Recently, in a book I am writing, I wrote the following:
But as in the days of Elijah, God has some reserved to HIMSELF who will not bow their knee to "Baal", to the beast of Revelation, to today's thinking of this world ... and will continue to hold fast to scripture from the Bible unto the end and the return of Jesus. In Elijah's day, there were 7000 reserved by God, who had not bowed their knees to the false prophet Baal.
I saw immediately: the ones having the mark of the beast, the number of a man, 666 ... are those who follow today's thinking of this world, discarding Bible to substitute the thinking of the world on the issue at hand.
For example: A woman who attends a Catholic church was talking with me and the subject was homosexuals and lesbians.
I told her they are turned over by God to a reprobate mind to do these unnatural acts.
She grew silent and seemed to be thinking, and then she replied, "But what about those who say they have always been this way?"
Taking on the things man says is taking on the mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:18 ... Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
I was very disturbed by what she said for it was against Bible which explains truth to us.
Romans 1:26-27 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
After I was home alone, I talked to God, telling HIM how upset I was by what this woman said. It was as if she had been listening to TV talk shows where homosexuals and lesbians had been telling about themselves to justify themselves.
My attention was drawn to the fact that homosexuals and lesbians go against nature ... they choose to go against nature. Bible doctrine.
To agree with the thinking of this world is to take on "the number of a man", the mark of the beast, the thinking of man instead of the doctrine of Bible.
This world teaches man things opposite from Bible (antichrist ... against Christ).
They like to call drunkenness a disease. According to Bible drunkenness is a work of the flesh, a sin.
I Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Humans today approve all manner of divorce and remarriage. They also approve men marrying divorced women, against that said in Bible.
Matthew 5:32 Jesus said: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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HYMN: UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE
Low in the grave HE lay,
Jesus my Savior!
Waiting the coming day,
Jesus my Lord.
(Chorus)
Up from the grave HE arose,
With a mightly triumph
o'er HIS foes.
HE arose a Victor
from the dark domain,
And HE lives forever
with HIS saints to reign.
HE arose!
HE arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
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