've been writing since 2006.
Window, photo © Benjamin Antell I will be back though, unless God tells me to do something different... You never know with the Lord. The only thing that matter to me is that I follow His will for my life, the rest is not important at all.
Ascension (detail), painting © Benjamin Antell This book will be in Swedish, it is based on my write. It will be crammed with art as well. I will probably be putting out other books as well (in English). Because I have lots of art to show the public. My pictures are also a result of my walk with the Lord, if I hadn't met Him I would not have pursued this line of adventures. I did exhibit some stuff in the 60's when I was a teenager but I was pushed into doing it. Later in life I felt like everything in the whole world was crap, so I wasn't really interested in saying anything, even though I did paint for my own pleasure, and to get food while I studied in Helsinki. I remember doing lots of huge (at the time) 70x100cm's paintings of Mark Bolan, Feliciano, Geezer Butler and other pop stars. I did other types of paintings as well. I have no photos of them, nor do I know where they are.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 471 - 2008 02 12 South Wartzor
Peace, Does God have a sense of humor?
Photo © Benjamin Antell Naturally, I never knew that He had humor until I met
Him though.
Photo © Fred Skymberg This was a totally different God than the one I had
heard about as a kid. The God I had heard about was a vindictive sourpuss, a
real angry old fellow on a cloud ready to mercilessly judge me at any
time. And nobody had told me about the Holy Spirit who is now my personal
trainer... I didn't know that the Holy Spirit was a person. I had no idea that I could speak to Him and receive answers,
I mean they call Him a ghost. A ghost is supposed to be dead, it's such
a bad translation, it's a mystery that the blooper is still used to
this day! I didn't know that I could actually talk to God, and I had no clue how to lead somebody to Christ. Nobody had told me these things, only that God would punish, punish and punish me if I did this and that :-( When and when/if I prayed, I prayed as a little child,
static prayers with no real emotion. They were more routine or tradition
than prayers, what a waste of time and power. God sure turned my life up side down. And now after all these years He is showing me even more
than before, as I look for His perfect will for my life. I long for
His council every day, I need to learn more before I slip on the soap
of life and join the Choir Invisible. What we learn spiritually here
on Earth will help us in the next life as well (it's in the Bible...somewhere). Sometimes I feel that I get a message word for word, but at other times I feel like I'm interpreting what the Lord is telling me as I write. It's not easy to criticize without sounding mean. I'm only writing what I feel that the Lord want's me to convey, perhaps because nobody else wants to? I don't know, He could have chosen a more eloquent person but I seem to be "it" for now :-)
Photo © Benjamin Antell One more thing about humor. I don't think that God wants born again Christians to joke around like actors do on TV nowadays. Sexual innuendoes, crude jokes etc. are becoming more and more frequent in all series and movies. I think this grieves the Holy Spirit. Think about it, as born again believers we are already in Heaven in Spirit, would you tell God those crude jokes? I think not. I can't even watch series like Friends etc. they are disgusting to me, they make me very sad in my spirit. I've noticed that it's easy to get used to the jargon, if you watch them a lot. In the 80's I used to watch a lot, but then all of a
sudden I noticed how sleazy they had become...I woke up. I know that
makes me sound like an old fart to some, but so what? Some don't believe what I write and call me crazy as a hairy fish but I don't care. I have to do what God compels me to do, no matter what because He is all that I live for. What you do with the information is totally up to you.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 470 - 2008 02 11 South Wartzor
Peace, Here's a new video "Wating here - what can I do? : http://www.youtube.com/thalonen
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 469 - 2008 02 08 South Wartzor
Peace,
Who is Jesus? He is the Prince of PEACE! Secular people rarely know this, they are so used to hearing
cliché's about religious hostile people who do not know Jesus
from a hamster. The religious shout and curse at those who have not
found Jesus, and boast about going to Heaven themselves. We all need to shun religion and become born again Christians
if we want to enjoy Eternity. Religion gives people a false hope
in their "own ability", to save themselves through works. How do I know that the religious will end up in Hell?
Because that is where the vast majority of people are
going, since most of us live only to fulfill our own egoistic dreams.
Others are in panic of going broke, we all want to be economically viable,
so some of us work, work and work while life and God passes us by...
read John 6:27-35 in the new Testament. Jesus taught us as born again Christians not to get drunk by alcohol or drugs, but by the Holy Spirit "the Helper" whom the Father sent to Earth as Jesus' Earthly Mission was completed. The Holy Spirit is a gentleman and our Comforter, he helps
us during our walk. He strengthens us and gives us Holy knowledge of
the Bible which is our daily manual. Without the Holy Spirit there is
no way for us to understand the Bible, since the Bible is NOT an ordinary
book. At this time I can only give you a silly picture of
"how" the Holy Spirit works :-) In comic books there is often this little fairy who sprinkles
"stardust" on things to give them "life",
that's how the Holy Spirit works. When His "anointing"
hits us, our spiritual eyes are opened and we can see into God's Future. Then there are religious fools who think that a good deed or two will get them to Heaven. Deeds have nothing to do with it. Good deeds are only
a natural result of somebody walking with the Lord. Deeds will get you
nowhere. Even if you donate millions of dollars to the poor or to the
church it has no meaning, if God is missing from your life. Read John
6:28-29 Nobody is worthy of Heaven, this is why Jesus had to
die in our place. Jesus is totally dedicated to His Mission, that and only that is the reason why we get to meet His FATHER. If it weren't for Jesus, the only Son of God, we would have to die in our sins. Jesus is perfect, He proved it by giving His life for the world. With His life he showed us how to live, unselfishly and totally dependent on God.
Getting saved is for everybody. That's why it is so ridiculously easy to get saved. The only thing we have to do is to receive Jesus into our hearts honestly. That is how it all starts, then you need to ask for the Holy Spirit, with this you "might" need help from a living, loving church or from any born again Christian. After this you need to give the Lord ridiculous amounts of time. God wants us to spend lots of time with Him because He wants to be our personal friend! He will take care of you, you won't have to worry about tomorrow, if you accept Him into your life. Some of you think that you don't have any "spare"
time to spend with God. If that's the case then I'm truly sorry for
you, because that's a lie from the devil. It feels good to spend time
with the Lord. Not much else really matters to me. I used to be very
busy with other things, but frankly "what's the point"? We
are only here for a fraction of Eternity, everything we have is a loan
from the Father, we don't get to take anything with us when we leave. In Jesus our old life is totally gone, and our old
way of thinking must also go. Because after receiving Him, we are already in Heaven (in spirit)! Only your body is still on Earth! That's how it works,
few understand this, but that is how it is. Naturally we grow as we
walk with the Lord, we grow until we die and our soul goes to be with
the Lord forever, all 21 gram's of it. (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/20/1077072838871.html) The rest of the peoples on the Earth who pray to other gods, decline Jesus or try to stay neutral will all sadly go to Hell instead, no matter what. And after Hell they will stand trial only to be condemned to the second death. Death will be a terrible disaster for them. They don't go to Hell because they are "bad" people, they go simply because they have ignored Jesus, the ONLY door to the Father. I thought all religions were one, before I met Jesus.
But He told me that it isn't so, He really did, I'm not kidding. Jesus
says the He is the ONLY door to the Father. I believe Him because He
was the only one who really answered when I looked for God. This is why I'm writing this, I'm simply a voice calling
from the sticks. I'm trying to warn people of the coming judgment, but also inform them of the WAY OUT in Jesus Christ who died in YOUR place. Your trip to Heaven is paid in full, the only thing you need to do is to get on board. Everyone is welcome!!! No matter how poor/rich, evil or sinful you have been,
God forgives you because of Jesus. Relax and receive,
remember to always love those around you and you will be fine. Read John 6:37-40.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 468 - 2008 02 07 South Wartzor
Peace, An Atheist friend of mine has experienced things of a supernatural nature and he doesn't understand them.
Painting © Benjamin antell He seems to think that they are tricks of the mind. How do you explain the spiritual world to an Atheist? If an Atheist does not believe that there is a God nor a devil, there is really no way that I can think of how to enlighten a person of that nature. How do I explain the parallel spiritual reality which runs along side with the natural to a person who has no spiritual life? The Religious man tries to work his way to God, but he can't. All we
need to do to find Christ, is to receive Him into our hearts, it's so
easy it's silly. Religion gives us a false hope. To find God, we have to receive Jesus into our lives and ask forgiveness
for our sins, since everybody sins. We also have to be serious as we
do this. Afterwards things will start to happen in our lives. To some
God reveals Himself right away, to others in a while. He treats everybody
individually since He is Omnipresent and time is not pressing on Him
in any way. After being born again, we can receive the Holy Spirit into
our lives, He too is a person. It's when He comes that things really
get off the ground so to speak. Once we have the Holy Spirit in our
lives, it is no longer for us to doubt God. There is just no way, since
He is real and not a silly mind game. You don't have to be very intelligent to figure that one out. All the gifts that we have are God given, we are nothing in ourselves.
We have never managed to be good to each other. We keep on going to
war against each other time after time. No matter the outcome we still
keep on fighting, mostly out of our own greed. A N F S C D Some Finns sit around criticizing the Americans for treating the American natives badly. I really don't think we can afford to do that, not after the way we have treated the Russians. We are no better than any other nation, we are just as evil and greedy as everybody else. God have Mercy on us.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 467 - 2008 02 04 South Wartzor
Peace, Mary Pickford: America’s Sweetheart The other day I found a little book that I'd bought on ebay.com once.
(Why not try God? by Mary Pickford. H.C: Kinsey & Company, Inc. • Publishers 105 West 40th Street, New York 1934) It's written by Mary Pickford the movie star. She was the first woman I ever fell in love with when I was about 3-4 years old :-) I found this photo of her in one of my dad's albums.
M. Pickford. Man was I surprised to find out only now that she was a Christian, a real woman of prayer. And what a deep thinker. The book is only 35 pages, but crammed with wisdom. What a clarity of thought this woman possessed! Among other things she wrote: "So our concern is not really with external things at all, these being secondary, but with our thoughts". This is so true. "We shape our very existence by the way we think". We can think ourselves into a dark future, and we can at any time think ourselves out of it. It's our thoughts that get us into trouble. Positive thinking is the key that unlocks the door to our situation. Naturally God needs to be included, but I'm not talking about that right now. I've noticed that many who spend their time saying to themselves "I'll never amount to anything", rarely do get anywhere in life. I've noticed how I've hurt myself by thinking negative thoughts, again and again. To think positive is the hardest thing sometimes, especially when you are up to your neck in poop. Sometimes a positive thought is the only way out. Failure is not the "falling down" but the "staying down"! Mary Pickford. Buy the book on Amazon if you can get a hold of it, there was a reprint back in 1973.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried). Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 466 - 2008 02 01 South Wartzor
Peace,
Painting © Benjamin Antell I was reminded about the mystery of healing yesterday. Even though people get completely healed during prayer, they sometimes get sick again a while later. The reason for this is that satan often returns with the old pain after a while. That's when we have to verbally command him to get lost in Jesus name. This isn't perhaps very common but it does happen to some. I saw a preacher on god.tv yesterday who talked about this. He said that the Lord once told him, that if he would pray for a certain lady at the meeting, she would be completely healed in her back. She couldn't walk without her Rollator. She was miraculously healed. Then the Lord told the Evangelist to teach her about faith. One of the things he said was something along this line. He said "after a while the devil might come to remind you of your former sickness, when He does ward him boss by claiming your healing verbally". Some time later the Evangelist received a letter, in which he was told that one morning as the lady had woke up a couple of weeks later, the pain in her back had returned. She immediately told the devil to get lost and claimed her healing in Jesus name. Since then she has been fine.
Painting © Benjamin Antell I have experienced these things myself as well so I know it's the truth. My back was healed in 1976 and it's fine to this day :-) A friend of mine who got healed didn't understand to ward the devil off so he is in pain now again. He's getting better but it's a slow process. He could have claimed his healing, but he believed that the pain was natural so he didn't. We need to realize the authority which we have in Christ. The devil is only a created being, he has no power against us as long as we stand firm in the Lord, honest and true to His Word.
Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben PS. Here's a simple prayer for you, in case you aren't used to praying, and you want Eternal life...it REALLY is this simple!!! Dear Lord Jesus, Come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that God raised You from the dead. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the peace of God, and the joy of the Lord. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me! Give me a passion to reach the lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved. I'm born-again. I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. Thank You Jesus! If you said the prayer from your heart, Jesus has saved you! Look for an alive church, so that you have fellowship, nobody makes it on their own (I tried).
I'm not trying to put anyone down with my Write, and I don't hate anybody. I'm just trying to convey what God has put on my heart. I also feel that that life is too short, to just shut up and go with the flow when people suffer under all kinds of bondage, when they could in fact be totally set free in Christ. (There is more info about me on the antell.com site, for those who R curious). All Graphics, art and most photography © Benjamin Antell 2006. You may link to this site if you wish. Images may be used by written permission. From BIG BEN, BOX 325, FIN-65101 VASA, FINLAND -or- Press here X marks the spot. Sweden Photographer Fred Skymberg: Fred Skymberg. Address : Tennisvägen 32, S-17553 Järfälla
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