HAPPY NEW YEAR.
We have a target to get to each New Year comes around to know that as believers we are now nearer to getting home to be with Jesus. We can always take a little time to reflect the past, but not to dwell on it for long.
As believers we know the future that the bible tells us about, but we must be re-assured to know that by faith we will run and win this race.
Luke 9:62, 2 Peter 3:12.
The Day of the Lord.
What a day that will be for us brothers and sisters, when we meet our Lord and He takes us home. Judgement is for all humanity, we too must face the Lord Jesus, but we should not fear because we now have the oppertunity everyday to put things right.
The world does not have this relationship with Him, but they have the oppertunity to hear the ‘Good News message and the freedom to choose Him or face Eternal consiquenses.
All these Communitst and believers in lies will one day gather against Israel and the city of Jerusalem, but what a shock they will have when Jesus come marching out of Heaven with His mighty armies.
Jeremiah 17:10-11, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:14, Matthew 7:22, Hebrews 4:12-13, 2 Peter 2:9.
The first Christian Martyr. Acts 6:5-8:3.
Today we hear daily in our media reports of the deaths of Christians in Iraq, Syria and Egypt. But many more die across the globe in China, India, the Muslim world, tribal and political violence in Africa and South-America.
Meanwhile Christians die in the Britain and the U.S.A. for their faith, or good deeds. The world does not love us, because we do not continue to tell lies and live in the darkness. We are alive within the New Life, that the Holy Spirit of God is within us. We will be honest and tell the truth. We will also help those in need, in the world and in the Church and not find escuses to justify Sin.
Stephen was murdered by Libertarians not because he had a faith in God, but because he spoke a truth that they did not want to hear. We will be persecuted and some of us may go home, but even if we are attacked, provoked we must learn to forgive and not react.
Ephesians 4:23, 32, Colossians 3:10, Hebrews 12:24, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 John 2:9, Revelation 3:12.
Freedom Fighters or Murderers?
Modern terrorism is not really much different from anything that was done in the past. It depends which country that we will choose to look at first. In the UK it has been Irish based terror, which has and continues now for over 200 years. It depends which side of the fence that you might be on?
Europe has and many other countries around the world suffer terribly from these kinds of attacks almost on a daily basis. Everyone will point their finger at Israel in how its treats the Palestinians and yet since 7/7 Britain now faces home grown terror from its own Muslim population.
The bible tells all the time about war and murder, most of the books in the Old Testament tell of how Israel had to fight the nations around them. But God is very clear about the differences of a war and murder. Exodus 20:1-26, The Book of Joshua.
Skilled Labour.
The benefits of having foreigners is that amongst the pool of migrants there will be skilled workers, doctors, engineers, scientists, etc. Even those who will work in construction may have skills lost to the home market, nurses who will work hours and conditions that ours will not.
All the dirty jobs will be done, office cleaning, toilets, rubbish collection. These foreigners will get the bad housing, that we don’t want and they will buy second hand goods, such luxury cars that we would not bother with. 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:1-18, 9:27, 10:11, 22, 1 Chronicles 14:1.
King Solomon hired foreigners from Lebanon to build the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This is a good example of allowing people to travel from country to country. Just because we think we can go to the Gulf and get the best jobs, the Arabs think by our lifestyle we are load of whores, drunks and criminals.
Ask me and I will tell you! 