SPIRIT

Explain the spirit that appeared to Saul, doesn't this prove life after death immediate...?
1 Samuel 28:7,11, "Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. "Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel."
Many use this passage to prove life after death is immediate because the woman appeared to conjure the prophet Samuel from the grave. Basic reality here is, Saul sought counsel of a witch. It wasn't Samuel he saw in the spirit. It was a demon. There are many reason this is so. First of all we are told in God's Word not to seek counsel of witches. Therefore, Satan was already in control here.
Deuteronomy 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Plus, the demon impersonating Samuel claimed the witch had the power to raise him, yet we know by God's Word in numerous areas that only the Lord Himself can do this. For only Jesus Christ has the power of "the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25) NOT witches or demons. Another distinguishing fact here is that the demon gave a bogus prophecy. If it had been of the Lord, or even Samuel himself, who was a holy man, the prophecy would not have failed. The demon said, "Tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me". (1 Samuel 28:19) Besides the fact that Samuel is not "in Heaven" yet according to the order by which all men gain Heaven. Scriptures tells us that Saul appears to have grieved away the Holy Spirit of the Lord in his latter years. If that demon was truly Samuel, then he would have known Saul was not worthy of Heaven. Saul died lost. Yet the "real" Samuel died a prophet of God and a saved man. So...The Truth here is the devil can manifest in a bevy of ways to confuse the one looking on. In fact Satan can do just about anjything he can get permission to do. 2 Corinthians 11:14 says, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." This "spirit" that Saul looked upon was merely one of those manifestations of Satan.
 Stick to God and he will stick to you- do not look for familiar spirit.  

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GOD HOLD NOT YOUR PEACE

ALMIGHTY GOD, HOLD NOT YOUR PEACE-THE ENTIRE WORLD NEED JESUS-WATCH AND PRAY EVERYONE, JESUS IS COMING-AND HE WILL NOT HOLD HIS PEACE. SEE THE FOLLOWING PSALM VERSES.

 P salm109 -Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
³ They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
⁴ For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
⁵ And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
⁶ Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
⁸ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
¹¹ Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
¹² Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

IN OUR MINISTRIES, WE BELIEVE IN PRAYER, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER IN THE SIGHT OF GOD FOR THE BETTER. LET GO AND LET GO.

GOD BLESS YOU-WATCH AND PRAY.

GRACE HOLD THE BATTLE

WE ARE GOING THROUGH A TERRIBLE STORM- THE WORLD IS ON FIRE BECAUSE OF GREED AND POWER- IT IS CAUSING A LOT OF CHAOS AMONG THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVES ON PLANET EARTH, WATCH AND PRAY. TIME IS SURELY RUNNING OUT. I HAVE NEVER IN THE SIXTY YEARS OF MY LIFE SEEN SO MANY TROUBLE IN THIS SINFUL AND DYING WORLD. WHAT PEOPLE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND, WE DID NOT BRING ANYTHING INTO THIS WORLD AND NOTHING SHALL WE TAKE BACK- REGARDLESS OF HOW WEALTHY WE ARE, THE WEALTH IS STAYING RIGHT HERE ON EARTH.

I BELIEVE FEW AUTHORS FROM THE BIBLE WROTE THESE WORDS,

Psalms 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish
Ecclesiastes 9:5,6  For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

In Isaiah we see that king Hezekia was sick and Isaiah told him he was about to die. The king turned his face to the wall and prayed. In his prayer he says the following...

• Isaiah 38:18-19, "For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth."

It appears rather plain here. The dead seem to be just that...DEAD! They can't remember, they can't thank anyone, they can't praise God, they can't think, they can't even dream because the verse says, "his thoughts perish." All their abilities have perished, "the dead know not any thing." Notice the last verse shared where it said, "...neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." The Bible is stating that the dead can in no way take part in anything under the sun. The (RSV) Bible actually translates the above last verse like this. "...they have no more for ever any share in all that is done under the sun." Pretty plain is it not?

If the Bible is saying the dead can't affect anything that happens here on earth. Why are people still praying to these dead saints when the dead can't hear them? Why do people still believe in hauntings, seances, apparitions etc??? They believe it because they never read in their Bibles the truth about these things. They just trusted their church leaders to tell them truthfully what the Bible says. So, who or what are these people seeing at these seances, hauntings and apparitions? Some churches believe that Mary the mother of Jesus is showing up in apparitions around the world. Many also believe that paintings or statues of Mary are actually bleeding real blood, or crying real tears. Does this mean Mary is not only alive and well, but now trapped inside statues made by men? How can this be? Does not the Word of God plainly state that the dead can in no way affect anything that happens here on this earth? If these apparitions aren't Mary,  then who are they? See my "That's not Mary?" page on the website for the whole story on this.

I'm sure you're wondering. "Just where do we go when we die?" Don't go running to get this answer from your preacher, teacher, friend, pastor, or priest. Just go back in the Bible to find out. It is were you should always go when you're in question. However if you do at times have to go to a person for answers, always verify it in the Word of God before making any final decisions! Don't trust me or any man! Go to God's Word for the final answer and you will never go wrong.

So...where do we go when we die?

Psalms 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

The Bible refers to death as sleep. During this dreamless sleep, "his thoughts perish," so, is it possible to affect the lives of others or carry on normal day to day activities in normal sleep? I think not. In the book of John we find a situation where Jesus Himself refers to the dead as being asleep.

John 11:11-14 ...Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

The disciples thought when Jesus said Lazarus was sleeping that he would be ok. So Jesus had to plainly say "Lazarus is dead." Before going on, I must interject as to the main reason Jesus calls death "sleep" here. It is because He knows that everyone will awaken one day out of death as we awaken each morning from sleep. Some will awaken to receive eternal life, and others will awaken to be destroyed in eternal damnation.

1. John 5:28-29, "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,  And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
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5. WE MUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE TIME- LOOKING AT CRIMES AND VIOLENCE'S, SHOULD ALERT US THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON .
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7. MY FRIENDS, GOD BLESS YOU, AND LIVE BLESS IN THE LORD.
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DO NOT GIVE UP

WHATEVER IT TAKES DO NOT GIVE UP

WHEN THE ARMY OF GOD IS WITH YOU- DO NOT GIVE UP. REGARDLESS OF YOUR PRESENT SITUATION, DO NOT GIVE UP- ON HAS SOMETHING IN HIS TREASURE FOR YOU YOU, WAIT AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD. I SAY TO YOU, DO NOT GIVE UP, FIGHT THE FIGHT AND WIN THE PRICE OF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
God bless you!

I AM A CHILD OF GOD

DO YOU SINCERELY DECLARE THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD? IF YOU ARE, READ THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE. IN ADDITION, DO WHAT JESUS SAID, TO BE DONE...

Luke 10 King James Version (KJV)

10 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

² Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
³ Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
⁴ Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
⁵ And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
⁶ And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
⁷ And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
⁸ And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
⁹ And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
¹⁰ But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
¹¹ Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
¹² But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
¹³ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
¹⁴ But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
¹⁶ He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
¹⁷ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
¹⁸ And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
¹⁹ Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
²⁰ Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
²¹ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
²² All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
²³ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
²⁴ For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
²⁵ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
²⁶ He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
²⁷ And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
²⁸ And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
²⁹ But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
³⁰ And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
³¹ And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
³² And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
³⁴ And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
³⁵ And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
³⁶ Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
³⁷ And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
³⁸ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
⁴¹ And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
⁴² But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

DO THE WILL OF GOD AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.

THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE. SEE NUMBERS 6.

WEALTHY

YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH. CHECK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, MAKE SURE IT IS NORMAL. WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRESCRIPTION FROM YOUR DOCTOR, PLEASE GO ONLINE, DO A RESEARCH ON ITS SIDE EFFECTS.  BE A OBSERVER OF YOURSELF. WHEN TAKING THE MEDICATION, IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SYMPTOMS THAT IS CAUSING YOU TO BE MORE SICKER, CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER, YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF.

GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND CAUSE HIS BLESSINGS TO POURS OUT ON YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.