2007.08.25

二零零七年人间八月天第二十五天
感谢神！

The Beast Movie

A prudent man concealeth knowledge:
but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 12:23

Some recent foolishness from the heart of fools, is a malicious attack upon the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the upcoming movie, appropriately, titled "The Beast". The demonic phony plot is to "prove" that the Lord Jesus never even existed, while at the same time paint Christians as crazed lunatics. So what’s new? This has been the lofty goal of Satan and his unholy hounds of hell for the last two thousand years.

They would be more successful drinking the Pacific and Atlantic ocean, then afterwards take a fast lap or two around Jupiter. Literally, that would be much easier than refuting the Lord Jesus Christ.

It is ludicrous for a little, finite deluded man to shake his puny fists in the face of Almighty God and scream, "You don’t even exist". At the same time, the innumerable stars, the complexity and balance of our enormous universe, and the incredible design of the human body, testify so loudly to the omnipotent hand of a supernatural God that only an intellectually deaf and dumb buffoon could actually question His existence.

But of course, they do.

The Lord wrote their foolish epitaph in Psalm 14:1

"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. . . "
Psalm 14:1 (In case you missed it, the Lord repeated it in Psalm 53:1)
I’m reminded of the observant, five-year-old boy whose parents were devout atheists. After carefully listening to his parents and fellow atheists relish on the intellectually-insane salad titled "there is no God", he naively looked up at his dad and simply asked, "Dad, you think God knows we don’t believe in Him?"

My little friend, yes He knows. . . He certainly knows. . .

The movie "The Beast" is directed by a self-professed, "former fundamentalist" Christian named Brian Flemming. Flemming is a far-out, indie, film director whose previous works consisted of little more than outlandish, underground "cult films". His first feature film was the largely, unknown-unwanted, "Hang Your Dog in the Wind." Next was a bizarre musical titled "Bat Boy" based on a stupid article from the strange tabloid Weekly World News about a half-bat half-boy. I wonder, if Flemming got his directive on "The Beast" from the outrageous Weekly World News? Nah, even they are not that weird.

From the babbling "Bat Boy" to the blasphemous "The Beast" – at least, Flemming is aiming for bigger kooks.

It’s worth also mentioning, Flemming is a passionate soldier for the left-wing, anti-God, (and anything good) political hacks using his web blog as a sewer for the lefties agenda. Flemming also owns and operates the Fair Use Press, which channels left-wing e-books.

Back to "The Beast". . .The hapless goal of "The Beast" (where did he get that creative name?) is to "prove" that Jesus Christ never existed and was the deluded fabrication of the early Christians. "The Beast" is acrimoniously scheduled to open in theatres on none other than, June 6, 2006 or 06-06-06, symbolizing "666", the Mark of the Beast. Very creative. Wonder where he got that number? From none other than The Book he is absurdly trying to disprove. By his own perverted acknowledgment, Flemming proclaims its universal Truth.

The film trailer on "The Beast’s" website preaches the following blasphemous and libelous words: "Centuries ago, a legend was invented… forgery … fraud … coercion … wealth … greed … torture … murder … war … gave it the power to dominate the world." While these hate-filled insults pollute the screen, the face of the Lord Jesus displays in the background.

Here is how the film's website introduces "The Beast" (bold added):

When her father, a biblical scholar, mysteriously disappears, a Christian high-school student named Danielle investigates. She discovers that he had stumbled across a cover-up of Christianity's best-kept secret: that Jesus Christ never existed.
Now that she possesses proof of this dangerous fact, Danielle must confront two strong forces: a band of fundamentalist Christians who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth, and her own desire for Jesus Christ to be real.
Diving into factual territory well-explored by scholars but largely hidden from the view of the public, "The Beast" is an epic story of innocence lost, faith in crisis and the astonishing power of the truth to survive.
Did you notice those lofty accolades and adjectives thrown around such as, "biblical scholar", "proof", "fact", "truth", "real", "factual", "epic story", "truth to survive" and the awe-inspiring "scholars"! "Factual territory well-explored by scholars" – what scholars? They are probably the same silly "scholars" that the "well-explored" "Bat Boy" movie was based on. And don’t forget those mean ‘ol "fundamentalist Christians who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth."

"The Beast" website also remarks, "The authors of the Gospels, writing 40 to 90 years after the supposed life of Christ, never intended for their works to be read as biographies. There are no credible non-Christian references to Christ during the period in which he is said to have lived,"

Hmmm. . . Is that so?

The following is the well-established, well-documented and "well-explored" account of Jesus Christ written by a contemporary secular Jewish "scholar" and historian named Flavius Josephus. Josephus is the recognized authoritative scholar of ancient Jewish history. Flavius, who was born 37 A.D. and died 100 A.D., was very familiar with the person of Jesus Christ and the apostles having lived during their time period.

About this time lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was the achiever of extraordinary deeds and was a teacher of those who accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. When he was indicted by the principal men among us and Pilate condemned him to be crucified, those who had come to love him originally did not cease to do so; for he appeared to them on the third day restored to life, as the prophets of the Deity had foretold these and countless other marvelous things about him. And the tribe of Christians, so named after him, has not disappeared to this day.
(Flavius Josephus, Antiquities XVIII, 63, cited in Josephus, The Essential Works by Paul L. Maier, Kregel Publications, 1988, p.265)
For many years, the above words of Josephus were fiercely attacked by secular "scholars". After all, if these were indeed the words of Josephus then these powerful words "proved" beyond any doubt to the truthfulness of the man Jesus Christ, and yea, as Josephus wrote, "if indeed one ought to call him a man". It was doubted that Josephus, a non-Christian, secular, Jewish historian could ever refer to Jesus as "the Messiah" or remotely validate the "resurrection". Because of its possible historical impact, it was among histories most repudiated documents.

That argument came to a screeching halt in 1972. Professor Schlomo Pines of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem discovered an ancient Arabic manuscript which contained this hotly-contested Josephus passage, word for word.

Hmmm. . . The "well-explored" Beastie Boy (oh sorry, that was "Bat Boy") "scholars" must have went to the library when Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews was already checked out.

I am reminded of the well-known testimony of Dr. Simon Greenleaf.

Dr. Greenleaf, the Royal Professor of Law at Harvard University, is among the greatest legal minds that ever lived. He wrote the famous legal volume entitled, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, considered by many scholars as the greatest legal volume ever written. Dr. Greenleaf was a bitter opponent of Christianity. He believed the resurrection of Jesus Christ was history’s greatest hoax. After being challenged by some zealous Christian students, Dr. Greenleaf determined, once and for all, to expose the silly "myth" of the resurrection. After thoroughly examining the legal evidence for the resurrection — Dr. Greenleaf came to the exact opposite conclusion! He wrote the famous book entitled, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice. After his exhaustive study to "disprove" the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Dr. Greenleaf wrote the following incredible words:

"it was IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, . . ."
(Simon Greenleaf, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice, p.29).
Greenleaf concluded that according to the jurisdiction of legal evidence, the resurrection of Jesus Christ was the best supported event in all of history. And not only that, Dr. Greenleaf was so convinced by the overwhelming evidence, he committed his life to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Brian Flemming, "The Beast" and literally all of earth and hell can parade and pomp their phony, puny scholars but I KNOW Jesus Christ not only existed – but He lives today!

The indisputable and 100% factual, reason I KNOW the Lord Jesus Christ exists is I met Him July, 30, 1975. And, oh the joy that floods my soul, Some thing happened and now I know, He touched me and made me whole. As the songwriter said, "And if you ask me how I know He lives... He lives within my heart."

Do you KNOW the Lord Jesus Christ?

I’m not talking about being a church member, or doing good works, or tithing, or baptism, or catechisms, or religious and denominational dogma – but do you KNOW the person of the Lord Jesus Christ?

Friend, to KNOW the Lord Jesus Christ and His love on Calvary is the greatest knowledge, joy and peace possible. The Bible says in Philippians 4:7 to KNOW the Lord is, ". . . the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,. . ."

Would you like to really KNOW the Lord Jesus Christ?

You can.

The Lord says in 2 Corinthians 6:2, "(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Now is the accepted time.

If you have never truly trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, why not now?

It is simple to be saved. The Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:2, warns how Satan deceives people because the gospel of Christ is so simple.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2
We want to make it hard. We want to do something. It just can not be that simple. But praise the Lord it is that simple.

It is as simple as drinking a glass of water.

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
John 7:37
It is as simple as opening a door and walking through.

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:9

It is as simple as asking the Lord Jesus Christ to save you.

Would you like to be saved?

If you've never received Jesus Christ as your Savior, please bow your head this minute and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save you and give YOU that "joy unspeakable".

It's Simple To Be Saved ...

Realize you are a sinner.

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10

"... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23

Realize you CAN NOT save yourself.

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; ..." Isaiah 64:6

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, ..." Titus 3:5

Realize that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins.

"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, ..." 1 Peter 2:24

"... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," Revelation 1:5

Simply by faith receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" John 1:12

" ...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."" Acts 16:30,31

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

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Would You Like to be Saved?

Pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart.

Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost forever. I thank you for dying for me at Calvary. I come to you now, Lord the best way I know how, and ask you to save me. I now receive you as my Savior. In Jesus Christ Name, Amen.

If you just now prayed that prayer and meant it with all your heart — according to God's Words — YOU ARE SAVED!

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:13
"For whosoever" — that includes YOU!

And God can not LIE!

"In hope of eternal life, which God, THAT CANNOT LIE, promised before the world began;" Titus 1:2

dont make the lyrics become a philosophy of your life, a religion

in the early 90s in china,you basically cant find any rock recordings in shops.then a special kind of tape arrived here from america called 'cut-tape'('da,kou' in chinese pinying).it is checked by customs and they sell them at very cheap price to some pelple,who then sell them to us. many of these tapes are rock recordings or punk rock.

as our poor english at that time,no one knew what these guys say,we didnt pay much attention to the lyrics,to me,the solo electric guitar part is cool,always sharp,the weird rhythm,simply breathtaking,the vocals,Very emotional,With a voice that rumbles and purrs like a moody lion,to enrage or provoke emotions in a person.

but thanks to my poor level english!now i think repeated exposure to violence in music can actually inspire violence,and im really worried about how many more children are moving towards the fringe.now rock music is more than just music,its their life!it is their most devoted companion.

not mention rock star, marilyn manson,led zeppelin,bon jovi……

hotel californiathe was one of top songs in 70s by the eagles. most people have no idea the song refers to the church of satan, which happens to be located in a converted hotel on california street.

when you played forward, nothing but garbled noise is heard, but when played backwards,you hear the real message:"Satan had help. he organized his own religion." over and over!

you can also see the lyrics:"warm smell of colitas","cola", in spanish, means tail. "colita" is the diminutive form of "cola".its the buds of the marijuana plant. these have the highest THC content, and are therefore most desirable for smoking.

A Man Reaps What He Sows(Galatians 6-7)

The one who sows to please his sinful nature,from that nature will reap destruction;
the one who sows to please the spirit,from the spirit will eternal life.
顺着情欲撒种的，必从情欲收败坏；顺着圣灵撒种的，必从圣灵收永生。

此刻……

箴 言 Proverbs (4)
你要除掉邪僻的口，
丢弃乖谬的嘴。
Put away from you an evil tongue,
And let false lips be far from you.

耶稣呼召我们的目的

—可3：13~15—
13节记载“耶稣上了山，随自己的意思叫人来，他们便来到他那里。他就设立十二个人……”接着讲到了耶稣这样做的理由。曾经 在地球上成就最大事工的耶稣说，我呼召你们有三个目的；用福音征服世界的耶稣对门徒讲述了呼召他们的理由，这也是我们过信仰生活的理由和蒙召的理由：第 一、为要他们与自己同在，意思就是以马内利；第二、要差他们去传道；第三、给他们权柄赶鬼。
1、为要与我们同在。我们如果享受不到这个祝福，生活 会一塌糊涂；相反，则会越来越亨通顺利，遇到任何问题都不会惊怕，在任何恶劣环境甚至死亡面前也能放胆。就如《圣经》所记，在极艰苦的条件下，耶和华与约 瑟同在（创39：1-6）；面临死亡危机，耶和华与大卫同在（诗23：1-6）；遭遇巨大困难，神说：“保罗，不要害怕。”（徒27：24-25）由此可 见，只要享受这个祝福，一切问题就会结束。但是，现在的问题是许多信徒享受不到这个祝福，不能享受神与我们同在。有位牧师在坦桑尼亚宣教时向黑人牧师说了 三点：①呼叫耶稣的名一定会蒙应答；②24小时不要单顾蒙恩惠，要享受24小时祷告的奥秘（在现场享受祷告）；③24小时只考虑传道（太6：33）。这三 点里面有一切的答案，这就是以马内利，是主亲自应许的。主说，你们若求我的国，其他的都加给你们。因此，千万别只在教会里蒙恩惠，到现场里也祷告吧，因为 奉耶稣基督的名祷告，无所不能。我们身上最重要的不是别的，就是享受神同在的奥秘。因为人不是动物，如果不认识神，所拥有的一切最终都会造成属灵的问题。 所以，耶稣说：“我召你们来，是要与你们同在。”神与各位同在，有什么祝福比这个更大呢？神与安提阿教会同工，谁能阻挡呢？愿各位真地享受以马内利的祝 福，不是简单地，而是真正地、深深地明白基督。
2、也要差你们去传道。传道是与以马内利相连的，最终是要使人看到神同在，并讲说见证。传道之前， 要让对方感叹：“啊，神与他同在！”这才是正确的传道，各位一定要享受这个祝福。别人要从我们身上看到神的祝福——神同在，那就是传道。《圣经》显明，我 们必须传道，而传道并不是单凭口说，而是有凭据的。并且，作者在以马内利后面用了副词“也”，由此可知，传道是必然形成的。享受以马内利的祝福，就一定会 兴起作工。
3、并要给你们权柄赶鬼。这不是主要目的，但很重要。今天的世界全部被鬼文化抓住，所以神说：“神的儿子显现出来，为要除灭魔鬼的作 为。”耶稣在最后一刻说“你们往普天下去。”“奉我的名赶鬼。”为什么？因为全世界被黑暗势力掌握。耶稣还说“给你们权柄践踏蛇和蝎子。”这三句话里都隐 含着很重要的内容。
4、怎么享受这个祝福呢？怎样享受以马内利呢？同在，英文为with，不是指简单在一起，其中有很多信仰生活的原理。“同在”是指我站在神的立场上看，又从对方的立场上想。总之，我们在凡事上要看神的旨意是什么，这就是以马内利。