John Paul, Satan is wining in the areas that men have allowed him to take hold. Islam is an anti Christ religion and opposes all the bible teaches. Like I wrote in my post, men have been given the power to choose. There are nations who have chosen to reject the gospel and have allowed men to impose on them their beliefs. There are many Christians in these nations, but they are being killed for the cause of Christ. By killing Christians, these people are saying, I reject you, the message you preach and ultimately the God of the message. Take the Apostle Paul. In the name of religion he actually thought he was doing the work of God by destroying the Christian faith. When Jesus appeared to him, he said to Paul, Paul, why are you persecuting me. Paul was shocked and he repented and submitted to the Lords direction. The Arabs or any non believer is in the same boat. Unless they repent, or see the gospel as it really is they are doomed to eternal destruction.

What is interesting, read Acts chapter 2 verses 8-12. It plainly states especially in the Amplified bible that the Arab nations heard the gospel and many were converted. However, around the 7th century, Islam was introduced and they slowly pushed the gospel out of the land. It’s that way today. Where there is no Gospel, there is great darkness. II corth 4: 3-4 states that Satan blinds the minds of the unbelievers preventing them from seeing the truth. We must pray the blinders be lifted off these nations and then GO INTO THESE nations and present the gospel. Just praying will not help. We must pray than go or send the gospel into those lands.

As far as being tolerant to other religions, we must allow men to make their own choices. However, when a religion such as Islam comes to the free world, I fully am persuaded we need to resist it. Before the children of Israel went into the Promised Land, God specifically told them not to allow or be involved in the religions of that area. They disobeyed, married into these religions and it all but destroyed the Jews when they did this.

The United States of America is violating scripture by allowing Islam, mosques and all other religions to have place in our nation. It is destroying us. Our forefathers never meant the freedom of religion to mean welcome everyone. It was freedom to worship Jehovah God and his son Jesus Christ. By allowing all these other religious practices to come in, we have weakened our nation. Islam is a religion of death and destruction and it has no place in our nation. The people need to hear the gospel, but to allow a belief that condones suicide bombings to kill all non believers is foolish.

Yes trucker, we are making the same mistake in Britain too. British muslims have stated that they will take over christians when they exceed 10% of the British population. I suspect that this is the same in the USA.

hey, johnpaul, i haven't read what everyone said, but u seem so confused and i just wanned to say that the bible says that satan will take hold of many areas bcuz God will give him the authority to do that, now, that doesn't mean that he will take over the world, unless God will take us ( the belivers) from the earth, and take us to Him.
Have u ever read or seen the LEFT BEHIND serie?
it explanes a lot of things about the end of the world, and i believe that we arrived to this part(i mean theend of the world).
i don't have much time to spend online, but i'll b prayin 4 u...
if u still don't have peace, i will try to tell my father to mail u, he is great at these things, i use to wonder about these things too.
Remember: do not be afraid bcuz HE who is w/ us is stronger that the world or the one who is against us (as satan).
i transleted it from arabic to english, so i'm sorry if it doesn't sound really "perfect", i don't remember where it is in the bible, but i'm sure it is one of the bible verses...
God bless u

Manal

The world is coming to a fold. There is but a vapor in time left before Christ comes and judgment kicks in. GOD warned us that the events must come to pass to fulfill prophecy, fulfill Scripture.

Some of the events to occur (and some are occurring now)...

Zechariah 14:6
And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall not be light; the glorious and bright ones [the heavenly bodies] shall be darkened.

Revelation 22:6
And he [of the seven angels further] said to me, These statements are reliable (worthy of confidence) and genuine (true). And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His messenger (angel) to make known and exhibit to His servants what must soon come to pass.

Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [ telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions ( divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [ divinely suggested] dreams.

Read: 10 End Time Prophecies

Regarding the Truth and Satan: has anyone read the book "Church of God? or the Temples of Satan"? It is very relevant to this subject!

I have just realised this. Is the gospel of satan the koran?

Bless you brother, for taking the time to post this, I become worried sometime that I may be mislead or even myself told falsely of the gospel, I ask that you and all of us pray that all followers know the truth and stick close to it. May we all be strong till the end. GBU ALL

The Spirit of God will always guide into all truth. We are to try the spirits to see whether they are of God and if they're not we're to turn away from them. We are to have no fellowship with darkness because we are children of light.

Once we put our efforts forward to know the wiles of the devil, even though he is still the most subtle of all creatures, we can be wise unto his devices of evil and avoid them. Remember that all his devices carry a snare, a flesh-hook meant to cause destruction in our lives.

We can avoid these pitfalls by a simple test: Does this appeal to the flesh? What about this brings glory to God?

The answer to the first question reveals whether or not we even need to answer the second. If "no", then proceed to see where we can give Gid glory. If, "yes" then proceed no further and flee the devil and draw nigh to God. God will then draw nigh to you and you'll make CONTACT!

Amen, Brother Anchovy -- Preach it !

What the Holy Ghost will say to you is always
logical and never illogical.

The Real Gospel of Messiah Yeshua is logical;
by contrast, the phony gospel of Satan is illogical.

The Holy Bible, God's inerrant, preserved Written
Word, is always logical. Misreadings of the
Bible will usually be illogical.

I know that my topic is long , but this what you gonna read now will change your life forever !!!
I would like to explain the gospel of the water and Spirit and I also would like to explain what John meant by saying that Jesus came through water, blood and Spirit. (2 John 5,8- "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water and blood, and these three agree in one.)

To understand this properly we need to first go back to the Old Testament. In the Old Testament God gave Israel the sacrificial system. When any of the people of Israel had committed sin, he/she should bring a sacrificial animal to the Tebarnacle. He then passed his sins to it by LAYING HIS HANDS on its head , drew it's blood and handed it over to priest. This was the sins offering of the sacrificial system. The Israelites received the remission of sin by offering such a sacrifice. To receive the remission they had to confess their sins to God put their hands on the head of the sacrificial animals and pass their sins to them. Only then could the sins be passed onto the head of the sacrificial animals. So it was by lying their hands on an unblemished sheep or goat that the people of the Old Testament could pass on their sins .This is the method of salvation established by God. ( Leviticus 1,1-4; 4,20 ) . Leviticus : 1, 2: "Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , If any men of you bring an offering unto the Lord , ye shall bring your offering of the cattle , even of the herd, and of the flock. If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd , let him offer a male without blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tebarnacle of the congregation before the Lord. AND HE SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF THE BURNT OFFERING and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord and the priest s, Aaron's sons , shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar ."
But because God knew that the people of the Israel will sin everyday, knowing our human weaknesses , God permitted the Israelites to offer just one sacrifice in a year. God appointed Aaron (and only his descendants) as a High Priest. The High Priest sacrificed once a year , on the tenth day of the seventh month , to blot out the yearly sins of the people of Israel. This is the sacrifice of the Day of Atonement . On this day , on behalf of all people, the HIgh Priest passed their yearly sins onto a sacrificial animal by laying his hands on it;s head. Redemption is fulfilled when one's sins are passed onto a sacrifice. Then the Aaron drew it's blood , took it's blood into the Most Holy , sprinkled it on the mercy seat above the Ark and burnt it's flesh.
The entire sacrificial system of the Old Testament is a shadow of the gospel of the water and Spirit that the Lord has given in the New Testament. Jesus the same like the sacrificial offering in the Old Testament was : "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world".
How was the sin of the wolrd passes onto Jesus then , who passed the sin of the world onto Jesus and how did he died for these sins ?
The first thing Jesus did in his ministry was to be baptised by John the Baptist. John the Baptist was a descendant of Aaron the High Priest ( Luke 1,5- " There was in the days of Herod , the king of Judea , a certain priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth "- They were the parents of John the Baptist , both descendants of Aaron ). And we know, that only the descendants of Aaron could pass the sins onto the sacrifices. John the Baptist was send by God to pass the sins of the world onto Jesus Christ, Malachi 2,1: " Behold, I will send my messanger and he shall prepare the way before me ". John the Baptist was send by God to pass the sin of the world to Jesus , HE PUT HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF JESUS AND HE PASSED ONTO HIM ALL THE SIN OF THE WORLD, JESUS TOOK ALL THE SIN OF THE WORLD THROUGH HIS BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN RIVER , THE NEXT DAY JOHN THE BAPTIST TESTIFIED : "THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD". The water in the Bible refers to :THE BAPTISM OF JESUS . Before Jesus was baptised, he said to John the Baptist, Matthew 3,15 : "PERMIT TO BE SO NOW FOR THUS IS BECOMETH US TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS". Jesus Christ , the lamb of God fulfilled all righteousness through the Baptism he received from JOhn the Bpatist.
JESUS IS GOD --- SPIRIT
HE WAS SENT TO THE EARTH TO TAKE THE SINS OF THE WORLD THROUGH HIS BAPTISM ---WATER
HE WAS JUDGED FOR THE SIN OF THE WORLD ON THE CROSS( "The wages of sin is death" ) ---BLOOD

To receive the remission of sins , you just need to pass the sins of your heart to Jesus by faith, you need to believe that Jesus was baptised to take away your sins, you need to cut off your sins from your heart and pass them onto Jesus through His baptism, that is spiritual circumcision - "SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION IS THAT OF THE HEART " ,spiritual circumcision means cut off the sin from your heart through strong faith in Jesus Baptism in the Jordan River, Jesus was Baptised to take away all your sins through the laying of the hand , John the Baptist laid his hands on Jesus head to pass onto Him the sin of the world , and because he had all our sins on Himself He had to be judged for them on the Cross with His precious blood.
The Water - Jesus was baptist to take the sin of the world , the Blood - He was judged for them on the Cross. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH , because Jesus accepted the sins , which John the Baptist passed onto HIm , He had to be judged for them on the Cross.
When you pass your sins onto Jesus you become righteouss, the saint of God, you have no sin and Holy Spirit comes to dwell in your heart. Holy Spirit can't dwell in the heart of those who have sin, God can't live in human being who have not been forgiven for the his sin.How can you imagine God living in sin ? That is just imposible. You must be forgiven for your sins before the Holy Spirit can come to dwell in your heart , only the saints of God have the Holy Spirit living in them . Only! That is why Peter said in Acts 2,38: "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" . Repentance is turning away from the sin, passing the sin onto Jesus through His baptism, believing that He was baptised to take the sin of the world and believing that He died on the Cross for your sins and was resurrected to heaven on the third day.

Jesus Baptism was from heaven , Mark 11,29-31 :"I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was from heaven, or of men? answer me. And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?" . John the Baptist testified :"The lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ". People of Israel knew very well the sacrificial system , they knew that before the sacrifice could die for their sin, first the sins had to be passed onto the sacrifice. Without passing the sin, the blood would be meaningless. But the chief priest didn't want to believe in Jesus Baptism, even though they knew that Jesus took the sin of the world , AS John testified about this:"And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?"
They didnt believe in the words of John the Baptist.

Jesus started His ministry after being baptised , because of His baptism , he could heal people and preach about the Kingdom of God , Matthew says in chapter 8,17" That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

Jesus said that unless one is born of water and Spirit , he can't enter the Kingdom of God. The water here means His Baptism. The Water . Jesus said in JOhn 8,37-39: "Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive)". If you believe that Jesus Christ took all your sins through His Baptism,you become sinless person , only sinless in heart can receive the Holy Spirit. WHY JESUS CHRIST CAME TO THIS EARTH ? TO MAKE US SINLESS AND BLAMLESS BEFORE HIS FATHER. HE TOOK THE SIN OF THE WHOLE WORLD . THERE IS NO EVEN ONE SIN LEFT . THE SINS OF THE WORLD ARE GONE .IF THERE ARE STILL SINS IN THIS WORLD THAT WOULD MEAN THAT JESUS DIDN'T COMPLETE THE SALVATION. THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN WATER, BLOOD AND SPIRIT WITH THEIR HEARTS ARE SINLESS . THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID: If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you FREE".
All the prophets of the Old Testament testified of Jesus , they all knew how Jesus will take the sin of the world, let's see what Micah 7,19 says :"He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. ".