Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Choose what you will obey~ Yesterday was a monumentous day in the USA, because in a 6 to 3 vote the SCOTUS overturned a 50 year old 'law' that gave Constitutional recognition of the 'right' of a woman to get an abortion. In overturning Roe v Wade the Supreme Court stated that the original law was flawed in that there was no direct statement in the Bill of Rights granting a woman a 'right' to an abortion, and that as per the original founding documents any Right not enumerated as a Federal law in the Constitution was to be decided by the various legislatures of the States themselves. This is where these types of not directly stated issues should be decided, and not at a Federal level. Whatever your position on this issue of Roe v Wade there is now a decision that must be made by the people of the USA, and that is, do you now obey the Law or not.  Given the history of the Christian church since the first century is seems to me that there is now going to be huge protests against complying with the Supreme Court decision, because it doesn't fit the viewpoint of people that disagree with it. Christians believe that Paul is a true Apostle of Jesus, and that what he said about salvation is the truth, even though what Jesus said to His own eyewitness disciples is totally different. Christians have decided en mass to NOT obey the words of Jesus, or the words of God in the Old Testament. They have decided to obey the words of someone that has sought to change the laws concerning salvation and eternal life to something more palitable and easier to live with here on earth. And there is the rub. Why not just change the Law to suit your opinions, rather than obey the Laws that have been given by God? Why not just say that if it doesn't fit your idea of what is right then either igore it, or protest the decision and force God to do your will? This type of thinking will not work in either case.

Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today for our program The Bible on Trial, at 10AM, on: bloglalkradio.com/sot.

I Screwed Up~ At the hardware store where I work part time, my  area of responsibility is the room where we keep over 30,000 different fasteners, nuts, bolts and screws. An because of this I have been named the biggest 'screw up' in the store, and rightly so. Apparently this is also true here at Spirit of Truth Radio on BTR, because yesterday I did not remember one very important thing as I was preparing the studio for our program, and our show ended after 15 minutes, instead of 60 minutes. I quite literally screwed up. I appologize to Rick and our listeners that were looking forward to another stimulating study, for causing this problem by my not knowing something I should have known. I want you to learn from my error, because there is an important lesson to be learned in my failure. Yesterday I wanted to do a test show in order to check my board and computer settings in a live environment, without having to put our audience through this bording process. About an hour before our start time I did a 'Go Live Now' show in order to try to figure out why we were having some drop out issues. I had Rick call in, and I got the issue sorted, but what I either forgot, or most likely neglected to read 15 years ago when we started our podcast is that our broadcast plan clearly says in the user notes that we are able to do only ONE session per day, for up to 2 hours at a time. There are no second sessions available on any of the plans sponsored by BTR. Therefore, when i opened our studio for our regular show time we were limited to the left over time that I did not use when I did the 'test' show. OOPS! This situation caused a problem because I DID NOT KNOW something critical to my understanding, and we lost our show for the day. Do we really KNOW God's plan for our salvation, or do we not know what we don't know, and miss out of eternal life?

How much truth is enough? I want you to do an exersize with me that will show you everything you need to know about The Truth and Salvation! We will start by getting a blank sheet of printer paper and drawing a continuous line around the inside margin of the paper, as close to the edge as possible; for our purposes this line and the edge of the paper are the same thing. This blank sheet of paper is a two dimensional image of the entire universe, in all of the dimensions that exist, and all the knowledge that exists, that has existed, and will ever exist. In other words, this line is God, everything He is, and everything He knows.  Now take a sharpened pencil and anywhere on that page draw the smallest circle possible. That circle represents the sum total of all of human knowledge of all ages past, present, and future. Question: How much of that knowledge is outside of what God knows? Take another piece of paper and draw a circle on it. That circle now represents the previous circle that is the sum total of all human knowledge. Draw a circle inside of that circle that will be your idea of how much of a percentage of human knowledge you know. Make it as large or small as necesary to show how much knowledge you have with respect to the sum total of human knowledge. (In may be difficult to draw a circle that small.) Question: how much of all that you know is related to your understanding of the Plan of Salvation, and where did you aquire that knowledge? Does it even matter? Jesus came to earth at the request of His Father. There is nothing that the Father knows that Jesus does not. Picture Jesus inside that tiny circle that represents the sum of human knowledge, having come to earth to "Testify to the truth" about salvation (John 18:37).  Do you believe that someone other than Jesus know everything about how salvation works, and is a better source for truth than Jesus?

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WDJW~ Years ago there was a movement in the Christian church that caught fire for a time, and then died out becauise it became clear that it went against the prevailing sentiment that 'grace covers all our sins'! That movement was indicated by the acronym WWJD - What Would Jesus Do! It was a nice idea while it lasted, yet the idea that that our actions could affect the outcome of our salvation went against the prime tenet of the church (via the teachings of the 'apostle' Paul) that our deeds have no affect on our salvation, that it is our simple belief in Jesus and His blood shed for our sins that saves us. So asking the question What Would Jesus Do? became problematic as a theology, and was soon dismissed as an operational identity of the church. There is a question that is seldom if ever asked by Christians today, because when it is asked it identifies an individual responcibility for salvation that cannot be placed on anyone but the person asking the question; that is, What Does Jesus Want? The answer lays in the idea that there are two things that a person must accomplish, that are specified in the words of Jesus, that demonstrate that a person can and must be active in their own salvation.  "So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus." Rev, 12:17. Everyone that is Born Again, born of this Woman - the Holy Spirit, proves that rebirth by doing the two things specified in this verse; they must keep the 10 Commandments, and hold (only) to the testimony of Jesus, that He brought to earth from the Father. Doing the Truth proves Salvation.  "But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God." John 3:21. What Does Jesus Want? The Doing of the Truth!

Hot, and hotter~ For the most part living in Southern California is a blessing. For 8-9 months of the year we have georgeous weather, with temps in the mid-70's, and a smattering of rain from time to time. You can get by very well with your windows open and the ceiling fans moving air around the house, and even if it gets a little warm all you do is close the house until it cools down right after dark, and then you open up again. Coming soon is the heat of July, August and September. OMG does it get hot. And this next week we will be having temps in the 100's, and we aren't at the middle of June yet. Top this off with the fact that inflation is at 8 1/2 %  (the highest in 42 years), and no one can afford gasoline at near $7/gallon for their cars in order to drive to the beach to get out of the heat, and you have a perfect storm for a disaster of epic proportions. We will have to find out if the power grid can handle the load for all of the Air Conditioners that will be running 24/7. As we move forward into summer we must remember what Jesus said about the signs of the end of time in Matt. 24:32-33:  "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door." The Faithful and Wise enough Bond-servant is here right now, feeding his fellow servants their food at the proper time. And that food is the truth that the Kingdom of Heaven needs to know in order to be prepared for the coming of a time of peace and prosperity, instead of a time of Death and Destruction. The spiritual summer is upon us, bringing the heat of the truth that will set free the Kingdom of God on the earth.

Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today, June 4, 2022, at 10AM PT for our program The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling, where we will continue to show that the Death Road prophecies of "The End" that are seen in Revelation 13 have been displaced by the Life Road Prophecies of Daniel 2 and Revelation 10. These Life Road prophecies show a totally different timeline that will lead the world to a time of Peace and Prosperity, where the Kingdom of God will come to this planet without the horror that has been seen in the interpretation of the End Time Prophecies for centuries past. If you desire to see the alternative to to the Beasts and Bowls of Wrath, then listen today to our program at the following link: blogtalkradio.com/sot.

Knee Pain~ The past 3-4 weeks have been 'hell' due to the fact that I have been beset with severe knee pain. For those of you that have experienced this malady the issue is that the pain is pervasive, and becomes (at times) all consuming; so much so that it is difficult to think about anything else. The pain affects all aspects of life, from work to sleep, to everything in between.  I went to my Primary Care Giver, and was asked to do certain things in the way of stretching, Icing, heating, wrapping, etc., and due to certain other ongoing conditions I was not able to take an oral medications for the pain. All of these things help while doing them, but there has been no long term pain reduction. Today, after our program ends at 11AM, I am going for X-rays, with another follow up appointment with my primary next week, where he will make an assessment that my include a referral to an orthopedist/knee specialist. The process is excruciatingly slow, and very painful, but hopefully will result in a diagnosis and treatment plan that will be good. Pain is a great motivator. It is also the only thing that moves many people into an activity that has any hope of mitigating the pain, whatever the source of that pain. When life goes on and on in it's daily routine, with no changes, no annoying propblems, we often get innured to what we do or don't do, and don't think about why we do what we do. No one wants to have to deal with painful situations or people, or where we are in time. We would all rather just 'keep on keeping on', instead of trying to figure out where we are spiritually, and what we need to do to secure our eternal lives. Right now the world is not a nice place to be, and thinking about the future can be scary and painful. it is important to know where and 'when' we are in time, so we can be prepared for what is coming. Do not ignore the pain, deal with it!

Right or Left~ Ecc 10:2  A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left. Pro 14:12  There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Every day, in every aspect of life, there are choices, and what you choose as a method for making those decisions will affect not only the outcome of the day, but the outcome of your life.  For many people the choice is based upon how they feel at the moment, decisions based on emotion, and what feels right. This allows a person to make a decision one day, and make the opposite decision the next day, and not see any inconsistency in either choice.  For others, decisions are based upon establishing a principle based upon a method that is outside of themselves, a check-list (as it were), and the choices that are made gain consistency from one day to the next, a series of If-Thens, that provide decisions that lead to a consistent result that does not change from day to day. God has provided a set of Words/Commandments that allows a person that follows them to achieve consistency in decision making based upon the sure knowledge of the truth, and takes the guess work out of the result. A person that abides IN these Words (Law, Prophets, Words of Jesus) has nothing to fear in making decisions based on those principles, because they are Truth. The cardinal dirction of these words is Right, and leads a person to the Kingdom of God, and eternal life.