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2/14/99 |
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If you knew for a fact that in
twenty-four hours you would be departing this world (whether by death or
rapture) what would you do with your events of today? It is a question which is
often asked but very few people ever really answer. The truth of the matter is
that we are beings who do not wish to contemplate our ultimate days. Although we
spend a tremendous amount of our mental time considering the things that we have
done in the past, and we often say that we would do things differently, the fact
is that we overlook our closest opportunity of change. It is present! It is
right in front of us. In front of us? Yes. The answer is on the face of the
clock on the wall; and on the watch on the wrist! |
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In the time that you read the
last paragraph, and perhaps paused to contemplate the question, your remaining
lifespan decreased. The past pasted by you even as you sat! But if you had known
that you only had a few remaining hours on earth, you might have considered
doing something else with your minutes. When we consider our days, we are
quickly faced with the obviousness of what is of value and what is not of value.
But when we feel that time is ‘forever’ we waste our time so easily. |
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Now consider the following second
set of questions. What thoughts and energies have you been expending during the
last few days? Have you been thinking of fears, torments, schemes, and bitter nesses? Have you been using up your allotted time with thoughts of God, or
of carnal reasoning's? When we have only hours to live we quickly want to tell
our children that we love them, or we set our house in order, or we quickly
finish our life’s most ambitious projects. So why wait until it is time to
die? The steps of a RIGHTEOUS man are ORDERED of the Lord. Renew your mind
today! In the flash of an eye your past will be all you have. |
© Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M.
2/14/1999
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2/21/99 |
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The world is going down
in flames. Like a fine passenger airplane that has burst into flames while in
flight, this current world system is destined to crash on the rocks of history.
And all the people in the plane will surely die. The terrorists who have
overtaken God’s luxury liner have actually succeeded into duping the people to
start the unquenchable fire! |
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God is not pleased. It
was not HIS idea that this is the way the story should end. He wanted there to
be a perfect flight and a stupendous landing! He wanted all the passengers on
Earth Airlines to enjoy their journey AND their final destination. God was in
control when it started, and the orders from the control towers were clear and
unmistakable. But it was the terrorists who shut off the radio command console
so that God’s voice could not be heard. It was they who proceeded to cause
some of the crew of the plane to mutiny and to kill the righteous crew. Yet,
even that wasn’t enough for these egotistical, maniacal, monsters of madness.
These ‘princes of the air’ were not content until they could get the
passengers to harm themselves. So they started a fire! |
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God realized that He
had to act quickly for the plane was going to doomed to crash. So He did! A
virgin conceived; and a new passenger was born - His Son! Then He helped some of
the passengers begin to see the Light; begin to realize that it was the hypnotic
persuasion of the terrorists which was forcing their ridiculous behavior. They
renewed their minds; changed them for good! They even began to subdue some of
the terrorists. It was not fast enough though because the flames have now become
greater even than the evil which started them. |
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And THAT is why God is
going to RAPTURE - remove by supernatural rescue - the passengers who don’t
belong on the plane! It is not a "pie in the sky" idea, but rather an
AIRLIFT rescue of the sons and daughters of God! God is working even now to
CONVERT as many passengers that He can. Will you speak up and talk to the
passenger that sits next to you; so they can leave when you do? |
© Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M.
2/21/1999
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2/28/99 |
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The Devil came to Eve and said ‘Hath God Said…’. The
Devil came to Christ and said ‘If thou be…’. The Devil came to God
accusing Him (in the matter of Job) saying, ‘If you remove the hedge and let
me touch him, then he will reject you’. The Devils challenged Christ saying,
‘What have we to do with thee…?" Hidden within these four statements
are a few lessons about the behavior of your adversary. |
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Number One: He is a Lion SEEKING whom he may devour! Did Eve
invite the attack? Did God do evil in regards to Job and therefore open Himself
up for Satanic attack? Did Christ do anything wrong that He should garner such
resistance from the dominions of darkness? Not on your life! Evil attacks
because it WANTS TO HARM THE INNOCENT. It should be no surprise to you IF evil
attacks. The solution is simple: RESIST the Devil and he WILL flee. |
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Number Two: He is an Accuser of the brethren (as well as of
God Himself)! He does not need a cause to accuse. He is the called the ‘father
of lies’ and ‘ a murderer from the beginning’. Just because the Devil
accused God, accused Christ, and shed skeptical doubt concerning Job, did NOT
mean that the accusation was true. At the sound of the serpents hiss and rattle,
we must reach for our sword. We must CHOOSE to not receive the strong delusion! |
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Number Three: Eve allowed the Devil to convince her; and the
next actions the Serpent took was to kill, steal, and destroy. When God allowed
Satan to get at Job, the result was disease, destruction, devastation, and
desolation. From these examples we can know that whatever the reason there might
be to AGREE with Satan, the result is ALWAYS some kind of DEATH. If Satan is
allowed into the house, he will surely trash the furniture. He may be a subtle
beast, but he is a beast never-the less. The scriptures say: ‘To be carnally
minded is Death.". But we must chose Spirit thoughts to have life and
peace. |
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There is only one RIGHT choice? Renew you mind! Do NOT
surrender to the voices that mutter evil accusations in the back recesses of
your human consciousness. There is only ONE right answer when dealing with the
scurrying scavengers of the nether-world. You must do what Jesus did! You must
CAST OUT DEVILS! You must shout out "Get thee behind me!" You must
declare openly: "It is written…" And you must remember that two
cannot walk together unless they be agreed. You must never, never, never agree
with you enemy! |
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‘HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WHAT IT TAKES TO OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY? |
© Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M.
2/28/1999
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God is All-Powerful. And He created a race of children to be like Him in likeness and image -- but at a risk.
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