It’s been about 50 years since the eyes of the world were aimed at the figure of the Antichrist through the movie, “The Omen.”

If you haven’t seen it, the film's plot follows Damien Thorn, a young child replaced at birth by his father, unbeknownst to his wife, after their biological child dies shortly after he was born. Soon afterwards, a series of mysterious events and violent deaths occur around the family, and as Damien enters childhood, his parents realize that he is the prophesied Antichrist.

Hollywood resurrected “The Omen” franchise last year with the release of “The First Omen,” a prequel that follows an American nun sent to work at a Catholic orphanage in Rome who uncovers a sinister conspiracy to bring about the birth of the Antichrist. If you’re a horror movie fan, the film is worth a watch.

I’m guessing that Peter Thiel has seen it.

A story in the Wall Street Journal recently profiled Thiel and said he “wants everyone to think more about the end of the world.” Unless you’re an extreme prepper, that’s not something most people do.

A Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur, and hedge fund manager who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, Thiel has made headlines for his lectures, which cover, among other topics, the personality of the Antichrist. According to the article, “This is how Thiel says the end of the world might happen, according to a Wall Street Journal review of his recent lectures:

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"Staff in Israel’s Knesset were seen handing out the caps for Trump's address, heralding a new era of peace in the region. ho received near-endless rounds of applause and standing ovations. Many also wore red ties in honor of Trump, who received near-endless rounds of applause and standing ovations."

Thank God for their release. I am sure President Trump will continue to work with countries in the region to try and bring about lasting peace.

Commemorates the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal on the 13th of each month from May to October in 1917. Our Lady appeared to Venerable Lucia dos Santos, age 9, Blessed Francisco Marto, age 8, and Blessed Jacinta Marto, age 6, while they were tending sheep; they described her as “a woman all in white, more brilliant than the sun”, and her message was to do reparation for sins that offend God, and to pray constantly for the conversion of sinners.

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Instead of cancelling Columbus, we need to restore his reputation and resurrect his historical accomplishments. It is for his magnificent courage, the boldness of his conception, and his deep Catholic faith that Columbus should be rightly honored now, as he was in all six centuries prior to now.

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I’m trying to stay awake but I’ve been working all day. Trying to hang in there but I might have to catch up later.

The children of Israel of the Old Testament were living in exile in Babylon as a punishment from God for their rebellion against the Lord and for their unwillingness to heed his commands. And God promised them 70 years of exile before he would deliver them. But they had prophets in their midst who were deceiving the people into thinking that they would not have to be in exile the whole 70 years. They were not to listen to the prophets who were speaking lies to them, for they prophesied falsely in the name of God.


A lot of people are quoting Jeremiah 29:11 out of context, and they are teaching that this is a promise from God for all of God’s people for all time, for all who profess the name of Jesus, for their prosperity (wealth). But that is out of context. Yet is there a message for us today that we can take from this passage of Scripture? Yes, there is. For, although God will discipline those he loves, and he will allow us to suffer and to go through hardships to test our faith, he does have good intended for us, but as he defines “good.”

What is for our welfare? It is something which is for our spiritual benefit, which can also be for our physical benefit, but it is what is for our good as God defines good, not as the world defines good. And it should be in agreement with the teachings of the New Testament Scriptures under the New Covenant God has with all of us who, by God-persuaded faith in him, have died with him to sin and who are now living to please God in walks of obedience to his commands, in the power of God, by his grace.

And even suffering and going through hardships and disciplines of God are for our good, for our welfare, to teach us to rely on God, and not on ourselves, and to humble us, to make us more like Jesus, to train us in righteousness and holiness, to make us compassionate people, and to grow us in our walks of surrender in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. Therefore, what is for our welfare can involve pain and suffering and difficulties and persecutions and rejections, and not just the feel good stuff.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

For the future and the hope that our Lord has for us is contingent upon our obedience to him in walks of surrender to the will of God. We must die with Christ to sin, be reborn of the Spirit of God, and now walk (in conduct) in newness of life in Christ, no longer as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Sin must no longer be what we practice, what we live by; our lifestyle. But now righteousness, holiness, and godly living are to be what we practice, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by his Spirit.

But we have “prophets” (false teachers) in our midst who are lying to the people, telling them that all they have to do is to acknowledge Jesus Christ and who he is and what he did for us on that cross, although they don’t give the full picture of what Jesus did for us on that cross. Or they tell them that all they have to do is to give lip service to God and heaven is guaranteed them upon their deaths. And they tell them that God makes no requirements of them for death to sin and for walks of obedience to our Lord.

But the plans God has for us who profess the name of Jesus are that we must die to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice, in the power of God, because of Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins on that cross, and as evidence of believing faith which saves us from hell and which promises us heaven as our eternal destiny. For the plans God has for our good are not for what is evil, but for what is holy and righteous, and in order to give us a genuine hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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What is For Our Good?
An Original Work / October 13, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Honestly, I’ve had it. I’m now all but certain there has never been a movie about exorcism that has had Christ at its heart. Thanks to Catholic author William Peter Blatty, the original Exorcist was good. Director William Friedkin deserves credit for a fine assist. It comes close but misses. No reverence.

I asked Grok3 to list all the movies about exorcism. It hedged a bit:

While it’s impossible to list every motion picture ever made about exorcism due to the vast number of obscure, international, and low-budget films produced worldwide (including many direct-to-video releases), below is a comprehensive compilation drawn from major film databases, critic rankings, and horror genre resources.

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It’s almost comforting to see an AI bot use the word “impossible.” In five seconds, it churned out a 1200-word list with descriptions of 51 films. Despite how it sometimes feels to me, this proved I haven’t seen them all. The Grokster ended helpfully: “If you’d like expansions on specific eras, countries, or sub-themes (e.g., non-Christian exorcisms), let me know!”

Oh, no! I don’t want that. I’m just here to say ave atque vale to the Conjuring franchise that, in some ways, set a standard both high and low.

There are nine films in what is now called The Conjuring Universe. Why do producers add “Universe” to their sequel-isms? To make lofty what is repetitive and often banal? Perhaps they don’t care for the actual universe they’re living in.

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I don't know how to describe exactly how big this parish is (same parish I described in my post before). I think that the church can fit a few hundred people. There are five different Masses for the weekend: 4:30 Vigil, then for Sunday there is 7:30 am, 9 am, 11 am, and 6 pm. Each of them is quite crowded. Granted, the "least" crowded one is probably the 7:30 one but I don't know firsthand, actually. The parking lot is jam packed otherwise.

I will acknowledge that it has some ways to make inroads in the parish but it's so large that you feel that you may never know enough people. I feel like you can easily feel invisible here. It's not as big as a megachurch but that feeling like you're a drop in the ocean isn't altogether different than being in a megachurch. I am not a member of it and don't plan to become one at this time.

Do you make the Sign of the Cross in between receiving the Eucharist and the Blood of Christ, or just wait until you take the Blood of Christ (after the Eucharist)?

The naïve, in this context, are not those who are innocent, inexperienced, and trusting people who are gullible and who easily believe other people, that they are who they say they are, doing what they say they are doing. The naïve, in this context, are the foolish, the seducible, careless, easily deceived, and the self-indulgent and selfish who are unwilling to part with their foolishness and their sinful practices, who refuse God’s reproof, and who neglect the counsel of God in order to continue in their sinful ways.

Many of them are the malicious, morally unclean, deceptive, manipulative, opportunistic, who are liars, untrustworthy, egocentric fakes who fake their Christianity in order to deceive and to take advantage of others who trust them. Rather than turning to the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context, to get their counsel, they turn to the adulterous and idolatrous church to get their counsel. And what they receive is a clever blend of truth and lies which does not put sin to death, but which pampers the sinner.

For the adulterous and the idolatrous “church” teaches the forgiveness and grace of God more like a covering over the sin, to hide the sin, rather than to remove the sin from the life of the one claiming to want to be in a relationship with Jesus Christ. And they teach repentance (if they do at all) more like a verbal confession of sin, rather than as a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior. But biblical repentance requires that we die to sin and now obey our Lord, in practice, empowered by God.

So, the result of this is that the malicious, adulterous, promiscuous, self-indulgent idolatrous sinner just uses God’s grace as a covering for his sin, but not as an instrument of God, via Jesus’ death and resurrection, which puts sin to death, which then results in obedience to the Lord’s commands. So they just continue on the same sin cycle as they had been on before they made a claim to faith in Jesus Christ. Nothing changes. But no heart, mind, attitude, or behavioral changes required = no genuine faith in Jesus Christ.

But if you turn to the Lord, to his reproof, and you, by faith in Jesus Christ, die with Christ to sin, and now walk in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, by his Spirit, then God will pour out his Spirit upon you, and he will give you new life in Christ Jesus to be lived for God and for his purposes. And he will make his Word (his gospel) known to you so that you can follow him in the way in which he would have us to go, as his followers. If we listen to God, and we obey him, we will live with him for eternity.

But, if we deny him by our lifestyles, and if we refuse him and his gospel message (the one taught by Jesus and his apostles in the correct biblical context), and if we neglect his counsel to us, and if we refuse his reproof, and we choose to go our own way, instead, and if we hold on to our sinful practices, deliberately and habitually sinning against God, and we don’t obey him in practice, then when we call to him, he will not answer unless we repent, in truth, and we die to sin, and we now follow him in obedience.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

My Sheep

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV
An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

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They Neglect God’s Counsel
An Original Work / October 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Grok is representing Hawkins now.

In both Eden and Earth, the design mirrors Heaven, where highly intelligent angels interact with humans of lesser intelligence. Angels are created to participate in God’s diverse creations, endowed with superior intelligence and abilities, while humans are granted a greater degree of free will. In the Eden model, situated within God’s present dwelling realm, humans—namely Adam and Eve—were utterly defeated. Similarly, on Earth, humans are ensnared by the Law, influenced by the devil and his horde of fallen angels. This disparity in intelligence and capability means humans cannot rival angels. However, Earth differs from Eden in a crucial way: Earth serves as a platform where humans, through the legal process of the Final Judgment, will ultimately triumph over the angels, eradicating all evil once and for all. Humans can overcome the angels not through intelligence or capability, but through faith, their sole weapon against the fallen angels.

Faith and repentance reflect humanity’s capacity for correction. A human who passes the Final Judgment under the Covenant demonstrates correctability. With faith and repentance, a person aligns with God’s love, standing firm against the formidable odds posed by the invincible fallen angels on Earth. Through love for God, faith in Jesus, and a heart of repentance, a human can achieve holiness, ensuring they pose no threat in the Final Heaven, where evil—instigated by fallen angels—is barred at the gates. Sin is incompatible with God and thus impermissible in Heaven, as it causes harm to Him. With the human qualities of love, faith, and repentance, no one will harm God by sinning in Heaven. In contrast, angels are characterized by love for God, loyalty, and obedience, qualities tested by the Law before they enter Heaven. This is akin to a parent’s instinct to never harm their five-year-old child and to protect them at all costs.

Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE has apologized for a program that described the growth of Evangelical churches as “worrying” and portrayed them as “dangerous,” promising to handle religious issues with “the utmost care” following a wave of complaints from Evangelical organizations and viewers.

According to a report by Evangelical Focus, the controversy began after the Sept. 22 episode of RTVE’s afternoon program Directo al Grano aired a segment that singled out Evangelical churches, using footage of congregations without consent and presenting them in a negative light. The show referenced a pastor who was not representative of the wider evangelical community in Spain.

The segment prompted widespread criticism from individuals and Evangelical bodies, including the Federation of Religious and Evangelical Entities of Spain (FEREDE), which filed a formal complaint with the RTVE management.

Beatriz Ariño, the audience ombudswoman for RTVE, acknowledged viewers’ concerns and apologized in a letter sent to those who had complained. “We are very sorry for your disappointment, and we fully understand your anger,” she wrote, according to Evangelical Focus.

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Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae said the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk symbolizes the spiritual warfare occurring in a divided culture. On the latest episode of “Deep End with Lecrae,” the musician said he had a vision about Kirk’s murder while in Africa. He also advised Christians to seek unity amid earthly strife.

Lecrae, who turns 46 today (Oct. 9), said he didn’t know Kirk and had never met him. “I’d only heard of [Kirk] when he falsely accused me of campaigning for [U.S. Senate candidate] Raphael Warnock,” he said. When Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a college event in Utah, Lecrae was in Africa, so he didn’t hear the news as quickly as others did.

After people criticized the musician for not speaking out about the incident, he made a statement about rejecting violence. “I’m slow to speak because I’m trying to process” the news, Lecrae said. “I’m not that narcissistic to feel like I have to have the leading voice on everything that’s going on in America.”

Lecrae Had a Vision After Charlie Kirk’s Murder​

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'Freaked Me Out'—Lecrae Says He Saw Vision of Demons Laughing About Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Lecrae said the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk represents the spiritual warfare occurring in a divided culture.

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This is a thread for oddities. Things that make you go hmm, what or worse. Enjoy!

Millennial Mom Opts Out Of Homework All Year​

She wrote the teacher a letter and informed her they were taking the year off from homework and hoped she’d be okay with it. Who does that??? The mom is in the first portion and the remainder discusses student performance and the numbers are bad and the comments are worse. We’re in trouble.

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“Trying To Impress Or Being Genuine?”
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

A few weeks ago, I had my 6 month dental cleaning checkup. As I prepared and flossed and brushed my teeth before going in, it brought back some funny memories of when I was a kid and how I prepared for my check ups. I wasn’t always great at taking care of my teeth as I liked to eat a lot of candy. I’m sure I didn’t brush twice a day and didn’t brush the best when I did brush. I also didn’t floss on a regular basis. The day of my dentist appts, I would usually brush my teeth really good and hoped that the dentist would be impressed.

As you can imagine, as they cleaned and examined my teeth, I would usually hear all the reports of what I wasn’t doing and how I needed to do it better. I thought by just brushing really hard before my dental appt, that would be good enough. Nope! Years later now with numerous cavities and crowns, I’ve learned that I really need to take better care of my teeth. My dental visits now are not as bad as they used to be, yet I often fear they will find something that is bad and needs fixed.

I think we treat our spiritual lives a lot like this. We don’t always take the greatest care of our walk with God. I think sometimes we feel like if we show up to church and put in some time, we look good to God and to others. Just like my quick brushing attempts before going to the dentist when I was younger, we often think we can impress God and pretend with Him, but we can’t.

We can sometimes fool other people for a period of time, but we never can fool God. I think He often shakes His head in sadness and heartbreak seeing what we do to try to make ourselves look good, but what He truly wants is us being honest and doing our best to be genuine.

Is our desire just to try to impress God and others when we show up Sunday for church and maybe for a small group bible study through the week to look good, or are we striving to take the time each day to grow closer to Him in a very intentional and genuine manner?

I know that I often fail in my attempts to be genuine with God and in being intentional in my walk with Him. He desires for all of us to be intentional and to truly desire time with Him. He wants our all and not just various times where we try to impress Him.

I hope and pray that our desire each day is to truly be genuine and intentional to grow in our faith.

During his Sept. 28 sermon titled “Clearing the Room,” Dauphin County Pastor Philip Thornton wore an unloaded AR-15-style rifle and occasionally pointed it at congregants. “You have to overwhelm your enemy with a violent action of faith,” he preached. “You have to learn to isolate the voice of unbelief and deal with it.”

After some people raised concerns about the prop, Legacy Faith Church in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, said it was grateful for the attention. “We pray many more [people] will watch the message in its entirety and contextually learn how to defeat unbelief in their life,” the church said.

Dauphin County Pastor Assures Worshipers Rifle Isn’t Loaded​

As seen on video posted to YouTube, Pastor Philip Thornton wore the rifle around his neck from the beginning of the Sept. 28 service. “This is for an illustration a little bit later, but I figured I [would] go ahead and get your nerves out,” he told worshipers. “It is not loaded. There’s nothing in it. Praise the Lord. So you understand, it’s an empty clip and it’s been cleared. So fear not, everybody.”

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Some Republican senators and congressmen have also been confused as to who was president when:

The fact that Trump posted this conspiracy stuff in the wee hours of the morning, and he is so fuzzy on who was president, reminds me of my mother's behaviors as she succumbed to dementia. What does Trump expect others to do?

Behavior like that plus his imaginary 'facts' that he spews convinces me he has dementia. This week he said that he had brought in $17 trillion in planned investments. No.



He just makes stuff up. My mom would do that when dementia set it. It is either he just makes stuff up or he is lying again.

Such a tragic situation created by letting in ten to twenty million people, so many unvetted, in one presidential term. So many resources wasted because ambitious people decided to break the laws of our country. Those resources could have been used to bring in more who love America in legally.

The Gates Foundation has unveiled microneedle patch implants that deliver mRNA and leave a permanent quantum dot marking under your skin, essentially creating a biological vaccine passport.
Human testing has already begun, and reports suggest these patches could soon be required for entry into stores, gyms, travel, and more.
Convenience or control?
#GatesFoundation #VaccinePassport #QuantumDot #mRNA

"The beast forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666." (Revelation, 13:16-18)

Shalom

The first Jesus March will take place here in Salzburg, Austria, on October 31st.

Can you please pray that God's will be done and that the Lord Jesus is glorified in Jesus' name?

We are also experiencing a lot of opposition. Can you please also pray that all evil is disempowered, disarmed, and exposed in Jesus' name?

Thank you for your prayers!

May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38; Job 42:10) and bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria

Peace in Christ.

Beware of those who come forth to deceive us.

MANY have come supposedly in His name (in His authority.) They come in the name of Jesus and say that the Jesus that they are preaching is the Christ….and they deceive many. Yet, it is “another jesus” with “another spirit”….the spirit of the antichrist…. that is being preached and not Jesus the Christ. Their “another jesus” is a wild beast and not the Lamb slain. Those who serve "another jesus" are not keeping the daily sacrifice of our Lord....the Lamb slain.

Mat 24:4-5
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
(5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall deceive many.

They come forth as the “serpent” (they go upon their belly…that is, serving for their own belly) in order to deceive us through their subtilty…their all working…. to achieve a goal: to corrupt our minds from the simplicity that is in Christ in order to remove the keeping of the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord our of lives so that His life is never made manifest in the mortal flesh.

They set up the abomination (their external established church documents) of desolation for us to serve and keep rather than serving and keep the internal commandments of God which are written in our hearts and minds. Those who do are desolate of God’s glory as it has departed from that man-based (on their governing documents) church.

We are to die to the sin by the keeping of His death in our mortal bodies so that His life is made manifest there. 2nd Corinthians 4:11 .

That life is not being made manifest in this earth because of the many false prophets in the world who are leading many down the broad way to their destruction….destruction of the mortal body.

His life is being actively cut off from this earth because of this massive deception that we were warned about by Jesus who told us beforehand what would happen to His church.

2Co 11:3-4 KJV
(3) But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

The “another jesus” that they are preaching is of the antichrist (another spirit) and not the words of the true Christ in the Spirit of Truth.

(4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

The serpent goes upon his belly. The false prophets’ “god” is their belly….who are only minding earthly things (what to eat, what to drink, what to wear?. They only serve for their own belly…preaching themselves and are not serving the Lord Jesus Christ. Their end is destruction….destruction of the mortal body…and they are leading many down with them.

They are enemies of the cross of Christ for they are leading multitudes away from the keeping of His daily sacrifice so that the life of Jesus is never made manifest in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving.

Php 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

We are not to “eat” with them…with those who “go upon their belly” after earthly things If we fellowship with them, we are unclean. We must sanctify ourselves by being separate from them. We must come out from among them and be separate.

Lev 11:42-44 KJV
(42) Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
(43) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
(44) For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Do not “eat” with them….with those who call themselves “brothers” ….

1Co 5:9-11 KJV
(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
(10) Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
(11) But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

The massive deception that is going on is leading many to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil….judging others via their church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas (such as a “statement of faith”).

Gen 3:1-5
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

The woman adds her own commandment (“neither shall you touch it”) to God’s original commandment and presented it as though God had said it. How many church denominations do the same thing today with their added handwritings of the commandments of men?

(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Many are being deceived into believing and practicing THE lie which cuts off the life of Jesus from ever appearing in their mortal flesh which causes them to “perish” away to the grave. They do not keep His daily sacrifice when they are practicing the lie.

“You shall not surely die” – literal translation: “killing, you shall not die”. This is a “peace and safety” message that we are not to believe. We shall perish.

When we judge others using church handwritings as a basis for, we become judge, jury and executioner of others with our words. This should not be so.

(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die (killing, you shall not die)

We then think accordingly to the lie that we are doing these things in God’s name/authority: “For God does know.”

“You shall be as gods ”….that is, JUDGES (Elohim = judges) in God’s authority supposedly…knowing who or what is good and evil. That is what a judge does...judging what is good and evil per laws. Yet, we are told there is only One Lawgiver…One Judge. Your eyes shall be opened….you will be seen as wise supposedly for being a judge for God supposedly.

(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

“TOUCH NOT”….why be subject to church ordinances/dogmas? This is the same thing that the woman in the garden added to God’s commandment and then presented it as though God had said it.

We perish (you shall surely die) when we “use” them for judging others. Why be subject to the commandments and doctrines of men rather than being subject to God’s commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds?

Col 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

He that speaks evil of his brother judges his brother because he doesn’t adhere to his particular church handwritings of ordinances.

We are not judge of others as there is only One Lawgiver…One Judge.

We are not the Lawgiver. Our added church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas are not the law. We are not the Judge Himself. We are not as “gods” …as judges in His authority. We must not place ourselves in His position of Judge.

We are not a doers of the law of Christ when we judge others. This is lawlessness instead.

Jas 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Many do these things supposedly in His name….in His authority. They put themselves in His position of God as Judge of others. There is only One Judge. Who are we to judge others?

They “cast out devils” in His name/authority….judging others as evildoers (as “devils”) according to their own standards that they presume are God’s standards to keep and serve.

Mat 7:21-23 KJV
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

The life of Jesus never is made manifest in their mortal flesh. “Depart from me, you that work THE iniquity/lawlessness.” They perish….and all the while they thought they were doing these things in God’s authority.

(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work THE iniquity.

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Drawing copiously from the writings of his predecessors, Pope Leo underscores the deep Christological continuity of the Church’s teaching on our obligation to see the face of Christ in the poor.

Pope Leo XIV’s first magisterial document of his papacy, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), has understandably generated a lot of interest. An apostolic exhortation is a fairly low-level document in terms of the classical criteria for adjudicating the authority of magisterial texts. Pope Leo has played his cards close to the vest during these first months of his papacy, doing and saying little that would generate much controversy, and so the level of interest in this—the first of his documents—is running almost at a fever pitch. And so it is not surprising that many Catholics from all sides of the ecclesial spectrum have submitted the new text to a detailed analysis to glean any hints of where Pope Leo intends to take the Church.

I think that has led many to overthink the text and to see in it more than it intends or portends. All in all, for reasons I will elucidate below, I think Dilexi Te, though a fine document that is at points both profound and beautiful, says very little that is new in the sense of a theological novelty, says hardly anything even mildly controversial, and is at pains to position itself as in total continuity with the Tradition. I liked the text, but I think those seeking a deeper insight into the mind of Pope Leo will come away empty-handed.

No new insights into the thought of Pope Leo

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Reflections on <i>Dilexi Te</i>, the first magisterial document of Leo XIV’s papacy

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Zafar Bhatti, a Christian pastor in Pakistan who spent 13 years in prison on a false blasphemy conviction, died of cardiac arrest just three days after his acquittal. He had returned home after being cleared by a high court, but collapsed before his family could make arrangements for medical care.

Bhatti, 62, founder of the Jesus World Mission Church, was arrested in July 2012 in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, after a local cleric accused him of sending text messages that insulted the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was charged under Article 295(C) of Pakistan’s Penal Code, a provision that carries the death penalty for defiling the name of the Muslim prophet.

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