Personal Statement of Faith

I believe that the Bible is God’s inerrant and infallible word to mankind for us via Jesus Christ my Savior and Lord and through the power and illumination of the Holy Spirit. Traditional authorship accepted by Jesus, thus being God’s Son, He would only accept it if it was Absolute Truth (Luke 24:27; John 5:46-47; Matthew 24:15-21) and The Word became flesh (John 1:14) referring to Jesus; therefore, the Word, like the Son, is inerrant and infallible.

I believe that God has revealed Himself through His Special Revelation (The Bible) and His General Revelation (His Creation), including science, art, mathematics and music…which are all His creation, based upon the teaching of (Romans 1:19-20 and John 1:3). I believe that this creation took place in six literal, twenty-four days (144 hours). This creation includes the entire and only Universe and all that is contained within, including all mass, all energy, and the very laws of physics that maintain the order of the cosmos! (Genesis 1). I believe that all creation was once in a state of perfection but has continued towards a state of chaos since the Fall, not the other way around as the atheistic pseudo-religion evolution teaches. (2 Peter 3:10).

I believe that Jesus was the Son of God (Matt 14:33; 26:63; 27:43) and Son of man (over ninety times in OT and over eighty times in NT). I believe that He was born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18-25), lived a perfect and sinless life (1 John 3:5), died on the cross for the Redemption of mankind (Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46) and was Resurrected on the Third day (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20). I believe He is at the Right Hand of the Father (Mark 14:62; 16:19; Acts 7:55; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Peter 3:22) and sent the Holy Spirit of promise (Acts 2) to help mankind know Him and understand and interpret His Word…in illumination, exhorting and teaching the converted and reaching the lost (Acts 1:8; John 16:13; 1 John 2:27).

I believe in the Triune God of Three distinct Persons yet One God (Matthew 28: 18-20; Romans 1:20; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Colossians 2:9). I believe in the Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:13; Titus 2:13; 1 John 3:2-3) the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7-9), the Final Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15). I believe that this Infinite and Eternal God is a Personal God who deeply cares about all mankind (Isaiah 53: 5-6; Romans 8:26; Hebrews 4:15). I believe in water baptism by immersion as an outward expression of our fellowship with Jesus’ suffering, death, resurrection and our new birth. (Matthew 3:15; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:11, 12; Matthew 28:19). I believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues and that it is still relevant today (Mark 16:17; Acts 2: 3-4; Acts 19: 6). I believe in Divine Healing as being the virtual Children’s Bread (Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27) due to the Redemptive Work on the Cross (Deuteronomy 7:15; Psalm 103:2-3; Isaiah 53:5; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; James 5:14-15; 1 Peter 2:24). I believe in tithing to God (through His Church) as a mandate from the Father for EVERY believer (Malachi 3: 8-10). I believe in the observance and remembrance of the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23) as an outward expression of participating in His New Covenant with the Father. Finally, I believe in praying for the Peace of and in Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6).

I do not believe any man on earth is perfect nor can be outside of Christ (John 15:5). I do not take myself too seriously because I know how capable I am of making mistakes and misunderstanding the intents of people at times. I am like Paul…I strive for the mark and wish to finish the race to win the prize…of Heaven eternal with my Lord, my Savior and my God, which is only possible via the Blood Covenant established by Jesus and cut with the Father (Book of Hebrews)! These are the reasons for the hope within me (1Peter 3:15)!

Even More Unusual Poetry

Testimonium

Lost in my thoughts
Agonized inferno
I stare into darkness
Abysmal; eternal

Do I matter or
Am I just nominal?
The man or a moment
Loved or expendable?

The dreams I have had
The hopes I have longed for
Are ashes before me
Vapors of lost favor

I think of lost
Chances I had
Opportunities squandered
Wasted life lead

Now caught in a dance
With the eternal demon
Damnation forever
No hope of redeeming

All that Fate gave me
Has now been forsaken
Courted by death
My destiny shaken

No penance or mercy
Judgment has fallen
Weighted in cruelty
Hellfire is calling

Crying out to God
His forgiveness imploring
The Son reaches down
The Spirit restoring

Telling others about Him
How His love saved me
The hope of His calling
He gave His all for me

…and you!

More Unusual Poetry

Nevermore!

Once upon a midnight dreary
Mourning loss of fair Lenore
Poe’s remorse reaches epic sorrow
Hopelessly, forevermore

At first when came the gentle tapping
Thought he a visitor at the door
When no one seen through thickened darkness
Terror seized him all the more

Then the sound became apparent
Twas at window and not the door
Close inspection revealed a raven
A bird is pecking and nothing more!

Relieved to find no demon lurking
Outside the window or behind the door
He greets his wet and winged visitor
Who promptly alights above his door

Then the mystery of the ages
Like none a man had seen before
As the raven croaks distinctly
That one word, haunting, “Nevermore!”

Startled anew by this revelation
Poe gives voice to sorrow bore
Each lamentation his heart releases
Is greeted promptly, “Nevermore!”

Discourse alters into madness
Anger fueled as never before
“That bird”, he reckons, “speaking slander
Hurling insults at beloved Lenore!”

Then finally when anger silenced
And hopelessness resides once more
Quits he the discourse, bruised and broken
Loneliness his life once more

Yet, I wonder, did he miss it?
Did he miss the hope in store?
Was the raven’s single statement
A message from his love Lenore?

Might it be she tried to tell him,
“Our love will live forevermore!
Our parting, darling, is for a moment.
Yet, someday soon…Nevermore!”

Had he seen this in the raven
Had he heard the birds implore
I’m sure he would have deeply treasured
The immortal croaking, “Nevermore!”

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Can God's existence be proven?

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Unusual Poetry

Open, Oh Treasures of the Mind!
Open, oh treasures of the mind!
How I long to see thy realm.
If for a moment to glimpse thy wind
Forever more I shall dream; overwhelmed.
I wish to see much more than I can
Experience all thy wonders, joy at thy scheme
Could that I venture into thy land,
Never, ever should I wake from glorious dream.
Open, oh treasures of the mind!
Can it be possible to comprehend thy scope?
I should embark there, glory in my find
And secret its beauty, treasure its hope.
Open, oh treasures of the mind Oh, please open thou to me!

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