Slave or Not?

slaves picking cotton

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19^th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

Later attempts to explain this two and a half-year delay in the receipt of this important news have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another, is that the news was deliberately withheld by the enslavers to keep up the labor force on the plantations. And still another, is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All of which, or neither of these version could be true.  For whatever the reasons, conditions in Texas, to keep things as they were, well beyond what was statutory.

General Order Number 3

One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most definitely with:

“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.”

Freedom Celebration

The reactions to this profound news ranged from pure shock to immediate jubilation. While many lingered to learn of this new employer to employee relationship, many left before these offers were completely off the lips of their former ‘masters’ – attesting to the varying conditions on the plantations and the realization of freedom. Even with nowhere to go, many felt that leaving the plantation would be their first grasp of freedom. North was a logical destination and for many it represented true freedom, while the desire to reach family members in neighboring states drove the some into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Settling into these new areas as free men and women brought on new realities and the challenges of establishing an heretofore non-existent status for black people in America. Recounting the memories of that great day in June of 1865 and its festivities would serve as motivation as well as a release from the growing pressures met in their new territory. The celebration of June 19^th was coined “Juneteenth” and grew with more participation from descendants. The Juneteenth celebration was a time for reassuring each other, for praying and for gathering remaining family members. Juneteenth continued to be highly revered in Texas decades later, with many former slaves and descendants making an annual pilgrimage back to Galveston on this date.

The freedom message reached different parts of African-American Slaves on various dates between 1863-1864

January 1st:. New York, Boston, MA, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee.
February 1st: Philadelphia PA.
May 8th: Eastern Mississippi.
May 20th: Florida.
June 19th: East Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Southwestern Arkansas, Southern Oklahoma.
August lst: Ontario Canada.
August 4th: Northeastern Arkansas, North Central Tennessee, Central Oklahoma, South Central Tennessee, Central Oklahoma, Southeastern Missouri, Southwest Illinois
September 22nd: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio.

Most states celebrate Juneteenth during the month of June. (Including The 19th)

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America and Juneteenth

 

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

So now knowing that, are you slave or free? I would say I am free, but is that really the truth? You would say you are free, but is that really true?

According to us, yes it’s true. So freedom it is. Does that make it so because we say so. Does that mean we are because laws and constitutions say we are? Does that make it so? If your parent tells you to do something,  do you have to do it? If you don’t what happens? If the Mayor of a city tells you to do something and you don’t, what happens? When the Governor tells you to do something and you don’t, what happens? If the police tells you to do something and you don’t what happens? If your doctor tells you to do something and you don’t, what happens? Are you getting the point? So are we really free?   We are free physically, but are we free mentally? Many of us say, yes. Some of us are. But the majority of us are not. Some of us remember things, some of us do things, and some of us live through things. Some of the things we go through causes us to wonder are we really free?  Being free to do as you please can cause some of us to lose our freedom!  Is our minds really free? No we worry about all sorts of things.  We worry about tomorrow, when we shouldn’t. W e worry about things that we fear when we shouldn’t. We worry about what the day or night may bring, when we shouldn’t. So are we free?

The US slaves were set free, but worries about the unknown, caused doubt.  When given a chance to enjoy real freedom  most were hesitant. How would you react? Or would you choose to stay in the same old situation, because of fear of the unknown. Some have never experienced slavery, but most have; rather they know it or not!  It starts in the mind. Slavery has to be in  the mind of the person.  You can be a slave and be free, or you can be free and still be a slave!

Speaking of Slavery!

Every major ancient civilization depended heavily on the service of slaves, conquered people set to a variety of tasks by their masters.  The scripture states that the Hebrews became slaves of the Egyptians,  under whom they carried out forced labor ‘in mortar, in brick, and all manner of services in the field’. Exodus 1:8-14

During the time of Apostle  Paul the in the Roman empire over half the population or more may have been slaves.  Depending  on the interest of the ruling masters. Joseph was sold as a slave to the Egyptian Potiphar.

Then Daniel and other young Hebrew males were taken into captivity to Babylon., where they were trained for high levels of government services.                                                                                                Daniel 1:1-7, 18-21

The majority of slaves in those days were often used as property to be bought and sold as needed. Males were often assigned construction  or in mines to dig and worked so until exhausted to death. The women were maid servant, were usually sold to well to do men for service to their wives or daughters . But most were used for sexual pleasures for men.

But not all slavery was between nations, according to the Old Testaments the Israelites had both Jewish and Gentile slaves. The Jews who were too poor to pay their debts or who were convicted of theft sometimes sold themselves into slavery. In  contrast to other cultures of the day the Jewish law protected slaves and even granted them certain rights.                                                                                                          Exodus 21:2-11, Leviticus.25:39-55, Deuteronomy.21:10-14

If you would like to know more , it all located in the Bible.

However, I must say, when it comes to slavery, it can be a terrible thing for anyone. Being a slave is no fun! Being used against your will is terrible for the one being used. I know in the US slavery was a welcomed entity, however some greatly opposed the Institution of Slavery. If I may, I would like everyone reading this article to take a moment; stop reading and close your eyes and think back. Now let your mind wonder what would have been if….. or  place yourself in the moment, and time. Let yourself become a slave. Go back to the plantation and  stand before your master and go inside the mind and body of a slave. You for a moment become the slave. Look upon your master’s face and see his frowns, and the yelling and the whip sliding across your back. Stop and look at your children being snatched away from you, to be sold right before your eyes. Look at your wife being sold, or your husband being sold. You hear your daughter screaming from the barn, while she is being raped by  the massa or the massa’s son. ALL YOU CAN DO IS STAND THERE AND ENDURE THE PAIN. You are waken up every day around 4:00 am to go into the fields to pick and package cotton. Your fingers hurt, your back hurt, your legs hurt and your stomach hurts. No where to run, nowhere to hide. You are A SLAVE, and you ain’t nothin but a black nigger, who deserves to be treated like a nothing and a nobody. You hear all the names you are being called, you hear about all the beatings they enjoy giving, you hear about all the lynchings. But what can you do! What can you do!  The only thing you can do is PRAY!  You have no identity anymore, you have no home anymore, you have your heritage stolen, you have you history stolen, you are nothing and nobody but a slave. You work, work, work and work for them but where is your wealth! It’s been stolen too. Now you can come back. Now why do you hate  me? Can you feel the hurt and the pain. That’s the story of a slave!

Steal Away, Steal Away to Jesus

We’ll stand the storm

 Sweet Canaan

        “Go down Moses Way down in Egypt land. Tell  ole Pharoah, Let my people go”

“O, freedom over me. And before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave An go home to my Lord An’ be free”

But God is forgiving and so are we!

God has forgiven!

Now as for slaves, I can be a slave, you can be a slave, we all can be slaves, to the unforseen!  We could all be slaves behind money, or a slave to drugs, strong drinks, sex, racism, a slave to hatred, a slave to the anti-christ spirit. We could be a slave to a lawlessness rebellious nature. Then again we can be a slave to deceiving others, or a slave to lying to others, or a slave of being attracted to the same-sex person, or a slave to bad addictions, a slave to corruption, or maybe a slave to sin. Maybe you can have a murdering spirit, anger, or suicidal, or a slave to divination, of fear of thing and other people.There are so, so many things you can be a slave to. So that is why I said earlier;  Are we  really free. I know some of us are slave free. We have no slave in us or over us. But for some of us we are a slave to something. The things that we are a slave to, can be to the death of us. Say for instance you would like to get rid of your slave, but you can’t, because it’s so hard to depart yourself from your slave, when you think about all the profit you will lose.

Back to slavery: Once the slaves were declared free it was so hard for some to walk away. Addictions can be as addictive as slavery. Both were and is so hard to let go, to get rid of. If you are addicted too any thing you can stop being addicted over night you usually have to go and get some help. So being a slave to something or someone is not healthy.

Remove the chain of prisoners, who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused!

 

These are all some type of addiction, so if addicted then “You Are A Slave”.

1. Being a slave is hurtful.

2. It destroys you and others.

3. Being a slave is losing something dear to you.

4. Being a slave is TO BE  taken away from the things you love.

5. Being a slave is having no say so about anything.

6. Being a slave, you have to do as your master tell you.

7. Being a slave is a killer.

8. Being a slave is having your real identity taken away from you!

9.  Being a slave means you have no life, but the life your master has chosen for you.

10. Being a slave takes away your pride., self – identity and  originality of the person you once were!

I’m sure you know what I mean. When you become a slave you lose all of self you belong to what ever or whom has the control or power over you. So can you imagine how slaves in US history must have felt. You were somebody in your homeland,  then you came here as a slave and lost everything, your identity, your namesake, your family, our health, your culture, you get the idea.

“And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you and ye shall return every man unto his possessions, and ye shall return every man unto his family.” Leviticus 25:10 KJV

Many of our ancestors were brought here more than  one hundred years ago: many of our Fathers, many of ourselves have fought and bled for the independence of our country. Do not expose us to sale. Let not the spirit of the father behold the son robbed of that liberty which he died to establish, but let the motto of our legislature be: The law knows no distinction”. James Forten (1766-1842)

I know some of you are asking today, ‘How long will it take?” I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth pressed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long because you reap what you sow. How long? Not long, because the arm of the moral universe is long, but it hands toward justice.” Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Freedom is a hard-fought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain towards the new day drawing near. Paul Roberson (1898-19760)

Your petitioner therefore prays your Honorable Court to grant him leave to sue as a poor person, in order to establish his right to freedom. Dred Scott (1795-1858)

 

BUT !  THERE WAS AND IS ONE AND ONLY ONE-WAY OUT!  HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST. Some chose to die at their own hand than to suffer at the hands of their slave owners. BUT THE HERO’S WAY OUT WAS TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST INTO YOUR LIKE AND BELIEVE, HE WOULD COME THROUGH FOR YOU! SO ITS TIME NOW TO GIVE IT TO JESUS CHRIST!

In every human  Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love and Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance; and by the Leave of our Modern Egyptians I will assert, that the same Principle lives within us.                                                          Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)

When the day comes and you have been set free – YOU REJOICE! Because you have been set free!

Father, Oh, Lord Our God and Saviour Jesus Christ, we call upon you Father to heal the land and Father please set your captives free. Lord on High we need you to day, Lord we Thank You today. God you are our Father and we need you in our live so that we can live for you. Lord we need you in our live to see the world and the people in it through Your eyes. Lord you are Our Keeper, Our Deliverer, Our Protector, and Our Master. Lord Our Father, help us humble ourselves so that we may be able to love others as you love us. Lord Jesus please God, keep us in Your hands so that we may not destroy each other. Lord kill the hatred in each of us. Lord help the world heal. Lord and I pray for the heads of states and the heads of the nation. Lord please clean their hearts, help them understand that we were created to serve you in the Highest.  Lord let them see that every decision affects the masses. So Lord help them turn from their wicked ways and turn to You once again. In Jesus ‘ Name I Pray Amen, Amen, and Amen!!! Father heal the Land!

Want To Play…? OK. Then Let Us Play

So I say “you wanna play?” “Ok then, lets play! you  may call it, whatever it may be, then we’ll play it. But let me warn you; I WILL WIN! I will always Win, and you WILL LOSE! I will give you a head start, I will give you the upper hand. I will let you win the toss, I will even let you set your own rules. But, I must warn you “I WILL WIN!” Yes I say, I will WIN. That is the warning I  give you. So if you still want to play the game with me,  I’ll even let you get the first draw.” “We’ll call it the life game.”

So let’s play!!!

“Now I’ve warned You, you will Lose! You will play at your own risk! You will lose, please don’t say you were not warned. But, if you play the game right “I just might let you win, ok. But not hardly. There are correct steps to winning. You can’t play any old way and expect to win.  You will never win the game I created, unless you get it right, and do all the right things. When I say right things I mean, MY WAY.  Then you’ll win. Now when I say I’ll let you set your own rules, I mean it. But… setting your own rules has it ups and downs, and it can be challenging. So are you ready to play with Me, knowing all that?  Are you sure you still want to play?”

“Write your own rule book(s), set your own goals for the game, or make your rules up as you go. Challenge Me? Try to play with ME? Buck ME. Curse ME. Fight ME. Go up against ME. Call MY hand. Think you’ll be lucky? There is no such thing as Luck! Think there is a such thing as chance, I bid you not. Think you’ve got it going on? I think not! So you wanna play, ok, let’s play!”

Let Me describe to you in detail why and how I will win the Game:

First, “I know for a fact, Life is not a game. I did not create gamers. I created humans to serve and praise Me, and Me only!”

Second, “I’ve allowed you to make mistakes, but you must believe ME AND REPENT.”

Third, “I will, and have, allowed you to set your on rules, but I know who made the rules.”

Fourth, “I don’t change My mind, you do!”

Fifth, “You want to be Me, and set all rules, but that will never make you win, nor a winner.”

Sixth, “ Man does not want to play the game fairly. You only want to play by your own set of rules.”

Seventh, “Man wants to always be the winner. How can you ever win over Me?”

Eighth, “Men fails, I never have and never will.”

Ninth, “You didn’t create anything unless I let you, you can’t create anything unless I give you the blueprint, so you can’t win unless I let you!”

Tenth, “Man finds it very hard to be a loser, or to be able to play by someone else rules or guidelines.”

Eleventh, “Men are like spoil children, always wanting their way. Especially the ones that give way to their feelings, or their desires. Not caring if it is right or wrong.”

 Twelfth, “If a desire come along to cheat, you always take the opportunity to do so. You are cheaters!”

 Thirteenth “You don’t care for Me, nor do you have any respect for Me!”

Fourteenth, “I don’t play games, but I have to bring it to your level. Besides I have a whole big universe I have to oversee! Just imagine if  all the animals I created played game with Me too, how really busy I’d be. Just this, if the elements started to disobey Me! Man you’d be in a lot of trouble!”

Fifteenth, “If you would listen to Me, keep My Commands, Love your fellowmen, and treated each other like sister and brothers, half of My work would be a less challenging. Maybe if you treated each other like that piece of lust you craved, then, you be a better much nicer people! Right?”

Sixteenth, “See I often catch you slipping, so therefore I will always be, and I Am, the Stronger One.”

Seventeenth, “You just can’t beat ME, no matter how hard you try. You must play by My rules. They were created for you.”

Eighteen, “You challenge Me everyday! Or at least you think you are. There is only ONE GOD, and I AM He!”

Nineteen, “When will you stop?” “Playing, you lose! You have lost already.”

Twenty,  “You don’t even have control over yourself, let alone someone or something else, if I take your breath away what can you do?”

You have taken what I’ve given to you, and you call it a game! How dare you!

Now I hope, you’re kinda of getting the idea, right?

“Ok, now let’s talk about what happens when you try to cheat ME! What happens when you think you’re getting over on ME. When you call Me a liar. When you try to change My Words. When you try to call My hand. When you think you’re getting by, just enough, to pretend with Me. When you cheat, and then you think you are right, and call Me wrong. YOU LOSE! Yes that’s what I said, You Lose and you have Lost. You’ve lost everything, even your life! You see when you play games, and in games there are winners and losers, and as I said earlier I do not lose- ever! So if I never lose, then what does that make you?”

So now I’ll give you some reasons as to why, I do what I do, and why I do all I do to you.

First,  “Most all of you disobey me, so I have to punish you.”

Second, “You have taken Me for granted, so I have to do something to get your attention.” When I make good things happen for you, who do you thank…well I can say it isn’t ME. Maybe that’s why so many bad things happen. You see I am a jealous God, That’s right, that is what I said. I AM JEALOUS!”

Third, “Daily I have to remind you that I am the FATHER and The SON, not your toy, not your biological father or your biological son. So stop treating me like I’m you kid.” You see, when I was a child in Nazareth, I did play like a child played, I laughed, I played tricks on my parents, I did all the things children did, but when I grew up I really grew up! I put away all the childish stuff, and never looked back. But you humans never want to grow up! Man grow up! You can’t have your way forever!”

Fourth, “I do things to you that have an effect on everything around you and in your environment.” I let satan take your children, your loved ones, your most cherished valuables, those things you love more than ME. You had better be trying to store your riches above and not beneath. What I mean by that is that, you better start looking to ME, because what you have on this earth, at the end of your life really isn’t gonna matter.”

Fifth, “I bring wars and rumors of war right to your front door.”  Look around… Must I say more? ” There’s a war here, there’s a war there, here’s a war, there’s a war, there’s a war everywhere. You know the nursery rhyme.. ”

Sixth, “I bring you storms, rains, floods, fires that destroy your earthly possessions, because you don’t listen to Me. When I make it rain, can you make it stop?” When I bring the snow, can you make it stop?” When I bring a flood, can you make it stop? When I take a plane out of the air can you make it stop? When I punish you can you make it stop?”

Seventh, “I dry up your land, so they can’t bear food. Then I raise prices so you won’t have enough of anything. I let the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, I let the sun shine on the just as well as the unjust. I let the rain fall on the just as well as the unjust. I allow satan to cause bad things to happen to good people, but I’m right there until the end.”

Eighth, “I supplied the earth with enough women and men for everyone to have a perfect mate, but no, you want to have yours and someone else’s mate too. Then you want to say it’s not enough to go around, or you say I can’t find a mate, so you seek the same-sex to have sex with. You even lust after children, you must have missed that part in My Word that warns against hurting or destroying a child, or children. I am so fed up, with you people.” Yeah, every now and then I’ll let some one come along and produce a good movie. Such as The Passion of the Christ, The Bible, and now Noah’s Ark, there are many more. Just to give the people a chance, who never picked up a Bible, to get an idea. But to tell you the truth those movies don’t tell half the story.  They don’t even portray the people with their right hereditary traits, skin color and nationality. Boy I tell you, you humans sure can be deceiving.  But, I’ll tell you, be real, or get real!” So stop making ME look bad to unbelievers. Oh yeah, stop lying and changing MY WORD to fit your own situations. I said, exactly what I meant in the Bible. I said what I meant and I meant exactly what I said!”

“But I’ll tell you that wickedness will prevail until I really get tired, or until you cry out to Me for Me to heal the land. To tell you the truth I’m tired now, but I’m trying to give you humans a chance to get it right. Life is not a game. There is nothing about life that I would call a game. In My Words, you never heard, or read in My Word that life was a game!”

Ninth, “So you act surprised when I let some terrible things happen, such as terrorist attacks, bombings, hijacking, kidnappings and stuff like that, which happens. ALL of those things satan is behind, but I allow him to do it, Why? To get you attention. If I just let you go on and on doing the things you do I would have been destroyed the world, a long time ago. But I am fair, I’ll give you a chance.”  It’s no accident! Again, I just  let satan loose on all of you” The very thing you let dictate to you how life should be, will be the same thing that destroys you! Since you think satan is your friend, then I’ll let you in on a secret… Satan can care less than 1 cents about you. He’s your enemy, as you say the fool!”

Tenth, “So you see. Tell me, what about misery, appears to be like a game? Nothing. But see the worst the sins you commit, the worst the hurt I inflict. Yes I am God, I am a loving God, a caring God, an understanding God… but don’t keep stepping on my toes. Yes I forgive, millions and trillions and billions of times. I even forgive Infinity times, But ….don’t keep trying ME! I’ll forgive you right on up until the grave, but after the grave, don’t look for pity or sympathy! Because there will be none.

Eleventh, “I keep My Word. Rather good or bad, I keep My Word! If you don’t know or understand, look it up, you will find it all in MY Holy Bible! See I set the Holy Bible up to give you true and complete instructions for how I want you to live, but, no!, you humans, just mess up everything, I really want to use another word, but I don’t say cussing words.”

Twelfth, “ Do you still think it’s a game. Games are for gamers and I am not a gamer. Life is NOT a game. Life is a Gift from Me. Use it wisely and do good with it, because you only have one life to live.”

Thirteenth, “you cry out when in pain, you fall on your knees, you lift your hands to Me when in pain. But because you do not do these things daily, I don’t take you seriously. I hear you and I see you, but I know your heart is not in it.”

Fourteenth, don’t get me wrong, I love you all of you. In your sins and in your righteousness. But I must request that you obey My Laws and Commands, and especially Please repent!”

Fifteenth, “So playing with, and in, each others bodies when you know you don’t belong there!” I created you to be  male and female. I CREATED YOU TO BE MALE AND FEMALE. What about that you don’t understand? Now what the male and female do in the closet is their business. If it’s against my laws and commands, then I WILL DEAL WITH THAT. But when a male and male, or a female or female  do something in the closet, I have grave reason for concern!  But since it is already against MY Laws and commands, YOU ARE GONNA GET IT! Yes, I love and created you all, but I tell you the truth, you need to stop trying to change my Laws and Words… So using your own lustful desires, to do your own dirty deeds. Stop putting ME in that mess, because I don’t go along with your mess. It is mess, mess that y’all created. Man I AM TIRED, of all that stuff. Just do as I told you to do and save yourself a lot of misery. I didn’t create you like that. Then, you go so far as to say you  are born that way – THAT’S A LIE!!!  And the truth ain’t in ya! Stop using excuses to do as you please, I would rather you just tell the truth and say, this is what I like to do! Quit covering up your sins! Life is not a game, but you try hard to  make it one, I’ll tell you the truth, if you want to make it one, and if you want to act like it’s one, then I’ll tell you this – I WIN! QUIT LYING ON ME!

Sixteen, “Now about the Racism stuff – y’all need to QUIT! You all are the same! You all was created out of the same womb. Go back and read MY Biblical Histories! Y’all created race colors, I Didn’t. When you were conceived, you all were created from the same material. But when you come down the birth canal the skin tone varies. That’s the way I wanted it to be. Now imagine a world, if everybody was the same color. Now imagine a world if there was no different skin tones. Now what if everybody was of one color? There would be no spectrum of color varieties. No selections. No mixed colorization. Just one bland tone. I would get tired of looking at that myself!!! I love colors, look at MY creations. Nothing is all one color. Color brings excitement, color brings  out the WOW! Colors bring ME joy! Because I created that.  Now imagine if everybody was all white or all black. What does that leave  – nothing! None of you are better than the other, but if I let you tell it, White is right, Blacks get back, and Brown stick around. I don’t deal like that. I created you all, color is beautiful. Different colors are even better. But I’ll tell you what, just keep it up! Keep up that non-sense. Racism is non-sense, to me. But y’all make a big deal of it. A very weak mind believes the lie of a very weak mind. If a person tells you someone is dirty and they stink, and you believe it, without  your own investigation, then you are as weak as the person that told you the lie in the first place.  I see books that were written by authors in the old days, and the new days too. What they do is take their own ideologies and sell them to a weaker mind, and they believe the lies. And guess what – most really do believe it. You tell your children to hate, they do. You tell your hateful ideas, to others and they believe them. If you want to believe anything, then you need to BELIEVE MY WORD! I don’t hate, I just create! I created you all. I hate your sin, but I do not hate you!

Stop Hating and start loving; PLEASE. All that hating is going to come back and hunt you. Remember this, the persons you hate, because of the color of their skin, may just have already saved you from your sins! Now I’m going to let you in on a secret. there have been certain people that have adopted babies from a different race of not their own. They have adopted a  small clan or small  tribe of children from other races not like themselves. Do you know why I’ve allowed this to happen?  They got  a family of children, while young or babies, they do not see color. So I allow them to be raised up together as sister and brothers, they will learn of and about each other as children. They will play together, sleep together in the same beds, eat at the same tables, play in each others hair, and drink water from the same cups, and even cry together. All this is for a reason. Now I’ll give you an example, the adoption of the children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Madonna, and I’m sure there are many more. But I use these two families, because the have several races or nationality of children they’ve adopted in their home. So why do you think this happened?  Because I’ve allowed it. They will also see each other for their true worth. They will also develop an unconditional love for each other. Once it  has been planted as a seed, it will never be forgotten no matter what. There will be a supernatural  type of love there. “My sister is not a monster, my brother is not that monster, we share a lot in common, we have a lot in common –  one mother, one Father.”

These children will grow up as one family. Now as they get older, that will be another story, for discussion at a later time. But as they grow up together, they will develop a love and respect for each other. You get the idea. no color

Notice the Bond! Notice the hand holding!

Seventeen,  All evil finds its foundations in being a partaker in an evil thought process.

Eighteen, I have allowed some people to walk before time, some with time and a lot behind time!

                   

The reason I posted so many pictures of their family is because I really want you to think about that situation. The children, Angelina and Brad seems to have forgotten about their skin color. So why don’t we? So why can’t we? People it’s easier than you think!

“Oh yeah one more thing, STOP KILLING EACH OTHER. Let ME do the killing, not you! I give life, and I take life. That’s not for you to do! I kill because I had too, not because I wanted too. You kill because you want too. So I say to you STOP IT! What y’all really don’t get is that, you are going to be judged for that, and it won’t be so funny then. Basically you kill each other because it feels good to you to do so. You kill each other because you have nothing better to do. Now don’t get me wrong, sometimes killing really is necessary, but all the killing you do is so unnecessary. So having abortions, you knew when you had sex unprotected what might happen.  So don’t take it out on the baby. But if you were raped, I can understand that. But still killing is so wrong. I’ll handle the rapist. I don’t play when it comes to killing. Especially  unnecessary  killings.”

 So as I say: The decision is up to you. Do you think it’s a game? Do you really think life’s a game? Well I Don’t !

I created you ALL.  I gave you a choice to choose for yourselves the lives you want to live, then I have to abide by that. But I will still judge you for all of your actions. Why? Because I made the rules. Yes some say rules are meant to be broken; I say, but NOT MINE. So do you understand? I know you do because I created a perfect person, with understanding and a will to do and obey Me. Yes it’s so funny how humans want to change my rules. But My rules are not meant to be broken, and if you do you will pay a price for that. Oh some say God is not real; I say YES I AM! I see and hear everything you do and say. I know your every thought , good or bad. Some say  there is no God, I say yes there is – I AM. Some say God forgives, Yes I do , but you will not get away with all that nonsense. I inspired men to write the Holy Bible, some say the Bible is just another piece of literary work. Don’t be fooled! You think it’s all a game, in due time you will see it’s not! I am God, I created you all, for MY purpose and not your own. You Shall See. I love you, but I also expect you to obey. I am your Father rather you want to believe that or not. So some say I am not the Creator,  they say you was created because of a big – bang theory;  that way of think disgust Me! Can you as man be so simple-minded? Man wants to take the credit for everything, but I will not allow that. Let ME ask you a question. Who told you I was a God that would let you get away with breaking all rules – My Commandments?  Who told you that  there is no GOD? Who told you that you could tear up my world and creation? Who told you that you are your own god? Who told you that? I know who has led you astray? You may not understand the complete story or the complete truth of MY POWER and MY WORDS. But who caused you to un-believe? Who caused you to live by your own rules? Who? I know the answer. The same one that told Eve, in the garden that she would not surely die.  Oh by the way, that one lied. Yes I say lied, don’t act surprised!  That one is still telling you all that same lie today. Yes I SAID  Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow, that one will still tell you the same old lies and you will believe, as you do today, The same as Eve believed. Believe Me, there is no April’s fool. Nothing is a joke about your so-called games of life.  If I could get you all to understand games are not in my vocabulary. Game playing is not in My makeup. Nothing I created and cared for is a game.

Can you understand? Take the word game  OUT of your vocabulary; when it comes to ME. Just suppose it IS a game, for your sake, then, when will your game end? Games don’t last forever, they only last a little while, or they end when someone wins. But in My case, for your sake this game you play will end, but “I WIN.”

 

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

I Timothy 4:4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Deuteronomy 23:14 Because the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be Holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 22:9You shall not sow thy vineyard with different seeds: lest the fruit of your seed which you sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled.

1 Chronicles 10:14He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. 7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. 11 There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 15 What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. 16 I thought to myself, “Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind. 18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

I John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Psalm 11:5 The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

I Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.

Psalm 101:3 will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

11 Timothy 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 5:11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Ephesians 4:19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Isaiah 33:15-16 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

Romans 14:22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.

Mark 7:15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

Luke 12:15-21 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”

3 John 3:11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

Colossians 2:20-23 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

Colossians 3:5 To death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

II Corinthians 6:1-3 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

James 3:11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profound my Holy things, they have put no differences between the Holy and profound things, neither have they have showed differences between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profound among them.

John 1:11  Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

There are many, many, more scriptures, you just have to look in the Holy Bible to read them. But whatever you do please read them for yourself!

Lastly, “I the Lord God of all creation, still loves you. You are mine, and you belong to me. You don’t belong to the other one(satan). YOU BELONG TO ME! JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH. YOU BELONG TO THE ONLY CREATOR- GOD. You belong to GOD, because in the beginning of he Book of Genesis I called myself GOD, WHICH I AM GOD. Later on I shared with you MY other NAMES.  So to keep it simple I’ll just call MYSELF, GOD. Because that IS WHO I AM!.” You can call ME Lord GOD also, because that is WHO I AM!”

“SO I say once again, The life I gave you is no GAME! It’s very serious business, MY business, Don’t call you life a game, because it’s NOT! I’M NOT PLAYING!”

In this life you don’t get a second life, You have 1 life to live – the one I give you! Because Real Life is NO GAME!

I hope you enjoyed this blog, as much as I was inspired by God to write it!  God is trying to get our attention. Thanks for reading it! I love all of you! May God bless and keep you, in Jesus’ Name AMEN!

As for Grace…

As for “Grace” Extending “Grace” 

By, the grace, of what or who?  What is grace? Who is grace? How, does the grace, you say, help me?  What is the big issue about grace? Is this grace thing real? Who gets the grace? Is grace for me? Is grace a woman or a man? Is grace a personal thing or a corporate thing? Is it a secret thing or public?

 

If you are a church goer, then you have probably heard the word or an explanation for the term grace. But if not then the word grace, may be the name of a female or some form of an emotion. It could even mean sparing the rod. There are so many assumptions for grace. But, “Grace” can surprise you!

As for Grace,

According to “The Free Dictionary”- GRACE

(grs) used in Noun form:

1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.

2. A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.       3. A sense of fitness or propriety.

4. disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill

b. Mercy; clemency.

5. A favor rendered by one who need not do so; indulgence.

6.A temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve.

7. Graces Greek & Roman Mythology Three sister goddesses, known in Greek mythology as Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who dispense charm and beauty.

8. a. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people.

b. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.

c. An excellence or power granted by God.

9. A short prayer of blessing or thanksgiving said before or after a meal.

10. Grace Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a duke, duchess, or archbishop.

11. Music An appoggiatura, trill, or other musical ornament in the music of 16th and 17th century England.

Definition of GRACE according to Merriam-Webster

1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification

b : a virtue coming from God

c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace

2a : approval, favor <stayed in his good graces>

b archaic : mercy, pardon

c : a special favor : privilege <each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage — Rudyard Kipling>

d : disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency

e : a temporary exemption : reprieve

3a : a charming or attractive trait or characteristic

b : a pleasing appearance or effect : charm <all the grace of youth — John Buchan>

c : ease and suppleness of movement or bearing

4—used as a title of address or reference for a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop

5: a short prayer at a meal asking a blessing or giving thanks

6 plural capitalized : three sister goddesses in Greek mythology who are the givers of charm and beauty

7: a musical trill, turn, or appoggiatura

8 a : sense of propriety or right had the grace not to run for elective office — Calvin Trillin

b : the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful

GRACE is, or could be, a concept, a theme, perspective, a promise, a leisure or maybe a God Given inalienable right. Is it earned? Is it bought, gained or given?  Is it time or is it a I owe you?  It depends on what you believe. Beliefs can be right or wrong. But biblically there is only one right. God’s right. I am speaking Biblically.

So as a human what do you believe about grace?

Biblically speaking here it is:

Grace is sparing me from something dreadful. But according to Zondervan, “Grace is being released to us, to release us from the dominion of sin, for believers.” Believers have more pull with God than the sinner.  Zondervan also states that “Grace is portraying a compassionate response from one who is able to change the situation or to help someone in need.

Grace can be demonstrated by humans, but true grace is given by God. Grace is not a human. Grace is an action. Grace has been given to us all, from one extent to another. Grace helps you by sparing you from the destructive hands of satan. Grace also help you find your way back to God, if you get off track. Without grace you would not be given the opportunity to get it right with God. The big issue about grace is that Grace is a pardon! Pardon for the terrible sins we commit. When we hear the word pardon we think of prisoners. No, pardon is the only thing that is giving us grace. Grace is real, if it was not, then the car that ran the red light, might not of missed you. Grace is real, someone was dying in your family, and someone prayed for that person to be healed, and suddenly they were healed, that’s grace.  You lost something, someone found it and returned it, that was grace. A bully stops bullying you, that’s grace.

When you did something wrong as a child, and you know you should have gotten it, but your parents just talked to you, that’s grace.  America with it many sins, has not completely been  destroyed, that’s grace. A person commits murder, but given life, that’s grace, especially when they know they should have gotten death. God’s grace is like love so big, that it  deletes all the mistakes, you can’t  even see the wrongs anymore, because grace makes them all right and forgotten. We all should be dead, but God has given us grace to live and get it right with Him. A fool that loves to sin, and is not quickly destroyed, that’s grace. I hope you kinda get the idea. This thing called grace is nor male or female. Grace is no secret, it is offered to us all. It’s not favored to any one person, or any one race of people.

 God discriminates, but grace does not, and grace is extended to us by God. How is both capable, discrimination and grace?

Here is something that may interest you!

DOES GOD DISTINGUISH AND DISCRIMINATE, by Wayne Camp 

Examples:

GOD SHOWED GRACE TO

• Noah Ge 6:8
• Abraham Ge 18:3, Ge 24:12
• Lot Ge 19:19
• Jacob Ge 32:9-10, 33:5, 11, 47:29
• Joseph Ge 39:21, 43:29, Dt 33:16, Ac 7:10
• Moses Ex 33:12-13,16-17, 34:9
• Naphtali Dt 33:23
• Joshua  Jos 2:12-14
• Judges Jdg 2:18
• Gideon Jdg 6:17
• Ruth Ru 1:8
• David 1Ki 3:6, 2Ch 1:8, Ac 7:46
• Solomon 1Ki 3:6
• Samuel 1Sa 2:26
• Esther Es 2:9, 15-17
• Israel 1Sa 15:6, 2Ki 13:23, Ne 9:31, Ps 78:38, 85:1, 102:13-14, Ezk 9:9, Jr 2:2, 30:2,Is 54:8, Mic 7:20
• Hezekiah Jr 26:19
• Ezra Ezr 7:27-28
• Nehemiah Ne 2:8
• Mary Lk 1:30
• The apostles Ac 4:33

THEY WERE FULL OF

• Jacob Ge 33:8-11
• Ruth Ru 2:10
• David 1Sa 20:14, 24:18, 2Sa 2:5-6, 9:1-7, 10:2, 1Ki 2:7, 1Ch 19:2, Ac 7:46
• Stephen Ac 6:8

“Grace” really is amazing. What is “Grace” to you?

GRACE IS EVERYTHING!