Cleaning House – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning. Does your shed look like mine? I just cleaned it out a few weeks ago. It’s just a little cluttered. I mean you CAN walk around in it if you pull a few things out. Sometimes we get too bogged down with clutter. Not just in our sheds, but in our lives too. The clutter in our lives can cause us to loose focus on the things of life that are really important. Jesus was great at removing clutter. We find this in John chapter 2…

“And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” (John 2:13-17)

Sometimes we just need to clean house, clean the temple that God gave us to be a steward over. “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1Cor 6:19-20)

What can we do? Clean house. We need to get rid of the garbage, the clutter which has crept into our lives…

SPIRITUALLY. Philippians 4:6-7 says, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

MENTALLY. Philippians 4:8 tells us, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

PHYSICALLY. In Philippians 4:9 Paul wrote, “Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Peace. (Philippians 4:6-9)


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Decisions – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning! This week we went camping again. It was in the driveway of Evangelist Joe Kieser’s house. We were there for the Northeast Vision Summit at Solid Rock Baptist Church,  in Berlin, NJ. We got to see many old friends, and some new ones. My job schedule only allowed me to be there Wednesday night and all day Thursday. Camille got to see David Gibbs. He is such a great story-teller. We also got to see and hear Pastors Doug Fisher, Jack Trieber, and Paul Chappel from California. Bruce Frye was also there to sing for us.

On Wednesday night, Bruce Frye sang a song about a boy’s love for his unsaved father. The dad was hidden behind a newspaper, his son behind a box of Cheri-o’s, and the mom wanted to go to church. The dad said he wasn’t going, that he would end up in the place were people like him go (hell). The mom asked the son to go, and the son told the mom, no, he wanted to go where his daddy was going, because he loved his daddy.

I had to praise the Lord for that song because I was faced with a similar situation in 1984. We had just moved into our first house in the Birchwood Park section of Brick Township, NJ. Our daughter Melissa was at the playground when she was approached by a woman out visiting on her bus route. Jackie Ferrara invited Melissa to go to church on Sunday. She followed my wife and daughter to our house, and told them about the church. Just to give you a little insight into my life, I was raised Pentecostal, my wife was Roman Catholic. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum! I get home from work and Camille says, “Guess where we’re going Sunday.”

“Where?”, I asked.

“To church!”

“Church? What church?”

“Ocean County Baptist Temple. It’s in Toms River.”

“Baptist! That’s hell-fire, damnation stuff!”

What should I do? We had never been to church as a family. Well, it was a church, and we got a free bus ride. We went. This was the first time I heard the Bible preached and taught clearly as it should be taught.

But, what if I had said no, I’m not going? Would that have kept my wife and daughter from going? Would I have been a dis-courager instead of an en-courager? I have to praise the Lord for helping me make the right decision to go.

How do we love and care for our families? I think about what Job did.

“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.” (Job 1:5)

Jesus sacrificed His life for us. Shouldn’t we show that same love for our family? Doesn’t the Bible tell us in Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it…”

The only thing that could possibly get in our way is pride.

By the way, the song had a happy ending: they all went to church and the dad got saved.

(P.S. If anyone knows the title of this song, and/or the name of the album, let me know: I’d like to hear it again. Thanks and..)

Peace. (Mark 9:50)


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O Taste And See That The LORD Is Good – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Listen to Pastor Charlie Horton’s message to the men at our Men’s Breakfast – “God’s Will In Your Life”

Good morning! Vacations are nice, but it’s always better to get home. God’s hands were all over our vacation in Lancaster, PA. Thursday was our last day there, and we went to Sight and Sound’s production of Jonah. I think this is my favorite so far. I walked out of the theater wanting to study the book of Jonah in depth (no pun intended).

But the best thing to happen to us on our vacation, happened at Red Lobster. We had Melissa’s gift card with us, which we thought was still loaded with $50. A bad assumption. Our waiter came back and told us there was only $10. So I dug the VISA (sorry Dave) out of my wallet, and handed it to him. A few more minutes passed, and our waiter returned with my card. That’s when he told us the two ladies, who were seated across from us, picked up the rest of our tab! He said, “They told me to tell you that Jesus loves you.”

Yes He does. And I told you all that to tell you Psalm 34:8a, “O taste and see that the LORD is good…”

Like I said, God’s hand was all over this vacation. Then we came home and saw what happened in our little trailer park. Many trees were down from the storm that came through early last Saturday morning. The transformer on a telephone pole was struck by lightning, and was now the same color as the pole. God protected our house, and many others.

Even though our daughter lies buried, and her soul is in heaven, taste and see that the LORD is good.

Even though my wife had a heart attack, and needed three stints put in, taste and see that the LORD is good.

When the LORD gets you through the storms of life, O taste and see that the LORD is good.

When blessings fall like the leaves from a tree, O taste and see that the LORD is good.

When times look bright, and when times look dark, O taste and see that the LORD is good.

If you don’t know the LORD, I invite you to taste and see that the LORD is good. He loves you so much. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13). He laid down His life to save you from hell because He knew you could not save yourself: (Ephesians 2:8-9) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Just agree with God that you are a sinner: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one… For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God… (Romans 3:10 and 23). Then call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, and He will. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13).

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalm 34:8)

Peace. (1Chronicals 16:34).


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A Penny For Your Thoughts

Today’s Passage -Psalms 90 – 95

Second Milers also read – Matthew 7 – 8; Psalms 16 – 20; Proverbs 4

“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.” – (Psalm 94:19)

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.” – (Proverbs 23:7)

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” – (Philippians 4:8)

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” – (2 Corinthians 10:5)

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about thinking lately. I am discovering that our thought processes have a great deal of impact on our overall happiness. In our reading passage today, in Psalm 94, David is confronted with all of the negatives that life could dish out. He had many enemies that were trying to destroy him, and he had his critics that seem to always know how the job could be done better. Yet, David chose not to dwell on all of these discouraging factors. Instead, his thoughts turned to God. David was pretty good at this. Remember when the Amelekites took David’s family captive, and the families of all his men? His men were so upset with David that they spake of stoning him. What did David do? Well, he eventually went out and got his friends and family back, but first he got encouragement from God. How did he do that? He remembered God’s promises. He thought about his relationship with God, and chose to think about what God had done for him in the past, as well as what God said he would do for him in his future;  and this thought process caused David to take action. But it all started with a thought process. David’s circumstances did not change at all before his encouragement came. His encouragement came simply from looking at his circumstances from a higher perspective; and then the actions that resulted from the encouragement changed his circumstances, which, of course, encouraged him more.

Many people I know, are constantly living in a state of discouragement. Their minds are a playground of negativity, which results in a defeated attitude. This further causes them to live in defeat, blaming everything and everybody for their problems and failures. The Bible says that we need to cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. These negative thoughts attack what we believe to be true about God and our relationship with Him, which makes God’s image and power appear smaller in our mind. We are supposed to magnify the Lord, not make him smaller.

As I have observed people through the years, I have noticed two root causes for negativity and discouragement in God’s people:

The first reason for their discouragement is that they are not busy enough. They have too much time on their hands to think, and the direction of their thoughts is often about their circumstances. Instead of taking the appropriate actions necessary to improve their situation, they wallow in self-pity, waiting for somebody to come along and fix the problem for them; and when he never comes, they go into an even deeper discouragement with blame and criticism added to it directed toward the people that should have cared enough to help. Busy people, however, tend to not have time to dwell on anything. They are too busy. Their minds are active, and are constantly being used to solve problems, rather than dwell on them. Did you ever notice in the Psalms written by David, that he never looks to anybody but God to solve his problems.

The second cause for discouragement is that when people do have time to think, they let their thoughts control them, rather than choosing and controlling the thought pattern. The Bible commands us to “cast down”, and to “think on these things”. These two imperatives make it clear that what we think about is, at least to some degree, a matter of our own choosing. I ask again – what are you thinking about? Is your mind filled with criticism and complaint about other people? Is it polluted with corruption and filth from sin? God wants you to think about good things. God wants you to control what you think about. Think about Him; read His Word; memorize passages of Scripture; sing the songs of God; spend some time remembering God’s promises, and praising Him for what He has done in the past.

If you and I could stay busy, and then when we do have time to think, control the direction of our thoughts, we could then encourage ourselves like David did, and then we could get up and do something, which will make our lives, and the lives of others better, which then makes us feel even better.

Just a thought.

By the way – Happy Birthday America!


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The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Praise Ye The Lord

Psalms 150 says,

“Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”

I have breath, so I must praise the Lord. As I sit here in my camper, at Country Acres Campground, in the heart of Lancaster, PA, I can’t get over what God has done in getting us here. For those of you who are not familiar with driving in Philadelphia, it’s an un-natural disaster. Tune into any morning show and watch the traffic reports. It’s insane! God set this up, and I praise Him for that. We were going camping for the week of July fourth. My sister Ruthie wanted to give us a vacation after all that had transpired in the first half of the year. We chose Lancaster. Here is what God did. We wanted to leave when I got home from work Friday morning. God was there and arranged me to be scheduled to work overnight at the Sicklerville store. We started our camping trip a day early. I brought Camille and the camper to Sicklerville that night. Now remember the traffic? God supplied me and my boss Joe with another worker. We were able to finish the resets, and get out of there around 4:00 am. Do you know how the traffic is at four in the morning? There isn’t any. We drove through Philly with no problem, right into a nasty thunder storm. God’s timing, of course, is perfect. We only had to drive through a few down-pours. The lightning lit up the early morning sky. It was beautiful. Streaks of high voltage travelling horizontaly across the sky, and vertically as it struck the ground. Then we saw the results, but God protected us from them. There were many branches from trees blocking the outside lane. There was no traffic arround when I swerved to avoid hitting a pile. Praise God that the trailer did not flip, and that we were not damaged by the fallen debree. The Lord got us safely to the campgrounds at 6:30 am. I still have breath, so I praise Him for that. Also the campground is very well kept, and peaceful. Normally, about this time, we would still be hearing the music blaring, the people partying, and loud, foul voices would fill the air. This is a nice, peaceful place. I was going to say a piece of Heaven on earth, but since when is Heaven peaceful? We’ll be shouting praises to our Lord and Saviour. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Peace (Psalm 150:2).


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Thirsty?

Today’s Passage – Psalms 40 – 45

Second Milers also read – Revelation 4 – 7; Psalms 116 – 120; Proverbs 24

Scripture Memory for June – Psalm 139

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 92:1

“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” – (Psalm 42:1-2)

I remember when I was a boy, the neighborhood that I grew up in was involved in an unorganized baseball league and we would challenge other neighborhoods in our town to play us. I remember one very hot, summer afternoon we were playing Lake Riviera, our arch rivals.  The temperature was in the 90’s with high humidity.  It was a real scorcher.  I don’t remember who won or lost that game, but I do remember that out of all of the dozen or so guys on our team only one had enough sense to bring water.  I recall he had one of those Coleman jugs that contained about a half gallon or so of water.  At first he did not want to share; but under the threat of death from his teammates, he finally yielded and shared his treasure.  It was as close as I ever came to identifying with the rich man in Luke 16, who desired just a drop of cool water.

In the passage referenced above the Psalmist tells us that he had that kind of a thirst, not for water, but for the things of God.  Jesus said, “…if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink” (John 7:37), and “blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).  Amos referred to a thirst for the “hearing of the words of the Lord”. (Amos 8:11)

We tend to get thirsty when we have been without hydration for a while.  America is dehydrated spiritually, and I bet there are a lot of folks out there who are thirsting for God; and they may not even realize what they are thirsting for.  They have been drinking from the wells of this world for a long time, but have not found satisfaction.  The people of God are not helping the situation because they too have abandoned the well of the Word of God and have been sipping at the fountains of the devil.

Are you thirsty?  As God’s people, our desire should be for God’s will and God’s Word.  We should thirst after it.  How long has it been since you took a good, long, satisfying drink from God’s well?  How long has it been since you offered a cup of God’s Spirit to the thirsty people of the world around you?


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Guilty – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning. Guilty in 45 of the 48 counts against him. That’s what the news said. Psalm 37, verses 1 and 2 cry out a warning: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”

Jesus warned, “But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” (Matthew 18:6-7).

I have a hard time even imagining what it was like to stand before a judge and hear the gavel slam down on the bench saying, “Guilty! Period! No if, ands, or buts!”

A good deterrent for crime is knowing the consequences. The wages of sin is death. Do you believe the truths of the Bible: God’s Holy, Infallible Word? Just like Adam and Eve, when we sin, we die inside: spiritually. Physical death will come later. Do we believe that the wages of sin is death?

Read all of Psalm 37: this is a great Psalm. Within this Psalm, there are five directions given. Give heed to them. Understand them. Do them.

Verse 3 tells us to TRUST in the LORD.

Verse 4 tells us to DELIGHT in the LORD.

Verse 5 tells us to COMMIT OUR WAY unto the LORD.

Verse 7 tells us to REST in the LORD.

Verse 34 tells us to WAIT on the LORD.

It is better, when the gavel comes down, to hear: “Not guilty! Case dismissed!”

Peace. (Psalm 37:37-40)


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And I Caused The Widow’s Heart To Sing For Joy – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning! My wife was listening to, and reading, her Bible a few days ago. It’s good to have a wife who loves God, and loves His Word. As I listened, Job chapter 29 was being read. The narrator said, “…and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.”

Now losing a child is the second devastating event that could happen to a person. If you lose a child, you don’t go through that pain alone. But, if you lose a spouse… that has to be the number one bummer of a lifetime. But Job caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Chapter 29 gives us a little glimpse of the type of man Job was. Verses 12 through 17 tell us, “Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.”

God called Job, His servant. How the Lord described Job is found in Job 1:8: “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”

There was nobody like Job. He was complete, and upright. He feared God, and hated evil. How would God describe you? Would He call you His servant? I think about the example that Jesus gave us in John chapter 13, “He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” (John 13:4-17).

We should be more like Job, who caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. We should be more like Jesus in our attitude towards others: our servitude. Can you imagine what the world would be like if Christians cared about each other? Lifted each other up? Edified each other? There would be an abundance of hearts singing for joy.

Peace. (John 13:17).


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Amos – The Last Call To Personal Holiness Part 6: Getting Enabled – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning. In our quest for personal holiness, we learned to treat everyone the same. We learned to be thankful. We learned we should obey God. In part 4, we learned that we should choose our words wisely. And in part 5, last week, we learned that we should believe God’s truth, and not the devil’s lies: it’s a sin, not an alternate life-style. Today, I want to wrap this series up; but we may re-visit Amos again in the future.

Be ye holy, for I Am holy. God said to do that. If God said to do that, which He did, don’t you think we should do that? You can see that Amos was enabled when He spoke to Amaziah…

“Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD…” (Amos 7:10-16).

Amos was enabled. We can read this today because he was enabled. 2Peter 1:21 says, “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”

The one who enables is the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the Power that God has given us (Acts 1:8). The Holy Ghost is the one who will enable us to be holy. But the choice is still up to you. The Scriptures tell us that we can grieve the Holy Ghost (Eph. 4:30) in doing the things we should not be doing, and we can quench the Holy Ghost (1Thes. 5:19) by not doing the things we should be doing. You have a choice when it comes to sin: you can say no. You have a choice when it comes to obedience: you can say yes. You see if we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Gal. 5:16). We can be holy for God. The choice is yours.

Peace. (Eph. 4:30)


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Amos – The Last Call To Personal Holiness Part 5: Victims – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Good morning! Happy second day of LGBT month. Here is a verse from Amos: “I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.” (Amos 4:11).

Here is another good passage: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!” (Isaiah 5:20-23). Our nation is in a heep of trouble. And no, this isn’t a Gay-bashing blog. Sin is sin in the eyes of God. God forgives all sin (except for the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost) through the shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 21:8 says, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Sin is sin in the eyes of God, and even those who told that little white lie, who rejected the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, will find themselves cast into the lake of fire. Our nation is in trouble – big time!

Five times God calls to Israel in Amos chapter 4, “…yet have ye not returned unto Me…”

I sent famine, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (Amos 4:6).

I sent drought, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (Amos 4:7-8).

I sent heat and mildew, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (Amos 4:9).

I sent pestilence, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (Amos 4:10).

You got ‘burnt’ from the sins of others, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (Amos 4:11).

Have you seen the price of food lately? How about the mild winter? What is this green stuff I have to power-wash off my trailer twice a year? And look up Chagas on the internet if you want pestilence. It’s a little parasite released by bugs that bite, and draw blood. When you scratch the bite, the parasite enters your body and can cause enlarging of the heart and intestines, then death. More than 8 million people have already been infected, mostly in Latin and Central America. But, there are over 300,000 in the United States. And what can I say about being burnt? When we sin, it not only affects us, but those around us. Just ask Pharaoh (Gen. 12:10-20) or Abimelech, king of the Philistines (Gen. 26:6-11). Think about those who are trying to turn our ‘one nation under God’ into an atheistic socialist country. What’s wrong with socialism? I don’t know. Ask someone from the USSR: the Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republic (the Communists). Or you can ask a member of the National SOCIALIST Party (the Nazis). Remember to vote on Tuesday. If we think about the consequences before we sin, and think about those who may be affected by our sin, we may decide it isn’t worth the price we, and others, have to pay. Those of the LGBT don’t need to be fenced in and die off, they need Jesus just as much as you and I do (see Romans chapter 1). You see, we are all sinners: you, me, Billy Graham, the Pope: everybody (Rom. 3:10 & 23). And the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23a), but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom. 6:23b; John 3:16). And if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (see 2Cor. 5:17).

Peace. (1John 5:12-13).


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