Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Realizing Mistakes~ "When a person who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, they will either quit being mistaken or cease being honest". ~Richard Humpal, J.D. In the past in the field of filming for movies, or video recording for TV, a director calling 'action' indicated that the cameras are 'rolling'. This means that roll of film (in various sizes for different uses) is actually passing through the exposure 'gate' of a film camera, where and image is exposed using a specific 'frame rate' that is calculated in FPS, or frames per second. When played back in a projector this frame rate gives the illuson of motion; and this is where the term 'motion pictures' came from. In today's modern digital world 'frame rate' is still used as a means of standardizing the look of the 'action' that is taking place on the sceen. When the director calls 'CUT', it means that the 'TAKE' has been completed. When there has been a fault detected during the 'playback' (either right away for digital video, or in viewing the 'rushes' in film the next day ('Rushes' indicates film developed overnight for viewing the next day) this is called a Missed Take. When this happens, either for and acting or technical error, the Director calls for a Re-take.  When an actor makes a mistake it is right there for everyone to see, and they readily acknowledge their mistakes and try get it right in the next take. In real life humans are not actors, and unlike actors we don't often get to do a 'retake' when we make a mistake. What we must do is to acknowlege our mistakes, and make every effort to not make those same errors again. Yet the Christian identity says that our mistakes don't matter because God has forgiven our mistakes even before we make them. Jesus never taught this concept.

Rescue~ My wife was on the way home last night from Ladies Night when she ran out of gas on the freeway just before the exit we use to go home. She was in a particularly bad place, with a narrow space between the limit line and the guard rail, with cars and big trucks going by just a few feet to her left. When she called me just before 10PM I could tell she was scared. I told her that I would be there in just a few minutes with some gas. I grabbed a gas can from the garage, climbes into my F-150 and took off for the rescue. I was pulling up to her car about 15 minutes after her call. It was raining. This stretch of the I-10 East is always busy, and I could see immediately why she was scared. I set my emergency flashers, and exited my truck between passing vehicles. It was a bit dangerous. As I was walking up to the right side window I prayed for the Highway Patrol to show up. Becky was on the phone to AAA, but was having to wait on hold. She had not pulled over very far off the freeway, and I wanted her to get out of the car to safety, but she was too frightened. At that moment a Patrol car puttled up behind my truth; lights flashing and their brights on. We were rescued. Well not quite yet. They helped be get my gas can out of the bed of the truck as I was rolling Becky's car back, closer to the guard rail. One office directed traffic around us as I put 2 gallons of gas in the tank. I tried to start the car, but Becky had left the head lights on, and the car would not start. I popped the hood, and an officer opened it. And having planned ahead, I pulled a starting pack out of the back of the car, hooked it, started the car, and in 2 minutes we were on our way. The officers complimented me for having with me what we needed. Becky was rescued. God wants to rescue His Kingdom, but He needs us to assist Him in our rescue by having planned ahead by knowing the truth about how salvation works.

Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today March 18, 2023 at 10AM PDT for our program The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling, on: blogtalkradio.com/sot.

St. Patrick's Day Snakes~ Today is  the Irish Celebration of St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. In celebration of this event my wife is going to a modified 'Ladies Night' event at a good friends house where she and seven female friends will eat corned beef and cabbage, drink a little bit of Irish Stout, and eat  homemade Irish Soda bread (provide by me at my wife's request). The reason why we celebrate on March 17 is that the real St. Patrick died on that day in 461 C.E., after a very hard life as a Catholic Priest, taking Christianily to the heathens in Ireland. Not surprising, there were actually no physical snakes in Ireland. So this story of driving Irish snakes into the sea is really a metaphor describing St. Patrick's bringing his beliefs to the Emerald Isle, and driving evil from it's shores. It is interesting that for those that are paying attention there is another process going on in the world that is doing the same thing today as did St. Patrick then, that is driving evil from the world. The Bible is replete with prophecies of the end of time that speak to the process by which the world will be cleansed of evil of the 'snakes' that are the progeny of the Ancient Serpent, the Devil,  and will be driven out by the actions of those that are in the Kingdom of God, that defeat the kingdom of this world, that kingdom that is made of lies and deceit. However, this process of removing the snakes of this world is not easy, because it requires everyone that is on the side of good to be in the Kingdom of God. This is the process that Jesus brought to this earth, and spoke to His own eyewitness disciples. False words have been substituted for the Words of Truth, and lies have become the hallmark of those that believe they are saved, but are not. So when you celebrate today, celebrate the victory that is soon to come upon the world through the words of Truth!

On the Road Again~ As per the writing of yesterday, my wife and I are just about to 'head for the hills' and go to our family gathering with my twin sister and her family in Ventura Ca. for our birthday. All persons scheduled to be there will be there (Halleluia!) and we are going to have a memorable time. I will be on air via phone to give the introductions, and Rick is 'on deck' from his house to handle the tech, and give what I know will be a brilliant study.  Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today, March 11, 2023 at 10AM PT, for our program The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling, on: blogtalkradio.com/sot.

Birthdays~ Tomorrow is my twin sister's birthday, and the my immediate family (her's and mine) are gathering at her home up the coast, about 2 1/2 hours from my house for a celebration; includesd in the festivities are her husband, her three adult children, her eldest daughter's fiance, my wife, my daughter, her husband, my grandson, and my son. This is a wonderful event, tempered by the fact that my twin was told about 6 months ago that she has early onset Alzheimer's. She is experiencing mild symptoms (so far), and is undergoing treatment. This is disturbing to the family, as well it should be, but as a family we are nothing but adaptable in dealing with these kinds of tests.  Birthday's under whatever circumstances are and important recognition of not only the person that was born, but the mother that did the birthing. and in not only a joy in the temporal world but also in the spiritual world. Jesus spoke of the importance of being 'born from above', commonly misinterpreted by the Christian church using the phrase 'born again'. Jesus did say. "Unless you are born of the water and the Spirit you cannot enter the Kingdom of God" (John 3:5). Jesus prefaced this statement by saying that, "Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John3:3). So here is the issue - in order to be saved you must be in the Kingdom of God; before this can happen you must be able to 'see' the Kingdom that you want to enter; in order to 'see' you must be 'born of the water', which are the Words of God brought to earth by the Son of God, and the 'Spirit', which is the Mother, that is called the Holy Spirit, that will lead you into all truth (John 16:13). So there it is; In order to be born into the Kingdom (not adopted), you must KNOW THE TRUTH. What Truth? The truth about how to enter the Kingdom, your true birthday!

"If it's broke, fix it"~ There is an expression that has been in common use in my parents generation, and it is; "If it's not broke, don't fix it!"  This saying alludes to the fact that with all the new technology that appeared during and right after World War 2 the old tried and true ways of doing things were giving way from taking the time to learning and doing things the way your parents and grandparents did things, slow, and with great patience, to needing to get it done 'right now', the faster the better. Even if the job, project  or product ended up being  just 'good enough' rather than perfect, that was OK. Faster was better. The corrollary saying that came after this generation could have been, "If it's broke, don't fix it, just buy a new one"! Manufactured products from both America and from overseas (particularly from Japan) became so cheap that to (say for instance) take your broken toaster to the repair shop and have it fixed, gave way to throwing the old one away and buying a new one. Everyone new the new one was not as good as the old one, but it was so 'cheap' that when it broke you would just do the same thing over again, ad infinitum. In a spiritual sense we are seeing this same saying applied to the modern Christian church, as carried on from past generations, because NO ONE realized that the belief that salvation as a function of faith through grace was a broken concept that needed fixing. The motto "If it's not broke, don't fix it" is predicated on the belief that salvation is already perfect and needs no alteration to work correctly. The realization that the Pauline concepts of salvation are irreparably broken, and need to be replaced is the first step in finding the salvation found in the 'gospel of the Kingdom', seen only in the words of Jesus, given to His eyewitness disciples.

Make up your mind, already! Have you every been to a restaurant with someone that just couldn't make up their mind? We all have experienced this situation at least once in our lives, and it is very frustrating. You can see them looking at the menu, maybe muttering under their breath, or even talking outloud about their being too many choices, and that it is just too difficult for them to make up their mind. I mean, it's not like this is a 'life or death' situation. But it could almost be for live or for death, the way that  they vacillate back and forth between items. Little do they understand that they truly are in a state where soon they will have to make a Life or Death decision, they will only have two choices; Truth, or that which they believe to be true, but isn't. Being willing and able to believe a lie as if it is the Truth makes it nearly impossible to see facts AS truth. Many people WANT to believe what they already believe, because they 'feel' safe in doing this. But feeling safe is totally different than 'being' safe. Facts are seen as the enemy of Truth, because fact are hard, and unyielding things, and make it difficult to believe what your heart is telling you it true. Those that are unwilling to look facts and evidence squarely in the eye and see them for what they are, can not, and will not ever find true salvation and eternal life, because they believe words that do ot come from the source for all truth, the words that Jesus brought from the Father, and geve to His OWN eyewitness disciples while He was here on earth.

Join Spirit of Truth Ministruy today February 25, 2023 at 10AM PT for our program The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling. This program finds truth in all aspects of life, but especially from Biblical Prophecy and the Truth brought to the world through the words of Jesus, the Son of God, that he gave to His own eyewitness disciples while He was in ministry here on this earth. No Truer words were ever spoken by anyone, and it is these words that we use as the arbiter of Truth, a truth that is singular and absolute. Our program is located at: blogtalkradio.com/sot.

Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today February 24, 2023 at 10AM PT for our program The Bible on Trial, where we test the truth against the words and teachings that Jesus gave His own eyewitness disciples when He was here on earth. Our program is at: blogtalkradio.com/sot.