Introduction

"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamour and opposition." Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727 AD)

"The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the unbelievers but intelligible to those who are properly instructed." Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662 AD)

Isaiah 17:1-5

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

Isaiah 19:18-25

18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

The End and Last Things

·  Before I begin let me say that I am very well aware of the scripture that states no one knows the day or the hour. I want to now quote a scripture that gives balance to that scripture. It is true that no one knows that exact day but it is possible and biblical to know the season, possibly even the year. That is why Jesus said watch for the signs in the first place. Here is a scripture all Christians should read carefully.

1 Thessalonians 5:3-5

3 When people say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape. 4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

Yes the 2012-2014 is the general time frame (in my opinion) for things as we know them to end, 2018 at the very latest. I could site lots of theological points from scripture but I will not do that today. I really don't want to convince you of this by scripture only. One reason is because that would require about 14 pages to do so correctly, twelve of those pages being pages most of you would never read anyway. Besides there are lots of other good sources already out there. Though I disagree with Hal Lindsey and Grant Jeffrey on the pre-tribulaton rapture and how to calculate the number of Antichrist, I do agree with many other things they teach on end time signs.

So buy Hal Lindsey's and Grant Jeffrey's books that relate to end time signs, or read Arthur Pink's Online book on my site. Remember I disagree with the pre-tribulation teaching. Most of TBN members including Benny Hinn whom I support believe in this erred teaching. It is errored and dangerous and will lead to a great falling away in the church when trials and tribulation come to the western world. You will find my page on pre-tribulation rapture error linked HERE. (Rapture)

You will find my page that supports Benny Hinn HERE. (Benny Hinn)

You will find Arthur Pink's online book about the Antichrist archived on my site The Antichrist by Arthur Pink - Read it now online.

To all reading stay away from all of Hal Lindsey's and Grant Jeffrey's fiction Novels, they are garbage. Good intentions maybe but the Holy Spirit has made it clear to me it's garbage and is not pleased with it. However do read Hal's and Grant's prophecy non fiction books only and remember I do not agree with them on Rapture and other points I have mentioned.

Hal, Grant get back to where you should be and make sure that place is exactly where Jesus by the power of his Holy Spirit reveals you should be. DO NOT ASSUME and for clarity I do not mean "Well I feel led of the Lord". NO I MEAN where the Holy Spirit forces you to walk where you might not otherwise go so you can understand. You'll understand when this happens to you and you will be glad. It will give you a whole new perspective on walking in the Spirit of the Most High.

Here is a clue for you Hal and Grant. Kathryn Kuhlman walked on stage at times where she seemed to be almost floating. Kathryn's every breath, every step, every gesture and sometimes every word was by the Holy Spirit. Sometimes Kathryn just listened as the Holy Spirit spoke out of her mouth sovereignly. Sometimes she was hearing it the first time as it came out of her mouth by the Holy Spirit. No woman greater of God born this century than Kathryn Kuhlman. Not even Benny Hinn who loved Kathryn realizes to what level of surrender she gave to Jesus. Song of Songs is a clue, Kathryn was a beloved of the beloved in a Garden Locked. So secret and special is that place one can get in serious trouble for even speaking of that wedding chamber of the spirit. It's not entered in the heart or mind the things God has for those who love him. By Grace alone you will receive. Those of you who have never heard Kathryn's audios on the power and tangible presence of the Holy Spirit I recommend you listen to each of them at this site. Kathryn Kuhlman Online Audio's

Hal, Grant I am talking about Jesus Christ's perfect will for you and his power unlimited as you surrender to that perfect will. I'm not talking about his permissive will and a limited first fruits anointing. I mean the ONE spirit anointing which is unlimited once in it as he wills it. Getting back to the subject at hand.

GETTING BACK TO THE END OF THE WORLD

First for clarity the world is not going to end as in disappear from the universe, but it will become a planet rendered almost useless because of man's bio, chemical and nuclear weapons (war & terrorism). Not to mention the Antichrist war's against the nations that oppose him. Then of course Gods' eventually judgement against Antichrist and all who take his future buying and selling mark. The end of the world does not really end but it gets so bad in the world you wish the world had ended.

Over two thirds of the population will be destroyed by man's wars, hate and Antichrist before Jesus Christ stops it at his coming. Yes this 2012-2014 date is my opinion but you can rest assured it is a good one. I could tell you the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ has revealed this general time frame to me, but you would not believe me if I told you that so I decided that I won't tell you that. Whatever happened to reading between the lines? I guess you would call that the SPACE between.

Friends this time frame is not new information to me but since so many have made claims like this in the past and were wrong I figured it would be pointless to clue you in, even though in this case it is correct. For a few reading however this page will make a difference. For the rest however they will just laugh and ignore this just as it is predicted in the Bible they would.

MY OTHER CONCERNS

Then comes my other concerns, if you believe me without having the assurance of salvation and God's Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ then this might cause you to be extremely depressed on one hand, or overly fanatical on the other. Please do not be or do either one. Pray, seek, ask in Jesus name.

PLEASE DO NOT BE DEPRESSED OR FANATICAL.

Do not sell your house, do not scream on the streets the end is near and do not fear. Ask God Almighty in Jesus' name what and when to do any of these things or none of these things. Then ask him about all things. There is a time to speak and a time to be quiet concerning end time Bible prophecy. There is time to work and a time to rest in Jesus, even from preaching the Gospel. If Jesus' Holy Spirit says to rest and grants you the privilege to enter into that rest by his spirit, then be sure to ask for his help to help you stay in his rest. You will find its a very difficult thing to do sometimes especially when people are perishing around you and Jesus still says no, not yet. Then you say why and the Holy Spirit says trust me.

To the non Christians reading today

To my non Christian readers let us drop God out of the picture altogether for a moment. Lets pretend there is no God and I'm wrong and you are right. Even from this point of view we must deal with the problems listed below to keep World War 3 from happening.

1. World population must be brought under control within 15 years or famine such as never been seen will begin even in this country.

2. Top soil erosion must as be brought under control

3. Proven oil reserves of the middle east have maybe 25-35 years left at best, 15 years at worst.

4. Proven oil reserves of the middle east must be protected and developed to supply the world oil needs. Especially US and China. Until alternatives are mass produced. (That usually takes 20 years) If a major middle east war broke out in the middle east that destroyed Saudi, Iran and Iraq oil fields then the US would be economically crippled in less than 120 - 180 days. A year of this would cause a complete collapse of US economic interests at home and abroad.

Even with the extra production capacity of Russia, Venezuela and other countries selling oil to the US could not make up the difference of what is needed. That of course is providing these countries even wanted to help. The US is 55-70 percent oil dependent at any given moment. The Arab states provide 70 to 90 percent of that or more.

So basically we will have a 20 to 35 percent short fall of fuel used verses what is currently needed if middle east oil production was lost due to war. Even with conservation and rationing at extreme prices you could as a country only just survive. If the Arab states for whatever reasons go to war and their oil production capability is destroyed by war or terrorism the US will suffer terribly. Can you imagine Osama Bin Laden dropping a nuke on his own country's oil fields. It would be devastating to the US and world economy?

Even with conservation and rationing at extreme prices, without fuel for expansion and economic growth you have further stagnation of the economy and more loss of jobs. Then comes the zero or near zero production capability which starts to affect factories, then trouble in the service sector follows that. Loss of wages because of loss of employment continues to erode the retail sector and the tax base and before you know it you have the domino factor show up. (Also known as Murphy's Law.) One domino falls right after the other.

Lets not forget how panic orientated the DOW is to middle east problems and terrorism. No telling how bad that will get but you can be sure it won't be good.

5. Nuclear terrorism in the middle east is just as dangerous for the US even if it happens in the middle east rather than on US soil. The reason is simple if you destroy enough oil field production capability by those who that supply oil to the US then if no other imports of oil can be found or produced in time then you end up with a country that quickly has a hugh inflation index and a virtual production halt.

In a worse case scenario which is not much worse than what we have already been talking about, is gas lines that never end because there is no oil to produce gasoline and heating oil civil wars in the US because people start dying in the east from the cold.

Never happen you say, Ok whatever you think that's fine but never say never, that's a really long time.

6. Nuclear terrorism in the US,

Should a terrorist ever be able to smuggle even one nuclear weapon and detonate it, it will cause a loss of freedom in this country like has never been seen since it's inception. An event like this will most likely and I mean likely cause the United States to throw off all restraints and cause it to begin thinking of the unthinkable. Absolute total destruction of known terrorist countries. The innocent destroyed with the guilty. The sea of glass option as some have called it. We once said we would never attack Japan's' civilian population, however we changed our minds and killed three times as many with fire bombing than we did with Hiroshima.

I hope this scenario never happens, but if the US got hit it might and could under certain conditions act upon this possibility. Insane some might say, yes but after you are attacked in this way and see the horror it produces you cannot expect a leader to just say please terrorist don't attack me again. Its called being between a rock and a hard place. Technically terrorists regardless of country or religion only end up destroying their own people by default. Fear produces fear and hate produces hate, action and reaction. An eye for and eye will always produce blind people.

7. Us debt; it cannot continue and is un-sustainable at current levels. It alone will destroy the country left unchecked. Market speculation on futures, growth and expected or projected GNP will not be a reliable guide for future economic trends under the best of circumstances.

A Final Word

Even if there was no God these problems must be solved to prevent the problems that could render this planet a place that is almost impossible to live in. To all reading whether you believe in God or not, do your best to love each other not hate. Yes I know this is easier said than done. Been there done that a few times, but whether I fail at times or you fail at times what matters is having success at it some of the time. Nevertheless do your best to have love for others, even those who do not love you in return.

A word to All Arab fighters

If you continue to cause death and destruction abroad and in the US should you become successful then what? I ask you this, what will you gain if you cripple the United States? Do you think if Israel is destroyed that will bring you peace and victory.

Imagine a United States so economically or militarily crippled that she could no longer keep China or would be unwilling to stop China from invading the Arab lands. Will China do business with the Arabs if no country is able or willing to stop her? Why do business when a nation is no longer restrained, especially if she has an excuse to just take it. China would say look what they did to the United States, shall we trust the Arab states?

Will China do business with you if the US is crippled, will she keep her word to you? You may hate the United States and in many cases have strong right to do so, but if you succeed in crippling the US then you risk destruction for your people either by a US president that gives up on what the world thinks and does the unthinkable, or you have a US that becomes so disengaged or weakened, Russia and or most likely China will invade your land and rule your land, stripping it without regard to you or your heritage.

The US will treat you more fairly if for no other reason but for the sake of oil imports Arabs states provide. Hate the US if you must but be realistic and think about it. There are so many countries that would show you no respect at all if the US was no longer a deterrent in the middle east.

A master painter knows when to stop working a canvass, because if his doesn't and overworks the painting it ruins the vision the artist had already attained in it. Once overworked it is ruined and what was achieved is lost as well. Be wise and accept that now is the time to negotiate and stop while you can to secure a better vision for your people. Do not overwork canvass for your people's sake. Do not spill anymore blood, for it will only cry from the ground for more. Arafat almost had everything he asked for and it passed him by because of a all or nothing position. The time is now to stop the killing and make the best of the situation. It takes time for a tree to grow and then produce. Be satisfied that you grafted the tree, give it time to grow. Let time decide and take its course, at the very least make an attempt at peace. Don't throw it all away by spilling more blood, the tree you grafted will drown in it if you don't stop soon.

Lord Jesus by the power of your Holy Spirit heal these Arab fighters and reveal to them your plan to deal with Israel by trusting you not their own will or strength. Teach Israel and the Arab nations they both have a heritage in you when the humbling of all nations has been completed and Lord Jesus let them understand in their hearts the saying of your word which states: "VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYS THE LORD" Let them be satisfied in that word with patience and let them remember that you know every deed and every thought of us all. No one shall prevail before you Almighty One and no man shall escape your judgement regardless of religion. So let us let you be the judge lest we tempt you to bring judgement upon ourselves by your hand directly. I say this to all reading not just to the Arab fighters but also to Presidents of Nations, To President Bush, To Israel and to all Americans as well.

A wise person learns more through their failures than they learn from their victories.

Qur'an 4:163-165

163 Lo! We inspire thee (Muhammad) as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as we imparted unto David the Psalms; 164 And messengers We have mentioned unto thee before and messengers We have not mentioned unto thee; and Allah spake directly unto Moses; 165 Messengers of good cheer and off warning, in order that mankind might have no argument against Allah after the messengers. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.

Some words of Jesus the prophet

- The prophet Jesus' advice and his warnings.

To all Arab fighters is Jesus a prophet of words only? Shall he forget that you honor him with your lips as a prophet but ignore his commands. Jesus will judge every Christian or false Christian by this word someday as well. If a Christian judges you or judges your ancestors falsely, or kills with the sword will not Jesus Christ avenge that murder of your family or ancestor? Then if you or an ancestor who was murdered by a Christian goes then and avenges their death with the blood of a non-involved Christian will not Jesus avenge that murder as well? All will stand before him and if you honor him as a prophet then you bind yourself to his words as a prophet. If you ignore his word then have you not also ignored the Qur'an? The point is this, we will all be judged and better make sure we seek Almighty God and make sure what we believe about Jesus the prophet.

Luke 6:27-36 - (Some prophetic teaching from the prophet Jesus)

27 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30 Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. 31 And as you would have men do to you, do so to them. 32 "If you love only those who love you, then what credit is that to you? For even unbelievers love those who love them. 33 And if you only do good to those who do good to you, then what credit is that to you? For even unbelievers do the same. 34 And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even unbelievers lend to unbelievers, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. 36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Matthew 5:43-44 -(Some prophetic teachings from the prophet Jesus)

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:37 - (Words from the prophet Jesus)

37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Matthew 7:24-27 - (Words from the prophet Jesus) "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: {25} "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. {26} "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: {27} "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."

Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, {20} "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and know this, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." Amen.

Luke 6:46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I tell you?

Luke 11:28 But he said, no rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

John 8:31-32 "If you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed. (32) "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

John 8:51 "Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death."

John 10:27-28 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. {28} "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:3-5 "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. {4} "And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. {5} "Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

John 12:25-26 "He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. {26} "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

John 14:20-21 "At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. {21} "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him."

John 14:23-24 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. {24} "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.

John 15:7-12 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. {8} "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. {9} "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. {10} "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. {11} "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. {12} "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

PSALMS 22 written by King David

This Psalm is part of the Dead Sea Scrolls, also know as the Jewish Torah. The Jewish Torah is the Christian Old Testament

Psalms 22 was written by the Jewish King David about 900 - 960 years before Jesus Christ was born. You will usally see noted before each Psalm in the Bible where its states it was written by David. When Jesus died on the cross 900 years after David wrote this Psalm, Jesus was fulfilling this scripture. This is what is called a messianic prophecy of the old testament. (Torah) Some of the Jews recognized Jesus fulfilled it after Jesus was hung on the cross but most of the Jews during this time did not realize what they had done. Keep in mind the new testament would not be written by Christians of the way for about another 1,000 years.

One of the Jewish arguments agianst the Psalms 22 messianic prophecy is this, they say when general Titus destroyed the Jewish temple of 70 AD all orginal copies of the TORAH were destroyed with it. Then as Christianity grew over the years some of the Jews eventually accused Christians as Christianizing the copies of the old testatment Torah that were made afterwards. Christians were accused of making David's Psalms 22 look and point to Jesus, some even accusing that Christians changed the whole psalm.

Then along comes the Dead Sea Scrolls findings, the oldest known copy of the Torah that predated Jesus' birth by a few hundred years. The Jewish Essences were attacked by their Jewish brethren due to doctrinal differances that boiled over into hatred and murder. Before the last of the Essences were killed they were able to save a complete copy of the Torah.

That is what the Dead Sea Scrolls are if you were unaware. They are copy of the JEWISH TORAH, (OLD TESTAMENT) written hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus and almost 1,000 before the new testament was witten.

Guess what Psalms 22 says in the Dead Sea Scroll? My God, My God why have you forsaken me.

If you read all of Psalms 22 you see were it also states, "Stand in awe of him all you sons of Israel, sons of Jacob. Stand in Awe of who? The one who was killed in Psalms 22 as written by King David.

Psalms Chapter 22

Stand on your feet all you sons and daughters of the Most High for Jesus Christ is Awesome. Stand on your feet all you sons and daughters of Abraham.

Romans 8:35-39

8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

8:36 As it is written, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

8:38 For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9:31-39

9:31 but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

9:32 Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

9:33 as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."

Romans 7:6-25

7:6 But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.

7:7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

7:8 But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead.

7:9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;

7:10 the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me.

7:11 For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me.

7:12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

7:13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

7:15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

7:16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.

7:17 So then it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.

7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.

7:19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

7:20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.

7:21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

7:22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self,

7:23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.

7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

TITUS 1:1-15

1:7 For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

1:8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

1:9 he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.

1:10 For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party (legalistic)

1:11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

1:12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

1:13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

1:14 instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.

1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

TITUS 3:5-9

3:5 he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. 8 The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.

3:9 But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.

ROMANS 10:1-16

10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

4 For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.

5 Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

6 But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach);

10:9 because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10:10 For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.

10:11 The scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. 13 For, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.


ROMANS 11:2-12

11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Eli'jah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 11:3 "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have demolished thy altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." 11:4 But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Ba'al." 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 11:8 as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day."

11:9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution for them;

11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs for ever."

11:11 So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.

11:12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!


Romans 11:29-36 (The Revised Standard Version)


11:29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

11:30 Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

11:31 so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy.

11:32 For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.

11:33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

11:34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"

11:35 "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"

11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.



ROMANS 14:1-14

14:1 As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions.

14:2 One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.

14:3 Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.

14:4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Master is able to make him stand.

14:5 One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.

14:6 He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.

14:7 None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.

14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

14:9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

14:10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;

14:11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

14:12 So each of us shall give account of himself to God.

14:13 Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

14:14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.

ROMANS 14:21-23

14:21 it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

14:22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.

14:23 But he who has doubts is condemned, if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

1:26 For consider your call, brothers; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;

1:27 but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong,

1:28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

1:29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

1 Corinthians 2:2-13

2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

2:3 And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling;

2:4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

2:5 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

2:6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

2:7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification.

2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2:9 But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him,"

2:10 God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

2:11 For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

2:13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:1-11

3:1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.

3:2 I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; and even yet you are not ready,

3:3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

3:4 For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apol'los," are you not merely men?

3:5 What then is Apol'los? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

3:6 I planted, Apol'los watered, but God gave the growth.

3:7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

3:8 He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.

3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

3:10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it.

3:11 For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:35-39

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.