Dont Worry! God is in charge! Or "God is in control!"

I have heard these statements from hundreds of well meaning Christians as they try to comfort others in their suffering condition. I have even heard them from the pulpit!

I want to stand up and holler "If God is in control He sure has things messed up!"

Have you read the news lately? Watched the news programs on television?

Wars and rumors of wars! Famine! 45 million abortions. Murder! Rape! Economy going down the tubes! Unemployment reaching record levels! Bank and car company, and health system take overs by the Government. (Socialism creeping in!)

And some have the audacity to think "God is in charge?"

Psalm 115:16 "16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

You see God, in Genesis 1:26 put man in charge. But in Genesis 3 Adam sold out his authority to satan.

2 Cor. 4:3-4

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

As you can plainly see by this scripture satan became "the god of this world" at that point! Sin entered the world by satans deceiving Adam and Eve. Sickness, disease, death,depression, poverty,fear,and every other diabolical thing you can think of entered with satan snd sin!

But....Jesus said in Luke 10:19 "Behold, I give unto you(my followers) power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

Jesus has given to the church power and authority over all the power`s of the devil!

We are instructed in:

Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
We are told to:

#1. Submit to God! (Believe and walk in the light of His word)

#2. Resist the devil! (Dont allow him to have his way in your life!)Every thing that is destructive that comes your way is from the devil!

Don't make the mistake of thinking that everything that comes to you is from God! Dont put up with him! Resist him by speaking "It is written" then quoting what God says about your situation! Thats what Jesus did in Matthew 4! Now you do it!

#3. satan will run from you (the believer)in stark terror! You are in charge of what goes on in your life!

Praise God! He has given us a way to escape satans lies, and gimmicks!

Article by,
Rick McKnight

ARISE!

Passage Isaiah 60:1-3:

1ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life]!
Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you.

This is the month in which we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord!
Thank God! He arose from the dead!

Let’s look at what happened to Jesus from the cross to the throne!

John 19:1b Jesus said “It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”
Yes! Jesus died for all mankind. But just before He died He said “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?”

At that moment 2 Corinthians 5:21 came to pass!

 21For He (God) hath made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Notice it does not say he just took our sins, it says He became “Sin” for us! “Sin” is the fallen nature of man which Adam got when he sold out to Satan! God does not remain in the same place as sin so He turned His back to Jesus! (This was a million times worse than the physical beating he endured, or the nail pierced hands and feet!)

He was actually made to be Sin for all mankind!! Thank you Jesus!!

When sin dies where does it go?

His Spirit plunged to the depths of hell for 3 days and nights as spoken of in:

Matthew 12:40:
   40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Some would have us to believe that this was in “The grave”. But not so and I will prove it by the scriptures!

Acts 2:22

 22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

   23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

   24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

   25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

   26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

   27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

   28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

   29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

   30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

   31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

   32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

The Greek word used for “hell” here is the same word used in Luke 16:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

   21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

   22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

   23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

   24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

   25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

   26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

   27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

   28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

   29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

   30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

   31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

But on the 3rd day there came a cry from heaven and the Holy Ghost entered into the dark regions of the damned and entered into the person of Jesus, made him righteous as though He had never been made sin, and raised him from the dead! All hell, including Satan himself could not keep Him down there!

He arose victorious over death, hell, sickness, poverty, depression, fear,and the grave!

Now He is seated at the Right Hand of the Great Father God!

(No matter how many graves the Hollywood crowd digs up and shows them on the history, or discovery channel. If they find the tomb of the real Jesus there will be no bones!!)

This is known to us as Easter.

Because He arose we can arise out of satan’s grasp to a new life in Christ!

He arose out of satans grasp so you could arise out of his grasp!

 I just could not get it all into one newsletter! In fact it would not be finished if it were in a million newsletters!)…..

Blessings,

Rick

MY FAMILY TREE?

John 3:1-6 

1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

   2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

   3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

   4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

   5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

   6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

   7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

BORN AGAIN!

You were born to your natural family as someone who is brand new! No one had seen you before! You just now came into being!

So when you heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ and you received Him as your Lord and Savior, you were Born Again! (In your spirit! The real you!)

2 Corinthians 5:17   17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

New! Not just forgiven!

Just as you were brand new when you were born naturally, now that you have been born again, you are just as brand new in your spirit man as you were when you were born in the natural!! Praise God! Your past is gone, everything you ever did concerning sin is gone! Old things are "Passed Away"!(Dead!) 

Now! When something is dead you bury it! God cast your sins as far away as "the East is from the West"! He buried them in the "depths of the ocean"! The deepest sea!

The best thing you can do is leave them there! Do not go and dig them up!

Or as the Apostle Paul put it in : 

Phillipians 3:13

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

You must remember that Paul was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Christians!

This new birth was so real to Paul that He makes this statement in: 

2 Corinthians 7:2
"Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man."

He could not say that about his "old man" because he did defraud them! But speaking as a new creature in Christ, as a born again man, he could make that statement of absolute truth!

So, it would do you well to do the same thing Paul did! Forget your past! It no longer exixts in Gods mind!

ANOTHER TRUTH! 

Now there is another truth that needs to be seen here in the new birth!

There are certain things, or traits,  that occur in a family tree such as a certain illness, or fear, or anxiety, or depression, or poverty, that seem to be passed down from generation to generation! These are called "generational curses" by many. These things are reiterated, and told to you over a lifetime, by many well intentioned folks until they are believed by you and eventually brought to pass. (Unless you put a stop to them)

Let me give you an example!

Let's say a certain family is plagued with heart trouble, and grandfather, and dad died early in life because of this. You have been told all your life by relatives that you must take it easy because your grandfather died at 48, and your dad died at 43, so you must be on the look out for high blood pressure, and heart trouble!

So how do most people respond? The first think is fear, or anxiety, that you will probably have this also! Satan backs up those fears with small symptoms from time to time, and the fear increases. Jesus said that in the last days mens hearts will fail them "because of fear"! So one of the very things that causes heart trouble is set into motion! And if paid heed to, and feared, and believed  long enough it can cause to come to pass what never would have occurred if you knew the truth!

WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

John 8:31-32  30As he spake these words, many believed on him.

   31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

Make His Word your final authority!

   32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

So! What is the truth about your family tree, according to God's Word?

You are a "Born again" person, and so you have a new family tree!!!

God is now your Father, Jesus is now your brother, and neither one of them has heart trouble, or cancer, or anxiety, or depression, and they are not broke, so YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECEIVE THESE THINGS EITHER!

You have a new "birth right" to be healthy, at peace, and blessed financially!

Stand up for your rights and shout at the devil "I am not having this devil"! It is all under the curse according to Deuteronomy 28! Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law according to Galatians 3:13!

Now! You have found out the truth!

Now! What will you do with it?

Hint! James 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. (Believe His Word and it will set you free!)

(then) Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. RISE UP! DO IT!

Rick McKnight

The Awakening 

Billye Brim (with whom I have been aquainted with for many years) was at a prayer meeting at her Prayer Mountain Lodge. They were praying about, and interceding for, the upcoming elections when the Lord gave her a Word about the 2008 Presidential election.

The Lord said that there is only one hope for America , and it is not a man or a political party!

                 He said "The only hope for America is an awakening to God!

Miss Brim went on to say that she got to thinking about it, and said "If the best man in the country got elected, it would make no difference without America waking up to God!"

She said they spent some time in real weeping and repentance, and began praying again but for an awakening to God!

A Pastor friend and his wife, my wife Bonnie and I, had the pleasure of attending Billye's meeting in Branson this past October, and were greatly moved by the call to prayer for this awakening to take place!!

So when we got home, the Pastor and I, and our wives, were compelled by the Holy Ghost to start a prayer meeting to specifically pray about this demonic attack against our great nation. I call it "Prayer with an attitude!" Make no mistake about it, satan is pulling out all the stops, and is trying to take America down!

Psalm 11:3

 3If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

(I have more information about this on this website)

The very Christian foundation, and fabric that made this country great are under an all out attack by satan and his minions. Many people and politicians are being duped, and playing into satan's hands!

Our Holy Spirit inspired Constitution is being challenged by our politically correct oriented politicians. They say it's too old fashioned! It must be brought up to date!

But I say Truth is always Truth! No matter how long it in existance!

 Romans 1:22

 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

   23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

   24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

   25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

 Why is this being done?  Because we as a nation are sending the light of the glorious Gospel to nations in darkness! To people without God, strangers from the Covenant, to a lost and an undone, hopeless people!

We (The Church) allowed satan (by staying indifferent and prayerless) to take prayer out of schools, the 10 commandments out of public places, to put pornography on our airwaves and the internet, to cause the abortion of 45 million precious babies, and may I say casinos on every block almost, and it is time for the church to rise up out of complacency, and apathy and take her rightful place!

Well, you may say "We already know this, ...but what is the answer to all this?

God!

It is time for the church to get on its knees and begin to pray! All the while remembering

James 5:16b KJV. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Amplifed Version says it like this:

The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

John Wesley made this statement "It seems that God is limited as to what he can do for humanity unless someone asks Him to!"

Or James 4:2 "You have not because you ask not!"

Many in the Church have entered into a place of slothfulness! Self centeredness! Even many of our ministers have watched almost helplessly, as though nothing can be done!

But I have news, Church !

We have been given charge and authority over this earth by God; and we had better stand up and fight!

Can I prove this scripturally? Yes I Can!

Ephesians 6:10-18

 10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.

   11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

   12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

   13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

   14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

   15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

   17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

(Notice all this is PRAYER ARMOR!)

   18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

(Notice we are not at war with men)   

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 Luke 10:19 (this is Jesus talking to all Christians!)

  19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

  God's power has been given to the Church over all devils and demons!

Let's take that power and pray and take this country back!

So, with urgency, I call on all Christians everywhere to join us in real Holy Ghost lead prayer for America !!

Rick