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DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2006
(2 Peter 2:1-3, 1 John 2:21, Titus 1:14, 2 Timothy 4:4, Romans 1:25,
John
17:17) *READ EVERY VERSE SLOWLY AND MEDITATE ON EACH ONE!!!
***FINANCIAL UPDATE: Wonder why I do this...ask you to help me?
Please,
take 30 seconds and watch this video clip from Wednesday's TV
program:
The fact is, I get many emails a week from people like Bob. However,
if it
was only for Bob, I would gladly go through all I do each day and night
to
be here to give him the hope he needs to move forward with his life and
find
Christ as His Savior! A HUGE THANK YOU to so many who made
incredible
sacrifices over the last few days to help me. We were $190,000 short
of
what we needed by 5 p.m. Wednesday, and because so many cared, we were
able
to cover $90,000 of that. At 5 p.m. I told the people at the "i"
Network I
was sending what I had and would send the rest first thing
Tuesday.
I might have to go out this weekend and stand at a busy intersection,
asking
people to empty their change into a bucket. Whatever it takes.
I am
trusting God that between today and the end of the day Monday, I will
hear
from one person or several people who will step up to cover this
final
amount. GOD IS ABLE! Again, for those who were led and able to
help, THANK
YOU SO MUCH! YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE HERE FOR THE MANY
"BOBS" WE
REACH EACH DAY!!!
***NEXT WEEK, "THE DA VINCI CODE" MOVIE WILL BE RELEASED ON DVD. Due
to the
incredible popularity of the book, despite the protests and boycotts
of
Christian groups, the movie did HUGE box office numbers around the
world.
Here is why. People who live their lives in rebellion to God and the
Truth
of His Word are always looking for something to justify their rejection
of
God, the Bible, and Jesus Christ. Blasphemous fictional garbage like
"The
Da Vinci Code" gives them the false sense of secuirty they yearn for
to
continue living in rebellion to the Truth.
The problem with books and movies like "The Da Vinci Code" is that it
causes
the faithful to doubt and is leading people's eternal souls into
everlasting
damnation. The lies proffered in works of fiction like this book and
movie
cause those who know the Lord but are Biblically illiterate to doubt
the
truth of the Gospel. Sadly, those who have rejected the Lord, will
die in
their sin having been emboldened in their rejection of God's love and
the
hope of Christ by the lies told in blasphemous works like these.
Back in November of 2003, before anyone in the Christian community
figured
out how to ride the coat tails of the success of this fictional garbage
by
creating anti-Da Vinci code books and tapes, I exposed ( for free)
this
blasphemous work of fiction and armed the Liveprayer family with all
they
needed to refute those who ignorantly believed the stories proffered
by
author Dan Brown. Below is that Devotional for you to read
again and pass
on to everyone you know. In the end, there is really only one thing
you
need to know about "The Da Vinci Code"....it is fiction! It is no
different
than Harry Potter or Alice in Wonderland! IT IS
FICTION!
"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie..." (Romans
1:25)
( Daily Devotional from November 5, 2003 )
Exchanging the truth for a lie. One of the hottest books out today is
a
book called, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown. Due to the
controversy
surrounding this book, I bought it over the weekend and read it. Let
me
point out what is probably the most important fact of all about this
book.
It is not found in the pages of the book, but on the cover. In big
gold
letters on the cover is the name of the book, and next to it, in very
small
white letters are two words, A NOVEL! Before we go any further,
please
understand that this book is A NOVEL, it is FICTION. IT IS NOT
HISTORICAL
FACT!!!
The problem with this book, and the reason I am dealing with it today,
is
because of its controversial content regarding the truth of the Bible
and
the life of Jesus Christ. The author, Dan Brown, does not hold
any
theological degrees, and he was an English teacher before he began
writing
books. There is no information available about his personal
theological
beliefs, and repeated calls to his office asking that question were
never
returned.
In this FICTIONAL work, the author has Emperor Constantine as the one
who
decided on the content of the Bible for purely political reasons. In
this
FICTIONAL work, the author has Jesus married to Mary Magdalene and they
have
a child.
Now, let's deal with FACTS, NOT FICTION. The FACT is, Constantine
had
nothing to do with the content of the Bible. By 300 B.C. at the
latest, all
of the Old Testament books had been written, collected, revered, and
recognized as official, canonical books. Many believe that the
prophet Ezra
led the first recognition counsel. During the Third Council of
Carthage,
held in 397 A.D. the 27 books of the New Testament were declared
canonical.
It must be understood that the Bible is NOT an authorized collection
of
books, but rather a collection of authorized books. The 27 New
Testament
books were not inspired because the Carthage Council proclaimed them to
be,
but rather the Council proclaimed them to be such because they were
already
inspired! There are MANY great books on the inspiration and inerrancy
of
the Bible at your local Christian bookstore, and I suggest that ALL
Christians make the time to read such books so you never doubt that
the
Bible is exactly what it claims of itself, GOD'S INSPIRED, INERRANT
WORD!!!
Another FACT is, Jesus was NEVER MARRIED! Mary Magdalene was
NOT His wife.
They did NOT have a child together. The really sad thing is that I
even
have to expose such blasphemy. As I have shared with you, the
largest
percentage of two full generations in this nation do not go to church
and
are NOT Christians, this is NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION! That is why a
book like
this is so dangerous. People who read it, who are Biblically
illiterate,
think this work of FICTION is actually fact!
(Note: The reason Jesus was never married and never had children is
simple.
Jesus only had one mission in this life and that was to die. Not to
get
married, not to father children, but to die as the one-time perfect
sacrifice for the sins of the world. Those who proffer he was
married, had
children, do so in sheer ignorance and a total lack of understanding
of
Christ's mission in life.)
Even worse, you have the major television networks that are taking this
work
of FICTION and proffering its contents as possible historical fact!
This is
not only journalistic malpractice, it can only be a conscious and
orchestrated attack on the truth of God's Word by people that do not
hold
the Bible to be true. The ABC Special on this issue Monday night was
not
only blasphemous and an abomination to God, but a tool satan will use
to
take people of no faith and make them believe the lie to be the
truth. No
doubt all the other broadcast networks will pick up on this topic and
also
proffer the content of this work of FICTION as fact, and the general
public
will hear it enough times from enough different sources to believe the
lie
to be the truth.
This is the very reason I am so passionate about the television program I
do
5 nights a week and why I do it on COMMERCIAL television networks.
This is
why I am working daily on expanding the program into new markets.
THERE
NEEDS TO BE A WITNESS FOR THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD ON SECULAR TELEVISION
TO
AT LEAST EXPOSE THE LIES OF THIS WORLD FOR WHAT THEY ARE!
I love you and care about you so much. I have told you often that for
the
person who rejects God, who has rejected Christ in their life, and who
live
in rebellion to the truth of God's Word, they MUST reject the Bible since
it
is the very book that condemns them. Taking a book of FICTION like
"The Da
Vinci Code," and proffering that fictional story as historical fact
is
exactly the kind of thing a non-believer will do to try and discredit
God's
Word and thus justify their rejection of its truth. Of course,
the
mainstream media is only too happy to participate in this process of
taking
the lie, and making people accept it as the truth.
I will pray for you today. If you do not understand yet that there is
a
major battle going on, WAKE UP! The Bible clearly tells us that our
battle
is not of flesh and blood, but a spiritual one. It is "against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." The people of
God, who
possess the only real truth there is, must become bolder to take that
truth
to this lost and hurting world we live in. We must speak out! We
cannot,
and we MUST NOT sit back and watch the enemy exchange the Truth for a
lie!!!
In his love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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