Heretic’s Hideout

I have a confession to make. I have been letting the cares of this life get me down. Finances have been tough for months, and they just got worse today. But I have a God in heaven that cares for me. I am of more value than many sparrows. I’m not going to take thought for what I will wear or what I will eat or drink. Praise God for His promises! My children are healthy and my wife is at home taking care of them. I’m going to trust God to provide for us.

I never knew this could be so interesting. Ok, its a joke. But its a funny joke.

USAElectionPolls.com has written up a piece (Click Here!) proving how Ron Paul was treated unfairly at the CNBC TV Debate the other day. He was so offended by such gross bias that he decided it was right to donate to Ron Paul in defiance.

In fact, I am so upset right now that I am going to make a personal donation to the Ron Paul campaign. And I want your help. I usually pay SEO companies in India/Thailand to do what is called “link building” — they send out emails to other political sites asking them to link to me. In return, I get good search engine rankings. But I figure why give them money when I can use that money to give even MORE to Ron Paul in his quest to prove that the media does not always have to win.

More and more folks are waking up to the truth every day. The mainstream media outlets are doing their best to try and keep him under wraps while appearing ‘impartial’. But the internet is proving to be more than a match for mainstream media these days.

Jesus Christ is going to return to this world soon as a righteous judge. Christians are going to be judged and rewarded for their works done in the flesh, as the bible tells us in Matthew 16, 1 Corinthians 3, and many other places. Peter reminds us that this world is reserved unto the judgment of fire (2Peter 3:7) and admonishes us thusly:

2 Peter 3:11-14
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

What manner of persons ought we to be? He commands us to be diligent that we may be found blameless, without spot. Yet Christians in these last days seem to have a devil-may-care attitude toward holiness. All these warnings and rebukes just seem to bounce off them. The second epistle of Peter ends with this warning to believers:

2 Peter 3:17-18
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

Is the vast majority of Christianity today being led away with the error of the wicked? I believe this is the case.

2 Peter 2:1-3
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Peter says many will follow the ‘pernicious ways’ of these false teachers. Pernicious means destructive. These false teachers convince folks to walk after them to destruction through their own covetousness. Paul warned Timothy that in the last days their would be people turning away from sound doctrine and heaping to themselves teachers after their own lusts, having ‘itching ears.’ Preachers, for the love of money, telling their congregations what they want to hear. Whatever truth you can’t endure, you can find a preacher that will speak evil of it for you. But the Lord knows how to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished!

What is this error of the wicked? I think it is nothing more than the false assurance that God will never judge you for your sin, that you can get away with it. Christians are told that God only sees Jesus when He looks at them and that all their sins have been cast into the sea of God’s forgetfulness… when the truth is we will all have to appear before the judgment seat of Christ to give account for the things that we have done. What manner of persons ought ye to be?

I’m back in the office this week. I got to spend a glorious week at home enjoying my new baby and helping my wife get settled in. Her mother came to stay with us this week, so she still has someone at home to keep the kids occupied for a while longer, and I get to return to my natural state of sedentary existence sitting in front of my computer. So I should have some new posts coming soon, if anybody cares. Love you, Mom!

The Lord has blessed this geek with another son! Timothy Joshua was born on Saturday, September 29 at 3:45 PM. He weighed in at a respectable 8 lbs 1.8 oz. Mother and baby came home today and are doing fine. Pictures are on-line, click here! Thanks for your prayers and God bless you all!