Our God, the God of Father Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, loves us.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Tag: Church
Does God believe in you?
Better to believe now rather than wait and regret.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Lord, hear our prayer
2nd Chron 7:14
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Christian purity
Another excerpt from my book, “WHoly Christian”
Our Lord, Jesus the Christ, has called us to walk in Christian purity, also known as holiness of heart and life, and He has assured us that He will enable us to do that walk if we request His help.
We all instinctively know what is meant by being pure because when we talk about the purity of things around us, we mean that they are clean and unadulterated. That is they are not only without dirt or filthiness, but have no inferior substance mixed with them. When we say that a man is pure in a religious sense, we mean that he is right and honest and true inside and out; that he not only professes, but practices the things that have to do with his duty to God and man. Only a minority of Christians have dared to brook the difficulties and go on to that possession of the full promise available to every follower of Christ Jesus. Those who press forward stand as examples of the power of faith amid surrounding sterility and desolation, and at the same time are inspirational witnesses to the Church of her present privilege and reproving her or her inexcusable shortcomings; inexcusable because the Holy Spirit stands ready to empower each and every follower of Christ Jesus just as He promised.
Exercise your grace or Satan will exercise your corruption.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Joel or Paul?
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Excerpt from “WHoly Christian”
It was intended from the very foundation that the US of A would be a Christian nation. Our laws, from the outset, were based on the Holy Bible and perusals of the founders’ writings prove that to be a fact, much to the ACLU’s dismay, not to mention Freedom From Religion and other antichristian organizations. Furthermore, it is only persons of high moral fiber who are supposed ot be permitted to be in positions of “public service” according to the founders. It is not the (Anthony) Wieners and (Barney) Franks and the citizens are supposed to be watching and dictating to the government what its limits are while holding the politicians accountable for their actions. Unfortunately, too many citizens have abdicated their watchdog responsibility and allowed amoral, even immoral, hotdogs to sneak in to those positions of power. It is time to get busy and clean out all the slime from Washington, D.C. We have the internet, for now, where we can bypass the biased media to get the word out and mobilizing.
“There has been a systematic attempt to mislead Christians by disinformation generated by anti-Christian writers who have obscured or denied the Christian nature of our heritage and civil government and law.” (Archie P. Jones, Ph.D., Foreword to Benjamin F. Morris’ The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, 1864, reprint 2007 by American Vision, Inc) Back at the foundation of this nation, America, the people understood the lessons from the Holy Bible that civil government is used by God to work out His holy will in the lives of men and nations.
“Our forefathers in the faith did not retreat from involvement in society and politics. They did not turn civil government, the making and enforcement, and adjudication of laws, over to Satan and those who serve him.” (Jones) It was Christianity, not paganism or secularism which produced freedom and justice in the west and in America, it certainly wasn’t Islam. “’There is nothing,’ says Webster, ‘we look for with more certainty than this principle, that Christianity is a part of the law of the land. Everything declares this. The generations which have gone before speak to it, and pronounce it from the tomb.’” (Morris, p 245) “The statesmen of the Continental Congress, in their deliberations, officially recognized the Christian religion, and incorporated its principles into their legislative acts.” (Morris, p 245)
John Adams, in a letter to his wife describes the scene of the 1st Continental Congress “When the Congress first met, Mr. Cushing first made a motion that it should be opened with prayer.” (Morris, p246) It was a non-sectarian, yet decidedly Christian, prayer which ended with “we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Savior. Amen!” (Morris, pp 249-250) “The state papers of the Continental Congress were also full of the spirit and sentiments of the Christian system,” (Morris, p 46). We have a great and Godly heritage in spite of what the ACLU and others of an anti-Christian mindset wish to profess and the documents are once again being brought out to the light of day for our studious perusal at this crucial point in time. Crucial, because we most definitely need a new awakening similar to that which brought the United States into existence.
We desperately need a Great Awakening in this country and 2nd Chronicles 7:14 provides the recipe for it.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Time to wake up
–Pastor Ward Clinton
WHoly Christian excerpt
There are “monsters” in our near future if we do not wake up soon and start taking action to stop evil in its tracks.
The best of men, even the worst of men, still owe their best blessings to the abundant mercy of God. All the evil in the world results from man’s sin, but all the good in it is from God’s mercy. Regeneration is expressly ascribed to the abundant mercy of the one true God, and so are all the rest of the benefits mankind encounters; we subsist entirely upon divine mercy.
There is very little blessing or reward in serving the Lord conveniently. If you claim to be a Christian, people will judge the Lord by you. That means you are either drawing people to Jesus or causing them to move further away from Him. Prepare and prevent instead of repair and repent should be our primary motto; closely akin to that is “Holiness unto the Lord.”
2nd Chronicles 7:14
–Pastor Ward Clinton
WHoly Christian, Wake up Call part two
Excerpt from my book “WHoly Christian”:
Pray for wisdom. We are once again living in a time when it is not particularly popular for people to speak up for their faith in Christ Jesus or be so audacious as to say the Bible is true and it is God’s message to humanity. Openly mock Jesus and His followers? No problem. Dare to proclaim Jesus as the one who has changed you life and can positively change the lives of others? “Houston, we have a problem.”
In his day, G. K. Chesterton commented on the prevailing attitude of that day regarding Christianity. Middle aged and older Americans can remember when the pendulum had swung in favor of Christianity and the prevailing attitude had changed from Chesterton’s day because folks recognized they were reaping what they had sown by pushing God from the public square. But the lesson has been forgotten and the old attitudes have returned, the pendulum is in the far left’s arena once again and they are trying to keep it there in spite of the consequences of their policies which we are already experiencing. One may say: Ozzie and Harriett have moved out and Ozzie Osborn has moved in. Most of us are longing for the return of Ozzie and Harriett even as some on the left are trying to erase the proof that those days ever existed. “Houston, we have a problem;” of course, this metaphorical “Houston” is the command center of Heaven and we have been given permission fro God Himself to request wisdom at any time. Actually, not only do we have permission but God is waiting for and encouraging us to look to Him because He alone has the knowledge, ability, and power to set at naught the Adversaries’ schemes.
He who refuses to learn from history is forced to repeat its mistakes – George Santayana
All new news is old news happening to new people – Malcom Muggeridge
You are free in our time to say that God does not exist; you are free to say that He exists and is evil; you are free to say (like poor old Renan) that He would like to exist if He could. You may talk of God as a metaphor or a mystification; you may water Him down with gallons of long words … and it is not merely that nobody punishes, but nobody protests. But if you speak of God as a fact … as a reason for changing one’s conduct, then the modern world will stop you somehow if it can. …it is now thought to be irreverent to be a believer. – G. K. Chesterton
The heights of Christian attainment are available to every person. It’s a shame to live a life short of what God intended your life to be. Despite appearances, everyone lives forever; the and the bad, the difference is the quality which is directly linked to the presence or absence of God. Despite whatever protestations may be offered to the contrary; you do not believe what you do not live.
It is quite possible that improper activity and beliefs regarding the arena of politics may potentially have a profound effect on your forever as well as your now. If a man’s religion and his politics don’t mix there is something wrong with his spiritual condition and his politics, to say the least. Therefore, if a person chooses to support or refuses to condemn something God condemns then that one may count on enduring the consequences of that choice. If that person is fortunate the consequences will be experienced in this life, thereby affording an opportunity to repent and begin making reparations.
There are “monsters” in our near future if we do not wake up soon and start taking action to stop evil in its tracks.
Pray for wisdom
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Holy is the Lord
–Pastor Ward Clinton
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