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Tenth Sunday of Kingdomtide Nov 9
07
Nov
Time, Truth, and Education –God places great value on time, both past, present, and future. We must remember past events and learn from them, we must experience His presence in the present through celebrating the past, and we must look forward to the future when He will fulfill what He promised. God told the Jews to celebrate three events as a way of doing that and to do it forever. Many say we are not under the law any longer and do not have to celebrate them, however that is only partially true. They were designed to teach the major tenets of the faith. By celebrating them, it reminded the Jews of what God had done and showed them what God would do. They continued to celebrate them, but forgot the meaning of them, so they did not recognize Jesus when He came. God has fulfilled two of the celebrations so we no longer look forward to their fulfillment, yet they should now be a part of our experience and worth celebrating. We celebrate our birth, why not celebrate being born again. We celebrate when God gave the law to guide the Jews, why not celebrate when the Holy Spirit came into our lives and became our teacher and guide. I am glad Jesus came to save me and that the Holy Spirit came to guide me, and I celebrate those events. Do you? God has not fulfilled Rosh Hosanna. Jesus said he will come again and take those who are His, to be with Him. However, He said if we are not ready when He comes, we will be left behind, so it is important to remember that He is coming and to be ready. How can we be ready, if we don’t remind ourselves that He is coming. If we forget, we will not be ready and we will be left behind like the Jews that forgot He was coming the first time. Just about everything I do is designed to prepare myself and those who are willing to listen, to walk with Jesus. What do you spend most of your time for? Time is important. The time to prepare is now. When time ends, there won’t be a second chance.
study course-Reaching the Lost
07
Nov
Jesus told His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, starting in Jerusalem. Often churches today send out missionaries to far off lands but fail to reach those who live near the church. Many church members tell me they would like to reach those around them but don’t know how. Pastors are often not taught how in seminary. When I approach churches about supporting neighborhood evangelism, they often aren’t interested. As a social Worker and pastor, I have often been asked by churches to help them develop programs to help those in need, both spiritually and physically. I have been working to reach the lost and helping churches to minister to the needy for over 50 years. We are currently offering our course “Reaching the Lost” for free until 12/8/2025 to the first 100 who sign up at referral code https://www.udemy.com/course/reaching-the-lost/?couponCode=DE2D88C
The Courts-B-L
07
Nov
We are seeing courts that are way out of their jurisdiction. Courts are to mitigate disputes and enforce laws, however courts are taking upon themselves to try to run the government. We saw it before when a district court claimed it had jurisdiction to halt acts of the President. The Constitution only authorizes one court to have jurisdiction over the President and that is the Supreme Court. District courts are restricted to their district and cannot make rulings that apply nationwide. Other district courts may cite their rulings in cases applying to their district but are not compelled to. The Supreme Court reprimanded the district courts for exceeding their authority but it has not stopped them from trying. Now a district court has ordered the President to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. First of all, the President is a higher authority then the District court and doesn’t have to take orders from District courts and second, the courts can’t just tell him to pay the benefits without legislative approval. The courts cannot authorize government expenditures. That is reserved for Congress. President Trump worked out with the Dept of Agriculture to pay the October benefits from their emergency fund and secured private donations to pay partial benefits during November in the hope that the Democrats will end their childish refusal to approve the budget until they get the added funds they want. The President can’t just authorize expenditures without Congressional authorization though President Biden did it openly in clear violation of the Constitution which is why we are in the financial mess we are in. The courts have no authority to force the President to solicit private funds to pay the governments bills until the Democrats give in. The benefits have to be authorized by Congress and there is no authorization until Congress approves the budget or an emergency authorization. Republicans have floated bills to pay the armed services, the federal employees, the air traffic controllers, SNAP recipients and others until they can get the budget passed but Democrats have refused to approve them because it would weaken the leverage they have to blackmail the Republicans into approving vast new expenditures.
Politics-AB-BD
31
Oct
Democrats complain President Trump is putting a ballroom into the Whitehouse. Others did all kinds of renovations for at far more cost, all at taxpayer expense, and nobody said anything. In fact, Trump is using his money and donations from private donors with no tax money. While they put in ball courts and other frivolous things, he is putting in a place to hold State dinners. It is shameful that the United States, the largest most powerful nation in the world, has to erect a tent on the lawn or rent a hall someplace with all the cost and problems of security, if they want to host a State dinner or other major affair. President Trump isn’t doing it for his own enjoyment, he is doing it for the good of the country. He serves without pay and generally looks out for the good of the American people. He has sacrificed a great deal to take a job that continually causes him grief and he has been constantly been slandered by liberal politicians and media. While he makes mistakes, he is only human, his desire appears to be to help the American people. I don’t agree with him on some things but I feel he is doing what he feels is needed to restore the American dream for Americans. President Biden left him a terrible mess financially and socially and he has had to take measures no President should have to take to keep the country afloat. I have seen many presidents but never one as generous as President Trump.
Ninth Sunday of Kingdomtide-B Nov 2
31
Oct
Relation of M-F -Men are by nature bigger and stronger than women. To those of the world, that means that men can dominate women and use them for their pleasure. However, God created men and women to be different so they could best fulfill what they needed to do. God created men bigger and stronger, and more independent so they could protect women and provide for them. God gave women the ability to bear children and care for numerous children, the sick, and aging parents. It was not meant to be something of domination by the stronger but a pooling of abilities between two equals. People have distorted that to fit their warped desires. With modern technology, a lot of jobs have opened to women that were formerly closed to them allowing them to expand into new areas but that was not always so. You can’t go hunting for days on end or go to war dragging a child who is still nursing. God knew what He was doing but man has twisted it for his own benefit. Feminists in the early 20th Century fought hard to gain the right to walk with their husbands as equals but modern feminists care only about themselves and in their push to become dominant over men, are destroying many of the gains that early feminists fought so hard to win.
Ninth Sunday of Kingdomtide-A Nov 2
31
Oct
Relationship of men/women God chose to create woman from man’s rib. It meant that she was a part of him and not just a separate being that might like to hang around him to have a good time. They shared a bond that drew them together. While God created them different so they could each do what God created them for, they were of the same flesh and were meant to share a bond with each other. God created in men and women an attraction for each other so they would seek meaningful relationships between them. God didn’t create women from men’s feet so he could dominate her or from his head so she could dominate him. They were to be equals working together. The competition and conflict between the sexes we see today is contrary to God’s design, just as the domination of women by men common outside Christian and Jewish circles is contrary to God’s design. It is important that the church train young people in developing a loving relationship and that Christian couples model a loving relationship before their children and others.
Economics-III-C-C
27
Oct
We saw the same thing with welfare. When I worked for the welfare department back in the 1970’s, many of those on welfare did not want to go to work because most jobs available to them paid less than they got on welfare. I encouraged them to get starter jobs which would reduce their welfare check but their pay plus the remaining welfare assistance would be more than the welfare alone. However, the other welfare workers discouraged them from getting low pay starter jobs because the workers had to refigure the client’s checks every month which was a lot of extra work. When politicians realized that people were making no effort to get off welfare, they realized they had to limit the time that clients could get assistance, or the clients would never make any effort to get off welfare. Now Democrats are pushing for a guaranteed minimum income. It would encourage those earning under the minimum amount to quit work since they would still receive the income which would be more than if they worked. It would also increase the control of Democrats who continually tell those receiving government subsidies that if Republicans get in power, they will abolish the program so the people receiving subsidies will continue to vote for Democrats.
Economics-III-C-B
27
Oct
During covid, we saw in a small way why socialism is attractive and why it is destructive. The government expanded unemployment to help those out of work. That is a noble gesture designed to help people. The government also extended small business loans to help businesses continue paying the salaries of their workers while laid off, however there was a very angry reaction of workers against those businesses that got the small business loans because the workers could receive more from unemployment than they were making while working and they didn’t have to work for the unemployment. Socialism creates the same problem. Why work if you get paid anyway and if you have to work, there is no incentive to work longer hours because you do not receive anything extra. Therefore, the first do not work at all and the second work only as much as they are required. That is why socialism always fails and results in poverty for everyone. Everyone wants to take but very few want to give and those willing to give don’t give anymore than the minimum required.