Happy Birthday Brother Jack! We miss you!

The latter picture is special to me. I found it on Photobucket. As I listen to his preaching even right now on Hyles-Anderson radio, I look at this picture and marvel at the building to the right of the church. Why? Because this is where one of the greatest preachers of the 20th century was born. To the left of the house he was born in is the first church Brother Jack pastored.

It's been a sweet evening of preaching! I have been at my computer off and on now since 4 pm, listening to Bro. Jack preaching truths upon truths on the First baptist Church's website.

Bro. Jack Hyles was born September 25th, 1926 in Italy, TX, a suburb in southern Dallas.

He had two siblings who passed away in childhood, and 1 that survived who served with him.

Jack Hyles is near and dear to me. When he use to visit my former pastor, he use to lift up our pastor with fervent exhortation. It was like our Pastor's time to revive. These were the great times I remember from Brother Jack. I remember the brown socks song he taught us. Its a funny little song about preachers wearing brown socks...I will write it down at a later date.

Anyway, I can't wait to see him again...In closing, Dr. Jack once told a story about a little boy that was playing baseball. A man asks "what's the score?" The boy answered 18-0." The man asks, "Who's winning?" The boy answered "The other team." The man replies, "Well, aren't you discouraged?" The boy says with a great big smile on his face, "Nope, We haven't come up to bat yet."

When life gets you down, just remember, we haven't been to bat yet...

"God finishes what he began..." --Brother Jack Hyles

Mark 13:26--And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

My thoughts on Wicca and Godly knowledge

A few days ago, I was enlightened (horrified more like it) to find out that my ex-husband is now dabbling in the Wiccan (A.K.A. WITCHCRAFT, A.K.A. SATANIC WORSHIP as far as GOD is concerned) and I emailed him to ask him what he is doing...He writes back that he has tried several churches, and he finally found something he can believe in.

A snare is what he is caught in...

I, not being one to pre-judge, decided to put on my sleuth suit and implement all the critical thinking skills I learned in the last year of school. Not to my surprise, what I found was horrifying!

what does Wicca uplift? self? How about nature?..Sounds a lot to me like paganism, another lie of the devil. So my question to Wiccans is, you don't worship one god, and certainly the name of Jesus, the one who created everything you see in nature, is never mentioned, so it is a man-made natural religion right?...Is the wind something you worship as well? You know who the prince and the power of the air is? SATAN...Anything not praising the name of GOD and Jesus is Anti-Christ...Satan is the ultimate Anti-Christ...Any questions???

Matthew 6:24 says "24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. "

Now that that is out of my system, let's talk about something truly amazing!
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GODLY KNOWLEDGE!
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As I was studying Ephesians (As I've been doing for the last month) I came across some "unsearchable riches, "nuggets" as I call them that made my hair stand on end! It was something Christians probably read a dozen times before they "get" what Paul is saying to the Gentile nation.

All God wants to do is wake us up and get us to fellowship with him. When we finally see our need of Christ and accept that need, we can then fellowship as it was intended. Look at Ephesians 3: 9, 10 Paul writes:

9.) And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:(Who wiccans? That's right, JESUS!) eh hem, sorry, just couldn't resist...

10.) To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, (Who's the church? The body of Christ, or the believers) GOD wants us to know things even the angels do not know...Here is a nugget for you believers!

Verse 10 shows us God wants us who are his to have knowledge even beyond what his angels know! How did I get to that conclusion? Just this simple: In order to understand this fully, let's go back to Verse 8:
Paul writes from divine inspiration of God:

"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;"

Well, what are unsearchable riches? they are truths not revealed yet to us but are hidden within the Bible. They also include things only within the mind of GOD.

9.) And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

The mystery that Paul is talking about is thoughts only God knows about that have been hidden from everything: Angels, man, you name it, no one else knew but God until the right time it was to be revealed.

Let's move on...

10.) To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] -let's stop there a minute...

What are principalities and powers in Heavenly places? The principalities in heavenly places would mean angels right?

Let's continue...

10) (cont.)...might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, (Who's the church? The body of Christ, or the believers)

We all know what a manifold is right? Well, until I looked up the word,I didn't. The adjective manifold means (I used the adjective because the word manifold is an adjective in this particular verse of scripture.):

1.	of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.

2.	having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform.

3.	using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.

4.	(of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.

5.	being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy.

GOD wants us to share in his many facets of wisdom! All the elements, parts and forms of his wisdom!
HE isn't a GOD who wants to look down on us in our errors, he wants us to know what he knows.

Do you see how GOD wants us to know things even the angels do not know?? MIND BLOWING TO ME!...Free nugget of truth!

In all of man's fault and folly, HE still wants us to have his wisdom...He places man priority over his angels...This is beyond my minuscule comprehension!

GOD IS GOOD!