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ACP, The Church for the American Christian who is a Patriot
Pro-Christ, Pro-Life, Pro-Constitution.
34 Duck Pond Road
Harrison, Maine, USA
040440
Pastor Rev. Robert Celeste ACP/MCAC
Associate Pastor Mr. Steve Burzlaff, Elizebeth, Kentucky
Special Guest Pastor Rev. Jim Marstaller, Pastor of The CornerStone Gospel Church in Naples, Maine
Wednesday March 30th, 2005
Some of the things in Scripture which pull us away from putting God in the position of first place are "cares, riches and pleasures of this life," Luke 8:14.
People were given a special place in the Word when they put God first. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only son - he passed the test. Hannah was given a son (and later other children) once she vowed to give God her firstborn. Daniel, and his three friends, showed the God was number one in his life. Christ challenged the rich man to "sell all that you have and distribute to the poor." You cannot serve both God and mammon, what have you put as highest priority in you life? God wants that place and will settle for nothing less.
Other ways we befriend the world are through silence (don't create controversy) and by being nice by letting people believe what they want to believe.
Attacks occur on the Bible believing, and Bible preaching, church in this country. One god of this age is tolerance. 'The opposite of tolerance is not intolerance but love.' (Josh McDowell) If my daughter, Malia, wants to touch a hot stove I do not tolerate her desire but show love by telling her what is true i.e.: "The stove is hot." "If you touch the stove you will get burned." "I will continue to remind you that the stove will burn you until you learn to stay away from it." "If you persist going close to the stove I will discipline you for your own good."
If Jesus Christ were here today He would be viewed as an enemy of the god of tolerance. For Him to state, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me." is one of the most intolerant things He could tell the people of our day. There are not many ways to God - but only ONE WAY. There is TRUTH, which is absolute - "every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life, but the wrath of God abides on him." There is LIFE - eternal life - and Christ offers it to all who will come to Him. "If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But our greatest need was forgiveness, so He sent us a Savior." [Found in a Christmas card.]
When it comes to the Truth found in the word of God and in the Word of God - Jesus Christ - you and I, who know Him, must tell others. Tolerance is letting people go their own way and do their own thing without confronting them with the Gospel and the claims of Christ. "If it is OK for them - then let them be!" is not what God would have His children believe or say (even to themselves.) The opposite of tolerance is speaking the truth in LOVE, which says to the neighbor: "The Savior has come...." "Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them." Finally: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved."
Friends, please do not accept tolerance as a great virtue in our day but rather as another method of the enemy, satan, to turn the masses away from considering the Savior. Tell others that "Christ died for our sins... was buried, and that He rose on the third day according to the Scriptures."
Bless someone today by telling them the truth. And may God bless you by
keeping you close to Him.
Pastor Jim Marstaller
Cornerstone Gospel Church
Naples, Maine
The Lord bless you all and may He heal Mel's eyes and Myra's ears. May He be with Colby as he has now arrived at Paris Island and strted boot camp, A Christian babe amongst many a wolf. Amen.
May the Lord understand the importance of Mac, Cecily, Steve, and Rev. Jim Marstaller to this ministry. Lord I need them both healthy and able to continue to hold up their ends. Lord this cancer of Mac's is starting to get in the way, this ministry needs him whole, just a thought Lord, is all it will take, just a thought on Your part.
There is a young man, a veteran who suffers from some kind of chemical weapon exposure, in a Veterans hospital in Colorado, he is young, and he is Saved, yet his wife just abandoned him. Please pray for him, Lord, help him and deal with her and those who hurt him, we ask this of the Father in Your name Lord Jesus, amen.
The Lord our God, Christ Jesus, be with and bless you all, amen.
The difference between a true preacher and a false preacher comes down to this. The true preacher uses God's word to convict of sin, the false preacher twist God's word to justify sin. The Lord our God, Christ Jesus be with you always, amen.
The Lord our God, Christ Jesus, be with you all and please keep your pastor and me in your prayers. Amen. My prayer daily is "Lord please bless those tenfold who bless me."
Pray for the President, pray for Attorney General John Ashcroft, pray for me, pray for all those who open their mouths or take pen in hand in an effort to sway public opinion.
The Lord God of the Universe, Messiah Y'shua be with you all, amen.
It is better to be a horse fly in the stables of the Lord Jesus than the CEO of hell.
All Scripture quoted, in both sermons and daily thoughts, except when done by a guest, is from the ACP/authorized 1611 King James Version. The words in red are those quotes of God the Son, the Lord Jesus and the words in purple are those qoutes spoken directly by God the Father and the words in this sickly greenish color are of satan. But all of the Bible is spoken by God and should be viewed as God's handbook for us to run our lives by 2 Timothy 3:16.
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