Border, Language, Culture/Freedom To Work Hard and Succeed Individually

                                                Border, Language and Culture

                                           

Our country is being swallowed alive by the influx of illegal aliens. Border officials encountered 11 million unauthorized migrants attempting to enter the US between October 2019 and June 2024.That is those belonging to another country are flooding our borders in numbers unprecedented for the last 3 1/2 years.                                                                                                                    

Some statistics  say as many as 20 million have crossed without even a wimper from the person now running for president.  This is not legal immigration but  an invasion. Not a fallacy but a reality. People are flocking here not to assimilate into our culture but to overtake and change the essense and direction of what has become known as the American dream. A vast majority of them have  come for the free stuff being offered and promised by the one who is now being touted to be the president of the United States of America.  Coined by the former president as the immigration or border czar, Kamala Harris now deceives "we the people" by promising to protect our borders. If she really meant it why not start today rather than wait until she is the leader of the free world? NO! For to those who make an illegal crossing she promises  Free room and board...free healthcare.... and A stipend on which to live. Free..Free.. Free. That's right.  American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical care and free state identification.”   

                                         

                                                                                                                                              And on top of that. Non-citizens are being offered a chance to be registered to vote. Encouraged and told how to do it by those who know better. They are being allowed to participate in a privilage that is to be accorded only to those who are or become legal citizens of the United States. Only these are allowed that right to vote in our elections.                                                                       

Yes, many non-citizens are being registered and given the opportunity to vote. Some even didn't have to register. An example recently the  state of Ohio has found hundreds of non-citizens who have voted. Up to this writing 600 illegal voting infractions. And the Alabama Secretary of State found  over 3,000 non-citizens registered to vote. How many of the other 49 states have even pursued this?                                                                              

                                                  

America proudly founded to be a nation of laws has become a nation on the precipice of destruction. The landscape  for America has become a nightmare of confusion and distrust. If Kamla Harris really wanted to change from what she practiced as the immigration czar which was "NOTHING" to stop the influx of illegals. She now claims, as she runs for president, a supposedly tougher stance on the border if elected president. Why  doesn't she act now, as the immigration czar,  to stop the overwheling influx of persons from illegally entering our country.  She doesn't because she won't.                                                                                                                                                                                                   If she hasn't done anything to halt the influx of illegals up till now across the border in the past. She will not bring to an end the flood of illegals if she is elected president. But instead will continue to offer . Free housing, free medical care, free state identification and free Illegal citizenship rights to determine who runs the country. To those who are not legal citizens of this country. Prehaps even granting them by decree citizenship.                                                                                                                                                                                                        It's time to face the truth. It's not liberal, leftist,  progressive or even  marxist leaning ideology. It is full blown communism.

                                       

           

Communism defined: advocates for more and more control over the lives of the people, both the choices they make and the thoughts they can have.  In very simple words, communism is the idea that every individual in a society receives an equal share of the benefits derived from labor. In such a society, the state would own everything, implying nothing (businesses, produce,  personal property) would be owned by individuals. Say good bye to owning a home. That dream will go up in smoke. 

According to Marx, a truly utopian society would be achieved only when a single stateless and classless society exists. He even described three phases of action to achieve such a state. First, a revolution was needed to overthrow the existing regime and completely eradicate the old system. Second, a dictator needs to come to power and act as the sole authority on all matters including the personal matters of the public. The dictator would then be responsible for making everyone follow the ideals of communism and also ensure that no property or wealth is privately owned. Finally, the last stage would be the achievement of a utopian state (although this stage has never been achieved) whereby supreme equality would be achieved and everyone would willingly and happily share their wealth and benefits with others in society.                                                                               

 In an ideal communist society, banking would be centralized, the government would control education and labor. All infrastructural facilities, agricultural means, and industries would be government-owned.  Private property and inheritance rights would be abolished and heavy income taxes would be levied on all. (heavy taxes! sound familiar?)                                                                                                                                    

                                              

The United States was/is  a unique nation that says all will be treated as individuals and not relegated to have opportunities and freedoms based upon some group distinction. We find this declaration in our founding documents, as well as in the sentiments and quotes of our founders.                                                                                                                                       

I know those who  have immigrated legally to the United States because they wanted  the opportunity to better themselves, start their own business and/or succeed at whatever their heart desires with a lot of hard work, sweat, and fortitude. I've known some and have the upmost respect for these individuals. They found and prospered participating in the American dream.                                                                                                                         

Many still have that dream and proceed accomplishing it legally through the proper channels. Some I have talked to are quite upset as they see illegals being offered all this free stuff when they as obedient immigrants, who obey our laws have been relegated to the back of the bus, so it seems.                                                                                                                                                                       NO IT IS NOT FAIR!                                           

It is a perversion of truth. It is the socialist, communist way. Which threatens the very foundations on which this Greatest Nation in the World was founded. Don't throw it away on the lies of the left. They want all power...all control...all submission...from a people subservient to their every whim. Remember that when you vote this November. Your individual liberty is at stake.

                                       

(Some facts on Communism from "Citizens Journal What is Communism? Are you A Communist?)

Jesus Christ/Obedient Savior/Blessed Hope

                                                     

 Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law; but when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them. And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands. So nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity. But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord. Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

                                            

So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And they offered to the Lord at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought. Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around. ( 2 Chonicles 15)

                                                       

All these things written in the Old Testament of the Bible happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the end of the ages has come.

                                     

In the new covenant The Son of God, the Word who Himself was God, made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, (a slave)  and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. There was no hesitation. He didn't question His Father. The Father commanded...Jesus obeyed. Never once did the Son of God shy away from His Fathers command though He knew it would end up in His suffering and death on the cross.

                                                         

                                                                                                                          

 Scripture reiterates that Jesus knew what was commanded of Him and the thought of Him deviating from His Fathers promise to the world was never a viable option. Jesus obeyed because as scripture says He always did  His Fathers will.  Despite having full authority over heaven and earth, Jesus fully submitted to the Father’s authority and obeyed God in everything.

                                  I must be about my Father's Business

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.... For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous...Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered... And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him...  But Jesus said, "I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here."... "And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”... “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me." (Phil. 2:8; Rom 5:19;Heb 5:8; Heb.5:9; John 14:31; John 8:29;John 5:30;)                                                    

Jesus Says, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Jesus obeyed that we might have life (now and everlasting in the Kingdom of God) For in this is love not that we loved God but that He (God the Father) loved us and sent His Son to be propitiation (atoning sacrifice) for our Sins. (1 John 4:10)                                                

The Old Testament sacrifices were but a shadow of the the ultimate sacrifice that God would offer up when the fullness of time had come. God the Father sent His One and Only Son, born to a virgin, born under the law that He might fulfill the law and the prophets.  As scripture foretold:

" Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,

But a body You have prepared for Me.

 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin

You had no pleasure.

Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—

In the volume of the book it is written of Me—

To do Your will, O God.’  (Heb. 10:5-7)

Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,

As in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to heed than the fat of rams.  (1 Sam. 15:22)    

 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (John 3:36)

He is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. (John 14:6)                                                                             

Those sacrifices of the Israelites  were but substitutes. When the Son came, He lived a perfect life (because he is God--the Word).  God wants us to offer obedient genuine devoted service. God delights in our perfect obedience to His will.  Through trusting and obeying in His Son. Jesus the Christ offers just that. He always did the Fathers will and in Jesus Christ we are told by God, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him.

Therefore, in all things He (Jesus the Christ) had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation (atonement) for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Heb 2:17-18 and 4:15)  

                                      satan's temptation of Christ Jesus

That is the Gospel that God has promised.  Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Cor. 15:1-2) Jesus was sent down from heaven, for God so ordained it before the foundation of the world. (1 Peter 1:19-20) He is the Child born , the Son given of Isaiah chapter nine. The One called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.  A virgin did concieve through the Holy Spirit and that One was called the Son of God. Being in very nature God, and coming in the likeness of men, humbled Himself as a man and became obedient to death. Even the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:5-10) 

                                     

 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of  God who takes away the sin of the world!  (John 1:29)  

When Adam and Eve trusted in that serpent of Old, the devil,  satan, who tempted them with the words, "Has God said, for  when you eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil  you shall not die" as God proclaimed. But you shall be like God knowing good and evil.  But what the evil one hid from them was that they would know evil from the inside. And that is why  they covered their nakedness that they now could see.                                      

For their disobedience God subjected all of creation to futility/vanity/hopelessness and death came into the world.  But God's promise was fulfilled when the fullness of time had come.  For God did not send His son into the world  to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  For God made Him who had no sin to be a sin offering for us. So that in Him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness (perfection) of God). For as Jesus said, "you must be perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect.                        

Only One human being was. The God/ man. Only One Son. Only One Way, Only One Truth and Only One Life. No other name by which anyone is saved. Saved from what you might ask.? Saved from the wrath of God to come. Jesus the Christ came, He lived that perfect life. Which no human being born with a corrupt nature can. He died and He rose again from the dead the third day according to the Scripture.                                                                                                        

                                               

                                                    

"If you confess with your mouth Jesus Christ is Lord. And believe in your heart that God raised Him from the death you will be saved..."   when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,  in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,"  (Gal. 4:4;John 3:18; 2 Cor. 5:21; Matt 5:48; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Rom. 10:9; 2 Thess 1:7-10)                                                                                                     

                Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. (John 8:32)   

For as Jesus Himself proclaimed in the Gospel of John "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." There are many events in our lives that can cause fear to overwhelm and consume us.  We may  question why these things are happening. And doubt that God is with us and cares about us.                                                                                                                  

We ask, 'Why would God if He loves me would  He let them trouble and inflict my soul. And we plead with God "why me?" There is a purpose and reason in that plan of God. We may not understand it, may even think it is unfair, but  "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, (Eph. 1:11)                                                              

Peter tells us, "Christ suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow in His steps. When He was reviled He did not revile in return. When he suffered He did not threaten but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously." (1 Peter 2:21)  God is working in His peoples lives. Those who desire to live Godly lives will, not may, but will suffer persecution. The world's inhabitants don't  want to be told there is something wrong with them. That they have transgressed against a Perfect, Holy and Righteous God. They compare themselves with others and think I'm not as bad as so and so. Or I have never done this or that. Yet we are told:

There is none who understands;

There is none who seeks after God.

They have all turned aside;

They have together become worthless;

There is none who does good, no, not one.”

Jesus Himself said, You must be perfect as my Father in heaven is perfect to be accepted into the kingdom of God. That perfection is not inherent in us. For all of us are born with that sinful Adamic nature, with the propensity to disobey, to sin. Thus the verse "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."   (Romans 3:23)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Scripture says "And all our righteous acts are as filthy rags." We need to be made right before God. To be reconciled before God. God the Father has provided His One and only Son as our doorway to that righteousness of God. When we confess with our mouths Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead we are promised we will be saved from the torment of a Christless eternity into everlasting life in the presence of God and the glory of His power.                                                                                           

Jesus Christ is the blessed hope that all of mankind needs. That is a crucial truth to where we will spend eternity.  He is the all important Way,  offering the promise of everlasting life. God has provided that perfect sacrifical lamb to save His people from their sins. And John the apostle promises that as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:  who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ( Titus 2:13; John 1:28;  John 1:12-13)                                                                                                                                            Jesus the Christ says to all His chosen, "Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid."  In this life you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer for I have overcome the world. And by your committment to Him and your appropiation of God's gift you are made right with God. As you confess, repent, trust and obey the only name under heaven by which you can be saved. For as the Old Testament prophet promised God's Son will reign on David’s throne, and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.(John 14:1; Is. 9:7)

The only way to everlasting life with God has come. He revealed Himself by his miracles, signs and wonders. He calls out today through His Word for Jesus came to give us life, new life, eternal life, and have it more abundantly. It doesn't matter who you are,  where you've been, on what you have done.  Jesus cries out to all "Come to me you who labor and are heavey laden and I will give you rest."                                                                                                       

Rest from a world steeped in sin that demands your attention and participation. A world consumed by the lust of the flesh and of the mind. That will only bring an emptiness and hopelessness with its end death and a certain fearful expectation of judgement and an eternity absent from the presence of God and the glory of His power. For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. For God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 9:27;10:22)

                                    

              

When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,  when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who  believe, because our testimony among you was believed. (2 Thess. 1:7-10)

 But take courage and be inspired to know this: "In this is love. Not that we loved God but  God loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifce for our sins. For without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.  For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,  in whom we have redemption, through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. 

                                               

 Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.  
                                                       

By grace are you saved through faith, and not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast...He saves us not because of the righteous things we have done, but because of His mercy...“the Lord is not delaying [the fulfillment of] his promise,  not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentence.”(1 John 4:10; Heb. 9:22;Col 1:13-14; Eph. 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; 2 Peter:3:9)

If you confess with your mouth Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. You will be saved. (Romans 10:9)

Right In Their Own Eyes/There Is Nothing New Under The Sun

                                                                 

 The phrase "everyone did what was right in their own eyes" appears in the book of Judges in the Bible. It refers to a time when the Israelites were falling away from God into the worship of idols. The phrase is repeated twice in the book, in Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:2512.The Israelites were doing what they thought was right, but this led to God delivering Israel into the hands of foreign oppressors.

Today there are groups in this country  that believe that how they feel is what they are. And they do everything in their warped minds to  foist this rancid ideology and personal pronouns upon a wary populace. God is not the author of confusion. Biological fact, rational physicality and DNA  are thrown into the waste bin of scienctific evidence not comforming to politically correct dogma. How you feel is what you are. It's all about feelings. The Bible has something to say about that.

                                                

                                                                                                                                                               "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." Who can know it. (Jeremiah 17:9)The heart in scripture represents the core of our being. It includes our thoughts, emotions, desires and intentions. It is a person's center for both physical and emotional-intellectrual-moral activities. Proverbs 23:7 says "As a person thinks so they are." And being the fallen, corrupt, haters of God that we are, our very nature is inclined to evil.  The old adage being "we are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners. We are born that way." We are  actually skewed to our feelings and without the guidence of God, through His word, our fallen nature takes precedence over what God has said and we become in essence our own god. An idol to self with our satisfaction and pleasure having supremacy over what we determine is good and right in our own eyes. The mantra of the 60's hippie lives today, "if it feels good do it." A mantra the leads one down that broad road to destruction. (Matt 7:13-14)                                                    

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:9) Sounds rather bleak if we stop there. But the apostle continues with hope and encouragement to the congregation in Corinth with: But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.                                                

                                                   

There is hope...there is freedom from the flames of a Christless eternity that await the wicked. Those dead in their tresspasses and sin. Those following the course of this world. The prince of the power of the air that works in the sons of disobedience. And are by nature children of God's wrath. BUT  if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. You will be saved. Saved from what you might ask. Saved  from an eternity spent absent from the presence of God and the glory of His power. An eternity spent along with the devil and his angels (messengers)  (Eph.2:1-5; Rom. 10:9)   

                                                      

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the Gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Cor. 4:4) It may be a shock to you that the Apostle calls that serpent of old, the devil, satan the god of this age. But when you look at what John said in his first epistle 5 verse 19 "The whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one" Its truth springs to life. He is the one who prowls around like a roaring  lion seeking whom he may devour. The devil hates God's creation. Hates mankind-men, women and children. And wants everyone to suffer the same fate as he himself has and will suffer for an eternity. His goal is to keep everyone from hearing and believing the Gospel. The Good News. To keep them enthalled with the things of this world and forget that they too will one day die and be judged without the only name under heaven by which anyone is saved. (Acts 4:12)  For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:31)  

                                                             

Proverbs 14:12 tells us There is a way which seems right to a person, But its end is the way of death." Not only a physical death, which will come to us all, but most importantly a spiritual death. A separation from the presence of God and the glory of His power. For an eternity. As 2 Thess chapter 1 says "these shall be punished with an everlasting  punishment."  An eternity spent in what Jesus Christ describes in  Matthew 25:41 - Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (NOTE: reformer Martin Luther made comment  that the word used for angels also has the meaning of "messengers." As to the word "angels" Barnes comments "His angels - His messengers, his servants, or those angels that he drew off from heaven by his rebellion, and whom he has employed as his "messengers" to do evil. The word may extend also to all his followers - fallen angels or people."

Those preaching a message without the importance of Jesus Christ, as the Way, Truth and Life....as the divine eternal savior and second person of the triune Godhead (Father, Son and Holy spirit)  

****Barnes Notes on the Bible makes this observation: Those who will be punished called "The cursed" - That is, you who are devoted to destruction, whose characters deserve everlasting punishment, and who are about to enter into it. "To curse" is the opposite of "to bless." It implies a negation of all the blessings of heaven, and a positive infliction of eternal sufferings.

Everlasting fire - "Fire," here, is used to denote punishment. The image is employed to express extreme suffering, as a death by burning is one of the most horrible that can be conceived. The image was taken, probably, from the fires burning in the Valley of Hinnom. It has been asked whether the wicked will be burned in literal fire, and the common impression has been that they will be. Respecting that, however, it is to be observed:

1. that the main truth intended to be taught refers not to the manner of suffering, but to the certainty and intensity of it.

2. that the design, therefore, was to present an image of terrific and appalling suffering - an image well represented by fire

3. that this image was well known to the Jews Isaiah 66:24, and therefore expressed the idea in a very strong manner.

4. that all the truth that Christ intended to convey appears to be expressed in the certainty, intensity, and eternity of future torment.

5. that there is no distinct affirmation respecting the mode of that punishment, where the mode was the subject of discourse.

6. that to us it is a subject of comparatively little consequence what will be the mode of punishment.****

All Scripture is God Breathed, ( holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.)  and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equiped for every good work.....(2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)

Jesus stressed that he was the apex and focus of all of Scripture....  “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (Matt. 5:17) He always did what His father commanded. And scripture tells us "we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet He did not sin."(Heb. 4:15)

The fact that the wicked will be eternally punished, cursed of God, should awe us, and lead every single person to strive most earnestly to secure their  salvation.

                                                             

If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.  For He says:“In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ((Rom. 10:9; John 1:12; Rom. 10:10; 2 Cor 6:1-2)

****(Barnes Notes On The Bible ....Albert Barnes (December 1, 1798 – December 24, 1870) was an American theologian, clergyman, abolitionist, temperance advocate, and author. Barnes is best known for his extensive Bible commentary and notes on the Old and New Testaments, published in a total of 14 volumes in the 1830s.