Rise up O men of God,
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength,
To serve the King of Kings,
To serve the King of Kings.
Rise up O men of God,
His Kingdom tarries long,
Bring in the day of brotherhood,
And end the night of wrong,
And end the night of wrong.
Rise up O men of God,
The Church for you doth wait.
Send forth to serve the needs of men
In Christ our strength is great,
In Christ our strength is great.
Lift high the Cross of Christ,
Tread where His feet have trod,
As brothers of the Son of Man,
Rise up O men of God,
Rise up O men of God.
Rise up O men of God,
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength,
To serve the King of Kings,
To serve the King of Kings.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
One of my most saddest days ever...
July 24, Friday morning, me and 3 other brothers attended the 2009 Jehovah's Witness District Conference in Downtown Fort Worth at the Fort Worth Convention Center. 5000-7000 people were in the stands, listening to these teachers preach the "Word of God". I only attended 3 hours of the convention, but three hours was enough...i was so depressed on the way home. These people who attended the convention...all believe they're going to heaven. The theme of the convention was "Keep on the Watch", to keep focusing on God and His Word and to not get entangled in the things of this world ("keep on focusing on the Word of God"?...KEEP ON?...ironic...). Several things stand out in my mind:
1) One part of the convention talked about the faith of Noah, Moses, and the prophet Jeremiah, and how we should strive to be more like them...but...shouldn't we strive to be like our grand master, Jesus? In fact, I've never even heard the name Jesus that Friday!
2) No where have I heard about the grace of God. Like i said, the focus of the convention was to be "good Christians" and to do the will of God by being loyal Christians in order to please God...but "grace" was never mentioned...the same grace that saves the believer from Hell (Romans 5:8---fyi Jehovahs Witnesses do not believe in a tortuous Hell for your sins).
3) About 7 Witnesses gave their own "testimonies" on stage to the audience and how the Watchtower Society has helped them. One Witness told of a story where he recently was "converted" and wrote to Headquarters in what to do next. Their reply: move to another city to serve them. Another Witness gave her testimony where when she was in high school she had all these scholarships from other colleges and the moderator expressed his opinion on how going to college was unbiblical (the woman agreed, which led to the conclusion of her testimony where she became a JW and knew she couldnt go to a college)
4)One speaker claimed that "the shepards of Christiandom are as speechless dogs" without the Truth
The religion of the Jehovahs Witnesses is one out of "how can we strive to do God's will and please Him in order to get into heaven". Yes, Christ is preached, but He is not God in human flesh, 2nd person of the holy trinity, and Savior of the World. He is in fact Michael the Archangel, who came to Earth, died on Earth for sins, rose from the dead in a spirit form, went back to heaven , and came back to earth invisibally to establish His kingdom and headquarters in Brooklyn, New York in 1914. Since 1914, they have had 7 false Armagedon prophecies (1914, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1941, 1969, 1975). Nevertheless, if one does not do what Watchtower says, and studies what Watchtower produces and gives out , he/she can not enter Paradise Earth (since Heaven is filled up with 144,000 people already).
I wish that the Church of Jesus Christ would have the guts to stand upon her heritage with the Word of God. Salvation is not from Watchtower, the revelations of Joseph Smith, nor the biblical interpretations of Mary Baker Eddie or Reverend Sung Myung Moon. We do not need the Book of Mormon, "What Does The Bible Really Teach", nor "Science and Health With Key To The Scriptures". All we need is the Bible and the illumination of the Holy Spirit to undestand the Truth. Baptism nor any other work is necessary for salvation. Here in this country you have the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yoga, an explosion of Islam, the Mormons, the Jehovahs Witnesses, and Cristian Scientists; 84+ million people claiming "this way to God!" There is only 1 way to God: "Neither is there salvation in any other, there is no other name, under heaven, given among men where by you must be saved, Jesus Christ" (Acts 4:12), and I am talking about the real Jesus, the real Holy Spirit, and the real Gospel, and its time for the Christian to stand up and proclaim to the atheist, the agnostic, the skeptic, the cultist, and the occultist, "This is Christianity, and that is of the Devil, now lets take a stand on it!"
1) One part of the convention talked about the faith of Noah, Moses, and the prophet Jeremiah, and how we should strive to be more like them...but...shouldn't we strive to be like our grand master, Jesus? In fact, I've never even heard the name Jesus that Friday!
2) No where have I heard about the grace of God. Like i said, the focus of the convention was to be "good Christians" and to do the will of God by being loyal Christians in order to please God...but "grace" was never mentioned...the same grace that saves the believer from Hell (Romans 5:8---fyi Jehovahs Witnesses do not believe in a tortuous Hell for your sins).
3) About 7 Witnesses gave their own "testimonies" on stage to the audience and how the Watchtower Society has helped them. One Witness told of a story where he recently was "converted" and wrote to Headquarters in what to do next. Their reply: move to another city to serve them. Another Witness gave her testimony where when she was in high school she had all these scholarships from other colleges and the moderator expressed his opinion on how going to college was unbiblical (the woman agreed, which led to the conclusion of her testimony where she became a JW and knew she couldnt go to a college)
4)One speaker claimed that "the shepards of Christiandom are as speechless dogs" without the Truth
The religion of the Jehovahs Witnesses is one out of "how can we strive to do God's will and please Him in order to get into heaven". Yes, Christ is preached, but He is not God in human flesh, 2nd person of the holy trinity, and Savior of the World. He is in fact Michael the Archangel, who came to Earth, died on Earth for sins, rose from the dead in a spirit form, went back to heaven , and came back to earth invisibally to establish His kingdom and headquarters in Brooklyn, New York in 1914. Since 1914, they have had 7 false Armagedon prophecies (1914, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1941, 1969, 1975). Nevertheless, if one does not do what Watchtower says, and studies what Watchtower produces and gives out , he/she can not enter Paradise Earth (since Heaven is filled up with 144,000 people already).
I wish that the Church of Jesus Christ would have the guts to stand upon her heritage with the Word of God. Salvation is not from Watchtower, the revelations of Joseph Smith, nor the biblical interpretations of Mary Baker Eddie or Reverend Sung Myung Moon. We do not need the Book of Mormon, "What Does The Bible Really Teach", nor "Science and Health With Key To The Scriptures". All we need is the Bible and the illumination of the Holy Spirit to undestand the Truth. Baptism nor any other work is necessary for salvation. Here in this country you have the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yoga, an explosion of Islam, the Mormons, the Jehovahs Witnesses, and Cristian Scientists; 84+ million people claiming "this way to God!" There is only 1 way to God: "Neither is there salvation in any other, there is no other name, under heaven, given among men where by you must be saved, Jesus Christ" (Acts 4:12), and I am talking about the real Jesus, the real Holy Spirit, and the real Gospel, and its time for the Christian to stand up and proclaim to the atheist, the agnostic, the skeptic, the cultist, and the occultist, "This is Christianity, and that is of the Devil, now lets take a stand on it!"
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