The Marine Kingdom and Queen of the Coast

The Marine Kingdom and Queen of the Coast


Claire Andoun Atongo
A friend of mine, named sister Claire Andoun Atongo, who has gone home to be with the Lord, said in 2013 that the Lord had been speaking to her about the dirtiness in His Church. He had been showing her that there is a strange power that has come into the Church, because this unclean spirit has been invited in by the women of God, and the pastors will not preach against it.  This strange power is the Queen of the Coast, who leads the sisters in the Church to dress immodestly. She said this spirit has taken the fire out of the men of God.

In my opinion, every woman of God and every pastor needs to take this message before the Lord, seriously asking for the heart of God regarding dressing modestly with purity and holiness. Let's begin by looking at some Scriptures that pertain to the "queen of the coast," and a related expression, known as "the marine kingdom," then I will comment on them.

Scriptures
"In that day, the Lord will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea." (Is 21:7)

Job said to God, "Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?" (Job 7:12)

"It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters." (Ps 74:13)

"Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window." (2 King 9:30).

"In order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes." (2 Cor 2:11)

"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Pe 5:8)

"And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, 'I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.' Jesus answered him, 'It is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only."'"  (Luk 4:5-8) 

Satan is the god of this world, as the Scripture says, "...in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2Co 4:4)

"And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, 'Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?'" (Rev 13:1-4)

The apostle Peter said of the Lord Jesus, "When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."  (Ac 3:26)

"Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Th 5:16-23)

"Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: 'Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.' (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) Then the angel said to me, 'Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' And he added, 'These are the true words of God.'" (Rev 19:6-9).

"...Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." (Eph 5:26b-27).

Putting it All Together 
These verses confirm what the Lord showed Claire Andoun Atongo about the queen of the coast, as recorded in Garments of Godliness. Furthermore, they confirm the Lord's revelation to many other servants of His regarding fashion, as recorded in Godly Attire and Adornment -- Seven Divine Revelations.

Marine spirits do exist! The first representation of a creature that was half-human and half-fish was the sea-god Oannes, the "great fish of the ocean," who was also the sun-god worshiped by the Babylonians.  He was believed to rise out of the sea each day with the sunrise and disappear back under the waves each night with sunset. The marine kingdom is where mermaids (and their counterparts, mermen) originate from, creatures that are half fish and half human. The mermaid* is actually an image of the fish-tailed goddess Aphrodite. Mermaids are often described as having great beauty and charm. They sometimes assumed human shape and married mortals in ancient legends.

The mermaid and merman derive their names from the Anglo-Saxon word "mer," which means "sea." So the word "mermaid" literally means "Virgin of the Sea," and mermaids represent the so-called "sacred feminine," a movement emphasizing femininity as being closer to divinity than masculinity. Those who follow the sacred-feminine tradition worship feminine beauty and the power of sexual reproduction, and they assume that women are more “sacred” than men, due to their reproductive capabilities. The followers of this religious tradition include goddess worshipers, Wicca witches, and radical feminists. They believe that men can only experience the sacred feminine in a spiritual way through sexual intercourse.

The marine kingdom is also the origin of the demonic pagan god Neptune, the Roman "god of the sea," a brother of Jupiter and Pluto. He corresponds to the Greek god, Poseidon whose main domain is the ocean, and is called the "god of the sea". In fact, there are too many sea gods, goddesses, and their offspring to possibly name them all, including Triton, Rhode, and Proteus. Some of these pagan gods and goddesses are featured in video games, novels, and even Disney movies like The Little Mermaid, which was conceived by Walt Disney and released after his death!

In the Bible, we learn that the ancient Hebrews were ensnared by the false gods of the pagan nations around them, including Asherah, who was worshiped as the Queen of Heaven** (Deu. 16:21; Jdg. 6:25,26,28,30; 1Ki. 15:13; 16:33; 18:19; 2Ki. 13:6; 17:16; 18:4; 21:3,7; 23:4,6,7,15; 2Ch. 15:16; Jer. 7:18; 44:17,18,19,25). Asherah seems to correspond with the goddess Athirat. According to Wikipedia, "In the Ugaritic texts (before 1200 BC) Athirat is almost always given her full title...'Lady Athirat of the Sea' or as more fully translated 'she who treads on the sea.'"  (The Ugaritic language had close connections to the Hittite Empire). The same goddess known as Athirat in the Ugaritic language, and Asherah in the Hebrew language is probably the same as the Arabian goddess Ashira, which is translated to mean "lady of the sea." The Asherah pole that they used to worship her was a phallic symbol, representing the male reproductive organ.

Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab and the most evil woman in the Bible, made Asherah-worship even more prevalent in Israel.  In fact she supported 400 prophets of Asherah, who ate at her table. Under Ahab and Jezebel's reign, Israel observed the feasts of Baal and Asherah religiously.  She was not an Israelite, but a Phoenician, who brought her native religion of sea-goddess worship from the coast, where she was raised. She was a “Sidonian”, which is a biblical term for Phoenicians in general (1 Kings 16:31), and was the daughter of Eth-Baal, king of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon.  Both Tyre and Sidon are on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Palestine. It is also recorded in the Bible that Jezebel put on eye makeup, and arranged her hair to beautify herself, which are behaviors often connected to flirting in Hebraic thinking. By these final actions of hers just before her death, she revealed her vanity and connection with the queen of the coast (2 King 9:30). You may not realize it, but there are still women in the world today in covens, who (like Jezebel) actually worship the sea goddess Asherah.  And even many Christian women today are ensnared by the same spirit that was in Jezebel, as they put on makeup and other artificial things that are the property of satan, in order to beautify themselves and attract men.

These evil marine spirits live in water in the spiritual world, and are a force to be reckoned with on earth. The marine world is a world of beauty and fashion, including makeup, earrings, jewelry, hair attachments, and flashy clothes. The queen of the coast is an evil spirit within the marine kingdom in charge of worldliness and immorality. But the name of the Lord Jesus Christ is more powerful than any marine spirit.  He has made a spectacle of them at the cross (Col 2:15).  Now through this revelation, He has exposed their identities once again, along with their secret agenda to deceive mankind and capture souls into hell.

Of course, today’s world, including worldly Christians, will continue to defend fashion, fads, and other forms of worldliness.  They will not listen to messengers, whom the Lord has sent, like sister Claire, but they will listen to their own. Like Jesus said, the world loves their own.  He said, “If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” (John 15:19).  And as the apostle John said, "They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” (1Jn 4:5-6)

I hope you will take this seriously and allow the lamp of the Lord's Spirit to search your heart and expose to you anything unholy or impure that must go, including worldly fashions, worldly hairstyles and adornments, and everything immoral, as well as immoral TV programs. Do not despise this prophetic utterance. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.  Through this message the Lord Jesus is seeking to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways. Therefore, repent for the kingdom of heaven is near. The Lord is coming back right away and He is purifying His Bride.  Prepare for His coming. Let there be nothing in your life today that would dishonor or keep Him away. In His mercy, He has given this revelation, so that you might make yourself ready for the wedding of the Lamb upon His return.

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*Footnote: The original Starbucks Coffee logo used from 1971 – 1987 was based on a two-tailed, bare-breasted mermaid, or siren, encircled by the store’s original name, "Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spice."  She was wearing a crown of stars on her head and holding her twin tails open in a seductive, spread-eagle pose. The coffee giant company was looking for a nautical theme to capture the spirit of Seattle, Washington on the west coast of the USA.  It was the intention of the original Starbucks founders to use the mermaid to represent the seduction of the sea-going mariners. Mermaids were supposedly so seductive to sailors that they would jump out of boats once they heard the sirens' songs.  Some sailors who crossed paths with a siren would become so obsessed that they would crash into the rocks and die. Starbucks meant to imply that their addictive beverages were as irresistible as the sirens’ seductive songs. And in fact countless people have been seduced by the lure of their overpriced coffee. Starbucks now has $16.4B USD in revenue with 21,160 stores in 63 countries and territories. The current logo still has the same star-crowned mermaid, whose long hair now covers her bare breasts, but still shows their outline.  And many churches in the US have joined the craze, by adopting the fad of selling Starbucks coffee at their services in the cups with that immoral, idolatrous image on them.  People like being associated with Starbucks coffee, because it is considered hip, or fashionable. This shows how deeply the queen of the coast has deceived people, even in the church.

**Footnote: Incidentally, "Queen of Heaven" is a title given to Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the Roman Catholic Church, although no such title for Mary exists in the Bible.  The title is also used, to some degree, in Anglicanism, and Eastern Orthodoxy. It proves their idolatry and confirms the connection with Asherah, the queen of heaven, lady of the sea, who is part of the evil marine kingdom. The giant obelisk in Saint Peter's Square at the Roman Catholic Vatican is an occult phallic symbol shipped by the Roman emperor Caligula from the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (meaning "The City of the Sun" and also called "The City of Destruction" in Isaiah 19:18). This particular obelisk located prominently at the Vatican provides further evidence of their idolatry.  It is positioned in the middle of a huge, eight-point sun wheel, a symbol used in pagan sun worship. In fact, one of the many titles the Roman Catholics give to Mary is "Our Lady of the Seas," and there is even a Catholic church called by that name in the Outerbanks of North Carolina, on the Eastern seacoast of the USA  You can even buy your own "Our Lady of the Seas" idol online, which is wearing a strapless gown with naked shoulders. If you are an adult, then you can Google search for "Mary Our Lady of the Seas images," and you will see the many such idols that they have for her. But be careful what you see, as there are many traps of the enemy. It's not difficult to see how idolatry of Mary is connected with the queen of the coast and her marine kingdom. (Also see Pagan Symbols of the Popes and Messages from the Lord for Catholics Worshiping Idols).

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. Most other Scriptures taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, unless otherwise noted.
 
Author's note: You are invited to read Garments of Godliness, as well as Claire Andoun Solomon's Encounter with Jesus, Revelation of Sister Claire Andoun in HeavenThe Forgotten Sin of Worldliness, Tattoos and Body Piercing, Carrying Your Cross or Cross Dressing?, and the ones listed below. You may access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

Godly Attire and Adornment -- Seven Divine Revelations Australian Pastor Raised from the Dead Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven
Revelation of Hell to Seven Colombian Youths James Agboola's Revelation of Heaven and Hell Angelica Zambrano Second Visit to Hell

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Colombian Woman Died, Saw Heaven and Hell

Colombian Woman Died, Saw Heaven and Hell

A woman named Paulina from Colombia shares her testimony about how she died in a bus accident and went to hell. Amazingly in hell as she was being tortured by demons, she cried out to Jesus and was taken up to heaven, where she had an encounter with Jesus. Afterward when he sent her back to earth, she woke up at the morgue to the great shock of the morgue attendant.


Spanish Version of Testimony

Although she had considered herself a good person before she died, she was harboring unforgiveness in her heart toward someone, and this was the primary reason she was condemned to hell. She was also condemned for the sin of idolatry and for telling a seemingly small lie. She had broken God's Ten Commandments.

The Lord Jesus showed her that she must be born again in order to see the kingdom of God. He told her that she needed to turn her life around 180 degrees from the way she had been living, and that she must begin to live for Him. He gave her a purpose in life to win souls for Him by sharing her testimony with everyone she came into contact with.

He said to her, "Share your testimony of what I have done for you with everyone you come in contact with. Tell them there is a hell and there is a heaven. Hell is real and heaven is real! If you have committed even one sin, you are going to that place. If you don't follow the Ten Commandments, you will be condemned to hell." He told her that she must tell them that Jesus has sacrificed Himself for them all on the cross and paid the price of sin. She must show them what it means to turn their life over to Jesus and live their life for Him.

I hope you take a few moments to watch Paulina's testimony, because even if you consider yourself a Christian, it could change your life forever in a wonderful way.

Attribution Notice: Video courtesy of Christians of the World -- Christian Testimonies.

Author's note: Paulina is not personally connected with this site. Please prayerfully listen to her testimony, and use the Testimony Review Process adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has spoken to her.  For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with the Lord, whether something is valid or not. For more information on our position, please see Disclaimers.

I also encourage you to read Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven, Angelica Zambrano's Second Visit to Hell, Messages from the Lord for Catholics Worshipping Idols, The Top Ten Things Jesus Taught, The Judgment Seat of Christ, Unbiblical Practices of the Catholic Church, Former Pope in Hell Declared a Saint, Pagan Symbols of the Popes, Why Infant Baptism is Not Scriptural, Catholic Priests Molesting Children, Rock, Rap, and Reggae Music -- Five Divine Revelations. If you enjoyed this post, please also see Ibrahim's Experience in Hell. You may find more blogs like this one at the Main Directory for Eternal Destinations, and find a collection of all my blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

Claire Andoun Solomon's Encounter with Jesus

Claire Andoun Solomon's Encounter with Jesus


Claire Andoun Solomon
It was four years ago that I had the privilege of coming to know sister Claire Andoun from Cameroon. Initially I saw a video she produced with a warning for women, so I contacted her to vet her character and see if she was genuine. We spoke together on the phone for the first time on May 21, 2013. In that phone conversation, she shared with me her testimony, which I would like to share with you here.

She spoke about the need to be blameless, according to God's Word (Mt 5:48). The will of God is our sanctification. As the apostle Paul said, "For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality." (1Th 4:3)

He is preparing us. She gave God the glory for her life. She grew up in an environment of fearing God, praying at 5:00 AM. In her household, they believed that Jesus is the only way.

When she was a teenager, one day while she was sleeping after prayer, a bright light appeared to her, heaven opened, and a ladder came down. She saw a man, who had the skin of a white man, dressed as a King, wearing sandals. She knew He was Jesus. She could see the Holy City and words in front of her.  He said, “If you read my Word and obey, then I will give you that city.” Afterward the words disappeared and the ladder rolled back up and all became dark.

Later on she began to disobey the Lord. She left home, lived a worldly life, and became stubborn. Although she went to medical school, she actually wanted to be a musician. She sang in nightclubs and pubs. During this time, she forgot all about seeing Jesus in that encounter she had as a teenager.

Her mother told her that when she was in the womb, the doctor told her the child would trouble the world. When she was in prostitution, her mother called her and told her to abandon that practice and give her life to Jesus, but she didn't. Then she began to have children.

In 2009 she saw the testimony of Daniel Ekechukwa from Nigeria. She got convicted by the Holy Spirit, saw her nakedness, and fell on the floor, crying out,“Jesus, have mercy on me!” She repented of her sins. The next day, she found a Bible and looked for a church. It was a Wednesday morning. She found a lady who gave her a Bible, whose husband was a pastor. He talked to her, but ran out of time.

She continued to look for a church that she could understand, and one that preached the Word, but she could not find one. There was no hunger for God in the churches. Then her landlord invited her to his church.

She cried out to God and saw herself praying for a sick woman who got healed. Heaven opened, Jesus came down, and she was afraid. He said, “Peace be with you.” He instructed her and the woman who was healed to keep praising God, so they did so, and He praised with them. He also danced with them.

Then He opened the Bible and said, “I have something to show you. You’re lazy.” She had been previously wondering if laziness was a sin. And He said, “If you’re lazy, you won’t pray or read your Bible.” She asked the Lord if she should go to that church that she was invited to by her landlord. He said there were things He didn’t like about it, but said, “Go there for now.” At that church, she was not allowed to sing in the choir until she dressed properly.

One day as she was crossing the street, a tour bus driver called out to her and wanted to get her phone number. Although she told him that she was a child of God, he didn’t recognize her as one, due to the way she was dressed. In fact, he mocked her when she told him that.  She couldn’t understand why he didn’t recognize that she was a child of God.

Afterward a lady, who wasn’t even born again, told her that the way she was dressed was not holy. So she cried out to God. At church the pastor’s wife affirmed that she was not dressed properly. Then she found the testimony of the woman who had been a worker for the devil, and she got rid of the trousers. She stopped bleaching her skin, but mascara was the hardest thing to let go of.

She prayed with a brother, who apparently did not believe in outward holiness and thought that she had some kind of spiritual confusion. He took anointing oil and prayed over her eyes. Then he said, “There! You can put on mascara.” In saying this, he implied that it wouldn’t be a spiritual problem now.

Then one day after that the spirit of death came to her, and she felt as if she was dying. She thought, “The mascara is going to take me to hell.” She got up and threw it in the toilet.  After that she could breath freely again.

Afterward she stood firm on her conviction about holiness. She didn’t go back to her old ways, and the Lord showed her the real beauty in her. She continued to seek Him in the Word. Then one day during the second day of a three-day fast, the Lord showed her that the Church is dirty. In a deep sleep she saw herself in the Church. The Lord took her out of the church in a vision. She could see that women, men, and children in church were half naked. He said, “My Church is Dirty!” Then He showed her that there is a strange power that has come into the Church, because this unclean spirit has been invited in by the women of God, and the pastors will not preach against it.  This strange power is the Queen of the Coast, who leads the sisters in the Church to dress immodestly. That was how the Lord birthed her ministry to transform the world, which she called Virtuous Women in Christ.

During the course of time, my wife and I became friends with sister Claire and had many other conversations with her. Then recently on May 10, 2017, nearly four years after we came to know her, she went home to be with the Lord, which I have written about in my article, The Home Going of Sister Claire Andoun Solomon. If this message of complete holiness is new to you, then I encourage you to prayerfully investigate it to see if it is really true, because your soul depends on it. This is the will of God, even your sanctification.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.

Author's note:  Please prayerfully listen to this sister's testimony, and use the Testimony Review Process adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has spoken to her.  For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with the Lord, whether something is valid or not. For more information on our position, please see Disclaimers.

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like The Home Going of Sister Claire Andoun SolomonRevelation of Sister Claire Andoun in HeavenGodly Attire and Adornment -- Seven Divine Revelations, Garments of Godliness, Rapture Revelation to Sister Claire Andoun Solomon, The Bodily Form of the Holy SpiritThe Marine Kingdom and Queen of the Coast, Is a Woman's Hair Her Head Covering?, Carrying Your Cross or Cross Dressing?, Keeping Your Body Pure and HolyThe Wardrobe of the Saints, Tattoos and Body Piercing, Judging with Righteous Judgment, Interview with Brother Michael Thomas Sambo, Seven Reasons to Believe the Seven Divine Revelations, An Open Mind that Loves the Truth, Nigerian Pastor Raised from the DeadVisitation of Jesus to Samuel Oghenetaga, James Agboola Revelation of Heaven and HellCalled to be BlamelessThe Refiner's Fire, Compelled by Love, and the other posts in this blog available through the Eternal Destinations Directory. For a special treat, I invite you to read my daughter's poem Beauty Unfading. You may also access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Revelation of Sister Claire Andoun in Heaven

Revelation of Sister Claire Andoun in Heaven




In my previous article, I wrote about The Home Going of Sister Claire Andoun Solomon, which took place on May 10, 2017. Since then a sister from Heaven Seekers Church in Ghana named Naomi Brako testified on video before the Church that the Lord revealed to her how sister Claire made it to heaven. Here is how it happened.

The Dream Given to Sister Naomi
On June 19, 2017, the Lord gave her a message from Psalm 24 and afterward he asked her to add Psalm 25 to it. So she read those two Psalms. That evening she went to the church service, and after church she told them she asked the Lord to give her a message again. So the Lord told her to read those two chapters again. After reading Psalm 25 she realized she was so sleepy she couldn't do anything. She heard a voice saying to put the Bible down and sleep, so she did so.

She does not know how long she had been sleeping when she suddenly appeared somewhere. She saw sister Claire lying on a sick bed, but at the same time sister Claire was also standing close to her. Sister Claire said, "Behold," and sister Naomi saw her appear on a screen. She said, "Have you seen? When I was on my sick bed about to die, the prayers of the saints that were praying for me and asking the Lord that if I had sinned that He should forgive me -- have you seen it?" And she made Naomi understand that even while she was lying on her bed, she was also pleading for forgiveness of sin, because the Lord made her understand that she had sinned. And on the screen, Noami saw some of the saints were praying for her, including her father and mother and other saints who were praying for her. She saw another group, too, whom she thought were saints that sister Claire used to fellowship with or pray with. She thought they were praying for her, but she saw that in their minds they were saying, "She's getting what she deserves."

Claire told her to "Look at the angels who are preparing and waiting on me to take me away." And Naomi saw that even while she and others were praying for her sins, the angels were waiting to take her away. And she realized that truly they took her along and they entered into the clouds. Naomi kept looking on and she saw that the heavens had opened. While looking at her, she said, "Wow! You have arrived." So Naomi decided to join her, but sister Claire said, "No. You cannot just enter like that."

And she saw that sister Claire, with whom she was chatting, was changing -- her skin and her nature, her body, and everything was changing. So Naomi was looking at her and telling her, "Wow, you look so elegant and so beautiful!" Naomi wanted to go along with her, but she said, "No, you haven't finished your work, so you can't just enter that place."

And while she was talking to her, Naomi realized heaven had come so close to her that she can't describe it. Sister Claire asked her, "Heaven has come so close to you. Do you understand why heaven has come so close to you?" And she told her, "Heaven has come so close to you. I'm going to explain it to you. Heaven has come so close, as a matter of fact, the Lord has brought heaven so close to men."

Claire made her understand that we used to think heaven was so far away from us, but now it's not like that. Heaven is so close to us, because the Lord is revealing mysteries to us. Some things we previously thought were not sins, the Lord has revealed them to us. We now have much knowledge about heaven and how to get there. And Claire made her understand there were so many things we thought were not sins, but the Lord has made us realize it, even some things that go on in matrimonial homes.

And sister Claire made her understand that she didn't go to heaven by her own merits. It was the grace of God that took her there. It wasn't by her own doing or her works. And she made her understand that the Lord isn't coming for just anyone who maybe calls upon His name, but rather someone who does the will of the Father and keeps His commandments.


Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Matt 7:21, NIV)
"In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome..." (1 John 5:3, NIV)
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Rev 22:14, KJV)

Then she saw a number of people in a group there, and sister Claire said she should go tell them that she's not in hell. So while sister Naomi was going, she saw that sister Claire's father and mother were in the crowd, so she told them that she was not in hell. And sister Claire told her that the Lord even revealed to a pastor in the Heaven Seekers Church named Albert that she was not in hell, but he didn't believe it. But later on the Lord made him believe that she wasn't in hell.

Then she saw how beautiful sister Claire was looking, and her skin color, even her teeth, how shiny they were, and her nails. She was looking so glorious and so beautiful. And she saw that another sister was with her, who was the late sister of a deaconess in her church named Jane.

She saw that the dress that sister Claire was dressed in was so beautiful, so she asked, "How come you have this beautiful dress?" And she told her, "When I went to heaven the angels had already sown it there for me." And she showed her another dress that she would be wearing on the banquet day of the Lord, the day when He will have His marriage feast, and sister Naomi doesn't even have the words to describe how beautiful that dress was. As Naomi was looking at her crown, she saw that her crown was also so glorious!

Sister Claire told her that normally they (apparently sister Claire and the late sister of deaconess Jane) have been coming into the midst of Heaven Seekers Church in Ghana to worship with them, even though they do not see them. They are coming into their midst as angels to worship with them, so sister Claire said she should tell the church all about it. It is possible that sister Claire may have also meant that the saints in glory in general -- not just herself -- are normally coming into our midst to join us in worship. Sister Naomi seemed to indicate in her testimony that this is a "normal" occurrence that happens "sometimes" when we worship.

"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us..." (Heb 12:1, NIV)

Also sister Claire was speaking Chi with her, so she asked her, "While you were on earth, you didn't understand Chi, and you couldn't speak Chi, so how come now you are speaking my own language with me?" And she said, "Over there in heaven you are able to speak all manner of languages, so no matter the language you speak, I can communicate with you."

And Naomi noticed how nice and glorious her mansion in heaven was, so she asked her how she came to possess it. She replied, "It began when I surrendered my life to our Lord Jesus Christ, and then I went about evangelizing, using my life as an example, to win so many souls unto the Lord." And she made Naomi to understand that the Lord was so pleased with the fact that she was using her own life as an example to evangelize to others and to win so many souls to Him. That's how she got the mansion, but she entered into heaven, not by any merits, but it was just by the mercy and the grace of the Lord, because she sinned against Him. But when she went to the Lord for forgiveness, He had mercy upon her and forgave her of her sins. That's how she was able to enter into the kingdom.

So sister Naomi asked her, "Then what about us? Are we also going to have buildings?" Sister Claire replied, "Some of them are now at the foundation level, some have not yet been started, and some are at the extent that now they are breaking." May the Lord have mercy on us!

And as Naomi was looking at her building, sister Claire told her that it would take a year to move through all the various parts of the building. May the Lord have mercy on us and grant us a building as beautiful as that. Sister Naomi says, "Her building was so high and mighty! My beloved, my prayer to the Most High God is that may He have mercy on us, may He help us so that we'll also be able to work for Him well, so that our works will be able to build us such a mansion. And may He have mercy on us and also take us into His kingdom."

The Vision Given to Brother Albert
Afterward a pastor named Albert testified. This is the pastor whom sister Claire told sister Naomi about in the revelation, saying that the Lord had revealed to him that she was not in hell, but he didn't believe it. He said he remembers the morning that sister Claire passed away, on May 10, 2017. They were having pastor's prayers, and their lead pastor, who was present, informed them that she had passed away. While the others were still deliberating about her issue about her death, he was just sitting quietly, and the Lord revealed a lady to him. He saw that there was something black coming out of her nose. But suddenly her appearance changed and she looked so glorious, and the Lord told him, "This is sister Claire." The Lord made him understand that the former state he saw her in was the state she was in before she died.  But now the new, glorious state he was seeing her in was how the Lord has made her. But he didn't believe it. He was still doubting it within himself. And because of that, he did not even inform his lead pastor or wife. Neither did he tell deaconess Jane. He only informed one person.

It was only later that the lead pastor's wife heard it and she asked him, "Pastor, I heard you saw sister Claire in a vision, and you didn't even inform me." After he heard sister Naomi's testimony before the Church on June 24, 2017 he shared his testimony before the Church about the vision of sister Claire, so that it could be part of the video recording in support of sister Naomi's testimony. And he said, "Up until now I haven't even informed any other person until I said it here yesterday. I didn't inform deaconess Jane. This is to prove that what the Lord revealed unto deaconess Naomi and unto me is indeed the truth. So if someone tells you that he or she has seen sister Claire anywhere else, this is what the Lord revealed to me that she was indeed able to make it [into heaven]. Amen."

The Lord's Message for us in Psalms 24 and 25
I also want to discuss the two Psalms that sister Naomi received from the Lord in answer to prayer, because they contain a very important message for us, regarding sister Claire's eternal destination. Remember that He told sister Naomi to read Psalm 24, then He told her to read Psalm 25, and later when she prayed for another message, He told her to read the two chapters again. It was after she finished reading Psalm 25 that a great sleepiness came over her, and she heard the voice tell her to close the Bible and sleep. After she did so, it was during that sleep that she had the dream in which the Lord revealed to her that sister Claire made it to heaven. So please read these, and ask the Lord to speak to you.

As you read Psalm 24, listen to the Lord as He tells you who may ascend into the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place. Listen to the Lord tell you who shall receive a blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is directly related to the revelation about sister Claire, because she ascended His hill, stood in His holy place, received a blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from God who saved her. She had clean hands and a pure heart, and that is what you and I must have, if we hope to make it to heaven.

Psalm 24
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers. Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa 24:1-10)

Now as you read Psalm 25, listen to the Lord as He shows you how sister Claire lifted up her soul to the Lord and trusted Him before she died, while she was on her sick bed. Listen to Him as He tells you how she feared the Lord, asking Him to pardon her iniquity and forgive all her sins.

Psalm 25
A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed. Make me know Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For Your goodness' sake, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. For Your name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. His soul will abide in prosperity, And his descendants will inherit the land. The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net. Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses. Look upon my affliction and my trouble, And forgive all my sins. Look upon my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred. Guard my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You. Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles. (Psa 25:1-22)

I think this Psalm is very appropriate, because there are so many people who consider themselves believers, but are convinced sister Claire went to hell. They are very vocal about it and have come out with their false revelations about it. I have a message for those people: "Do not spread false reports." (Ex 23:1). Gabriel Doufle is one of them and there are others, who claim to have received revelations from the Lord that she is in hell. Doufle seems to be triumphing over such "revelations" of her demise, as if they prove that his prophecy about her and brother Owour was valid. How sad that he and others would do so! They are not glorifying the Lord. And many of them are actually quite nasty in the way they go about it, even condemning others who say she is in heaven, as if it makes the Lord angry to say she entered into glory, and as if saying so endangers their own soul. The Lord said we would know false prophets by their fruits, and these are not good fruits.

Recall how sister Naomi saw in the dream that there were people who, instead of praying for sister Claire while she was on her sick bed, were thinking in their hearts that she was getting what she deserved. This is true, because those people that she once had fellowship and prayed with are now coming out against her treacherously. These enemies of hers are now seeking to exult over her death, as if they are hating her, saying she got what she deserved. The Lord guarded her soul and delivered her from all that, so that they did not triumph over her. In the end, she was not ashamed, because she took refuge in the Lord. Though she was afflicted, He was gracious to her. Though the troubles of her heart were multiplied, He brought her out of her distress.

Putting it All Together
In conclusion, brother Albert is definitely correct that his testimony helps to prove that what the Lord showed to him and sister Naomi is true. On May 10, the day sister Claire died, he received his revelation of her entering heaven, but he initially did not believe it and he only informed one person. Sister Naomi did not know about this on June 19, when she received her revelation from the Lord about sister Claire. And in that revelation sister Claire told her that the Lord had revealed to pastor Albert that she made it to heaven and he did not believe it until the Lord later helped him to believe it was true. She could not have known this on her own, since she had no prior knowledge of the vision given to him. Praise the Lord!

These revelations are definitely from the Lord, in my opinion. The Scripture says “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy." (Ac 2:17-18). Both the dream that the Lord gave unto sister Naomi and the vision He gave unto brother Albert bring glory to God, as well as the message He gave us in Psalms 24 and 25. They also demonstrate His riches in mercy, and encourage us to a life of purity, obedience, and service to the Lord.

The message is clear that she is in heaven with the Lord. May it encourage you to pray, work for the Lord, serving Him, using your life as an example, evangelizing others, winning many souls to Him, and also stir you up in your own walk with Him to live in righteousness, holiness and truth.

Attribution noticeScripture quotations taken from the NASB and from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, unless otherwise noted.

Author's note: Please prayerfully listen to the testimonies of this deaconess and this pastor, and use the Testimony Review Process adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has spoken to them.  For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with  the Lord, whether something is valid or not. For more information on our position, please see Disclaimers.

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Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made



The psalmist said, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (Ps 139:14). It's easy to understand what he meant by "wonderfully made," when you consider all the wonderful aspects of the human body like the eyes and their ability to see, the skin with it's smoothness and ability to feel, the tongue that enables us to speak and taste, the ears and their ability to hear, the lips, reproductive organs, fingers and toes.

Moreover, DNA is another wonderful aspect that God has made, which contains the genetic code. DNA is a fine thread with a spiral-like coil shape found in the nucleus of every cell in your body -- which contains all the information each cell needs in order to function and serves as a tiny blueprint with instructions for what each cell is supposed to do. Merely a single gram of DNA can store 700 terabytes of data! In fact, the entire human body with its estimated 100 trillion diploid cells contains about 150 trillion Gigabytes of data. If you were to uncoil all the DNA in all the cells of your body to form a straight line, and place them all end to end, they would extend for over 744 million miles. Your DNA would stretch to the moon and back over 1000 times. It would reach to the sun and back about 4 times!

Furthermore, the amazing human nose can distinguish 50,000 different smells. Amazingly an adult human body contains 100,000 miles of blood vessels, which would circle the earth four times, and is made up of about seven octillion (7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) atoms.* Just to give you an idea how large that number is, if you were to count to seven octillion, it would take you over thirty-two quintillion years without any sleep to do so. Just think of how many atoms God has arranged inside your body! There are only 9,096 stars visible with the naked eye across the entire sky from earth. If each of the atoms from just one single human body were a star, that would equal seven million times as many stars as scientists estimate there are in our entire universe!** Therefore, the seven octillion atoms in the human body is equal to the number of stars in seven million universes. Put differently, the Lord has given you seven million times as many atoms in your body as there are stars in the universe. He's certainly packed a lot into you! Dear friend, you are much more valuable to God than all the stars in the entire universe.


If each of the seven octillion atoms in the human body were the size of an average apple, and we laid them all on the ground, side-by-side so that there was no ground showing, and they were only one-apple deep, they would cover the entire planet earth 79,701,133,174 times over. We could cover over seventy nine billion planets the size of earth with that many apples!*** There would be no room in our solar system for all those planets. In fact, there would be enough to create a whole galaxy of apple-covered, earth-sized planets. Praise the Lord!

But what did the psalmist mean by "fearfully made"? The Hebrew word for "I am fearfully" is "yare" meaning "cause astonishment and awe: of Yehova himself."  Truly there are aspects of our existence that cause us to be in astonishment and awe of the Lord. Let's consider some of those aspects now. Blood is one of them. It's no wonder that some people faint at the site of blood, the red fluid that performs critical functions like carrying oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout the body. As the Scripture says, "The life of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev 17:11). According to Wikipedia, the average adult has around 5 quarts (~5 litres) of blood. A loss of only 2 quarts or 2 litres (just over 40%) of your blood, will lead to death in most cases without treatment.

The heart is another fearful thing that God has made. It beats about 100,000 times per day and about 35 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, it beats more than 2.5 billion times. Since God has made the heart to beat automatically, He is the one that keeps it beating. You don't even have to think about it. We personally have no ability to make our own hearts continue beating or to make them stop beating, except for those who make the terrible choice of suicide. Since life comes to an end without a beating heart, we should be very grateful to God, whom we are totally dependent upon to keep it pumping.

Likewise, the lungs perform a critical respiratory function, bringing oxygen into the body and exhaling the exhausted air with its toxins. The total length of the airways within the two lungs is 1,500 miles or 2,400 kilometers. Scientists estimate that the total internal surface area of lungs in an adult is about the same as the area on one half of a tennis court. The lungs do their work without our giving it any thought. While we can force ourselves to breath faster or more slowly, we cannot make ourselves continue breathing when respiration stops. Since no person on earth can survive without breathing, and we are dependent on God for every breath we take, that's definitely something that He has fearfully made, which we should be thankful for.

Furthermore, the human brain with all its complexity enables us to think, reason, speak, and remember. Although the brain operates on the same amount of power as a dim, 10-watt light bulb, nerve impulses travel to and from the brain at speeds up to 170 miles per hour, and one single brain cell (not the entire brain) can hold five times more information than any encyclopedia. Scientists estimate the storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. As a point of comparison, it only takes 70 terabytes of memory to store over 900 years of history in the National Archives of Britain. In addition to all of these wonderful aspects of the brain, it is also fearfully made. It does not take much to injure it, and if it is injured traumatically, it can cause severe problems in a person's life, including headaches, seizures, blindness, deafness, personality changes, behavioral changes, memory loss, speech loss or impediment, paralysis, unconsciousness, and even death.

For all of its durability, human life is also very delicate and fragile. Small things like a little bullet, a sword, a knife, a fall, a blunt force, a tiny blood clot, a bacterial infection, or a microscopic virus can easily snuff it out. A person can be here today and gone tomorrow just like that.

However, the physical body parts are not the only things about us that are fearfully made. The soul is another part we need to consider. God is eternal, which means He is without beginning or end, and He has created us in His image (Gen 1:27). When God made us, he created not only a body, but a spirit and a soul. The thing about the soul is that once it is created, it never ceases to exist. While we have a definite point in time when we came into existence, and our mortal life ends at death, we have an immortal soul. Even after physical life ends, the soul continues to live and experience all of the same senses it does while you are alive. It can still feel, taste, touch, see, hear, know, think, and remember as when it was inside the body, but once it leaves the body, the senses become even more acute. This existence goes on throughout eternity forever without end.

It is completely impossible to ever stop a soul from existing. Once it leaves this earth it will exist either in heaven or hell (Psalm 22:26; 23:6; 49:7-9; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Daniel 12:2-3; Matthew 25:46; 1 Corinthians 15:12-19). According to the angel Gabriel's message to Daniel, “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.” (Dan 12:2, NIV). Likewise, Jesus said that the wicked “will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life” (Mt 25:46, NIV).

Whether you go to heaven or hell will depend on what is determined at the judgment seat of Christ. "It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment." (Heb 9:27, NASB 1977). That is an appointment that every one of us has with God, and no matter what you do, you will not miss that appointment. You will appear before God for judgment at the appointed time. When that time comes, you will meet the Lord Jesus Christ in person, whether you believe in Him or not, and whether you lived for Him or not. He already knows the exact day and hour when you will die, even though it is completely unknown to you. It is fixed. And when that moment arrives, there is nothing you can do to stop it. That is when we must give an account to God for everything done while in the body, whether good or bad (2 Cor 5:10; Rom 2:6; 14:12). Your entire life will be played back to you like a movie and you will have to give an account for how you lived, based on God's holy and righteous standard.

In my opinion, this aspect about a soul is one that is fearfully made by God. While you cannot add one single hour to your life on earth (Mt 6:27), you cannot end your existence at any point once you have been created. Even if you end your earthly life through suicide, your soul will not cease to exist. That's why we should fear the Lord. Jesus said, "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him." (Lk 12:5).

Forever is a long time, and hell has no exits. That is why you must repent and believe the gospel. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and trust in His unfailing love. Though each person is worth much more to God than all the stars in the universe, Jesus His Son is exceedingly abundantly more valuable to Him than any other person, and the Father has given Him up to die on the cross as a sacrifice for you. He has raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand. Though it may seem like nobody else loves you, and you don't even love yourself, Jesus loves you. Every breath you take and every heartbeat is from Him. Trust in His grace to save you, and live every day as if it is going to be your last.

In light of all these things, we can surely say to God with the psalmist, "I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well." (Psa 139:14).

Footnotes:
*Each of these atoms has a nucleus comprised of tiny particles known as protons and neutrons. The atomic nucleus is surrounded by electrons orbiting it in complex pathways.

**According to USCB Scienceline, "There are about 10 billion galaxies in the observable universe! The number of stars in a galaxy varies, but assuming an average of 100 billion stars per galaxy means that there are about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (that's 1 billion trillion) stars in the observable universe!"

***This estimate is based on each apple being three inches in diameter, taking up nine square inches of surface area, which is 0.0625 square feet. By multiplying that by seven octillion, it equals four hundred thirty-seven septillion, five hundred  sextillion (437,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) square feet, which is equal to over fifteen quintillion, six hundred ninety-three quadrillion (15,693,153,122,130,395,136) square miles. Then we divide that total number of square miles by the total surface area of planet earth, which is one hundred ninety-six million, nine hundred thousand (196,900,000) square miles, and the result is seventy-nine billion, seven hundred one million, one hundred thirty-three thousand, one hundred seventy-four (79,701,133,174). That is the number of times this planet could be covered in seven octillion apples.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. Other Scriptures taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®.

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like the following other ones: Should you fear the Lord?, The Judgment Seat of Christ, Life After Death, Ezekiel Moses Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Salvation with Fear and Trembling, Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven, James Agboola Revelation of Heaven and Hell, Life is Short; Eternity is NotAvoid Becoming a Corrupted Christian, Covenant Prayer, Dare to Believe, Is Obedience Optional?, Drifting Away, The Law of Christ, and Baptized by Blazing Fire. You may also access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master." 

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Is Contraception a Sin?

Is Contraception a Sin?



In this post I'd like to explore the topic of contraception and seek to answer the question whether or not it is a sin. Of course, Scripture is our sole rule of faith, so we will need to examine what the Bible says on this topic in a moment. But let me preface that by giving you five points to consider like the five cute little toes on the healthy, newborn baby's foot pictured to the left.  So snuggle up on the couch with your spouse, perhaps by the fireplace, and read this together prayerfully.

Five Points to Consider
First of all, up until 1930, no Protestant denomination accepted birth control.  It was not until the Anglican Church at that time compromised and endorsed contraceptive use among married couples that this began to slip into the church.  And the Anglicans have also led the charge in numerous other compromises that have led to great sin in the church, such as blessing homosexual couples, and even ordaining homosexual bishops!  So we should beware of following the lead of the Anglican church on any matter, lest we end up way off course like they have become.

There are still perhaps tens of thousands of non-Catholic Christians who firmly believe it is a sin against Almighty Creator God to use contraception. There are even some anti-contraception movements, one of which is called the Quiverfull movement, which derives its name from the words of Ps 127:3-5, where a blessed man's many children are figuratively spoken of as arrows in a full quiver. Therefore, some Quiverfull people prefer to view what they are doing as a return to an old, biblical ideal, rather than a modern movement. Evidence of its ancient Judeo-Christian roots may still be found in modern Orthodox Judaism, in which abstinence is the only permissible birth control method, except for limited circumstances where contraceptive use may be permitted for health reasons (danger to the mother or to the potential child). Even so, the couple must be committed to eventually fulfilling mitzvah to be fruitful and multiply, since they have an obligation to procreate.

Secondly, you can read an excellent, non-biased article about this on Wikipedia, which is a secular-based online encyclopedia in which anyone can write an article and multiple users can contribute to the same article. The article, entitled Protestant Views on Contraception, presents both sides of the matter.  Rather than quote large sections of the article, I strongly recommend reading it. But here are a few brief quotes:


"In general, most liberal Protestants and Anglicans hold relatively settled views that accept [the] use of contraception, while debate is ongoing among conservative Evangelicals, especially as to which types are and are not acceptable...all major early Protestant Reformers, and indeed Protestants in general until the twentieth century, condemned birth control as a contravention of God's procreative purpose for marriage...As scientists advanced birth control methods during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some Protestants continued to reject them...During the 30 years [after the Anglican Church's first statement permitting birth control], Protestant acceptance of birth control steadily increased."

In fact by 1960 the National Council of Churches declared a liberal policy on the use of contraceptives, which they said should be left up to each couple to decide for themselves.  The article further states:

"Highly conservative Protestants such as Mary Pride, Charles D. Provan, Hess and Hess, and Rachel Scott, argue that Protestants should not have moved away from traditional Protestant views of contraception such as given by Martin Luther and John Calvin. Such modern authors contrast the views of early Reformers who rejected contraception with modern Christians who accept it, and point to primarily feminist, secular, or Satanic influences as causative to the change."

Thirdly, there is also an article called Arrows for War by Kathryn Joyce that presents the views of the people who believe contraception is a sin, including some of the unhealthy extremes found within the movement.

Fourthly, there are also books written on this topic. The gold standard seems to be Rick and Jan Hess's 1989 book, A Full Quiver: Family Planning and the Lordship of Christ, which formed the basis for the establishment of the Quiverfull movement.  According to Kathryn Joyce, the book "argues that God, as the 'Great Physician' and sole 'Birth Controller,' opens and closes the womb on a case-by-case basis. Women's attempts to control their own bodies--the Lord's temple--are a seizure of divine power." (Kathryn Joyce, Arrows for War).

Fifthly, my friend, Yves Nahishakiye in Dublin created a three-and-a-half minute video about this topic, called "God Hates Contraception," which he posted in June 2012, and which is no longer available on the internet since Youtube shut down his account.  The video relies heavily on the passage about Onan, in Genesis 38:9-10, in which he refused to provide offspring for his brother, and instead spilled his seed (semen) on the ground during intercourse with his brother's widow Tamar. He is the only person ever recorded in the Bible to have committed this sin.

Scriptural Basis
The adherents to these viewpoints are seemingly intelligent people who sincerely believe the Bible teaches us that contraception is a sin.  They have based their beliefs on three Scripture passages: Gen 1:28; Gen 38:9-10 (Onan), and Ps 127.

Be Fruitful and Multiply
In the account of Creation, God commanded man to be fruitful and multiply.  The Scripture says, "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'"  (Gen 1:27-28). That commandment has never been revoked by God and is still in force today, and it applies to more than just reproduction of babies. It also applies to making disciples, as I have written about it in my article called Multiplication. You can be sure of this: the devil worries when he sees the disciples of Christ multiplying.

The Great Wickedness of Onan
Then there is the controversial account of Er and Onan in Genesis 38.  I realize there are many views about this passage.  And in the past, I have perhaps always viewed the sin of Onan to be that he refused to fulfill his God-given duty to provide offspring for his brother.  At that time, they did not yet have the Law of Moses to teach them this commandment, yet Judah the patriarch knew this was one of the commandments of God since the Creation, and he commanded his son Onan to enable his brother's widow to multiply.

I have always felt that this refusal to procreate for his deceased brother was the great wickedness for which God put him to death, rather than that he simply used a primitive form of contraception.  Tamar had no children at all, and he refused to give her any. To me that seemed to be different from the broader issue of using a method of controlling child birth with one's wife, if other children had been born already or were planned in the future.  So it seemed like a weak Scriptural basis for prohibiting all forms of birth control under any circumstance. But on the other hand, at the most basic level, it is a clear case of man refusing to obey God's command to be fruitful and multiply, which would have been handed down to Judah from Adam with respect to God's original command to be fruitful and multiply. He apparently engaged in sex for purely selfish reasons to satisfy his own physical desire for pleasure.

Children Are Gifts from God
In Psalm 127, it says that children are a gift of the Lord given as a reward to parents.  They are a blessing from the Lord, like arrows in a man's quiver.

"Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. (Psa 127:1-5)

So children are a gift from God. And it is well known that in any culture it is usually considered rude to refuse a gift from someone.  So it seems the same would apply to refusing a gift from God.  It presents another angle from which to see this from God's viewpoint.  It is not just disobedience to His command (Ge 1:28), but refusal to receive His gifts, precious human beings, which are made in His own image (Ge 1:27).

There are also other Scriptural bases for the position that birth control is sin. Here are some examples.

God Knows, Calls, and Appoints Pre-born Children
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jer 1:5).

God told Jeremiah that He knew him before He formed him in the womb.  This means that God knows us and calls us to His service before we are even born.  He has had a plan and a purpose for each of our lives from before the foundation of the world, which has the potential to change nations. People are foreordained just as Jeremiah was. As Sharon White wrote about her father in The Man Who Talked with Angels, "God has included you in His great unfolding plan, but He will not violate your will. You can choose to experience the joy and excitement of being in partnership with Him." Therefore, if we abort a fetus, we terminate a human life that God knows and has plans for, and if we prevent the conception of that human being, then we change God's perfect plan.

Let the Little Children Come
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Mt 19:14, NIV). The Lord commanded that we should let little children come to Him without hindering them, and that should include unborn babies, too. The Lord loves little children!  They are the very essence of heaven!

To Welcome a Child is to Welcome Jesus
"Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me." (Mar 9:37)

Your Body is Not Your Own
The apostle Paul also said, "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;" (1 Cor 6:19).  Since your body is not your own, and it belongs to God, then it is up to Him to do with it what He pleases. He should be in control of our bodies and their reproductive process, not us.

Present Your Bodies A Living And Holy Sacrifice
Paul also wrote, "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." (Rom 12:1). Since we are to present our bodies to God as a living sacrifice, then we surrender our will to His will and allow Him to do with our bodies whatever He pleases whenever He pleases.

Multiplication is Good Stewardship
In the parable of the talents (Mt 25:14-30), the Master commended as "good and faithful servants" the ones who multiplied the talents they received from Him. However, He condemned as a “wicked, lazy servant” the one who buried his talent in the ground.  While this passage is not specifically about reproduction, it applies to anything God has given us, including money, talents, abilities, gifts, and reproductive seed. The ways of God are the same, regardless of the specific area of life.  Hence, those who multiply their God-given, reproductive seed are considered good and faithful servants, while those who bury their seed are considered wicked and lazy.

The Marriage Bed Must Be Kept Pure
Paul also wrote, "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral." (Heb 13:4).  We must avoid bringing anything into the marriage bed or doing anything in it that would defile it, which I explained in A Warning for Married Christian Couples.

A Man’s Blessed Fountain Must Be Kept Pure
The Scripture refers to a man’s reproductive organ, and that which flows from it, as a fountain. “May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.” (Prov 5:18). It is God's will to bless a man's fountain, but there are certain conditions that must be met in order for Him to do so. For example, he must keep it pure by avoiding all forms of sexual immorality and other acts that defile it.

Women's Child-Bearing Role 
Paul wrote to Timothy, "But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety." (1Ti 2:15, NIV).  The King James Version has it, "she shall be saved in childbearing." Either way you translate it, you have a clear definition of the woman's role being one of bearing children, while continuing in faith, love, and holiness with propriety.  Since that is her God-given role in marriage, then the modern concept of a woman's role as defined by the liberal, secular feminist movement stands in stark contrast to the biblical one. They view prohibitions on birth control as a means to control female sexuality and independence.

God Opens and Closes the Womb
In the Scriptures, we find that just as children are a blessing from the Lord, barrenness is a curse.  And we learn that it is only God who opens and closes the womb.

“He makes the barren woman abide in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!” (Psa 113:9)

“Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.” (Gen 30:22)

"Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD. Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities. (Isa 54:1-3)

“Sarai was barren; she had no child.” (Gen 11:30)

"Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son." (Gen 18:14)

The Scripture says of Hannah that “The LORD had closed her womb. Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. She, greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly.” (1Sa 1:5b-6,10)

“Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren…Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, ‘Give me children, or else I die.’" (Gen 29:31; 30:1)

“Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.” (Gen 25:21)

"There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.” (Exo 23:26)

"You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.” (Deu 7:14)

Also see my articles about the Miraculous Birth of Jesus and The Ways of Life.

Forms of Contraception
There are many forms of birth control today. I will highlight just a few:

Abortion is not actually a form of contraception, or method of preventing conception, but the murder of an unborn baby after it has been conceived in the womb.  This is clearly a sin, since the Lord commands us "You shall not murder." (Ex 20:13). It is estimated that one in four pre-born babies are aborted, and there are approximately 1.21 million abortions in America each year.  The many forms of abortion that are used are horrible and detestable in God's sight. If you have ever committed this sin, then repent and as the Lord to forgive you in the name of Jesus.

Some people also murder babies right after they are born, which is called infanticide and is from the devil.  One type of infanticide is the ancient practice of exposing babies to the elements until they die, which was practiced widely in Greece.  The Israelites also followed the pagan practice of sacrificing their children to Baal, by burning them in the fire on the altar.

The Lord said, "You slaughtered My children and offered them up to idols by causing them to pass through the fire." (Eze 16:21)

"And the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim." (2Ki 17:31)

Another form of infanticide is drowning, as Pharaoh of Egypt once commanded the people to do (Exo 1:22).  Likewise King Herod ordered the slaughter of innocent babies in first-century Palestine around the time of Christ's birth (Mat 2:16).  One thing that both the Lord Jesus and Moses had in common is that God supernaturally rescued them both as babies from attempted infanticide.

God hates the shedding of innocent blood, whether it is in the womb or outside the womb (Proverbs 6:16-19; Deuteronomy 19:10; 2 Kings 24:2-4; Genesis 4:10; Psalm 72:12-14; Ezekiel 35:6)!  If you have ever committed this sin, then repent and as the Lord to forgive you in the name of Jesus.

“Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 18:21)

“The LORD said...‘Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the community are to stone him. . . . by giving his children to Molech, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. . . . If the people of the community close their eyes when that man gives one of his children to Molech . . . I will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him...” (Leviticus 20:1-5)

Barrier methods are ones which form a barrier that blocks the sperm from reaching the womb, where they would otherwise be able to fertilize the woman's egg.  They include such things as condoms, female condoms (femidoms), intrauterine devices (i.e., IUD, coil), and diaphragms (a cervical cap shaped like a dome that covers the female cervix), which typically also involve a spermicidal gel that inhibits sperm from traveling to the uterus where they could otherwise fertilize an egg. When barriers are used, the semen is captured in the condom or diaphragm and either thrown in the trash can or washed down the drain.  This ultimately has the same net result as spilling a man's seed on the ground as Onan did (Gen 38:9-10).  Incidentally, in Judaism, it is well-established that methods that destroy the seed or block its passage are not permitted, thus condoms are not permitted for birth control.

My wife did some research on the IUD, also known as a coil, which is a device placed inside the uterus to prevent pregnancy. She discovered that this device can cause an abortion, and probably does so more than we realize. While it is not clear how the IUD prevents pregnancy, some articles state that it either prevents ovulation or simply destroys the sperm by means of the copper or hormones contained in it (depending on which type is used). However, what some of these articles do not even mention is that the copper or hormones inside of it cause the thinning in the uterus lining, which prevents an already fertilized egg (which is a living human being) from implanting into the uterus wall so that it can begin to grow and develop.  This is abortion. This device has also been used to abort a fertilized egg after conception, as it is inserted by a physician after intercourse.

Something else to consider about all of these various barriers is that they are artificial, man-made implements that you are putting in your body. In fact, the side effects of using a diaphragm (also called occlusive pessary) include risks of increased vaginal discharge, vaginal irritation, ulceration, bleeding, and dyspareunia (painful intercourse for the male or female).  Likewise, spermicides used with these cervical domes can cause painful irritation during intercourse. You have to pray and ask God whether all these artificial things are the property of satan, in which case you would be defiling the marriage bed by using them. If you have sinned, then repent.

There are also birth control pills, which are hormone-based drugs that prevent a woman from ovulating, or producing an egg. These chemicals keep her from experiencing the normal phases of fertility, so she is unable to conceive a child. But as with all forms of birth control, it is not one hundred percent effective.  It can also result in abortion of a baby within the womb (Ex 20:13), as well as birth defects in the event that a child is born while using the pill or after stopping its use.  It has adverse side-effects on a woman's mind, relationships, and body, and may even lead to breast cancer in women.

Coitus interruptus is also known as the withdrawal or pull-out method, which Onan used to spill his seed on the ground, and for which God struck him dead (Gen 38:9-10). It is understood that this method involves masturbation in order to complete the act. This is also a sin, even if done to you by your spouse, as I wrote about in A Warning for Married Christian Couples.

There are also morning-after pills, which is an emergency form of contraception that causes a spontaneous abortion of the newly conceived child in the womb, when taken the morning after sexual intercourse.  This is also murder, whenever an unborn baby is killed by this chemical.

Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure on a woman's fallopian tubes that renders her infertile, so that her eggs can no longer pass from her ovaries each month into her womb. 

Vasectomy is a surgery that renders a man sterile by cutting his vas deferens, so that his semen no longer contains sperm.  In Kathryn Joyce's article, Arrows for War, she tells of a man named Christopher Scott, who was concerned about finances after his wife Rachel gave birth to their fourth child. His pastor was urging him to get a vasectomy.  Christopher saw a warrior angel in his dream. A "large...warrior angel" with a flaming sword that he pointed at Christopher's genitals, telling him, "Do not change God's plan." Afterward I assume he cancelled the surgery, because his wife became a Quiverfull activist.

Natural Family Planning
Natural Family Planning (NFP) involves a woman daily tracking on a chart throughout each month her signs and symptoms, such as basal body temperature, mucous secretions, and number of days since her last menstruation, in order to determine when she is fertile. There is a rhythm of sterility and fertility, and women only ovulate once per menstrual cycle. So the couple can determine to either avoid sexual relations when she is fertile, or else target those fertile days, if they are trying to get pregnant. 

This method is based on abstinence and self-control, against which there is no law. Even the apostle Paul said that there are times where a married couple may agree to abstain from sexual relations for a period of time for the purpose of devotion to prayer (1 Cor 7:5).

I personally don't really see anything wrong with this method, as long as it is not used to completely prevent having any children, and is rather used to wisely plan the timing of when they are conceived, as well as the size of the family. We have used this method ourselves

My Own Journey and Opinion
Len Lacroix as a baby in 1966
I have been married for twenty-one years to my lovely wife Jennifer, and we have five precious children, who are all gifts from God.  We are so thankful for each one of them, and they are truly blessings to us. They glorify the Lord in so many ways both privately and publicly, such as their lovely artwork and poems posted on A Brush with Life and Verses to the King. In fact, I am writing this article on the sixth birthday of our fifth child, and on my twenty-ninth spiritual birthday.

I myself am the youngest of nine children. When I was a teenager, I once wished I had never been born. But when I later came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, The Truth Set Me Free! I was filled with love, joy, and thanks to God for giving me life! Sometimes in our moments of spiritual blindness, we question God's wisdom in creating us or other human beings, but when we enter into His presence we see His perfect wisdom in it all.

I very clearly recall the day in the summer of 2008 when Jennifer informed me that she was pregnant with our fifth child, which was a surprise due to contraceptive failure.  We had sold our home and most of our other property in 2006 in preparation to go overseas as missionaries.  We had moved into a two-bedroom apartment with all four of our children in one room and my own office squeezed into our bedroom.  I had left the lucrative corporate world, and we were living on savings, as well as a meager income from a new self-employed marketing job I was doing from home. In the two years since we began preparing to go to the mission field, we had been unable to raise more than a small percentage of our necessary financial support.

Now we were at the point where we had to make a decision to go or not to go to the mission field of Eastern Europe, which we knew God had called us to.  And I was already worried we wouldn't be able to go due to our terrible financial situation.  So when Jennifer shared the news of her fifth pregnancy with me, I battled with intense spiritual warfare.  The devil tried to bind me with fear, doubt, and unbelief.  I suddenly felt so depressed! The battle lasted about two hours, during which time I was mostly silent. But in the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord made me victorious that day!

I overcame those temptations with the Lord's help as I began to do what I knew the Scripture commanded me to do. It says to give thanks in all things and praise the Lord at all times. So I repented for giving place to the enemy and not being joyful when Jennifer told me the good news of her pregnancy.  Then I told her that we needed to just begin to thank God and praise Him with all our hearts for everything we could think of, including this child in her womb.  As we did, the Lord lifted me out of the pit and set my feet on the rock to stay.  Hallelujah! I found strength in the Lord my God! The darkness lifted as the demons departed from me. 

As it was, we later prayed and fasted about whether to go to the mission field, and the Lord clearly told us He would support us, and that we should just go.  So when our board heard that, they unanimously approved us to go, which we did in October 2008 (without having the necessary financial support).  The baby was born in Hungary in 2009, and the Lord provided for the entire childbirth.  We lacked nothing and He has continued to provide for us since then.  We are so thankful for that child and he brings so much joy to our lives.  I hope that testimony encourages someone who may be worried that they cannot afford to have children.  God always provides.

Therefore, I humbly submit to you that even if someone does not share this point of view, they should not say it is of the devil simply because they don't believe it.  They should understand that it is a sincerely held belief of tens of thousands of Christians, just as they hold their own sincere belief that contraception is not a sin.  And we will all have to give an account to God for our actions.

In fact, the belief that contraception is a sin was the original view of the Church, based on the divine revelation of God's inspired Word, and the acceptance of birth control only came within the past hundred years, during the twentieth century. The acceptance of birth control within the Church all began with a compromise by the liberal, Anglican Church. And if the Church had not followed their lead, it would not have ever gone astray from its historical viewpoint on birth control. 

The Bible as a whole speaks of contraception and infertility in negative terms. So if contraception is not good, why do it? If infertility is not good, why induce it artificially? Usually it is because we see some immediate or long-term advantage, or because of fear, doubt, and unbelief. Yet we fail to remember that the Lord is our Helper and the One who sustains us.  He is our Provider. He gently leads those with young.  Contraception and infertility are not gifts from God, but rather children are gifts from Him. He has commanded us to be fruitful and multiply.

So this anti-contraception message should not be viewed as new, eccentric, heretical, demonic, or what have you, but as another point of view that may in fact be the truth. And it may be that the false view from satan is the one that allows contraception and says it is not a sin. He is the sly devil who always tells people that what God says is sin is not a sin.  So it is the ones who are claiming that artificial contraception is not a sin who should be viewed as defending the devil. They are actually the real newcomers on the block.

Since this is a very serious matter that could have eternal consequences for your soul and that of your spouse, you owe it to yourself to take this to the Lord in prayer and be sure you hear from Him on it. Pray that the Holy Spirit will expose anything hidden in your life that must go. Repent and believe, for the kingdom of heaven is near. Jesus Christ is coming right away, but He is only coming for the holy ones, so we need to prepare ourselves. Any changes you make should be out of total love for Jesus, understanding Who He is and who you are in Him. Your attitude should be that because you love Him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, you will do whatever pleases Him by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. Most other Scriptures taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, unless otherwise noted. "Jesus Loves the Little Children," "Little Precious Ones," and "All God's Children" © 2012 Danny Hahlbohm, all rights reserved by the artist. The images of the baby's foot in Daddy's hand and the baby on Daddy's rocking chair are property of Leonard Lacroix and may not be used without permission. The image of the baby's hand is from an unknown source found online. If you know the source, or if it is yours, please notify me so I may give proper credit.

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like God's Amazing Plan for Your LifeA Warning for Married Christian Couples, Fearfully and Wonderfully MadeMultiplication, The Ways of Life, The Rise of Antichrists, Ibrahim's Experience in Hell, The Judgment Seat of Christ, Miraculous Birth of Jesus, A Trip to Hell, The Forgotten Sin of Worldliness, Ezekiel Moses Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Is Obedience Optional?, Holy Living in a Perverted World, Avoid Becoming a Corrupted Christian, An Open Mind that Loves the Truth, Sins That Will Keep You From Heaven, Restored Truth, Pleasing the Lord, Testing the Spirits of False Prophets, A Warning to the Nay Sayers, and the other posts on the home page. You may also access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.