From the pastor down the road…

 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:   And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Genesis 26:6-7  


This is a textbook case of “like father, like son”. Like his father before him – who twice said his wife Sarah was his sister while amongst pagan inhabitants – Isaac says the same concerning his wife, Rebekah. Why did Isaac say this? The same reason Abraham did – fear. 

One thing we can appreciate about the Bible, is that it is an honest Book. It makes no attempt to cover up the sin and human frailty of its heroes. Noah’s drunkenness; David’s adultery; Moses’s murder; Solomon’s idolatry; Jonah’s rebellion – and Abraham & Isaac’s cowardice – is plainly recorded for all to see.

Of course, the Bible in no way glamorizes or excuses such conduct; but it does point it out to show that imperfect people are all God has to use – and uses them, He does. Despite their sin, Noah is called righteous (Ezk 14:14); the Messiah is called “The Son of David” (Mt 21:9); Moses appears with Jesus on the mount (Mk 9:4); Solomon is acknowledged by Jesus for His wisdom (Mt 12:42); Jonah is acknowledged by Jesus as a preacher of repentance (Lk 11:32); Abraham is called our father in the faith (Rom 4) and Christians are called “children of the promise” – like Isaac (Gal 4:28).

These things – and many more – are recorded for us, that we might learn from them and not make the same mistakes (1Cor 10:6-12). We ought never try to justify ourselves by saying, ‘Well, _____ did that in the Bible and God forgave them, so I’m alright.” No, we are never to justify sin. However, we are to take comfort in the fact, that there is forgiveness in Christ when we confess our sin and repent (1Jn 1:9-2;2). God doesn’t throw us away. 

Cowardice is a sin, like any other (Rev 21:8). Though Abraham and Isaac were great men of faith; they nevertheless failed in this area. Yet, they were still used mightily of God; and we will still sit down with them in the Kingdom (Mt 8:11). 

As born-again saints, we are covenant children of God – and He does not take covenant lightly. He will never leave us nor forsake us. If we sin, we confess it and turn from it – but we don’t quit. We come boldly unto the throne of grace to find help in our time of need. God will forgive and restore. His gifts and callings are without repentance; and His purpose and plan for us remains. Don’t count yourself out; nor let the enemy count you out – for God doesn’t count you out.

In HIS Love,
Pastor J.D. Link

Abundant Grace Fellowship Church, Blanco,Texas

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Job 19:25-27 “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold…”

Despite all of his afflictions; his seemingly unjust sufferings; his hurt & confusion; his unanswered questions – Job KNEW something. He knew – some 4,000 years ago – what we need to know today. In fact, we can – and ought – to know it much better than Job did; seeing we are in the New Covenant and have the Apostolic writings.

Job knew he had a Redeemer. He knew that his Redeemer lives. He knew that his Redeemer will stand on the earth at the last day. He knew, that even though he would die and be buried – and worms eat the flesh off his bones – yet, in a body, he would see God for himself.

In this ancient book, we find exactly the truth contained in the New Testament. Jesus Christ is God incarnate (in the flesh – Jn 1:1, 14; 1Tim 3:16). He is our Redeemer (Rom 3:24, Eph 1:7, Heb 9:12). He is alive (Rom 6:9, Rev 1:18). He will stand on this earth in the last day (Zec 14:4, Mt 25:31-33, Rev 19:11-16, 20:4). No matter how long we’ve been dead or how rotten our corpse – we will be given glorified, resurrected bodies (1Cor 15:51-52, 1Thess 4:13-17, Philp 3:20-21, Col 3:4). We shall see Him (Mt 5:8, Jn 17:24, 1Cor 13:12, 1Jn 3:2).

How did Job know this? I don’t know, other than inspiration of The Holy Spirit. He had the inward witness of it. It was real to him and was his hope in life and death. 

This is a good example to us today. Perhaps we’re not experiencing suffering to the degree Job did, or Paul did, or many of the other saints. Nevertheless, we’re all suffering to some degree or another. Yet, like Job, in our suffering we KNOW something very real and very important. Jesus our God and Redeemer lives and is coming back to this earth. Even if we die before hand, He will resurrect us and give us eternal, glorious bodies just like He has. We will be vindicated. It is He who justifies us (Rom 8:31-39). 

We are victorious now and forever. We win in life or death. No matter how things look or what we’re experiencing, we know the victory is our in Jesus Christ. Don’t let hopelessness and despair overcome you. You have a Redeemer and Savior, ready to come and give you eternal rewards. These are the promises and this is the hope of the saints. KNOW this.

In HIS Love,
Pastor J.D. Link

Thank you, Pastor, J.D.!
I would only add a couple of passages from the Hebrew Scriptures, i.e., Isaiah 53:1-12, and Isaiah 61:1-11, which Yeshua read from the scroll on a Sabbath day in the local synagogue, claiming that it was fulfilled in their presence that day! HalleluYah!

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 “The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.” 

Psalms 89:11

The Coming Global Destruction

By Pastor J.D. Link, November 2019

            Psalms 89:11 – “The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.” The Leftist, Progressive Socialists are ramping up their “climate change” hysteria yet again; with their Green New Deal and claims of global destruction in twelve years, if we don’t “do something”. Though countless predictions by these global warming doomsday hysterics have come and gone for decades; they remain undeterred in the promotion of the climate change farce. Yes, it is a farce – a fraud; sham; absurdity and nonsensical lie. 

            In Romans 1:19-22, we find that those who deny God the Creator become vain in their imaginations; their foolish hearts become darkened; and (though they be fools) they profess themselves to be wise. Read the rest of the chapter, for it all goes downhill from there. They are willfully ignorant (2Peter 3:5).

            God made this earth (Gen 1:1) and it is His (Ps 24:1, 50:12, Ex 9:29, 19:5, Dt 10:14, Job 41:11). This earth will remain as long as He wants it to remain; and as long as it does remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease (Gen 8:22). 

            At God’s appointed time – and not before then – He is going to “fold up this earth like a garment” (Heb 1:10-12) and put it away. He is going to set this earth on fire and consume everything in it (2Pt 3:10). This is when global destruction will occur and there is not a single thing any individual, nation, or the U.N. can do to prevent it. Like the flood of Noah, it’s going to happen. All one can do to prepare for it is get right with Jesus.

            Of course, if one’s faith is in climate change “science” and not in God, then they will reject the Biblical version of “global warming”. However, I would encourage them to ask, “What exact ‘science’ do I have faith in?” For instance, we often hear, “90+ % of scientists believe in climate change” – but what does that mean? Does it mean 90+ % of scientists believe a global, catastrophic event is a few years away unless we all stop driving cars running our A/C? Not even close. The statistics are biased and skewed at best. It is merely theory and speculation – a million miles from any factual evidence. 

Though I would be called a “climate change denier” (which I’m fine with), this does not mean I don’t believe the climate changes. It always has. So what? What I deny is that my gas-burning truck, grill, generator, stove – or having my A/C on 74 – is doing ANYTHING to impact the climate. I deny if all of us stopped using these things today, it would make an ounce of difference. If the government wants to get onto anyone, they should start with themselves. If anyone is causing “climate change”, it’s them and their idiotic attempts to block out the sun  by spraying the atmosphere with heavy metal poison. Oh, you don’t believe in “chemtrails”? Time to learn.

Click here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/07/bill-gates-funded-solar-geoengineering-could-help-stop-global-warming.html

https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

“Climate change”, as promoted by the Left, is nothing more than a hysterical, junk science, ideological, manufactured crisis intended to rob individuals of personal freedom; control their lives through force and swell the government to epic proportions.

Being concerned about the climate is like being concerned about the sun rising – it is a waste of time. What could we do about the sun not rising? About as much as we can do about the climate. I believe Jesus Christ. I believe the Bible. I believe God not only made this planet (Heb 11:3) – but preserves it, as well (Neh 9:6, Heb 1:3). I believe it will endure just fine – like it has since its creation – right up to the day He destroys it and makes a new one. If God said He’s going to destroy it – that means man can’t and won’t. 

I would encourage us to spit out the Kool-Aid and get off the bogus bandwagon of climate change hysteria. The disciples of Christ have a real cause and real mandate – and it isn’t to save “mother earth”. It’s to love, worship, honor and obey Father God and Jesus Christ.

 J.D.  Link is the founder and pastor of Abundant Grace Fellowship Church in  Blanco, Texas. He is a native Texan, born in Corpus Christi and raised  on Garner Park near Leakey. After serving four years in the U.S Coast  Guard, he moved to Blanco with his wife and children and met the Living  God, The Lord Jesus Christ. After being born again, baptized with the  Holy Spirit and called to preach; he moved to Colorado Springs and  attended Andrew Wommack’s Charis Bible College.  Upon graduating two  years later, the Lord called him back to Blanco to establish Abundant  Grace Fellowship in 2003. Pastor Link’s desire as a pastor-teacher is to  see people thoroughly rooted and grounded in their faith through a love  for, and diligent study of, the Truth – which is the Word of God. 

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From the pastor down the road…

“In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.”

Psalms 120:1-2

Certainly the righteous can relate to David in this prayer song. We are bombarded with lying lips and deceitful tongues 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whether it be on our phones, TV’s, radios or newspapers (although, not many read those anymore) – we are perpetually fed a steady diet of fakery, falsehoods, fabrications, fallacies, fables and fiction.

The mainstream media pawn themselves off as news outlets; but in reality, they are nothing more than propaganda peddlers. They don’t report the news – they make the news. Instead of simply stating all the facts, they are fed their “facts” from their deep state overlords; and then spoon-feed those lies to the public. Of course, there is usually a dab of truth in their “stories”; for a spoon-full of fact helps the bucket of fable go down.

The msm are salesmen. They’re a business with a bottom line – and their business is to manipulate the public into believing what they want us to believe and prop up their antichrist masters. They have proved themselves unreliable, untrustworthy and unapologetically unethical time and time again. They demonize anyone who doesn’t buy what they’re selling, accusing them of following “fake news” & “conspiracy theories”; while they are, in fact, the fake news, theorists and conspirators. I suppose they haven’t read the Bible:

Proverbs 6:16-19  These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.

Isaiah 5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil…

Proverbs 17:15  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Revelation 21:8  … all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

What do we do about this? For starters, stop watching the mainstream news. There are plenty of independent news sources on the internet to get caught up on what’s happening, without being indoctrinated with antichrist philosophy. Lies lay around on the ground to be easily picked up; but truth has to be dug for.

Next, as in the above verse, pray to God for deliverance from lying lips and deceitful tongues. Pray for a great awakening in our nation, that the people may see the truth. Pray genuine, fact-stating, truth-telling news outlets would come to the forefront; and that journalist with integrity would be heard. Last, but certainly not least, spend time reading, studying and meditating on the eternal truth of God’s Word – which is the real news and the good news. The only brainwashing the saints ought to subject themselves to is the “washing of the water of the Word” (Eph 5:26).

In HIS Love,
Pastor J.D. Link
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‘Look! Here’s the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’

“At that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look! Here’s the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ don’t believe him. For there will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing great miracles — amazing things! — so as to fool even the chosen, if possible. So if people say to you, ‘Listen! He’s out in the desert!’ don’t go; or, ‘Look! He’s hidden away in a secret room!’ don’t believe it. For when the Son of Man does come, it will be like lightning that flashes out of the east and fills the sky to the western horizon.” ‭‭

Matthew 24‬:‭23‬-‭24‬, ‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭CJB‬‬

Cheryl Magness issues a warning in the article linked below, which The Federalist thought enough of to publish. We should all take note…

The Asbury Revival Is A Reminder Of The Blessings And Dangers Of ‘Mountaintop Experiences’

BY: Cheryl Magness

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

“Something remarkable is happening in Wilmore, Kentucky.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, as daily chapel was wrapping up at Asbury University, a private Christian college in Wilmore, one student stood up and continued speaking. That small act led to other students staying in chapel and not leaving as they normally would. Over a week later, that chapel service is ongoing, with people flocking from around the world to join in what is increasingly being described as a “revival.””

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https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/17/the-asbury-revival-is-a-reminder-of-the-blessings-and-dangers-of-mountaintop-experiences/

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From the pastor down the road…

“Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.”
Philippians 4:1
Stand firmly in The Lord. Stand firmly on His Word. Don’t be moved off Jesus- The Truth, Way & Life. Though Satan come to us with “Hath God said?” – we will, like our Lord Jesus say, “It is written!”

Hath God said, that He forms us in the womb and knows us from the womb (Ps 139:13-17, Jer 1:5)? That children are a blessing (Ps 127:3-5)? That He hates the hands that shed innocent blood (Prv 6:16-17)? That sacrificing children is an abomination (Dt 12:31)?

Hath God said, that we have the right and duty to arm ourselves and defend ourselves (Lk 22:36, Neh 4:13-14, 1Tim 5:8)?

Hath God said, that there are two genders (Gen 1:27, Mt 19:4, Mk 10:6)? That it is an abomination for a man to dress as a woman, and vice versa (Dt 22:5)? That LGBT is sin (Lev 18:22, 20:13, Rom 1:26-27, Jude 1:7)? That adultery is forbidden (Ex 20:14, Gal 5:19-21)?

Hath God said, that marriage is between a man and woman (Gen 2:21-24, Mt 19:4-6, Eph 5:22-33)? That only the marriage bed is pure and any sex outside of it He will judge (Heb 13:4)? That the marriage union is not to be broken, except by death (Rom 7:2), adultery (Mt 19:9) or abandonment by an unbelieving spouse (1Cor 7:15)?

Hath God said, that He establishes nations and their borders (Act 17:26)? That building protective walls is a good work (Neh 2:17-18, Prv 25:28)? That the eternal city of God, the New Jerusalem, is surrounded by walls great and high, of which non-citizens cannot enter (Rev 21)? That immigrants must follow the laws of the land (Ex 12:49, Lev 24:22, Num 15:16)?

Hath God said, that he who will not work should not eat (2Thess 3:10)? That we’re to eat our own bread, not someone else’s (2Thess 3:12)? That to covet and steal the property and possessions of someone else is a sin (Ex 20:15, 17)? That our giving to the truly needy is to be free-will and not compulsory (2Cor 9:7)?

Hath God said, that we are to obey Him above all else – including unlawful government mandates (Act 5:29, 4:19, Dan 3 & 6, Rev 14:9-12)? 

These address but a few things considered “political” issues. However, as we have seen, they are first biblical issues; moral issues. As Christians, we are to derive our stance on social/political issues from God’s Word. Some things are clear-cut, while others take a little more study – but God speaks. What He speaks is truth (Jn 17:17). When He has spoken, we are not to say – as Satan and his children do – “Hath God said?” Yes, God has said – and if we’re children of God, what He says is what we live by (Mt 4:4).

In HIS Love,
Pastor J.D. Link
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Story of Faith, Love and a Positive Attitude

[We want to share a post from a dear friend of ours, Bob Reed. We have all been through a lot over the last couple of years; we thought Bob’s reflections were encouraging and inspirational. We hope you enjoy it! We hope to pick up our blogposts again soon!]

Thinking back recently, I relived the past. I remembered a short few years while growing up in Austin and how mom and dad, teachers, classmates, Boy Scouts, church and the Navy shaped my life. 

USS Canberra CAG2 Guided Missile Cruiser

Parents and adults, remember how important this is. Let’s make every effort to use this as an example. Through very hard times my awesome brother, Danny and I were taught by our loving mom and dad, school teachers, Boy Scouts and church to be thankful, patient, keep a good attitude and to love and help others. Mom taught us the value of believing and trusting in God. Dad during very hard financial times held down 2 jobs, but always took time for us. They both opened our home and dad’s small wood working shop to the neighborhood. They reached out to the neighborhood kids, my brother and I, teaching the many skills we needed in life and the meaning of love and respect for one another. From this example of love, my brother, many others and myself have been blessed beyond measure.

I am Robert Reed. This is a story how faith, trust, perseverance and a positive attitude can change our lives.

I can’t remember not knowing Jesus and have been blessed so very much because He was in my life.  He will protect and open doors for us. However we may be tested. We need to be patient, keep Christ and joy in our heart and not give up.

In the 1950’s all healthy males at that time were required to serve in the military. A friend, Roland Rivera a high school classmate in my junior year convinced me how it made since to join the Navy Reserve to avoid draft after graduating. It required approval of my parents. I joined. We met once a week at the Navy Reserve on Barton Springs Road.

After high scool graduation, I was placed as a Radarman on the USS Canberra, a guided Missile Cruiser in Norfolk, Virginia. It was selected by the President to sail around the world in 8 months to 30 countries on a people to people world cruise to bring our world closer together in friendship. 

Radarmen worked in a 60-degree area because the electronic equipment required it. I was barely settled in and told by my officers that new sailors had to serve 3 months mess-cooking duties. I thought working in the kitchen couldn’t be that hard. Wrong! The Canberra had around 1600 men. Meals for the enlisted men were served on 2 sides of the ship around the serving kitchen. At the end of one of those sides, I was given the 90 day job by myself of washing dishes 3 meals a day 7 days a week for around 600 sailors and help clean up the area afterwards. The scullery was very hot, tiny, no windows and not air-conditioned. I don’t like heat. However I attempted to keep a good attitude and thinking it doesn’t get worse than this. Wrong.

Starting the world cruise, we headed South on a wonderfully cool snowy day in Norfolk towards the Caribbean. As the days passed the hot alkaline soap I used to brush each tray ate into my hands. I still attempted to stay joyful thinking it can’t get worse. Wrong! 

As we sailed farther South closer and closer to the Equator on the way to the Panama Canal, it got hotter and hotter. Remember, I don’t like heat. My hands were really suffering from the hot alkaline soapy water and were starting to bleed around the fingernails. Working in the scullery was such a miserable experience. Again, attempting to stay joyful, I thought this was as bad as it gets. Wrong!

We hit a major storm. Our massive ship over 2 football fields long and about as wide as a football field is wide, started rocking heavily. Hot soapy alkaline water mixed with nasty food was sloshing out of the scullery and all over me along with the heat.  Wow!  I thought, could it ever get worse than this? No, it just can’t!  Wrong again!

As the major storm increased and the ship increased it’s pitching and rolling, much of the ships crew got very seasick. They started passing trays into the scullery filled with vomit. I had hot alkaline water mixed with vomit and really foul food all over me. It was also all over the slick floor. As the ship rocked back, I reached up and grabbed an overhead cold water pipe to keep from slipping down in it. As the ship leveled rocking the other way, I let go and very quickly washed and placed a tray in the conveyer belt for rinsing and grabbed the cold water pipe again as the ship rocked further towards the hot washer.  In all this the Lord protected me. I did not get seasick or fall. 

During this ordeal I started singing to cheer myself up. An officer came by and saw me singing. He told me that because of my attitude in such horrible conditions, that I no longer had to work there. Praise God, The Lord delivered and blessed me. 

I returned to the Radar Section and eventually became a 3rd Class Petty Officer. I joined the ships choir. We sang at church services, special events and other countries we visited.

In this breathtaking experience of the world cruise, through both canals and 30 countries I saw God’s awesome creation in the beauty of His massive powerful oceans. The colors changing and going from glass smoothness to so rough and violent we tossed around, like a small fishing cork being jerked by a fish. It made us wonder if our huge steel ship would break into pieces. At times it rolled so severely we could step onto the wall (bulkhead) for a second or two.  At other times we could sail for several days without seeing another ship on the sea or plane in the sky.  I saw mountains, deserts, jungles and wild animals as we passed through the Canals.

Also we experienced the beautiful cultures in the many people of the world. I saw that children are the same loving and curious individuals everywhere until we corrupt them. 

I also became aware of how blessed we are as Americans. I realized how precious our freedom was compared to other countries. A freedom many of us take for granted. A freedom created on and around God’s Holy Word. A price many Christian men and women have paid for with their lives, fortunes and sacred honor. Let’s do all we can to defend and preserve it. 

Bob Reed

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We support Col. Allen West for Governor of Texas!

Allen West talking with Steve Bannon on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.

https://rumble.com/vv9ept-col.-allen-west-campaigns-for-texas-governor.html

Please watch and share with all the Texans you know!

Gene and LaVada

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From the pastor down the road…



“Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.” – Isaiah 8:13
By Pastor J. D. Link at Abundant Grace Fellowship Church, Blanco, TX.

In the midst of the dark days and challenging times in which we find ourselves, many saints are finding themselves battling a spirit of fear. Our national leadership is utterly corrupt, incompetent and out of touch with the people. The constant fear-peddling – perhaps some reasonable, but much imagined – has crippled the nation. 

Vax mandates; vax passports; wide-open borders; inept military leadership; high fuel costs; hyperinflation; food shortages (among many other shortages); FEMA camps and a plethora of other issues have led many saints to a daily routine of stress and anxiety. “Will I get fired if I don’t get the clot shot? How will I feed my family? Pay my mortgage/rent? What about the “variants”? What if I get refused medical procedures? Are terrorists being let loose in my town? What will happen to my children? What if the grid goes down? What if I lose my savings overnight? How will I make it?”

These and many other thoughts are at least crossing the minds (if not consuming them altogether) of the saints. However, we ought not to fear. “Let God be your fear; let Him be your dread.” 

 “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28

The only thing – or rather, Person – we are to fear is Almighty God. Not man; not famine; not drought; not plagues; not poverty; not homelessness; not job loss – not even death. We are only to fear, honor, reverence and worship God. We are to fully trust and rely on Him in everything and for everything. This is not to say we don’t use wisdom and do what we know to do in the natural. We are to be responsible and not be fools. However, in all of this we rely on God and put faith in His provision, protection, guidance, etc.

Many things we worry about are completely out of our control. Why then worry? Rather, we pray (Philipians 4:6). The few things that are in our control, we act on. We can each do something in our little part of this world. “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.”  Colossians 3:23

Don’t fear and don’t worry. This is the constant exhortation of Scripture. Yes, we’ll have tribulations – but be of good cheer, Jesus has overcome the world (John 16:33). The fear of man brings a snare (Proverbs 29:25) and the fear of death brings us into bondage (Hebrews 2:15). When we stop fearing both – as we’re commanded to – we become free indeed. We must have this revelation in these times; but it will only come through prayer and meditation in God’s Word. So let us start praying and meditating.

In HIS Love,

Pastor J.D. Link




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The Mystery of Lawlessness…

Yesterday in our Sabbath Assembly, we watched this message from Pastor G. (Gary) Steven Simons, of Triumph in Truth.

“There is a dynamic of deception being unleashed on the masses by Hasatan and his demons, in an effort to create an environment of lawlessness into which the lawless one will arise. In this video, G.Steven Simons shines light on this secret work of darkness and warns believers to love the Truth and not fall victim to the delusion of the lawless.”

–From the Video Description

We would like every pastor, bible teacher, church deacon and elder, we know to watch this message and carefully consider what Pastor Simons is saying here. We believe it is very relevant to the affairs of the present day and time; and, we haven’t heard this passage preached from this perspective before. What do you think?

You can find his Message Notes here at this link.

We have been told so many times that ‘no one knows the day or the hour’…

But, here is what Paul says in his letter to the Thessalonians when speaking about the second coming of our Messiah…

‘Now concerning the times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. When they are saying, “ Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, so that the Day might overtake you like a thief. For you all are sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night or of darkness— so then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain on the alert and sober-minded. ‘ [Emphasis ours.]

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 TLV

When our Savior, Yeshua/Jesus, told us in Matthew 24 that no one knew the day or the hour, not even the angels, but only the Father, was He just emphasizing the point that His Words would not pass away? Or, was He referring to heaven and earth passing away at the end of the thousand year reign of His Kingdom? Or, was He referring to His second coming to set up His Kingdom on earth?

”Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven nor the Son, except the Father alone. ”

Matthew 24:35 & 36 TLV

Considering world events, this is a very important subject.

Paul is warning us to wake up…not be asleep…be sober-minded.

And Yeshua is telling us that the generation that sees all these things come to pass which He describes in Verses 3-34 shall not pass away until all these things happen!

We hope you will study this out. We believe we are living in the times Yeshua/Jesus and Paul were speaking about in these passages of scripture. Use the comment section below to let us know what you think!

Until next time….

Gene and LaVada

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