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Something came up recently, and these words, "I want to do things right before the Lord," sparked these thoughts:

Those words sound like if we please the Lord, things will go well for us. While that is true, it could also be false, depending on the understanding and motive. We aren't here to be sycophants or pleasers. We are so prone to please, this being a very selfish thing indeed. Primarily, we seek to please people, so we'll be accepted by them or benefitted somehow.

We then presume to do the same with God, like Cain did. He was a pleaser! And where did it get him? Abel didn't bring a sacrifice to please God. He brought it because he knew it was right. Had his sacrifice been rejected, he wouldn't have felt badly, as did Cain. He would have sought for the right way (of course, the reason his sacrifice was accepted was because his heart was right, and therefore he could not but be accepted). However, Cain was offended: "Well, if that's the thanks I get, phooey on God! I won't believe in Him anymore!" We have heard that many times.

We are called to do right because it is right, whether pleasing to anyone or not. We are here to choose the successful and true right, the one and only kind of right there is, and not what we ignorantly and foolishly imagine and choose to be right, in that it is selfishly advantageous. Choosing right, things will go well for us. Choosing to please, we destroy those we pretend to please (not that we can destroy God, of course, but we grieve Him), and we destroy ourselves.

God isn't asking us to please Him. Where in the Bible does one find God wanting us to please Him? It isn't there! Did you know? He isn't primarily interested in His own welfare and feelings. He wants to see things go well for us, and He has shown, and is showing, us how that can and must be because He cares for us.

God is called "Love" because He cares about us over Himself. That is the nature of true love. When we do right and things go well for us, then He'll be pleased. He'll be satisfied because we are fulfilled and satisfied in reality, by His satisfaction and not by the destructive, blind-alley kind of satisfaction that comes out of self-serving lack of knowledge and understanding.

- Victor Hafichuk (April 17, 2011)

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The Perished of the Holocaust

What an incredibly hideous spectacle unfolded before the world as humans, turned vicious, ravenous brute beasts, actively and passively, directly and indirectly, willingly and unwillingly, performed their unspeakable horrors on the Jewish people. We have seen what happened in this dimension: Out of the ashes of the departed, a nation was reborn on the earth of those left behind. But what happened to the Jews taken away in the Holocaust? Where did they go? What was their lot beyond the gas chambers, ovens, and graves?

As I took a walk in the afternoon of March 17, 2011 to get some sun, air, and exercise, a thought suddenly came to me that I have to say was revelation from God. I was amazed at it, and thrilled, never having even considered the matter before. Perhaps what came to me was introduced or triggered by a book Marilyn and I had just begun reading, Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, a book I would recommend.

Here’s what came to me: Through the portal of the Holocaust, all those Jews who perished as a race or religion, and not because of wrongdoing, immediately entered the sheer and glorious bliss of paradise! As evil as it was and as awful as it looked on this side, it was and is so good and glorious on the other. Those who perished were finally the fortunate ones indeed. Take heart, remnant of the Jewish nation – your loved ones are blessed indeed.

The Jews as a people had atoned, or more accurately, had been atoned, for their sin by their great and final leg of a millennia-long journey of great injustice and suffering at the hands of the Gentiles. They have paid the price Moses prophesied they would for their sins. This has not been by any virtue of their own, but by the sovereign will and work of their God, the God of Israel, the Creator of the whole earth, Yeshua HaMashiach, the One they crucified and rejected nearly 2,000 years ago and since.

Here is a vivid description from the Torah of the recent history of the Jews, which is now coming to an end in this generation:

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 MKJV
(15) And it shall be, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, all these curses shall come on you and overtake you.
(16) You shall be cursed in the city, and cursed in the field.
(17) Your basket and your store shall be cursed.
(18) The fruit of your body shall be cursed, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep.
(19) You shall be cursed when you come in, and cursed when you go out.
(20) The LORD shall send on you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings by which you have forsaken Me.
(21) The LORD shall make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from off the land where you go to possess it.
(22) The LORD shall strike you with lung disease and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.
(23) And your heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you iron.
(24) The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust. It shall come down from the heavens on you until you are destroyed.
(25) The LORD shall cause you to be stricken before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a trembling to all the kingdoms of the earth.
(26) And your body shall be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. And no man shall frighten them away.
(27) The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you cannot be healed.
(28) The LORD shall strike you with madness and blindness, and astonishment of heart.
(29) And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall always be pressed down and spoiled forever, and no man shall save you.
(30) You shall become engaged to a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house, and you shall not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard, and you shall not gather the grapes of it.
(31) Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it. Your ass shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you, your sheep given to your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them.
(32) Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail for them all the day long. And there shall be no power in your hand.
(33) The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall be eaten up by a nation which you do not know. And you shall always be oppressed and crushed,
(34) and you shall be mad because of that which you shall see with the sight of your eyes.
(35) The LORD shall strike you in the knees and in the legs with an evil ulcer that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
(36) The LORD shall bring you, and your king which you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
(37) And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.
(38) You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in, for the locust shall eat it.
(39) You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but shall neither drink the wine nor gather, for the worm shall eat them.
(40) You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint with the oil, for your olive shall drop off its fruit.
(41) You shall father sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity.
(42) All your trees and the fruit of your land the locust shall possess.
(43) The stranger within you shall get up above you very high, and you shall come down very low.
(44) He shall loan to you, and you shall not loan to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
(45) And all these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
(46) And they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
(47) Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart for the abundance of all things;
(48) therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. And He shall put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.
(49) The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand,
(50) a nation fierce of face who shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.
(51) And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed. He shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you.
(52) And he shall besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down, throughout all the land. And he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which the LORD your God has given you.
(53) And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the anguish with which your enemies shall distress you.
(54) The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his sons which he has left;
(55) so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his sons whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left to him in the siege and in the anguish with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates.
(56) The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not have ventured to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
(57) and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her sons whom she shall bear. For she shall eat them secretly for lack of all things, in the siege and anguish with which your enemies shall distress you in your gates.
(58) If you will not observe to do all the words of this Law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful Name, THE LORD YOUR GOD,
(59) then the LORD will make your plagues remarkable, and the plagues of your seed great and persistent plagues; with evil and long-lasting sicknesses.
(60) Also, He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid. And they shall cling to you.
(61) Also, every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this Law, the LORD will bring them on you until you are destroyed.
(62) And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
(63) And it shall be, as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nothing. And you shall be plucked from off the land where you go to possess it.
(64) And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even to the other, and you shall serve other gods there, which neither you nor your fathers have known, wood and stone.
(65) And among these nations you shall find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest. But the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart and failing of eyes and sorrow of mind.
(66) And your life shall hang in doubt before you, and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life.
(67) In the morning you shall say, Oh that it were evening! And at evening you shall say, Oh that it were morning, for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
(68) And the LORD shall bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again. And there you shall be sold to your enemies for men-slaves and women-slaves, and no man shall buy you.

So has it been, even as the Lord spoke by Moses. But now a new day has been dawning since the Holocaust, a day best described in the first portion of this chapter in Deuteronomy (which is not recorded here - see Deuteronomy 28:1-14). This is in spite of the great threatenings the world over towards the Jews from Satan and his murderous subjects. And as those Jews have entered blessed paradise from the horrors of the Holocaust, so the Jews on earth will experience blessedness they have never known, not even in the days of Moses, Joshua, David, or Solomon.

“Behold, [the Messiah] comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced Him will see Him, and all the kindreds of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen” (Revelation 1:7 MKJV).

There will finally be righteousness, victory, justice, peace, and joy in their hearts and minds, and in all their homes, and they will know that the Lord their God has redeemed them from the sword, from darkness, fear, the power of the evil one, and from themselves. With them, the entire world will be redeemed and blessed:

“For if their casting away is the reconciling of the world, what is the reception except life from the dead?” (Romans 11:15 MKJV)

Victor Hafichuk

- March 25, 2011

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Genetically-Modified Alfalfa Should Be Condemned

We sent this letter to the Members of Parliament of the Government of Canada, regarding GMO alfalfa:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

You have been duped. Chemical agricultural companies such as Monsanto have persuaded you into supporting a monopolistic, tyrannical, pseudo-scientific agenda that punishes Canadian farmers and consumers alike.

Not only are measures such as approving genetically-modified alfalfa inimical to the present health of our environment and society, they are planting the literal seeds of destruction for the future.

There are many reliable and competent scientific sources that denounce genetically modified organisms with a mountain of valid evidence. These sources can provide you with data and arguments that prove the utter folly of your present course.

We urge you to fulfill your duty by fully searching out the matter and becoming responsibly informed, not taking only the fox’s word that he can ably guard the henhouse. As it stands, you are spreading destruction in your ignorance and negligence.

Victor and Marilyn Hafichuk

- March 21, 2011

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What About Tapping (EFT)?

It was with some degree of interest that I began to look into the 2011 World Tapping Summit recently. After all, there was talk of people experiencing life changing and, in some cases, almost “miraculous” healings with everything from weight loss to money issues.

While listening to one of the presentations, I began to tap along on one of my problems—an obsession with food. I didn’t have any immediate “eureka” moments, but a day or two later, I thought I knew the reason for my problem and was on my way to freedom. I had been suppressing other cravings, so I turned to food to satisfy my desires. Made sense… or did it? I sent off an e-mail to Victor and Paul, my friends and mentors, describing my experience.

Paul responded to my newfound “freedom” with a question, “…you're saying that tapping made you aware you have gone into bondage to food by repressing sexual thoughts. If so, now what?”

It got me thinking, “Wait a minute. Didn’t I pray to God, asking Him to take care of that about a year ago, thanking Him for, and accepting, my singleness?” Wasn’t that the real explanation for the absence of lustful thoughts?

Does tapping really help us gain emotional freedom, or is it merely us trying to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps? If emotions are the problem, is digging further into our emotions the answer? It isn’t psychoanalysis that will win the day. Faith in and obedience to God will.

I’m not disputing that tapping can have benefit for some, if for no other reason than that it encourages one to tell the truth. In listening to some of the sessions over the first few days, I heard things that helped create an awareness of things in my life, but it also conjured up a lot of thoughts that I didn’t know how to deal with. A lot of non-issues. If I didn’t have wise teachers to set me straight, I could have been looking for answers in all the wrong places.

What are emotions, anyway? Can they be trusted? How have I approached many things in life? By my feelings. And where have they gotten me? They get you UP, and then get you DOWN! But do they get you forward?

Recently I have made some decisions that have gone contrary to my feelings, doing things I knew to be right, regardless of whether I was comfortable with them. I can attest to the results. Do we wish to be governed by our feelings? Or is there a better way?

What does the Bible have to say about our feelings?

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5).

“For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD. The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God” (Psalms 10:3-4 HNV).

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? I, the LORD, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:9-10 HNV).

“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit” (Psalm 34:18).

Not the kind of emotions we typically want to foster—dependence, brokenness, and contrition.

It’s true that many of our physical problems have an emotional root; this has been proven in study after study. This being the case, where can we start? Why not start by giving thanks?

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6).

This leaves psychotherapeutic processes or techniques in the dust, hands down. Those who have the Lord, and walk with Him, have all these psychotherapy issues taken care of in the best possible way! Instead of getting “tapped out” trying to uncover your emotions, the Source taps into you.

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones” (Proverbs 3:6-8).

Tapping uses several positive techniques. Acupressure points are known to accumulate energy blockages that need to be released to allow free flow through the body. It also encourages those tapping to tell the truth, to set goals, and to forgive others—valuable principles in and of themselves.

Victor, Paul, and I watched the EFT Rwandan video, which showed young survivors of the Rwandan genocide using tapping to address emotional issues. Could it be that the healing experienced by the orphans was due to exercising forgiveness? Forgiveness is a powerful tool. So is honesty, especially honesty about ourselves. Think of what could happen if these children went a step further, thanking the Lord for their circumstances, and further still, learning to trust and obey Him!

This is the only way peace can come to the world.

Sean Fife

Victor adds: When I first looked into this tapping therapy, I recognized some value in it. However, as I examined it further, I realized that the believer’s principles of acceptance of one’s circumstances and giving thanks for them are far more powerful and effective. It has been my pleasure and privilege to turn midnight to high noon within minutes, if not seconds, just by giving God thanks and praise for tough situations within and without. What could be more powerful than that?

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; give thanks unto Him, and bless His Name. For the LORD is good; His mercy endures for ever; and His faithfulness unto all generations” (Psalms 100:4-5 JPS).

This I know: When we acknowledge our Lord and Savior, not only with our lips, but with our lives, He honors us and delivers us from all our fears. Read Acceptance.

Paul adds: A problem with tapping is that knowledge outpaces wisdom. It forces you to take the lead position in charting your course, rather than relying on God:

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:6-7 KJV).

- March 15, 2011

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“Everything You Are Against Weakens You”?

Victor responds to this quote by Wayne Dyer – “Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.” - Dr. Mercola’s “Quote of the Day”:

Can one wisely make such an all-encompassing statement as does Dyer? How is it Mercola posts it? Is not Mercola against Big Pharma, vaccinations, Monsanto, conventional farming, high fructose corn syrup, factory farming, the FDA, Obama’s “healthcare” program, GMOs....? He must be awfully weak by now.

Isn’t it a matter of what one is against or for? I think we understand what Dyer might be saying: He may be speaking of attitude. We have met people who are just plain miserable, against anything and everything. If we are negative and faultfinding, we become our own victims. Criticizing kills the critic; as you sow, you reap.

But he may be speaking from New Age philosophy, where apparent principles of virtue are praised and applied without understanding, discretion, or wisdom - “We are all Divine. Aren’t we all nice? Be nice! Love everything! Don’t judge!” Perhaps there is another reasonable interpretation of the quote, but that would depend on one’s reasoning and perspective, and not on the words themselves.

As the quote stands, Paul and I are not just weak, we are dead, dead, dead! So are all the prophets. So is God!

God is against pride (His pet peeve): “Behold, I am against you, O proud ones, says the Lord God of Hosts; for your day has come, the time that I will judge you” (Jeremiah 50:31 MKJV).

God is against political, economic, social, and religious tyranny and those who come against Israel (His people, physical or spiritual): “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, Who destroys all the earth. And I will stretch out My hand on you and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain” (Jeremiah 51:25 MKJV).

God is against His own people when they walk in sin: “Therefore so says the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will carry out judgments in your midst before the nations” (Ezekiel 5:8 MKJV).

God is against vanity and lies (He will not tolerate any deceit or falsehood): “Therefore so says the Lord God: Because you have spoken vanity and seen a lie, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord God” (Ezekiel 13:8 MKJV).

Again, He is against His own nation, people, and community when it sins (we are not exempt): “And say to the land of Israel, So says the LORD: Behold, I am against you, and will draw out My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked” (Ezekiel 21:3 MKJV). (Everybody suffers, even the righteous!)

He is against all sinners and against the enemies of Israel (God’s people): “And I will pour out My disgust on you; with the fire of My wrath I will blow against you, and give you into the hand of burning men, able to destroy” (Ezekiel 21:31 MKJV).

He is against the works, pomp, and tyranny of the world: “Speak and say, So says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is mine, and I have made it” (Ezekiel 29:3 MKJV).

He is against the things of the flesh (Esau represents the flesh, the unchosen - sow to the flesh and you reap destruction): “And say to it, So says the Lord God: Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make you a ruin and a waste” (Ezekiel 35:3 MKJV).

He is against enemies far away - present day Russia and Iran and Ethiopia and Libya, all those who will, and already do, come against Israel (His people, physical or spiritual): “And say, So says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief ruler of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal” (Ezekiel 38:3 MKJV).

He was against Israel itself for its sins (because they were His didn’t mean they could do as they pleased): “Hear this Word which I take up against you, a dirge, O house of Israel” (Amos 5:1 MKJV).

He once saved all of Nineveh, but then He turned against it and destroyed it (one cannot say, “I’m saved,” then go and sin, as so many believe and teach today): “Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more” (Nahum 2:13 MKJV).

“Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of Hosts; and I will uncover your skirts upon your face. And I will cause the nations to see your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame” (Nahum 3:5 MKJV).

He is against all our enemies that are close at hand: “Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The Word of the LORD is against you: Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will destroy you, so that no inhabitant survives” (Zephaniah 2:5 MKJV).

He is against lukewarmness: “But I have against you that you left your first love” (Revelation 2:4 MKJV).

He is most definitely and vehemently against fornication (physical and spiritual): “But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication” (Revelation 2:14 MKJV).

He is against all those who tolerate fornication: “But I have a few things against you because you allow that woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself to be a prophetess, and to cause My servants to go astray, and to commit fornication, and to eat idol-sacrifices” (Revelation 2:20 MKJV).

Victor Hafichuk
- January 7, 2011

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Becoming Ourselves, in Christ

Greetings everyone!

Our friend Eric wrote us, saying: “I’ve come to accept where I am and am still finding out who I am. I believe that knowledge and acceptance for both where and who I am will come in His time.”

That’s an interesting subject, don’t you think? Just who are you, beyond all the things you think and do? Who is the real essential “you” that will remain, perhaps still waiting to emerge, when this life is over? What we have here, in this world, is only the scaffolding, not the enduring structure that is being built by God. More from Victor on this central purpose of our existence, becoming ourselves!

From Victor:

Hi Eric!

Years ago, the Lord revealed to me that salvation was all about becoming the real me that He originally intended. It was becoming free to be just me, not what I thought, pretended, wished I was, or hoped to be, and not somebody else, like some billionaire, movie star, or "great man of God." We all have ambitions, delusions of grandeur, pipe dreams, and silly wishes, all these coming from within, from the proud, independent, so very foolish carnal man, the self, the ego, the guy who, in Adam, walked away from God, deciding he could do it on his own - that man of sin, the son of perdition.

In effect, we lie to ourselves. And all the time we try or pretend to be something we're not, we suffer failure, loss, defeat, and humiliation in varying degrees. We continuously suffer disappointment, frustration, and disillusionment (we are in a continual state of illusion). In our horrid selfishness, we hurt ourselves and everyone around us, 24/7. It is that Death and Hell the Scriptures talk about, a horrible prison where we pay every penny for our lawlessness, for our refusal to acknowledge and appreciate our Maker, Jesus Christ.

So He died to deliver us. He subjected Himself to Death and Hell personally, directly, that He might bring us up and out of there. To leave Death and Hell ironically entails death - death to what we thought we wanted, and death to what we were in - that terrible state we called "life," that state we, in our madness, clung to as so precious and promising. In the state of sin and separation from God, we are in a state of being delirious and delusional, though sincerely thinking quite otherwise - that we are intelligent and rational; in our darkness, we don't have a clue about the reality of things.

Worse still, we even find ourselves enjoying our chosen path of self-destruction, we encourage all those around us in it, and we spend our existence digging our pit ever deeper! Isn't that crazy? But it's true! That's the way it is. That's the madness of sin and separation from our God. And to comfort ourselves (because we know we also suffer), we set up other gods. We do things to occupy, entertain, and relieve ourselves in our death, darkness, and insecurity.

Without Christ, what we have called “life” is a living nightmare, a continual state of being surrounded or pursued by some danger, constantly trying to escape, but finding we are on a treadmill going nowhere fast, or that the enemy is just a bit faster and smarter. And should we temporarily get what we are after, we are destined to lose it, or we live in the fear of losing it, which is as bad, or worse. This is the lot of all men on earth without the sure and personal connection to their Maker. And they don't know it.

So in His chosen time and way, Jesus comes to turn us around 180 degrees, upside down, and inside out. As Peter could not see himself being crucified right side up when his time came, so we die with Him upside down, not worthy to die right side up as He did. Get that? We aren't worthy to die, to identify with Him in any way, but He accepts us anyway. That's love. That's mercy. That's grace.

And all of these things the world calls madness or fantasy or escapism, and despises them, but we know these things to be true, having experienced them for ourselves. And we aren't the only ones. Many have gone before us, including those who wrote the Bible, testifying to these very things and willing to lay down their lives, so that others might enter into life as well.

Now I am free to be me, the guy God intended me to be. I have peace, power to live, and fulfillment in Jesus Christ, Who redeemed me from the grave. He took away my bitterness and shame and fears. He paid off my debts to Him and fellow man. He awakened me from my sleep of nightmares to a reality of cool, comforting breezes and sunshine, and has placed me in a verdant, fruitful garden with beautiful flora, birds singing, and a fresh brook of sparkling water - all things pleasant and enjoyable. He cleaned me up to enjoy these things and has set me firmly on a rock foundation that can never be moved or shaken. He put a new song in my mouth and in my heart. And He has called me to help guide whoever will to that same place, that same state of being.

So far, few have come, but that's okay, because each person has his/her appointed time. Meanwhile, they must suffer their chosen way. When they are made ready by their trials and circumstances to choose a better way, they will come. That's the way it was for me. "Hot shot" Hafichuk to "holy" Hafichuk. The world loved the former and hates the latter, but I wouldn't trade my change anymore than I would trade a sumptuous, delicious banquet of the finest and most wholesome foods for dog dung. Honestly, without exaggeration, that is the way it is. And I thought I had something before Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life introduced Himself to me nearly 40 years ago. Wow!

I write this for you, Eric, I write it (just now come to think of it) for all the timber framers who spent weeks with us, and I write it for all. God is great. To know that, we need to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and believe that God has raised Him from the dead. Confessing it with our lips and believing it in our hearts, He raises us from the dead and proceeds to set us up to reign with Him on His throne in the heavenlies. What a change! What madness of thought to the world! What reality! What deliverance from a nightmarish existence to dreams come true! The delusioned call it delusion and the enlightened call it reality.

That's the way it is for me. That's the way God will make it for those He calls and chooses, even as the Bible, that most hated Book of books, testifies. It can't get better than that.

Victor Hafichuk

- November 17, 2010

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False Accusations Often Come from Confusion

Last month, we received this note at ThePathofTruth.com (sent by littlemailboy@...):

Your group is a cult by definition not only do you attack the KJV and living right and the gifts of the Spirit of God (which is obvious evidence that you have not the Spirit I testify to you I have been saved from sin continued in the word of God and received the second work of grace the baptism in the Holy Ghost it's all clearly in scriptures. How many sins are you living in daily pride contention rebellion heresy? Sir the Godhead is clearly in scripture For there are three that bear record in heaven and these three are one 1 John 5:7 (KJV) do you even have a prayer life? No you do not have a real relationship with God as you do not bear forth the fruit. Too sad you attack other ministries as cults. Are you a lutharin OSAS believe? Once saved always saved is a doctrine of devils as it is lascivious (licentious) to licence people to sin you need to continue to repent of sin and be under a pastor! Your off wayward and lost and twist scriptures to your own destruction friend you need to be saved!

Our reply:

"Little mail boy,"

If the fruits you demonstrate in this letter come from being under a pastor, then woe to that pastor, and you would be far better off without one.

What are your fruits? Confusion, misunderstanding of what we really do teach, presumption, bitterness, ignorance, false accusation, and incoherence, to mention a few. If your prayer life does this to you, perhaps you should examine who it is you are praying to.

Furthermore, you refuse to identify yourself, while we openly teach what we teach, which isn't what you think we teach. We come to the light, while you hide in the shadows.

"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who practices truth comes to the Light so that his works may be revealed, that they exist, having been worked in God" (John 3:20-21 MKJV).

And in all your darkness and confusion, you say WE are a cult? Do you really think we can believe you?

"Little mail boy," you need help badly, and only the Risen Christ can do that for you. As for a need to be saved, try reading How One Is Saved. You are certainly indoctrinated, but you are far from the Kingdom of God.

Jesus Christ is Lord!

Victor

That note from “little mail boy” was a good example of the mail we get from false accusers who have no understanding of what we teach, not knowing or recognizing the Lord Whom we preach.

When contacting us, “little mail boy” didn’t tell us he had contacted us before under the name "Brother Jerry." Click HERE to read our previous conversation where we also pointed out his sin and need of Jesus Christ.

- September 29, 2010

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“Time and Chance Happens to Them All...”

“I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11 MKJV).

I received revelation on the word “chance” in this version.

Another version is pretty much on the money:

“I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; nor even bread to the wise; nor even riches to the men of discernment; nor even favor to knowing men. For time and occurrence happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11 LITV).

What that verse is saying is that nothing happens by our power; God does it all, “chance” meaning “fate” or “all things are determined from above.” Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and hare race are an example, but not a good one. That story illustrates that the race can be won by the slow on occasion, that speed is not the only determining factor. What Ecclesiastes says is that whatever happens is out of our hands, though we go through the motions.

Fatalism? No; that is an attitude, though definitions don’t always describe it that way. I speak of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the way things are. But to the definition one source gives the word, I say, “Yes.”

WordWeb:

“1. A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
2. A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them”

Victor Hafichuk

- July 27, 2010

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Roman Heresy and a Question about Prayer

A website reader wrote to Victor:

I'm talking with a Catholic young man in his early twenties and you have helped me withn your testimony. Fortunately I was a stranger to Roman heresy. I already knew a verse to tell him, but the rest of your testimony helped me see where the young man in front of me is at.

I love you brother, take care.

-John

Victor's response:

Hi John,

I am thankful I can be a signpost leading in the right direction as people learn where I came from and how good the change has been for me.

As for your unfamiliarity with Roman heresy, that would be a rare spectacle. Perhaps you aren't aware of its unidentified prevalence.

For examples, do you celebrate "Christ's Mass" (Christmas)?

Do you celebrate "Ishtar/Ashtoreth" (Easter), substituted for Passover?

Do you believe in the trinity, which was brought forth by pagans into the nominal Christian identity?

Do you believe in eternal torment?

Do you believe in infant baptism, sacraments, praying the "Our Father," spiritual promotion through catechism and confirmation, and several other such doctrines and practices?

Do you believe in buildings called "churches," particularly with steeples and arched entrances, which are considered holy places?

Do you believe in pictures of Jesus?

Do you believe in any kind of clerical privilege versus that of laity?

If your answer is "yes" to any of these questions, you are not a stranger to Roman heresy, much of which preceded the Roman Catholic Church, only a stranger to your familiarity with it (see our Statement of Doctrine for more information on all of these subjects, and much more).

I am thankful to be able to share these things with you now. I am so very thankful to be free, not only from the primary bondage of sin and the works of darkness men have devised and fashioned, but also from the subtle vestiges of these.

Victor

Daphne asks Victor:

Why is praying the “Our Father” wrong? Does it have to do with the repetition of prayer?

Victor’s reply:

Hi Daphne!

Yes, it does have to do with repetition of prayer, but not only repetition (which is the worse). Jesus never meant for those words to even have been recited once as personal prayer. When He said, "Pray like this," or, "Pray after this manner," or, "Pray in this way," He was giving an example of the attitude and understanding of, and in, true prayer. In the sample words of the "Our Father" or the "Lord's Prayer," He addresses our hearts and expresses how we should be at all times, not only when we make specific prayers. It is this attitude to which Paul referred when he said, "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17 MKJV).

While there is no harm in repeating those words in and of themselves, the great error lies in thinking that God is so removed and base that He would listen to a mere creature repeating him or herself over and over in their own righteousness. What is He supposed to get out of that, except an upset stomach and sore eyes from rolling them? The very thought is contemptible. Even saying those same words once and assuming He is going to hear or be pleased, simply because they are the "Lord's prayer" (which is a sycophantic attitude) or because they are in the Bible (which is Bibliolatry) is unacceptable to God.

An exception might be if a child (whether a physical or a spiritual one), not knowing any better, sincerely speaks that sample prayer, believing (the Lord knows and judges by the heart), but even there, He cannot approve the ways of the heathen and is limited by unbelief in general.

The Lord's message is, "Be reasonable, be respectful, understand what He is like and what He desires; understand your duty before Him, and know that He is running the show. Have knowledge of, and faith in, your Father (for He IS your Father), recognizing all your sustenance comes from Him. As you treat others, so will you be treated. And remember that you and this world are not where it's at. It is all about God and the Kingdom of God over all. Focus there, always."

Victor Hafichuk

- July 13, 2010

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Did Jesus Add a Commandment?

We got this note in response to The False and Misleading Gospel of "Accepting" Jesus Christ:

"It is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous." Rom. 2:13
I think you need to find out which law he is speaking of in regard to the fact that a law has been added after Jesus' crucifixion.

Paul's reply:

We agree with Romans 2:13, so it is not clear where you disagree with us, or what point you are trying to make.

Do you believe the following, spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ?

"Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled. Therefore whoever shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 5:17-19 MKJV).

There is no new Law, only a new heart and understanding given to those who receive Christ.

Paul Cohen

Victor then asked this question of Paul and Sara:

Did you know that the Law of Moses (the 10 Commandments) is the Law of Love?

Sara's reply:

Amen.

Matthew 22:35-40 MKJV
(35) Then one of them, a lawyer, asked, tempting Him and saying,
(36) Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?
(37) Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
(38) This is the first and great commandment.
(39) And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
(40) On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Victor's reply:

This fellow says there was a law added, which, as you point out, is patently false. As nothing shall be subtracted from the Law, neither shall there be anything added to it because it is complete, representative of God's nature and character. God missed nothing in the Ten Commandments. The difference is not in the Law, as you say, but in its fulfillment, which comes through Jesus Christ, Who gives us a new heart with the Law in it and the love for it. Any who think there is a new law added are still in their sin nature.

- June 27, 2010

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Serving the Cause of Truth

One of life's great pleasures for lovers of truth is being able to heartfully agree with your enemies. Though we do not personally count him an enemy, Richard Dawkins, author of several books championing evolution, is a great enemy of the truth and the Creator in this matter. We find his attitude and teachings grossly untrue, irresponsible, and even reprehensible, intellectually, scientifically, socially, and spiritually.

But when we hear that Dawkins, along with Christopher Hitchens, is initiating legal proceedings to have the pope arrested on his upcoming trip to England on charges of obstruction of justice, we could not agree more, and we applaud his efforts. Their reasoning is certainly legitimate. Why should the pope and his minions be above the law? Ought they not be held to at least the same standards of justice as the common pedophile, if not more severe for their pretensions of morality?

Get this: The Catholic Church preaches eternal damnation and torture for sinners, but pleads for the statute of limitations regarding their heinous sins! As they say in Yiddish, that is some chutzpah. You go, Richard!

Pertinent article:
Richard Dawkins Calls for Arrest of Pope Benedict XVI

- Paul Cohen (April 15, 2010)

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Deathbed Conversions

The Lord opened our eyes to see this false doctrine that had been slipped into the Scriptures:

Deathbed Conversions - Beware of the Angel of Light and His Messengers

- March 12, 2010

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We Want You to Know...

In less than five minutes, here is what's important and what -

We Want You to Know...

- January 27, 2010

Christmas and Human Weakness

Victor writes this letter to the believers:

Hi all!

I want you to know that while some make Christmas an issue, it being the season, we need to have it from the Lord to know what to say, to whom and what, but let's not get in bondage about it. When it comes right down to it, Christmas is not the issue. Before I became a Christian, celebrating or not celebrating Christmas would have meant nothing to me. But when I received the Spirit, things began to change in all areas, one thing at a time, sometimes several things, and Christmas took its turn.

You see, it's primarily about a relationship with the Lord Jesus, He living His life in and through us. And He doesn't condemn or criticize anyone for darkness or ignorance (did He condemn you?). Having revealed Himself to us, He lives His life by us and brings whom He will to the Light in His time. Patience!

I talked to some of you as to what to respond to others when they wish you a "Merry Christmas." Our community fire chief has created the tradition (perhaps it is not a new idea by any means) of heading door to door with his wife in the fire truck. (I think that is rather clever - no sleigh, but a fire truck, and red like a Santa sleigh, well, maybe yellow, not sure; and instead of Rudolph's red nose, headlights, and instead of bells, a siren). They dress in Santa suits and hand out candy canes, one for each member of the house. Last night I heard the touch of the siren, and Wendy Hilliard came to the door and handed me three canes (which, Christmas or no Christmas, we don't normally eat). I accepted them. She said, "Happy holidays to you and yours," smiled, and was off to the next house. I smiled back, rather hesitantly, I might add, and said, "Thank you."

Wendy is our neighbor; her husband is a volunteer fireman for us, doing the community a service, and they are regular strawberry customers of Harvest Haven. With these kinds of connections, it makes it harder to take a stand on some issues...if indeed a stand ought to be taken. Sometimes, hopefully not for selfish or earthly benefit, we need to recognize that we can just let some things go. We needn't strive or differ at all times, in all cases.

Was I wrong to thank her and accept the canes? Maybe and maybe not; the Lord will tell. I'd be glad to talk to her and her husband about any of these things should the Lord open the door to do so, not in legalistic posturing and mild contempt, but in kindness and friendship. And if the Lord doesn't provide the circumstances, not a problem. Leave it; it's okay.

Terri, I advised you to go to your family gathering and not worry about it. How did you do? Or is it today?

James, I advised you to go to yours and take it as an opportunity to just be there and share; maybe ask some questions, not in strife or antagonism, but just to make people think about themselves, their lot in life, you, and what they are doing there having a gathering when not willing to talk about the things that are significant to you, whom they insist to get together with and presume to care about.

Eric, I heard that Laurie was upset because she had to prepare the kids herself to go to church for whatever occasion they were having there, likely to do with Christmas. I only got these things secondhand, so don't quote me. Be that as it may, consider that you can help her dress and feed the kids; help send her off to church with them to do what she intends. When they all know that you clearly disagree, and though you do not go yourself and partake, yet if you help them with concern and kindness, I think that will speak volumes more than to hold them in any kind of contempt - mild, subtle, or otherwise. Yes, the Lord has called us to war, yet by peaceful and heavenly means, not by carnal attitudes and measures.

Care about them more than you care about not celebrating Christmas or about not going to Babylonian worship. Do you understand, people? Do you hear me? Yes, Paul and I preach against Christmas and false religion, we speak against many evils and "reprove the works of darkness" (as did the Lord and the prophets and apostles), but there are many ways to do so, and times and persons in different stations of life in the mix, each calling for a different stroke. Love them wherever and whenever possible.

By "love", I don't mean the mush or sentimentality or platitudes, though there are times for sympathy and compassion, for hugs, and an understanding pat on the hand or shoulder, by all means. But don't presume to change them. That is the Lord's job; only He can do it, and if He isn't doing anything at the time, your efforts will only be counterproductive and vexing to them, to the Lord, and to yourselves. Been there, done it, much and many times - bought the t-shirt, burned it.... Do you "hear" me? I would like for you to understand these things sooner than I did, yet it is still all in His time(s).

I too am weak, as you; Paul is weak; we are all weak. Let's not fool ourselves; we are no better than anyone when it comes down to it. We fail, we stumble, we err, we must all learn; we must all be chastened by the Lord. He loves us and has been very patient with us, has He not? But He also loves those with whom we have to do.

Remember, He also died for them and is every bit as desirous and able to bring them into His fold as He has been and done with you. Be patient, be kind, be understanding, be gentle with them all. Do stand firm in your convictions, make clear what the Lord has shown you - I'm not calling for compromise - I'm calling for something much better, for the sake of all.

You may have some difficulty understanding how it is I can say these things when you see our preaching; it seems we are the opposite. Are we? Maybe we are; I hope not. I want you to know that in Christ, we care for all those people out there, every last one of them...Augie, Peter, Laurie, Dilene, all the children, pastors, priests, strangers, antagonists, name them all - Christ died for them all, and one day, they will all be standing beside us, rejoicing, singing praises to God, with tears and happy faces, thankful that He cared so much that He should suffer a cruel death for them, and thankful for all things.

I have an only son in the flesh, whom I love. He does things I don't agree with in the final sense. But I believe the Lord has given me the wisdom to let him go and experience the things he must for the time. He does not keep the Sabbath as do we, he does a variety of things we know better than to do, yet I know the Lord was sovereign in my life when I was in unbelief, and He didn't draw me to Himself until I was 27, 9 years older than Jonathan is now. God could have done it sooner, but He didn't. I can wish He had, given the terrible things that happened, but so it was, for His purposes and for the right time, which serves to humble me to this very hour. So who am I to think I can (or should) change people any time I please? I can't, and neither can anyone else. He has His timing and way.

Let's give thanks in all these things -that's very important - rejoice in the Lord and give Him thanks for everything, the "good" and the "bad" both - the trials, the challenges, the roadblocks, the defeats, as well as the victories. Father, thank You for these to whom You have granted grace and revealed Yourself. Thank You for their weaknesses and strengths, all of which serve Your purpose. Thank You for them and everything. Amen!

- Victor Hafichuk (December 25, 2009)

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“Why don’t you celebrate Christmas?”

I don’t celebrate Christmas because I believe in Jesus Christ and cannot but be faithful to Him.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it opposes Jesus Christ in spirit and practice.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it is the birthdate of the antiChrist, the great imposter, the false Messiah.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because the world loves it, and anything the world loves, God hates.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it fulfills both the lusts of the flesh and of the spirit, which are at enmity with God.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it brings God’s wrath on all its celebrants.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because I want to live and not die.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because I want Jesus Christ to be glorified.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because gifts are to be for Jesus Christ and not for each other with His exclusion.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because God hates mixture.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it is deceptive and destructive.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because Santa Claus, tinsel, tree ornaments, cards, mistletoe, hoping to receive earthly gifts, merchandising in Christ’s Name, Christmas food, revelry, gluttony, and drunkenness are ungodly and deadly.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it is confusion.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it is a captive spirit that promises fulfillment when it comes, and leaves one empty and disillusioned when it goes.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it has nothing whatsoever to do with the birth of Christ in any way; it only claims to.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because God never asked anyone to do so.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because harlot religion and the world does.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it represents Satan’s chosen man.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because God’s people do not do so.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it shames and discourages the lonely and destitute and glorifies the wealthy.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it insults and grieves God.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it offers an occasion for those who do not obey Jesus Christ to pretend that they do.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because it gives the pagan originators of the celebration an occasion to make the whole world stumble.

I don’t celebrate Christmas because I have known its beautiful, rapturous bondage, and now I know the freedom of deliverance from it, with peace and understanding.

I don’t celebrate Christ’s physical birth without because I have His spiritual birth within.

How wonderful it is that one may celebrate the birth of the Son of God 24/7, in spirit and in truth! Each and every day, those born of Him possess that which no mortal celebrating the best Christmas day can even imagine!

A couple things you could read on this subject: L'esprit diabolique de Noël and Diabolical Doctrine 17) “Christmas is a holy, God-ordained celebration.”

- Victor Hafichuk (December 14, 2009)

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What Is a Miracle?

Are there still miracles today? What is a miracle? Would you know it if you saw one? Here are some principles about God's supernatural workings on earth today.

What Is a Miracle?

- Sara Schmidt (October 25,2009)

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God’s Promise in His Commandments

I had what I could call precious thoughts last Sabbath as I was running a hose to the barrel and turning the raw water valve on. I thought, “Should I, or shouldn’t I, be doing this today?” (The barrel was low and tends to dry out and leak if not filled, but it could have waited till the next day.) But then I thought, “No, this is nothing to me; in fact, I am enjoying it on this beautiful, peaceful morning. And I don’t have to do it! It is not servile in that I am forced or find displeasure in it. And I am free to do it.”

So I got thinking about the Sabbath again and suddenly realized that almost all of the commandments are not, “I’m telling you what to do, and you better do it!” but, “I’m telling you what shall be. This is what I am doing with you; here’s where I’m going with all this - You shall love the Lord your God. You shall not have other gods. You will not be killing or committing adultery or stealing. This is what I’m doing with you, and this is where you are going and will be.” The Law of God is the “blueprint” or “manifesto,” if you will.

So then, what about the Sabbath? It says not, “You shall...,” but, “Remember that you keep....” Why? Because the purpose of our Creator is to bring us to that fulfillment where, by nature, we want to do the right thing, and we do it, like breathing, as natural as blood coursing through our veins. And that is the rest; that is the Sabbath, and we will remember, and not forget. It is a promise, as are all the commandments.

Commandments! Aren’t those things we are told to do? Yes, but when God says, “Let there be light,” there is light. So when He says, “You shall not steal,” then it will come to pass that you shall not steal, because He has commanded it. He does not command you so much as that He commands the thing itself to come to pass! Isn’t that wonderful? He will do it and is doing it and has done it! I don’t know what to say about the one other commandment (which has no, “You shall or shall not”) that says, “Honor your father and your mother,” except that it is one with promise, and in fact, it is the only one with an explicit promise built right in.

Now see why we can’t win favor with God by keeping the commandments, or why we can’t even keep them? If they are promises, then whose promises are they? If His and not ours, then how can, or even how should, we keep them, when we are not the ones who made them? If He made the promises, then they are up to Him to keep. And why would He make such promises if we already had what He was promising, the keeping of the commandments? But He promises to give or to fulfill that which we do not have, but which is needful, in order that we may have fellowship with Him.

Because God’s commandments are promises, it doesn’t mean we don’t have to try to comply with them. It only means we can’t pretend to fulfill His commandments in our own power, which is to deny His promise, His blood, His Person, and Reality. We are subject to the tutelage of the Law, because we agree with His verdicts and ways, until the time is fulfilled. We know that as we behold His face in righteousness, we will be satisfied when we awake with His likeness.

And when He keeps His Promises, it is the fulfillment of His words:

“And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26 MKJV).

(“I will keep My promises to you, all Ten of them, and then you will have the reality of the Fourth!”)

When the Sabbath is finally fulfilled in us, nothing will be servile to us any longer, for that would be an impossibility. We will no longer do our own pleasure, for we will be entirely His, desiring to do only His pleasure. We will have overcome to be one with Him. That is the Sabbath and the rest of God, which the Hebrews writer exhorted, indeed admonished, us to enter into:

Hebrews 4:1-11 MKJV
(1) Therefore, a promise being left to enter into His rest, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it.
(2) For also we have had the gospel preached, as well as them. But the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
(3) For we who have believed do enter into the rest, as He said, "I have sworn in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest"; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
(4) For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all His works."
(5) And in this place again, "They shall not enter into My rest."
(6) Since then it remains that some must enter into it, and since they to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of unbelief,
(7) He again marks out a certain day, saying in David, "Today," (after so long a time). Even as it is said, "Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts."
(8) For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
(9) So then there remains a rest to the people of God.
(10) For he who has entered into His rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from His.
(11) Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

- Victor Hafichuk (October 2, 2009)

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The Ox in the Pit on the Sabbath

"And He answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?" (Luke 14:5 MKJV)

Question: If God reigns supreme over all things, and is Lord of the Sabbath, and if He would have man to rest on the Sabbath, why does He permit an ox to fall in a pit on that day and require someone to rescue it?

Answer:

He demonstrates that He is not expecting a legalistic reaction from us.

He teaches us that the Sabbath is not to rule and bind us, but is made for us.

He teaches us that we can choose to do the right thing on the Sabbath, as at any time.

He tries us to see if we will do the right thing and put aside our needs (in this case the need of rest) for the sake of a creature in need of help.

He demonstrates principles of worship and service and mercy.

He gives us lessons in priorities.

If an ox is so unfortunate as to not have rest on the Sabbath, and we are commanded that our ox rest with us, how then may we leave it in its trouble and rest at the same time?

That is why He will send an ox to the pit on the Sabbath.

- Victor Hafichuk (September 23, 2009)

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Satan’s Strategies

Satan has several devices to keep you in the dark even while thinking you are worshipping God:

Satan’s Strategies

- Victor Hafichuk (September 2, 2009)

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A Demonstration of God’s Protection of Israel

Watch: Miracles in Gaza

The LORD honored the curse, and answered our prayers for the Israelis in the Gaza battle.

Only those familiar with warfare can sufficiently appreciate the fact of miraculously low casualties with the Israelis in this particular war. Normally, an operation like that could cost half the men going in. Instead, they likely had about 1% of the expected or the norm of those invading a dense population ready for them with booby traps everywhere, well armed, very hateful, and even using children and women, not only for cover, but also as guerilla combatants.

These tactics might not work so well against an invader without conscience, such as the despotic, atheistic regimes governing Russia and China, or the Muslim tyrannies in Iran, Syria, and several other Muslim nations, for examples, but they worked with those who have a conscience - the Israelis.

Add to this the fact that Israel was not able to use a major tactic of warfare, the element of surprise.

Add to these the fact that the Israelis sent out word to the populace that they were coming in, which is even more dangerous than losing the element of surprise. The Israelis were trying to spare civilians, many of which were dangerous.

The Israelis were on foreign territory, dense with a bitter populace, with very unpleasant surprises planned well ahead of time for them, and yet they walked in and returned, virtually unscathed. Yes, God was with them. Normally, one could expect much worse. I have no doubt many did. I did, and am so pleasantly surprised and elated at how God answered our prayers, cursing the enemies of Israel.

Shall He stop now in His favor for them? Of course not! Now that He has come this far for the Last Day, the Day of Wrap-up, why should He? The deliverance day for Israel is now historically at hand at long last. But it will be so good that the past will seem relatively short for the goodness of which Israel, and indeed all mankind, will be partakers.

- Victor Hafichuk (August 4, 2009)

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Jesus Christ Here and Now

Most by far in Christendom, such as the Catholics, quote Jesus as having said, “I Was.” Many, like the Seventh Day Adventists and evangelicals, quote Him as saying, “I Will Be.” Some, as the Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, quote Him as saying, “I Never Was.” Only those who are His quote Him as saying, “I Am.”

- Victor Hafichuk (July 19, 2009)

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Creatures of the Dark and Their Destructive Criticism

We received this message from an anonymous visitor to our site:

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Subject: Critical and What are saying you religious freek
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:31:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Anonymous Visitor <joe@getalife.com>
To: ask@thepathoftruth.com

Have you ever built anything. The prize is much greater than the price.....

Our answer to him or her is: “How would you know?”

Seeing all manner of falsehood exposed on this site, some, like Joe, being partakers and supporters of that which God has determined to be removed from His sight, attack us with critical spirits, declaring we are critical.

No doubt we are critical; that is only stating the obvious. But to what end is our criticism? Do we attack people anonymously, calling them names and giving no sound reason or evidence for such invectives?

No; we speak openly, without rancor, giving substance. This substance serves not only to tear down the unlicensed, unsafe, unsanitary buildings of men, which God has condemned, but also to build up the sanctified, healing, pure Building ordained by God through Jesus Christ, which is the gathering of His people incorporated into His Body.

What substance does anonymous “Joe” have? None. What is “Joe” building with his or her name calling? How amazing the contradiction of the enemy! He or she brings nothing of value to us (or to you). Even if there was something of value this person withheld (and there isn't), we can't contact him or her because the address, like the name, is fictitious. How instructive! How constructive! Or is it, “How destructive!”?

Which is better - constructive criticism or unsubstantiated, bitter criticism? You decide.

Meanwhile, “Joe” calls us "freeks" (it appears that even his earthly education is limited, how much more the heavenly). No doubt we are freaks to those who hide in the dark, afraid to be seen or identified in the light of day with their beliefs, yet driven by madness to furtive attacks. We know in Whom we have believed, and we are not afraid to speak out. Indeed, knowing Him Who has sent us, we dare not withhold from speaking out.

The dictionary gives this meaning to the actual word, "freak":

"Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction."

By the grace of God, we are ardently devoted to Jesus Christ and to the calling He has given us, to speak out against all lying falsehood perpetrated in His Name or usurping His authority. As our brother Jehu once did:

"'Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD'… And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah" (2 Kings 10:16-17 KJV).

According to the saying of the Lord, we both speak and do, by His grace.

- Paul Cohen and Victor Hafichuk (June 14, 2009)

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The Right Way to Produce Healthy Food

Do you understand what you are supporting when you eat conventional poultry?

In January of 2009, Mark Benson, manager of Harvest Haven Health & Market Farm, wrote to Ontario Minister Dombrowsky in opposition to a movement to reduce the right of farmers to raise poultry free-range, with access to the outdoors.

His letter highlights the stark differences between conventional poultry farming and free-range poultry farming. The former is indifferent to the health or welfare of the animals and those who consume them, whereas the latter takes care of both by doing things right, giving the birds the proper necessities of life.

Mark Benson's Letter to Minister Dombrowsky

- Sara Schmidt (June 9, 2009)

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No, We Can't!

If a man can receive nothing except it be given him from Above, then to say “Yes, We Can!” is the height of presumption. That was the rallying cry of the builders of the tower of Babylon, and we all know that did not turn out well.

No, We Can't!

- Victor Hafichuk and Paul Cohen (March 19, 2009)

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Conspiratorialism

Conspiratorialist – n. - one who focuses his energy and attention on conspiracies, whether real or imagined.

The core of the problem with the conspiratorialist is that he refuses to see his own corruption. Instead of seeing the corruption of all men, he chooses to focus on the corruption of certain few. Thus, he presumes to escape the reality of his own.

Ironically, he demonstrates his own corruption by choosing to point the finger at others, while avoiding attention to, or diverting it from, himself.

Curiously, where does the conspiratorialist think to hide, if those of whom he speaks are so powerful? How does he propose to stop them, or does he hope someone else will do the job? And how does he hide from himself – the culprit within, the conspirator of conspirators?

And where is God in the mix of things? He is nowhere to be found, though mentioned never or seldom or often. A typical conspiratorialist seems to present God as running and hiding with him. What hope is there if God cannot find a perfect solution for His creation, or at least for those who might try to avail themselves of Him?

Conspiratorialists do not have their faith in God. They are escapists, rebels, vainly searching for a hiding place from themselves. Why will they not simply believe God and obey Him?

- Victor Hafichuk (March 2, 2009)

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Swearing

“Again, you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, "You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord." But I say to you, Do not swear at all! Not by Heaven, because it is God's throne; not by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King; nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil” (Matthew 5:33-37 MKJV).

Why would the courts and other institutions require that one swear on a Bible, when the very Bible they use expressly commands that one not do so? One cannot so much as make a promise to be virtuous in any way:

“I know, LORD, that we humans are not in control of our own lives” (Jeremiah 10:23 CEV).

So what may the Christian do when haled before the authorities who require an assurance that one will speak the truth? I would word it somewhat this way:

“Your honor, I cannot swear on the Bible because I desire to live by the Bible, and It commands me to not swear at all. Therefore, meaning no contempt whatsoever for this court, I understand such swearing to be hypocritical and a contradiction of the first order.

“However, the Bible does command that we tell the truth and do not lie. Therefore, I can only say that my intent and desire, so help me God, are to tell the truth in this place and to honor you, the authorities, as God would have me to do.”

- Victor Hafichuk (February 15, 2009)

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The Tyranny of Pride

Why are we not offended at insults and evils done to us? It is because God has removed the power and burden of pride in us. He has crucified our egos, which are a hindrance to any man or woman who desires to be free and live life to the fullest. The world thinks pride is a good thing, but God calls it evil; there are few things He despises more than man’s pride. It is written:

“Pride comes, then shame comes; but with the lowly is wisdom” (Proverbs 11:2 MKJV).

“Only by pride comes argument, but with those who take advice is wisdom” (Proverbs 13:10 MKJV).

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18 MKJV).

“A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit” (Proverbs 29:23 MKJV).

The world thinks pride is good. How wrong it is! If people only knew how much pride costs them! But almost all people, if they even recognize their pride, are too proud to face the fact that pride is not good; so they cling to their pride and inevitably succumb to anger, depression, self-pity, resentment, bitterness, fear, worry, revenge - all which lead, and bind them firmly, to loss, failure, defeat, humiliation, sorrow, disappointment, misery, suffering, destruction, and death in its many daily forms.

- Victor Hafichuk (February 5, 2009)

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Beware of False Teachers

There are those who say we are critical and judgmental when they see the False Teachers section, in which we expose those who deceive and are in error. We make no apology, because we obey the Lord. There are so many more we can add to the list, and we will do so as we are given by the Lord.

Would it not be a wonderful thing if we could compile a list of those who were once false teachers but who repented of their ways and openly declared their sins and acknowledged their error and wickedness? We would love to have that kind of list, much preferred to the one we now have. Alas, that is not the way it is, so for now we solemnly say with the Lord and the apostles, “Beware”:

“And Jesus answering them began to say, Beware that no one deceive you” (Mark 13:5 MKJV).

“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Matthew 7:15 MKJV).

“And Jesus said to them, Take heed, and beware the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees” (Matthew 16:6 MKJV).

“Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision party” (Philippians 3:2 MKJV).

“For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also men shall arise from your own selves, speaking perverse things in order to draw disciples away after them. Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears” (Acts 20:29-31 MKJV).

“And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to walk about in robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts who devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation” (Mark 12:38-40 MKJV).

“Beware lest anyone rob you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ” (Colossians 2:8 MKJV).

Even naming names: “Alexander the coppersmith showed many evil things to me. The Lord will give back to him according to his works. You also should beware of him, for he has greatly withstood our words” (2 Timothy 4:14-15 MKJV).

For your life, we have been commanded to warn and to expose. For your life, you have been commanded to beware. Accessing the False Teachers and, indeed, the rest of our site, you will be obeying the Lord and His disciples.

“Then I asked the LORD, ‘How long will this last?’ The LORD answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty, and I have sent them far away, leaving their land in ruins” (Isaiah 6:11-12 CEV).

- Victor Hafichuk (January 26, 2009)

The Lord Stands Up for Israel

At the end of 2006, we raised the flag of Israel, a representation of the spiritual stance the Lord gave us towards that nation. Now, two years later at the same time of year, when gathered together again at Harvest Haven, we prayed for Israel in its current war in Gaza. Victor, in the Name of the Lord, cursed Hamas and all those who stand with it against Israel.

There is much misinformation and purposeful obfuscation of the reality of the situation in Israel with its hostile neighbors. The world is asleep and blind to its hypocrisy in condemning Israel. Here are two pieces that offer some reality - a writing on the moral clarity of the war in Gaza, and a short visual presentation on the facts of the history of the Middle East surrounding the Israeli-Arab conflict.

The writing: Moral Clarity in Gaza

The presentation: What Really Happened in the Middle East

- Paul Cohen (January 5, 2009)

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A New Year’s Message to Our Group

Even though the Gentile calendar is not the one God would ultimately have, certainly not with all its elements like the months and the days named after other gods, still He has demonstrated to us that He observes and honors the dates, whether for Himself, for us, or for both. All things are in His hands, including the Gentiles and all that they do.

For example, the tenth day of the seventh month is recorded in Scripture as one of the most important days, if not the most important day, of the year. This was the Day of Atonement, which occurred during the Feast of Tabernacles in the Fall season of Israel. God has made special use of July 10th, the parallel day on the Gentile calendar for me, for us.

It all began to come to our attention at Lois' in Stettler on July 10, 1986. I had a vision of a mare giving birth to a colt. Marilyn also received a Word and witness from the Lord about new beginnings that agreed with the vision.

The very day those things were coming to us in Stettler, people were breaking the ground at Moon River for their dream home, a log house that would be ours within two years. Since that time, so many things have happened on July 10th, many of which I am sure we are not aware, but many of which we are.

My physical birth date was April 1st. While this is now April Fool’s Day, I am told this day was once the New Year (a spring day, which makes more sense to me than starting the year on January 1st). Marilyn and I received the Spirit on January 1st, the present New Year. I see significance there, too. Though that may seem to be somewhat self-centered, I do not discount coincidences as purely accidental or without purpose; I have learned better.

I thought it fitting to write you today, on this present Gentile New Year’s Day, to announce, remind, exhort, and encourage you all to look to this year as one in which the Lord does a special work on all our behalves, whatever that may be. We have already entered this year “out of the blocks,” running, with so very much happening. We are busy here at Harvest Haven and in Helena, every one of us, along with those working with us to do what we are given to do.

My prayer has been that God would send many more workers. The tasks are overwhelming, but we are confident that God only requires of us that which we are able to handle. He gives as much grace as is needed.

Now let’s acknowledge that if we were all to take buckets, or large electric sump pumps and hoses, or even giant, super-efficient, Dutch dike drainage pumps, we would still have some difficulty creating a dry swath across the Red Sea or the Jordan River. So with what we have before us now – the work is impossible to perform, much less complete, be it the new building, the duties at the farm, the internet outreach to the world, or the necessary changes within us. So we must trust that God will perform all that He desires and that He will only use each of us as He sees fit.

We are not here to accomplish; we are only here to trust and obey in whatever He brings our way. That is our sole duty, and it is our joy to perform. Having done not our pleasure but His, we have a reward in store for us that is well beyond the present cost or the burden borne.

Let’s enter 2009 with more than willingness; let us proceed with alacrity and joy in the Lord. Has He not done great things for us already? He has indeed done great things - who can argue? We can do nothing, but He can do everything.

Let us then expect more; let us expect the impossible, as He declared and as Sara received. Let us look forward to the Lord destroying men’s works that have destroyed in Heaven and earth; let us look forward to His redeeming mankind, one by one, and Israel, as a nation beloved and no longer forsaken. Let us look forward with great anticipation to the Lord doing away with the enemies that seek to destroy His people and His work.

If God be for us, who can be against us? What can man do to us? What circumstances can possibly stop or prevent the Engineer of all things, Who does as He pleases?

We are in for a ride this year, folks. The noose has now tightened and the scaffold door drops open for the ungodly and the wicked. God have mercy on us. May we walk wisely and be found doing that which is right and just and merciful, as He wills and not as we might think, toward all.

Perhaps most important of all, let’s give thanks to the Lord in and for everything. Let us praise the Lord constantly, for therein is our victory. By faith we overcome; genuine and holy thanksgiving and praise put faith into action, and then we see the impossible we have expected by His command. And God is glorified! Praise the Lord!

Before you walk away from this letter, pray for Israel now to prevail over its enemies. Give thanks for what God is doing by Michael and the angels as they do battle on Israel’s behalf. As it is written, Michael shall stand up. This is that day. Praise the Lord!

- Victor Hafichuk (January 1, 2009)

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A Curse on the Betrayal of Canada

For our American and other readers outside of Canada, you may not be aware of the current crisis in the Canadian government, wherein three minority parties made an unprincipled pact to overthrow the recently elected Prime Minister on no other ostensible grounds than not agreeing with some of his policies that exercise fiscal responsibility in a time of economic calamity. You can read about the basics of this situation HERE. (This is an article of how the situation began a couple of days ago; you can read about recent developments in the news.)

Here is the view of Heaven on this action, as written by Victor Hafichuk on December 1st, 2008:

Stray curs gather. But the populace has spoken. No, they do not want any of these curs to be their guard dogs. So the curs go away, sullen and defeated - but not resigned. Now they gather together, their countenances suddenly changed, manifesting their true natures.

They return, not seeking permission to serve as guards for the owners, but brazenly, as a pack with power in numbers to seize for themselves what they would still pretend to unselfishly guard.

Cursed be they who, for personal gain, seize what is not theirs.

Cursed be they who gather in the name of principle and virtue, but there only to take undue advantage. These are worse than unpretentious Somali pirates.

Cursed be they who make unholy alliances, jumping into bed with any partner to please those not worth pleasing.

Let them suffer the wrongs they seek to perpetrate. Let them be cursed of God, and let all people know that God reigns in Heaven against all ungodliness over the affairs of men. Let the pack be broken and scattered.

May God grant wisdom and strength to those who would govern with discretion and honesty.

Full Version: A Curse on the Betrayal of Canada

Letters Sent in Response and Our Replies:

- Victor Hafichuk and Paul Cohen (December 4-22, 2008)

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Pitying the Bullied

It is said that bullies are to be pitied. Rarely do we see them pitied but almost always do we see their victims pitied. Let it be known that neither is to be pitied. I have never seen pity build or restore. I have never seen pity heal or reverse damages. There is a better and a sure way for all those who are willing to forsake the tempting pleasure of sympathy and trade it for reality and restitution to wholeness. Furthermore, the sad, even traumatic, experience of being bullied will turn out to be an asset, a gain, a discovered hidden treasure, guaranteed.

Pitying the Bullied

- Victor Hafichuk (November 23, 2008)

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"The Harness of the Lord"

Years ago, the Lord gave me a vision of a mortar and pestle, and said to me: "You are My son; you are My discipline." Disciples are those who delight in the Law of the Lord. They learn not to despise correction, the chastening rod of truth. That is exactly why they are called "disciples" or "disciplined ones." They have accepted His harness.

I rejoiced when I first red Bill Britton's vision, which he called "The Harness of the Lord." I found it perfectly appropriate and so descriptive of my experience in the Lord. For all those who would be the Lord's, they will come away from the rebellion that says, "You are not going to tell me what to do!" Instead, they will take upon themselves the Lord's yoke and burden, saying, "Your will, not mine be done." Then will they have their great reward - the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

"The Harness of the Lord" by Bill Britton

- Victor Hafichuk (November 16, 2008)

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Helena Library Conclusion

On October 21 we attended the Lewis and Clark Library board meeting to witness the decision of the board on The Joy of Gay Sex. To no one’s surprise, the board unanimously approved the review committee’s and director’s decision to retain this vile book in the library’s active collection.

The rationale given for this decision was that the book met all the guidelines of the selection policy. My reply was that if the guidelines allow for putting such materials on the bookshelf, then they need to be changed or scrapped altogether.

How fitting a conclusion to this matter, when I initially protested this book because it openly flouted the Laws of God. Now the library board justifies its initial decision to buy the book by appealing to a corrupt law of their own making. This is an excellent illustration of the endemic evil that covers this land. Men have framed laws and conventions to nullify God’s Laws.

And one thing is certain: When the laws of men contravene the Laws of God, trouble ensues. The results that surround us today amply speak for themselves. The recent tragedies befalling the United States and other Western nations are also part of the picture and are just the beginning of woes. But how blinded people are to the reaping of evil for which they have diligently sown! That is part of the curse of choosing evil rather than doing right.

Click HERE to read how this matter began and what ensued.

- Paul Cohen (October 23, 2008)

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The Lord Jesus Christ – Our Party and Our Cause

If Catholics stand against abortion, I am “Catholic.”

If SDAs keep the Sabbath, I am “SDA.”

If Mormons teach that sons of God will grow up to be as God, I am “Mormon.”

If Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate Christmas, I am a “Jehovah’s Witness.”

If Muslims stand against the falsehood in nominal Christendom, I am “Muslim.”

If Muslims stand against homosexuality, I am “Muslim.”

If Muslims stand for murder, we are “anti-Muslims”; if they stand for death to Israel and America, we are “anti-Muslims.”

If America stands for death to Muslims, we are “anti-American,” but if Americans must fight and kill to stop murder and Islam, we are “pro-American.”

If homosexuals condemn hypocrisy, we stand in agreement with them.

If feminists stand against spousal brutality, we are “feminists.”

If Christians support abortion, we are “anti-Christian.”

If angels stand for antiBiblicalism, we are against them.

If Jews or Israel stand for wrong, we are “antiSemite” or “anti-Israel.”

If the world and the UN stand against Israel, we are against the world and the UN.

If Canada stands against Israel, I am “not Canadian.”

If America stands against the Law of God, I am “not American.”

If America is corrupt and has no blessing coming but the opposite, I stand with Dr. Wright, Barack Obama’s mentor, and declare, “God damn America” - he is right.

If the Canadian Parliament frames laws against the Bible and the Supreme Court of Canada enforces them, I am automatically a criminal. If Canada stands for religious freedom for any and all, regardless of the nature of that religion, we are against religious freedom.

If Billy Graham says America must repent of its sins - that’s why 9/11 happened -we support Billy Graham. But if he points to others as guilty, and ignores America’s guilt, we are against Mr. Graham.

By God’s grace and only by His grace, we stand with right and truth wherever it may be found and condemn all wrong and error – untruth. If some wish to box or slot us, they will be forced to do so based only on right and wrong.

We are not anti-gay, anti-Islam, anti-Mormon, anti-Catholic, anti-Protestant, or anti-anything or anybody but anti-wrong; we are not pro-life or pro-democracy but pro-right.

Because Islam, Mormonism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and other movements of men coming in the Name of God teach directly against the Word of God, we are against them, even as is our Head, Who said to them in the days of His flesh:

“Why do you, yourselves, go against the Word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?...you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching” (Matthew 15:3-6 BBE).

We are pro-Jesus Christ, Who is Right Incarnate, and His Law, Which is Right, and we are anti-wrong from all quarters, no matter who commits it. It has nothing to do with any agenda, but everything to do with representing the Lord Jesus Christ as He is and as He wills. By His grace, we are completely His partisan supporters.

Partisan - “Devoted to a cause or party.” He and His saints are our Party and our Cause. He is the First Cause (Exposing Evolutionists).

Read For Whom Do We Vote? and the rest of the “Voting Trilogy.”

- Victor Hafichuk (October 19, 2008)

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The Joy of Gay Sex?

One day this past February, Paul perused the "New" bookshelf at the Lewis & Clark Public Library in Helena, Montana, and he saw The Joy of Gay Sex. Taking a glance at its contents led to a formal request to remove the book from the library and public hearings over, "Does such a book belong in the public library?"

Paul's Letter to the Editor in the Independent Record and the Queen City News tells more about how this process began.

The director of the library, Judy Hart, agreed to hear comments on this book from Paul Cohen and other community members at the board meeting on August 25th, 2008. Here is our Handout of Points Paul took to the meeting.

After the meeting, I wrote a summary of the points covered by all speakers. Here is that Summary with Paul's Notes and Answers interspersed throughout the commentary.

Tonight, September 16th, 2008, a second public hearing was held at the Large Meeting Room at the library. There were eighteen speakers for keeping the book, and ten against (two of those asking for it to be put in an adult section).

Here is a Summary of the Public Hearing with Paul's Commentary.

Comments can be submitted in writing to the library board through October 3rd. One page of written comment is allowed.

We have had further debate on this matter. Here you can read various Letters to the Editor of the Helena Independent Record with all comments, with some correspondence as well:

Objects to 'Joy of Gay Sex' (Paul Cohen - 8/17/08)

Double Standard? (Will MacBride - 8/24/08)

Remove the Book (Mark Colton - 8/25/08)

Book Doesn't Belong in Library (Sierra Chambers - 9/18/08)

Libraries Are No Place for Censorship (IR Staff - 9/18/08)

Don't Print Derogatory 'Opinions' (Robert Bayuk - 9/21/08)

     Our Correspondence with Robert Bayuk

Libraries Aren't for Agendas (Lisa Marshall - 9/21/08)

We have had more correspondence with Robert Bayuk. And we also have a few more postings in the IR article - Libraries Are No Place for Censorship.

9-26-08 Addition: Paul and Victor had correspondence with one of the authors of The Joy of Gay Sex, Felice Picano. You can read this correspondence HERE.

Click HERE to read the conclusion to this matter.

- Sara Schmidt (September 16 through 26, 2008)

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Enjoy the Adversity

Enjoy adversity? Whoever heard of such a thing? What am I, a masochist? While being troubled about some matters that were not going as I would like them to go, I mentioned it to Lois. As always, the answer was, “Give thanks.” I said, “Yes.” I headed to the lawn to do some work and gave thanks, but then I received something more. Not only was it needful and fitting that I should give thanks for this, as with everything, I should enjoy what is happening.

People owe me money, I was willing to lend it to them because they were in need, and now I don’t even hear from them. One is even greatly offended at me, though and because I was warning and instructing him for good, and I am to enjoy this?

In these kinds of adverse circumstances, I begin to look at myself and ask, “Where did I go wrong? What did I do wrong? Where have I disobeyed? Why didn’t I see those ominous signs of potential trouble? Was it greed or what?” But the Lord made known to me that He has done His chastening with me. I am now ruling with Him, on His throne. There need be no more correction; I am corrected. So these adversities that are now happening are for another reason. I am not the issue; I need only to sit back and enjoy what the Lord is doing with and in these matters. I am to enjoy my adversities, yet not the adversities themselves so much as watching the Lord working them for good, watching Him do what needs to be done in perfection.

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28 MKJV).

The enemy will resist and seek to destroy me or mine, but he cannot touch me at the throne of God, where God has now seated me with Him. Neither must I do battle with those who seek my hurt. God will take care of it all, as promised:

“The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right side, until I make Your enemies into a footstool for You.’ The LORD will let Your power reach out from Zion, and You will rule over Your enemies. Your glorious power will be seen on the day You begin to rule. You will wear the sacred robes and shine like the morning sun in all of Your strength” (Psalms 110:1-3 CEV).

Yes, the passage refers to the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is also a promise for every believer who comes to rest and victory in the Lord Jesus Christ. He has obtained that victory for His entire Body. Each member must enter into that place of rest, of victory, of overcoming, and enjoy the adversities.

Surely, Abraham, Elijah, Moses, along with all the saints, apostles, and prophets are watching developments on earth. To us it looks messy and foreboding. Consider the insane hatred the Arabs and Muslims have for Israel, Jews, and Christians, for instance, not to mention so many other evils occurring and threatening. But I know that those in Heaven who have gained the victory are watching God at work and thoroughly enjoying it, knowing He has the victory and that it will all end well.

Enjoy the adversities? When we come to that place of victory within, we will be able to do as did Paul and Silas. With torn flesh and backs bleeding, they sang praises to God in the middle of the night while chained in prison cells, though they were blameless of any wrongdoing and unjustly punished. They had the victory within. They were not only giving thanks; they were enjoying the adversity. They were confident of God and His work. And God saved the jailer and his household (Acts 16).

We can have the finest of health, family, friends, home, car, weather, foods, art - all possessions and abilities to excel above everyone else in this world, yet if we do not have the capacity to enjoy, we cannot enjoy any of these things. Place a great piece of art in front of a dog and he is as inclined to lift his leg on it as to look at it. So it is with man. Without the internal victory in Christ, we cannot enjoy the best; we have no ability to do so. On the other hand, we can be beaten and chained in a dungeon on false charges, and enjoy God and His doing because we have the capacity within to do so. What we have externally is not what counts. We see the truth of this everywhere all the time.

Why is this? It is because our whole existence here on earth is not for the things of this world, but for that which comes after. It is for God Himself.

So now I enjoy the view from the throne above and watch God work, resting in Him, knowing that all will be well, just as He has promised.

- Victor Hafichuk (September 3, 2008)

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Yes, Things Are Bad, But What Is the Answer?

“Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me” (John 14:6 MKJV).

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only-begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18 MKJV).

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

“As the Scripture says, ‘Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved’” (Romans 10:13 GNB).

Frequently I am drawn into conversations about how bad things are getting. We talk about the strange and adverse weather conditions the world over - the earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, floods, and heat waves. We talk about the rising price of oil and the consequent inflation, the growth of the bio-fuel industry and the grave consequences of the price of food sharply increasing to subject a third of the world to near starvation.

Then there is the real estate crisis in the U.S. with large banks in trouble and a staggering federal debt, climbing wildly by the minute. Americans and others are embroiled in a war they cannot win, though they hold out vain hopes and promises. Enemies are threatening from several directions - Russia with its new economic clout and political turnaround by Putin, China with its piracy of patents and flooding America and the world with its products while unemploying millions of Americans, and Islam aggressively taking over the world with its oil revenues.

There is the Middle East crisis, the Muslims slaughtering non-Muslims and other sects of Islam. We hear Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah, Fatah, and Al Qaeda threatening and swearing to annihilate Israel. With that is the threat of nuclear war from Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and other countries.

We talk about corruption in politics, government, religion, and every significant nation, institution, and organization on earth. In the world of medicine, people are dying like flies from every kind of disease one can imagine, with new ones coming and old ones reviving, much of this caused by the medical world and the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries. In the food industry we have, along with the chemical toxins applied to nearly everything consumed, the threat of a multitude of Frankenfoods unleashed on an unsuspecting and ignorant public, produced by ruthless money and power-hungry corporations like Monsanto and Cargill, who stop at nothing to grow and prosper.

There is the oppression of the masses by government institutions such as the FDA, Health Canada, CFIA, EPA, and so many others like the medical associations. There are the educational institutions that push humanism, atheism, and evolution. There is the proliferating promotion of philosophies and lifestyles like homosexuality, fornication, abortion, antiChrist religion, feminism, drugs (mostly legal), all contrary to God and the Scriptures.

The religious scene is the vilest of them all. Millions of nominal Christians are hypocritically preaching virtue but doing as they please, withholding nothing from themselves to please their lusts. Of those who are disciplined to any extent on the physical plane, their doctrines, philosophies, and attitudes contradict God and the Scriptures, and just try to tell them differently.

I could go on and on about corporate greed, governmental corruption, social lawlessness and immorality, environmental pollution, super bugs, threatening plagues, widespread crime, conspiracies at work to enslave or destroy our world, legal and illegal drugs, you name it. It is the world madly abandoning itself to every vice and pleasure imaginable.

At one time, there was one in a million standing on the street corner wearing a gown, sporting a beard and a sign that warned of the end of the world. But now many more are seeing the end coming, not because they are crazed, but because it is happening. They see the evil and the omens of pending doom everywhere – on the streets, in the offices and stores, in all the media, the news, sitcoms, movies, and at other places of entertainment, including churches and homes. It is indelibly etched in every visage. It has become a vile world - corrupt, greedy, uncaring, fearful, insensitive, and so, so foolish and stupid, abhorrently godless.

But what is the point of all this kind of talk and thought? Where are we going with this negative news? What profit is there in it? By focusing on these things, are we getting anywhere? I say, “No.”

So what is the answer? What can we say to those who reflect and remark on these things? That depends on the person and why they are bringing these matters up. Are they complaining, diverting attention from themselves, or entertaining themselves with sensationalism? Are they curious? Or are they genuinely looking for answers, willing and prepared to act, whatever the cost may be?

Here is the answer for those interested in the only answer there is:

It begins with you and you alone. You must go to God and get in touch with Him directly. You must turn from your independence of Him. Every aspect of your life must be surrendered to Him. There is no other way. And only He can do this for you. One will find that if he or she tries to be good or right or pleasing to God in any way, or tries to change intrinsically, that one will fail miserably. That is what happened to me as I sought after God - but He succeeded where I failed. He gave me the grace to continue searching after Him, after Reality and Truth, even if I was failing and felt it was a hopeless endeavor. The message to the sincere seeker is: Don’t quit.

God will make known to you that there are not many ways to Him, only one. That way is the Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for sinners and after three days was raised from the dead, victorious over all things. After finding Him and identifying with His death, burial, and resurrection, all questions of concern to you will begin to be answered. You will realize that the world is on a collision course, but it will not concern you because you will know that God is in full control of everything. All things must take their course.

There may be those who need to hear that the only way they can weather the coming storm, the mother of all storms, is to be grounded in Jesus Christ. He is the One and Only Authorized Mediator between God and man. There is no other. Knowing Him, having repented of sin, one will perceive the troubles of this world with understanding, from a new and reasonable perspective. Fears, doubts, and confusion will disappear. Sure hope will be established, and nothing will move the one planted in Jesus Christ, the Foundational Rock of Life.

“How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without preaching? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things!’” (Romans 10:14-15 MKJV)

We are here as His representatives to direct you to God. We know the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We have met Him because He has revealed Himself to us, and we are here to tell you that if He so chooses, if He has determined to give you salvation at this time, then you will gladly hear and receive what we have to say. Our words are life-changing; they are perfectly able, with faith from God, to bring about the change you need in your life so as to not perish with the world. If you cannot hear or receive us, there is no hope for you now; perhaps in another life or time, but not now. God will make known His will for you plainly enough to us.

- Victor Hafichuk (August 24, 2008)

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Abortion

The Issues of Life began, in 2003, with a reader’s response to our third Harvest Haven Herald. Victor, talking about the sad state of affairs in the world and Canada, mentioned the legalization of “gay marriages,” among other things. A complaint soon followed - “How bigoted you are to speak against ‘gay marriage’!” When sending his reply, it struck Victor as a God-given opportunity to share his answer with others, bringing to light the darkness of commonly held convictions and errors before many.

We recently passed along a notice from one of our customers, giving people the opportunity to register their disapproval of the Canadian government’s award of the Order of Canada to a doctor for his work as an abortionist. This time, several complained. Once again, the complaints have served as a backdrop for the wisdom and counsel of God to be heard by many, for which all saints are extremely grateful.

Pro-Choicers Despising Freedom of Choice

- Paul Cohen (August 12, 2008)

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The Best and the Worst

The world praises the one who brings out the best in others, which may be fine, but the greater need of mankind is that we bring out the worst. Yes, you red that right.

Those who speak the Truth of God will bring out the worst. An acquaintance of ours began to believe what we were preaching, which was quite contrary to her beliefs and practices and those of her family and religious friends theretofore. When her family became aware of her wanting to join herself to us, they examined our site and doctrine and were offended; some were alarmed and came out with threats and curses. Our friend was shocked and saddened, as she put it, that her sons and daughters and their spouses would react in such ungodly fashion. After all, she thought to have taught them differently; they all profess faith in Jesus Christ. Most of them are members of what are known as Christian churches and Bible-preaching religious organizations, such as the United Pentecostals and the Foursquare Gospel. Her youngest is a pastor and fervent in works in the Name of God. The talks and works are there.

She had always been trying to bring out the best in them, to teach her children how to believe, speak, and act as Christians, according to her understanding. Little did she know that what they needed was the Truth instead of doctrine, substance instead of form, reality instead of religion, and rebuke instead of praise. Little did she know they needed exposure instead of display. It was not enough to dress dogs in wool and make them look like sheep. They needed to be exposed for the dogs they are and told the truth (that they are dogs and that only the miracle-working, resurrection power of Jesus Christ could make of them sheep, new creatures in Christ). Only His righteousness counts, and reasonable facsimiles will not do.

The truth preached in our letters and on our site told them they were wrong, in darkness, in error, not within the Kingdom of God, and not pleasing to God as they suppose (in short, they are dogs), bringing out the worst in them. To the religious who are consumed by their own righteousness, their exposure is shocking, but it necessarily manifests the reality of their state. When the worst comes out, they can decide to continue therein and grow worse yet, or they can decide to repent and come to the Lord to be changed, that they might worship Him in spirit and truth with a new heart, which He alone can give them.

Did not Jesus Christ and His disciples bring out the worst in man? Did not Jesus warn His disciples that they would be hated by all men as He was? Did the people not kill them? Yet in the process of their exposure, salvation came to the killers. Indeed, some experienced a complete reversal of attitude and action. As the apostle Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, wrote to new converts:

“But only they were hearing that he who then persecuted us, now preaches the faith which he once ravaged. And they glorified God in me” (Galatians 1:23-24 MKJV).

First must the worst be exposed and identified. Only then can the true solution come. As whitewash covers but does not change, so religion conceals the corrupt nature while the corruption remains. Only an entire replacement of an old nature by a new will do. We need men to speak the truth, so that the worst may come out in those who hear the truth.

- Victor Hafichuk (August 6, 2008)

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A Lesson in Rejecting God's Law

At the end of June, Paul and Victor had a conversation with Barbara, a woman who was asking for prayer for her dying sister, in our chat service.

You can read it here:

Conversation with Barbara

- Sara Schmidt (July 21, 2008)

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Aerial Crop Spraying

A Heinous yet Generally Accepted Social, Economic, and Environmental Crime

As I write, I hear the roar of crop dusters in our area. It amazes me how anybody can even conceive the notion that people have the right to spray their properties from a plane with toxic chemicals, knowing full well that some of them will carry into their neighbors’ properties. It is an unconscionable act, and I am perplexed that there are not great cries of outrage and protest - petitions, marches and all. Indeed, one wonders how this madness could ever have been permitted. The likely reasons for the lack of opposition to this crime are ignorance and having so many other apparently bigger fish to fry. How many people living in cities actually get to see or experience firsthand the effects of this poisonous practice? It is out of sight, out of mind. Many do not know or care about what they are eating and supporting.

And, to be sure, we have many forms of madness, several even worse, like abortion and vaccinations, but, truly, crop dusting (or crop spraying) is another abomination to all life.

Many are the stories I have heard of people having damage to their gardens, trees, and general greenery because of aerial spraying near them. And how many are those affected in their health? Many of these stories have come without solicitation or direct discussion of the specific subject.

What is accepted as a necessity or productive agricultural practice ought to be condemned as a crime, and its perpetrators fined and jailed. How dare they impose their poisons on those who not only do not want or need them, but who are harmed by them! Furthermore, nobody needs them.

Crop spraying or dusting occurs often near our community. At one particular time, a potato crop was being sprayed for insects, and the prevailing winds brought the visible mist of chemical upon us. Our eyes teared, our noses and throats reacted, and we were helpless to do anything about it. What are we supposed to do, keep greenhouses for our gardens and have gas masks and protective clothing at the ready? What shall we do for our children? Must we run for our houses, shut off air conditioners and fans and remain locked up just because the perpetrator seeks to benefit himself financially, the neighbors be damned? What is this?

At the time this particular spraying occurred, I tried to call whatever authorities I could think of that were available. I got nowhere. A representative for a government institution (I don’t remember which) came out and rather tactfully (he seemed to be coached for such cases) defended the practice of aerial spraying of pesticides as though I was protesting people wearing clothing in public. “What’s the big deal?” was the essence of his attitude, though well masked. To him, I was a fretting crackpot.

We have people protesting the use of animal fur. We have the SPCA, Greenpeace, and other organizations taking up the cause of the environment, animal abuse, and other various issues. How few there are who recognize the vile, wholesale slaughter of people, animals, greenery, insects and important microcosms necessary for health and well being by aerial and ground crop spraying with synthetic pesticides! I say that those responsible for that kind of crop spraying are guilty of unpremeditated murder. Even ground, never mind aerial, crop spraying should be counted an indictable offense. It should be unheard of. Nobody should have to put up with it any more than they should have to put up with arsonists, vandals and stalkers.

No wonder we have the high incidence of mental, physical and emotional diseases. In many and diverse ways, we are destroying ourselves, and few care to pay any mind. People today are the unquestioning populace of Logan’s Run, deceived and conditioned to believe the biggest lies and perishing in the process.

- Victor Hafichuk (July 14, 2008)

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The Right Way vs. Any Way

I sent this note to Keith:

Hi Keith,

We found your site because it is subtitled with a name (A Path of Truth) very similar to our own (The Path of the Truth). What a world of difference a word makes! The Lord Jesus Christ said (not “a” Lord Jesus Christ; there are many imposters):

“How narrow the gate, and confined the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it!” (Matthew 7:14 EMTV).

Solomon, in his wisdom from God, wrote this:

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death” (Proverbs 16:25 MKJV).

You have been on ways that have seemed right to you, but one after one they have failed, ending in death. So will your latest way fail too, because it is a way, not the Way of Truth and Life.

So what is the Way? Is it love? Did God say you could enter His Kingdom by tapping into the latent power of love within you? Here is what He says:

“I am the Door. If anyone enters in by Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9 MKJV).

Jesus Christ is the Door, the Gate, the Way. He is Love, Keith. You are looking within yourself to find goodness, love, and God; but He and His attributes are not there. Here is what the Scriptures, which we have discovered to be true in every way, say about what is inside you:

Romans 3:10-18 EMTV
(10) Just as it is written: “There is none righteous, no not one,
(11) There is none who understands; there is none who seeks God.
(12) All have turned aside; together they became unprofitable; there is not one doing kindness, there is not so much as one.”
(13) “Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived”; “ the poison of asps is under their lips”;
(14) “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
(15) Their feet are swift to shed blood;
(16) Ruin and misery are in their ways;
(17) And the way of peace they did not know.
(18) There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

And:

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 MKJV)

Negative thinking? No. Reality. Jesus said of the man who rhetorically asked whether anything good could come out of Nazareth, “Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile!” And it was of this man, who declared and believed in the Son of God, that Jesus said:

“Most assuredly I say to you, from now on you shall see Heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man” (John 1:51 EMTV).

Regarding the many ways of which you approve on your site, Keith, we show the specific faults and errors of many, if not all, on ours. Are we proving everyone else wrong to be right, or is it because we have been made right in the Beloved that we show others wrong? As His redeemed, we confirm what He has shown and told us:

“Then Jesus said to them again, ‘Most assuredly I say to you, I am the Door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them’” (John 10:7-8 EMTV).

Do you really want to continue being robbed, and to rob others of what could be theirs if they were turned to and obeyed their rightful Lord? Hasn’t it been enough already? And forget what all of you could have, how about simply what you owe Him, your lives?

Do read our site.

- Paul Cohen (July 4, 2008)

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God’s Business Is Serious Business

In this incident in which Jonathan dislocated his elbow, I am taking stock and realizing the gravity of God’s calling, revelations and commands. It is serious business. I consider that:

• He had to break my leg to get my attention and set me on track.
• Now I find Him gently “breaking” Jonathan’s arm to get his attention.
• Did not the Lord wipe out the entire population of earth in Noah’s day?
• Did He not slay Judah’s sons, Er and Onan, for their neglect and rebellion?
• Shall we take a look at the consequences of Abraham’s taking Hagar to try to help God keep His promise of a son?
• Did not Samson lose his eyes because he neglected to obey God after being pressed for his secret?
• Did not Zedekiah have his eyes put out for rebelling against God’s command?
• Did not a prophet get killed by a lion because he disregarded God’s command?
• Did not the Lord have Pilate slay some and mix their blood with their sacrifices, and did not the tower of Siloam fall on some because of their unrepentance (Luke 13)?
• Did not Rachel die in childbirth because she valued and stole her father’s gods and lied to both her father and husband about them?
• Did not the Lord seek to slay Moses’ son when Moses but neglected to circumcise him?
• Did not David suffer the loss of at least 3, if not 4, sons and 10 concubines, along with many others, for his sin with Bathsheba?
• Did not thousands die for murmuring, bitten of serpents?
• Did not God slay Nadab and Abihu for offering up strange fire to Him?
• Did not Uzzah die for apparently unintentional irreverence in putting forth his hand to stabilize the ark?
• Did not 36 men of Israel die for Achan’s sin, besides him and those in his family?
• Did not God wipe out Job’s 10 children and many servants?
• Did not God ignore all widows but one in Elijah’s day in a famine?
• Did He not ignore all lepers but one in Elisha’s day?
• Did He not cause women of His people to kill and to eat their own children in the siege?
• Did not God send fire on Sodom and Gomorrah and utterly destroy them?
• Did the Lord not strike Miriam, Moses’ sister no less and a prophetess, with leprosy for murmuring against Moses?
• Did not the Lord open the ground and have Korah, Dathan, and Abiram swallowed up, with their wives and little ones, for their gainsaying and murmuring?
• Was not Uzziah condemned to leprosy when presumptuous and irreverent?
• Were not 42 children destroyed by two she bears when they mocked a prophet of God?
• Did not Jonathan die for standing by his father Saul’s side, even though he was David’s friend?
• Did not the Lord say, by Moses, that those who did not heed “that prophet” would be destroyed?
• Did not the Lord have many young boys die by Herod when he sought for the Christ child?
• Did not God slay Ananias and Sapphira for lying?

What is life to Him? God’s business is serious business. He is serious with us, and He will not permit our being lackadaisical with Him. “Behold both the goodness and severity of God.” How can we not be serious, sober and vigilant in all things?

Let’s consider the present day and the events in our own midst. What has happened to Howard and Jason Benson, Delores Molnar, Pascal Gregoire, Stan Howell, and so many others?

Consider the stupid and ignorant notions about the nature and character of God prevalent in our society today, and the false gospel of mush and sentimentality all around us? Are those people not perishing? Will they not perish? Believe it – they will and are!

What will happen to all those who oppose us for righteousness’ sake?

God had shown me the black angels over the neighbor’s house, where Jonathan was injured. Yes, that was over 18 years ago! So what? No, He did not give me explicit commands, like, “Don’t go there; don’t have any more to do with them,” but must He? Shall we ever be guided by bit, bridle, whip and spur? We are to take heed; the sooner, the better, the more earnestly, the better. Woe to us if we do not. Jonathan had no business there, if only because of that revelation, and especially on the Sabbath, doing what he was doing.

God has not only finished winking with the nations; He has also finished winking with us. And that is why we must speak up and do His will without hesitation, ambiguity, or equivocation. This is especially so when given our great privilege and responsibility we have been granted of God for this day! Wow! All the more will we be called into account, not in the “by and by,” but here and now, even as it happened with all those I have mentioned.

Furthermore, consider how the Lord commanded Israel that when they entered Canaan, they were to destroy all its inhabitants - men, women and children. They were to be ruthless. Was God sparing the tender, delicate, pretty young maid? Was he sparing the suckling? Did He spare any of these in Sodom and Gomorrah or in Jericho, besides Rahab and her house, who assisted God’s people?

Did Saul not lose his kingdom because he failed to kill everything living of the Amalekites and because God had commanded otherwise? What kind of loving prophet was Samuel, who hewed Agag to pieces with a sword after Agag pitifully said, “Surely, the bitterness of death is past”?

If God has finished winking, having repeatedly said so, what are we doing overlooking trespasses and offenses? Are we winking? Is this a time for winking? Isaiah was told, “Cry aloud, spare not….” Is not the Spirit of God the same yesterday and today and forever?

All those who took His life were slain and their nation scattered to the four winds, and what a slaughter that was! And all this was after, not before, His resurrection and ascension. What kind of teaching is it that Jesus would never do such things now, and that He is full of pity and compassion - He wouldn’t hurt a fly? This teaching is demonic and highly deceptive. Look how it has won the hearts of carnal men and even deceived the believing.

Does not Scripture declare dire consequences for offenders in this present “dispensation”? Yes indeed, It does:

“He who despised Moses' Law died without mercy on the word of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the one who has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him Who has said, ‘Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, says the Lord.’ And again, ‘The Lord shall judge His people.’ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:28-31 MKJV).

God made it known very clearly just how serious matters are. He sacrificed His only begotten Son, that’s how serious matters of our existence are. Consider also that His life was not taken by a quiet departing in His sleep or by a merciful bullet to the head or by lethal injection on a cushioned gurney or even by an efficient hanging. No, He had to suffer the horrible agony and public humiliation of the cross, no less, at the hands of brute beasts, with His own people crying for His blood and His own Father turning His back on Him. “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

That is how serious it is; but no, we must spare ourselves the gravity of life. It is enough we must live it. We must not make it any worse than it already is (I speak with tongue in cheek) - we must be gentle and tenderhearted and kind and sympathetic and loving and sweet and understanding and wise and compassionate and “godly” and “Christlike.”

Devils tie our hands and tape our mouths with sweet, desirable malarkey. That is Satan’s strategy and his False Love.

“Make your enemies now,” says the Lord.

“He that keeps his life will lose it,” He says.

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice as a trumpet and tell My people their sins,” He cries.

“Spare not,” He declares, but Agag says, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

God says, “Spare not,” but Satan says, “Let’s love one another.”

God says, “Spare not,” but messengers of Satan, posing as God’s ministers, choose to flatter and coddle and savor the things that are of men, and thus he prevails over them to destroy. Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me and to God!

- Victor Hafichuk (June 24, 2008)

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Willpower Posing as Faith

Many professors of Christ proclaim they are believing for their healing of deadly diseases such as cancer. Why must one believe for something God gladly gives to His children who obey Him? Must I believe for the air that I breathe? What is wrong with this picture?

The problem with this kind of believing is that God wants you to trust and obey Him rather than exert your own willpower. Doing the latter is flaunting your righteousness before God, trusting in yourself and in your ability to trust Him. It is a subtle manifestation of self-willed piety, the very opposite of faith, which is what God wants. Substituting your works for His faith to get what you want is vile, nothing less than sorcery. God wants obedience, not sacrifice.

If you are believing Him for healing, thinking that by such a course you will manifest your healing, you are making sacrifices for what you want rather than obeying God in what He wants. You are not out to honor and obey Him as Lord, despite the appearance that deceives yourself and others. You are only out to use God for your own aggrandizement and to fulfill your desires. This is rebellion, the sin of witchcraft. It is effrontery against God.

We were made for God, not for ourselves. Deny this fact by seeking to save your life and you will lose it. Or, as Jesus said, you can lose your life for His sake and gain it. You who claim to believe for your healing are seeking to get from, rather than submit to, God. You are saving your lives at the expense of His. You have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and have had your eyes opened to be as God. You are disconnected and dead.

And you are not hearing from God. Believing you are or will be healed is only according to the knowledge of good and evil you have gotten for yourself contrary to the commandment of God not to eat from that tree. It is presumptuousness because God has said nothing to you. You have knowledge, but not of Him, from Him.

All that God requires is that you obey Him. If you obey Him, you don’t have to claim anything; it is automatically yours:

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him” (John 14:21 MKJV).

Will the Lord withhold something good from those He loves?

“The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: He will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright” (Psalms 84:11 BBE).

To such as keep His commandments, it is written:

“For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things coming--all things are yours” (1 Corinthians 3:21-22 EMTV).

But obedience costs your life, and you who claim to believe for your healing are looking to add to your life, not give it up. You will be the big hero when you get back from the hospital and go to church, glowing and demonstrating your righteousness. “Let my light shine,” you say. “God healed me; look at me, look at my shining skin. Now I am here to tell everyone!” You will write your book and make your millions. It is all an ego trip, an investment in self for fame, glory and prosperity.

The Lord Jesus Christ says that you can't make one hair on your head black or add one inch to your stature. If you cannot do these things, neither can you materialize your healing, no matter how hard you believe. The only viable thing to do is to obey the Lord, which is to commit yourself to Him as your faithful Creator. You are His property, bought and paid for.

“And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His eyes, giving ear to His orders and keeping His laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your Life-Giver” (Exodus 15:26 BBE).

- Victor Hafichuk and Paul Cohen (June 16, 2008)

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Life Has a Price Tag

Jesus Christ paid the price, and those who will enter life must pay the price. There is nothing worthwhile gained in this world or the next without paying the price. Those who believe will pay it.

Religion is about a free ride. Those who are religious want the glory without the cross. That is what religion is all about, be it Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Mormonism, or any other.

Reality is about paying the price for Christ’s sake, about laying down the life. There is no other way to true victory, fulfillment, gain and peace.

- Victor Hafichuk (May 23, 2008)

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Message to Israel

I would like to make some simple points on Emuna Braverman's perspective, which, it seems, is that of many Jews:

God - He it is that gives and takes away. He gave the land to the Jews many times and He took it away. When He takes away, no nation or people, Jew or Gentile, no matter how numerous or militarily powerful or superior in any earthly way, can keep anything or retrieve it once gone, if God determines to take it or keep it away. If they get it back, it will only be because He gave it back, not Herzl, Ben Gurion, Sharon, Meir, Weizmann, Balfour, Allenby, Churchill, Bush, or any other.

On the other hand, when He gives (and He has given the land back to the Jews in our day - and will give yet more) they need not worry or fear, because no nation(s) or people(s) can neutralize His will. The entire Arab/Muslim populace can do nothing; Europe can do nothing; China or Russia can do nothing, nor can any other, even if they were all united together as one against the Jews and Israel to withstand God's sovereign will.

Israel, Zionists, Jews can be thankful to have America and Bush standing with and for them but it is not necessary. God can very easily do without them. If His choice is to do with them, fine; if without, that should be fine too, if not better. It also seems to me that if He has decided to restore Israel to the Jews after 2000 years (2500 without sovereignty), He is not about to let it go again.

The question is, where is Israel's or the Jews' trust placed? Where is the faith in the God of Israel (not that God needs it)? Believe in your God, Israel! “How long will you halt between two opinions?”

- Victor Hafichuk (May 20, 2008)

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Travesser the Transgressor

Almost seven years ago we met a man claiming to be the Messiah. He went by the name of “Michael Travesser,” the assumed name of Wayne Bent, the same person that was in the news this week as the “leader of an apocalyptic cult” arrested in New Mexico on unspecified charges. There is talk of child molestation, which Bent denies, though he does admit to having slept with three of his followers’ wives, including his son’s, at the direction of God and the instigation of the women. (“The man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate’” Genesis 3:12 HNV – only these were not the women God gave to Wayne.)

While it is easy to dismiss such antics as those of a delusional sociopath, people who have tried talking to Wayne and his followers have found themselves unable to effectively argue against their delusion. In this string of correspondence, we show Wayne how he is wrong according to the Scriptures he used to justify his sins, while exposing his arrogant, wrongheaded manner for all to see.

Our Dealings with Wayne Bent, a.k.a. “Michael Travesser”

- Paul Cohen (May 8, 2008)

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What Is Repentance?

Repentance is turning from our righteousness to God’s righteousness. It is a recognition that, in and of ourselves, we have no worth.

- Victor Hafichuk (April 13, 2008)

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Regarding the Jews

You know what their problem is, completely? It is not us, not lack of knowledge, not persecution, not Christianity, not Muslims, not descendants of Ishmael, not Middle East real estate, not a false witness of Christ or the preaching of a false Christ. It is that they reject Jesus Christ, case closed. They were the ones who started it all. Little did they know that those they persecuted would grow, if only in name, to far outnumber them and have the tables turned on them. Their hatred, rejection and persecution of the Messiah and His own backfired on them. And the fruits of their planted seeds are great and heavy.

Yet, that is the way God has set it all up, beginning with salvation of the Gentiles.

- Victor Hafichuk (April 3, 2008)

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Contending for the Faith

We have been having a discussion on a few blogs about our new article, The Murderer John Calvin. Here is a link to one of the more prominent ones. The conversation starts at “When Were You Saved?” and continues through “Hijacked by Cultists”:

http://contemporarycalvinist.blogspot.com

The spirit of Calvin is alive, though not well. His time is finished.

- Sara Schmidt (March 25, 2008)

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Acceptance

Common nominal Christian assumption, spoken or otherwise, is that wolves can be changed to sheep, but such was never meant to be. The wolf, under God, will remain a wolf but be reconciled with the lamb. How? By God’s power and not by our works. As for those wolves who try to be sheep and fail, the issue is not so much that the wolf is changed to something else, as we have surmised and as the wolf has insisted he should or will, but that the wolf will stop trying to not be a wolf. Therefore, there are two changes to come for wolves: one, they will cease trying to be something they are not, and, two, God will change them into “good” wolves, but they will remain wolves, as Isaiah testifies:

“Also the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the cub lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6 MKJV).

- Victor Hafichuk (March 21, 2008)

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Practical Proof of the Spiritual Value of the Word of God

I have been reading Through the Valley of the Kwai by Ernest Gordon; this is the book that the movie To End All Wars was based on. What an excellent example of what the influence of faith and of the Scriptures can do, both collectively and in an individual soul. I have quoted in the following article some excerpts.

The scene is a Japanese prison camp in WWII. The author is writing from personal first-hand experience and describing how the prison went from being a moral mess (as described in the first excerpt) to being a place where the prisoners had hope and purpose in helping others. Read for yourself:

Excerpts from Through the Valley of the Kwai by Ernest Gordon

- Sara Schmidt (March 16, 2008)

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For Kim

Hi Kim (the Kim that spoke to us of Dena’s testimony),

We have tried to locate you according to your husband’s name and have thus far been unsuccessful. We want to thank you for getting in touch with us and telling us what you did. If we appeared defensive, we apologize. If we are defensive and thinking we are better than anybody else, we are wrong, dead wrong. While the Lord has done things for us, there is nothing to be proud of, as if there is any virtue with us, and if we are defensive, then He hasn’t done as much as we need, or perhaps as much as we think He has.

Please do not be afraid to tell us what you will, and thank you for being honest. We think you are right that Dena came across as the wronged one, without fessing up to all her wrongs, which is what a true and decent testimony is more about, and less of telling the sins of others. Because of your input, we have taken measures to tell “the rest of the story,” and Dena has now revised her testimony.

If you have more to say, please e-mail or press the chat button again. The Lord give you the grace to do what is right. We hope to hear you out in all patience, honesty, and without bias.

It is my desire that Truth be served and nothing else.

In Christ’s Name,

Victor

- Victor Hafichuk (March 8, 2008)

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What Are We?

I have just written a paper about the false prophet, John Calvin, and in discussion with Victor, he said:

“No Calvinists are we, nor any -ists, unless we are nonists! A new word, a new category, a new ID, a new thing.

The Lord is doing a new thing.”

Our identities and lives are in Him, not in our doctrines or denials of false doctrine. All of those things, good and necessary as they are, are derived from our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.

It is like Victor’s song, “It's Great to Be Somebody, because you’re nobody, because you’re His.”

Yes, it is an exclusive cult, which by nature says “no” to everything of man, and “yes” to everything of God. This is that well-known yet secret, narrow way in which you will find life.

- Paul Cohen (March 6, 2008)

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On Insurance

I do not wish to put my trust in man’s assurance that he, at a price and to his profit, will grudgingly compensate me for losses should calamity strike. Rather, I wish to put my trust in the One Who, for my sake, freely prevents damage.

Should He permit damage to occur for my heart’s sake, I can be assured that He will generously replenish in due time. I also know He will be faithful to provide all my needs in the interim.

If, in His wisdom, He should determine that I should suffer loss, what man or insurance program is there that can prevent Him? On the other hand, if I have no insurance or men appointed to guard me from damage or loss, but God chooses to favor me, will He not keep me? Plainly, this is a matter of faith.

- Victor Hafichuk (February 29, 2008)

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Confusion

Oh, the complications men create for themselves when straying from the Path of Truth! They get entangled in thick undergrowth, brambles and thornbushes, and wander aimlessly without the compass of truth, having lost their way. They struggle and shout at each other, saying, “It’s this way or that…” but all are hopelessly lost until they cry out to the Maker of all things, Who has left them in their chosen devices and confusion until they have had enough and cry out to Him for deliverance and enlightenment.

The Anglican Church is one such case, but is representative, in substance, of all formal, organized religions, be they in Christ’s Name or any other, all faltering and failing, destroying themselves for lack of knowledge. We speak knowledge that they might know the Truth and be made free. Jesus Christ is that Truth, the Way and the Life.

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 EMTV).

Anglican Church Same Sex Marriage Controversy

- Victor Hafichuk (February 27, 2008)

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Doctrine

I have not wanted to be doctrinal, yet doctrine is important. True doctrine is fruit, coming from faith. When we give the fruit, people shy away, as if we call it the branch or the trunk. Yet if they were to eat the fruit, they would be nourished.... What are they looking for - nice words? Sympathy? “Compassion”?

- Victor Hafichuk (February 24, 2008)

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Human Rights?

The Human Rights Commission in Alberta, Canada has had its way and its day. Their apparent goal or at least evident result? Shut down all expression that runs contrary to Acceptable Speech. Even if one speaks honestly and truthfully, yet offends Muslims or homosexuals, intentionally or otherwise, that one will need to watch out lest he (or she - lest we offend feminists) be dragged before the HRC, caused to pay fines to the offended party, and issue a public apology. No trial, no qualified judge, no jury, no justice, no appeal for the defendant, and no cost or risk to the complainant. The commissioner judges the heart and motive, and her judgment is irrevocable. Freedom of speech and religion in Canada are now Passenger Pigeons.

Watch a few of the segments of Ezra Levant’s interrogation, because he ran the Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad in his paper, Western Standard:

http://ezralevant.com/2008/02/welcome-to-laura-ingraham-list.html

This is no different than that which took place in the days of the Inquisition and the Reformation under the dominion of the Catholic Church. I guess there is one difference - that being that, back then, they could burn a person at the stake for their contrary viewpoints. (If given power to do so, do you really think it would be different today? Obviously, you have good cause to think again).

We have recently become aware of one saint who was burned at the stake not under the Catholic Church, but by the “Reformer” John Calvin. We will be writing more of the implications of the death of Michael Servetus in days to come. Keep watch for it under “What’s New?”

- Sara Schmidt and Victor Hafichuk (February 15, 2008)

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What About the Maharishi?

A quote by the Maharishi, shortly before his death: “Invincibility is irreversibly established in the world. My work is done.”

My reply: “He has said, ‘There is no God, but wait, here I am! I'll be Him! See? Look! I have established invincibility! I am God!’

And liars believe the biggest and most successful of them.”

- Victor Hafichuk (February 12, 2008)

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“The Law Is Good”

David Butterfield, of davidjbutterfield.blogspot.com, challenges us: “Can you find a single instance in Scripture where Jesus or even just one of the Apostles commanded Christians to keep the Old Testament law?”

We answer:

“Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:36-40 MKJV).

The last sentence tells us that the Lord has indeed not done away with the Law (just as He said He had not come to do -see below), but that the way of fulfilling it was not found in the legalistic spirit and approach of the Pharisees. Nevertheless, the Law is good, Paul writes, if a man uses it lawfully (1 Timothy 1:8). It is still required of those that name His Name to fulfill the Law:

“Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17 MKJV).

So now you have two confirming instances of where Jesus said that those who follow Him are required to fulfill the OLD TESTAMENT LAW, apart from the ceremonial and sacrificial (and seconded by the apostle Paul). Did not Jesus say your righteousness would have to exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees in their keeping of the Old Testament Law (Matthew 5:20)? There, you have three.

There are many more such Scriptures, this is but a sample. For more teaching on this matter, go to Law and Grace.

- Paul Cohen (February 9, 2008)

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Gossip and Slander Will Be Exposed

We hand-delivered a letter to the front desk of Erin Hafichuk’s place of work on December 27, 2007, in response to rumors we had heard of Erin’s speaking against us. We are not afraid of the truth (indeed, we are thankful for it) and are ready to stand up to the evil coming our way.

Letter to Erin Hafichuk

- Victor Hafichuk (January 3, 2008)

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The Very Clear Message of Islam
(presented very clearly)

Here is a 2006 blog worth reading, since many have still not heard, or gotten, the message. For answers, go to our Islam section.

http://bogieworks.blogs.com/treppenwitz/2006/08/leave_a_little_.html

- Paul Cohen (December 31, 2007)

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Showdown in Sin City

We have been engaged in an on-going and intense discussion with professors of Christ who dispute God's sovereignty and His ability to deliver on His promises. It makes for some very interesting reading as the contradiction of their claims to believe in the Lord Jesus are contrasted with His words, acts, and ways.

Here is the blog address. The top two blog postings contain the discussion; to access the comments (where things have been happening), go to the “(#) comments” link under each posting. You can read the conversation in chronological order if you start at “Path of Truth?” and then move to “Heresy: The Sequel.”

http://www.ryansanders1.blogspot.com

- Sara Schmidt (November 9, 2007)

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What Is the Christ?

“But Saul all the more was growing strong, and was confounding the Jews who were dwelling in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ” (Acts 9:22 EMTV).

“For he was powerfully refuting the Jews publicly, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah” (Acts 18:28 EMTV).

Yes, it is Who is the Christ, and the answer is, of course, “the Lord Jesus.” However, we can also ask What is the Christ? The answer is exciting.

The Christ is:

THE One
The Anointed
The Promise
The Holy One of God
Emmanuel, or “God with us”
The Seed of God planted in the Earth
God in the flesh
The Source of Life
The Bread and water of life
The Hope of Israel
The Manifestation of God
God’s Love to man
The Deliverer, Redeemer, Savior
The One Mediator
The Bridge between man and God
The Door to Eternal Life
The Manifest Will of God
The Purpose of God for man
Eternal Life
The Sure Foundation
The Beginning and the End
The Light of the world
The Only and Sure Hope of man
The Hope of Glory
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
The Supreme Example of the destiny of man
The Fulfillment of all things
The Victor over all things
The Union of God and man
Suffering
The Consumption
The Fire of God
The Wedding of Life and Death
The Prophecy of mankind’s future
The Recreation and Reconciliation of All Things
The Elimination of All Enmity in the Universe
The Seed of the Great Harvest
The end of the Law for righteousness
All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge
God

-Victor Hafichuk (October 22, 2007)

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Objectivity? Part 2

It is said that one person’s “terrorist” is another’s “freedom fighter”; one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure; and that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. No two translators will give an identical message, and no two witnesses will report a matter identically. One may try to be objective. “I will see things from his point of view,” says one sincerely in pursuit of objectivity. Unless he is prepared to betray and deny himself, and be another, or be at another’s complete disposal, how can one possibly see anything as does another? Unless they are the same person, with the same input of influence, emotion, knowledge and experience, and, indeed, of the same nature, can anyone be truly objective?

That is why the new birth changes everything, if indeed a true new birth it is. Being born of God, one will begin to see things as God sees them, and to think as God thinks. They are now one in spirit and nature, the fruit more evident as time passes. There is no other way to see as another. Until that new birth, it is impossible for one to be “objective” concerning matters pertaining to God. One will have his perspective and opinions growing out of the varied knowledge and experiences of others, with limited information, misinformation, bias, ignorance, imaginations, and selfish desire. But when the person denies himself and dies to himself, accepting the mind and will of another, then he becomes “objective,” that is, he sees as another sees, not preferring his own way, but that of another.

Objectivity ought never to be adopted by submitting to how another human being perceives things, if contrary to how the one adopting has seen them. To do so sincerely would require nothing less than to put full faith in that other, in short, worship another. No human being on earth deserves that kind of trust or respect, not the best husband, wife, boss, religious leader or any other. Even if that person trusted remains true to his or her position, is there any guarantee he or she is right? If he or she is right, is there any guarantee he or she will continue to be right on that matter, much less be right in all? Only with God is there true guarantee. Only with God is there a sure footing to warrant “objectivity.”

-Victor Hafichuk (October 13, 2007)

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Objectivity?

What is that? One dictionary defines it as “judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.” Obvious emotions and prejudices aside, are we not all influenced one way or another to see things as we do?

Is God “objective” or does He see things His way only? Can unregenerate mankind be nonpartisan? Is it capable of true justice? Will a Catholic or Mormon judge, district attorney, or crown prosecutor, for example, be impartial when charges are brought against a religious group, whose doctrine, lifestyle, and belief are not in harmony with theirs? How can it be? Unless a judge is plainly, publicly constrained by the letter of the law to pronounce sentence, knowing there are consequences not acceptable to him if he should be inconsistent with the law, chances are he will find as he sees fit.

History is brimming with decisions, judicial, political, economic, social, or otherwise, especially in the name of religion, which are anything but “objective,” whatever that means. These decisions are made by all classes and levels, right up to the highest authorities in the land.

Does objectivity preclude having my own perspective? Must I be the common politician who does not his own will, but the will of the people who elect him? Why should I be willing to see things everybody’s way at once? How can I? Of course, objectivity in itself does not mean that I see things everybody’s way, but that I am willing to let a judgment be in favor of those with whom I do not necessarily agree on other matters or even the matter in question, as long as they are right or their cause is just, assuming there is a “right way” of seeing things.

Objectivity is a pipe dream that can only be otherwise if defined in the context of truth, which is of certain definition and standard, and not something “objective.” God’s mind and law take precedence over man’s. Without the knowledge of God, man is a brute beast, pleasing his passions, however refined, educated, and objective they may seem to be.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7 HNV).

- Victor Hafichuk (October 7, 2007)

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We Do Not Live By Bread Alone

We rarely mention our worldly business on this site, for the obvious reason that it is not normally related to the subject matter at hand. But we have also been reticent to talk about it because we have wanted to avoid all appearances of using this site to gain business. However, we have had little cause to worry. What has been more common is that we lose customers when we speak out on matters of life in our business newsletter, as you will see in this posting: What Is Important?

We are very thankful for this honor because we are not talking religion, but Reality and Life for everyone, by the Lord Jesus Christ, with Whom we are most desirous to identify, though undeserving of the immense privilege.

- Paul Cohen (August 26, 2007)

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Dick Deweert, founder of The Miracle Channel in Lethbridge, Alberta was caught in an extra-marital affair. He resigned as president, and his wife, Joan Deweert, also resigned in order to stand with her husband. Here is Victor's response to the situation: The Exposure of Dick Deweert

Also read the prophecy the Lord gave Victor in 1997 for all religious people everywhere, which was inspired by Victory Church, home of The Miracle Channel.

- Sara Schmidt (May 31, 2007)

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Last week, I was having some pretty sharp pain in my back. I knew it was not anything serious or of concern, but it was sharp enough to prevent me from sitting or standing comfortably (and any kind of twisting motion was excruciating). I suffered through the Sabbath, thinking it would go away, but awoke on Sunday with more pain. During prayer before breakfast, I asked the Lord to show me if there was anything I should do for it. I did not want to go to a chiropractor, as it seemed like too much fuss, and I was quite busy with my work. I immediately saw a vision of me laying on the floor, and Paul standing on my back. When I told Paul about it, he said we should do that, and I felt the same way. Later that afternoon, we did. Paul stood on my back (but not with all his weight), gently pushing with his foot up and down my spine. When I got up, the pain was gone, and I had full flexibility back.

The Lord knows our needs, and takes care of us, His children. Read God Heals Today, His Way.

- Sara Schmidt (May 27, 2007)

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The Last Days - When?

Many say that we are in the last days, as if this is a new thing. When exactly did the last days begin, and what are they all about? The answer is in the Scriptures:

“[Jesus Christ] having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, He was made manifest in these last times for you” (1 Peter 1:20 EMTV).

“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the antiChrist would come, so now a number of antiChrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour” (1 John 2:18 BBE).

The last times have come when Jesus Christ is made manifest to you, and the last hour is when the antiChrist is revealed to you. AntiChrist is a spirit - the spirit of men who worship God, but not in Spirit and Truth, as spoken of by Jude to true worshippers:

“But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, how they told you that in the last time there would be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly lusts. These are those who cause divisions [denominations], worldly, not having the Spirit” (Jude 1:17-19 EMTV).

When you fully see the antiChrist, it is because you have seen and are of the Christ, Who has opened your eyes. You will have entered the last days, and have been brought to your end. Henceforth Satan, who comes as an angel of light, is no longer hidden from your eyes. The last hour has come; you are in and of the new world, the Kingdom of God, and you bring the last days for others.

- Paul Cohen (May 22, 2007)

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“Neighborhood Bully”

http://mideasttruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6726

We recently received the above lyrics and link to the Bob Dylan song, “Neighborhood Bully.” How true it is that the world looks upon a small land and people as the instigator of trouble, when the record shows that the opposite is true!

On this site you will find the spiritual Food that raises men from the dead, which comes by the truth we speak about all men, including yourself. For speaking thus we are also called “bullies,” but know this: A bully seeks his own, belittling others to make himself larger, whereas a friend seeks your welfare, acting at his expense to enrich others. Only the truth will make you free.

- Paul Cohen (May 18, 2007)

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The Secret

The Secret is storming the world. It is the same, age-old philosophy and science falsely called, saying, “You can lift yourself up by your own bootstraps if you believe and do it right.” Multitudes, with money in hand, flock to these teachings, because they seek only gain, and do not have the heart for the truth, which is free and which would make them free indeed, if they believed. I was there too until God gave me the grace to know that He (The Truth) was much better.

Pursuing the false, people are disappointed, disillusioned, disenfranchised, dismayed and disgruntled. Some walk away wealthy by selling the idea. This process repeats itself time and time again with nobody bettered, especially not even the slick, though sincere salespeople.

- Victor Hafichuk (May 6, 2007)