Jimmy Donut   

     Friends of jxdonut.blogspot.com...we think you might enjoy the real reason our son Greg arrived from Ohio at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. The story begins in my esophagus. My surgeon was born in India, but raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where he became a Browns football fan, as I once was. So far, so good.

     Tuesday and Wednesday, I was denied all but water and similar drinks. Thursday morning, I awoke to a hymn in my mind that repeated over and over. I heard only three words - abide in me. I "hummed" it to Mrs. Donut. "That's the hymn," she said.  

     At 8:30 a.m. Greg drove us 25 miles south. There aren't many surgeons who do this. We had to travel. At 9:45 we pulled into Orlando Health in Saint Petersburg. (The apostle Peter might not agree he was the first pope.) I was in walking distance of the Rays baseball stadium. The doctor wisely chose a day there was no game to distract me. I was denied any food or drink for two more days. My water came from an IV. 

     > Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with transendoscopic balloon. The problem in my throat is Zenker's. The doctor put something into my mouth, throat and stomach. Thursday night I didn't sleep at all, until Mrs. Donut said I snored about daybreak. Have to take her word. She didn't sleep much either. 

     I was ready to leave Friday morning, but the hospital had to prepare a seven-page list of instructions. At 3 p.m. we left, only to find ourselves in a terrific storm over the bay and into the Tampa area. 

     That night, home in bed, I had such a weakness/feeling I began to wonder who among friends and relatives will attend my funeral. False alarm. I am still on a diet of clear juices, coffee, water, Jello, etc. My freedom to eat steak won't come until mid-September. 

     Some people in Africa are limited like this all year around.    

    We all have a muscular tube that carries food and liquid from throat to stomach. Some people suffer heartburn or cancer there.  

     My problem was a pocket allowing food to collect where it shouldn't, sometimes choking the tube. If you or someone you know has Zenker's, it can be fixed. Abide in God. 

     I don't need to include my name again, do I?

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Regardless of the Darkness

     "Since the fall of man in the Garden, Satan has schemed to undermine the authority of God's Word with half-truths, which are clever lies. Today we call it Progressive Christianity, and the lie has just enough truth to deceive. 

                                          Franklin Graham

     "The Bible describes the current challenge of our day. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables - 2 Timothy 4:3-4. 

     "We have witnessed hundreds profess Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord during recent festivals in Minsk, Belarus and Madrid, and my son Will in Korea. 

     "Regardless of the darkness of this present age, the Gospel remains the power of God unto salvation for all who will repent of their sin and by faith surrender their lives to King Jesus." 

Flushing Hydrants  

     Water hydrants are opened or "flushed" to ensure they are working properly and to remove any stagnant water. They are shut off to ensure they drain properly. They are inspected for any wear on moving parts. 

Flushing Humans 

     Christian and Jewish humans need to self-examine daily to ensure we are living properly and to remove any stagnant thoughts. We inspect ourselves for irreligious or immoral thoughts.  

Views takes a break 

We have a family visitor from up North.

We don't get to enjoy him often. 

We plan to give Views a rest. 

We have more interesting blogs for you.

We will return Sunday afternoon, God willing.

        Jimmy 

The Real  Adolf Hitler 

     "He did not consider the Jews to be God's chosen people. Where did he get this demonic evil idea? What was the chief influence on Hitler and his views about Jewish people? 

     "His ideas came from the Thule Society, a supposedly lost island inhabited by an ancient race, masters of wisdom. They are considered superior, highly intelligent beings. 

Lighthouse Trails 

     "Hitler believed he was in contact with them and that they gave him power and energy. Through this mythical race, he believed he was destined to lead the Aryans to rule the world. Hitler's messianic vision was that Germany would unite the world under his leadership for 1,000 years. (It is Jesus who will unite the world for 1,000 years.)

     "While a young child, Hitler was initiated into the mysteries of the occult. He attended a Benedictine monastery school. The occult interests stayed with him all of his adult life and helped to shape his future spiritual philosophy. 

     "Hitler, Himmler and Goebbels were Catholic before they indulged in a new spiritual worldview. Occult books were some of Hitler's favorite readings. In the early 1920s he was introduced to The Secret Doctrine, which glorifies Lucifer. Hitler believed he had established communication with Lucifer. The myth of Aryan superiority was the basis for Hitler's Nazism and ethnic cleansing of the Jews.  

     "U.S. Army historians catalogued Hitler's personal library and found occultic volumes heavily annotated in Hitler's fancy handwriting. Thus, Hitler found his place in the grand scheme of these masters. 

     "Today, hatred continues among people who believe terrible lies about Jews. The writer says, lies can easily lead to antisemitism, which we believe is a satanically inspired viewpoint."

Lucifer (thrown from heaven) is Satan in our world.

Hitler certainly could have talked with Satan.

Satan Knows 

     "Satan hates and wants to destroy the Jews, partly because he knows God will use them in the culmination of the last days. The replacement view starts innocently, saying the Jews and Israel are no longer significant. Then the descent begins with statements that the Jews are not all moral people...to rumors that they (15 million people) control the world. From there it is a small step to outright antisemitism. 

LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS Research Journal

     "An occultist, Alice Bailey, wrote a book about 'Dark Forces' hindering her utopian new age world. She envisions one humanity and peace on earth. (Views: She doesn't mention China, Russia, North Korea, Iran etc.) Oneness, she sees as a loving and spiritually correct world view, global unity, world peace and a happy humanity.

     "Her Doctrine of Oneness is contrary to what God has ordained. There is separation between man and God. I am the Lord and my glory will I not give to another - Isaiah 42:8. New agers claim that there is no separation between good and bad, right and wrong, that even Hitler will be in Heaven. 

     "Truth. God is a God of separation: heaven or hell, sheep or goats, light or darkness. (we add true or false). God's most significant separation is the forming of a separate nation (the Jews). He made a covenant through whom our Savior Jesus came. Satan has been trying to destroy the Jews since their formation (in Genesis). 

     These views fed into the man who slaughtered six million of God's chosen people...and many thousands of others. Tomorrow >  

 

 Children of God

     You may be interested in commentary on Sunday's message - the new covenant and what it means. 

      Yes, people can and should read the Bible. True believers have God's law in their hearts. God's Spirit provides the power for humans to trust and obey, love God and other people. 

     In 2 Corinthians 3 verse 6, "the letter kills." Not the law or written Word of God. It is the demands of the law without the Spirit's life and power to fulfill God's will. With the Holy Spirit, the letter no longer kills. 

     The apostle Paul calls this "the ministry of the Spirit." The Father, Son and Spirit were there at the beginning. While the Son is found in many verses of the Old Testament, He came to life, Son of a virgin. The Holy Spirit also was active, but the shower of fire on 120 believers on Pentecost introduced Him to mankind. And He lives within the hearts of everyone who believes and trusts. All over the world.

     All the benefits in Christ come by the Spirit. He mediates Christ's presence and blessings. "Freedom" in the Bible means freedom from condemnation and slavery of sin and the dominion of Satan. We don't get baptized and return to our former ways. The Spirit enters into our "hearts," and we become children of God...if we truly follow up. 

     Freedom by Christ is not a ticket to cover up evil or justification for conflict. We can experience Christ's nearness. He wants us to be transformed into his likeness, but in this age the transformation is progressive and partial. When Christ returns, we will see him face to face, and our transformation will be complete. 

     1 John 3:2   Revelation 22:4 

     

Tablets of Stone 

   Tablets of Hearts

     "You show that you are a letter from Christ...written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God...not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 

                                     Paul - 2 Corinthians chapter 3 

     "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant...not of the letter but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 

     "Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 

     "We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face...while the radiance was fading away...for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 

     "Now, the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."  

                              We shall all appear before Christ

                        to give an account...whether good or bad.