"Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of
Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will
hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind
striving together for the faith of the gospel;" Philippians 1:27
In my last post I discussed the word "striving" (agónizomai - See Here).
In Philippians 1:27 (above) is another Greek
word, "sunathleó", which adds "together" with the word "striving"
translated into English as "striving [together]" (KJV 1x) and
"laboured [with me]" (KJV 1x). Only 2 usages in the whole Bible. See
here: http://biblehub.com/greek/4866.htm
Except this word sunathleó means "striving
together". The Strong's concordance says, "I compete together with
others, cooperate vigorously with."
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance:
labor with, strive together for.
From sun and athleo; to wrestle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to seek jointly -- labour with, strive together for.
The second and only other usage in the whole Bible, also by Paul, says:
"Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help
these women who "have shared my struggle" (NASB) or "laboured" (KJV)
(sunathleó) in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also
and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of
life." Philippians 4:3 NASB
See Paul was striving to unify the church in
the Holy Spirit. Seeking to unify the church under Christ and God the
Father. He says often throughout his writings how important this is.
And he boldly called out those who were causing divisions. Paul called
them "fleshly" (KJV- 1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
"Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions
among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the
same judgment." 1 Corinthians 1:10
This exhortation stands firm today. So why then are there so many divisions among professing followers of Christ?
Paul boldly says, "Therefore I, the prisoner of
the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with
which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with
patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to
preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one
body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your
calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all
who is over all and through all and in all." Ephesians 4:1-6 http://biblehub.com/nasb/ephesians/4.htm
There is only ONE LORD. ONE FAITH, ONE CHRIST,
ONE BAPTISM. Christ is not divided! And yet we are fractured beyond
repair. Like the tower of babel. All speaking different things.
Different teachings, different doctrines.
Jesus clearly warned us "a house divided
against itself will fall." (Luke 11:17) What I am saying here from
God's Word shows clearly that MANY professing followers of Christ are
wrong. As they cannot ALL be right. And I by no means am saying for
people to compromise sound doctrine. But those of us who have been
born from above and fathered by God Almighty in Messiah, we have MUCH
to pray about. We need to break through to God. And we need to pray to
God and ask Him to present His people to this world. His true
servants in a clear and powerful way. And one way this can be done is
by signs and wonders being done at the hands of His servants. And I'm
not talking about all these false signs done in their phony services
on TV. I'm talking about verified and bonafide MIRACLES.
But this can only be done though those who are
have truly humbled themselves before God and are seeking Him and are
striving with Him for the cause of souls. I ask you to strive together
with God's Spirit through Christ. To seek Him yourself and not depend
on anyone else. WE must walk with Christ. We must be in fellowship
with Him. He must be our Shepherd. And this He promises to do through
His Spirit within us. Read and study John chapter 14.
I will end this message here but I ask you to
strive together with me (sunathleó) in prayer to our LORD and ask Him
to unify His church under HIS leadership. Just as Paul taught and
teaches today by the words God spoke through him to the churches of
Christ.
In Yeshua's Name Amen
Your brother in Christ, Thomas Richards
if you have never repented of your sins and been saved and feel the
desire to do so now please say this prayer. This is how I was
powerfully saved 20 years ago!
Say,
"My Lord and my God, Have mercy on my soul, a sinner, I
believe Jesus the Messiah died on the cross and shed His precious blood
for the forgiveness of all my sins. I believe God raised Jesus from the
dead and Jesus is now on the right hand of God and can hear my prayer at
this moment and wants to live through me and give me power to keep His
Word. I open up the door of my heart and I invite You into my heart Lord
Jesus. Please be my Lord and Savior in every aspect of my life. Thank
you God for saving my soul and I vow to serve you with all my heart
which is the first and greatest commandment. Amen"
Many professing Bible believers seem to think that God isn't serious when He says He requires our whole heart, our thoughts and our words (Luke 10:27; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Peter 4:11; Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:36). That means they are actively presuming He is double-minded. But it's actually US who are double-minded "and unstable in ALL [our] ways" if we doubt God's first and greatest commandment (Matthew 22:36-40). And because of this we cannot ask anything from God "in faith" (James 1:6). And God says if we are doubting Him/His Word then we are like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. "For that person must not suppose that he will receive ANYTHING from the Lord...." James 1.
As God instructs throughout His whole Word, our eye must be single (Matthew 6:22-23). We must sell all we have and buy that field or pearl of great price (Matthew 13:44-46). God requires we present ourselves as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1), we are not our own (1 Corinthians 6:19) but have been purchased with the precious blood of Christ (Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 1:18, 19). We may know all these verses but have we received them into our spirit by revelation from the Holy Spirit. Can we, are we TRULY loving our neighbors as ourselves?
Is this too hard brothers and sisters? Does God ask too much? Did Jesus lie when He said His yoke is EASY and His burden light? And that we SHALL find REST unto our souls?
"Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. Thus we MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENTER THAT REST, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience." Hebrews 4:9-11
Let our heart's cry be to enter into God's rest. And be made perfect in love. Let the truth afflict us and pierce our hearts and "Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom." James 4:9 And cry out to the living God for salvation. "He who endures to the end, the same shall be saved." (Matthew 24:13).
God requires ALL our heart, mind, soul and strength. And His yoke is easy (Greek word also means "pleasant"). These two go together like a hand and glove. Let us be honest with ourselves. Let us see ourselves for what we really are. Are we really serving God or seeking Him with all our heart?
Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.” Luke 10:28
Dear heavenly Father, I pray for all who read this. That You show us our hearts. And that You pinpoint the things that are holding us back from serving You. Father, I pray You put a burden in all of us to seek You more fervently. And that You cause us to accept the reproof in Your Word and apply it all intimately in our public and private lives. That we may abide in You and You in us so that we bear much fruit. So we will not be ashamed when we face you on that day. Father, we ask in the Name of Your Son. Jesus the Messiah. Amen.
(Looks like blogger changed this url so it was broken on my facebook page. I figured out a work-around though so now that url points to another this post I
had saved as a draft. I renamed the draft with the same title blogger
changed my other url to so that the url would be good again. You would
have to be a little tech savvy or have knowledge of blogger to
understand what I'm saying.) New Censorship Web Page with More examples of Internet companies censoring me.
Photobucket is another major internet company that wants to help the Vatican cover-up their war-crimes from WW2. I've been hosting my photos on photobucket since I first started building my web site (since around 2000). Suddenly they are deleting my pictures. Deleting even the banner to my Nazi Vatican Web Page. Now they actually deleted my screen-shot evidence of their censorship. Except I have back-ups. See below the pictures they deleted. Look to the right to see what they deleted.
Photobucket deleted my screenshots of their censorship. See my backup to the right
Screenshots of photobucket censorship (which they ALSO censored by deletion!)
This was the banner on my Nazi-Vatican expose' page
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This was my banner photobucket deleted. I re-uploaded it and they haven't deleted it yet but I have a backup as well. Click to view full size:
See above what it looked like after they removed the banner
So you can see photobucket censored their censorship. They actually deleted my screenshots of their deletions. I'm just glad I've begun backing up my images as you cannot trust any online service anymore. Not even big web hosting services like GODADDY.COM
Photobucket is another major internet company that wants to help the Vatican cover-up their war-crimes from WW2. I've been hosting my photos on photobucket since I first started building my web site (since around 2000). Suddenly they are deleting my pictures. Deleting even the banner to my Nazi Vatican Web Page. Now they actually deleted my screen-shot evidence of their censorship. Except I have back-ups. See below the pictures they deleted. Look to the right to see what they deleted.
Photobucket deleted my screenshots of their censorship. See my backup to the right
Screenshots of photobucket censorship (which they ALSO censored by deletion!)
This was the banner on my Nazi-Vatican expose' page
Click image to View full size
This was my banner photobucket deleted. I re-uploaded it and they haven't deleted it yet but I have a backup as well. Click to view full size:
See above what it looked like after they removed the banner
So you can see photobucket censored their censorship. They actually deleted my screenshots of their deletions. I'm just glad I've begun backing up my images as you cannot trust any online service anymore. Not even big web hosting services like GODADDY.COM
Edit 9/28/2016: Now the below url is broken due to someone who either works for blogger or facebook changed one character in the url at the request of photobucket . It happened right after photobucket visited this blog page
so there are two urls for this one post here they are
"During April 1989, a secret, thirteen page letter written on April 15,
1969 by White House Chaplain Billy Graham to U.S. President Richard
Nixon was released to the public by National Archives and Records
Administration in which Graham had encouraged Nixon to utilize a
military campaign to bomb dikes across North Vietnam should the Paris
Peace Talks fail to reach a negotiated settlement of the U.S. war in
Southeast Asia. Graham developed his dike bombing strategy during an
earlier business meeting in Bangkok with his evangelists assigned to
Southern Vietnam. Graham would later advocate to Nixon that this
proposed escalation of the war in Southeast Asia as plan that "could
overnight destroy the economy of North Vietnam" by employing "tens of
thousands of North Vietnamese defectors to bomb and invade the North."
Estimates from the Nixon administration concluded that such a military
aerial bombing campaign against dikes in North Vietnam would have killed
an estimated one million North Vietnamese."
Researching and scouring info about Christianity Today which was founded by Billy Graham. This terrible unchristian magazine also carried the story (slander) by Gary Metz about Alberto Rivera.
Christianity Today taking a dig at deceased Keith Green:
More: Look at this slur against Keith Green after he died. This is
"Christianity Today Magazine" Founded by the Papal Puppet Billy Graham.
This same magazine carried at least one story by the spook Gary Metz who
slandered Alberto Rivera. Its starting to look like Christianity Today
has a serious Counter-Reformation agenda.
No John Michael Talbot, Keith Green was absolutely right about you and your cult. And he did what he did PERFECTLY. You are just a nutty Catholic cultist. And Keith Green was a much better musician than you as well...
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