Thou Shalt Catch Men

“[9] Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. [10] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little…” Isaiah 28

We study the Bible by pairing scripture with scripture. As you read through the Bible you will make more and more connections each time. For example, I was reading in Luke 5 the account of Jesus filling the disciples nets with fish:

[4] “Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. [5] And Simon answering said unto him, Master we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. [6] And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. [7] And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink." Luke 5

(As it is written in James 2:17, ‘Faith if it hath not works is dead’, but we see here that works without faith are dead as well.)

[8] When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. [9] For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: [10] And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.” Luke 5

Jesus arrives to give Simon some good news. Instead of laboring away for meat that perishes, Jesus is offering him a job that pays great dividends in heaven – laboring in the gospel. We are not saved by our own works, salvation is a gift, but salvation frees us to work in this life for things that actually please God and will yield rewards on top of our eternal life with God.

Compare this to what happens to Abraham in Genesis 15.

“And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.” Genesis 15:5

The stars of the heaven, the fish of the sea, this is how prosperous the Lord makes his laborers in the gospel. This is how many we can lead to Christ if we just trust him.

(“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.” Isaiah 54)

Notice what happens after these encounters with the Lord in Luke and Genesis:

“And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.” Luke 5:11

“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

Abraham had already forsaken his lands and country men to follow the Lord in Genesis 12, as the disciples all do in each account of their first encounter with Jesus. Genesis 15:6 is there to remind us that faith is what is counted for righteousness in the eyes of God, not our own works “lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:9)

Be bold and preach the gospel, even in these dark days. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.” Matthew 9:37

Lord of the Vineyard

I’d like to expound upon my last post, which was a summary of On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther, by providing another scriptural reference to support my position. The intent of my post was to show the attitudes of Christianity before the modern world and also to proclaim that we, as modern Christians, are unduly sympathetic to people who reject our savior.

Who were the enemies of Jesus Christ? Do Christians today have enemies or should they pretend there are none? Is it right for Christians to defend their beliefs or is too harmful to share the Gospel?

Anything outside of the Gospel, which is the death, the burial, and the resurrection, is anti-Christ by definition. This is not limited to a single religion or person. It is the spirit of anti-Christ, which is manifested in many ways and has a clear origin evidenced in the Bible.

From the scripture: "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son." 1 John 2:22

One of my favorite passages is the parable of the lord of the vineyard because it’s simple enough for a child to understand and conveys the whole story in a few short verses.

Luke 20:9-16:

…a certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.…

TLDR: The lord (God) appointed husbandmen (censored) to care for his vineyard (earth), but when the lord sent his servants (prophets etc.) to gather fruit, the husbandmen beat them and cast them out. Finally, the lord of the vineyard sent his son (the Lord Jesus Christ), but the husbandmen murdered him also, intending to collect an inheritance that never belonged to them to begin with.

Shall we then worship the husbandmen and insist they're owed a special earthy inheritance?

No, the lord of the vineyard destroys the husbandmen and gives the vineyard to others. Amen!

Wide is the Gate and Broad is the Way that Leadeth to Destruction pt 1

I had the misfortune of stumbling upon a “de-classified” CIA document written in 1983 and circulated in 2003 titled "Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process." You can read this document on the CIA's own website here, and I will be quoting from this document extensively in this series.

A summary of the document can be found in this video, but I encourage you to download and read it yourself:

I don’t want this place to get too tinfoil hat but I also want you to be armed with the full armor of God against the wiles of the Devil.

The CIA was notorious for developing a variety of psyops over the past 75 years or so. You may have heard of famous ones like MK-Ultra or MK-Naomi. This “Gateway process” attempts to develop “a training system designed to bring enhanced strength, focus and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave output between the left and right hemispheres [of the brain] so as to alter consciousness, moving it outside the physical so as to ultimately escape even the restrictions of time and space” Pg 4

In short, the CIA paid people to practice witchcraft with our tax dollars. I will attempt to expound some of the findings of this document through a Biblical lens, using the scriptures as the sole authority rather than “science falsely so called.” 2nd Timothy 6:20

The memo reads as follows:

Notice this:

“Gateway assumes that once the frequency and amplitude of the human brain are rendered coherent, it is possible to begin accelerating both so that the human mind is soon resonating at ever higher vibrational levels. The mind can then bring itself into synchronization with more sophisticated and rarified energy levels in the universe. The mind, when operating at these increasingly rarified levels is assumed to be capable of processing the information thus received through the same fundamental matrix by which it makes sense of ordinary physical sensory input to achieve meaning in a cognitive context.”

Emphasis in italics is mine. Gateway ASSUMES. The “experts” assume first of all, that there is a spiritual realm in the universe beyond the grasp of our five senses, and that through “conscious effort” we can attain to these higher dimensions on our own without God's grace.

Jesus says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1

With the Lord’s help I will attempt to expose the lies and fraud of pseudoscientific mysticism. We are going to cover a lot of ground so stay tuned. This research began decades ago, and they are using it against us even now.

I leave you with these words:

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:13-15